The British side also attaches great importance to the arrival of the Xiangjiang business delegation led by Kessos. British Minister of Commerce Wellington and Deputy Minister of Industry Xia Dingji personally greeted them at the airport.
At 7:30 pm on the 15th, London time, Thatcher even personally hosted a banquet for members of the delegation at the Xinhui Hotel.
During the subsequent talks, Thatcher said: "You are very welcome to London, and Her Majesty the Queen also asked me to say hello to everyone on her behalf.
You are all business elites in Hong Kong and have unique insights into the economy. We also hope to strengthen business cooperation between Hong Kong and Hong Kong and promote the common development of the economies of the two places. On behalf of the government, I also welcome you to invest in Hong Kong."
Because as a government official, and this time he was facing Thatcher, he did not participate in this meeting at all.
After Thatcher finished speaking, the members of the delegation all looked at Li Jianhui. As the number one person in Hong Kong's business community, it was natural for him to stand up and speak.
"Britain has a huge market, and we in the Xiangjiang business community also hope to strengthen business cooperation with Britain.
At the same time, we also hope that your discussions with the North will keep the news within a certain range as much as possible, so as to maintain peace and stability in Xiangjiang and provide a good development environment for our enterprises."
As for what Li Jianhui mentioned, this is also the common hope of the business community in Xiangjiang. The reason why Xiangjiang's real estate and stock market have been so miserable this year is only a small part of the reason for the real estate bubble. The most important reason is that factors that are not conducive to the stability of the situation have emerged one after another.
If it were not for this impact, I am afraid that the stock market in Xiangjiang Tower would still be taking off.
You must know that Xiangjiang in this life is very different from the previous life. Because of Li Jianhui's large-scale development, the property market bubble in Xiangjiang is not as big as in the previous life.
In addition, in terms of industry, Xiangjiang is no longer a labor-intensive industry with low added value. The development of Xiangjiang's semiconductor industry has avoided the hollowing out of Xiangjiang's industry to a certain extent.
Coupled with the large-scale construction of infrastructure in Xiangjiang and the establishment of many universities, it has also boosted the economic development of Xiangjiang to a certain extent and provided more jobs for Xiangjiang.
The spring of Hong Kong's film industry has also arrived early, and the prosperous film industry has also accelerated the economic development of Hong Kong.
There are also two major sports leagues established by Li Jianhui, which have also contributed a lot to the development of Hong Kong.
It is a pity that all kinds of good news cannot save the property and stock markets, nor can they convey enough confidence to investors and investment institutions.
Due to some news from both sides from time to time, the property market prices plummeted again and again. After the stock market fell to the bottom, it recovered slightly, and then fell to the bottom again due to bad news.
It’s not that many real estate companies in Xiangjiang are jealous of the large-scale development of Xinjian Department and its allies in the Baodao market. It’s just that they are trapped in the Xiangjiang market. It is no longer easy to maintain the operation of the industry in Xiangjiang. They have no strength at all.
To open up new markets.
The Charter King is an example in this regard. He himself has a lot of assets, but shipping and real estate have fallen into a trough. There are two industries, Kowloon Film and Television Group and Kowloon Airline, which are operating at a loss. In addition, MacLehose once worked in Lung Cheung Road.
The trap left by the above means that the charter king can only stick to the Xiangjiang market this year. Even if Jiayi established a studio in Pengcheng, the Kowloon Film and Television Group did not follow up.
"Our government has always wanted to maintain peace and stability in Hong Kong, but during the negotiation process, the other side acted aggressively.
And you should also know that due to institutional reasons, only we can safeguard everyone's interests.
You should have heard that our homeland, including Canada, Australia, etc., have opened their doors to you. When the last resort comes, this is everyone's escape route.
Our government is determined to safeguard the interests of its citizens and national industries. If you become a naturalized citizen and encounter the situation where the United States increased tariffs on Huihong Group, you will definitely not be without the government's support."
Thatcher hoped to use institutional issues to arouse concerns among the heads of Chinese-owned families, so that they would choose to change their place of origin.
No matter what these people thought in their hearts, Thatcher was destined to be disappointed at this time, and no one agreed with her proposal.
Seeing this, Thatcher was not discouraged. He believed that as long as they insisted on their system in Hong Kong, people like Li Jianhui would have no choice but to leave.
In fact, the outside world does not know that as the negotiations in the north become more and more powerful, the top leaders led by Thatcher do not have much confidence. At this time, Britain does not want to go to war with a big country.
Knowing that she couldn't do anything, Thatcher hoped to fight for greater interests for Britain, and Li Jianhui and others were the ones she hoped to fight for.
Next, Thatcher did not talk more about the Hong Kong issue, but introduced the economic development of Britain to those present, and also talked about her own governance philosophy.
The focus is to promote the privatization of British state-owned enterprises, including Luofu Automobile Group, British Steel Company, British National Petroleum Company, British European Airways, British Rolls-Royce, British Aerospace Company, and British Telecom
Company etc.
The national scale of enterprises is large and their coverage is wide. Unfortunately, most of these companies are weak-willed. Many of them now have only a penny and wish to break them in half. Where can they find the funds to acquire these enterprises?
Li Jianhui doesn't have much capital now. These companies often cost billions of Hong Kong dollars, or even tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars. In addition, many industries involve British public utilities, and he is not willing to acquire companies from Hong Kong.
For example, he is planning to let Blue Maple Holdings and the Grosvenor family invest in the acquisition of British Telecommunications Company, taking the opportunity to enter the mobile communications market and make it the leader in the British communications industry.
As for Rover and Rolls-Royce, forget it. One is that the price is high, any one of them costs tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars. The other is that although these brands are good, they are not very profitable, whether they are Land Rover, MG, or Rover.
, whether it is Rolls-Royce or Bentley, they are famous, but they cannot escape the fate of losing money.
Especially in the past few years, the development of luxury cars will become more and more difficult. When luxury car brands rise again, it will be twenty years later. After the mainland's economy has developed, some local tycoons and rich second generations will allow these
The luxury car has once again regained its former glory.
At present, Jaguar itself is a top luxury car brand, and Jade Lion Group has also created the top brand Golden Dragon. There is not much demand for luxury car brands.
On the contrary, there is a relatively large demand for technologies such as R&D, design and manufacturing of buses, pickup trucks and trucks. Li Jianhui is currently focusing on bus, truck and special vehicle brand companies in England. If there is an opportunity, Jaguar will acquire them. Jade Lion Group and Jade Lion Group
Jaguar enters into joint venture.
Thatcher also knew the financial resources of these people here. If anyone had the capital to get involved in the privatization of Britain, it was only Li Jianhui from the Xinjian Department.
Even if the funds that the Xin Jian Department can use are not much, as long as Li Jianhui is willing to borrow some company shares, I believe there will be no problem with the credit and billions of dollars.
This time, Li Jianhui is also the one that British senior officials are most interested in. Tomorrow morning, she will have talks with Li Jianhui and senior officials of the Xin Jian department to communicate individually on some matters. In the afternoon, she will accompany Li Jianhui and his family to Buckingham Palace.