Chapter 235: The Invisible Smoke
After returning to the hotel safely, the man arranged the subsequent escort plan for Li Mingchu and the others and turned around and left, leaving the two to rest in the room, waiting for the scale of the parade to decrease before setting off.
Li Rusong's mood was relaxed at this moment. He lit a cigarette for himself and asked:
"Who are they? Why do I think... there are some Arabs? What an international security company?"
Li Mingchu nodded and replied:
"You just need to know so much, I will solve the following things."
"Okay...but why don't they pick you up at the beginning?"
Hearing this, Li Mingchu smiled slightly, without an answer.
He couldn't explain the reason to Li Rusong clearly, because some things did exceed his authority.
Yes, this trading company called Deep Blue Foreign Trade is indeed a group company that integrates trade and security. They have a clean foundation, but this cleanliness is only at the commercial level. If it involves the international field, in fact, everyone can guess their true controller.
This also leads to the fact that most of the time they will not directly participate in related operations. Only when they judge that the situation has deteriorated to the point where they have to intervene, relevant security forces will be dispatched to protect key personnel.
This is also the reason why Li Mingchu did not contact them at the beginning.
Seeing the other party's expression, Li Rusong also realized that he had asked a question he shouldn't have asked. After pausing for a few seconds, he continued:
"Okay... Then I won't care about this. Will the plan continue to be implemented today? Do you still have to meet the leader of SPLM?"
Li Mingchu nodded and replied:
"I want to go, and I need to report to them in detail about what happened today, and use this as a fulcrum for our subsequent negotiations."
"We have provided them with a lot of resources and financial support, but the safety of our own company employees is not guaranteed. This is really a bit too disgraceful."
"I have to hit them well and let them know who is the eldest brother in this land."
“… won’t it cause their rebound?”
“Break?”
Hearing this, Li Mingchu couldn't help laughing.
"What do they use to rebound? The GDP per person is less than 500 Daole? Or the propeller planes parked in their airports that were imported decades ago? Or the armored vehicles we sold last year?"
"Stop making trouble, they have to rely on us to live on this land, but we were so kind to them before that they were just a little proud."
"This is not an East Asian monster house. You can't just take a country out by just taking it out. Since you can't stand alone, then be a little brother honestly."
After saying that, Li Mingchu stood up again, pointed to the direction of the door and asked:
"Do you have to take a little more rest? Or set off now?"
Li Rusong extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and replied:
"Let's go, time is urgent, let's go now!"
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While Li Mingchu and his two men arranged plans for African strategies, Lin Yang, a country thousands of kilometers away, had also completed the final acquisition of Wacker.
After several days of financial operations in the secondary market, the Qingshan Holdings Company where he worked finally took up 26% of the shares and reached an absolute holding of Wacker Company.
This operation made them pay a cost of nearly 600 million. Compared with the normal acquisition process, the cost doubled. If the evaluation is based on the standard operating procedures of the financial market, it should be a complete failure.
Not to mention that they took over Wacker's debts in full. Just for subsequent debt liquidation, they would have to pay another million yuan in the price.
However, he was not disappointed with the result because he knew that this was the most hidden and most efficient strategy they could use.
After signing his name on the board of directors' equity confirmation letter, Lin Yang breathed a deep breath. Then he returned to the office, dialed a number with a special mobile phone, and called the first cross-border phone number since the acquisition started.
“…Yes, leader, the acquisition has been completed and the cost is within the plan.”
"The Chinese media responded to this matter in a simple way. We have not seen large-scale reports yet. We only have small reports on stock market-related news."
"Yes, they didn't pursue our holding relationship--we were originally offshore holdings, so it wasn't that easy to investigate."
"There is no update plan for the future. We will first maintain the original operating model and gradually start replacing company personnel."
"There is no problem with manpower. I have already started to talk to domestic companies. When the limelight is over, I will start to dispatch personnel."
"I understand, I understand, there will be no price increase for the time being, but we will reduce the production capacity first."
"Okay, then I'll wait for further notice from my superiors."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yang leaned down on the seat and relaxedly put his legs on the table.
This is no longer the first large-scale acquisition project he has handled. In fact, most of the important resource companies and machinery companies in Europe now have the shadow of Qingshan Holdings where he is located.
Looking back on his first stop in Europe, he went to participate in a large-scale mechanical equipment exhibition. The companies participating in the exhibition came from all over the world, from large lathes to mining equipment, from cranes, excavators to gantry cranes, all products competed on the same stage, and their respective advantages and disadvantages were clearly visible.
At that time, the equipment produced by Chinese companies was not competitive. In the vast venue, the booths of a few participating Chinese companies were the most deserted places. Sometimes no one was interested all day long, and the staff in charge did not dare to slack off. They could only stand in front of the booth and try to attract every passerby in languages from various countries.
Compared with those international giants, engineers from China are like minions and clowns in the shadow of a dance platform.
But now, everything is different.
Needless to mention the large equipment that is well-known in China, Zhenhua Heavy Industry, which has a crushing advantage for other manufacturers, just from the number of exhibitors, the number of Chinese manufacturers has accounted for more than half of all manufacturers.
What is even more exaggerated is that even those companies that are openly controlled by foreign capital, almost all the people standing in front of their booths are familiar with each other.
Chapter completed!