Yu Li's childhood sweetheart and I in the courtyard

Chapter 176 Preparations Before the Big Acquisition

"Madam Yu also likes red wine? Then we are both red wine lovers. Oh, wait a minute. I'll ask the butler to come over and ask him to arrange someone to put some red wine in your car. When the banquet is over, it's just right." Take it back!" After the Queen of England finished speaking, she beckoned the butler to come over and explained a few words to him.

"Then thank you, Your Majesty the Queen!" Yu Wei was not polite, and responded directly.

"Sir Yu, I will take a few minutes of your time to discuss something with you." The Queen of England said directly to the topic.

"Of course, Your Majesty the Queen. Qiao Yue, wait for me a moment." Yu Wei first responded to the Queen of England, then turned his head and confessed to Qiao Yue.

"Mrs. Qiao, I'm sorry, I'll take up your husband for a few minutes to discuss things. I'll ask my niece to come and accompany you."

The Queen of England apologized to Qiao Yue, and then beckoned a 20-year-old girl to come over and ask her to accompany Qiao Yue first.

"Sir Yu, that's it. Didn't you tell me before that you are interested in the automobile industry?"

"Now there is an opportunity. London is planning to sell some car companies. I know you are interested, so I will build a bridge and matchmaking. I can arrange a time for you to negotiate directly with Downing Street. What do you think?" The Queen of England said obediently. .

"Now is the worst time for the auto industry, Your Majesty. The London side is not trying to get rid of the burden?" Yu Wei was overjoyed, but he said so.

"Sir Yu, to be honest, if the auto industry hadn't been bleak now, they wouldn't have thought of selling these auto companies." The Queen of England also said bluntly.

"The key is to look at the conditions. If the conditions are good, I don't mind acquiring these car companies." Yu Wei also replied directly.

"Sir Yu, let me arrange it for you. Go to Downing Street at ten o'clock tomorrow morning and have a talk with Prime Minister Harold Wilson first!" said the Queen of England.

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty the Queen first!" Yu Wei also agreed.

The next morning, Yu Wei asked Qiao Yue to go shopping in London by himself, and he arrived at No. [-] Downing Street before ten o'clock. As soon as he got off the bus, he saw Harold Wilson greeted him at the door.

"Sir Yu, welcome to No. [-] Downing Street!" Harold Wilson stretched out his hand to shake Yu Wei's hand and said.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister Harold Wilson welcomes you! Thank you!" Yu Wei and Harold Wilson shook hands and replied.

"Sir Yu, please!" Harold Wilson invited.

"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Yu Wei responded.

"Sir Yu, we in London do intend to sell some car companies. I don't know which brand of car company Sir Yu likes?" Harold Wilson and the two parties sat down in the conference room, exchanged a few words, and then asked directly.

"It depends on which brands of car companies London is planning to sell, and what are the conditions? If the conditions are acceptable, I will do as much as possible!" Yu Wei also replied directly.

After Yu Wei left Downing Street, he immediately transferred Huo Jianning to bring some people from the commercial team, some people from Phoenix Investment, Luo Luocheng personally brought some people from his law firm, and Li Lan, the person in charge of Phoenix Accountant Firm, brought some people to London. .

Form an acquisition negotiation team, with Huo Jianning in charge of the acquisition and post-acquisition reorganization and integration!

"Jianning, this time you will be in charge of the acquisition, reorganization, and integration of the car company. Don't put too much pressure on it. Exercise well. There should be many similar acquisitions in the future."

"The car brand I want this time is Rolls-Royce, and its Bentley Motors. The key is the Rolls-Royce Engine Company that I value. It must be acquired."

"This Rolls-Royce Engine Company, we can split it up and just ask for the automobile engine department directly. We want the rest of the sensitive departments, and the other party will not sell them!"

"There is also Jaguar and his Land Rover. We will also try our best to acquire these two brands."

"Then there is Leland Motors. After the acquisition, it will directly produce trucks, special vehicles, buses, and passenger cars. This is a good supplement to our newly established Phoenix Automobile Group. It must be acquired!"

"For the rest, if there is a sports car brand, we can talk about one or two, as a supplement to the Phoenix Automobile Group's product line." Yu Wei said.

"Yu Sheng, I understand! I will do my best to take down all the car brands you mentioned!" Huo Jianning said excitedly.

There was another big acquisition, and this time he was in charge of the overall situation, his heart was trembling with excitement.

"This time, you should take the position of vice chairman of the Phoenix Automobile Group. You will be responsible for all the work in the early stage. You should also have some experience in governing the party!"

"The general manager will select a technical senior manager from the company acquired this time."

"In addition, during the negotiation, we can keep the local car factory as it is and not touch it, so that the London side can rest assured."

"But the headquarters of these automobile companies must be moved to Xiangjiang. We will establish a Xiangjiang Phoenix Automobile Group, and then use it to acquire."

