Chapter 669 I won’t sell it anymore!
In the next few days, the news in Gazzetta dello Sport was almost entirely about Yang Huan.
He first met with the Mayor of Milan, Giuliano Pisapia, and the two sides had a cordial talk.
Yang Huan also has a lot of investments in Italy. After the integration, the car design company managed by Chris Bangle is located in Milan. With the integration of three old car design companies, this company has become the world's number one in the industry.
In the past two years, Yang Huan has established an engine research institute in Italy in the name of Aston Martin and a branch in Italy in the name of Sunseeker Yachts, which are specifically responsible for research on yacht engines and design.
Today, both companies are considered to be of certain size.
Therefore, when Yang Huan met with Pisapia and expressed his intention to increase investment in Milan and Italy, Pisapia welcomed it and promised to give the greatest support.
Are you kidding? Italy's economy is so depressed right now. If a wealthy person comes to give them money, they will thank all the gods and Buddhas. How can they say anything arrogant?
Pisapia also said that he has confirmed his itinerary and will visit Longhai, China in late November.
Yang Huan said that he should also be in China at that time and would definitely serve as Pisapia's tour guide for his visit to China.
The talks between the two sides ended in a very harmonious atmosphere, and they had lunch together afterwards.
After meeting with Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia, Yang Huan went straight to meet with Lombardy Regional President Maroni, who was previously Italy's Interior Minister.
During the meeting, Maroni welcomed Aston Martin, under Yang Huan,'s plan to acquire Cobole, an automotive electronics manufacturer located in Varese, not far north of Milan, in the northern part of Lombardy, for 200 million euros.
The company is well-known in the industry. Its products are mainly designed for automotive safety, remote communications and vehicle tracking. Its customers include Renault, Nissan, Toyota, Ferrari, Volkswagen and other automobile brands, as well as some insurance companies.
Aston Martin's sales in the Chinese market have soared over the past three years, and the company's performance has improved. It has now turned losses into profits and is able to allocate funds for research and development and acquisitions. The acquisition of Cobole will greatly enhance Aston Martin's capabilities in the field of automotive electronics.
Whether it is car safety and anti-theft, or remote communication and vehicle tracking, the technologies in these three areas are the core technologies that smart cars must have, and Cobolai is a leader in this regard.
Not only that, Yang Huan also announced that Aston Martin has successfully acquired Agusta, a world-renowned motorcycle brand whose headquarters is also located in Lombardy.
This motorcycle brand, which has won the World Manufacturers' Championship 75 times and the GP Championship 270 times, was officially acquired by Aston Martin. The reason for the acquisition is that Agusta has world-leading technology and R&D capabilities in motorcycle engines.
It is not surprising that cars and motorcycles cooperate in engines. For example, BMW's cars and motorcycles are equally famous. Audi and Mercedes-Benz fought tooth and nail for Ducati in the past.
Small displacement, big power, this is the development trend of future automobile engines.
Agusta's three-cylinder and four-cylinder engine development technology is world-leading.
Aston Martin acquired Agusta in order to leverage their excellent technology in this area to develop higher performance automobile engines, not only for its own use, but also to sell to numerous domestic automobile brands.
In addition, Yang Huan also took the opportunity to propose that the real estate company under the Yang Group would like to establish a separate exhibition hall at the Milan Expo in the name of a private enterprise, which was immediately welcomed and strongly supported by Maroni.
The former Italian Interior Minister even expressed his warm welcome to real estate developers from China to invest in Lombardy.
The next day, Yang Huan met in Milan with the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrique Letta, who had come all the way from Rome.
Regarding this meeting, Yang Huan could only helplessly say that the God of Wealth is welcome wherever he goes.
Just now, we invested some money in Italy, and even their prime minister was alarmed.
Originally, this meeting was not in Yang Huan’s plan and was added in temporarily. But since the other party has brought it up, he can’t not meet him, right?
As soon as they met, the young Italian Prime Minister Enrique Letta kept thanking Yang Huan and hoped that he could invest more in Italy to support Italy's economic recovery.
Among them, he specifically mentioned the gaming industry and the wine industry.
Prime Minister Letta pointed out that Italy's gaming industry ranks fourth in Europe and ninth in the world, with a fairly large market size, a total number of more than 20 million players and an annual revenue of more than 1 billion euros, but there are very few game developers in Italy.
Since 2012, the government has passed laws to provide more support for technology and innovative companies, including games. As the owner of one of the world's leading technology and game companies, Letta hopes that Yang Huan can come to Italy to invest.
As for Italian wine, it has always been quite good, with output even exceeding that of France, making it the country with the largest wine production in the world. However, in recent years, with the economic downturn, many wine estates have faced operational difficulties.
The Chiron family under Yang Huan has also developed rapidly in recent years, acquiring wineries in Chile and China. Therefore, Letta also expressed his welcome to Yang Huan's investment in the wine industry in Italy.
In response to the invitation from the Italian Prime Minister, Yang said with a smile that he would study it carefully and that he had long had the idea of investing in Italy. After the meeting, he privately and vaguely mentioned his plan to invest in land in Milan.
