Li Guangyu did not stay in London longer, but went to Coventry, the headquarters of Jaguar Motor Company, with Du Yuemei in the afternoon.
Li Guangyu also went to Coventry this time to see what the environment was like and whether it was suitable to build the Bentley Group headquarters here.
The next morning, Li Guangyu started to wander around the city of Coventry, and even visited the museum in Coventry. As for the negotiation with Jaguar, Li Guangyu left full power to Du Yuemei, and Li Guangyu
I believe it is more appropriate for Du Yuemei to negotiate than for herself.
Coventry is obviously an industrial city. It used to be a famous textile center in England, but now it is an important automobile production and automobile parts production base. Daiham and Jaguar were established here one after another. This has led to the development of automobile parts here.
Development, and now Daiham has already been acquired by Jaguar.
When Li Guangyu passed by the Coventry Sports Center, he specifically asked Li Weiming to buy some tickets for the Coventry football team's afternoon match. Although Li Guangyu didn't like football very much, he still planned to take a look at Coventry Football Team.
Is Chui Football Club worth the investment?
He now has a basketball team, and as an influential football team in Europe, he naturally wants to enter, but he has not chosen a target yet. Since Jaguar's headquarters is here, Li Guangyu also plans to move the Bentley Group headquarters
The construction is here, so his first choice is naturally the Coventry team.
At noon, Li Guangyu listened to Du Yuemei's negotiations with Jaguar. In addition to Jaguar's senior management, there were also representatives of the British government and William Lyons' son Messijeco Lyons. Unexpectedly, Jaguar
Many internal executives and Messi and Jack Lyons are opposed to selling Jaguar to Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu asked: "So how did the British government representatives decide?"
Li Guangyu doesn't care about the opposition of the top management. As long as he gets a controlling stake in Jaguar, as long as he has Jaguar technical personnel, as for the management personnel, they can be transferred from Bentley Motors.
The opposition of these senior executives is simply because they are afraid that after Li Guangyu takes over, they will not be as free as they are now. When it was under government management, they only reported the company's financial reports to the government. The company is completely made by these senior executives themselves. Now if Li Guangyu
Once they take over the company, they no longer have such power.
Du Yuemei said: "Li Sheng, the government representative wants us to convince Jaguar's senior management to agree, and then proceed with the next negotiation."
Du Yuemei is also having a headache now. The Lyons family obviously does not want the company they founded to be sold to the Orientals by the British government, and the top management is unwilling to relinquish power, so they do not want to conduct this negotiation.
Li Guangyu said: "Please help me make an appointment with the representative of the British government, and I will invite him to dinner in the evening."
Li Guangyu doesn't intend to pay attention to Jaguar's top management. These people are just greedy for the power of the company. Li Guangyu will not give these people any guarantee. If it is technical personnel, Li Guangyu is indeed lacking. As for management, Li Guangyu is really not afraid.
, there are many people at Bentley who have been working in the automobile industry for decades, but he still doesn’t believe that Bentley people can’t manage Jaguar well.
Du Yuemei said: "Li Sheng, if you ignore the senior management of Jaguar and the Lyons family, it will not be good for the future development of Jaguar."
Li Guangyu said: "It's okay. The main purpose of my acquisition of Jaguar is its engine technology. In this regard, you have to communicate with these engineers. We can replace them with management, but these technicians cannot be found casually."
Despite the fact that Jaguar is currently developing well, it will be discontinued within two years. In the United States, it will not only face the squeeze from Ford and General Motors. It will also face challenges from Japan's Lexus, Infiniti, and Acura. Previous lives have proved that this group of management
It's not that bad, otherwise this brilliant car company wouldn't have declined so quickly.
Du Yuemei is also dissatisfied with these senior executives. She has promised them that the group will not make large-scale adjustments to the company's management. They still do not welcome Li Guangyu's entry and want to remain a local emperor in Jaguar. Since Li Guangyu is not worried about the company's problems,
He is no longer afraid. At worst, he will bring some managers to live in Jaguar Company and manage the company himself.
At this time, in a private room of a hotel not far from Li Guangyu's hotel, Jaguar Motor Company's presidents Sampson Gerrard and Messi Jacko Lyons and some of the company's senior executives were discussing today.
things.
Sampson Gerrard said: "Messi, don't worry, we will not agree to an upstart from the East acquiring the company that your father spent his life building. We opposed handing the company over to the British government at the time.
, It’s a pity that your father insisted on having his own way, otherwise what is happening today would not have happened.”
Messijack was also very dissatisfied with his father for handing over the company to the British government instead of handing it over to himself for inheritance, but he himself had no way to stop his father from doing so.
Messijie Lyons said: "I am only attending on behalf of my father. The company does not belong to our Lyons family now. As for how we will rely on you in the future, our family does not want Jaguar Motors to be taken over by outsiders."
Controlled by people, especially those from the East, what qualifications do they have to acquire our luxurious and noble Jaguar?"
Jaguar executives have echoed Messijeco Lyons' statement. These executives hope that Messijeco will stand up and oppose it. The Lyons family has a huge influence on Jaguar. As long as Messijeco clearly opposes it, outsiders will acquire it.
It is important to carefully consider whether the acquisition is worth it.
Sampson Gerrard said: "Mesijko, you need to express the opinions of your Lyons family to government personnel more. You still have a great influence on them."
The most that Messi Jack Lyons can do is express his opinions in the Jaguar company. In other places, his father still has some respect. As for himself, forget it. It is estimated that few people will pay attention to him. Now he is in charge of the family business.
It's his brother, and he himself takes the family's salary to play around.
Messi Jack Lyons said: "Sampson, don't worry, I will reflect the opinions of our Lyons family to the British government."
How could Sampson Gerard not know this person's ability? The reason why he said this is that he hopes to use the influence of the Lyons family to try to change the British government's decision so that he and a group of senior executives can continue to control Jaguar.
company.
Sampson Gerrard raised his glass and said: "Messi Jerko, thank you for your support to the top management of our company, cheers."
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