Chapter 678 Beyond the imagination of the world! 【Continue 1】
Chapter 678 Beyond the imagination of the world! [Continuing with the third update, the first update]
"I want 10% of the shares, and the purchase price is negotiable." Yuan Chengfang stared at Haynes and said this.
Haynes smiled, looked at Yuan Chengfang and said, "What qualifications do you have to ask for shares?"
"Of course I'm qualified"
"My supply chain system, my design department, and my marketing department are all built by me."
"The last three years"
"The sales of our ZAZ mobile phones have continued to grow, with an annual increase of more than 5%."
"You acquired my company because you don't have the three departments of mobile phone production, design, and sales. At the same time, you also know very well that these three areas are very deep."
"If the control is not good, it will lead to money loss, and it is even possible that your Guge brand will lose its reputation due to quality problems."
"And I can do a good job in quality control while minimizing costs."
"This is my worth!"
Yuan Chengfang said these words unceremoniously, clearly seeing his own value.
As for my colleagues and friends in China, I can only say that a dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. I have no choice but to die because I don’t want to die.
There is no solution to the crushing brought about by technology.
If you want to survive, you have to join the other party.
"Another person could have done this," Haynes said calmly.
"No"
"You can't do this well if it's someone else. It's not easy to establish personal relationships. Compared with the bosses of other manufacturers, I, Yuan Chengfang, can say this with confidence."
"My character is better than theirs, and I have more principles than them."
"This can be seen from the acceptance of my ZAZ mobile phone by more and more consumers. If you believe in their character, the person you are talking to right now is not me."
Yuan Chengfang looked at Haynes with intelligent eyes, and what he said was reasonable.
ZAZ mobile phones have maintained growth for three consecutive years. The secret is very simple. They just need to have a little more conscience than other mobile phone manufacturers. Their hearts are as black as ink.
Although I am also black, I put a cup of water in the ink and diluted it a bit.
I have a lower limit than them, and this is the secret to the continued growth of ZAZ mobile phones.
In terms of software store commissions, Apple’s commissions are the highest. No one can compare with this. The commissions of other domestic mobile phones are between 20% and 25%.
ZAZ's software store charges a commission of 10 to 15%. It uses low commissions to attract high-quality APPs to the platform, and in turn, uses these high-quality APP works to attract consumers.
This is Yuan Chengfang's business strategy.
Haynes rubbed his head. It was really hard to refute what Yuan Chengfang said. Before talking to Yuan Chengfang, he had already conducted a detailed investigation on the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer.
After analyzing and analyzing, I finally decided to negotiate with Yuan Chengfang. It would be best to reach an agreement with Yuan Chengfang. If the negotiation fails, we can only activate a backup plan.
"If you want shares, I can give them to you, only 3% at most."
"The purchase price was also reduced to US$50 million."
Haynes watched Yuan Chengfang say these words, with a hint of refusal in his tone to show his attitude.
"No"
"Mr. Haynes, $50 million acquisition, I want 10%"
"If you acquire it for US$300 million, I can agree to the condition of 3%."
Yuan Chengfang didn't give it in vain. After all, he had worked in Guge Company and knew very well what the urine properties of Guge Company were.
One hundred million US dollars or fifty million US dollars is a lot of money for many companies, but for Gu Ge, it is definitely a drop in the bucket.
Haynes definitely did not agree to Yuan Chengfang's conditions. The two began to bargain back and forth. After arguing for a long time, Haynes looked at Yuan Chengfang and said.
"The purchase price can be increased to US$130 million, and your shareholding cannot exceed 5%. This is the bottom line."
"If you don't agree, we can only activate the backup plan."
Yuan Chengfang looked at Haynes, and Haynes looked at Yuan Chengfang. The two looked at each other for a while, and Yuan Chengfang said, "The purchase price is US$150 million, and I can accept 5% of the shares."
There was only 20 million US dollars left before the deal was completed. Haynes looked at Yuan Chengfang and hesitated in his heart. This condition was already lower than the conditions required by Guge Headquarters, and it could fully highlight his own value.
"OK, I promise you"
After Haynes finished speaking, he raised his teacup, and Yuan Chengfang also raised his teacup. As soon as the two teacups touched, they both drank it in one gulp.
After talking about the business, the two began to discuss other matters. Acquiring a company is not that simple, not to mention that this acquisition also has certain strategic purposes.
Yuan Chengfang stayed in Japan for three days before flying back to Shanghai. He did not go to work that day, but sat in the study at home.
There is a war between heaven and man in my mind. I wonder if I should inform other mobile phone manufacturers. After all, we are all from China. If I take this step, I will be on the opposite side of these people.
I stayed in the study until early in the morning. There were already seven or eight cigarette butts in the ashtray in front of me, and the whole study was filled with smoke.
Yuan Chengfang stood up, opened the window, and turned on the exhaust fan. The fresh air from outside came in and took away the smell of cigarette smoke in the room.
