Acting must be acting!

Bovad looked at the conversation between Feng Xiaochen and Yang Haifan and made a judgment in his heart. Feng Xiaochen's tone sounded very hard, but the expression on his face betrayed him. He was obviously reluctant to give up this project. As for Yang Haifan, he was naturally the one who was blushing. His role was to avoid making things too stiff, so that Feng Xiaochen did not have a downhill step.

The following negotiations were a little confused. The EU proposed that China hopes that after the acquisition of Pumai, the employment of at least 2,000 workers will be retained, and more than 50% of the accessories purchased in Europe will be retained. Feng Xiaochen and Yang Haifan argued with the EU on this issue on the grounds that the core technology was not obtained, saying that if the EU does not change its original intention, they will not promise employment issues.

In the boring war of words, the first round of the second round of negotiations was announced to end. Everyone needed to go to dinner, adjust their emotions, and discuss countermeasures. Bovad symbolically expressed that he wanted to invite Chinese guests to lunch, but Feng Xiaochen refused very rudely. Feng Xiaochen's performance was naturally interpreted by Bovad as a strategy.

"Sir, I don't understand what's going on in the middle."

After sending off the Chinese, Hotby said to Heinzel and Boward with a very dissatisfaction: "The Huo Company seems to have been involved in the dispute between you and the Chinese. I am worried that if the transaction between you and the Chinese cannot be successfully reached, my investment will be lost, and the technology I get will not be able to create any value."

"I promise you that this is completely impossible!" Heinzel said. "The Chinese urgently need to obtain Pumai's technology. Once they obtain Pumai's technology, the profits they can make from infrastructure projects around the world in the next few years will be far more than 2.5 billion euros. The Chinese are very knowledgeable about investment and they will not give up on this project."

Hotby shrugged: "This is just your point of view. As far as I know, Chinese people are very concerned about face. They may not be sensitive to price, but they want to be respected. They want the whole company, but you have stripped a part of it, which will make them feel unhappy, so there is a high possibility that they will give up the merger."

“It depends on you,” Boward said. “Mr. Hotby, if you can make them feel that technology is not inconvenient for them, they will be willing to accept this kind of merger.”

"How can I do this?"

"I think the Chinese will contact you soon. You should assure them that after you obtain Pumai's core technology, you will not have any reservations to them, so that they will be willing to accept our plan." Bowad said.

"But this is just your promise. In fact, you cannot hand over all the technology to the Chinese." Heinzel quickly stated.

"Can I think that the requests of the two of you are contradictory?" Hotby asked coldly, looking at Heinzel and Boward.

Heinzel said: "Mr. Bowad and I have a completely consistent view, that is, we hope that the Chinese can accept Pumai's engineering machinery department, while avoiding Pumai's core technology being lost to the Chinese. This is why we need Huo as a third party to intervene in this transaction. Mr. Bowad, do you think there is something wrong with my statement?"

"In principle, there is no problem." Bowad could only say this. Heinzel would complain everywhere. If Bowad dares to say that he doesn't care that the core technology is lost to the Chinese, the US Department of Commerce will come to trouble the European Commission the next day.

Hotby nodded and said, "Then I understand. You want me to play a show in front of the Chinese, so that they can mistakenly think that they can work completely with me, but they cannot really get these technologies."

"Yes, Mr. Hotby, I believe you can do it completely." Heinzel said happily.

Hotby said: "I will do my best. However, Mr. Heinzel, your previous offer did not include the cost of asking me to act. You should know that if I do this, the reputation of the Hot Company will be damaged, and I hope that this damage will be compensated."

"Compensation?" Heinzel widened his eyes, "How could this require compensation? You have also seen that after the Chinese buy the rest of our assets, they must cooperate with you. At that time, you can increase the patent usage price arbitrarily. These benefits belong to you, and you can fully obtain compensation from the Chinese."

Hotby sneered: "Do you think Chinese are fools? If they didn't sign a technical cooperation agreement with me in advance, they would never spend the remaining 2.2 billion euros. I bet that they would state the future cooperation conditions in this technical cooperation agreement, detailing the use rights and fees of each patent and each device."

"You can refuse..." Heinzel blurted out.

