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"I can offer you a loan of 2 million Australian Dollars, and it can even be interest-free." Arthur looked calmly at Little Bayer, and before the other could reply, he continued, "However, I also have two conditions.
First, to acquire thirty percent of the shares of your parent company at market price, and to hold at least forty percent or more of the shares in the new branch company.
Second, the branch company will operate independently in Australasia as a separate enterprise, and without the permission of Australasia, no business may be relocated away from Australasia."
Naturally, for such a quite important chemical industry group, Arthur did not want to see the Bayer Group's branch company leave Australasia in the future.
The best approach was to establish the branch company in advance as an independently operated enterprise, and the Australasian side also had to retain a certain say in the branch company.
"This." Little Bayer swallowed hard, and said with a bit of trepidation, "Aren't conditions like this a bit too harsh? The Bayer Group wants to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary, and while we can allow the Australasian side to take a stake, we must also retain complete control of the discourse."
"That is simply impossible, Mr. Bayer." Arthur said with a hint of deep meaning, "The chemical industry is extremely important, and we do not wish to see the enterprise we painstakingly built one day leave us far behind.
Of course, you can rest assured that Australasia will not normally interfere with the operation of the enterprise, and as you said, we will provide policy support for the branch company about to be built.
At least on the matter of building the new company, our interests are aligned. This is also Australasia's bottom line, and