Chen Bo is like a mascot in Legend Entertainment, except for the two "nephew" assistants who send work records to his mailbox every day to facilitate the grasp of various progress, even the regular signature has become an online paperless office.

So he became one of the most idle presidents in Hollywood, but fortunately he has no unspoken habits, unlike Harvey, who sows seeds everywhere and saves many girls with dreams from being poisoned.

Mayer, who has already submitted her resignation report, was not idle, although Google's board of directors did not approve it, she directly shook off the lawyer's letter, and then quietly joined the company in the orange company, and became the vice president of the company.

But the entire Pandora project is unknown and extremely secretive. So Mayer just has to work from home, with email, video and teams in two countries to help communicate.

Her task is simple, which is to complete the UI design of the Pandora system as soon as possible, solve the redundant process startup in the background, and then improve it.

The first system will be released to the world at the Java developer conference in May, and the first Walkman with the system will be launched in the second half of the year, and the work must be completed by the end of August, because September 5 is the Apple Dev Conference, and Steve Jobs is coming with his iPod Nano to fool people.

Woking, England, and Chen Bo, who has nothing to do in the United States, can only travel around the world, but the purpose is to work, not vacation.

"Proton has agreed to sell Lotus' factory and trademark brand in the UK for £85 million, but not including Lotus Technologies, which means that they have retained their superior resources such as engine tuning." Inside the office, with its large floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Ron is reporting on recent progress.

Chen Bo nodded and said, "Bid up to 50 million pounds, buy brands and patents directly, and provide him with the original technology for free." We don't want the factory. The cost of labor in the UK is too high, and even if we collect it, we will still make layoffs, which will not only not get any benefits, but will make the Ministry of Labor target us. ”

"If I send another quote to the other party, it shouldn't be a big problem." Ron continued: "MG Rover is in bankruptcy protection and is currently in custody with PricewaterhouseCoopers for a very low price, but a mere £38 million. But Ford has repeatedly insisted that if it wants a brand, it must buy the Jaguar and Land Rover together, otherwise it will not be sold separately. ”

"Hey, it seems that Ford is poor and crazy, what other brands do they have under their name?"

"Volvo, Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover are ready to be sold, and Mazda seems to be interested in buying back shares."

"It's a matter of chewing too much, and finally tasting the consequences, and we must remember this lesson. As long as the brand is in line with the company's strategy. "Chen Bo doesn't want to become this situation, holding a bunch of brands in the pot and rotting in the pot, then he will lose a lot of money." Aston Martin forget it, the audience is too small. I didn't know it when I ran to the road, and I thought it was a Ford Mondeo, which was too embarrassing. ”

"What about the others?"

"Let's try to get in touch first, it's all mid-to-high-end cars, and it doesn't mean much to us. But if someone is greedy, we can be a middleman and make some extra money. How did you talk to Shencheng Automobile? ”

"They have a good technical reserve to transplant the Lotus platform, and the demand for automobile manufacturing technology is hungry. Shencheng Automobile Group is invested in land, plant and manpower, and we occupy 51% of the shares with technology and cash investment. ”

"Yes, then hurry up and negotiate the contract of Lotus first." "The positioning is a light sports car and a four-door sports coupe priced at about 20,000 pounds, and an SUV model will be added to the Greater China market." I don't care how to design it, but it must have a sense of technology and ritual. ”

"I understand the sense of science and technology, how to understand the sense of ritual?" Ron was confused.

"It's just to make them look as cool as they want to be, not to buy a car but a tech product. For example, add a retractable steering wheel, but don't just have a buzzing mechanical sound like a Maserati, like a vibrator in a car. It can be accompanied by music, similar to the Transformers-like 'Ka Ka Ke Ke withering' is so emotional. Then there is a large touchscreen center console, GPS, MP3, map navigation, you must have. One-key hot start, 360-degree reversing image without dead ends, the emphasis is on wanting to stop! ”

"Uh...... So, what's the touchscreen central control? ”

"Oh, you wait to see the news, I'll send someone to connect with you." Chen Bo patted his head, this system has not been released yet, so he wants to put on a more advanced central control. Let's just wait for the future to take your time, anyway, it won't happen overnight for Lotus to really achieve mass production. "You contact Shencheng Automobile to see if anyone in China is willing to acquire other mid-to-high-end auto assets, so we will take the lead in forming a small consortium to talk to Ford and GM. Then everyone will be happy! ”

If you let them go by themselves, they will be pitted, and even if the company doesn't cheat you, you will inevitably be taken to the ditch by the middleman.

