Li He, on the other hand, looked at the introduction carefully. The factory's products included: cast iron and malleable cast iron parts, steel castings, hydraulic turbines, drilling machines, boring machines, heavy forging machines, and gear boxes.
Yuan Ming said to Li He, "You don't have to look. Before World War II, the Czech Republic was one of the world's top ten industrialized countries. In the 1930s, Skoda Arms Factory alone produced more firearms than the entire United Kingdom at that time. The Czech Republic's machine tool exports accounted for 10% of the world's machine tool exports, and the trade balance with our country alone was 300 million USD. Smila alone accounted for 20% of the Czech Republic's machine tool exports. "
Li He was shocked. He only knew that the Czech Republic's industry was good, but he didn't expect it to be this good!
"Then this must be supported by a strong education system, right?"
Ambassador Xu said, "The Czech Republic's higher education enrollment rate is higher than the United Kingdom's. Did you forget where Comenius is from?"
"Oh, I forgot about Comenius." Li He remembered that Comenius was also a Czech. His education system theory laid the foundation for modern education, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was a national teacher.
These words made Li He even more determined to win over Smila.
Ambassador Xu said, "This auction is not simple. There are two ambassadors from two countries. The one on the left is the Japanese ambassador, Yamada Jifu, and the bald man on the right is the Korean ambassador, Choi Kim Sung. Comrade Li, you are under a lot of pressure. "
"As long as you support me, funding is not a problem," Li He said confidently. He knew what Ambassador Xu was worried about.
The auctioneer was a little old man in a black vest. After he went on stage, he did not say a word of greeting and directly announced, "The starting price is 370 million kronor. If you want to bid, please raise the small sign in your hand."
Li He said. It was not expensive. 16 kronor was equivalent to 1 USD. This was an internationally renowned company, and it was only about 20 million USD!
The venue was silent for a few minutes. Everyone here was a multinational company, and no one was in a hurry to make a bid.
"430 million!" The Korean couldn't help but raise his sign. He increased the bid by 100 million, hoping to scare his opponent away. After the bespectacled middle-aged man raised his sign, he looked at the people around him with contempt.
"700 million." A British company did not wait for the host to speak and also raised a sign.
The venue immediately became restless.
Everyone was whispering to each other. They hadn't expected that the competition would be so intense before it had even begun. It would soon reach its climax.
The muscles on Ambassador Xu's face twitched, and Yuan Ming's palms were sweating. As far as they knew, Li He only had a few hundred million USD at most. It was still unknown if he was willing to spend money on such a company!
In turn, the Germans and Canadians raised their placards.
"710 million." The German was very cautious.
"800 million." The Canadian was unwilling to be outdone.
When it reached 800 million, the crowd fell silent again.
"800 million going once!"
"800 million going twice!"
"Eight hundred million …"
The auctioneer was ready to slam the hammer down.
"810 million." The Korean raised his paddle again.
"840 million." The Japanese smiled mysteriously at the Korean.
"900 million!" The Koreans responded with a cold smile.
The Americans, who were caught off guard, made their move. "1.1 billion."
Ambassador Xu asked Li He, "Why don't we just stay out of this?"
He saw that Li He didn't raise his paddle and thought that he was going to back out. Even if he wanted to back out, he understood. This was already close to 100 million USD.
Yuan Ming also looked at Li He. He wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back. Although he also wanted to bring this company back to China, the money for this auction belonged to a private company. He wasn't stupid enough to make a decision for them.
Li He smiled. "There's no hurry."
He ignored Pan Youlin, who kept gesturing at him, and kept shaking his head.
At that moment, only the Koreans and Japanese were raising their paddles. The bid was already at 1.4 billion, and the increment was not big, not exceeding 10 million.
Six or seven rounds had already been called, and the possibility of others participating was not high.
Li He patted Pan Youlin's shoulder. "Every increment is 50 million."
"1.47 billion." Pan Youlin raised his paddle excitedly. He couldn't wait to watch others perform.
This time, there was no surprise, no shock, and no silence. They just burst into laughter.
They had always thought that the Chinese were here to buy soy sauce, but they never thought that they would raise their paddles!
This was close to 100 million USD!
On many occasions, they had seen how stingy the Chinese were. Every time they bought equipment worth 200,000 to 300,000 USD, they couldn't find anyone to make the decision. They had to apply for this, and that had to be approved!
100 million!
USD!
They were going to die of laughter!
The Koreans and Japanese laughed even more happily. The Japanese and Korean Ambassadors stared at China's Ambassador Xu, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
The representative from Korea's Doosan Group said, "I doubt the qualifications of this Chinese company to raise their paddles."
Li He's face darkened. He didn't expect this guy to not give him any face.
Pan Youlin stood up. "We paid the deposit of 20 million kronor."
The auctioneer knocked on the hammer and said seriously, "This Mr. Pan from Hong Kong's Treasure Island Company has the qualifications to raise the paddle."
"We doubt if this socialist company has the ability to pay the 1.47 billion kronor! I'm worried that you might not be able to bid and hold another auction after that. That would be a waste of our time. " The Japanese representative glared at the Chinese. Although the host had emphasized that this was a Hong Kong company, he still called them a socialist company.
