Matsk was not a summoned beast raised by Steyer, and it was impossible for Steyr to summon him with a snap of his fingers. Feng Xiaochen and his entourage completed their visit to the United Kingdom and set off for Germany. Hotby dropped them off at the airport as he did at the airport, apologizing incessantly along the way, saying that he had disappointed the leaders by not learning about the Captain Cook project in time. Feng Xiaochen comforted him again and again, and told him to pay more attention to the new trends in various fields in Europe, but Hotby nodded and swore an oath.

"Xiaochen, how do I feel that this Hotby is like a subordinate in front of you. He's also the CEO of an investment company, so even if it's our partner, he doesn't need to be so low, right?"

After boarding the flight to Germany, Wang Weilong finally raised the question he had held back for many days to Feng Xiaochen. It's not that Wang Weilong's eyes are keen, it's really that Hotby's performance is too flattering, which makes people suspicious. When he was in China, Wang Weilong also saw the heads of some cooperative units groveling in front of him, but they were all bosses of Chinese township enterprises, and Wang Weilong did not think there was anything unusual about them doing so. But a blue-eyed, high-nosed Englishman is also so low-browed, which is a bit disobedient.

"Rich is uncle, haven't you heard of this sentence?" Feng Xiaochen said to Wang Weilong with a smile.

Wang Weilong pouted: "That's what I said, but Hotby is a foreigner, how can he be like this?"

Yang Haifan smiled on the side and said, "Lao Wang, you are racist." Not to mention that now that China has money, we can be regarded as a big customer when we come out. Even 30 years ago, when I was the manager of Chen Yu Bearing Company, there was a German employee named Peman in the company, who was honest in front of me and Xiaochen, telling him to go east, never dare to go west. ”

Wang Weilong knew about Chen Yu Bearing Company, because the company lacked skilled workers, Feng Xiaochen also asked Wang Weilong to help, and found some retired workers from Luo Ye. Wang Weilong also knew that Chen Yu Bearing Company was actually Feng Xiaochen's personal enterprise, and the German named Peman that Yang Haifan said was actually Feng Xiaochen's employee, how could he not be respectful to Feng Xiaochen, Yang Haifan and others.

However, even knowing this, Wang Weilong still had some shocked feelings when he saw Peman's performance back then. There is no way, the Chinese people always have a sense of admiration for white people in their hearts, and they always feel that white people should be the kind of pride that cannot be beaten. Over the years, Luo Ye's business has gradually gone overseas, and Wang Weilong has also come into contact with many foreigners, including many white people, and the mystery of white people in his heart has almost faded. At this time, he questioned Hotby's performance, just because Hotby was too out of line, and after Yang Haifan's explanation, Wang Weilong's heart was calm.

"Alas, it's really 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. Wang Weilong sighed, "In the past, we imported technology from abroad, and those foreigners who came to teach technology, even if it was just an ordinary worker, were extremely arrogant. Eat with a small stove alone, eat Western food from time to time, sleep in a suite with a bathroom, said that you are not used to going to a public toilet. Ask them to explain how to use the device, and they also speak vaguely, and if they ask more, they will lose their temper. Now think about it, we are customers, we are the party that spends money, what qualifications do they have in front of us?"

"The reason is very simple, that is, we don't have enough money, and people don't look at it. Feng Xiaochen said, "Look at that Steyr, I heard that we were going to order 2,000 sets of modules, and his face smiled like a chrysanthemum, this is the treatment of big customers." ”

"Hotby is the same, right?" Wang Weilong found a reasonable explanation for himself, "I heard that last time you asked him to help us introduce a British electronics company in China, he should have taken a lot of intermediary fees, so it's no wonder he was so polite to us." ”

Feng Xiaochen nodded and said, "Yes." Lao Wang, Bao Chengming has contacted a lot of brokers like Hotby in Europe, and if Luo Ye wants to merge European companies in the future, he can first inquire about the situation with these brokers, or ask them to be intermediaries, which can save a lot of energy and costs. We don't know much about the situation in Europe, and if we act rashly, we may become a big wrongdoer. ”

"In more than ten years, we have now begun to merge European companies, which is really fast. Wang Weilong sighed inexplicably, he touched the already gray hair on his head, and said to Feng Xiaochen and Yang Haifan: "Xiaochen, old Yang, you can be regarded as catching up with a good time." I'm about to retire, and I don't have the opportunity to participate in the merger of European companies. You work harder, merge this Fidelman company directly, and in the future, we will engage in industrial control modules, and we don't need to ask them for help. The guy named Finney has a bad character, and he still has a brush technically. ”

"Haha, Lao Wang, you are not old, you will have a chance. Feng Xiaochen said, "Luo Ye now needs to develop by leaps and bounds, it is no longer enough to accumulate little by little on its own, the best way is to directly merge overseas enterprises, and take their technology and brands." For example, your electric wheel dump truck technology was imported from Haifei in the United States, and now Haifei's market has been squeezed by you for less than three percent, and bankruptcy is a matter of time, so you don't plan to merge it?"

