Rise of Australia

Chapter 676 Goal Shift
The eyes of capital from various European countries are focused on the stock market in New York, USA. Although this has delayed Australasia's plan to hunt for the bottom, it is not necessarily a bad thing.

After all, there are still many companies worth buying in Europe. Taking advantage of the fact that all European countries are focusing on the United States, it can also facilitate Australasia's acquisitions in Europe.

Of course, such an acquisition cannot be hidden from the British. Arthur did not intend to hide it from the British. After all, British capital was not something that Australasia could compete with now.

This also means that most of Australasia's European operations are located in Germany, with a small amount in other small and medium-sized countries in Europe, and almost no acquisitions in the UK.

This can also be regarded as an exchange of interests between Australasia and the United Kingdom. Australasia does not participate in the affairs of the London stock market in exchange for British support for Australasia's acquisitions in Germany and other countries.

Arthur's first target for acquiring German companies was the BMW Group, which currently has serious problems with its capital chain.

The BMW Group is very well-known in later generations and is also one of the famous BBAs. bba is actually the abbreviation of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi.

At present, Australasia already has Mercedes-Benz. If it can also have BMW, the three major cars will own more than half.

Of course, Audi Auto Group is also among the acquisition targets this time. However, compared with BMW, which has serious problems in its capital chain, acquiring Audi is more difficult.

On May 1927, 5, Australasian intelligence officers successfully visited the BMW Group and met with the head of the BMW Group

Franz-Josef Papp.

Of course, what BMW is currently good at is not cars, but engines used in aerospace.

As early as ten years ago, the engine factory named after himself founded by Carl Friedrich Rapp (the founder of BMW) was famous in Bavaria for the high-performance engines it manufactured.

In the past ten years, this engine factory has successively merged with the Gustav Otto Aviation Machinery Manufacturing Factory and the Bavarian Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, and officially transformed into the well-known BMW.

However, in 1917, BMW founder Rapp had to sell his shares and leave the company sadly due to poor management due to over-expansion of BMW.

Rapp's shares were also taken over by the Austrian financier Franz-Joseph Papp, and have been maintained to this day.

The person responsible for the acquisition on behalf of the royal consortium is David, the royal family's chief executive.

On a sunny noon, Franz-Josef Papp and David met in the conference room of BMW and had a long conversation.

Franz-Josef Papp was obviously prepared for the arrival of Chief David, and even knew the purpose of Chief David's visit.

Manager David also got straight to the point and directly expressed his desire to acquire BMW.

Franz-Josef Papp was obviously stunned when he saw such direct Manager David, but he still tried to fight for the best interests for himself: "General Manager David, you know, BMW is the largest engine factory in Bavaria. , the aircraft engines produced once set world records.

Although we are currently experiencing a crisis in the capital chain, the company's market value has not dropped too much. It’s not that I disagree with Manager David’s opinion on the acquisition, but out of consideration for the interests of the company, I would like to ask Manager David to give me a more suitable offer. "

Not much different from the intelligence collected by the intelligence services, Franz-Josef Papp would not object to the acquisition of his shares in BMW at all.

After all, Franz-Joseph Papp was an Austrian, and the stock market in Vienna also suffered a big impact. Franz-Joseph Papp should have lost a lot of money in the Vienna stock market. This is the real reason why BMW encountered capital chain problems. reason.

Of course, there is also the sharp reduction in order volumes caused by the collapse of the German economy. BMW's current main business is engines, and engines are used for both military and civilian purposes.

The German government suffered from huge restrictions and naturally could no longer study aircraft. It is impossible for the German people to conduct aircraft experiments during the economic crisis. This has caused BMW, which has lost foreign orders, to face serious losses. Bankruptcy is already a matter of time.

Now that he knew the details of Franz-Joseph Papp, Director David was naturally not in a hurry and responded with a smile: "Of course, Mr. Franz. Out of respect for the interests of both parties, I think the acquisition should Proceed slowly to ensure that neither party's interests suffer significant losses.

If you'd like, we can conduct a three-month investigation to provide an in-depth assessment of BMW's current market capitalization.

