Rebirth: Return to 1991 to be the richest man

Chapter 2193: Is this an intention to betray one's trust?
Originally, when Chris came to Sweden that day, it would have been a smooth meeting to reach a consensus.

Then maybe Volvo Cars is now a brand industry under Ford.

But it is a pity that Handy, the president of Volvo, waited for two days to invite these two representatives from Ford. However, when they met, Chris was still so arrogant and seemed to have a plan in mind.

This made Handy feel bad.

Even without Chen Jianghai's appearance, Handy still had a grudge against Chris. He didn't like people who were not punctual.

As if sensing that the atmosphere in the conference room was a bit gloomy, other senior executives of Volvo Corporation spoke one after another. However, their words could not quell Handy's dissatisfaction, but instead made Handy feel disappointed with these senior executives.

How could they still laugh in the face of such rude behavior from Ford?
"Mr. Chris, the meeting originally scheduled for the day before yesterday has been postponed to today. All of us in the Volvo Group are waiting for you. Let's start now."

Handy said coldly, waving his hand to the secretary beside him to start getting to the point.

Chris laughed and said: "Mr. Handy, this time we at Ford are here to confirm the final result. We at Ford are very sincere in acquiring the car company under your Volvo Group."

John also spoke, but he actually skipped Handy's secretary and spoke directly to the Volvo president.

This made Handy very dissatisfied.

John is just Chris' assistant. What qualifications does he have to talk to him?

However, no matter how unhappy Handy is, he can only hold it in. The Volvo Group's current thoughts have not changed. If possible, they will still sell the Volvo Group's automotive business.

"I have seen your sincerity. You just made us wait two more days. I think this can also show our sincerity."

Handy sneered, and the atmosphere became a little cold again.

John's mouth twitched, but he couldn't refute it. He bit the bullet and came up with an acquisition agreement. This acquisition agreement was the result of Ford's multi-faceted investigation and the final transaction price.

"Mr. Handy, according to our understanding at Ford through various channels, the business situation of the Volvo Group's car companies is not good. Although you claim to be a luxury brand, whether it is in Europe, the United States, or even the markets of other countries, In the environment, none of you are as powerful as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi.”

"As a result, we have made some adjustments to the price we paid to acquire you."

John said, and then handed over three documents and three contracts.

Ford Company was very well prepared. John had been busy working on this matter for several months, and now it finally came in handy.

Handy frowned, took the information and looked at it carefully.

If it weren't for Chris's arrogant attitude and successive unpunctuality, Handy might have had some other ideas in his mind after reading this information, and would have been gradually defeated by Ford's methods.

In the end, their transaction price may not be much higher.

But unfortunately, Handy now has a thorn in his heart, a thorn of dissatisfaction with Ford.

It was precisely because of the existence of this thorn that after Handy saw this report, he only felt that Ford was humiliating them.

"What! What do you mean, you actually plan to acquire our Volvo Group car company for US$55 billion? Is this price too low?"

"Also, your contract does not specify what to do with our union workers who originally worked in the Volvo Group after you acquired the Volvo Group. Are you planning to break your promise?"

After reading the contract, the union representatives sitting in the conference room immediately stood up excitedly.

Sweden's workers' unions are very powerful. In order to protect the rights of their workers, they united this time and finally won themselves a seat in the negotiations between Volvo and Ford.In this acquisition between Ford and Volvo, Volvo's workers' union naturally wants to ensure its own interests.

But Ford seems to have completely ignored them and did not mention them, Volvo's production workers, in the acquisition contract.

"Chris, is this your Ford attitude?"

Handy also frowned after reading the contract. This was really far from the price they imagined.

In fact, according to Ford's thinking, the negotiation was originally to set up an upper and lower line of 55 billion. This is just a basic price to facilitate bargaining.

The purpose of John taking the lead in bringing out this contract was to ensure that the psychological price of the Volvo Group could be reduced.

As for the specific transaction price, they can still negotiate.

But just as John was about to explain, Chris suddenly said: "Volvo is not as valuable as you think, and we at Ford are not fools."

"The main purpose of our acquisition is to make money. If the cost of acquiring you is too high, won't Ford lose money?"

Chris' tone was somewhat mocking, but his intentions were good, indicating that Ford's tough stance could effectively make Volvo Group soft.

But he forgot that it was Ford who was changing meeting times one after another, causing dissatisfaction with the Volvo Group.

If you act more forcefully now, it may be counterproductive.

John saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. If they came to the Volvo Group after getting off the plane that day, this kind of scene where John would play the bad guy and Chris would play the bad guy would definitely be a great success.

Only now it's two days later, and the Volvo Group is clearly showing impatience.

What we need to do at this time is to stabilize the hearts of the Volvo Group's top executives, rather than completely anger them.

Chris went about it the wrong way.

Handy laughed angrily and said dissatisfiedly, "According to Mr. Chris's wishes, our Volvo should be sold to you at a loss, right?"

Handy couldn't help but start to compare, and the shadow of Chen Jianghai appeared in his heart.

The man from the East was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and gave Handy enough face.

Looking back at the current Ford company, they are so arrogant and even more contemptuous of the Volvo Group.

Handy already had some other thoughts in his mind.

The expression on Handy's face in the conference room changed with obvious impatience, and John's heart tightened. He knew that Chris must have said the wrong thing.

Ford cannot be so strong now.

"Mr. Handy, this is actually just our preliminary pricing. If you are not satisfied with this price, then we can continue to negotiate."

John quickly gave a flattering smile.

(End of this chapter)