Chapter 180: Unintentional Disaster
"Skinning a tiger?"
Wolfgang. Porsche still looks like an old god, but Wei Dejin chuckled lightly and retorted disdainfully, "You seem to have said the wrong person, I think making a deal with you is the real way to seek the skin of the tiger." Well, now that the deal has been reached, we don't have to continue talking nonsense, the Porsche Group has its own style and principles of doing things, so I won't bother you. ”
Soros smiled and didn't say anything more.
There may be many people in the world who can design such a large-scale trap. The hint is that there are not many people who can convince the Porsche management to cooperate with it, and they can be counted on two hands. Thinking about which bigwig appeared in Frankfurt recently, Soros already has eight or nine points of certainty in his heart, and the black hand behind the whole thing is Zhongshi.
As soon as he thought of this loss, Soros hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched.
Counting the two angels' best efforts to close their positions, the average price of the Quantum Fund on Volkswagen Group shares is still close to 600 euros, which also means that their net loss is 8 billion euros, which is more than 10 billion dollars translated, making it the largest loss-making transaction in the history of the Quantum Fund. If it weren't for Soros's big profits in the failure of several major investment banks in the United States, I am afraid that the quantum fund would have closed its doors directly.
With profits and losses hedged, the Quantum Fund has lost at least $7 billion this year. Although there are still two months left in the last two months of this year, there is no possibility of making up for the $7 billion loss in two months. After a year of busy work, he was finally defeated by Zhongshi, and the hatred in Soros's heart can be imagined.
But now is not the time for revenge, and what Soros can't wait to do. Try to reassure investors. After thinking about the joints clearly, Soros glanced at Wolfgang coldly. Porsche and Weidekin walked out of the conference room without looking back.
Despite the fact that this closing price is high. But the rest of the other fund managers could only pinch their noses and admit it, they saw that even the leader Soros slammed the door, and they had no idea in their hearts, and soon they scattered in twos and threes.
A storm worth nearly 20 billion euros was resolved, but the Porsche Group's takeover of the Volkswagen Group was far from over.
"You are Mr. Zhong, you are really a young talent with a great future!"
Boardroom at Volkswagen Group headquarters. Ferdinand. With a smile on his face, Piëch stretched out his hands and said to Zhong Shi, "Mr. Zhong's methods are superb. It's really impressive. ”
"Where, where, these are small financial means, far less than you who do business. In my opinion. You are the foundation of this world economy. ”
The sedan chair was carried by everyone. Since the chairman of the Volkswagen Group is so polite, Zhong Shi naturally will not lose his courtesy, and he will also praise the other party politely, anyway, these words don't need money.
Just when the dust settled, Zhong Shi and Jiang Shan were about to go home, but they didn't want to be stopped by the Volkswagen Group people on the way. Piëch wanted to see Bell Stone. Jiang Shan was frightened on the spot. However, Zhong Shi was very calm, and after a little thought. decided to meet with each other, so there was the above scene.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Porsche Group's conspiracy with many hedge funds must have come from you." Ferdinand. Piëch was still smiling, but the temptation had already begun.
"Yes, it's me!" To Piëch's surprise, Zhong Shi did not deny it at all, and directly admitted it, "I'm very sorry to involve the Volkswagen Group." My main target though, George. Soros is not a Volkswagen Group, and I hope Mr. Chairman can still be considerate. ”
"Understandable, but unforgivable!"
Piëch's face immediately changed, and he said gloomily, "Mr. Zhong, to be honest, I hate you now, and if possible, I would like to break you to pieces." But today it is not me who has invited you, but another important guest, a distinguished guest from your country. ”
"I know that Mr. Piëch will not do this, after all, Germany is a country governed by the rule of law." Zhong Shi had a breezy expression, not in the slightest moved by Piëch's threat, "Oh, so someone else wants to see me?" I just don't know which distinguished guest it is, but I can't wait to be able to say that Mr. Chairman, who is a dignified chairman, as an intermediary. ”
Between the words, an oriental face has walked in, the person who came is not tall, but a Chinese face looks full of righteousness, and the face that is not smiling gives people a sense of majesty, Zhong Shi muttered in his heart, and his intuition thought that this person might be an official, and it was an official in Huaxia.
"Hello, let me introduce myself, I, Zhang Huiming, am currently the deputy director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China."
As soon as Zhang Huiming came in, he swept the venue slightly, towards Ferdinand. Piëch nodded, and when he opened his mouth to introduce himself, he spoke fluent English.
"Alright, you talk." Ferdinand. Piëch smiled strangely on his face, smiled meaningfully at Zhong Shi, and walked out of the room.
"It turned out to be Director Zhang, disrespectful and disrespectful." Zhong Shi stood up and shook hands with the other party, but there was a little strange in his heart, could it be that the Volkswagen Group planned to use this gentleman to suppress himself, if this was the case, the other party had made a mistake, you must know that the foundation of the Tianyu Fund is in Hong Kong, and even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not good at interfering in Hong Kong affairs.
"Do you know you're in trouble!"
