Through the wealth life

Chapter 1022 Hungarian Market

Every year after New Year's Day, the Regal Hotel in Xiangjiang Central begins to close its doors to thank guests for the return of high-level executives from all over the Lee Consortium.

This year, the high-level meeting of the Lee Consortium has been adjusted again. This time, only the presidents and financial directors of the major groups, the heads of the inspection department, the legal department, and the confidentiality department attended the meeting.

The subsequent annual meeting will also be held by each group on its own, instead of the entire Li's enterprise gathering together, to highlight the presence of each group and reduce the attention of ordinary people from the outside world to him.

This meeting was held separately. On the 3rd, it was Zhou Xiaoning, Qing Hong, Peng Xiaoli, and Chen Dong who held the meeting of their respective departments.

On the afternoon of the 4th, there was a meeting between the executive group and the president of the Lee Consortium.

On the morning of the [-]rd, Li Guangyu specially discussed with Gan Qinglin in the office, mainly about the Eastern European market.

In the reception area, Li Guangyu listened to Gan Qinglin's report on the development of Central and Eastern Europe in the past six months, mainly the reports on the markets of Austria, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Hungary.

Li Guangyu did not expect that Gan Qinglin would open up the Hungarian market. You must know that Hungary is a member of the Warsaw Pact, and it is very difficult to enter this market.

And once the Hungarian market is opened, it means that there is hope for opening the markets of other Warsaw Pact member countries.

Moreover, Li Guangyu is very clear that a new round of economic reforms in the Soviet Union is coming, and the business environment in the Eastern European market will become more and more relaxed in the future. In the future, Li's products can continuously enter the Eastern European market.

Li Guangyu said: "Qinglin, I think you are familiar with the situation in Eastern Europe. Due to the problem of development orientation, there is a serious excess capacity in heavy industry, but there is a shortage of light industry. Our main products are currently concentrated in light industry. Clothing , agricultural products mainly enter the Eastern European market, and the profits earned can be used to purchase the raw materials needed by our industries locally at low prices."

Li Guangyu is very clear that the current Eastern European countries are heavily indebted. If the Li consortium only unilaterally sells products and does not buy their domestic products, the business may not last long, let alone big.

Only by trading with each other can we maintain a long-term cooperation. Due to the serious overcapacity in heavy industry in Eastern Europe, Li Guangyu does not mind purchasing some raw material products at low prices.

The excess machinery or production lines in Eastern Europe are scarce on the mainland. For example, chemical production lines, especially fertilizers. You must know that the mainland is currently a large agricultural country, and the demand for fertilizers is huge.

Li Guangyu didn't mind being a second-hand dealer, buying production lines at a low price in Eastern Europe, and then shipping them to the mainland for sale, earning a little difference in the middle.

In this way, his market in Eastern Europe has also been opened, and the economy in Eastern Europe has also improved to a certain extent, and there will not be a large trade surplus with the Li Consortium. income.

However, this matter still needs to be well prepared. All channels must be opened up. Only in this way can the business be consistent and Li Guangyu can make money.

Hungary is a very good partner. Their government stopped adhering to the Soviet Union's economic model 20 years ago. They still have some market economies, such as the retail industry.

Moreover, domestic enterprises in Hungary have considerable autonomy, which will make the development of these enterprises more flexible.

However, Hungary has been suppressing imports and expanding exports over the years to reduce foreign debts. The current internal political situation in Hungary is even more responsible. There are parties outside the party and factions within the party. Nearly half of the people live below the poverty line. The rising tide, coupled with the implementation of a series of policies after Gorbachev came to power, has relaxed the supervision of Eastern Europe, which has caused internal undercurrents to surge in Eastern European countries.

The strategy that Li Guangyu plans to implement this time is not to make a lot of money in Eastern Europe. He sells some products and then uses the profits to buy very cheap raw materials and some commodities locally. Although the profits of these local enterprises are very low, But they can at least put the production line into operation. Li Guangyu believes that some countries in Eastern Europe are facing extremely serious domestic situations, and they are definitely willing to cooperate with him.

Gan Qinglin was not fighting alone in Austria. The chief of the Political Research Office of the Li Family Consortium in charge of Eastern European affairs also went to Austria with him. He watched a lot of information about Eastern Europe.

He has a very good understanding of the internal situation of Hungary, which is why he chose Hungary first to enter the Warsaw member market. In fact, Poland is more suitable, but it is a pity that the control of Poland by the Soviet Union is far stronger than that of Hungary.

Many countries in Eastern Europe are now heavily indebted. The Lee Consortium only wants to sell products in these markets, and its business cannot be sustained. These countries do not have much foreign exchange at all. If they do not trade with each other, these countries and companies just want to buy the Lee Consortium. They can't come up with foreign exchange for their products.

Gan Qinglin said: "Li Sheng, Hungary has good mineral resources and good technology in the chemical industry, and the most important thing is that he is a member of the Warsaw Pact. They purchase products from the Warsaw Pact through the Economic and Trade Association. I am worried that Hungary cannot provide us with low-cost and high-quality products, and we can even cooperate with Hungary and let him become a middleman to build a bridge for our trade with Eastern European countries."

Li Guangyu agreed with Gan Qinglin's proposal, but he just wanted to implement this idea, which could not be accomplished in a short time.

There are a lot of interests involved, and whether Hungary is willing is also a big question.

In the end, it also involves the issue of interests. The Li's consortium will not work for Hungary and let the middleman make a lot of money, and the Li's consortium doesn't even have a mouthful of soup. This aspect needs to be negotiated.

In the past two years, we need to take it easy. When the economic reforms of the Soviet Union were fully liberalized in 89, and when capital from all sides could enter, that would be the time for the Lee Consortium to show its talents.

Li Guangyu said: "At present, you know more about the internal situation in Hungary than I do. We can't just trade, but also pay attention to building good relations with some forces, especially the forces that are willing to make good friends with us. This will help us and Hungary. cooperating."

At present, it is better not to think about the Li's consortium entering these countries. The time is not yet ripe, and now we have to wait and wait for the moment when the storm comes.

In the future, Li Guangyu hopes to occupy the retail markets of Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and other countries. This cooperation with Hungary is only the first step. In the future, he will establish cooperative relations with more countries, such as Poland and Czechoslovakia.

Gan Qinglin responded: "Kirishenko is currently arranging matters in this area. I believe he can do a good job in this area. He is also more convenient than me to come forward. I mainly do business matters. If the funds are sufficient. , I suggest that we enter the oil industry. In fact, Eastern Europe is also very rich in resources in this area. In this way, our products will be exchanged for crude oil, and then we will be processed and sold to Southeast Asia, Xiangjiang, Baodao, and even the mainland market. This will enable us Trade is more active in Eastern Europe."

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(End of this chapter)