Chapter 1765 Never Become Steve Jobs II

Saleen, founded in 1984, is a company specializing in the production of super sports cars that develops, designs, and manufactures, and also undertakes the assembly and painting work of the Ford GT (40) sports car. Currently, more than 600,000 super sports cars have been produced worldwide. Note,

These 600,000 vehicles are the total turnover of the company since its establishment.

In 20 years, only 600,000 super sports cars were produced, with an average of less than 30,000 units per year. Compared with other car manufacturers' annual sales of millions or even tens of millions of vehicles, it can be said that the results are quite dismal. But it must be admitted.

One thing is that every sports car it produces is well worthy of the name of super sports car.

The s7 series is the best among the "saleen" and is known as the fastest mass-produced car in the world. The 2005 version of the s7 is the best among the best, the fastest sports car permitted by law.

The maximum speed, to use a simple metaphor, as long as the road permits, is definitely much faster than the Shenma EMU or high-speed rail!

However, such a well-known company in the supercar industry has encountered a profit crisis in its business operations. There is no way. Due to the excessive pursuit of excellence in supercars, and the attack from all walks of life on those drag racing enthusiasts who buy supercars and race them privately,

It can be said that the current life of the "Saleen" company is not easy. Its president, Steven Selling, is having a very difficult time.

Of course, Ford is currently negotiating a contract with "Saleen" Company, a four-year contract for "Saleen" Company to help it produce GT sports cars. Although the profits are very considerable, Ford's ambitions are not small. I hope

This can be used to annex the "Saleen" company and become a branch of it, a branch specializing in the production of super sports cars.

Steven Selling was quite dissatisfied with this. But if this contract was not signed, the company would have a hard time. This is why he heard that Lin Feng wanted two 2005 version s7s, and decided to make extra ones for Lin Feng.

The reason for two cars.

"Hi, Steven, my old friend, I have good news and bad news for you, which one do you want to hear first?" Max Mosley said.

"Marx, let's start with the bad news. There is no worse news for me now." Steven Salling sighed.

"The bad news is that Lin Feng rejected the proposal to produce two more S7s. He must get two of them within three days. If he exceeds three days, he will not want them anymore," said Max Mosley.

Steven Selling sighed helplessly. He agreed to help Lin Feng build an additional global limited edition supercar. He also wanted to please Lin Feng and see if he could cooperate and enter the Chinese market. Now it seems that there is no chance.

"My old friend, don't sigh, the good news is that Lin Feng wants to talk to you about injecting capital into 'saleen'. If you are willing to sell some of your shares, you may not only be able to get rid of the company's financial difficulties, but even make your

The company is about to turn around." Max Mosley persuaded. He was soft-spoken because of Lin Feng. In order to solve the troubles in his lower body, he had to help Lin Feng become a lobbyist.

Sell ​​the company? - Steven Serling frowned. It was his family's wish to establish a company specializing in the production of super sports cars. Finally, it was realized in his generation, so how could he sell the company.

"No, no, no, I'm not asking you to sell the company, but to sell part of your shares!" Max Mosley waved his hands repeatedly.

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"Okay, I agree to meet with Lin Feng." Finally, Steven Serling decided to talk to Lin Feng. If it is appropriate, it is not impossible to sell some of the shares.

Soon, the three of them held an impromptu online video conference through the Internet.

"Hello, Mr. Selling. I think Marx should have told you the reason for my visit." Lin Feng got straight to the point.

Steven Serling looked at Max Mosley and was secretly surprised by the close relationship between him and Lin Feng. You know, Max Mosley is the chairman of the FIA, and Lin Feng is the owner of the "Dragon Racing Team"

, logically there should be a distance between the two. Of course, these things have nothing to do with Steven Salling, what he cares about is Lin Feng's sincerity.

"Mr. Selling, I won't say more. To be more direct, I plan to spend 1.5 billion US dollars and help your company enter the Chinese market to buy 35% of your shares and a promise!" Lin Feng said.

1.5 billion US dollars, buy 35% of the shares and a promise! - Steven Selling was shocked. Not only he was shocked, but Max Mosley was also shocked. The current estimate is that the market value of "Saleen" company is only about 3 billion US dollars

, Lin Feng’s US$1.5 billion is very high.

"What promise?" Steven Serling was tempted. The exchange of 35% of the shares for US$1.5 billion was worth it, and it also helped the company enter the Chinese market. If you are still not tempted, then there is nothing worth tempting.

"It's very simple. Form a new joint venture with Shenlong Automobile." Lin Fengxiao said.

"Joint venture!" Steven Selling frowned. "Shenlong Company" belongs to Lin Feng. It is a joint venture between the two parties. Isn't this a disguised annexation of "Saleen"!

