Li Xuemei officially began negotiations with Connie Akarin the next morning, focusing on the price issue, although Boeing has made certain discounts, but Li Xuemei hopes to be able to lower the price.

And Kendi Jesse at the hotel was very disappointed, he had received a report from the people who came to the company with him, Boeing's Connie Akarin went to the Lee Building again, he knew that the Lee consortium was more inclined to Boeing.

He himself was very unwilling to let such a big order go away from Airbus like this, and he hoped that the Xiangjiang government could give their company some help, so he contacted MacLehose again, hoping to meet him.

In MacLehose's office, Kendi Jesse said: "Mr. MacLehose, your British government is also a shareholder of our Airbus, and our company's profits are also your share of the British. ”

It is only half a year since he left his job, and MacLehose really does not want to be involved in the struggle of interests of these consortia, and he hopes that in the next six months, he can maintain the steady development of Xiangjiang, and the current economic situation of Xiangjiang is very unoptimistic, and it cannot withstand another blow. Besides, this is a commercial act, and it is very inappropriate to meddle in it by yourself, and the Li consortium may not necessarily listen to itself.

As for the British government's stake in Airbus, it is mainly West Germany and France, and even Italy has more shares in it than in the UK.

Let your government be the villain, you make a lot of profits, it's a good idea, but he knows that the Li consortium is negotiating the acquisition of the telecommunications group in London, and the general framework has been determined, if it is because of his own side that there are twists and turns in the negotiations there, then it will be a big trouble.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Jesse, this time I am afraid that our Xiangjiang government is powerless, and your company is unwilling to give up some more profits, resulting in the Lee consortium choosing Boeing, and we can't let them pay more money to buy your products." ”

Kendi Jesse also did not expect the Hong Kong government to force the Lee consortium to buy her company's products. In the past few days since he came to Xiangjiang, he has deeply felt the influence of the Li Consortium on Xiangjiang, and any government that embarrass the Li Consortium must consider whether the millions of citizens of Xiangjiang will be able to maintain stability once there is a little turmoil in the Li Consortium.

It is difficult for the government to imagine what it would be like if the public buses in Xiangjiang ceased to operate and could not be contacted by telephone, and the Lee consortium still has tens of thousands of employees, and now it has extended its tentacles to the aviation industry, and it is said that the Lee consortium is still thinking about buying the Heung Kong Electric Light Group, which is to control the needs of the citizens of Hong Kong from all aspects.

Even from this fragmentary news, Kendi Jesse also felt the terrifying influence of the Li Consortium in Xiangjiang, and the Xiangjiang government could not put pressure on him until the Li Consortium did something that violated the regulations of the Xiangjiang government. Otherwise, it will only get the government into trouble, and Lee's media group is not a vegetarian.

Kendi Jesse said: "Mr. MacLehose, I don't ask your government to order the Lee consortium to buy our company's products, I just hope that you can ask them to give us Airbus a little more time." As you know, it takes some time for us at Airbus to negotiate, and we can't compare to Boeing in terms of deciding things. ”

MacLehose naturally knows the reason for this, the shareholders are composed of several countries, and if such a large number of orders are to be granted, the amount is not small. This obviously requires the representatives of several countries in the company to discuss, and many countries cannot reach an agreement quickly, so in the competition with Boeing, Airbus is often at a loss, but I don't know when this situation will change.

MacLehose said: "Jesse, I can only contact Li Guangyu and tell you about it, as for how Li Guangyu decides, we can't do anything." ”

Kendi Jesse didn't believe they couldn't do anything, it was just that they didn't want to give terms. He knew that the Li consortium had been rejected by the Xiangjiang government a lot on the route application, especially the mainland route, which was not approved at all. If the Xiangjiang government had come on such terms, he believed that the Li consortium would definitely consider it.

Kendi Jesse said: "Then I will trouble you, on this issue, I still hope that we can be consistent, our company was established to compete with Boeing and protect our interests in Western Europe." ”

MacLehose said: "Jesse, I naturally hope that the Lee consortium can buy Airbus planes, but we still need your efforts in this regard, and we can't force them to buy and sell." You should be aware of the strong media team and legal team of the Lee Consortium, and I don't want our government to become the target of public criticism in Hong Kong. ”

Kendi Jesse saw MacLehose say this, and he could only say goodbye and leave, if he wanted to get the order from the Li consortium, he still had to contact the headquarters and let the side come up with more discounts, otherwise this time he could only watch a large amount of orders go away from him, and maybe Xiangjiang Airlines will not choose his own Airbus for future orders.

After Kendi Jesse left, MacLehose called Lee Guangyu, and he still wanted to intercede for Airbus, after all, there was still a stake in the British government.

After listening to MacLehose's intercession, Li Guangyu said to MacLehose: "Mr. MacLehose, this time our company has given Airbus a chance, but their preferential treatment is a little big compared to Boeing, and we can't choose Airbus regardless of the company's interests." ”

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, I also know that this matter is indeed a problem on Airbus's side, but please give Airbus a little more time, don't rush to reach a condition with Boeing, Airbus will come up with more favorable conditions." ”

After listening to this, Li Guangyu said to MacLehose: "The pressure on our airline side is also relatively high, and you also know that Cathay Pacific has some changes, and I hope that our airline can start flying as soon as possible so as not to lose some advantages." So we can't delay too long, and Boeing has promised us that it will provide us with planes from next month, which is a condition that Airbus cannot give. ”

MacLehose didn't expect Boeing to really spend money, an aircraft order to delivery generally takes two to three years, and Boeing can guarantee that the delivery will start next month, obviously using orders from other airlines, some of the benefits in this can be great.

Li Guangyu and MacLehose don't know that due to the oil crisis and the financial crisis in the past two years, some airlines on Boeing's side that have placed orders are negotiating with Boeing to cancel orders. That's why Boeing dared to do this, and they gave Li Guangyu one less layer on the price, and they still made a lot of money.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, if the conditions of Airbus and Boeing are the same, I hope that your company can choose Airbus products. ”

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, I will seriously consider your suggestion. ”

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