Chapter 117: A Journey to Europe
Two years ago, Fairy and Messer Electronics finally signed a contract, Fairy Company invested 12 billion US dollars, into the Messer Electronics Company, a total of 78 billion yuan, these money paid off in three installments, until 19 years, Fairy Company paid all the amount in the contract, officially into the Messer Electronics Company. Since the fairy became the largest shareholder of Messer Electronics, the European side tried its best to invite the major shareholder Mr. Li Mengze to attend the shareholders' meeting of Messer Electronics, and someone who received the invitation felt in a dilemma, he really didn't like to go to a foreign country, but it was not good to refute the other party's face, after all, this is the first foreign company in which the fairy became a shareholder, not to mention that this company has a relatively large role in the fairy. So after thinking about it again and again, someone had to reluctantly go to the source of the world's new civilization.
The women in the Li family's compound are all looking forward to going to Europe, most of them have never been to Europe, to be exact, most of them have not been abroad, which is a bit embarrassing for them. The Li family is already very rich, very rich, but their family is very, very low-key, almost the most low-key of all the rich people, although there are descriptions of them everywhere, and people are curious about them everywhere, but this family just nests in B Beijing and does not go out, at most they go to their hometown to play, and even the resorts owned by fairies and Xixing rarely go. Since the family is used to living together, everyone doesn't seem to be interested in traveling, and these women, who are very dependent on men, let them travel alone, which is unthinkable, and the home life of the past few years seems to make them forget that there is China outside of Beijing, and there is the world outside of China, but this is just that everyone has not done it. Now that such an opportunity has appeared, the women who are no longer young have all put on a beautiful face that is still young, especially a few younger women who have no jobs, and it is even more unbearable to make any refusal. To be honest, this sudden trip to Europe, every woman wants to go, but she can't go, after all, the impact is not good, it will be scary, not to mention that such a trip is not reassuring. Naturally, it is a few sisters who do the coordination work, as a result, Liu Yun and Liang Jiayi are honored to accompany them, and they originally wanted Gigi Lin to go, after all, they will have to deal with Messer Electronics in the future, but firstly, the children are small, and secondly, the electronics company can't leave, and now and in the future, Messer Electronics will be controlled by the fairy headquarters, and it seems inappropriate to go by the general manager of a subordinate company; Yang Hua can't go, and the fairy company can't do without her; Zhang Xiaoqing is of course a resignation, so many children, she can't rest assured, and it is up to her to manage the children; So there were only three little women left, and finally made an agreement to bring Chen Haili with them next time, so that the eldest lady cried happily and secretly. There is a certain reason for taking these two women to go, no matter what, everyone has a special feeling for Liu Yun, if it weren't for her, the family would definitely not be what it is now, "Yun girl is a great contributor", which makes everyone give full care to this active sister; And Liang Jiayi is because she is relatively familiar with Europe, and she has lived in the compound in the past few years, so she really doesn't live with her, so she asked her to accompany her to "be a guide". As for the accompanying personnel, the two bodyguards are indispensable, they are all old partners who have cooperated for many years, as well as some staff of the fairy company, so that the group of people will kill towards Europe. Li Mengze began his first international trip in his life - a trip to Europe.
Headquartered in Munich, southern Germany, Messer Electronics Company is a very well-known electronics company in the local area and even in Europe and even the world, with very strong strength, advanced technology, and products are divided into military and civilian products, of which the military part occupies a considerable part, many military industrial groups in Europe have a deep customer relationship with him, many shareholders, and he also participates in a number of electronic companies, is a very well-connected electronic company. This time, the cooperation between the two sides, the fairy is of course hoping to borrow its advanced technology and special-purpose electronic field, Messer Electronics also wants to rely on this Chinese legendary company to enter the Chinese market, unlike many European automobile, machinery and other companies, the pace of electronic companies to enter China is obviously slow, especially some military-related electronics companies, this time, it can be said that the two sides have each other's needs, win-win cooperation. Although it has gone through the hard work of the fairy, the hard work of the fairy company, and the active cooperation of Messer Electronics, there is a good cooperation between the two sides today, which is why Li Mengze's trip to Europe is possible. Flying from B-Beijing, passing through Moscow, then entering Germany, and finally landing at Munich International Airport, the staff of Messer Electronics has been waiting for the shareholders from China to visit the headquarters of Messer Electronics. But before waiting to greet the responsible personnel of Messer Electronics to meet the front, there have already been reporters shooting at some people, the two bodyguards saw that the momentum was not right, and hurriedly protected each other, hoping to minimize the loss, but someone obviously attaches great importance to their own image, but is ready to pose for the reporters to take a picture enough, the two women are also skillfully cooperating, one left and one right snuggled around, and the other staff immediately dispersed, for the power of the boss, they still retreated better, What's more, they are not willing to steal the camera with this family in such a situation. This situation was soon discovered by people nearby, and everyone was interested in the origin of this person, although it is common to see such a thing, but it is really rare to see such a strange combination like them, however, the Chinese passengers who arrived on the same plane with them suddenly remembered their origins, and naturally there were many people who guessed the purpose of their trip, but the passengers of other flights did not have such awareness.
