2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 211 Pre-acquisition plan

On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, people slaughter pigs, purchase supplies, and go to the market.

The children, who had been home for three days, seemed less excited.

Around 8 a.m., Zhang Xupeng was dragged out of bed by his parents. The family was going shopping today, and he was the main porter.

Zhang Xupeng walked out of the room, still half asleep, and said with some dissatisfaction, "Isn't this too early? In the middle of winter, can't people even get a good night's sleep?"

"What do you mean 'early'? It's already past eight o'clock. The streets will be packed with people soon. Get up early and buy the big items first. Hurry up and brush your teeth and have breakfast. Your dad and I got up at seven o'clock. It's already a good thing that you can sleep until after eight. You sleep in every day. Did you do this in Beicang too?"

Liu Huiru kept rambling on and on, saying that her son seemed quite pleasing to the eye when he first came back, but now he's becoming more and more unpleasant to look at.

Not to mention sleeping until noon every day, the young man from the Tan family has already met his girlfriend's parents, yet he doesn't even have a single female friend he's close to. It really infuriates me.

"What's the use of you? You sleep until noon every day, or you just play games at home. When you go out, you only go to Xiao Tan's house. He has a girlfriend. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Mom, you're going too far. Why are you bringing this up again so early in the morning?"

Sigh, I should have known better than to tell them that Xiao Tan went to meet his girlfriend's parents on his way home. I never expected it would backfire so badly.

"After breakfast, let's go to Xiao Tan's place and see if they need to buy any New Year's goods. We haven't been there since Xiao Tan came back," Zhang Guolong said.

"Uh, I went twice and you're already criticizing me, but why don't you say anything when you go yourselves?" Zhang Xupeng said helplessly.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and brush your teeth and eat breakfast. It'll be more lively with more people buying New Year's goods."

"Oh oh oh."

When Zhang Xupeng and his family finished getting ready and arrived at the Tan family's new home in Linghu Park, it was already 9:30 a.m. To their surprise, it was Zhang Xuhui who opened the door for them.

"What are you doing here?" Zhang Xupeng asked, somewhat surprised.

"I've come to deliver the documents," Zhang Xuhui said with a smile, leading the family of three inside.

The boss said he would send it to my email, but his father insisted that I deliver it to his door in person, saying that we didn't live far apart and it was a good opportunity to build rapport and also get to know the boss's parents.

Just as my dad was right, the boss's parents were incredibly welcoming when I arrived this morning.

"What's going on?" Zhang Xupeng asked casually as soon as he entered the room, sitting down next to Tan Jincheng.

At this moment, Tan Jincheng was looking at the information Zhang Xuhui had sent over. He casually replied, "No one wants that car factory in the city anymore. They wanted to ask if I could take it over. I asked Brother Xuhui to collect some information and make some preparations in advance."

"What preparations are you making? Are you planning to take over? You can't build cars anyway."

"That's not how it works. Even if we don't plan to take it over, we still need to meet and talk to them. We have to give them the respect they deserve. Besides, this factory isn't completely empty-handed; it still has some assets."

While dealing with him, Tan Jincheng got up to greet Zhang's parents, while Zhang Xuhui cleverly went to pour tea for the three of them.

Zhang Xupeng casually picked up an orange, peeled it, and popped a segment into his mouth: "So you mean you want to buy one?"

Having grown up together and collaborated in business for over a year, Zhang Xupeng knew from the second half of Tan Jincheng's words that he was interested in the car factory; otherwise, given Tan's personality, he wouldn't have said such nonsense.

"Well, there are some things in the factory that should be useful for electric vehicles. If the conditions aren't too unreasonable, let's take them. It's only a few hundred thousand yuan." Tan Jincheng nodded.

According to the assessment in the documents, the leaf spring factory actually had no assets at all. Not counting Andar Auto's intangible assets, it was worth at most 10 yuan. I don't know how they transferred the Andar brand to such a dilapidated factory.

No wonder there hasn't been any activity for over a year; the business environment in inland areas is indeed quite complex.

Even if a state-owned automobile factory with complete manufacturing qualifications has gone through bankruptcy proceedings, it is impossible for a small leaf spring factory to easily acquire it. The transfer fee is also unknown.

This further solidified Tan Jincheng's determination to buy out the deal; even if it meant paying more cash, he would not cooperate with them in any way.

Tan Jincheng is very interested in Andar's intangible assets, including its automobile production qualifications. Acquiring these intangible assets would be a great step forward for Flash Technology's future car manufacturing journey.

Andar not only has the production qualifications for passenger cars, but also for buses. These two qualifications may not seem like much now, but in a decade or two, they may be so valuable that even spending tens of millions of yuan might not be enough to obtain them.

It's still worth enduring some trouble or paying some price to obtain these qualifications. Otherwise, these three companies wouldn't have been ridiculed for producing their own brands through car manufacturers like JAC and Lifan.

"Are you going to buy New Year's goods? And you'll be going to the class reunion tonight, right?" Zhang Xupeng asked again.

"I have to ask my parents about buying New Year's goods; by the way, why didn't you tell me about the class reunion?"

