Chapter 188: Bombardier
"What, Mr. Mayor, do you want Ambrera to buy Bombardier?" Early the next morning, as soon as Mayor Andrew came over, he brought Ling Shizhe a shocking news. … Top Novel,
Bombardier's world-famous Canadian state-owned enterprises, whose products range from commercial airliners and business jets, motorcycles, yachts to rail transportation equipment, systems and services, such a well-known group, he never imagined that the Canadian government would want him to merge it.
"Mr. Mayor, the news you brought me was so surprising that I was not prepared at all, I remember that Bombardier was not very good? Why did you suddenly ......" Ling Shizhe made a gesture that you understand.
Andrew took a sip of the coffee that Ling Shizhe made for him, and then said with a wry smile: "Ling, you said that it was in the fifties, since the sixties, Bombardier has been losing money for 16 consecutive years, if you count this year, it will be a full 17 years, the company has long been insolvent, we have thought of a lot of ways, it has not improved, the Canadian government can no longer afford it, so this year decided to privatize Bombardier, which is why I came today." ”
Ling Shizhe listened quietly, did not speak, and could not see any expression on his face, under the narration of Mayor Andrew, the reason for Bombardier's transformation from prosperity to decline was gradually presented in front of Ling Shizhe.
Bombardier's founder, Joseph-ArmandBombardier, was born in Valcourt, Quebec, in 1907. Since he was a child, he has always dreamed of building a vehicle that can "float" on snow. So in 1937 he built the first sleigh in his small garage.
Joseph-ArmandBombardier's sleds were very popular in Canada at the time, and Joseph-ArmandBombardier earned his first pot of gold, and then in 1942, Joseph-ArmandBombardier founded, L'Auto-NeigeBombardierLimitée. The production of tracked vehicles for transportation in snow-covered terrain is how Bombardier was founded.
Like most of the world's founders, Joseph-Armandbombardie was a mechanical genius, but he was a complete layman on how to run a company well.
Generally, companies develop a product according to the market, but Joseph-Armandbombardie never looks at the market, and the products developed have a great deal of arbitrariness, coupled with the success of the motorized sled, which also makes Joseph-Armandbombardie fluttering, thinking that he is an omnipotent genius, and there is nothing he can't do, so he began to invest indiscriminately.
First he invested in a steamship manufacturing company and began to produce motorcycles, and his ambitions were further inflated by unexpected success, and then he began to engage in train manufacturing, because the technology was not as backward as GE's X-series ultra-high-power freight locomotives, as a result of Bombardier's first large-scale loss.
If J.-Armandbombardie had judged the situation, broken his wrist and concentrated on motorized sleds and motorcycles, the tragedy that would have happened would not have happened, but at this time he became more crazy to a gambler who had lost a bet.
J.-Armandbombardie, who was unwilling to fail, began to turn to the field of aircraft manufacturing again, but unfortunately due to the lack of sufficient aviation technology base, the new aircraft was developed for nearly ten years, costing countless funds, but it was always difficult to deliver.
As we all know, the process of going from drawing to birth of an aircraft is an extremely complex process, in addition to a solid technical foundation, it also requires a huge amount of money, which J.-Armandbombardier did not have, and finally in 1966, L'Auto-Neige Bombardier limitée caused a terrible avalanche effect - the chain of funds broke, the company went bankrupt, and J.-Armandbombardie committed suicide.
J.-Armandbombardie was gone, leaving behind a mess, and in 1967, Canada took over L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée, which was renamed Bombardier Limited that year. Bombardier completed the transformation from a private company to a state-owned enterprise.
After the takeover of the Canadian government, Bombardier gradually improved, so in 1969, with the support of the Canadian government, Bombardier shares began to be listed on the Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges.
In 1970, the Austrian engine manufacturer Lohnerwerkegmbh and its subsidiary Rotax-Werkag were purchased.
In 1974, it was awarded a contract for the Montreal metro system of vehicles and began to expand its production direction.
If it continues to develop in this state, Bombardier will one day pay off all its debts, but unfortunately in the 70s, the collapse of the Bray Woods system, the emergence of the oil crisis, and Bombardier's previous debts were too much, so at the beginning of this year, that is, in 75 years, the Canadian government finally couldn't hold on, so there was Mayor Andrew of Montreal, who went to Ambrera today.
Andrew also had to come, the reason why he was able to become the mayor of Montreal was because he tried his best to promote the nationalization of Bombardier, and now Bombardier has become like this, his competitors began to attack him with this matter, and his situation has become very unfavorable, if he wants to be re-elected, or even want to climb to a higher position in the future, such as the governor of Quebec, he must solve Bombardier perfectly.
Privatization is the only way out, and the question is who has the strength to take over Bombardier, and Mayor Andrew has taken a fancy to Ambrera in the same city as Bombardier's headquarters.
After a long time, he turned out to be wronged, in Ling Shizhe's impression, Bombardier has always been the world's third largest regional aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus, but he didn't expect Bombardier to be so unbearable at this time.
