Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 676: Toyota Motors is in Danger...

In the second phase of the Asian financial crisis, the main targets were Indonesia and Japan. Indonesia was the highlight, followed by Japan. However, in Lu Shaohua's view, the two accounted for the same proportion. Although Indonesia's decline was large, Japan's would not be too bad either. More importantly, Japan's decline in the first phase was not very large, and Japan's economy was needless to say, it was very developed. Once it fell, the benefits would be huge.

The situation in Japan is very clear, as can be seen from the stock market crash in 89. That decline made Lu Shaohua earn so much money that he would dream of making more than billion US dollars, what a huge fortune.

This time, it is Japan's turn again. It is impossible for Lu Shaohua not to pay attention to it. More importantly, Lu Shaohua has an idea that he wants Japan to realize. The worse Japan falls, the more Lu Shaohua will gain and the smaller the price he will pay.

As we all know, the mission in Japan was fully given to Li Zongen. Now that the topic has turned to Japan again, Li Zongen is of course the one who has the most say. As for Li Yunqing, although he is the commander-in-chief, Li Yunqing may not know more about some situations than Li Zongen.

Li Zongen also knew that this kind of thing could not be avoided even if he wanted to. What's more, he had no good feelings towards Japan, the country where he grew up. Not only did he not have a good feeling, but if something happened, he might even add insult to injury.

It was also Li Zongen's inner resentment that led to him spending so much thought on his layout in Japan. He arranged the entire Japanese currency and stock market like an iron barrel. It can be said that this was a place where big money could be made, so he invested a lot of money in order to make more money from Japan.

"We started our layout in Japan last year, and we have not relaxed until now. Wherever there were loopholes, we filled them up at the first opportunity. It can be said that we have stretched the yen and the Japanese stock market to the limit." Li Zongen said solemnly.

Li Zongen's tone was solemn and serious, but in Lu Shaohua's ears, Lu Shaohua heard a different taste, that is, pride. Yes, there was a proud look in Li Zongen's tone. Although he hid it very well, Lu Shaohua still heard it.

However, at this time, Lu Shaohua automatically ignored this pride. Lu Shaohua regarded this pride as self-confidence and believed that Li Zongen was showing self-confidence.

Nodding, Lu Shaohua first confirmed Li Zongen's opinion, and then asked, "What about Toyota?"

Toyota Motor Corporation, the family behind it is Li Zongen's enemy, and Lu Shaohua also has no good feelings towards them. More importantly, Toyota Motor has great potential, and Lu Shaohua has already planned to take over Toyota Motor Corporation.

The purpose of acquiring Toyota Motor Corporation is to consolidate Phoenix Group's position in the automotive industry and to enable Phoenix Group's development to reach a new level.

It is conceivable that whether it is the current Toyota or the future Toyota, the influence is very large. If Toyota is a company controlled by Phoenix Group, then with Phoenix Automobile, Lu Shaohua will have two very influential automobile brands in his hands. What will be the result? A three-year-old child knows it.

What's more, Toyota has more than one car brand. As far as Lu Shaohua knows, Toyota also owns a more famous brand - the Lexus series. Lexus brand cars are not simple, they take a high-end route.

In the future, Lexus cars can even be compared with international brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz. How could Lu Shaohua miss out on such a brand and such a promising industry?

To achieve all this, Lu Shaohua only needs to take control of Toyota Motor Corporation, and everything will be in Lu Shaohua's hands.

In a word, Toyota Motor Corporation is determined to win.

In addition, Lu Shaohua has another unknown purpose, which is to satisfy his vanity, yes, vanity.

Just imagine, as a Chinese, a Chinese who hates Japan as a country, if Lu Shaohua could make the Japanese work for him and make money for him, wouldn't he feel vain?

Not to mention that Lu Shaohua would feel vain, looking at the whole of China, everyone would feel vain. If Lu Shaohua releases the news after acquiring the company, I am afraid that the whole of China would be shocked and proud of Lu Shaohua.

However, then again, Lu Shaohua will never be able to make the whole of China proud. The reason is that even if Toyota Motors is firmly in the hands of Phoenix Group in the end, Lu Shaohua will not be able to release the news. If he does that, he will face many unknown things.

If the news got out and Toyota Motors launched a major strike, what would Lu Shaohua do? He could only howl to the sky.

