Chapter 153: I want to buy a Maserati

As soon as Monica Bellucci met, she threw herself into Cang Yaozu's arms and gave a hot kiss, and Gisele Bundchen, who didn't mean it, was not to be outdone, and gave a kiss like a dragonfly.

This made Ginny Elkan, who saw this scene, despise Cang Yaozu very much, a scumbag who stepped on two boats!

John Elkan is very calm, the two siblings are very handsome and beautiful, and they are about the same age as Cang Yaozu and Giselle Bundchen.

On the plane, Ginny Elkan and Gisele Bundchen chatted very well, and Genie's grandfather, Paul Elkan, used to be the president of Dior, and there were many natural topics in the fashion circle.

Now seeing the interaction between these three people, from the actions and expressions of several people, Ginny Elkan knows that the relationship between these three people is very unusual.

"Welcome, welcome to the distinguished Mr. and Miss Elkan. ”

"Mr. Cang, you're welcome, our Erkan family and Bronfman's family have a lot of contacts, both are Jews, and they are both in New York, and the circle is very small.

However, I recently learned that Edgar became the small owner of the Purple Lily, I heard that it was your idea? Don't you know that our Juventus club and the Purple Lily are mortal enemies?"

"Oh, yes? I really don't know, didn't you sell Vieri to Purple Lily, don't you look like a mortal enemy?"

"The rivalry is mainly between the fans, and it's not so obvious between our clubs. Vieri played a few good games after going to the Purple Lily, scored a few goals, and you earned it. ”

Cang Yaozu: "It has nothing to do with me, I am the boss of White Lily Tottenham, and I have nothing to do with Purple Lily." ”

John Elkann: "Edgar told me that he wasn't interested in football. ”

Edgar: "yes, I'm not really interested in football, I'm only interested in music, and in sports, rugby and basketball at most. ”

Cang Yaozu glared at Edgar, was this guy slapping his face on the spot?

"Edgar, you bad egg. "Edgar is obviously not a trustworthy guy, Cang Yaozu made a small conclusion.

"You're the hypocrite, you like Maserati sports cars and want to buy her, but your team doesn't even have a Maserati, big liar. "Ginny Elkan is obviously a little unaccustomed to Cang Yaozu's behavior.

"Haha, Miss Elkann, I don't like the cars in the fleet, it's just a means of transportation, what about me, well, unlike you, you have been rich for generations, from a famous family, I am really self-made, and now I still owe the bank, the customer, the Bronfman's family, a lot of money, how dare I buy a luxury car, or else, Miss Elkann, you will give me one to drive?"

"Bah, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. Giselle, let's go to dinner, didn't you say there was Chinese food? By the way, are you with this guy? What is Monica's relationship with him? Are you already angry now?"

The voice was far away, and Cang Yaozu's face was a little dark, "John, who wants to bring this here? Is it because my backyard is not messy enough?"

"Mr. Cang, forgive me, forgive me, my little sister has been spoiled at home over the years, she just quarrels with you, and she has no bad intentions. ”

"Ah Yao, this little girl likes movies very much, and her dream is to be a film director, so she has always been close to me, and now that Universal Pictures is yours, she wants to come to the pier to say goodbye. ”

"How can she worship the pier like this, she doesn't worship the pier, she is kicking the field, what's so difficult about being a director, there are so many film companies in Italy, she can't go flat?

"Curious, mostly curious, she came over to see what you look like as a guy who wants to buy Maserati?"

"Okay, let's go, eat first, try the dishes I made for you myself, go, Monica. ”

"Okay, Ah Yao!" Monica came up and grabbed Cang Yaozu's arm, this woman was much more active than Cang Yaozu's other women.

Everyone ate Chinese food, and there were actually two spicy dishes among the three dishes made by Cang Yaozu, one was mapo tofu, well, and the other was a husband and wife lung slices, which were actually cold dishes, which were really homely.

After dinner, Melissa took the three daughters around to visit the villa, Cang Yaozu, little Edgar and John Elkan sat on the terrace on the second floor and chatted, the sun was good today, and I could see people playing surfing in the sea, and it was not too cold.

