Chapter 15: The First Pot of Gold
"You're saying you want me to voluntarily reject the acquisition?" In a luxurious private room of the Great World Nightclub in the London Concession District, Square Road, Zhang Cheng looked at the well-dressed, handsome, oily big back on the opposite side with a look of surprise, meticulously combed, and called himself Zhang Moyang.
"Huh." Zhang Moyang picked up the wine bottle with a smile on the corner of his mouth, filled the wine glass in front of Zhang Cheng, and said with a relaxed expression: "That's not what I said." As long as you can delay as much as possible and raise the price as much as possible. ”
"Can I see why?" Zhang Cheng stretched out his finger and tapped lightly on the glass table, and a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.
There is no love in the world for no reason, and everything always needs to have a reason. The Zhang Moyang in front of him was introduced by the governor of the London Concession, and this time it was a secret meeting. This will naturally make Zhang Cheng think more.
"Of course." Zhang Moyang smiled and picked up his wine glass and signaled to Zhang Cheng: "I don't have to hide it from you." I am a member of the Zhang family in Songjiang Prefecture, and I am the son of a family who does chores for the big men of the Zhang family. ”
When Zhang Moyang said this, a flash of understanding flashed in Zhang Cheng's eyes.
The people of the Zhang family in Songjiang Mansion still came to obstruct Zhang Yao's work. Isn't this the bloody plot of those family fights in bubble dramas?
Zhang Cheng shook his head helplessly, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. He really has no interest in participating in this kind of bloody drama.
Zhang Moyang sensed Zhang Cheng's emotions, and a confident smile was hooked on the corner of his mouth. Raising his hand, he took out a check from his arms and pushed it in front of Zhang Cheng, "This is a cashier's check from the Daming Royal Bank." A little heart, not respect. ”
"Three million?!" Zhang Cheng's pupils shrank suddenly.
"This has nothing to do with me." Zhang Cheng shook his head and got up: "Whether it is successful or not is not on me. The person who can really make decisions is still Zhang Yao. With that, he turned and left.
This money is definitely a huge amount of money, but unfortunately Zhang Cheng definitely can't take it. The internal struggle of the Zhang family, he did not have any idea of getting involved. He now thinks only of his own interests.
"Nice boy." Watching Zhang Cheng leave, Zhang Moyang squinted his eyes and picked up his wine glass, "With this concentration and vision, it's hard to think of it." ”
"Interesting." Zhang Cheng, who walked towards the door of the nightclub, buttoned his coat, and there was a smile in his eyes, "Maybe it's useful when it's time." ”
Zhang Cheng offered a price of 300 million silver dollars for Pfizer Pharmaceutical, which was beyond the psychological bottom line that Zhang Yao could bear. Although the company's market value was close to 120 million silver dollars at this time, the Zhang family would never make such a huge amount of money.
"You should know that our Zhang family is determined to win Pfizer." Zhang Yao sighed lightly, raised the wine glass in front of him and touched it with Zhang Cheng, "Say, what do you want." Everything that can be done can be discussed. ”
It's still in the big world nightclub, or in the box. The difference is that the time is the next day, and the person who drank together was also replaced by Zhang Yao.
"I want to be the governor of Xinlanzhou, Xinjinshan, Xizhou." Zhang Cheng picked up the wine glass and touched the glass with Zhang Yao, and took a sip of pure whiskey.
The whole of Australia was divided into five states in the southeast, northwest, and central by the Ming Empire, and each colony was named after the local city. I don't understand the new Lanzhou government, but when it comes to the Pilbara region of Western Australia in modern time and space, this area is wider than Sichuan Province, with an area of nearly 500,000 square kilometers, it is really famous.
In this inhospitable land, there are more than 10 billion tons of high-grade iron ore suitable for mining! There are large pastures here, and agriculture and animal husbandry are well developed. Great location close to the Indian Ocean. After careful selection, Zhang Cheng finally chose this place as his starting base.
"Governor?" Zhang Yao was stunned in his heart, he really didn't expect Zhang Cheng to have this idea. However, this is true of everything, if you are not afraid that you will not be able to negotiate, you are afraid that you will not want to talk about it.
"It's not a small problem." Zhang Yao habitually spoke, but suddenly saw Zhang Cheng's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Immediately felt angry in his heart, but he didn't show it, "It's not impossible to do it, but the price of Pfizer can't exceed 120 million silver dollars." Your patent is going to be handed over. ”
"Two hundred million." Zhang Cheng sipped his wine indifferently, "In addition, pay me another 20 million in private." ”
"Huh?" Zhang Yao narrowed his eyes, he hated the guy in front of him more and more now. The ability to do things, which he was proud of, seemed to have no effect in front of him. This feeling made Zhang Yao very dissatisfied.
