Go back to 1990 to start a business

Chapter 513 Betting on the Football Championship

Country D, Jena.

In the president's office of Carl Zeiss, President Adolf welcomed a heavyweight visitor.

Adolf means noble wolf in German. He is just like a hunting wolf. His gray-blue eyes are so calm that one feels cold all over. He is looking at Xia Chuan and Zuo Shiyun across from him.

As for Zang Hong, he automatically ignored him. He looked like a bodyguard.

"Mr. Xia Chuan, I warmly welcome your visit, but I have no say in the acquisition. We are not a listed company, and the only shareholder of the company is the Carl Zeiss Foundation. I think you should understand."

This was ambiguous. He said that it was not his fault, but that was not the case at all.

The only shareholder of Carl Zeiss is the Carl Zeiss Foundation, and this foundation has only two shareholders, Carl Zeiss Fund Company and Schott Fund Company.

In 1896, the foundation established and issued a charter with the goal of protecting the personal interests of shareholders while achieving the goals of independent operations of Carl Zeiss and SCHOTT.

In other words, Xia Chuan's acquisition of the foundation's equity is useless. The foundation cannot interfere with the company's independent operations.

To achieve his goal, Xia Chuan could only acquire Carl Zeiss.

Then everything must be negotiated with the company.

But Adolf couldn't figure out why Xia Chuan needed to acquire Zeiss. He didn't believe that Xia Chuan could promote progress in the field of optics. The closer he got to basic science, the harder it was to make tricks.

Just like physics, there has been no breakthrough for decades. No matter how brilliant strategists, entrepreneurs, financiers, or speculators are, they cannot replace physicists.

Products in the optical field rely closely on basic physics. If you want to make a breakthrough, you must make a breakthrough in basic physics.

Xia Chuan smiled warmly and said:

"I understand. I don't want the foundation's equity, I just want to acquire Carl Zeiss."

Adolf secretly thought that this was indeed the case, and he asked calmly: "Then what do you want to achieve?"

Xia Chuan smiled and said: "I said that the development of the Internet is subject to the development of Carl Zeiss. Do you agree?"

Adolf smiled, which sounded very comfortable, "You mean that optical lenses limit the lithography machine, the lithography machine limits the chip manufacturing, the chip manufacturing limits the computer, and the computer speed limits the development of the Internet?"

"This is just one of them. I can't do anything about basic physics, I can only make fuss at the product level. I can point you in the right direction, which products are the most profitable, which products should be put in the most important position for research and development, and the right direction for research and development. What then turns Carl Zeiss from a lagging area into a world leader.”

Adolf was suddenly moved. Xia Chuan was definitely not talking about lenses, because they were number one in the world.

"What field?"

"Touch screen." Xia Chuan whispered three words.

Adolf didn't even think about why the touch screen was the most important, and immediately asked: "How to lead?"

Shiyun secretly scolded him for being shameless.

Xia Chuan smiled and said: "This is complicated to talk about. Let's talk about cooperation first."

Adolf sighed and asked nonchalantly: "Why is the touch screen the most important?"

"I invested one billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 51% of Carl Zeiss's equity." Xia Chuan ignored his question and went straight to a showdown.

"How can I believe that your judgment is right?" Adolf persisted.

"You can only take a gamble." Xia Chuan was too lazy to talk nonsense.

Adolf is not angry either. If a person in this position gets angry so easily, then the CEO is not qualified.

He smiled and said: "I can't gamble with the fate of the company."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'm here to watch the ninth European Cup, and the acquisition is just a way to go."

His words are really impeccable. Although the ninth European Cup was held in Sweden, for the distance of [-] kilometers from San Francisco, 'Derry' can be regarded as a place.

Adolf smiled nonchalantly and said, "So you also know football?"

Chi Guoguo's contempt, Shiyun smiled, it seemed that he didn't know that Xia Chuan won Huo's [-] million rubles.

Xia Chuan leisurely said: "Gamble again?"

Adolf condensed slightly, was he really here to watch the game?

"What are you gambling?"

"Bet on who the champion will be."

"Okay," Adolf was about to say, "I will bet no matter how much you want." Suddenly, he remembered that Xia Chuan seemed to be in the top ten of the Forbes list, so he changed his mind and asked, "How much bet?"

"How much can you bear?" Xia Chuan asked.

Adolf suddenly felt like he was slapped in the face. Damn it, is there anyone who can suppress someone like this?

But remembering that he was the first to provoke, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "It has nothing to do with how much you bear. I'll bet 100 million German marks."

"Oh, I don't know what the exchange rate is. I'll give you 1000 million US dollars if I lose." Xia Chuan said.

Adolf's cheeks suddenly twitched, and he was once again despised by Chi Guoguo, even taking his money to his level.

One dollar can be exchanged for two marks. Xia Chuan only needs to pay 50 US dollars, but he pretends not to know and pays 1000 million US dollars.

Adolf gritted his teeth and said, "Say it first, I will never be the same as you."

It sounds fair. If Xia Chuan chose the right champion directly, he would lose.

Xia Chuan said: "You must bet on the German championship. Then I will choose Denmark. If we are both wrong, you win."

Adolf suddenly had a gloomy look on his face. He really believed that Germany was the champion, because there was no Italian team in this session, as well as Portugal, the "golden generation", and Spain, the "Matador".

It was a complete surprise that Denmark could participate.

The split due to political reasons made the people of Yugoslavia extremely less enthusiastic about football. As a result, they were sanctioned by FIFA and lost their final qualifications.

This allowed the Danish team to take their place.

Denmark lost all three European Championship games, and Michael Laudrup refused to participate in this European Cup.

Can this team win the championship?

Adolf couldn't understand. Did Xia Chuan want to bribe me?

What's the use of this?The money I won was not illegal.

As soon as a thought flashed through his mind, he smiled and said, "This is what you said. Let's make a written statement to prevent anyone from checking the source of my income."

Xia Chuan laughed: "That's exactly what I meant, lest anyone say I bribed you."

Adolf suddenly beamed.

Then the two parties made a gambling contract, and Xia Chuan was given to Adolf for safekeeping, this was the only one.

This is equivalent to saying that Adolf can default on his debt, but Xia Chuan cannot.

Adolf felt Xia Chuan was more and more strange and unpredictable.

Could it be that he is not only proficient in football, but can also control the outcome of the game?

Xia Chuan smiled lightly and said: "Football is the same as business. If your foresight is not enough to predict half a month later, then you lack the structure of a strategist, and your business will take many detours. I wish you good luck, goodbye."

He simply said goodbye and left.

A shiver ran down Adolf's spine.

Xia Chuan is absolutely sure that Denmark will win, and it just proves his foresight.

If football can easily determine who the champion will be, then where can the company's predictions go wrong?