Chapter five hundred and seventy seventh temptation
The Li Consortium announced its entry into the Southeast Asian market with great fanfare this time, which also made Henry Keswick, Shen Bi and others breathe a sigh of relief. Li Guangyu used actions to show that he did not target the British consortium for Li Xuelan's matter this time.
This time, the Lee Consortium suddenly sent many senior executives to several Southeast Asian countries to open up markets. Henry Keswick and others did not know whether any problems had arisen.
At this time, they can only continue to wait, hoping that the Li Group will reveal the person behind it. They will not let this matter go easily.
If Li Guangyu had not been calm and restrained enough this time, he might have directly attacked the British consortium. Faced with the full suppression of the Li consortium, Henry Keswick did not have confidence that his Jardine Group could resist.
The mastermind behind this time obviously wanted to use himself and others as gunmen to let the British-funded consortium hold back the Li Consortium in Xiangjiang, so that the Li Consortium would not have much energy to expand outside, so that they could make profits from it.
It's a pity that Li Guangyu didn't fall for their trick. Henry Keswick knew that the reason why Li Guangyu promoted it in such a big way this time was to see the reaction of the mastermind behind the scenes.
In the past, Li's consortium's entry into other regional markets was not so high-profile. They often received the news only after Li's senior executives took action there. Wherever it is like this time, the senior executives are still in Xiangjiang. The expansion plan of Li's consortium
It was reported.
This was a clear message to its competitors that the Lee Consortium was about to expand, and it was even reported to the regional director. It was obviously the mastermind behind the plan that the Lee Consortium wanted to stimulate.
After Henry Keswick learned about Li Guangyu's action, he did not contact Shen Bi and others to celebrate first. He picked up the phone on his desk, looked at the phone number of Carrefour's Asia Affairs President, and dialed it.
"Hello, I'm Victor Bill."
"Bill, it's me, Keswick, do you have time this afternoon? I'll treat you to afternoon tea."
Victor Bill was worried about the news at noon today. He thought that the Li Group would not deploy the Southeast Asian market so quickly, and Carrefour headquarters would also need to review it in the middle of next month before allocating funds to him.
Used to develop the Southeast Asian market.
He did not expect that the Li Group would fully enter the Southeast Asian market at this time, and it would do so in many countries at the same time, which made him a little anxious.
It's just that it's still dark in London, so I can only contact the headquarters in the evening. I hope the headquarters can consider entering the Southeast Asian market in advance, otherwise it will be difficult for Carrefour to enter the market when the Li Group takes over the market.
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Victor Bill said: "Keswick, what can you do? You also know that the Lee Group has just announced that it will enter the Southeast Asian market with all its strength. I need to make a response plan now. In addition, if it is to discuss taking over your city stores,
That’s not necessary, Carrefour has no plans to build a branch in Xiangjiang for the time being.”
The reason why Henry Keswick met with Victor Bill today was to confirm something. The sudden announcement by the Li Group that the City Group would enter the Southeast Asian market gave him some ideas. He wanted to see Victor Bill.
reaction.
He very clearly remembered his meeting with Victor Bill on the morning of the 15th. He said that he would not consider Xiangjiang for the time being, but would choose some emerging markets. At present, the emerging Asian markets of Japan, Baodao, and Xiangjiang
Both China and the Li Group are occupied by the Li Group, so they can only choose Southeast Asia.
The Li Group will also choose Southeast Asia as its market after resolving Wellcome. As the president of Hengyu City Group, Li Xuelan's accident will definitely delay the expansion of the Li Group under normal circumstances.
If they can cause conflicts between their own group and the Li Group, they can expand in Southeast Asia with more confidence without having to worry about the Li Group entering the market and competing with them.
Thinking about this, Henry Keswick felt more and more that Victor Beer might be making arrangements behind the scenes, allowing himself to fight to the death with the Lee Consortium, while Carrefour would benefit from the back.
Henry Keswick said: "Bill, if you are not particularly busy, I hope we can meet again at the same place where we last met."
Victor Bill didn't know why Henry Keswick insisted on meeting with him at this time. Although the Li Group was planning to enter the Southeast Asian market in a big way, he had no way to do it without the approval of the headquarters.
Anyway, I can only wait at this time. It is better to meet Henry Keswick to see if he is anxious to see me. He also hopes to strengthen contact with the Xiangjiang British Capital Group, which will be beneficial to their Carrefour expansion.
Very beneficial.
At half past three in the afternoon, Victor Beale arrived at the place where he last met Henry Keswick.
After meeting Henry Keswick, he said: "Keswick, what's wrong with you insisting on asking me out today? You also know that Carrefour's market development in Asia is quite bad. I am facing a lot of problems now."
Where's the trouble?"
Henry Keswick said: "Bill, this matter won't be solved for a while, so don't be too anxious and have a sip of tea first. This is the famous Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao in the mainland. I finally bought some of it with great difficulty.
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Victor Bill had naturally heard of the fame of this tea. He had never tasted the authentic Wuyishan Dahongpao. Although he actually preferred drinking coffee, Henry Keswick treated him to such a precious tea.
Also tasted it.
After taking a bite, he said: "This time it is worthy of its reputation. It is indeed very good."
Henry Keswick said: "Bill, it has been nearly ten days since Ms. Li Xuelan, the president of Hengyu City Group, was injured. The perpetrator is still at large. The Li Group has issued a huge reward of 1 million Hong Kong dollars and there is still no news. I don't know if you
What do you think of this incident?”
Victor Bill was a little confused about Henry Keswick asking Li Xuelan the question at this time. He was so anxious to ask him out that he asked about the Li Group.
Although Victor Bill was puzzled, he still replied: "This incident is a serious provocation to us senior executives. Just imagine, if business competition in the future develops into personal attacks on competitors' senior executives, what safety do we have?"
"I also hope that the Lee Consortium and the Hong Kong government can find the perpetrators and those behind the scenes as soon as possible, and give an explanation to the Lee Consortium and all walks of life in Hong Kong."
Henry Keswick had been paying attention to Victor Beale's expression, and seeing that he did not dodge this matter, he suspected that his idea was wrong.
Henry Keswick said: "Bill, the Lee Consortium suddenly announced that it will be led by several top executives of the group to fully explore the Southeast Asian market. I wonder what your Carrefour Group thinks of this?"
Victor Bill was very anxious when he heard Henry Keswick asking about this issue. He knew that there were not many markets left for Carrefour in Asia. If the Southeast Asian market was also lost, Carrefour would basically be able to open up.
After returning home, he did not think that Carrefour would be a rival to Hengyu City Group in the mainland market.
Victor Bill said: "Keswick, I am also worried about this matter now. I will have to contact the headquarters later to see how the senior management decides. I can't do it myself.
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Henry Keswick suddenly said: "Bill, according to the information we got from the Li Group, they believe that you are the man behind Li Xuelan's incident. That's why the Li Group announced in a high profile that Hengyu City Group will enter the Southeast Asian market.
, keep your Carrefour out of the Southeast Asian market.”
Victor Bill was very angry after hearing this. How could he do such a thing? This was a complete slander against Carrefour.
He said: "Keswick, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with our Carrefour. As a well-known retail group in Europe, how could our Carrefour Group do such a despicable thing? We have always adopted a commercial approach in our exhibitions.
We will never do such a thing using our methods. Besides, even if it is to delay the expansion of Hengyu City Group, we will not choose Li Xuelan. Do you think we will be fools?"
Henry Keswick said with a smile: "Bill, don't get excited. I just heard about it. I don't know exactly what happened, but the Li Group suddenly announced that Hengyu City Group will enter the Southeast Asian market in a big way.