When Seryosha stood on the side of the Iron Curtain and looked at the Federal Republic of Germany across the wall, his mind was always tumbling with various images of Volkswagen, and as a supporter of German automobiles, Seryosha would never let go of Volkswagen, the future giant.
Although Seryosha's body is imprisoned in the east of the Iron Curtain, his capital can freely travel between the two camps of the East and the West.
According to Blackstone's investigation of the current Volkswagen Group, the majority of the company's shares are still in the hands of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in addition to the Porsche family, there are also many shares in the Volkswagen Group.
Seryosha commissioned Blackstone to ask the West German government whether it was interested in selling the world-famous auto conglomerate, but Blackstone hit a cold nail.
The West German government did not want this pearl of German industry to fall into the hands of foreign capital.
Seryosha is now looking forward to Volkswagen, a company that is not yet the size of later generations, with a meagre portfolio of products, the best-selling Beetle, now starting to lose ground in the US market, and the newly developed Golf enjoying a reputation only in Europe.
It can be said that no matter how you look at it, the company is going downhill at this moment, but Seryosha believes that now is a good time to start.
The current global automotive industry is still divided by the Iron Curtain.
On this side of the Iron Curtain is the self-amusement of the socialist countries.
On the other side of the Iron Curtain, cheap cars from Japan are encroaching on the consumer market of European and American cars.
However, Seryosha knew that once the Iron Curtain was broken, the original socialist camp would become a dumping ground for Europe, and they would annex part of the industrial capacity that originally belonged to the socialist camp to replenish production capacity, and the markets in Eastern Europe that originally belonged to brands such as Volga and Lada would also be occupied by Western European car brands.
Seryosha knew that no matter how much he tried to save the Gorky Automobile Factory, he would not be able to stop the wave of annexation.
Therefore, Seryosha felt that it was better to take advantage of the trend, first control the Volkswagen, a high-performing stock, and then complete his integration of the socialist automobile industry through Volkswagen.
The unfriendly attitude of the West German government made Seryosha feel a little annoyed, but this did not stop Seryosha from wanting to buy Volkswagen's ambitions, and soon KKR, a well-known leveraged buyout company in the United States, received a secret commission from the Bank of Colombia, hoping to snipe at the Volkswagen Group in the form of KKR and Bank of Colombia paying.
So a conspiracy against Volkswagen in the hands of the German government began to unfold gradually.
Under Seryosha's remote command, KKR first made a move on the German stock market, and they slowly began to absorb Volkswagen shares from the market.
Blackstone's Petersen traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany to talk to the West German government, the majority shareholder of the Volkswagen Group, and the Porsche family, and discuss with them the issue of Volkswagen's shareholding.
While Seryosha was waiting for progress on the East Berlin side, he received a call from Yakovlev.
On the phone, Yakovlev asked Seryosha to return home as soon as possible.
"Is there anything urgent, my investigation on the East German side is not over yet," Seryosha said casually.
"This Yeltsin and Ligachev have been getting worse and worse lately, and he has really moved to work in an unfinished building in a new workers' village, and the general secretary asked you to come back and persuade Yeltsin not to continue to fight against the Central Committee," Yakovlev said anxiously.
"It's not good for me to come forward with this kind of thing, I'm just a deputy ministerial-level official, how can I reconcile the contradictions between the two Politburo members, right, I also want to ask you a question, do you say that if there are foreign companies that want to invest in us, is it allowed from a policy point of view?"
said Seryosha deliberately diverted the topic.
"Seryosha, your steps are a bit big, but I can tell you that this matter is still inconclusive, and it will probably need to be brought to the Central Committee for discussion.
By the way, which company is so interested in us," Yakovlev asked curiously.
"It's not that people are interested in us, it's that I'm interested in people, you don't know, how many years have our Lada been produced, it's still the same, in Western Europe, people's cars are the same every year, let's say Volga's steering power, a few years ago in Western Europe only luxury cars have, but now even many low-end cars have adopted this technology, in addition, there is also car air conditioning, originally the car air conditioning on the Lada is a selling point, but this year almost all cars take car air conditioning as standard, In the long run, our market will only get smaller and smaller," Seryosha combined, thinking about these days, as well as summarizing some problems, began to discuss the problems of the automobile industry with Yakovlev.
"Seryosha, since you have such an idea, you might as well put it forward at this year's Central Committee.
Maybe we can discuss "Yakovlev wants to end this topic quickly, he just wants Seryosha to come back as soon as possible and let Yeltsin, the mad dog, stop his attacks on Ligachev."
Although Yakovlev also had a big opinion of Ligachev, Yakovlev was Gorbachev's confidant, and he knew what the real reason for Ligachev's support was.
Although Gorbachev has always advocated openness and reformed the political system of the Soviet Union.
However, the failure or inadequate implementation of the following departments greatly reduced the effectiveness of Gorbachev's reforms.
So it was imperative for Gorbachev to take back the power of the ministries.
However, this plan has caused even more trouble, that is, because the political chaos brought about by the reform has seriously affected the lives of front-line workers, and the supply of various daily necessities has made those workers dissatisfied.
Even to the brink of a strike.
Seryosha felt very amused in his heart, on the one hand, Gorbachev tried his best to weaken his power, and on the other hand, he wanted himself to convince Yeltsin that there was no such good thing in the world.
Decades ago, when Stalin was alive, no one dared to go on strike, even in the post-war famine, and Gorbachev made the workers refuse to work because of a few bars of soap.
Seryosha and Yakovlev chatted for an hour, and finally did not finalize the time for returning home, but Seryosha knew that he could not delay much longer here.
"Maybe before we go back, we will make this Polish fire burn a little stronger," Seryosha secretly planned in his heart. t1706231537: