Zhou Ya was busy with the charity gala, while Yang Dongxu began to integrate the resources in his hands. Since he has decided to tilt his resources towards the automobile industry, he needs to integrate the funds first without affecting the development of other industries in his hands.
After all, although Maserati is not a world-class queen yet, its total assets are nearly one billion in industry, and they are still in US dollars.
The Soviet Union has set aside some funds to see if it can make another fortune when it disintegrates. Yang Dongxu pooled all the remaining money, including the commissions he received from his previous cooperation with Ivan.
Such a large-scale fund mobilization can easily attract the attention of others, but most of the funds here are not placed domestically, so it is not too troublesome to mobilize.
When the charity dinner was successfully held and caused a sensation across the country with a donation of 16.38 million yuan, a new trend of Hope Primary School was instantly launched. Yang Dongxu, who was going abroad for the first time, came to Italy after several trips.
Modena is the automotive capital of Italy and the engine capital of the world. The headquarters of many of the world's top car companies such as Maserati, Ferrari, and Pagani in the civilized world of later generations are all here.
Unlike the imagined high-rise buildings, the buildings here basically preserve the medieval European classical architectural style. It looks more like a classical tourist town than a famous gathering place for top supercars.
This time, except for Yang Dongxu and Zhou Ya, there were more than 20 people accompanying them. Except for the five negotiating team, the others were all bodyguards. After all, although the world-famous mafia's nest is not in Modena, it has great influence in Italy. But it is getting worse day by day. Yang Dongxu does not want to have any problems with his personal safety, let alone Zhou Ya with him.
There was no intermediary introduction, because Zhou Ya held shares in Maserati. As a shareholder of the company, it was easier to meet the chairman than to get a letter of introduction or find an intermediary.
The only reason why Maserati has shares is naturally because of the previous layout when Yang Dongxu wanted to build an apartment. In addition to investing in the Hurricane Building, the money from trading during those years, as well as the income from all the comics, were all used by Yang Dongxu to buy shares in well-known companies in his mind.
Among them, Maserati is one of the targets, and its shareholding ratio is not low. After all, although Maserati ushered in the takeover of its savior, the Argentinian Tommaso, it has indeed reached a peak. Among them, the design and development of the fastest car have made it popular for a period of time.
However, no matter how good it develops, it is still a company that Ferrari rubs on the ground. At the same time, although Maserati currently produces supercars, as early as 1979, they changed their business direction and produced cars that are more in line with the market and cheaper. Rear-wheel drive sports car.
When Zhou Ya purchased Maserati's shares, the company's sales were in turmoil, so it didn't cost much to acquire 13.6% of the shares.
Naturally, the company's major shareholders had contacted them in advance when they came to visit, so as soon as they arrived at the company's gate, they were greeted by the warm hospitality of Tommaso, the company's chairman.
This is a very elegant old man with a little sense of humor. This was Yang Dongxu's first impression when he saw Tommaso. As for the company's always mysterious major shareholders, they turned out to be two very young-looking children.
Yes, Yang Dongxu and Zhou Ya are children in Tommaso's eyes. He is already over seventy years old this year. Not to mention his son, even his grandson is already Zhou Ya's age, let alone Yang Dongxu who looks younger. .
So in his first impression, Tommaso felt that the two children in front of him were probably the children of the family behind the shares. They directly used the rights of shareholders to initiate the note, which had a playful meaning in it.
However, although he was a little unhappy because of his age, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he warmly received Yang Dongxu and Zhou Ya and personally took them to visit Maserati's headquarters.
The only reason he was so enthusiastic was because Maserati was currently facing a difficult situation. After thinking for a long time and failing to find a way out of the predicament, he thought of selling his shares.
This time, I only received Zhou Ya and Yang Dongxu in person because I wanted to see if this mysterious shareholder had any solution to the current difficulties the company was facing.
The answer given by Yang Dongxu is naturally - no.
Even if there is, there is not. After all, he is here to acquire Maserati and want her to develop rapidly. That will happen after he acquires it, not now.
Although Tommaso was disappointed with this answer, he could understand it somewhat. After all, Maserati is facing Ferrari, and the behemoth it doesn't have.
He, an Italian, couldn't do anything, so what could the two young people in front of him from that backward country do? After all, the company's current problems can't be solved only by money. Or maybe it takes a lot of money and a lot of time to solve. And what he lacks most now is time.
