America: My Time

Chapter 1043 Sincerity
Chapter 1033 Sincerity
"Boss, do we really need to acquire Nissan? It's not really necessary for us at this stage!" After receiving a call from her boss, Mary Barra came to China. She had many doubts about the acquisition. In her opinion, the price was a bit too high. Before coming, she had done a thorough research on Nissan.

John smiled calmly and said, "It's necessary. I know what you're worried about: Nissan's huge debt. To be honest, most of this debt was caused by the bursting of the bubble. A debt of over a billion dollars is a lot of pressure for Bentley. But we can't just think about the present; we also have to consider the future. Just this order from the Middle Eastern tycoon alone requires us to operate at full capacity, and we still can't meet their needs. Moreover, this arrangement will also affect our global layout. But with the acquisition of Nissan, everything will be fine. Just for the sake of global expansion, it's worth it."

"But it will take us time to take over Nissan. More importantly, if there is resistance within the company, the acquisition may take a long time to integrate, which would be a loss!"

“I know, but you’ve got one thing wrong. While those Japanese guys aren’t great, their workers are still commendable. In my opinion, Nissan’s current difficulties are related to their economic bubble bursting, our suppression of them, and most importantly, their own internal problems. Their procurement is problematic; in their pursuit of so-called perfection, their procurement, or rather, their supply chain, is too complex. We can make targeted changes. The factories in China aren’t increasing or expanding production capacity; that’s the opportunity. As for the employees, we can relocate them to the automotive industrial park in Mexico and the projects in Southeast Asia. Don’t judge Japanese auto workers by American standards; they’re completely different!” John was well aware of Mary Barra’s concerns. Although the acquisition would increase Bentley Motors’ debt, it wasn’t a major issue. Leaving aside Nissan’s patents, their workers alone made the acquisition worthwhile.

Production capacity has always been a weakness for the Bentley Motors Group. Even with continuous expansion, it's still far from sufficient to meet global market demands, and the current brand alone isn't enough! John was well aware of what those Japanese guys were up to. Their apology wasn't just a simple act; it was a test. He had used Miho Nakayama and Yasuko Sawaguchi to warn these bastards, and now they were retaliating, using Nissan to probe him—a move that also reflected their hopes.

Those guys in Japan want to leverage Bentley Motors to revitalize Nissan. Although Nissan will be fully acquired, as long as Nissan resumes sales and regains its market share, it will be a shot in the arm for the Japanese automotive industry, enabling it to begin its recovery.

Unfortunately, the Japanese were overthinking it. John had no intention of giving the Japanese automotive industry a hand. All he wanted was Nissan. Besides, Bentley Motors Group had its own parts factories, so why would it place orders with the Japanese? Once the integration was complete, the Japanese automotive industry would not be able to get any more benefits from Nissan.

“Boss, should we try to lower the acquisition price as much as possible? After all, Nissan is heavily indebted right now, and their situation is very dangerous. If things don’t improve, they will soon be insolvent.” Mary Barra felt that they should be cautious about the acquisition, which is why she said those words.

"The lower the better. Those guys are just testing us. They have no other choice now. In the entire automotive industry, only Bentley Motors has a huge order book. And once the acquisition is completed, a large portion of Nissan's backlog of cars can be converted into cash."

Is John's statement surprising? Is there a problem? Not at all. At the very least, Nissan's pickup trucks can be delivered to Middle Eastern tycoons, allowing Nissan to recover and alleviate pressure on the Bentley Motors Group. Even if China, Taiwan, and South Korea were to operate at full capacity, fulfilling orders from Middle Eastern tycoons would be incredibly difficult. This is why the Bentley Motors Group is heavily investing in Southeast Asia.

Of course, there was another aspect of this acquisition that pleased John even more: the loans. After acquiring Nissan, they could use those assets in Southeast Asia to secure loans, thus preparing for the Asian financial crisis. This would also promote the growth and expansion of Quantum Mining, making it a worthwhile gain.

