Chapter 1725 (1/2)
Little Bill Ford has been a little nervous.
As the leader of this generation of Ford family, he is actually a player who has seen the world and experienced great storms. However, when he thought of meeting with Li Mu, the richest man in the world, he was a little confused.
At present, the total market value of the Ford family is only $20 billion, and a large part of it is owned by shareholders and other shareholders. The actual shares that the whole Ford family can control are less than half. Moreover, there is a very big problem with the old money, that is, too many children.
This kind of family is generally rich in four or five generations. Since the second generation, the number of lineal descendants has increased exponentially. Four have changed into sixteen, sixteen into sixty-four. After four generations, the number of lineal descendants has gone to 100, not counting their spouses. Now, the number of lineal relatives in the Ford family is so large that even little Bill Ford himself can't recognize it Yes.
Such a family, to this step today, although brilliant still, but also very painful.
Think it was really the top big family, now? The world is developing too fast, and the future generations suck no more. Ford's industry has gone backward instead of moving forward.
The absolute value has been shrinking, but the share of people is growing. Up to now, hundreds of people in the Ford family are starving like blood sucking worms every day. A large part of the industrial dividend and profit is directly put into the family trust fund, and then distributed to these heirs. This kind of family, which has the presence and spirit of the top big family, is quite down-to-earth The taste of nobility.
A family with a total asset of more than 10 billion US dollars but a per capita value of less than 100 million US dollars can be forgiven for being nervous in the face of a local tyrant worth hundreds of billions of US dollars.
Little Bill Ford even thought that if he could take this opportunity to hold Li Mu's thigh, it would be very good.
The best result is that Li Mu did not buy the three brands in his hands, but acquired them.
Acquisition is only to buy things for money. M & A is a merger and acquisition, which brings the acquiree into its own system.
Little Bill Ford thought that even if he valued the three brands at $7 billion, Ford could only relieve some pressure by selling them. After all, the three brands paid more than $7 billion when Ford acquired them. In the past years, even with investment losses, there were countless losses.
So, the best result is that Muye technology can merge these three brands, not much, and give the shares of Muye technology to Ford in three or five points. Then Ford will really win in the future.
Muye technology has not been listed yet, and the current valuations generally given by the capital market are more than 200 billion US dollars, or even more. If we wait for Google to go public and IPO ourselves, it will really be a big hit.
At this stage, it is much better for the Ford family to change from Li Mu to Muye technology than to sell in cash.
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In the afternoon, Li Mu took Li Ziwei, Chen Ze and Elon Musk's team to Ford headquarters.
Elon Musk has talked with Ford for several rounds here, and the price has changed from 7 billion to 6.3 billion. Li Mu asked him to talk at a price of about 5 billion dollars before, which Ford refused very simply.
Actually, for Li Mu, 5 billion dollars seems a little low, but actually it's enough fun. Which of the three brands is not in debt? Which is not losing money year after year? Together, the three brands lost several hundred million yuan a year. In a few years, Ford suffered.
Once the loss starts, it's really difficult to turn the loss into profit. It can be said that none of the three brands is Ford's own success.
Jaguar has always been the same thing. Land Rover has enjoyed a good reputation for some years. Half of the credit lies in the aurora. The other half lies in Song Siming of dwelling in a snail. If Land Rover can develop the aurora when it is still in Ford's hands and let Ford see the hope, don't say 5 billion, 7 billion Ford won't be willing to sell it in a package;
as for Volvo, it's even more important Well, if this brand had not been purchased by Huaxia brand, the Chinese people would have injected feelings into this brand under all kinds of propaganda attacks. As for its Buddhist operation routine, if it could win, Li Mu would like to eat four tires.
When Volvo was a Buddhist, there were few legends about it in the market. But since it became half a Chinese brand, the legends about Volvo have been all over the world.
I believe that every Chinese people who know a little bit about cars have heard a legend about Volvo. Some people swear that the cousin of his second brother's third uncle's distant nephew, who drove a Volvo car, had an accident, the car crashed and was scrapped, and the airbags exploded, but no one had anything to do with it.
Others said that his brother-in-law drove a Volvo car down the mountain. If he hadn't driven a Volvo car, he would have died. So he recognized Volvo and bought only Volvo cars.
As a result, Volvo turned a loss into a profit in the hands of Jili. Everyone thought that Ford lost money on sale. In fact, it's not true that giving Ford another chance, he may not be able to turn Volvo into a profit.Ford is also the most famous car brand in the United States. The three brands under his hand, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo, are sold in a mess in the United States. It can be seen that even his compatriots don't give Ford face. It's almost impossible for Ford to build up these three brands.