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Chapter 169 The first overseas acquisition

At the middle-level cadre meeting, Zhao Dongsheng informed the attendees about Xie Xing. He used a passenger ship sailing in the sea to make a simple analogy. If the people on the passenger ship do not take good care of the passenger ship and instead use improper methods to corrode its hull, then the passenger ship will remain silent in the future, and the people on the passenger ship will fall into the water.

Zhao Dongsheng's metaphor is very vivid and vivid. The cadres attending the meeting knew that the passenger ship was the Warwick Group. Zhao Dongsheng wanted to warn them that only when the Warwick Group develops healthily can their interests be permanently guaranteed, otherwise they will inevitably be infringed.

"Many of the people here have followed me since the establishment of the Huangzhou Electrical Appliance Factory. I once said that we should share the joys and sorrows with the people in the factory. Now this sentence is still valid, but the target is changed to Warwick Group." Zhao Dongsheng looked around at the cadres sitting in the audience and said in a deep voice, "As long as we are from Warwick Group, no matter the level of the position, I will share the joys and sorrows with everyone and will not sit idly by and watch anyone be bullied!"

Crazy--

After a brief silence, warm applause burst out, and everyone present stood up to applause. Zhao Dongsheng's words not only explained why he had to seriously deal with Xie Xing, who violated the female staff of the office, but also expressed his attitude to protect everyone's interests. If he could have such responsibility, he naturally won everyone's support.

Looking at the people applauding in the audience, Zhao Dongsheng's mouth showed a smile that was not to be aware of. He wanted to use Xie Xing's incident to warn the people of the group not to harm everyone's interests for some selfish interests, prevent problems from happening, and minimize the occurrence of illegal and disorderly incidents.

Xie Xing's matter was kept confidential before the court hearing. Three days before the trial, Warwick Group invited reporters from major media in Haidu to listen, which caused a huge sensation in the domestic press. No one expected that Warwick Group would actually commit suicide.

Zhao Dongsheng once reported to Gu Liancheng. Gu Liancheng was originally worried that it would damage the reputation of Warwick Group and wanted to persuade Zhao Dongsheng to deal with it in a low-key manner. However, after Zhao Dongsheng's attitude was firm, he finally agreed. He did not want to interfere too much in the matter of Warwick Group, and he believed that Zhao Dongsheng would handle the matter well.

To this end, as the spokesperson of Warwick Group, Wu Wen flew to Haidu City and held a press conference on the matter of Xie Xing, explaining to the outside world the situation of Xie Xing and the group's attitude towards the matter. On behalf of the group, she apologized to the victims, expressed her compensation for this, and invited the public to supervise the Warwick Group.

When Wu Wen revealed at a press conference that it was Zhao Dongsheng who personally handled Xie Xing's affairs, it immediately caused a huge response in society. No one expected that Zhao Dongsheng could expose his family's scandal and make this matter public.

Wu Wen was already prepared for the crisis and planned to try her best to resolve the negative impact of Warwick Group due to this matter. However, to her surprise, although some public opinion in society criticized Warwick Group and believed that Warwick Group bullying people, most public opinion expressed affirmation of Zhao Dongsheng and Warwick Group's attitude of correcting their mistakes. It was a hundred times better than those who were hiding it.

These two public opinion had a fierce confrontation in the media, and the debate was full of strong gunpowder, which Wu Wen had unexpectedly so she had to choose to wait and see if she did not backfire.

The debate lasted for a month before it ceased. Of course, neither of the parties to the debate could convince anyone, but they invisibly promoted Warwick Group in society. Because Zhao Dongsheng's behavior of exposing his family's scandals made Warwick Group have an unparalleled appeal in front of the people in the future.

I'm afraid that this is Zhao Dongsheng's purpose. While rectifying the Warwick Group, he will allow Warwick Group to establish credibility in society, which will help the future development of Warwick Group.

Just as the debate was in full swing, Zhao Dongsheng boarded a flight to Germany. Lu Liang failed to negotiate the acquisition of the mining company in Bickshire, so he had to ask him for help.

