Chapter 847: Paris
In the three days that followed, Lee met with the British prime minister twice, and the terms of the two sides were too different to reach an agreement.
On May 15, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing took the children to France, and the affairs here were handed over to Du Yuemei to continue to deal with.
Lee Guangyu was unwilling to accept the conditions of the British government, so he was unwilling to spend a huge price to obtain the right to issue Hong Kong dollars, and he was not ready to go all out to enter the Western European market.
This time, he went to France in the hope of putting pressure on the British government, hoping that the British government would make huge concessions.
At present, France is not a good place for Li Guangyu to invest, and now the current government is actively nationalizing the economy, and some industries that Li Guangyu wants to enter are run by the government, and there is nothing for him to do at all.
This time, he was only going to get acquainted, especially to meet the current mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, who has a very high reputation in France as a supporter of Charles de Gaulle, and who insists on liberal economic development, and who will be the main collaborator of the Lee consortium in France.
Lee and the Lee consortium chose to leave London at this time, which made the top brass of the British government a little anxious.
They did not want this negotiation to end in failure, and the Lee consortium was the most promising way to eat the companies they wanted to reform at a normal price, and at the same time to provide a very good standard for other groups and forces in the future reform.
This time, they will reform some enterprises that belong to the government on a large scale, and these are basically operating at a loss, and the buying forces must expect to keep the price to the minimum, and they obviously do not want to see these enterprises sold cheaply.
To this end, on the afternoon of Lee Kuang-woo's departure from London, the British Prime Minister held a small meeting again to communicate with the Lee consortium again.
At this time, Li Guangyu put aside the affairs of England, and he was negotiating with the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, at the Regal Hotel in Paris.
For Li Guangyu and the Lee consortium, Chirac, one of the French political giants, knows very well that this young consortium is developing very fiercely under the leadership of this demonic young man in front of him.
As a politician, Chirac is very keen to have a good relationship with these conglomerates, which will be conducive to his future election campaign and the implementation of policies.
Chirac said: "Mr. Li, in the past few years, your name and your industry have been mentioned frequently, but I have never had the opportunity to meet you, and today it is finally a regret in my heart." ”
Li Guangyu said to Chirac: "I am very happy to be able to come to Paris to meet you, France has always been one of the most important countries in the European continent, and it is also the main market for our Li industry's industry in Western Europe, I am very optimistic about the development of Paris, I believe that Paris can develop rapidly under your auspices." ”
Chirac is the former prime minister of Paris, currently serving as the mayor of Paris, although France actively implements the nationalization policy under President Francois Mitterrand, but the economic policy of Paris is still maintained under the leadership of Chirac, and the free economic model is still maintained.
As the chairman of France's relatively large opposition party, Chirac's party is not small in parliament, and there is no problem with the development of the Lee consortium in Paris.
Lee Kwang-woo and Chirac talked for three hours in the conference room, and no one knew the details of their discussions except themselves.
However, after this meeting, the Lee consortium began to increase its investment in Paris, especially after Chirac became prime minister and president again, and the Lee consortium invested in a number of projects in France.
While promoting the economic development of France, the Lee consortium has also reaped rich returns, and at the same time, it has also changed the situation of the Lee consortium in Western Europe for a long time to focus on the United Kingdom.
At the same time, France is also the center of the Lee Consortium in the European continental market, providing important support for the Lee Consortium to explore the markets of continental European countries.
At dinner in the evening, Li Guangyu said to Yuan Tianfan, Chen Linwen, and Zhao Xiaoyan: "I communicated with Paris Mayor Chirac in the afternoon, and you will have a good inspection in Paris these days to see if there are any opportunities, and this side will also be our key development area in the future." ”
Everyone also knows Li Guangyu's strategy, and at present, Southeast Asia is the key development area of the Li Foundation, whether it is North America or Western Europe, it is temporarily suppressed, and now the Li Foundation is still consolidating its foundation.
This time, at most, it is just to pick up the leaks, and at the same time put pressure on the British government, and some big projects will not enter until the Li consortium has abundant funds in the future.
At the same time, Li Guangyu also asked Chen Linwen to pay more attention to the situation of Carrefour supermarket and its group these days, Paris is where Carrefour headquarters is located, and Chen Linwen can just be able to make a field trip this time.
Chen Linwen immediately said: "Li Sheng, these days I will take a good look at Carrefour's business here, carefully summarize their successful experience and shortcomings, and make full preparations for our Hengyu supermarket to enter the Paris market." ”
The senior management of Hengyu Supermarket Group and the senior management of the Li consortium have never thought of giving up the market in North America and Western Europe, in the past they were to stabilize the market in Asia, and now with the gradual development and maturity of the market there, it is time to enter other regions, the British market is a trial, the future will be in Western European countries in a comprehensive layout, and Carrefour for comprehensive competition.
The Western European market has always been Carrefour's traditional market, Hengyu Supermarket Group is bound to compete fiercely with Carrefour, only to understand the details of the opponent, in order to make Hengyu Supermarket Group more easily occupy this market.
They don't have to forget that last year Carrefour and Wal-Mart teamed up to compete with them in Xiangjiang, where their headquarters are located, and this time Hengyu Supermarket Group also wants to let the senior management of Carrefour Group experience this feeling.
Li Guangyu has always hoped that Hengyu Supermarket Group can completely suppress Carrefour and Wal-Mart, and the helmsman of Wal-Mart on the Forbes Rich List will rely on the shares of Wal-Mart Supermarket Group to serve as the world's richest man many times, which is enough to show how broad the prospects of supermarket retail are.
After arranging the supermarket problem, Li Guangyu said to Zhao Qihui: "At present, our Xiangjiang Mobile Communications Company is operating very normally, and at the same time, Baodao and England are under construction, you will communicate with the French government communications department tomorrow to see if you can cooperate with them and occupy the French market." ”
This time, Li Guangyu will go to many countries in Western Europe, and Zhao Qihui's main task is to communicate with these governments to see if he can enter the market of these countries and promote the rapid expansion of the group.
"Mr. Li, I will work on this tomorrow with the aim of giving our company access to the French market, gaining a head start in the field of communications and consolidating our group's position in the world. ”
Zhao Qihui is most hoping that Heung Kong Mobile Communications Company can enter the markets in various regions of the world, this time to follow Li Guangyu on a trip, there is such a good opportunity, how can he give up, even if Li Guangyu does not specifically order, Zhao Qihui will go to explore these markets.
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