Chapter 587 Trip to Germany (3)

   At 7:30 p.m. local time, Wolfgang Porsche's birthday party officially began.

   It only takes ten minutes to walk from the Zuffenhausen Hotel where we stayed to the Porsche headquarters building where the banquet is held. Even so, the organizers also thoughtfully prepared scooter, two latest Porsche 911 sports cars. Since Zhong Shi's invitation can only invite one entourage, Gao Han can only stay in the hotel honestly.

  The headquarters building located in the south of Porsche is brightly lit and full of people. The reception staff placed a long red carpet at the door to welcome distinguished guests from all over the world. The photographers were arranged behind the isolation lines on both sides, capturing the figures of the guests with the spotlights in their hands. The Porsche sports cars that drove in from time to time stole the show, and the whole scene was made like a celebrity catwalk.

   "Look, the mayor of Stuttgart is here!"

  Accompanied by an exclamation, the shutter sounded one after another. When the smiling mayor walked across the red carpet, a reporter pouted and said disdainfully: "What is the mayor? Just now the governor of Baden-Württemberg also came, and the president of the parliament also came in person. It is said that the president also sent a special envoy to attend."

   "Really? Why didn't I see it?"

   "Of course they don't want to openly walk the red carpet. They have already entered the banquet in a low-key manner." The person who spoke was even more disdainful. "By the way, I wonder if Ferdinand Piech from the public will attend in person?"

   "If he himself attends, this is really big news!" As soon as the words came out, it immediately caused a sensation among the reporters. In fact, not all the reporters here today are fans of Porsche, but they are all journalists in the automotive field. Naturally, they are familiar with the grievances and grievances of the Porsche family, especially Ferdinand Piëch and his sister-in-law after leaving Porsche. Living together, this part of the bridge adds a bit of legend to this rich family's grievances.

  Everyone was looking forward to such a **** story, but before the story they expected could happen, the two strange oriental faces of Zhong Shi and Jiang Shan appeared in front of them.

   "Who is this? Does anyone know?"

   "Look, these two Orientals were greeted by Hans in person, so they must have a lot of background. Hurry up and take a picture, and look back to find out what the background is, maybe there is a big news hidden in it!"

   Similar thoughts just flashed in the hearts of the reporters, and then the overwhelming spotlights sounded one after another.

   "Why are there so many reporters, this situation is so big!"

  Jiang Shan, who got off the sports car, was obviously not used to this kind of scene, his expression was a little nervous, and he whispered behind Zhong Shi.

   "Don't be too nervous, we're just here to join in the fun!" Zhong Shi's face remained unchanged, he smiled and nodded around, and at the same time replied in a low voice, "Relax, let's see who we know first."

   Just as he was speaking, Hans Schroeder came over, and at the same time, it was Anna Merkel who followed him. Hans Schroeder was still dressed as yesterday, while Miss Anna put on a backless evening dress, exposing her fair back, which made Jiang Shan almost salivate.

"Mr. Zhong, you are very welcome!" Hans Schroeder smiled and stretched out his hand towards Zhongshi. This time he used English, and there was no problem in communicating with each other. While signing in, I will lead you and your companions into the banquet hall."

  Zhong Shi naturally smiled and nodded in agreement. After giving Jiang Shan a meaningful smile, he entered the banquet hall under the leadership of Hans.

  Porsche's headquarters building is not high. In fact, in the Stuttgart area, except for a few skyscrapers in the city center, other buildings are generally not high. The most existing buildings here are Gothic buildings. As a symbol of industry, the Porsche headquarters naturally adopts a modern steel structure building. The whole building is located at the intersection of four roads, presenting an irregular shape, but unlike other surrounding buildings, this building is everywhere. It has sharp edges and corners, giving people a cold and solemn feeling.

  After entering the hall, the original appearance can no longer be seen. It seems that this place has been transformed into a huge banquet hall. In the corner on the west side, there are three rectangular dining tables filled with various kinds of food, which is the standard configuration at banquets. Although there are very few customers wandering in that area, there are about ten top-hat chefs loyally waiting there, waiting for the guests to serve when they pass by.

The place where Zhong Shi is currently located is an area for leisure and communication. The place about half the size of a football field is full of people standing in twos and threes. Everyone present is dressed in elegant clothes, holding a glass of champagne and talking in a low voice. . The waiters in tuxedos shuttled through the crowd like butterflies carrying wine trays, delivering fine wines to the guests non-stop.

As soon as Zhong Shi and Hans came in, a waiter brought over two glasses of wine, Hans took it, and after delivering Zhong Shi a glass, he said, "Sorry, Mr. Zhong, please wait here for a while, I still have guests Reception is required. When the reception is over, please allow me to introduce a few guests to you."

  Because the leaders of the world's major automobile companies and political figures were invited, people from the Porsche family were sent out to receive them. Zhong Shi also knew that Hans had a lot to do on this occasion, so he nodded with a smile.

   "Hey, when did this kid run away?" After Hans left, when Zhong Shi turned back to talk to Jiang Shan, he found that Jiang Shan had disappeared at some point. Miss Anna was naturally missing with him.

