Chapter 730: A Difficult Handshake
"Deputy Director Li, you don't plan to speak for the Germans, do you?" Coming to the side, without waiting for Deputy Director Li to speak, Chen Geng asked politely: "If you are going to help the Germans speak, then I suggest you don't say it, it is impossible for Runhua Industry to harm its own interests to help outsiders." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Deputy Director Li was a little embarrassed, if he wasn't going to help the Germans speak, how could he call a timeout at this time? It's one thing to know, it's another to be called out.
It's just that he knows that Chen Geng already knows what he means, so he still has to say what he should say: "Chen Dong, I'll just say a few words, whether you listen to it or not, will it be successful?" ”
"You say." Chen Geng nodded, he is also the person in charge of the foreign affairs department, of course he has this face.
"I know that you must have your own reasons for absolute control," knowing that Chen Geng is not easy to mess with, Runhua Industry is different from those ordinary enterprises, Deputy Director Li pondered for a while, and then said: "But you also know that Wolfsburg is of great significance to our country, Wolfburg is developing well in our country, and our comrades also have a propaganda example when they go out to attract investment, and Wolfsburg can be used as an exception to attract more enterprises to invest in our country......"
Chen Geng nodded: "I know, use the example of Wolf Castle to tell foreigners: 'We are Chinese, people are stupid!'" More money! Invest now! That's what it means, right? ”
Deputy Director Li's face twitched twice, and he definitely didn't know anything like this Qiu Ba: "Hehe...... This is also a strategy, our country is now in its infancy, and we very much need capital from foreign countries to help us develop......"
Chen Geng's heart suddenly moved, a bold idea suddenly came out, and he made up his mind, Chen Geng did not hesitate to interrupt Deputy Director Li's words: "Leader, I understand what you mean, don't worry, we Runhua Industrial will take care of the attitude of the foreign affairs department." ”
Deputy Director Li was overjoyed, but he was a little unsure: This kid is so good at talking? After hesitating for a moment, he asked tentatively: "Chen Dong is polite, well, this is not a request, just a suggestion, and if this request is too embarrassing for you, you can also ......"
Chen Geng smiled speechlessly, so that he couldn't spray the sentence "I want to set up an archway when I am a watch" on his face: "Since this is the case, don't mention such a request in the future." ”
"Hehehe......"
Deputy Director Li's face was full of "What are you talking about?" "It's cute.
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Seeing Deputy Director Li with a happy face, Ferdinand Piëch's heart suddenly filled with a deep joy: there is a door!
Chen Geng's expression was very calm, even a little calmer than just now, but in the face of Piëch, who seemed to be calm, but the expectation flowed out of his eyes from time to time, Chen Geng's head seemed to have two curved horns, looking at Piëch, Chen Geng put forward his own request: "In Skoda Automobile, Runhua Industrial insists on having more voting rights." ”
How so?!
Ferdinand Piëch looked disappointed, and at the same time couldn't help but look at Deputy Director Li: What are you doing?
The expression of Deputy Director Li, who was looked at by Piëch, was more exciting, and he looked at Chen Geng with a shocked expression, and his expression revealed a meaning: What about the ones we said before?
After seriously appreciating the wonderful expressions on the faces of Ferdinand Piëch and Deputy Director Li, Chen Geng smacked his lips a little unsatisfactorily, but it's a pity that he couldn't look at it for a while: "But we can transfer part of our voting rights to Wolfsburg Motors for a fee." ”
Can a part of the voting rights be transferred to Wolfsburg cars?
Ferdinand Piëch automatically ignored the word "paid" in Chen Geng's words, and his mood was like a roller coaster: as long as Runhua Industrial agreed to the absolute shareholding of Wolfsburg Motors in the acquisition of Skoda Motors, it would be easy to talk about anything!
As for Deputy Director Li, who was wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, his thoughts were much simpler: Well, this is a negotiation strategy by Chen Geng, it must be like this. Where can he still hold back? Without waiting for Ferdinand Piëch to speak, he hurriedly asked, "Chen Dong, what do you mean by this?" ”
Chen Geng did not answer, but looked at Ferdinand Piëch.
knows the meaning of Chen Geng's eyes: If you don't ask, I won't say.
Piëch really didn't want to ask, as long as he opened his mouth, he would fall behind, but in this situation, if he didn't speak, probably Chen Geng, the bastard, would not speak, and nodded depressedly: "Chen, what do you mean by paid?" ”
Chen Geng: "Paid means that Runhua Industrial can sell part of its voting rights to Wolfsburg. ”
Ferdinand Piëch's heart was relieved!
Although this means that Wolfsburg will have to make another sum of money, but considering the proportion of shares purchased by Wolfsburg, it should not be much money in fact, and it is almost the same as a small few million dollars to survive, considering that Wolfsburg and Runhua Industry can jointly reduce the purchase price a lot, even if another sum of money is made, the total amount of money paid by Wolfsburg should be much less than the current situation.
