Chapter 677 Unexpected Guests
As long as you understand the characteristics of capitalists, you can actually understand that Franz-Joseph Papp will definitely compromise.
The development of the story is not unexpected. Franz-Joseph Papp soon handed over all the shares of BMW and took the initiative to help Australasia attract German talents.
For Franz-Joseph Papp, the most important thing is that he can make enough money to ensure that his company does not go bankrupt.
As for whether German talents will be lost? What does it have to do with him?
The acquisition of BMW is just one part of Australasia's actions in Germany. In addition to BMW, Australasia also acquired Maybach Automobile and Maybach Engine Factory, Porsche Automobile and other automobile factories in May.
These companies are all well-known Fortune 500 companies in the future, or high-end companies that are very famous in a certain industry.
But now, their prices are mostly cabbage prices, and the total cost of purchasing these companies does not even exceed 30 million Australian dollars.
In addition to these German companies, Australasia has also gained in other parts of Europe.
Not to mention the less famous companies, the more famous companies include Maserati, Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
Most of these companies were fully acquired, which also means that they have become industries in Australasia.
The first step to obtain these industries is, of course, to move the headquarters of these industries to Australasia.
Apart from anything else, the jobs provided by these companies moving to Australasia are enough for Arthur to make this happen.
If these companies can develop to the level of the future, the contribution they bring to the Australasia economy is absolutely immeasurable.
Australasia even has the hope of becoming the country with the most Fortune 500 companies in the future, and the taxes contributed by these companies to the government are enough to make the government rich.
Of course, the controllers of the companies are still the royal family, and the richer one is of course the royal family of Australasia.
The government gets taxes, the royal family gets dividends, and the people get stable and high-income jobs. Australasia can be said to have three good things coming to it.
It is worth mentioning that the most acquired companies in Australasia are still engines and automobile companies.
In fact, this is easy to understand. First of all, automobile companies were greatly affected by the economic crisis.
Secondly, compared with the important chemical and heavy industries, the automobile industry can be abandoned by European countries, and the strategic importance of the country is not that important.
Although there are many achievements in the acquisition of automobile companies, Arthur is still a little disappointed.
After all, what Arthur wants to acquire most is the German chemical company, which can enable Australasia to quickly catch up with Britain and the United States in heavy industry and chemical industry, at least the gap is not that big.
If it depends on its own development, the time to make up the gap may be magnified to decades.
But if it can take over the German chemical industry, this time may be shortened to a few years, which is very beneficial to Australasia's actions after the economic crisis.
However, Arthur was not disappointed for too long. On June 11, 1927, Australasia welcomed unexpected guests.
These guests came from the famous German company Pigment Industry Co., Ltd. Industrial Group. This name looks very strange, but he has a more resounding name in later generations, called Bayer Group.
Bayer Group specializes in pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals. It is a German chemical giant and has a great reputation in Germany.
Australasia's acquisition action also visited the current Bayer Group, but was politely rejected by Bayer Jr., the helmsman of the Bayer Group.
In fact, this is normal. After all, the Bayer Group is at least a famous chemical group in Germany. It will not easily face the risk of bankruptcy like those small and medium-sized enterprises.
The arrival of the Bayer Group was personally received by Arthur. Arthur had some guesses about the personal arrival of Bayer Jr., but actual testing was needed to know the real intention of the Bayer Group.
"Your Majesty, on behalf of the Bayer family and the Pigment Industry Group, I would like to express my sincere greetings to you." When meeting Arthur, Bayer Jr. greeted Arthur very respectfully and sincerely.
"Hello, Mr. Bayer." Arthur nodded rather calmly and motioned Bayer Jr. to take a seat.
"I wonder what your company's intention is in coming to Australasia? Are you going to restart the acquisition plan of your company?" Arthur asked with narrowed eyes.
"No, Your Majesty." Little Bayer explained: "Although we have suffered the impact of the economic crisis, the current capital chain is not a big problem. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty.
The purpose of our visit this time is actually to build a branch in your country and expand our business."
"Build a branch?" Arthur's heart moved, pretending to be indifferent and asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty. You know, our main business is pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals, which will be hit by the major trap of the economic crisis.