Since Zhong Shi is not familiar with the place of life, Zhong Shi is not in the automobile industry, and he is not a sociable person, so Zhong Shi can only touch the tip of his nose silently, and while he is not paying attention, he quietly walks towards Go around the corner. On such an occasion, it would be too embarrassing for a person to stand stupidly in the middle of the field.

   It's just that Zhong Shi's wishful thinking didn't work out. Just as he was moving quietly, a line of sight had already been fixed on him, and soon this figure moved to Zhong Shi's side, and stretched out his palm first.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhong Shi Zhong?" The voice of the visitor was a little uncertain, as if he couldn't believe that he met Zhong Shi on such an occasion, but after seeing Zhong Shi's confused expression, this disbelief The confirmation immediately turned into surprise, "So it's really you, Mr. Zhong, it's great to see you on this occasion!"

Zhong Shi was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect that there would be someone who knew him in this kind of place. He looked at the person carefully. He was a middle-aged white man in his forties, about 1.8 meters tall, with brown hair, and quite handsome. , the face is as sharp as a knife and an ax chisel. But surprisingly, his blue eyes were bloodshot.

   "Who are you?" Zhong Shi thought quickly in his mind, making sure that he didn't know this person, but he honestly stretched out his hand and shook his hand, and then asked in puzzlement.

Different from Zhong Shi's slightly indifferent reaction, the man seemed extremely excited after shaking hands with Zhong Shi. He quickly took out a business card from his pocket, handed it to Zhong Shi respectfully with both hands, and introduced himself solemnly: " Sloan Landman, managing director of mergers and acquisitions at Lehman Brothers London."

  New York-based investment bank Rayman Brothers has branches and offices around the world, with its European headquarters in London and its Asian headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. There are offices in departments such as Frankfurt and Hong Kong, which belong to the global headquarters. However, they can handle general affairs by themselves, so once the Global Headquarters needs to come forward, it will definitely be a big event that shakes the market.

Combined with the department that Mr. Sloan Landman worked for, Zhong Shi quickly came to a conclusion: Porsche Company probably hired Lehman Brothers as its financial advisor. If such a sensitive time appears here, I am afraid it is the acquisition of Volkswagen.

These thoughts just flashed through Zhong Shi's mind, and the next moment he took the business card solemnly, and at the same time gave a business card in return, then asked pretending to know nothing: "Mr. Landman is also Porsche customers? Invited here to Mr. Wolfgang Porsche's banquet?"

  Hearing Zhong Shi's words, Sloan opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhong Shi in disbelief. It took him a while to realize his gaffe, and he couldn't help but said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhong, so you were invited here as a guest. I thought you were..."

Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he stared at Zhongshi up and down and looked up and down again, seeing that the other party did not show the slightest surprise, he sighed and said: "It is like this. Later, the master may I will announce one thing. Our Leimen Brothers came here this time to help Porsche handle some matters. I originally thought that Mr. Zhong was involved in this business, so I was invited to this birthday party. But since Having said that, I will no longer hide it."

"Is it about Porsche's acquisition of Volkswagen?" Zhong Shi's eyes flickered, looking thoughtful, "I've seen relevant news before I came here, is there any bigger move by Porsche? "

Sloan Landman nodded and replied: "Yes, this time the Porsche family is very determined. They have already made up their minds to take Volkswagen under their umbrella, at least to obtain an absolute controlling stake. So this time including us Many consortiums, including those involved, are involved, and the news that Porsche will continue to increase its stake in Volkswagen will be officially announced later. As a financial advisor, we will do our best to help Porsche acquire shares in Volkswagen in the market.”

  Zhong Shi nodded and said nothing more.

When it increased its holdings to 30% of Volkswagen’s stock, the Porsche family’s ambitions were already evident, but unlike his predecessor’s policy of keeping a low profile, Wolfgang Porsche’s annexation of Volkswagen was more obvious. Be aggressive and open. Of course, he has his own capital. You must know that the current Porsche car is the most profitable car type in the world.

  Since the other party believes that he is purely an invited guest, Zhong Shi will naturally not say anything more. In fact, he doesn't think that the Porsche family will easily send an invitation card to him, an "unrelated" person. Why can he only know after talking with Wolfgang Porsche? do not know.

   "Hmph, the Porsche family is really getting worse and worse now, and they dare to invite anyone in!"

   Having captured a legendary figure like Zhong Shi, Sloan naturally couldn't just say a few words. Just when he was about to ask about some things that happened to Zhong Shi in detail, a cold voice rang in the ears of the two of them.

Since the sentence was spoken in German, Zhong Shi didn't understand what it meant, but Sloan could hear it very clearly, and his expression changed immediately, and he reprimanded the person coming: "This gentleman, please Watch your words, this is not a place for you to run wild!"

Seeing the change of Sloane's face, Zhong Shi realized that the German sentence just now might not be very friendly, and then he looked at the speaker seriously, but was shocked to find that the speaker turned out to be a man with hair. The gray old man.

   I'm really sorry everyone, I've been busy all day today and it's even later...Thanks to the book friends for taking the knife and breaking the oil, oh my god, it's so difficult to name, seanju1 voted for the monthly ticket! Special thanks to the book friend Shengshi Bianguan for the monthly pass and the big reward~!

  

  

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