At three o'clock in the afternoon on November 23, the flight from Jinling to Xiangjiang operated by Xiangjiang Airlines landed at Xiangjiang International Airport on time.
Zhang Jindong has been to Xiangjiang twice before, but this time his mood is completely different from before. At first he was happy to travel, but this time he was full of worries.
He hopes to trace the source and know which family in Xiangjiang is behind the South China Electrical Appliances Chain Group. He hopes to visit him personally and find a way out for his company.
After Zhang Jindong got off the plane, he took a taxi directly to Central. All the famous families in Xiangjiang lived on Xiangjiang Island. He knew that he would definitely be able to get the answer he wanted there.
As the chairman of Shulin Electric Co., Ltd., which is the focus of the Li Group's campaign this time, Zhang Jindong has already attracted the attention of the Greater China Affairs Office of the Political Research Office as soon as he entered Xiangjiang.
That night, Cao Weiqing mentioned the news of Zhang Jindong's arrival in Xiangjiang to Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu didn't care about Zhang Jindong's purpose of coming to Hong Kong. Whether Zhang Jindong met with the President of Merrill Lynch's Asian Affairs in Hong Kong or went to visit the President of Bank of America's Asian Affairs, he didn't have the slightest worry about it. Shu Lin was doomed this time.
At this time, in a private room of the Jiuhua Hotel, Zhang Jindong met with the heads of Asia of Merrill Lynch, his Shulin shareholder, and Bank of America, and asked them personally about some of Xiangjiang's secrets.
Now these two companies only hold 15% of the shares. Generally speaking, companies in mainland China are responsible for Shulin affairs. Zhang Jindong has already inquired with them. Unfortunately, the people in charge of Merrill Lynch and Bank of America in the mainland do not know the situation.
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Today he hopes to get the answer he wants from these two people and see who is trying to make things difficult for him.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Jindong asked Chen Weisheng, President of Shulin Securities Asia Affairs: "Mr. Chen, you have worked in Xiangjiang for eight years. I wonder if you know which family is behind the South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group?"
Chen Weisheng was born in Chang'an. He studied in the United States in 1987 and joined Merrill Lynch in 1992. He worked in Hong Kong for eight years and became the president of Merrill Lynch's Asian Affairs with his outstanding ability.
He still knows a little about some of Xiangjiang's secrets, especially after becoming the president of Merrill Lynch's Asian affairs, he has more authority. The company has provided him with information on some families in Asia, especially Japan, South Korea, Greater China and Southeast Asia.
It's just that this news is usually not told to outsiders. As for the reason, Chen Weisheng now knows it.
The main reason is that in 1989, the Lee Group and the American Group exposed each other's wealth, putting all parties at the forefront of the storm. Finally, the Lee Group, the American Group, the Japanese Group, the Western European Group, etc. jointly signed an agreement.
Except for the top management, all parties are not allowed to tell the employees below about the major consortiums, let alone expose each other to the outside world.
At the same time, we try our best to block the news about major consortiums from major media. No matter it is Google, Yahoo, AOL, Jiayi Portal, Fetion, Qiandu, Netcom, etc., there will be no news about the consortium, let alone
There is a detailed introduction to the consortium and its companies, and the blockade in this life is stricter than in the previous life.
Faced with Zhang Jindong's inquiries, it was definitely impossible for him to inform Zhang Jindong of the specific information about Li's consortium. Once he violated the regulations and if this was spread, not only would he not be able to keep his job, but he would also face pressure from major consortiums.
Chen Weisheng responded: "Mr. Zhang, I know that Shulin is under a lot of pressure, so I want to know some details about the South China Electrical Appliances Chain Group, but I am not very clear about the shareholders behind the South China Electrical Appliances.
I just know that the president who established this group was Fujiwara Keiyin, who resigned in 1994, and Li Yibo has been the president since then."