"Mr. Cang, this is a really good place for you, it looks like I'm going to buy a house here in Malibu too. Ah, Mr. Cang, do you really want to buy Maserati?"

"Call me Yao, John, yes, I want to buy Maserati, this idea has always been there, I went to Italy last time, in fact, I wanted to talk to you, but I didn't find the opportunity. ”

"But Ah Yao, your identity as a Chinese, it is very difficult to win an internationally renowned car company. ”

"John, I only want Maserati, no engine R&D department and personnel, and the core technology is still in your hands, so there is no difficulty in operating it. ”

"Ah, how do you build a car? Do you buy all the engines?"

"yes, I also want a 10% stake in Ferrari, and all the engines from Maserati onwards use Ferrari. ”

"In that case, it's not impossible, so what conditions are you going to give? How much money do you want to give?"

"Don't worry, I have another request, that is, I want the 75% stake you hold in ChΓ’teau Margaux, and you know, I have the Seagram Wine Company that Edgar has forced on me, and I need to do a layout of the red wine industry. ”

"ChΓ’teau Margaux is a sought-after commodity, and in recent years Madame Corinnne Menzepoulos has run her very well. You've got a lot of appetite, so what chips can you come up with?"

"I've got some chips in my hand, so it's up to you to see if you're interested. The first one is that I can help you get in touch with BAIC and reach cooperation to establish Yandu Fiat. You have a maximum of 50% of the shares in this plan.

The alternative plan is that my Tesla will set up a subsidiary, also called Yandu Fiat, with your technology and model brand, but all the management is done by yourself, and the ownership of the technology is limited to this company, Tesla accounts for 90% of the shares, and the remaining 10% is given to Yandu. Then I will use my shares in Ferrari as collateral and sign an agreement with you, and when the domestic policy is relaxed, I will transfer all the shares to you. This can be regarded as a secret crossing of Chen Cang on the plank road of Ming Xiu, well, play a side ball. ”

"That's good, it's good, but Ferrari is a group company, and if you are given equity, you have to split it up first. ”

"Then split Ferrari and go directly to Citigroup to go public, Ferrari is such a good brand, if you don't put it on the market, it's a waste of resources. ”

"Is Yandu's company really owned by us?"

"Really, we can sign a secret agreement, and the management rights and voting rights will be given to you, but to be honest, your Fiat models are a bit low, and it is difficult to sell them in China.

If you do go, my advice is to either find someone to do R&D and develop a cool model, or go straight to Alfa Romeo.

You can import all these key components of the engine, and do more localization to reduce costs. It is certain that you will make money, 200,000 units per year in the initial period, and 500,000 units per year after 5 years. ”

"Is there really that much sales?"

"In less than ten years, Volkswagen's cars will start in less than 10 years, and the annual sales of one million vehicles will start. I can invest 2 billion Huaxia coins in this Yandu Fiat, and all the ownership belongs to you. ”

"Well, I can't do that, but I see what you mean. Let's start with the second point. ”

"The second point is, you know, I don't actually want to engage in gasoline cars, so I'll buy a Maserati to sell luxury sports cars, and I can also act as an agent for Ferrari, well, build an ultra-luxury 4S shop in Yandu, and sell Ferrari, Maserati and Tesla.

My Tesla will be an electric sports car, a Maserati will be a luxury sports car, and a Ferrari will be a supercar, so I can guarantee that all three will be famous and sold at the same time. In addition, I can give you 5% of Tesla's shares in exchange for giving Tesla some patent licensing and technical support. I can assure you that in less than 20 years, Tesla will be a 100 billion dollar enterprise. ”

"The 4S store can be considered, but your guarantee is more like bragging, not very credible. ”

"Hundreds of billions of dollars of car companies are really not easy to win the trust of people, what about this 5% of the shares, if you don't want it, then don't regret it in the future." I can also give you 1% of ICQ, ICQ will go public this year, and like Edgar and them, I will sign a guaranteed buyback clause, and by the end of 1999, I will buy back this 1% of the shares for $1 billion. ”

"You're all forward earnings, and you're out of cash. ”

"Although your Fiat has declined significantly in recent years, you are still not short of money for the time being, what you lack is actually a new growth point. So, wouldn't it be nice to switch to a long-term return with a higher return?