There were not many reporters surrounding them, only about 20, which made someone breathe a sigh of relief, in this case, in other people's land, in other people's acres and threes of land, he still cooperated well, so he was ready to contact them as much as possible.
"Hello everyone! I don't know how you learned the news of our trip, there is an old Chinese saying that 'meeting is fate', and you meet here, that is, fate! Today we are here to attend the shareholders' meeting of Messer Electronics, we can't make the staff wait for a long time, I hope you will forgive me, so we are here to answer each of you a question, can you? Seeing that many reporters raised the microphone and said something he didn't understand at all, he had to speak, trying to take the initiative, he didn't speak English, and he had long forgotten the English he had learned before, and he didn't know anything about German. However, the accompanying interpreter was indeed very capable, and he flew in and quickly translated these words.
"May I ask Mr. Li, what is the purpose of your investment in Messer Electronics?" Everyone saw that someone was more cooperative, so they put their minds at ease, but everyone only had one problem, so they also paid more attention to it, and they couldn't waste it casually, and after a while of silence, reporters began to exercise their rights.
"I can answer this question, Messer Electronics is the pride of Munich, she is very famous in Germany, in the whole of Europe, in the world, has a great influence, and is a rare partner. The Fairy company pays tribute to Messer Electronics, and in order to expand the influence of Fairy in Europe, we chose Messer Electronics to cooperate"
"May I ask if you are holding Messer Electronics to support Fairy Electronics Company?" Another reporter then asked.
"Fairy Electronics is a subsidiary of Fairy, and Messer Electronics is the holding company of Fairy, of course we hope that the two companies can have some kind of cooperation, business is based on cooperation, as for supporting Fairy Electronics, Fairy has done enough, no special support is needed!"
"Fairy Electronics is expanding rapidly, are you reassured about this?" Another reporter asked, even in Europe, there is still a lot of talk about fairy electronics, which is a big deal in the electronics industry.
"There must be gains and losses, this problem is the concern of the general manager of Fairy Electronics, and Fairy has been separated from the electronics company." Li Mengze didn't blush at all when he said this, no matter how he said it, no one believed it, you must know that they are a family.
"As we all know, Messer Electronics is a well-known military power subsidiary, and Fairy is mainly for industrial use, how can the two companies cooperate, does Fairy want to enter the field of military electronics?" A female reporter asked, this is where the industry continues to speculate about fairies.
"Everyone's interest in the two electronics companies is really high, advanced technology, in the end is common to each other, today's military technology, tomorrow may also be military, but it may also be converted to civilian use, if you can expand the market of Messer Electronics, the fairy as a major shareholder is very happy!"
"There are rumors that Fairy Holding Messer Electronics has received strong support from China's ZF, is this related to the rumored China wanting to get European military electronic technology, does it mean that China and Europe have some kind of cooperation?" An American reporter asked: This is a very sensitive issue, and it is part of the reason why some forces tried to prevent cooperation between the two sides at the beginning, but the cooperation between China and Europe has become the trend of the times, and the fairy has taken a completely commercial channel, which was finally approved by the European Parliament.
"Messer Electronics is a private company, and Fairy Company is also a private company, which is a cooperation between two private companies, and has nothing to do with the national situation." Of course, Li Mengze denied that no matter where he was, he was an ordinary businessman, and this did not cause controversy, you must know that unlike many successful businessmen in China, he had neither the fictitious title of a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference nor the status of a deputy to the National People's Congress, and even his two partners were pure businessmen, and he did not have a "dazzling" aura at all.
