The Supreme Golden Eye -

The so-called "know yourself and the enemy and you can fight a hundred battles without danger". This sentence is true whether it is applied on the battlefield or in the shopping mall. Ling Shaonan already knew the plans of the Fuji Consortium, but the Fuji Consortium did not know his thoughts. This war without gunpowder had already ended before it even started.

Got into trouble.

In addition, as far as Ling Shaonan knew, it was not just the Fuji Consortium and himself who were interested in Fuji Heavy Industries. General Motors in the United States was also in contact with the top management of Fuji Heavy Industries and was a relatively strong competitor. There was also the Mitsui Consortium.

Japan's largest automobile manufacturer, Toyota Motor Corporation, is also very interested in Fuji Heavy Industries' technology, but the interest is not strong, and the Mitsui Consortium has been deeply affected by the financial crisis and has no energy to take care of this matter for the time being.

, so the competitiveness is not great.

As a result, the competition for Fuji Heavy Industries has become a three-power situation. Among them, Fuji Consortium and General Motors are strong, while Lingtian Investment Group is relatively weak. However, it has an advantage in that it is hidden in the dark and cannot be used for the time being.

As the other two companies know, if this advantage is taken advantage of, there may not be no chance of winning. The three opponents, two overt and one dark, each have their own advantages. Who can come out on top in the end depends on their respective methods.

Needless to say, among the two opponents of Lingtian Investment Group, Fuji Consortium, a large consortium with total assets of more than 5 trillion US dollars, is an out-and-out behemoth in every aspect. And General Motors Corporation

It should also not be underestimated that the giant behind the world's largest automobile company is even more powerful - the super consortium Morgan! Although the Morgan consortium does not interfere in the operation and management of General Motors, even if it is just something missing between its fingers, it is more powerful than anything in the world.

Most companies make a lot of money by selling everything they can!

General Motors was founded in September 1908 by William Durant, the former owner of the largest carriage factory in the United States. Its predecessor was the Buick Motor Company founded by David Buick in 1907. At first, there was only one brand: Buick, and then within a few years

It has successively acquired more than 20 brands such as Cadillac, with the goal of selling cars at any price and for any purpose, and continues to expand its brand scale.

Compared with its competitor Ford Motor Company, which initially only produced one model, the Model T Ford, GM simultaneously produced multiple brands around the world. Later, it acquired German companies such as Opel and provided car loans to consumers through its own financial company.

, further expanded sales, and became the world's largest automobile manufacturer in 1931, and has maintained this crown to this day for more than half a century.

In the heyday of General Motors, it owned many brands such as Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet, Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Opel, and Saab, and had stakes in many automobile companies such as Isuzu and Fiat, forming a

A huge automobile empire.

However, if you go out to hang out, you will always have to pay it back.

First of all, each brand operates independently and does its own thing, which makes communication between brands difficult and fails to effectively integrate R&D, manufacturing, marketing, services, etc., which invisibly increases costs.

Secondly, the original intention of implementing a multi-brand strategy was to segment the market, but due to too many brands, the boundaries between brands were blurred, which not only caused confusion in choice for consumers, but also caused internal friction between brands.

More importantly, because it owns so many brands, General Motors has been unable to concentrate on developing one or several global strategic models that can truly drive benefits.

Global strategic models have huge sales volume, which can minimize costs and significantly increase bicycle sales profits. The fundamental reason for the rise of Toyota and Honda lies in the excellent performance of global strategic models such as Corolla, Camry, Accord, and Civic.

However, General Motors has never had a truly global strategic model. On the contrary, it has continued to conduct research and development in various market segments, which not only increased research and development costs, but also lost valuable market and profit growth space.

To be honest, the starting point of General Motors' multi-brand strategy is not wrong, but the mistake is that it is too multi-branded. Market segmentation is necessary, but excessive segmentation will only increase manufacturing costs and marketing costs. Especially in the context of economic globalization

In this era, consumers' car purchasing behavior is increasingly showing a trend of convergence. In the foreseeable future, family cars will sweep the global market with a moderate style.

On the other hand, due to traditional habits, many General Motors models have large displacements and low fuel efficiency. As gasoline prices continue to soar, their sales are gradually declining. Especially after the oil crisis in 1973,

This trend is becoming more and more obvious. In addition, Japanese cars represented by Toyota have strengthened their export offensive to the United States by virtue of their small size and low energy consumption. By 1991, Japanese cars’ share of the U.S. market has exceeded 30%, leading to a rise in sales led by General Motors.

The three major American auto giants fell into huge losses at the same time!

