Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 685: Taking Over Toyota

Li Zongen's actions were very obvious, but so what? He was so strong after all. It seemed that his capital chain would never be exhausted. Forces and organizations that could not see the situation clearly dared not take action. They could only choose to wait and see, and get a share of the profits after they understood the situation clearly.

The situation is very clear. The forces represented by Li Zongen are destined to eat the meat, but the soup still needs to be distributed to some people. Otherwise, it will not be a good thing to incur public anger. On this issue, Li Zongen still has self-knowledge.

But it seems that it has not reached that level yet. Li Zongen has just completed the first step, and there are still two steps to be completed. This battle to block the acquisition is far from over.

This was indeed the case. In the next three days, Li Zongen followed his own plan. After acquiring a certain amount of shares, Li Zongen stopped and waited for an afternoon. It was not until the morning of the fourth day that he began to pull up the stock price and completed the last step.

It was similar to when Liu Mingzhang acquired shares of Samsung Electronics. When it came to the final step of raising the stock price, many forces emerged and made moves to grab the last bit of profit, which also indirectly helped Li Zongen, resulting in Toyota Motor's stock price being raised to a certain level in just two days.

At this time, Li Zongen's action had already ended and he fell silent. After summarizing everything, he handed the final result to Lu Shaohua.

In fact, there is no result, it is nothing more than the shareholding situation of Toyota Motor. Before this action, that is, in 1989, Lu Shaohua already held more than % of Toyota Motor's shares. This time, Li Zongen only needs to acquire more than % to complete the task.

Li Zongen did not disappoint Lu Shaohua. While completing the task, he also acquired an additional 2%, resulting in Phoenix Group holding more than 53% of Toyota Motor's shares and gaining absolute controlling rights.

When Lu Shaohua received the summary report, he didn't say anything more. He pondered for a moment and said lightly, "Receive it."

That's right, it's about taking over. Lu Shaohua has already made up his mind to take over Toyota, and he has also made corresponding arrangements for the person to take over. But before that, Lu Shaohua handed this difficult problem to Li Zongen. "Do you plan to come in person or have the group send someone to come forward? You decide."

There is no need to say much about the hatred between Li Zongen and Toyota. Now he has taken revenge, but what about the final humiliation? Should Li Zongen also come forward in person? Lu Shaohua threw the question to Li Zongen.

"I'll go there myself." Li Zongen, who had been sitting opposite Lu Shaohua, nodded solemnly and spoke.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua agreed, but he was still a little worried and couldn't help but tell him. "Toyota is now under our control, but the family behind them can't just disappear now. They are still useful to us. When we take over, we need to be subtle and let them manage Toyota. Then you can plant people inside Toyota and gradually control the entire Toyota. When the time is right, you can take it down in one fell swoop."

Toyota is a huge company. Even if Lu Shaohua has now gained absolute controlling rights, it is impossible for him to control Toyota immediately. After all, it is very complicated. The only thing Lu Shaohua can do is to take it step by step, and replace the people he has inserted into the company after they have mastered the internal situation. There is no need to say more about the situation after that, as Lu Shaohua has his own arrangements.

Long before the Asian financial crisis broke out, Lu Shaohua promised Li Zongen that he would help Li Zongen get revenge, and this revenge meant destroying the entire family behind Toyota Motors.

Lu Shaohua always keeps his word, but the current situation is still unclear, so he cannot get rid of them yet. He has to wait until he takes control of Toyota before taking revenge.

Li Zongen had thought about destroying the family behind Toyota right now, but Li Zongcheng had to consider the overall situation. After all, they were personal enemies, and it was good enough that Lu Shaohua could help him get revenge.

"Thank you." Li Zongen didn't want to say this, as it was a bit too polite, but since hatred was involved, Li Zongen felt it necessary to say thank you to Lu Shaohua.

Lu Shaohua stopped and said, "You don't have to thank me. I am actually avenging myself. Remember when President Qin was kidnapped? Toyota Motors was the mastermind behind it, and their actions were aimed at our Phoenix Group. This matter will not end so quickly. I have been holding it in for today."

Last year, Qin Sichen was besieged and almost kidnapped. If Lu Shaohua had not sent people to support him in time, the consequences would have been disastrous. In the end, it was found out that it was Toyota Motors who bribed the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi and instructed a small gang in Hong Kong to do it.