"You want to acquire my shares?" After visiting the company, Tommaso returned to the office to entertain Yang Dongxu and Zhou Ya. When he heard the first request made by the other party, he was surprised at first, and then frowned.
Seeing Tommaso's appearance, Yang Dongxu said nothing, but Zhou Ya obviously understood what the other party meant, so she motioned to the assistant next to her and took out the share certificates from the bag, proving that she was the holder of these shares and not the owner of the shares. As a young person from some family, she has the right to decide on this matter, and she is not joking.
"Can I ask why you thought of acquiring this company instead of a win-win cooperation?" Tommaso asked after being silent for a while.
"We are more optimistic about the Chinese market than the Italian market. At this time, it is undoubtedly impossible for the company to build automobile production lines in China. It happens that the family behind me is also very optimistic about the development of automobiles, so we plan to acquire an automobile company Come and develop yourself." It was still Zhou Ya who spoke.
"The Chinese market?" Tommaso frowned.
Like most Westerners, Tommaso has no prejudice against China, but when he mentions this country, his first impression is of backwardness, and then of poverty.
It was hard for him to imagine that in such a poor country, could anyone afford a sports car? Even if they have produced a cheaper sports car to meet market demand, after all, it is a huge expense.
The office fell into silence again, and Tommaso drank coffee silently. He had feelings for this company. After all, this company was reborn from the ashes in his hands, which was his pride.
Therefore, he is definitely not willing to put his pride in any poor and backward country, so his silence this time is no longer thinking, but an obvious rejection.
"If the company is successfully acquired, the headquarters and R&D base will remain in Modena. After all, the environment here is more suitable for the company's development. The development in the mainland is just a new market we want to expand. Ferrari is too strong in Italy and we are not Opponent, there is no need to stay here and fight." Yang Dongxu, who had been silent for the whole time, said.
Speaking of Ferrari, Tommaso's face stiffened. He was full of dissatisfaction with this old opponent, but he was stronger than others, not to mention that there was a huge monster standing behind him. He was not convinced, but he had no way to defeat the opponent.
"Why did you choose China instead of other places? I'm not looking down on your motherland, but that place doesn't seem to be suitable for the development of the sports car industry at the moment." Tommaso asked again.
"Because the resources we have domestically can minimize the risk, even if it fails, there will not be much loss. At the same time, the Chinese market is just an experiment. After we are thoroughly familiar with the automobile industry, we will naturally expand to other markets.
Again, Maserati must step out, otherwise its development space here will be suppressed. You should know better than me how the global auto market is now. Focusing on the Italian market will not only face fierce competition from Ferrari, but also from other auto industries. "
"Are we just talking about acquisitions?" Tommaso had also thought about letting Maserati go abroad before, but all the resources and contacts in his hands were in Italy. If you want to go abroad, you can't just set up a production line abroad. All aspects involved cannot be solved with money.
So even though he knew he was losing to Ferrari, he could only tap into his own potential, but could not borrow from outside. Now that someone is able to expand into foreign markets, although the first place to test the waters is China, a place he is not optimistic about. But the other party obviously has the resources to expand foreign markets, so he is naturally tempted.
"I'm sorry, the family meant a wholly-owned acquisition. We plan to test the waters in the automobile industry. A car company that belongs entirely to ourselves is what we need. Because we had accidentally purchased Maserati's shares before, we first The place for family negotiation is chosen here.
You can consider this matter and we can continue to discuss it if you are interested. If you have no intention, please inform us as soon as possible so that we can make other choices. And if you are interested in the shares in our hands, you can also put it forward, and it is no problem to sell it at the right price. Yang Dongxu said calmly.
Tommaso's brows furrowed again. He stared at Yang Dongxu, trying to see from his face that this was a strategy of retreat in order to advance. Or was it really because he happened to have shares in his acquisition of Maserati?
But trying to see it from Yang Dongxu's face is naturally not something he can do, unless he can read minds.
So the first meeting was naturally fruitless. After a very friendly lunch with several people, Yang Dongxu returned to the hotel where he was staying.
The next day, Yang Dongxu did not go to the Maserati company again. Instead, he spread the news that he and Tommaso were negotiating to acquire Maserati, and expressed his interest in other equal or weaker car companies, so he would not need him. When I go to my door, many people from car companies come to my door.
After all, Italy's automobile industry is undergoing consolidation, and competition in the world's automobile industry is booming and becoming increasingly fierce. Not everyone wants to make a fortune in this industry, and there are not a few people who want to quit happily as long as the price is right.
