Through the wealth life

Chapter 208 Jaguar Start
After entering May, Li Guangyu finally received good news from Du Yuemei in England.After nearly a month of negotiations, the Bentley Group finally reached an agreement with the British government to fully acquire Jaguar Motors at a price of US$8.5 million, making it a sub-brand of Bentley.

This time, at the request of the British government, Li Guangyu also rushed to Coventry to attend the signing ceremony on May 5.

On May 5th, after Li Guangyu handed over the affairs of Xiangjiang to Li Xuemei, accompanied by Li Weiming and others, he arrived at Kai Tak Airport and got on the flight to England.

After Li Guangyu and his party arrived in London, they didn't stay here. They directly boarded the vehicle arranged by Du Yuemei and went to Coventry, the headquarters of Jaguar Motor Company.

After Li Guangyu arrived in Coventry, it was already late at night, so he didn't ask questions about Jaguar during this period.Instead, he ordered Du Yuemei and Zhang Ziyu, who came to greet him, to go back to rest and report to him tomorrow morning.

Li Guangyu didn't get up until after [-] o'clock in the morning the next day. Affected by yesterday, he didn't get jet lagged.

After Li Guangyu went downstairs, Du Yuemei and Zhang Ziyu came to look for him.

Seeing this, Li Guangyu said: "You guys came early, have you had breakfast? Let the waiter bring it to you."

Du Yuemei said, "Li Sheng, we've already had breakfast, so don't worry about us."

After Li Guangyu hastily finished his breakfast, he was in the study of the hotel, listening to Du Yuemei and Zhang Ziyu's report on the specific situation during this period.

Du Yuemei said: "Li Sheng, after many negotiations with the British government this time, we finally won the Jaguar. This is thanks to HSBC and Mr. MacLehose. If it weren't for their help, we might not be able to do so now. To be able to buy Jaguar."

Li Guangyu said: "It's not bad, let us give up the Xiangjiang Electric Group, at least it will help us with Jaguar."

Li Guangyu then asked Zhang Ziyu: "Ziyu, during this period of time, has Jaguar President Sampson Gerrard made any actions that are not good for us?"

Zhang Ziyu said: "Li Sheng, Sampson Gerrard is planning to incite employees to protest our group's acquisition of Jaguar during this period. Fortunately, Mr. Shane Wesley and Mr. Chemiel Myerson, the chairman of the union After clearing the siege for us, and after Myerson personally communicated with the staff, Sampson Gerrard's conspiracy did not succeed."

Li Guangyu didn't expect that Sampson Gerrard really didn't give up. The senior management approved the Bentley Group's acquisition of Jaguar Motors. He also wanted to incite the employees to fight against him.Li Guangyu knew that there must be big bosses behind Sampson Gerrard to support him, otherwise how dare he resist the government's decision.

Li Guangyu said: "Zi Yu, do you know who is supporting Sampson Gerrard during this time?"

Zhang Ziyu conducted a special investigation on Sampson Gerrard, and the supporters behind him were mainly some MPs from Coventry, and they were basically members of the Labor Party. They were concerned about some policies of Mrs. Thatcher, who was in power by the Conservative Party. It is very contradictory, including the privatization of state-owned enterprises, and the Labor Party MPs clearly oppose it.

Li Guangyu had no choice but to arouse opposition from the Labor Party to the acquisition of Jaguar. He couldn't give up Jaguar just because the Labor Party disagreed.Besides, the Conservative Party is in power now, and it will last for a long time. The Labor Party may not be able to turn around in the past 20 years.

Besides, Li Guangyu will use England as the research and development center of the automobile group in the future. As for the manufacturing, it will still be moved to Asia.The Volkswagen Group has been in contact with the mainland since 78, planning to introduce Volkswagen into the mainland. Now that Li Guangyu has an automobile group, he will naturally not give up the mainland market. Jaguar is Li Guangyu's stepping stone.

Li Guangyu said: "After we sign the contract tomorrow, Sampson Gerrard and some of his followers can be cleared out, and we will reorganize the Jaguar car company."

Zhang Ziyu said with a smile: "Li Sheng, during this period of time, I have remembered all the management who opposed our group's entry into Jaguar Motors."

At 08:30 the next morning, Li Guangyu and his team arrived at the headquarters of Jaguar Building, and the acquisition signing ceremony was held in Jaguar's meeting room.

The British government sent the Deputy Minister of Industry Lorez Phiphill to attend the signing meeting.

Sampson Gerrard, who was in the meeting room today, looked very ugly. He didn't expect that his own opposition and the efforts of some congressmen still failed to prevent the government from selling Jaguar to the Bentley Group.And I behave like a clown these days, and now I don't even have the opportunity to work in Jaguar.

The worst thing for Sampson Gerrard is that the congressmen who once gave him promises have not contacted him now.Originally, he swore that even if the Li Group bought Jaguar, he would let him become the president of their company, but now there is no news.

Sampson Gerrard regretted it for a while after thinking about it. If he had directly agreed to Li Guangyu's acquisition, he could also become the vice president of the Bentley Group like Jessie Johnson of the Bentley Motor Company, but now he can't keep his job. .

After Li Guangyu and others entered the meeting room, Weaver Clark said to Li Guangyu, "Sheng Li, it's a pleasure to see you again. This is our Deputy Minister of Industry Lorez Phiphill."

Li Guangyu said to Lorez Phiphill: "Mr. Phiphill, hello, please come to Coventry in person."

Lorez Phiphill said: "Mr. Li, if you can invest in Chinese enterprises and drive their development, I should attend. This is also a test field for our government reform. As long as your Jaguar develops better, our domestic The more confident the economy is."

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Phiphill, please rest assured that we are confident and capable of leading the Bentley Group to compete with German, Japanese, and American car companies, and will never lag behind their domestic car groups."

At nine o'clock, Li Guangyu signed his name after the lawyer checked that there were no problems with the contract. After the completion of the contract, Li Guangyu handed over the check he had prepared to the financial department of the British government. This Jaguar car company is now a wholly owned and controlled enterprise by Li Guangyu.

At the noon reception, Lorez Phiphill said: "Mr. Li, we welcome you to continue to invest in other industries in our UK. We are currently undergoing some reforms. I think there are some industries that are developing like you. "

Li Guangyu is not interested in continuing to be caught in the struggle between the Conservative Party and the Labor Party. If Jaguar has the engine technology he urgently needs, he would not be so eager to buy Jaguar.

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Phiphill, our current Li Group's financial resources are not sufficient, and our current expansion is too fast. In the next period of time, we have no plans to acquire other companies."

Lorez Phiphill was a little disappointed after hearing this. He wanted Li Guangyu to invest more in some industries that they wanted to privatize so as to speed up the reform of the government. Unexpectedly, after Li Guangyu acquired Jaguar, there would be no more The desire to make a move.

Lorez Phiphill said: "Mr. Li, if you plan to invest in any industry in England in the future, you can contact me then, and I will give you some help."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Phiphill, I will contact you if necessary." Li Guangyu said.

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