Every year after New Year's Day, the Regal Hotel in Xiangjiang Central begins to close its doors for the return of the senior executives of the Lee Consortium.

This year, the high-level meeting of the Lee Consortium made adjustments again, and this time only the presidents and financial directors of the major groups, the heads of the audit department, the legal department, and the confidentiality department attended the meeting.

The subsequent annual meeting will also be held by each group on its own, and the entire Li enterprise will no longer get together, highlighting the presence of the major groups themselves, and also reducing the attention of some ordinary people from the outside world.

This meeting was held separately, and on the 3rd, it was Zhou Xiaoning, Qinghong, Peng Xiaoli, and Chen Dong who held a meeting of their own responsible departments.

On the afternoon of the 4th, the meeting was held between the executive group and the president of the Lee Foundation.

On the morning of the 3rd, Li Guangyu specially discussed with Gan Qinglin in the office, mainly about the Eastern European market.

In the reception area, Li Guangyu listened to Gan Qinglin's report on the development of Central and Eastern Europe in the past six months, mainly in the Austrian, Yugoslav, Turkish, and Hungarian markets.

Li Guangyu did not expect Gan Qinglin to open up the Hungarian market, you must know that Hungary is currently a member of the Warsaw Pact, and it is not easy to enter this market.

And once the Hungarian market is opened, it means that there is hope for opening the markets of other Warsaw Pact member countries.

Moreover, Li Guangyu knows very well that a new round of economic reform in the Soviet Union is coming, and the business environment in the Eastern European market will become more and more relaxed in the future, and Lee's products will be able to enter the Eastern European market in a steady stream in the future.

Li Guangyu said: "Qinglin, you must also know the situation in Eastern Europe, there is a serious overcapacity in heavy industry due to the problem of development positioning, and there is a shortage of light industry, our main products are currently concentrated in light industry, mainly clothing, agricultural products to enter the Eastern European market, and the profits earned can be used to buy raw materials needed by our industries at low prices locally." ”

Li Guangyu knows very well that at present, the national bonds of Eastern Europe are high, and if the Li consortium only unilaterally sells its products and does not buy its domestic products, I am afraid that this business will not last long, let alone be large.

Only by trading with each other can we maintain long-term cooperation, and because of the serious overcapacity in heavy industry in Eastern Europe, Li Guangyu does not mind buying some products in terms of raw materials at low prices.

The surplus machinery or production line in Eastern Europe is relatively scarce on the mainland, such as the chemical production line, especially the fertilizer side, you must know that the mainland is currently a large agricultural country, and the demand for fertilizer is very huge.

Li Guangyu didn't mind being a second-tier dealer, buying production lines at a low price in Eastern Europe, and then shipping them to the mainland to sell, making a little difference in the middle.

In this way, his market in Eastern Europe has also been opened, the economy of Eastern Europe has also improved to a certain extent, there will not be too much trade surplus with the Li consortium, and the mainland has also obtained much-needed production lines, so that farmers can obtain higher profits.

However, this matter still needs to be well prepared, and all channels must be opened, only in this way can the business be coherent and Li Guangyu can make money.

Hungary is a very good collaborator, and their government stopped sticking to the Soviet economic model 20 years ago, and they still have some market economy, such as retail.

In addition, Hungarian domestic companies have considerable autonomy, which allows them to develop more flexibly.

However, Hungary has been suppressing imports and expanding exports over the years, in order to reduce foreign debt, the current internal political situation in Hungary is more responsible, there are parties outside the party, there are factions within the party, nearly half of the people live under the poverty line, the call for domestic reform is getting higher and higher, coupled with a series of policies implemented by Gorbachev after coming to power, the supervision of Eastern Europe has been relaxed, which makes the internal undercurrent of Eastern European countries surge.

Li Guangyu's strategy this time is not to make a lot of money in Eastern Europe, he sells some products, and then uses the profits to buy very cheap raw materials and some commodities locally, although the profits obtained by these local enterprises are very low, but they can at least put the production line into operation, Li Guangyu believes that some countries in Eastern Europe are facing an extremely serious situation at home, and they are certainly willing to cooperate with him.

Gan Qinglin was not fighting alone in Austria, and the head of the Political Research Office of the Lee Foundation in charge of Eastern European affairs also went to Austria with him, and he watched a lot of information about Eastern Europe.

He is extremely familiar with the internal situation in Hungary, which is why he chose Hungary as the first choice to enter the market of Warsaw member states, in fact, Poland is more suitable, but it is a pity that the Soviet Union's control over Poland is much stronger than Hungary.

Many countries in Eastern Europe are now heavily indebted, and the Lee consortium is only trying to sell products in these markets, but its business is unsustainable, and these countries do not have much foreign exchange at all, and if they do not trade with each other, these countries and enterprises will not be able to come up with foreign exchange even if they want to buy the products of the Lee consortium.

Gan Qinglin said: "Li Sheng, Hungary has good mineral resources, also has good technology in the chemical industry, and the most important thing is that he is a member of the Warsaw Pact, they purchase products from the Warsaw Pact through the Economic Mutual Association, we don't have to worry about Hungary not being able to provide us with low-cost and high-quality products, and even we can cooperate with Hungary to make him a middleman and build a bridge between us and Eastern European countries." ”

Li Guangyu agreed to Gan Qinglin's proposal, but he just wanted to implement such an idea, which could not be completed in a short time.

There are a lot of interests involved, and the question of whether the Hungarian side is willing or not is also a big question.

Finally, there is also the issue of interests, the Li consortium will not work for Hungary, so that this middleman can make a lot of money, and the Li consortium does not even have to drink soup, this aspect needs to be negotiated.

In the past two years, we still need to be more leisurely, and when the Soviet Union's economic reform is fully liberalized in 89 and capital from all parties can enter, that is the time for the Li consortium to show its talents.

Li Guangyu said: "At present, you know better than me the internal situation in Hungary, we cannot just trade, but also pay attention to good relations with some forces, especially those who are willing to make friends with us, which will help us cooperate with Hungary." ”

At present, it is better not to think about the entry of the Li consortium enterprises into these countries, the time is not yet ripe, and it is still necessary to wait, waiting for the moment when the storm comes.

In the future, Li Guangyu hopes to occupy the retail market of Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and other countries, and this cooperation with Hungary is only the first step, and will establish cooperative relations with more countries in the future, such as Poland, such as Czechoslovakia.

Gan Qinglin responded: "Kirishenko is currently arranging this matter, I believe he can do a good job in this area, he is also more convenient than me to come forward, I mainly do a good job in business, if the funds are abundant, I suggest that we enter the oil industry, in fact, Eastern Europe is also very rich in resources in this area, so that our products into the exchange of crude oil, and then we are processed, in Southeast Asia, Xiangjiang, treasure islands, and even the mainland market, which can make our trade in Eastern Europe more active." ”

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