After our investigation, Australasia is the country least affected by the economic crisis, and it is also the most suitable for us to conduct research on pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals.
Therefore, I would like to reach a cooperation with your country to build a branch in Australasia and expand our business." Little Bayer continued to explain.
In fact, no matter what industry a company or enterprise is in, it can only barely maintain operations in the face of an economic crisis.
Because the economic crisis has a comprehensive impact on the country, not only the industry and economy have suffered an impact, but also food, population, medical education, etc.
Although the current Bayer Group is still quite large, it happens to be in Germany, where the economic crisis is more serious.
Countries like the United States and the United Kingdom are fine. Although the economic crisis is more serious, the power of the state can be forced to intervene.
Germany is different. As a defeated country in World War I, Germany cannot control itself in many aspects.
Even the stock market must take into account the opinions of other countries. Of course, more importantly, several major forces in Germany are fighting for power, and the government's control over the stock market is not that strong.
Coupled with the transfer crisis of Britain and France, Germany has suffered a more serious economic crisis. In this way, although large-scale companies like Bayer Group have not suffered too serious impact, the impact still exists.
Compared with continuing to stay in Germany to endure the economic crisis, Bayer Jr. prefers to come to Australasia to look for opportunities.
If it fails, it will lose at most a branch factory, and if it succeeds, it will be a huge contribution that is no less than the creation of the Bayer Group.
After all, among all the countries that have not been affected by the economic crisis, Australasia is the closest to Western culture and system, and can even be said to be a pure Western country.
Although countries like Turkey have not been affected by the economic crisis, they are relatively small in size and have too many differences in culture and system, so Bayer Jr. will naturally not consider it.
After learning about Bayer Jr.'s intention, Arthur nodded silently in his heart, and said calmly on the surface: "You should consult the industrial department and the local government for this kind of thing. Australasia is a large area. If you have your eyes on a place, just go to the local state government or municipal government.
You don't have to worry about government policy issues. Whether it is a local or foreign enterprise, as long as it abides by the laws of Australasia, the government will treat it equally."
At present, Bayer Group wants to expand its business in Australasia, so Arthur must be the one who holds the initiative.
Facing Bayer Group, the future world chemical giant, Arthur certainly does not want to give up.
After all, Australasia still has big shortcomings in the chemical industry, and Bayer Group is one of the chemical giants in Germany, with extraordinary achievements in the chemical industry.
How to fool Bayer Group to move its headquarters to Australasia? This will test Arthur's control over people's hearts.
"Although this is the case, Your Majesty, we still need your help when building a branch factory." Little Bayer said with a little embarrassment.
When Australasia took the initiative to come to the door before, Bayer directly rejected the other party.
But now he needs help from the other party again, and this situation that seems to be slapped in the face makes Little Bayer a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, the capitalists are not ordinary thick-skinned. Anyway, it is for their own interests, and face is nothing.
"Tell me, Mr. Bayer." Seeing that the other party spoke first, Arthur didn't pretend and asked the other party to make conditions directly.
"Your Majesty, we need policy support and a loan of at least 1 million Australian dollars." Little Bayer made up his mind and directly stated his needs: "We will build a branch in Australasia that is second only to the German headquarters. The branch will have a complete chemical research laboratory, biological laboratory and pharmaceutical factory in Australasia.
In order to thank your Majesty for your help, we are willing to recruit a large number of Australasians and give you 20% of the shares of the branch."
Little Bayer also spent a lot of money. First of all, the loan that Bayer Group borrowed from Arthur is simply not repudiable.
There are no people who want to black Arthur's money. After all, they have to pass the Australasia level first.
And the armed forces in Arthur's hands are not vegetarians. The intelligence personnel of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau will tell anyone who wants to black Arthur's money what God and heaven look like.
Little Bayer borrowed 1 million Australian dollars in the name of the branch, which also means that the market value of the branch exceeded one million Australian dollars at the beginning.
And he gave Arthur 20% of the shares, which is equivalent to directly giving Arthur 200,000 Australian dollars in assets.
And according to Bayer Jr., the Australasia branch will undergo large-scale construction to reach a level second only to the German headquarters.
This also means that the value of Arthur's 20% stake will continue to grow, which is equivalent to giving Arthur a small gold mountain for free.
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