I have to say that the automotive industry is indeed very deep, and Li Zetian is not an automobile professional, so it is also a great risk to enter the automotive industry in a big way. However, as a boss, he does not have to be proficient in automobile manufacturing, as long as he understands the entire process from design to manufacturing and even sales of automobiles.

In fact, Li Zetian will not personally manage the car company.

As the saying goes, "there is a specialization in the art industry"!

BMW itself has a lot of outstanding talents, and what Li Zetian can provide is advanced ideas, funds, technical support, sales channels, brand promotion and other resources from his previous life.

Elon Musk studied physics in college, but he is not a rocket expert, but he has made a very good rocket. At the same time, Tesla Motors was also established, becoming the largest car company in the United States, and even surpassed BMW in market value for a time!

Elon Musk knows something about rockets and cars, but he is definitely not proficient.

The success of a thing often comes from a good idea!

Whether it's an electric car or a driverless car, Tesla is ahead of other car companies, so she succeeded.

……

BMW Corporate Headquarters.

Li Zetian is in a meeting with the CEO of Rollslath Motor Cars and the original senior management of BMW.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is an indisputable fact that in the global automotive market, Japanese cars are stronger than European and American cars. But from today onwards, we want to change this situation!!" Li Zetian said in a deep voice with a serious expression.

He glanced around at everyone and continued: "Why do Japanese cars sell so well? Some people say that Japanese cars are cheap and affordable; some people say that Japanese cars are fuel-efficient; some people say that Japanese cars are exquisitely made, have good quality, have high reliability, and have few minor problems; some people say that they are because of the low maintenance prices; and some people say that they are because of the excellent craftsmanship and the design is in line with the aesthetics of Asians, Europeans and Americans, and what models are needed in the market, then what models are designed flexibly for demand......

Li Zetian paused and said: "These are all right, this is the advantage of Japanese cars, and naturally it is also the place where European and American car systems need to be improved and strengthened!"

"The reason why Japanese cars are cheaper is that the car parts are relatively thin, the body is light, and the parts and engines are also made in-house, so the cost is reduced a lot. But let's take BMW as an example, as far as I know, the parts of the car are generally distributed to other companies through bidding, and then these companies do how to produce the parts, and then these companies are responsible for the welding of each part, and then they are assembled together. ”

"Of course, I'm not saying it's bad, but you have to know that in this way, car companies will give up a lot of profits to spare parts manufacturers, which will lead to higher production costs and loss of price competitiveness. ”

"As we all know, behind the Japanese Toyota Motor Company is the powerful Mitsui consortium, steel, spare parts are all internal supply, self-produced and sold, low prices, greatly reducing the cost of automobile production. Because of the support of the consortium, Japan's spare parts are becoming more and more advanced, and even some auto parts and spare parts materials have caught up with Europe and the United States, and have gradually formed a monopoly!"

As Li Zetian's voice fell, everyone's faces were very heavy, but this was really helpless, BMW did not have such a strong strength to produce and sell spare parts!

Li Zetian smiled faintly, and said domineeringly and confidently: "But it doesn't matter, the Japanese automobile company has the support of the consortium, and you have my support!!"

As soon as these words came out, they were full of anger!

Everyone was shocked, and then they remembered that the person in front of them was a super richest man who would shake the whole world if he stomped his feet! The richest man was already the richest man, but the reason why he had to add "super" in front of "richest man" was because Li Zetian was so rich that it was beyond human cognition and imagination.

However, everyone doesn't know how much money Li Zetian has, but he is definitely much richer than the Mitsui and Mitsubishi consortiums. Over the years, it is not known how many Japanese companies Li Zetian has killed, and the Japanese consortium simply regards him as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh. Only he has the confidence and self-confidence to stand up to the Japanese consortium!

Just when everyone was shocked, Li Zetian looked at Vanessa, Vanessa nodded, took out the USB flash drive, and then plugged it into the MacBook Apple notebook that had been connected to the projector.

"I have invested 25 billion US dollars in BMW, and the first thing we have to do, in addition to developing unmanned car projects, I think we can take this opportunity to acquire European auto parts companies, and if it is not enough, I will make additional investment! In short, I will invest a huge amount of money in the research and development of better spare parts, so as to compete with Japanese spare parts! At the same time, I will also make Chronos Steel merge with European steel companies to further reduce the cost of spare parts raw materials!"

That's right, Li Zetian actually wants to take this opportunity to develop and expand Chronos Steel Company and integrate the upper and lower industrial chains of automobiles.

At this time, Vanessa had already opened the USB flash drive, and then found a PPT file with the file name "Spare Parts", and then opened it. All eyes shifted to the projection screen.

"The PPT is the acquisition target I asked Vanessa to sort out, please take a look. Li Zetian said,

As soon as the words fell, everyone gasped and sighed in their hearts, what is a big appetite, this is it!!

Li Zetian's first target to acquire is the world's largest automotive technology supplier - Bosch AG in Germany!! German Dr.'s business scope covers brake systems, various automotive filters, diesel injection systems, lighting products, automotive batteries, starters, generators, transmission belts, horns, spark plugs, wipers, oxygen sensors, fuel pumps, ignition coils, air flow meters, wipers, trip computers, automotive diagnostic systems, etc. Bosch is best known for its ESP body stability system, which is used by many brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Citroen, etc.

