Through the wealth life

Chapter 548 Proud Bill

Although it is very tempting for the mainland market, if Carrefour can gain a foothold in Xiangjiang, it will indeed be of great help to enter the mainland market in the future.However, judging from the current situation, it is not worth it for Carrefour to come to Xiangjiang to take over Wellcome Supermarket and fight with the Lee consortium.

Victor Bill planned to enter Carrefour ahead of the Hengyu Supermarket Group before I extended my tentacles to the Southeast Asian market.In these places, the Lee Consortium does not have local partners, and the pressure Carrefour faces is much less.

Being in Japan and Taiwan made him very depressed. Every time he opened a branch, he would always face joint attacks from several nearby supermarkets, and he didn't want Carrefour to gain a foothold in the local area.

After listening to Henry Keswick's explanation on the relationship between the Lee Consortium, Victor Bill plans to enter the Singapore and Malaysia markets. This is mainly dominated by the Singapore Consortium, and the relationship with the Lee Consortium is not very friendly there. .

Even the Lee Consortium has some connections in Malaysia, but compared with Japan and Taiwan, it is far behind. These areas have greatly reduced the advantages of Hengyu Supermarket Group.

As for Xiangjiang, anyway, he would not suggest the headquarters to enter, it would only be a trap, and Carrefour could only do business at a loss. If the headquarters didn't care about losses, he naturally didn't care.

Victor Bill did not discuss the topic of Wellcome Supermarket with Henry Keswick anymore. He himself asked for some news about the Lee Consortium, especially the senior management of the Hengyu Supermarket Group, which was their main rival. some situations.

Since when Carrefour entered Japan last year, it was Chen Linwen who was in charge of the expansion of the Japanese market of Hengyu Supermarket Group at that time, so Victor Bill was most impressed by the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket Group.

Victor Bill also had some understanding of the senior management of Hengyu Supermarket Group. He had never met Li Xuelan, the president of the group, and Zhao Xiaoyan, the number one vice president, and didn't know much about their abilities.

As for the three newly added vice presidents, one in charge of administrative manpower, one in charge of finance, and one in charge of logistics, Victor Bill did not take them to heart.

He felt that Chen Linwen was the one who was most dangerous to Carrefour. As for Li Xuelan, he also had some information.

This person debuted as Li Guangyu's secretary in the Li Consortium, and her sister is also the first executive officer of the Li Consortium. Victor Bill believed that the reason why Li Xuelan was able to take the position of president was more due to this relationship. rather than her strength.

As for Zhao Xiaoyan, vice chairman and vice president of Hengyu Supermarket Group, Victor Bill looked down on her even more.According to his understanding, the main reason why this woman has achieved her current position is that when Li Guangyu was in charge of the family business, she was a manager of the Li's consortium.

With the continuous expansion of Li's consortium, it has developed from a clothing production company to a comprehensive consortium spanning several industries and as many as a dozen groups. Zhao Xiaoyan's status has also risen with the tide, starting from a small company manager. To the high position of group vice president.

Henry Keswick listened to Victor Bill's dismissive comments on many senior executives of the Lee Consortium, but he mourned silently for Carrefour Group in his heart.With such an arrogant attitude of the president of Asian affairs, how can he compete with the Li's consortium.

Henry Keswick never underestimated those high-level executives of the Lee Consortium. Although many of them were very young, many of them were promoted from a small company manager to a group vice president in just a few years, but the Li Consortium The development of Li's consortium has not been slowed down because of their youth. On the contrary, the emergence of these high-level people has made the Li's consortium full of vitality.

There are countless high-level executives who have set an example for the management of the group. As long as they work hard and make contributions to the Li's consortium, the senior management of the Li's consortium will have their place. This kind of vitality cannot be compared with many groups in Xiangjiang of.

Besides, Victor Bill himself is now just a regional president of the Carrefour Group, and he is far behind Li Xuelan in terms of level.

Moreover, although the market value of Hengyu Supermarket Group is lower than that of Carrefour Group, it is not much lower.As for the reason why Hengyu Supermarket’s branches are much lower than Carrefour’s, the main reason is that Hengyu Supermarket Group’s expansion stores are all purchased by itself, while Carrefour’s own stores do not exceed 20%, which makes the outside world think that Carrefour Group is stronger than Hengyu Supermarket Group. a lot of.

Victor Bill hadn't learned how powerful Li Xuelan was, but Henry Keswick had a good experience this year.Although Li Xuelan did not preside over the affairs of Hengyu Supermarket Group this time, Henry Keswick knew that Li Xuelan was directing the action against Wellcome this time.

Seeing Victor Bill's proud attitude, Henry Keswick didn't remind him. Instead, he echoed his statement, and even said that the reason why Wellcome has become the current situation this time is that the team led by Chen Linwen Hengyu Supermarket Group has a very big relationship.

Victor Bill said: "Keswick, the main reason why the Li's consortium is in power now is their unlimited financial resources and their practice of not caring about profits. This is destined to not last long. Once the Li's consortium has financial difficulties, it will be their When it collapsed, without this sharp weapon, Hengyu Supermarket Group would not have any strength to compete with our Carrefour."

Henry Keswick hoped to bring Carrefour Supermarket to Xiangjiang to relieve the pressure on their British consortium, but although Victor Bill revealed his contempt for the Lee consortium and Hengyu Supermarket Group in his words, he did not care about it in the slightest. He has no plans to take over Wellcome Supermarket, which makes him feel a little disappointed.

Henry Keswick said: "Bill, please also tell your Carrefour executives that if you want to get a share of the Asian market, you need to fight with the Lee consortium. Dodging is useless, and in Xiangjiang and The competition of the Li's consortium can better show the strength and courage of your Carrefour, and at the same time, our British consortium will provide you with some help."

Although Victor Bill looked down on some high-level executives of the Hengyu Supermarket Group, he was not stupid. Xiangjiang was the foundation of the Lee consortium. Carrefour came here to compete with them.

He already has a plan in mind. He is going to place the battleground of Carrefour and Hengyu Supermarket Group on the Southeast Asian market. There are many countries and the market is big enough. It is indistinguishable.

Victor Bill said: "Keswick, I also hope that you can provide me with more information about the Lee Consortium so that we can learn more about this opponent. After we gain a firm foothold in other regions , our Carrefour will enter the Xiangjiang market, I believe that in the future your Wellcome today will be the tomorrow of Hengyu Supermarket Group.”

Henry Keswick no longer wants to say anything more. With Victor Bill's current attitude, he estimates that Wellcome's today is probably the tomorrow of Carrefour Asia.

But he still responded: "Bill, I will ask my assistant to give you a detailed information about the Li's consortium later, for your reference."

After Henry Keswick bid farewell to Victor Bill, he contacted Shen Bi and George Lavin, and formally notified them of the closure of Wellcome. Officially closed on June 6.

At this time, Henry Keswick also felt that it was a mistake to focus on keeping Wellcome Supermarket. He knew it was very difficult, but he still wanted to persevere. In the end, after losing countless funds, he still couldn't save Wellcome Supermarket. .

Thinking that it has been less than a year since he came to Xiangjiang to take over Jardines, two pillars of Jardines have already fallen down, and he doesn't know how long he can support Jardines.

(End of this chapter)