Chapter 573: Li Zairong's Unwillingness
"Pangu, how many BHP shares do we control now?" After reaching a settlement with the Kangaroo government, Lu Yang paid attention to the acquisition of BHP Billiton. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Boss, through various acquisitions, we spent $150 billion to acquire a total of 47.5% of BHP's shares, becoming its largest shareholder." Pangu replied quickly.
"So fast?" Lu Yang was a little pleased, "Although the price is not low, it is worth it." ”
BHP's market capitalization is around $220 billion, while Pangu spent $150 billion to acquire 47.5% of the shares, a premium of more than 40%, which is definitely a high price. However, Lu Yang didn't feel a little distressed about this, all this money was earned from the kangaroo country, it was easy to get money, and it was naturally generous to spend.
"It seems that there should be no problem with controlling BHP Billiton in August." Lu Yang thought to himself.
"Boss, BHP's second largest shareholder, the McKenzie family, is interested in selling shares." Pangu Road.
Lu Yang smiled: "They can't help it, it seems that the McKenzie family already knows that I am doing BHP Billiton." Pangu, ignore them, and acquire a 3.5% stake from other sources as soon as possible. They want to sell it, and I don't want to buy it yet. By the way, Pangu, what about the other properties of the Mackenzie family? ”
"According to my investigation, the McKenzie family lost more than $3 billion in the economic crisis, and many of its companies have gone bankrupt, so they are considering selling BHP Billiton to cash out."
Lu Yang smiled: "Good job, Pangu." In this case, the next step is to consider how to reduce the price. On the McKenzie family's side, you drag them first to prevent them from giving up their shares, and when they get 51% of the shares, I will play with them well. ”
Lu Yang has reason to hate the McKenzie family, if five months ago Lu Yang was unhappy with the McKenzie family because of their discrimination against Huaxia, which was considered a "national feud", then now Lu Yang is even more annoyed by the other party's criticism of Penglai Island and himself, which is considered a "family hatred".
At the end of last year, when Pangu first tried to attack the economy of Kangaroo Country, the McKenzie family was the object of his care and suffered a lot of losses. Coupled with Lu Yang's Chinese background, the McKenzie family, which has always been big-mouthed, has attacked and ridiculed Lu Yang several times. After perceiving that Lu Yang had the intention to buy BHP Billiton, the McKenzie family did their best to disrupt the situation, and several members of the McKenzie family said that even if they sold their shares cheaply, they would not let BHP Billiton fall into the hands of the Chinese people.
"Don't you want to sell it cheaply, and I will fulfill you!"
The Bright Tower in the country of sticks has been in operation for more than a month, and wireless power is becoming more and more popular. According to feedback from companies such as Samsung, 30% of households in Bangziguo have now purchased wireless charging products, and by the end of the year, this proportion will increase to more than 40%.
Wireless power is a big push for electric vehicles. According to the data of the Ministry of Construction and Transportation of Bangzi Country, the number of cars in Bangzi Country is 22 million, of which less than 200,000 are electric vehicles, accounting for less than 1%. However, after the Guangming Tower was put into use, several auto giants in Bangzi Country have announced that they will launch electric vehicles by the end of the year, and the public's expectations for this are extremely high.
"The spring of electric cars in the country of sticks!" "JoongAng Daily" commented.
The public wants to see high-performance electric vehicles, which is a challenge for car companies in the country of sticks, because they have not achieved much in electric vehicles before.
In the field of electric vehicles, the technology of Huaxia Automobile Company is undoubtedly the best, which is the foundation laid by Lu Yang at the beginning, and later driven by Tianxin Automobile Company. This is followed by the car companies in the United States, including Tesla and General Motors. Again Fuso cars, German cars, etc.
For this reason, several EV manufacturers are preparing to enter the country of sticks. And the local automakers in the country are under more pressure, such as Hyundai. However, Hyundai Group already has a solution, that is, to cooperate with Penglai Automobile Company.
Penglai Automobile Company is very interested in the automobile market of Bangziguo, after all, this is a market with annual sales of 2 million, and in addition to Bangziguo, it has become the first country in the world to fully cover wireless power, and there is a great demand for electric vehicles. In order to successfully occupy the Bangziguo automobile market, Penglai Automobile Company and Hyundai Group reached a cooperation, and the two sides jointly established a company to produce an electric vehicle that meets the needs of the Bangziguo market.
Today, Zheng Qiming, vice chairman of Hyundai Group, took people to inspect Penglai Automobile Company.
Luo Yuan took Zheng Qiming and others to visit the production workshop and Ziweixing assembly line of Penglai Automobile Company, and showed them the production technology of Penglai Automobile Company. Seeing the highly intelligent and automated assembly line of Penglai Automobile Company, Zheng Qiming and other executives of Hyundai Group have the feeling of countrymen entering the city, and they are surprised everywhere they go.