The person who dared to touch Lu Shaohua, and his woman, was Lu Shaohua. Lu Shaohua decided that he would not swallow this anger easily. Not only would the mastermind behind the scenes suffer a devastating blow, but even the executor, the Japanese Yamaguchi-gumi, would have to endure Lu Shaohua's wrath.

However, before that, there is a prerequisite, that is, to master Toyota cars first. Only when Lu Shaohua has completely mastered Toyota cars will he take action.

Li Zongen had also heard about Lu Shaohua's methods. In two words, they were ruthless. Not long after Qin Sichen was attacked, he heard that a vice president of the Yamaguchi-gumi and the current president of Toyota Motor had died. Coupled with Lu Shaohua's personal admission, Li Zongen had already determined that it was Lu Shaohua who did it.

However, Li Zongen never expected that Lu Shaohua was too ruthless. He thought that killing the two direct participants would be the end of it, but now looking at the situation, the matter is far from over. Unless the clan is wiped out, Lu Shaohua's anger cannot be relieved.

However, these are not what Li Zongen cares about. After all, it is Lu Shaohua's business and he has no right to interfere. The only thing he cares about is revenge. As long as he can get revenge, Li Zongen will be satisfied.

"I understand." Li Zongen nodded, pondered for a moment, adjusted his mood, and changed the subject. "When I go to take over Toyota, I may need some support from people who understand automotive technology, and also about the selection of people to be inserted."

Li Zongen was involved in the financial field, and he knew nothing about cars. Li Zongen decided to come forward in person, and of course he needed support from knowledgeable people in other areas.

"It's no problem to find someone who knows the business. We can transfer them from Phoenix Base." Lu Shaohua smiled and didn't care. After a few seconds, he continued to talk about another matter. "As for the candidate to be sent in, you decide. But there is one thing we need to pay attention to. That is, this person must be Japanese, and must be someone we can trust."

What Lu Shaohua said is not without reason. If a Chinese person is allowed to manage the entire Toyota Motor Company, it will inevitably have a counterproductive effect. After all, the hatred between the two countries is obvious. As for the person who can be trusted, it is purely out of safety considerations.

If the people sent out to secretly control the situation were bribed by Toyota and made trouble for Lu Shaohua, then it would be really all over. It might affect Lu Shaohua's plan, which Lu Shaohua would not allow to happen.

Li Zongen also felt something, and after thinking for a while, he said, "In Japan, I have a high school classmate. I have a good relationship with him. He is half Chinese like me, and he doesn't have a very good impression of Japan. Well, he studied business management in college, so he should be able to do this job."

Although Lu Shaohua said that Li Zongen would decide the candidate, Li Zongen was still a little undecided about such a big matter. After all, this candidate was related to the entire plan. If there was any omission, Li Zongen would become a sinner. Therefore, Li Zongen asked Lu Shaohua for his opinion.

Things have come to this point. Even if Lu Shaohua wanted to delegate power, he couldn't do so. He had to inquire about the candidate that Li Zongen mentioned.

Li Zongen also told us the information he knew, focusing on describing his classmate's personality and behavior.

Finally, Lu Shaohua agreed to the candidate proposed by Li Zongen, but Lu Shaohua still explained the key points. "Our action is in secret, and we can't make it too public. You must make this clear to your classmates. Also, you must tell him that doing this is dangerous. Once they find out, they will be killed."

From the kidnapping of Qin Sichen, we can see that the people at Toyota Motor are not good people. Now someone has absolute control over the company, and Lu Shaohua has sent people there. What purpose this is will become clear after a little torture.

It's true that Lu Shaohua is smart, but Lu Shaohua doesn't think that he is the only smart person in the world. There are many smart people at Toyota, and the current situation is very obvious. They are Lu Shaohua's vanguard, so it is impossible not to pay attention.

"But don't worry, I will arrange someone to protect him." Lu Shaohua did not forget to add one more sentence at the end.

Don't forget that Lu Shaohua has the support of the Tiger Roar Mercenary Group. It's just a matter of a word to transfer a few people to serve as bodyguards.

"Don't worry, I will tell him. As for whether he will agree, I'm not sure now." Li Zongen said sincerely.

Li Zongen has always done things in this way, not forcing others to do things. He has Lu Shaohua's work style. Lu Shaohua is also unwilling to force others to do things, and it is better for others to work willingly.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua also agreed, which was the final decision on this matter. However, there was still one crucial thing that Lu Shaohua did not say. After pondering for a long time, Lu Shaohua moved his lips and prepared to speak...