All round car designer

Chapter 364 Giants Gathering
Negotiations have progressed to such an extent that it has basically been declared that the negotiations have broken down.

In fact, when he heard the offer of 100 billion euros from the other party, Jonathan knew that Muller had never thought of selling Mercedes-Benz. The 100 billion euros just represented Muller's attitude. That's all, I just want Dafeng Automobile to retreat in spite of the difficulties, and not to continue entanglement.

"If Mr. Jonathan has nothing else to do, then I will not accompany you. There are other things to be busy." Mueller got up and said.

Jonathan opened his mouth, but finally swallowed the words that came to his mouth, "Then disturb Professor Muller, and hope to have the opportunity to continue to cooperate in the future."

Jonathan knew that Fred would definitely not give up the Mercedes-Benz brand easily, otherwise Dafeng Motor would not be able to eliminate the threat that Mercedes-Benz brought to Lu Bo, so Jonathan could not offend the Mercedes-Benz company yet.

A start-up company like Mercedes-Benz has no board of directors, shareholders, etc. If you want to acquire such a company, you can only get the consent of its founder, otherwise there is no other way.

Like the previous acquisition of Wei Peng Motors, Dafeng can also create conditions for itself through the control of its shareholders, but this time the acquisition of Mercedes-Benz, there is no such thing as a controlling shareholder.

"Maybe." Mueller nodded at the other party, then turned and left.

Regarding Dafeng Motor's acquisition of Mercedes-Benz, it may be over for the time being, but Muller also knows in his heart that the other party will definitely not give up so easily.

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As soon as the negotiations in the morning ended, the news that the negotiations had completely broken down quickly spread, and Jonathan also informed Fred of the situation here in detail, saying that he had tried his best.

"What did you say? Mercedes-Benz is asking for 100 billion euros? Is he crazy?" Fred immediately stood up from his chair when he heard this. Absolutely did not expect that Muller actually asked for 100 billion euros!

No matter how old-fashioned and foolish Fred was, he wouldn't say that he spent so much money just to remove obstacles in Lu Bo's development path.

If that's the case, it's a classic case of putting the cart before the horse.

"Yes, I have already raised the price to 15 billion euros, but Muller said that they will not continue the negotiation if the offer is lower than 100 billion euros." Jonathan replied quickly.

Fred on the other end of the phone fell into a long silence.

"President, what should we do next? Do we want to continue the acquisition?" Seeing that the other party was silent, Jonathan continued to ask.

"If we continue with the acquisition, the possibility of success is almost zero. We are just wasting our efforts. On the contrary, it will delay Lu Bo's layout. Let's take a break for now. I guess Xiangfutong and other companies should also take action in the near future. Let's wait for a while, and then decide what to do." Fred thought for a moment, then replied.

But Fred said slowly, not saying nothing. Now the outside world only knows that their acquisition failed, but they don’t know why the negotiation broke down. If they don’t make things clear, public opinion may still think that, It was caused by the lack of sincerity in Dafeng Motor's quotation.

So in the afternoon of the same day, Fred held a press conference again and reported the details of the incident.

"...Although we have shown the greatest sincerity, hoping to buy Mercedes-Benz at a price of 15 billion euros to help the Mercedes-Benz car brand with long-term planning, we really cannot satisfy the other party's offer of 100 billion euros, so I can only withdraw from this acquisition..."

100 million euros!

The reporters below couldn't help being dumbfounded when they heard the words. They really didn't expect that Mercedes-Benz would charge such a high price!
"Mr. President, does the breakdown of this negotiation mean that Dafeng Motor will completely withdraw from the acquisition of Mercedes-Benz?" a reporter soon asked.

"I can say with certainty, definitely not. Our recognition of the Mercedes-Benz brand will never change, but in the future, we may seek other ways to continue to reach a cooperation agreement with Mercedes-Benz." Fred smiled replied.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, Fred will not give up Mercedes-Benz!

And after this press conference, the harsh criticism of Dafeng Motor on the Internet before has been reduced a lot, and the public opinion environment of Dafeng has finally returned to the previous level. method match.

On the Internet, many media also summarized and commented on this acquisition.

"Le Monde" believes that "Dafeng Motor is absolutely true love for Mercedes-Benz, and hopes that Mercedes-Benz will eventually form a cooperation with Dafeng and make contributions to the German automobile industry."

"Süddeutsche Zeitung" commented that "Mercedes-Benz's asking price of 100 billion euros will deter other car manufacturers who are interested in participating in the acquisition. This is actually a signal."

Even many netizens commented from their own perspective.

"Dafeng failed in the acquisition in the end. I think this is a win-win situation. I always believe that the independent development of Mercedes-Benz is the best result!"

"100 billion is obviously just a signal. To put it bluntly, Mercedes-Benz has no intention of selling itself at all. The asking price of 100 billion is not only for Dafeng, but also for telling all manufacturers: Don't waste any more time. Negotiate with me!"

"The next step is to see how Dafeng Motor will continue its relationship with Mercedes-Benz."

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After the press conference of Dafeng Automobile, Zhou Fei in China was also the first to learn about the relevant information.

"Mr. Zhou thinks, which aspect of the other cooperation methods Dafeng Automobile mentioned?" Li Jianneng stared at the phone and asked curiously.

"It should refer to the introduction of models, joint ventures, etc." Zhou Fei replied without thinking.

Apart from this method, Zhou Fei couldn't think of any other way of cooperation.

"And I also guess that it's not just the Dafeng Motors who are thinking this way, the other two giants are probably thinking about it too." Zhou Fei added later.

"If that's the case, which company does Mr. Zhou plan to choose for the joint venture?" Li Jianneng continued to ask.

"Of course we chose ourselves." Zhou Fei smiled, such a good thing, how could it be the turn of other companies!

In fact, as Zhou Fei said, Futong Motors is already considering bringing Mercedes-Benz to the United States through a joint venture to counter BMW and Lubo who are about to enter the European and American markets.

Before considering this method, Futong Motors originally wanted to buy Mercedes-Benz directly like Dafeng, but before it had time to quote, news spread that Mercedes-Benz was asking for 100 billion euros, which frightened Futong to stop the project immediately. projects, and instead use joint ventures.

And this matter has been handed over to Johnson for handling.

In addition to Futong, Mercedes-Benz Motors in the island country is also working on this matter. For a while, the three major automobile giants all want to develop Mercedes-Benz Motors as their partners!

(End of this chapter)