money trouble

Chapter 762 I'm Sorry, I Can't Take You To Play Together
After listening to Labo Erkan's words, Wu Qian held the coat of arms key through his clothes and sighed slightly.

Looking around, the warm afternoon sun shines on the forecourt of the art museum. Even if you have not stepped into the art museum, you can still feel the strong artistic atmosphere. The surrounding people walked into the Uffizi Art Museum with yearning and expectation on their faces. Enjoy the spiritual pleasure.

"I'm a little tired, let's go, go back and rest."

Already at the entrance of the Uffizi Gallery, Wu Qian suddenly changed his mind, he didn't want to go in anymore.

Labo Erkan felt a little baffled, and he said: "Wu, there are more than 2000 pieces of Renaissance art in this collection, which condenses the essence of the entire Renaissance. Are you sure you don't want to go in and take a look?"

Wu Qian had already turned around. He turned his head and glanced at the gate of the Uffizi Gallery, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Let them stay here."

After all, Wu Qian walked towards the direction he came from and left the Uffizi Palace.

"Watt? I have already greeted the art museum in advance, there will not be too many tourists disturbing us, okay..."

Lapo Elkann had a weird expression on his face. Did he really not understand what Wu Qian said, let alone Wu Qian's series of actions, walking for several kilometers just to see the gate?
Among the people present, Rosalind was probably the only one who could understand what the boss was thinking. She pursed her lips and followed closely beside the boss without saying anything.

After leaving the Uffizi Palace, Wu Qian did not go back to the Carlo Castle to rest as he said, but casually sat outside a coffee shop on the side of the road, ordered a cup of Italian coffee, and tasted it quietly.

Lapo Elkann was sitting across from Elizabeth and was about to talk when the other party's cell phone rang.

The sudden ringtone interrupted Wu Qian's thoughts. He picked it up and took a look. He was refreshed, cleared his throat, and pressed the answer button.

When the phone was connected, a female voice rang out: "Mr. Wu, good afternoon, I am Mr. Mark's secretary, do you have time now?"

A few days ago, compared to building an aircraft carrier, Wu Qian cared more about the legacy of the Medici family, because it was a priceless wealth.

But when he traveled in Florence for half a day and felt the spiritual wealth created by the Medici family for Florence, his thoughts changed fundamentally.

The past and the future, for me, the future is more important.

After receiving the call from Mr. Mark, Wu Qian was a little excited. He knew that the matter might have a result, but he didn't know whether the result was good or bad.

"If you have time, please talk about it."

After Wu Qian finished speaking, there was a brief pause on the other end of the phone, and then Mr. Mark's voice sounded.

"Mr. Wu, hello."

"Mr. Mark, good afternoon, it is a great honor to receive a call from Mr.

While talking, Wu Qian picked up a small spoon and stirred the coffee in front of him, and sat up straighter involuntarily. The person he was talking to was unusual, and the things he was talking about were also very important, and proper formality was still necessary.

Lapo Elkann sat on the side. He heard Wu Qian's address to the other party, and Wu Qian's sudden change of appearance, he accurately judged the identity of the person on the other end of the phone, which surprised him.

"When did this guy Wu get so close to France..."

Rapo Erkan was suspicious. It is impossible to receive a call from a country number one without any real ability.

Wu Qian didn't care about the reactions of the people around him. He listened carefully to Mr. Mark's speech on the phone.

"That's right, Mr. Wu. Half an hour ago, Mr. John and Ms. Angela and I had a meeting about Mr. participating in the joint construction of an aircraft carrier. After discussions among the three parties, it was agreed that you, Mr. Wu, would join the aircraft carrier plan."

Mr. Mark and the other three did not sit at the conference table for a meeting. In today’s Internet age, a single optical fiber can connect people. The three held a video conference to discuss the feasibility of Wu Qian joining the joint effort to build an aircraft carrier.

At the beginning, both Mr. John and Ms. Angela had an ambiguous attitude towards the proposal proposed by Mr. Mark, and they were still very puzzled.

The start-up plan this time is to restart under very mature conditions, whether it is technology, labor, resources and funds, all have mature conditions, and will not repeat the mistakes of more than ten years ago, and there is no need to attract capital at all.

