February 1993

"Little Jew, are you in such a hurry to call me back?" Jia Lei asked.

"I don't have to worry, the BMW Group has raised the purchase price of Rover Motors to £800 million, and the British are now tempted. The little Jew said worriedly.

"£800 million...... The price is not low! The British should be tempted, so what's so strange about that. Jia Lei nodded understandingly.

"Is it time for you to understand them? If we don't make any more moves now, Rover will be sold to the BMW Group by the British. The little Jew said madly.

With Mr. Kawamoto's Honda Company and the island country government in place, it will not be so easy for the BMW Group to acquire Rover Motors. Jia Lei said indifferently.

"But the problem now is that the BMW Group is the only buyer of Rover Motors, and although Honda and the embassy of the island country are putting pressure on the government of country Y, they can only delay it for a while, or help the government of country Y increase the purchase price of Rover Motors, and it will not have much impact on the final result.

Because in the minds of most Britons, Rover Motors will eventually sell to BMW!" said the little Jew.

"Who said that the BMW Group is the only buyer of Louvre, isn't there still the two of us? Jia Lei said with a smile.

"Really, are we really going to compete with the BMW Group?" asked the little Jew excitedly.

"Yes, you will later inform Mr. Kawamoto and ask him to convene an interim board of directors of Rover Motors to announce our intention to acquire Rover Motors by Victor Blackstone. Jia Lei said that the company was registered a few months ago.

"All right, I'll go!" said the little Jew happily.

Originally, at this time in history, BMW and Rover Automobile Company had reached an acquisition agreement, and it was only necessary to pass the final hurdle approved by the government of country Y and the Ministry of Industry, but now Jia Lei's sudden addition has made the BMW Group's acquisition of Rover Automobile Company uncertain.

"Where did this Victor Blackstone come from? How come I've never heard of it before?" said Birde, chairman of BMW's board of directors, with a frown.

"We have just checked, this Victor Blackstone company is a new company that has been established for less than half a year, and the legal person of the company is said to be a descendant of a baron in country Y!" the manager of BMW reported.

"How I don't remember any British nobleman who was so rich, and the surname Victor sounds familiar......," he thought.

"Of course, the surname Victor sounds familiar to you, this English baron is Mr. Ikli Victor, the chairman of the Victor Group in country M, the Victor Group is a multinational enterprise, and even we have a branch of the Victor Group in Germany. Breed's secretary reminded him.

"Are you talking about the chairman of Victor who has recently been in a divorce lawsuit?

If it's really someone from their family who wants to sell Rover Motors, then we have one more strong opponent. After all, the Victor Group has been very profitable in recent years, and they are much richer than our BMW Group. Bi Ruide said with a headache.

"Yes, the Victor family is rich! I just found out that the Victor Blackstone company has offered Rover Motors a full £20 million more than us!

Because Victor Blackstone was a British company, both the British Ministry of Industry and the House of Lords preferred to sell Rover Motors to them. In this way, the Rover car company could remain in the hands of the British. The secretary replied.

"Huh...... What is the British doing this? Is this official protection or insider trading?

Originally, Victor Blackstone, as a British local company, would have taken a big advantage in competing with us to acquire the BMW Group, at least they did not have to be embarrassed by British industry because of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and the House of Lords would definitely be more biased towards their own people who also belonged to the aristocracy. Bi Ruide sneered.

"Yes, I don't think it's right for the British to do that, but the question now is, are we going to go ahead with the Rover car company?" asked the manager of BMW.

"After all, Rover Motors is our only choice......," he said, gritting his teeth.

"So what are we going to do now? continue to compete with Victor Blackstone to buy Rover Motors? Now that they've started a price war with us, I'm afraid we're going to have to spend more money to get a deal." The manager asked.

"Fighting a price war is always the stupidest way to go, and what we at the BMW Group need to do now is to get the British industrial cloth as soon as possible and get them to pass our cross-border acquisition agreement. Bi Ruide thought for a moment and said.

"But the demands made by British industrial cloth are all from the political side, and if we agree to it all, we will cause ourselves a lot of trouble?" said the BMW manager disapprovingly.

"It's okay to make some trouble! I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to be troubled by the British, and our opponent is a fierce opponent this time. Bi Ruide said with a headache.

In any case, the addition of a new buyer to Rover Motors is a good thing for the British government, so British Airways began to negotiate with the two sides separately.

"How much Victor can you buy Rover Motors, is that really a surprise?, may I ask you how you came up with the idea so suddenly?" asked the manager of British Airways.

"Although I grew up in China, I have a great love for the ancient traditional culture of the United Kingdom, and the products of Rover Motors are the symbol of the image of the British aristocracy.

As you know, I was destined to step into the circle of the European high society aristocracy, and I only bought Rover Motors in the hope that I could leave some iconic symbols of the ancient British aristocratic culture.

Rover is the pride of the British, and I must not give it up to a foreigner!" said the little Jew with a smile, as if he had an innate British aristocratic temperament floating out of him at this moment.

"It seems that Mr. Charles's etiquette training in the past few months has really not been in vain, and the little Jews can now bluff people. Jia Lei said with relief in his heart.

"We are really touched by your love for the UK, Mr. Vick, and we and the government hope that Rover Motors will remain in the hands of the British. After all, there are not a few car brands that belong to the British that have been sold. The manager of British Airways lamented that many British car brands have been bought by foreigners.