Bick County belongs to the former democratic Germany, that is, East Germany, and is a famous mining area in the northern part of East Germany.

After arriving in Berlin, the capital of Germany, the Warwick Group's office in Berlin had already arranged the itinerary for Zhao Dongsheng and his group. Zhao Dongsheng and others took the train to Bick County.

In order to facilitate the development of Warwick Group, Zhao Dongsheng has set up offices in the capitals of developed countries in Europe and the United States over the past two years. Not only can he understand the political and economic trends of those developed countries and integrate into the local society, but also the people of Warwick Group who went to the country to do business have a place to settle down.

The German office was originally located in West Germany, Bonn, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. After East Germany was incorporated into West Germany in 1990, the new capital of the Federal Republic of Germany was established in Berlin, so the Warwick Group office moved to Berlin.

The mining company that Zhao Dongsheng wanted to acquire was called Audrey Mining Company. It was located in Audrey Town in Bickshire. It used to be one of the important mining companies in Bickshire. It had 10,000 mining workers at its most glorious time, but it gradually declined in the mid-1980s. Now there are only less than 2,000 workers left and are on the verge of bankruptcy.

Lu Liang and others lived in a hotel in Odelai Town. After Zhao Dongsheng arrived, Lu Liang introduced the specific situation to him:

Audrey Mining Company was previously a state-owned enterprise of the East German government. It was originally under the jurisdiction of the municipal government to which Audrey Town. After the merger of the two Germanys, it was transferred to the Audrey Town Government. It is now in a semi-closed state and the factory has been suspended.

Lu Liang had negotiated with the Aodlai Town Government many times and proposed a very generous acquisition plan, but was rejected by the Aodlai Town Government.

Although the situation of Audrey Mining Company is very difficult now, the Audrey Town Government believes that Warwick Group is engaged in the electrical field and does not have the experience of operating mining companies, so it cannot protect the interests of miners, so it rejected the acquisition of Warwick Group.

This made Lu Liang very depressed and helpless because the Audrey Town Government was considering the facts. As an emerging business group, Warwick Group does not have the foundation of those old-established companies, so it is natural to be suspected.

Before coming to Germany, Lu Liang was full of confidence. He considered various situations and believed that as long as he used money, he could settle everything. However, he did not expect that the Audrey Town Government would question the ability of Warwick Group to run a mining company.

Lu Liang had no choice but to ask Zhao Dongsheng for help from those stubborn and dull Audrey Town Government staff.

After Zhao Dongsheng came to Odelai Town, he did not rush to contact the Odelai Town Government, but first got to know Odelai Town.

Odelai Town is not big, it is a town with a population of more than 50,000. Due to its abundant mineral resources, families in the town are more or less engaged in mining-related work.

Odelai Mining Company is the largest state-owned mining company in Odelai. It is the pride and industrial pillar of Odelai. It has won numerous honors for Odelai over the past four decades.

Most of the staff of the town government, including the town mayor Schmidt, were from the town government. Especially Schmidt, who was the hero of the town mining company. He lost one arm to save people and then transferred to work in the town government.

From the resumes of the staff of Schmidt and other town governments, Zhao Dongsheng felt that they had a deep affection for Audrey Mining Company, and they considered the future of mining companies and miners, not just for money, which made Lu Liang useless.

In fact, Zhao Dongsheng understood Schmidt's feelings very well. If it were him, he would not want to witness the transformation of Audrey Mining Company, which had dedicated his youth and sweat, from a state-owned enterprise to a private company. This special feeling could not be given up.

However, due to the deterioration of the East German economy, after being incorporated into West Germany, the West German government privatized a large number of state-owned enterprises in East Germany to revitalize the East German economy. Audrey Mining Company is one of the privatized enterprises. This is a trend and trend that Schmidt and others cannot stop it.

