Chapter 510: In the Pocket

Now everyone is speculating whether the acquisition of Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Cosworth, three loss-making companies under the Vickers Group, is good or bad for the Alice Group, which has created a dazzling achievement in the high-tech industry and the IT industry, and the Alice Group, which has achieved great success after extending its tentacles to the automotive industry. Will this acquisition be able to give Alice Group wings to fly higher to the sky, or will it become a chain tied to Alice Group's wings to the sky?

The major media was lively, but no matter what the media speculated, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the signing ceremony between the Vickers Group to sell its Rolls-Royce and Bentley, the world's top luxury car brands and Cosworth, the world's top engine manufacturing and R&D center, to the Alice Group will be officially held at the famous Brown Hotel as scheduled.

As a former host of such people as Napoleon III and his Empress Eugénie, Theodore. Roosevelt, Winston. The Brown Hotel, home to Winston Churchill and many other famous political figures, represents almost the whole of Britain - at least the British themselves are artificial: gentlemanly, dignified, and elegant.

The fact that the Vickers Group has arranged the signing ceremony here is indeed a testament to their good intentions: even if they sell three of the most famous brands in the British automotive industry, they must sign a contract in a place that matches their identity and status. \\\\

At this point, Zhang Lan also has to say that although the British Empire has long since fallen, the British always seem unwilling to admit this fact, and they are always looking for all kinds of excuses to maintain their dignity, which is almost impossible to support.

With a burst of flashing lights, Alice and Vickers signed the contract and exchanged the acquisition contract, and the whole signing ceremony was successfully completed. This also means that from this moment on, the pride of the three British automobile industries, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Cosworth, which has been coveted by Zhang Lan for a long time, officially belongs to the Alice Group. Based on the Alice Group, the price of the land exceeded his expectations. Even the Vickers Group did not put forward any additional conditions, requiring the Alice Group to do something or something. This is also exactly what Zhang Lan meant, if a lot of additional conditions are there, then what is the meaning of this acquisition?

These flashes were much denser than usual, and no doubt a considerable part of them were directed at Alice herself. Zhang Lan wondered if these reporters were filming Alice herself. \\\ Still filming this signing ceremony? I wonder how after they leave the venue, how to write a manuscript that satisfies their boss?

Alice rarely appears on a regular basis, and everyone only hears that the owner of Alice's group is beautiful. But I really didn't expect it to be so pretty. Although the European and American races have a very white complexion, they generally have large pores and rough skin, so cosmetics manufacturers from Europe and the United States are also the most developed, but Alice is different, you can clearly see that Alice, who attended the signing ceremony today, does not even have any makeup on her face. I didn't even wear even the simplest foundation.

"Clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving" This sentence describes the girl's beauty and beauty. Probably not many people have heard of it even if they have learned Chinese, but there is no doubt that Alice is explaining this to everyone at this moment. Although they had not heard of this poem, the minds of those present automatically classified Alice into this category of beauties that could only belong to the gift of God. Compared with those beauties who are piled up with various cosmetics, Alice has a natural and shocking beauty.

At this moment, I don't know how many people hate why they bring less film, and many people begin to complain about why one film in the camera can only shoot so many dozens of shots.

In the whole scene, the brightest laugh was undoubtedly Alice; In the whole scene, the happiest laughing was undoubtedly Zhang Lan, the kid; The most disappointed in the whole scene was undoubtedly the representatives of the Volkswagen Group and the BMW Group. Especially the Volkswagen Group. They have been busy for so long and have spent a lot of time, energy, and money on it. I owe so much favor, but in the end I don't get anything.

I still do. I wonder how President Piëch will feel at the moment? The representative of the Volkswagen Group smiled bitterly in his heart: Losing to the same opponent twice in a row will make anyone feel uncomfortable.

By the time the press conference was over and the crowd gradually dispersed, only Zhang Lan, Yang Zhi, Xiao Chenxi, Alice, Jill and Arnold, and Alice (USA) were left in the whole scene, because everyone stayed at the Brown Hotel.

