Chapter four hundred and seventy-ninth Jardine poaching
Li Guangyu didn't pay too much attention to Rong Zhixin's persuasion. He was currently paying attention to the situation of the supermarket group, which was his more important thing at the moment.
Although the previous plan was very complete, many problems still occurred yesterday. These need to be solved by the supermarket group's senior management, especially on the logistics side. Warehouse delivery is not timely, which makes the products in supermarkets and convenience stores unavailable.
There is a shortage of goods.
Fortunately, these problems are not major. Li Xuelan and others can slowly solve the problem of cooperation between supermarket stores, headquarters and logistics.
Li Guangyu is quite satisfied with the results of so many stores opening yesterday. In terms of customer flow, although Hengyu Supermarket is newly opened, it has more customers than Wellcome and Watsons.
The convenience store gave Li Guangyu a big surprise. Although it was not profitable, the shipment volume was quite large.
Li Guangyu also knows that this is because many citizens want to stock up on goods, so they shipped so much yesterday. This is also one of the reasons why yesterday's warehouse shipments and logistics transportation were not timely.
But the owners of small and medium-sized supermarkets are desperate. Some have the foresight to sell at discounts and clear out their stocks in the past few days, while some want to suffer a little and see how many major supermarkets can close their stores in a short time.
The owner of such a discount promotion was completely shocked yesterday.
Usually there is still some traffic, but yesterday they sold very few things and had very few customers. This made them feel tortured and thinking about what they should do next.
In Li Ka-shing's office at Hutchison Whampoa, he was listening to the chairman of Watsons' report on Watsons' sales yesterday.
Zhang Shengjie said: "Li Sheng, our passenger flow has not been affected by Hengyu Supermarket and Wellcome yet. It's just that if this continues, our group's profit will be close to zero. In the past, the difference was too big. This is basically equivalent to
We are serving the citizens of Xiangjiang for free."
Zhang Shengjie felt uncomfortable. Watsons had a lot of profits in the past. If this continues, it will be very ugly in subsequent financial reports. This will not look good on his resume.
If he himself was thinking about changing jobs, one look at the profitability of Watsons under his leadership would instantly put him down several levels.
Li Ka-shing no longer cares about the profits of supermarkets at this time. He also knows the situation of those small and medium-sized supermarkets that have not followed the 30% discount. If Watsons does not follow suit this time, I am afraid that Watsons will be no different from those supermarkets in a long time.
I can wait until I close my business.
Li Ka-shing said: "Don't complain to me now. Li Guangyu and I don't care whether Watsons is profitable now. You just need to maintain our customer flow. At this time, do you think we Watsons can't keep up?"
Can you still survive?"
Zhang Shengjie also knew that since Li Guangyu and Wellcome started a price war, other supermarkets in Xiangjiang had to follow or die. Now they are fighting for endurance.
Fortunately, the Li Group did not choose to hurt others. At least they will not lose money. The three supermarkets can maintain normal operations. It is only the small and medium-sized supermarkets that are suffering.
Zhang Shengjie said: "Li Sheng, Director Li Xuelan didn't give us a clear end time. I don't know what you think about it. This delay is also a harm to you. After all, an unprofitable company will not do you any harm."
It means so much.”
Li Ka-shing naturally knows that it is not good for him to continue like this. He is betting that he will support him wholeheartedly in suppressing Wellcome this time. When the time comes, Hengyu Supermarket Group will expand with Watsons in other places. Then
All losses will be recouped by then.
The losses of these stores in Xiangjiang during this period are nothing compared to the profits in the future. Besides, this time I can't get out if I want to. In this situation, unless Watsons closes its doors, he can only grit his teeth and persevere.
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Li Ka-shing said: "Chairman Zhang, you don't need to consider these things for our shareholders. What you have to do now is to maintain the operation of Watsons and ensure that our passenger flow will not be lost."
Li Ka-shing was a little unhappy about this. Although Zhang Shengjie is the chairman of Watsons and should be responsible for the company's development and profits, he can make some suggestions to himself.
But both he and Li Guangyu made it clear to him that they no longer care about profits, and he repeatedly mentioned these meaningless things.
As soon as Zhang Shengjie heard Li Ka-shing's words, he knew that he had lost his temper and immediately replied: "Li Sheng, I will maintain the development of our Watsons and ensure that our customer base will not be lost."
Li Ka-shing said: "You should continue to pay attention to the situation of Watsons when you go back. At the same time, you should also pay attention to the news from Hengyu Supermarket and Wellcome."
After Zhang Shengjie replied to Li Ka-shing, he left the office.
After coming out, Zhang Shengjie's face darkened. He was very unhappy, especially with his current position in the group.
Especially when I think about Chen Linwen who passed by here, he still had to obey his orders at that time. Now he is the vice president of the group, but he is still standing still and can't even enter the group's board of directors.
This time, he was asked to listen to the arrangements of the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket. He was even more unhappy when he thought of this. He believed that his ability was much stronger than that of the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket Group, but Li Ka-shing and Li Guangyu turned a blind eye to him.
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And what makes him happy is that his abilities are still visible to others. Just two days ago, Henry Keswick, the chairman of the board of directors of Jardine He, secretly contacted him. As long as he goes there, he will immediately
As the chairman of Wellcome Supermarket, he will also serve as a director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Group.
Zhang Shengjie was already moved by such an invitation. He responded there and gave him a week to think about it. He wanted to see if Li Ka-shing would take his views seriously. It was obvious that Li Ka-shing did not pay attention to what he said this time.
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He has made a decision in his own mind, and he no longer wants to be under the dual supervision of the president of Hutchison Whampoa Headquarters and Hengyu Supermarket Group in this position.
Zhang Shengjie looked back at Li Ka-shing's office, then turned around and strode away from here. He was determined to lead Wellcome to fight against Hengyu and Watsons. He knew that Wellcome had the support of HSBC and Standard Chartered, the two major banks.
Enough financial resources to deal with Hengyu and Watsons.
He really wanted to see the expressions of Li Ka-shing and Li Guangyu regretting their departure, and at the same time let Hengyu's senior management know that their abilities were not on the same level as his.
Li Ka-shing still knows nothing about Zhang Shengjie's decision. He is now considering the development issues of Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong Group. There will definitely be problems in the Hong Kong property market this year. He has noticed it from Li Guangyu's series of actions.
And he wants to try to reduce the losses of his group as much as possible in this crisis, and at the same time prepare some funds to follow Li Guangyu when the time comes. He believes that Li Guangyu will definitely engage in bargain hunting later, and he does not want to let go of such an opportunity.
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Li Ka-shing also believes that Xiangjiang's future is promising and worth his gamble. Moreover, with Li Guangyu at the front, he believes that he will not lose money this time.