Chapter 442: Opportunity

84_84310ps: The second watch, there will be a third watch soon

The old man suddenly opened his mouth and asked Shi Lei to go home, which surprised Shi Xixuan. What's going on, didn't you communicate with Master Yao, saying that this Shi Lei is an ominous person, a lone star? And he also asked Shi Guangshan to cooperate in acting in a sick scene, and the old man also believed it, why did his attitude suddenly change?

Shi Xixuan asked his wife, who had been staying at home, and it turned out that Master Yao had come to the house again and chatted with the old man in the study for a while. When Master Yao left, the old man kept having a happy look on his face, and he didn't say anything to anyone.

Shi Xixuan suddenly thought that the second child called him two days ago and said that Shi Lei was engaged. At that time, he also thought, an engagement, and a marriage with a merchant family that is not as good as our Shi family, is it also worth his trip? If it is the daughter of a high-ranking official of the government ~ government, he really wants to come back. Besides, it wasn't a marriage, it was just an engagement, so he called to congratulate him, and didn't say anything else.

Now it looks like this engagement is very strange. Shi Xitong has been in the capital for so many years, and his habits are similar to those of northerners, but there is no such thing as engagement in the capital, and the woman's family is an authentic northerner, and there is no custom of engagement, except for baby relatives. What does the high-profile engagement of these two families mean?

Shi Xixuan wanted to call Master Yao and ask, but he knew that the gap between his identity and Master Yao was too big, and Master Yao returned him a favor, so it was okay to do him a small favor, but since Master Yao had changed his mind, there must be more important people who spoke, and if he spoke again, it would have no effect, but it would cause Master Yao's displeasure, and maybe it would have the opposite effect, so it was better to let Master Yao continue to owe him a favor. At critical moments, you can help him.

This time, Shi Lei was used to pit the second child once, and it seems that he failed. Not only failed, but it made the old man feel that he owed the second child, maybe it would be better for the second child. The second child originally occupied the largest branch of Taishi International. The largest market, the most resources, the closest to the head office, everything has an advantage over him, and now with the eccentricity of the old man, his status. It's dangerous.

What made Shi Xixuan happy was that Shi Lei did not accept the old man's kindness, and bluntly said that he was not available, which made the old man furious. He asked Shi Lei to go back and said that he accepted Shi Lei. I didn't expect Shi Lei to pretend to be stubborn! Hmph, you won't come, and don't come back again!

"Leizi, dad doesn't know how you persuaded Master Yao, let Master Yao tell your grandfather that you can prevent disasters if you get engaged. You must have your way, Dad doesn't ask much. Now your grandfather has apologized and let you go back alone. I just want to talk to you, what else do you don't want to do? Anyway, he's also your own grandfather. ”

In the study. Only Shi Xitong and Shi Lei, both of whom were holding cigars, swallowing clouds and spitting fog. Shi Xitong had been persuaded for half an hour, but Shi Lei just didn't let go. Don't be such a grandfather. What he wants is Shi Xitong's family affection that cares for him, not Shi Chuxiong's so-called family affection for the sake of family interests. Plainly. He still has no relationship with Shi Chuxiong. If this were to be changed to Shi Guangshan or Shi Guangfeng, would Shi Chuxiong believe it?

"Dad. I left first when I had nothing to do, and I made an appointment with a classmate for dinner today. Shi Lei stood up and said.

"Alas~~ You go. Drink less and don't drive. ”

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A week later, Shi Xitong received a call from a friend, asking Shi Xitong to help buy some of the shipyard's design technology and sales channels.

Taishi International has some shares in shipyards, but it is too different from the requirements of Ludong Heavy Industry. Others want advanced technology and design concepts, and the shipyards in which Taishi International shares may not be as strong as Ludong Heavy Industry.

However, Ludong Heavy Industry is not only a large state-owned enterprise, but also receives some military orders, and the CEO of Ludong Heavy Industry can see its energy.

When Shi Xitong received his call, he was also a little surprised, since the other party spoke, even if Shi Xitong lost money, he would help Ludong Heavy Industry to complete this goal, and in the future, if Taishi International had any trouble in China, the boss was likely to pull him.

Sure enough, after chatting with Mr. Li of Ludong Heavy Industry, I learned that Ludong Heavy Industry's goal is the design and technology of those large shipyards in Europe and the United States, and he is going to go to the meal to store the essence when he comes back. This is a hard order for Ludong Heavy Industry.

It's not that Ludong Heavy Industry can't talk about it by itself, it's just that they have a few target shipbuilding companies, and others will not sell technology alone, and if they want to sell it, they need billions of RMB, which is far beyond the bottom price in their hearts for Ludong Heavy Industry. I heard that Taishi International has a branch in Europe, and I wanted to ask if I could help inquire about whether the other party was willing to sell the design and technology of some brands.

