After Xu Fei and Lei Meng finished the phone call, they thought of the Carlyle chairman Keynes mentioned by the other party, and the funds were trapped, so he simply contacted the twenty interns who were sent to Bain Capital two months ago to inquire a little.

With the enhancement of interspersal capabilities, these interns have become full-time employees one after another, and even one of them has even sat in the management team.

A moment later.

The other party sent materials related to the financial turmoil.

Carlyle and Bane's approach to the 'three links' is simple.

Since you are in business, then I will 'long' raw materials and 'short' semi-finished products and finished products.

It's like building a ship, in the past, 500,000 raw materials were purchased, the manufacturing cost was 300,000, the price was 1 million, and the profit was 200,000.

Now I have speculated the price of raw materials to 800,000 yuan, and then used second-hand ships to lower the market price of new ships to 700,000 yuan.

One rise and one drop, if you sell a new ship, with interest, you will directly lose 600,000 yuan.

Under this operation, since March, the prices of aerospace materials, metal materials, medical materials, composite materials, and ceramic materials have all risen sharply.

Automobiles, medical equipment, electromechanical devices, and aerospace equipment have been greatly reduced in price.

If the 'three links' do not sell business in order to stop losses, the market share is bound to be snatched away by low-end products.

In particular, ships, automobiles, medical cars, and electromechanical devices are all durable goods, and if you miss this business, you will not be able to meet the same customers again in three years, five years, or even ten years.

If the 'three links' continue to operate, they will lose money and make money, the value of inventory products will depreciate, their own assets will shrink seriously, and the market value will evaporate directly, which is just in line with Carlyle and Bain's short-selling plan.

Under this series of dazzling operations, the 'three links' were beaten and had no power to fight back.

In addition, Carlyle and Bain are the world's top investment companies, and their internal employees are all the most cutting-edge financial professionals in the industry.

I beat you, it's not over, but also take advantage of the depreciation of your assets, make a strong acquisition, and then increase the overall value through financial operations, and then sell it.

Make money twice while cannibalizing your industry, weakening you, and helping you develop more competitors......

Tee was really frightened.

It wasn't until GE took out the recording of the attack on Raymond and reached a cooperation with Carlyle's chairman Keynes, threatening Keynes to carry Carlyle's internal information to the three links, that the situation was reversed.

The three links first exposed the relationship between Lao Bu and the ruthless gang Harden, and then made targeted arrangements according to the deployment of Carlyle Investment, and then exchanged part of the shares to persuade Blackstone to ask the other party to snipe at the old rival Bain Capital.

Carlyle and Bane, who were in a good situation, were trapped in the 'long' part and the 'short' part was also trapped in the short, and if everything came true, the brothers' capital would shrink by half.

And at this time.

In order to reverse the defeat and save the support rate, Texas Governor Xiaobu is giving an anti-terrorism speech through CNN real-time information.

This represents a complete break with Harden on the surface.

As for asset cutting......

I guess there's nothing wrong with Harden.

Xu Fei deleted the email sent by the intern, and then used the program made by the hacker to repeat the operation several times to eliminate the traces left by this contact, and instead considered the second batch of M8 orders.

With the power supply of Daze Industrial Park, it will take up to half a day to suspend all projects and fully produce 900 sets of M8 parts.

The trouble is assembly, as well as military-grade electrical control equipment that cannot be produced in-house.

For example, infrared detectors, thermal imaging displays, two-way stabilized fire control systems, etc., must be disassembled from the Grizzly Tank.

According to the previous idea, arrange a batch of half-sized sons, disassemble the Grizzly Bear Chariot, and then assemble the M8 after familiarizing themselves with the structure.

But Raymond urges him tightly, as a dog friend, how can we give strong support to X and take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

Xu Fei looked at the calendar, and tomorrow on Women's Day, he immediately announced a half-day paid vacation.

The engineers were then instructed to adjust the existing 4,300 sets of industrial robots for assembling 6V750C diesel engines. Another 500 engineers will be recruited to assemble the M8 body. The 200 engineers who have remained at Daze Power are responsible for disassembling and assembling the electrical installations of the Grizzly Bear Chariot.

Roughly calculated, 900 tanks can be completed in almost a week.

As for what the half-sized children do......

