At this time, in the eyes of Roland Maas, Li Mu had turned into a bandit with a long knife, and he specialized in cutting flesh from people.
Just because of touching the porcelain of Makino Technology, Mars was pinned to the ground and rubbed for so long. The damage to its reputation is immeasurable. Now, Li Mu actually asks for 50 million US dollars. After all, Mars is This loss cannot be described as tragic.
But then again, Roland Maas himself knows very well that fast-moving consumer goods giants like Mars are not short of money, and Internet giants like Li Mu are not short of money. If they are not short of money, they will deliberately blackmail himself for 50 million US dollars. , and the money didn’t go into Li Mu’s own pocket. It seemed that Li Mu was really angry this time.
Roland Maas also knows that the best solution now is to be wise and quickly agree to the so-called "funding gap" mentioned by Li Mu to satisfy Li Mu and solve this crisis.
However, when he thought that Li Mu would take away 50 million US dollars just by talking, Roland Maas was slow to make up his mind.
Seeing his anxious and troubled look, Li Mu smiled calmly, and without waiting for his answer, he continued: "Mr. Mas, to be honest, I have a lot of things recently and have been very busy. I can't spare the time to take care of too many things. How many things are there this time?" I'm really sorry for the slight neglect."
Roland Maas was about to say something polite, but Li Mu didn't give him a chance, so he continued to ask him: "By the way, Mr. Maas should know about Prince William, right?"
"Of course, of course." Roland Mars said hurriedly: "To be honest, our grandfather's generation still has a very close relationship with the British royal family. Mars' business started in the United Kingdom, and then gradually turned to the United States, so by Our generation's relationship with the British royal family has somewhat faded away. Although it is not as good as it was back then, we can still be considered family friends."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Prince William came to China some time ago and donated several private collections of the Windsor family to the National Palace Museum. This batch of collections are almost all cultural relics from Chinese history, but because of more than a hundred years of They were exiled overseas due to the war before, and with the help of the Windsor family, they had a chance to return to China."
At this point, Li Mu sighed and continued: "This incident touched me a lot. Our Chinese history has a long history. We are one of the four ancient civilizations. Our civilization and history have continued to this day. However, because of the Due to special reasons, many of our precious historical relics have been lost overseas, and as a Chinese son or daughter, I have the responsibility and obligation to help those Chinese cultural relics lost overseas gradually return to China, do you think I am right?"
Roland Maas nodded hurriedly and said with great agreement: "Mr. Li is absolutely right. Helping more of China's lost cultural relics return to China is also helping China reassemble and improve its history. This matter is of great significance."
Li Mu sighed: "Although the significance is great, it is more difficult to implement."
After that, Li Mu added: "You in the West classify historical relics as works of art, and your art auction market is too mature. The auction prices of Eastern cultural relics have long been driven up to an extremely high level by those art profiteers. Therefore, if I want to bring a large number of Chinese cultural relics back to China, the biggest constraint is lack of money. In Europe, a piece of Chinese porcelain may be sold for millions or even tens of millions of pounds. Think about it, if I want to bring the eight countries How much would it cost to recover everything that the coalition forces stole in Yanjing in one day? It’s possible that even the sale of Makino Technology wouldn’t be enough!”
Roland Maas felt dizzy. He heard the meaning of Li Mu's words. Li Mu was crying about his poverty!
Is it possible that Li Mu's price tag hasn't been finished yet
He looked at Li Mu nervously and asked tentatively: "Mr. Li, what do you mean?"
Li Mu hurriedly said: "I don't mean anything else. Don't think too much about it. I just treat you as a friend, so I am telling you about some of the troubles I have encountered so far. Just listen to my complaints. This It would be great if you forget about it while listening to it.”
Roland Maas only hoped that Li Mu would pay the full price as soon as possible and not go back and forth one thing after another, so he couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "Mr. Li, what about this charity project of yours? How big is the funding gap?”
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I think it's at least five to six billion U.S. dollars short."
Roland Maas was stunned and said: "Fifty-six billion U.S. dollars? Oh my god, this amount is really scary."
When he said this, Roland Mars' liver was secretly trembling. Mars' current annual profit is only about one billion US dollars. If Li Muchen asks for five or six billion US dollars, then he can directly I went back home because even if I agreed, the board of directors would not agree.
At this time, Li Mu waved his hands with a serious face and said: "To put it bluntly, five to six billion US dollars is just a drop in the bucket. Such a thing is of great benefit, and it is necessary to mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized. It is only possible if everyone works together and is united." Therefore, I am now raising funds for this project everywhere, trying to get the whole society to contribute to it.”
