Chapter 2128: People Always Have Weaknesses

When Lin Feng arrived in Oberkochen, Germany, and met the current president of Carl Zeiss, he realized that it would be much more difficult to acquire Carl Zeiss than he had imagined. At present, Carl Zeiss is in a leading position in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. Almost all fields related to optics are basically related to Carl Zeiss, and its profits are far more lucrative than Lin Feng could imagine. Facing such a company that has no shortage of market and funds, how can we talk about acquisition?

Looking at Michael Hoffman, the president of Carl Zeiss, who looked suspicious, Lin Feng could only helplessly invite him to drink coffee, constantly thinking about what to do in his mind.

"Mr. Lin?" Hoffman was quite helpless. After receiving Lin Feng's call and asking him to have coffee, Hoffman put down his work and accompanied Lin Feng for coffee. In his opinion, with Lin Feng's current status and position, he must have something important to ask him out. But he never expected that he had been sitting here for two hours, and except for chatting, he never got to the point. It's impossible that Lin Feng really traveled thousands of miles from Shanghai to Germany to have a cup of coffee with me.

Even if I have time to drink coffee, Lin Feng doesn't have the time! But Hoffman couldn't say anything, and he didn't want to offend Lin Feng for nothing. But Hoffman didn't want to sit here and waste time, so he had to keep looking at the watch, secretly reminding Lin Feng to speak up, everyone's time is precious.

Lin Feng naturally saw all these little actions of Hoffman. To be honest, Lin Feng didn't want to waste time, but he really didn't know how to talk to Hoffman. You can't just say Hoffman, I want to acquire your company that has a leading position in the industry, extremely profitable, and envied by everyone.

It would be strange if Hoffman didn't think of himself as an idiot if he said that.

"Uh, Mr. Lin, I'm very happy to have coffee with you today. But I have something to do in the company." Now I have to go, I'll treat Mr. Lin to a cup of coffee next time. Hoffman stood up politely and said some polite words. But deep in his heart, he secretly swore that if Lin Feng asked him to have coffee again, he would definitely not come if he didn't have something important to do. It's hard to afford to sit for two hours in vain.

Seeing Hoffman leaving, Lin Feng had no choice but to send him out. Seeing Hoffman's hurried pace, Lin Feng knew that Hoffman must be annoyed at the moment. Anyone who sits for two hours in vain like this would also feel resentful.

In desperation, Lin Feng called Abby Cohen to ask about how to acquire a company like Carl Zeiss. Is there any trick? After all, Abby Cohen is a legend on Wall Street, and she is knowledgeable in this area.

"Lin, this is really difficult. Carl Zeiss is not short of money" and technology. He can be said to have everything you have. It is impossible to acquire him. Unless Carl Zeiss encounters some natural disaster** or major decision-making errors. But even so, the German government and German banks will invest to help Carl Zeiss through the difficulties. Well, it is impossible to acquire normally! And Carl Zeiss is not listed" This also increases the difficulty of acquisition.

Basically, "the difficulty of acquiring Carl Zeiss is no less than that of acquiring Microsoft." Abby Cohen analyzed calmly.

Lin Feng was shocked. If so, "wouldn't his trip to Germany be a waste of time?"

"Lin, I think it's better to cooperate. Carl Zeiss will help you, 1 Phantom Technology, to produce mobile phone cameras. This will be simpler. "Abby suggested. At least from Abby's point of view, she really couldn't understand why Lin Feng had to acquire Carl Zeiss. Although Carl Zeiss is a company with very high added value, its current annual turnover is only more than 100 million euros, which Lin Feng doesn't like. So why did Lin Feng have to acquire it?

Indeed, Carl Zeiss's annual turnover is only more than 100 million euros, but with the popularity of mobile phones, digital cameras, and digital video cameras, it has entered the homes of ordinary people. In the future, Carl Zeiss's profits will increase year by year. Of course, this is not the reason why Lin Feng had to acquire Carl Zeiss. Lin Feng wanted to acquire Carl Zeiss just for a little monopoly. When all his mobile phones in the future use Carl Zeiss lenses, and competitors cannot use Carl Zeiss lenses, it will feel great, and sales will be much higher.

The mobile phone camera function is a major guarantee for future mobile phone sales!

"Lin, if you have to acquire it, the only suggestion I can provide is to save the country in a roundabout way.

Carl Zeiss is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. If you really want to acquire it, you can only discuss it with the Carl Zeiss Foundation. Maybe there will be an opportunity there. "Abby Cohen made a suggestion without any hope.

