Chapter 590 Trip to Germany (6)

"It's just a little thing, and it won't cause me any trouble." Zhong Shi also smiled all over his face, with a calm and indifferent look, "Mr. Porsche, thank you very much for inviting me to your meeting." It's really a great honor for me to have a birthday party."

"No, no, it is our honor." Wolfgang Porsche replied politely, "Mr. Zhong, as the most famous Porsche owner in the Far East, we are very honored to see you choose Porsche series cars. Your The image and status have greatly increased the value of our Porsche brand in the Far East. Therefore, it is our honor that you can attend today's banquet."

Zhong Shi smiled, did not continue to compliment, changed the topic, and jokingly said: "Mr. Sell ​​all the cars, lest others talk about my taste?"

  Of course, for Zhong Shi, even if there is a need for funds, he will not solve it by selling a car, so his words are completely ridiculed. However, when it fell into the ears of Wolfgang Porsche, it was interpreted into another meaning: because it wants to enter the low-end car market, the pedigree and image of Porsche's noble cars will be affected to a certain extent. Case in point, those Porsche loyalists might have other ideas.

The original smiling expression immediately disappeared, and Wolfgang Porsche replied seriously with a serious expression: "Sorry, Mr. Zhong, I can apologize to you. The high-end brand and quality of Porsche will never change. The target is always the high-end crowd.”

After a short pause, he went on to say: "The entry into the low-end car market is achieved through the acquisition of shares in Volkswagen. After the acquisition is completed, we will retain the original low-end brand of Volkswagen and sell it slowly. Some of its high-end car brands, it is expected that we will not retain brands like Lamborghini. It is expected that in the future Volkswagen, high-end cars will only retain two brands: Audi and Porsche. In short, I assure you that Porsche will continue to provide Faster, lighter performance sedans for premium customers like you."

   "These are things related to your strategic decision-making, so you don't need to explain them to me in detail?" Zhong Shi laughed, disapproving of the other party's serious attitude. In his opinion, these cars are at best means of transportation, and when they are not in use, they are piles of scrap metal in the underground parking lot.

  But in the eyes of Wolfgang Porsche, these cars are not only the source of their family's wealth, but also a symbol of prominent status. The most important thing is that among the people who are most suitable for sports cars, there are very few people whose wealth reaches a certain level. Older rich people prefer classic cars like Rolls-Royce, while young people may not be able to afford the expensive price of Porsche cars due to limited financial resources. The rich man naturally becomes the best declared image of the Porsche brand.

  Wolfgang Porsche even had the idea of ​​hiring Zhong Shi as a global image ambassador, but this idea just flashed through his mind, and was resolutely rejected the next moment. This idea is so absurd that even Wolfgang Porsche himself thinks it is extremely ridiculous. After all, the other party is not short of money, and secondly, few billionaires are willing to do such a publicity thing, because it seems that they are very cheap.

"Maybe it will be useful." Wolfgang Porsche said meaningfully, and then apologized, "Sorry, Mr. Zhong, I have other guests to greet, I hope you can enjoy the banquet tonight .”

Wolfgang Porsche left, but Hans Schroeder did not leave together. He quietly said to Zhong Shi: "Mr. Zhong, our master has invited you tomorrow morning, and I hope you can come to the Porsche family as a guest. I don't know if I have this honor?"

  The main topic finally came, Zhong Shi didn't change his face, and replied: "No problem, but I want to bring my friend, I wonder if it is possible?"

"Of course!" Without asking the members of the Porsche family, Hans Schroeder agreed without hesitation. Obviously, he has already obtained the approval of Wolfgang Porsche, otherwise it would be impossible to do it in his capacity. a similar guarantee.

  After Hans Schroeder left, Zhong Shi looked at the banquet hall, which was still full of lively scenes, with an inscrutable smile on his face. Sloan, who was waiting at the side, was at a loss. Before he could figure out what Wolfgang Porsche would say to Zhongshi, he could no longer find Zhongshi.

  …

The next day, in the Porsche family's manor, in the spacious and bright dining room, looking at the green lawn outside the window, Wolfgang Porsche took a deep breath and said leisurely: "It's nice to be young. To tell you the truth, Zhong Seeing you, sir, reminds me of the old days."

  In the middle of this 50-acre manor, there are several castle-like buildings erected. The old rocks are already covered with moss, and the traces of time can be seen everywhere. However, stepping into the interior of the castle, the modern decoration is completely different from the appearance. The scarlet and bright carpets, dazzling crystal chandeliers, golden stair railings, etc., all remind visitors of the owner's strong financial resources.

  The restaurant where Zhong Shi is located is about 50 square meters in size. Only Zhong Shi and Wolfgang Porsche are seated at the end of the long oval table. In front of them were tuna, caviar, toast and other foods, and three neatly dressed waiters stood beside them, carefully serving them to eat.

  Is this the aristocratic style? Zhong Shi looked at the candlesticks placed in the middle of the round table, feeling rather disapproving.

   Visited the Porsche family as scheduled. Under the leadership of Hans Schroeder, Zhong Shi and other members of the Porsche family were brought here after a short greeting. For breakfast, the items are a bit substantial. However, perhaps this level of food is the norm for the Porsche family, or it may be for the special reception of VIPs. In short, when the expensive caviar was served in his mouth, Zhong Shi did not feel the same delicious taste as before.

"It's really delicious. I haven't eaten such good caviar for a long time!" Seeing Wolfgang Porsche put down the knife and fork, Zhong Shi also put down the knife and fork in a timely manner, and said in a wrong way, "Okay, Mr. Porsche, Let's talk business."