Give the engineer a hand, and by the way, see the master's craftsmanship.

After arranging these, Xu Fei peeled an orange, drank a bottle of milk produced by the 'Three Cows' that the base rewarded the commander for primary school students, put on reading glasses, and flipped through the exclusive newspapers and periodicals of the Youth League to learn about the progress of the Youth Federation, charity, poverty alleviation and other work.

Then through the fixed telephone, verify the authenticity with the personnel of the grassroots supply and marketing cooperatives, and then yell at a few people who are not effective, and then praise a few people who are in place, and by the way, let Malaysia take the engineer and hang a few people who do not do things on the river embankment overnight.

"Hmph, dare to fool this book, I'm afraid I don't know who is the most well-informed in Ze City!"

Xu Fei looked at the time, two hours had passed.

Immediately picked up the phone and contacted Raymond.

"Old Lei, good news!"

"You say."

"I cried and begged my father to ask him to find the old leader for two hours to grind his tongue, exhausting years of friendship, and finally persuaded the weapon to help make the M8."

"Great!"

"Coincidentally, there is a batch of M8 on the side of the weapon that is ready to be sent to Tibet, you should know that this matter has been on the news, and the third brother has been protesting."

"Yes, I know, you mean?"

"That's right, the weapon is willing to transfer the combat vehicles in the inventory of this department, no more, no less, 500 units, if another 400 units are produced, maybe they can be shipped to you next week."

"Xu, I don't know how to thank you."

"Listen to me, this batch of tanks does not belong to the foreign trade type, and the price is a little high."

"How much?"

"They bid 5 million and never let go, I shouted grandpa dozens of times, and finally helped you press 4.2 million!"

"Xu, thank you for your help, but I can't accept this price."

"How much do you give up to the maximum?"

"3.5 million!"

"The weapon will not be accepted, and, because it is used in Tibet, the condition of this batch of M8 is much better than the previous batch, especially the engine, not only the power has been increased from 500 horsepower to 750 horsepower, but also the use of new materials, which is 20% more fuel-efficient than the previous generation, Lao Lei, you are a general, you should understand what this means."

GM's M8 did not sink into the sea and is currently being delivered.

If Raymond wants to get the order back, he must have a certain advantage.

And the power is increased to 750, and then high-tech support is added - the energy efficiency is increased by 20%, and it becomes a big killer.

When the time comes, GM's M8 will be compared for goods, and the North American military department will definitely choose Raymond.

In this way, he helped Raymond turn the tables, the relationship between the two sides became closer, and he made a lot of money.

Of course, this 6V750C is certainly not the original ceramic composite engine of the Grizzly Bear Chariot, but in the process of improving the 6V300C, the conventional diesel engine made of ordinary materials is extremely noisy, easy to enter the sand, and failures such as lack of cylinder and pounding occasionally occur......

But with power and fuel consumption, the M8 before the hanging is enough.

"Xu, if it's really like what you said, I can give 3.8 million."

"It's too low, the engine fuel consumption is reduced by 20%, and it has high technical value."

"3.85 million!"

"Lao Lei, I'm helping you, not talking to you about business."

"I'm sorry, your tone has hallucinated me, and I always feel like I'm negotiating the price with the seller."

"Okay, I'll give you a few contact information, and you can talk to the weapon directly."

"Xu, thank you!"

"We are friends!"

"Yes, we are brothers!"

North America.

Raymond hung up the communication, browsed the email sent by Xu Fei, and tried to contact Dongshan Weapon.

"Hello? Hello, I'm Carlyle Investments, Raymond. ”

"Hello, my surname is Sun, what's the matter?"

"I'd like to purchase a batch of M8."

"Sorry, we don't have this model."

"Excuse me, but on your side, it should be called Grizzly Chariot?"

"Grizzly bear, 30 million."

"Really? I plan to purchase 900 units, what is the minimum price? ”

"900? Minimum 28 million. ”

"Then I'll leave now and meet for a detailed discussion?"

"Are you sure about purchasing?"

"Yes, sir, trust me."

"Well, pay 100 cars as a deposit, a total of 2.8 billion US dollars."

“Why？”

"100 vehicles, 2.8 billion US dollars, that's right."