Since then, although Japan has taken the initiative to restrict automobile exports to the United States due to pressure from the U.S. government, local U.S. automakers are not fools and have begun to seek transformation. General Motors' idea is to acquire Fuji Heavy Industries, an excellent Japanese company.

Automobile manufacturers learn from their successful experiences, improve themselves, and rejuvenate their careers.

However, now that Ling Shaonan and the Fuji Consortium have joined in, their wishful thinking may have come to nothing. On the historical track without the participation of other forces, GM only took % of Fuji Heavy Industries' shares. Now I am afraid that even 1% is not available.

Can't get it anymore.

Speaking of which, to a certain extent, General Motors can also be called the teacher of Phantom Motors. Ling Shaonan's future plans for Phantom Motors largely refer to GM's development history, including the acquisition of Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini.

In addition to referring to its technology, it creates a relatively high-end market for Phantom.

In addition to the image, more importantly, in order to segment the market, the high-end luxury car and high-end sports car business is independent of Phantom's own system, so that it can focus all its energy on global strategic models. However, with

General Motors has learned its lesson, Ling Shaonan will not make the same mistake again.

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After sorting out the things in his mind, Ling Shaonan picked up the phone and called Li Yunqing who was far away in Hong Kong. Li Yunqing, the senior vice president of Lingtian Investment Group, was in charge of all matters related to finance and the stock market. Ling Shaonan himself was responsible for some matters.

The details are not very clear, and some things will only be known after asking.

As for whether talking about such a confidential matter over the phone would lead to leaks, Ling Shaonan was not worried. With the Li family's intention to make friends, after nearly a month of arduous negotiations, Wei Shaoming successfully acquired Asia Satellite Corporation in early December.

was placed under the umbrella of Schindler International Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and specialized in Asia Satellite 2.

The door has set aside a communication channel for internal personnel to use. This communication channel uses a very complex and regularly changing encryption method. It will take at least three hours to crack. That is to say, unless a three-year-old

The phone call lasted for several hours, and someone started cracking it as soon as the call was connected, otherwise there would be no risk of leaking the secret.

"Big boss, you finally remembered me, this poor soldier? It's so rare! Tell me, what are your instructions?" After the call was connected, Li Yunqing's laughing voice came from the other end of the phone. Although the two of them are bosses at work

and subordinates, but they have a very deep personal relationship. Every time they meet or pass by each other, they always tease each other.

"Let's play for a while! Call me 'Boss', then should I also call you 'Boss Li'?" Ling Shaonan immediately fought back unceremoniously. This is indeed the case. The total assets of Hange Investment Management Company

Now it has reached as much as 40 to 50 billion U.S. dollars. Li Yunqing’s 0.5% stake is more than 200 million U.S. dollars, and he can rank over 100 in the world’s richest list.

(Originally, Li Yunqing’s shares were 5%. Later, as Han Ge grew stronger, he wanted to return part of it to Ling Shaonan. However, for Ling Shaonan, even if the 5% shares were worth billions of dollars, they were far inferior to Li Yunqing’s.

This person was valuable, so he was determined not to do it. So, Li Yunqing later gave 4.5% of it to

He transferred it to his wife Song Jia's name and gave a very lame reason - he said he was worried that he would become bad when he got money. In fact, Li Yunqing did have a criminal record in this matter. Before he met Song Jia,

, he is a famous libertine. He has forgotten how many women he has had an affair with in the United States...)

"Hey, it works! Everyone flatters each other and feels comfortable. Hello, I'm okay, everyone!" Li Yunqing on the other end of the phone smiled extremely obscenely, with a "shameless" look. If his subordinates or outsiders saw it, they would definitely

I can't believe that this two-skinned man is a top financier who holds hundreds of billions of dollars in capital and can cause earthquakes in the international financial market with just one stamp of his feet.

"Okay! Go home and show your wife this way. Let's get down to business." Seeing that Li Yunqing was still showing off, Ling Shaonan quickly interrupted him. He really couldn't understand why Li Yunqing was from Henan Province, how could he be poor sometimes?

Do you have to compete with people from the capital?

"Uh, okay, you tell me!" Li Yunqing immediately became serious when he talked about serious business. It doesn't matter if he is joking. He will never lose his temper when it is time to be serious. Otherwise, Ling Shaonan would not hand over all the financial departments of Lingtian Investment Group.

Take care of it for him.

"What is the current situation of Fuji Heavy Industries? How is the operation in the financial market going?" Ling Shaonan asked thoughtfully. He wanted to find out the general situation first, and then move on to the details.
Chapter completed!