Chapter 1730 Take It All!

While Li Mu was sitting on the plane waiting to take off, Elon Musk was fighting with little Bill Ford.

Little Bill Ford is particularly tangled now. He neither wants to agree to Li Mu's $5 billion offer, nor does he want Elon Musk to leave.

Elon Musk was a little irritated by him in the end, and threw a sentence to Little Bill Ford: "If Mr. Ford refuses now, then I will go back to Silicon Valley immediately, if you don't refuse now and don't agree, then I'm here. Sit and wait, when Mr. Ford decides to accept Mr. Li's offer, and when will we continue to talk."

After he finished speaking, he added: "It doesn't matter if the result doesn't come out today, I can continue to wait in the hotel."

Little Bill Ford felt a little resentful. The most unacceptable thing for him was Li Mu's self-determined performance, but he really didn't have the courage to reject his offer.

He struggled again and again until little Bill Ford himself was completely annoyed, and he got up from his seat and blurted out: "Okay! Five billion dollars, I want to pay it all in one lump sum!"

Elon Musk nodded and said, "Then I'll ask the boss to see what his attitude is."

Little Bill Ford said lightly: "Okay, I'll wait for your news."

After speaking, he pulled out a cigar, lit it, and took a slow puff.

Right now, he was indescribably relaxed.

There is a saying that if you can't resist, just enjoy it.

Now, a boulder in his heart fell to the ground. Although it hurt a lot, in his opinion, it was worth it.

Li Mu's words gave him a lot of inspiration. He felt that Ford should think about how to make the Ford brand bigger and stronger.

Why do Santana and Jetta without airbags sell best in China? Why is Land Rover Jaguar Volvo no one buys in China? If you think about it carefully, it is the problem that your positioning is not clear enough.

What if Ford also launches a real civilian car in China in the future? Is it possible to replace Santana's position in China?

When Li Mu's five billion dollars are in his account, he will invest all of them into Ford's own brand. As long as the Ford brand becomes bigger and stronger, the Ford family will be enduring for a long time in the future. From now on, it will never be. As before, what is the so-called multi-brand strategy.

Li Mu was waiting for takeoff when he suddenly received a call from Elon Musk. On the phone, Elon Musk's voice trembled and said, "Mr. Li, Ford agreed, $5 billion!"

Elon Musk was extremely excited at this time, but he had to try his best to restrain his emotions.

In Elon Musk's view, five billion dollars to buy these three brands is really a big deal.

And, most importantly, Tesla finally has a platform it can fully rely on.

Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, their platform and chassis technology will be used by themselves in the future, which will greatly facilitate Tesla's own research and development and mass production.

This also made Elon Musk worship Li Mu a little more.

This boss is really amazing, even Ford was slashed by him.

Li Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

He is not absolutely sure whether five billion dollars can be made, and now little Bill Ford finally nodded, which proves that his alarmism has had a very good effect.

Excited, Li Mu said to Elon Musk: "For the rest, you can have a good talk with Little Bill Ford, I want to complete the acquisition as soon as possible, and at the same time ask him to gather the heads of the three brands and four production lines as soon as possible. , you first meet with them and have a meeting to stabilize the team."

"Ok." Elon Musk said, "By the way, Mr. Li, Bill Ford Jr. has a request. The five billion dollars must be paid in one lump sum."

Li Mu couldn't help thinking.

Five billion US dollars is not a small amount. Although Muye Technology has a lot of money in its accounts and has a very healthy cash flow, it is still very difficult to spend five billion US dollars in one go.

google ipo,

You can reduce your holdings of some of the original shares as issued shares, but that is about 3. According to the market value of 50 billion, it is only 1.5 billion US dollars. If you take the initiative to reduce your shares after listing, wouldn't you be a fool? After all, Google's future prospects are limitless.

After thinking about it, Li Mu decided to start a wave of equity pledges, pledge part of the shares of Muye Technology to the capital side, and then take out a loan from the capital side.

The Goldberg family themselves are bankers and venture capitalists. It is better to ask them for a sum of money directly. The big deal is to pay some interest.

Thinking of this, Li Mu said to Elon Musk: "Tell young Bill Ford and tell him it's okay to pay in one lump sum."

"Okay." Elon Musk said: "Then I will tell him, and I will hurry up with him in the next two days to find out the landing plan of the acquisition."

