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"It's the news you leaked, right?" Looking at the leader of this escape from Romania, Konstantin Panait, Tang Huan asked with a frown. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the pressure of the sharp eyes of the richest man, Konstantin Panait, who had been talking for a long time, finally replied: "Please understand, people like us who are in a difficult situation need the attention of the mainstream media in the West, so that they can put on a protective coat of public opinion......

"I'm not in the mood to listen to you, a mercenary fellow. I know exactly which media have benefited you. After interrupting the other party's words in disgust, Tang Huan pointed to a file bag and said, "Hurry up and leave with the reward I cashed out to you." If you dare to talk nonsense in the future, I will send you back to Romania, along with your wife and your whole family. ”

Hearing such a stern warning from the richest man, Konstantin Panait suddenly sweated and turned pale with fear. If Gain was really retaliated against by the other party in this way, he would be thrown back to Romania, but he would be judged worse than dead.

Carefully picking up the file bag and carefully examining its contents, Konstantin Panait smiled flatteringly: "Don't worry, with these foundations, my life is quite secure, and I dare to cause trouble there." ”

"It's useless to talk too much, I only look at your actions." After Tang Huan snorted coldly, he waved his hand and motioned for the other party to get out of here.

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After a while, Nadia Comaneci, accompanied by Neligin, walked in. Able to escape to France safely and meet a trusted acquaintance, the former queen of gymnastics, has finally recovered from her panic.

Tang Huan looked at Nadia Comaneci, the other party was just over 28 years old, four years younger than Neligin, but he was haggard and much worse than the latter's complexion, but fortunately, the foundation was still intact, and after careful recuperation, he should be able to return to his original demeanor.

"Don, thank you for your selfless help." Nadia Comaneci thanked her with great gratitude.

"There's nothing more rewarding to me than helping a wonderful lady out of a difficult situation." Tang Huan smiled slightly and said honestly.

However, he did not point out another major reason for wading into this troubled water.

Needless to say, Nadia Comaneci, who fled Romania, is a model of "running to the light" that the Western media likes to see, and the richest man at this stage needs to promote this to give himself a cover - anyway, the original pattern of Eastern Europe is about to be overturned, it is better to use it and use it, and in the future, instead of being ambitious, you can also receive a pair of knees.

"Just now, I met Konstantin. He said goodbye and said that everyone would rush to the United States in batches. Nadia Comaneci tentatively said: "Originally, we agreed to go to the United States together, and when we got there, he would be my manager. ”

"It's almost the same to use you as a tool to collect money." Tang Huan, who took out a file bag from the drawer, said lightly: "Look at what this shrewd guy has done in the short time he has been in France?" ”

Nadia Comaneci, who had a puzzled look on her face, immediately turned red with anger after reading the information, "I didn't expect Konstantin to be so excessive, and everyone is a friend who escaped from life and death together." ”

"This is the answer to that sentence, knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts." Tang Huan commented leisurely.

"Tang, I'm very sorry, it's all because of my relationship that I have added so much trouble to you." Nadia Comaneci, who felt more and more about the impermanence of the world, looked sad.

"It doesn't matter, I'm not afraid to bite if there are more lice - I've been targeted by the media, and it's not too much." Tang Huan shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "It's you, who will add huge pressure to it needlessly." The curious media will maliciously hold a magnifying glass to observe the subtleties of your clothing, speech, mannerisms, etc., and then exaggerate them. It's a completely different level of attention than when you were an Olympic champion. ”

"I'm going to try to get through this tough time." Nadia Comaneci said bitterly, "Don, you're going to continue to help me, aren't you?" ”

"Of course." Tang Huan nodded as a matter of course, "The first thing we need to do is to relax and recover in order to cope with the gymnastics performance when we meet with the media and the public later." ”

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By the time Nadia Comaneci fled Romania, the situation in Romania was already in turmoil.

On December 16, fierce clashes broke out between police and local residents in Timisoara, Romania, resulting in the former firing shots, causing several casualties, which triggered large-scale demonstrations and demonstrations in Romania, and rumors appeared that "nearly 10,000 people were killed and injured in the Timisoara incident".

On December 21, Romania's supreme leader, Nicolas Ceausescu, mobilized nearly 100,000 people to a rally and tried to lead people to rethink the events in Timișoara.

As a result, in the middle of the speech, someone in the back row lit a firecracker, causing chaos on the scene; At the same time, loudspeakers were shouting, security was shooting into the crowd, and a "revolution" had begun to emerge - and just like that, a "revolution" broke out under the nose of Nikolai Ceausescu.

On 22 December, opposition and opposition forces within the Romanian ruling bloc formed the "National Salvation Front Council".

Realizing that the tide was over, Nikolai Ceausescu and his wife Elena Ceausescu tried to escape the presidential palace by helicopter and landed northwest of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

However, all this was broadcast to the world by the Romanian national radio, which has defected.

In the early hours of 23 December, Ceausescu and his wife were arrested by the army supporting the "National Salvation Front Council".

On December 25, the day of Christmas in the West, in a vacant lot in front of the toilet in the barracks in the county of Dembovica in southern Romania, Ceausescu and his wife were executed.

Even more exaggerated, videos of the interrogation and execution were quickly circulated in France and other European countries, and even on Romania's own television.

Naturally, the Ceausescu family, including their youngest son, Niku Ceausescu, the third prince who had fought Tang Huan at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, was imprisoned in a barracks near Bucharest and shown to the whole country on Romanian state television.