The acquisition of Bombardier is a very important matter, Ling Shizhe could not agree immediately, after Andrew finished speaking, he chatted with Ling Shizhe for ten minutes, and then got up to say goodbye, before getting into the car, Ling Shizhe thought Andrew asked: "Mr. Mayor, besides us, who else have you looked for?" ”
Andrew shook his head and said, "Ling, there is no one else, just your Ambrera Company, others gave it to him, and he can't digest Bombardier." ”
"And no other company has proposed to buy Bombardier from you?" Ling Shizhe asked cautiously.
"Hehehe, young man, it seems that I have come to the right place, you are interested. Let's tell you the truth, young man, the privatization of Bombardier is still under government secrecy, and if no suitable person can be found to take over, the Canadian government will bid for tenders from all over the world. ”
"What kind of conditions are appropriate?"
"You're the most suitable, Ling."
"Why me, you must know that Ambrera is a real Hong Kong company. And Bombardier is an authentic Canadian company, so it seems more appropriate for you to find a Canadian company to buy it, right? ”
"Oh Ling, you are really suspicious, but in your eyes, we politicians have always been distrusted. Ling, don't worry, there is no conspiracy here, as for why we found you, it is because Ambrera has been a Canadian business since the day he was registered, this is my answer. With that, Andrew got in the car.
The car had just taken two steps and stopped, Andrew rolled down the window, stuck out his head and said, "Ling, this is an opportunity for you, and it is also an opportunity for me, I hope you can think about it carefully." With that, Andrew rolled up the window and left Raccoon Town without looking back.
Ling Shizhe returned to his office with mixed feelings, and Andrew's words just now had a great impact on him, that is, recognition.
After the successful research of high-end mutton fat white jade ceramics, Ling Shizhe did not register a company in Hong Kong at that time in order to develop well in Western countries, but went to Canada to found Ambrera, so Andrew said that Ambrera was registered from the day it was registered, it is a Canadian enterprise, which refers to this, which means that Canada recognizes Ling Shizhe and will protect Ambrera as a company in its own country.
As for the opportunity, it is the second meaning, that is, Ling Shizhe always started from Hong Kong, although Hong Kong and Canada are both British colonies, but it is close to Chinese mainland. The Canadian government believes that Hong Kong will inevitably be taken back by the Chinese government in the future, so what choice should the Ling family, especially Ling Shizhe, as a family of high-ranking generals of the Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party, should make?
The Canadian government thinks that it is impossible to choose the mainland, not to mention that the Ling family has too deep the imprint of the Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party, and the identity of the capitalist alone will not be recognized by the mainland, and if he takes refuge in the past, he will only face the share of the family property being publicly owned, and at this time, Canada could not imagine that after the mainland's reform and opening up a few years later, it will recognize the social status of the capitalist.
It is impossible for the mainland to choose, and the rest is Taiwan/Bay, but the relationship between the Ling family and Ling Shizhe's Yue's family and the Taiwan authorities does not seem to be very harmonious, otherwise how can it be explained that Ambrera has not even built an office in Taiwan all these years? From this, the Canadian government judged that although the Ling family was a Kuomintang/Kuomintang/Party family, they were actually not of the same mind as there, so they thought that their opportunity had come to make Ambrera a Canadian company forever.
Ambrera's development over the years, the Canadian government has always been in the eyes, first computer cameras, scientific function calculators to supercomputers and PC personal office computers, so that the Canadian government can see the future development potential of the semiconductor high-tech industry, but also see the rapid development of Ambrera in recent years, so the Canadian government is a little unable to sit still.
The Canadian intelligence department knows that Ling Shizhe has a secret alliance with the Kennedy family in the United States, so they are very worried that Ling Shizhe will be pulled over by the United States.
Therefore, with the privatization of Bombardier, he wanted to completely tie Ling Shizhe and his Ambrera to the chariot of Canada.
What does Bombardier have? It currently has three major divisions, aircraft manufacturing, motorcycle manufacturing (including motorized sleds, motor yachts and all-terrain motorcycles) and train manufacturing companies, and Ambrera has an aircraft manufacturing company, although this company is registered in Taiwan/Bay, but it doesn't matter that they already know that Ling Shizhe has the intention to develop the aircraft business.
Although Bombardier's technology is not very good, it is not a little stronger than the newly established China Aircraft Company, after all, Bombardier has been in the research of aircraft for more than ten years, and has a considerable foundation, so the Canadian government believes that Bombardier's technology is still very important to Ambrera, after all, in the aircraft technology, China Aircraft Industry Company has no foundation at all, and after eating Bombardier, Ambrera can at least work hard for ten years.
Ling Shizhe sat in his office all day, did not go out, did not meet guests, and did not see his subordinates, sitting on the sofa and thinking quietly, he knew that it was time to make a choice when Ambrera had developed to the present, so he picked up the phone; "Bai Lu, please notify the Ministry of Information, so that I can collect all the information about Bombardier as soon as possible...... Yes, the more detailed the better, I want all the information, all the understand? ”