Through the wealth life

Chapter 416 The Unwilling Airbus

Li Xuemei officially started the negotiation with Conny Akalin on the next morning, focusing on the issue of price. Although Boeing had already offered certain discounts, Li Xuemei hoped to lower the price.

And Kendy Jesse in the hotel was very disappointed. He had already received a report from the staff who came to the company with him. Connie Akalin from Boeing went to the Lee Building again. He knew that the Lee consortium was more inclined to Boeing company.

He himself was very unwilling to let such a large order go away from Airbus. He hoped that the Xiangjiang government could give their company some help, so he contacted MacLehose again, hoping to meet him.

In MacLehose's office, Kendy Jesse said: "Mr. MacLehose, your British government is also a shareholder of our Airbus, and your British share of the profits made by our company. This time, the Lee Consortium's Airline orders will not be small, and please help me in this regard to promote the cooperation between the Lee consortium and our Airbus."

It is only half a year before he resigns. MacLehose really does not want to be involved in the conflict of interests of these consortiums. He hopes that in the next six months, he can maintain the stable development of Xiangjiang. The current economic situation of Xiangjiang is very pessimistic. Can't stand another blow.Besides, this time was originally a commercial activity, and it would be very inappropriate to intervene in it by yourself, and the Li's consortium may not necessarily listen to itself.

As for the British government's shares in Airbus, there are not many shares, which are mainly from West Germany and France, and even Italy has more shares in it than England.

Let your own government be a villain, and you can make a lot of profits. It’s a good idea. He knows that the Li’s consortium is negotiating the acquisition of the telecommunications group in London. The general framework has been determined. That would be a big trouble.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Jesse, I'm afraid that our Xiangjiang government is helpless this time. Your company is unwilling to give up some profits, which led to the Lee consortium choosing Boeing. We can't let them pay more to buy it. your product."

Kendy Jessie also didn't expect the Xiangjiang government to force the Li's consortium to purchase products from his company.He has been in Xiangjiang for the past few days, and he has deeply felt the influence of Li's consortium on Xiangjiang. When any government makes things difficult for Li's consortium, it must consider that once there is a little turmoil in Li's consortium, the millions of citizens in Xiangjiang will be affected. Will it be able to remain stable.

It is difficult for the government to imagine what it will be like once the public buses in Xiangjiang stop operating and the telephone cannot be reached. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of employees under the Li family consortium, and now they have extended their tentacles to the aviation industry. It is said that the Li family The consortium is still thinking about acquiring Xiangjiang Electric Group, which is to control the needs of Xiangjiang citizens in all aspects.

Even from this fragmentary news, Kendy Jessie also felt the terrorist influence of the Li Consortium in Xiangjiang. Before the Li Consortium did something that violated the regulations of the Xiangjiang government, the Xiangjiang government could not impose on him. pressurized.Otherwise, it will only get the government into trouble. The media group under the Li family is not a vegetarian.

Kendy Jessie said: "Mr. MacLehose, I don't ask your government to order the Lee consortium to buy our company's products. I just hope you can ask them to give us a little more time for Airbus. You know, we Airbus It will take some time to negotiate here, and it cannot be compared with Boeing in terms of decision-making."

MacLehose is naturally aware of the reasons for this. The shareholders are composed of several countries. If they offer such a large number of orders, the amount will not be small.Obviously, this needs to be discussed by representatives of several countries in the company, and it is often impossible for countries to reach an agreement quickly. Therefore, Airbus often suffers from the competition with Boeing, but it is not known when such a situation will be possible. Change.

MacLehose said: "Jessie, I can only contact Li Guangyu and explain it for you. As for how Li Guangyu decides, we can't do anything."

Kendy Jesse didn't believe that they could do nothing, it was just that they didn't want to give conditions.He knew that the Li's consortium had been rejected by the Xiangjiang government a lot in terms of route applications, especially the mainland route, and none of them had been approved.If the Xiangjiang government came with such conditions, he believed that the Li consortium would definitely consider it.

Kendy Jesse said: "Then I will trouble you. On this issue, I still hope that we can be consistent. The purpose of our company is to compete with Boeing and safeguard our interests in Western Europe."

MacLehose said: "Jessie, I naturally hope that the Li's consortium can buy Airbus aircraft, but you still need to work hard in this regard. We can't buy and sell by force. You should know that the Li's consortium With a strong media team and lawyer team, I don't want our government to be the target of public criticism in Xiangjiang."

Seeing what MacLehose said, Kendy Jessie had no choice but to leave. If he wanted to get an order from the Lee Consortium, he still had to contact the headquarters and ask them to come up with more discounts, otherwise This time, I can only watch the large orders go away, and maybe Xiangjiang Airlines will no longer choose its own Airbus for future orders.

After Kendy Jessie left, MacLehose called Li Guangyu. He still wanted to intercede for Airbus, after all, it still had shares of the British government.

After listening to MacLehose's intercession, Li Guangyu said to MacLehose: "Mr. MacLehose, this time our company gave Airbus a chance, but their discounts are a bit far from Boeing's." Ah, there's no way we'd choose Airbus over the company's interests."

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, I also know that this matter is indeed a problem of Airbus, but please give Airbus a little more time, and don't rush to reach an agreement with Boeing. Airbus will come up with more On favorable terms."

After hearing this, Li Guangyu said to MacLehose: "The pressure on our airline is relatively high. You also know that Cathay Pacific has made some changes. I hope that our airline can start flying as soon as possible so as not to lose some advantages. So we don't The delay may be too long, but Boeing has promised us that it will provide us with aircraft from next month, which is a condition that Airbus cannot give.”

MacLehose did not expect Boeing to spend a lot of money. It usually takes two to three years for an aircraft to be delivered. However, Boeing can guarantee that the delivery will begin next month. Obviously, it has used orders from other airlines. Some of the benefits here can be great.

Li Guangyu and MacLehose didn't know that due to the oil crisis and the financial crisis in the past two years, some airlines that placed orders with Boeing were negotiating with Boeing to cancel the orders.That's why Boeing dared to do this, and they gave Li Guangyu a lower price, and they still made a lot of money.

MacLehose said: "Mr. Li, if Airbus and Boeing have the same conditions, I hope your company can choose Airbus products."

Li Guangyu said: "Mr. MacLehose, I will seriously consider your suggestion."

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(End of this chapter)