In the past few years, you have been investing less and less money in R&D, but your debt is getting higher and higher year by year, and if you don't make changes, I believe that by 2000 your debt will reach 5 billion or even 6 billion dollars. ”

"Your so-called change is to cooperate with you, first, to open the Chinese market, second, Ferrari to spin off and go public, and third, to sell Maserati in exchange for some cash and shares of pure electric car company Tesla, right?"

"Well, that's basically it, the global car market is shrinking, only Huaxia's car sales are still climbing, and it will start to explode after 2000, and it will explode after 2005. As for you, Fiat, vigorously develop the Latin American market and the Eastern European market, but these markets are unreliable. You can't get into North America, Europe, and East Asia, and the local market has declined significantly, so your crisis is imminent. Monsieur Agnelli is old, but you are still very young, and I don't think you can be so conservative any longer. ”

"Okay, I see, that's it for today, I'll call my grandfather to discuss your proposal. ”

"Okay, John, your room is on the first floor, I'll take you there. ”

"Thank you!"

Little Edgar once again saw Cang Yaozu playing the trick of the white wolf with empty gloves, basically, investing 2 billion Huaxia coins to build a car factory, nominally still in his own hands, 1% of ICQ shares are valued at $1 billion, and they will be cashed out after 3 years, and 5% of Tesla shares are valued at $5 billion, but they will not be cashed out until 20 years later.

I also want Fiat to license the patent to technical support, well, I want to get Maserati, I want 10% of Ferrari, and I want 75% of Chage-Margaux. What is a white wolf with this not an empty glove?

In fact, what Cang Yaozu wants is not the core assets of the Agnelli family, but what he gives is the fast-growing Huaxia automobile market. Although the shares are all valuations, they are not unacceptable.

John Elkan returned to the room, looked at the table below, it was not too late, so he dialed in Italy, he directly found his grandfather old Agnelli, and told Cang Yaozu about the goals and conditions, so that old Agnelli thought about the gains and losses.

The elder Agnelli told him that tomorrow morning at eight o'clock in Italy, he would first inform the group of his own judgment, and then the group would meet to discuss it.

John Elkann hung up the phone and began to ponder, starting from a simple one, ChΓ’teau Margaux does not involve the core industry of the Agnelli family, nor does it participate in the operation, it can be sold to Cang Yaozu and let him integrate through the Seagram Wine Company, which is also good for Margaux Chau, I believe that Ms. Corinna Menzepoulos should not be particularly opposed. This one can be promised.

ICQ's share valuation is not a big problem, with the current crazy rise of the NASDAQ, even if the valuation of ICQ does not break 100 billion, the 50 billion US dollars is also more reliable, ICQ's registered user growth rate is amazing, and there is still no strong competitor of ICQ in the market. The company's prospects are promising, not to mention that there is a guaranteed repurchase clause, which is equivalent to a gamble, or a bet in their favor, which is guaranteed.

In exchange for 5% of Tesla's shares, it is not a big problem to license some automobile manufacturing technology, anyway, Tesla is an electric car, and the core engine, clutch, and transmission components are completely absent. And Maserati also has some of the technology. It is also acceptable to sell Maserati, a brand that has some overlap in its positioning with Ferrari, but is clearly not as famous and valuable as Ferrari.

Cang Yaozu only needs Maserati, but does not want the engine department and related technology, it should be because he is more in tune with the development route of pure electric vehicles, and it just so happens that he can get some long-term engine orders for Ferrari.

Ferrari spun off and went public, giving Cang Yaozu a 10% stake, no problem. The overall calculation is that there is too little cash, and cash is exactly what the group needs most, and this point should be raised.

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