In the next few days, Chen Zhiwen and Zhang Yunxue entertained a few friends from the United States, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of several German cities by the way.

On December 12th, it suddenly snowed heavily in Munich, and the whole sky became gray, because of the high latitude, the eight-hour day became shorter, and the temperature dropped suddenly.

The cold wind is biting, but the heating in the hotel is very sufficient, just like summer, in the luxury suite, wearing short sleeves, eating ice cream, watching the blizzard howling outside, it is very flavorful.

There was a knock outside the door.

"Come in." Chen Zhiwen walked to the main hall and said, he is not worried about any accidents outside, now he, no matter where he goes, there are no less than 4 professional bodyguards around him, outside the suite, there are two people guarding the door, and a few people live nearby, plus he has chartered a floor of the hotel, anyone who enters this floor, unless it is a waiter, otherwise there is no reason.

It was Lei Shengli who came in, he should have just come back from outside the hotel, still wearing a thick down jacket, Chen Zhiwen smiled: "You better go to your room to change your clothes, otherwise you will die of heat." ”

"It's okay, I'll just take off my down jacket." After speaking, Lei Shengli took off his clothes and hung them on the hanger, and said: "Deutsche Bank has the latest development, so I am in a hurry to come back and tell the chairman." ”

"Okay, sit." Chen Zhiwen also got up to lower the temperature of the hot gas control, in fact, there is no need to adjust the temperature so high for heating, just because I learned to enjoy it, I got used to it, the whole of Europe and even the United States is like this, huge waste of energy and materials, not only a lot of wealth is gone, but the environmental pollution caused by it is also huge, but they often blame the developing countries that produce these materials for them.

After taking a sip of water, Lei Shengli said: "Chen Sheng, Deutsche Bank has basically reached a consensus with the existing board of directors of BITZER that the transaction price is 13.5 million US dollars, and they have also agreed to trade in US dollars. ”

The reason why the US dollar is chosen is also because it is the most common international trading currency, and the current German currency is the mark, although it is also very strong, but many rich people still like to hoard US dollars, because many rich people also need to diversify their assets to prevent serious losses when they are invested in a currency, in case of a sudden depreciation of the currency.

The Midea side is naturally happy to agree, and the transaction in US dollars can also save a large amount of transfer fees, and both sides take what they need.

"And what about BITZER's debt? Will there be a discrepancy between the financial accounts and the actual situation? Chen Zhiwen asked again.

Historically, how many large companies have been fooled here, although some can be followed up to recover some losses, but it is too frustrating, so it is better to find out clearly.

Chen Zhiwen's previous acquisitions or shareholdings basically didn't care about this problem, because he invested in the team, and with the history of later generations as evidence, there would basically be no problems, but Hutchison's acquisition also had a lot of hidden debts hidden by Qi Dezun internally, not Qi Dezun against him, but for all shareholders and banks. Fortunately, Hutchison has enough land, even if there is a problem with tens of millions of accounts, he doesn't care.

Now that the acquisition of assets in Europe for the first time is still related to the important layout of Midea's household appliances business, he naturally needs to pay attention to it, especially now that Hutchison has consumed a lot of his funds, and he is also in the stage of some tight funds, but he doesn't want to have any moths at this time.

"Deutsche Bank has commissioned a third-party agency on the German side to review all the accounts of the first three years and the large accounts of the previous ten years since this year, and they have made a paper promise to us that there will be no debt gap or accounting problems higher than 100,000 marks, and if there is, they will subsidize the money." Lei Shengli said.

"Okay, that's the value of the nearly million dollars we spent." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Deutsche Bank assumed the role of intermediary and guarantor in this transaction, ensuring that there would be no problems, and this price was naturally not small, and Midea needed to pay nearly 8 points for this.

"If it weren't for Deutsche Bank, our acquisition wouldn't have gone so smoothly." Lei Shengli said with a smile.

Chen Zhiwen said: "Of course, investment banks like theirs rely on this kind of business to make money, and although our acquisition is small, it is still a piece of fat for a department or individual." ”

Lei Shengli continued: "Actually, I have another idea, Deutsche Bank has a very strong influence in Germany, so theoretically, their senior management must also know the German car company, and I think this is a relationship that BITZER can take." ”

"That's right, contact the top management of Mercedes-Benz BMW through Deutsche Bank? And then find a way to get BITZER into their supply chain? Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "You can try it, you have to spend it, this relationship will always be useful in the future, many technologies on the German side are very powerful, we want to improve our technology research and development, and the communication with the German side should not be less." ”

Midea from the birth, is decided to take the high-tech route, now rely on arcades, games to make a lot of money, but also want to use this kind of funds to develop technology, only strong technology is to ensure that a company can survive for a long time, more and more powerful fundamental, relying on the game this kind of side project, can only be a boom, even if it is his golden finger, at most it will continue to the 90s, must be before this time, in other areas to occupy a certain market, and the foundation of all this, in addition to their own layout in the retail field, the technical aspect can not be less.

"That's the best, we also need a local partner with resources and contacts in Germany." Lei Shengli nodded and said.

"Okay, in terms of price, let's try to talk about it again, it's best to erase the 500,000 US dollars, if not, it's almost over, time is also a cost, we can't waste too much, and after the transaction, we still have to spend a lot of money to invest in it, not to mention Hong Kong, even Europe, I also want to add it, at least so that BITZER's car business can develop." Chen Zhiwen said: "In addition to compressors and refrigeration assemblies, it is better to enter the field of other automotive parts, and my idea is to make BITZER a well-known auto parts company in Europe." ”

"It's just that in this case, we need to invest a lot of money, and we are now relatively tight on funds." Lei Shengli said.

