Chapter 163 The old captain and the little rocket
Cang Yaozu and Sophie came to Turin, Italy and officially signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Agnelli family. Old Agnelli and Cang Yaozu talked a lot. The head of the Agnelli family is not in good health now, but they still arranged a meeting with Cang Yaozu.
Old Agnelli looked at this young man who was younger than his grandson John Elkan. He had an oriental face with a strong three-dimensional look and was more in line with his aesthetic sense. He was 180cm tall and not short in Italy. Not bad, not bad. This kid has a bright future.
The reason why the Agnelli family agreed to cooperate with him this time was mainly because they valued the heavy holding of Yaozu. Although this kid owed a lot of debts and borrowed money, it made him even more important. He made things happen out of nothing and started from scratch. Should he get married? Old Agnelli is already 76 years old and is not in good health. It is time to consider the future of the family.
"Mr. Kura, thank you for taking care of my two grandchildren. Although John is older than you, he is far less capable than you. Ginny hasn't grown up yet. However, this child has a good personality and is beautiful. Do you want to get along with each other in private?"
Cang Yaozu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The old man had just said a few words before he started using the beauty trick.
"Mr. Agnelli, I have several girlfriends now, and I am a non-marriager, so I won't harm your baby. Don't worry, John has no problem with his ability, and he is down-to-earth and calm. If you put more burdens on him, you can always train him. You are like an old captain of a big ship. It's time to let the new captain take office. If you encounter any difficulties like this, you can still give me some advice."
"So that's fine. My granddaughter is excellent, don't regret it. John is indeed very good, but there is still a gap compared to you."
"Haha, I grew up in the wild, so I will naturally use some wild ways, so I look more aggressive, and this is also to strengthen myself and protect myself. John grew up under various care. The overall situation and management methods will be more traditional. If you exercise more, you will naturally not have any problems.
Like this Ferrari spin-off and listing, it is completely fine to leave it to him for operation. He was born in Citigroup and has a lot of connections there. Such a small project can accumulate a lot of confidence."
"Well, the family has decided to hand it over to him. We have not planned to list Ferrari recently, but the family's cash flow has not been very abundant in recent years, especially in the automotive industry, which has insufficient investment in R&D and has a big dilemma. I think you want some of Maserati's technologies to develop electric vehicles, right? Are you really optimistic about the future of electric vehicles?"
"This is unquestionable. New energy will definitely be the focus of development in the next few decades, and energy conservation and environmental protection are the biggest selling point."
"Those who are exhausted to death are all bulls who have been renovated. I hope you can really succeed. I hope you can help us Fiat. You can be said to be risky and radical, or you can be said to be motivated and innovative. Our Fiat is just the opposite of you in recent years. It is indeed a bit conservative and has serious lack of innovation."
"Mr. Agnelli, this is absolutely fine. Since we have established a strategic cooperative relationship, there will be many places to operate in the future in terms of win-win cooperation. For example, Tesla will help Fiat produce pure electric cars, so that your Fiat Group can operate the automatic charging pile business throughout Italy, and even the entire Europe. We can cooperate. This is a good deal for money, just like those gas stations."
"Oh, this business is not a big problem. It's a big deal. The scale was a little smaller at the beginning. The main reason is that if this business wants to make money, it must have a certain number of electric vehicles to start."
"Yes, I estimate that this business can be started in 2000. The Italian country is not vast, and the cost of implementing this charging pile will not be that high, which is an ideal implementation goal. At that time, the charging piles and Fiat electric vehicles will be combined with Fiat electric vehicles. I believe Fiat will definitely create new glory."
"You really don't want the Italian market? I'll let it go and leave it to us?"
"Of course, you have a great home advantage. We are not familiar with the place, so there is no need to spend too much effort. You must do the charging pile business. As for electric cars, Tesla mainly makes pure electric coupes and urban SUVs. We have no plans to get into the low-end market for the time being. Although the lower-end market sales are larger, Tesla is really too busy, so our focus at the beginning was on the high-end market, which is also the main reason why we are interested in Maserati. We will not spend too much effort on traditional car craftsmanship, and Maserati's series of technologies just meet our market positioning for the Tesla brand."
"Well, although the sales volume in the low-end market is large, the profit margin is quite low. I really can't make much money. It's very wise for you to do this. I heard that your icq company is going to go public. How is the situation?"
"It's not bad. It should be earlier than Ferrari's listing time. I am confident that I can make the IQ company reach a scale of 100 billion US dollars in three years. Therefore, Mr. Agnelli must not sell those stocks within three years."
"Okay, when will the stock be sold? Please inform me, and I will accept your love. I am also very embarrassed. You have to bear Maserati's debt."
"Haha, Mr. Anelli, you are too worried. I am very grateful to us for the opportunity to run a Maserati. I like this brand very much. It is not so ostentatious, a little pragmatic, and focused enough, and always based in the luxury coupe market. I really don't care about that little debt. Like you, I'm a little nervous now. As the saying goes, don't worry about too much debt. As long as the bank does not collect debts, I have no worries."
