In the reception room, a bald middle-aged man and a blonde foreign woman sat on the sofa. Beside them stood two assistants.
If anyone is here, they will definitely recognize the balding middle-aged man as Wu Xiaobin, the president of Pfizer Greater China.
At this time, Wu Xiaobin was talking to the blonde woman.
This woman is the representative sent by the US headquarters, who is mainly responsible for the contact with the Army Ant Company. As the president of Greater China, Wu Xiaobin came with her in order to facilitate communication and coordination with the Army Ant Company.
Recently, Haixing Company has made a lot of money due to its two drugs that have been in the limelight. Statistics show that the sales volume of their company's Viagra has also been affected by Haixing Company's 'Haizhiwei', which has declined a lot.
No wonder so many companies are afraid of army ant companies. Anyway, in industries where army ant companies come into contact, they are the ones who will be unlucky in the end.
In the past, in the mobile phone industry, Apple and Samsung were in bad luck. When computer operating systems and office products came out, computer viruses were raging, and the office products of Microsoft, Apple, and umbrella companies were in bad luck again.
They did not expect that Army Ant Company would enter the pharmaceutical industry. This news was beyond their expectations.
Since its emergence, army ants have been labeled as unicorns in the technology world, and now it has touched the pharmaceutical industry, leaving them wondering what to say.
When the door of the reception room opened, Wu Xiaobin's face relaxed when he saw Zhao Min, Xiao Yu, and a robot walking in.
"Hello, Mr. Zhao, I am Wu Xiaobin from Pfizer." Wu Xiaobin stood up, smiled and extended his hand to Zhao Min.
"Hello, Mr. Wu, I have long admired your name." Zhao Min shook hands with Wu Xiaobin politely.
"Haha, Mr. Zhao is joking. It's a name I've admired for a long time." Wu Xiaobin smiled kindly: "Let me introduce, this is Elena, the representative of Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of the United States."
"Hello." Zhao Min greeted with a smile.
"Hello, Ms. Zhao." Elena looked at Zhao Min carefully and shook hands politely.
"What are you doing here today?"
Zhao Min walked to the sofa opposite the two of them and sat down naturally.
Elena's eyes were a little surprised when she heard the assistant's translation. In her impression, Chinese people like to use roundabout ways, which is why they are called cunning Chinese people. She didn't expect Zhao Min to be so direct.
"I came here today to discuss something with Mr. Zhao." Elena didn't show any pretense and got straight to the point: "We at Pfizer want to invest in Haixing Company or acquire shares in Haixing Company."
"Sorry, Haixing Company has no preparations to transfer shares for the time being." Zhao Min didn't have any surprises and just smiled softly.
The capitalist's face is like picking the peaches when they are ripe. This has never stopped from the beginning of Army Ant Company to the present.
If they relent, they will be controlled and even cannibalized by the capitalists.
Elena's face turned bad for a moment. She didn't expect to be rejected so quickly, and Zhao Min didn't even think about it.
"Mr. Zhao, our investment will help Haixing Company grow. With the resources of Pfizer, Haixing Company's products can be sold to markets in various countries as quickly as possible," Elena said confidently.
Pfizer is the largest pharmaceutical company, and she still has enough confidence in the pharmaceutical industry.
"I believe Pfizer has this ability." Zhao Min said.
"In this case, wouldn't it be better for us to invest in Haixing Company? We can make more money and gain a larger market." Elena's face relaxed.
"Haha." Zhao Min smiled softly: "It is indeed tempting, but we have no plans to transfer the shares for the time being. We can expand the market ourselves."
"Ms. Zhao, isn't this bad? Expanding the market by yourself also takes time. Isn't it good to use the shortest time to get the maximum profit?" Elena looked at Zhao Min. She wanted to see Zhao Min's reaction. , as long as Zhao Min has any heartbeat, she can take advantage of the victory.
It's a pity that she was disappointed. Zhao Min didn't have any mood swings from beginning to end and remained calm.
The vision Elena said is very good, but it only requires shares in the company. Roche has spent so much effort to get such a joint venture opportunity, and Pfizer wants to step in when their peach is ripe.
This is simply a risk-free transaction, and the abacus is better than anyone else's.
