"I'll just say, the Rolls-Royce Group must be tired of selling things so cheaply! It seems that they want to sell things to their own people, no wonder the price is so cheap. Jia Lei squinted his eyes at the investigation report and said.

"Hey, even if this doesn't delay us from buying the Rolls-Royce brand, right? You want to buy Rover Automobile Company, but how can you be sure that there is no similar situation in Rover Automobile Company?" asked Jia Lei.

"As soon as you say that, I should really send someone to Rover Automobile Company to investigate, otherwise if they collude with internal and external parties, we may suffer a loss!" Jia Lei nodded and said.

After all, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and the company is too big, can you know what shareholders it has?

Jia Lei didn't know if he didn't check it, and he was shocked when he checked it!

Honda still owns 20 percent of Rover Cars, which is more than BMW's stake in Rolls-Royce?" said the little Jew in shock as he looked at the report.

"Actually, it's not surprising that the two have been working together for ten years, and almost all of the research and chassis of Rover Motors' new models have been bought from Honda in recent years.

The current Rover car is actually a Honda car with a different shell, and there is no difference between the cars of the two companies except for the different trademarks. Jia Lei said.

"Since Honda has more shares in Rover than BMW in Rolls-Royce, what are you going to do now?

"If I don't look for it, I can only look for a Ferrari! Their lions are already famous for opening their mouths, who dares to touch it?" Jia Lei shook his head and said.

"Do you still want to choose between the two?" asked the little Jew.

"Yes!" Jia Lei nodded.

"In that case, let's buy a cheap one, right? I think Rolls-Royce is very good, at least his factory has fewer workers and fewer workers, and it is easier to manage. Little Jew said.

"No, I still think Rover is good, although it is expensive, it has a long history and is well-known throughout Europe. The key is that Rover Motors not only has many patents, but also has many car brands, so we can try different development directions in the future. Jia Lei said.

"What's the advantage of having more patents? Rover's patents have been outdated for a long time, otherwise they wouldn't have used Honda's chassis and engine. Little Jew said.

"Those patents are just outdated, but it's not that they can't be used, at least Rover Cars, which has engine patents, is a hundred times better than Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, which doesn't have engine patents.

Without the engine and a complete set of patented equipment, we will not be able to build cars in the future, so if we buy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, we can only build shell cars, so I might as well buy Rover Automobile Company to build some classic cars.

Now that retro style is in vogue, maybe when the appearance of these classic cars will be sought after again, we will be a symbol of dignity and elegance!" Jia Lei said proudly.

A few decades later, the vintage British car became a symbol of taste and status. Even in European countries, if you can have a real antique classic car, it is definitely a special face-saving thing.

"If you want to buy Rover Motors, you can buy it, anyway, your vision has always been good, but how are we going to solve this little devil Honda?" asked the little Jew.

"We don't have to solve it, naturally someone will do it for us. Jia Lei spread his hands and said.

"Someone is doing it for us?" asked the little Jew, puzzled.

"Of course it's British! When I looked at the information just now, I noticed a strange thing, British Airways didn't seem to have informed the people of Honda Motor Company about its intention to sell Rover cars.

They have been in contact with BMW for a while, but every time these two companies negotiate or meet, there are no islanders in them, don't you think this is a bit wrong?

Honda has a 20% stake in Rover Motors, and they didn't send anyone to sell the company,......?

"Do you mean that the islanders don't know about it yet?" asked the little Jew.

"I don't know at all that it's impossible, but I guess the people of the island must not know how far things have got!" Jia Lei said with certainty.

"You're not guessing accurately, or we're going to try the islanders?" said the little Jew's eyes.

"Good idea!" Jia Lei nodded and said.

There are many banquets in London, and Jia Lei and Little Jew want to find a chance to meet the senior management of Honda Company, so Jia Lei met people from Honda Company at a ball.

"Hello sir, can you take a step to speak?" Jia Lei said with a smile and stopped the manager of Honda.

"Who are you, and what is the matter with me?" asked the Honda manager.

"We're going to make a big deal with you!" said the little Jew, dressed in a custom-made suit, as if joking.

His attitude made the Honda manager frown slightly, but when the Honda manager saw the dark lines belonging to the Victor family on the little Jewish clothes, he immediately became respectful.

"I wonder what Mr. Victor is looking for me, let's go out and talk. The manager of Honda bowed slightly to the little Jew and said.

"That's what I want, then let's go." Little Jew said, and he took the lead and walked out.

The two sides found a secret place in the garden, exchanged business cards and identities with each other, and then began to get to the point.

"Excuse me, Mr. Victor, do you have any big deals for me to discuss?" asked the manager of Honda.

"I've heard that Honda has a 20% stake in Rover Motors, and I want to buy it. Can you make a price?" said the little Jew lightly, as if what he was buying was not a stake in a car company but a toy car.

"I'm sorry, I can't do this kind of thing because my position is too low!" replied the Honda manager.

"Since you can't be the master, then you can find someone who can call the shots and ask, right?" Jia Lei suddenly said aloud.

"I'm afraid that the only person who can call the shots on such a big matter is Mr. Nobuhiko Kawamoto, the CEO of our company, and I will call you to inquire when I get back. Said the manager of Honda.

"You don't have to go back, just ask here!" Jia Lei said, handing him his satellite phone.

"You don't mind if I go to the side to call, do you?" asked the Honda manager.

"Don't mind!" the little Jew nodded, and then the manager of Honda ran over to report to his leader.

