Chapter 863: Briefing
Such an unexpected event occurred in the originally well-thought-out plan, which made Song Yuanchao extremely troubled for a while.
If we had known this would happen, it would have been better for Nandu not to reform, at least it would not have given Coca-Cola an opportunity to take advantage.
But it was too late to say that now. Coca-Cola had already contacted the city leaders directly and formally submitted its intention to acquire the company. What was even more troublesome was that with the emergence of Coca-Cola, most of the leaders who had previously agreed that Seventh Form Company should acquire Nandu began to prefer Coca-Cola to acquire Nandu.
After all, Xiaoqi's company is newly established. Although it has Shenghua Capital as its backing, it is far behind the giant Coca-Cola in terms of influence and strength.
In addition, Coca-Cola's companies in China have a large amount of state-owned assets. These state-owned assets are of high level and have great influence. The city also needs to consider these practical situations.
Finally, there is the issue of Sit’s equity. Sit’s plan to intervene in Nandu’s restructuring has now been basically rejected. Compared with Xiaoqi’s company or Coca-Cola to carry out merger and restructuring, many people still agree with the latter, because after the latter merger and acquisition, at least Sit’s state-owned equity will still be held by the state-owned assets. Even if Coca-Cola also holds a part of the equity because of the joint venture, it will not affect the overall situation.
That night, Xiao Qi came to Song Yuanchao's house alone and reported the news he had heard. Although Song Yuanchao already knew the news, he still listened to Xiao Qi's report carefully and did not speak for a long time after listening.
"Brother Song, this is a big trouble. I had a lot of trouble getting Secretary Wei to come out, and it cost him some money before he told me the truth. Now the opinion in favor of Coca-Cola's acquisition of Nandu has prevailed. Once some substantive details are determined, the result will be announced." Xiao Qi said to Song Yuanchao with a frown.
Song Yuanchao touched his cigarette and smoked without saying anything. Seeing him like this, Xiao Qi did not disturb Song Yuanchao, but just sat quietly beside him.
After a long while, Song Yuanchao asked, "What is your relationship with Secretary Wei?"
"It's OK. It's not bad after getting to know you."
"How old is he? What's his family situation?" Song Yuanchao continued to ask.
Xiao Qi only had a superficial understanding of this, but he still answered Song Yuanchao's questions.
After listening , Song Yuanchao thought for a moment and said, "You should spend more time with Secretary Wei these two days to find out more about his family situation, including his parents and children. If there are any difficulties, take the initiative to help solve them. Be direct and proactive when you need to be aware of them. The key is to gain his trust and make friends with him. Not only him, but also other leaders and people around them. Then find out the details of the negotiations with Coca-Cola from them. Do you understand what I mean?"
Xiaoqi is very smart. He is an old man who followed Song Yuanchao when he was in the school-run factory. Later, he followed Li Daqi to Tengfei Factory. When Li Daqi left Tengfei Factory, Xiaoqi had the opportunity to continue staying in Tengfei Factory as deputy director, but Xiaoqi volunteered to follow Li Daqi and went to Pengcheng.
During these years in Pengcheng, Xiaoqi has been assisting Li Daqi in managing Shenghua Clothing. When Song Yuanchao decided to sell Shenghua Clothing, Xiaoqi was already the general manager of Shenghua Clothing.
Inside Shenghua, there are only a few people who call him Xiaoqi now. Apart from Song Yuanchao, there are only Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo. As for everyone else, they all call him "Seventh Brother", including Xu Hui.
From this point of view, Xiaoqi is not only an elder of Shenghua, but also has a high status in Shenghua. In addition, Xiaoqi has always been loyal to Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi. Therefore, this time Song Yuanchao specially chose Xiaoqi to carry out the reform of Nandu because he valued this point about him.
Now, the rice has become half-cooked. Although Song Yuanchao was angry, he did not blame Xiaoqi, because Song Yuanchao had not expected the sudden intervention of Coca-Cola. No one had expected this change.
Song Yuanchao thought about it carefully and decided that he would not allow Coca-Cola to interfere in the restructuring of Nandu under any circumstances, because once Coca-Cola succeeded, not only would all his previous preparations be in vain, but it would even affect Si Te's survival.
At that time, one wrong step would lead to a complete loss, and Song Yuanchao could not accept this result, so he had to stop Coca-Cola from acquiring Nandu. As long as he could do this, it would be worth it even if he did not take over Nandu in the end.
Xiao Qi immediately understood the meaning of Song Yuanchao's words and agreed without hesitation.
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Xiao Qi subconsciously stood up and looked at Song Yuanchao, only to see Song Yuanchao nodding slightly at him. Xiao Qi then went over to open the door.
When the door opened, standing outside were Sun Yaoliang and his wife and Zheng Guoyuan. They were all stunned when they saw Xiaoqi opening the door.
Ying Annie and Zheng Guoyuan were fine, but Sun Yaoliang was very surprised because he knew Xiaoqi and knew that Xiaoqi was Song Yuanchao's man.
"Come in now that you're here. Why are you standing outside the door?" Song Yuanchao's voice rang out in the room.