Zhang Jindong naturally knows this person. When he started to enter this industry in 1990, the South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group was already blooming all over the mainland. Fujiwara Keiyin's name was widely circulated in the home appliance circle in the mainland. Chen Weisheng's words had no effect on him.
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On this night, Zhang Jindong did not get the news he wanted, and the two companies in the supply channel also expressed their helplessness as he did.
After a night's rest, Zhang Jindong headed to a park. He planned to go there to inquire about information, especially chatting with some old men and women in the park. He believed that these people would be able to give him answers.
When they came to a place with benches, there happened to be a lot of people setting up a dragon gate formation. Zhang Jindong also found a place to sit down and quietly listened to the conversation of these people to see if he could gain anything.
He knew that the power behind the South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group was extremely powerful, otherwise Chen Weisheng and Joseph would not have told him nothing last night.
Now he can only get information from the ordinary people in Xiangjiang, and he doesn't know if the forces behind this have also blocked the information from the people in Xiangjiang.
After listening for more than ten minutes, Zhang Jindong didn't hear what he wanted to know. These old men and women were talking about where to go to play, what about their children, and how about their grandchildren's studies.
Zhang Jindong held up his mobile phone and pretended to make a call, and said in a loud voice: "Brother, there is constant competition in the retail market in the mainland market. South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group is facing multiple competitions. I am not very optimistic about the future of this group.
I think cooperation with them needs to be carefully considered.”
Just when Zhang Jindong pretended to hang up the phone, an old man next to him said angrily: "Handsome, you are not from Xiangjiang, right? As far as the retail groups in mainland China are competing with the South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group, you will definitely not be optimistic about South China."
Electrical appliance chain group, this is the biggest joke I’ve heard in the past twenty years.”
Zhang Jindong knew that the fish had taken the bait, and he said aloud: "I know that the South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group is a company in Xiangjiang. I can understand your support for the South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group. It's just that this time, Guomei and Shulin in the Mainland are backed by Western capital. I'm afraid
Does South China Electrical Appliance Chain Group have no capital to fight against these two companies?"
An old lady sitting opposite the uncle responded: "What's wrong with Western capital? Xiangjiang is not a place where they dare to make trouble in the past twenty years. My dear, let me tell you that our Xiangjiang is not afraid of any foreign capital. As long as they dare to make trouble in Hong Kong
If you act wildly, we Li Sheng will make them walk around without food."
"Well, I'm not very familiar with Xiangjiang. I wonder who the Li Sheng you are talking about is?"
Another uncle responded: "Humph, even though Li Sheng doesn't know, he is still cooperating with Nanhua Electrical Appliance Chain Group. He is really ignorant."
The old lady next to the uncle sighed: "Li Sheng has been keeping a low profile for too long. Not to mention these handsome guys from outside, even our new generation in Xiangjiang have rarely heard of the legend of Li Sheng. Only Li Sheng is like this."
Only people can be so indifferent to fame and fortune.
Think about our many benefits, think about the many benefits that we people enjoy, these are all provided by Li Sheng or fought for us. If it weren't for Li Sheng, how would we be able to walk and chat here so leisurely now.
I don’t know when I will be able to see Li Sheng again, even on TV. I want to see if Li Sheng has changed after more than ten years.
I remember the last time I saw Li Sheng, it was at the company's general meeting. It happened to be the third day after Wheelock was acquired. At that time, I still remember Li Sheng, Miss Guo Qingya, and Miss Gan Qin, all together.
That was the only time I saw Li Sheng except on TV."
The old lady who spoke before also said: "It's okay for you at Wheelock. At least Li Sheng met with you in person. After our Xiangjiang Communications Group was acquired, Li Sheng only met with the senior management. At that time, I was not qualified to attend.
meeting, so far I have only seen Li Sheng on TV."
These old men and ladies were already caught up in the meeting, and Zhang Jindong was already being ignored, but he didn't mind. He learned a lot of useful information from the memories of these people.