"Wait, the 26 million you said is a beautiful knife?"

"Or else?"

Raymond was silent for a moment, "Are you sure this is the Grizzly Chariot?" ”

"yes, it's a grizzly bear, not the rags of the M8."

"I'm sorry, maybe I'm wrong and I'm bothered."

Raymond hung up the communication and contacted Xu Fei again.

"Xu, I want to know, the difference between the Grizzly Bear Chariot and the M8."

"Grizzly bear? That's a plateau killer, you can drive at will on the plateau at an altitude of 5,000 meters, and you can even do 'drag racing mobile shooting', I don't know the rest, I've been on the news in North America before, it's that video car. ”

"Can't the M8 do it?"

"In the plains should, maybe, probably can, but in the plateau... Engine materials don't cost money? Don't you have money for car body materials? No money for electrical control equipment? General Motors' offer is 3.5 million, so naturally it will be 30,000... 3,000,000 standard manufacturing. ”

"But 26 million US dollars a knife, the overall value is far more than Chongtan."

"I don't know about this, maybe which places are more advanced, just like this batch of M8, which is 20% more fuel-efficient than the previous batch."

'Damn GM! ’

Raymond cursed secretly, wishing to kill Smith.

His suspicion that GM stole United Defense technology is not unfounded.

Because there were four companies competing for the development of the M8 that year.

CCVL of FMC Food Chemistry

Cadillac's "Stingray" light combat vehicle.

Armored artillery systems in Terridain.

IKV91 from Dian Riglon.

Now FMC has become United Defense, Cadillac belongs to General Motors, and Gelong has long been controlled by General Motors for the production of low-speed, high-torque hydraulic drive systems. And Teridaine was acquired by General Motors, perhaps a long time ago.

Combining the technologies of the three companies, and absorbing the CCVL developed by FMC, the overall performance will definitely surpass that of the M8.

And now, hear about the Grizzly Chariot worth 26 million dollars......

'Traitors of North America! ’

Raymond took a deep breath and said calmly: "Xu, I want to know the reserve price of the M8. ”

"You hung up the phone just now, I talked to the leader over there, sacrificed some TEP interests, and helped you get a price of 4 million, no matter how low it is, I can't do anything."

"Well, at this price, maybe I can ask the Congress for more money and save 20% of fuel, which is indeed a highlight."

"Yes, I think so too."

"Xu, thank you, when you come to North America, I will definitely entertain you."

"You're welcome, but, Lao Lei, it takes time to transport, I suggest you accept it nearby."

"Do you mean to transport this batch of M8s to Minami Bangzi, or Wajima, and I will bring the military headquarters over to shorten the delivery time?"

"Yes, we have an old saying in Huaxia, called long nights and dreams."

"It makes sense, I'll arrange it right away!"

"And Lao Lei, my North American car certification, can you help you get it?"

"The certification of Texas has been sent to you, and there are only a few inspection links left for the North American certification, and it will be completed in three or two days. However, I suggest you change dealers, GM's main business is to make cars, and their dealership is weak, it's not that I'm belittling them, it's a fact. ”

"Any good suggestions?"

"There's a newly established auto group in California called Penske, which represents high-end brands, maybe you can consider it. In addition, AutoNation, the largest car retailer in North America, is also very good, but they may charge a high commission. ”

"Understood."

Xiaohongqi is not well-known, looking for a dealer is equivalent to letting the other party help develop the market, and it must make profits.

If Xiaohongqi is famous all over the world, the dealer will take the initiative to ask for supply, which is equivalent to helping the other party to play the signboard, and the other party will definitely give money.

Xu Fei thought about it seriously and decided not to change the dealer for the time being.

First, GM does not default on payments, the delivery is settled, and its own funds return quickly.

The second is the reputation of General Motors, except for Smith's fake accounts, the overall is not bad, more reliable than car dealers without assets.

The third is that General Motors has shipping companies, which connect countries around the world and save many troubles.

When their own production comes up, the two sides become real competitors, and Xiaohongqi has a little fame, and there must be professional dealers to come to the door during the period.

It's like the distribution rights of the three countries of machinery, and it's not too late to talk about it when the time comes.

Moreover, there is no need to build high-rise buildings to sell cars, as long as there is a venue, a steel structure exhibition hall can be built in three or five days.

