May 1st, 2007, Dearborn, California.
The headquarters of the famous world car giant Ford was located here. Tang Tian and the others also met Bill here. Ford.
"Tang!"
"I didn't expect you to be so young!"
Ford's executive chairman, Bill Ford, looked at the young man in his prime opposite him, and his old face could not help but reveal a surprised expression.
Bill Ford, who was born in 1957, was already 50 years old. The difference between him and Tang Tian, who had just turned 18, was too obvious.
"Mr. Bill."
"There's an old saying in China that ambition doesn't lie in age.”
"Age doesn't affect our discussion, does it?”
With an indifferent expression, the corners of Tang Tian's mouth curled into a smile as he said confidently.
The Westerners didn't reject this kind of directness. On the contrary, they preferred this kind of direct conversation rather than hiding it.
Therefore, Bill. Ford smiled and said,""Dunn, let's see the surprise you've brought me.”
With that, the two of them entered the manor one after another. The servant brought the brewed black tea to the table.
"Mr. Bill."
" The Ford Group lost 12.7 billion USD last year, which has broken the Ford Group's record of 103 years.”
"The full-blown outbreak of the mortgage crisis is imminent. Your days should be getting worse.”
Tang Tian took a sip of the black tea and casually said.
Bill, who was opposite him. Ford's face suddenly stiffened. It was precisely because the Ford Group had suffered too many losses last year and this year's mortgage crisis that they had no choice but to compress their funds to resist the upcoming major challenges as much as possible.
Aston Martin only sold 100 cars a month. Compared to Ford's huge investment, this was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.
With just two sentences, the initiative of this conversation fell into Tang Tian's hands. Ford also noticed that the young man opposite him was not easy to deal with.
"Dunn."
"You didn't come here just to reveal your past, did you?”
"There's a saying in Xia country that says,'Open the window and speak frankly.”
A pair of turbid old eyes stared at Tang Tian. Ford said slowly.
"Of course!"
Tang Tian shrugged and said,"I heard someone offered 800 million USD to buy Aston Martin, but you didn't sell it."?”
"Let me guess. The reason why you don't want to sell it isn't because the price isn't suitable, but because the person isn't suitable.”
"David. Richards was just a puppet, John. Sindes was acting as the middleman, and behind them was the British consortium.”
"No matter how much Ford lacks money, he can't just ignore the top ten financial groups in the United States.”
Thud!
bill Ford's face had already turned very gloomy.
Because Tang Tian had guessed everything correctly.
The Ford Group had reached an extremely critical juncture. Naturally, it was impossible for them to insist on the price of one billion US dollars. However, the tacit understanding of the top ten financial groups in the United States made Ford hesitate to sell the Aston Martin to the British financial group. Would it attract the attention of many American financial groups?
"Old Bill."
"I'm offering 850 million USD to buy Aston Martin.”
"Don't be in a hurry to reject me. Listen to my thoughts first.”
At this time, Tang Tian stopped Bill who wanted to speak. "Stars Investment is an out-and-out Chinese enterprise.”
"Selling Aston Martin to England will not only cause the top ten consortiums in the United States to be unhappy, but it will also affect the Ford Group's sales in Europe.”
"The world's four major auto groups: Volkswagen, General Electric, Fiat, and Ford. The European market is almost divided between Volkswagen and Fiat.”
"In terms of luxury cars, Volkswagen has Porsche, Lamborghini, Seat, Bentley, and Bugatti.”
"Fiat owns Ferrari, Maserati, and Alfa Romeo.”
"Ford relied on Jaguar, Land Rover, and Aston Martin to squeeze into the European luxury car market.”
"At this time, without the Aston Martin sports car brand, how are we going to maintain the situation with just Jaguar and Land Rover?”
"On the contrary, with the Aston Martin in Britain, there is a reason to expel Ford.”
"They only need one slogan: Europe belongs to European cars!”
"When the time comes, Ford will lose more than just an Aston Martin.”
Boom!
These words were like thunder in Bill's ears. Ford's mind exploded.
Under the influence of the Eurosystem, Europe's economic recovery had already begun.
The top ten consortiums in the United States and even the companies of America were targeted by consortiums from all over the world in Europe. The most vicious one was the British consortium.
If the Aston Martin fell into the hands of the British, it would become a banner for the British to counterattack the car market.
"On the contrary, if you sell the Aston Martin to us, not only will it not attract the hostility of the top ten financial groups in the United States, but it will also be favored by the entire Chinese market.”
"Right now, China is the second largest market in the world, second only to the United States.”
"Isn't it better to have a firm foothold in China than to be afraid of Ford in Europe?”
Tang Tian added a few more words and revealed his bachelor attitude.
Bill looked at the young man in front of him who looked like he was going to do as he pleased. Ford was a little angry, but he had to admit that his words had hit his weakness.
"Alright then."
"You win!"
After pondering, Bill. Ford revealed a helpless expression.
After a while, Ford Group CEO Mulally came to the manor with his legal team. Once the teams from both sides contacted each other, they discussed the details of the acquisition. They were almost haggling over every penny, and the discussions were one after another.
On the contrary, Tang Tian was in Bill City. Ford led them to his private treasury, and a total of 3,000 bottles of various drinks appeared in front of him.
"Tang!"
"Romanée-Conti, Petrus, Lipeng, Lehua, Lafite, Latour, Mouton, Obiang, Margaux.”
"There's also Hennessy, Johnny Walker, Chivas Whisky, Remy Martin, and Moet et. There's a total of 49 types of drinks.”
"Most of them are new wines bought a few years ago, and there are also some more famous vintages.”
Pointing at the huge wine cellar, Bill. "What kind of wine do you like? I'll give it to you," said Ford generously.”
This guy was very excited about the upcoming deal worth 850 million US dollars.
"Um."
Tang Tian looked around and did not see any white wine. Perhaps it was because foreigners were not interested in white wine in China.
However, it was basically filled with red wine from the top ten wineries, as well as whiskey and Brandy. He was really not interested in the latter.
In the end, Bill. Ford had given him a box of 1985 Romanée-Conti. This year's Romanée-Conti was the most famous and the most expensive. In 2018, the average price of a bottle was as high as 300,000 RMB. Compared to it, 1982 Lafite was trash.
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