Chapter 728: Unreconciled Differences (1/7)
The comrades of FAW are very sad, and the sadness in their hearts has become a river!
Why?
Why?!
Why do we want to cooperate with Wolfsburg, we have to cry and shout, kneel on the ground and beg, people are willing to cooperate with us, and now it's the turn of the damn Runhua Industry, the one who cried and shouted, knelt on the ground and begged was replaced by a Wolfsburg car?
Everyone is Chinese, why is the gap so big? Why is the gap so big?
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It's just that the reality is very cruel, and the people who are in a good mood don't care about FAW, which feels sorry for themselves and looks like a young woman in literature and art, and even the comrades in the foreign affairs department are smiling: Great, as long as Chen Geng agrees with Mr. Piëch's suggestion, they can also buy Skoda's shares, and when they publicize it to the outside world, they say that they are shareholders of Skoda, and they will increase their face and lining; The most important thing is that now that the two companies finally don't have to fight, there is nothing more important than this.
Deputy Director Li looked at Chen Geng with blank eyes, and kept praying in his heart: Your old man must not twitch his brain today......
I sent Chen Geng two sticks of incense.
Chen Geng thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Piëch, your suggestion is very constructive, and I am very interested, but now I have a few questions. ”
Ferdinand Piëch was overjoyed and immediately said, "You say." ”
"What is the proportion of shares held within Skoda in this acquisition? In the future, how will the two companies deal with the technological intersection between the two companies because of Skoda? ”
Piëch replied without hesitation: "Wolfsburg requires more than 50% of the shares, and under the condition of guaranteeing Wolfsburg's share acquisition requirements, Wolfsburg Automobile does not interfere with Runhua Industrial's acquisition of Skoda Automobile's shares, and is willing to provide some help within its ability." As for the second issue you mentioned, I think we can resolve it through consultations. ”
"OK," Chen Geng nodded slowly: "Your suggestion is very enlightening, but please forgive me, we still need to discuss it internally." ”
"Of course, I can totally understand." Ferdinand Piëch immediately replied happily.
Of course, he knew that such a big matter, of course, Chen Geng could not give himself an answer now, they were willing to consider it carefully and discuss it carefully, this is the most ideal result, he said to Chen Geng sincerely: "Mr. Chen, please believe me, Wolf Castle is here with great sincerity, you can go back and organize it, no matter what conditions and requirements, you can put it forward in the next negotiation." ”
"Thank you."
Piëch nodded in response, and then said: "Mr. Chen, Wolfsburg and Runhua Industry are both great companies, Runhua Industry is the most dynamic passenger car manufacturing enterprise in your country, Wolfsburg is the most dynamic automobile manufacturing enterprise in the world, we should not consume each other's energy and time in such things, cooperation is the best choice, I firmly believe that our union will inevitably produce a magical chemical reaction of 1+1 greater than 1." ”
If it weren't for Chen Geng's enough understanding of Wolfsburg and the urine nature of the Germans, he would have believed it!
That's right, Ferdinand Piëch's proposal is very constructive, Chen Geng is also very excited, if all the conditions are right, it is not impossible to buy Skoda cars together, but to say that Piëch's last words are sincere from the bottom of his heart, it is!
Having lived with the Germans for almost 20 years, Chen Geng knows too well what kind of stuff this group is, proud, arrogant, and self-righteous...... This is what it really looks like hidden under the stereotypical national image of the Germans, and as the country with the most frequent economic exchanges between China in Europe, Germany is also famous for its anti-China and white-left tendencies, Ferdinand Piëch, the future head of Wolfsburg, is a hidden excellent white left, believe this guy's words, his head is definitely kicked by a donkey!
However, all this does not prevent the group's executives from being optimistic about this proposal......
"I think Mr. Piëch's suggestion is very good and very feasible," Pascal Schultz, a foreigner, appreciated Piëch's idea of Runhua Industry and Wolfsburg Automobile joining forces to acquire Skoda: "Anyway, we do not seek absolute control of Skoda Automobile, we only need to be able to hold a certain percentage of Skoda shares, which does not conflict with Wolfsburg's demands, and we can also greatly reduce the purchase price by combining ......."
"Yes, that's how I see it."
"I think it's good to work with Wolfsburg, and there's still a lot of money left."
"That's right, the most important thing is that in this way, we will not be considered to have gone back on our word, and we can also give a strong explanation in front of the people of the whole country......"
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Listening to everyone's words, Chen Geng's heart sank more and more.
Only then did he realize a very serious problem: he seemed to have underestimated the capabilities of the Germans!
At first glance, this proposal from Wolfsburg is a good thing for everyone, but if you look closely, is this really the case? It seems to be, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that Runhua Industry has more benefits, so the question comes, is it difficult for Wolf Castle to know?
