Chapter 132 Buying Volkswagen
When Seryozha stood on the side of the Iron Curtain and looked at the Federal Republic of Germany separated by a wall, various images of Volkswagen were always rolling in his mind. As a supporter of German cars, Seryozha is In any case, it will not let go of Volkswagen, the future giant.
Although Seryozha's body was imprisoned in the east of the Iron Curtain, his capital could freely travel between the eastern and western camps. According to Blackstone's investigation of the current Volkswagen Group, most of the shares of this company are still in the hands of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition, the Porsche family also has a lot of shares in the Volkswagen Group.
Seryozha entrusted Blackstone Company to ask the West German government whether it intends to sell this world-renowned automobile industry group, but Blackstone Company hit a cold nail. The West German government did not want this jewel of German industry to fall into the hands of foreign capital.
Seryozha is now really looking forward to Volkswagen. At this moment, the company is not as large as later generations. It has very few products. It is only famous in Europe. It can be said that no matter from which point of view, this company is going downhill at this moment, but Sergesha believes that now is a good time to start.
The current global auto industry is still divided by the Iron Curtain. This side of the Iron Curtain is the self-entertainment of the socialist countries. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, cheap cars from Japan are constantly encroaching on the European and American car consumer markets. But Seryozha knows that once the Iron Curtain is broken, the original socialist camp will become a dumping ground for Europe, and they will annex part of the industrial capacity that originally belonged to the socialist camp to supplement production capacity, while Eastern Europe originally belonged to such as the Volga, The market for brands such as Lada will also be dominated by Western European car brands.
Seryozha knew that no matter how much he tried to save the Gorky Automobile Factory, it would be impossible to stop this wave of annexation. Therefore, Xie Liaosha felt that it would be better to take advantage of the trend, first control the blue-chip stock of Volkswagen, and then use Volkswagen to complete his integration of the socialist automobile industry.
The unfriendly attitude of the West German government made Seryozha feel a little annoyed, but this did not stop Seryozha's ambition to acquire Volkswagen. Soon KKR, a well-known leveraged buyout company in the United States, received a secret commission from the Bank of Columbia, hoping to In the presence of KKR, the Columbia Bank paid for the attack on the Volkswagen Group. So a conspiracy against Volkswagen in the hands of the German government began to gradually unfold.
Under Sergey Sha's remote command, kkr first made a move in the German stock market, and they slowly began to absorb shares of Volkswagen from the market. On the other hand, Peterson of Blackstone Company set off to the Federal Republic of Germany to start a dialogue with the East and West German governments and the Porsche family, the major shareholders of the Volkswagen Group, and discuss with them the issue of Volkswagen's equity.
While Seryosha was waiting for progress in East Berlin, he received a call from Yakovlev. On the phone, Yakovlev asked Seryozha to return home as soon as possible.
"Is there something urgent? My investigation in East Germany is not over yet!" Seryozha said casually.
"This Yeltsin and Ligachev have become more and more outrageous recently. He actually moved to work in an unfinished building in the Workers' New Village! The general secretary asked you to come back and persuade Yeltsin not to continue to confront The center!" Yakovlev said anxiously.
"It's not easy for me to come forward about this kind of thing. I'm just an official at the deputy ministerial level. How can I reconcile the conflicts between the two Politburo members! By the way, I want to ask you another question. If your company wants to invest in us, is it allowed in terms of policy?" Seryosha deliberately changed the subject.
"Seryozha, your steps are a bit big! But I can tell you that this matter has not yet been settled, and it may need to be discussed at the Central Committee. By the way, which company is so interested in us ?” Yakovlev asked curiously.
"It's not that they are interested in us, it's that I am interested in them! You don't know how many years our Lada has been produced, but it is still the same. In Western Europe, people's cars are different every year, just say Volga power steering, a few years ago only luxury cars in Western Europe had this technology, but now even many low-end cars have adopted this technology, in addition, there is also a car air conditioner, the original car air conditioner on the Lada is a Selling point, but this year almost all cars have car air conditioners as standard equipment, and if things go on like this, our market will only get smaller and smaller..." Xie Liozha combined his thoughts during these days, and his thoughts on some issues To sum up, I started to discuss the auto industry with Yakovlev.
"Sireosha, since you have such an idea, why don't you bring it up at this year's Central Committee. Maybe we can discuss it..." Yakovlev wanted to end this topic quickly. He just wanted Seriosha to come back quickly, so that The mad dog Yeltsin stopped attacking Ligachev. Although Yakovlev also had great opinions on Ligachev, Yakovlev was Gorbachev's confidant, and he knew the real reason for Ligachev's support.
Although Gorbachev has been advocating openness and reforming the political system of the Soviet Union. However, the following departments did not implement or did not implement it in place, which greatly reduced the effect of Gorbachev's reforms. Therefore, it is imperative for Gorbachev to take back the rights of the ministries and commissions. But this plan has caused even greater troubles, because the political chaos brought about by the reform has seriously affected the lives of front-line workers, and the supply of various living materials has made those workers dissatisfied. Even to the brink of strike.
Seryozha felt very funny in his heart. On the one hand, Gorbachev tried his best to weaken his own power, but on the other hand, he wanted to convince Yeltsin that there is no such good thing in the world. Decades ago when Stalin was alive, no one dared to stand up to strike even in the famine after the war, while Gorbachev made workers refuse to work because of a few bars of soap.
Seryozha and Yakovlev chatted for an hour, but in the end they didn't decide on a time to return home, but Seryozha knew that he couldn't stay here for long.
"Maybe before going back, let the fire in Poland burn even more!" Seryozha secretly planned in his heart.