Rebirth of the Evil Life

When Lin Feng rushed to Oberkochen, Germany, and met the current president of Carl Zeiss, he realized that acquiring Carl Zeiss was far more difficult than he had imagined. At present, Carl Zeiss is in a leading position in the field of optics and optoelectronics. Almost all fields related to optics are basically related to Carl Zeiss. Its profits are as huge as Lin Feng's imagination. Faced with such a company that has no shortage of markets and funds, where should we start talking about acquisitions?

Looking at Michael Zeiss CEO Michael Wolfmann, who looked suspicious across the way, Lin Feng could only helplessly invite him to drink coffee, constantly thinking about what to do.

"Mr. Lin?" Hoffman was a little helpless. After receiving a call from Lin Feng and asking him to drink coffee, Hoffman put down his work to drink coffee with Lin Feng. In his opinion, with Lin Feng's current status, there must be something important to do to find him. But I never expected that I have been sitting here for two hours, and apart from chatting, I have never entered the topic. No way, Lin Feng really flew all the way from Shanghai to Germany to have a cup of coffee with himself.

Even if he has time to drink coffee, Lin Feng doesn’t have the time! But it was hard for Hoffman to say anything, and he was unwilling to offend Lin Feng out of thin air. However, Hoffman didn't want to just sit here and waste time, so he had to keep looking at his watch, secretly reminding Lin Feng to say something, as everyone's time is precious.

Lin Feng naturally noticed all these little moves by Hoffman. To be honest, Lin Feng didn't want to waste time, but he really didn't know how to talk to Hojaman. You can't just say "Hoffman", "I want to acquire your company, which has a leading position in the industry, is extremely profitable, and is the envy of everyone."

Put this way, it would be strange for Hoffman not to regard himself as an idiot.

"Well, Mr. Lin, I'm glad to have coffee with you today. But I have something to do in my company." Now I have to go. Next time I invite Mr. Lin to drink. Man stood up politely and said some scene words. But deep down in his heart, he secretly vowed that if Lin Feng asked him to have coffee again, he would definitely not come if there was nothing serious to do. People who sit for two hours in vain cannot afford to be hurt.

When Lin Feng saw that Hoffman was leaving, he had no choice but to send him out all the way. Seeing Hoffman leaving in a hurry, Lin Feng didn't know that Hoffman must be extremely fed up at the moment. Anyone who sits like this for two hours in vain will feel resentful.

In desperation, Lin Feng called Abby Cohen and asked about how to acquire a company like Carl Zeiss. Do you have any tips? After all, Abby Cohen is a Wall Street myth, and she knows a lot about this. wide.

"Lin, this is really difficult. Carl and Zeiss are not short of money. They are not short of technology. You can make a god and say that he lacks everything you have. It is absolutely impossible to acquire him." Unless Carl Zeiss encounters some natural disaster or makes a major decision-making mistake. But even then, the German government and German banks will provide funds to help Carl Zeiss tide over the difficulties. Well, it’s impossible to acquire it normally! Moreover, Carl Zeiss is not listed on the market, which also increases the difficulty of acquisition.

Basically, "acquiring Carl Zeiss is as difficult as acquiring Microsoft." Abby Cohen analyzed calmly.

Lin Feng was stunned. If so," wouldn't my trip to Germany be a waste of time?

"Lin, I think it's better to cooperate. Let Carl Zeiss help you with 1 Phantom Technology to produce special cameras for mobile phones. This will be simpler." Abby suggested. At least from Abby's perspective, she really couldn't figure out why Lin Feng insisted on acquiring Carl Zeiss. Although Carl Zeiss is a company with very high added value, its current annual turnover is only over 100 million euros, which is a small amount of money that Lin Feng does not like. So why did Lin Feng have to acquire it?

Indeed, the current annual turnover of Carl Zeiss is only over 100 million euros, but with the popularity of mobile phones, digital cameras, and digital video cameras, they have entered the homes of ordinary people. In the future, the profits of Carl Zeiss will increase year by year. Of course, this is not the reason why Lin Feng had to acquire Carl Zeiss. Lin Feng wanted to acquire Carl Zeiss just for a little monopoly. In the future, when all of your mobile phones use Carl Zeiss lenses, but your competitors cannot use Carl Zeiss lenses, it will feel great, and sales will be much higher.

The camera function of mobile phones is a big guarantee for future mobile phone sales!

"Lin, if you insist on acquiring, the only advice I can offer is to save the country through curves.

Carl Zeiss AG is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. If you really have to make an acquisition, you can only discuss it with the Carl Zeiss Foundation. Maybe there will be opportunities there. "Abby Cohen made a suggestion without any hope.