"Your aunt will definitely tell you, why would I tell you? Besides, you have your own group chat. Even though you're a big boss, you should at least say a few words in the group. Don't be so aloof. What if one of your classmates becomes successful in the future, right?" "I'm not aloof. I'm just not used to using a cell phone. Qingqing and I usually talk on the phone, we rarely text each other," Tan Jincheng argued.

Actually, many of his high school classmates couldn't remember him. He could only recall a few. For others, it had only been two years since graduation, but for Tan Jincheng, it had been more than 20 years. It would be a miracle if he could remember classmates he had lost contact with after graduation.

"Come on, I believe your reason, but your classmates won't. Besides, I see you chatting happily in the work group all the time, don't I?"

"Okay, actually I can't remember a lot of my classmates. You'll have to help me tonight so I don't make a mistake," Tan Jincheng confessed helplessly.

Zhang Xupeng was taken aback, as if he had discovered something, and then exaggeratedly said, "No way, your memory has always been very good. How could you not remember your classmates after only two years of graduation?"

Tan Jincheng helplessly shrugged: "I'm not lying to you, there really are a lot of people who can't remember them, and only a few can be remembered."

Zhang Xupeng wanted to say something, but Tan Jincheng waved his hand, telling him to shut up for the time being. He wanted to discuss with Zhang Xuhui how to deal with Andar Auto's response.

My dad went to his boss's house the day before yesterday. The information he got there matched the latest data Zhang Xuhui had collected, and they were basically accurate.

Andar's most valuable assets are naturally its intangible assets, including its automobile production license. As for the leaf spring factory's land and equipment, Tan Jincheng has no interest in them. According to Tan Jincheng, he only wants to acquire Andar's intangible assets in full and will not accept any form of cooperation.

Tan Jincheng was unwilling to accept the land, equipment, workers, and debts. The pension problem of state-owned enterprise workers could not be solved by Tan Jincheng alone. However, the other party might not be willing to accept this acquisition method, and would have to offer some other benefits.

"Dad, have they said when they'll make contact?" Tan Jincheng asked, looking at Tan Lihua and Zhang Guolong, who were watching the commotion.

This was the first time that Tan Lihua and others had witnessed their son's work style firsthand. They had to admit that he did have the demeanor of a boss and got straight to the heart of the matter. If they succeeded in negotiating the plan he proposed, they would not only save face for their leader, but they would also not suffer any loss.

"They didn't say. They just said they hoped to get in touch as soon as possible, but I guess it will be after the Chinese New Year no matter how fast it goes. Now everyone's on holiday, so even if we talk, it won't be that quick."

"Alright, then Brother Xuhui, go back and write a contingency plan. As for you, Dad, you don't need to contact your boss anymore. Just pretend you know nothing."

"Good boss."

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Nighttime, inside a private room of a reasonably priced restaurant in Yicheng.

“That chubby guy is called Li Jun. He usually sat in the middle seat by the window when we were in school, remember?” Zhang Xupeng whispered to Tan Jincheng.

Tan Jincheng nodded: "I vaguely remember. Were you someone who could eat a lot?"

"You can't remember people's names, but you remember this one clearly. That's ridiculous," Zhang Xupeng said, curling his lip.

Tan Jincheng ignored him and continued pointing to the man next to Li Jun: "And that one, I remember his surname is Liu, I think his name is Liu Jingxuan?"

"Yeah, that's the guy. He dated six girlfriends in his three years of high school and had his parents called in three times. He's just a playboy."

"Wow, that's impressive. But it's normal for him to be popular with girls since he's tall and strong. He'll probably have a lot of girlfriends in college."

"Given his behavior in high school, he'll definitely change jobs even more frequently in college."

"Go and clink glasses with him, learn from him. Even though you're a bit ugly, you're rich. Aunt Liu has been nagging you about it lately, hasn't she?"

"You have some kind of serious illness, you always bring up things you shouldn't talk about. Do you still want me to introduce you to someone?"

"Okay, okay, you say it, you say it."

Just as the two were whispering to each other, class monitor Nie Haijie came over with a wine glass and asked, "What's wrong? Why aren't you two big bosses interacting with your classmates? What are you whispering about here?"

When the two of them came over, many students saw clearly that they each drove an Audi A6, which clearly means they've made a fortune.

Many classmates wanted to find out what kind of business these two were in, but it was difficult to strike up a conversation with them. Zhang Xupeng, on the other hand, could chat with anyone for a while.

However, although Tan Jincheng was very polite, he always seemed distant, only chatting with some people he had a good relationship with during their school days.

However, these two people have one thing in common: they never mention anything about business matters, only saying that they were lucky and made a little money. Who would believe that? Nie Haijie's family is also in business, but they still can't afford an Audi A6.

Oh, besides Zhang Xupeng, the person this kid talks about the most is his "aunt" Chen Shuyi. It's really annoying! Doesn't he have a girlfriend?

"No, it's just that it's been more than two years since we last met, and I've become a little estranged from everyone. Let's take a break," Tan Jincheng said with a smile, clinking glasses with the class monitor.

"Why are your and Xupeng's glasses full of soft drinks? Why don't you change them to alcohol? It's a class reunion, so a few drinks can make everyone happier."

"You can't drink and drive." At this moment, Chen Shuyi, who was sitting next to me, suddenly said.

(End of this chapter)