Chapter 1761: European Trip
Money, is it easy to make? This question is a very serious and difficult one for some people. **It’s really hard to make money. I’m exhausted every day. I only earn a little from hard work, which is just enough to eat without starving. This is the saying that money is hard to make and shit is hard to eat.
But for some people, money is very easy to make. Some can easily earn tens of thousands per month just sitting in the office; some can easily earn hundreds of thousands per month just by sitting at home and lending money; some can earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions per year just by talking.
Lin Feng, on the other hand, belongs to the last category. After holding a press conference to announce the cooperation between five giant companies in "Second World" and "GM13", the stocks of the five companies fell in response. Originally "GM13" was an alliance established by 13 companies. Now "EA", "Nintendo", "Sega", "Square-Enix", and "Sony" have chosen to join forces with Lin aside from other alliance members. If Feng cooperates, doesn't this mean the destruction of the "GM13" alliance!
Although there have been rumors about this matter for a long time, the outside world does not believe it. Now that everything has been concluded, the five companies have abandoned their allies and chosen to cooperate with Lin Feng. This in itself is a disguised recognition of Lin Feng's power. In addition, the technology exchanged between the two parties in the end was an "ecosystem" rather than the "cloud computing" and "Nuwa" technologies mentioned in previous rumors. It is strange that the stock prices of the five giants did not fall.
Subsequently, companies such as "THQ" and "Ubisoft" successively announced their withdrawal from the "GM13" alliance, adding insult to injury. Therefore, with the foresight, Lin Feng relied on Soros's pre-short selling and made a profit of US$500 million in one fell swoop.
I made $500 million while sitting in my office without doing anything. Isn’t this money easy to make?
"Soros, the plan has just begun, and everything is left to you. Remember, cooperate more with Microsoft. Before this summer, I hope that our relationship with Microsoft will be as friendly as it is now!" Lin Feng ordered explain.
"Boss, don't worry. ####This time, the time, location, and access are all on our side. It's hard not to make money! Of course, this time we sold short one after another. I think Little Japan must have been alert. , I’m afraid it won’t be so easy to make money next time! And I heard that the five giants are preparing to form a brand new alliance, an alliance with only the five giants!” After staying with Lin Feng for a long time, Soros also gradually called Japan a small country. Japan comes.
This time the five giants suffered such a big loss, but they couldn't tell the story of their suffering. The five giants, on the company's board of directors, have suffered a lot. No matter how good this "ecosystem" is, it is an ironclad fact that it is not as good as "cloud computing" and "Nuwa". Those on the board of directors are not idiots and will not be easily fooled by the five giants. Although in the end, the five giants finally calmed down the anger from the board of directors with their respective abilities, they would naturally not give up after suffering such a big loss. Therefore, the five major companies are preparing to unite the power of the five companies, put aside the intrigues in the "GM13" alliance, and cooperate sincerely, support each other, and jointly resist Lin Feng, with the goal of revenge!
"Do not worry,
It's fine. Although the five major companies are powerful, they are not taken seriously by me. Because they have a fatal flaw! "Lin Feng chuckled.
Fatal flaw? ——Soros was stunned.
"Yes, fatal flaw." Lin Feng showed a smile on his face. From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Soros's curious face. He immediately stretched out his finger and shook it, "I want to keep this matter secret for the time being. Everything is still in operation. Wait until the next moment." I will tell you the result of course."
Soros felt helpless. His boss started to sell things off again. But Soros is also used to it. Lin Feng always has many ideas, and most of these ideas will bring huge benefits to the company. Therefore, Soros got used to it and waited for the day when Lin Feng automatically revealed the answer to the mystery.
"Soros, I won't go into details. I want to go to Europe as soon as possible." Lin Feng's eyes were confused. This trip to Europe, Lin Feng actually did it for one person, but Lin Feng didn't have much confidence in this trip. **You can only do your best!
"A trip to Europe?" Soros was stunned.
"Yes, I am going to Europe to persuade Schumacher to join my 'Dragon Racing Team'. You know, the new season of the F1 Championship will start in March, and now my team has nothing." Lin Feng lamented. explain.
The difficulty of creating a fleet is beyond Lin Feng's imagination. I originally thought that once I had money and I attached great importance to it, everything would fall into place. But in fact, the equipment is there, but the real talents are not. If a team wants to achieve good results in F1, it is useless to only have advanced equipment, it must also have talented people. This is the key! So this time Lin Feng went to Europe to lobby Schumacher to join his "Dragon Racing Team".
