Chapter 418: The Acquisition Ran into Problems

The car in front turned into the fork in the road and drove towards those dilapidated factories, and the last trace of luck in Han Xuan's heart was shattered.

"What?" asked Gabriel.

“…… I don't know how to say it, but the factory that I imagined would be able to design an Aston Martin car should be very advanced, which is too far from what I expected. ”

Han Xuan was speechless.

It took more than $300 million to buy this factory, and I can't help but think about whether it is worth it or not, and in the eyes of the appearance party, it is really too much of a loss.

He was familiar with the detailed data of Aston Martin in the previous decades, and understood that the car company was not having a good time, and if it hadn't been for the success of investing in "007", perhaps it would have gone bankrupt long ago, and how could it have the money to build a new factory.

Luckily now a high roller has caught it, so

"Rebuild the factory, absolutely rebuild!

Look at that tower, it's all falling!

It's all over, and the renovation is probably useless, and it can't be saved.

Find a place to build it, and just move it entirely!"

Gabriel slowed down, "Are you sure you're going to buy?"

"Well, acquisition.

Luxury cars do not make money, they can only rely on them to enhance the company's reputation, expand the product line, and the real money is still the low-end cars.

It's not easy to buy a high-end car brand, and those big companies have a hard job to get it, and it and Maserati have a lot of effort to get it.

And the appearance is good, but Aston Martin can make good cars, I just don't like the house."

In the small dark red building on the fourth floor, a group of people walked out, all smiling.

The first fat old man, who weighed more than one hundred and eighteen, saw Han Xuan, and stretched out his hands more than three meters apart: "Jude Minghella, CEO of Aston Martin Motor Company."

Nice to see you. This is Mr. Anthony, haha!

This is Mr. Henry, Ford's senior vice president.

Jean-Arnaud, First Vice President of our company.

Michelle Shearer, Director of Human Resources, I'm sure you've seen it.

Hugh Day-Louis. Product manager at the company.

Sean Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer

Every time Aston Martin's CEO Jude Minghella introduced one, Han Xuan went up to shake hands with them, and it took a long time to finish introducing the company's top management.

It's not early.

I thought they would take me to see the manufacturing workshop, but when Jude reached out and motioned to enter the office building, he went in.

Don't look at the exterior of the building is full of "history", but the interior decoration is unique.

Imperial gold marble floors, pearl boxwood potted plants, and the artistic openwork staircase handrails and mahogany borders alone. It's certainly expensive, and it's not at all like a company that has been in bankruptcy many times.

Jude led them directly into a large conference room, where they sat at the top of the long elliptical table, apparently for a meeting.

The tea was already poured and still hot, apparently prepared.

He smiled at Han Xuan and Anthony: "Henry is going back to the United States tomorrow, and the signing will be discussed today, let's talk about the details first." ”

Han Xuan looked at him deeply. Find a seat and sit down.

The fat old man has been in the position of CEO of Aston Martin Motors for twenty-six years, and has seen the company rise and fall.

According to the data, he is not a leader who can expand and forge ahead. But Aston Martin has made it to this day.

I thought I was an unambitious person before, but now I may have to re-evaluate it.

Anthony looked at Han Xuan, and the meaning of his eyes was very clear.

He also found that something was wrong, how could he negotiate a contract when he came, and the activities of inspecting the company had not yet been carried out.

Han Xuan nodded slightly, turned around and asked Jude, "What do you want to talk about?"

"The price has been negotiated. The tentative price is $285 million.

First of all, I would like to talk about employee welfare.

First, you are not allowed to make mass layoffs of more than 50 people after the acquisition.

Second, on the issue of wages and bonuses, in terms of salaries, we have lower wages here than in the surrounding big cities, but the employees of the company put more effort into it.

So I would like to negotiate with you to raise the salary of ordinary employees by 15%. Middle-level employees will be raised by 25%, and year-end benefits will be increased by 30% on the current basis.

There is also an equity award at the top of the company, and we at Aston Martin are one of the best car brands in the world, so that employees can work with peace of mind. ”

Han Xuan didn't understand what Jude's skin was thick enough to say such brazen words.

I want to raise my salary and increase equity dividends when I open my mouth, I really want to spill the tea in my hand, and then scold you with a sentence!

Calming down, he asked: "I remember last year Aston Martin lost more than 14 million pounds, right?"

The conditions for the salary increase were unreasonable, and I refused. ”

Jude saw that he didn't discuss it with Anthony, so he refused, a little surprised.