Luo Yuan couldn't help but feel funny as he watched their reactions. Hyundai Group is the largest car manufacturer in Bang Country and one of the top five in the world, making it an absolute auto giant. But even such a company was shocked by the technology of Penglai Automobile Company, which made him feel a kind of pride.
"Mr. Luo, your production line is so advanced that it can realize unmanned production." After looking around, Zheng Qiming has a deep understanding of the technology of Penglai Island, "If we can introduce such a production line, our production efficiency will be greatly improved." ”
"President Zheng has won the award, in fact, efficiency is one thing, the main thing is quality." Luo Yuan pretended to be modest and said, "Penglai Automobile Company has not been established for a long time, so far, a total of 3.9 million vehicles of various types have been sold, including 100,000 Ziweixing, and the others are different types of electric vehicles. Taking Ziweixing as an example, in the past two years of external sales, there has never been a single quality accident! ”
"I have experienced this, I have a Ziweixing myself, which not only has excellent performance, safety and strength, but also impeccable quality." Zheng Qiming did not hesitate to praise, "This is also the reason why our Hyundai Group wants to cooperate with your company, in many fields, your company is at the forefront of the world!" ”
Luo Yuan and Zheng Qiming are both efficiency-oriented people, and in just two months, the cooperation between the two companies has borne fruit. Based on a production base of Hyundai Motor, they upgraded it with Penglai Automobile Company's technology, and soon transformed it into a production base with an annual output of 600,000 electric vehicles.
In mid-August, the first electric car produced by the two companies rolled off the assembly line!
In Lu Yang's view, electric vehicles are just an ordinary cooperation between Penglai Group and Hyundai Group, but in the eyes of the people of Bangzi Country, this is an earth-shattering event, because they are no strangers to this kind of cooperation: Penglai Island produces technology, Hyundai Group pays capital, and the cars produced are named Penglai-Hyundai brand.
This is very reminiscent of a car company in Huaxia - Beijing Hyundai.
"Huaxia exports automotive technology to the country of sticks!"
"Host-guest translocation: 20 years ago, Hyundai exchanged technology for the Chinese market, and 20 years later, Hyundai exchanged the market for Chinese technology!"
"Is Huaxia really rising, or is the country of sticks falling?"
"Hyundai Group has become a stick and a national disgrace!"
The news of the cooperation between the two companies came back to Huaxia, and Huaxia netizens were relieved for a while, for so many years, Bangziguo has despised Huaxia, thinking that they are developed countries, and their technology is much stronger than Huaxia.
"20 years in Hedong, 20 years in Hexi!"
"Penglai car hangs the stick country!"
"This is the normal relationship between two countries!"
More than 20 million netizens from the two countries scolded each other on the Internet for more than a month, until Penglai-Hyundai went on sale in Bangzi Country.
The Hyundai Group's actions have annoyed the people of the country of sticks, as well as the Samsung Foundation, the largest consortium in the country of sticks.
Samsung Group is a national enterprise in the country of sticks, and is involved in a wide range of industries, including automobiles. In 1998, Samsung Group began to produce automobiles, and then due to the financial crisis, Samsung Motors was acquired by Renault of France with a 70% stake. In 2017, Lee Jae-yong re-established his idea of developing the automobile industry, and just as Renault fell into a debt crisis, he bought back the shares for $2.3 billion.
Samsung Auto's idea is very clear, that is, to develop smart cars. However, Samsung Motors is not a member of the Smart Car Alliance, and without external technical support, three years is obviously not enough time on their own. Sure enough, from 2017 to the present, Samsung Motors has only launched a few models that do not sell well.
"Hyundai Group has really cooperated with Penglai Group." When Lee Jae-yong heard the news, his face was gloomy for a while, in the country of sticks, Hyundai Group is the biggest competitor of Samsung Group. He thought that after Xuan Zhenen grew old, he would be able to completely defeat the other party, but who knew that Penglai Group would actually intervene.
As the heir of the Samsung Li family, Lee Jae-yong is modest on the outside, but he is very proud on the inside, in fact, he does have the capital of pride. But no matter how proud he is, Lee Jae-yong does not think that Samsung Group is the opponent of Penglai Group.
"Penglai Group, why don't you choose me?" Lee Jae-yong muttered.
Lee Jae-yong made a comparison between Samsung Group and Penglai Group in his heart. Samsung Group did not start early, and the real development was at the end of the Korean War, and in just a few decades, affected by the overall economic development of the country of Bangzi, Samsung has grown from a small company with the goal of Fuso to a global consortium.
Samsung Group attaches great importance to technology, with a very high proportion of technical personnel among its employees, and an impressive amount of investment in technology research and development every year. At the same time, they are also sensitive to the market. And this is the reason why they have been able to rise quickly. (To be continued.) )