The first thousand two hundred and thirty-six chapters of the visit of the representatives of the seven countries
There is no good way to avoid the G7 and continue to trade with the Warsaw Pact member states, but it has been decided that Donghua Trading Company will end the barter transaction method.
At the same time, we are also waiting for news from Zhang Ziyu, deciding on the next steps to see what the G7 plans are.
Before Li Guangyu could wait for Zhang Ziyu's report, he welcomed Toshihide Iwasaki of Japan's Mitsubishi Consortium, Koniz Stillman, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Citibank, the Duke of Westminster in England, and the Agnelli family in Italy.
Umberto Agnelli and others jointly visited.
This is a very powerful delegation, its own strength is quite terrifying, not to mention that they represent their own domestic government this time.
This time they came here to stand up for the G7. If the Lee Consortium is unwilling to accept some of their conditions, then the G7 meeting held in Japan will formally discuss a plan to impose sanctions on the Lee Consortium.
The main reason why they came to Xiangjiang to discuss with Li Guangyu in such a grand manner this time was because the strength of Li's consortium was enough for them to offer such courtesy.
In terms of economy, the Lee Consortium is stronger than many countries. As for the forces within them, Mitsubishi and First Citigroup are still qualified to compete with the Lee Consortium. Representatives of other families and consortium forces are not qualified to compete with them at all.
The Lee Consortium is on par with the Duke of Westminster family.
In just the past six months, the number of employees under the Lee Group's holding companies has officially exceeded one million, and the number of employees in the United States has also exceeded 100,000. There are also 70,000 employees in England, more than 50,000 in Canada, and more than 100,000 in France.
There are 20,000 employees, fewer in Japan, but because of its location in Asia, the media owned by the Lee Group has a great influence on it.
Although West Germany and Italy have less business and only have a few thousand employees, they are not willing to fight with the Li Group, so they also arranged for representatives of important forces to come over to discuss with it.
The G7 governments only want to block trade between the Lee Consortium and the Warsaw Pact countries. They do not want to drive the Lee Consortium's industries out of their own countries.
Except for Japan, which has recovered from the impact of last year's stock market crash, the other six countries are still paying for it. The domestic economic situation is not very good. Once Li Guangyu chooses to completely shut down these companies, there will inevitably be major turmoil within them.
If the Li Consortium fanned the flames behind it, the government would be very passive. After all, the employment situation in various countries is very serious now. If it can be resolved peacefully, they are not willing to take too big risks and fight with the Li Consortium.
Of course, if the Li Group is unwilling to make concessions, they cannot be blamed. By then, public opinion will be on their government's side, and the problem will be easily solved.
In the sixth conference hall of Wheelock Building, Li Guangyu, Cao Weiqing, Chen Dong, Yuan Tianfan, Qinghong, Li Xuelan, and Gan Qin met the arriving representatives.
After the two parties sat down, Li Guangyu said aloud: "The arrival of Mr. Iwasaki, Mr. Stillman, Mr. Agnelli and others today really surprised me! I don't know what is the purpose of everyone coming here in such large numbers?
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They were also a little speechless about Li Guangyu pretending not to know anything here. They didn't believe that Li Guangyu hadn't received any news at all.
As the leader of this incident, Toshihide Iwasaki doesn't want to pretend to be Li Guangyu. It's better to deal with this matter directly. You must know that the four northern islands have always been a pain for Japan, and they have never given up the idea of taking them back.
Only when the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union collapse will they have the opportunity to take back the four northern islands. This time they will not let the Lee Group destroy their plans. They must promote drastic changes in the Warsaw Pact member states.
He said aloud: "Mr. Li, I also believe that you understand the current world situation very well. It is in the interests of all the members of the Warsaw Pact to maintain the current development, and it is also in the interest of your continent. A powerful Warsaw Pact organization has great influence on the world.
There is no benefit at all, it will only increase the risk of global war. I hope Mr. Li can stop his actions in time to avoid helping the evildoers and causing huge harm to people around the world."
Li Guangyu was speechless as he listened. Now that the Warsaw Pact organization has become synonymous with evil in Iwasaki Toshihide's mouth, Li Guangyu seemed to have done something heinous by trading with the other party.
Yuan Tianfan spoke up: "Mr. Iwasaki, as far as we know, the countries behind you, the Group of Seven, have been increasing loans to the Soviet Union in recent years. You are wholeheartedly trying to help the Soviet Union get out of its predicament. Many of you are interested in the Soviet Union."
All trade restrictions have been lifted. If we want to talk about the harm, I’m afraid it would be even more harmful if you directly gave us a loan.”
Koniz Stillman of First Citibank said: "I'm afraid you have some misunderstandings. Although there are many reports from all walks of life that our Group of Seven countries support Soviet reforms, we currently don't have a single amount of funds to go over, at least in the Warsaw Pact.
Until the member states and the Soviet Union make substantial changes, our support will always be verbal.
On the contrary, Mr. Li is giving us a huge headache. Seeing that the other party can hardly hold on, you are giving them a large amount of blood transfusions, which makes it impossible for many negotiations between the Group of Seven and the Soviet Union to proceed.
That’s why we are here this time to advise Mr. Li and avoid unpleasant things happening between Mr. Li and the governments of the seven countries. We also don’t want everyone’s friendship of nearly ten years to be ruined because of some trivial matters.”
Of course, Li Guangyu knew that the virtues of the Group of Seven were all over the top, but it was impossible to get them to give actual support. The Soviet Union was facing such a situation now. The Group of Seven had promised a lot of benefits.
I just don't see any actual support.
Let the deteriorating economy within the Soviet Union continue to force the Soviet Union to make concessions in order to achieve their goal of reforming or even dismembering the Soviet Union.
Li Guangyu said: "Both of us are aware of the current situation. Many things cannot be explained clearly by trade rules. We are all the same kind of people. Please share your opinions. I hope you will not go too far. Those who know that I cannot accept it
Don’t mention the conditions.”
Those present are all heads of families and consortiums. Many things do not need to be so hypocritical. They are not politicians. No matter how much they say they are for the world and the people, it is useless. They only focus on one thing, that is, interests. In these consortiums and families
Always focus on whether it is good for you.
Iwasaki Toshihide was very familiar with Li Guangyu's character, and he did not want to hypocritically talk nonsense with Li Guangyu. Those should be things they should do between the G7 and Soviet politicians.
He said aloud: "Mr. Li, we do not need to pursue the trade orders signed by Donghua Trading Company before. We hope that from today on, your Donghua Trading Company can temporarily stop purchasing products from the Warsaw Pact member states. We also hope that
Mr. Lee does not want to provide grain to the Warsaw Pact members.
As for other trade, that is your own business, and we believe that governments will not interfere with the normal operations of enterprises."
Li Guangyu had already expected this, but after banning them from purchasing products from Warsaw Pact member countries, Donghua Trading Company's business was basically gone. Warsaw Pact countries did not have much foreign exchange, and business partners that could only import but not export would not
Often done.
The Group of Seven was also ruthless enough. They knew that the Soviet Union was short of food, but they still restricted countries from exporting to it.