Chapter 1730

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

Bill Ford, Jr. is especially troubled now. He doesn't want to agree to Li Mu's five billion dollar offer, and he doesn't want Elon Musk to leave.

At last, Elon Musk was a little annoyed by him. He threw a sentence to Little Bill Ford: "if Mr. Ford refuses now, I'll go back to Silicon Valley immediately. If you don't refuse now and don't agree, I'll sit here and wait. When Mr. Ford decides to accept Mr. Li's offer, and we'll talk about it later."

Then he added, "if it doesn't matter today, I can wait in the hotel."

Little Bill Ford was a little angry. What he couldn't accept most was Li Mu's determination of his performance. However, he really didn't have the courage to refuse his offer.

After a long struggle, until little Bill Ford himself was completely bored, he got up from his seat and took off: "OK! Five billion dollars, I want to pay in one lump sum! "

Elon Musk nodded and said, "then I'll ask the boss about his attitude."

"Good, I'll wait for your news," said Little Bill Ford

With that, he took out a cigar and lit it slowly.

Now he, all over the body can not say easily.

If you can't resist, just enjoy it.

Now, a huge stone fell to the ground in his heart. Although the meat hurt very much, it was also worth it in his eyes.

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

Why do Santana and Jetta sell best in China without airbags? Why does no one buy Land Rover, Jaguar or Volvo in China? Think about it carefully. It's just that you don't have a clear positioning.

What if Ford will launch a real civilian car in China in the future? Is it possible to replace Santana in China?

When Li Mu's $5 billion has arrived, he will put it all into Ford's own brand. As long as the Ford brand is bigger and stronger, the Ford family will be able to survive for a long time. From now on, it will not be like the so-called multi brand strategy.

Li Mu was waiting for takeoff when he received a phone call from Elon Musk. In the phone call, Elon Musk's voice trembled and said, "President Li, Ford agreed, five billion dollars!"

Elon Musk was very excited at this time, but he had to control his emotions.

According to Elon Musk, five billion dollars for these three brands is really a big profit.

And, most importantly, Tesla finally has a platform on which to build.

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 more.

The boss, he's so amazing. Even Ford was stabbed by his scalp. This operation is too bad.

Li Mu was relieved at this time.

Whether five billion dollars can be achieved or not, he is not absolutely sure. Now little Bill Ford finally nods, which proves that his alarmism has a good effect.

Excited, Li Mu said to Elon Musk, "for the rest, you have a good talk with little Bill Ford. I want to finish the acquisition as soon as possible, and ask him to call up the leaders of three brands and four production lines as soon as possible. First, you meet them for a meeting to stabilize the team."

“OK。” "To President Li, Little Bill Ford has a claim that the five billion dollars must be paid in one lump sum," Elon Musk said

Li Mu can't help thinking.

5 billion US dollars is not a small amount. Although there is a lot of money in Muye technology's account, and the cash flow is very healthy, it is very difficult to put out 5 billion US dollars at one go.

Google IPO, on its own, can reduce a part of the original shares as the issued shares, but that's about 3%. According to the market value of 50 billion, it's only 1.5 billion US dollars. If we take the initiative to reduce the shares after listing, isn't it a fool? After all, Google's future prospects are limitless.

After thinking about it, Li Mu decided to make a wave of equity pledge first, pledging a part of Muye technology's shares to the capital side, and then lending a sum of money from the capital side.

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

Thinking of this, Li Mu said to Elon Musk, "you can tell Bill Ford Jr. that there is no problem in paying him in lump sum."

"Good." "Then I'll tell him that I'll work with him on the implementation plan of the acquisition in these two days," Elon Musk said

"Well." Li Mu said, "you are in charge of this matter. It's better to sign an agreement of intent with him now, and then I'll publish the news."Li Mu clearly remembers how excited Chinese people were when Jili announced the acquisition of Volvo.

That news, to the Chinese people, is like thunder. It has never been heard before.

