Chapter 588: The Righteousness of a Friend
Old West was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Xia, although I am in a hurry to sell this winery, if the transaction price is less than 1.8 million Australian dollars, it will not make much sense to me, so ......"
Lin Qiao also looked at Xia Ruofei puzzled, she had the impression that although Xia Ruofei was very good at business, he was not a profiteer!
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Uncle Carter, you misunderstood. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info I mean...... The transaction price of 1.8 million Australian dollars is too much for you, and the lawyer Hinterne also said just now that the appraisal report is still relatively objective, and your winery is worth 2.4 million Australian dollars, and I don't think this includes the intangible brand value. ā
Although the wines of Western Winery are not well-known, they are after all a long-established winery that has been inherited for more than 100 years, and they are still well-known in the Hunter Valley area.
Old West said with some puzzlement: "Xia, what do you mean ......?"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Uncle Carter, I mean...... I'm willing to buy your winery for $2.4 million!"
Hiss......
Everyone present invariably took a cool breath, and the Westers and Attorney Heint showed even more disbelief, as if they couldn't believe their ears.
In the concept of Westerners, it is business, even if they are friends with a good relationship, if it comes to business problems, most of the time they are on business.
Therefore, with their way of thinking, it is difficult to understand Xia Ruofei's initiative to increase the price.
"Xia, you...... Not kidding, right?" said Old West, dumbfounded.
However, Liang Qichao and Lin Qiao felt that this was a normal Xia Ruofei, Lin Qiao's gaze at Xia Ruofei softened a lot, and she even felt a trace of guilt in her heart, because she obviously misunderstood Xia Ruofei just now.
"Mr. Xia, although I can get more commissions if the transaction amount is higher, I still can't understand your decision. Heint shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have been in the industry for so many years, and it is the first time that I have encountered a ...... of buyers taking the initiative to raise prices."
Xia Ruofei showed a hint of an indifferent smile and said to Old West: "Uncle Carter, we are friends, aren't we? There is a saying in our Huaxia called 'one hero and three gangs', which shows the importance of friends. In the eyes of our Chinese people, friends should help each other instead of falling into the well and taking advantage of the fire to rob, you are now experiencing temporary difficulties, if I take the opportunity to get your winery at a low price, it is against the righteousness of friends!"
Old West showed a touch of emotion, in fact, Xia Ruofei was just their neighbor, and Xia Ruofei did not live in Australia permanently, he only came here a few months ago.
Old West has recently contacted several old friends for many years, and all of them have shown interest in West's winery, but the prices are lower and lower, making it clear that they want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit.
Compared with them, Xia Ruofei is simply a saint with noble character!
In fact, Xia Ruofei's idea is not so noble, but hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars is not a big amount for him - to put it bluntly, the money from selling a wild mountain ginseng is there.
And more importantly, Xia Ruofei has already intended to hire the old West couple to continue to stay and help run the winery, he needs to borrow the rich experience of the old West couple, pay a little more money in this case, win their favor, and he will definitely do his best when running the winery in the future.
This business is profitable no matter how it is calculated.
Moreover, this West Winery is indeed worth the price of 2.4 million Australian dollars, Xia Ruofei did not deliberately increase the price or give it a handout, he just gave Old West a chance to trade fairly.
Of course, this opportunity is also precious to the old West.
Old West's lips squirmed a few times and said, "Xia, you are really a good person...... However, I can't agree to trade at $2.4 million, because you're right, we're friends! As you heard just now, our psychological floor price is $1.8 million, which is also the bottom line of the funds I need for my trading company in Melbourne, so when I quote someone else, I'm quoting $2 million, and if you want, let's trade at $2 million!"
Old West actually took the initiative to lower the price added by Xia Ruofei - he also unconsciously treated this merger and acquisition with the thinking of Chinese people.
Xia Ruofei hesitated for a moment and said, "But you guys are too much of a loss...... To know the value of your winery......"
"Value is not constant, just like stocks, if you are in a hurry to sell, you have to list a price that is lower than the real-time share price. "West's Winery is the stock I'm anxious to sell right now, so ...... Two million dollars! If it's more, in your words, I'm going against my friend's righteousness......"
Heint shook his head with a smile, swearing it was the strangest M&A negotiation he'd ever had ever experienced.
Xia Ruofei saw that Old West was resolute, thought for a while, and then nodded with a smile and said: "OK! Since this is the case, then I respect your opinion! Two million Australian dollars, deal!"
