Marvel: I traveled through time a little early

Chapter 37 Convincing Leland
George led Leland out of the conference room and did not find an empty room to talk to him alone.Instead, he took the car keys and led Leland to the underground parking lot.Arriving next to George's private car parked, George asked Leland: "Did you see anything?"

Looking at the Lincoln parked in front of him, Leland didn't notice any difference in appearance from the black L-shaped car.So he said honestly: "I didn't see it."

"Then let's go in and experience the difference." After George said that, he picked up the door key, opened the cab door and sat in.At the same time, he opened the passenger door from the inside and invited Leland to get into the car.

After the car was modified and no longer had to be cranked to start, George got his driver's license again, but he had a driver and didn't drive often.But today it is better to demonstrate it myself.

As soon as Leland entered the passenger seat, he noticed something different, that is, there was a bulge on the passenger seat.It is connected to the seat body by two polished smooth steel pipes.After Leland sat down, he naturally wanted to put his head in this protruding position and found it very comfortable.

"This is called a headrest, which can provide good support to the head. It can also protect the neck of the passenger in the event of a collision and prevent fractures caused by inertia."

"It's really good, a very good invention." Leland nodded.

"So Mr. Leland, if I license the patent to automobile manufacturing companies now, how many companies do you think will use it?"

"They should all adopt it!"

"Yes, they will all adopt it, but can Lincoln still afford the patent fees now? Don't worry, you can read on."

Leland looked down at the seat, then felt where George's fingers were with his hand, and found that the seat was in two sections.That is, the seat and backrest are separate.Leland naturally looked back to the side of the seat and found something like a small wrench.

When I moved the small handle according to George's instructions, I found that the backrest of the seat fell backwards quickly.Able to lie flat all the time.It was restored to its original position under George's instructions.

"This is just a temporary modification by myself, so it is not perfect. There is still a lot of room for modification in the future. How about this technology? It can give the co-pilot a comfortable rest space. Also, look at the position of the seat. ." After saying that, he pointed to the position in front of the seat. There is a steel pole.Lifting up slightly, Leland immediately discovered that the bottom of his butt could move forward and backward at this time.

It must be said that this invention once again surprised Leland.This can completely improve the comfort of the saddle and allow people to adjust it according to their own needs.Leland saw George adjust the position of the driving seat according to his body shape, and he understood the advantages of this technology.

Judging from the technology contained in this seat alone, if Lincoln now wants to use these technologies in its own cars, some processes in the existing production line may have to be changed.Obtaining the right to use a patent is an expense, and modifying the production line is another expense.

Leland is also asking himself, is the company really still coming to upgrade?If it is not upgraded and transformed, it will inevitably be eliminated.It may be too late to regret it at that time.Is there a way to use it without paying any money?Yes, that is to make George a shareholder, and the patent royalties can at least be deferred.But I am really not willing to hand over my company.

George also saw Leland's struggle, and went on to say: "If Mr. Leland agrees to the merger, I can leave you 5% of the shares, and I will use another 10% of the shares as the company's management dividend shares. And By appointing you as CEO, I will not interfere with your management of the company unless you make any mistakes that endanger the survival of the company."

Seeing Leland's obvious expression of emotion, George then asked: "How about it, Mr. Leland. Can you think about it?"

In fact, at this time, Leland had fully agreed to George's M&A plan, because there was nothing he could do if he disagreed. With the technologies George now possessed, he could acquire any smaller automobile manufacturing company to make it bigger.

To put it simply, let your own car release a new car two months in advance, then wait for other car manufacturers to negotiate patents, and then modify the production line. It will still take about four months.

Then your car will be at least four months ahead of others in the market. Once a certain image is formed, regardless of how many cars can actually be sold, it will be a huge benefit in the stock market.

Therefore, after Leland thought about it for a while, Leland finally nodded and agreed to George's merger.

"Mr. Leland, I have to say that you made the most correct choice. Next, please take a look at today's last and most important invention."

Leland was stunned when he was told that, and the most important thing was.Then he looked at George's movements.Then he saw George continue to take out the key and insert it into a key hole next to the driver's console.

Originally, George planned to install it on the side of the car steering wheel like later generations, but the location was too small and it was inconvenient to modify, so he changed it to a relatively convenient place.Anyway, it is just a temporary modification and will be adjusted later during large-scale production.