"Yeah." Li Mu said, "You will be responsible for this matter. It is best to sign an agreement of intent with him now, and then I will announce the news."

Li Mu clearly remembers how excited the Chinese people were when Ji Li announced the acquisition of Volvo.

That news, to the Chinese people, was like a thunderbolt, and there was no one before or after.

Major media have also reported on this proud acquisition. A Chinese company has acquired a well-known Swedish car brand. This is really big news that can greatly enhance the sense of national pride and belonging.

From that moment on, Volvo was equivalent to a free nationwide advertisement, making Volvo known to everyone in the country.

And when Volvo really belonged to Ji Li, the domestic people immediately responded with practical actions to support Volvo's development by leaps and bounds.

Li Mu also wants to seize such a good opportunity and announce the news that he is going to acquire these three brands. In this way, the popularity of these three brands in Huaxia will be greatly improved. Once he reorganizes these three brands in the future The Chinese people will certainly be able to give huge help and promotion to the market.

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After hanging up, Li Mu immediately called Davidson Goldberg, the head of the Goldberg family.

As soon as the call was connected, Davidson said enthusiastically, "Mr. Li, why do you remember to call me? Are you coming to the UK?"

"I can't go yet." Li Mu smiled and said straight to the point: "Davidson, I'm calling to ask you for a loan."

Davidson said without hesitation: "Your husband, tell me the number, and I will help you prepare."

For Davidson, Li Mu is his biggest funder. Li Mu agreed to let him be the lead underwriter for the IPO of Muye Technology, which is a huge opportunity for him now.

Therefore, if Li Mu needs his help with anything, he will try his best to help Li Mu solve it.

Li Mu said at this time: "I want five billion dollars, and the money will be repaid after the listing. I can pledge 6 shares of Muye Technology to you, but you have to give it to me at the lowest interest rate."

"Five billion?!" Davidson didn't expect that Li Mu's opening was such a large sum of money. He subconsciously asked, "Mr. Li, have you reached an acquisition intention with Ford Group?"

At the beginning, the Ford line was helped by Davidson, so he knew Li Mu's willingness to acquire it, and when he heard that Li Mu wanted to pledge a loan of $5 billion, he immediately thought of it.

Li Mu didn't hide it from him, and said lightly: "Yes, I have already communicated with Ford, Muye Technology invested in the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover Volvo, and the three brands packaged five billion US dollars to win all."

"The price is really cheap!" Davidson sighed sincerely, and then said: "But the prospect of the auto industry is not very good now. Although the price of five billion US dollars is cheap, it is estimated that there is no one in the car manufacturers. I am willing to spend so much money to buy it at this time, in the final analysis, it is Mr. Li, you are more courageous!"

Davidson is not complimenting Li Mu. Now the overall auto industry is sluggish, and almost all auto manufacturers maintain a very conservative attitude in brand expansion.

Although Ford's 5 billion sale is a bit of a loss, considering the current industry background, Devinson can understand it.

Li Mu smiled and said, "It's very difficult for me to take out five billion dollars in one go, so I asked you for help. You have banks and funds, and you have a lot of capital-level relationships, so you can leverage the funds in your hands. The amount is relatively large, so five billion dollars shouldn’t be a problem for you, right?”

For the Goldberg family, most of their industry is concentrated in the financial sector.

Most of the financial field is based on the chicken-and-egg approach. A family’s assets may only be a few hundred million dollars, but the funds under his control may be one billion or more. These are all entrusted by various investors to invest in him. For money, generally a fund is established, and the money is put into the fund, and the person in charge is responsible for the capital operation of the entire fund.

The goldberg family's own assets are in the tens of billions of dollars, so the amount of funds in their hands is as large as hundreds of billions of dollars. Some of these funds are placed in banks for relatively safe business loan operations, and some are placed in funds for high-level financing. For a high-risk, high-reward investment, giving Li Mu $5 billion, with Muye Technology's equity pledge and interest income, it was very easy for Devinson.

So he smiled and said, "Mr. Li, don't worry, five billion dollars is not a big problem for us. What time do you need it?"

Li Mu said: "It's best to start the process now, and transfer the money to Muye Technology's account after the process is over."

"No problem." Devinson said immediately, "I will communicate with the loan director of HSBC now, let him go through the procedure, and then ask Mr. Li to sign the contract. After the contract is signed, the money will be credited to the account soon."

"Then it's settled." Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "I'll wait for your good news."