After watching a football match in Coventry, Li Guangyu rushed back to the hotel to prepare for his meeting with British government representative Weaver Clark in the evening.
As for whether Coventry Football Club is worth acquiring, Li Guangyu also wants to ask Peng Xiaoli and others for their opinions. Besides, Jaguar has not yet concluded the negotiations, so he is not in a hurry.
After dinner with Weaver Clark, Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Clark, what is your government's attitude towards the Jaguar Motor Company today?"
Weaver Clark is quite familiar with Li Guangyu's strength, and the Prime Minister also agreed to sell Jaguar this time. Although some people opposed it, this did not affect the adoption of this decision.
Weaver Clark said: "Mr. Li, our government is willing to sell Jaguar. As long as you can convince Jaguar's senior management and the Lyons family to agree, there will be no problem. You also know that this company was handed over to us by the Lyons family.
In England, we still have to follow their opinions on how to handle the company, especially the opinions of founder William Lyons. If you can convince him, there won't be much of a problem."
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Clark, can't you sell the shares to us directly? You must know that all the shares of Jaguar are in your hands."
Li Guangyu now wants to acquire the shares directly from the British government. As for those senior executives who don't welcome him, they can just resign. Technical personnel are hard to find, and managers are everywhere, and there is no shortage of them.
Weaver Clark said: "Mr. Li, our government must also consider the opinions of the company's top executives, especially the opinions of Mr. William Lyons, who has worked hard for this company throughout his life."
It seems that Li Guangyu's attempt to negotiate directly with the British government is not feasible. It seems that he has to visit the old man and try to persuade him to support his acquisition of Jaguar.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Clark, I will visit Mr. William Lyons tomorrow. After communicating with him, I will contact you."
Weaver Clark said: "Mr. Li, I will leave first. This is not because our government wants to make things difficult for you. We still have to consider some impacts."
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Clark, I will give it to you."
After Li Guangyu sent Weaver Clark back to the room, Du Yuemei came over and asked Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, how was the conversation with Mr. Clark?"
Li Guangyu told Du Yuemei about the situation he told Weaver Clark, and also told Du Yuemei to visit William Lyons with him tomorrow.
Du Yuemei did not expect that the acquisition of Jaguar would be so complicated. If Jaguar was private, she could negotiate with the other party and not care about other issues. This belongs to the government, and all aspects of the situation must be considered.
Du Yuemei said: "Li Sheng, if our group wants to acquire companies in the future, it is best to find private companies, so that it will not be so troublesome. To acquire companies belonging to the government, there are too many issues to consider, and the efficiency is also very slow.
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Li Guangyu said: "When we expand in the future, we must carefully study this issue and try to avoid acquisitions by government enterprises."
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At nine o'clock in the morning on April 11, Li Guangyu and his party arrived at a villa in the suburbs of Coventry, where William Lyons lived.
Since Li Guangyu had contacted William Lyons in advance about his nine o'clock visit today, when Li Guangyu arrived, William Lyons was standing outside the door waiting for his arrival.
Li Guangyu walked up and said, "Mr. Lyons, you are too polite. How can I bother you to wait outside the door?"
William Lyons said: "If Mr. Li can come to my home as a guest, I naturally need to go out to greet him. Mr. Li and two ladies, please come inside."
After arriving and sitting down in the living room, Li Guangyu introduced Du Yuemei and Zhang Ziyu to William Lyons.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Lyons, I am here to visit you this time because I hope you can support our group's acquisition of Jaguar."
William Lyons said: "Mr. Li, I am also full of emotions for the Jaguar company I created. I also hope that Jaguar can develop better and better, so I handed the company over to England. Unexpectedly, the current government will
There is an intention to sell it.”
Today, William Lyons is in a very complicated mood. Originally, he thought that if the company was handed over to England, Jaguar would develop better and better. However, the reality was somewhat different from his own thoughts, and he did not achieve the results he wanted.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Lyons, you have to know that the government is not a businessman after all. In the development of the company, it only relies on the foundation you laid to achieve some results. Today's senior management of Jaguar is already the same as when you were in office.
You have made a big change. If you don't make changes, I'm afraid the Jaguar empire you built will collapse."
William Lyons is very clear about the current situation of Jaguar, but he has handed over the company and has no right to interfere with the company's affairs.
William Lyons said: "Mr. Lee, if you take control of Jaguar Motor Company, do you have any plans?"
Li Guangyu said: "Today, Jaguar's main market is in the United States, but it has begun to face challenges there. After I acquire Jaguar, it will become a production base in Asia, where I can reduce production costs to cope with Japanese cars.
The company's competition. At the same time, with my influence in Asia, I can promote Jaguar in Asia, as there is a vast market there."
When William Lyons was in office, he wanted to open up the Asian market. He only competed with Rolls-Royce at the top level, and was beaten back by several major Japanese automobile groups in other models. Jaguar was discounted in the Asian market.
The halberd sinks into the sand, so it focuses on developing the American market.
Regarding the influence of Li Guangyu, the richest man in Hong Kong, in Asia, he is naturally very clear that once he takes control of Jaguar, it will indeed be very beneficial to Jaguar's market in Asia.
William Lyons said: "Mr. Li, I know that there are some senior executives in the company who are greedy for power, so they will oppose your entry. But many people in the company are old people who have been with me for many years, and many of them are in the technical department.
talents, and I hope Mr. Li can treat them well, after all, they have contributed their own strength to the development of Jaguar."
As soon as Li Guangyu heard that William Lyons didn't say anything, he knew that this man had agreed to his acquisition of Jaguar.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Lyons, thank you for your support. Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to these technical personnel. Our group is lacking such talents."
William Lyons said: "Mr. Li, you don't need to thank me. I'm the same age and I don't have many years left. Originally, I thought Jaguar would develop very well if it was handed over to the British government, but I was disappointed.
Already."
"This time, I hand Jaguar into your hands. I hope you won't let me down again. My lifelong wish is to build Jaguar into a top car brand that can be passed down for a long time. And you can become Xiangjiang in a short time."
Richest man, it proves that you have outstanding abilities. I will accompany you to the company tomorrow morning to meet some of my old friends."
"Okay, Mr. Lyons, we will wait for your arrival outside the Jaguar headquarters tomorrow." Li Guangyu said.
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After leaving William Lyons' villa, Du Yuemei said happily: "Li Sheng, that's great. With Mr. Lyons' help, our difficulties have been reduced a lot. I didn't expect Mr. Lyons to be willing to help us.
I don’t know what Messijack thinks, but he would oppose us. This is not the old gentleman’s opinion at all.”
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Lyons has always hoped that Jaguar can develop well all his life. Unfortunately, these senior officials have let him down, so the old man is willing to help us."