Shi Xitong immediately reported the problem to the headquarters, and from the headquarters to the European branch and the American branch, they asked them to inspect some shipbuilding companies in Europe and the Americas, which were intended to be sold, preferably technologically advanced, and could sell some of them.

The European branch visited the Azmuel Group, which is also one of the top shipbuilding companies in Europe, selling yachts all over the world, as well as fishing boats and other types of boats. However, not only does the other party not want to sell the technology, but it is also planning to expand in the near future.

The American branch was even more perfunctory, Shi Xixuan specially inspected several shipbuilding companies, all of which were very profitable shipbuilding companies, and one of them had Taishi International Americas Branch as a shareholder. These companies are all profitable, and the technology brands are very good, so how can they be willing to sell the technology?

In fact, there is really a plan to sell, which is a poor management. But Shi Xixuan deliberately didn't tell the headquarters, just waited to see Shi Xitong's joke. When Shi Xitong became an ant on the hot pot, he threw out the news that the company was interested in selling, and then he could negotiate with the company as a landlord on behalf of Taishi International. It's not about how much money he can make, but mainly because he can leave a very capable impression on the board of directors, especially in the heart of the old man.

As everyone knows, Shi Lei told Shi Xitong that the reason why Master Yao has never told the old man is that such a simple way to resolve his life is Shi Xixuan's idea. Shi Xitong was also on guard against this big brother. Although the two will not attack each other, normal competition still happens from time to time, who doesn't want to finally become the owner of Taishi International?

Therefore, Shi Xitong is also looking for people to investigate in the Americas and Europe, especially the companies that Ludong Heavy Industry has long been interested in. Brunswick Group in the Americas, Azimu Group and Ferretti Group in Italy. Among them, Ludong Heavy Industries is the most optimistic is Ferretti Group, which is the largest yacht design and manufacturing company in Europe.

In the past, Ferretti was No.1 in Europe and one of the best in the world, but then the company made a mistake in decision-making, blindly developed large power yachts, and the company's capital chain was somewhat broken, and it has been unable to make ends meet in the past two years, and has suffered continuous losses.

Mr. Li of Ludong Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. took the team to negotiate in person, wanting to buy some of the other party's design and technology, but Ferretti Group said that they would either buy them all or not sell them! Ferretti Group's holding company is not only yachting, but also in the shipbuilding sector. Now they are planning to abandon the yacht segment and specialize in other large vessels.

Mr. Li asked tentatively, how much does Ferretti Group plan to sell? The other party directly quoted an offer of 700 million euros, which scared Mr. Li back.

Not to mention 700 million euros, it is 700 million US dollars, and Ludong Heavy Industry can't come up with it. If you look at the number of orders of Ludong Heavy Industry, this company still has a profit of one billion RMB a year, but unfortunately many of them are military products, which belong to tasks and have zero profits.

Now the top has finally relented, but it has only prepared two billion RMB, which he can't buy, let alone Ferretti Group, even half of the smaller company.

Didn't I hear that Taishi International also participated in some shipyards or something, so I wanted to ask Taishi International if there was a way for them to spend a smaller price, mainly to buy technology.

Of course, Shi Xitong wants to complete this order, whether he makes money or not is secondary, and earning favors is real. If you can take this opportunity to catch up with the above, or with the leaders of the military ~ team, then Taishi International will definitely have better development in China, and it will be flat in the future.

Shi Chuxiong knew the news, and he attached great importance to it, and explained it to the CEOs of the two branches, telling them to find a shipbuilding company worth buying, but how did they know that the two CEOs were deliberately perfunctory?

The boss of the European branch has a better relationship with Shi Xixuan, and this time he got Shi Xixuan's hint, so he naturally won't be particularly cooperative. Especially once a good purchase object is found this time, the old man said that he would be responsible for Taishi International Asia-Pacific Branch, wouldn't that be handed over to Shi Xitong to be responsible? In their market, let Shi Xitong intervene, of course he won't do it.

As a result, after a week, the two branches each handed a report to the head office, which listed some shipbuilding companies, but none of them were worth buying.

Either the technology is not good and cannot meet the requirements of Ludong Heavy Industry, or the price is too high, and the price is too high to acquire such a company and sell it to Ludong Group as a favor, the price is too high. Three or five billion favors, Taishi International has done three or five billion favors, three or five billion favors, Taishi International is not so generous, and Ludong Heavy Industry is not worth such a high investment in Taishi International.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Shi Xitong's friend came back from inquiring about the news, and the parent company of Ferretti Group seemed to have made up its mind to sell Ferretti Group, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it would definitely be able to win the company at a relatively low price and complete the entrustment of Ludong Heavy Industry.

Shi Xitong immediately took someone to Ferretti Group to negotiate, and found someone to reassess the market value and debt ratio of Ferretti Group, and also asked the head office to help contact buyers, Ludong Heavy Industries bought some of the technology and brands, and the rest could not stay in Taishi International, but still had to be sold. (To be continued).