After speaking, Xia Ruofei stretched out his hand to Old West.
Old West shook hands with Xia Ruofei tightly, and then couldn't help but hug him, and said with some emotion: "Thank you, my friend!"
Xia Ruofei smiled slightly: "Uncle Carter, this is business, let's just take what we need......"
Seeing that Xia Ruofei, who was still talking about "the righteousness of friends" just now, now said that this was a business, Liang Qichao, Lin Qiao and the others couldn't help but show a smile.
Seeing that the employer had already negotiated the price, Mr. Hinter said seriously: "Mr. Xia, Mr. West, since you have negotiated the transaction price, then I will start to prepare the merger and acquisition documents!"
"Okay, I'm sorry for you!" Xia Ruofei said.
"You're welcome, it's my job!" said Attorney Heint, pulling out his laptop, to West Sr., "Mr. West, I need the original title documents for your winery. ā
"Wait a minute, I'll fetch it for you!" said Aunt Cabelli.
Because they were going to sell the winery at this time, they had already sorted out the documents related to the property rights, and Aunt Cabelli quickly took them out and handed them to Heint.
Lawyer Hinter carefully examined the relevant documents, then set them aside and began to draw up the M&A contract on the computer.
He was undoubtedly professional and efficient, worthy of being a lawyer specializing in M&A services, and soon he drafted the M&A contract and printed two copies of the printer connected to the winery, one for Xia Ruofei and one for Old West.
Considering that Xia Ruofei is a native of China, Hinter's M&A contract is available in both Chinese and English.
Of course, because many Chinese have come to Australia to buy farms, wineries, and villas in the past two years, as a lawyer specializing in this industry, Hinterne has professional translation software in his computer, and there is no difficulty in making Chinese-English contracts.
Xia Ruofei quickly read the contract, and then handed it to Liang Qichao.
After all, Liang Qichao has lived in Australia for a longer time, and he must know more about local laws and regulations than Xia Ruofei, so he asked Liang Qichao to check it too.
Soon everyone read the contract, and there was no objection from both parties, so Xia Ruofei simply signed his name on the contract and took out his personal seal from his bag and stamped it.
Naturally, the elder West was very happy to sign - he not only received the funds for the company's aftermath, but also sold 200,000 Australian dollars more than expected, and there was a kind of relief that the pressure was gone.
Old West and Aunt Cabelli glanced at each other, and both smiled knowingly.
Xia Ruofei and Old West exchanged contracts and signed, and then the two shook hands tightly.
Xia Ruofei said in English: "Uncle Carter, it's a little late today, I still need a day or two to operate the relevant funds, you know, Huaxia's financial policy is relatively closed, and I need to think of other ways to transfer out my money in China." ā
"No problem!" said Old West briskly, "the company's affairs are not in a hurry in the next day or two, and there is a series of closing procedures to be completed, which will also take time." ā
Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded, "Well, the follow-up will be hard for lawyer Heint." ā
Lawyer Heint bowed slightly very gentlemanly and said, "I'm willing to serve you!"
In this way, in less than an hour, Xia Ruofei negotiated a business of 10 million yuan and signed a contract.
In a sense, he is now the true owner of the winery, although there are still some legal procedures that have not been fulfilled.
The old West couple were very happy and warmly invited Xia Ruofei and the others to stay for dinner.
Aunt Cabelli is already putting on her apron and ready for a sumptuous dinner.
For such an invitation, Xia Ruofei naturally couldn't refuse, so he stayed with Lin Qiao and Liang Qichao.
Uncle West went to the cellar to find two good bottles of wine to entertain his guests.
Liang Qichao pulled Xia Ruofei over and asked quietly: "Ruofei, your money in China shouldn't be able to be transferred for a while, right?"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Yes! It is said that each person only has a quota of 50,000 US dollars a year, and it will definitely not be able to be transferred directly, so I can only think of other ways." ā
Xia Ruofei is not too worried about the money for mergers and acquisitions, whether it is looking for Tang He's old man or Ma Xiong, it is still easy to solve it with only two million Australian dollars.
What's more, Tang Yitian, who I met on the plane, is a local billionaire with assets of 10 billion yuan.
Just as Xia Ruofei and the others were chatting about the acquisition, there was a roar of engines at the door of the winery, and then they saw a modified Ford Raptor driving directly into the winery.
A fat, white man with a funny rosacea on his head got out of the car somewhat awkwardly and shouted, "Carter, Cabelli, are you there?"