He stood at the window and looked at the scenery outside. He stood there for a while and then came back to his senses. He shook his head and left the study.
Don't notify them anymore. Yuan Chengfang is very aware of Guge Company's methods. If he informs these people and messes up Guge's plan, his end will not be that good.
The night passed, and Yuan Chengfang went to work as usual the next morning and began to make some simple changes.
Two days passed slowly. On this day, Guge Company held a press conference to officially announce the launch of a new generation of Android system programming language.
Connelly, CEO of Guge Company, announced that Guge Company will dispatch technical teams to help allied companies carry out technology upgrades in accordance with the agreement with allied manufacturers.
Let them quickly master the new generation of Android system programming language.
The news spread to China, especially Connery's speech, which made everyone relax their vigilance. These people believed that Guge Company was still credible.
Only Yuan Chengfang knew what was going on. Next year, a big earthquake in the mobile phone industry would come.
After Japan agreed to the acquisition of Haynes, when the two were drinking tea and communicating, Yuan Chengfang asked, "Is it too fast for you to launch a new generation of Android system programming language in a week?"
Haynes burst into laughter immediately after hearing this, and it took him a while to stop laughing.
"Yuan, to tell you the truth, our Guge Company has long had a plan to apply artificial intelligence technology to mobile phones. It was already launched before the third-generation Starlight mobile phone was launched."
"You know very well the strength of our Alpha Dog, but that was the Alpha Dog more than 20 years ago, not the current artificial intelligence Alpha Dog."
"In the field of artificial intelligence, we have gone further than everyone imagined, beyond the imagination of the world!"
"Originally our plan was to secretly launch a new generation of mobile phones and directly sink mobile phone manufacturers such as Guoguo Company. Unexpectedly, the third generation of Starlight mobile phones came out and disrupted our plans."
"You are lucky. Our original plan did not include the acquisition of your ZAZ mobile phone company."
Haynes' words made Yuan Chengfang break into a cold sweat, and the fear in his eyes flashed away. He never dreamed that Gu Ge could be so powerful.
Recalling this scene in his mind, Yuan Chengfang suddenly realized that the scientific and technological strength of these large international giant companies is really not comparable to that of ordinary large companies.
I'm lucky enough to have saved myself.
It was morning market. Neither Jane nor Sonia went to work today. Sonia was on vacation first. Jane drove Sonia to the airport.
Xingling Group does not have holidays. Gao Jin issued a notice a few years ago that the company has holidays in accordance with national statutory holidays, which do not include Christmas, so there is no holiday.
Those European and American employees are given leave out of humanitarian considerations and to respect their traditions, the number of days off is only two days.
Branches in Europe and the United States can take holidays according to the laws of the country where they are located. Employees at the Xingling Group headquarters and branches in the Tianchao region do not have holidays.
As time goes by, the accounts and funds of the Xingling Group headquarters and each branch have been settled clearly. All that is left is for the general managers of each branch to come and hold the annual meeting.
After New Year's Day, Gao Jin's special plane flew to the imperial capital. Gao Yuande, Joanna, Zhou Zongyan, Gao Gan, and Gao Yu flew to Xiangjiang City on Gao Jin's special plane to prepare for the New Year.
The Marriott Hotel in the morning market has already booked a lot of rooms by the Xingling Group. General managers of each branch will come to the Marriott Hotel to report and settle in.
On January 4th, those who were eligible to participate in the annual meeting had expired one day in advance. Everyone was chatting and laughing very relaxedly, and met in twos and threes to have a drink together.
Gao Jin also started drinking and talking with some people in advance, and his daily schedule was very full. On the fifth day, Gao Jin did not go home after drinking with Claude and others at noon, but went to Shan Xiangyun's place.
After the beating, Shan Xiangyun figured out that he should act according to the plan and it was time to take some comfort.
Gao Jin came over today, which calmed Shan Xiangyun's uneasy heart. He worked very hard to serve Gao Jin comfortably until dinner was over, when Gao Jin left.
Jane didn't know that Gao Jin had gone to Shan Xiangyun's place. She was very relieved to see that Gao Jin didn't drink too much, so she told Gao Jin to take a rest.
Gao Jin was very busy in the next few days, and it wasn't until the 8th that things calmed down.
On the 9th, Gao Jin and Jian both got up very early, ran and exercised and had breakfast. Gao Jin returned to the room and took a shower and changed clothes.
When they went downstairs, Jane and the security team were ready. Gao Jin got in the car, and the motorcade slowly left the house and drove towards the headquarters of Xingling Group.
According to past management, before the annual meeting, the Xingling Group headquarters will undergo a general cleaning. The exterior of the building will be cleaned in advance, and the floors, canals, pavilions, etc. will be cleaned.
The entire Xingling Group took on a new look to welcome the annual meeting.