v2 Chapter 713： Chief designer

Chapter 713 Chief Designer

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"This is the best news I've heard today! But I'm curious what offer your Excellency and Scottish Power management can accept?"

"It's too early to say this. It's really meaningful to wait for the asset appraisal team of Pacific Energy Group to conduct a comprehensive assessment on us before making an offer! ... What do you think, Mr. Guo?"

Looking at the smiling man across from him, Guo Shouyun smiled and nodded.

"I will ask Pacific Energy to send an asset appraisal team to contact Scottish Power as soon as possible, and I hope your Excellency will cooperate with us at that time."

"Of course! ... If possible, we would like Mr. Kwok to be there in person. Many of us at Scottish Power look up to you as an idol. Especially your entrepreneurial story is widely circulated within the company. I think if they knew The company will be a part of the Pacific Energy Group and must be excited!"

"I personally also look forward to being friends and colleagues with Scottish Power staff! Including Mr Neff!"

"It's my honor! ... By the way, congratulations to Mr. Guo for the acquisition of Rover Motors and Manchester United Football Team, they are both very high-quality assets, the former only encountered a little difficulty temporarily. I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Guo, Rover will definitely will once again become the world's top car brand."

"Thank you! I will do my best to make Rover a success!"

After Thomas Neff nodded, "How long will Mr. Guo stay in the UK?"

"Probably another week or so. . . . is there something wrong with Mr. Neff?"

"I heard that Mr. Guo likes art collection. There will be a Bonhams auction three days later. There are many porcelains from China. The finale is Picasso's "Woman Running by the Sea"!"

Since the first half of this year, the Bruce Fund paid a sky-high price of 101.46 million US dollars to buy Pablo Picasso's masterpiece "The Boy with a Pipe" from Sotheby's auction, setting the world's highest art auction record, Guo Shouyun. The large-scale investment in art has also begun to be known to the world.

Now, whether it is Sotheby's, Christie's, China's Guardian, Poly, or auction houses in other countries, whenever there is any auction event, they will send him an invitation.

Bonhams apparently did too. However, Bonhams' popularity is not low. This auction house, founded in the British Georgian period, has become one of the top ten auction houses in the world since it merged with Philipson and Neal three years ago. In particular, he has extensive experience in the field of books and porcelain. Of course, after the company has expanded over the years, it has also begun to involve more categories.

"I've always been interested in collecting art. But the CEO of Bonhams is so well-connected that he could ask Mr. Neff for help!"

"I'm afraid Mr. Guo doesn't know that my son Ronan is the CEO of Bonhams!" Thomas Neff did not hide it, and there was no need to hide this kind of thing that could not be verified. Say it earlier, but it seems to be more magnanimous.

"That's it!" Guo Shouyun was stunned.

"Mr. Neff has an excellent son!"

"Thank you! It's a pity that compared with Mr. Guo, Ronan is still far behind!"

For a while, this well-maintained old man looked at Guo Shouyun with the emotion of "having a child like Sun Zhongmou".

Guo Shouyun smiled, it was not appropriate to say more at this time.

"Mr. Guo, I had a very pleasant chat with you this time. I hope I will have the opportunity to discuss with you in more depth next time!"

After holding the right hand that the other party stretched out, "Mr. Neff is in such a hurry to leave?"

"I also hope to chat with Mr. Guo for a while, but people around me don't want to see this situation!"

Guo Shouyun understood what he meant. With his status and influence today, and the reason why he rarely attends banquets, how could those who want to know him miss this rare opportunity. From the vague or naked eyes around him, he knew that he was destined to have a not-so-quiet night today.

Of course, he thought of this situation long ago when he came, but he didn't think so.

"I'll be on time for the Bonhams auction in three days, and I hope to be with Mr. Neff!"

A happy smile appeared on Thomas Neff's face.

"It's a great honor to be with Mr. Guo. ... See you in three days!"

"See you in three days!"

Looking at his back as he turned away, Guo Shouyun showed a smile in his eyes. He chose to buy Scottish Power not only because he added when dealing with the Phoenix Group for Rover cars. Instead, it was noted that Thomas Neff, the company's chairman and CEO, was preparing to retire. For such a person, as long as you come up with a good offer, plus a sufficient pension guarantee, he will not mind selling the public company Scottish Power to Pacific Energy Group.

This is the main reason why he chose Scottish Power over the other five of the UK's top six power companies.

Company acquisition, management is always the biggest obstacle, but also the best assistant.

No one asks the poor in the busy city, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains!

There is never a shortage of clingers beside the successful ones! Soon after Thomas Neff left, someone else came over. There are only two types of people who come here; one is to take the opportunity to expand their network; the other is to seek cooperation opportunities.

Guo Shouyun dealt with them one by one. He had already said goodbye to his youthfulness, and he won a lot of admiration or respect with his skilled social skills until the banquet ended tonight.

