In the conference room of the Regal Hotel in London, Du Yuemei made a detailed report on the current negotiation situation, and also reported on the Bentley Group's plan.
This time the Bentley Group is preparing to acquire the two major British brands, Land Rover and Lotus, to expand the strength of the Bentley Group.
Lotus Motors is easy to handle. Since the founder died of a heart attack in 1982, Lotus sports cars are currently in difficulty. In addition, Lotus Motors' motivation and technology lag behind, and it does not have much value to other automobile groups. Therefore, it is relatively cheap to acquire this company.
Du Yuemei estimates that the purchase of Lotus sports car will cost less than US$100 million.
Land Rover is a bit more troublesome. Currently, Land Rover is in the hands of Leyland Motors. Although this company has been declining in recent years, it is still quite strong in the British automotive field. If the Bentley Group wants to easily acquire Land Rover, I am afraid it will not be able to do so.
Too easy.
After listening to Du Yuemei's report, Li Guangyu said to him: "Due to the current weakness of the world economy, especially the weakness of the automobile market, you cannot just focus on Britain. There are many automobile companies with good brands in Western Europe, such as
Maserati is in the hands of the French PSA Group. It is said that they are now interested in selling it. If you pay attention to this aspect, if possible, you can also buy Maserati."
Du Yuemei knew that Li Guangyu had always wanted to acquire this company. When he acquired Jaguar, Maserati was the backup tire. Once the acquisition of Jaguar failed, Bentley would choose to acquire Maserati.
Now, due to the weak economy in Western Europe and North America, the luxury car market is also facing a cold winter. The Bentley Group and the Lee Consortium are opening new markets in Asia, and the impact is not too great. Luxury car brands in these countries in Western Europe are having a hard time, with continuous sales.
decline, and some companies even suffered losses.
Take Maserati for example. This is also the reason why the French Automobile Group wants to sell this brand. Du Yuemei naturally has no objection to Li Guangyu's request to acquire this car company. This is to expand the strength of the Bentley Group.
Du Yuemei said: "Li Sheng, currently we in the Bentley Group plan to acquire Lotus, Land Rover and Maserati, as well as the Nordic Saab, to expand our strength and enable our Bentley Group to compete with several other major automobile groups in the world."
Li Guangyu then asked about the affairs of British Telecom Group. It has been half a year. What is the current construction situation here? It is also related to the entry of Phoenix Group's mobile phones.
Qin Yuhui reported: "Li Sheng, the London area will be put into operation in September, and other cities will be put into operation by the end of the year. As for the countryside below, it will take a long time to lay out."
The work efficiency here is far from comparable to that in Xiangjiang. When the signal base stations were deployed in the Xiangjiang area, employees had no objection whether they worked overtime on weekends or on weekdays. Even if they were paid overtime pay here, many workers were still unwilling.
If he hadn't considered some issues, Qin Yu would have really wanted to directly transfer the construction team from Xiangjiang to participate in the construction of signal base stations in England.
Li Guangyu said: "You have to hurry up in this regard. I have to work hard for you during this period. After we win the Hong Kong dollar banknote rights and the major investments in Britain are implemented, I will give you two another month's holiday.
No matter how good a person is, he goes on a honeymoon."
Qin Yu and Du Yuemei had just gotten married, and they should have been given a long vacation. However, the Hong Kong dollar currency rights have reached a critical period and they need to take charge of this matter here. Li Guangyu can only postpone their vacation.
Qin Yu and Du Yuemei were not unhappy because they did not have a holiday for their honeymoon after their marriage. They also knew that this period was a critical period for the Li Group. Not to mention the postponement of the holiday, they had no objections even if there was no holiday.
Qin Yu said: "Li Sheng, I will urge British Mobile Communications Company to speed up construction in this area and occupy the British market as soon as possible, while allowing Phoenix Mobile to take the lead."
This time Li Guangyu hopes to acquire another 50% of the shares of British Telecom Group and completely privatize the company.
At the same time, with the investment from Hengyu City Group and the construction of the Western European Headquarters Building, this investment has been able to satisfy Britain's appetite.
You must know that the market value of British Telecom Group has reached 2.5 billion US dollars. Li Guangyu will need at least 1.3 billion US dollars to take over this group. In addition, the investment of 1 billion US dollars in the headquarters building and the acquisition of Lotus Cars and Land Rover will also cost 300 million US dollars.
About US dollars.
Hengyu City Group's investment plan this time is 200 million US dollars, which is close to 3 billion US dollars. If the British government is not satisfied, Li Guangyu will have no choice but to acquire the shares of Standard Chartered and HSBC.
Li Guangyu will never enter the British energy industry at this time. His capital is still too weak and he does not want to tie up all his working capital in it.
Especially in the coal industry, which is currently on strike in England, Li Guangyu will never take over a company in this area. These matters should be handled by local families and consortiums in England.
Li Guangyu said to everyone: "In the past two days, you should inspect more companies and enterprises related to your group's business, especially some companies with operating difficulties. If you think they are worth acquiring, you can report to me, and I will do it according to your requirements.
Make planned adjustments.”
After the meeting, Li Guangyu took his three children for a stroll on the streets of London. Li Songtao was already three and a half years old. The eyes of the people watching here were full of curiosity. In Xiangjiang and his hometown, most of them had yellow skin and black heads.
, this place is very different from what he has seen before.
It was a pity that Li Guangyu and the others' good shopping mood was soon wiped out. There was a crowd of demonstrators in front of them. Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing did not go forward with their three children, but turned around and headed towards the hotel.
They don't want to be in this, and there are three children around them. If something unexpected happens, it will be too late to regret.
Cao Weiqing said: "Guangyu, it seems that the situation in England is not good. We should be more cautious when investing here. We don't need to take the Hong Kong dollar banknote rights too seriously. At worst, we acquire Standard Chartered. It will be difficult to acquire this bank."
Easy, now Qiu Deba is the largest individual shareholder, as long as we spend a large amount of money to buy stocks in the stock market and buy Qiu Deba's shares, there is still a chance to control the company."
Cao Weiqing felt that the huge investment in England was not worth the gain, so it would be better to directly acquire Standard Chartered Bank.
Li Guangyu thought further. He didn't want all the industries in Xiangjiang to end up with only Li's consortium and its interest groups. On the other side were the enterprises on the mainland. He needed some large enterprises to act as buffers in the middle, such as HSBC and
Standard Chartered, such as Jardine Matheson and Swire, have these companies, so they will not go head-to-head with each other.
Moreover, Li Guangyu is very clear that this wave of investment in the UK will not lose money. After the implementation of the reform policy, the British economy will soon be able to get out of the trough. In addition, the European Union will be established in the future. The Li Group has made early arrangements in the UK and can better enter the market later.
EU market.
Li Guangyu said: "I know it well. Look at when I have done business at a loss. This time Britain is carrying out privatization reforms. I don't know how many forces are watching. If the price was not too high, I am afraid those consortiums and families would have long ago."