Of course, with Lin Feng's identity, he wouldn't have to go all the way to Europe to win over a driver. This would be a bit of a loss of face. After all, in addition to Schumacher, there are also top racing drivers like Fernando Alonso and Montoya for Lin Feng to choose from. Therefore, there is no need for Lin Feng to go to Europe to personally lobby Schumacher. However, this lobbying of Schumacher is not only about the "Dragon Racing Team", but also about the gamble of the century between the "Dragon Company" and the Japanese company.
At present, the sales of Japanese cars in China have been hot in the past year. Although Lin Feng and Japanese car dealers have made a bet, for most Chinese people, the first choice for buying cars is still Japanese cars, believing that Japanese cars are fuel-efficient and of good quality. Therefore, in the past 10 months, China's auto sales reached 40,000 units, of which Japanese car sales reached 26%, or 1.083 million units.
As for "Shenlong Automobile", although Lin Feng focuses on energy saving and environmental protection concepts, coupled with the purchase of local governments, the sales in the mainland in 10 months are only 900,000 units. This is a very good sales volume for a newly established automobile company, enough to make the whole company jubilant. However, there is still a gap of 30,000 units from Japanese cars, which is not so easy to fill. Although there are still 2 months, the time is too tight.
In China, many people do not believe in the quality of "Shenlong Automobile", believing that Chinese cars cannot compare with Japanese cars no matter how they develop. For this, Lin Feng can do nothing. Brand effect needs time to be established slowly. This is not something that can be changed overnight. Therefore, Lin Feng planned to invite Schumacher back and use his influence to boost the sales of "Shenlong Automobile".
Of course, in addition to "Shenlong Automobile", Lin Feng had other tricks. But for now, let's get Schumacher back first.
Soon, Lin Feng arrived in Milan, Europe. The 2005 F1 event will not be held until March, and Schumacher is still enjoying the last holiday before the new season. Milan, Italy, an international city full of fashion and beauties, has always been Schumacher's favorite holiday resort.
"Boss, our company does not have a branch in Milan. It takes time to find Schumacher!" Li Rui was not sure about finding Schumacher who wanted to take a hidden and leisurely vacation in Milan, a super metropolis. Finding, of course, can definitely be found, but it takes time. But Lin Feng just didn't have time.
"Don't worry, when you get to Milan, if you want to find someone, you naturally have to find a local snake!" Lin Feng smiled.
Milan, whose territory? ——Allegra! Versace's headquarters is in Milan. With Allegra there, Lin Feng will never have trouble finding Schumacher. Just ten minutes after Lin Feng hung up the phone with Allegra, Lin Feng and his party were picked up by the car and then went to Allegra's villa. As soon as he entered the door, the first person he saw was not someone else, but Schumacher. Of course, it was his back.
"Lin, you came at the right time. Michael happened to be a guest at my house." Allegra held Lin Feng with one hand, and whispered in Lin Feng's ear with a smile, "Lin, I have talked to Schumacher about your team, but he is very determined and has a very deep affection for Ferrari. He will not leave Ferrari unless there is an accident. I can't do anything about this, and I can only rely on you. I will make it clear later, and then you can talk to Schumacher in person."
Lin Feng nodded. Lin Feng also understood Schumacher's persistence. Before, Lin Feng offered Schumacher an annual salary of 100 million US dollars to dig Schumacher to the "Shenlong Racing Team". Although this 100 million annual salary is definitely the highest salary in the F1 world, or even the highest salary in the world. But with Schumacher's popularity, it is definitely worth it. Unfortunately, Schumacher rejected this sky-high contract for only one reason - Ferrari.
At this time, Lin Feng knew how difficult Schumacher was. So Lin Feng came in person today. Not only did he come with sincerity, but he also came with the confidence of winning. Schumacher, today must belong to him.
"Allegra, thank you. By the way, I see you have lost weight again. The company is very busy. After all, you are in charge of such a large Versace empire. If you have any trouble, tell me and I will help you solve it. Also, remember to eat more. Otherwise, you will be too thin, and you will not be beautiful!" Lin Feng gently touched Allegra's head and said.
It has only been three months since the last meeting, but Allegra has become so thin that she has lost her shape. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is skinny. And Allegra, who has lost weight, is a monster if Lin says something offensive. When she was plump before, although Allegra was not a natural beauty, she was still pretty. Coupled with her natural artistic temperament, it can be said that she was still quite lethal.
Hearing Lin Feng's words, Allegra was shocked. She couldn't help but lean on Lin Feng's arms. Lin Feng was slightly stunned.
"Lin, let me lean on you, just for a while." Allegra said softly. The tone was indescribably weak.
One minute, no, it was only about 40 seconds, Allegra left Lin Feng's arms, and when she left, she whispered: Thank you.
"Hi, Michael, let me introduce an old friend to you, Lin Feng!" Allegra said loudly.
Schumacher turned around and saw Lin Feng, frowning slightly.
(To be continued)