The Li consortium's announcement of entering the Southeast Asian market with great fanfare this time also made Henry Keswick and Shen Bi and others breathe a sigh of relief.

And this time, the Li consortium suddenly sent a number of high-level executives to several Southeast Asian countries to open up markets, whether they have found any problems, Henry Keswick and others do not know.

At this time, they can only continue to wait, looking forward to the Li consortium being able to reveal who is behind it, and they will not easily settle this matter.

If it weren't for Li Guangyu's calm and restraint enough this time, maybe he would have shot directly at their British-funded consortium, and in the face of the full suppression of the Lee consortium, Henry Keswick did not have confidence that his Jardine Matheson Group would be able to resist the past.

This time, the mastermind behind the scenes obviously wanted to use himself and others as gunmen, so that the British-funded consortium could drag the Li consortium in Xiangjiang, so that the Li consortium would not have much energy to expand outside, so that they could make profits from it.

It's a pity that Li Guangyu didn't fall for them, Henry Keswick knew that the reason why Li Guangyu was so fanfare this time was to see the reaction of the people behind the scenes.

In the past, the Li consortium did not enter the market in other regions with such a high profile, and it was often after the Li senior management acted there that they received the news. Where is it like this time, the high-level are still in Xiangjiang, and the expansion plan of the Li consortium has been reported.

This is a clear telling of the competitor that the Li consortium is about to expand, and even reported it to the regional head, which is obviously the mastermind behind the Li consortium to stimulate this layout.

After Henry Keswick knew about Li Guangyu's action, he didn't contact Shen Bi and others to celebrate, he picked up the phone on his desk, looked at the phone number of Carrefour's president of Asian affairs, and dialed it.

"Hey, I'm Victor Bill. ”

"Bill, it's me, Keswick, do you have time for the afternoon? ”

Victor Bill was worried about the news at noon today, he thought that the Li consortium would not lay out the Southeast Asian market so quickly, and the Carrefour headquarters would also need to allocate funds to him to develop the Southeast Asian market after the summary in the middle of next month.

He didn't expect that the Li consortium would go all out to enter the Southeast Asian market at this time, and it was developed by multiple countries at the same time, which made him a little anxious.

It's just that it's not yet dawn in London, and I can only wait until the evening to contact the headquarters. I hope that the headquarters can consider entering the Southeast Asian market in advance, otherwise it will be difficult for Carrefour to enter again when the Li consortium occupies the market.

Victor Beale said: "Keswick, do you have something to do? You also know that the Li consortium has just announced its full entry into the Southeast Asian market, and I need to make a response plan now, in addition to the problem of discussing the takeover of your supermarket stores, there is no need, our Carrefour has no plans to establish a branch in Xiangjiang for the time being." ”

The reason why Henry Keswick met with Victor Beale today was to make sure of something. The Lee's consortium's sudden announcement of a supermarket group's massive entry into the Southeast Asian market gave him some ideas, and he wanted to see how Victor Beale reacted.

He very clearly remembers that on the morning of the 15th, he met with Victor Beale, who said that he would not consider Xiangjiang for the time being, but would choose some emerging markets, and at present, the emerging markets of Asia, Japan, Baodao, and Xiangjiang are all occupied by the Li consortium, and they can only choose Southeast Asia.

The Li consortium will also choose the market in Southeast Asia after solving its own Wellcome, and Li Xuelan, as the president of Hengyu Supermarket Group, will definitely delay the expansion of the Li consortium under normal circumstances.

If they can cause their own group and the Li consortium to fight each other, then they will be able to expand in Southeast Asia more confidently, without worrying about the Li consortium entering and competing with them for the market.

Thinking about it this way, Henry Keswick felt more and more that it might be Victor Beale who was laying out the layout, so that he and the Li consortium would fight to the death, and Carrefour would benefit from the fisherman in the back.

Henry Keswick said, "Bill, if you're not particularly busy, I'd like us to meet in the same place we last met." ”

Victor Beale didn't know why Henry Keswick insisted on meeting him at this time. Although the Li consortium is already about to enter the Southeast Asian market in a big way, it is just that without the approval of the headquarters, he has no way to do it himself.

Anyway, at this time, I can only wait, it is better to meet Henry Keswick and see if he is in a hurry to see him. He also hopes to strengthen ties with the Heung Kong British consortium, which will be very beneficial to their Carrefour expansion.

At half-past three in the afternoon, Victor Beale arrived at the place where he had last met Henry Keswick.

After meeting Henry Keswick, he said: "Keswick, do you have anything to do with you insisting on asking me out today? Do you also know that our Carrefour market development in Asia is quite bad, and I am facing a lot of trouble now?"

Henry Keswick said: "Bill, this matter can't be solved for a while, don't be too anxious, take a sip of tea first, this is the famous Wuyi Mountain big red robe in the mainland, and I finally bought a little." ”

Victor Bill had naturally heard of the fame of this tea, he had never drunk the authentic Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao, although he actually preferred coffee, but Henry Keswick took out such a precious tea to entertain him, and he also tasted it.

After tasting it, he said, "This time it is worthy of its fame, it is indeed very good." ”

Henry Keswick said: "Bill, Ms. Li Xuelan, President of Hengyu Supermarket Group, has been injured for nearly ten days, and now the perpetrator is still at large, and the Li consortium has released a huge reward of 1 million Hong Kong dollars and there is still no news, I don't know what you think of this incident?"

Victor Beale was a little confused about Henry Keswick's question about Li Xuelan at this time, why did he ask about the Li consortium in a hurry to ask him out.

Although Victor Beale was puzzled, he still replied: "This incident is a serious provocation to our executives, just imagine, if the business competition develops to the point of personal attacks on the top management of competitors in the future, what security do we have, I also hope that the Li Consortium and the Xiangjiang government can find the perpetrators and the culprits as soon as possible, and give an explanation to the Li Consortium and all walks of life in Xiangjiang." ”

Henry Keswick had been paying attention to Victor Bill's expression, and seeing that he had not dodged the matter, he suspected that his thoughts were wrong.

Henry Keswick said: "Bill, the Lee consortium suddenly announced that it will be led by several major executives of the group to fully explore the Southeast Asian market, I don't know what your Carrefour Group thinks about this?"

Victor Beale listened to Henry Keswick ask about this question, and he was also very anxious, he knew that there was not much market left for Carrefour in Asia, and if the Southeast Asian market was also lost, Carrefour would be able to go home, and he didn't think that Carrefour would be the opponent of Hengyu Supermarket Group in the mainland market.

Victor Beale said: "Keswick, I'm also worried about this now, I'll contact the headquarters later to see how the higher-ups decide, and I can't make decisions in this regard." ”

Henry Keswick said suddenly: "Bill, according to the information we got from the Li consortium, they think that you are the mastermind behind Li Xuelan's incident, so the Li consortium announced in a high-profile manner that Hengyu Supermarket Group has entered the Southeast Asian market in a big way and blocked your Carrefour from the Southeast Asian market." ”

Victor Beale was quite angry when he heard this, how could he do such a thing, this was completely a slander against their Carrefour.

He said: "Keswick, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with our Carrefour, how could our Carrefour Group, as a well-known retail group in Europe, do such a despicable thing." We have always adopted commercial means in our development, and we will never do such a thing. Besides, even if it is to delay the expansion of Hengyu Supermarket Group, we will not choose Li Xuelan, do you think we will be fools?"

Henry Keswick said with a smile: "Bill, don't get excited, I just heard about it, I don't know what is going on, but the Li consortium suddenly announced that Hengyu Supermarket Group has entered the Southeast Asian market in a big way, which is easy to reminisce." ”

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