"Business? What business?" Wolfgang Porsche stopped shaking his wine glass, and asked pretending to be puzzled, "Mr. Zhong, I think you misunderstood, there is nothing commercial between us We need to talk. If I remember correctly, you are a fund in the financial industry, and I am in the industry, and there is no intersection between them. What business can we talk about?"

  Seeing that the old fox still refused to reveal his intentions, Zhong Shi shook his head helplessly, stood up and walked out, intending to leave. Naturally, these actions of his are just probing, if the other party doesn't call him, then Zhong Shi will leave.

It didn't surprise him, Wolfgang Porsche stopped him, "Mr. Zhong is indeed a young man, and he acts vigorously, unlike us old guys, who are already lethargic, and can't speak and do things crisply enough. Well, let’s not talk about it, it reminds me of my youth again.”

  Zhong Shi listened quietly without answering. He is waiting for Wolfgang Porsche to reveal his true intentions.

"Okay, I surrender!" Seeing Zhong Shi still unmoved, Wolfgang Porsche shook his head helplessly, a little helpless to Zhong Shi's reaction, "I need financing, the Porsche Group needs more cash .”

Before Wolfgang Porsche invited Zhongshi, he had done a full and detailed analysis. There are many banks or consortiums that can do business with them in the market, but the consortium that can take out so much cash at once without revealing it There are not many rumors. After much deliberation, Wolfgang Porsche set his sights on Zhongshi, the Far East Consortium.

Because the other party is a loyal user of Porsche cars, and his net worth is tens of billions, most of which is in cash. The most important thing is that the wealth of this young billionaire is basically his own funds. Announced to the outside world, this is extremely beneficial to Wolfgang Porsche's next plan.

   As for the interest, the Porsche family can also increase the interest rate appropriately based on the market interest rate. Of course, in addition to these, the result of the Porsche family's discussion is that they can also sell part of the equity. Of course, these are the conditions that Zhong Shi did not agree to.

   "No problem, how much do you need?"

   Much to the surprise of Wolfe Porsche, Zhong Shi readily agreed without thinking for a minute. This made him a little embarrassed.

  In his original plan, Zhong Shi would first ask about the amount, purpose, and interest rate of the financing, and then evaluate the risk of the loan with his team, and then give a clear answer after everything is in place. And it will take at least several weeks or even months to complete all this.

   Right now, the other party didn't do any investigation, and just agreed so readily? Wolfgang Porsche's head couldn't react for a while.

  But the next moment his brain woke up immediately, since this is the case, then he simply asked for more, "10 billion euros!" He quickly proposed a number.

"10 billion euros?" Zhong Shi was taken aback, "Mr. Porsche, do you know what you are talking about? These funds are enough to buy 20% of Volkswagen's shares, which is close to the share you want to control. You know you What are you talking about? Do you want to rely entirely on borrowing to carry out the holding of the Volkswagen Group?"

  Because of Porsche's increased holdings of Volkswagen, the stock price of Volkswagen Group jumped to more than 200 euros in 2008. Now that Porsche wants to continue to increase its holdings of Volkswagen Group, its stock price is bound to continue to rise. But no matter what, 10 billion euros can definitely absorb a considerable number of Volkswagen Group shares.

"No, I have another plan!" Wolfgang Porsche smiled, "This plan was conceived by our financial advisor. In order to resist the risks in the stock market and reduce our investment costs, we need a Reserve the funds. Of course, we will pay you interest on this fund according to the interest rate in the market."

   After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhong Shi sincerely, looking forward to the other party's answer. He had heard from Zhong Shi's answer that 10 billion euros was not a big problem for this upstart.

  Although the Porsche family has stood for decades, such a huge amount of wealth is also an astronomical figure for them. In fact, Wolfgang Porsche has already reached an agreement with several other consortiums, and has already made part of the cash preparations for the acquisition of the Volkswagen Group, and now the company is requesting financing from Zhongshi, in addition to making up for the previous amount of insufficiency , and even more thought of pulling Zhong Shi into the water.

"At most two billion euros, it can't be more!" Zhong Shi thought for a while, and gave a figure that was not too different from Wolfgang Porsche's expectation. In fact, what he originally asked for was three billion euros. EUR.

   "Five billion euros, this figure is more realistic for us." Wolfgang Porsche cut off half of the amount at once, "In addition, we can also give up part of the shares as a pledge."

   "Three billion euros, it is impossible to exceed this figure!" Zhong Shi was not moved at all, and said the final reserve price.

   "Deal!" Wolfgang Porsche no longer insisted, and simply returned directly, "Mr. Zhong, you will find that you have made a very good deal in a short time."

  So far, the two parties have at most reached a verbal agreement of intent, and the specific situation needs to be negotiated by the following people, such as pledges, loan time, usage, and other aspects. But these are not issues that the upper echelons have to worry about anymore. Wolfgang Porsche was in a good mood, raised his glass and continued, "Mr. Zhong, thank you very much for your cooperation. In my original assumption, I would have to spend a lot of time and offer a lot of expensive conditions before I can do it." I can make you spend this money. But now it seems that everything I imagined was wrong. I really can't imagine a young talent like you, who is as courageous and courageous as anyone in the world. Outstanding business leader."

   "By the way, Mr. Porsche, you haven't mentioned your plan to lower costs yet?" Zhong Shi smiled slightly, and didn't answer Wolfgang Porsche's words, but talked about the unfinished topic just now.

   "This..." Wolfgang Porsche hesitated for a moment, then smiled wryly, and said helplessly, "It's better not to let too many people know about this plan. I'm really sorry that I can't reveal it."

  (end of this chapter)