Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 686: Shareholding Ratio

Regarding the matter of receiving Toyota cars, Lu Shaohua repeatedly stressed the need to be extremely careful. Li Zongen seemed to be aware of Lu Shaohua's intentions, so he suppressed his hatred and did as Lu Shaohua instructed. However, this was not enough, as Lu Shaohua had not yet made clear the interests involved.

Lu Shaohua always hates Japan because this country has left an indelible history for China. But one thing is one thing. The problem now is the deeper level of hatred. After all, as a Chinese, Lu Shaohua hates Japan, and the Japanese hate the Chinese just as much. Under this double-sided hatred, Lu Shaohua has to think deeply about this matter if he wants to control Toyota.

First of all, it was proposed to use Japanese to manage Toyota Motor. This was something that had to be done. Li Zongen also proposed candidates, and Lu Shaohua agreed. Li Zongen was in charge of this matter. Then there was the issue of the initial takeover.

In Lu Shaohua's opinion, although his Phoenix Group had acquired Toyota Motor, such things should not be over-publicized, otherwise Toyota Motor would become a Chinese subsidiary, and such news would soon spread, and then everything Lu Shaohua had arranged would be meaningless.

Therefore, when taking over, Lu Shaohua's idea was to take over the company in a transparent way. If necessary, let Li Zongen come forward and put aside the name of Phoenix Group. He should take over the company as a Japanese and not associate it with Phoenix Group.

"My idea is that you choose one of the many offshore companies registered under us, and then you come forward as the chairman of the company to take over Toyota Motors. What do you think?" Lu Shaohua asked tentatively.

As usual, Lu Shaohua likes to seek opinions from his subordinates. Now is no exception. Lu Shaohua chose to seek Li Zongen's opinion and asked Li Zongen whether he was willing to appear in that capacity.

"..." Li Zongen did not speak, but was stunned, a little confused, not knowing what Lu Shaohua meant.

Seeing this, Lu Shaohua seemed to understand that his words were not easy to understand, so he had to explain it carefully. "You still hold a Japanese passport. In this respect, you have a great advantage. At least, with your current identity, there will be little suspicion over there. More importantly, you are still a person engaged in the financial industry. If you come forward to take over Toyota Motors, the outside world will think that you want to develop in the industrial sector."

"Also, you are a financial person after all. In addition, you only accepted the absolute controlling rights at the beginning, and did not intend to take over all of Tianfeng Automobile. The direct managers there are still the original people." At this point, Lu Shaohua paused and continued. "The outside world thinks so, and Toyota Motors will also think so, which has a great paralyzing effect. And, more importantly, you put someone in at this time, at most you want someone to monitor the situation there, and you don't mean to seize power. That way it will be more logical, and people's vigilance will be reduced a lot, and our actions will be smoother."

Lu Shaohua explained it in great detail. At the end, Lu Shaohua even went back to the topic and analyzed the significance of Li Zongen's doing this. "Before we took control of Toyota, Toyota was controlled by Phoenix Group. This news must not be spread. Well, maybe this news will never be known, but when we take control of the overall situation, the senior management will still know this. Well, do you understand what I mean by this arrangement?"

As Lu Shaohua spoke, he seemed to realize that his words had strayed from the topic and were not getting to the point. But it didn't matter. Lu Shaohua always thought that Li Zongen was a smart man. Lu Shaohua made such arrangements, and he believed that Li Zongen could understand what he meant.

As expected, Li Zongen nodded solemnly, indicating that he understood, and said, "Don't worry, I know the interests involved. I will be careful. Well, I will also appear in Toyota as myself."

Lu Shaohua had said this much. If Li Zongen didn't know Lu Shaohua's true intention, then he had followed Lu Shaohua for so long in vain. Now that he understood Lu Shaohua's true intention, what should be done, Li Zongen naturally didn't need Lu Shaohua to say more.

Lu Shaohua was naturally happy that Li Zongen could understand what he meant. He smiled and said, "It's good that you understand. Next, just concentrate on doing it. Well, take advantage of this period of free time to do it. There will be action in a while, so you have to come back."

Since Japan closed the net, the second phase of the Asian financial crisis has finally ended. The next thing is the third phase, which is also Russia and European and American countries, well, that is, the 18 countries listed by Lu Shaohua.

There is another very important place, that is Hong Kong. To defend Hong Kong once again, this is what Lu Shaohua had said a long time ago. Whether it is Li Yunqing, Liu Mingzhang, or Li Zongen, they all know about this.

