The Wealth Empire Crossing the Hong Kong

Chapter 491
Compared with the fierce competition in the retail markets of Canada and the United States, the retail markets in East Asia and Southeast Asia are not hot. Whether it is Lotte or Wal-Mart, although they shout loud slogans, they are quite conservative in their specific actions. Carver and others plan to fight a price war.

However, Li Jianhui obviously has no plans to allow Lotte Supermarket to gain a foothold in the Xiangjiang market. Wheelock Holdings President Al Myrester deliberately met with Jardine Holdings President Simon Keswick.

In the Lanlu Cafe in Central, Merris said to Keswick who was opposite: "Ten stores of Lotte in Xiangjiang are already open, and several of them are a few hundred meters away from Wellcome Supermarket. I don't know Mr. Keswick. What's your idea?"

"Maris, let's not learn from the Chinese, and just get straight to the point, what are your plans for the Xinjian Department?"

"Keswick, since you have come to Xiangjiang, you have to do as the Romans do, only in this way can the development of Jardine be smooth.

I don’t want to talk to you. According to Li Sheng, Lotte must withdraw from the Xiangjiang market. I hope we can reach a consensus in this regard, and the two sides cooperate to attack Lotte’s development in Xiangjiang. "

At present, the Xiangjiang retail market is mainly occupied by Xinjian Department and Jardine Matheson. Simon Keswick also does not want Lotte to come in and share the cake.

Especially when the Xinjian department and Jardine have a tacit understanding in the development of the retail industry, no matter which retail company enters the Xiangjiang market, it will break the balance of the Jardine and Xinjian department retail markets, and it will inevitably suffer from double losses. Suppress.

This time, even if Merris doesn't look for Keswick, Keswick will also look for Wheelock, and the two sides negotiated to jointly suppress Lotte Supermarket.

The two parties had a consensus on this, and the follow-up talks were much more enjoyable. In just half an hour, the two reached a preliminary cooperation agreement.

As for the specific operation, this requires specific communication between Wellcome and Lane Crawford, Watsons, etc., and Merris and Keswick can't take care of such details.

After finishing the business, Keswick said: "Meris, you are from the United Kingdom, why are you willing to serve under a Chinese, and you are still a position with little real power.

If you are willing to come to Jardine, I am willing to let you be the vice chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Holdings, the chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Land Group and the group president, and you will be fully responsible for the affairs of Jardine Land. "

The chairman of the board of directors of Wheelock Holdings Group and the president of the group seem to have a high position, and the market value of the group is nearly [-] billion Hong Kong dollars.

However, the market value of Wheelock Holdings is mainly supported by its major listed companies including Lane Crawford, Watsons, E-Go Appliances, IKEA Convenience Store, E-Shop Logistics, and Wheelock Land.

Because these listed companies are themselves group structures, and they are located in Hong Kong, they are basically directly managed by Li Jianhui. Under normal circumstances, Wheelock Holdings cannot intervene in the affairs of these groups.

This also led to Wheelock Holdings being essentially an angel investment company without much real power.

It's just that Keswick still underestimated Li Jianhui's management system, and his rhetoric could not shake Merris' confidence in working in the Xinjian Department.

Especially when it comes to cooperation with British-funded companies and even Commonwealth companies, fortunately, Li Jianhui basically arranges for him to come forward.

For example, Li Jianhui asked him to go to the ASEAN Economic Development Summit to be held in Kuala Lumpur next month. The main reason is that Sin Chew and Malaysia are also Commonwealth countries.

And there are rumors that the Xinjian Department will soon increase the person in charge of Latin American affairs and South Asia affairs. He is likely to go to Mumbai to be in charge of the Xinjian Department's affairs in South Asia.

"Keswick, thank you for your kindness, but Niu Bijian once said similar things to Wei Li, and Wei Li also invited Niu Bijian to join the Xinjian Department.

Since your family is the major shareholder of Jardine and you are the heir, I will not mention inviting you to join the Xinjian Department.

I know that you are a little unhappy about Niu Bijian's joining the Xinjian Department, and you also think of the high-level executives of the Yaxin Jian Department as revenge.

It’s just that I advise you to get rid of such thoughts. Jardine can’t give us so much autonomy, let alone give us such a big platform.

Not to mention anything else, Jardine, Swire, Whampoa Hutchison, and Wheelock used to be the four major foreign firms, and Jardine was the first of the four major firms. Swire also ranked ahead of Whampoa Hutchison and Wheelock.

Now look at the four major groups. Our Wheelock Holdings has a market value of nearly [-] billion, and Whampoa Holdings has a market value of more than [-] billion Hong Kong dollars.

As for you, Jardine and Swire, the market value is far behind. When it comes to the assets under your control, you two can't even see the backs of Whampoa and Wheelock.

Your previous management is outdated. Following Li Jianhui, we not only have a higher salary than our peers, but also get shares in listed companies. This is the only one in Xiangjiang. "

The [-]th and above executives of the Xinjian Department know very well that working for other companies in Hong Kong for ten years can only earn [-] to [-] million Hong Kong dollars at most.

For example, Zhou Pengfei, who is definitely the idol of all high-level officials in the Xinjian Department, owns 5% of Lanfeng Holdings, with a market value of several billion Hong Kong dollars.

The assets of Huang Guangxing, Tian Haichuan, Iwatani and others are also not low, because when Huihong Group was listed, the companies secretly controlled by the Xinjian Department were not disclosed, so there were not many high-level executives who went public, Huang Guangxing, Tian Haichuan, Iwatani Toru and those who have made great contributions to the group each received 0.5% of the shares.

It is this 0.5%, based on the current Huihong Group's 1630 billion Hong Kong dollars, it is also 8.15 million Hong Kong dollars.

Even though many terms and conditions will be signed, but to get such a generous salary, no one in the Xinjian department will refuse, and he also signed an agreement with the Xinjian department.

In the past two years, with the listing of a large number of companies in the Xinjian Department, as an executive officer, he has also obtained shares in many companies. Although there are more high-level executives who split shares, so the shares of each company are relatively small, but the market value adds up. There are already nearly [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

Meris only regretted that it was too late for him to enter the Xinjian Department, otherwise he would be able to enter the ranks of the rich now.

Simon Keswick is speechless. In his opinion, Li Jianhui is a nouveau riche. As long as his company goes public, he will take 5% of the shares to the senior management of the Xinjian Department and the middle management of the company, regardless of whether the listing market value is high or low. , every listed company does this, and it also makes those elites flock to this Xinjian Department.

Now those high-achieving students in Xiangjiang prefer to enter the company of the Xinjian department. After being rejected by the Xinjian department, they will consider the Donghuahui company, and finally other companies in Xiangjiang.

Although many people at the helm know what the problem is, it is impossible for them to learn from Li Jianhui's operation.

Although it was impossible to win Meris over, Simon Keswick expressed his deep regret and also said that the door of Jardine would always be open to him. You can come to Jardine.

(End of this chapter)