Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

Yang Mo chuckled and said: "With only 25% of the equity, why would Zhiyuan take over this mess like Leica?"

"What do you mean?" Hans Wilder said with a frown.

Yang Mo pondered for a moment and then said: "Zhiyuan will take over Leica for US$5000 million. In return, the original shareholders of Wilder-Heilbrugge will dilute 30% of their equity to Zhiyuan. The specific valuation will be determined by the third party after Leica becomes independent. Evaluation by tripartite agencies!”

Hans Wilder flatly refused: "No...impossible. We spent a total of 7500 million U.S. dollars to acquire Leica. Zhiyuan needs to acquire it at the original price. All shareholders will cash out the 7500 million U.S. dollars of acquisition money according to their respective shareholdings, and the other 30 % of the equity is too much. After the original major shareholders’ equity is diluted, the controlling rights will be unstable, which will leave hidden dangers to the company’s future development!”

After some bargaining, both parties took a step back. Yang Mo agreed to acquire Leica at the original price of 7500 million, cash out the original shareholders, and after evaluation by a third-party agency, he obtained 28% of Wilder-Heilbrugger's equity at the appraisal price.

But what Hans Wilder never expected was that the Leica, which Yang Mo kept calling a heavy burden, was the real goal of his trip.

Leica is about to usher in the darkest moment in its development history. Throughout the digital camera era, it has suffered losses for more than ten years and been sold off by Wilder and Hermès, but Leica has always stood at the top of optical technology.

This is an extremely weird company, with the best technology but losses year after year. It has been cornered by Canon and Nikon, but it still refuses to lower its arrogant head and is keen on harvesting the feelings of fans!

After the Leica acquisition is completed, it will be fully integrated into Cima Semiconductor. Only the perfect combination of precision machinery and electronics will truly incubate the most perfect optical products.

The links in the semiconductor industry are long and difficult. Leading companies in the optical field such as Leica and Zeiss may be just an indispensable pearl in the manufacturing crown of lithography machines. They require countless precision manufacturing companies and materials. Only the industry's scale advantage can open up the entire semiconductor industry chain!

Yang Mo could not wait for the third-party agency's evaluation to be completed, so he had to leave Bern and embark on a journey back to China.

October 88, 10, Pengcheng City, Eastern Guangdong Province.

The first Asia-Africa-Latin America Industrial Development Forum was held here as scheduled. Unlike the Asia-Africa-Latin America Bandung Conference, which involved too many political factors, this industrial development forum is entirely non-governmental in nature.

The organizer Zhiyuan Heavy Machinery even invited some Southeast Asian and European companies to participate in the exhibition. Of course, these European equipment companies were invited to participate mainly for the Chinese market. Yang Mo invited these competitors to participate in the forum, firstly to avoid suspicion and fear that It was too popular and was shot out of the spotlight by Uncle Sam. The second thing is to see if it can attract the oil tycoons of the Middle East. Who doesn’t want to have a few rich friends?

The Middle Eastern prince with a flamboyant personality and big spendthrift is simply the best spokesperson for Saab cars and Leica cameras...

Although it is a non-governmental forum, the scene is not inferior to the Bandung Conference, which only 29 countries and regions participated in. Most of the countries invited to participate in the forum are led by ministerial-level officials from the industrial authorities, and the entire delegation ranges from three to three people. Five people, maybe more than a dozen or 20 people. If we don't negotiate several projects and go back, wouldn't we look very incompetent?

The first person to arrive in Pengcheng to participate in the Asia-Africa-Latin America Development Forum was the small Central African country Congo-Brazzaville.

This small African country with a population of just over 500 million built a simple industrial foundation through cooperation with Zhiyuan Group at the Hannover Industrial Products Fair ten years ago.

Subsequently, the two parties jointly developed a medium-sized iron mine and an open-pit coal mine near Nabeba. Although Zhiyuan Group has not been able to recoup its investment in these two projects due to excessive investment in infrastructure, it has allowed the local government to see a comprehensive The hope of industrialization.

The person who personally led the team this time was Tony Sassou, an old acquaintance of Yang Mo.

As soon as he saw Yang Mo, Tony Sasu stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically in broken Chinese: "Hello! My old friend!"

Yang Mo said with a smile in fluent English: "Your Excellency, Minister, welcome to China. Do you remember what I told you ten years ago? Chinese companies will become the best friends of your Congolese people, and our cooperation will expand over time." The progress is getting deeper day by day!”

Tony Sassou gave a thumbs up and said: "Well done to our Chinese friends! Mr. Yang, I still remember you said that there is an old proverb in China: If you want to be rich, build roads first! In recent years, the Congolese government has invested heavily in Zhiyuan and Chinese enterprises. With the help of the Communist Party of China, simple roads have been built in most parts of the country, and ports have been built in Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville..."

Yang Mo shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, just a simple road is not enough. Zhiyuan's investment in Niali Coal Mine and Nabeba Iron Mine has not been able to recover the cost so far. The transportation cost of the road is too expensive. Freight railways and deep water need to be built." Port, otherwise it will be difficult to promote economic development along the route!"

Tony Sassou spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Yang, what you said is very reasonable. We are also aware of this. Congo has a long and narrow land, no railways and deep-water terminals, and the development value of inland coal and iron ore resources is very small." , so we came to participate in the Asia-Africa-Latin America Industrial Development Forum this time because we want to seek financing to build a railway line connecting Nabeba and Niali to Pointe-Noire and the capital Brazzaville..."

Yang Mo felt proud. I deliberately slowed down the exploration and mining of the Nabeba iron ore in order to wait for you to take the initiative to build railway lines and deep-water ports. Repair the railway lines as soon as possible. With your small population, there are still many people underground. With hundreds of billions of dollars in mineral resources, I will make you a template for the development of small African countries in minutes...

After Yang Mo deliberately pondered for a long time, he shook his head and said: "Your Excellency Minister, the total cost of a 500-kilometer railway line and a deep-water port that can accommodate 10-ton cargo ships may cost nearly [-] billion U.S. dollars. It is difficult for you to bear the financing costs. !”

Tony Sassou was obviously well prepared, and he nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, we really can't afford to rely entirely on financing to build the railway. Can we find another way of cooperation?"

"Another way of cooperation?" Yang Mo asked in surprise.

"Yes, for example, Pointe-Noire Seaport. If Zhiyuan Group can help us build it, we can use the 30-year operating rights of Pointe-Noire Seaport in exchange!" Tony Sassou replied.

Yang Mo shook his head and said: "To build a port that can accommodate 30-ton cargo ships, even if it is a natural port, the investment is very huge. We can't even recoup the cost after [-] years of operating rights!"