"It's not a annexation, but a strong alliance. DPCA helps you open up the Chinese market, and you help DPCA improve its ability to manufacture high-end cars. The two parties are a powerful alliance," Lin Feng said.

"How to jointly invest?" Steven Serling asked.

"I have calculated that the current market values ​​of 'Dragon Automobile' and 'Saleen' companies are equivalent. Therefore, 'Saleen' company gave up 20% of its shares in exchange for 20% of 'Dragon Automobile's shares. Both parties jointly hold each other's shares and jointly established a new

"Shenlong Automobile's subsidiary, Shenlong S, will share its profit in half with both parties, what do you think? Of course, 'Shenlong Automobile' will try its best to help your company enter the Chinese market!" Lin Fengxiao said.

This plan was carefully considered by Lin Feng. "Shenlong Automobile" is domestically produced and a completely independent brand. Therefore, a traditional joint venture is impossible, otherwise the meaning of an independent brand will be lost and it will no longer be a national brand. Therefore, we came up with

20% of the shares can still be accepted by the outside world. The subsidiary established to produce high-end cars not only does not violate the environmental protection and energy-saving concepts of "Dragon Motors", but can also compete for the high-end car market. As for helping "Saleen" company enter China

, Lin Feng is not worried at all whether he will compete with the "Shenlong S" in the market.

Because the two parties are aiming at different markets, "Saleen" has been committed to producing global super sports cars, while "Shenlong's" is only positioned as a sports car system, with the word "top" added at most. But there is still a difference between top and super. In essence,

the difference.

This is like "saleen" manufacturing sports cars for other car manufacturers (Ford, Ferrari, etc.) while also producing sports cars of its own. Although they are all from the same company and have the same craftsmanship, the final product is the same in terms of performance and appearance.

Completely different reasons.

After hesitating for a long time, Steven Selling agreed to Lin Feng's proposal. For him, Lin Feng's proposal was very in line with the interests of both parties, and she had no reason not to cooperate. At least for now, this cooperation is far better than

Ford's contract is much better. What's more, the Chinese market has always been predicted by the automotive industry to be the next United States. As a member of the automotive industry, "saleen" naturally wants a piece of the pie.

What's more, I heard that the consumption power of luxury goods in the Chinese market is increasing year by year. It is now second only to the United States and Japan, and may even become the world's largest luxury goods consumer market in the future. Super sports cars are undoubtedly real luxury goods, and there is no reason to "saleen" them.

Do not enter.

"Deal!" Then the two parties signed the contract via electronic agreement.

"By the way, Mr. Selling, for some reason, I hope that the news that I invested in acquiring 35% of your company's shares will not be announced to the outside world, and I will ask Mr. Ellison to come forward to acquire these 35% shares!" Lin Fengxiao

explain.

Steven Selling was stunned, not understanding what Lin Feng meant. But this is not important. What is important is that the cooperation is pleasant. The rest is Lin Feng's personal matter and has nothing to do with him.

"Well, Steven, you can ship me two 2005 version S7s now!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Well, Lin, if you say that your ultimate goal is to get two S7s, I can only say that you are crazy. But I like your madness very much." Steven Salling laughed, and then the celebrity immediately

He loaded the truck and waited for Lin Feng's special plane to arrive to transport the goods.

"Huh, Lin, you are so awesome. Okay, I'm going to eat 'Japanese food' now, and you can't say it's out of stock!" Max Mosley said breathlessly after holding it in for a long time.

"Of course, go ahead, I've already said hello. By the way, thank you, Max!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Nothing, this is also a good thing for the FIA. The more supercars China has, the better it will be for the promotion of F1." Max Mosley hung up the phone after saying this.

Sure enough, ginger is old! - Lin Feng smiled and shook his head. It seems that Max Mosley is so anxious to introduce Steven Serling to him, not because of "Japanese food", but for F1.

But this is a good thing for myself and "Saleen". This time, I not only own 35% of the shares of "Saleen", but more importantly, through this joint venture, I will truly own the absolute controlling stake of "Shenlong Automobile"

Quan. Lin Feng has put so much effort into "Dragon Motors", but he never wants to become the second Steve Jobs and be kicked out by "Dragon Motors" in the future. As for Ellison to come forward, it is naturally to deceive others and avoid being punished.

It aborted due to the country's jealousy. As for whether the country would agree to this joint venture, Lin Feng didn't think it was a problem.

Because this bet is about to end, the country never wants Shenlong Auto to lose. And "Penn Dragon Auto" only exchanges 20% of the shares, which is completely acceptable to the country. 20% of the shares are exchanged for the technology of the world's super sports car manufacturer

The assistance is well worth it.
Chapter completed!