Great Power Reclamation

Chapter 1547 Two-pronged approach
At this time, Luke had also arrived in Eindhoven. Unlike Cha Hongying, he first looked for Schmidt, but Prado, the largest shareholder of ASML.

Because of the repurchase of shares from Philips, Prado was persuaded by Schmidt and invested almost all of his assets, a total of 100 billion euros.His shares accounted for 30% of ASML's shares.

However, after the repurchase, Prado did not obtain the position of chairman, because he did not understand business and management, so the company was still managed by Schmidt.

However, as the largest shareholder, he can exercise a veto right.Over the past few years, the conflict with Smith has become more and more serious, but the entire board of directors is owned by Smith, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Prado knows better than anyone the current situation of the company, but he is also a person who works hard to keep the company from falling down, because once the company goes bankrupt, he will lose all his money and may even bear huge debts.

Technology companies are like this, using the most expensive equipment and talents in the world, but once they go bankrupt, the company's assets are basically worthless.Unless there is a peer acquisition, those equipment and patents may sell some money, but how much can they sell?
That Smit is a madman, desperate to start a project.Especially in terms of burning money, he will often mortgage his house to the bank, so once such a person goes bankrupt, he will just live on the street, with little chance of turning over.

Prado has long since regretted it, but where can he get off after getting on a pirate ship?He has already tried to sell his shares, but who will take over at this time?

A strange call suddenly hit his mobile phone, Prado thought for a while before answering it.Recently, people often come to inquire about his news. They say they are concerned, but Prado understands that most of them are just for jokes.Therefore, he will not answer ordinary calls now.

"Mr. Prado? I'm Luke, the CEO of Soldier, and I want to talk to you about your ASML shares. I wonder if Mr. Prado is interested?"

Luke is a German, and he has always done things directly.In the eyes of the Chinese, this is a disadvantage, but it is an advantage for Europeans.Because they are generally more direct.

Prado naturally doesn't know who this Luke is?Don't even know what the Soldier company does?But what this Luke was going to talk to him made him extremely interested.So he asked where Luke was and wanted to meet him.

Luke stayed at the famous Grand Mercure Hotel in Eindhoven. In the whole of Eindhoven, no one does not know this hotel, not because it is high-end, but because this hotel is the oldest hotel in Eindhoven .

Although the hotel is only four-star, the restaurants here are very famous. They have the most famous chefs in Eindhoven who can cook the most authentic dishes in Eindhoven.

Prado and Luke made an appointment to meet in the hotel restaurant, and then they cleaned themselves up.

In Europe, both men and women pay great attention to their appearance when dating important guests.This is respect for others as well as respect for yourself.

Luke also washed up and changed into a suit.Then sprinkled some cologne, opened the door and walked out.

I pressed the elevator, and when the door opened, I just wanted to go in, but two women came out. One of them should be Chinese and very beautiful, but Luke couldn't tell the age, and the other should be American.

For foreigners, the age of Chinese women is always a mystery.Because they can't see it.

Compared with Europeans, Chinese women age much slower, especially their bodies.Compared with Western women who blow up like balloons after marriage, they are much more graceful.

This makes it even harder for those Westerners who are already somewhat blind to Easterners to be unable to tell their age.

Luke watched the two women walk to the end of the corridor, and only looked away reluctantly when they were out of sight.

At this time, the elevator had gone down again, and Luke cursed "Damn!" and pressed the button again.

Prado came quickly, Luke was still looking at the menu, and he had already walked to Luke's table to say hello.

The two introduced each other first, then hugged, and then re-done at the table.

The guest does what the owner does, and in Eindhoven Prado is naturally the owner.Prado is obviously familiar with the dishes here, and immediately ordered a few special dishes here.

In fact, Western food is the same for Chinese people, nothing more than cheese, bread, steak, plus some salad.The difference is the difference in texture and taste.

Neither of them was focused on eating, so after a few mouthfuls, they began to talk about the transfer of shares.

Luke means that he is not satisfied with only acquiring 30% of Prado's shares, and wants him to help convince other shareholders that it is best to acquire more than 50% of the company's shares.

Prado shook his head: "Dear Mr. Luke, Schmidt is a tyrant, and the other shareholders belong to them. Don't talk about convincing others, even if I sell these shares myself, I must get the approval of the board of directors, otherwise I will There is no way to sell it to you!"

Luke raised his eyebrows: "It's not so overbearing, is it? Is it true that the laws of the Netherlands are not as effective as the company's articles of association?"

Prado smiled bitterly: "Naturally, the law is more effective than the company's articles of association, but judges will also respect some company's agreements, otherwise the company's system will be formulated in vain?"

Luke was speechless, this Nima is the most tragic company's largest shareholder.Since this was the case, Luke lost his mind for a while, because he didn't know if buying such shares would be useful to Ye Yuze?
So when he was leaving, Luke could only say that he needed to discuss with his boss whether he could still buy the shares of Prado, and he would call him tomorrow.

When the two of them walked out of the restaurant, Luke's eyes were fixed, and the Chinese woman came over again. It turned out that they also came to eat.

Luke nodded towards the woman, and the woman nodded politely, and then smiled, which stunned Luke for a moment.

Back in the room, Luke told Ye Yuze about the person he met just now.Ye Yuze told him without hesitation:
"Acquisition, as much as you want. Don't worry about how overbearing that Schmidt is. He only holds 12% of the company's shares. I don't believe he can turn the board of directors into an iron barrel."

With the order from the boss, Luke immediately called Prado.Prado was very excited and promised to hold a board meeting tomorrow to discuss the matter.

Although Prado can't play a role in the company's decision-making, it is still very simple to hold a board of directors.

It's just that he was very distressed and heartbroken that Luke wanted to reduce the price to buy his shares.

　Dear friends, it will be delivered in the middle of the night, come on

　　
　
(End of this chapter)