Chapter 129: Taking over the masses

There are only five days left until Marita's birthday, and if you want to take advantage of the situation, you should not exceed three days at the latest, so you need to arrange a trade fair within a week, and you need to act immediately.

After the telegram was sent, Renian quickly replied to the telegram, and rushed from Paris in the afternoon to contact the exhibition venue and set up the venue......

Dior and Balmain also took this opportunity very seriously, and each of them packed up dozens of new clothes that they had prepared for a long time, and they would be in London in two days.

Even Givenchy was not willing to be lonely, so his assistant brought several of his works over, and was ready to follow with some light.

He didn't know anything about business Zhou Nan, although he knew that he should do this, but he didn't know what to do, so he arranged things, he didn't care about it, at most he attended this exhibition and promotion meeting.

Lady Hemstra and Audrey, on the other hand, took it very seriously, and they followed Renian, who had come from Paris, to keep busy with it for the next few days.

Renian was originally the promotion manager of Baoji Watches, although the audience for watches and clothing is different, but the promotion process is similar.

It's nothing more than finding a venue and setting it up to facilitate publicity.

But after some discussion, they decided to put the exhibition in the villa where they lived, which made Zhou Nan a little incomprehensible.

In his impression, such a promotion meeting should not be held in the exhibition hall, but at least in the shopping mall or a famous public place, how can it be carried out in a villa?

But since he didn't understand, after they made a decision, Zhou Nan would of course do the same.

Therefore, his compilation team temporarily moved from the first floor to the second floor, leaving the space downstairs for them to toss.

By the time Dior and Balmain arrived in London, the first floor of the villa had been transformed into a historic and luxurious showroom with minimal lighting and furniture relocation, without any alterations.

The long history and royal grandeur give this castle-like villa a higher background, and the show here is not as convenient as the professional one, but it can raise the value of the goods.

Audrey sent invitations in aristocratic circles, Lady Hemstra also invited scholars and families, and even Alan, who looked a little indifferent, gave up his face and sent invitations to some nobles who had not been in contact for a long time.

But the biggest role is still Jean Nord, although he doesn't know many female dependents, but he himself has some shares in the fashion circle, and there are channels for this relationship.

For example, Breguet Watches, he is a small shareholder, and the dealer of Breguet Watches in London helps a shareholder invite some wealthy family members without much effort.

What's even more powerful is the media, Zhou Nan has been busy compiling books for a while now, except for the joint press conference with the Red Cross in London, he has not broken out any news.

While people were still expecting the next volume of his "General History of the World" to be completed as soon as possible, it was suddenly reported that the fashion company he founded under the surname Audrey had begun to accept reservations, which was not a small news.

In particular, the British media's love for Audrey has made this publicity campaign more popular than the public's sixteenth birthday.

After all, the princess's birthday is celebrated every year, and sixteen is not a rite of passage.

But the fact that a newly established clothing company, registered in Switzerland and with a studio in Paris, wants to launch its brand in London has aroused even more curiosity.

At this time, Zhou Nan realized that it was not so commercial, but it could achieve commercial purposes better.

Just when Zhou Nan was preparing for this promotion meeting, Yannick, who was far away in Wolfsburg, finally negotiated with all walks of life in the factory and the British after more than half a month of negotiations.

First of all, in terms of equity, except for the 20 percent of the shares in Lower Saxony that were owned by land, this could not be moved, and the other 80 percent of the shares were controlled by the British at this time.

Because this was a British-occupied area, the French wanted mass equipment, but this purpose was not achieved. They have now detained Volkswagen's chief engineer, Ferdinand Polscher, and put him in prison in Dijon.

After many negotiations, and the fact that Citroën in France did not allow the government to build another large car factory in the country, the French government finally relented.

The French demanded the right to the five percent of the shares, which originally belonged to Porcher, but they did not get the shares due to the opposition of the German trade unions.

Volkswagen will pay the 5 percent of the stake to the French on time every year, in addition to the indemnity, over 10 years.

The French, in turn, will release the aging Bolcher, but at the cost of their freedom is the loss of this share. But Volkswagen will cooperate with Porsche, a company founded by the Porsche family, to support the company that is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Forty percent of the 80 percent of the shares held by the British will be transferred directly to Yannick. The remaining forty percent will be controlled by the British for ten years, and after ten years, it will be gradually returned to Yannick at market value.

