Chapter 1987

When Lin Feng arrived in oberkoheng, Germany, and met the current president of Carl Zeiss, he realized that it was much more difficult to acquire Carl Zeiss than he thought. At present, Carl Zeiss is in the leading position in the field of Optics and optoelectronics. Almost all the fields related to optics are basically related to Carl Zeiss. Its huge profits are far beyond Lin Feng's imagination. In the face of such a company with no shortage of market and capital, how can we start the acquisition?

Looking at Michael Hoffman, the president of Carl Zeiss, Lin Feng has no choice but to invite him to coffee. He is constantly thinking about what to do.

"Mr. Lin?" Hoffman is a bit helpless. After receiving Lin Feng's call and asking him to have coffee, Hoffman puts down his work to accompany Lin Feng to have coffee. In his opinion, with Lin Feng's current status, there must be something important to find out. But I never thought that I've been sitting here for two hours, and I haven't entered the theme except chatting. No, Lin Feng has really come all the way from Shanghai to Germany to have a cup of coffee.

Even if he has time to drink coffee, Lin Feng doesn't have the leisure time! However, Hoffman is not easy to say, and he is not willing to offend Lin Feng out of thin air. However, Hoffman does not want to waste time sitting here, so he has to keep looking at his watch and secretly remind Lin Feng that if you have something to say, your time is precious.

Lin Feng naturally saw all of Hoffman's little actions. To be honest, Lin Feng doesn't want to waste his time, but he doesn't know how to talk to Hoffman. You can't just say it - Hoffman, I want to buy you, a company that has a leading position in the industry and is extremely profitable, which everyone envies. So Hoffman doesn't think of himself as an idiot.

"Well, Mr. Lin, I'm glad to have coffee with you today. But my company has something else to do. Now I have to go. Next time I'll treat Mr. Lin to coffee. " Hoffman stood up politely and said something. But deep in my heart, I swore that if Lin Feng asked him to have coffee again, if there was no business, he would never come. People who sit for two hours can't afford to be hurt.

Lin Feng see Hoffman to go, but also helpless, can only send all the way out. Seeing Hoffman leave in a hurry, Lin Feng doesn't know that Hoffman must be bored at the moment. No one can sit for two hours without complaining.

In desperation, Lin Feng called Abby Cohen to ask about how to acquire a company like Carl Zeiss. There are no tricks. After all, Abby Cohen is a Wall Street myth, and she knows a lot about it.

"Lin, this is really difficult. Carl Zeiss doesn't lack money and technology. It can be said that he doesn't lack anything you have. It's impossible to acquire him. Unless Carl Zeiss encounters any natural or man-made disaster, or major decision-making mistakes. But even then, the German government and German banks will help Carl Zeiss tide over. Want to buy normally, impossible! And Carl Zeiss is not listed, which also increases the difficulty of acquisition. Basically, the acquisition of Carl Zeiss is no less difficult than the acquisition of Microsoft. " Abby Cohen's calm analysis.

The wind of the forest is blowing. If so, is it not a waste of time.

"Lin, I think it's better to cooperate. It's easier for Carl Zeiss to help you make your own camera for your mobile phone Abby suggested. At least from Abby's point of view, she really can't understand why Lin Feng has to buy Carl Zeiss. Although Carl Zeiss is a company with high added value, its current annual turnover is only more than 2 billion euros, which Lin Feng can't look up to. Why does Lin Feng have to buy it?

Indeed, the annual turnover of Carl Zeiss is no more than 2 billion euros, but with the popularity of mobile phones, as well as the popularity of digital cameras and digital video cameras, it has entered the homes of ordinary people. In the future, the profit of Carl Zeiss will increase year by year. Of course, this is not the reason why Lin Feng has to buy Carl Zeiss. Lin Feng wants to buy Carl Zeiss for one thing - monopoly. In the future, when all your mobile phones use Carl Zeiss lens, but competitors can't use Carl Zeiss lens, it will be very cool and the sales volume will be much higher.

Mobile phone photo function, but a big guarantee of the future mobile phone sales!

"Lin, if you have to buy it, the only advice I can offer is to save the country. Carl Zeiss is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss foundation. If you really have to buy it, you have to discuss it with Carl Zeiss foundation. Maybe there will be opportunities there. " Abby Cohen made a proposal without any hope.

"Well, I see. All right, go ahead. By the way, Soros, watch more. This guy is too crazy. I'm afraid he'll go crazy without a clue. " Lin Feng nodded.

