When Li Xuelan was in Vancouver arranging the development and expansion of several major retail groups in the Canadian market, Li Guangyu, Cao Weiqing, Wu Shunwen, and Gu Zhenfu arrived in London.
This time Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing came here mainly to check out the industry in London and its development issues in the future.
Wu Shunwen and Gu Zhenfu came to sign the Yulon Group's acquisition of the three major car brands: Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin and MG.
After Yulon Group won these three major automobile brands, its status in the global automobile group has been qualitatively improved.
We are now in an era of great change, with drastic changes in Eastern Europe and accelerated integration in Western Europe. The European Community involves more and more affairs of each member state, from the earliest Coal and Steel Community to the Atomic Energy Community to the Economic Community, to the single act of the year before last, and
We are promoting the elimination of border crossing restrictions among member states so that there will be no borders between member states.
The political alliance is also advancing in a low-key and rapid manner. I believe that the European Union will appear in front of the world in the near future, and the euro will also appear. This is a community involving politics and economy.
In the fifth conference hall on the second floor of London's Bentley Building, Zhang Ziyu, Zhao Qihui, Zhao Xiaoyan and ten or more levels of management in London are already in place.
Li Guangyu has not been here for several years. It was the first time for some of the management to see their big boss, so they all came here early today.
The most important issue at this meeting was Zhang Ziyu's transfer back to Xiangjiang, and Zhao Qihui's promotion to a member of the Li Group's executive team, responsible for the Li Group's affairs in Western Europe.
In this regard, Li Guangyu has already communicated with Zhang Ziyu and Zhao Qihui and several senior executives. Today is just a formal announcement. Therefore, the two people involved, Zhang Ziyu and Zhao Qihui, are relatively calm. On the contrary, the group deputies present are more surprised.
Li Guangyu said: "Bentley Group headquarters and European affairs are temporarily chaired by Executive Vice President Jesri Johnson. Ms. Zhang is based in Hong Kong and is responsible for Asia, America and Australia."
Everyone present was a little surprised by Li Guangyu's appointment. This model has not existed before. The Li Group appeared as early as 1979. At that time, Gan Qinglin held two positions, serving as the president of Starlight Real Estate Group and Xingyue Real Estate Group.
Therefore, sometimes the executive vice president takes charge of affairs.
Later, the president and many senior executives of Starlight Real Estate Group went to Baodao to open up the market, while Zhao Qianyin, the executive vice president, stayed at the headquarters to take charge of headquarters affairs.
For example, in the Xuelan Supermarket Group this time, the president Liu Weifang is based in Vancouver, and only the executive vice president is in charge of the work at the Xiangjiang headquarters.
But there is something different about the Bentley Group. In the past ten years, whether it was Du Yuemei before or Zhang Ziyu now, even when they opened up the Asian market, they did not have a president stationed there. The vice president was also the president of Asian affairs in Hong Kong.
Responsible for the expansion of the Bentley Group in the Asian market.
Now that the development of the Asian market is on track, there is no need for a president to be in charge. However, this time Zhang Ziyu was suddenly transferred back and continued to serve as the president of the Bentley Group. I don't know what considerations Li Guangyu and the senior management of the consortium had in mind.
Li Guangyu didn't care about the inner thoughts of the senior executives present. He continued: "I hope that our management can cooperate with Mr. Zhao's work so that the industries of our companies can develop better in Western Europe."
Later, Li Guangyu made some arrangements for the subsequent development of several major groups, requiring British Communications Group to enter the mobile phone and computer manufacturing industry, and at the same time jointly establish an office software company with Suzaku Company to seize the Western European market.
Li Guangyu is taking precautions. In order to avoid future EU restrictions or sanctions on some of his groups, he is planning to set up some companies in England to avoid losses.
Now it is just office software and mobile computers. In the future, Li Guangyu will do this in many Internet industries. He will change his name in England, set up a company, and firmly occupy the Western European market.
Especially for the future BAT, Li Guangyu will get one in Xiangjiang and one in England.
Then the mainland will invest some money, and it will be a major shareholder. If several mainland companies are controlled by Li Guangyu, they probably won't be able to develop.
As for the well-known Internet companies in the United States, Li Guangyu and his family can just take some shares. The same is true over there. If they have too many shares, they will be restricted.
Zhao Qihui said: "Li Sheng, regarding mobile phones and computers, our group has already communicated with Phoenix Group. By then, our group will hold 60% of the shares, and Phoenix Group will hold 40% of the shares. We will jointly establish Fengming Technology Co., Ltd., mainly
Engaged in the R&D and manufacturing of mobile phones and computers.
As for office software, Ms. He Qian has also communicated with us. The two parties will establish Zhuhe Office Software Company, with us holding 60% of the shares and Zhuque Company 40%.
I personally think that a new fund should be established on Bentley Island, and this fund should control 60% of the shares of these two companies, and the registered place should also be on Bentley Island. Bentley Island also belongs to the United Kingdom, so there is no problem in this regard."
In fact, the shareholders behind the company are not too important. What is important is the company's development focus and the location of its headquarters. Except for Li Guangyu in particular, it is usually due to trade frictions between major countries that lead to restrictions or increased tariffs.
Of course, some companies whose technologies seriously threaten the core of the United States will be specially targeted. Anyway, the United States is used to being domineering and has a lot of blacklists. Currently, Suzaku Company, a subsidiary of the Lee Group, is on the blacklist.
, prohibiting Suzaku’s operating systems and office software from entering the U.S. market.
At present, He Qian has contacted the eldest lady of the Zhao family to establish a joint venture to establish a software company in the United States. The shares are not held by Suzaku Company itself, but by Jade Bird Fund.
This fund is registered in Bermuda and headquartered in California, so it can avoid many restrictions in this regard.
Li Guangyu said: "In this regard, you should communicate with He Jin, He Qian and Zhou Xiaoning, and strive to complete the launch of the two companies' products by the end of this year. The situation is changing now, and you should also pay more attention to the changes within the Conservative Party. This time John Major
Arriving in Xiangjiang is just the beginning. In the future, for the sake of national interests, there will be more changes. You have to remember that we are still businessmen after all, and we should not get too involved in some things."
Zhao Qihui is naturally aware of the changes here, which are mainly due to changes in Eastern Europe, which have greatly reduced the pressure on Western European countries, so that Western European countries have spare capacity to deal with other big countries.
This is the will of a country, and it is not something they can easily influence. If they intervene rashly, they might be blown to pieces, and it will not be of any benefit to the Li Group. After all, the Li Group is a capitalist.
He responded: "Li Sheng, I will pay attention to this aspect, and I will definitely protect the interests of our industry in Western Europe from being harmed, and let our industry occupy a larger market in Western Europe."
Li Guangyu then gave instructions to Zhao Xiaoyan, asking her to increase mineral investment in Western Australia and reserve more resources.
At present, apart from the Malandu Iron Ore Development Company, Xingyuan Group does not have any large ore veins of its own, and Xingyuan Group needs to strengthen in this regard.
In Li Guangyu's plan, Xingyuan Group is engaged in the development of iron ore, coal mines and non-ferrous metal mines, while Husky Energy Company is mainly engaged in the development of oil and natural gas, creating a misaligned development between the two parties.