$300 million!

Converted into RMB, it is equivalent to a funding gap of more than 1.5 billion RMB, close to 2 billion RMB!

With such a big funding gap, even if Lee Ming-che came forward, it would be impossible for the bank to lend so much to Tianming Company at once!

"Can you think of another way, 300 million dollars is too much, and our company doesn't have such a strong borrowing capacity. Zhou Jingming said with a wry smile.

In the mid-90s, which bank would dare to take out a loan of 2 billion yuan in the mid-90s?

"Didn't our company sign an agreement with ICBC the year before last, didn't it say that ICBC has no upper limit on our loans? Can't we borrow money through ICBC?" asked Ma Xudong curiously.

"That agreement was only useful for the price war in Southeast Asia at the time, and it didn't apply other than that. Zhou Jingming replied helplessly.

The agreement signed with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China at that time was promoted from the top down, and in Zhou Jingming's view, the deterrent effect of this agreement is far greater than the substance of the agreement itself, and it was originally intended to make Toyota dispel the idea of continuing to fight the price war.

When Zhou Jingming said this, Ma Xudong couldn't help frowning, and after careful thinking, he stared at Zhou Jingming and replied, "Mr. Zhou, at least one billion yuan, but the financing period does not need to be very long, at most by the end of this year, our company will have the ability to repay the billion yuan loan." ”

Ma Xudong carefully calculated, with the profitability of all the products of Tianming Company, especially the highest profit margin of Yixuan SUV, the net profit of Tianming Automobile Company in the second half of the year can reach at least 2 billion yuan, as long as there are enough funds to support the normal operation of the company in the second half of the year, a loan of one billion yuan is nothing in Ma Xudong's view.

Of course, the premise is that Zhou Jingming has the channel to borrow the billion yuan.

"One billion yuan, right?" Zhou Jingming's brows furrowed even deeper, "Okay, I'll take care of the money, and then you can draw up the acquisition plan first." ”

"The field of corporate mergers and acquisitions is not my strong point, I would like to ask the **** of the United States to assist us in completing this acquisition, Mr. Zhou, do you think it's okay?" asked Ma Xudong.

"Of course you can, you are responsible for contacting the **** people, and you are responsible for contacting in the name of our company, if you need me to come forward, you just say it." Zhou Jingming nodded.

Now that the funding gap has been determined, the most important thing for Zhou Jingming next is to find ways to raise the shortage of one billion yuan as soon as possible, and strive to formally propose the acquisition of Rolls-Royce next month.

Without further ado, after arranging the company's affairs, Zhou Jingming took a car to Yanjing the next day, ready to discuss the matter of borrowing money with Li Mingzhe and Chen Dongsheng.

Yanjing, Ministry of Mechanics.

Because he often appears in the mechanical engineering department, many people in the department have known Zhou Jingming for a long time, so this time, although he did not make an appointment in advance, Zhou Jingming still asked people to help inform Li Mingzhe, saying that he wanted to see him.

Soon, someone informed Zhou Jingming that he could go to Lee Ming-che's office.

"I'm sorry, Minister Li, I really want to ask for your help on this rash visit. After knocking on the door and entering, Zhou Jingming said apologetically.

"I have a meeting in a while, only ten minutes to go, you can talk about the matter first, and when I come back from the meeting, I will discuss the countermeasures for you. Lee Ming-che sat at his desk and replied with a smile.

"Minister Li, do you remember that a few years ago, you and Director Chen came to me separately about pushing the Hongqi car to the world?"

"As soon as you talked about this matter, I was also about to look for you, didn't you say that you would have an answer this year? Could it be that you came to me today just for this matter?" asked Li Mingzhe with some excitement.

Seeing that there are only four years left before 1999, there has been no substantial progress in the promotion of Hongqi cars, and the Ministry of Machinery Industry plans to wait until the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China to design a car for the chief to ride and review the troops!

If Zhou Jingming doesn't come to him again, Li Mingzhe will have to call and ask.

"It's for this, but it's not all for it. Zhou Jingming said with some embarrassment.

"Don't bother with it, just say it, what the hell is going on?"

Zhou Jingming took a deep breath, and then replied, "That's the case, about how to promote the Hongqi car to the world as a luxury car, my idea is to use the Rolls-Royce platform to design a Hongqi car, and then use the name of Rolls-Royce and Hongqi co-branded models as publicity, so that with the help of Rolls-Royce's brand influence, Hongqi cars will easily be recognized by the international market......"

"Wait a minute, you just said that you can use the Rolls-Royce platform to design a Hongqi car, but why should Rolls-Royce help you design it? Besides, if you simply hand over the Hongqi car to a foreign designer to design, then what kind of national car are you talking about? Xiao Zhou, don't fool around with me!" Before Zhou Jingming finished speaking, Li Mingzhe said like this.

"Minister Li, I plan to let Tianming Automobile Company acquire Rolls-Royce. Zhou Jingming looked at Li Mingzhe and replied seriously.

The expression on Lee Ming-che's face instantly became exciting, "What are you talking about?

"That's right, I mainly came to Minister Li for help in this matter. Zhou Jingming smiled, "If our company can successfully acquire Rolls-Royce, then using the Rolls-Royce platform to redesign the Hongqi car is equivalent to our own company hosting this project, and everything will be reasonable." ”

Zhou Jingming said this, Li Mingzhe couldn't help but fall into thinking, if it is really as Zhou Jingming said, you can use the Rolls-Royce platform to redevelop and promote Hongqi car, then for Hongqi car, it is definitely a great news!

And once Rolls-Royce is merged into Tianming Automobile Company, it becomes logical to use the Rolls-Royce platform, I have to say, Zhou Jingming's idea is really wonderful!

What kind of car brand is Rolls-Royce, how could Lee Ming-che, as a senior government official, not know!

"Minister Li, the meeting is about to begin. At this time, Lee Ming-che's secretary knocked on the door and reminded Lee Ming-che.

"Xiao Zhou, you wait for me here first, I have to go to the meeting first, and I'll come back in an hour, and then tell me about your plan well. Lee Ming-che looked at the time, picked up the papers on the table, and said as he walked out.

After waiting for an hour in Lee Ming-che's office, Lee Ming-che finally returned from a meeting, and this time, he also brought Mr. Chen with him.

"Xiao Zhou, I just heard Minister Li say that you want to buy Rolls-Royce and use it to enhance the international popularity of Hongqi cars, is this true?" Chen Dongsheng asked impatiently as soon as he entered the door.

On the way here, Li Mingzhe had already told Chen Dongsheng about what had happened.

"Yes, Director Chen. Zhou Jingming nodded, "But there is a problem that has not been solved yet, so I came this time and wanted to ask Minister Li and Director Chen for help." ”

"It's about funds, right?" Li Mingzhe looked at Zhou Jingming and asked thoughtfully.