There are so many targets, how can Li Zongen and his team have time to spare? There are still many places to show their skills in the future. Of course, Li Zongen has to hurry up to take over Toyota Motors, and then rush back to Hong Kong to re-enter the fight against the financial crisis.

"I will go to Japan tomorrow. I can solve it in a week at the latest and three days at the fastest." Li Zongen vowed.

Lu Shaohua didn't say anything, but just nodded to show that he understood.

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The takeover of Toyota Motors finally came to an end, and Lu Shaohua was completely relaxed. In the next few days, Lu Shaohua carefully read the documents submitted by Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing. Those documents all stated the shareholding situation of several other Japanese companies.

Among them, Sony Group's current shareholding has reached 38.25%, which is a major breakthrough. If the scattered shares are gathered together, Lu Shaohua will undoubtedly become the largest shareholder.

Other companies are not bad either. For example, Lu Shaohua currently holds 32.01% of Panasonic Group's shares, which is a large proportion.

Hitachi Group also holds 28.38% of the shares. Honda Motor holds 27.98%, close to 28%. Sanwei Group does not fluctuate much in each turmoil. The total shares acquired from the last acquisition and this one are only 19.53%, which is the smallest among them.

No matter what, Lu Shaohua was quite satisfied with the data. If these data were made public, the Japanese would definitely say "the wolf is coming".

Remember when the Japanese were buying up a lot of land and property in the United States, didn’t the Americans just cry “wolf?” Some even said that if things continued like that, the entire United States would be bought by the Japanese.

In the current situation, Lu Shaohua holds a large number of shares in several large companies. If this were to be made public, the Japanese would definitely react in the same way as the Americans did back then, fearing that Phoenix Group would continue to acquire and buy out those famous Japanese companies.

However, as the initiator, Lu Shaohua knew that such a thing would never happen, unless, unless one day, Lu Shaohua became a transcendent existence, surpassing those ancient families and all existence, then Lu Shaohua might announce it.

Humility. China's 5,000-year-old traditional culture tells Lu Shaohua that sometimes one should be humble. There is nothing wrong with being humble. If the data is really released, he will be pushed to the forefront and become the target of others. Trouble is bound to be inevitable.

But no matter what, Lu Shaohua has not considered this issue yet. What he is considering now is the affairs of Hong Kong. The third stage of the financial crisis is about to come, and it is destined that Hong Kong will be attacked. Lu Shaohua must also take action.

During this period, Lu Shaohua called Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing together and asked about their layout. Only after he confirmed to Li Yunqing that they had completed the layout did Lu Shaohua feel relieved.

After that, it’s the top management of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Last time, Lu Shaohua joined forces with the top leaders of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to put up a low-level resistance, and ultimately won a complete victory. This time, Lu Shaohua did the same and adopted a united approach, but unlike the last time, this time the alliance was for the purpose of blocking the enemy.

In the words of Lu Shaohua, passive attack is not my style, nor should it be everyone's style. We should know how to counterattack while defending and launch a blocking battle.

After going through so many things, everyone is absolutely convinced of Lu Shaohua. They believe whatever Lu Shaohua says. Lu Shaohua said that he wanted to unite everyone to defend Hong Kong and block international hot money, so Ho Ying-tung and his people did what Lu Shaohua said.

Having encountered no obstacles and having united all the top leaders of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Lu Shaohua finally put his mind at ease. However, this was not the end of the matter. There was still a force that Lu Shaohua needed to unite with. Needless to say, this force was the force representing the country.

In the field of finance, the person who can represent the country is the deputy director of the Financial Management Bureau sent from the country.

The last time, Xie Tianyou was driven back to China by Lu Shaohua, and then Mr. Feng was appointed to take over temporarily. But after that incident, Mr. Feng stepped down and was replaced by another official. When that official came to serve as the deputy director, Mr. Feng also introduced him to Lu Shaohua once, and the two sides got to know each other.

Now Lu Shaohua went directly to him and explained the situation clearly. Just like last time, they adopted a division of labor system, with the state keeping the currency and Lu Shaohua keeping the stock market.

The last incident caused a lot of uproar and many people knew about it, including Zhang Yongzeng, the current deputy director. He also knew about it in detail. He knew Lu Shaohua very well. Now that Lu Shaohua came to him, he didn't dare to put on airs and agreed directly.

However, Zhang Yongzeng is an official after all, and there are many things he needs to consult with the country. It is very cumbersome, but these are not what Lu Shaohua cares about. Now Lu Shaohua only knows that he will do his best to deal with it. As for whether the top leaders of the country will listen to him or not, that is another matter. Anyway, he has done his best and has a clear conscience.

But Lu Shaohua still underestimated his influence...