It might not be difficult for the Chinese to gather a few million USD, but he didn't think that the Chinese had the ability to gather a hundred million USD!
"We request for a capital verification." The Korean representative also expressed his dissatisfaction with Li He and his group. He even thought that this was a conspiracy by the Chinese to raise the paddle to provoke conflict between the Japanese and Korean companies and raise the price.
The auctioneer looked at Li He and his group with a troubled expression. "Hong Kong's Treasure Island Company, are you willing to verify the capital verification?"
Pan Youlin raised a piece of paper in his hand and said, "Then this is a copy of your bidding process. There is no such excessive request. This is an auction, the highest bidder wins. If the other party really doesn't have the ability to raise the paddle again, they can leave. Auctioneer, you can drop the hammer now. "
"1.47 billion going once!" The auctioneer hesitantly knocked on the hammer for the first time.
"1.47 billion going twice!" This time, he purposely dragged out his voice.
The Korean and Japanese representatives looked at each other and sat down in tacit agreement.
Let's watch the Chinese make a fool of themselves!
They only have themselves to blame!
The auctioneer saw that the representatives of the two companies no longer raised their paddles and could only helplessly drop the hammer for the third time. "1.47 billion going thrice … going!"
"Sold!"
Thud!
This time, it was probably out of anger!
Li He, on the other hand, was laughing gleefully! He was laughing happily!
It was simply too cheap!
It was unimaginably cheap!
After the auction ended, the representatives from many countries did not leave. They were all grinning and waiting to watch the Chinese make a fool of themselves! Most of them laughed without restraint and their voices were loud and clear.
They were really stupid!
The Chinese!
Because of this moment of recklessness, they might have to pay the deposit!
Yuan Ming, Ambassador Xu, and the rest were ashamed. Their faces changed from white to red. They were only worried about whether Li He had the money or not!
This was because they had only heard rumors from the beginning!
According to Liu Baoyong!
The factory director of Smila personally received Li He and the rest and wanted to complete the handover procedures on the spot.
Ding Shiping, Ivanov, and the rest took the initiative to stop the representatives from the other countries who wanted to enter the meeting room.
Jiang Baojian shouted, "There's nothing else for you to do. You can leave now."
The Korean representative said, "If you don't have the ability to complete the handover, we will continue to raise the paddle."
"Hurry up." The Japanese representative was getting impatient.
"Please don't waste our precious time." The other countries' representatives were also getting impatient.
Li Lao Er gave these people a look of contempt and said to Ding Shiping, "Let them come."
The factory director of Smila was happier than these people. The Chinese had the ability to pay the deposit, but it did not mean that they had the ability to buy it!
According to the rules, the deposit could not be refunded!
He got a 20 million kronor deposit for free, so of course he was happy!
After the Chinese made a fool of themselves, he could continue to carry on with the auction.
"Then, let's get started." Abram could not wait and asked the secretary to quickly take out the documents. After a while, the long table was filled with documents.
Pan Youlin was about to call the lawyers and accounting team behind him to review the contract and documents, but he was stopped by Abram.
Li He was annoyed and said to Jiang Baojian, "Ask him what he means."
Abram smiled and said, "We want to verify the capital first."
"This is against the rules." Li He said, "If you can ensure that all the procedures are completed today, you can verify the capital in advance."
"Is this it?" Abram looked at the time. If all the procedures were to be completed today, it would delay him from eating steak. However, thinking that this group of Chinese people might be bluffing, he did not hesitate and said, "Yes."
Li He smiled and nodded to Pan Youlin.
Pan Youlin took out a piece of paper from his leather bag and said, "Mr. Abram, please have a look. This is a 300 million USD bank acceptance bill from HSBC Bank!"
He also thought that he had made a profit. For this acquisition, they had prepared 300 million USD!
"Oh." Abram looked at the bill and confirmed that it was not a commercial acceptance bill, but he could not confirm its authenticity, so he quickly asked the financial staff to identify it.
When the people outside saw that the Chinese really took out the bill, they could not believe it!
"Mr. Abram, I am a financial expert! I am happy to be at your service. "An American volunteered from the crowd.
Abram smiled and nodded in agreement.
After that, the Koreans and Japanese also came forward to help with the identification.
Abram naturally agreed.
"How is this possible!" The Japanese were the first to express their dissatisfaction!
Did the Chinese sell their pots and pans?!
How could they have so much money?!
The Koreans were also depressed and admitted the fact that the Chinese were indeed rich!
They were thinking that if they added another 10 million, would they be able to scare the Chinese away?
Many people who had identified the bill admitted this fact.
Abram did not know if he was happy or depressed, but his eyes were wide open. 300 million USD!
Pan Youlin smiled and kept the bill. "We will reissue it according to the contract amount."
At this moment, Yuan Ming and Ambassador Xu finally smiled happily and said to Li He, "Congratulations, congratulations."
"Wrong, it should be congratulations."
"Yes, yes. Same to you, same to you." Yuan Ming could not be more excited.
Li He said to Pan Youlin, "We will leave first. I will leave this place to you."
He had just left the factory when he met the Koreans and Japanese again.
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