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

Bill Ford is now particularly confused. He neither wants to agree to Li Mu's offer of 5 billion US dollars, nor does he want Elon Musk to leave.

Elon Musk was a little annoyed by him in the end and threw it to Bill Ford little, "If Mr. Ford refuses now, then I will go back to Silicon Valley immediately. If you don't refuse now and don't agree, then I will sit here and wait. When will Mr. Ford decide to accept Mr. Li's offer? We will continue to talk."

After saying that, he added: "It doesn't matter if I can't come out today, I can continue to wait in the hotel."

Little Billford felt a little resentful. What he couldn't accept the most was Li Mu's behavior of complacency, but he really didn't have the courage to refuse his offer.

After much trouble, Bill Ford himself was completely annoyed, he stood up from the seat and blurted out: "Okay! Five billion US dollars, I'll ask for a one-time payment!"

Elon Musk nodded and said, "Then I'll ask the boss for instructions and see what his attitude is."

Little Billford said lightly: "Okay, I'll wait for your news."

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

Now he is indescribable.

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

Now, a huge rock fell to the ground in his heart. Although it hurts a lot, it seems worth it in his opinion.

Li Mu's words gave him a great inspiration. He felt that Ford should think carefully about how to make the Ford brand bigger and stronger.

Why are Santana and Jetta selling best in China without airbags? Why are no one buying Land Rover Jaguar Volvo in China? Think about it carefully, it is the problem that your positioning is not clear enough.

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 5 billion US dollars is received, he will devote all his investment to Ford's own brand. As long as the Ford brand is bigger and stronger, the Ford family will last forever. From now on, they will never develop the so-called multi-brand strategy like before.

Li Mu was waiting for takeoff when he suddenly received a call from Elon Musk. On the phone, Elon Musk's voice trembled and said, "Mr. Li, Ford agreed, 5 billion US dollars!"

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

In Elon Musk's view, buying these three brands for $5 billion is really a big profit.

Moreover, most importantly, Tesla finally has a platform to rely on.

Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, their platform and chassis technology will be used as you want in the future, which will greatly facilitate Tesla's own research and development and mass production.

This also made Elon Musk admire Li Mu a little more.

This boss is so amazing that even Ford was cut by him on the scalp. This summary operation is so slutty.

Li Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

He was not sure whether the five billion dollars could be achieved. Now Bill Ford finally nodded, which proved that his alarmist sounded had a good effect.

While excited, Li Mu said to Elon Musk: "You have a good talk with Bill Ford for the rest. I want to complete the acquisition as soon as possible. At the same time, he will gather the heads of three brands and four production lines as soon as possible. You can meet them first and have a meeting to stabilize the team."

"Ok." Elon Musk said: "By the way Mr. Li, Billford has a requirement that the 5 billion dollars must be paid in one go."

Li Mu couldn't help but fall into thinking.

Five billion US dollars is not a small amount. Although Muye Technology has a lot of money in its account and its cash flow is very healthy, it is still difficult to get out 5 billion US dollars in one go.

Google ipo can reduce its holdings of some of its original shares as an issue stock, but that's about 3%. Based on the market value of 50 billion, it's only $1.5 billion. If you actively reduce your holdings after listing, wouldn't that be a fool? After all, Google's future prospects are limitless.

After thinking about it, Li Mu decided to start a wave of equity pledges first, pledge part of Muye Technology's shares to the capital party, and then borrow a loan from the capital party.

The goldberg family itself is a banker and venture capitalist. It is better to ask them for some money directly, and at worst it is just to pay some interest.

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

"Okay." Elon Musk said: "Then I'll tell him and I'll hurry up and discuss the acquisition plan with him in the past two days."

"Yes." Li Mu said: "I'll leave this matter to you to take responsibility. It's best to sign an intention agreement with him now, and then I'll announce the news."

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

That news was like a thunderclap for the Chinese people, and it was unprecedented and no one came after him.

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

It was also from that moment that Volvo had made a free advertisement covering the whole country, making Volvo become well-known in China.

When Volvo truly returned to Gilli, the domestic people immediately supported it with practical actions, allowing Volvo's development to make rapid progress.

Li Mu also wants to seize such a good opportunity to announce the news that he wants to acquire these three brands. In this way, the popularity of these three brands in China will increase a lot. Once he reorganizes these three brands and pushes them to the market in the future, the Chinese people will definitely be able to provide great help and promote their role.

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After hanging up the phone, Li Mu immediately called Davidson Gao Bo, the head of the goldberg family.

As soon as the phone was connected, Davidson said enthusiastically: "Mr. Li, why do you think of calling me? Are you going to come to the UK?"

"I can't go yet." Li Mu smiled slightly and went straight to the point: "Davidson, I called here to ask you to borrow some money."

Davidson said without hesitation: "Sir, please tell me a number, I'll prepare it for you."

For Davidson, Li Mu is his biggest funder. Li Mu promised Muye Technology IPO to let him be the lead underwriter, which is a huge opportunity for him now.

Therefore, if Li Mu needs his help in anything, he will help Li Mu solve it as much as possible.

Li Mu said at this time: "I want 5 billion US dollars. I will repay the money after it goes public. I can pledge the shares of Muye Technology at 6 points, but you have to give it to me at the lowest interest rate."

"Five billion?!" Davidson didn't expect that Li Mu would say so much money. He subconsciously asked: "Mr. Li, have you reached an acquisition intention with Ford Group?"

At the beginning, Davidson helped the Ford line, so he knew Li Mu's intention to acquire it. Suddenly, he heard that Li Mu wanted to pledge a loan of 5 billion US dollars, and he immediately thought of it.

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

"The price is really cheap!" Davidson sighed sincerely, and then said: "But the prospects of the automobile industry are not very good now. Although the price of 5 billion US dollars is cheap, in the car manufacturer, no one is willing to spend so much money to acquire it at this time. After all, Mr. Li, you have more courage!"

Devinson is not complimenting Li Mu. The automobile industry is now generally sluggish, and almost all automobile manufacturers maintain a very conservative attitude in brand expansion. At this time, they are likely to fall into a cliff and be doomed.

Although Ford's 5 billion yuan sold was a bit of a loss, Devinson could understand it based on the current industry background.

Li Mu smiled and said, "It is also difficult for me to take out 5 billion US dollars in one go, so I asked you for help. You have a bank and a fund, and there are many capital relationships. The amount of funds that can be leveraged in your hands is relatively large. Five billion US dollars should not be a problem for you, right?"

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

Most of the financial sectors are borrowing chickens to lay eggs. A family may have assets of only a few hundred million US dollars, but the funds he manages may have more than one billion or even more. These are the money entrusted by investors from various groups to invest. Generally, a fund is set up, and all the money is put 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 at the level of 10 billion US dollars, so the amount of funds they manage is as large as 100 billion US dollars. Some of this money is placed in banks for relatively safe commercial loan operations, and some are placed in funds to make high-risk and high-return investments, and give out 5 billion US dollars to Li Mu, with equity pledges from Muye Technology and interest income. It is still very easy for Devinson.

So he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Li, 5 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. After the process, you will transfer the money to Muye Technology's account."

"No problem." Devinson immediately said: "I will communicate with HSBC's loan manager now, ask him to leave the program, and then contact Mr. Li to sign the contract. After the contract is signed, the money will be deposited soon."
Chapter completed!