Hotby looked at Heinzel with a fool's eyes and said, "Mr. Heinzel, I think you've made a mistake. Chinese people don't have to buy your business. They are anxious to sell the business, you, not those Chinese. If I refuse to sign a contract with them, then your 2.2 billion company will only be left in your hands and wait to become garbage. The technologies I bought will also turn into garbage."

Boward couldn't bear it anymore, and he said to Heinzel: "Mr. Heinzel, I think you are too conceited. Do you think that today's Pumai is still the Pumai in the past? To be honest, today's Pumai no longer has any capital to bargain with others. You have set enough obstacles for the Chinese. It is a miracle that the Chinese can persist until now and have not interrupted the negotiations. If the Chinese are completely annoyed, these factories in Pumai will be waiting to become garbage as Mr. Hotby said."

Heinzel's face suddenly turned into a pig's liver color, and there was nothing more embarrassing than being slapped in the face when he was slapped. In the past, due to Pummy's strong position, Heinzel was used to being arrogant, but now, he fully realized what a phoenix with hair fallen is not as good as a chicken. Hotby's Hotby's investment company is a small company at all, and in the past it was not at all. But now, Hotby can stand in front of him and hit him, and he can't lose his temper. This is really a depressing thing.

"Tell me, what kind of compensation do you want?" Heinzel held back his anger and began to negotiate terms with Hotby.

"First of all, our agreement acquisition price must drop by 30%, which means no more than 210 million euros," Hotby said.

"This is impossible!" Heinzel jumped up.

"If this is the case, I think it's better for me not to get involved in this deal. I don't want to offend the Chinese for a little profit." Hotby said calmly. He had no pressure on this matter.

"280 million, this is the bottom line." Heinzel surrendered.

"At most 220 million." Hotby didn't appreciate it.

“260 million?”

“230 million.”

“250 million?”

“235 million…”

"Okay, 240 million, if you are not satisfied with this price, I have no choice."

"Well, okay, the deal." Hotby smiled with satisfaction. If Feng Xiaochen gave him the bottom line of 300 million euros, he would be able to get a considerable kickback in the future. Feng Xiaochen, the boss, is indeed good, has a very generous job and has clear rewards and punishments. Hotby feels very lucky.

Heinzel felt as if he had been cut into a piece of flesh. Before he could recover, Hotby made the next request: "In order to ensure that my investment will not be damaged by the entanglement between you and the Chinese, I hope that the transaction between Huo's company and Pumai must be placed after the transaction between you and the Chinese are completed."

"This is not a big problem." Heinzel responded subconsciously.

Bovad sneered from the side, "Mr. Heinzel, you're not wrong? Do you think Mr. Hotby's request can be achieved?"

"Why can't?" Heinzel was a little dizzy. He was originally a very smart person, but just forced by Hotby to lose 60 million euros, and his mind was still buzzing, so he couldn't figure out such a question.

Bowad said: "If I were Feng Xiaochen, I would definitely agree on the details of future technical cooperation with Mr. Hotby and sign a formal agreement before considering acquiring Pumai's remaining assets. If Mr. Hotby wants to sign a contract with the Chinese, he must first obtain Pumai's core technical assets, otherwise what reason does Feng Xiaochen have to believe him?"

"This..." Heinzel came back to the point. Yes, the correct order should be like this. Hotby signed with Pumai first and obtained that part of the core technology. Then Feng Xiaochen and Hotby traded privately and obtained Hotby's promise, they dared to buy Pumai's remaining assets. If Hotby did not sign with Pumai in advance, then Feng Xiaochen and him would not be able to talk, and Hotby would not dare to make any promises without mastering the technology.

"Mr. Hotby, you heard it just now. Your request is unrealistic," Heinzel said to Hotby.

Hotby was confident: "But, what should I do if I bought Pumai's technical assets and the Chinese gave up the acquisition of the rest of Pumai's assets?"

"Don't worry, they will definitely buy the rest of Pumai's assets." Heinzel once again guaranteed the bill.

Hotby said: "I can't believe this guarantee. It's an asset of more than 200 million euros after all. Unless you can promise to reduce the price to 150 million euros..."

"No! Mr. Hotby, your request is too much!"

Heinzl finally exploded. Damn, you have a total of 300 million euros of assets, which made you cut 20% out of thin air. Are you still not satisfied? If you really want to cut 150 million euros in half, the chairman will not be able to peel off my skin!
Chapter completed!