"120 million, and another 10 million for you privately. Absolutely no more! The governor's affairs are in charge of our Zhang family. Zhang Yao's voice was already clearly tinged with a hint of anger.
"Can you pay that much money at once?" Zhang Cheng looked at Zhang Yao with a smile: "Even the Zhang family in Songjiang Mansion won't take out so many things at once, right?" ”
Although the silver dollar has been depreciating over the years, the world economy is also developing rapidly. However, the cost of the latest provincial capital-class battleship in the Royal Navy of the Ming Empire is only less than 40 million silver dollars. It is impossible for the Zhang family to come up with half of the money for the latest battleship fleet. They have, but won't give that much.
"Tell me what you think." Zhang Yao nodded and responded.
The Zhang family did not intend to pay all the cash. The Zhang family has already negotiated with the other shareholders. As long as the price is determined, it will be exchanged for shares of other companies, factories, mines, bonds, etc. Definitely not paying a lot of cash.
"The purchase price is 120 million, which is the market value of the company, and it is also paid to all shareholders. No matter what you give, the total price cannot be changed, let alone lower. Zhang Cheng smiled and sipped his wine, an inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, "In exchange, the Zhang family wants to guarantee that I will become the next new governor of Lanzhou." Moreover, in private, you need to give me 25 million in benefits. I want a bank deposit. ”
"Twenty million benefit fee." Zhang Yao stood up.
"Deal." Zhang Cheng smiled and stretched out his hand
Three days later, the Times, which is the largest seller in the whole of Europa, devoted an entire page to a headline in both Chinese and English that Pfizer, which had been in the limelight in recent times, had officially changed hands!
The newspapers described the details of the deal in great detail, but it was the price that attracted the most attention. Like the market capitalization of Pfizer on the stock market, it is as high as 120 million silver dollars!
Such a huge deal shook the world.
Zhang Cheng, who was hailed by the media as a representative of a new generation of billionaires, officially transferred his sulfonamide patents to Pfizer. With a benefit fee of 20 million and a contract of intent of nearly 50 million silver dollars, he left Pfizer, the company he founded.
"I'll be back, this is just the beginning." Standing in front of the company's office building, Zhang Cheng, who looked solemn, said silently, then turned around and got into his car.
Zhang Cheng didn't know how the Zhang family negotiated with the other shareholders, but he chose to take a contract of intent for 50 million silver dollars. This means that Zhang Cheng can get 50 million silver dollars of goods at a preferential price in the factory of the enterprise owned by the Zhang family. As long as the Zhang family has it, he can buy it.
As the top layer of the empire, the Zhang family owns shipping, shipbuilding, machinery manufacturing, munitions, steel and other businesses.
Since it has been decided to go to Xinlanzhoufu, which is still a desolate place on the Australian continent, the minimum supplies are still available.
Not to mention anything else, if you are mining, you must have a full set of mining equipment and supporting facilities, right? Zhang Cheng is reluctant to sell the raw ore, and there must be a large steel complex, right? As for the construction of roads, railways, ports, labor, and necessary living facilities for transportation, as well as food production, etc. All of these things need money, a lot of money.
Who doesn't know that the minerals, farming, animal husbandry and fishery products of the colonies can make a lot of money? But you need a lot of investment before you can make money! It's the kind of investment that very few people really want to do. Like the Chang family, a large giant consortium prefers to run local and Europa colonies, which are fully developed and can make money casually. It's like this acquisition of Pfizer. In this world, there is nothing more than the capital ridge. Faster to cut off money?
Zhang Cheng knows that he can't play with capital, but he can't play these old fritters who have been inherited for hundreds of years. So he took another path and chose to take the way of violent settlement. No amount of wealth is vulnerable in the face of a devastating war.
In the Sixth Empire in history, when the Rothschilds were at their peak, Morgan and Rockefeller were their stewards. But after World War II, what are they left of?
What's more, Zhang Cheng, who had studied the development of colonial history in the history books of school, was keenly aware of the international situation at this time, which was extremely bad for the Ming Empire. All countries that have been oppressed for hundreds of years are gearing up to pounce on the body of the empire and bite the flesh fiercely.
And the extremely rigid Ming Empire no longer has the ability to gather all its forces to resist. In order to save the country of the Chinese people, in order to prevent themselves from falling with this empire, in order to live up to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cross. Zhang Cheng chose to go his own way.
"Thanks to my brother, my brother is now carefree in my life." The Blue Rose Hotel, in the café, is still the window table. With a touch of helplessness in his eyes, Xu Mu shook the coffee cup in his hand and said softly.
Xu Mu owns 10% of Pfizer's shares, even if it is diluted due to the listing of the stock, it is worth tens of millions! Xu Mu used the shares to get a good company from the Zhang family, which specialized in supplying rubber to car factories in Europa countries. The profit is good.
"Brother Xu is only so young, and he is ready to retire?" Zhang Cheng asked indifferently.