Chapter 893: Cao Weiqing's Worries
After breakfast the next day, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing went to the Sanatorium and Hospital together, today is the day He Zuozhi was discharged from the hospital, even if there are a lot of troubles in the consortium at present, Li Guangyu still took Cao Weiqing to pick up He Zuozhi and discharged from the hospital.
Li Guangyu has a very deep affection for He Zuozhi, and during the period he just crossed, it was He Zuozhi who silently supported him behind his back, so that the Li consortium could develop smoothly in the early stage.
Shanghai has never been a peaceful industry, it is full of intrigue, deceit, and even some extreme things, without He Zuozhi to help and protect him in the back, it is a question whether his industry can survive in the early stage.
Although the things in the United States gave him some headaches, compared to He Zuozhi, that little thing was nothing at all.
In the early hours of this morning, Hong Kong time, the U.S. Congress passed a tariff bill, involving hundreds of products imported by the United States, including electronics and automobiles.
This time, the pressure on several major Japanese consortia is even greater, and 80% of the products are aimed at Japanese products.
Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi and other automobiles in Japan, as well as electronic product companies such as Sony and Panasonic are their main targets.
The Bentley Group and Phoenix Group, the Lee consortium, are also on the list, and their major brands such as Bentley, Jaguar, Land Rover, Maserati, and Lotus have raised tariffs of 40%, and Phoenix mobile phones have high tariffs of 50%.
This makes Bentley Group's luxury brand car series have no price advantage in competition with Lincoln and Cadillac, and the continued weakness of the U.S. economy over the years will further decline Bentley Group's share of the U.S. car market.
Not to mention mobile phones, with the current tariffs, Phoenix Group's market share in the United States will decline from the current 20% to single digits, and Lokia Phoenix Group is facing a similar dilemma, and this time Lokia has not escaped the fate of being increased tariffs.
As a businessman, Li Guangyu is extremely disgusted with this kind of government local protectionism, which will make his products face unfair competition.
Li Guangyu knows very well that the Li consortium will continue to face such a situation in the future, and now he needs to accumulate experience in this area before he can face it calmly in the future.
Although Cao Weiqing also knows the news from the United States, and now all the major newspapers in Xiangjiang are reporting on this matter, although he does not manage the affairs of the Li Consortium very much, Cao Weiqing is still very aware of the importance of the American market to the Li Consortium, which can be seen from every financial meeting.
The Phoenix Group is a group that Li Guangyu attaches great importance to, and it will be the pillar industry of the Li consortium in the future.
On the car to the Sanatorium & Hospital, Li Guangyu, who was next to Cao Weiqing, said: "Guangyu, now that the U.S. Congress has passed the tariff adjustment proposal, I'm afraid that it will not be lowered in a short time, and the pressure on our car and mobile phone products to develop in the U.S. market in the future will be very great. ”
At present, in addition to the Xingyue Group in Japan, the Pengyu Group in Pengcheng, the Oriental Semiconductor Group in Baodao and the Xinghong Sports Group in the United States, more than a dozen other groups will enjoy some preferential policies within the Commonwealth, especially in Canada, Australia and other countries, the Commonwealth is a very large market.
In Western Europe, since most of the headquarters and registered places of the Lee consortium are in Xiangjiang and London, they are not very likely to target the Lee consortium, especially the Lee consortium has brought them enough benefits, and Airbus is a cooperation between Britain, France and Germany to fight against the American civil transport aviation aircraft manufacturing company.
The Lee consortium faces far less risk and pressure in Western Europe and the Commonwealth now and in the future than it does in the United States.
Cao Weiqing is not unaware of Li Guangyu's strategy, but at present, the mainland's reform and opening up is still in its early stages, and the huge market potential has not yet been released.
In the future, the mainland market will definitely be the core development area of the Li consortium, but that will be ten or twenty years later, and at present, they still need to firmly grasp the western market and stabilize the treasure island and Southeast Asian markets, so that the development of the Li consortium will not suffer a big blow.
As for the markets in Japan and South Korea, Cao Weiqing never thought that they would become the core market for the long-term development of the Li consortium, and the consortiums in these two places are also not fuel-efficient lamps, such as the current Bentley Group, which has a very low market share in these two countries, and the citizens of these two countries are more willing to buy their own country's car products, and are not very keen on foreign products.
Li Guangyu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the company's affairs, I know how to solve it, your task now is to take good care of the three babies, this time it is just to increase the tariffs on our cars and mobile phones, and it will not affect the foundation of our industrial development." ”
Now Cao Weiqing is alone with three children, although with the help of He's mother and the maid, she is still very tired, and Li Guangyu doesn't want her to worry about the affairs of the group.
This time, the United States has increased tariffs on its products, saying that it will not affect it, and it would be a lie to say that the United States is currently the largest market, which is enough to attract enterprises from various countries to enter and share profits.
Since the end of the 60s, Japan's major conglomerates have been under special suppression by the U.S. conglomerates and the government, and why are they still attacking the U.S. market? No matter how much the U.S. government restricts and suppresses them, they are unwilling to lose the U.S. market.
As a last resort, Li Guangyu is also unwilling to lose the market in the United States, but fortunately he has experience worth learning from, and several major American consortia have long been familiar with the United States in the face of such suppression, and Li Guangyu can completely borrow their successful experience to ensure that his products will not lose much in the American market, and maybe they will be able to increase their market share in the future.
Look at the Toyota Group, the momentum in the United States is getting stronger and stronger, in the face of the United States' suppression restrictions, as early as 79 years, began to establish production points in the United States, and also carried out a joint venture with the General Motors Group, so that Toyota will not be restricted in the number of imports and tariffs.
Cao Weiqing knew that Li Guangyu didn't want to worry about himself, but as Li Guangyu's wife and the executive officer of the Li consortium, how could he not care now, after all, the United States is the superpower in the world, and the strength of those consortia in the United States is very strong.
Many consortia in the United States have a history of hundreds of years, and the real rapid development of the Li consortium was when Li Guangyu accepted it, whether it was Li Guangyu's grandfather or his father at the helm, the Li family's industry was just a garment foundry.
In just a few years, Li Guangyu has developed the family industry into a comprehensive consortium spanning finance, automobiles, real estate, video games, retail supermarkets, hotels, entertainment and media.
This is a miracle in the world, and this time the United States deliberately targeted their industry estimates also have this reason, the Li consortium under the leadership of Li Guangyu has developed too fast, such a speed of development shocked them, but also deeply felt threatened.
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