Now that there are no outsiders in the conference room, Zhang Huiming said bluntly, "The acquisition of the Porsche Group has disrupted the overall deployment of the country. ”
“……”
Zhong Shi's head was clouded for a while, and he couldn't react, "Director Zhang, what are you talking about?" Are you sure I'm the one who broke the country's plans? Wait, I'll be sure, do you know who I am? ”
Zhong Shi was born in mainland China and his family moved to Hong Kong. From an early age, he showed an amazing talent for finance, starting with an antique and gradually building a financial empire with a total size of hundreds of billions of dollars. His most outstanding contribution was in the Battle of Hong Kong in 98. Uniting with the Hong Kong government, the conspiracy of international speculators was thwarted. Well, I'm not wrong. Why, do you want me to go on? ”
Regarding Zhong Shi's questioning, Zhang Huiming did not refute immediately, but recited Zhong Shi's resume, and after saying a lot of things freely, he shook his head and said to Zhong Shi, "If it is not Porsche's incident." Your last big event should have been to help China Investment Corporation match up and acquire Stanley Company. ”
"You know so much?" Zhong Shi was a little dumbfounded, but the next moment he came to his senses. "You and Gao Dongfang are ......"
"Yes, it's not a smart person, you can think of a connection point so quickly!"
Zhang Huiming nodded approvingly, "Before I came this time." I did a lot of communication with Gao Dongfang. Maybe you don't know it yet. Huatou's acquisition of Stanley failed, Gao Dongfang was so angry that he fell ill, and now he is full of deep resentment towards you. ”
"Blame me too?" Zhong Shi subconsciously touched his nose, his expression was very embarrassed, "Yes, he may not know the inside story, I didn't explain it afterwards, and it is inevitable that he blames me." That being the case. Then please ask Director Zhang to help me explain, it's not that I don't do it. In fact, the circumstances at that time did not allow Huatou to do this. ”
"I naturally know that the United States has always been wary of Huaxia Capital entering the local market, and the last time was a living example." Zhang Huiming's face became serious, "That's why we are looking for partners all over the world, but fortunately, Europe is not so reluctant to enter." ”
"Wait, what does this have to do with me?"
Hearing this, Zhong Shi was still confused, not understanding what was going on.
"Of course it does, and it has a big deal! Don't worry, just listen to me explain slowly. ”
Zhang Huiming waved his hand and signaled Zhong Shi not to be in such a hurry, "You should also know that in terms of automobile engines, our country's research progress has been lagging behind that of developed countries. Don't underestimate the car engine, if we can master the high-end car engine technology, it is of great significance to high-end metal materials, machine tool mother bed and even aircraft engine technology. It is important to know that these technologies can be applied not only to automobile engines, but also to other fields. I say that, you know? ”
"Understood!" Zhong Shi nodded, motioning for the other party to continue.
"After several years of hard work, we reached an agreement with Volkswagen Group last month to build a new car manufacturing plant in the northeast of China in the form of a technology stake. Unlike previous joint ventures, this time Germany has agreed to transfer the full set of technologies after five years, including turbine engine technology and the latest information on metal materials. According to our judgment, the Germans must have made a major breakthrough in the next generation of metal materials and engine technology, and only then did they agree to transfer it to us. Although it is not the latest technology, through the research of these technologies, we can still make a major breakthrough in the relevant fields of our country. ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Huiming spread his hands and smiled wryly, "It was already a sure thing, because you did such a thing, and there have been uncontrollable variables." You must know that we have spent a lot of energy and financial resources to talk about this project, and at the same time promised to give the Volkswagen Group a lot of benefits, including increased government procurement. And in this case, it is also because the Volkswagen Group has a large market share in China, and their leaders have a strong favorable opinion of China. But if you help the Porsche Group to buy the Volkswagen Group, according to the style of the Porsche Group and the attitude of the parliamentarians behind them towards China, there is a good chance that the deal will be completely screwed up. ”
"I see!" Zhong Shi's face turned gloomy, "But I didn't mean it, and I didn't know there was such a thing beforehand!" ”
"It is precisely because you are unintentional that the upper echelons of the state do not say anything in this matter. Besides, you are also a person who has made great contributions, otherwise the state will definitely suspect your intentions, and even treat you as a spy. ”
Zhang Huiming shook his head and sighed, with a helpless expression, "Now that things have come to this point, we basically don't know how to explain to the top." You've inadvertently caused a catastrophe that we can't help you out. Hey, maybe it's fate, but now, everything is irreparable. ”
As the deputy director of the European Department, Zhang Huiming is naturally familiar with everything that is happening in Europe, and the Porsche Group's multi-force short case has recently attracted his full attention. After careful investigation, they were stunned to find out that this drama turned out to be from their own hands.
Of course, there are results of poor communication, but more often than not. However, for Zhong Shi, even if he knew that the country had arranged something on this, it would probably be difficult to stop his plan to trap Soros.
"Is there any chance to make up for all this?"
Zhong Shi was confused at this time, lowered his head and pondered for a while before he asked tentatively, "If it really doesn't work, I'll pay for the loss of this transaction!" ”
"It's not money that decides!"
Zhang Huiming shook his head and refused, "I'm afraid there is no possibility of recovery." We can only try to see if we can get in touch with Porsche and see if they have any plans to transfer technology, but there is little hope. ”
"I don't think there's no chance of getting it back!"
Zhong Shi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possibility, "The case of the Porsche Group's acquisition of the Volkswagen Group is far from being conclusive. (To be continued......)
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