Europe and the United States have been holding on to technical barriers for many years. Nowadays, automobile manufacturing technology is not so high-tech, and the saturation of the European and American markets has led to many enterprises operating at a loss. Governments are less tightly controlled, takeovers are better than bankruptcy, and increased unemployment means social instability.

"What's going on with GM?" Chen Bo asked again, Detroit's two largest auto groups account for nearly half of the world's car brands, and most of them are acquired.

Although Germany and Japan are both big car countries, at least they have excellent control over their debt ratios, even if the extremely cumbersome Volkswagen Group can still hold on, not to mention Porsche, who has been in love with him for decades, and is a family behind closed doors anyway.

As for Mercedes-Benz and BMW, they also take the high-end route, and there are not many brands under them, but the profits are amazingly high.

"They plan to sell the Opel and Vauxhall brands in a package to get $3 billion to pay off a $5.6 billion bank debt that is about to mature."

"Detroit, the Motor City, is going bankrupt." Chen Bo sighed and said, Ford had revenue of $6.6 billion last year, but it had debts of more than $30 billion. General Motors is obviously not having a good time, and the cub is not distressed by selling Yetian, and the brands that were acquired at a high price are now ready to be demolished and repaired.

Detroit on the shores of the Great Lakes has long shown signs of decadence, not just in the decline of the auto industry, but also in the 1967 race riots that plagued local and Chicago law and order, leading to the flight of many white elites and the rapid takeover of the area by black Southerners.

It also indirectly affected the vitality of the city, and directly affected the glory of the automobile industry is gone.

Although the orange company also owes close to 20 billion euros in debt, the company can make money and is constantly profitable. Moreover, this debt is repaid by the acquired Orange Telecom, and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is a hidden debt, and if it is not repaid, he will not lose his shares.

In terms of hematopoietic ability, the two industries are incomparable, so Chen Bo is not worried about debt at all.

And GM and Ford's credit ratings have also been downgraded, from B- to Caa1, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is a junk stock.

The brand of Opel, which is more familiar to the post-70s and 80s, sponsored the European Championship that year, as well as the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich, the Serie A giants AC Milan and the French squad Paris Saint-Germain, made it famous.

Although it is a German brand, it was taken over by GM as early as the thirties of the last century. The platform he developed is used by a number of sub-brands, including Vauxhall, which is more common in the UK, and this small hatchback is popular because of the narrow roads in the UK.

In mainland Europe, it was sold as Opel, and in China, it began to sell with Buick and Chevrolet labels, playing a good hand.

Opel's market share is not much worse than that of the Volkswagen Group, with a 20% market share in Europe, which is still a good affordable car, but GM can only survive by selling assets.

After thinking about it again, Chen Bo gave his plan: "In my opinion, it's better to operate like this." Go and negotiate the packaging price of Opel and Vauxhall with GM, give them some hope first, but don't rush to take it. Wait until his loan is not repaid, and then put it off as long as he can, remember that our goal is Opel, and we also have to solve the sadomasochistic relationship with Buick and Chevrolet. ”

"What if another company comes in at the end?" Ron suggested the opposite, "It's better to take advantage of their lack of funds to cut through the mess." ”

"Quick? Not soon. Chen Bo shook his head, "Opel and Vauxhall are different from MG Rover, the former has more than a dozen factories in Europe, and the latter is not much different from an empty shell." The British and German governments will inevitably intervene to pay attention to the issue of the retention of employees after the reorganization, which cannot be ignored. ”

"How long will that be?" Ron now has $5 billion in his hands, not only is his waist hard, but he is full of confidence, and he has never been so cool. It feels like he's the real nouveau riche, and he wants to go up and stab anyone when he sees him.

Moreover, the McLaren team had no intention of taking care of it, and directly handed it over to team managers Horton and Lee Yun-hee to take charge of it, and he was ready to concentrate on making a name for himself in the automobile manufacturing industry.

"When the time comes!" Chen Bo replied with a mysterious smile.

He has a bunch of data in his hands, all of which are kept secret. Any announcement is a major earthquake, and the financial tsunami brought by it is enough to break the illusion of rapid international economic growth, which is much bigger than the Internet bubble in 99, how can it be easily punctured?

The Asian financial crisis is nothing more than a fluctuation in the region, but this time it can break the whole world's nerves, do you say horror is not horror?

Most of these secret information were provided by Assange, he was bent on finding the dark side of the government intelligence agencies, peeling off their skin and shaking off all the dirty things, but he didn't care about these economic information, so he passed it on to Chen Bo through special channels.

Things are good things, but he alone is not enough to leverage the wealth of this world, not only do he need to prepare funds, but he also has to gather more interest groups to stand on his ship, so as to avoid the occurrence of settling accounts after the autumn, after all, the law does not hold the public accountable.