After discussing Nissan, Mary Barra said, "Boss, Bentley wants to talk to you about the situation in the Middle East, and Oil Pacific Capital keeps urging us to abandon our support for Middle Eastern tycoons!" "Ignore those guys. Who do they think they are, interfering in Bentley's deals with Middle Eastern tycoons? These are real money transactions, and these Middle Eastern tycoons are incredibly generous, giving us so many orders, while those guys aren't willing to give us any benefits. They think they can make us give up our interests with just a few words? It's a ridiculous joke. We won't concern ourselves with Bentley's situation either. We'll just focus on our production. The conflict has nothing to do with us. We won't do business with any party involved in the conflict; our only partners are Middle Eastern tycoons!"

Although John's words were somewhat self-deceptive, they were still plausible. At least Bentley Motors was not involved in the conflict. Their partners were only Middle Eastern tycoons, and the trade with them consisted of normal civilian products. Even if the Middle Eastern tycoons resold the products to another party, it had nothing to do with Bentley Motors!
When his parents returned to the United States, John had said that he would give the donkeys some face, at least not to clash with them again, to give these guys enough time, and not to interfere with their plans. Even if these guys were targeting his business, John wouldn't directly take action; he would abide by the rules.

John knew exactly what the donkeys wanted to do. He was currently avoiding confrontation with them in China, giving them face. If any problems arose, it would have nothing to do with him. Moreover, the donkeys were also in a dilemma. They needed to give an explanation to the oil capital, after all, the oil capital supported them. Now that such a big thing had happened in the Middle East, how could they do nothing? But if they wanted to do something, it wouldn't be an easy task.

John has now shifted his focus from donkeys, oilfield capital, and the United States to Asia, specifically to Japan. This is a rare opportunity that he cannot afford to miss. Although there are many schemes behind Nissan, John considers them insignificant. Compared to the huge profits to come, he can afford this price!

As for the invitation from that old man Akio Morita to go to Japan, John has no intention of going. It's not that he's unwilling to give that old man face, but rather that he doesn't want to give face to the Japanese authorities. Even at this point, those guys still haven't forgotten to test him and scheme against him. It can only be said that they're overthinking things. It would be a shame not to teach them a lesson for their stupidity.

Using their personal interests for the management of Japan shows that these guys haven't woken up from Japan's predicament. Look at Japan now, it's in dire straits domestically. If it weren't for years of overseas expansion, Japanese conglomerates would have suffered even greater losses and had to pay a higher price.

In John's eyes, these guys had absolutely no 'sincerity' whatsoever. He had even reminded them, but they remained unchanged. Did they really think that offering Nissan cars as compensation would make him forgive them, and that their 'sincerity' was complete? What a joke! 'Sincerity' isn't about profit, and Nissan had many other calculations behind it, so there was even less room for 'sincerity'!
Did that old bastard Akio Morita not understand? Or did the rest of the Japanese not understand? No, they all understood, but they all pretended not to, trying to test John with this. A bunch of insincere bastards trying to gain John's favor? It's laughable. If John hadn't wanted to scheme against Japan again and continue to plunder its profits, he wouldn't have 'reconciled' with these guys at all!
Yes, after acquiring Nissan, John intended to temporarily 'reconcile' with them and stop causing them trouble. As for the Japanese guys wanting to make other investments, that's impossible, and other collaborations are also out of the question unless they offer more benefits. Otherwise, it's impossible for them to get something for nothing.

John knew perfectly well what Akio Morita's purpose was in bringing up the tourism industry: he wanted to profit from it, to get Legendary Entertainment and Phoenix Group to help them for free. The Japanese officials didn't want to get involved or lose face, which is why they had Morita bring it up. But John didn't take it seriously at all; he wouldn't give them a chance to profit. John wouldn't do anything without a benefit. Even if Morita himself intervened, it wouldn't work. Profit was paramount; those bastards' petty schemes and calculations from the Japanese officials were doomed to fail. There's no reward without effort.

(End of this chapter)