Chapter 316: A Pleasant Conversation
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Sitting on the sand, listening to the sound that kept coming into her ears, she had to bear both psychological and physical torture, so she had to pack up the clothes scattered on the ground to distract herself, fortunately the sound did not last long, accompanied by a man's low roar, the world seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, and she also let out a long breath. After a while, she wanted to get up and report to work.
Gu Chen walked out of the room first, and tied a bath towel around his waist as he walked. She paused, and then involuntarily focused her gaze on Gu Chen's perfect muscles, and then looked away a little unnaturally, for fear that Gu Chen would misunderstand, she hurriedly said, "I just came and saw you ...... I didn't bother you, you asked me to ask Mr. Bombardier, the other party has already replied, Mr. Bombardier has time tonight, he wants to invite you to dinner together, ask if you have time. ”
Gu Chen was only a little surprised to see Guo Yunxi in the living room, so he took out a cigar from the cigar box on the table and lit it for himself, and after listening to Guo Yunxi's words, he said lightly: "Then it's night." What happened to the Bombardier information I asked you to get? ”
Guo Yunxi handed a copy of the document to Gu Chen and said, "Due to the tight schedule, I don't have time to investigate more detailed information, which I obtained from the Ministry of Industry. ”
The time was indeed shorter, and Gu Chen could understand it, so he didn't say anything, and directly opened the text and looked at it, since you want to talk to Morse at night? When Bombardier meets, he must have a general understanding of Bombardier at the very least, otherwise things cannot be discussed at all......
Seven o'clock in the evening. In the western restaurant on the second floor of the hotel where he stayed, Gu Chen met with Morse, chairman and general manager of Bombardier? Bombardier. A middle-aged man with a slightly short and fat stature, the two shook hands with a smile, and Gu Chen said: "It is really touching that Mr. Bombardier came from Montreal, and I already have a hunch that the atmosphere of the dinner will be very pleasant." ”
Bombardier's headquarters are located in Montreal, a large city north of Ottawa, Canada, which is more than a four-hour drive from Ottawa, so it's clear that Morse? Bombardier didn't come by car, most of the time it came by private jet.
"Of course, I also thought it would be a very pleasant dinner." Morse? Bombardier's chubby face smiled relatablely. After letting go of his hand, he and Gu Chen sat down across the dining table. Speaking of Morse? Bombardier is not the founder of Bombardier, but his father, Joseph, who has been dead for more than 20 years. Armand? Bombardier, but it was he who really made Bombardier bigger. Under his leadership, Bombardier has become a major manufacturer of ground transportation equipment in Canada, and its tracked vehicles, railway and high-speed railway locomotives, and urban rail transit equipment are well known in the world.
After ordering their meals, Morse said, "On the way here, I heard that Mr. Gu's Tang Dynasty Petroleum Company had successfully acquired Petro-Canada, and I congratulated Mr. Gu on this. He picked up his wine glass and touched it with Gu Chen. Taking a sip of the red wine in his glass, he continued: "As far as I know, Petro-Canada has interests in many oil and gas fields, and it is an oil company with great potential. ”
"It's a company with a lot of potential, but the management of the Canadian government makes me afraid to compliment, so much so that a lot of expensive resources are wasted. I hope it will shine as it deserves in my hands. Gu Chen belittled the Canadian government, Morse only smiled slightly when he heard it, and did not object, in his opinion, the government's policy on the management and development of oil and gas resources in the country is really terrible, one of the most typical examples is that most of the gas stations on the street belong to American companies.
"I also heard that some time ago Bombardier Aerospace had just acquired Havilland Aircraft, a subsidiary of Boeing. As a result, Bombardier Aerospace's technical capabilities will undoubtedly be greatly enhanced. However, as far as I know, both the original Canadian Aircraft Corporation and the Havilland Aircraft Company focused on the development of propeller aircraft. But in the future, jets will be the mainstream, whether it's a business jet or a large passenger aircraft. So I'm guessing that Mr. Bombardier has other acquisition plans. ”
Morse couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, because Gu Chen actually guessed an idea in his heart that he had never mentioned before, according to his plan for Bombardier Aerospace, Bombardier Aerospace will take the development of commercial jets as its main business in the future, for which he has ordered the establishment of a special research department, but as Gu Chen said, both Canadian Aircraft Company and Havilland Aircraft Company are companies that produce propeller aircraft, although propeller aircraft and jet aircraft are both aircraft, in fact, there is a world of difference, From a technical point of view, jets are much more complex, and the technical requirements are naturally more stringent, so Bombardier Aerospace needs to face many difficulties in developing a jet business jet in a short period of time, so he thought of the old trick of acquisition.
