In the middle of the reception, George Marshall came to Li Guangyu and the others with wine glasses in hand. This was the one person he needed to focus on tonight.
In the previous time, George Marshall had almost completed discussions with people from all parties. The remaining time of the reception was spent communicating with this interest group.
Three of the top four families in Xiangjiang are gathered here, the He family represented by Stanley Ho, the Luo family represented by Luo Decheng, and the Li family represented by Li Guobao. Only the Xu Shixun family does not appear here.
At present, most of the influential figures in the business community in Xiangjiang are here. Whether it is Li Guangyu or Li Ka-shing, as well as the Three Musketeers of Sun Hung Kai and Cheng Yutong of New World Development Group, they are currently the big bosses in the business community in Xiangjiang.
George Marshall did not dare to underestimate the power of this interest group. He knew very well that many domestic consortiums did not have the strength of this consortium. The most important thing was that this interest consortium had just started, and its core members were still young.
This consortium will become more and more terrifying in the future.
From George Marshall's political stance and his own philosophy, he does not want such a consortium to exist. After a consortium is formed, it often means a monopoly. The citizens at the bottom are shrouded in the shadow of the consortium and cannot see the light.
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However, the current development of the country requires capital investment, which in turn requires the entry of these consortiums. Only they have massive funds and can improve the current domestic economic situation.
He was entrusted by Mitterrand, even if deep down he didn't like the existence of the consortium, he still had to establish good relations with these consortia. Although they wanted the government to control the country's important resources, they were not very strong in France.
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The two largest political parties in France are the Socialist Party and the Republican Party. They are both capitalist. They also formed an alliance with the Socialist Party to gain some say. Some of their ideals are not recognized by the two major parties.
This time Mitterrand specially asked Georges Marché to come to Hong Kong on his behalf to communicate with the business people here, hoping to introduce these families and consortiums to invest in the past.
Moreover, the world situation is currently changing. The Soviet Union is still maintaining their set of policies, while the mainland, the second largest socialist country, is already carrying out some reforms and embarking on its own unique socialist path.
Political parties founded on Marxism in various countries around the world are now at a loss as to whether they should continue to maintain the policies and ideas of the Soviet Union or follow the example of mainland China and carry out reforms.
The reason why George Marshall has been inspecting the mainland for so long this time is to have a good understanding of the changes in the mainland after the reform, and to provide some experience for his own party.
After driving to Li Guangyu's side, George Marshall said: "Gentlemen, thank you for coming to this banquet."
As one of the three major powers in Western Europe, Li Guangyu is still very interested in the French market. The market here is easier to enter than the Federal Republic of Germany. Some groups in the Federal Republic of Germany are quite strong. The Li Group may not necessarily be able to
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However, Li Guangyu has no plans to vigorously enter the Western European continent in the past two years. At present, he has to fully develop the Southeast Asian market, stabilize the Baodao market and the Japanese market, maintain the market in the United States, and deepen the market in England. He does not have much energy to go there.
On the Western European continent, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy competed.
After exchanging polite words, George Marshall also settled down here and discussed in detail with Li Guangyu and the others.
George Marshall said: "Mr. Li Guangyu, your Li Group's current market covers many regions around the world, and it is constantly increasing investment in England. We, France, are the largest country in Western Europe by land area, and our economy is also in the
It is at the forefront of the world and has a vast market and development opportunities. We very much welcome your Li Group to invest and start business."
Currently in the French market, Li Guangyu is mainly engaged in trading, selling some of the group's products to French distributors, who sell the Li Group's products on behalf of them. They only have a few group service points in Paris.
, there are no companies there.
At present, the influence of the Li Group in Western European countries is very weak. Unlike in England, the Bentley Group and the British Telecom Group have greatly improved the status of the Li Group. In addition, the major groups of the Li Group in Western Europe have their headquarters.
London, Du Yuemei is stationed in England.
Li Guangyu responded: "Mr. Marshall, thank you for your invitation. I am also very optimistic about the French market. Our Li Group is also willing to deepen its investment in France. After our Li Group completes the current layout, we will pay attention to
The development of the Western European continent, and France is one of the most important markets in Western Europe."
George Marshall understood Li Guangyu. At present, the Li Group obviously needs to complete their layout in Southeast Asia before considering the market in Western Europe. It is obvious that the Li Group is preparing to make Southeast Asia their foundation.
As long as the markets in these regions are stabilized, the Li Group can expand abroad with confidence and dare to compete with major financial groups in the world.
He also knows that as long as global groups come to the Western European continent, they will not give up their French market. He is still very confident in this aspect.
At present, the three major countries in Western Europe are Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany. If we only count the Western European continent, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy are the three giants. No matter how we calculate it, our country is one of the top countries in Western Europe and even Europe.
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George Marshall continued to communicate with Li Guangyu and others, talking with them about the situation in Hong Kong and Europe, and invited them to go to France for on-the-spot investigation.
The Li family consortium is doing better. It is planning markets around the world. The heads of other families here have no plans to develop the European market. They are currently focusing on the Japanese market and the Baodao market. Xiangjiang is waiting.
Buy the dip when the time comes.
At this time, they were unwilling to go to France, thousands of miles away, to invest. Thinking back to the beginning, had it not been for Li Guangyu’s repeated persuasion, they would not even want to develop the Japanese market and would stick to the Xiangjiang market.
Until the end of the cocktail party, George Marshall failed to get a positive reply. Obviously, these Xiangjiang families and groups have no plans to immediately develop the Western European market.
This time it was mainly due to his identity. Georges Marché was just the leader of a political party in France, he was not Mitterrand.
Although he invited the heads of these families as Mitterrand's representative this time, they were not Mitterrand himself after all. The fact that these families could come to attend this banquet was already a great honor for him.
Groups like Xiangjiang are not yet stable in the Asian market, so how can they invest in France?
They still have a lot of connections in Asia that they can use, and they are relatively close to the headquarters in Xiangjiang. They can take care of it, but it is different in France. It is difficult to take care of Xiangjiang there, and there are not many connections there. Faced with
When other competitors compete, they don't have much choice.
What's more, the Li Group does not plan to enter the French market immediately, so they will not rush to develop this market.