"Well, I see. Well, go and get busy. By the way, you should keep an eye on Soros. This guy is too crazy. I'm afraid he will be crazy and have no bottom line." Lin Feng nodded.

Abby Cohen shrugged. As for Soros, she could only try her best to keep an eye on him. As for whether she could keep an eye on him, she was not sure. This guy was not an ordinary person. He was known as the first financial sniper in history. She could keep an eye on him if she wanted to. Besides, Soros did not need to give any explanation to her for his actions under Lin Feng's orders. It was almost impossible for her to keep an eye on Soros. She could only do her best.

Of course, Lin Feng said this, and he did his best. After all, the plan proposed by Soros is too amazing. Once it succeeds, he will become a global creditor. It's exciting to think about it. Of course, Lin Feng also knows that there are great risks. If a businessman becomes a global creditor, he will be killed immediately if there is no one to support him. Therefore, Lin Feng hopes that Soros will not play too much, but he is a little bit expectant. Outsiders really can't understand the subtle changes in his psychology.

Carl Zeiss Foundation, a foundation that exercises shareholder responsibilities. The sole shareholder of Schott Co., Ltd. in Mainz, Germany and Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd. in Oberkochen. Its responsibilities are to provide guarantees for the future of Schott Co., Ltd. and Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd. under its umbrella, to manage the foundation's enterprises, and to support the foundation's enterprises and their subordinate branches to fulfill their corporate social responsibilities. These are what Lin Feng found through "Baidu Yahoo".

Lin Feng has no acquaintances in Germany, so he can't get more detailed information through other means.

However, Lin Feng was not a pedantic person. Since he could not get more information through the Internet, Lin Feng went directly to the archives of the Oberkochen City Government, spent some money, and found several old people who had lived in Oberkochen for a long time and were once employees of Carl Zeiss through the curator, and learned more information.

Carl Zeiss was founded in 1846, but in 1945, due to the Second World War, it was forcibly split into two by the United States and the Soviet Union, becoming East Zeiss and West Zeiss. However, because of this, Carl Zeiss's technology has been greatly developed under the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. And finally, the merger of Germany brought about the merger of the two parties, making Carl Zeiss the overlord of the world's optical industry. And Sony, a layman in the optical industry, was able to become one of the leaders in the digital camera market because of the help of Carl Zeiss. (This is also one of the reasons why Lin Feng wants to acquire Carl Zeiss.)

Of course, Lin Feng's information is not just this. There is more information about the Carl Zeiss Foundation. After Carl Zeiss died in 1888, he transferred his shares to his son Rodnik Zeiss according to his will. Rodnik was not good at management, so he transferred the shares to the German optician Abbe at the time. Abbe then founded the Carl Zeiss Foundation and brought in Scott, which led to the current glory of Carl Zeiss.

After getting this information, Lin Feng had a little idea in his mind. Although it is impossible to directly acquire Carl Zeiss, it would be much easier to acquire the shares of the Carl Zeiss Foundation from the descendants of Abbe and Scott. As for which descendants of Abbe and Scott inherited the shares of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, it was not a difficult task for Lin Feng. Soon, after spending some money, he found out the current holders of the shares of the Carl Zeiss Foundation.

Luther Abbe, Jena Abbe, Mocanu Abbe, and Scott's two great-grandsons Byron Scott and Lucian Scott. Among them, Abbe's three great-grandsons hold 10% of the shares, and Scott's two great-grandsons hold 10% of the shares. Obviously, as long as the % equity held by Abe's three sons is taken, Carl Zeiss will be declared to be Lin Feng's company.

According to Lin Feng's investigation, the current person in charge of the Carl Zeiss Foundation is not the descendants of Abe and Scott. After discussion, the descendants of the two parties took the initiative to withdraw from the foundation management, but served as an honorary president and hired professional management talents from a headhunting company to manage it.

This is the same as the Watson family of oBm. After all, not every generation of descendants are suitable for managing the company. Instead of letting the descendants ruin the company, it is better to hire professional management talents to manage the company, so that the company can grow more healthily.

This is a family business management model in the West, which is very advanced and follows the law of elimination in nature. But it also gave Lin Feng an opportunity. Lin Feng first found Luther Abe, the eldest brother among the three brothers, and also the one with the most equity, holding a strong equity. As for why he approached, it was simple.

Greed! Taking advantage of the common greed of human beings, Lin Feng went directly to Luther.

"This is a check for 100 million US dollars. Sell me your 25% stake in Carl Zeiss and the check will be yours." Lin Feng handed over a check with a smile.

Carl Zeiss's current annual sales are only 2.7 billion US dollars, and Luther only holds 25% of the shares.

100 million US dollars, it's amazing! a.