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"Can I ask you a personal question? Is this young lady next to you Miss Liang Jiayi, the heroine of "No Love", why did Miss Liang give up her acting career? The journalist made the most of the opportunity, asking three questions, even though it was one question, and of course, he was not the first to do so.
"If you can call him 'Mrs. Liang' or 'Mrs. Li', she will be even happier, and the entertainment industry is also very hard, just like the journalist industry. I loved her very much, and when I saw her so tired, I asked her to be with me for the rest of my life. Li Mengze said, smiling and looking at the two women beside him.
"Why are you so willing to cooperate with us? Not everyone is willing to contact our reporters. "More than 20 people, each with a question, in fact, there is more than one, no matter how many questions are asked, the most critical questions have already been asked, and the last reporter finally found a question. She also sighed from the heart, and it was clear that this time someone's cooperative attitude made everyone very satisfied, because most of the questions were answered relatively well.
"A lot of the time, I also avoid everyone because I don't like to be public! However, when I can't hide, I am willing to answer everyone's questions, as for why I cooperate with you, it is because reporters are the makers of lies; However, journalists are also disseminators of the truth, and I would like to express my deep respect and understanding and support for the work of journalists. Thank you! ”
For Li Mengze's answer, after listening to the translator's commentary, everyone gave warm applause; Everyone thought about this sentence and showed some degree of respect for this person's behavior towards everyone, so everyone moved out of the way, and as they went, the camera flashes kept flashing, and the staff of Messer Electronics were already waiting on the outside of the crowd. At Munich International Airport, it is common to see some reporters surrounding some "celebrities" to ask questions, but it is rare to see such cooperation and so respected by reporters, some people have asked who this person is, and soon, the name of Li Mengze, a legend from distant China, resounded in the sky over Munich. Now there are two aspects of the European media's interest in someone, one is him and his family and his legendary investment, and the other is one of his women, some people still miss this famous movie star, maybe some people are interested in her appearance, some people have expectations for her fame, but after many years, when they re-face everyone, everyone remembers more for her excellent acting skills in "No Love". A famous movie, what people remember for a long time is not the appearance of some of them, but the acting skills of some famous movie stars, as well as the touching plot, and Liang Jiayi's visit to Europe has set off a small retrospective**.
The Chinese all over Europe know about the arrival of the legendary figure of the distant mother family, and many people look forward to meeting this legendary fellow villager and sending a blessing to this legendary person. It is not uncommon to see people who come to visit him, yellows, Caucasians, and even some dark-skinned people who come to visit this legend in today's business world, and many people don't want to talk to him, just to look at them from afar, one after another, and this makes someone feel very surprised. Originally, he was just an insignificant person, and he didn't have any outstanding social contributions, just a small businessman, how could he be respected, he was a little flattered! Li Mengze's popularity in Europe is quite high, his family combination alone is enough to attract people, China is a monogamous society, bigamy is not allowed, although there are many absurd combinations, but people like them are indeed unique, no wonder many people are interested in his family. And his wealth, incredible wealth, is even more unforgettable for many people. For this opportunity to get close to foreign people, Li Mengze will certainly not let go, although he has never had the idea of taking advantage of others, but now it is different, this is in Europe, this is in a strange place, it is in a brand new society, he has too many needs here! Not only did he try his best to contact the local people, but also several people in the same company also communicated, and the two women talked a lot, and those interviews simply became an exchange meeting between their family and the Chinese in Europe, from personal life, to company career, from family to country, everything was discussed, and these words soon became a long embellished article in the newspaper the next day, and for a time, a fairy whirlwind was set off all over Europe.