This car was later put into the Lincoln Automobile Exhibition Hall and was collected because of its special significance.Of course, this is something.With the twist of the key, the car started, then George put it in gear and stepped on the accelerator, and the car started moving.George drove outside for 10 minutes and returned to the previous parking space.

"How about it, don't you regret it now?"

"Yes, Mr. Orwell, you are so surprising to me. I have heard that someone launched a new battery at the previous science and technology expo. I didn't expect that you have even made a physical product of the electric start technology. .If it becomes popular, you change the entire automotive industry.”

"As long as you are satisfied, then we have to hurry up."

"Yes. Mr. Orwell, I agree to the merger and fully support you in getting all the shares of the company."

"Don't worry, my admission will always be valid. Besides, we still need to put on a show later. We can't let those speculators see anything."

"Understood, Mr. Orwell. You should call the boss." Leland said.

"Let's go, don't make them wait too long."

By the time George and Leland returned to the conference room, people in the conference room had been waiting for more than 40 minutes.During this period, the most anxious people were the shareholder representatives, who were worried that they could not reach an agreement.If George gives up his shares any further, it will have a serious impact on the value of their shares.

However, from the fact that Leland walked into the conference room with a smile on his face, it seemed that the outcome of the discussion between the two was not bad.But George's face looked ugly, which made the shareholder representative feel uneasy again.

As soon as George entered the conference room, he said: "Okay, gentlemen. I have reached an agreement with Mr. Leland. I will acquire all the shares of Lincoln Company at today's stock price. Remember, I said all the shares." The delivery must be completed within two days, otherwise the merger plan will be invalid. I will write this in the contract."

Then George looked at Paul: "Paul, you will draft the contract with Mr. Leland and the others today."

He looked at Leland and said, "Okay, gentlemen, I'm going to school soon, so please hurry up and call all the shareholders to New York now. I hope to sign the contract the day after tomorrow." , I will ask the bank to prepare the money."

The representative opposite was naturally [-]% willing.They are speculators to begin with, and all auto industry stocks have fallen this year, causing them to lose a lot of money.They also don’t want the likes of Ford and General Motors, which have big capital backing them.Now that I am able to leave, my losses will naturally be minimized.

Two days later, still in this conference room, George and seven of Lincoln's shareholders all signed the share transfer document.George injected another 600 million into the company. In addition to the US$450 million in acquisition funds paid to Lincoln, there was also the cost of handling the previous troubles for Lincoln after the share transfer, and the cost of modifying the production line.

It also includes building an additional car seat processing plant next to the car plant.A company specializing in the production of car seats.This company is fully owned by George.He also needed to recruit R&D talents. George wrote down some of the seat functions he had seen in later generations on paper one by one as the research and development direction for future seats, and implemented them step by step.

George's plan is that the electric start patent will be licensed to automobile manufacturing companies in the form of authorization in the future and charge patent fees.It is charged at 10% of the selling price of each vehicle.Seats can be purchased directly or by paying patent fees.A set of seats probably costs about 5% of a car.It can also be designed individually according to the car, and the seat material can be made of a variety of materials.

These are the plans that Leland and I discussed in our free time over the past two days.The specific facts still need to be handled by Leland.What George likes most is to use money to buy shares and then let the founders of the company work for him.Because no one has more feelings for the company than the founder of the company.

In the past two days, the two talked a lot, and they were highly consistent in their views on making luxury cars.So it was decided that Lincoln cars should become the luxury cars among luxury cars.For this purpose, George specially brought out future classic models such as Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, and Audi.Now that the patent has been registered in advance and produced, it will definitely be very popular.Alone, George didn't draw all the cars at once, he was just ten years ahead.

In this era, there were also sports cars for car racing, and they had been around for a long time.Aston Martin was founded in 1913.There are also various awards. Since we want to make a name for ourselves, Lincoln Motors will definitely actively participate in these events in the future.George only mentioned these to Leland, and the specific management still depends on him.

Of course, all registered patents are global.George has been particularly careful about this from the beginning and must register it globally.It is better to spend more money than leave loopholes in the future.George also specifically asked Paul to hire a professional patent attorney to take charge of this matter.

They will consider the company more carefully, and often they have certain talents.Like the Lockheed brothers, even if the management is not good, let them do the design. There is always room for them to play.

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