"Chairman, I think this guy wants me to fire you. Only then will he be willing to talk to us seriously!" Wang Chuanfu whispered.
"Why? You want to fire me and continue the negotiations?" Boss Jia looked at Wang Chuanfu with interest. Wang Chuanfu immediately expressed that he did not dare to do so.
"How about this? You take some people to France to talk to Logo about the Citroen. Leave a team here for me!" Boss Jia said.
"Chairman, you're not going to France with us?" Wang Chuanfu was taken aback. According to the original plan, they were going to make a trip to France, Germany, and Switzerland to contact the three target companies respectively.
"No, it's pointless. I'll stay here. You don't have to worry about the Rover and BMW. Just leave it to me!" Boss Jia said lightly. Wang Chuanfu naturally did not dare to refuse. So, the next day, he took the main team and left Germany to France to negotiate with Logo Group.
On the other hand, BYD had not finished the negotiations with BMW. The BYD team that Boss Jia deliberately left behind continued the negotiations under Boss Jia's direct command.
"Where did your President Wang go?" Seeing that Wang Chuanfu did not appear, Hans asked curiously.
"Something happened in our group. President Wang has been recalled by our Chairman Jia. I'm in charge of the negotiations now!" The person who spoke was BYD's global vice president, Ott Martin, a typical blonde Caucasian.
"Mm!" Hans nodded. In fact, he preferred to talk to Caucasians like Ott Martin rather than low-class Asians.
"Mr. Hans, as per your instructions, we have already fired that unethical employee!" Otter Martin continued.
"Don't talk nonsense. When did I ask you to fire the employee?" Hans immediately retorted.
"Yes, this is an announcement that we issued to the entire company. We want the entire BYD team to take note of this!" Ott Martin handed a bilingual announcement to Hans. Hans took a look and saw that it said, "After investigation, the company's employee, Jia Junpeng, was found to have a low-class character. During the negotiations in Germany, he behaved rudely, acted recklessly, and insulted foreign friends. He is hereby fired. This is a warning to the entire company!"
"Yes!" Hans nodded noncommittally, but then his attitude was obviously much better. He asked with a smile, "I wonder if your company has any comments on our list and price?"
"Yes!" Otter Martin nodded and said, "Mr. Hans, the price is too high. We've also sent people to investigate these factories. They're really unusable."
"We, BYD, sincerely want to build cars. That's why we need the technologies and engineers. If you want us to pay 3.6 billion USD, we can, but it must include the full set of Rover technology, blueprints, patents, engineers, production lines, etc. Everything that the Luo Fu Group should have should be given to us. Otherwise, our head office will never approve this acquisition! "
"Yes!" Hans nodded at Otter Martin's statement. He had already expected this. Only a fool would buy a Rover's empty tag. It was not surprising that Otter Martin would propose such a condition.
Obviously, the Daqian Group was sincere in wanting to buy the Rover. This made Hans a little excited. If this deal could be reached, then he would have made a great contribution. It would be a great contribution!
However, if these things were included, the price of 3.6 billion USD would be difficult to achieve.
After all, all of the Rover Group's technology and engineers had been absorbed by BMW. If these were sold together, it would be equivalent to stripping these things from BMW and then selling them to BYD. This involved a lot of things. He could not make the decision alone. Chairman Bi Ruide had to make the decision himself.
So Hans asked Bi Ruide for instructions. Bi Ruide was stunned for a moment, then asked with some suspicion, "Mr. Hans, are you sure this company really wants to buy the Rover?"
"I think it's sincere!" Hans believed that the other party was sincere. Otherwise, they would not directly fire an employee to curry favor with him. Even if he had made such ridiculous conditions before, the other party was still willing to continue the negotiations.
"The price of 3.6 billion USD is still too low. After all, when we bought the Rover Group, we only had the technology, but not the engineers and production lines!" Bi Ruide shook his head.
The Rover that the BMW Group bought was actually an empty shell. Only the brand and related technology, engineers, production lines, factories, and so on had been sold by the previous owner. That was why they could buy it for 1.4 billion USD.
After that, in order to let the Rover produce again, BMW modified its three production lines to be able to produce the Rover. If they were to sell the whole set to the Daqian Group now, BMW would have to pay for the three modified production lines, as well as the employees and engineers on the production lines, to sell to the Daqian Group.
The cost would be far more than 1.4 billion USD.
But if they could really sell the Rover and make some money, it would undoubtedly be excellent.
"Well, my bottom line is five billion USD. If the Daqian Group agrees to this price, you can sign the contract!" Bi Ruide finally said, and then he handed everything over to Hans.
In fact, now was also a critical period for another acquisition of BMW. Bi Ruide obviously attached more importance to this acquisition. However, this acquisition was difficult and consumed a lot of Bi Ruide's efforts, so he did not have time to deal with the Rover case.
"As long as you can reach a deal with this price, then after I retire, my position will be yours sooner or later!" However, the acquisition of five billion USD was not a small amount, and it was related to his position in BMW. So, Bi Ruide still had to paint a picture of the future for Hans.
Sure enough, after hearing Bi Ruide's promise, Hans' attitude toward this acquisition changed instantly, as if he had been injected with a stimulant.
He changed from being indifferent to being very attentive. However, there was still one thing that needed to be confirmed, and that was whether the Daqian Group had the money to buy the Rover.
So, on the second day of the negotiation, Hans directly proposed to verify the capital. Ott Martin called to ask for instructions. As a result, three billion USD was transferred to the Daqian Group's account in a Swiss bank that afternoon, and then it was verified by the Germans. This completely changed Hans' attitude, and he could not wait to make the deal happen.
"It's a fixed price. 6 billion USD. I can sell you anything you want!" Hans finally said. Five billion USD became six billion USD, of course, to provide room for bargaining. After all, five billion USD was the bottom line!
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