This condition was quite favorable to Herman, and after pondering for a while, he said, "The whole of Europe, except for the US market."
“No, this definitely won’t pass.” Lu Feng returned to his seat with his wine glass, and the two sides began to struggle.
After much back and forth, even scrutinizing the contract terms, Sean remained silent. As midnight approached and the two sides still hadn't reached an agreement, Sean spoke up: "How about this, let's set a general framework today and discuss things within that framework. Mr. Lu is unwilling to give up the entire European region and the US market, while Mr. Herman has objections regarding the US market. There's no point in arguing like this; everyone's time is quite limited. Let me say something."
“Alright, Sean, you go ahead.” Lu Feng looked at Sean and said, “I’m more convinced by you!”
“If Mr. Lu isn’t sure he’s giving up, then let’s write that into the contract. As for Siemens, let’s use time to make up for it, changing the authorization from two years to one year. As for the counter location/promotion/and other detailed contract terms, let’s discuss them within this framework. What do you think?” Sean asked.
A year won't have a significant impact on Siemens. Hermann's biggest fear is that Nokia will use the US market to turn things around and completely overtake Ericsson, but a year shouldn't be enough to cause that.
Neither of them spoke. Lu Feng sat there smoking, glancing at Elmi beside him. The two looked at each other. Elmi had wanted to agree for a long time. Anyway, it was all a lie. Siemens would realize it in six months at most, and everything would be for nothing.
“Okay, I’ll give Mr. Hermann face.” Lu Feng nodded solemnly, as if he had lost hundreds of millions.
“Then let’s have our teams meet tomorrow. I know Mr. Lu is in a hurry. But once the contract is signed, rest assured, the proposal for the new standard for household appliances will be withdrawn immediately, and the obstruction from foreign exchange bureaus, customs, finance ministries, and other departments in other European countries will also be lifted.” Hermann deliberately brought this up to further provoke Lu Feng. In his eyes, Lu Feng was now like Yu in a net, desperately trying to escape.
A look of joy appeared on Lu Feng's face. He stood up, shook hands with him, and said, "That's perfect. I also hope you don't get too close to Lambert. He's a very wicked person."
"Then shall we meet at Nokia headquarters tomorrow?" Hermann asked.
“No, no, no, we won’t go to Nokia headquarters. No one from Nokia will be involved in this, and a confidentiality agreement needs to be signed. I’m speaking to you as your authorized representative, and I don’t want Siemens to release any information publicly. Any news in the market could be fatal to Nokia.” Lu Feng stared at him with extreme seriousness and said, “That’s also why the price is so low. If we were to go all out, I don’t think Siemens could compete with those terminal electronics retailers in terms of sales channels.”
Hermann glanced at Sean upon hearing this. Nokia wasn't sending anyone; who could prove it was authorized by Nokia? Sean looked at Elmi. As the CEO's daughter, surely she wasn't that unreliable?
“It would be best to have an official team handle the coordination, since equity transfers require agreements and a series of changes,” Sean said.
“The equity authorization letter is now in my new company's name. All I need to do is sign a transfer agreement with you.” Lu Feng paused for a moment, then, noticing their gazes, smiled and said, “You don’t think I’m lying to you, do you?”
“No, Mr. Lu has a certain reputation globally, so this is unlikely.” After saying that, Sean looked at Herman and said, “As long as the authorization letter and transfer agreement that Mr. Lu provides are in order, then let’s sign it. Nokia doesn’t want to bring this up, since it’s just a temporary transfer and they plan to repurchase it later.”
Hermann was naturally suspicious, but surely these two wouldn't lie to him about something so trivial—one was the daughter of Nokia's CEO, and the other was a billionaire CEO.
Furthermore, given how rare this opportunity was, Hermann suppressed his doubts and nodded in agreement.
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