Chapter 898: Public Opinion
Kendi Jesse knows very well that one of the most important factors why they were able to swallow the largest single purchase contract alone this time was the conflict between the Lee consortium and the United States, which gave them a chance.
At present, there is a lot of uproar in Xiangjiang about the US government's increase in tariffs on the Bentley Group and the Phoenix Group, and countless Xiangjiang media have criticized this matter, complained about the Li consortium, and even some tabloids have called on the citizens of Xiangjiang to boycott American products.
Kendi Jesse knew that this might be self-inflicted, after all, the Lee consortium still has a lot of products sold in the United States, and they are unlikely to take such an extreme approach to fight back.
But no matter what, the products of the American market will definitely be affected in Hong Kong, and even in the whole of Asia, the media under the Lee consortium has a lot of influence in Asia, plus the local media are fueling the troubles, not to mention the others, at least everyone is not very comfortable with the United States in terms of senses.
The power of public opinion is quite huge, when reporting negative news in the United States every day, people everywhere will have a sense of disgust for the United States, and at the same time, they will naturally have sympathy for the weak, and in the process of consumption, they will be biased towards the weaker side.
This weakness is not to say product quality, but the two sides are politically and environmentally weak, when the quality is not much different, there is always a group of people who choose to buy Phoenix Group and Bentley Group products, rather than choose Motorola and GM, Ford, etc.
The introduction of such high tariffs by the United States this time has made the outside world feel that similar products in the United States cannot be compared with Bentley and Phoenix Group products, and in order to protect their domestic market, such a tariff policy will be introduced.
The Lee Foundation's repeated reports these days are aimed at the citizens of all countries around the world thinking that this is the case, so as to compete for markets in other regions.
At the same time, this hegemonic behavior of the United States will make enterprises all over Asia feel worried, and they will definitely not choose the United States to cooperate if they have a choice.
These companies and families are worried that they will become a second Lee consortium, and once they develop, they will be suppressed by the American consortium and the government, and they will actively cooperate with other parties to mitigate future losses to avoid their industries becoming too dependent on the American market.
And this will be an opportunity for their Western Europe, which has never thought of following the United States all the time, and if Eastern Europe were not for the huge threat to their security, their Western Europe would be the biggest opponent of the United States.
At present, they have a number of member states of the European Community, and there are currently a number of cooperation, for example, their Airbus is one of the cooperation projects, in order to form a joint force in the economy, and compete with the United States for the world economic market, and they Airbus was established against Boeing.
In particular, France, where he is located, has always advocated national autonomy and absolutely cannot become a vassal of the United States militarily and politically, and as long as they unite in Western Europe and all countries work together, they will not worry about any competition of forces.
Airbus has always wanted to deepen its relationship with the Lee consortium, and they are well aware of the influence of the Lee consortium in Asia, and once the Lee consortium adopts all Airbus aircraft for its aviation aircraft, it will have a very far-reaching impact on airlines in various regions of Asia.
Especially in the huge market of the mainland, it is entirely possible for this country to have tens of thousands of aircraft in the future, and such a number, if they Airbus can swallow most of it, such a scene is unimaginable.
If they can really eat the aviation aircraft business in the mainland market, they Airbus will completely suppress Boeing and become the top civil aviation aircraft manufacturing company in one fell swoop.
Kendi Jesse hopes that the Lee consortium will have a worse relationship with the United States and the American consortium, so that Boeing will completely lose orders for the planes of Xiangjiang Airlines and Cathay Pacific, and that Airbus will dominate Asia, especially Southeast Asia and Greater China.
He said to Li Guangyu: "Mr. Li, I have heard about the unfair treatment of your products in the American market, and we are also very indignant about this kind of barrier-type protectionism, and some products within our European Community member states are also on this list, such as our French logo car, Mercedes-Benz in West Germany, BMW, Volkswagen, Ferrari in Italy, and other products. ”
This time, the United States is focusing on imported cars, whether it is a Japanese automobile group or a Western European automobile group, they are the target of their targeting, you must know that the headquarters and registered place of the Li Guangyu Bentley Group are in the United Kingdom, and Bentley is also an European Community enterprise.
The United States and the Soviet Union have been in the midst of a cold war for many years, and a large amount of money has been invested in the military, so that the speed of economic and high-tech development is far inferior to that of Japan, West Germany, and other countries.
The trade deficit with Japan has increased year by year, and even if many policies have been adopted in recent years to restrict Japanese products from entering the American market and subsidize domestic companies, this situation still cannot be reversed.
Moreover, the United States is more shameless in that it does not care about the trade agreements signed with other countries before, and when they feel that the agreements are not applicable, they can not hesitate to tear up these agreements and increase tariffs on companies in other countries.
Japan has been the worst economically suppressed by the United States in recent years, and in the past 20 years, it has received special treatment from the United States in many industries.
His Li consortium is even more miserable, the Japanese consortium is suppressed, the Japanese government will come forward and impose corresponding restrictions on some industries in the United States, and no one will help him to stand out, at least no one will come to help him stand out.
Western Europe can tolerate it, mainly because the American car market is mainly Japanese cars and Bentley Group products have a huge market there, and the three major West German automobile groups have a very low market share in the United States, and they have not lost much this time.
Although Li Guangyu Bentley Group is the headquarters of the United Kingdom and belongs to the British automobile group, it can be that Li Guangyu is a native of Xiangjiang, and Xiangjiang is destined to return to the mainland in 97, and the British government will not compete with the United States for an outsider.
Li Guangyu said with a smile: "I have nothing to be indignant about this, but I am very happy and proud in my heart, my products can force the US government to increase tariffs, which shows that my products are very good, so that the US government feels that without this method, their domestic industry in the same industry can not compete with us, and a company needs to rely on the protection of the national government to survive, and these enterprises are destined to not last long." ”
Kendi Jesse was a little speechless about Li Guangyu's words, which he had already seen in the newspaper today, which was what He Jin, president of Phoenix Group, said at the press conference.
Kendi Jesse reads the English version of the newspaper, he doesn't know the Chinese characters, there is only one meaning in this statement, highlighting the excellence of the Phoenix mobile phone, and people who know the news will also agree with this kind of speech.
If it weren't for the fact that the Phoenix mobile phone was too good, why did the United States increase such high tariffs, it is obvious that Motorola could not win the Phoenix mobile phone in the American market.
People who know the inside story understand that the current quality of Phoenix mobile phones, Motorola and Lokia mobile phones is about the same, but in Asia, they don't think so, especially this time the media group under the Li consortium has been bombarded with public opinion, which will make more citizens feel that Phoenix mobile phones are better than Motorola.
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