But after Mr. Mark briefly explained the technology that Wu Qian could provide to the other two, their attitudes changed drastically.

Speaking of which, Wu Qian is not a stranger to Mr. John and Ms. Angela.

Especially for Mr. John, Wu Qian has made too many moves in the UK. He has made high-profile acquisitions of football clubs, bought more than half of the shares in Thames Water, and also runs London's top luxury department stores.

The big boss who provides employment security for tens of thousands of people manages the drinking water problem of tens of millions of British people. How could such an entrepreneur, Mr. John, not know.

It is even said that after Wu Qian took photos of Leeds Castle and found Botticelli's paintings from it, someone from the British Museum proposed to Mr. John to ask Wu Qian to sell the paintings to the museum in the name of the government, but Mr. John did not respond to this matter. Express any opinion, between art and economic development, he chooses the latter.

Ms. Angra knows relatively little about Wu Qian, but she is still very concerned about the change of ownership of an old heavy industry company in her country.

If she had known in advance that an overseas subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp had actually developed a new generation of submerged arc welding technology, she would more or less stop Wu Qian from acquiring ThyssenKrupp...

If Mr. Mark hadn't introduced it, they might not have believed in the several technologies Wu Qian said, because some of them are too amazing.

After listening to Mr. Mark's words, Wu Qian showed a bright smile and said happily, "Oh, this is really good news."

Mr. Mark secretly thought, who said otherwise.

As the crystallization of a large number of advanced technology integration and industrial technology, the aircraft carrier has a very high technical threshold. It not only tests the industrial capabilities of machinery, electronics, chemicals, and materials, but also integrates various subsystems into an aircraft carrier. It also poses a huge challenge to industrial integration capabilities. .

It is precisely because of this that Britain, France, and Germany decided to jointly build an aircraft carrier, each with leading technologies, and jointly build an aircraft carrier.

If Wu Qian only provided funds, no one would take him to play with him, because no one would lack such a small amount of funds to build an aircraft carrier.

The cost of billions of euros is only a visible and intuitive cost, and the real potential cost is the big one, such as the time, talents and funds used to develop certain technologies. These are the fundamentals.

Wu Qian possesses special steel, submerged arc welding and catapult technologies, but he still can’t build an aircraft carrier. He needs to use many technologies from the other three companies, but Wu Qian’s urgency for aircraft carriers is obviously lower than that of the other three companies. Relatively speaking, the other three companies are more Wu Qian's technology is urgently needed.

In view of this, cooperation is reached to achieve a win-win situation.

The three of them also discussed whether they could directly buy the technology from Wu Qian, but considering that Wu Qian built the aircraft carrier to maintain the safety of the Solan coastline, they did not discuss further.

The coastline of Solan is not important. The important thing is that the coastline of Solan is the Gulf of Aden. Pirates in the Gulf of Aden are a worldwide problem. Now someone is willing to take the initiative to take up this matter, and everyone wishes for it.

"The specific capital investment requires Mr. Wu to bring the technology, and our three parties will conduct a reasonable assessment and accounting. Mr. Wu, this matter should be arranged as soon as possible."

Mark reminded.

As for the technology that Wu Qian can provide, Mr. Mark has only read the relevant information before, and has not seen the real thing.

"No problem, Mr. Mark. I will immediately contact the scientific research personnel and set off for France. The next thing needs to be taken care of by Mr. Mark."

After the two parties decided on the meeting place, they ended the call after a simple exchange of greetings.

Throwing the mobile phone into his pocket, Wu Qian picked up his coffee cup and hummed a little song. He was in a happy mood, and the bad mood that it was difficult to take away the Medici family's inheritance was swept away. It was more pleasing to the eyes to see the pigeons pooping on the side of the road.

Lapo Elkann looked at Wu Qian's embarrassing look from the side, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Wu, I'm asking as a friend, what kind of business are you and France doing, can you bring me along for fun..."

It is exciting to think about the business that can be directly discussed with the No. [-] of a certain country. Lapo Elkann feels that after meeting Wu Qian, there are opportunities to make money everywhere.

Unfortunately, this time he was doomed to be disappointed.