"I heard you are going to inject more than 100 million US dollars into Maserati to develop new models?"
"Yes, this $100 million is to help Tesla obtain some technical authorization from Maserati. Maserati also needs to send a team of technicians to help Tesla develop and design models. I want to set up and mass-produce Tesla's high-end models as soon as possible. As for mid-range models, it will be delayed. Our Tesla and Maserati are indeed very similar in positioning. We give up the mid- and low-end and focus on high-end models, but we will not focus on the high level of supercars. We are considered to be positioning as a civilian sports car."
"Well, it's a very pragmatic positioning. If you have any trouble in Italy in the future, you can come to our Agnelli family. We are doing well in Italy."
"Mr. Anelli, I really have a few things to take care of you, so I'm not polite."
"You guy is real, tell me."
"One is that the Fiorentina club has some of my shares, and now it is owned by Edgar Jr., so I hope you Juventus can take care of you. Of course, what I am talking about is not the mess. Fiorentina does not play fake football or bribe the referee, but they don't want to be targeted. Fiorentina also wants to attack Juventus' championship position. We hope to compete with Juventus on the court."
"I have paid less attention to Juventus in recent years. According to what you mean, Juventus is a bit irregular now?"
"I have heard some bad statements, which are not very regular. In short, if there is one, change it, if there is one, please encourage it. It is very exciting to win the championship within the rules, but if you cheat, it will not be a glory but an eternal stain. I hope that the Serie A champion can be well deserved. If the competition in Serie A is fierce, the value of the Serie A champion will be higher, which is definitely not a bad thing for Juventus.
The second thing is that Monica is one of my girlfriends. I hope you can take more care of it and don’t let her suffer any losses in Italy. This is my private matter.”
"I will start some investigations about Juventus club. I hate it too. We don't need to be so despicable. As for your little girlfriend, I will say hello. You will also give her more bodyguards or something. Sometimes I may not be able to cover everything here, and you should not be careless."
"Yes, a few days ago, I asked reporters from Paris to take a secret photo. Some newspapers exposed some news. Recently, I have strengthened security measures for some people around me. So the next first Cayenne model of Maserati is the luxury bulletproof version."
"Well, that car is very thoughtful and trendy. We old guys only like Fang Zheng and are a little unable to keep up with the times. If I am an old captain, then you are a little rocket with a promising future, and I am optimistic about you."
"So, while you are still strong, you will give up the power completely. You can take care of the new captain behind the scenes for a few years, which will make the power transition of your Agnelli family smoother, and will be conducive to the long-term prosperity and continuation of your family."
"Well, I will launch this inheritance plan in the near future. Do you have any other things that I need help with?"
"The last one, i, 4 billion US dollars, can be within the amount of $100 million, and the funds will be in place after the year. I hope you can be an intermediary here and try your best to promote this acquisition."
"You still have the idea of entering fashion, right? You are also publishing fashion magazines. You can publish an Italian version of your magazine and leave it to Monica for the process. I also ask my granddaughter to help her."
"That's so thankful. I'm just a little romantic and there are a lot of women around me. In this way, I have to find a lot of busy things for them so that I won't have free time to fight."
"Haha, this is the most peculiar reason for corporate acquisitions I have heard of over the years. This matter is a little troublesome, mainly because it may take longer. Since you ask for an acquisition next year, the problem is not big. I agree to this. My only request is to let Ginny invest a little, so that our family can intervene and speak better."
"No problem, let Ginny and Monica each hold 15% of the shares, and then take out 10% to leave it to the future management. I will invest the remaining 60% of the shares in the form of an offshore fund and hand it over to the family trust fund in the future."
"Very good, very well arranged. You can do big things and wait for my good news."
"Thank you, Mr. Anelli."
Cang Yaozu only mentioned a few small things, which could be handled slowly by himself, but it would be nice to hand them over to Old Agnelli. Cang Yaozu helped the Agnelli family a little bit, helped them get a lot of cash, alleviating the tightness of cash flow. Putting these small requests can also be regarded as making Old Agnelli repay this little favor.
Human favors are actually not important to such families. What is important is interests. As long as there are more and more business interactions with each other, friendship will naturally get better and better. Although Cang Yaozu has never paid much attention to industry, after all, it is slow to make money, but now it is considered to be entering the automobile, wine and beverage industries, so he will naturally not give up easily in the future.
Although the Internet industry is popular now and it still makes money very fast, it is indeed a bit false. Without these real industries, it is a good choice to cooperate with the Agnelli family. Most of the industries of the Agnelli family are industrial, and they have rich experience in this area and can help Kurayaozu solve many problems.
For example, if Cang Yaozu wants to build cars, then tires, steel, sales channels, and many industries need to be involved, and the Agnelli family can help a lot, and they are old people.
Chapter completed!