According to the information, Han Xuan is very smart, but that means that in terms of learning and literature, there are not many things in business.

In Jude's view, Han Xuan's previous acquisition cases all seemed to be casual, all based on the boy's hobby.

Buying the company at a high price, and then giving employees a salary increase to win people's hearts, he can come to Aston Martin, indicating that he wants this company, so the lion opened his mouth and beat the local tyrants to divide the land.

But Han Xuan didn't play according to the original routine, which made him a little confused, and said: "Last year's big loss was because we wanted to develop the DB7 model, which is none of our business." ”

"So the data that only 2,179 Aston Martin cars were sold worldwide last year can't be faked, right?

There are a total of 86 retail stores around the world, and an average of only 25 cars are sold each, and even if they do not develop it, they are still losing money.

I want to ask you executives, how many shares do you want?"

"I think 6% is the right thing, they all have been working for the company for many years. ”

Han Xuan's fingers tapped the table, his eyes half-narrowed, as if he was smiling.

Anya next to him knew that he was angry, very angry.

The table was also made of mahogany, and on the wall hung a landscape painting by John Constable, worth millions of pounds.

Han Xuan didn't expect them to open their mouths to ask for 6% of the shares, and the black heart was not cultivated in a day or two, so thinking about it, these vampires don't know how much blood they have sucked on Aston Martin.

The person sent by the Snow Mountain Investment Company to check the accounts did not tell him that there was a problem with the company, which means that it was well hidden under Ford's hands.

What's the matter now, seeing that I'm so young that I'm a bully?

Turning his gaze to Henry of Ford, he didn't care about himself, he didn't even look at Han Xuan's eyes, staring at a few paintings on the wall to admire.

Han Xuan suddenly lost interest in this company.

To be precise, there is no interest in these people, and all of them here are high-level and vested interests.

If the blackmail is successful, they can get a net profit of more than 17 million dollars, so no matter what they think, they don't speak.

Anthony let Han Xuan do it himself and didn't intervene.

I know that this guy is a master who refuses to suffer, and I don't worry about him doing stupid things.

In fact, Han Xuan didn't plan to do it, and directly refused: "No, not before the company generates profits, this is not in line with the convention." ”

The eighteen directors here control the entire Aston Martin, and they are collectively in control of all the supply channels and sales channels, so they have no fear.

If you succeed in being acquired, you still have equity in your hands, and it's okay to be fired.

didn't succeed and continued to stay under Ford, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, anyway, there was no loss.

Jude calculated this and said, "Then I need to think about it."

Prices are rising too fast, but wages are not rising, and the employees of the company will not agree. ”

Han Xuan knew that he was secretly changing concepts, and he was clearly talking about equity, but he kidnapped the entire Aston Martin employees.

If they don't agree, the local government won't agree because of the implications.

Aston Martin must get it, otherwise the preliminary work will be done in vain, and Maserati alone will not be able to support the fame of a car company.

Han Xuan saw Jude's triumphant smile, and he was angry, this part-time worker was confident, and he really regarded himself as his boss.

Stand up and go out, now you don't understand anything, you can't grasp the initiative, and it's easy to lose money in negotiations.

Pulling Anya out, he turned back to Anthony and said, "I'm tired, cancel the party at night, help me book a hotel, talk about it tomorrow, and let you know when the time comes." ”

A room full of people are stunned, and they just run? Who would do this when negotiating?

"No way, who made him a child, sorry sorry, gone.

I'll ask the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company about that, Mr. Henry. ”

Anthony dropped this sentence, didn't care about his demeanor, and trotted to chase Han Xuan

Henry frowned and asked Jude, "Can you succeed? It's not good for the directors to do this, his family doesn't have much influence in the UK, but they have a good relationship with our directors in the US." ”

"Seeing what he did just now, it's just a child, as long as we give him the toys he likes, he will definitely agree, and I'm ready for him.

If there is a problem in the company, push it to me, and the people in your company will not dare to fire me, and if I leave, Aston Martin will be ruined."

At the same time.

Han Xuan sneezed a few times at the door of the small building, his snot was hanging on his mouth, and he took the paper handed by Jason and wiped it clean.

Without thinking about it, I knew who was saying bad things about myself, so I turned around and raised my middle finger and said in English: "I bought a watch last year!"

Anthony, who had been pondering his boss's hobbies, suddenly realized.

It turned out that I liked the watch, and the Thanksgiving gift finally didn't have to worry (to be continued.) )