Chapter 148: Coma's Request

Seeing Lin Qiangsheng looking at him strangely, Ammontina embarrassedly explained to Lin Qiangsheng: "Mr. Lin, in addition to being a negotiation assistant, I am also a volunteer of a women's rights organization!" Comau donated a sum of money to our organization, which is why we at the Women's Rights Organization sent me to meet you! Mr. Lin, if you think Comau's technology is good, please choose Comau! I beg of you! ”

Amentina clasped her hands together and said with her breasts in her hands, looking very pitiful.

Lin Qiangsheng was stunned, nodded to Amentina, and then looked at Carmacho, seeing that his embarrassed pestle was there.

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "Comau has really put some thought into it!" I actually invited Miss Ammondina, and you know that she has worked for me for a long time, and you really have a heart. ”

Carmacio hurriedly explained to Lin Qiangsheng and said: "It's just a little sponsorship, Amantina is a volunteer of the women's rights organization, and we are willing to support their cause!" Comau just wants to make women's rights and interests better, so they sponsor a small amount of money for their activities! Hah"

Lin Qiangsheng nodded, looked at Ammontina, and thought that she had helped him with a lot of things. In fact, Lin has been working with Amotina and her company to acquire equipment and technology.

Amantina persuaded a few more words, served coffee to Lin Qiangsheng at the right time, and sat respectfully on the side.

Lin Qiangsheng said to Carmacho: "Since Ammondina is so dedicated to interceding for your Comau company, then I will give priority to your company!" But I have one condition! ”

Karmacho's heart tightened, I don't know what kind of difficult requirements Lin Qiangsheng will make, last time it was a five-axis linkage CNC machining center, this time I don't know what it is.

"You say! What we can do at Comau will try our best to satisfy Mr. Lin! Kalmar said in disguise.

Lin Qiangsheng looked at Ammontina. Amentina stood up and said, "Mr. Lin, I'm so glad to see you, I think it's time for me to take my leave!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "I'm also very happy!" I'll talk to Carl about working together, and you can talk to women's rights organizations! ”

Amentina nodded, and as she walked out of the room, something suddenly came to mind. She turned back to Lin Qiangsheng and said, "Mr. Lin, Benelli has agreed to sell you the shares of Maserati, but Mr. Tommaso does not agree to transfer his shares to you, you see?" ”

Benelli is a well-known century-old Italian motorcycle company that now owns 40% of Maserati.

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said to Ammondina: "Then Tommaso's shares will be put away first, and the Maserati shares in Benelli's hands will be bought first!" ”

Amantina nodded and said, "The Benelli Company is now in a difficult financial situation, and they are willing to sign a transfer contract with you immediately!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Ammontina explained to Lin Johnson. It turns out that with the strong rise of the Japanese economy, the advanced, fashionable and low-cost motorcycles made in Japan have landed in Europe, and a large number of motorcycles have hit the European motorcycle market, resulting in an increasingly difficult situation for many European motorcycle companies. Especially for the cash-starved Italian motorcycle companies, the situation improved from the 60s to the mid-90s.

"Then I can buy Benelli directly, can you ask their shareholders to sell?" Lin Qiangsheng said to Amentina without hesitation.

You must know that the level of Chinese motorcycles is very backward today, and it is still basically at the level of the BMW R71 three-wheeled motorcycle in Germany during World War II, and the technology has been fully introduced in China. In China, it is called Yangtze River 750, commonly known as sidecar. Yangtze River 750 and its improved version after the reform and opening up. Obviously, it can't resist the Japanese motorcycle to seize the market.

At this time, it was the right time to introduce the modern motorcycle technology of the Benelli in the 70s, the Benelli 250, the 300 in the '73, the 600 in the '75, the 750, the 900cc in the '79, these Benelli motorcycles were very stylish in design, and the technology was not worse than the Japanese motorcycles!

Amantina looked at Lin Qiangsheng with wide eyes, and it took a long time to keep up with his rhythm. Then he nodded to Lin Qiangsheng and said, "I will test Benelli Company, I think their shareholders will be willing to sell!" ”

"To make Maserati independent! Maserati's style is very unique, developing a comfortable coupe, and it is the only one in the world that does it best! Lin Qiangsheng said.

Ammontina wrote it down, seeing that Lin Qiangsheng had no other instructions. So he walked out of the room after hugging Lin Qiangsheng.

Lin Johnson thought, in fact, there will be some other benefits of owning Maserati, that is, its high-end racing division!

Maserati is also headquartered in Modena, in the north of the industrial region, where Maserati has a highly skilled racing team of engineers, technicians and mechanics.

