money trouble

Chapter 699 Heart and Mind (4K Chapters)

In the conference room on the top floor of the ThyssenKrupp Building, two parties sat at opposite ends of the conference table, with three or 40 people on one side and more than ten people on the other side. Most of them had no place and could only stand.

"Beautiful Ms. Yao, it's an exaggeration why so many people are needed to acquire a subsidiary related to the steel business."

The CEO said with a smile, as the host, there are not as many people on his side as the other party, and it is a bit embarrassing. He doesn't understand why there is a need to go to war.

Yao Xinlu did not directly express her intention when she invited her over the phone, but only said that she was very interested in ThyssenKrupp's industry and intended to acquire it, and did not mention any specific ideas.

Because if you intend to acquire the entire ThyssenKrupp, I am afraid that there will be some cumbersome qualification review. The investment company in Germany has just registered, so it is better to meet first and then discuss in detail.

Yao Xinlu pushed her glasses and said with a faint smile: "I'm sorry, it's my fault that I didn't make it clear on the phone before. The boss of our investment company didn't mean to acquire subsidiaries related to the steel business, but the whole ThyssenKrupp Bob."

After one sentence, the CEO nearly slipped out of his chair.

An entity company with a market valuation of 80 billion euros is definitely a giant-level existence. This is the market value after being forced to delist. It is too scary to open your mouth and want to buy it all!

The dozen or so high-level executives accompanying the CEO were all discussing, feeling that the other party's tone was really serious.

Indeed, ThyssenKrupp has not been doing very well in the securities market in recent years. It was targeted. It does not mean that the company is unhealthy. The growth of the overall volume cannot be ignored, but it is not something that can be obtained by any investment company. down.

"Ms. Yao, I believe that your investment company should have done a survey before this. Now ThyssenKrupp's valuation is as high as tens of billions of euros. Your boss is confident that he can acquire the entire ThyssenKrupp?"

The CEO asked with a strange face, but he really didn't mean to be mocking or contemptuous. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although ThyssenKrupp has delisted, it is still a giant.

"'The Source of Happiness Investment Company' may not be well-known in Germany. After all, it was just registered today. You can learn about the 'Source of Happiness Investment Company' in the UK."

Yao Xinlu said that she didn't care about the other party's behavior of deliberately raising the price, and it has not yet reached the stage of bargaining, because the other party is not qualified to negotiate the acquisition.

The CEO nodded, and then signaled the people around him to retrieve the information.

In the Internet world, the speed of information transmission is very fast. After tens of seconds, the CEO got the information he wanted to know from the tablet in front of him.

The Source of Happiness Investment Company defeated Bangziguo NPS Foundation and wholly acquired Harrods Department Store from Qatar Holding Group;
The source of happiness investment company wholly acquired more than half of Thames Water from Macquarie Investment Bank;
The Source of Happiness investment company intercepted the UAE royal family, acquired Manchester United from the Glazer family, and delisted it on the New York Stock Exchange;
The Source of Happiness Investment Company wholly acquired half of the shares of Romanée-Conti Winery from Takashimaya...

One piece of past news appeared in the eyes of the CEO, each piece of information was not small, and each piece surprised him.

The first three companies are easy to say, and there has been news of the sale of Romanee-Conti winery, but the Romanee-Conti winery is in the hands of the islanders and they are not willing to let it go. It can be bought like this, which proves that the owner of this investment company is not simple.

From this incident, the CEO even thought of the incident in which the islanders were kicked out of the list by Romanee-Conti Winery a while ago, and he suspected that there was also a shadow of the owner of the investment company in that incident.

The four groups, three in the UK and one in France, are all well-known large groups in the world, and their combined market value far exceeds tens of billions of pounds.

An investment company of this level is indeed qualified to acquire ThyssenKrupp.

The CEO smiled awkwardly, and said, "Ms. Yao, why don't you invite me directly in the name of a British company, but re-register an investment company in our country?"

The CEO no longer doubts the strength of the British source of happiness investment company, but he has some doubts about whether the company just registered in Germany is a counterfeit...

"Sorry, I have no comment on this." Yao Xinlu's answer was very strong, and she continued: "I don't know when we can officially start?"

