Spring has passed and autumn has come, and in the blink of an eye it is June of 2008. Just last month, the natural world staged a tragedy.
Immediately after the incident, Hengyu Supermarket Group, Xiangjiang Grain and Oil Group, and 7-11 Convenience Store Group donated mineral water, instant noodles, rice, cooking oil and other materials worth 500 million yuan to the disaster area.
At the same time, Kangxin Medical Group dispatched a total of 350 expert key doctors and medical staff from the five affiliated hospitals of Xiangjiang Medical University and the two major hospitals of Xiangjiang Kangxin and Xiangjiang Zhonghua to Sichuan and Sichuan Province.
Xiangjiang Airlines announced that the group has donated RMB 100 million to the disaster-stricken areas, including Xiangjiang, Baodao, Lisboa, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Vancouver, Sao Paulo, London, and Oriental Port. Xiangjiang Airlines will transport supplies to Chengdu for free.
Dozens of groups under the Li family, including Tianyu Bank, South China Electrical Appliance Chain, Chunghwa Electric, Tianjiao, Wheelock, Starlight Real Estate, Jiayi, Xiangyu Culture, Xingyu, Phoenix, Xiangjiang Petrochemical, Bentley, Xiangjiang Communications, etc., have all invested in Sichuan.
The disaster-stricken area in Sichuan donated 100 million yuan for disaster relief.
At the same time, major branches of Jiayi Group held a number of celebrity charity concerts in Xiangjiang, Baodao, Japan, Shanghai, etc., to contribute their own efforts to the disaster areas.
On June 2, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing arrived in Chengdu by special plane.
In the conference room of Jiuhua Hotel, Li Guangyu met with senior officials of Sichuan and Shu Province.
In addition to Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing, those present this time also included Qin Jiao, president of Tianjiao Group, Qin Peng, head of western affairs of Li Group, Zhou Lemin, director of Kowloon Group, chairman and general manager of Southwest Expressway Company, and western regional affairs director of Wheelock Group.
Manager Wang Kunhua, head of western affairs of Hengyu Supermarket Group Chen Jiale, etc.
Sichuan and Sichuan Province also paid great attention to Li Guangyu's arrival. The provincial party committee chief and the provincial government chief came to attend. In addition, there were also senior officials from the provincial party committee in charge of united front work, the government's deputy chief in charge of commerce and finance, and also
Officials from the Department of Commerce, the Department of Transportation, and the Provincial Investment Promotion Bureau were also present.
At the meeting, the provincial party chief said: "Mr. Li, welcome to you and your wife. At the same time, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you on behalf of the provincial party committee, government and all people in the disaster area."
Ordinary people in the outside world don't know, but they, the senior executives, know very well that after the disaster, the total donations from the companies and their employees in which the Li Group had absolute control exceeded 15 billion yuan.
It also dispatched a rescue medical team to the disaster area as soon as possible. It was the first support team outside the mainland to arrive in the disaster area.
Li Guangyu said: "Sir Liu, Sichuan and Shu Province is my hometown. I am just doing my little bit. I believe that under your leadership, the disaster area will be rebuilt soon."
Subsequently, the two parties communicated on investment, especially on the reconstruction of disaster areas.
Housing has nothing to do with the Li Group. This time, Li Guangyu mainly cooperated with the planning of Sichuan and Sichuan Province and mainly allocated commercial construction to some areas, especially large supermarkets to facilitate shopping.
Of course, Li Guangyu and others cannot only discuss the reconstruction of disaster areas. After all, other areas in Sichuan and Shu Province also need to be developed.
Li Guangyu has not been to Chengdu for many years. Except for the high-level officials of the Guocheng government who can discuss with Li Guangyu because Li Guangyu often returns, it is basically impossible for high-level officials from other regions to talk to Li Guangyu in person.
If they didn't have Li Guangyu's records, who would have known that he would have such huge assets.
According to estimates by relevant agencies, the net assets of the Lee Group are estimated to exceed 10 trillion U.S. dollars. It is appalling for a private person to own such a large amount of assets, and it is also a fantasy when told.
We must know that this year's world's richest man, Buffett, only has assets of 62 billion US dollars, Hong Kong's richest man, Chen Youqing, has assets of 27.6 billion US dollars, and mainland's richest man, Yang Huiyan, has assets of 9.2 billion US dollars.
The assets of the Lee Group are more than 100 times that of the world's richest man, Buffett, more than 400 times that of the richest man in Hong Kong, and more than a thousand times that of the richest man in the mainland.
This is still the outside world's estimate of the Li Group. Only the core executives within the Li Group know how much assets they really have.
The meeting lasted quite a long time, starting at 3 p.m. and ending at about 6 p.m.
Of course, there are many achievements this time. Wheelock Group will build ten Wheelock Plazas in Sichuan and Sichuan Province, with an estimated investment of more than 100 billion yuan.
At the same time, the Southwest Expressway Company will build a second expressway from Rongcheng to Guocheng to alleviate the current congestion problem in the Rongguo section of the Rongguo-Chongqing Expressway.
Tianjiao Group will join forces with several real estate groups in Xiangjiang to invest 150 billion yuan to build a CBD in Guocheng and create a new center in Guocheng.
Now that the world is in a financial crisis, coupled with this disaster, Sichuan and Sichuan Province urgently need external funds to enter to stimulate the economic development of the province.
The Li Group is a timely help this time. The implementation of these projects will have a great impact on the economy. Regardless of the big projects, the funds are not small. Just for these three projects, the investment will be more than 300 billion.
In the morning of the next day, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing, accompanied by relevant personnel from Sichuan and Shu Province, went to Wenchuan.
Li Guangyu had to burn a stick of incense in person, otherwise he would feel uneasy.
Li Guangyu knew a lot of things, but it was a pity that he couldn't say them out, or even show too much affection, he could only watch them happen.
The only thing he can do is to donate a little money and send a support team like all parties after it happens.
He is already legendary enough in business, and he can also be said to have business intuition in this aspect. As for other aspects, he cannot be too outrageous. If he is too evil, he will only ask for trouble.
When Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing returned to Sichuan and Sichuan Province, a crucial meeting was being held in Xiangjiang of the Li Group.
This is also a test for Li Songtao. Starting from this year, Li Songtao will be officially responsible for the affairs of the Li Family Group alongside Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu's departure from Xiangjiang this time was also a test for him, allowing him to handle the affairs of the Li Group independently.
In the conference hall on the second floor of Wheelock Building, Li Songtao said: "Currently, many of our industries have been affected by the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, and their performance has declined to a certain extent. We need to actively transform and upgrade, continue to expand our market, and find new growth.
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The companies owned by the Lee Group are extremely large. The subprime mortgage crisis triggered by the United States caused the profits of the Lee Group in the first five months to drop by 20% year-on-year.
If the global economy cannot recover quickly, the Lee Group is afraid that its profits will be even lower. Now the Lee Group can only hope to open up new markets to change the current situation.
Li Songtao knows very well that by leading the Li Group out of the subprime mortgage crisis this time, he will be able to firmly secure his current position. If he does not have the ability this time, it will take a long time for him to take charge of the Li Group.
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Du Yuemei said: "Now affected by this, the markets in North America, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe will be weak again. The mainland still needs to look at the upcoming policies. We should focus on opening up the markets in Latin America, East Africa and even West Africa."