Chen Zhiwen said: "I know this, don't worry, even if they give BITZER tens of millions of dollars now, they have no place to use it, if they want to develop in the automotive industry, they have to invest money step by step, and they will score points by throwing money, no matter how much money they have, can they compare to BBA and Volkswagen?" ”

"That's the same? After the transaction is completed, does Hong Kong need to prepare to build a factory? Lei Shengli asked.

Chen Zhiwen said: "No, don't be in such a hurry for the time being, don't you think the layout of the factory in Hong Kong is already very messy?" ”

In the past, whether it was Red Bull or Midea, when the scale was not very large in the early days, it needed mass production, although under the intentional guidance of Chen Zhiwen, the factories were gathered together as much as possible, but the industrial layout of Hong Kong itself is a mess, with all kinds of industrial office buildings mixed with residential areas.

This is very suitable for all kinds of small assembly industries and light industry, there are people near the factory, and workers are relatively close to work, perfect.

The early Red Bull Midea is actually suitable for this model, after all, the scale is not very large.

After a certain scale, the rapid growth of production capacity also made the two companies have no choice, can only frantically buy land nearby to build a factory or directly purchase industrial office buildings, at that time there is no choice at all, can only quickly increase production capacity, which also leads to the chaos of each factory, obviously can be together but not together, can be produced in one place for the best but divided into several production.

"Chen Sheng is preparing to replan the factory in Hong Kong?" Lei Shengli also understood what the boss meant.

Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "Yes, with this idea, except for the latest factory that is ready to produce Coke, which I have prepared for the plan, the others are very passive, led by the nose by the rapidly increasing production capacity."

Looking at it now, it's too messy, it happens to be winter now, whether it's fans, drinks, air conditioners, refrigerators are in the off-season, I'm also ready to take care of it, it's best to re-plan them all, build factories in the same place, and also need to prepare a certain amount of blank land to cope with future capacity growth. ”

In fact, Chen Zhiwen knew a few years ago that if the development went well, production capacity would definitely be a big problem, but it was impossible to invest heavily in the integration of factories at that time, and there was no such capital, even if it was Apple in the 21st century, knowing that mobile phones would sell well, there was no shortage of money, and it took several years to integrate production capacity.

"Such a large plan requires a large land area, and we can't acquire it, so we need to discuss it with the Hong Kong government." Lei Shengli said.

"It's not just the land area, but also a large number of suitable working-age workers living nearby, Kowloon doesn't have such a big land, and the land in Hung Hom, even if I don't consider real estate development, the area is not enough, compared to the real industrial demand, the so-called small port, is not enough to see." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

It is said that the land area of Hung Hom is large, that is for commercial land, maybe it is still enough for Red Bull and the United States, but it will not be enough in a few years, and the biggest problem in this urban area is that there is no area to increase nearby.

Of course, the area of a large port is actually very large, a few square kilometers is normal, but in a small city like Hong Kong before the 60s, 2 million square feet (0.2 square kilometers) was already considered a super large port.

"With such a large industrial investment, we should get land for free, and this is the reason for going to any country, but in Hong Kong, it may be a little difficult, and those ghosts know how to stare at the land." Lei Shengli frowned and said.

"Wait for me to go to the United States to settle some things, and then talk to the Hong Kong government about this matter, this time after you go back, first release the news, just say that our Midea, Galaxy and Red Bull are going to build an industrial park of tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong or Wanwan." Chen Zhiwen said.

Lei Shengli said: "Is Chen Sheng going to use Wanwan to put pressure on the Hong Kong government? ”

"It's not to the Hong Kong government, but to the group of real estate developers in Hong Kong to send welfare, a 10,000-person industrial park, can drive a large area of surrounding barren land, the news is really released, these dog noses can naturally smell, they will naturally find a way to help me promote this matter, the rest, it depends on the MacLehose government, I heard that MacLehose, the governor, is very capable, in the previous Britain also attached importance to employment issues, should be able to know how beneficial such an industrial park will be." Chen Zhiwen said.

Although a group of British ghosts are desperately trying to squeeze the value of Hong Kong, but smart people will be appropriate, it is better to let the sheep fatten a little, rather than directly dry up and fish, MacLehose should be regarded as a smart governor, in the biography of Hong Kong in later generations, he is very appreciative, besides, to be able to set up an Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong to suppress Tan Wu, at least on the surface, it is also hoped that Hong Kong will get better and better.

"Good way, in this case, maybe it will solve this problem." Lei Shengli nodded and said.

Chen Zhiwen said: "That's it, Hong Kong is not in a hurry for the time being, after the acquisition of BITZER, first select the right people from Hong Kong to learn, production, maintenance, technology, quality control need to be fully studied, in addition to the process that does not exist in BITZER itself, then it is also necessary to choose suppliers in Europe to buy equipment, but also to arrange people to come to learn, this investment should be preferred, rather people and other equipment, not equipment and other people, and so on Hong Kong after the factory is built, you need to be able to get started as soon as possible."

On the German side, we must first select some people, and prepare to arrange for them to go to Hong Kong as teachers, the language problem needs to be solved, the Hong Kong side needs to prepare translators, and BITZER also needs to arrange our people, you can see if we can recruit Chinese in finance and business administration in Germany, although we will not interfere with the normal operation of BITZER, but we still need to understand. ”

"I'll arrange this matter, and when the transaction is completed, I'll leave two trustworthy people to stay here to deal with these things first." Lei Shengli said.

(End of chapter)