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Chapter 887 I predicted your prediction
"Mr. Su, please tell me." Porsche had a smile on his face.

Su Chen said: "I came this time because I heard that Porsche is in financial difficulties, so I plan to buy it."

"Acquisition?" Porsche was taken aback.

This kind of straight-to-the-point acquisition is generally regarded as a good-faith acquisition. If Su Chen made a hostile acquisition, he first crazily bought up Porsche's shares in the market, and then launched a takeover offer, Porsche would not be able to resist at all.

But Su Chen didn't have so much time to make plans. It was easy to acquire Porsche's shares in the market in three or two days, but it still took time to reach the share that initiated the acquisition offer.

So he had to cut through the mess quickly.

He said: "Yes, a comprehensive acquisition, you also know that we have successively acquired Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Rover, MG sports cars, Rover off-road vehicles and MINI mini cars, as well as AMC in the United States.

In other words, no matter in the field of high-end cars or in the field of low-end cars, we have a complete structure and production line, and we can also share technology so that the Porsche brand can overcome the current difficulties and launch more classic models at the same time. "

Porsche instantly felt that the Chinese man in front of him was not cute at all.

How can there be such a straight-forward acquisition?

However, it is true that Porsche is now experiencing financial difficulties.

During very difficult economic times.

Falling sales figures, the depreciation of the dollar, combined with the high production costs of the four technically separate product lines 911, 944, 968 and 928.

Putting the sports car maker into a serious existential crisis, it even made it a takeover target for a major automaker.

No matter how you look at it, it seems that there is only one way to introduce foreign capital.

It is not surprising that the Porsche company facing bankruptcy has attracted the coveted eyes of the Chinese.

Porsche shook his head: "I am not in charge of the company. Even if you want to acquire this company, you have to go to the headquarters to negotiate, but I will pass your idea on to our chairman."

At this time, the chairman of Porsche is Ferry Porsche. Although he is nearly 1972 years old, he has been the chairman since he decided to transform the family company into an open liability company in [-].

"Okay, I will go to the headquarters to visit the chairman." Su Chen reached out and shook hands with Porsche, "I came with goodwill."

"I feel your kindness. If you launch a thunderbolt against us in the stock market, we probably won't be able to stand it anymore."

Porsche doesn't know Su Chen's record in Hong Kong, but he knows his own situation, so instead of hiding it, it's better to show it openly.

It also gives an impression of candor.

Su Chen smiled: "I don't want a hostile takeover of this old corporate brand, I hope the two sides can live together peacefully, and I can assure you that I will retain the shares of the Porsche family."

Although it is said that the emperor and the courtiers belong to the court, it is not a good idea to drive the other party away immediately after the acquisition.

It was even worse.

Unless you have the ability to turn all the people in the factory into your own people, if they run away with technology, you will be caught blind.

So Su Chen's approach is to earn money together.

Moreover, apart from being a family shareholding system, Porsche also has an unstable factor.

That is Ferdinand Piech, nephew of Ferry Porsche, and this matter starts from the 70s.

At that time, the two families of Porsche and Piëch decided to withdraw from the management of Porsche company collectively because they could not resolve the constant struggle within the family.

With this exit, the two families made a very fair shareholding distribution, which was divided into ten shares in total.

The Porsche family and the Piech family each have five heirs in total, each of whom holds 10% of the shares. Among the ten heirs are cousins ​​Piech and Gerd.

Piëch is also a ruthless person. After lurking in Audi for many years, he thoroughly mastered the steering wheel of Audi and became the company's number one person. After that, he began to lead Audi and Porsche to fight against each other.

But this brilliance still doesn't seem to satisfy Piëch, because Piëch is about to do something that will surprise everyone.

He planned to snatch away his uncle Feli's daughter-in-law and his cousin Gerd's wife Marlene, which can be called a scandal that everyone criticized.

However, Piëch never seemed to care about anyone's judgment and opinion.

There have always been various rumors that in 72 Piëch greened Gerd and snatched away Marlena. In fact, Piëch did not do it at that time, and did not do it until this year.

Gerd is a kind lad who just wants to be a happy farmer on his farm, and he loves his wife Malena so much that he gives her 1/10 of his estate.

But now, Piëch is about to destroy all of this, and what is even more fatal is that the entire Porsche family is in great danger. Once Marlena has shares, the Piëch family's shares will reach 51%.

Piëch is simply a real script for the revenge of the prince, not only cruel to himself, but also cruel to others.

In a company, the general power structure is determined according to the number of shares, and the person with the most shares is the actual controller of the company.

However, in the Porsche company, the shareholding structure is that the two families each hold 50% of the shares, and the power allocation is that each holds half of the power, and no one can control the other, which leads to a power struggle between the two families of Piëch and Porsche.

Once Piëch snatched Marlena, the poor Gerd Porsche suffered a double blow of spirit and wealth. The Porsche shares and property he donated to his wife changed hands with Marlena's remarriage.

Brothers turned against each other, and the concubines became enemies. The performances of Wan Ziliang and Luo Jialiang in Hong Kong's big family TV series are always fascinating.

If the actor is replaced by Ferdinand Piech, it will definitely be a real performance.

This routine is very familiar.

However, Su Chen planned to give Piëch a knife before Piëch did it.

To put it simply, you predicted my prediction, and I predicted your prediction and my prediction.

In the protracted power struggle between the two families, the Porsche company was seriously injured at this time, and both car sales and profits fell sharply. The two families almost sold the Porsche company because of this.

This is the best time to do it. Even if Piëch married Marlena, he no longer has the ability to do it.

At that time, my own shares will reach more than 80%. Even if Piëch owns 11% of the shares, it will not be able to shake Mr. Su.

Although Porsche didn't know what Su Chen said was true or false, he didn't think Su Chen could acquire Porsche Company—unless he could also acquire the shares of the Piech family.

After bidding farewell to Porsche, Su Chen took people to Porsche's headquarters.

"Can you buy this company?"

On the way to Porsche headquarters, Xue Fang asked.

Su Chen shook his head and smiled, "I'm not a god. I can't do everything according to my wishes. I can only do my best. If I buy this company, I'll give you a car to drive."

"I drive such an expensive car in the capital, isn't that an excuse for others to attack?" Xue Fang smiled, "Let's buy it first, but..."

(End of this chapter)