Chapter 260 Acquisition of McDonnell Douglas Airlines
For most Soviets, elections are still a new thing. In fact, even politicians don’t know how to prepare for the election. However, the Soviet Union’s population structure is very young now, and young people under the age of forty will be the absolute main force of this election campaign. How to win their support is crucial to the success or failure of the election.
Although Seriosha is not clear about some specific matters of the election, his lover Kalim is very clear about this. As a behind-the-scenes driver who has successfully manipulated the US governor's election several times, competing with these immature elected politicians in the Soviet Union is simply a pediatrician. Kalim was born in a political family, and her father is the leader of a country. Her political talent is not possessed by people like Seriosha. Because of the unique political environment of the Soviet Union in the past, Seriosha only needs to please her superiors and find a strong political backer to rest assured, and dealing with voters is not what Seriosha is good at.
Kalim sent a mature campaign planning team to the Soviet Union to help Yeltsin and Sobchak prepare for the upcoming election activities of the Soviet People's Congress. Kalim continued to stay in the United States to help Eva deal with some important things.
Speaking of Eva, she is now the most exposed among the core members of the Gorky Group. As the world's richest man and a strong woman in business, Eva's every move attracted media follow-up reports. According to the personal wealth estimated by the media, Eva's shares in Microsoft alone have exceeded 80 billion US dollars, while Iridium and Yota Communications are an incalculable wealth. Even if it is roughly counted, Eva's personal assets have exceeded 120 billion US dollars. Just last year, the assets of the original world's richest man, Yoshiaki Tsuki's completely withdrawn from the competition for the world's richest man. The second place on the Forbes ranking is 30 billion US dollars. Some people predict that at least within ten years, the position of the world's richest man will not be given to others.
As a native American, Eva can help Seriosha do things that Mikhail cannot do, such as acquiring American military-industrial enterprises. Seriosha has always been very interested in American military-industrial and aviation technology. He has always hoped to have the opportunity to occasionally get the top American airlines. These things are really not so easy to do. Whether it is Mikhail, Boris, Yakov, and Yuri, there are many things that may arouse American suspicion. Eva will not have such concerns, after all, he is a person who has worked for Cia.
The company that Seriosha wanted to acquire the most was Boeing, but this company was firmly controlled by the Rockefeller family. Not only did it have the first market share in the international aviation field, but it also had a much better technology than its competitors. Seriosha's purpose of entering the aviation industry was to allow companies like the Tuponev Design Bureau and the Ilyushen Design Bureau in the Soviet Union that were capable of building large aircraft could survive. However, it seems that unless these companies can cooperate with American companies, it is impossible to obtain airworthiness certificates in the European and American markets. Are there any other options besides Boeing? Of course, there are, and they are currently in operational difficulties and urgently need financial intervention. This company is the famous McDonald Douglas Company.
As a Chinese soldier in his previous life, how could Selyossa forget this company that once cooperated with China to build large aircraft? As a key project of Sino-US cooperation, McDonald's plan to cooperate with China to build large aircraft has become a waste with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. When the powerful Soviet Union was dismembered, China's use value no longer existed. The Americans who claimed to keep their promises to tore up the contract, leaving a mess for China's aerospace industry. McDonald's company was also eventually merged by Boeing because of its poor management.
Instead of taking advantage of Boeing, it is better to leave it to yourself to make good use of it. After all, the value of McDonald's in Gorky Group is much more useful than becoming a Boeing subsidiary. So Seriosha is bound to win McDonald. Among the core members of the Gorky Group, Eva, who once worked for Cia, is definitely the most suitable one to come forward.
Eva's image in front of the American public is really perfect now. The world's richest man and the founder of a high-tech enterprise are no longer comparable to her when she asked for help on Wall Street. You're welcome to say that if Eva had taken over McDonald, she would be afraid that McDonald's shareholders would laugh out loud in their dreams.
Eva soon started contacting with McDonald through Blackstone. When McDonald learned that Eva was interested in entering the aviation and military industry, they were very excited. Although McDonald is an airline, they are also suppliers of the US Department of Defense. McDonald helps the US Department of Defense to produce missiles, aerospace control systems, computers, data processing equipment, and even solar and wind power equipment. Because there are too many product lines, McDonald's funds have also been problematic. However, as a high-tech manufacturing company, McDonald's assets are not huge, and it is only about 13 billion US dollars at all costs. You can get tickets to the global aviation market for a little money. This deal is very cost-effective for Selyos.
Blackstone Group soon revealed its trump card with McDonald. Eva is very interested in the company and plans to invest $10 billion to acquire 70% of McDonald's shares. At the same time, it will also provide McDonald with a huge wide-body passenger aircraft order, which is the recent emergence and acquisition of Southwest Airlines, the iconic American airline of Pan American Airlines.
As Pan American acquired a large amount of airport and route resources, Southwest Airlines is preparing to spend money to purchase about 300 regional passenger planes for straight-line navigation in the United States and Europe. In addition, Mediterranean Shipping is also interested in developing a global air transportation industry, so there will be about 300 orders for cargo aircraft. Because Pan American has the rights to many international airports, and Occupy Petroleum and Tonia have reached a strategic cooperation agreement, it will provide Southwest Airlines with a large amount of cheap air fuel, so Tonia, who has taken over Pan American Airlines, is planning to make a move in the air transportation industry. In terms of cost, no airline in the United States can compete with Southwest Airlines. Because even the fares of long-distance bus companies cannot be compared with Southwest Airlines.
Eva's financial resources, coupled with Tonya's huge orders, as long as the main shareholder of McDonald's company has no brains, they will not refuse Eva's shareholding agreement. Therefore, with the matchmaking of Blackstone Group, everyone happily signed the acquisition agreement.
Chapter completed!