Many companies and many people in Europe are no strangers to fairies, and of course what initially let them know about fairies was a series of actions by fairies investing in the steel industry, which directly caused the passivity of Larens Steel Group; What makes everyone know more about the fairy is the big move of the fairy combination of Chinese textile companies, which makes European and American countries completely loosen the restrictions on China's textile industry and is forced to open the door to the textile market to China. Now in the European market, at least six out of every ten pieces of clothing are produced by companies that cooperate with fairies, can they not know about fairy companies! China's textile companies finally knocked on the door of various countries, unwilling to open up on the hard to open, at that time had caused a huge response, some people even called for DI to make Chinese textiles, but China's textile quality is high and cheap, but also a lot of textiles from other countries squeezed out, do not buy Chinese clothes? Now, the fairy company has become the owner of Messer Electronics, and even if someone didn't know about this company before, with someone's arrival, it should be known now. Therefore, Messer Electronics has paid full attention to the arrival of the fairy boss.
The shareholders of Messer Electronics came together to welcome their partner, the majority shareholder from faraway China, a middle-aged man who is said to be less than 40 years old, who has formed what may be the most powerful electronics company in China in the future. For this new Chinese partner, there are many people who attach great importance to it, a large number of various materials show that this cooperation partner is unusual, many years ago large-scale investment, after many years of silence after another ** scale investment, this legendary company, now has become the company's largest shareholder, and is the controlling shareholder, everyone can't help but be very interested in it. There are a lot of shareholders of Messer Electronics Company, in addition to the fairy company holding as much as 55%, most of the other shareholders are small shareholders, many are holding less than 5%, to be exact, there are ten shareholders whose shares are below 5%, only one in more than 10%, all shareholders including fairies, a total of 12, it can be seen that there are many shareholders. Although the shares of these shareholders are relatively small, they are not simple, and almost all of them are relatively well-known large companies in Europe, especially the military industrial group, which are all mutually owned by the Messer Electronics Company, and become a loose consortium, which normally supports each other, especially some technologies are shared with each other under certain circumstances. In addition to negotiating with the controlling shareholder at the time, it also negotiated with each shareholder separately, and through the pressure of these external forces, the progress of the negotiation was accelerated, and finally contributed to the success of this cooperation. Originally, Messer Electronics wanted to cooperate by holding Fairy Electronics, but someone with other ideas disagreed, and even preferred more funds than let Messer Electronics hold shares, which was not figured out at that time, because it was completely inconsistent with their business philosophy, but the urgent desire to enter China and the huge power to use the fairy made the two sides finally reach an agreement, not to mention that 12 billion US dollars is indeed very tempting, with 12 billion US dollars, the development of Messer Electronics is stronger, And the various shareholders have also received a lot of funds. As a veteran electronics company that has developed for many years, its development ideas and development trend are not something that can be mastered by an investment company for only ten years, and the fairy just wants to use his technology and broad contacts in Europe to lay a good foundation for entering Europe. The shareholders of Messer Electronics have finally seen the characteristics of Chinese shareholders, with casual support and unsuccessful speeches, which make people confused; As a result, everyone is worried about picking up an idiot-like partner.
For the accusation of Messer Electronics, the fairy company refuted it unceremoniously, although it was a bit of a scoundrel, but in the end it made everyone feel helpless! Fairy electronics believes that their understanding of the electronic market is far from enough, can not make constructive suggestions at all, not to mention, as a senior electronics company, has already had its own business model, the ability of the shareholders is "not worse than the fairy", the fairy just "happens to have more shares", as long as everyone's suggestions are reasonable, you can get "fairy support". As a result, for the first time, there was a phenomenon of small shareholders striving for the support of major shareholders, and some shareholders with development ideas put forward suggestions in their favor, which made the shareholders' meeting lively, but lacked feasibility. This situation makes someone angry, how can these shareholders be so ignorant, do they only take into account the interests of one company, do they want to harm the interests of other companies, of course this does not work, as an arbiter, the fairy began to coordinate the interests of the various companies. In the end, everyone accepted the company policy that was basically beneficial to each company, and the fairy took into account the interests of many companies, but did not seek the slightest benefit for herself, which aroused the goodwill of many companies, and in any case, everyone saw the sincerity of the guests from far away China and regarded them as good partners. Thus, the fairy began his journey to Europe.