Roland Mars knew that he would inevitably be beaten badly by Li Mu this time, so he directly asked: "Mr. Li, how much effort do you think Mars should contribute?"
Li Mu hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Whatever you say, this matter is a matter for us Chinese people. How can you, Mars, help us? This is not appropriate and should not be done."
With blood dripping from his heart, Roland Maas said: "Mr. Li, I still say the same thing. I hope we can work together sincerely regardless of past grudges. Since we are close partners in the future, let's express our feelings and support. Your philanthropy is what it should be, don’t you think?”
Roland Maas only wants a final result now. He wants to know how much money Mars will pay so that Li Mu can be happy and stop all kinds of suppression of Mars.
Seeing that the time was almost ready, Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "It's really touching that Mr. Mas has such a heart!"
After that, Li Mu thought for a moment and said: "Doing charity is actually all about one heart. For the same thing, some people may donate a million, and some may only donate a dime. There is nothing wrong with donating more or less. , if Mars really wants to make some contribution to this public welfare cause, the amount does not matter."
Roland Maas has a big head. Li Mu is obviously practicing Tai Chi. He goes around and around without saying how much money he wants. He is forcing himself to speak!
However, how much is appropriate for you to say
Just now, he had taken the initiative to promise a total donation of 50 million U.S. dollars to 3321 and Veterans, but Li Mu remained unmoved. If he had offered millions of U.S. dollars for a charity project involving the return of lost cultural relics, Li Mu would definitely not be willing to do so. Will take a good look at myself.
Wouldn't it be crazy to ask for tens of millions of dollars
Seeing that Roland Maas was still silent, Li Mu looked at the time and said, "Okay, Mr. Maas, if you don't have any plans to join this charity yet, you can go back and understand and think about it carefully. I have something else to do." , I won’t accompany you for the time being.”
Seeing that Li Mu was about to leave, Roland Maas hurriedly grabbed him and blurted out: "Let's do this, Mr. Li, we will donate 20 million US dollars to charity projects that have lost cultural relics. What do you think?"
Li Mu immediately smiled and said: "Thank you so much, Mr. Maas. Although twenty million dollars is a small amount of money, it can solve many problems. I will ask my assistant to follow up with you on this matter."
Roland Maas cursed in his heart, twenty million dollars is just a drop in the bucket? How much do you want
However, Roland Maas did not dare to show any dissatisfaction in front of Li Mu. He could only hold back his anger and asked with a smile: "Mr. Li, what about our affairs..."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Let my assistant handle this matter with you. I have something else to do..."
Roland Maas felt nervous. Li Mu pushed everything to his assistant. This attitude was clearly a kick in the pants, so he couldn't help but remind him: "Mr. Li, this is a donation of 70 million US dollars. Let me talk to you." Will my assistant’s matchmaking be...might it be a little sloppy..."
Li Mu frowned and said, "Where is the sloppiness? For many projects worth tens of millions of dollars, I will arrange for the other party to directly connect with my assistant. Is there any problem with this?"
"No... it's no problem." Roland Maas said hesitantly: "It's just that I think that 70 million US dollars is not a small project. If possible, I still hope that you can take some time and let's have a good chat. chat."
Roland Maas said this, knowing that he was already confused. He knew that Li Mu had a big appetite, but he didn't expect that 70 million US dollars would not be enough. At this time, he didn't know what to do. If he stopped here, then There are two problems you have to face:
First, do you still need to fulfill the donation commitment of 70 million US dollars? After all, Li Mu did not make any promises to himself. If he fulfills the 70 million US dollars, it is very likely that it will be in vain;
Second, after returning, will I still be able to secure my position as chairman of the board of directors? Will I be directly killed by the board of directors after a round of voting
Li Mu smiled faintly at this time and said to Roland Maas: "Mr. Maas, any company has a hierarchical division of positions and businesses. When our internal board of directors met, my scope of responsibility was already formulated. It is a project with no cap of up to 100 million US dollars. As long as the project is less than 100 million US dollars, there are a lot of responsible cadres below. Let them handle it, so you and I can rest assured."
After that, Li Mu looked at his watch and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I have to go to the meeting. Let Ziwei come over and continue chatting with you."
"No, no, no, no!" Roland Maas blurted out subconsciously: "Mr. Li, what do you think? We will donate US$50 million to your lost cultural relics return fund. Do you think it's okay?"
(End of chapter)