Wu Qian took a sip of coffee, smacked his mouth, put down the cup, leaned over and patted Rapo Erkan's shoulder, and said, "Erkan, I really can't take you to play with me this time, because This time it's not about doing business, it's about cooperating to do something else, which not only doesn't make money, but also pays a lot of money."

He was most afraid of arousing curiosity. After listening to Wu Qian's words, Labo Elkann felt like a cat scratching his heart, and it was even more uncomfortable. He didn't believe that Wu Qian would do business at a loss. Even if the cooperation did not make money, it was for the future. make money.

"Dear Wu, you are my best friend, what project are you cooperating with France, see if there is anything I can participate in."

Wu Qian said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if I tell you, come on, sit down for a while... Have you heard about the joint construction of an aircraft carrier by Britain, France and Germany?"

Labo Elkann moved a seat closer to Wu Qian, thought for a while after hearing what the other party said, and then nodded hesitantly. He basically didn't know much about the news in that area, but he felt that since Wu Qian said Yes, it should be true, just take it as you have heard it.

"Are you selling any industrial products to those three countries?"

Rapo Elkann asked softly.

Wu Qian shook his head, and said: "With Solan as my background, I also participated in the plan to jointly build an aircraft carrier. In the future, Solan's coastline will have an aircraft carrier combat group to protect its safety. Will the development of the industry play a positive role?"

Lapo Elkann was dumbfounded after hearing this, and looked at Wu Qian with puffy eyes, as if he didn't know him.

The Agnelli family has built cars for nearly 100 years, and they have a thorough understanding of industry. Rapo Elkann certainly knows what kind of industrial level is required to build an aircraft carrier.

Even Italy currently has only two aircraft carriers, of which the "Garibaldi" is an old ship that entered service in 1985, and its tonnage and size are too small, so it can only operate helicopters and "Harrier" fighters, and cannot operate the new generation of carrier-based aircraft carriers. machine.

He felt that it was an exaggeration for Wu Qian to join forces with Britain, France, and Germany to start building an aircraft carrier, because he knew that the three countries would never be interested in Wu Qian's strong capital.

No matter how strong the personal capital is, it is impossible to compare with the established European developed countries. Labo Elkann concluded that Wu Qian has the advanced technology that the three companies covet, but he can't imagine what this technology is. , and it was already inconvenient for him to continue asking about this matter.

When Lapo Elkann came back to his senses, he found that Wu Qian and Elizabeth had left the coffee table and were walking slowly towards the distance. He looked at Wu Qian's back and recognized the huge gap between them again. gap.

"No wonder Wu didn't want to say, this... I really can't do anything except jealousy, it's too shocking..."

Lapo Elkann felt sorry for himself, he couldn't even touch the car-making business within the family, while Wu Qian was working with other countries to build aircraft carriers, the two were quite different.

Wu Qian and his group returned to Carlo Castle. Originally, he was the guest and lived in the guest room, while Lapo Elkann was the host and lived in the master's room. However, his status has now been changed.

Rapo Erkan simply left the castle because his heart was so shocked, and decided to go to the hotel to relax and get back some of his "dignity".

As night falls, although Florence is far less prosperous than cities like New York and London, it also has its own charm. The lights in the city are shining in the ancient buildings, which has an intoxicating atmosphere.

Wu Qian did not choose to go out. He nestled in the Castle of Carlo, and began to arrange various scientific research personnel to go to France, doing scheduling work.

"Yao Xinlu shouldn't be left in the UK. If she is here, she can help a lot..."

Without a capable helper, only Rosalind was busy working alone, and the efficiency was obviously lower.

ThyssenKrupp's subsidiary, Solan's Clough Laboratory, and ThyssenKrupp's steel smelting department, the three parties received the news one after another, and immediately began to prepare to go to France.

The special program arranged by Labo Elkann for Wu Qian did not have time to be staged, and the night passed in a hurry.

When the morning light shone into the bedroom through the window of the castle the next day, a special "guest" came to Carlo Castle.

On the day Wu Qian left the United States, the US Central Intelligence Agency sent investigators to secretly follow him all the way. Unfortunately, after so many days, no useful information was found.

Until recently, when word got out that Wu Qian was about to join forces with the three European countries to build an aircraft carrier, the CIA investigators couldn't hold back any longer, jumped out of the shadows, and went directly to Wu Qian.

(End of this chapter)