Thinking about this layer, Ferdinand Piëch quickly nodded and said, "No problem! While board approval is still required, it should be fine. ”
Chen Geng waved his hand: "Don't be in a hurry to agree, I have a second condition, if Wolfsburg Automobile agrees to the second condition of Runhua Industry, we can only acquire 30% of the equity of Skoda Automobile and 40% of the voting rights." ”
In other words, Wolfsburg only needs to acquire 10% of the voting rights from Runhua Industrial? Ferdinand Piëch was convinced: 10% of the voting rights only, so to speak!
Glancing at Deputy Director Li, Ferdinand Piëch spoke: "Mr. Chen, what is the second condition of Runhua Industrial?" ”
Chen Geng: "The second condition is that within the next year, Runhua Industrial will buy 4.5% of the ordinary shares from the three major shareholders of Wolfsburg Automotive: the Porsche family, the Piëch family and the state government of Lower Saxony. ”
The second condition supports a 4.5% stake in Wolfsburg? Ferdinand Piëch was awe-inspiring in his heart: Runhua Industrial wants so many Wolfsburg stocks, what are they going to do! There was a strange look on his face and he asked, "Chen, I'm glad that you are willing to hold the shares of Wolfsburg, this is the greatest affirmation for us, but why do you want to do this?" There are not many Wolfsburg shares circulating in the market, and the outstanding shares of Wolfsburg Motors account for more than 23% of the total shares, and we welcome Runhua Industrial to hold Wolfsburg shares, which can be purchased from the market if you need them. The total stock ratio is only 4.5%, which is not a problem. ”
"That's the problem," Chen said, "The number of shares that Runhua Industrial wants is equivalent to one-fifth of the total number of shares in circulation, excluding the number held by major sovereign wealth funds, investment banks, insurance companies, pension funds, large corporations and the super-rich, how many shares can be circulating in the market?" Can it account for 10% of the total shares? If all the shares are bought from the market, how much does Runhua need to pay? ”
Ferdinand Piëch is a little embarrassed, Chen Geng is right, in all the outstanding shares of Wolfsburg Automobile, most of the tradable shares are held by major sovereign funds, investment banks, insurance companies and even investment institutions in some countries, there are not many shares of Wolfsburg Automobile circulating in the market, whether it can reach 10% really needs to be a question mark, if Runhua Industrial will buy all the shares from the market, it will inevitably lead to the soaring stock price of Wolfsburg Automobile - this is of course in the interests of Wolfsburg, but obviously, Runhua Industrial is not willing to be this fool.
After a moment of silence, Ferdinand Piëch said, "Mr. Chen, I will convey your intention to the board of directors, but unfortunately, I cannot promise you anything......"
"Mr. Piëch, you guys are not interesting enough," Chen Geng finally became a little impatient: "It was you who took the initiative to come to the door and hoped to unite with Runhua Industry, and now I have given you the opportunity to unite, and you are pushing back?" Your Piëch family, your cousin's Porsche family and the state government of Lower Saxony hold more than 75% of the total share capital, which means that each of you only needs to contribute 1.5%, and you don't agree to such simple conditions? ”
"That's not what you say......"
"That's it, I'll take a step back," Chen Geng frowned: "Runhua Industrial will buy 3% from your three major shareholders, and the remaining 1.5% will be acquired from the market - if you don't agree to such conditions, then there is really no need to talk about it, let's see the real chapter under our hands and see who can take Skoda under our command." ”
Piëch stopped talking.
If the Piëch family needs to take out 1% of the Wolfsburg car shares, compared to the nearly 30% of the shares held by the family, this is really nothing, but the nature of capitalists has always been greedy, if it is so simple to agree to Chen Geng's conditions, Piëch is not worthy of being called Piëch, he looked down and thought about it, and said: "If you can agree to my few conditions, I can do my best to persuade the three major shareholders to agree to your conditions." ”
"You say."
"This condition is only valid for one year after the signing of the cooperation agreement, after which the agreement will be voided regardless of whether you acquire it or not."
"Of course."
"Second, I will try to convince the Porsche family, the Piëch family and the state government of Lower Saxony to sell you 3% of the shares at market price, but the voting rights of this part of the shares will be held by the original shareholders, and of course, the voting rights of the 1.5% of the shares acquired from the market will be yours."
"That's it......" Chen Geng frowned, shook his head and said: "The 3% voting power can be held by you, but the period of this holding must be limited, I think 5 years is a good number." ”
"At least 15 years."
Ferdinand Piëch immediately said: "10 years, no less. ”
"Okay," after hesitating for a moment, Chen Geng finally nodded reluctantly: "That's 10 years." ”
"Great," Piëch smiled happily, and suddenly stood up and stretched out his hand to Chen Geng: "Chen, happy cooperation!" ”