This design is too difficult!

Stop in your tracks! One wrong move and you'll ruin your reputation.

In the end, Xing Baohua invited only two design firms: Winwin, a long-established design institute under the Daying Group.

He has extensive experience in architectural design.

Another one is ACBI Garbo from Canada, which has been established for decades and specializes in landmark buildings.

These two companies are confident, and the people who came said they would go back and study it.

I didn't refuse.

That's something we can discuss later.

The detailed land data was taken by the two companies.

Two days later, another construction company from the United States arrived late.

The company name I mentioned was an architectural design firm run by an individual.

Safdie Architects.

Xing Baohua read the introduction and saw only a few prominent buildings. Although he had opened a company in the United States, he was a person of Jewish descent with Canadian citizenship.

Safdi personally came to discuss this big deal with Xing Baohua.

When Xing Baohua shared his idea, the man's eyes lit up.

“Mr. Xing, your design is very similar to my style. Would you mind if we gave it a try?” Safdie said with a smile.

"Can!"

“If possible, could you pay one million US dollars? If my design doesn’t meet your expectations, I will only refund you five hundred thousand US dollars,” Safdie said.

“You’re the first one to ask for payment. I can give you a small tip for your trouble. How long will it take to get this done?” Xing Baohua asked.

“Designing the exterior is quick; we can fill in the missing parts of this drawing based on our imagination. But the interior architecture and the overall building are very time-consuming and require teamwork.”

"Since you have three building complexes here, there are too many things to consider. The design process alone will take at least six months, and could take up to two years."

After Safdi finished speaking, Xing Baohua considered for a moment and asked, "The time span is so long?"

“We still need to conduct model experiments, because Hong Kong is sometimes greatly affected by weather factors. We need to take all of these factors into account. If the experimental model fails, we have to start over,” Safdi said.

"Okay! We'll sign an agreement in a bit, and I'll have someone give you an upfront fee. Do you have a branch office or anything like that in Hong Kong?" Xing Baohua asked as a last question.

“Not for now. I will stay in Hong Kong to serve you wholeheartedly. I have some friends in the School of Architecture at Hong Kong University, and I can also recruit some staff from the School of Architecture to serve as assistants. Rest assured, I will personally design the main building structure,” Safdie said politely.

"Alright! Once you have an office address, please let my secretary know. We'll keep in touch if necessary."

"OK!"

Mitsui Fujisaburo has been going through a tough week, constantly communicating with Nissan by phone and with senior executives at Mitsui headquarters.

Ultimately, the question is whether Nissan will actually sell the GTR model.

He also told the other party about Xing Baohua's demands, and that if the other party refused to sell, he would use a sum of money to sabotage Nissan and make up for his dignity and losses.

If we're going to discuss this, then we should reassess the relevant GTR technologies and come up with a reasonable figure.

Nissan is backed into a corner. Although Nissan's models sell well in the US and Europe, its costs have increased significantly and profits have plummeted. Both investors and shareholders want Nissan to be profitable.

Making money is the only way to go.

They're doing this and that, and even letting others take a bite. They're really in a bind. Nissan needs to come up with a solution to address this crisis.

Xing Baohua wielded his funds like an army pressing in, completely overwhelming Nissan.

Why stop at the 4.9% acquisition? Are they just waiting for Nissan to give in? If Nissan were still so tough, Xing Baohua would definitely have acquired more than 5% and made a public bid.

That will be Nissan's disaster.

Just the fact that they used their shareholder status to conduct an audit of Nissan's shareholding assets is enough to cause them trouble.

If Nissan's financial loopholes are discovered, it will be another crisis.

Half of the progress is driven by the shareholders working together. But if one of the shareholders causes trouble or sabotages things, well, forget about development, there's no question of infighting and backstabbing.

After careful consideration, Kume Toyo held several shareholder meetings and basically decided to transfer all of GTR's technology to Xing Baohua for one billion US dollars.

There are many conditions attached, if Xing Baohua agrees to those conditions.

Then let's start the second round of negotiations.

Xing Baohua received the terms from Mitsui Tousaburo.

After reviewing it, he smiled and said, "This clause needs to be changed. All precision manufacturing parts must be supplied by Nissan, and companies that Nissan needs to process must specify Kanagawa Haina Precision Machining Parts Plant."

Upon hearing Xing Baohua's proposed changes to the conditions, Mitsui Fujisaburo's face flushed slightly.

This is frustrating.

Others might not know who owns this company, but he certainly does! It's Xing Baohua's first factory investment in Japan!

They also bought so many precision machine tools.

Nissan's plan to profit from Xing Baohua's precision parts business is going to be hampered.

"And the price of this guidance service is also very high, more than ten million US dollars a year?" Xing Baohua said, making a scribbling on a piece of paper.

He said, "Give me five million in the first year and three million in the second year. You must train engineers and technicians for my car company."

The service fee is the most outrageous part; to put it bluntly, Xing Baohua is basically paying for a teacher.

If someone is willing to teach, they can train several generations of engineers and technicians. If they are not willing to teach, there's nothing you can do; they come to provide technical guidance, to help you find solutions when your machinery or equipment malfunctions.

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