"The R&D department will also be moved to Xiangjiang, and the automobile engine factory will also be moved to Xiangjiang. It doesn't matter if the other party disagrees at that time, but you must request to set up a branch factory or R&D room in Xiangjiang."

"In the future, we will invest the main funds in Xiangjiang to develop and produce cars of various brands. This place will remain the same. Over time, those technical talents will naturally choose to work in Xiangjiang."

"I said that, do you understand?" Yu Wei pointed out directly.

"Understand, understand! Yu Sheng, I understand, I know how to negotiate with them!" The more Huo Jianning listened to Yu Wei's words, his eyes became brighter and brighter!
He already understood in his heart that what Yu Wei valued was the car brand itself, and the car technology accumulated by these car companies for a long time, many of which were patented!

The third is the mature production technology, production management experience, quality management experience, supply chain and so on of these automobile companies.

The fourth is those experienced industrial workers and technicians.

"It's good if you understand. When negotiating, don't rush for success. Now the world's auto industry is struggling to survive due to the oil crisis and the harsh economic environment."

"If London hadn't given these car companies huge subsidies, they would have gone bankrupt long ago! It is estimated that if we don't buy them, London will have to buy these car companies by itself!" Yu Wei said again.

In the memory of my previous life, these car companies were all nationalized in 1975 after they couldn't survive, and finally suffered huge losses every year. After the Iron Lady came to power, they promoted privatization and sold them.

"Yu Sheng, I understand! I know how to deal with it!" Huo Jianning replied confidently.

After explaining these things to Huo Jianning and asking him to preside over the acquisition negotiations, Yu Wei took Qiao Yue back to Xiangjiang.

After returning to Xiangjiang, on the second day, Qiao Yue was directly asked to register the Phoenix Automobile Group first, and the offshore processing was done.

Then he made an urgent appointment with the Governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose, and that afternoon, Yu Wei came to the Governor's Mansion.

"Sir Yu, what is the purpose of your urgent meeting with me this time?" MacLehose was not polite, and after calling Yu Wei to the study, both of them sat down, they asked.

"Mr. Governor, there is a great event this time! If it succeeds, then Xiangjiang's economy will reach another level!"

"This time Her Majesty the Queen and Your Excellency the Prime Minister invited me to London because they wanted me to buy those local car brands that are on the verge of bankruptcy!"

"Although the auto industry is in a downturn, as long as we can survive the hard times in the past few years, there is still a lot to do!"

"This time I'm here again to ask you for land to build a large-scale automobile production base!" Yu Wei said.

"You want to enter the auto industry? Isn't there a factory in China? Isn't that enough?" MacLehose said in surprise.

Now the auto industry really only has one word to describe it: "miserable"!
"Sir Yu, you can consider investing in the automobile industry later!" MacLehose persuaded.

"Mr. Governor, this is exactly the right time. When we build the production base, train the workers for a few years to make them skilled industrial workers, and then when the economic environment improves, it will be used!"

"Otherwise, after a few years, when the automobile industry improves, and then enter, where can so many skilled industrial workers come to produce automobiles?" Yu Wei explained.

But Yu Wei said in his heart: "I was stupid to continue to expand the production scale in England. I bought them to expand the market across the river in the future and develop China's automobile industry by the way. Xiangjiang will return in the future. The sooner you move to Xiangjiang The better!"

"That's right, why don't you be the richest man in the world!" MacLehose thought for a while and said with a smile.

"How much land do you need to build a car production base this time?" MacLehose asked again.

"The larger the land, the better, and it must be by the sea, so it is convenient to build a pier and facilitate sea transportation! The cars produced here need a place to be placed, and the place is not too big!"

"And this time the land needs to be sold wholesale at a low price. My acquisition in London is a big move. Your Excellency the Prime Minister wants to throw the big burden of the local auto industry on me. I can only bite the bullet and take it!"

"At first I only wanted to acquire a car company of one brand, but now it seems that London's subsidy for the auto industry is probably unbearable, so I want to pack it all up and dump it to me!" Yu Wei said miserably.

"Ah? Pack it all up and throw it to you?" MacLehose said in surprise after hearing this.

"Yeah, it seems that if I don't want it this time, these car companies will probably go bankrupt soon!"

"I plan to build a large-scale production base in Xiangjiang, responsible for supplying the Asian side, saving a lot of shipping costs, and competing with Toyota and Honda for the market."

"England is responsible for supplying the European and American markets, which can not only save transportation costs, but also speed up the development of Hong Kong's industry!" Yu Wei said.

"Okay then, let's go to the New Territories tomorrow morning. I guess the northern part of the New Territories meets your requirements!" MacLehose said after a moment of thought.

The next day, Yu Wei accompanied MacLehose, and the two went to the north of the New Territories, wandered around, and finally decided to be in the north of the New Territories.

Starting from the seaside near the Yantian Port in the previous life, and going all the way to the inland of the New Territories, a total of [-] square kilometers of land was designated, together with the hills and other things, and sold at a super low price to the Phoenix Motor Group established by Yu Weixin.

(End of this chapter)