Rebirth in 1998 is also a kind of life

Time to enter October.

Perhaps it is that the concept of sharing economy that Zhutou International Trade has been advocating for more than half a year is really attractive, or it may be that the growing business of shared bicycles and homestays has brought enough confidence to the people of all levels in the beautiful country, or it is Anron. The company and JP Morgan began to exert force.

In short, in the past month, a group of financial analysts on Wall Street have praised the concept of the sharing economy, and called it "an innovative model that is more worth looking forward to than the Internet economy";

And some senior officials of the beautiful country also stood on the platform in the media, claiming that "this great innovation will free the beautiful country from the muddy economy", and also vowed that they will propose to the parliament that the country will introduce a number of sharing economic projects 【Extremely attractive incentive policy】.

One after another, the heavy voices gradually plunged the entire beautiful country into a state of carnival.

Unsurprisingly, the market with a keen sense of smell has also given extremely positive feedback. Suddenly, projects such as shared umbrellas, shared mobile phones, shared toys, shared basketball, shared skateboards, and shared kindergartens have sprung up like mushrooms after rain; and It is easy to raise funds from investors;

Yes, you read that right, shared kindergartens can also raise funds - in the beautiful country, many low-level people represented by black people don't have the leisure time to take care of their own children, and spend a little money to make other children in the community It is undoubtedly a choice to have the best of both worlds, so in the eyes of investors, this is an investment project with a lot of room for development.

It's just that, compared with these follow-up projects that don't know where they came from, most people actually look forward to the two projects of Kuqi Shared Bike and Gongzhu B&B to be listed quickly, so that they can snap up stocks in the first place-except that they are absolutely In addition to the pioneers of the sharing economy, the strong strength demonstrated by these two projects is also the source of expectations for ordinary people.

In fact, the business of these two projects has quickly penetrated into all parts of the beautiful country. Under the rapid promotion of Morgan Stanley, they have entered the C round of financing. I believe it will not take long before they will appear on the New York Stock Exchange. Accept the pursuit of shareholders.

Of course, this kind of big cake that looks extremely rich is not something you can vote for as you want. It does not have enough use value. Even if you kneel at the door with money in your hands, people will not take a look at you—from this point of view In other words, it is conceivable that the 40% equity of the two subsidiaries of Zhutou International Trade has attracted a large number of big fish behind it.

However, although these two projects look very good, it is obviously not enough to attract real predators and make them willingly help Daguan Yang overcome various difficulties and finally realize some of his small wishes;

Ever since, veteran Kenneth played.

………………

In the blue glass building of Enron Corporation, seven or eight men in suits who looked no longer young were sitting in the conference room, looking thoughtfully at the ppt on the projection wall in front of them;

The current CEO of Enron, Jeffrey, condescends to act as the reporter, and uncharacteristically restrains his previous aggressiveness and publicity in his speech and demeanor: "Gentlemen, this is the entire content of the concept outline of [New Energy Vehicles] gone."

Jeffrey bowed humbly, and couldn't help showing a trace of fanaticism in his eyes: "As stated in the plan, this future will have a trillion-scale Big Mac market, and we don't plan to start all over again and independently develop a It is a brand new track, but I intend to give full play to the resource advantages of everyone here, and go step by step step by step;”

"From the very beginning of renting instead of purchasing, the [Shared Taxi] plan that fully digests the capacity inventory of your old-fashioned cars;"

"In the second stage, the [New Energy Big Truck] trial-and-error plan will be tested with large transport vehicles as the track;"

"Then to the third stage, the [new energy smart car] plan with mid-to-high-end private cars as the breakthrough point;"

"It can be said that every step has taken into account your strategic and economic interests, and the 15-year plan implementation period is enough for you to adjust your industry focus."

A tycoon from Detroit was silent for a while, and then asked: "Mr. Jeffrey, although your shared taxi plan in the first phase looks good, but this is just to digest our production capacity and inventory. ;"

"Moreover, we have to change part of the body design of these taxis for private use, and we need to persuade local city halls and Congress to open up the personal taxi market-to sum up, as the main body of this stage, we, No matter how you look at it, the effort is greater than the return!"

Speaking of this, the Detroit boss smiled: "With all due respect, the trillion-level market is certainly very attractive, and the traditional auto industry will indeed gradually transfer to the stock market in the next few years-but such a joint plan , if the first stage cannot guarantee our interests, then it is difficult for me to convince myself to take risks;”

"After all, the first stage alone will take up to five years. I can't afford to lose such a long time."

