MTL - Rebirth in a Perfect Era-Chapter 1730 Take it all!

While Li Mu was sitting on the plane waiting for takeoff, Elon Musk was fighting with Bill Ford Jr.

Bill Ford Jr. is now particularly tangled. He neither wants to promise Li Mu a $ 5 billion offer, nor does he want Elon Musk to leave.

Elon Musk was a little irritated by him in the end, throwing it to Bill Ford Jr .: "If Mr. Ford refuses now, then I will immediately return to Silicon Valley. If you do not refuse now, and do not agree, then I am here Sit and wait, when Mr. Ford decides to accept Mr. Li's offer, when will we continue to talk. "

After that, he added: "It doesn't matter if you can't make it today, I can wait in the hotel."

Young Bill Ford was a little uncomfortable. What he couldn't accept was Li Mu's self-assured performance, but he really didn't have the courage to refuse his offer.

After tangling again and again, until the young Bill Ford himself was completely annoyed, he freed himself from his seat and whispered, "Okay! Five billion dollars, I demand a one-time payment!"

Elon Musk nodded and said, "Then I will ask the boss to see what his attitude is."

Young Bill Ford said lightly, "Okay, I'll wait for your news."

After that, he took out a cigar, lit it, and took a slow sip.

Now, he could not speak easily.

There is a saying well, if you can't resist, just enjoy it.

Now, a boulder in his heart fell to the ground. Although the pain was very painful, it was worth it to him.

Li Mu's words inspired him a lot. He felt that Ford should think about how to further expand and strengthen the Ford brand.

Why did Santana and Jetta without airbags sell best in China? Why did no Land Rover Jaguar Volvo buy in China? If you think about it, you are not clear on the problem.

What if Ford also launches a real civilian car in China in the future? Is it possible to replace Santana's position in China?

When Li Mu ’s five billion US dollars arrives, they will be invested in Ford ’s own brand. As long as the Ford brand is made bigger and stronger, the Ford family will last forever. From now on, never again As before, what is called a multi-brand strategy.

Li Mu was waiting to take off. Suddenly he received a call from Elon Musk. On the phone, Elon Musk said with a trembling voice, "General Li, Ford agreed, five billion dollars!"

Elon Musk was extremely excited at this time, but had to desperately restrain his emotions.

From Elon Musk's point of view, buying these three brands for $ 5 billion is really a big deal.

And, most importantly, Tesla finally has a platform that it can fully rely on.

Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, and their platform and chassis technology will be used afterwards, which will greatly facilitate Tesla's own research and development and mass production.

This also makes Elon Musk worship Li Mu more.

This boss is really a god, even Ford was chopped with a scalp by him. This operation is simply not satisfactory.

Li Mu was finally relieved at this time.

He can't make five billion dollars, and he has no absolute certainty. Now Bill Ford Jr. nods finally, which proves that his alarmism has worked well.

Excited, Li Mu told Elon Musk: "The rest of the matter, you have a good talk with Bill Ford Jr., I want to complete the acquisition as soon as possible, and at the same time let him call the leaders of the three brands and four production lines as soon as possible You first meet with them for a meeting to stabilize the team. "

"Ok." Elon Musk said, "By Lee, there is a request from Bill Ford Jr. that five billion dollars must be paid in one installment."

Li Mu could not help falling into thinking.

Five billion dollars is not a small amount. Although Makino has a lot of money on its account and its cash flow is very healthy, it is very difficult to give up five billion dollars in one breath.

Google ipo can itself reduce its holding of some original shares as issue shares, but that is about 3, according to a market value of 50 billion, it is only 1.5 billion US dollars. If you actively reduce the stock after listing, it would not be fool? After all, Google's future prospects are limitless.

After much deliberation, Li Mu decided to first carry out a wave of equity pledge, pledge a part of the shares of Makino Technology to the capital side, and then loan a sum from the capital side.

The goldberg family itself is a banker and venture capitalist. It is better to ask them to get a sum of money directly. The big deal is to pay a little interest.

Thinking of this, Li Mu said to Elon Musk: "You can tell Bill Ford Jr. and tell him to pay it all in one go."

"Okay," Elon Musk said. "Then I told him, and in the past two days, I stepped up to dock with him for the acquisition plan."

