Chapter 868: Pressure
After the meeting, Li Guangyu specially communicated with Zhang Ziyu, who was mainly responsible for Asian affairs in the past, and only returned to England in the past month, so he is familiar with the affairs here, and Li Guangyu still has to give instructions on some development directions.
At present, the Bentley Group has eaten Land Rover and Lotus, and the acquisition of Maserati is nearing completion, and the strength of the Bentley Group has been further strengthened.
After eating Maserati this time, Bentley Group's sports cars include Jaguar, Lotus and Maserati, which has satisfied the development of Bentley Group's sports cars.
The Maserati brand was also added to the sedan, but Li Guangyu knew that Maserati had a model called President in his previous life, and Li Guangyu was ready to get it out and become the president of the Li Foundation, so as to advertise this model.
As for Land Rover, this guy will be very good in the mainland market in the future, and it will be a little unsatisfactory in other markets, but it is good in SUVs, which fills the weakness of Bentley Group in this regard.
Li Guangyu said: "Ziyu, the acquisition of Maserati should be accelerated, on the side of Lotus Automobile Company, using our Jaguar engine, and at the same time in the design to reserve more talents, this aspect is not only Lotus Cars, other car companies are the same, the engine we Bentley Group use Jaguar engines, how to enhance market competitiveness, mainly in the design of efforts." ”
Zhang Ziyu said: "Li Sheng, don't worry, I will focus on this part, I will complete the rectification of these brands within this year, and let these major brands enter the Asian market and the North American market next year, reversing the current decadent situation of several major companies." ”
A few years ago, he was Li Guangyu's assistant, when it started with Bentley's acquisition, after more than four years of development, there are now nearly ten subsidiaries, from cars to trucks, from buses to multi-purpose vehicles, from sports cars to SUVs, Bentley Group has included a variety of basic models.
Now that she has taken over this comprehensive automobile group with a market value of up to $7 billion, Zhang Ziyu feels very pressured.
With the split of Xingyu Group, Xiangyu Group, and Hongyu Group, it is really hard to say who has a higher market value than Bentley Group and Hengyu Supermarket Group, but Hengyu Supermarket Group's profit is stronger than them, so it ranks first, and they rank second.
Zhang Ziyu knew very well that if it weren't for Li Guangyu's repeated capital injections into the Bentley Group, and the fact that he made a lot of money on the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate last year, their Bentley Group would not have been so strong in the Li consortium.
Now that the Bentley Group has basically completed its layout, it is difficult for the future development to have the opportunity to receive capital injection from the consortium headquarters, and it is almost impossible to maintain the current position.
She only hopes that the Bentley Group led by her can be in the top five ranks of the Li consortium and avoid the group's status falling too seriously.
At present, Hengyu Supermarket Group, Xiangjiang Communication Group, Phoenix Group, British Telecom Group, Xingyuan Group, Oriental Semiconductor Group, Xiangjiang Airlines Group, and Kowloon Group are all important opponents of Bentley.
The first few are their own strength, and the last two are Li Guangyu's continuous capital injection, so that their assets continue to grow.
For example, at present, the market value of the group has exceeded 6 billion US dollars, mainly because of the continuous capital injection in recent years, the size of the fleet continues to expand, and now Xiangjiang Airlines has more than 100 aircraft, which is the world's top air transport company.
The Kowloon Group is even more incomprehensible, and the profit is not seen, but the Li consortium has transferred a lot of assets in the past, the Taipei MRT on the treasure island, the Tai Lam Tunnel in Xiangjiang, plus their bus company, as well as the future planning of the port and railway construction, the future market value is very terrifying.
In order for Bentley Group to consolidate its position, it needs to seize the market in Greater China and Southeast Asia, and only then can the group's market value increase steadily.
When Zhang Ziyu left Li Guangyu and returned to the Bentley Group office, he saw Du Yuemei waiting for him here.
Du Yuemei said with a smile: "Ziyu, sit, let's have a good chat today, tomorrow I will return to Xiangjiang with Li, and then we will have less time to meet." ”
For Zhang Ziyu, Du Yuemei has always been her sister, over the years, watching Zhang Ziyu's growth, Du Yuemei is very happy, this time Bentley Group can be taken over by Zhang Ziyu, she is also very relieved.
The Bentley Group could have been developed by her, and she wanted not to let the pace of Bentley Group suffer after she stepped down.
"Sister Yuemei, when the child is full of moon wine, I will definitely be there, you have worked so hard in the past few years, and now you can finally rest with peace of mind for two years. ”
This is also what Zhang Ziyu and Du Yuemei will say this if they are sisters who are not familiar with each other, saying this will offend people, and it will make people feel that they wish that others would give way earlier.
Du Yuemei said: "Purple Rain, Bentley Group's market focus has always been in Asia, especially in Greater China and Southeast Asia, you must pay more attention to this aspect, Li Sheng has always asked you to be the president of Asian affairs, just so that you can take over now, for the mainland market must be highly valued, there is a market with more than one billion people." ”
Zhang Ziyu, who has been in charge of Asian affairs for several years, naturally knows the importance of the Asian market to the Bentley Group, and now the Asian market accounts for 85% of the entire Bentley Group.
With the deepening of reform and opening up, the economic development of the mainland is getting better and better, and their market there is getting bigger and bigger.
Zhang Ziyu replied: "I will pay attention to the market over there, at present we are mainly seizing the Southeast Asian market, the truck project in Malaysia has been put into production, and the Puton Linghu car joint venture has also been off the assembly line, the next step I plan to follow Li Sheng's plan, the Land Rover and Maserati into the mainland market, and Changan Group and FAW Group cooperation." ”
In this life, Land Rover will not mainly take the SUV route, with the Bentley Group as a backing, this time Land Rover will also have a high-end sedan series.
"Ziyu, when the six of you joined the Li consortium together, you were not the most optimistic one at the top at that time, but you were indeed the first to take charge of a group alone, and the other five are currently the executive vice presidents of the group. So the pressure on you is going to be very high, and you have to be prepared. ”
The most optimistic was Wang Xinyu, who has been studying beside the first executive Li Xuemei, and now serves as the executive vice president of Dongfang Semiconductor, assisting President Zhang Zhongmou in managing the group's affairs, especially external affairs.
It's just that the strength of the high-level of Xingyu Group is quite powerful, and the competitive pressure is too great, so Wang Xinyu can't take power.
What's more important is that Li Xuemei is a few years older than herself, but she has not planned her marriage for a long time, which has caused the reserve executives of Xingyu Group to be unable to move.
If it weren't for the division of Xingyu Group into two this time, Wang Xinyu would not be able to sit down even as the executive vice president.