Chapter 266: The answer to the riddle
Now Roche is in trouble, and at this time Alexander still calls him, which is a little interesting. Want to ask him to help you get through this? Or is there something else?
Chen Mo thought about it, but still chose to connect.
"Hello, Chen." As soon as Chen Mo was connected, Alexander in the video greeted Chen Mo with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Alexander."
Chen Mo called the robot so that he could translate it if needed.
"Didn't bother you, did you?"
"Nope."
"That's good, I'm sorry for saying goodbye last time. I've got a little trouble here, and you've probably heard about it, and it will be resolved soon, and I'll visit you again when the time comes. β
"Always welcome." Chen Mo smiled.
"I gave you a little gift, did you receive it?" Alexander listened to the words of the translator next to him and continued.
"A small gift? No. Chen Mo shook his head. He hadn't received anything from Alexander.
"That shouldn't have arrived yet, I just contacted Mr. Zhao, and she said that she received it, and it should be sent to you soon." Alexander said: "That's my family's 'souvenir', I hope you like it." β
The last three words were spoken in Chinese, and the pronunciation was inaccurate, but Chen Mo could understand it.
"Souvenirs?"
Chen Mo wondered what Alexander's 'local specialty' was.
"Yes." Alexander said, "I will visit you again in the near future, and we can continue to communicate with each other then, Chen, and I will bother you again then." β
"Looking forward to your arrival." Chen Mo smiled.
Hanging up Alexander's phone, Chen Mo was thinking about what the local products Alexander was talking about.
It's just that before he could figure it out, Zhao Min entered Chen Mo's office. Behind her, Wang Hai was holding a delicate box.
Wang Hai put the box away and turned to leave.
"It's a gift from Alexander." Zhao Min said.
"That's what he said?" Chen Mo looked at the delicate box, which had Roche's logo on it.
"Souvenirs?"
"As soon as I hung up the phone with him, you came over, and he said to send some of his family's 'souvenirs'." Chen Mo said in Alexander's accent.
Zhao Min chuckled: "He's right, it's indeed his family's native product." β
"What's that?" Chen Mo asked curiously.
"Loading. Forced must-have, ChΓ’teau Lafite. β
"Lafite is a local product of his family? Oh, I forgot that the winery belongs to him, and this local product is really bullish. Chen Mo smiled and said angrily: "Open me a bottle of 82-year-old Lafite." β
Looking at his appearance, Zhao Min was speechless and chose to ignore it directly. This thing actually learned to gamble......
"There are only 100,000 bottles of this wine, and there is one less bottle to drink. These two chests are again in Alexander's collection, and they are certainly treasures among treasures. Many local tyrants are proud to get the 82-year-old Lafite, you take it well, and when guests come to the house in the future, take it out and pretend to be forced. β
"How much does it cost to sell this?" Chen Mo touched his chin and asked.
"The people who can collect this kind of wine are generally people who are not short of money. These Lafite are among the finest of them, this box, one million, someone definitely wants it, if you want to sell it, I will collect it for you. Zhao Min said.
Sure enough, poverty really limits imagination, and it is difficult for others to find a bottle, and this gift is a box, which is really not comparable to ordinary people.
But who calls someone Rafite's boss?
"It's all sent over, or keep it, I heard that red wine can be beautified, take it back and put it for Xiaoyu to drink, she should like it."
Zhao Min rolled his eyes, his feelings were just to please Xiaoyu, and he was invisibly fed another mouthful of dog food.
"Would you like to bring back a few bottles?" Chen Mo asked.
"I still have one box there, and he sent two boxes, one box for you and me."
"This bribe is two. It can't be that he needs our help with something, right? The hands of people are soft, and the mouth of eating people is short, this Alexander, the abacus is quite big. β
"It's impossible to directly let us help them out of the predicament, and he also understands that we are just a cooperative relationship, not a partner in life and death, and he also understands this."
Zhao Min shook his head.
"Alexander is really under pressure right now. The investment plan is yellow, some people in the family want to be in the position, and outside the family, there are consortiums that want to snipe at them. Internal and external troubles. It's kind of befriending us, because we could be his important partners in the future. β
"Another important thing, which is the leakage of Roche executives, is becoming more and more interesting. There are traces that some people are ready to take action against Roche. β
"Who?" Chen Mo also became interested.
"Altice and Orange, two major groups involved, are preparing to crack down on the telecommunications company that Roche has just acquired. Presumably, it was worried that Roche would make that company bigger and rob them of their cake. β
"Suppression before it starts?"
"Roche is a sleeping wolf, and when they get bigger and then suppress it, it's too late. Over the years, Roche has accumulated too many contacts. Now when the commander is changing, the investment plan is leaked, and the family is seizing power, it can be said that it is the weakest time, and with proper operation, this century-old family can fall apart.
In addition, according to the leaked investment plan, Roche wants to pull our company to participate in the telecom operation. And the plan is detailed, and although we refuse, others don't know and definitely think that we will participate.
We are sitting on a huge amount of cash, trapped in Huaxia, and a colony of marching ants with a strong aggressiveness. Once our huge cash enters the game, coupled with Roche's network resources, do you say they are afraid of being robbed? β
Zhao Min analyzed the powerful relationship to Chen Mo.
"Apple only has the Orange version of the iPhone in France, and we are Apple's biggest rival, not to mention the Altice Group, the last cooperation failed, and friends became enemies. If you don't suppress it and let Roche make it bigger, it will be a slap in the face.
In addition to these two, there are three Pioneer Group, BlackRock Group and Samsung, I won't talk about Samsung, you should know. Vanguard and BlackRock are the largest private equity funds in the United States. They all have one thing in common, they both have a controlling stake in Apple.
Vanguard Group is Apple's largest shareholder, and BlackRock founding partner Susan is Apple's largest individual shareholder and a director on Apple's board of directors. There are signs that the two are ready to snipe Roche on financial investments, and there are some other small wisdom pigs who have seen the wind and steered the rudder. β
Zhao Min didn't say this, Chen Mo really didn't know that the relationship was so complicated.
"So, there are reasons for Roche's predicament?" Chen Mo asked.
Listening to Zhao Min's analysis of the situation now, he also understands why so many companies are unwilling to cooperate with them.
Because of the nature of their company, and it is a Chinese enterprise, plus some political ... A lot of capital is vigilant about excluding them. Therefore, the companies they cooperate with will become the target of capital.
"Part of it, our competition with Apple, the foreshadowing, our company's international expansion, is the motivating factor. Roche's partnership with us was a springboard for us to go international, and now that the plans are leaking, they will inevitably be targeted by our opponents. That's why a lot of people don't want to work with us in the mobile business, because our opponents are too strong.
But it's not all our fault, the Roche family itself has some business rivals. And most importantly, Roche's family motto: as long as you are united, you are invincible; The day you break up will be the beginning of your loss of prosperity. β
"What do you mean?" Chen Mo seemed to hear the special flavor in these words.
"That's what you mean, I don't think that such an important investment plan as Roche would be casually picked up by a senior executive and leaked at such a critical time. Shopping malls are like battlefields, and this battlefield is a battlefield where people are killed without seeing blood. Many things are enigmatics, and it will always be a riddle, and only the authorities know the answer to the riddle. β