Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 161 Not Existing 2
Zhonghe just experienced a failed acquisition. Gao Ping's team worked hard for nearly a year, and finally got an unsatisfactory result.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gao. We didn't lose in our strategy and quotation, and we didn't make any mistakes in the negotiation. Our only problem is that Zhonghe is a Chinese company. We have been influenced by the Western prejudice."

Gao Ping didn't show much anger, "Actually, it's normal. When I heard that SKydon might get involved, I knew our chances were slim. You said that our strategies and quotations are fine, it's just Compared with the previous stage, if SKydon is bound to win, no one can stop them. Zhonghe has developed very well these years, but I will not use the money of shareholders to bid for a company with international companies. I know, do As a Chinese company, we have been treated unfairly. But even if we are not targeted, we still cannot compete with SKydon. How about Lao Fan and the others?"

"They seem to have withdrawn very early. It should have something to do with SKydon's intervention. This is why we were optimistic before, thinking that we would definitely be able to win Mag. But... I'm really sorry, Mr. Gao."

"You don't need to be sorry, let us continue to keep our eyesight. If there is such an opportunity again, Zhonghe will definitely participate." He picked up a magazine on the corner of the table. The cover is an RTK advertisement of Dongfang Company, a "core" of SKydon , he said dissatisfied: "Even the heart is bought, so why are you talking about made in China?"

While most Chinese Beidou companies are still focusing on their own products, some companies with more international vision and strength have already set their sights on foreign companies.

Such as Hezhong, such as the Big Dipper.

With his superhuman performance, Zhang Yong saved Mag's business in China, but for Mag's global business, it is still a drop in the bucket, far from turning the situation around.It’s not that Mag’s people don’t work hard. Outside of China and the United States, it’s hard to find a market of this size around the world, and the United States is SKydon’s hometown.

So in the end, the bosses of TS still made the decision to sell Mag, which immediately attracted the attention of two Chinese companies.

In a sense, what Zhang Yong did actually promoted Mag's acquisition process.

When TS acquired Mag and the traditional brand Tico, it wanted to make a difference.But with changes in management personnel, and market changes.Several other companies that were supposed to be integrated into Mag were placed in other companies under TS.Regarding the development prospects of Mag, TS executives have not reached a consensus.

But due to Dasewa's excellent management and operation, Mag has always been like the least favored child in the family. Although he lacks clothing and food, he lives as strong as other brothers and sisters.

The decision to sell the OEM division was rejected, not because TS gave up the idea of ​​selling, but because they read from Holden's report that everything in Mag should be sold at a better price.

But even so, TS still did not invest more in Mag.This is similar to wanting Cinderella to marry a prince, but being reluctant to buy her a pair of crystal slippers.It's like giving everything to God, God, we don't want to do anything, but please let this company appreciate.

Running a business with this attitude should have been a disaster for Mag.But I don't know if it's Mag's luck or Zhang Yong's misfortune.Da Sewa and Zhang Yong jointly made a series of jaw-dropping operations.

So, without spending a penny, Mag's new generation of boards was launched.

Because of the good performance of Mag boards, Mag finally has the money to release new products, so the new generation of Mag handheld RTK is launched.

When SKydon suddenly entered the OEM market aggressively and wanted to win the entire China region, Zhang Yong miraculously won nearly a quarter of the market share by binding the RTK to the board.

From Zhang Yong's point of view, his performance is almost perfect.From Da Sewa's point of view, Mag has weathered the storm, withstood the shock, and everything can slowly get better.

But from the perspective of TS shareholders, they are very happy, and the reasons for their happiness are different from those of Da Se Wa. The value of Mag has finally been seen, and now it can be sold for a better price.

In the M&A market, Steve, the president of SKydon, who has always been sharp-eyed and decisive, immediately captured business opportunities.At this time, Mag has come out of the quagmire and has some good technologies and products, but because of the downturn for many years, the value at this time has not been recognized by the market.Winning Mag at this time is definitely the best chance for SKydon.

SKydon has always been quick to make decisions, but what made this acquisition go faster was Cameron's report on the Chinese OEM market.

Compared with Zhonghe's nearly one-year negotiation, Skydon almost didn't waste any time, intervened and achieved a lead and made substantial progress.

It should be quite a while before the official signing and news release, but after all, the paper can't contain the fire, and the industry giants are gradually getting the news.

Horton was the first Chinese to obtain relevant information.He is a little entangled in this, he likes Zhang Yong and Li Kefei very much, but Zhang Yong used him last time, he still has some dissatisfaction in his heart.

After all, the news gradually reached Zhang Yong's ears. He seemed calm, but his heart was full of ups and downs.

The name SKydon seems to have a special fate with him, and he has been dealing with SKydon equipment since before joining SKydon.He thought he could start a new journey by leaving, but in fact, SKydon never left his life.At Eka, it was competing with Skydon in the reference station project, engineering center, and Mount Everest project.He left Eka, thinking that he would never deal with SKydon again, but SKydon suddenly entered the OEM market strongly, which almost made his efforts for nearly two years in vain.He did his best to get some of it back.But the situation at this time is that even his whole body will be taken back by SKydon.

