Although I am very interested in the mainland market, if Carrefour can gain a foothold in Xiangjiang, it will indeed be of great help in entering the mainland market in the future. However, judging from the current situation, Carrefour comes to Xiangjiang to take over Wellcome Supermarket and fight with the Li Group.
It's not worth it for Carrefour.
Victor Bill plans to enter the Hengyu Supermarket Group before I extend its tentacles to the Southeast Asian market, and Carrefour will enter the market in advance. In these places, the Li Group does not have local partners, and Carrefour will face much less pressure.
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He was really depressed in Japan and Taiwan. Every time he opened a branch, he would always face joint attacks from several surrounding supermarkets. He simply didn't want Carrefour to gain a foothold in the local area.
After listening to Henry Keswick's explanation about the relationship between the Lee Group and the Lee Group, Victor Beale planned to enter the Singapore and Malaysian markets. The Singaporean Group was mainly dominated by the Singaporean Group, and the relationship with the Li Group was not very friendly.
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Even though the Lee Group has some connections in Malaysia, compared with Japan and Taiwan, it is far behind. These areas have greatly reduced the advantages of Hengyu Supermarket Group.
As for Xiangjiang, he would not suggest that the headquarters enter anyway. Entering here will only be a trap. Carrefour can only do loss-making business if it comes in. If the headquarters does not care about losses, he naturally does not care.
Victor Bill no longer discussed the topic of Wellcome Supermarket with Henry Keswick. He himself was more interested in asking for some information about the Li Group, especially the senior executives of the Hengyu Supermarket Group, their main rival.
some situations.
Because when Carrefour entered Japan last year, it was Chen Linwen who was in charge of the expansion of the Japanese market of Hengyu Supermarket Group at that time, so it was this person who impressed Victor Bill the most on the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket Group.
Victor Bill also had some understanding of the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket Group. He had never met the group president Li Xuelan and the number one vice president Zhao Xiaoyan, and he did not know much about their abilities.
As for the three newly added vice presidents, one in charge of administrative human resources, one in charge of finance, and one in charge of logistics, Victor Bill did not take them to heart.
He felt that Chen Linwen was the most dangerous person to Carrefour. As for Li Xuelan, he also had some information.
This woman started her career as Li Guangyu’s secretary in the Li Group, and her sister is the first executive officer of the Li Group. Victor Bill believes that Li Xuelan was able to take the position of president more because of this relationship.
Rather than her strength.
As for Zhao Xiaoyan, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hengyu Supermarket Group, Victor Bill despises him even more. According to his understanding, this person reached his current position mainly when Li Guangyu was in charge of the family business.
She is a manager of the Li Group.
As the Li Group continues to expand, from a clothing production company to a comprehensive consortium spanning several industries and as many as a dozen groups, Zhao Xiaoyan's status has also risen with the tide, from a small company manager to a
He reached the high position of vice president of the group.
Henry Keswick listened to Victor Bill's dismissive comments about many senior executives of the Lee Consortium, but he mourned for the Carrefour Group in his heart. With such a arrogant attitude of the president of Asia Affairs, how could he compete with the Lee Consortium?
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Henry Keswick has never looked down upon the senior executives of the Li Group. Although many of them are very young and many have been promoted from small company managers to group vice presidents in just a few years, the Li Group
The development of the Li Group has not slowed down because of their youth. On the contrary, the appearance of these senior leaders has made the Li Group full of vitality.
There are countless senior executives who have set an example for group management. As long as they work hard and contribute to the Li Corporation, the senior executives of the Li Corporation will have their place. This kind of vitality cannot be compared with many groups in Hong Kong.
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Besides, Victor Bill himself is just a regional president of the Carrefour Group, and he is far behind Li Xuelan in terms of level.
Moreover, although the market value of Hengyu Supermarket Group is lower than that of Carrefour Group, it is not much lower. As for the reason why Hengyu Supermarket branches are much lower than Carrefour, the main reason is that Hengyu Supermarket Group purchased its own expansion stores, while Carrefour has its own stores
No more than 20, which makes the outside world think that Carrefour Group is much stronger than Hengyu Supermarket Group.
Victor Bill has never experienced the power of Li Xuelan, but Henry Keswick has learned it well this year. Although Li Xuelan did not preside over the affairs of Hengyu Supermarket Group this time, Henry Keswick knew that this time it was important to Wellcome
Li Xuelan is directing all the actions.
When Henry Keswick saw Victor Bill's proud attitude, he did not remind him. Instead, he echoed what he said, and even more said that the reason why their Wellcome was in the current situation this time, led by Chen Linwen
Hengyu Supermarket Group has a very big relationship.
Victor Bill said: "Keswick, the reason why the Lee Consortium is now in power is mainly because of their unlimited financial resources and their lack of concern for profits. This is destined to not last long. Once the Lee Consortium encounters financial difficulties, it will be their consortium."
When it collapses, without this weapon, Hengyu Supermarket Group will not have any strength to compete with our Carrefour."
Henry Keswick hoped to bring Carrefour supermarket to Hong Kong to reduce the pressure on their British-funded consortium. However, although Victor Bill's words revealed his disdain for the Li's consortium and Hengyu Supermarket Group, he did not show any concern at all.
He had no intention of taking over Wellcome Supermarket, which made him feel a little disappointed.
Henry Keswick said: "Bill, please tell your Carrefour executives that if you want to get a share of the Asian market, you don't need to fight with the Li Group. Avoiding will have no effect. In Hong Kong,
Competing with the Li Consortium will better demonstrate the strength and courage of your Carrefour, and at the same time, our British consortium will provide you with some help."
Although Victor Bill looks down on some of the senior executives of Hengyu Supermarket Group, he is not stupid either. Xiangjiang is the foundation of the Li Group. If Carrefour comes to compete with them here, it is not proving how courageous it is, but the behavior of a fool.
He already had a plan in mind. He planned to place the battlefields of Carrefour and Hengyu Supermarket Group in the Southeast Asian market. There are many countries there and the market is large enough. Even if the Li Group has a large influence in these areas, in a short time
There is no way to tell the winner.
Victor Bill said: "Keswick, I also hope that you can provide me with more information about the Li Group so that we can understand this opponent in more detail. After we have established a foothold in other regions
, our Carrefour will enter the Xiangjiang market, and I believe that in the future, your Wellcome’s today will be the future of Hengyu Supermarket Group.”
Henry Keswick didn't want to say anything more. With Victor Bill's current attitude, he estimated that Wellcome's today would be Carrefour's future in Asia.
However, he still responded: "Bill, I will ask my assistant to give you detailed information about the Li Group later for your reference."
After Henry Keswick said goodbye to Victor Bill, he contacted Shen Bi and George Lavin and formally informed them about Wellcome's closure. Wellcome Supermarket would be closing in three days, that is, Officially closed on June 18th.
At this time, Henry Keswick also felt that it was a mistake to only think about saving Wellcome Supermarket. Even though he knew it was very difficult, he still wanted to persevere. In the end, after losing countless funds, he still could not save Wellcome Supermarket. .
Thinking that less than a year after he arrived in Xiangjiang to take over Yihe, two pillars of Yihe had already fallen, and he didn't know how long his own Yihe could last.