Of course, this is provided that Yannick is able to pay for this part of the purchase, otherwise, there is still an exclusivity period of ten years.

Twenty years later, if Yannick still can't afford to buy this part of the shares, the British will have to quit Volkswagen outright. At that time, however, as long as it was sold to the Germans, neither Yannick nor the Lower Saxony government could control who the British sold to.

Only in the transfer of shares and the negotiation of various conditions, more than 100 agreements were signed by the parties, and each responsibility and obligation was strictly divided.

Yannick now only owns 40 percent of the shares, but he owns 80 percent of the company. The British only have the veto power in the business, but they cannot participate in the operation of the company.

Although the government of Lower Saxony has 20 percent of the shares, it does not have the right to operate, and like the British, they withdraw from the company's operations, but they also have the right to audit the finances and veto the operation.

It is equivalent to saying that although Yannick now holds almost all the power in the company. This measure cannot be implemented until a major decision is rejected by either of the other two parties.

At the same time, Volkswagen will also bear the compensation of 10% of the annual income claimed by the British for up to 50 years. This compensation will be included in the government's compensation amount after the establishment of the government, in the form of taxation.

However, in the absence of a government in Germany, the amount of compensation demanded by the United Kingdom could only be borne on an individual basis.

After sorting out the entanglement of equity, the most difficult thing is how to make the behemoth of Volkswagen operate, the current Volkswagen, except for some heavy equipment, most of the equipment has been disassembled and moved.

The British will return this part of the equipment to Volkswagen, but the factory is currently almost nothing, and in order to make the factory run smoothly, a huge amount of money will need to be invested.

The government of Lower Saxony is completely uninvolved in the operation of the plant, they are like landlords, they only collect rent, and besides, they have no money now.

So, the pressure is all on Yannick, and of the more than five million Swiss francs that Zhou Nan has raised for him, he has already consumed almost a million in other areas. The British were given four million Swiss francs, leaving only a few hundred thousand Swiss francs in their hands.

With these hundreds of thousands, it is simply impossible to get this large factory running. Not to mention the purchase of raw materials, even the purchase of a part of the grain to fill the stomachs of these nearly 20,000 workers is a bit reluctant.

Fortunately, both the British and Americans are still more optimistic about the future of the public, and now there are people who are willing to step up and take responsibility, and their banks are willing to lend.

In addition to cash, the British and American sides are also willing to provide the materials needed to start construction, and are willing to provide policy assistance for the resumption of work by the public. For example, the opening of coal supply channels, electricity supply, etc.

The resumption of work of an automobile factory involves hundreds of industries, which means that as long as Volkswagen resumes work, it can drive the flow of resources from hundreds of factories, which is why Britain and the United States attach importance to Volkswagen.

The reason why Yannick was able to be small and big, his face, and even Lawsons's face was not enough, there was another very important reason for this was because of Zhou Nan.

After Zhou Nan's advice at Buckingham Palace, the negotiations on Volkswagen progressed much faster, and the original conditions that the British had calculated were now compromised.

Yannick didn't even need to ask Zhou Nan, he only had to see Zhou Nan appear at Buckingham Palace in the newspapers, and had a cordial meeting with the king and the prime minister, to know what was the reason why he was able to get the public in the first place.

Moreover, just after he signed all the agreements and took full control of the factory, there were Dutch banks willing to provide loans, all because of Zhou Nan.

However, even so, Yannick felt a great pressure, and he no longer had the energy to take care of the small factories he had purchased in Cologne.

At Vilchenger's suggestion, Yannick decided to cut his shoulders and sell all the small factories that had been revitalized, in addition to keeping Bayer's shares.

From '45 to '46, order in Cologne was gradually restored, and the value of the small factory that had gone bankrupt was greatly increased after being revitalized.

However, instead of selling the factories to the higher bidders, Yannick sold them to the Junkers in Munich.

Three years ago, he cheated them once in Brussels, and got out of it himself, only to have their investment come to naught.

Now that he sells it to them cheaper, he has made a lot of money, and it can be regarded as making up for some of the guilt in his heart and resolving the enemy.