Sun Yaoliang and others quickly responded and went in. Xiao Qi closed the door and followed them back to the living room.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Song Yuanchao pointed at the sofa, motioning them to sit down, then pointed at Xiao Qi and gave a brief introduction.
"Mr. Song, this..." Zheng Guoyuan was very surprised. He didn't expect that the other company competing with Si Te for the restructuring of Nandu was also owned by Song Yuanchao.
Song Yuanchao smiled and said that the reason for this arrangement was just a backup plan. No matter which company succeeded, it would not be bad for Si Te. But now the situation has changed because of the emergence of Coca-Cola, the original plan has produced an unpredictable situation.
Since it has come to this, there is no point in continuing to hide it. Today, Song Yuanchao asked Sun Yaoliang and others to come over to meet with Xiaoqi privately, so that everyone can communicate and exchange information to see if there is any way to stop Coca-Cola from acquiring Nandu.
After listening to Song Yuanchao's explanation, Zheng Guoyuan and others suddenly realized and had to admit that Song Yuanchao's preparations made sense. Moreover, if Song Yuanchao had not told them everything until today, they might not have known Song Yuanchao's real plan.
But the problem is that the uncertain factor of Coca-Cola suddenly appeared, which directly disrupted Song Yuanchao's plan. Now both Si Te and Xiao Qi are in danger of being squeezed out by Coca-Cola.
Among them, Ying Annie is the most sober of the three. After all, she grew up in the United States, received a Western education, and her family is in business. Within the Sit Company, except for Song Yuanchao who has already left, everyone knows the methods of the American business community as well as Ruth.
So when she learned that Coca-Cola suddenly appeared and intended to acquire Nandu, Ying Annie immediately felt the crisis.
Coca-Cola had previously extended an olive branch to Sit, but Song Yuanchao directly rejected it. As a shareholder, Ying Annie knew about this and agreed with Song Yuanchao's decision. That's why, even after Song Yuanchao left Sit, Ying Annie still followed the order to prevent Coca-Cola and Pepsi from intervening in Sit, and she did a very good job of executing it.
Ying Annie is currently the executive vice president of Sit. Her rank is slightly lower than Zheng Guoyuan, but in fact, Ying Annie's influence on Sit is not small, because she is one of the real bosses of Sit besides Song Yuanchao, and is a foreign director on the board of directors. On the contrary, Ruth, the general manager, is Ying Annie's subordinate.
It is for this reason that Zheng Guoyuan, Sun Yaoliang and Ying Annie are sitting here.
Ying Anni is Song Yuanchao's partner and the major shareholder of Si Te. Needless to say, Sun Yaoliang has a close relationship with Song Yuanchao, and he is Ying Anni's husband. Zheng Guoyuan is Song Yuanchao's right-hand man and his confidant who was appointed as the executive vice president. If there are people who Song Yuanchao trusts the most in Si Te, then the three people present must be at the top.
"Director Song, you've kept it a secret from us..." Zheng Guoyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head. After thinking for a while, he said, "The situation is a bit bad now. The three of us met and discussed before we came here. The current situation is beyond everyone's expectations. But no matter what, as you said, we must not let Nandu fall into the hands of Coca-Cola. Once Coca-Cola acquires Nandu, we at Si Te will probably..."
Zheng Guoyuan's words not only reflected the opinions of Sun Yaoliang and Ying Anni, but also what Song Yuanchao was thinking.
Song Yuanchao nodded and said, "You are right. If this happens, the consequences will be very serious. In the past two years, the two major cola companies have been acquiring companies in the domestic market. The purpose of the acquisitions is to gain market share. They use this method to eliminate potential competitors and then use their market share and production capacity for their own benefit."
"Before I left, Coca-Cola proposed to cooperate with Sitcom with a very clear purpose, but I rejected it. In the past two years, Coca-Cola has never given up the idea of acquiring Sitcom, and I think you are aware of this."
Seeing Zheng Guoyuan and the others nod, Song Yuanchao continued, "I have to admit my mistake here. I ignored the possibility of Coca-Cola's appearance before, so I didn't take this into consideration when formulating the plan, which led to the current situation. But then again, it's meaningless to pursue these things now. What we have to do now is to prevent Coca-Cola from acquiring Nandu. As long as Coca-Cola's acquisition and restructuring of Nandu fails, then even if Nandu doesn't fall into our hands, at least a hidden danger will be eliminated for Si Te."
"I'm afraid that's difficult." Sun Yaoliang shook his head and said, "I went to inquire this afternoon, and it is said that the internal opinion in favor of the Coca-Cola acquisition has prevailed. If this is the case, the Coca-Cola acquisition plan may be officially approved in a few days."
At this point, Sun Yaoliang glanced at Xiao Qi and said, "To be honest, from the current proposals of the three companies, our Si Te's proposal is the most suitable for Nandu, and it is the most sincere. The second is Brother Qi's side. On the contrary, Coca-Cola's conditions are the most demanding."
"But sometimes the problem cannot be viewed in this way. Because of the equity, not many people agree with Si Te . If Coca-Cola had not appeared, Brother Qi's backup plan would have been successful. But now that Coca-Cola has appeared, some leaders have changed their minds, so it is quite difficult to stop the other party now..."