Seeing that Zhao Min was silent, Elena frowned slightly and continued: "Mr. Zhao, there is a saying in China that it is best to enjoy the shade under a big tree. Haixing Company has our Pfizer, a big tree in the pharmaceutical industry, which can use the most It’s developing at such a rapid pace, why not?”
Elena is very confident. Pfizer's conditions can be said to be perfect. As long as it is a smart company, they will not refuse.
"However, under the big tree, the small tree will never grow big, and it will fall down when the wind blows." Zhao Min smiled softly.
"Um?"
Elena's mood suddenly sank when she heard the assistant's translation. Sure enough, as the rumors said, the people of the Army Ant Company are indifferent.
"Ms. Zhao means that she doesn't want to sell shares this time?"
"The company has just been established, and many things are not stable. We have no idea of transferring shares for the time being." Zhao Min said calmly.
"Ms. Zhao doesn't want to hear our price, will she refuse again?"
"Miss Elena, do you think our company is short of money?" Zhao Min asked.
This problem directly stumped Elena. Army Ant Company can be said to be one of the companies with the most cash now. It is simply impossible for Army Ant Company to be short of money.
But they are still very interested in Haixing Company.
Pfizer's Viagra was an unprecedented success when it was launched on the market. It was Viagra's commercial success that allowed them to swallow up companies such as Lambert and become the largest pharmaceutical company in the United States. Pfizer rose as a result.
After years of mergers and acquisitions, Pfizer has established itself as a pharmaceutical giant.
Now they see the potential of Haixing Company. Haizhiwei may threaten Viagra's position in the future. Haizhiwei is another drug with great potential, and the income will not be too low.
You know, these two drugs have very good profits and markets, and have huge potential in the future.
"Ms. Zhao, you can cooperate with Roche. They are laymen in the pharmaceutical industry. Why can't you cooperate with Pfizer? It seems that the benefits will be greater if you cooperate with us, right?" Wu Xiaobin said.
In the exchange just now, he had no intention of speaking. Now that the situation was a bit tense, he regarded it as a warm-up. To be able to sit in the position of president of Pfizer's Greater China region, he cannot be an ordinary person, and his abilities are definitely there.
"Our company, Army Ant, never refuses cooperation." Zhao Min said: "But when we want to open up cooperation, it seems that Roche is the only one."
"Aren't there more choices now?" Wu Xiaobin said with a smile.
Zhao Min was noncommittal: "But that time has passed."
Hearing this, Wu Xiaobin didn't say anything. Elena next to him didn't look good after hearing the translation. There is no doubt that they came here to seek cooperation this time and were rejected.
"Ms. Zhao, we are sincere and hope you will consider it carefully," Elena said.
"Yes, next time we have the opportunity, Pfizer will definitely be our first partner to consider."
After hearing Zhao Min's words, everyone on the scene already knew that it was no longer possible for Army Ant Company to sell Haixing Company's shares.
After Elena and Wu Xiaobin exchanged polite words, they had no intention of staying. After seeing the two people off, Zhao Mincai and Xiaoyu returned to the office.
"Do you know why I refused to cooperate with them?" Zhao Min looked through the floor-to-ceiling windows as Wu Xiaobin and Elena's car left the Marching Ant Company.
"I'm not sure about that." Xiaoyu shook his head.
"Pfizer's top ten shareholders include BlackRock and Vanguard Group. There are also several consortiums such as Morgan and Geode Capital. They are all consortiums that block our company's external expansion. They are our enemies." Zhao Min said.
"The consortium behind them all wants to suppress us? Why?"
"Do you know why the Western world is said to be a capital-controlled market? If you look carefully at their information, you will find that those consortiums are also major shareholders of technology giants such as Microsoft, Apple, and umbrella companies.
Those few consortiums, together with other Wall Street giants, consortiums and banking groups, can influence the entire U.S. capital market. They blocked us to put pressure on us to open up our equity to them, so as to gain control of our company.
It's just that we are in China, and the officials will not let those capitals mess around in our country's market. They can't reach out and can only block it overseas. "
Xiaoyu nodded heavily. She didn't know there was such great knowledge in it.
Zhao Min looked at the vehicles leaving the Marching Ant headquarters through the floor-to-ceiling windows: "Although there are no eternal enemies in shopping malls, only eternal interests. But I am not generous enough to use our company's interests to please them and resolve their concerns. Our hostility, besides, they just want to pick peaches.”
(End of chapter)