On the morning of December 26, the meteorite arrived in Li Zetian's hands.
Li Zetian ordered the meteorite to be taken away, and while making a meteorite pendant, he instructed the expert team to test the composition of the meteorite to see if it was harmful to the human body.
Meteorites, after all, are still foreign objects, very mysterious, maybe with radiation, or maybe contain elements that have not yet been discovered by humans, in short, be careful. However, according to Li Zetian's knowledge, meteorites are rare and precious, but generally non-radioactive and harmless to the human body.
On January 12, 2006, after Li Zetian's family returned from vacation, the expert team sent Li Zetian a test report. This meteorite contains some mysterious unknown components, but it is not radioactive and is harmless to the human body.
In addition, the meteorite pendant will be made by top Tiffany craftsmen in the United States. In order to make it a boutique among the boutiques, it cannot be delivered in a short time.
Li Zetian nodded secretly, expressing his understanding, knowing that good things are always worth waiting for!
Two days later, Li Zetian was going to fly to Germany again.
The negotiation between BMW and Germany's Bosch has made great progress. Li Zetian is here to sign a contract and make persistent efforts to do some great things!
Space-X2000 arrived at Munich Airport in Germany on January 15 at 3:15 pm.
Li Zetian told Norbert Lessef not to come to pick up the plane. My brother has always been a very low-key person.
It's a bit late today, Li Zetian didn't go directly to BMW, but went to the hotel to rest first.
The Hilton Munich Airport Hotel is located between Terminals 1 and 2 of Munich Airport, with a striking glass exterior, and Li Zetian naturally stayed here directly.
Lying on the comfortable bed, Li Zetian suddenly realized that it was really beneficial to buy and build hotels all over the world. You think, no matter which big city you go to, you will have your own hotel. It is comfortable and reassuring to live here!
At 8 o'clock the next day, after having breakfast at the hotel, Li Zetian went to the BMW headquarters.
After arriving at the company, Norbert Reiseff and representatives of Bosch in Germany greeted him.
Norbert Reithof first introduced some of Li Zetian to each other, and after a brief greeting, they came to the conference room together.
Norbert Reithofer had already talked with the representative of Bosch in Germany. Li Zetian came here to sign the contract directly.
BMW will acquire Germany's Bosch for $2 billion plus 7.5% of BMW's common stock.
In the conference room, after both parties confirm that the contract is correct, they officially sign it.
"Happy cooperation!"
"Happy cooperation!"
"Congratulations, Mr. Li, from now on, you are the boss of Bosch Germany!!" The representative of Bosch Germany smiled.
Li Zetian showed a faint smile: "The exchange of shares is a win-win for both of us. I believe that the future of BMW and Bosch in Germany must be extremely brilliant!!!"
"Haha, with your support from Mr. Li, BMW and German Bosch He Chou cannot succeed!!!"
"I've got the secretary ready for the champagne, let's have a drink!" Norbert Reithof laughed.
"Okay! Have a drink!!"
Norbert Reithof's secretary poured everyone a glass of champagne, and the crowd began to drink champagne to celebrate.
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At around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, BMW announced that BMW had successfully acquired Germany's Bosch.
As soon as the news came out, the industry shook.
"Nima! As I said long ago, after Chronos Li acquired BMW, things would definitely happen! Sure enough, look, BMW has acquired the world's largest automotive technology supplier - Germany's Bosch!!!"
"Come on, the rich are playing with capital! Capital is crushing, you have to obey!"
"Alas, the competition in the automotive industry will become more and more fierce in the future..."
"Who cares, the sky is falling and there is a tall man on it. The most worried person should be Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation."
"… "
Car companies around the world are complaining about Li Zetian and are very afraid of him getting involved in the auto industry.
At the same time, auto parts companies are also very dissatisfied with Li Zetian, and they are very afraid, because he bought Bosch in Germany.
In short, in the automotive industry, competitors simply regard Li Zetian as a devil!
In this regard, Li Zetian is very helpless, no matter what business he does, it will always harm the interests of some people.
However, no matter how the outside world talks and evaluates, Li Zetian ignores it, he still has things to do at hand.