The CEO saw that the other party was serious. He did not have the authority to deal with the acquisition of the entire group, so he had to notify the board members and the chairman immediately.

ThyssenKrupp, as the former "World Steel King", board members also have their own pride. When they heard that someone wanted to acquire a wholly owned company, their first reaction was to disagree.

Originally, I only planned to go to steel, but never thought of selling the entire group.

As it turns out, as long as the price is attractive enough, there are very few unreachable deals.

Negotiations were carried out through video conferences, and the tug of war lasted for several hours, and finally the two sides finally reached an agreement.

The source of happiness investment company acquired ThyssenKrupp and 80% of its 370 five wholly-owned subsidiaries and 280 joint venture subsidiaries at a price of 90.00 billion euros.

This price is higher than the market valuation, but still within the normal upward range.

The other party insisted on letting go of the [-]% stake, otherwise they would not discuss it at all. There was really no other way. It could be seen that the original board of directors did not want to completely let go of ThyssenKrupp.

ThyssenKrupp's acquisition project was officially launched, becoming Germany's largest cross-border acquisition in several years.

In view of Wu Qian's pursuit of efficiency, more than [-] lawyers and financial personnel are simply not enough. While dispatching manpower from the UK, Yao Xinlu also hired a large number of manpower from Germany.

ThyssenKrupp's subsidiaries are all over the world, but it doesn't mean that accounting personnel also travel all over the world. In today's Internet age, all data can be transmitted to the headquarters through the network.

All work was carried out in an intensive and orderly manner.

On the second night after Wu Qian discovered the mysterious key, he received a call from Stefan.

"Wu, I'm really sorry. I promised you 10 hours, but it took [-] hours. I'm really sorry. The scanning work of Bugatti La Voiture Noire has been completed. The vehicle was assembled just [-] minutes ago. You see it is sent back Airport or sent to the villa?"

There was a slight apology in Stefan's voice. For him who was always punctual, he did miss the appointment this time. The main reason was that the engineers were unwilling to work overtime, which made him really annoyed.

You must know that working overtime in Germany is illegal. Employees can easily take the company that requires overtime to court and make capitalists suffer high fines.

It is not easy to study a car in reverse. If conditions permit, Stefan certainly wants to keep Bugatti in Munich forever, but he can't do it. He can only dismantle the whole car and use various advanced instruments scanning.

The process of dismantling and scanning was very time-consuming. Although the vehicle stayed in Munich for fifty hours, the actual working time of the engineer was only more than 20 hours, which was about the same as Stefan's estimated time, but the engineer did not give face.

Wu Qian didn't pay much attention to Stefan's guarantee at the time. After all, whether it was thirty hours or fifty hours, it wouldn't have any effect on him, but he didn't expect that it was worth Stefan's promise. Apologies specifically.

"Oh, Stefan, you are too serious." Wu Qian said with a smile: "Isn't it the day to go to the Nürburgring for testing tomorrow? Don't transport it here and there, please help me bring the car to the Nürburgring Bar."

Stefan said: "Okay, Wu, there is no problem at all, I will urge the engineer to debug your vehicle, right..."

After talking about his own affairs, Stefan seemed to think of something important, he said: "Wu, there is one thing you may not know. Today I contacted ThyssenKrupp to inquire about the progress of steel smelting and learned a News, their group was acquired..."

Wu Qian glanced at Yao Xinlu, who was sitting at the desk and didn't know what to do, and said to the phone with a smile, "Oh? Will that affect the progress of steel smelting?"

Few outsiders know who the real financial backer behind the ThyssenKrupp acquisition is.

"I am also worried about this. According to the plan, the smelting should be completed in three or four days at most. Now there are uncontrollable factors, which is very distressing."

The purpose of Stefan talking about this matter is to vaccinate Wu Qian. If the deadline is really delayed, I hope to be forgiven.

Wu Qiandao: "It shouldn't be affected, right? The acquisition is a high-level matter and has little to do with scientific researchers. Let's meet and discuss these issues tomorrow, and I'm sorry to trouble you."

It was getting late, and the two sides hung up the phone without saying anything.