All the major media have reported this very proud acquisition. A Chinese enterprise has acquired a famous automobile brand in Sweden, which is really a big news that can greatly enhance the national pride and sense of belonging.

From that moment on, Volvo launched a nationwide advertising campaign for free, making Volvo unknown and unknown in China.

And when Volvo really returned to Jili, the domestic people immediately responded with practical actions to support Volvo's development.

Li Mu also wants to seize such a good opportunity to publish the news that he wants to buy these three brands. In this way, the popularity of these three brands in China will be improved a lot. Once he reorganizes these three brands and puts them into the market, the Chinese people will certainly be able to give great help and promotion.

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After hanging up, Li Muli made a phone call to Davidson Cooper, the head of Goldberg family.

As soon as the phone was connected, Davidson said enthusiastically, "Mr. Li, how do you remember to call me? Is it coming to England?"

"Not yet." Li Mu smiled and went straight to the point: "Davidson, I'm calling to ask you for a loan."

Davidson said without hesitation, "your husband, you say a number, and I will help you prepare."

For Davidson, Li Mu is his biggest financier. Li Mu promised to be the lead underwriter of Muye technology IPO, which is a great opportunity for him at present.

Therefore, if Li Mu needs his help, he will try his best to help Li Mu.

At this time, Li Mu said, "I want 5 billion US dollars, and I will repay it after listing. I can pledge the shares of 6 points of Muye technology to you, but you should give it to me at the lowest interest rate."

"Five billion?!" Davidson didn't expect Li Mu to open up such a large sum of money. He subconsciously asked, "Mr. Li, have you reached a purchase agreement with Ford group?"

At the beginning, the Ford line was the help of Davidson, so he knew Li Mu's purchase intention, and suddenly heard that Li Mu wanted to pledge a loan of 5 billion dollars, which he thought of at the first time.

Li Mu didn't hide it from him, and said lightly: "yes, I have communicated with Ford. Muye technology has invested in the acquisition of Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo, and all three brands have won 5 billion dollars."

"What a cheap price!" Davidson said with sincere emotion, "but now the prospect of the automobile industry is not very good. Although the price of five billion dollars is cheap, it is estimated that no one would like to pay so much money to buy it at this time. In the end, Mr. Li has more courage!"

Davinson is not flattering Li Mu. Now the automobile industry is in a slump. Almost all automobile manufacturers maintain a very conservative attitude in brand expansion. At this time, they are likely to fall into a cliff and never recover.

Although Ford's 5-billion-dollar sales are a bit of a loss, combining with the current industry background, davinson can understand.

Li Mu said with a smile, "it's very difficult for me to put out five billion dollars at one go. That's why I asked you for help. You have a bank with funds, and you have many capital level relationships. The amount of money you can leverage is relatively large. Five billion dollars is not a problem for you."

For the Goldberg family, most of their industry is focused on finance.

Most of the financial field is a way of laying eggs on the back of chickens. A family's assets may only be several hundred million dollars, but the funds he is in charge of may be more than one billion dollars. These are all the money entrusted by investors from all walks of life to invest. Generally, they establish a fund, put the money into the fund, and the person in charge is responsible for the capital operation of the whole fund.

Goldberg family's own assets are ten billion dollars, so the amount of money they are in charge of is 100 billion dollars. Some of the money is put in the bank for relatively safe commercial loan operation, some is put in the fund for high-risk and high return investment, and five billion dollars is put out to Li Mu. There are equity pledge of Muye technology, and interest income. To davinson It's very easy.

So he said with a smile, "Mr. Li, don't worry. Five billion dollars is not a big problem for us. When do you need it?"

Li Mu said: "it's better to start the process now. After the process, first put the money into the account of Muye technology."

"No problem." "I'm going to talk to the head of HSBC's loan now, let him get rid of the procedure, and then I'll ask Mr. Li to sign the contract. After the contract is signed, the money will come to the account soon."

"That's settled." Li Mu smiled and said, "I'm waiting for your good news."