Li Jianhui did not stay in Xiangjiang for long. On October 6, he flew directly to Madrid on a special plane with Chen Yulian and many senior officials from the Xin Jian Department.
Under the current situation of being targeted and suppressed by U.S., Japanese, and Korean capital and governments, Li Jianhui, in addition to focusing on developing the Southeast Asian market, also hopes to occupy a certain share of the Western European market as much as possible.
This trip to Madrid, in addition to many senior executives from Xinjian Holding Group and Wheelock Holdings Group, many senior executives from Yuhui Holding Group, Lanfeng Holding Group, Lanxi Holding Group, and Xihua Holding Group also arrived in Madrid.
Spain not only has a long history, it was also a powerful country in Europe for a period of time. Although it is now in some decline, it is still considered a big country in Western Europe. Britain, France, Germany, and Italy can also see its status in Western Europe.
Currently, the Xinjian Department has a large number of industries in England, and also has the Lanxi Holding Group in France, and has many cooperations with the Agnelli family in Italy.
West Germany and East Germany have not yet been reunified. Coupled with West Germany's internal industry and the current situation in Europe, the Xin Jian Department has no plans to intervene in the short term.
Therefore, Li Jianhui set his sights on the Spanish market and also planned to enter the adjacent Portuguese market.
As a pragmatic Prime Minister, González attached great importance to the arrival of many high-level officials from the Xinjiang Department. He specially arranged for the Foreign Minister to welcome Li Jianhui and his party at Madrid Barajas Airport, and personally held a ceremony for them that evening.
welcome banquet.
At the banquet, Gonzalez, on behalf of the government and King Juan Carlos, welcomed the arrival of Li Jianhui and others, and also introduced Spain's economic development and policies towards foreign capital.
It was highlighted that Spain is about to officially join the European Community and become a member of the European Community, and will enjoy preferential treatment within the European Community.
Li Jianhui led many of his senior officials to come to Madrid this time because Spain is about to become a formal member of the European Community and because of Spain's influence in North Africa and Latin America.
Especially in the Latin American market, sometimes Spain is much easier to use than the UK. Intervening through Spanish corporate identity will be more conducive to the development of enterprises in the Latin American market.
When talking about investment, Li Jianhui said: "Spain is one of the traditional powers in Europe and one of the five major markets in Western Europe. No international company will ignore the existence of the Spanish market, and the same is true for our Xinjian Holding Group.
When we come to Madrid this time, we have prepared a number of projects, including commercial real estate, mobile communications, tourism development, food and beverage production bases, retail department stores, banks and securities, hotels, etc.”
Gonzalez was not surprised when he heard the projects mentioned by Li Jianhui. He had already known about some of the industries under the Xinjian Department.
To be honest, compared to these, he hopes that the European production base of Jaguar Group under the Xinjian Department can be located in Spain.
It's a pity that he knows that this is unrealistic. After all, in Europe, Jaguar Group already has two production bases in England and Austria, and it is unlikely to establish a third production base in Spain.
As a pragmatist, he did not think that the Xinjian Department would focus its main focus on Spain. Currently, for Spain, it is trying its best to bring in new companies from the Xinjian Department that have hope in Spain.
Moreover, Gonzalez is even more aware of Li Jianhui's influence in the Hong Kong business community and even the entire Chinese business community. As long as Li Jianhui's companies have a good development effect in the Spanish market, countless Chinese companies will inevitably come rushing to come.
"There are no problems with other investments, but in terms of mobile communications, Donghua Mobile Communications can be a wholly-owned holding. Our government will not join a joint venture with it, but it must accept our relevant regulations and be subject to the supervision of our government."
In terms of commercial real estate, I also hope to visit more of our cities, such as Barcelona, Valencia, etc.
I believe that when Wheelock Plaza is built in these cities, enterprises and local governments will achieve a win-win situation."
Li Jianhui and others also have some confidence that they will be in a good mood in Spain this time.
Currently, Ericsson is the main player in mobile communications in the Spanish market. The other party is a joint venture directly with the Spanish government. It has already deployed in many major Spanish cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, and Granada.
Now that Donghua Mobile Communications has entered the market, it will be difficult to compete with Telecommunications Corporation of Spain in a short period of time.
However, for the long-term development in the future, Li Jianhui still wants to lay out the Spanish mobile communications market.
And in order to develop in the long term here, Li Jianhui will not let Donghua Mobile Communications become a wholly-owned shareholder. He will bring in some local Spanish capital, and at a certain time, he will also promote the company to be listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange.
After so many years, Li Jianhui deeply understands that only by sharing part of the profits can the industry develop more smoothly.
This time in the Nanyang market, the British Rose Consortium, the BNP Paribas Consortium, and the Italian Agnelli family formed an alliance with the Tung Wah Society to jointly deal with U.S., Japanese, and Korean capital. It was also because there were many industries under the Tung Wah Society, and these companies also
shareholder.
Although several parties hold only a small share, it is difficult for them to threaten Donghua Association's control over its enterprises, but it has also allowed several parties to form an alliance of interests, and they are willing to maintain the cooperation as long as all parties do not break up.
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Especially for the Rose Consortium and the Tung Wah Association, many industries on both sides can say that you are in the middle and I am in the middle. The two sides are not willing to become hostile unless they have to.
As for Gonzalez, he mentioned that he would visit more major cities in Spain, especially Wheelock Square.
Li Jianhui also responded to this. Currently, Wheelock Land Group only plans to build one Wheelock Plaza in Madrid and Barcelona.
As for whether Wheelock Plaza will continue to be built in Spain in the future, it will depend on the operation of these two Wheelock Plazas.
To be honest, Li Jianhui prefers to build the Wheelock Plaza model in Nanyang, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the mainland.
One is because of cultural customs, and the other is based on population. The business model of Wheelock Plaza is more suitable for the East, where the urban population is dense and dense.
This is also the reason why Li Jianhui has not built even one Wheelock Plaza in the United States, and has only built one in Canada in Vancouver.
On the contrary, in Nanyang and Japan and South Korea, the construction of Wheelock Plaza has never stopped, and the projects that have been put into use have also brought considerable profits to the group.
At the banquet, Gonzalez also mentioned the Jade Lion Group, Huangpu Shipping Group, Huangpu Steel Group, etc.
Li Jianhui only mentioned that the current production capacity has met the company's sales needs and there is no new manufacturing base. However, he also said that Jaguar Group and Jade Lion Group are willing to enter into joint ventures with Spanish domestic automobile companies.
In steel and shipbuilding, Li Jianhui bluntly said that his technology was limited and there was no need to enter Spain.
On civil aviation routes, Xiangjiang Airlines will establish a maintenance support base in Madrid Barajas to serve Xiangjiang Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.
At the same time, Xiangjiang Airlines and Virgin Atlantic will add routes from Madrid and Barcelona to major cities in Western Europe and Asia.
In this regard, Gonzalez said that the two major international airports of Madrid and Barcelona will provide convenient access for Xiangjiang Airlines and Virgin Atlantic, especially the routes from the two major airports to Asia. As long as there are no problems at the other airport, the relevant routes