"Well, I understand. Okay, go and do your work. By the way, keep an eye on Soros. This guy is too crazy. I'm afraid he won't know what to do when he gets crazy." Lin Feng nodded.

Abby Cohen shrugged. As for Soros, she could only try her best to keep an eye on him. As for whether she could keep track of it, she wasn't sure. This guy is no ordinary person. He is known as the number one financial sniper in history. He is the one she can catch whenever she wants. What's more, under the orders of Soros and Lin Feng, there was no need to give any explanation to her when doing things. It was almost impossible for her to keep Soros under control. We can only do our best.

Of course, Lin Feng said this and did his best. After all, the plan proposed by Soros is too utopian. Once successful, he will become a global creditor. Well, it’s exciting just thinking about it. Of course, Lin Feng also knew that the risks involved were very high. If a businessman becomes a global creditor without the support of anyone behind him, he will probably be killed immediately. Therefore, Lin Feng hopes that Soros will not go too far, but he is still looking forward to it. The subtle psychological changes involved are really incomprehensible to outsiders.

Carl Zeiss Foundation, a foundation that exercises shareholder responsibilities. Single shareholder of SCHOTT GmbH, Mainz, Germany, and Carl Zeiss GmbH, Oberkochen. Its responsibilities are to provide guarantee for the future of its subsidiaries SCHOTT GmbH and Carl Zeiss GmbH, to manage the foundation's companies and to support the foundation companies and their subsidiaries in fulfilling their corporate social responsibilities. These are what Lin Feng found through "Baidu Yahoo".

Lin Feng has no acquaintances in Germany, so he cannot obtain more detailed information through other means.

However, Lin Feng was not a pedantic person. Since he could not obtain more information through the Internet, Lin Feng went directly to the Oberkochen City Hall Information Library, spent some money, and through the director found several drug addicts who had lived in Oberkochen for a long time. Heng, an old man who was once an employee of Carl Zeiss, learned more information.

Carl Zeiss was founded in 1846, but due to World War II in 1945, it was forcibly split into two by the United States and the Soviet Union, becoming Zeiss East and Zeiss West. However, because of this, Carl Zeiss' skills have been greatly developed under the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. In the end, the merger of Germany brought about the merger of both parties, causing Carl Zeiss to become the overlord of the world's optical industry. Sony, a layman in the optical industry, has become one of the leaders in the digital camera market because of the help of Carl Zeiss. (This is also one of the reasons why Lin Feng wants to acquire Carl Zeiss.)

Of course, the information that Lin Feng gained was not just this. More information about the Carl Zeiss Foundation. After Carl Zeiss died in 1888, the equity was transferred to his son Rodney Zeiss according to his will. However, Rodney was not good at management, so he transferred the equity to Abbe, a German optician at the time. Abbe then created the Carl Zeiss Foundation and brought in Scott. Only then did Carl Zeiss achieve its current glory.

After getting this information, Lin Feng felt a little confident. Although it is impossible to directly acquire Carl Zeiss, it would be much easier to acquire the shares of the Carl Zeiss Foundation from the descendants of Abbey and Scott to save the country. As for which descendants of Abbey and Scott will inherit the equity of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, it is not difficult for Lin Feng. Soon, after spending some money, I found out the current holder of the Carl Zeiss Foundation equity.

Luther-Abb, Jena-Abb, Mocanu-Abb, and Scott's two most distinguished sons, Byron-Scott and Lucien-Scott. Among them, Abbe's three great-grandsons hold 10% of the shares, and Scott's two great-grandsons hold 10% of the shares. Obviously, as long as it takes % of the equity from Abbe's three estranged sons, Carl Zeiss will be declared to be Lin Feng's company from now on.

According to Lam Feng's investigation, the current person in charge of the Carl Zeiss Foundation is not the descendant of Abbey and Scott. After discussion, the descendants of the two parties voluntarily withdrew from the management of the foundation. Instead, they served as an honorary president and hired professional management talents from a headhunting company for management.

This is the same as oBm's Watson family. After all, not every generation of descendants is qualified to manage a company. Rather than letting descendants ruin the company, it is better to hire professional management talents to manage the company so that the company can grow healthily.

This is a family business management model in the West. It is very advanced and very follows the laws of nature's elimination. But it also gave Lin Feng a chance. Lin Feng first approached Luther Abe, the eldest brother among the three brothers, and the one with the largest shareholding, holding a strong shareholding. As for the reason for approaching, it is simple.

greedy! Taking advantage of the common greed of mankind, Lin Feng went directly to Luther.

"This is a check worth 100 million US dollars. If you sell me 25% of your Carl Zeiss shares, this check will be yours." Lin Feng smiled and handed over a check.

Carl Zeiss' current annual sales are only US$2.7 billion, and Luther only holds 25% of the shares.

100 million US dollars, which is amazing! a.