If you watch F1, endurance racing, etc., you will see those team technicians in the fierce field, they often have extremely superb technology, very tacit team cooperation, and can cope with the fierce field. These technicians have been working with each other for many years, and the team has decades of experience in the field.

The most important thing is that Maserati has an FIA F1 license, and if Lin Johnson buys Maserati, he will directly own the company's F1 license.

If you go to the competition, I believe that there will be sponsors to join, although it is difficult to break even for a while, but Lin Qiangsheng also believes that this is a promising and worthwhile career!

Think about the many domestic manufacturers who spend a lot of money on advertising in international events in later generations, and he doesn't believe that no manufacturer will spend a lot of money to advertise!

A sign on the car charged him 50 million, isn't it? Ten 50 million, it's almost breakeven! Formula 1 is so expensive, in the 21st century, the major teams will spend hundreds of millions of pounds!

Maserati turned out to be an F1 giant, not only participated in F1 events, but also flourished.

Lamborghini also participated, and Lotus was also an F1 giant at the time, using Lamborghini's engine, and scored 3 points in a year, just like not participating. Due to the terrible results, Lamborghini himself did not mention it. So then Lamborghini gradually gave up on Formula 1, and they were very keen on Le Mans.

Ferrari is also a Formula 1 giant, and has remained so until the 21st century. Although Maserati and Ferrari have the same level of technology, their performance will not be as extreme as that of Ferrari, and they will be more comfortable, gradually evolving into a high-performance and comfortable coupe for everyday use.

Maserati's current two models Calami and President 3 generation sales are very unsatisfactory, Calami has only sold more than 300 units in 7 years, President 3 because of the 4.7-liter large displacement engine, in today's rising oil prices are not popular with the public, especially Europeans do not like large displacement cars.

Tommaso, a famous racing driver from Argentina, is now the majority shareholder of Maserati and the general manager of Maserati, and if he does not agree to sell his shares, Lin will be helpless against him. Because Maserati has a tradition of using racing drivers as general managers, this tradition perfectly guarantees Maserati's pride on the circuit, and after the acquisition of Maserati by Fiat, there is no such thing as a good performance on the circuit.

Kalmacho looked at Lin Qiangsheng eagerly, waiting for his answer. This is a project involving hundreds of millions of dollars! Toshiba dared to sell advanced machine tools to the Soviet Union for a business of less than 20 million US dollars, not to mention an order involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

The first two supporting projects and factory outsourcing services alone have won nearly $200 million in orders for Comau, and its profit is more than the sum of their business volume in four or five years!

As the general manager of Comau, Calmacho brought a lot of profits to Comau during his tenure, and received the attention and attention of Fiat at the headquarters for receiving awards for his work, and he even obtained shares in Comau, became a shareholder of this company, and enjoyed generous equity incentives!

It is conceivable that Carmacho's attitude towards this big order is quite eager in his heart, which is equivalent to fighting for his own career and money!

Lin Qiangsheng returned to the guest room and sat down, thought about it, and said to Carmacho: "That's it! Last time I ordered 5 sets of 5-axis simultaneous CNC machining centers, and your Comau company provided me with 5 sets of machining centers, and I want to buy enough spare parts! ”

After Lin Qiangsheng finished speaking, he stared into Carmacho's eyes and observed his reaction.

Cold sweat instantly oozed from Carmacho's head, and he wiped it and said, "This horror can't be done!" We at Comau have provided you with five sets of precision equipment, and another five sets will definitely arouse the suspicion of supporting equipment manufacturers in other countries! Especially for the Germans, we use German products for servo motors and CNC systems, and they will definitely investigate when purchasing a large number of them! The Germans care a lot about countries like yours getting key technologies! Mr. Lin, could you change the conditions again? We will do it! ”

Lin Qiangsheng shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Okay, I just need accessories!" You can just make it from Comau or any other Italian manufacturer, that's fine, right? ”

Kalmago thought about it, if he refused Lin Qiangsheng again, then he would not be able to talk, so he nodded to Lin Qiangsheng with difficulty and said, "No problem!" But still trade in a third country! ”

Lin Qiangsheng smiled, he reached over and patted Carmacho's shoulder, and said with a smile: "That's right!" Only when we are honest and unfair, can the friendship last! ”

Kalmacho smiled reluctantly and asked, "Mr. Lin, do you see our order?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng waved his hand and said: "The matter last time has not been resolved, how can I rest assured that the order will be handed over to Comau?" ”

Carmacio immediately said: "Comau is willing to send another group of engineers to China until the machine can work properly!" (To be continued......)