When Jeffrey heard this, there was no unnaturalness on his face: "Sir, the times have changed. In this era when the manufacturing industry is gradually hollowing out, I think...you should actually consider learning from our Enron model and try a physical The way of corporate financialization;”

Looking at the pensive expression on the face of this boss, Jeffrey's face was more confident: "This is an era when the wool comes from the pig and the dog pays the bill. Look at it with traditional eyes and attitudes." Finance and the stock market are still too...cautious;”

After pausing for a while to consider, Jeffrey finally used the word cautious to describe the old antique in front of him, and then said respectfully: "As you said just now, this is a joint project. When the time comes It will appear in front of the public with Anron New Energy Technology Manufacturing Company as the main body, not in the name of your group itself, so - don't worry, you will never lose money during the taxi sharing stage!"

When Jeffrey implicitly hinted that this project would not affect the reputation of the other party's Ontology Industry, a man in his 40s smiled and nodded at the Detroit boss: "Don't worry, sir, this project will be completed in the preliminary stage." After the layout is completed, it will appear in the stock market through a direct listing, and I guarantee the reputation of Morgan Stanley, everything will go smoothly, and the interim period will not exceed 10 months."

Another chubby man in his 50s also interjected: "Don't worry, Mr. Andersen, as long as everyone follows the plan, I guarantee that the financial statements of this project will be very inspiring—and this number will continue to grow." nice."

Hearing this, the Detroit tycoon realized that this project was not carried by his own company, and immediately felt relieved—as long as he didn’t bet on his group’s century-old reputation, this trillion-dollar project would be very attractive , Besides, with this group of people, it is really not difficult to cut leeks in the stock market.

It seems that he is very familiar with the various methods of Morgan Stanley and Andersen. A tycoon who favors investing in Silicon Valley companies has no doubts about profitability, but raised a question of his own concern: "With the current technology Look, it's hard for me to imagine a smart car like the one you're describing 15 years from now."

"In the first stage, by installing a small signal booster on the vehicle, allowing consumers to swipe their cards, they will be billed through fixed-point feedback from the bank signal. It is no problem to fool consumers at the moment, and then call it [smart];"

"However, the public has eyes. Once ten years later, everyone finds that the blueprint we have drawn is far away..."

Hearing the question from the Silicon Valley tycoon, several others also nodded.

Although this joint plan is very attractive, all of this must be implemented in the words "new energy" and "smart".

Moreover, although ten years is not short, it is not long. Once there is no breakthrough in technology by then, not only will the value of this project be greatly reduced, but also the chain reaction will affect the goodwill of the group represented by my own people, and even To be reduced to a joke - this is something they cannot bear no matter what.

Jeffrey nodded confidently: "Sir, this worry is not unreasonable, but please rest assured that we have already reserved some technologies in joint casting investment and private equity..."

Before he finished speaking, Kenneth, who had been sitting quietly by the side, suddenly interrupted Jeffrey's speech with his hand, turned his head and looked at the Silicon Valley boss with a smile: "Ryan, don't worry, we won't eat alone, In terms of technology related to smart cars, except for the smart central control system, all other derived and applied technologies are handed over to you—as long as they can pass the evaluation, we will definitely give priority to applying them in this project; "

"In addition, I have an immature suggestion for the technology companies and related technology application projects you invest in - once we reach a cooperation today, everyone will be a strategic partner, so you may wish to consider opening up some projects Give us, if you cross shareholdings like this, it can also promote everyone's feelings!"

The bigwig in Silicon Valley immediately nodded in satisfaction; that's right, if this kind of joint project is simply tossed out that little share, it would be a bit too contemptuous.

The rest of the people looked at Kenneth in surprise—you know, the automobile industry chain is notoriously long, and the industrial links of the new energy smart cars mentioned in the plan are of course far more advanced than traditional cars. It is much shorter, but correspondingly, the industry chain in terms of smart accessories and application software is absolutely intricate.

People in the beautiful country have a deeper understanding of the value of "technology" than the Chinese people at this time. Hearing that this old fox is willing to throw out such a big piece of fat, apart from lamenting the courage of this guy, I also fully understood the size of today's plan and the responsibilities I would have to bear if I joined the group.

Seeing that Kenneth had already set the tone, a Texas industrial tycoon was not polite: "Mr. Kenneth, since you invited me to this party today, the implication is that you plan to The new energy power is handed over to us?"

Looking at this industrial tycoon with faintly excited eyes, Kenneth naturally knew why even this old fox lost his composure.

Just like whoever controls oil in today's society can control the right to speak, if the promotion of new energy vehicles can gradually make the public begin to accept and apply "politically correct" new energy, broaden the application scenarios and gradually form a If there is a complete industrial chain, then the core group in this industrial chain will get what they dream of—especially this big man from Texas, who has always been at odds with the Rockefeller family.

However, what he didn't expect was that Kenneth, who has always been on good terms with Bush Jr., would be willing to share this kind of far-reaching cake with him—you know, the Bush family has always been friends with Mobil, and Mobil He is the number one thug under the Rockefeller family.

But it’s no wonder, everyone has heard about the incident with Enron half a year ago, since Kenneth couldn’t get your help in times of crisis, then you can’t blame him for coming over with such a golden hen to change course Zhang—the industrial tycoon from Texas thought he had seen the truth.

