my return 2002

Chapter 344: Snake Swallows Elephant

Speaking of which, Li Shufu is also quite a legendary figure. He was born in a poor family. After dropping out of high school, he bought a camera with 120 yuan from his father, and took pictures of people all over the street. He even earned 1000 yuan in half a year.

Of course, Li Shufu was not satisfied with this. Apart from taking pictures, he also assembled the camera himself. Later, he found that some in the process of washing pictures, soaked in a kind of potion, can separate the gold and silver in the waste. Li Shufu decided immediately , The reason why he wants to do this business is also very simple, he thinks that this kind of business cannot be done by others.

And this kind of business philosophy has always prompted Li Shufu to continue to explore new fields while accumulating wealth. Later, Li Shufu made refrigerators and motorcycles.

Until 1994, Li Shufu decided to build a car, which was definitely an "amazing" decision at the time. Cars are no better than motorcycles. In the 90s, a Santana sold for as much as 20 yuan, which was a technology among industrial products at that time. Existence of extremely high content.

And what about Li Shufu?There is nothing, lack of funds, basically no technology, and he does not even have the qualifications to produce cars. However, with such a seemingly far-fetched idea, Li Shufu insisted on starting from scratch, leading Geely Automobile all the way to become a domestically produced car In the industry, the top-ranked automobile empire.

Early in the morning, Shen Lang received Li Shufu at the gate of the Wave Industrial Park. He admired people who put their heart into business.

"Mr. Li, welcome, you have worked hard all the way."

Li Shufu also shook hands with Shen Lang very enthusiastically: "It's not hard work, Mr. Shen, I took the liberty to come here. I have something to ask for today. It's embarrassing to say that I'm holding Buddha's feet temporarily."

"What did Mr. Li say, come on, let's go up and talk." Shen Lang didn't answer, but pulled Li Shufu into the Wave Building.

Looking at it along the way, Li Shufu said with some emotion: "I have long heard that Inspur Technology is a high-tech enterprise. Today I saw it and it really deserves its reputation. Just looking at the buildings in the park is full of sense of technology."

Shen Lang was secretly vigilant that the other party was clearly flattering him. It stands to reason that with Li Shufu's wealth and status in the world, there is no need to be so polite at all.

After arriving at the office, Shen Lang made tea for Li Shufu himself, and Li Shufu also began to look at the office.

"Boss Shen also likes racing cars?"

Shen Lang looked back and found that Li Shufu was looking at the simulated racing equipment in the game room with great interest.

"Man, there is no one who doesn't like racing cars, but I am more afraid of death. If I really dare not drive a car, I can only enjoy myself in the game."

A separate game room was built in the office. It is estimated that Shen Lang’s status is the only one. Of course, after the game room was built, he didn’t play it a few times. It’s not that he is too busy and has no time, but his mentality. After he matured, the attractiveness of the game has decreased a lot. In contrast, he enjoys the sense of accomplishment brought about by his career success more.

Li Shufu smiled when he heard the words: "The game is virtual after all, I prefer to see my car running on the road with my own eyes."

Shen Lang nodded, poured a cup of tea for Li Shufu, and said suddenly: "But as far as I know, there is still a big gap between the three major components of Geely Automobile and traditional foreign car companies, right?"

Although Geely has launched its own engine MR03Q since 479, in fact this engine is a counterfeit Toyota 8A engine. , on the line.

But industrial products are not like Internet products. Internet products are all about creativity. In terms of actual technology, there is not much difference. As long as many products are released, they can always be copied after layers of skinning. Penguin can even do better than the original creators. better.

Industrial products are different. The test is the level of the entire industrial manufacturing industry chain. If one link is bad, it will not work. The engine is called the heart of a car, and its complexity is as many as hundreds of parts. Every component is related to the influence of material and manufacturing process level, and a little difference will affect the service life of the engine.

Many foreign cars have been used for ten years, and they are still the same as new cars after changing the car shell, while domestic cars basically cannot be driven in three to five years, and the most problematic engine is the engine.

Li Shufu was not annoyed when he heard the words, but nodded calmly: "Yes, we are at least two generations behind in technology, so we have to catch up!"

"Mr. Shen, to tell you the truth, I am here this time to ask for your help."