Although Lu Liang made sufficient preparations when acquiring Audrey Mining Company, he could not understand Schmidt and others' feelings for Audrey Mining Company at his age, and then ignored the emotional factors of Schmidt and others.

In Zhao Dongsheng's view, because of Schmidt and others' feelings for Audrey Mining Company, even if other companies that meet Schmidt and others' requirements discuss the acquisition, they may fail, because Schmidt and others reject the acquisition in their hearts.

Therefore, if you want to successfully complete this acquisition task, the first thing you need to solve is to open the knot in Schmidt and others' hearts.

So, after Zhao Dongsheng figured out the current situation, history and relationship with Schmidt and others, he formally led Lu Liang to the town government to visit Schmidt.

Zhao Dongsheng did not go empty-handed this time, so he brought Schmidt a special gift - a detailed plan for Audrey Mining Company by Warwick Group.

Schmidt had known that Zhao Dongsheng was coming for a long time, and he also had a certain understanding of Zhao Dongsheng. He knew that Zhao Dongsheng won the gold medal at the Paris Electronics Fair two years ago. Moreover, under the leadership of Zhao Dongsheng, Warwick Group emerged and developed rapidly in the field of international electrical products. Therefore, he was also full of curiosity about this young man.

Schmidt reads the plan book brought by Zhao Dongsheng very seriously and carefully. In Zhao Dongsheng's plan book, Warwick Group will invest a lot of money in Audrey Mining to purchase new production equipment, improve the treatment of miners, and also have a development plan. It is ready to gradually make Audrey Mining Company gradually annex other mining companies in Bick County and become the mining overlord of Bick County.

"Why are you interested in our mining company? With your strength, you can find a better acquisition partner." After reading the plan, Schmidt looked up at Zhao Dongsheng calmly. There was no obstacle to communicating with Zhao Dongsheng when he was with him.

"Because your mining company has the first-class international mining qualification, I can acquire mines in other countries in the future." Zhao Dongsheng smiled slightly and did not hide his purpose. "It can be foreseen that the prices of mineral products will rise for a long time in the future, which is a very cost-effective investment."

"If you can acquire our mining company, what changes will it bring?" Schmidt was very satisfied with Zhao Dongsheng's answer, pondered for a while and asked.

The so-called "no profit" cannot get up early. If Zhao Dongsheng said that he was here to help the troubled Audrey Mining Company or the cliché of progressing with Audrey Mining Company, it would probably only arouse Schmidt's disgust.

There is another reason Zhao Dongsheng didn't say, but Schmidt knew it well, that is, the situation of Audrey Mining Company is very bad, and the possibility of Warwick Group successfully acquiring it is very high.

"The management must be adjusted." Zhao Dongsheng felt that Schmidt had already recognized his plan in his heart, so he said calmly, "As for the name, I think it is more appropriate to call it 'Odelay Mining Group'. Of course, it is a company under our Warwick Group, but it is listed separately."

"Odelai Mining Group!" Schmidt's eyes lit up when he heard this. He did not expect that Zhao Dongsheng would retain the name of Odelai Mining Company, which means that Odelai Mining Company still exists after this acquisition.

"Mr. Mayor, our Warwick Group is very sincere about this acquisition." Zhao Dongsheng looked at Schmidt with a smile, "I hope Mr. Mayor can promote this acquisition that is beneficial to both of us."

"Mr. Zhao, I hope you can follow what you said today." Schmidt pondered for a moment, stood up and stretched out his hand to Zhao Dongsheng, preparing to promote the acquisition.

It is undeniable that Zhao Dongsheng's acquisition is really tempting for him. It not only guarantees the interests of miners, but also allows Audrey Mining to continue. Schmidt cannot refuse such conditions.

"There is an old saying in China: A gentleman says a word, a quick horse will whip it." Zhao Dongsheng smiled slightly when he heard this and held Schmidt's hand.

Under Schmidt's promotion, Zhao Dongsheng quickly completed the acquisition of Audrey Mining Company, and Lu Liang signed an acquisition agreement with Schmidt on behalf of Warwick Group Investment Co., Ltd.