If BMW's market value is on an upward trend, we can acquire BMW at a price slightly higher than the market price.

In this case, you will not lose money, which not only meets our acquisition needs, but also does not make you a loss-making transaction. "

Looking at Chief David with a plain smile, Franz-Josef Papp's expression changed, and he immediately understood that the other party had learned his details.

Three months is neither long nor short. Whether BMW can survive these three months is really a question. Even if the other party deliberately targets BMW, it is very likely that BMW will face bankruptcy within these three months. By then, the market value will be significantly reduced and the losses will be more serious.

Looking at Director David who was speechless, Franz-Joseph Papp understood that the other party had grasped his weakness. He knew that BMW was in a crisis of broken capital chain and he had taken the initiative.

Franz-Josef Papp smiled coquettishly and said proactively: "That's not necessary, Mr. David. BMW's current market value is about 30 pounds. If you are willing to bid 35 pounds, I can sell all BMW companies." shares are sold to you."

Director David smiled and shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Seriously, Mr. Franz, the price of 35 pounds is simply impossible.

To be honest, the royal consortium purchased Boeing in the United States for a total cost of only about US$200 million.

At present, BMW only has the production capacity of engines, and the price of 15 pounds is already the highest price we can offer. "

In the final analysis, the current BMW company is only a manufacturer of aviation engines and has not yet developed other businesses.

Both Boeing and Douglas have aircraft engine production capabilities, and coupled with Australasia's original Diesel engine laboratory, BMW's engine production is not that important to Australasia, even at present. BMW's most valuable asset is engine production.

After hearing what the other party said, Franz-Josef Papp had given up his plan to make a big fortune from the sale of shares.

But no matter what, BMW's design and production capabilities in aircraft engines are still relatively excellent, which can be seen from its reputation throughout Bavaria.

Germany's overall industry is not weak. Even if it suffers huge restrictions, it cannot hinder the excellent scientific research capabilities of German industry.

Of course, as a large number of German talents are tapped into Australasia, Australasia's industrial scientific research capabilities are also constantly rising.

Although those giant private companies have not been born, there are already many small and medium-sized private companies, and engines are not without involvement.

"30 pounds, Chief David." Franz-Joseph Papp gritted his teeth and said, "This is the market value of BMW. I am willing to sell BMW to you at the market price."

"20 pounds." Manager David said calmly: "BMW is facing serious capital chain problems and some financial losses.

We spent 20 pounds to acquire it, and at least another 5 pounds to fill the capital chain and financial gaps.

This is enough. Compared with what you spent to buy BMW, you have made a lot of money, and it can also ensure that your company can survive this economic crisis safely. "

The most fundamental reason why BMW has not been acquired yet is BMW's broken capital chain and liabilities.

There are still a lot of engine companies in Germany, and Britain and France also relocated quite a few after the war.

This has led to many European countries, including Britain and France, not having much interest in small engine manufacturers like BMW, and naturally it is impossible to spend a large price to buy BMW and help BMW repay its debts.

"25 pounds, Chief David." Franz-Josef Papp quoted the price again, which was also the lowest price he could accept.

BMW's capital chain problems also appeared in his company. Franz-Josef Papp also urgently needed funds from selling BMW to fill the capital vacancy of his own company.

Compared with the BMW company he acquired midway, Franz-Josef Papp obviously has deeper feelings for his company and does not want his company to go bankrupt.

After all, as a well-known financier in Austria, his net worth is basically earned through his own company.

If other companies are gone, you can reacquire them. But if your original company is gone, it will be more difficult to make a comeback.

"No problem." Manager David nodded calmly, but put forward other conditions: "But you must help us relocate BMW to Australasia. At the same time, I hope you can use BMW and you In the name of helping us tap a large number of workers and technical talents from Germany.

If these two things are done well, I wouldn't mind helping your company get through this crisis, or even annexing other small companies to become a financial giant in Austria. "

Compared with Australasia's own talent discovery, it is definitely more efficient to let these people who are more familiar to the Germans help Australasia to find talents.

As for whether these capitalists are willing or not, in the face of sufficient interests, capitalists cannot hold anything but money in their eyes.

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