The acquisition target he thought of was the well-known Learjet Company in the field of business jets, the Learjet Company is the world's earliest business jet company, the Learjet series of business jets are famous in the world, but since entering the eighties, the United States economy has gradually declined, and finally began to recover in the late eighties, but did not expect to encounter a terrible economic crisis, the direct consequence is that the market demand for business jets has fallen sharply, according to the results of his investigation, By this year, Liljets had fallen into a loss-making state, and if the situation did not improve, the company could eventually go bankrupt.
It is precisely because of this that he will invest in the acquisition target of Learjets, but despite the financial crisis, the valuation of Learjets is at least more than 3o billion US dollars, and it is really difficult for Bombardier to raise such a large amount of money in a short period of time after acquiring two aircraft companies in a row, so he will temporarily put this idea in his heart, but he did not expect to be guessed by Gu Chen.
Now that he has guessed it, Morse has no intention of denying it: "That's right, in order to quickly strengthen Bombardier Aerospace, the acquisition of other aircraft manufacturing companies is the easiest and most effective way, but it is still in the plan, and it may take some time before it is implemented." ”
After a pause, Morse continued: "Now that Bombardier Aerospace is working on a new propeller regional airliner, the company's scientists believe that the Th-4oo71 propeller engine from Rolls-Royce is a perfect fit for this airliner, and I hope that the two sides will have the opportunity to work together." ”
When he learned from the secretary that Gu Chen wanted to ask him to meet, he agreed without hesitation, no matter what Gu Chen's purpose was for asking him to meet, it was undoubtedly a great thing to have the opportunity to meet this legendary Mr. rich man in the world, so he immediately asked the secretary to reply to Gu Chen's assistant, saying that he had time tonight, and immediately took a private jet from Montreal.
As for the Th-4oo71 propeller driven by Rolls-Royce, the engine is suitable for Bombardier Aerospace's emerging propeller regional jet under development, which has long been determined by the aircraft's scientific research team, and he mentioned it at this time just to make the meeting between the two more productive.
After all, he and Gu Chen had never met before this, and it was a good choice to increase the topic of conversation between the two of them with a business, and even to bring the relationship between the two closer. Of course, he was also very confused about Gu Chen's purpose for asking him to meet, but Gu Chen didn't say that he was not easy to ask.
"It's a good thing that Rolls-Royce can work with Bombardier, and I will let the company know and ask them to offer Bombardier as many preferential terms as possible." Gu Chen had a smile on his face, and Morse mentioned that the cooperation between Rolls-Royce and Bombardier was just right for him to say his purpose: "The current Rolls-Royce Motors company is one of the largest motive manufacturers in the UK and even Europe, and I will continue to invest a lot of money in the future, and I am confident that Rolls-Royce will become the largest motive manufacturer in Europe within 1O." ”
"And whether it is now or in the future, Bombardier Aerospace wants to exhibit without a technologically advanced and reliable motor manufacturer, I have an idea, this idea can make you and me work more closely, I wonder if Mr. Bombardier wants to hear about it?"
"Please." Morse knew that Gu Chen was going to tell the purpose of asking him. Just then, a few waiters brought up the food they ordered.
After the waiter left, Gu Chen said while eating: "I plan to buy 5O% of Bombardier Aerospace at a price of 1.5 billion US dollars, so that not only will the relationship between Bombardier Aerospace and Rolls-Royce be closer, but also the Standard Chartered Bank under my name will also become a strong backing for Bombardier Aerospace, and then Mr. Bombardier will be able to buy the company he likes as he likes." ”
Morse was slightly surprised on his face, he had guessed the purpose of Gu Chen's appointment with him before, and the biggest possibility was undoubtedly that he had taken a fancy to the company under his name, and he only had two subsidiaries under Bombardier Corporation, Bombardier Transportation and Bombardier Aerospace, Bombardier Aerospace had only been established for two years, and it was still unknown in the industry, so he guessed that Gu Chen might have taken a fancy to Bombardier Transportation.
Unexpectedly, Gu Chen's target was Bombardier Aviation, but he was very optimistic about the prospects of the aviation industry, and it was almost impossible for him to sell his stake in Bombardier Aviation, and it was as high as 5o% of the shares. However, this was when Gu Chen did not say the last word.