Prague is a famous tourist city in Europe.

However, this European city is filled with many Asian faces. They come in groups, shout, make noise, litter, and spit everywhere. Their quality is extremely poor.

Moreover, this group of people walked all the way, carrying five, six, seven or eight shopping bags in their hands, filled with various leather products and other handicrafts. You don't need to think about such unqualified tourists, they are Fuso people at first glance.

If the Chinese people want to cultivate this kind of local tyrant atmosphere, they still have decades to go.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most of the products I bought in various countries around the world were Fuso Obasan.

In later generations, when the Chinese began to travel around the world, Nan Bangzi and Obasan couldn't wait to label us as lacking quality.

This is not the most tragic thing. The most tragic thing is that some Chinese people just think that this is the national characteristic of the Chinese people, and instead regard those who are also without quality as positive examples.

These people, when they find a small thing, they deliberately magnify it, and when they are slapped in the face, they deliberately pretend not to see it.

Shen Guanglin's purpose in going to Prague this time was to buy a Skoda car, so he had no other arrangements. Therefore, when he was bored, he would walk around and take a look at the people's sentiments.

It's a pity that this is the Czech Republic, not the Netherlands, otherwise it would be fun.

When the domestic embassy heard that Shen Guanglin wanted to acquire Skoda on behalf of Great Wall Motors, they seemed even more excited than Boss Shen. They knew that Great Wall Group was rich.

Therefore, they couldn't wait to go to the hotel to chat with Shen Guanglin.

“Will Great Wall Group only acquire Skoda Auto?”

They indeed have other ideas, but at this stage the country really has no money, and it is powerless to participate in many things.

Otherwise, do we want to acquire their heavy water reactor?

Even if they really wanted to sell the heavy water reactor, Shen Guanglin would not dare to buy it. This is not something that an ordinary country or ordinary enterprise can acquire.

Not to mention Shen Guanglin, even companies like Volkswagen and Mitsubishi would never dare to propose the acquisition of heavy water reactors.

"The Czech Republic was the flower of industry before World War II. Their per capita industrial output value was 6 times the world's average output value. Which country in the world did not import Czech-made guns and ammunition at that time?" The staff spared no effort to talk about the importance of the Czech arsenal. Advise Shen Guanglin to consider buying more good things.

You know, Skoda Arsenal, even during World War II, this arsenal produced a lot of weapons for Mustache. Even now, the pistols and rifles they produce are as popular all over the world.

However, Shen Guanglin was unmoved, "I bought their arsenal. Who will I sell the weapons to? Are they sold to the country? Where are the wars going to be fought in these years?"

"However, they have the technology we urgently need."

"But we don't have the market they desperately need."

Shen Guanglin is such a superficial person. Even on the auction day, Shen Guanglin did not agree to purchase the arsenal.

Meaningless.

They do have some advanced military technology, but so what, they are just ordinary weapons.

If you really want to develop some awesome stuff, you still have to wait until the CCCP is disbanded to get a big one.

The two sides did not reach an agreement on this aspect, but Shen Guanglin was going to Moravia to participate in the bidding for Skoda cars, and the embassy still sent someone over, and he was also the counselor. It cannot be said that they did not pay attention to it.

I guess I still want to make a last-ditch effort.

Fortunately, Brother-in-law Lu has some experience in Eastern Europe. He is considered one of the biggest traitors in Eastern Europe. He has a fleet of cross-country teams, so the sight of Chinese people traveling is quite spectacular.

Everyone entered the so-called auction site in Moravia smoothly. Shen Guanglin handed over the invitation and no one stopped him.

At the venue, Shen Guanglin immediately saw Havel, the host, who was greeting guests. Havel quietly came over where no one was paying attention and said, "I have obtained the bidding qualifications for you. I have almost solved the problem. This time it is a public negotiation, so who can make the deal in the end depends on whether you have the money. However, I can guarantee that as long as you can win the bid, I will successfully complete the handover work, and , in addition to Skoda Auto, there is also a machinery manufacturing segment, which few people value, and we only plan to sell the assets of 50 million US dollars for 20 million US dollars, which can be used as compensation for your failed bid."

Shen Guanglin understood that it was difficult for Havel to operate in secret, so he wanted to provide benefits from another aspect. As for the 10 million US dollars in benefits, he still wanted to collect it.

Of course, it’s not that he has done nothing. If he can be fair, he is unfair to other companies.

Shen Guanglin nodded and said nothing more: "What I promised you will be fulfilled, and I will guarantee it with my reputation."

Everyone entered the auction hall, and there were really a lot of people, not just the ones mentioned before, but also many other companies, such as Renault in France and Fiat in Italy.

After all, Skoda is one of the four major traditional automobile manufacturing brands in the world. It still has its value at this stage. It is almost impossible to quietly complete the change of hands without attracting the attention of the international community.

However, Shen Guanglin came in with a group of people, but they did not attract anyone's attention. They thought it was a team from South Korea or Fuso.

After all, South Korea's Daewoo, Hyundai, Fuso's Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Suzuki are all here. There are many Asian faces on the scene, and there are even Wanwan compatriots.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Havel personally presided over the auction process.

At this stage, Shen Guanglin felt a little relieved. Since he dared to collect his own money, it meant that his chances were not small. As long as he had money, he would be sure to win the bid.

Sure enough, Havel's words immediately caused a stir in the audience and set the tone for the auction: "In today's auction, the highest bidder will win. You are all world-renowned automobile manufacturing companies, so don't give it to us." No matter who says it, we believe those who say they can give Skoda better development and future. But these are the most difficult to evaluate their value. On the contrary, money best represents friendship. So please rest assured. Just bid, we don’t operate behind the scenes, there are no obstacles, everything goes to the highest bidder!”