Although Bosch is not a listed company, its market capitalization is close to 10 billion euros!

BMW has just received $25 billion in its account, and it seems that it will spend more than half of it in the blink of an eye. However, everyone agrees with the acquisition of Bosch in Germany!

“Mr· Li, I'm going to do big things with you!!" Norbert Resef said with a little excitement in his tone.

Li Zetian smiled, don't do something big, brother, am I embarrassed to be the richest man?

There are three acquisition targets on the PPT, Bosch is the first target, if the acquisition fails, there are two alternatives, one is ZF Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen

Subsequently, Li Zetian began to discuss the acquisition of Bosch in Germany with Norbert Resself and others, and the meeting ended more than an hour later.

The next morning, Norbert Ressef personally contacted the board of directors of Bosch in Germany and made a takeover offer to acquire Bosch in Germany by way of cash and cross-share exchange!

If Bosch is optimistic about BMW's future development, it is naturally willing to hold BMW's shares.

Obviously, since Li Zetian became the owner of BMW, BMW has become the most dazzling enterprise in the current automobile industry! Therefore, when Norbert Resef proposed that BMW should acquire Bosch in Germany, the other party did not refuse at the first time, but said that he would consider it.

Thinking about it means that the other party is a little excited!

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the third day, Bosch replied that it decided to talk to BMW in detail.

Germany's Bosch soon sent a negotiation team to BMW's headquarters, and the two sides negotiated secretly.

However, large-scale acquisitions are generally difficult to negotiate in a short period of time, unless one party is very generous and willing to make concessions. Seeing that Christmas was approaching, Li Zetian was preparing to return to the United States from Germany to spend Christmas with his family. It has become a habit to follow the local customs.

"Norbert Ressef, it's all up to you to buy Bosch in Germany!" Li Zetian said before leaving.

“Mr· Li, don't worry!"

Li Zetian nodded, and then said: "Regarding the unmanned vehicle project, I think we should also set up a laboratory in the United States! You know, the development speed of artificial intelligence in the United States is faster than that in Germany, and the artificial intelligence laboratory of Chronos Industries is mainly in the United States. Oh, by the way, Norbert Resself, the name of this self-driving car company is Tesla! I love the name Tesla!"

Norbert Ressef laughed: "It's because of a great scientist - Nikola Tesla?!"

"That's right!" Li Zetian paused and highly praised: "This is a great genius from the past to the present!!

Norbert Resef said: "Yes, Nikola Tesla is a very unpromising genius. But I think that Mr. · Li, you are even more genius than him, you have designed and invented countless popular products, and created an unprecedented business empire!"

Li Zetian shook his head and smiled, and said modestly: "Don't dare to be, I'm actually a businessman......"

In fact, the subtext in his heart was that the scientists are all used by me, and I am the most awesome person! Have you ever seen a big man with hundreds of thousands of scientists under his hands? If you have seen him, you will know that the big man is me!!

……

Los Angeles is located in a Mediterranean-type climate zone, with a mild climate and little snow. But this year, when Li Zetian returned to Los Angeles, it was snowing heavily. Looking at the San Gabriel Mountains in the distance from the city of Los Angeles, USA, the snow on the mountain and the tropical vegetation in the city of Los Angeles are very spectacular and beautiful.

Christmas is the same as in previous years, Yu Jingqiu and Dongfang Yuqin personally cooked a sumptuous dinner, and the family ate around the table. However, this year there is still a bit of a change, William brought Tina over for Christmas, and the two children have reached the point of talking about marriage.

Li Zetian couldn't help but be secretly happy when he thought of Bill Gates gritting his teeth at this moment.

Li Zetian thought to himself, if his daughter is going to get married, then the man must be rich, he doesn't care if the other party has money, anyway, he definitely doesn't have his own family's money......

Li Zetian thought about it for a while, and the dinner was finished unconsciously.

That night, Li Zetian put his left hand around Yu Jingqiu and his right hand around Dongfang Yuqin, and the three of them sat on the balcony and quietly looked out the window.

In a blink of an eye, more than 30 years have passed, but many things are still vivid in my mind......

Whoosh!!

At this time, a purple meteor shower suddenly appeared under the night sky!

"Wow, what a beautiful meteor shower!" Yu Jingqiu's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but say.

"Make a wish," Li Zetian said with a smile, "I heard that when you see a meteor shower, close your eyes and make a wish, the wish will be very spiritual!"

Yu Jingqiu and Dongfang Yuqin both smiled, closed their eyes like little girls, and began to make wishes.

Li Zetian also smiled, hugged the two of them, and closed his eyes himself, as for what wish he made, only he knew......

……

The next morning, while eating breakfast, Li Zetian watched the news, and suddenly saw a news report on last night's meteor shower, and someone picked up a strange meteorite, and put it on the eBay website for auction for $10,000.

Li Zetian thought about it, Yu Jingqiu and Dongfang Yuqin made a wish last night, this meteorite is quite meaningful, so he used his iPhone to open the eBay website, found the seller of this auction, and bought the meteorite.

The meteorite was the size of a fist, and Li Zetian planned to make it into three pendants, one for him, Yu Jingqiu, and Dongfang Yuqin to wear.