………

The next day, March 8th.

Daze Industrial Park has a half-day holiday, and the employees are not idle.

Mainly, in order to prevent Daze from becoming a 'Lei Xia Ze' that devours all things in summer, the Daze Industrial Research Office invited a large number of experts to purchase in batches many jujube trees, cistanche and cacti that are suitable for the survival of alkaline soil according to the geological landform, and try to plant them in advance while the frozen soil has not melted.

It can also be regarded as a warm-up event before Arbor Day.

Xu Fei wielded a shovel, stepped on his hands, and was busy with the employees.

Wait until 10 a.m. and a flight flies through the sky.

Airplanes are a rarity these days.

More than 20,000 people stopped their movements, put their hands on their foreheads, and watched with their heads held high.

Seeing this, Xu Fei suddenly remembered his, if he flew into the sky, he waved to the more than 20,000 people below......

Hurriedly looked left and right, found the little secretary, and whispered: "Where is my luck two?" ”

"Demolished."

"Demolished?!"

"It was dismantled a week ago, replaced two modified gas turbines, and suddenly fell off not long after takeoff, fell into scrap metal, and the engineer parachuted, it's no big deal, I guess the laboratory hasn't had time to tell you."

"Why so fast? I haven't opened it yet! ”

"If you open, we will have a big feast in the whole county."

The little secretary rolled her eyes and ignored the guy again.

Xu Fei was stunned for a long time, and suddenly lost his motivation.

At this time, the second secretary came to report, "Factory director, General Motors intends to redeem the mortgage contract." ”

The financial turmoil reversed, and the three links suddenly became stronger, and they naturally made money.

Xu Fei had expected this, and yesterday he contacted the People's Bank of China in advance and asked the other party to prepare a second mortgage of Citigroup's 1 billion bonds and 2% of Hanwha's shares.

As long as GM pays, including 50% of the shares of Modu GM and the ownership of Daewoo General Plant, the four mortgage contracts will be invalidated together, and the party will receive 3.15 billion yuan in payment, and the People's Bank of China will deduct 2 billion yuan from the purchase of crude oil, and the remaining 1.15 billion US dollars.

In this way, there is no need to care whether the Daewoo main plant has been emptied by the North American base.

These matters are handled by the operation center of the permanent Modu TEP, including the purchase of crude oil with excess funds, and there is no need for Director Xiao Xu to do it personally.

However, thinking that the purchase price of the first two batches of crude oil was 13 US dollars per barrel, and now the purchase price is 11 US dollars per barrel, which is magnified to billions of dollars, which is equivalent to a loss of 4.5 billion US dollars......

Xu Fei suddenly felt distressed.

Fortunately, crude oil is used for use, not for speculation.

After spending a morning, there is a little vitality around Daze Power.

As early as the early stage of construction, Daze Power adopted the method of replacing the soil layer and transplanted many flowers and plants, just waiting for the spring flowers to bloom.

Midday.

The canteen is free of charge and rewards all employees who participate in the tree planting activities.

After a full meal, all projects resumed production, and the second batch of M8s also entered the assembly stage.

Wait until evening.

Raymond remitted the payment to TEP's turnover account with the World Bank for Settlements, 4 million x 900 vehicles, totaling 3.6 billion US dollars.

Brother Lei is still very reliable in the matter of making money.

Xu Fei integrated the remaining 300 million US dollars of investment in the hound's breeding base, the first batch of M8 final payment of 1.15 billion, plus the second batch of M8 payment of 3.6 billion, enough for 5 billion US dollars.

First contact Zhang Shiren and ask the other party to place a $1 billion crude oil order for the emirate, and then leave the remaining $4 billion in the World Clearing Bank to let James purchase crude oil from the West Coast of North America.

This is also why Xu Fei recently learned that North America turned out to be the world's second largest oil producer.

………

In the days that followed.

Daze machinery roars, and the lights are not turned off at night.

Here, you can hear the sound of pile driver construction.

The sound of steel plate and ingot cutting and grinding can be heard.

You can hear the sound of the electric hoist lifting and the conveyor belt motor running.

You can hear the sounds of thousands of people working, resting, or sleeping.