As soon as he said this, Shen Guanglin immediately became happy.

This is the result he wants.

As long as there are no other ratings, it's easy to say. The biggest fear is that business only accounts for a part, and technology or goodwill influence also account for a proportion. In this case, the Great Wall Group will not be able to play.

Only Shen Guanglin's Great Wall Group could attend this occasion and did not have any experience to speak of.

Great Wall Group is a newly established company without any car manufacturing background.

Just look at the money, this is the simplest and most effective.

If we are talking about the merger of an international large-scale project, and a company as big as Skoda is involved, we don’t know how many rounds of negotiations it will take.

However, if we auction first and then talk about mergers after making bids, things will be much less complicated and everyone can sit down and talk slowly.

The Czech Republic has drawn a clear path: they will sell 70% of Skoda's shares this time, and the highest bidder will get it.

It's simple and crude, no one is better than Bibi, whoever has more money will get it.

At this stage, just after the global economic crisis, there are not many companies with money in their hands, but Shen Guanglin and his Great Wall Group are not included.

Not to mention anything else, Guang Shen Guanglin's laboratory can borrow 500 million yuan, and the stocks and other assets held by Great Wall Group can be exchanged for billions of dollars without any problem.

Not to mention taking out the Great Wall Group for mortgage loans.

Of course, these billions of dollars are almost all of Shen Guanglin's wealth. Although it is not comparable to the world's richest man, Bill Gates, he is not a small man.

If we really want to calculate Shen Guanglin's assets, let's talk about his collections. If these things are put into 2020, there will be many worth over 100 million, and some are even priceless treasures. This is simply not true. Bad statistics.

Here at Shen Guanglin, money is really just a number.

The auction has begun.

Everyone sat down.

The auctioneer distributed a thick stack of information to each bidding group. Shen Guanglin took it over and looked at it. The preparation was quite detailed, starting with the history of Skoda cars and going on to the details of the auction. content.

The work is done very solidly, and even the depreciation of the equipment is taken into consideration. Moreover, this is available in several languages: English, Russian, and German.

Fortunately, Shen Guanglin's own English level is very high, so he doesn't need help from others at all.

However, most of the bidders looked confident and did not even look at the information after receiving it, but put it directly into their bags.

After Havel introduced the auction process, the auction officially began!

A well-dressed middle-aged man with a tuxedo and gold-rimmed glasses appeared, looking like an international auctioneer.

"Everyone, there are two assets to be auctioned today. The first one is Skoda cars, and the second one is Skoda machinery. The first one is Skoda cars, with a starting price of 1.5 billion kronor."

The Czech krona is the legal currency of the Czech Republic. The Czech krona originated from the Austro-Hungarian krona. It adopts the centimal system and is issued by the National Bank of Czechoslovakia. Its face value ranges from 1 halais to 5,000 krona.

Currently, 1 US dollar can be exchanged for 15 kronor, which means that the current starting price of Skoda is US$100 million.

Okay, the price is not expensive. Shen Guanglin doesn’t know how much Volkswagen spent to acquire Skoda, but he knows that Geely spent US$1.8 billion when Volvo was acquired.

Therefore, Shen Guanglin's psychological base price is US$1.8 billion. If he can't get it at this price, then he won't buy it and just wait until he acquires Volvo later.

The auction officially started, but the auctioneer's warm-up was unsuccessful and the venue was silent for several minutes.

After all, everyone is a respectable person, and this is not the first time to participate in the auction. Everyone knows that there is no need to rush to bid.

In the end, the impatient Nan Bangzi couldn't sit still, "Daewoo Motors of the Republic of Korea, two billion!"

The starting price was only 1.5 billion kronor. He increased the price by 500 million kronor in one breath, which is equivalent to a price increase of 30 million US dollars. It is really a lot. Nan Bangzi may want to use this opportunity to scare away his competitors.

a strategy.

After quoting the price, Nan Bangzi looked around haughtily, then slowly sat down.

"Twenty-one billion" Asan, the owner of a company called Tata Motors, quoted another price without waiting for the host to speak.

This behavior was not friendly, and immediately attracted Nan Bangzi's angry gaze.

However, Brother Asan's words opened up the situation and the venue became lively.

At first, everyone discussed it in whispers. Later, if you don’t speak loudly, others won’t be able to hear what you are saying.

Seeing this scene, Mr. Counselor was so nervous that he didn't say a word. It was such a winter day that sweat began to drip from his forehead. He kept wiping it with a small handkerchief until the water was wrung out from the handkerchief.

Before setting off, they were blatantly talking about acquiring this and that. They didn’t expect that the starting price was US$100 million. What else was going on?

You know, when purchasing equipment in the country, two to three hundred thousand US dollars is already a lot of money. If it exceeds one million US dollars, it is the amount that can only be approved by the minister; if it exceeds ten million US dollars, it will have to go to the meeting.

; In billions as a unit, I am afraid that only the legendary Dongfeng Express has used this unit.

Next, the Italians, Germans, and Fuso people all raised their placards.

Everyone is really rich. 100 million kronor has become the smallest bidding unit. You know, the auctioneer said that the minimum bid is 10 million each time.

I don’t know how many rounds of competition went through. When the auction price reached 7.5 billion kronor, the scene finally became quiet.

You know, this is 500 million US dollars.
To be continued...