Shen Lang laughed: "President Li is joking, what can I do to help you?"

"I plan to buy Volvo!" Li Shufu said with a serious face.

Shen Lang's heart moved. In his memory, Geely's acquisition of Volvo was completed in 2010, and it should indeed be on the agenda now.

Li Shufu said bluntly: "Mr. Shen, to tell you the truth, I have already gambled all my wealth, but if I want to acquire Volvo, the funds are still a little insufficient. I hope that Mr. Shen can give me some support."

Shen Lang fell into deep thought when he heard the words. It seems that Li Shufu is eyeing the 50 billion US dollars he earned in the subprime mortgage crisis.

"Mr. Li, you should know what kind of risk I'm taking to snatch food from the tiger's mouth. Isn't it inappropriate for you to ask me to spend a large sum of dollars with such a light sentence?"

Li Shufu reached out to the secretary, and the secretary took out a document from his bag: "Mr. Shen, this is 15% of Geely's shares. As collateral, as long as you borrow 3 million U.S. dollars from Geely, with an annual interest rate of 10%, if you don't pay it within two years Qing, you can sell the 15% of the shares at will, after the acquisition of Volvo, the value of Geely will be at least three to five times what it is now!"

To be honest, this condition is very generous, and the annual interest rate of 10% is considered a relatively high return in commercial loans.

However, when Shen Lang took over the equity pledge agreement, he just opened the first page and closed it.

"Mr. Li, since you are so frank, I won't go around with you. If the 15% of the shares are transferred, I am a little interested. If the shares are pledged, I will tell you that the 10% annualized rate is not good for me. It’s nothing at all, I’m the first pot of gold I made in finance, you should have heard of my record.”

Li Shufu's face became a little ugly when he heard the words. After several rounds of financing, Geely accounted for 50.4% of the total shares after listing. If he sold 15% of the shares, his shares would only be 35.4%. It reached a very dangerous critical point. If it was the past, he would definitely turn around and leave.

But now, it is a critical moment to acquire Volvo. In fact, he wrote to Ford's management as early as 2001, wanting to acquire Volvo. Unfortunately, how could Ford think highly of Geely at that time?
After finally getting through the subprime mortgage crisis, Ford and other American auto giants fell into financial crisis, and Volvo was also in a state of loss, so there was a slight chance of acquisition.

This dream has been dreamed for eight years, and Li Shufu has also been ridiculed for eight years, and he knows very well that Geely is far behind these internationally renowned car companies in terms of technology. Without Volvo, Geely, a private person with no background Car companies can only manufacture low-end cars forever, and face the risk of being eliminated by the market at any time.

Li Shufu clenched his fists and asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Shen, I don't quite understand why you want to invest in Geely?"

Shen Lang knew that this matter had something to do with it, so he didn't hide it, and said sincerely: "I believe Mr. Li should know that I have invested in BYD before, and the next generation BYD F6 will be equipped with Loongson car-machine chips and star car-machine systems. In my opinion, in addition to the traditional three major components in future car competition, human-computer interaction will also become the biggest selling point.”

"A car is no longer just a means of transportation, it can be a mobile KTV, a mobile theater, or even just a word from the car owner, you can navigate directly to the destination without manipulation. The three platforms of PC, mobile phone, and car are linked. Mr. Li What do you think of this plan?"

Li Shufu looked at Shen Lang, and didn't come back to his senses for a moment. He didn't expect the young man in front of him to have such great ambitions, and he knew very well that Shen Lang wasn't daydreaming, he was really realizing it step by step. His own plan, at least for now, he has already achieved the dual platform linkage between PC and mobile phone.

"Young people are awesome!" Li Shufu suddenly felt a little jealous, that's right, he was jealous. He started doing business at the age of 19, and it took him so many years to build auspiciousness little by little, while Shen Lang was less than 30 years old, and he had already achieved such a thing. Li Shufu couldn't help but lament that God has shown such great favor to this young man.

"I can sell the shares to you, but I have one condition. You only have half of the voting rights for the 15% shares, and the purchase price must be based on Geely's market value."

At this time, Geely's stock price was affected by the subprime mortgage crisis and dropped to about 250 billion Hong Kong dollars. 15% of the shares were almost 5 million U.S. dollars. There is no way to transfer 30 million yuan to the country, and a more suitable investment target cannot be found in a short period of time. It is perfect to help Geely complete the acquisition of Volvo.

