Chapter 173: Maserati Motor Company
After passing over the Manhattan Suspension Bridge and entering the city, there are more cars on the road.
The girls on both sides of the road were dressed coolly, wearing sunglasses and laughing and talking, attracting the attention of many people.
Street stalls are also part of Manhattan's streetscape, where ice cream trucks are the most popular and crowds of tourists wearing red hats.
In the cabin of the Audi, the air vents were blowing cold, and Wright was wearing only a vest and rubbing his arms to turn down the air.
Then Gabriel asked softly, "Where are we going now, the house on the Upper West Side?" ”
"Yes."
Han Xuan was still talking to Anthony on the phone, and he hummed unconsciously, and Gabriel was just about to turn when he heard him say, "Let's go to 42nd Street first, where Times Square is." ”
"I've made a mistake, let's make a U-turn at the intersection in front of us." After Gabriel finished speaking, he whispered to Owen over the intercom to shut up and concentrate on driving.
"Aston Martin's technical reserves are relatively good, but its price is too high, at least $300 million to buy it wholly owned, we don't have enough money on our books now, and we will have to invest a few years after buying it to see a return."
Han Xuan frowned.
Unexpectedly heard from Anthony that Ford's Aston Martin brand has been having a hard time recently, and Ford is in contact with Daimler-Benz, hoping to sell the Aston Martin brand, and he wants to buy it himself, but he has no money in his hand, which makes his greedy heart itch.
Supercar companies sound very famous, in fact, there are not many people who can afford supercars, limited by sales problems, there are very few supercar companies that can make money, not everyone can be like Ferrari, most supercars are the products of auto groups to lose money and make money, improve their technical reserves.
Just like the Bugatti-Veyron sold by the Volkswagen Group in the future, the average loss per car was 4.61 million US dollars, and a loss was 12 years, the Volkswagen Group was still happy to do it, and even used the technology that can only be used in the aerospace industry for the Bugatti-Veyron.
The sad supercar company has been changing hands repeatedly from car manufacturer to automaker, buying to supplement its own product line.
Han Xuan is not interested in their technology, but hopes to obtain a loud brand, it will take many years to precipitate the new automobile company, in order to be recognized by people, plus the time to form a team and develop new cars, it is not cost-effective, a new wave of buying cars, with the rise of China is coming.
"There aren't many luxury car brands you want, and the big car groups are not short of money, and it's too difficult to buy from them, maybe more expensive than the current Aston Martin company."
Anthony's voice came from the phone: "Jaguar was just acquired by Ford in 89, and now they are developing a new model, and I haven't heard that they have any intention of selling."
The British Rust car company has not been doing well lately and can be considered; A few years ago, Maserati went bankrupt and was acquired by the Afete Group, to put it bluntly, Afete and the Italian government provided it with financial assistance free of charge and gave money to Maserati for nothing.
I'm sorry, I'm not an expert on this, that's all I can remember, and I'll have people do it now if I need to. ”
"Yes, Mr. Anthony." There was a bit of traffic jam on the road, Han Xuan looked outside and said, "Maserati? Is it possible to acquire this company? ”
The most famous Italian car brand is "two kings and one queen", the two kings refer to Ferrari and Lamborghini, and the first refers to Maserati, this brand is very famous in European and American countries.
"You can send someone to contact their company, if you want to buy it wholly and fully, you have a lot of hope, because Maserati seems to have been losing money in recent years, and I believe that Yafete is very willing to get rid of this burden, but ...... Have you really thought about it? ”
Far away in front of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California, a middle-aged white man in his forties said this.
Anthony Munger is thin and doesn't look like a man in his forties on the looks, having worked for Fidelity Funds and is now CEO of Snow Mountain Investments.
There was no understanding of the market in the early stage, there was no detailed investigation and planning, and as soon as he came, he asked if he could buy it, although Mr. Han had instructed him to listen to the boy's arrangement, but Anthony has been in this industry for nearly 20 years and has never seen such a casual investment.
Entering the game can come up with the reason, kid, it's normal to be curious about the game, but the car? Making a car is not a bicycle, and the investment is calculated in "how many dollars", and no matter how rich you are, you can't mess around like this.
Anthony now regrets abandoning the position of deputy manager of Fidelity Fund and choosing to enter this new company, originally thought that he would hug the thigh of SOS Group, and he didn't want to meet a Chinese child as the boss.
I made up my mind to go back and look through the contract signed with the chairman of SOS Group to see if there were any loopholes that could break the contract, thinking that Mr. Han could let his grandson mess around, and it was estimated that he was not as shrewd as rumored, so he couldn't help but feel a little emotional......
Han Xuan heard the sigh on the phone, a little confused, and paused: "I think about it, Mr. Anthony, the details will be discussed when you come to New York, and first help me ask Maserati about the intentions of the company." ”
"The use of the Maserati brand is in the hands of the Yafit Group, and Yafit already has Ferrari, and I think they will be willing to sell a company that is about to go bankrupt, the key is the attitude of the Italian authorities."
Anthony said responsibly, wanting Han Xuan to give up this ridiculous idea, and then spoke: "The Maserati brand is one of the pride of Italians, and it may run into trouble. ”
"Isn't it official Italy in financial difficulties?"
"How can those officials be so noble, and they will not be happy to be able to make a loss?"
Han Xuan said in surprise, thinking that the chief operating officer that his grandfather found for himself was not very good, and he was not shy at all.
But Anthony on the other side of the mainland has a new understanding of Han Xuan: not only a loser, but also stubborn......
The two people on the east and west coasts ended the call in an unpleasant atmosphere when they looked at each other.
Han Xuan exhaled, no matter what, the other party promised to help contact Maserati Automobile, as for the Italian official, they will always think of a way, if not, they can contact Ford to buy Aston Martin, they will definitely not have the "feelings" of Italians, as long as the money is in place, even they can sell themselves.
"Money, money......"
"What's wrong? Do you want to eat, I've got the money. Gabriel asked, hearing the boy in the back row talking to himself.
"I want to buy a company, and I'm about $300 million short." Han Xuan mentally calculated the funds needed in the initial stage, leaned his head on the car window, and said helplessly.
Gabriel almost choked to death without taking a bite, and looked up at the rearview mirror: "I still have two hundred and thirty dollars in cash, lend it to you?" ”
“…… Then it's only more than 290 million, so take it. ”