Abby Cohen shrugged. For Soros, she had to watch as much as she could. As for whether she can watch, she is not sure. This guy is not an ordinary person. He is known as the first financial sniper in history. She can watch him if she wants to. Besides, under the orders of Soros and Lin Feng, there is no need to explain anything to her. It's almost impossible for her to watch Soros. I can only do my best.

Of course, when Lin Feng said that, he did his best. After all, Soros's plan is too tempting. If it succeeds, he will become a global creditor. It's exciting to think about it. Of course, Lin Feng also knows that there is a great risk. Since a businessman becomes a global creditor, if there is no support behind him, he will be killed immediately. Therefore, Lin Feng hoped that Soros would not play too much, but he was a little expecting. The subtle changes in psychology, outsiders really can not understand.

Carl Zeiss foundation, a foundation that performs shareholder functions. Single shareholder of Schott Ag in Mainz, Germany and Karl Zeiss Ag in oberkohen. Its responsibility is to provide guarantee for the future of its Schott Co., Ltd. and Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd., realize the management of the foundation's enterprises, and support the foundation enterprises and their subordinate branches to fulfill their corporate social responsibility—— These are the things that Lin Feng inquired about through Baidu Yahoo.

Lin Feng has no acquaintance in Germany, so he can't get more detailed information through other means. However, Lin Feng is not a pedantic person. Since he can't get more information through the Internet, Lin Feng went directly to the library of oberkoheng municipal government, spent some money and found several old people who have lived in oberkoheng for a long time and were also employees of Carl Zeiss through the director of the library to learn more information.

Carl Zeiss made his fortune in 1846, but in 1945, because of the Second World War, he was forcibly split into two by the United States and the Soviet Union, and became East Zeiss and West Zeiss. However, because of this, Carl Zeiss made great progress in technology under the competition of the Soviet Union and the United States. In the end, the merger of Germany brought about the merger of the two sides, which made Carl Zeiss become the world's optical hegemony. Sony, a layman in the optical industry, has become one of the biggest Digital Camera Companies in the market because it relies on the help of Carl Zeiss（ This is one of the reasons why Lin Feng wants to buy Carl Zeiss.)

Of course, Lin Feng's message is more than that. More about the Carl Zeiss foundation. After Carl Zeiss died in 1888, he transferred his equity to his son Rodney Zeiss according to his will. Rodney was not good at management, so he transferred his equity to Abel, a German light scientist at that time. Then Abel founded the Carl Zeiss foundation and brought in Scott. Only then did he have the glory of Carl Zeiss.

Get these information, Lin Feng heart a little bit bottom. Although it's impossible to acquire Carl Zeiss directly, it's much less difficult for curve savior to acquire the shares of Carl Zeiss foundation from Abe and Scott's descendants. As for the descendants of Abe and Scott who inherited the equity of Carl Zeiss foundation, this is not difficult for Lin Feng. Soon, after spending a little money, we found out the current owner of the Carl Zeiss foundation.

Luther Abbe, Jena Abbe, mokanu Abbe, and Scott's two great grandchildren, Byron Scott and Lucien Scott. Three of Abe's great grandchildren hold 70% of the shares, while two of Scott's great grandchildren hold 30%. Obviously, as long as he takes 70% of the shares in the hands of Abe's three great grandchildren, Carl Zeiss will declare to be Lin Feng's company.

According to Lin Feng's survey, the current leader of the Carl Zeiss foundation is not the offspring of Abe and Scott. After discussion, the descendants of the two sides took the initiative to withdraw from the management of the foundation. Instead, they served as an honorary president and hired professional management talents from the headhunting company for management. This is the same as IBM's Watson family. After all, not every generation is suitable for the management of the company. Instead of letting the descendants corrupt the company, it is better to employ professional management talents to manage the company, so that the company can grow more healthily.

This is a western family business management model, which is very advanced and follows the law of nature. But it also gives Lin Feng a chance. Lin Feng first found Luther Abe, the eldest of the three brothers, and also the person with the most shares, holding 25% of the shares. As for the reasons for approaching, it is simple.

greedy! Taking advantage of the common greed of human beings, Lin Feng finds Luther directly.

"This is a $2 billion check. Sell me your 25% stake in Carl Zeiss. This check is yours." Lin Feng handed a check with a smile.

Carl Zeiss currently has annual sales of just $2.7 billion, and Luther has only a 25% stake. Two billion dollars, amazing（ It's not finished yet. If you like this work, you are welcome to start (Qidian. Com) to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket. Your support is my biggest motivation.)