Chapter 479: Jardine poaching
Li Guangyu didn't care too much about Rong Zhixin's persuasion, he was now staring at the situation of the supermarket group, which was what he was more concerned about at the moment.
Although the previous plan was very perfect, there were still a lot of problems yesterday, which need to be solved by the senior management of the supermarket group, especially on the logistics side, the warehouse delivery is not timely, so that some products in supermarkets and convenience stores are out of stock.
Fortunately, these problems are not big, and Li Xuelan and others can slowly solve the problem of cooperation between supermarket stores and headquarters and logistics.
Li Guangyu is quite satisfied with the results of the opening of so many stores yesterday, in terms of customer flow, although Hengyu Supermarket is newly opened, it is more than Wellcome and Watsons.
And the convenience store gave Li Guangyu a big surprise, although it was not profitable, but the shipment volume was quite large.
Li Guangyu also knows that this is because many citizens want to stock up on goods, so they shipped so much yesterday, which is also one of the reasons why yesterday's warehouse shipments and logistics transportation were not timely.
And the owners of those small and medium-sized supermarkets are pulling out the cold in their hearts, there are some prescient bosses, who sold at a discount a few days ago and are in the clearance, and some bosses who want to suffer and see how many major supermarkets can end such discount promotions in a short period of time were completely hit yesterday.
Usually there is some traffic, but yesterday they sold very few things, and the number of customers who came to patronize was very small. It left them tormented and wondered what they were going to do next.
In the office of Li Ka-shing of Hutchison Whampoa, he was listening to the report of Chairman Watsons on the sales of Watsons yesterday.
Zhang Shengjie said: "Li Sheng, the customer flow on our side has not been affected by Hengyu Supermarket and Wellcome for the time being, but if this continues, our group's profit is almost zero, and the difference is too big before, which is equivalent to serving the citizens of Xiangjiang for free." ”
Zhang Shengjie felt uncomfortable, Watsons had a lot of profits in the past, and if this continues, it will be very ugly in the later financial reports, which is not very good for his resume.
If he himself wanted to change jobs, he would instantly look down on him a few levels as soon as he saw the profitability of Watsons led by him.
Li Ka-shing doesn't care about the profits of supermarkets at this time, he also knows the situation of those small and medium-sized supermarkets that have not followed the seven-fold discount, if Watsons does not follow this time, I am afraid that it will not be long before Watsons is no different from those supermarkets, and he can only wait for the closure of the business.
Li Ka-shing said: "Don't complain to me about this now, Li Guangyu and I don't care if Watsons is profitable now, you just need to maintain our customer flow for me." At this time, do you think we Watsons will be able to survive if we don't keep up?"
Zhang Shengjie also knew that since Li Guangyu and Wellcome started a price war, other supermarkets in Xiangjiang would either follow or die, and now they are fighting for endurance.
Fortunately, the Li consortium did not choose to hurt people with this, at least they will not lose money, and the three supermarkets can maintain normal operation, but they are just suffering from small and medium-sized supermarkets.
Zhang Shengjie said: "Li Sheng, Director Li Xuelan didn't give us a clear end time, I don't know what you think, this delay is too long and it will hurt you, after all, an unprofitable company doesn't mean much to you." ”
Li Ka-shing naturally knows that it is not good for him to go on like this, he is gambling that after that, he believes that he will wholeheartedly support him to suppress Wellcome this time, and then Hengyu Supermarket Group will take Watsons to expand in other places, and at that time all the losses will be made up.
With the loss of these stores in Xiangjiang during this time, where can it compare to the profits in the future, besides, this time it is not that he can withdraw if he wants to, and in this situation, unless he Watsons closes the door, he can only grit his teeth and persevere.
Li Ka-shing said: "Chairman Zhang, you don't need to think about these for our shareholders, what you have to do now is to maintain the operation of Watsons for me and ensure that our customer flow will not be lost." ”
Li Ka-shing was a little unhappy about this, although Zhang Shengjie is the chairman of Watsons, he should be responsible for the company's development and profits, and can make some suggestions to himself.
But both he and Li Guangyu have clearly told him that they don't care about profits for the time being, and he has repeatedly mentioned these meaningless things.
As soon as Zhang Shengjie heard Li Ka-shing's words, he knew that he had lost his temper, and immediately replied: "Li Sheng, I will maintain the development of our Watsons and ensure that our customers will not be lost." ”
Li Ka-shing said: "You go back and continue to pay attention to the situation of Watsons, and at the same time, you must also pay attention to the news from Hengyu Supermarket and Wellcome." ”
After Zhang Shengjie replied to Li Ka-shing, he left the office.
After coming out, Zhang Shengjie's face sank. He was very unhappy in his heart, especially with his current position in the group.
Especially thinking of Chen Linwen from here, he had to listen to his own command at that time, and now he is the vice president of the group, and he is still standing still, and he can't even enter the board of directors of the group.
This time, he also let himself listen to the arrangements of the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket, and he was even more unhappy when he thought of this, he thought that his ability was much stronger than that of the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket Group, but Li Ka-shing and Li Guangyu turned a blind eye to him.
And what makes him happy is that his ability is still visible to others, just two days ago, Henry Keswick, the chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson, secretly contacted him, as long as he went there, he would immediately serve as the chairman of Wellcome Supermarket and also serve as a director of Jardine Holding Group.
For such an invitation, Zhang Shengjie was already moved in his heart, and he replied to that side at the time, giving him a week to think about it. He wanted to see if Li Ka-shing would take his views seriously, and it was clear that Li Ka-shing didn't pay attention to what he said this time.
He had already made a decision in his heart, and he no longer wanted to be under the jurisdiction of the president of Hutchison Whampoa Headquarters and Hengyu Supermarket Group in this position.
Zhang Shengjie looked back at Li Ka-shing's office, then turned his head and strode away. He was determined to lead Wellcome and Hengyu and Watsons to a big fight, and he knew that Wellcome had the support of HSBC and Standard Chartered, and had enough financial resources to deal with Hengyu and Watsons.
He very much wanted to see the expressions of Li Ka-shing and Li Guangyu regretting their departure at that time, and at the same time let Hengyu's senior management know that their abilities were not at the same level as himself.
Li Ka-shing is still ignorant of Zhang Shengjie's decision, he is now thinking about the development of Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong Group, and there will definitely be problems in the Xiangjiang property market this year, he is aware of it from Li Guangyu's series of actions.
And he wants to try to minimize the losses of his group in this turmoil, and at the same time prepare some funds to follow Li Guangyu when the time comes, he believes that Li Guangyu will definitely buy the bottom later, and he doesn't want to let go of such an opportunity.
Li Ka-shing also believes that the future of Hong Kong is promising, and it is worth his gamble, and with Li Guangyu in front, he believes that he will not lose money this time.
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