There is no need to say much about the Bonhams auction in three days. Guo Shouyun will not miss the artworks he is interested in, especially Chinese artworks.

But whether it's a dinner at Clarence House or an auction at Bonhams, it's all trivial matters. Even the Manchester United football team is just out of their own hobby, the real key is Rover. If you count the $2 billion that has just been raised and has yet to be used, the entire Rover's debt has reached $7 billion!

While $1.2 billion of that is interest-free, the rest is less than 4 percent, and repayments begin three years later. But it's also an astonishingly large sum of money.

Under the pressure of such a large sum of money, Guo Shouyun naturally hopes to make Rover profitable as soon as possible. So, after dealing with things in London, he brought Wang Jue and Wu Xiaojing to Birmingham again.

At this time, Brito's reform of Rover had already begun.

"Boss, this is Mr. Peter Hirel, now the chief designer of Red Star Motors!" Brito said.

Looking at the German who was wearing a black suit, red tie, and black-rimmed glasses, with a stern expression on his face and a curious look in his eyes, Guo Shouyun stretched out his right hand with a smile.

"Mr. Cyril, the world's top car design master, I have heard your name for a long time!"

If Guo Shouyun is most dissatisfied with any department of Rover Motors, in addition to sales, it is industrial design.

Beauty is justice, although this sentence is somewhat general. But it also fully illustrates the importance of appearance. What are those cars that Rover designed before! Especially the 'Rover City Discoverer' designed in cooperation with Tata Group in 2003 has the same face as a van, and dare to sell it for 90,000 pounds? ! Not only did it make the whole UK scolded, it also damaged the goodwill of Rover luxury cars, but also caused a loss of more than 100 million pounds! This collaboration was a complete disaster for Rover!

So, after acquiring Rover, the first thing he asked Brito to do was to reorganize Rover's design department, and he spared no expense to remove Peter Hillier, the three major European auto industrial designers, from the chief designer of the Volkswagen Group. The post was dug over.

He designed many well-received models such as the new Beetle, Audi A6, and Audi TT, and subsequently served as the chief designer of Audi and Volkswagen, leading the design language of Audi in an era. After becoming the chief designer of Kia, he successively launched a series of highly subversive design models such as Sumai, Zhipao, Sauer, K5, K2, K3, K9, and reshaped Kia into an impressive brand in the world. The world's fifth largest car manufacturer, can be described as a great achievement!

The tiger roaring grille designed by Guo Shouyun for Red Star Motors is from this man.

"Mr. Guo won the prize! But I want to know, those car design drawings I saw really came from Mr. Guo's handwriting?"

Guo Shouyun knew what he meant. In order to pull this guy from Volkswagen, he authorized Brito to take out the design drawings of the classic models he copied last time. Anyway, he has registered patents, and he is not afraid of being pirated. Of course, during the period of prudence, a non-disclosure agreement is still to be signed.

The effect of taking out these design drawings is also obvious. Peter Hirel, who was instantly shocked, after receiving a superior salary, he couldn't hold back his curiosity and came to the UK.

"Of course! I think Brito should have made this very clear!" Guo Shouyun laughed.

"It's unbelievable! Such an excellent industrial design comes from someone who has nothing to do with the shape of the car!" Peter Hillier shook his head repeatedly.

"...Mr. Guo really hasn't been in contact with the design industry before?"

"I took a sketch class for a while when I was in middle school!" Guo Shouyun shrugged.

"Sketch class?"

Peter Hillier is stunned Although sketching is the basis for cultivating aesthetics, it is also far from design.

"Mr. Cyril, art comes from life. I just turned the style of my favorite car into an actual blueprint, no fuss!"

"No no no, art does come from life. But these automotive industrial designs are indeed unparalleled classics. I believe that as long as we can successfully launch the market, Rover, no, Red Star will create a new glory!"

Looking at the excited Peter Cyril, Guo Shouyun said with a smile, "I have to ask Mr. Cyril!"

"Actually, Mr. Guo doesn't need me, and he can use these design drawings to complete the transformation of Red Star Rover...!"

After waving his hand to interrupt him, "These designs of mine can only be used for a while, and if Red Star Rover wants to become a great car company, an excellent automotive industry design department is indispensable. Mr. Cyril is the best in this era. He is the most suitable person to be the chief designer of Red Star Rover.”

"Thank you for your attention, I will do my best!"

"I look forward to good news from you!"

"Boss, this is Lauren Cunningham, chief engineer of Red Star Rover."

The middle-aged man in a dark blue suit was the original chief engineer of Rover Motors and the only one of Rover's many executives who remained. Rover's famous K series engine comes from his hands.

"...This is Maurice Green, Marketing Director of Red Star Rover, who is responsible for sales in Europe and the US."

Red Star Motors has two marketing directors, one is Zhang Ruidong, who is in charge of the Chinese market, and the other is Maurice Green, a German who just poached from BMW in front of Guo Shouyun.

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