Chapter 162: The Old Captain and the Little Rocket
Cang Yaozu and Sophie came to Turin, Italy, and formally signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Agnelli family. Old Agnelli and Cang Yaozu talked a lot, the head of the Agnelli family is not in good health now, but he still arranged a meeting with Cang Yaozu.
Old Agnelli looked at this young man who was younger than his grandson John Elkan, an oriental face, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality, which was more in line with his aesthetics, 180cm tall, not too short in Italy, not bad, yes, this kid has a bright future.
The reason why the Agnelli family agreed to cooperate with him this time is mainly because he values the person Cang Yaozu, although this kid owes a lot of debts and the money is borrowed, but this makes him value it even more, he makes something out of nothing, and he starts from scratch, do you want to get married? The old Agnelli is 76 years old, and his health is not very good, it is time to think about the future of the family.
"Mr. Cang, thank you for taking care of my two grandsons, although John is older than you, he is far less capable than you, and Ginny has not grown up yet, but this child has a good personality and is also beautiful, do you want to get along in private." ”
Cang Yaozu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, this old man, just after saying a few words, he began to make a beauty.
"Mr. Agnelli, I have several girlfriends now, and I am an unmarried, so I will not harm your sweetheart, you can rest assured, John's ability is fine, and he is down-to-earth and calm, you can always exercise it if you put more pressure on him. Your old man is like the old captain of a big ship, it's time for the new captain to take the position, so that you can still point out any difficulties encountered. ”
"In that case, my granddaughter is very good, you don't regret it. John is indeed very good, but there is still a gap compared to you. ”
"Haha, I grew up in the wilderness, so I naturally use some wild roads, so it looks more aggressive, which is also to strengthen myself and protect myself. John grew up under the care of all means, and the overall situation and management methods will be more traditional, and there will be no problem if you exercise more.
Like this spin-off of Ferrari, it is no problem for him to operate, he was born in Citigroup, and he also has a lot of connections there, so he can accumulate a lot of confidence in such a small project. ”
"Well, the family has decided to hand it over to him, originally we have no plans to put Ferrari on the market in the near future, but the family's cash flow has not been very abundant in recent years, especially in the car area, and the investment in research and development is also insufficient, and the dilemma is relatively large. I think you want some of Maserati's technology to develop electric vehicles, right? Are you really optimistic about the future of electric vehicles?"
"There is no doubt that new energy will inevitably be the focus of development in the next few decades, and energy conservation and environmental protection are the biggest selling points. ”
"The tired to death are all cattle who open up the wasteland, I hope you can really succeed, and I hope you can pull us Fiat, you can be said to be adventurous and radical, or it can be said that there is momentum and innovation, we Fiat has been the opposite of you in recent years, it is indeed a bit conservative, and innovation is seriously insufficient. ”
"Mr. Agnelli, this is no problem at all, since we have established a strategic cooperative relationship, there will be a lot of places that can be operated in the future in terms of win-win cooperation, for example, Tesla will help Fiat to produce pure electric cars, so that your Fiat Group can operate the automatic charging pile business in the whole of Italy, and even the whole of Europe, we can cooperate, this is a good deal for money, just like those gas stations are the same. ”
"Oh, this business is not a big problem, but the scale is a little smaller at the beginning, mainly if this business wants to make money, it must have a certain number of electric vehicles to start. ”
"Yes, I estimate that this business can be started in 2000, the country of Italy is not vast, and the cost of implementing this charging pile layout will not be so high, which is a very ideal implementation target. When the time comes, the charging pile will be combined with Fiat's electric vehicles, and I believe that Fiat will be able to create more brilliance. ”
"You really don't want the Italian market?
"Of course, you have a great home advantage, we are not familiar with the place, there is no need to spend too much effort, the business of charging piles must be done by you, as for electric vehicles, we Tesla is mainly to do pure electric coupes and urban SUVs, we have no plans to set foot in the low-end market for the time being, although the lower the market sales, the larger, but Tesla is really busy, so we focused on the high-end market at the beginning, which is also the main reason why we fancy Maserati, we will not spend too much effort on the traditional car technologyMaserati's series of technologies are just right for us to position ourselves in the market for the Tesla brand. ”
"Well, although the low-end market has a large sales volume, the profit margin is quite low, and you really can't make any money, so it's very wise for you to do this. I heard that your ICQ company is going public, how is it going?"
"It's not bad, it should be earlier than Ferrari's listing, and I'm confident that it will take three years for ICQ to reach a scale of 100 billion dollars, so Mr. Agnelli must not sell those shares within three years." ”
"Okay, when will the stock be sold, you notify me, and this old man will accept your affection. I'm also embarrassed that you have to bear the debt of Maserati. ”
"Haha, Mr. Agnelli, you have been too careful, I am very grateful to give us the opportunity to run Maserati, I like this brand very much, it is not so flamboyant, a little pragmatic, and focused enough, always based on the luxury coupe market. I really don't care about that bit of debt, just like you, my cash on hand is a little tight now, as the saying goes, I don't have to worry about more debt, as long as the bank doesn't collect the debt, I don't have any worries. ”
"I heard you're going to inject more than 100 million dollars into Maserati to develop a new model?"