Bosch is not only a giant of auto parts, but also a giant of home appliances. In 1967, Germany's Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group jointly established "Bosch Home Appliances", each of which holds 50% of the shares. Since then, Siemens home appliances have been independently produced, sold and provided after-sales service by BSH. That is to say, in recent decades, the Siemens home appliances purchased by consumers are actually not "pure" Siemens brands, but manufactured by Bosch Home Appliances jointly invested by Bosch and Siemens!
Li Zetian knew that Siemens in the previous life completely withdrew from the home appliance market in 2014 and sold the remaining 50% of BSH to Bosch. Therefore, Li Zetian is thinking, I don't know Siemens seems to be willing to sell Siemens' home appliance business to Bosch a few years in advance...
Li Zetian had a long chat with Norbert Reithof and Bosch CEO Franz Fehrenbach. On the evening of January 20, Franz Fehrenbach sent an e-mail to the chairman of Siemens, saying that Bosch wanted to buy Siemens' 50% stake in BSH.
Li Zetian thought that Siemens might consider it, but the result was that the other party refused very decisively!
"It was rejected!" Li Zetian's brows furrowed into the word "Chuan".
Li Zetian may not know much about Siemens. There are basically two reasons why Siemens in the previous life sold home appliances. First, since 2006, the home appliance market has been under great pressure of competition, and it has entered an era of small profits. Even Siemens and other international The profit margin of the big-name home appliance business is only about 5%; second: Siemens learns from GE, sells its manufacturing business, transforms into a software and data company, and enters the industrial Internet of Things! ! !
As far as the current situation is concerned, the home appliance market is fairly profitable, and the Industrial Internet of Things has not yet emerged. As a manufacturing giant, Siemens will naturally not give up its decades of home appliance business!
Li Zetian thought about it for a while, and finally stopped the idea of purchasing Siemens' home appliance business.
It's 2006, and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States is about to come. At that time, General Electric (GE) has been busy selling its home appliance business. I'm afraid Siemens also has this idea... It's just that in the past life, everyone was in danger. Which company Dare to buy their home appliance business
The reason why Li Zetian wants to acquire Siemens' home appliance business this time is to develop smart home appliances. However, since the other party does not plan to sell it, Li Zetian can also wait a little longer.
As a result, Li Zetian no longer paid attention to Siemens, but discussed the next step of the company's development with BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer.
"Now that Bosch has been successfully acquired by BMW, the next step is to increase investment!"
"Okay, no problem. You invested 25 billion US dollars in BMW before. Now, BMW is very rich!!" Norbert Reithof replied with a smile.
"By the way, Tesla Motors has already registered!" Li Zetian asked.
"Mr. Li, I was about to tell you about this!"
Norbert Reithofer smiled bitterly, "When I sent someone to register Tesla Motors, I found that there was already a car company in California that registered Tesla Motors in 2003, but because the company was too It's small and hasn't launched a real car yet, so I haven't heard of the company..."
When Li Zetian heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. The big boss of BMW is a big boss. Does he disdain small companies? But after thinking about it carefully, Norbert Reithofer was the chairman and CEO of BMW. How could he have time to pay attention to small companies in California, USA... There are many car companies that are born every year. Are you coming~
In addition, affected by the butterfly effect, Elon Musk is not the Elon Musk of the previous life, and he has not invested in Tesla Motor Company, which has caused the Tesla Motor Company in this life to develop too slowly~
Electric vehicles have less impact on the environment than traditional vehicles, and their prospects are widely optimistic, but the technology is not yet mature, so many people are not optimistic about pure electric vehicles, and naturally very few people dare to invest in Tesla Motors. In this lifetime, Tesla Motors did not get the investment and help of Elon Musk, and it is fortunate that it did not die.
Norbert Reiseff then said: "However, I have sent someone to buy Tesla Motors, a company in the United States, which has been working on electric vehicles since 2003 and has accumulated a lot of Technology."
"No matter how tortuous the process is, in a word, it's fine. Moreover, the successful acquisition of Tesla Motors this time is a small surprise. It can speed up the research and development of electric vehicles." Li Zetian paused and said with a smile: " Hehe, the combination of electric car + unmanned car should be more selling point!!!”
"Uh, that's true!"