Leta said that she would definitely give strong support!
Yang Huan simply promised on the spot that he would set up a gaming branch in Milan.
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When Yang Huan met with Italian Prime Minister Letta, attracting reporters from major Italian newspapers, at the Armani Hotel at 31 Via Manzoni, the most luxurious hotel in Milan, some people were not having a harmonious conversation.
Even the whole conference room was filled with a smell of disharmony and tension.
"Tohir, what do you mean by this?"
Although Moratti is usually good-tempered and a nice guy, he will bang the table and glare when he gets angry.
It was obvious that the Inter Milan chairman was shaking with anger.
Sitting next to him was his son, Angelo Mario Moratti, who quickly stood up to comfort his father but also glared at Thohir.
"Mr. Morati, I didn't mean anything else!" Tohir looked innocent.
"No other intention?" Moratti sneered and shook his head. "In the beginning, you used Pirelli to put pressure on me, and then temporarily changed the conditions and asked to add Rosslani to your acquisition team. I compromised on all these, but now you actually..."
Moratti was a little speechless.
"...You actually want to invite a few more Americans to join the board of directors. What do you mean?"
By the end, Moratti was practically roaring.
Roslani is a wealthy man in Indonesia. His business involves Indonesia's coal mining industry, and it is said that he is very profitable and rich.
As for Thohir and Pirelli, the former's father is the largest automobile retailer in Indonesia, with an annual turnover of 12 billion euros, and has a close cooperative relationship with Pirelli, which is a small shareholder of Inter Milan and also the team's sponsor.
So, Thohir asked Pirelli to put pressure on Moratti through his father.
Pirelli had long wanted to get rid of the burden of Inter Milan and had been persuading Moratti to let go, so it was a perfect match with Thohir and his son.
At this moment, Thohir still seemed very aggrieved when he was accused by Moratti.
"Mr. Moratti, the affairs between me and my acquisition team have nothing to do with you. All you have to do is agree or disagree!"
When Tohir said this, he chuckled.
As far as he knows, he is the only one interested in Inter Milan at the moment!
So, he had no doubt that Moratti would accept his conditions because he had no choice.
I believe Moratti is very clear about how Sensi, the owner of another Serie A team, Roma, ended up in trouble three years ago.
Interestingly, Sensi also ran a petrochemical business, but it could no longer support Roma. When its finances were running out, it wanted to introduce foreign investment, but the negotiations broke down and the introduction of foreign investment failed. Sensi could no longer support itself and declared bankruptcy, and Roma was also placed under bank trusteeship.
The Moratti family's total assets are now less than 2 billion, but Inter Milan's annual loss is as high as 70 million.
The bank currently has a debt of around 220 million, and the interest alone is nearly 10 million per year.
The debt is getting worse and worse, and the interest is rising, but the team's management has not improved at all. How long can Moratti hold on? How long can he hold on?
Unless he wants to bring Inter Milan and the Moratti family to ruin together, the sooner he sells it, the better!
However, the Inter Milan savior refused to reveal the truth to the outside world and Inter Milan fans. He still wanted to continue to maintain the lofty status of their Moratti family in the history of Inter Milan.
Therefore, he can only hold on and wait for investors to appear.
And Thohir is currently Moratti's only savior!
"Mr. Morati, let's be quick and decisive, let's end this right here today!"
Tohir seemed very confident of winning.
Given Inter Milan's current situation, Moratti can only sell the team to him, not anyone else.
I'm afraid no one will be interested in Inter Milan anymore.
Both Moratti and his son were very angry, especially old Moratti, who was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
He never thought that there would be such a day.
He loves Inter Milan and he hopes that Inter Milan will get better and better, but now, judging from Thohir's various operations, his motives are not pure, and can even be said to be quite suspicious.
But can I not agree to him?
Besides him, who else would be interested in Inter Milan?
Morati slapped his forehead hard, closed his eyes, and kept asking himself in his heart.
Oh my God, what did I do wrong?
Why do you treat me like this?
Do you have to make me a sinner of Inter Milan before you will be happy?
Thinking of this, Morati suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had made up his mind.
When Tohir saw him like this, he was secretly happy.
The old guy finally gave in!
After holding on for so long and dragging on for so long, you finally have to bow your head!
Thinking of this, Tohir really had the urge to laugh out loud three times!
But just when Moratti sat down again helplessly and dejectedly, his cell phone suddenly rang at a very inopportune time.
Morati was a little slow to react. The phone rang for more than ten seconds before he came to his senses, reached out to take out the phone and answered it.
Tohir had been waiting coldly on the opposite side, as if he had already seen a victory.
But who could have thought that Moratti hung up the phone without saying a word.
Then, he suddenly stood up, his back seemed to stiffen, he pointed at Tohir and said something hatefully.
"Inter Milan, I'm not selling!"
After saying this, he called his son, and the father and son turned and walked out of the meeting room.
Faced with the sudden change, Tohir was completely stunned.