After the signing ceremony, Zhao Dongsheng left Odelai Town and headed for Berlin to return to Huangzhou, while Lu Liang left some details of the acquisition.

The Berlin office has booked a flight ticket for Zhao Dongsheng to return home. With Zhao Dongsheng, he also boarded the plane with sixteen former experts in the field of machinery manufacturing in the field of East Germany. These experts were hired by the office in the name of Warwick Group from East Germany.

Due to the influence of the Soviet Union, East Germany had developed industry and dominated the national economy. The machinery manufacturing industry was the core department and accounted for 30% of the industrial output value.

After East Germany was incorporated into West Germany, with the privatization of a large number of enterprises, the lives of East Germany technicians were greatly affected. Some were laid off, some lost their dominance in scientific research, some research projects were interrupted, etc., and they were more or less neglected or even excluded in their work.

Zhao Dongsheng saw the opportunity and took advantage of the preferential treatment as a condition to vigorously attract those experts to work at Warwick Group.

Warwick Group is now a well-known international company. Although it has to work in China, facing the generous treatment offered by Zhao Dongsheng, some technicians finally chose to work at Warwick Group for various reasons and became an important scientific research force of Warwick Group.

These sixteen experts were only the first batch of personnel to go to Warwick Group. In the future, experts from the electronics industry, automobile manufacturing industry, chemical industry, power industry and other fields went to China in batches.

Because talent is rare, Zhao Dongsheng, regardless of whether the fields of experts are in correspondence with the current industries of Warwick Group, he will gather them as long as he is an expert. If he doesn't need it now, he can save it for later use. Sooner or later, Warwick Group will develop into those fields.

Moreover, Zhao Dongsheng can support those experts who are not available for the time being to support those counterparts in China, which not only contributes to the development of the country, but also gains favors from those companies. Why not do it?

Shortly after returning to Huangzhou, that morning, just as Zhao Dongsheng was explaining his work to several middle-level cadres in his office, the secretary came to report that Shi Tianxia, ​​the chairman of Wuzhou International Trading Co., Ltd., came to visit and asked Zhao Dongsheng when he would meet Shi Tianxia.

"Let him come in." Zhao Dongsheng smiled slightly when he heard this, asked the middle-level cadres to go back to work, and then nodded to the secretary.

"Brother Zhao, you are so grand here." After a while, a middle-aged man with Chinese face walked in and said to Zhao Dongsheng with a smile. He is Shi Tianxia. Zhao Dongsheng met on a train to Nanhai City more than two years ago.

Zhao Dongsheng's office is in the newly built office building of Warwick Group. The office building has a total of 29 floors and took a year and five months to complete. The outside is magnificent and the inside is luxurious and atmospheric.

"Brother Shi, you haven't seen each other for a few months, you have lost a lot of weight." Zhao Dongsheng walked forward with a smile, poured a glass of water for Shi Tianxia.

"I was running around in the Soviet Union. Even if I wanted to get fat, I couldn't get fat." Shi Tianxia took the water cup and took a sip, then sat down on the sofa beside him, and said to Zhao Dongsheng with a smile, "It's finally fulfilling my mission, and the matter is almost done."

"How much is the total loan?" Zhao Dongsheng sat down on the sofa opposite and asked with a smile.

"I registered three shell companies in the name of development and borrowed a total of 2 billion rubles from the Soviet banks to invest in their mines and oil fields." Shi Tianxia said proudly to Zhao Dongsheng when he heard this. In order to obtain a loan, he had dealt with people from the Soviet banks and local governments a lot, drinking and red envelopes.

"Twenty billion rubles, Brother Shi has worked so hard." Zhao Dongsheng's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, and then he said with a smile.

According to the current exchange rate between the US dollar and the ruble, it is about 1:2, which means that Shi Tianxia now has at least one billion US dollars of industry, which is more than his imagination. He did not misunderstand Shi Tianxia. Shi Tianxia is indeed a business talent.
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