I don't think such a thing will not happen. Since it concerns national affairs, the Japanese will also be angry. A general strike is still a small matter. If it gets bigger, it is not impossible for the Japanese government to intervene.

Therefore, even if he finally acquired Toyota Motors, Lu Shaohua would not release the news. He would only communicate with the upper level and then secretly let the Japanese manage it on his behalf to achieve Lu Shaohua's desired goal.

"I haven't made any specific plans for Toyota. I'm prepared to change with the market, but I've made all the preparations in advance. The stocks that can be acquired have already been acquired secretly. As long as the market experiences drastic turbulence, we will suppress it and force shareholders to sell their shares. Then we'll have the opportunity to take advantage of it." Li Zongen said after thinking for a moment.

Although Li Zongen said that he did not have a specific plan, it was not difficult to hear from his words that he did have a general plan, which was similar to Liu Mingzhang's acquisition of Samsung Electronics' shares at that time. They all acquired the shares first, then suppressed the stock price, and finally acquired the largest share of shares with the least money.

However, Toyota Motor is different from Samsung Electronics after all. At least, their goals are different. When acquiring Samsung Electronics, Lu Shaohua only asked to acquire 25% of the shares, but Toyota Motor is different. Lu Shaohua's goal is to gain absolute controlling rights.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded, and after a moment's silence, he said, "In the Toyota area, my only requirement is to have absolute control. As for the means, I will not interfere with you. You can do whatever you want, even if you use the same account. After all, we still have to confront them in the end."

If you want to control Toyota, the final showdown is inevitable, that is to say, it will eventually have to be made public within a certain range, and there is no need to worry at all.

"I understand." Li Zongen's calm expression finally changed at this time, and he became a little excited.

No one can understand Li Zongen's mood. This is revenge. Although Lu Shaohua helped him to take revenge, the whole process of revenge was handled by him, Li Zongen himself. That was enough. As for whether he could finally destroy the family behind Toyota Motors, Li Zongen was not in a hurry.

At the beginning, Lu Shaohua promised to destroy the family behind Toyota Motors, and Lu Shaohua has not forgotten what he said at the beginning, but this process is destined to be long and cannot be achieved quickly.

"Well, take your time, don't be in a hurry." Lu Shaohua said this without thinking.

Others might not understand what this meant, but Li Zongen knew what Lu Shaohua meant, so he nodded heavily and said, "Thank you."

Lu Shaohua said nothing, smiled lightly, and said, "This is good for our group, so you don't have to thank me. And, my goal this time is not just to acquire a Toyota Motor Company, but also to increase my shareholding in several companies with great potential."

In addition to Toyota, Japan also has another automobile company - Honda, which is also a company with great potential, and Hitachi, which is also a company with great potential. Now there is such a good opportunity, how can Lu Shaohua let it go.

"Don't worry, I have made corresponding arrangements." Li Zongen said seriously.

As early as the stock market crash in 1989, Lu Shaohua had already begun to acquire shares of many Japanese companies. It can be said that all the now very famous companies have shares held by Lu Shaohua. Now that the opportunity has come again, Li Zongen certainly knows what Lu Shaohua is going to do.

"That's good." Lu Shaohua nodded and said.

However, the simple conversation between Lu Shaohua and Li Zongen had a great impact on Li Yunqing and Liu Mingzhang. The only thought in their minds was: "Toyota is in danger, Japan is in danger, and several famous Japanese companies are in danger..."

As the saying goes, once an expert makes a move, he can tell whether there is a problem or not. Lu Shaohua is an expert. Now that he has made a move, isn’t Japan in danger? Isn’t Toyota Motor in danger…

Li Yunqing and Liu Mingzhang could fully foresee that the final result would be that Toyota Motor would be absolutely controlled by Phoenix Group, and Toyota Motor would completely become a subsidiary of Phoenix Group.

If it were any other country, both Li Yunqing and Liu Mingzhang would be able to accept it, but as a leading Japanese enterprise, it is now controlled by Lu Shaohua, a Chinese. This is a shame, a shame for a nation.

However, as part of the Chinese people, Li Yunqing and Liu Mingzhang were more gloating and proud.

Are you kidding? This is glorious and honorable. Controlling a leading enterprise that hates a country, what could be more proud than that?

The same went for Lu Shaohua. He also felt a huge sense of honor filling his heart.