If Zhang Yong knows more about the story behind this, it's hard to say whether he will be proud of what he did or sad.He did his best, but contributed to his being sold.

Zhang Yong didn't expect so much, he was just thinking, do he really want to go back?Is it really impossible to escape the shadow of this giant forever?
He suddenly understood why Da Se Wa insisted on appointing him as soon as possible.Not long ago, Fang Shu called him and advised him to take up the post as soon as possible, but the reason Fang Shu said was: "TS wants me to step down as soon as possible. After all, I have been away for a long time, and I still have a Chinese leader It's not appropriate to act as a substitute."

He knew that they all wanted to give him an official title as soon as possible, a decent position.In this way, in the future, when companies really merge, he can gain some advantages, such as better treatment, better location, etc.

Zhang Yong is not so concerned about this. His only concern is whether the Mag brand will still exist/operate independently, or whether it will be completely absorbed by Skydon.

With such questions and many complicated thoughts, Zhang Yong boarded the flight to Germany, and flew to Stuttgart, the hometown of Mercedes-Benz, together with Mr. Zhao and the madman.

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Zhang Yong broke up with Zhao Ye and his party in Frankfurt, and Zhao Ye continued to transfer to Stuttgart.Zhang Yong rented a Mercedes-Benz SUV at Frankfurt Airport and drove to Stuttgart by himself.

Zhang Yong, who seems to be indifferent to everything, actually has an extremely wild heart. A truly indifferent person cannot do what he does.Now that he is in Germany, how can he not experience the German high-speed road with no speed limit? This is one of Zhang Yong's joys in Europe.

The madman looked at Master Zhao, then at Zhang Yong, hesitated for a while, and finally chose to be on the team with Zhang Yong.

"Is it too boring to drive alone, let me accompany you."

"Professor, Are you insured? (Have you bought insurance?" Before parting, Mr. Zhao made a joke.

The angry maniac replied carelessly: "It's insured with the Beidou satellite, don't worry."

The European scenery, the pastoral beauty on both sides of the road is like an oil painting, and the madman is taking pictures with a digital camera.

"Brother, you can change to a mobile phone. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people use digital cameras, and a mobile phone can do it."

"The resolution of mobile phones is still not enough, I still trust the camera."

Maybe the ecology is too good. There are often signs saying "Be careful, there are deer infested" on the roadside, and some poor little animals, such as skunks, try to cross the road but are run over to death by the roadside.

The angry maniac soon understood that Master Zhao asked him if he had any insurance intentions, Zhang Yong's speed was too fast.

Because the cars around them were driving at high speed, and occasionally some cars roared past them, surpassing them, the madman didn't realize how fast Zhang Yong was.He just felt that the shutter seemed not enough when taking pictures, and the sports mode was still not enough.

Until he looked down at Zhang Yong's dashboard, his face immediately changed color.

"Zhang Yong, your speed is almost 200, my God, slow down, slow down immediately."

"Relax, brother, look at the cars around you, are we going fast?"

The madman looked around and murmured, "It's not fast in comparison, but it's still too fast. Slow down, steady."

"In such a fast lane, slowness is not stability, but suicide. If the speed of the car is slow, we can't use this lane, and we have to lean further, maybe to the outermost lane, but even on that lane, the speed is still high. It won’t be lower than 140, let’s continue at this speed.” How could Zhang Yong, who was enjoying the speed, slow down.

"If it wasn't for protecting our national treasure Beidou scholars, I might be even faster myself."

"Okay, give up your life to accompany the gentleman." The madman who gradually got used to it also relaxed, because the speed reference of the surrounding cars and the good vision of the surrounding environment made the driver unable to feel his own speed on the German highway.Before, the angry madman always thought that the speed of the car was more than 100.

"If this continues, won't it be a little over an hour? Mr. Zhao and the others have to get on and off the plane, collect the salute, and wait for the bus. We will arrive in Stuttgart first."

"Of course. From Frankfurt to Stuttgart, the fastest means of transportation is Zhang Yong's car."

The angry madman looked at Zhang Yong's face that deserved a beating, and thought that he was running at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, so he pressed the urge to punch him.

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Soon, Zhang Yong drove the car into a quiet service area.

"Brother, it's time for you to contribute a little of your water to this country."

The furious madman who had already got off the car finally stopped being polite, and gave Zhang Yong a hard kick.

There was a small round table outside the restaurant in the service area, with two cups of hot coffee, two sandwiches and sausages. The two stood by the table, chatting while enjoying the coffee.

"Are you really here to look at the terminals at the meeting? That doesn't seem to be your concern?"

"Why not? After all, the Beidou system relies on terminals on the ground to provide services. Although high-precision equipment is a very small part, no one can deny that this is the most technologically advanced and most important part."