Of course they do!
Since they know that this kind of cooperation plan is more beneficial to Runhua Industry, why do they still insist on such cooperation?
The reaction of everyone in front of me gave me an answer! Obviously, I underestimated the ruthlessness, decisiveness, and the level of digging holes for these veteran capitalists, but now it seems that I am a little difficult to ride a tiger......
"I don't agree to work with Wolfsburg!"
Just when the alarm bell sounded in Chen Geng's heart, an opposing voice sounded.
Who's this? Overjoyed in his heart, Chen Geng hurriedly raised his head, it turned out to be ...... Jia Tingliang?!
This is too unexpected for Chen Geng, Mr. Jia Tingliang has always been opposed to his stalemate with Wolfsburg Motors, but now he actually said that he is not optimistic about the cooperation with Wolfsburg?
It's not that I don't understand, the world is changing fast.
Pascal Schultz was obviously as surprised as Chen Gengzhi, and he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Jia, why do you say that?" ”
Jia Tingliang asked, "Okay, let me ask you, what was our original goal?" ”
Pascal Schultz replied without thinking: "Acquire at least 30% of Skoda's dividend rights......"
Jia Tingliang interrupted Pascal Schultz's words and said loudly: "Wrong! Our condition is not to acquire 30% of the shares of Skoda, but to acquire more than 50% of the voting rights and at least 30% of the dividend rights! ”
"Shhh
Pascal Schultz's face changed instantly!
The expressions of the comrades who had previously supported cooperation with Wolfsburg on this matter also changed, and they realized that they had subconsciously ignored a fundamental premise in their previous discussions.
This point, even Chen Geng has intentionally or unintentionally ignored it, this is really not to blame Chen Geng, is it that this guy didn't plan to really buy Skoda in the first place, but just played a trick on people's minds?
To put it simply, Wolfsburg previously asked to acquire 70% of the shares of Skoda Automobile, that is, 70% of the dividend rights and 70% of the voting rights, if Runhua Industrial agreed to them, the current acquisition conditions of Wolfsburg Automobile will become at least 50.1% of the shares, including at least 50.1% of the dividend rights and at least 50.1% of the voting rights.
Now the question is, whether it is Runhua Industry or Wolfsburg, there is a hard rule of "more than 50% of the voting rights", how should this irreconcilable difference be resolved?
The solution is very simple, as long as one party is willing to give up, whether it is Runhua Industry or Wolfsburg Automobile, as long as one party is willing to give up the condition of "acquiring more than 50% of the voting rights", the problem will be solved, but obviously, Runhua Industry cannot give up this condition, giving up this condition, which is equivalent to Runhua Industry in Skoda Automobile The dividend rights and voting rights held by Wolfsburg were both crushed by Wolfsburg, the whole company is Wolfsburg Motors, Runhua Industry spent a lot of money, and the result was mixed into a role of soy sauce, It is equivalent to taking all the money and squandering, which is of course unacceptable to oneself no matter what;
Similarly, it is obviously impossible for Wolfsburg to give up this condition, they have worked hard for so long, and they have even talked to Skoda about acquiring 70% of the shares, you expect Wolfsburg to give up absolute shareholdings?
Since it is impossible for everyone to agree on this point, the trouble arises: can cooperation be achieved in such a situation?
Everyone's face is ugly!
I thought I had found a good solution to the problem, but who would have thought that this so-called good solution was just a beautiful soap bubble that was blown gently......
Burst~~
Shattered.
"Or ...... Let's give up absolute control of Skoda cars on the condition that we import some technology from Wolfsburg? "Someone weakly made a suggestion.
As soon as these words came out, they were immediately scolded by Jia Tingliang: "The PassatB4 of Wolf Castle was designed by Chen Dong for them, what technology do they have that is worth introducing?" Well, the technologies we want to introduce, such as the Quattro all-wheel drive technology that Audi is proud of, are Wolfsburg willing to transfer to us? ”
Well, Quattro's full-time all-wheel drive technology is a key skill for Wolfsburg, and it's really unlikely that they will transfer this to Runhua Industrial.
As for the rest, what else is there in Wolf Castle that is worthy of Runhua Industry's eyes? Just like Jia Tingliang said, Wolfsburg's new generation of mid-level car: passatB4 has to ask Chen Dong to help them design it.
In a word, it is a fact that there is a gap in technology between Runhua Industry and Wolfsburg Motors, but Wolfsburg Motors does not make Runhua Industries thirst for something that they can't stop - of course, if Wolfsburg allows Runhua Industries to dig up more technical backbones from them, and at the same time these people are willing to come to China to work, then it is a different matter, but is this possible?
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PS: Debts are repaid, this is the first change.