"Um." Li Mu said, "It's up to you to take charge of this matter. It's best to sign an intent agreement with him now, and then I'll announce the news."

Li Mu clearly remembers how excited the Chinese people were when Geely announced the acquisition of Volvo.

That news, to the Chinese people, is like a thunderstorm, there is no one before and no one comes.

Major media have also reported on this proud acquisition. A Huaxia company has acquired a well-known Swedish car brand. This is really a big news that can greatly enhance national pride and sense of belonging.

It was also from that moment that Volvo was equivalent to running a nationwide advertisement for free, making Volvo known and unknown in China.

When Volvo truly returned to Geely, the domestic people immediately reported back with actual actions to support Volvo's development.

Li Mu also wants to seize such a good opportunity and announce the news that he will acquire the three brands. In this way, the popularity of these three brands in China will increase a lot. Once the three brands are reorganized in the future, After pushing to the market, the people of Huaxia will certainly be able to give tremendous help and promotion.

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Hanging up the phone, Li Mu immediately called the head of the goldberg family Davidson Cooper.

As soon as the call was connected, Davidson said very enthusiastically: "Mr. Lee, why do you think of calling me, are you coming to the UK?"

"I can't go yet." Li Mu smiled slightly and went straight to the point: "Davidson, I'm calling to find a loan for you."

Davidson did not hesitate to say, "Your husband, you say the number, I help you prepare."

For Davidson, Li Mu is his biggest gold owner, Li Mu promised Makino Technology ipo to let him be the lead underwriter, which is a huge opportunity for him right now.

Therefore, if Li Mu needs any help from him, he will help Li Mu as much as possible.

Li Mu said at this time: "I want 5 billion U.S. dollars, and I will pay back after listing. I can pledge 6 points of shares of Makino to you, but you have to give me the lowest interest rate."

"Five billion ?!" Davidson did not expect Li Mu to say such a large sum of money. He asked subconsciously: "Mr. Li, have you reached an acquisition intention with Ford Group?"

At that time, Ford's line was Davidson's help, so he knew Li Mu's willingness to buy, and suddenly heard that Li Mu was going to pledge a loan of 5 billion US dollars, he thought of it the first time.

Li Mu did not hide from him, and said lightly: "Yes, I have already communicated with Ford, Makino Technology has invested in the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover Volvo, and all three brands are packaged for $ 5 billion."

"The price is really cheap!" Davidson said sincerely, then said: "But the prospects of the automotive industry are not very good now. Although the price of 5 billion US dollars is cheap, it is estimated that nobody is in the car manufacturer. I'm willing to take out so much money at this time to buy it, after all, Mr. Li, you have more courage! "

Devenson is not complimenting Li Mu. Now the overall automotive industry is sluggish. Almost all auto manufacturers have maintained a very conservative attitude in brand expansion. At this time, they are in danger and may fall into the cliff and disappear forever ~ www.novelbuddy.com ~ One billion sells a little, but combined with the current industry background, Devinson can understand.

Li Mu laughed: "It's also very difficult for me to give up five billion dollars in one breath. That's why I asked you to help. You have a bank with a fund and a lot of capital-level relationships. The volume is relatively large, shouldn't $ 5 billion be a problem for you? "

For the goldberg family, most of their industries are concentrated in the financial sector.

Most of the financial field is borrowing chickens and eggs. A family may only have hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, but the funds under his control may be more than one billion yuan or more. These are the investments entrusted to him by various investors. Money, generally, establishes a fund, puts the money into the fund, and the person in charge is responsible for the capital operation of the entire fund.

The goldberg family's own assets are in the tens of billions of dollars, so the amount of funds in their hands is hundreds of billions of dollars. Some of this money is put in banks for safer commercial loan operations, and some are put in funds for high-end operations. For risky and high-return investments, Li Mu was given $ 5 billion in equity, with pledge of equity in Makino Technology, and interest income. It was very easy for Devinson.

So he smiled and said, "Mr. Li is assured that five billion US dollars is not a big problem for us. What time do you need?"

Li Mu said: "It is best to start the process now, and after the process is finished, put the money in Makino's account."

"No problem," Davenson said immediately. "I'll talk to the HSBC loan manager now, let him go through the process, and then ask Mr. Li to sign the contract. After the contract is signed, the money will be available soon."

"That's all for now." Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "I'll wait for your good news."