Chapter 84

The secretary supported An Ran as she left the bedroom and sat back down on the sofa. Seeing that the water on the coffee table had gone cold, she offered with enthusiasm, "Let me get you a fresh cup of water."

An Ran still felt a bit embarrassed and quickly shook her head, saying, "No need, it would be too much trouble for you."

Wang Zixuan, noticing that An Ran looked much better after using the restroom, smiled and said, "You two should get to know each other. Once Assistant An's foot is better, Secretary Liu will take her to the internet department. From now on, my official website will also be managed by Assistant An."

His official website was initially created by Wangzi Technology's technicians. Later, Wangzi Technology set up another official website, so his personal official website was handed over to the internet department of Evolution Media.

After all, the people at Evolution Media were more familiar with entertainment and fans.

Both Secretary Liu and An Ran nodded and said, "Okay."

"Assistant An, you can integrate the fan club and my official website members. You also need to keep an eye on the internet for me. The workload seems quite heavy, doesn't it?"

An Ran quickly replied, "Not heavy, not heavy. The fan club already has a management team, so I don't need to spend too much time on it."

Wang Zixuan nodded and said, "If that's the case, then give it a try. By the way, I haven't discussed your compensation yet. You have three months left until graduation, so let's consider these three months as an internship. During the internship, your monthly salary will be 20,000 yuan. After you're officially hired, your annual salary will be one million yuan. How does that sound?"

Chen Zuming's assistant was instantly stunned.

Her current salary wasn't even as high as An Ran's internship salary, let alone the future million-yuan annual salary.

An Ran, not knowing the market rate for assistants, but seeing the expression on Secretary Liu's face, knew it was quite high. She quickly shook her head and said in a cute manner, "That's too high!"

Wang Zixuan smiled and said, "It's not high. You need to keep an eye on the internet for me and manage a fan club of over a million people, which might grow to several million after integration. The workload is significant and important. Being my assistant also comes with high expenses. I've been a global billionaire, and you, as my assistant, will often be by my side. Even if you don't use luxury brands, you'll need high-end clothes and cosmetics. I won't give you additional allowances, so that's your total salary."

Often by his side!

"Oh."

An Ran felt a surge of happiness at these words and responded in a daze.

Secretary Liu was almost envious to death.

Which woman doesn't like high-end clothes and cosmetics?

She also had some allowances, but they weren't much!

After Wang Zixuan finished speaking, he said to Secretary Liu, "Ask President Chen to come in."

"Okay."

Secretary Liu respectfully agreed, gave An Ran an envious glance, and then left.

An Ran was still immersed in the joy of being able to often be by Wang Zixuan's side.

Is this the super scholar from Tsinghua University?

Wang Zixuan looked at the dazed An Ran with amusement, shook his head, and then started thinking about the "Running Man" show.

A few minutes later, Chen Zuming knocked and walked in.

Seeing An Ran, who was sitting on the sofa in slippers, he walked up to Wang Zixuan and gave a thumbs up with a mischievous smile.

Wang Zixuan glared at Chen Zuming and said, "You can start preparing the advertising tender for 'Running Man.'"

Chen Zuming, seeing that Wang Zixuan was serious, stopped being playful and sat down opposite him, saying, "Okay, one exclusive sponsorship, two special broadcasts, and four interactive supports for cars, phones, clothes, and drinks. We can also embed a few ads in the show."

Wang Zixuan shook his head and said, "Four interactive supports are already enough. We might also have income from venue selection, so we won't embed ads in the show."

Chen Zuming nodded and said, "Should we give Buick priority in the car tender?"

Wang Zixuan shook his head and said, "No, everything should follow the rules. Buick will bid a high price."

After some consideration, Wang Zihao, like Wang Zixuan, acted swiftly and purchased the iconic American car brand Buick from General Motors for $1.3 billion.

The financial crisis had plunged many car giants into a winter. The Indian Tata Group took the opportunity to acquire Land Rover and Jaguar, while the domestic Geely Group bought Volvo from Ford. An unknown company also tried to acquire Hummer, but the deal fell through quickly, though it still had a significant impact.

After seeing this series of acquisitions, Wang Zihao discussed the possibility of entering the automotive industry with Wang Zixuan.

Although Wang Zixuan wasn't an expert in the automotive industry, he knew that the industry would soon recover and saw great potential in it.

Seeing that Wang Zixuan also thought it was a good idea, Wang Zihao immediately had his team gather information on possible car brands to acquire and asked Wang Zixuan for advice.

Wang Zixuan helped Wang Zihao choose Buick, a brand under General Motors.

General Motors was not doing well at the time. In 2007, GM lost $38.7 billion, and in 2008, it lost another $30.9 billion. After struggling for over two years, GM officially filed for bankruptcy protection on June 1, 2009. The U.S. government provided $30.1 billion in aid to restructure GM.

One part of GM's restructuring was to sell some of its car brands to increase cash flow and focus on key brands.

Buick was an iconic American car brand, but its sales in the U.S. had been declining, while its sales in China had been increasing, making China its largest market.

There were rumors that SAIC wanted to acquire Buick, but due to a significant valuation gap, SAIC quickly denied the acquisition.

Wang Zixuan remembered that a few years later, there were again rumors of SAIC acquiring Buick, but by then, GM had recovered, and Buick was doing well in China, so GM repurchased the 1% stake in SAIC-GM that it had sold to SAIC.

After helping Wang Zihao choose Buick, Wang Zixuan suggested he complete the acquisition quickly and use "Running Man" to rapidly capture the market.

Wang Zihao, knowing his brother's influence, immediately entrusted Citibank to negotiate the acquisition of Buick with GM, with the commission and time directly linked.

From Citibank's perspective, GM, a company with huge losses, should have been sold in its entirety. Instead, it was competing for government aid. After receiving Wang Zihao's commission, Citibank immediately used its strong influence to pressure New GM into selling Buick.

New GM was still focused on restructuring. After Wang Zihao offered a valuation of $1.3 billion, GM readily sold all of Buick's technology and platforms.

To complete the transfer quickly, Wang Zihao accepted all of GM's conditions regarding the retention of U.S. factories and pensions, leaving the U.S. side with no reason to obstruct the deal.

This month, Wang Zihao will complete the acquisition of Buick.

While negotiating with GM, Wang Zihao also negotiated with SAIC to acquire the 51% stake in SAIC-GM that SAIC held. Previously, SAIC-GM had the production and sales rights for Buick, Chevrolet, and Cadillac.

New GM had already separated the sales rights for Buick from SAIC-GM, but SAIC-GM still had the production and sales rights for Chevrolet and Cadillac.

However, Chevrolet's sales volume was larger than Buick's, and SAIC did not want to sell its stake in SAIC-GM.

Wang Zihao had to take a step back and acquire a complete vehicle production base from SAIC-GM.

Once the acquisition is complete, Wang Zihao will own the Buick brand and production base. He just needs to set up a sales channel to directly capture the market.

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