Chapter 556: Departure for a Journey
As soon as Wang Luo's purpose was stated, it immediately aroused the opposition of many shareholders, but he was not in a hurry to argue, and sat in his seat calmly, listening silently.
Someone else retorted on his behalf: "I have a different opinion from you, I think that Huaxia's market capacity is supported by the population base, and the economy continues to grow, and there is no such thing as a very thorough development, so I agree with the construction of factories in China to increase Huaxia's market investment." ”
Unexpectedly, it was not anyone from the Balanced Fund side who spoke, but the representative of the Abu Dhabi Sovereign Fund, Iraum.
He was a typical Arab, in his forties, with a thin body, a nose as high as an eagle's beak, a white scarf on his head, a slightly dark complexion, sitting there with an expressionless face, a pair of eyes blinking for a long time, and looking very serious.
As the largest shareholder of the group and one of the top 10 funds in the world, the representative of the Abu Dhabi Fund, whose main business is oil exports, and has extremely strong financial resources, Iraum's opinion carries a lot of weight.
Matsuda looked at Iraum and thought that one of the purposes of the establishment of the Abu Dhabi Sovereign Fund was to prevent the economy of Arab countries from falling sharply after the oil depleted. Including the equity of Daimler Group, in fact, it is also an investment product of this mentality.
From this point of view, it is not surprising that Iraum has spoken out in support of Wang Luo's proposal.
Matsuda Junkei muttered secretly: These Arabs have a lot of money and have nowhere to spend it.
Then he glanced at Xu Mingliang, the representative of the CIC Group who sat there from time to time and whispered to Xu Mingliang, the representative of the CIC Group next to him, and Wang Luo, who was beautiful and made Matsuda Shunjing salivate on the other side, thinking that this Chinese person also has a bit of ability......
On behalf of the Abu Dhabi fund, Iraum expressed his approval, and the proposal to build a factory in China itself was made by Wang Luo, that is to say, among the existing major shareholders of Daimler Group, the two major funds ranked first and second have agreed to build a factory in China.
Matsuda and Renault's representative, Pirno, looked at each other, and at the same time saw the worry in each other's eyes.
Among the important shareholders who are qualified to attend the annual general meeting of shareholders and vote to determine the company's development direction for the next year, the shareholding ratio is relatively small, and they are close cooperation and joint shareholding, so they have always advanced and retreated together.
Their opposition to building factories in China is not for personal reasons, but because the country's economy has taken off in recent years, and all walks of life have flourished, including the auto industry.
Under these circumstances, supporting Daimler's construction of a plant in China is not in the interests of Nissan and Renault.
After Matsuda saw Iraum's statement, other shareholders became silent, including Cai Che, who has no rival reputation within the Daimler Group, and also showed a deep groan, and suddenly felt anxious. He organized the language in his head, and was about to speak again, inciting others to oppose the proposal to build a factory in China, but Wang Luo suddenly looked at him at this moment, and the sharpness of his eyes bloomed in an instant, as if it could penetrate his thoughts.
When Matsuda Shunjing was slightly startled, Wang Luo faced everyone and took the first step to speak: "Shareholders may have misunderstood what I mean, I propose that the group build a factory in China, and there is no need to use the group's funds. In other words, the balanced fund will bear the investment in the construction of the plant, and we are willing to give up the controlling stake after the construction of the factory, so there is no such thing as harming the interests of shareholders. ”
Regarding such an important matter as today's shareholders' meeting, Wang Luo is naturally extremely well prepared.
In the dream that he had foreseen last night, he had already experienced the content of the meeting, how the others would react, and even what Matsuda Shunkei and Pirno were going to say and what excuses they used to oppose it.
So he was confident after the meeting started, and he had been watching from the sidelines, because he knew everything about the direction of the meeting and what would happen. Therefore, he was able to speak at the moment before Matsuda Junkei wanted to speak again, and did not give Matsuda Junkei a chance to speak again.
The content of what Wang Luo said was even more to the point, breaking the two main points of the source of funds and the fact that his side would not occupy a controlling stake in the new factory.
In the foreseeable dream, these two problems were the excuses for Matsuda Shunjing and Pirno to insist on opposition, and they were also the reasons why the majority of shareholders did not agree to build a factory in China out of their own interests.
Wang Luo opened his mouth to solve the doubts in everyone's hearts, so that Matsuda Shunjing couldn't find a suitable reason to refute for a while, he stared there stunned, speechless.
According to Wang Luo, the balanced fund is willing to bear the cost of investing in the construction of the factory, without Daimler to pay a penny, for Daimler, there is a lot less to worry about building a factory in China, and you can use the eliminated technology to buy shares (this is Daimler's practice, Mercedes-Benz under its name and a number of Huaxia automobile companies have cooperative relations, but the second-line technology provided is eliminated, and the core S-class car series technology of the enterprise is never leaked. This is not only the case for Daimler, but also for most European and American companies and foreign companies to cooperate with each other in order to maintain their leading position in the market), and the benefits will be very considerable.
In this way, the balanced fund bears all the risk, even if the loss is not much for Daimler. Daimler is responsible for providing only intangible brand value and some technical support, which will undoubtedly make the resistance to joint construction much smaller.
This is also the result of Wang Luo's repeated agreement with Su Yan and the Commander in advance, and doing so will clear most of the obstacles.
But the problem is that if you bear all the costs of investing in the construction of the factory, the initial investment is huge, which is bound to dilute the later income, then what are the benefits of the balance fund to promote the construction of the factory?
How can there be a reason to do business regardless of cost and only care about full investment?
Matsuda Shunjing's thoughts were racing in his mind, and he still couldn't understand Wang Luo's intention to promote the construction of the factory with all his might, and even did it at any cost, so he sat there frowning and thinking hard.
As the chairman of the board of directors, Cai Che has been listening, and has never expressed his opinion on the proposal to build a factory in China, and he has the same doubts as Matsuda Shunjing at this time, and he can't see through Wang Luo's intentions, so he is not in a hurry to express his position.
After all, it is not a trivial matter to promote Daimler to build a factory in China, and from Wang Luo's point of view, he does not expect to be able to settle such a big thing at one time, so he is also not in a hurry. Present ideas at shareholders' meetings, plant 'causes', and find opportunities to earn fruits later.
After that, the shareholders' meeting began to discuss other issues, and the discussion of building a factory in China was temporarily put on hold.
The two-day shareholder meeting passed in the blink of an eye.
Wang Luo and his entourage left Stewart by plane the day after the shareholders' meeting. The next destination is Spain, and this time the purpose is very relaxed, very simple to go - travel and vacation!