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Jia Lei was completely fascinated by the prosperity of Potsdamer Platz in the future, and no matter how much Richard and Pitt persuaded Jia Lei to give up the idea of buying these two companies.

"It's not all easy for the boss to run a factory, you don't know how to manage it at all. It's going to be a loss!" Pete said.

"It's okay, if I lose a lot after I buy the business, I can close it!" Jia Lei waved his hand and said indifferently.

"The closure of the factory requires a series of procedures such as three months' salary, severance pay, and employment compensation for employees! A person must be paid at least 10,000 marks, and 3,000 people are 30 million marks!" Pete said after calculating an account for Jia Lei.

"Well, then you remember to ask the Trusteeship Bureau to help us lay off staff before signing the contract later, at least half!" Jia Lei thought for a while and said.

"The boss factory staff is fine, but what are you going to do with the remaining two farms? They can't be sold in the countryside, and the workers on the so-called farms are all villagers in the neighborhood, and we can't drive them away. Farr said that was what he was most worried about!

"Since it's a farm, let them farm the land, and if the grain they grow can't be sold, they can be sold to employees and factory canteens at a low price, and they can be circulated internally!

"It's too expensive! Farms in East Germany now have no food subsidies, and the prices of labor, seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers have risen, and they will lose a lot of money. Fall said.

"Then don't plant the land, let them plant fruit trees! There is a saying in Huaxia that if you want to be rich, you will have fewer children and more trees. Jia Lei thought about it and said that he remembered that in his previous life, blueberries and cherries imported from Germany were expensive in China.

"Boss, I think ......" Richard was stopped by Jia Lei as soon as he spoke.

"Stop! I'm the boss, I have the final say, you don't have to say it. Jia Lei said.

"Boss, you misunderstood, what I want to say is that if you must buy it, you can do it, I have carefully studied the map of Berlin, Alexanderplatz is a famous tourist attraction in Europe, and the shops near him can be converted into department stores for rent, and the rent should be quite considerable!" said Richard.

"That's what I thought, I wanted to spend a lot of money on the redevelopment to tear down the original three-story store and turn it into a commercial complex with a mall below and an office building above. Jia Lei said.

"That's a great idea!" Pete said, snapping his ass.

"Richard, do the math for me, how much will it cost to change like this?" Jia Lei asked.

"About $8 million!" Richard said.

"It's okay, I can take it out! If I finish the change, how much rent can I collect in a year?" Jia Lei asked again.

"If you build a 35-storey office building, you can make a shopping mall below the fifth floor, and you can collect at least 2 million marks a year in rent, and the office building above can collect at least 3 million marks a year! Richard says property valuation is his forte, having worked on more than a dozen similar cases over the years.

"But why don't you think about what if no one rents the boss's mall office building after it's built?" asked Pete.

"Idiot!" Jia Lei and Farr said in unison, still Novan couldn't stand it and explained to Pete out of colleague love.

"Of course not, Alexanderplatz is in a good location, this land is originally on a major commercial street near the square, and there will be no phenomenon of not being able to rent it out at all!" Novan said with a smile, Pete is from country M, so he doesn't know the streets of Berlin, especially in East Berlin because of the Berlin Wall.

"Pete, let me ask you, as a foreigner, will you go to Paris without going to the Eiffel Tower?" asked Jia Lei.

"How can you not go to Paris, how can you be considered to have been to Paris without going to the Eiffel Tower?" said Pete.

"Will you buy some souvenirs when you get to the Eiffel Tower?" asked Jia Lei again.

"Of course I'm going to buy souvenirs!" said Pete without hesitation.

"And where are you going to buy souvenirs?" asked Daddy Farr, too.

"Of course, it's the shop near the Eiffel Tower!" said Pete, and then Jia Lei sat on the couch and watched him.

Whether it's the Berlin TV Tower, the Red Town Hall, the Poseidon Fountain, the World Clock or the World Friendship Fountain are all must-see places for tourists, not to mention the Berlin Cathedral, the most famous in Europe. Isn't it possible to lose such a prime location!" Pete said, picking up the appraisal materials made by Richard and looking at the various places of interest listed above.

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Three days later, the Trusteeship Bureau.

"We have studied the information you provided, and I am indeed interested in these two loss-making companies! But ......," Jia Lei said without saying anything.

"Do you have any conditions?" Director Rohedder asked, and there were several other members of the Trusteeship Board in the room.

"Yes! Daddy Farr said, how can the boss talk about such a thing.

"What conditions? Do you want to reduce the price? You must know that we only asked for a total of three million marks for the two companies, and the price here includes two office buildings, a factory, and two farms, which is already very cheap!" said a director of the Trusteeship Bureau, who was in charge of negotiations.

"The price doesn't matter, I'm not short of money!" Jia Lei glanced at the director contemptuously and said, this B he pretended to be enough.

"Yes, our boss is not short of money! In fact, our boss is not only the chairman of Goldstone Bank, but he is also the majority shareholder of our Citibank!" said Farr, and Director Rohedder's eyes widened in surprise, but he was worthy of a politician, and he regained his composure in an instant.