It can also be seen that the increasingly large logistics fleet in Yuancheng will send brand-new small red flags to Qinggang in batches.

Xu Fei stayed comfortably in the workshop office, occasionally running the production workshop, occasionally running the laboratory, and occasionally leading the vicious dog to walk on the newly repaired road.

It's a pity that the old folks have all entered the toy factory, and the roadside mutton soup restaurant, steamed bun shop, donkey meat restaurant, etc., have all entered the big canteen, and even the photo studio and many shops have all moved to the streetside door house of Daze Power.

Now the only thing left may be the empty agricultural machinery station, the still lively post and telecommunications bureau, and the overcrowded supply and marketing cooperative.

However, the Huangnigang Daji not only did not disappear, but was transferred to the provincial road at the entrance of Daze Power.

In particular, the role of the 16-seater large machinery of the Three Kingdoms seems to have become a kind of mark for recording stalls.

For this reason, Xu Fei had to sign the appropriation document to continue to expand the provincial road.

After all, it is too dangerous for logistics vehicles to come in and out.

Coincidentally, the square in front of Daze Power Gate is 1,000 meters long and about 200 meters wide, which can lead to the east and west ends, connect the high-speed crossing, and the north gate of Huangnigang.

I never expected that.

On the first day when the road at both ends was opened, the Huangnigang Daji was also transferred to the gate of Daze Power, but the provincial road was empty again.

In addition, the construction team of Hongqi Automobile Factory arrived, and Lao Xu, who moved to Lincheng, also led a reinforced group back to Daze to fully open the residential building project on the east side.

In addition, the 20,000 new employees who joined Daze Power and the previous more than 5,000 old employees......

Huangnigang big set, open every day!

On the roadside, there are also many new sheep soup restaurants, new steamed bun shops, and new various food stalls......

To this end, Daze Power had to continue to expand the front room to meet the needs of the tenants, and even began to turn to both ends, forming the word '匚', which encapsulated Daze Power, Daze Toy Factory, and Daze Industrial Research Office.

March 14th.

Xu Fei followed 900 M8+ vehicles and arrived at Incheon Military Port by steamer.

At the same time, I also saw Raymond again.

"Hey, Xu, you've grown taller!"

"Yes, I'm distressed."

"No, look at me, one meter ninety-five, everywhere you go, it's the most eye-catching."

"We have different cultures, and I like to be subtle."

"Okay."

Raymond boarded the M8+ and tried to drive, shoot, and inspect the manufacturing process of each part, as well as the overall performance, "It's not bad, I'm going to invite the personnel of the military department to accept it tomorrow." ”

"They've arrived?"

"Yes, it's at the beginning."

"Old Lei, I suggest that it be accepted today."

"It's just one night."

"Long nights and dreams."

"The goods are already here, so there's no need to rush too much."

The voice did not fall.

Raymond gets a call, "What? GM has completed the delivery? We have to return 2.88 billion to Congress? No way, the military department has already promised to purchase our M8...... Will Congress say it's too expensive and out of budget? Shit, those old guys don't know the difference between 500 hp and 750 hp, and they don't know what a 20% save on fuel consumption means! ”

Xu Fei listened beside him, took out his mobile phone to check the time.

He had been worried about GM's delivery, so he hurried to complete the order two days ahead of schedule and deliver it to the Incheon Military Port in another day.

I didn't think about it, but I was still a step slower.

It is not possible to return a return.

Even Raymond is estimated not to return it.

Really.

After Raymond ended the call, he ran into the distance and contacted more than a dozen people in a row.

Eventually, he walked back with a stiff face.

"Xu, our deal has been reached, and I originally planned to take you to see the customs of Shou'er."

"I'm sorry, I'm underage."

“……”

Raymond wanted to laugh, but he couldn't, "I'm going back, back to North America as soon as possible, trying to stop the other party's order before Congress approves funds to General Motors, and persuade Congress to purchase my M8, at least the military department supports me." ”

"I hope you get off to a successful start."

"Xu, you still have to do me a favor."

"Please."

"On my behalf, I will ask Mr. Strauss, Chairman of the TEP, if he is interested in joint defense."

"Oh?"

"If we're interested, we can sit down and talk."

"Okay old Lei, don't worry, promise to bring the words!"

(End of chapter)