"What are you talking about someone wanting to buy our 20% stake? Is this true?" asked Nobuhiko Kawamoto in disbelief, having never considered selling a stake in Rover before that.

"This news is indeed true, the person who came to talk to us about buying shares is a young master of the Victor family, and the other is a director of Citibank. With the two of them, they would never joke about such a big thing!" said the Honda manager.

"Since they're not joking, then you can politely turn them down for me, I never thought of selling the 20% stake in Rover Motors. Nobuhiko Kawamoto replied.

"Hey, I see!" replied with a bow, and the other party dropped the phone.

"I'm very sorry because our company still needs to continue to cooperate with Rover Company in the future, so the chairman does not plan to sell his shares, and I ask for your understanding. Said the manager of Honda.

"What's wrong with this, those shares originally belonged to Honda, so we can't force them to buy and sell. Jia Lei said with a smile.

"Since you don't plan to sell your shares, then let's leave first! Jia Lei let's go. Little Jew said, and then he turned and walked away.

"I'm also leaving! But before leaving, I want you to bring a message to Mr. Nobuhiko Kawamoto for me, as the saying goes, there is no wind and no waves, and we will not come to the door to buy shares with you for no reason, right?

The island is so far away from London that Nobuhiko Kawamoto doesn't know what's going on here, and I hope he'll occasionally take a look at the British branch. After Jia Lei finished speaking, he left completely, leaving only the manager of Honda with a blank face.

September 1993

"Jia Lei, it seems that the people in Honda do not know about the contact between Rover Automobile Company and BMW. The little Jew said to Jia Lei.

"Not only that, but he doesn't know about our contact with Rover!" Jia Lei said with certainty.

"It seems that the British don't take the little devil seriously at all? The sale of such a big business did not even notify Honda, the second largest shareholder. Little Jew said.

"It doesn't matter to us if they don't tell us, all we have to do now is build a good relationship with British Airways and try to snatch Rover from BMW. Jia Lei said.

"Grab it? You say that you are easy, but how can we rob it? We are not as good as BMW in terms of strength and financial resources?" asked the little Jew.

"So what? If British Airways really wanted to get rid of Rove, they wouldn't have been talking about it for so long.

I asked my uncle to inquire, and the British want to keep the car brand Rove in the hands of the British, so that we won't have a chance?" Jia Lei said with a smile.

"What chance do we have? neither of us is English?" asked the little Jew.

"Fool, you have 1/4 English blood, and you will be the heir to the English barons in the future, and you will become English sooner or later, and I think the nobles of the House of Lords are glad that you, your future companion, will leave the pride of England in England. Jia Lei said.

"Does this have anything to do with the House of Lords? we're just buying a car company, not a lawsuit?" asked the little Jew, puzzled.

"Huh...... Do you know how many large-scale international mergers and acquisitions have ended up at the government level, and sometimes doing business is not just a matter of two people negotiating, but also in line with the interests of various countries. Jia Lei said.

"Oh, buy Ga, Jia Lei, this is too troublesome, right? I will never be able to figure out these complicated politics in my life, I don't care about Jia Lei's future affairs, you can handle it yourself, I will only pay!" said the little Jew with a headache.

"Okay, anyway, it's useless for you to be a show-up in this negotiation, just leave it alone! You just need to show up at the critical moment, and then sign it when I have negotiated the matter. Jia Lei nodded and said.

"That's a good idea!" said the little Jew, who was immediately pleased to hear this.

*****

In other words, a Rover Automobile Company that was talked about by Jia Lei is not so stable at the moment, and the opinions of all parties in it are not unanimous.

There was little discussion within British Airways about the decision to sell Rover, but they had a different decision on how to sell the company.

At the moment, British Airways has three different options for selling Rover Motors.

In the first plan, some people think that Rover and Honda have been cooperating for 10 years, and it would be best if they could sell the remaining 80% of Rover's shares to Honda.

Originally, the R&D and production of Rover Automobile Company were decided by Honda, and the sale of the remaining shares to Honda Company would not have much change in Rover's current business model and personnel.

It's a pity that the falling flowers are intentionally ruthless......

Honda is the person in the world who knows the details of Rover Motors and the reasons for its losses, and they have not been able to milk Rover for 10 years, and now of course they will not want this money-losing goods.

Then someone put forward a second plan, which was to sell Rover to Mercedes-Benz or BMW Group.

The reason why Rover did not choose Ford, GM and Volkswagen is because they have collapsed before, and the other is that the profitability of these companies is not very high, and the profit margin is too low.

They were afraid that these companies would be dragged bankrupt by Rover Automobile Company after they took over Rover Automobile Company, so they found two of the richest companies to sell themselves.

However, because of Jia Lei's butterfly insertion, they now have a third choice.

The third plan proposed by this group of people is the company's shareholding system, in which the management pays to buy the company's management rights and then continue to operate, which is also the best outcome for Rover Automobile Company.

However, the financial crisis that Britain has just encountered seems to make it impossible to give its own money to the big hole of Rover Motors, so the management wants to buy Rover Motors and has no place to borrow.

In other words, two of the three plans died, and in the end, Rover was forced to sell itself......

So Rover Motors found its favorite buyer, BMW!

BMW was originally interested in acquiring the brand of Rover Motors, and then the two sides hit it off and began to happily hook up, and they quickly reached an agreement if they wanted to buy one and sell it.

In the end, BMW offered Rover 550 million pounds, which was equivalent to about $1.3 billion that year.

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