Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Oh my god, do you know? They actually want to sell it for 3.5 billion. It's unimaginable. Are these people crazy?"

Although Foden did not intend to buy Xiangjiang Electric Lighting, he still decided to help Lin Daoqiu, so he took Peter and Brown as well as the senior management of the Land Group to conduct the initial acquisition negotiations.

What Foden didn't expect was that when these guys bought Xiangjiang Electric Lighting a few months ago, they spent less than 3 billion.

Under the current circumstances, they actually wanted to sell at a higher price, which simply made him feel incredible.

Lin Daoqiu could understand why Brown and the others dared to increase the price at this time. This was probably related to Baoyun International's intention to acquire Xiangjiang Electric Light.

"Foden, don't get excited. I have already found a team and they can take over the negotiations."

In Lin Daoqiu's opinion, this acquisition may not be negotiated within three to five months.

The only variable now is Chen Jiasheng. If he grits his teeth and stomps his feet and directly takes out 3.5 billion, then Lin Daoqiu really has no good solution.

"Great, so I don't have to hang out with these dreamers. Thank God, you kind of saved me."

Foden didn't want to waste his time here. His purpose in coming to Xiangjiang was to seek revenge from the Bao family.

Therefore, he cannot spend too much of his energy on other things.

After sending Foden away, Lin Daoqiu called Li Guangwei over.

"Mr. Lin, please find me."

Li Guangwei has always been in charge of Xiangjiang Electric Lighting. Lin Daoqiu has decided to put him in charge of this negotiation.

"Starting from today, you will take over the acquisition negotiations of Xiangjiang Electric Lighting, and the negotiation team will be under your full command."

Lin Daoqiu's decision was actually within Li Guangwei's expectation.

Because here in New Oriental, except for him, others really don’t know much about Xiangjiang Electric Lighting.

Although Li Guangwei had already expected that Lin Daoqiu would arrange this, he did not take it for granted and was even more grateful to Lin Daoqiu.

When he was reduced from a promising and respected man of heaven to a logistician who was looked down upon by everyone, it was Lin Daoqiu who gave him a hand and allowed him to rise again.

Li Guangwei didn't know how to repay this kindness, so he could only do his best for Lin Daoqiu.

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured, I will definitely take care of this matter."

Li Guangwei knew that the success or failure of this acquisition was related to his future status in New Oriental, so he naturally did not dare to be careless.

"I want to know, how long do you plan to take to complete this acquisition?"

Li Guangwei had not thought about Lin Daoqiu's question carefully before.

However, in his opinion, since he had to compete with Chen Jiasheng for time, it would be best to negotiate this deal as soon as possible.

"I plan to finalize this deal before the Chinese New Year next year."

Li Guangwei seems very confident about this.

It was already December of 1982, and there were still three months left before the Spring Festival of 1983. For Li Guangwei, there was still plenty of time.

If it were not prepared in advance, it would be almost impossible to complete an acquisition of such a large amount within a year and a half.

"Your idea is right. Prolonged negotiations will not do us any good. Once the time is extended and Chen Jiasheng finds funds, it will be very detrimental to us."

In the final analysis, Lin Daoqiu is still too poor. Although he is a time traveler, he has always been in the film and television industry.

Although in the eyes of others, he makes a lot of money and is a leader among the new generation of young people in Hong Kong.

But when compared with super rich people like Chen Jiasheng, it has to be said that Lin Daoqiu is much poorer than them.

And not only that, Chen Jiasheng has a good relationship with British investors and other wealthy people in Xiangjiang, and he has many more channels for finding money than Lin Daoqiu.

At this time, it is impossible for Lin Daoqiu to compete with Chen Jiasheng in terms of funds, so what he hopes is to complete the acquisition of Xiangjiang Electric Light as soon as possible.

Spending three billion at this time is already Lin Daoqiu's limit. If it is more, it may affect Lin Daoqiu's business.

If he could be given another year, Lin Daoqiu wouldn't be as embarrassed as he is now.

After leaving the acquisition negotiations of Xiangjiang Electric to Li Guangwei, Lin Daoqiu was not able to take any time off.

Because thanks to Foden's help, Gioato, the general manager of KFC Asia, personally came to visit him.

"Hello Mr. Lin, I am Joe Atto, the general manager of KFC Asia. Nice to meet you."

As soon as he entered Lin Daoqiu's office, Gioato smiled and stepped forward to shake hands with Lin Daoqiu who had already come forward.

After receiving the notice from the head office, Gioato did not wait for Lin Daoqiu to come to his door, but came to visit him personally.

After inviting Gioato to sit down on the sofa, Lin Daoqiu went straight to the point and talked to him.

"I believe Mr. Gioatto already knows that I intend to cooperate with KFC to open a store in Hong Kong."

Lin Daoqiu had nothing to beat around the bush on this matter. If it weren't for the fact that the funds on hand were too tight, Lin Daoqiu would have wanted to buy KFC's franchise rights in Asia.

The funds he can use now are only enough to open some shops in Xiangjiang.

"Yes, Mr. Lin, I came here today just to talk to you about this matter."

Although Gioato didn't understand why Lin Daoqiu suddenly invested in the fast food industry, after all, his current status was that of an internationally renowned movie tycoon.

But for Gioatto, he has actually been suggesting to the head office that they reopen a store in Xiangjiang.

However, after the failure in 1974, KFC's senior management no longer dared to make this decision easily, so Gioatto's suggestion was not adopted by them.

"I hope to win the exclusive operating rights of KFC in Hong Kong, and I can assure Mr. Gioatto that there will be at least 15 KFC stores in Hong Kong next year."

Because of the urban renewal plan, Xiangjiang has become more urbanized than it was nine years ago.

Therefore, many places in Xiangjiang are already qualified to open stores. They can open fifteen stores a year, which can only be said to be neither more nor less.

Gioato naturally did not doubt whether Lin Daoqiu could do this. He felt that if Lin Daoqiu wanted to, it would be no problem to open fifty stores a year.

"Mr. Lin, we welcome an outstanding investor like you to cooperate with us. KFC's senior management also thinks so."

It sounded like this matter should be going smoothly, but Gioatto suddenly changed the topic: "If you want to win the exclusive operating rights of KFC in Hong Kong, you have to pay us a franchise fee every year, and you have to pay us a franchise fee every year.

Turn over 10% of the total sales amount as a usage fee.”

Lin Daoqiu didn't think much about the first condition, but the second condition proposed by Gioatto made him frown. It was simply a money grab.