After finishing the call, Wu Qian stood up and walked to Yao Xinlu, and saw that she was sorting out the dense financial data. Hundreds of companies needed to settle their accounts. It was really not an easy task, and Yao Xinlu was only responsible for a small part.

"Stefan didn't know that I was the one who bought the ThyssenKrupp Group, and he was still worried about the progress of steel smelting. It's quite interesting."

Wu Qian helped Yao Xinlu pour half a glass of Riesling wine and said with a smile.

Yao Xinlu took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes, and said with a smile, "Then you deliberately teased that very punctual German gentleman, right?"

Wu Qian laughed loudly, and said: "I will tell him when I go to the racing track tomorrow, and I will definitely surprise him. Do you want to relax tomorrow and go play together?"

Yao Xinlu shook her head and said, "I won't go, but I have notified the variety show team that is filming material in Solan, and asked them to send some people over. I don't know if I did it right?"

"It's so right. I've been busy with acquisitions for the past few days. I've forgotten about it. It's a good thing you remember. Otherwise, what a good piece of material I missed. I've decided to reward you tonight. !"

Wu Qian said very happily.

The shooting of the car variety show will continue. For ordinary car fans, the Nürburgring has always been a mystery.

Yao Xinlu raised her neck and took a sip of wine, looked at Wu Qian with weird eyes, and said in her heart, it is true that she has been busy with acquisitions these days, but you don't seem to be involved...

"I've already contacted my roommate when I was in college. Would you like to ask her to check the keys for you?"

Yao Xinlu knew that what Wu Qian was thinking about was definitely not the acquisition case, but the exquisite key.

Wu Qian nodded, took out the key from the pocket of his pajamas, handed it to Yao Xinlu, and said, "How can you pretend it, I think at least we can't let others know that this pattern comes from a key."

Yao Xinlu didn't expect Wu Qian to carry the key with her, which shows how much she attaches importance to her and how much she trusts her. She said, "It's simple, I simply trace the handle of the key, and then take a photo and send it over."

After finishing speaking, Yao Xinlu took the key, then took out a piece of printing paper from the desk drawer and began to trace.

It's not a very complicated process. It took 5 minutes for Yao Xinlu to trace the shield and coat of arms on paper, then return the key to Wu Qian, then took out her mobile phone to take a photo and sent it to her classmates.

After finishing her work, Yao Xinlu saw Wu Qian looking at her expectantly, she pulled her long hair and said, "It's getting late, you should rest first, and you have to go to Cologne to race tomorrow, I'll take Thyssen Krupp’s several subsidiaries in Curry Country have settled their accounts before going to bed.”

For Yao Xinlu, work is more important than many things.

However, just when Yao Xinlu turned around and was about to put on her glasses and continue processing financial information, she suddenly felt weightless, was lifted up, and then swished towards the bed. Fortunately, the distance between the desk and the bed was not far... …

Regardless of the stories in the villa, Essen, a big city in western Germany, and the ninth largest city in Germany are brightly lit at night. Nightlife is of course indispensable for big cities.

The culture of nightclubs, bars, and discos seems to be very popular in any country, and Germany is no exception.

A high-end bar on Shichenbahn Avenue is full of people. There is no manic electronic music in the bar, but soothing classical music. After all, the music played must meet the needs of customers.

It can be seen that most of the guests in this bar are neatly dressed in suits and leather shoes, and many of them should be first-class white-collar workers.

A man in his 40s sat at the bar with a Daiquiri in front of him.

The daiquiri is Hemingway's favorite cocktail. The cocktail specially prepared by white rum, lemon juice, sugar water and lemon is not high in strength, but it has a lot of stamina.

Dortmund was drinking a cocktail while chatting with friends around him, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood.

After drinking the last sip of wine in the glass, Dortmund said goodbye to his friends and left the bar satisfied.

Dortmund's family lives not far from the bar. Every Monday and Friday, he will go to the bar to have a small gathering with friends after dinner. He has maintained this habit for many years.

Just as Dortmund was about to walk to his villa, a voice sounded from the car in front of the villa.

"Good evening, Mr. Dortmund, is the smelting of ultra-high-strength steel finished?"

(End of this chapter)