"Yes, the $100 million is to help Tesla obtain some of Maserati's technical authorization, Maserati will also send a team of technicians to help Tesla carry out model development and design, I want to finalize and mass produce Tesla's high-end models as soon as possible, as for the mid-range models will be delayed, our Tesla and Maserati's positioning is indeed very similar, give up the low-end, focus on high-end models, but will not focus on the high level of supercars, it can be regarded as a civilian sports car. ”
"Well, it's a very pragmatic positioning, if you have any trouble here in Italy in the future, even if you come to our Agnelli family, we can talk well in Italy. ”
"This Monsieur Agnelli, I really have a few things to ask you to take care of, then I'm welcome. ”
"You're real, you say. ”
"One is that Fiorentina FC has some of my shares, which are now held by Edgar Jr., so I hope you Juventus can take care of it, of course, I'm not talking about those messes, Fiorentina doesn't play match-fixing, doesn't buy referees, but doesn't want to be targeted, Fiorentina also wants to attack Juventus' championship position, we hope to compete with Juventus on the pitch. ”
"I've paid less attention to Juventus in the past few years, listen to you, Juventus is a bit unruly now?"
"I've heard some bad sayings, it's not very conventional, in short, if there is a change, then encourage it. It's very exciting to win the title within the rules, but if you cheat, then it is not glory but a stain forever, I hope that the Serie A title can be deserved, the competition in Serie A is fierce, the Serie A title will be more golden, which is definitely not a bad thing for Juve.
The second thing is that Monica is one of my girlfriends, and I hope you can take care of it more and don't let her suffer anything on the Italian side, which is a little personal matter of mine. ”
"I'm going to start some investigations into Juventus, I hate the unruly behaviour and we don't have to do that. As for your little girlfriend, I'll say hello, and you'll have more bodyguards for her over there, sometimes I may not be able to cover everything, and you can't be careless yourself. ”
"Yes, the other day I had the reporters in Paris take secret pictures, some newspapers exposed some news, and recently I have strengthened the security measures for some people around me. So Maserati's next first Cayenne model was a luxury bulletproof version. ”
"Well, that car is very thoughtful, very trendy, we old guys only like the square and stable model, a little out of the times. If I were an old captain, then you would be a small rocket, with a future, and I would be optimistic about you. ”
"So, while you are still strong, hurry up and hand over the power completely, and you can still take care of the new captain for a few years behind the scenes, which can make the transition of power of your Agnelli family smoother, which is conducive to the long-term prosperity and continuation of your family. ”
"Well, I'll be starting this legacy project in the near future, do you need my help with anything else?"
"Finally, I want to buy Gucci in Monica's name, within the $4 billion limit, and the funds will be in place after the year, and I hope that you will be a middleman and try to facilitate this acquisition. ”
"You still have the idea of going into fashion, yes, you also publish a fashion magazine, you can publish an Italian version of your magazine, and you can leave it to Monica, and I will also ask my granddaughter to help her a little. ”
"That's so thankful, I'm just a little romantic, and there are a lot of women around, so I'll have to find a job for them all, so I won't have free time to fight. ”
"Haha, this is the most peculiar reason for corporate acquisition that I have heard over the years, this matter is a little troublesome, the main thing is that it may take a little longer, since you asked for an acquisition next year, then the problem is not too big, I also agreed to this, my only request is to let Ginny enter a little share, so that our family can intervene and speak better." ”
"No problem, then let Genie and Monica each have 15% of the shares, and give another 10% to the future management, and the remaining 60% of the shares will be invested in the form of an offshore fund, which will be handed over to the family trust fund in the future. ”
"Very good, very well arranged, you can really do great things, wait for my good news." ”
"Thank you, Monsieur Agnelli. ”
Cang Yaozu only mentioned a few small things, which can actually be done slowly by himself, but it is not bad to hand them over to Old Agnelli. Cang Yaozu helped the Agnelli family a little this time, helping them get a lot of cash and alleviate the cash flow tension. Making these small requests can be regarded as allowing old Agnelli to return this little favor.
Favors are not really important to this kind of family, the important thing is interests, as long as there are more and more business exchanges between each other, the friendship will naturally get better and better. Although Cang Yaozu has always paid little attention to industry, after all, money is slow, but now he can be regarded as entering the automobile and wine and beverage industries, and he will naturally not give up easily in the future.
Although the Internet industry is hot now, and the money comes very quickly, it is indeed a little empty, not as real as these real industries, and if you want to do these industries, it is a good choice to cooperate with the Agnelli family, most of the Agnelli family's industries are industrial, and they have a lot of experience in this area, and they can help Cang Yaozu solve a lot of problems.
For example, if Cang Yaozu wants to build a car, then tires, steel, sales channels, and many industries are involved, and the Agnelli family can help a lot, they are old rivers and lakes.
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