"I think so too, so I found a friend to set up a company with money, planning to help the British keep the national brand of Rover Motors, so that the British style of Rover Motors will continue. The little Jew hurriedly said.

"We know what you want!

I think you should know that we've been talking to BMW for a long time about the acquisition of Rover Motors, so even if you pay more than them, we can't answer you right now. The British Airways guy said regretfully.

"Isn't it true that the one with the highest price should get the price of doing business? Why can't the British government agree to our acquisition plan when we offer a higher price?" Jia Lei asked curiously.

"The price you proposed is indeed higher than that of BMW on the surface, but BMW has just agreed after hearing that there is a new competitor, and is willing to take on 20 million book debt and 70 million off-balance sheet debt for Rover Motors.

That puts BMW's total purchase price for Rover Motors up to $1.7 billion, which is much higher than the £820 million you offered. The British Airways guy replied.

"It's only $1.7 billion, and we can also pay this price, so it's not a big deal for Young Master Ben to have an extra $100 million. The little Jew said unconcernedly.

Jia Lei was almost angry when he heard this, and he was almost angry with his generosity, sure enough, someone who is not at home doesn't know that firewood and rice are expensive, is it easy to earn money by himself!

"I guess in such a big acquisition, your government should be thinking about more than just money, right?

As far as I know, the island companies led by Honda have warned the British government through the embassy of country Y in Tokyo not to allow BMW's acquisition of Rover Motors, otherwise the island group led by the Honda Group will reduce their investment in the UK......," Jia Lei said meaningfully.

Sometimes, not everything can be solved with money!

BMW and Honda's beam knot is big this time!

"Yes...... So now Lord Sainsbury, who is in charge of industrial cloth, is negotiating with BMW, hoping that BMW will help the British government solve this problem.

It would be great if someone from BMW and the German government could invest in Britain instead of the islanders!" said the British Airways guy.

"Although BMW is rich, I'm afraid they can't represent the German government, right? Will the German government really defend the British government against pressure from the embassy of the island country for BMW?" Jia Lei asked with a smile.

"It depends on BMW's own ability, after all, the strength of the German consortium is no worse than that of the island consortium...... said the British Airways man spread his hands.

"I also want to see what more favorable conditions BMW can come up with to compete with us!" Jia Lei said with a smile.

What better terms could BMW offer to compete?

Because of the addition of Jia Lei, a competitor, the BMW Group had to add new weight to the original acquisition conditions.

The new president of the BMW Group, Frank Breed, and his subordinate Hagen Lüderitz visited Lord Sainsbury, the head of the British trade industry, to explain to him the benefits that the BMW Group's acquisition of Rover Motors could bring to the British government.

"I know that your BMW Group is very strong, and it is indeed the most suitable company to buy Rover Motors, but the nobles of the House of Lords still want Rover Motors to remain in the hands of their own people in England.

What's more, your new opponent is not only a member of the Victor Group but also a member of the same aristocratic system as the House of Lords nobility, and it will be difficult for the BMW Group to gain the upper hand in this acquisition. Lord Sainsbury, Earl of Sainsbury, shook his head at Bitter.

"But the young master of the Victor family is just a playboy who has just returned to his ancestors, and he has never had experience in running a car company.

Are you really selling a company as big as Rover Motors to him, and he is very likely to bring the company down! By doing so, you are acting very irresponsibly to the workers of Rover Motors. Bi Ruide said angrily.

"We've also considered what you're talking about, so even though Victor Blackstone is paying more than your BMW Group, we didn't sell Rover to them right away.

As the Minister of Industry in the UK, my first consideration is who to sell Rover Motors to, so as to bring more jobs and long-term benefits to the UK government. Lord Sainsbury replied that there was some assassination in his words.

"If British Airways can sell Rove to the BMW Group, I guarantee that the BMW Group will provide more jobs for the British people. Hearing this, Pyrrhid immediately reassured.

How could Lord Sainsbury not understand the implication in Lord Sainsbury's words, that all the British government wanted was to increase the employment rate and increase its political weight.

"I believe that a multinational company as strong as BMW will be able to provide more jobs for the British people. I hope you can assure me that the BMW Group will not fire a single employee when it takes over Rover Motors, and will add new factories and employment opportunities in the UK. Lord Sainsbury said.

"I can assure you that the BMW Group will not fire a single employee after the acquisition of Rover Motors. It's always okay, right?" said Billed helplessly.

"Of course you can, but we're going to put that in the contract. After hearing this assurance, I would like to sell Rover Motors to you now.

But......

Now the island consortium led by Honda and the island government are threatening to withdraw their investment to put pressure on the Ministry of Industry, and they will not allow the Ministry of Industry to sell Rover to the BMW Group, how do you think we should solve this matter?" Lord Sainsbury asked meaningfully.

"Our BMW Group and other country D consortiums can invest more in the UK on behalf of Honda and other island groups! And I guarantee that the BMW Group will build two more car factories in the UK in the future and invest no less than 2.4 billion pounds in the UK, so it is always okay?" said Billed gritted his teeth, and the money was the profit of their BMW Group in the next few years.

"Oh, that's a great promise, and if Victor Blackstone can't come up with better terms than your BMW, I think Industrial Cloth and the government will be willing to sell you Rover Motors. Lord Sainsbury said happily.

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