What did Zhang Yong think of, "One day in the future, will Academician Zhu participate in the research and manufacture of boards?"

"Well, all I can say is that anything is possible."

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Another car came. The driver drove the car into the gas station. After filling up the gas, he entered the room to pay the fee, and then parked the car in the parking space. It seemed that he was not in a hurry to leave. He should have a drink like Zhang Yong and the others. Take a coffee break.

The driver is also a Chinese, dressed very casually, and his appearance is not outstanding.But there was a confident and even self-satisfied expression on his face, as if all the wealth in the world was piled up in front of him, and it was all dust.Zhang Yong smiled, he was very familiar with this temperament of "the emperor can't get on the boat".He is sure that this is a technical IT man, not the kind of programmer who can only write code but not express.It's a technical tycoon with excellent knowledge and eloquence who can despise everything.

Not to mention the distance, the madman beside him is the same kind of this person.

Appearing on the land of Stuttgart at this time, Zhang Yong doubted whether this person would be his colleague who also came to participate in InterGEO.After all, no matter whether it is a flight or an airport, there are not a few colleagues encountered.

The It man seemed to sense Zhang Yong's gaze, and he looked towards Zhang Yong without any hesitation.

Zhang Yong felt a series of collisions of eyes, it wasn't him, it was the it man and the angry maniac.

"You, Senior Brother Xiao Ming?"

"My God, Junior Brother Liu."

Two similar figures with different images recognized each other.They all stepped forward and hugged each other.

"It's been a long time since I saw you. How are you? Damn, you're old. We're all old."

"Yeah yeah. What are you doing here? Coming to InterGEO?"

"Yes, what about you?"

"Me too."

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Two of the same kind who hadn't seen each other for a long time exchanged pleasantries and forgot the world around them for a moment.After a long time, the maddened man remembered that there was another guy driving on his side.

"Zhang Yong, come here." He waved.

"This is Senior Brother Xiaoming. It can scare people to death. By the way, Brother Xiaoming was the chief scientist of Techtech, the predecessor of your Mag. He is the pride of the Chinese in our industry."

"Brother, this is Zhang Yong. He is now in charge of Mag China, in the Mag Beijing office."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," both of them held out their hands at the same time.But Zhang Yong said something inexplicable, "Mr. X."

The madman froze for a moment, "You child, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Xiao Ming laughed, "Haha, it seems that you know my story. In Mag, there are indeed a group of people who call me that."

The madman froze, "You know each other?"

Zhang Yong recalled the Mag OEM story that Oliver had told him. Mr. X had a quarrel with Da Sewa, and eventually left, so there was the rise of Jieke.

"Zhang Yong, how is Francois? I mean, CEO Francois."

It seems that Xiao Ming must also know Xiao Sewa, Zhang Yong's boss, so he can emphasize and separate the two.

"He is very good. When I first came to Mag, some people said that the OEM business and your name are taboo in Mag, and no one can mention it. But in fact, I think they are too careful, which is what they think Taboo. Da Seba, oh, this is how I distinguish between the two Françoises, the Da Seva and the little Seva."

"Hahahaha," Xiao Ming laughed loudly, "I like your way of distinguishing, would you mind mentioning me?"

"He never said he minded. I talked to him about the OEM business as soon as I got started, and I didn't think he had any taboos."

"Well," Xiao Ming nodded, "Da Sewa is actually a very good leader, but he is good at solving the problems around him, no matter how difficult the problems are. But the enterprising spirit is far from enough, so we quarreled. Maybe many of my decisions They are not smart, but when it comes to OEM, it is obvious that I was right and he was wrong."

Xiao Ming smiled freely, but Zhang Yong obviously felt, "I was right, he was wrong", this result is very important to him, it is hard to say, whether he wants to hear Da Sewa admit it in front of Da Sewa at this point.

"You come to Germany this time, you don't want to prove yourself right in front of Da Sewa, come and slap him in the face?"

"Go," the madman pushed Zhang Yong aside, "Senior brother Xiao Ming is so boring, you are typical, treat the belly of a villain with the heart of a villain." The three laughed together.

"To be honest, I didn't come here to see Da Sewa. The matter of Mag is over, and it has nothing to do with me, not to mention that now Mag is facing..." He suddenly stopped, glanced at Zhang Yong, and did not continue. go down.

"Never mind him, I guess the little guy already knows everything, he's smarter than we thought."

"That's good. In short, the matter of Mag has nothing to do with me. I'm here this time, I'd like to find President Fan of Big Dipper Technology, and he invited me to return to China for development."

"Really? Did you say yes? Great."

"I'm afraid I have to say yes."

"why?"

"Because Big Dipper decided that I would go back to China to join them, so they gave up on the acquisition of Mag. If I suddenly reject Lao Fan at this time, I'm afraid that the whole Big Dipper Technology will hate me to the bone."

(End of this chapter)