"The three companies will get a total of 22% of the shares this time!"

Holding a thick agreement, Mr. Brister explained earnestly: "Bayer will get 13 percent, becoming the largest shareholder next to you, BASF will get 7 percent, and the last Crean will get 2 percent......"

At this point, Brister's face showed obvious regret.

Originally, his shares were only 10 percent, but later John originally planned to sell him another 10 percent at a low price, so that his father-in-law's shares would increase to 20 percent, and with the three achievements he eventually left behind, it would be enough to control the future of the entire company. But what I didn't expect was that BASF and Bayer were not stupid, and they made it clear that they would either transfer more than half of the shares, or they would have to make concessions on the price. In the end, Brister rejected John's offer to sell his shares at a low price, and instead raised funds to eat two points, increasing his stake to 12 percent......

"Father-in-law, what does this Crean company do?"

Frowning, John asked curiously. Of course, he had heard of Bayer AG and BASF, both of which were among the giants of Germany, both at the end of the 19th century and in the future! But with the words of the Crean Company, he had no impression at all, and he could not find the slightest trace in his memory.

"This company has only been established for half a year."

With a wry smile, Mr. Brister shook his head and said, "Although I don't know much about the specific situation, ...... It is said that there are shadows of companies such as Krupp and Siemens in the back. ”

"Wow!"

Hearing such a powerful answer, John couldn't help but smack his lips.

Siemens has risen in this era and is the leader in the German electrical field, as for the Krupp company, it was already the mainstay as early as the Franco-German war, and the Krupp cannon is famous, which can be said to be one of the most important enterprises in Germany, and I can't imagine that these two companies eventually got involved. For a while, John didn't know whether to be proud of his company or worried that the industry was being targeted by so many giants.

But......

Thinking of the price paid by the three companies for this twenty-two percent of the shares, the corners of John's mouth couldn't help but show a smile. In those days, a company with assets of more than one million dollars was a large company, and Carnegie's steel company was only three or four hundred million dollars, but in this negotiation, the final valuation of the assets of Heinz Pharmaceutical Company was 56 million marks, that is, more than 10 million dollars!

Even for Germany as a country, this is a huge amount!

In this year, the entire German military expenditure was about 100 million US dollars, which means that the valuation of Heinz Pharmaceutical Company is more than 10% of Germany's military spending. So in order to eat this twenty-two percent of the shares, the three companies had to pay John 12 million marks, more than two million dollars!

For both sides, it is difficult to tell who is making and who is losing.

There is no doubt that John is losing money compared to the turnover and profit margin of Heinz Pharmaceutical Company today, because this year the company has definitely been able to generate profits of more than 10 million marks. But don't forget, Heinz Pharmaceuticals is in its heyday today, and this year is likely to be the peak! The British and French are rapidly expanding with the technology to produce several drugs, and in this era of protectionism, they are rapidly annexing the markets of their respective countries and colonies, so it is likely that the market for Heinz Pharmaceutical will shrink considerably in the next few years, and profits will gradually decrease. So the valuation of 56 million marks is actually quite reasonable.

But on the other hand, John didn't necessarily take advantage.

Although only 22% of the shares were transferred this time, according to the contract, in the next three years, the three companies will continue to buy shares at this price, 10% per year, until finally 52% of the shares!

In other words, John completely relinquished control of Heinz Pharmaceuticals!

Even the name of the company, because of the conflict with the North American pharmaceutical company Heinz Pharmaceutical, the final result of the negotiation was to change the name to "United Pharmaceutical Company"! After the transfer of the last 10% of the shares in the third year, the new name of the company will be officially launched......

Making this decision was undoubtedly not an easy task for John.

Although the decision to focus on North America has been made a long time ago, since the company is named Huntelaar, John's mind can be imagined. Unfortunately, at this time and then, when the speed of Heinz Pharmaceutical Company was even beyond John's imagination, as a "foreigner", he could only make the choice that best served the family's interests.

"Fortunately, after all, there are still 30% of the shares left."

Taking a deep breath, John comforted himself: "At least until World War I, as Germany grows stronger and more influential, at least there is a guarantee of sustained returns." Moreover, it can get a huge amount of five million dollars in money, and it can be transferred back to North America to support the development of banks, pharmaceutical companies and automobile companies, which cannot be regarded as a loss...... The Western world, after all, belongs to the United States in the next 100 years! ”

After thinking about everything, John finally nodded and said: "Father-in-law, then be it, but I still have to trouble you to keep an eye on it for me, before I leave Europe at the end of the year, all the money must be transferred to the account of Heinz Bank!" ”

"Don't worry, no problem!"

Nodding, Mr. Brister said earnestly.

Even Bayer and BASF may not be able to take out tens of millions of marks of huge money, but don't forget, how strong the financial strength of the Germans has been these days! Don't look at the later generations who always called Morgan the financial king, but in fact, at the end of the 19th century, and even until the First World War, Europeans were the masters of the world's financial community! It was British at first, and then it slowly became German, just look at the rankings of banks and insurance companies, almost all of which are among the best in Europe.

Today's German financial industry is on the rise, and with their support, it is not difficult to raise more than 10 million marks.

"Hoo ......"

Finally, with a long exhalation, John forcibly suppressed the tumbling in his chest, picked up the pen in his hand, and wrote his name on the initialed agreement in front of him - the famous German pharmaceutical company Huntelaar began to take a step away from the control of the Huntelaar family at this moment......

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Whispering, I'm back. (To be continued.) )