"I heard that Citibank's stock price is rebounding recently, congratulations to Master Lei. Director Rohedder said.

"This is indeed good news, you must know that Citibank has fallen by tens of millions of dollars!" Jia Lei picked up his coffee cup and said with relief, it is not easy! Citibank has been falling for more than a year, and it has finally begun to stop falling and rebound.

"Tens of millions of dollars?" Director Rohedder mentally converted according to Citibank's stock price in the past two years, and he was surprised to find that the Chinese teenager who suddenly appeared in front of him was actually a billionaire.

You must know that in 1990, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, the heir of Japan's Seibu Group, the richest man in the world, had assets of only 165 billion US dollars!

"I'm glad to be cooperating with your company, I don't know what conditions you have? Director Rohedder suddenly said in person that he wanted to catch Jia Lei's line.

"I don't need to say anything about the problems of the East German companies, everyone knows that all the state-owned enterprises have a large number of redundant workers! And these workers usually don't like to work, and the efficiency of other workers is also very low!" said Farr.

"Yes! We know. Director Rohedder said.

"Our boss wants the Trusteeship Bureau to help us lay off half of our workers!" said Daddy Farr.

"This ...... No, I can cut a quarter of it for you at most. If it weren't for these workers, the prices of these East German companies would never have been so low!" said Director Rohedder, adding that the layoffs were a big deal to offend.

"If this is the case, then we are afraid that we will not be able to buy these two enterprises! The layoffs at the bearing factory alone will cost at least 30 million marks, and this money is enough for us to buy land in West Berlin! There is a plot of land in the commercial street of West Berlin for only 12 million marks. Richard said that he was standing behind Jia Lei with Pete today as a decoration.

"This ......" Director Rohedder pretended to hesitate, in fact, he discussed the layoffs with Jia Lei last night, and he was just going through the motions.

"Half is too much, at most a third!" said the director of the Trusteeship Bureau.

"Master Lei, I heard that you are a philanthropist, but you don't know that many East German workers are unemployed now, and their lives are very difficult. Director Rohedder said.

"Yes, I'm the softest-hearted, one-third is one-third! But I want the Trusteeship Bureau to write in the contract that if the workers don't work well, we can lay off up to half of the workers. Jia Lei jumped out at the right time to play the angel and said.

"Thank you so much, you don't know how many entrepreneurs want to take over real estate such as East German companies and real estate, and want to fire all the workers. The director of the Trusteeship Bureau said happily.

"That's the price......" Pete said suddenly.

"As a thank you for the concessions, we can reduce the price of 500,000 marks for you. Director Rohedder said.

"Thank you, Mr. Director. Jia Lei said with a smile.

"No thanks, I just hope that when you take over these two companies, you can help them get out of the predicament of bankruptcy and let them rejuvenate themselves! Director Rohedder said.

In fact, many companies signed contracts and directly declared bankruptcy, and then fired all the workers and sold all the valuable things and ran away, and there are really not many customers like Jia Lei who are serious enough to discuss solutions.

"I will!" Mr. Jia said, and then he and Director Rohedder began talking.

Jia Lei was leisurely eating afternoon tea with coffee here, and Falpitt and Richard were arguing with the people of the Trusteeship Bureau about the terms of the contract one by one, whether it was the wages of the workers in the future, various benefits, and even the amount of termination money.

"Sure enough, this kind of negotiation should still be left to professionals, the last time I watched Prince Waleed's advisory group bully Citibank, I was particularly enjoyable, and today it is finally my turn!" Jia Lei's villain in his heart pinched his waist and looked up to the sky and laughed.

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After several hours of arguing, the two sides finally agreed on the terms of sale of the two companies, and Jia Lei and Director Rohedder sat in the conference room to sign the sales contract, and no employee of the two companies could say a word about the future fate of the two companies.

In this way, when the two East German companies did not know about it, their enterprises were sold at a price of 2.5 million marks!

This was almost the common fate of tens of thousands of East German companies from 1990 to 1994!

That very night, all those involved received a bearer cash cheque from a Swiss bank, ranging from DM 200,000 to DM 10,000.

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"Great, these two pieces of land are finally mine!" Jia Lei said happily looking at the contract.

"Boss, why do you like buying land so much?" asked Pete, puzzled.

"Because I'm a Huaxia person, you don't know how difficult it is for a Chinese person to have a piece of land of their own!" Jia Lei sighed and said.

"What's not easy?" Farr asked.

"The land in our country is only rented out and not sold, and the longest lease is only 75 years, and the land will be taken back by the state when the time comes. Jia Lei said.

"Oh my God, what about the house on the ground?" asked Farr.

"Who knows, the people who made the law in the first place didn't think about it. You ask me, I'll ask! After a day, you'll know when the time comes......" Jia Lei said.

"If the house is to be repossessed, it won't be a big loss......," Pitt said.