After the shareholders' meeting, the group did not return to Beijing directly, but happily accepted the invitation of many companies and associations. Li Mengze and his entourage were invited by a company in Sweden, two companies in Germany, two companies in France, a company in the Netherlands, and a company in Spain, all of which are shareholders of Messer Electronics, and there are more than 20 other social groups that invite them. They almost stayed for a day or two in every scenic spot, and went to participate in an invited enterprise or company event by the way, which lasted for more than two months, and they visited Europe all over the world, and the gifts mailed by air were received by the Li family compound every day! Li Mengze and the fairy company are completely like a public relations officer, visiting famous old people, attending some celebrity banquets, visiting some lonely Chinese, fortunately, a few people are still in good health, that's it, there are still people who can't stop complaining. The two bodyguards were very nervous, although nothing happened, but it did not mean that there was no danger, in the Netherlands, if it were not for the help of a local Chinese gang, they would probably be stranded in a community, and even something happened, but generally safe. Everywhere I went, there were always news media interviews, which made the accompanying interpreter tired, and what was even more troublesome was that someone changed the agreed itinerary, and the translator was not enough, so I had to temporarily invite one from the local Chinese, so I could barely make do with it, but the faces of the two ladies were not very good-looking, because the female translator ...... But Li Mengze is used to dealing with reporters, answering a lot of questions, absolutely guaranteeing that it will not take much time, there are fewer reporters, you can answer more questions, there are more reporters, please forgive me, this has become a well-known thing for reporters everywhere, so in order not to leave problems for future interviews, all reporters also cooperated, which made the two women feel happy about this, especially someone who was often chased and intercepted by reporters before!
In Berlin, I saw the "Forbidden City" of the German emperor, in Paris, two women bought enough original French perfumes, and we saw several more famous palaces...... I ended my trip to Europe, and when I returned to B-Beijing, it was already three months later, and if I didn't go home, I wouldn't have time to celebrate the New Year with my family! The whole family gave a grand welcome to several relatives who had gone to Europe for sightseeing, and everyone hugged each other and told each other about their feelings after parting. To be honest, if it were possible, Li Mengze would not want to go to Europe, others may not believe it or understand it, but his women know it very clearly. The three-month trip to Europe exhausted him enough, running back and forth, which was both exhausting and laborious, and he had to worry about the safety of his group. He had never worked so hard that he had no fighting spirit for several months, and the two women were so frightened that they hurriedly called home, but fortunately, the medical expert explained that he was too tired and "just take a rest". Therefore, someone who returned to China, wandering leisurely all day long, called "cultivating the body", under the auspices of Jing Wen, ate a lot of supplements, and more importantly, played a lot, swept away months of hard work, seriousness, humility and politeness. To tell the truth, he has indeed been tortured enough in the past few months, he has never worked so hard, never been so disciplined, never paid so much attention to his image, in order to show the good and people-friendly image of the fairy boss in front of the great Europeans, in order to give the women and children of the Li family compound a breath of image, he has accompanied the old man! As soon as he got home, he began to ask for compensation, obviously he didn't have that energy, but he yelled, which caused a scolding from the women, and even Jingwen was in a bad mood and complained constantly, which made him much more honest.
Li Mengze's hard work was not in vain, many Europeans praised him, and praised the fairy company even more, earning a lot of work for the company and the family. The image of the fairy company is not very good in Europe, but it is a bit bad, which is of course the result of the guidance of public opinion, people think that this company is a very national company, and her corporate behavior is a rebellion against Europeans, a kind of selfish confrontation of the company. However, Li Mengze's trip to Europe, especially the easy-going reception of visiting reporters, expressed the intention of the fairy, portrayed a "devil" as an "angel", which greatly restored the image of the fairy company, he not only recognized the national nature of the fairy, but also explained the roots of the national character, good historical knowledge helped him a lot, but also opened the eyes of the entourage; He showed people the strength of the fairy, and described the future of the fairy to people, expressed a certain affirmation that the fairy has become a world company, and prompted people to accept the fairy company under the new concept. This has aroused extensive media reports and the great concern of many people, and has aroused the response of most Chinese people. Compared with the fairy's trip to Europe, the country is not eager, and only comments on the fairy's trip to Europe on the Internet.
The fairy's journey to Europe has begun, and people have begun to pay attention to how the fairy shows her charm in front of Europeans, and at this time, the fairy electronics are seriously developing step by step in China. Fairy Inc. needs money, and this is a problem that needs to be solved urgently. There is a lot of money in Europe, but the annual dividends are only a few billion yuan, and at most 5 billion yuan can be recovered.