Thus the 25-year reign of Nicholas Ceausescu came to an end.

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Tang Huan, who watched coldly, was in time for the end of the year to watch the bloodiest drama in this great change in Eastern Europe. In addition, the occupation of Panama by American GIs was not ordinarily pretty.

For all these incidents one after another, apart from "the impermanence of the world", the richest man really doesn't know what to say.

Nadia Comaneci, who is now in the United States, can be regarded as having escaped a catastrophe. Through pro-Tang media such as CNN, she is subtly promoting the charity of the richest man and trying to return to sports.

Of course, the lace news surrounding Tang Huan and Nadia Comaneci has never stopped, and invisibly, it has also distracted the attention on politics created by the previous media.

In January 1990, when Tang Huan came to London, England, to negotiate the acquisition of Jaguar, there were still reporters from The Sun who fearlessly approached him and asked: "Tang, what is your relationship with Nadia Comaneci now?" ”

Without any glances from the boss, the bodyguard unceremoniously set it up.

The other party shouted unrelentingly: "You can't treat me like this......"

In disgust, he motioned to the assistant who drove this guy a little farther away, and said sarcastically: "You should thank us for our help, you have a new rumor-mongering stunt when you go back." ”

Tang Huan naturally didn't bother to pay attention to these boring hustle and bustle, and in a brief exchange with the media at the airport, he said very solemnly, "I didn't buy Jaguar for a dog as rumored, but I really became interested in this company." ”

"In my opinion, the application of computer technology will be more and more integrated with traditional fields. As the most important means of transportation, the car is an extremely important platform. The current trend of mergers and acquisitions in the global automotive industry has given me the opportunity to enter this traditional field. ”

"The Jaguar purchase is just the first step, and I should be working on other investment plans in Europe to promote the wider use of computer technology."

Regarding the statement of the richest man, the media interpreted it from two aspects.

First of all, the British don't need to have a "glass heart" anymore - Tang Huan officially clarified that Jaguar, the model of the British automobile industry, will certainly not be compared with dogs. I believe that this friendly signal can sweep away a lot of unnecessary entanglements.

Secondly, Mr. the richest man in the country seems to be about to start a sweeping mode in Europe. Next, everyone is likely to see the spectacle of "buy, buy, buy".

Britain, which has been waiting for a price among General Motors, Ford, and the richest man, happily accepted this momentum, and then made preparations, waiting for the three "rich and handsome" to be divided into high and low, and then sell the "girl" at a good price.

In fact, the first reason why Jaguar is so messed up now is ironic - a mistake in fiscal strategy.

For a long time, the United States was the largest consumer market for Jaguar cars in the world - its sales in the United States: 15,815 units in 1983; 18,044 in 1984; In 1985 it was 20,528 units.

It is not difficult to see how strong Jaguar's growth momentum is in the US market. Jaguar itself estimates that about 75% of potential consumers live in the United States.

However, there are two sides to everything. The more important the U.S. market is, the more pressure Jaguar faces losses in international payments.

As we all know, Britain, once the "empire on which the sun never sets", has a soft spot for maintaining the strong position of the pound sterling and is unswerving. But after the Plaza Accord was signed in 1985, the dollar entered a fast track of significant depreciation against other currencies.

Where is Britain comparable to Japan, whose domestic businesses are very sensitive to this trend of "becoming less and less valuable".

In this way, Jaguar has adopted a strategy called forward hedging, hedging between 50% and 70% of its gains in US dollars over the next 12 months.

There is no doubt about the shrewdness of British businessmen, and the difference is that they are not as good as Japan's "endurance". What's even worse is that the "Black Monday" in 1987 turned the global financial market upside down, and Jaguar's old and heavy-handed move became a blow to the head.

At a time when the financial situation is gradually declining, Jaguar still has a huge demand for cash.

Gaine, Jaguar faced a very difficult problem, that is, the single product. All sales relied on two models – the third-generation XJ-6, developed and launched in 1968, and the XJ-S, developed and launched in 1975.

In contrast, Japanese automakers have shorter production and development cycles, and German luxury cars have higher safety and product diversity, and Jaguar must change the situation of product monolithic.

So, from the mid-1980s, when life was at its best, Jaguar threw a lot of money.

First of all, after spending 7 years and 200 million pounds, Jaguar finally succeeded in launching a new model in October 1986, which was a completely innovative model since the XJ-6 model in 1968.

In addition, in July 1985, Jaguar decided to automate its production plants, a £500 million renovation that would run from 1985 to 1990.

In 1985 and 1986 alone, Jaguar spent £37 million on the engine development centre, and by the time it was completed in 1988, it had spent £55 million.

It was also in the year that Jaguar had to cut spending in order to secure the necessary cash flow, while announcing that it would spend less than £100 million over the next two years, and implementing a cost control plan to cut operating costs by £50 million.

This is due to the fact that Jaguar's earnings have fallen sharply, with profits falling by 18% in 1987 and 53% in 1988.

To make matters worse, the future prospects of the U.S. market are still not optimistic, and Honda, Nissan, and Toyota have joined the competition of high-end cars in the United States, and Jaguar has directly lost at the price barrier.

Jaguar, which is in trouble at home and abroad, is now so miserable.

Although everyone knows that as long as the money is in place, it should not be difficult for this old car company to recover. But who wants to take an unpredictable risk and come up with such a large amount of money?

GM and Ford threw out olive branches, but the conditions were not compatible, and Mr. the richest man, who had no background in the automotive field, was very amiable and lovely in the eyes of the British. (To be continued.) )