Smiling and looking at the boss in front of him, Kenneth nodded first, and then shook his head: "We will naturally hand over the new energy power, but if everyone becomes a strategic partner, then such a big piece of cake Naturally, you must know how to share, and eating alone is not enough;”

"So, what I mean is... In the new energy sector, you are responsible for the manufacturing and process research of batteries, and we, Anron and Cast Investment Private Equity, are responsible for the mining and supply of lithium metal raw materials;"

"As for the derivative application scenarios such as bio-energy supply, charging base stations, and photovoltaic power generation... I suggest that you might as well give these things to the Chicago consortium for a try?"

Hearing Kenneth mentioning himself, the boss from the Chicago consortium suddenly smiled.

You should know that the current new energy sources are mainly divided into two directions - one is bio-alcohol and the other is electric energy.

In the plan just now, for the sake of risk avoidance, the cars of these two energy modes will conduct market exploration for a period of time, and the final selection of the energy mode will be decided after collecting feedback data - in order to coordinate the interests of all parties In the plan given by Enron, the final model is also deliberately set as a hybrid, but the proportions of the two sides are different (this kind of design has existed in history, and it was once very optimistic. In fact, if it were not for 08 If all walks of life intervene because of fear of food crisis and people's livelihood crisis, at least in Europe and America, bio-ethanol has become one of the mainstream new energy sources).

As a Chicago consortium that made its fortune in agriculture and animal husbandry, although they have a pivotal influence in the food industry and agricultural machinery manufacturing in addition to the primary industry, they also have their own banking and financial industries; but overall, their profits The growth rate does not satisfy the top management;

In addition, in this era of gradually entering the Internet, their right to speak is much smaller than that of 20 years ago, and this is something they cannot tolerate.

And the current new energy smart car plan is obviously a strategic opportunity for them - once they enter the Internet technology industry and the energy industry, and become a member that cannot be ignored in these two major tracks, then it is conceivable that their voices It will return to the peak of 20 years ago, and even worse.

Even if you don't consider this aspect, this huge new energy car building plan is the treasure of their treasures for them-if bio-alcohol is used as energy, it can not only digest their huge food stocks, but also pass the energy from the source. Adjust the relationship between supply and demand and increase the price of food; they who have mastered the right to adjust the market weight can even grab huge profits from the futures market every year.

Of course, all of this needs to be based on the smooth promotion of new energy vehicles and the formation of a sufficient scale-but for a chaebol like them, the market in the beautiful country is not like a doll in their hands, but After the resources of all parties have poured in, it is not difficult to leverage this promising market.

And right now Kenneth is willing to let himself get involved in the photovoltaic power generation and charging pile business in addition to being willing to hand over the supply of biofuels to himself. Be careful, you won't lose anything.

It's just that everyone is an old fox, and Kenneth must have a plan for thinking so much about himself. To be honest, in this joint plan, only their Chicago consortium is not irreplaceable. After all, the beautiful country can produce a lot of food. They are not the only consortiums and companies that provide biofuels; if it is just for commercial considerations, the other party does not need to take extra benefits to take care of itself.

Taking a slight breath, the boss from the Chicago consortium quickly regained his composure, glanced at the slightly jealous Detroit boss from the corner of his eye, and then stared at Kenneth closely: "Mr. Kenneth, everyone understands Man, so, please tell me... what do you want?"

Seeing that the other party brought this up, Kenneth's smile remained unchanged. After looking around for a week, he said: "Everyone, don't blame my cake distribution plan for being unfair... In fact, this is a major shareholder of Enron Technology Manufacturing Company. For this reason, they also specially gave up a large part of the interests that should belong to them, and to a certain extent, the interests that the rest of you deserve have not been damaged in any way. "

Speaking of this, Kenneth turned his head and looked at the big brother of the Chicago consortium: "You guessed it right, entrusted by a certain major shareholder, there is something that really needs your help;"

Speaking of this, Kenneth's expression was a bit strange: "Well... I wonder if you have heard of the two companies, Mengshandu and Smithfield?"

! ! ? ? ?

Meng Shandu?

Everyone present frowned suddenly, they naturally knew about these two companies.

but……

That’s all for Smithfield Foods. Although this company is not small, the officials of the beautiful country have never intervened in the planting and animal husbandry industries. pig only;

However, the notorious company Mengshandu is different. This kind of enterprise involved in agricultural safety and high-tech research and development is definitely a hot yam!

Thinking of this, the tycoon from the Chicago consortium suddenly hesitated - he naturally knew who the major shareholder of Anron Technology Manufacturing Company was.

And the other party has also heard a little about the tentative acquisition of these two companies.

However, is it worth it to spend so much effort to help the other party merge these two companies?

A certain chaebol who started out as an agricultural business fell into deep thought...