"Merge Haifei?" Wang Weilong's eyes widened, "Xiaochen, this joke is too big, do you know how big Haifei is? It is impossible to acquire it without billions of dollars." ”

"Is billions of dollars a lot?" Feng Xiaochen asked, "Our country's foreign exchange reserves are already more than 300 billion US dollars, what is it to use one percent for your acquisition of Haifei?"

Wang Weilong laughed, pointed at Feng Xiaochen with his finger and said, "Mr. Feng is really domineering when he speaks. One percent of the country's foreign exchange reserves are used by our small Luo Ye, which is what you dare to say, but I don't even dare to listen to it. The acquisition of Haifei Company, we Luo Ye dare not think about it, and the acquisition of a few small companies like Fidelman can be considered and considered. ”

Feng Xiaochen said: "Lao Wang, I'm not joking with you. I asked Huang Ming and them to pull a list, which is a foreign equipment company that we can consider acquiring in the next ten years, including Haifei. Haifei is currently worth billions of dollars, but its business is getting worse. It is in the field of traditional mining machinery market by you and Lin Zhong and other companies to grab little left, the development of new mining machinery is difficult, once the development fails, the stock will definitely be a thousand miles, then maybe not need billions, as long as a few hundred million can be bought. You should keep an eye on it now, and if possible, make some targeted squeezes to make it collapse faster. If nothing else, it might go bankrupt before you retire. ”

Wang Weilong furrowed his eyebrows and began to think about Feng Xiaochen's words. Feng Xiaochen said that Wang Weilong also understands the situation of Haifei. Luo Ye introduced the technology of 150 tons of electric wheel dump truck from Haifei, and after digestion and absorption, it developed 170 tons and 220 tons of models, and is now developing 300 tons of models. The technical level of these new models is no less than that of Haifei, but the price is only half of Haifei's similar models.

Domestic open-pit mines have long abandoned imported dump trucks and switched to using Luoye's domestic dump trucks. After the trial, overseas customers gradually recognized the performance and quality of Luoye dump trucks, and began to transfer the orders originally prepared for Haifei to Luoye. As a result, Haifei's market has shrunk sharply, and it is gradually becoming unable to make ends meet.

Haifei once thought about fighting a price war with Chinese companies, but as soon as it started fighting, it found that it was not an opponent at all, to be precise, there is no company in the world that can fight a price war with China. Then, Haifei planned to rely on technological advantages to win, successively launched several new models, replaced the dashboard of the cab with a computer screen, but this innovation had no substantive effect, but raised the price and pushed customers further to the Chinese.

What now supports Haifei is the several unique products it owns, which have not yet been developed by Chinese companies. However, Wang Weilong knows that several Chinese construction machinery companies, including Luo Ye, are actively developing these products, and some even prototypes have been built. In other words, unless Haifei can get some special opportunity, it is only a matter of time before it is crushed by Chinese companies.

Feng Xiaochen suggested that Luo Ye put the merger of Haifei Company on the agenda, which is not a matter of talking.

"Xiaochen, if there really is such a day, can you coordinate with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance to help us raise funds?" asked Wang Weilong.

Feng Xiaochen said: "The merger of overseas excellent equipment enterprises is not only a matter of your Luo Ye family, but a matter of the entire equipment field, and we must take it into consideration." You can rest assured, Haifei is a company worth merging, if there is really that day, our equipment industry company will help you raise money even if it smashes the pot and sells iron. ”

"Haha, that's great!" Wang Weilong suddenly felt proud, "Xiaochen, when you say this, I'm really a little moved." Haifei's management is not as good as ours, but its technology accumulation is still very good, if it can be taken down, it will be of great help to us, and we can enter the ranks of world-class equipment enterprises in almost one step. When I returned to China, I asked the planning department to make a plan to see how I could get Haifei into my hands. ”