"Mr. Li, I believe that our cooperation will be very pleasant in the future."

Without hesitation, Li Shufu held Shen Lang's hand and heaved a sigh of relief. With the 5 million US dollars, he was a little more confident in buying Volvo.

"hope so."

Shen Lang and Li Shufu did not get involved in the specific equity transfer price. Let professionals do it. It involves the equity transfer of listed companies, which cannot be completed in a short time.

After finishing the business, Shen Lang took Li Shufu to visit the industrial park. Li Shufu didn't know much about the Internet. What he was really interested in was the AI ​​Intelligence Research Institute, especially the speech recognition system.

"Mr. Shen, can this voice recognition system also be embedded in the car-machine system?"

Li Shufu knows very well that answering the phone and reading messages while driving is very dangerous. If you can directly use voice control, it will definitely be a subversive experience.

Shen Lang smiled and called Wang Xiaochuan over.

Wang Xiaochuan explained proudly: "Of course, we have built an AI artificial intelligence for this voice recognition system, which can recognize 12 dialects. As long as we design a software application, it can be transplanted to the car system. .”

In fact, the Star System has already included the speech recognition system in the research and development, but it involves company secrets, and Shen Lang does not intend to tell Li Shufu.

After hearing this, Li Shufu's face was full of joy: "Mr. Shen, you gave me a big surprise this time."

Shen Lang and Wang Xiaochuan looked at each other and smiled.

Li Shufu left Inspur Group contentedly, and began to prepare for the formal acquisition of Volvo. After the news was exposed, Li Shufu was inevitably ridiculed by some people again.

"Snake Tunxiang" is the title used by many media to describe Geely's acquisition of Volvo. In fact, it is no wonder that so many people are not optimistic about Li Shufu. You must know that even after the subprime mortgage crisis, Volvo is in a state of loss, and the value of Volvo far exceeds Geely. .

We must know that the total sales volume of Geely Automobile in 2008 was only 32.7, and its total revenue was only more than 100 billion yuan, while Volvo also had a revenue of more than 100 billion yuan, but it was in US dollars. That is to say, Volvo's revenue in 2008 was Ten times more auspicious.

However, Li Shufu was full of confidence in the face of these media's sarcasm, saying that he had already prepared sufficient funds and would definitely take Volvo into his pocket.

The media was very curious. Before this, Li Shufu was still running around for funds. How could he suddenly appear like a nouveau riche? Where did his funds come from?Is it just to buy the smoke bombs released?
Li Shufu did not disclose the source of the funds, and since the equity transaction had not yet been completed, the media did not know that the money was obtained from Shen Lang.

As the end of the year approaches, Shen Lang is also busy preparing for the year-end end of the year. This time, Shen Lang asked the purchasing department to purchase directly from Jingdong warehouse for the prizes, which can be regarded as helping Liu Qiangdong to hit a wave of business.

Under the subprime mortgage crisis, Jingdong’s life is not easy. The previous investment of Shen Lang and Capital Today is almost exhausted. Liu Qiangdong was in a hurry because of financing, but he did not talk to Shen Lang again, obviously to prevent Shen Lang has too many shares.

Shen Lang didn't care about this, at least before completely defeating Penguin, he didn't plan to open up another front and enter the field of e-commerce, which would cause Jack Ma's uneasiness. If the two horses united, he would build a three-platform linkage plan would be very disadvantageous.

On January 1th, Inspur Group's year-end tailgate officially opened. Shen Lang just said a few words and gave the stage to the employees. As the number of Inspur Group's employees increased, more people with special skills also increased. , Many code farmers who usually look like goose goose, their performance on stage is really not inferior to some idols of later generations.

Of course, the performance is only used to liven up the atmosphere, and what the employees really care about is the lucky draw.

This year’s lottery also cost a lot of money. Adhering to the previous tradition, this year’s special prize is still a house, and there are five winning places. It’s just that the house prices in Shanghai have skyrocketed in the past two years. These five houses can only be selected in Minhang Such an outer ring.

However, when the employees of Inspur Group posted the prizes on the Internet, it still aroused heated discussions among netizens.

(End of this chapter)