A management team drawn from the Alice (USA) Group has begun to rush to the United Kingdom, ready to take over the management of the three major brands acquired by Zhang Lan and others, as well as the later market operation of the entire company -- although the three brands of Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Cosworth are the private property of the three little ones Zhang Lan, Xiao Chenxi and Alice, since the entire Alice Group is also their own, it is only natural to let the people of their company help them manage their other company, and no one can say anything. \\/\

Extremely disappointed, BMW officially held an official press conference the next day, officially announcing that from now on, the BMW Automotive Group will officially stop supplying engines and any spare parts to Rolls-Royce.

BMW's resolute attitude made everyone start to worry, what would Rolls-Royce do without the engine and spare parts provided by BMW? Will it be able to continue to produce products? The people who are most concerned about this issue are undoubtedly the wealthy people who have a special preference for Rolls-Royce.

The day after the decision was announced, the representative of the BMW Group contacted the Alice Group, saying that if the Alice Group agreed to BMW's acquisition of 40% of Rolls-Royce's shares, BMW would continue to provide new parts to Rolls-Royce.

This is not a problem, this kind of business method is normal, Zhang Lan does not feel angry, but what really makes Zhang Lan want to scold her mother is that BMW is only willing to pay a price of 100 million US dollars!

We spent $780 million on these three companies, and even if we exclude Cosworth, then the money spent on Rolls-Royce and Bentley would be worth at least $600 million, and you want to get 40 percent of the shares for one-sixth of the price? Not even in your daydreams. \\/\,

As a response to BMW's attitude, and in order to strengthen the confidence of Rolls-Royce's existing and potential customer base in the Alice Group, on the third day after BMW's press conference, the Alice Group also immediately issued a statement, saying that Rolls-Royce will fully adopt the engines and spare parts of the former Soviet Union's "Guis" series of head-of-state luxury cars from today, and the Alice Group will not buy even a single screw from the BMW Automobile Group from now on.

It was only at this time that everyone suddenly realized: no wonder Alice Group was not afraid of BMW Group stuck their necks, it turned out that they had been prepared for a long time, and they had already taken everything into their own hands.

Although during the Cold War for half a century, the Soviet Union did not have much communication with the entire West and European countries, the top luxury cars of the "Guis" series, which had almost become synonymous with the special cars of the Soviet leaders, were no less well-known in Europe and the United States than any luxury cars, and even how many people could not get a "Guise" sedan in order to buy it -- because at that time the Soviets forbade the flow of this product, which represented the highest achievement of the Soviet automobile industry, to capitalist society.

At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, many countries, including the U.S. government, coveted this "Guiss" production line, but no one succeeded, and all the production equipment, including the whole vehicle, spare parts and engine production line, was mysteriously missing. In the end, the Americans just got their hands on a decades-old "Guise" car, which made them almost crazy with excitement, and they hurriedly applied the technology they had stolen from Soviet cars to their Lincoln-type president-class bulletproof car.

Although everyone knows that in the end, the production line of the "Guis" series of luxury cars, together with the designers and production personnel, was all carried out by the Alice Group, and many of the technologies applied to their "Longxuan" series of sedans were the technology of the Soviet "Guis" cars, but before, the Alice Group had never admitted this. Now, obviously, the Alice Group has officially and implicitly admitted this.

At this point, Rolls-Royce's existing and potential customers finally have nothing to worry about.

"How are you going to deal with this situation?" Xiao Chenxi asked.

Looking at the tattered production lines in the Crewe factory, which is famous for producing Rolls-Royce and Bentley, it's hard to believe that the world-famous Rolls-Royce and Bentley are produced here, compared to the Cosworth design and development center, which is much more advanced.

"What else can I do," Zhang Lan spread out her hand, "Let's find a way to improve the production line first, such a dilapidated place, just looking at it feels very depressing." ”

"It's this place that makes you feel depressed that produces the most expensive cars in the world," Xiao Chenxi said on the side, "What, are you planning to readjust this place?" ”

"It's better to maintain their original characteristics, and then improve them appropriately," Zhang Lan shook his head, "Old Andre has already arrived with a group of his men and two engines, I hope this side can start work as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Chenxi nodded slightly, "What about the market strategy, just implement it according to the plan we drew up before?" Is there anything else that needs to be adjusted? ”

Zhang Lan tilted her head and thought about it seriously, there was no problem with the marketing and company management strategies that she and others had formulated before, and shook her head, "No, let's do it according to the plan formulated before." ”

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