Through the wealth life

Chapter 827 The Lee Consortium Plan
In the meeting room of the Regal Hotel in London, Du Yuemei made a detailed report on the current negotiation situation, and at the same time reported on the plan of the Bentley Group.

This time, the Bentley Group is going to eat the two major brands of Land Rover and Lotus in England to expand the strength of the Bentley Group.

Lotus Motors is easy to manage. Because the founder died of a heart attack in 82, Lotus sports cars are currently in difficulty. In addition, Lotus Motors’ engine technology is lagging behind. It is not of much value to other car groups, so this company is relatively cheap to acquire. Du Yuemei estimated that the acquisition of the Lotus sports car would cost less than [-] million US dollars.

As for Land Rover, it will be a little more troublesome. Currently, Land Rover is in the hands of Leyland Motors. Although this company has been declining over the years, it is still quite strong in the British car field. If Bentley Group wants to easily acquire Land Rover, it may not too easy.

After listening to Du Yuemei's report, Li Guangyu said to him: "Due to the weakness of the world economy, especially the weakness in the auto market, you can't just focus on England. There are many car companies with good brands in Western Europe, such as Maserati, which is in the hands of Peugeot Automobile Group, is said to be interested in selling it, you should pay attention to this aspect, and if possible, take Maserati too.”

Du Yuemei knew that Li Guangyu had always wanted to acquire this company. When Jaguar was acquired, Maserati was the backup tire. Once Jaguar failed to acquire, Bentley would choose to acquire Maserati.

Now due to the weak economy in Western Europe and North America, the luxury car market has also ushered in a cold winter. Bentley Group has the Lee consortium to develop new markets in Asia. The impact is not too great. The luxury car brands in Western European countries are more sad, and sales continue decline, and some companies even experienced loss-making operations.

For example, Maserati, which is also the reason why Peugeot Group wants to sell this brand. Du Yuemei naturally has no objection to Li Guangyu's request to acquire this car company. This is to expand the strength of Bentley Group.

Du Yuemei said: "Li Sheng, at present we plan to eat Lotus, Land Rover and Maserati in the Bentley Group, as well as the Nordic Saab, in order to expand our strength, so that our Bentley Group can compete with several other major automobile groups in the world."

Li Guangyu then inquired about the affairs of the British Telecom Group. Half a year has passed, and the current construction situation here is also related to the entry of the Phoenix Group's mobile phone.

Qin Yuhui reported: "Li Sheng, the London area will be put into use in September, and other cities will be put into operation at the end of the year. As for the villages below, it will take a long time to lay out."

The work efficiency here is far from comparable to Xiangjiang. When the signal base station was deployed in the Xiangjiang area, the employees did not have any objections to working overtime on weekends or on weekdays. Even if overtime pay was paid here, many workers were still unwilling.

If it weren't for some problems, Qin Yu really wanted to transfer Xiangjiang's construction team directly to participate in the construction of the signal base station in England.

Li Guangyu said: "You should pay close attention to this aspect, and you will have to work hard during this period. After we win the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, the major investment in England will land, and I will give you two a month's vacation. The two of you will spend your honeymoon happily."

Qin Yu and Du Yuemei had just got married, so they should have had a long vacation, but the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong has reached a critical period, and they need to be here to preside over this matter, so Li Guangyu had to postpone their vacation.

Qin Yu and Du Yuemei were not unhappy because they didn't have a holiday for their honeymoon after marriage. They also knew that this period was a critical period for the Li Family Consortium. Don't say that the holiday was postponed, they didn't have any objections even if there was no holiday.

Qin Yu said: "Li Sheng, I will urge the British Mobile Communications Company to speed up the construction in this area, occupy the British market as soon as possible, and at the same time let Phoenix mobile phones take the lead."

This time, Li Guangyu hopes to take the other 50% of the shares of the British Telecom Group and completely privatize the company.

At the same time, with the investment of Hengyu Supermarket Group and the construction of the headquarters building in Western Europe, this investment can already satisfy the appetite of England.

We must know that the market value of British Telecom Group has reached 25 billion U.S. dollars. Li Guangyu needs at least 13 billion U.S. dollars to take over this group. In addition to the investment of one billion U.S. dollars in the headquarters building, the acquisition of Lotus Cars and Land Rover will cost [-] million U.S. dollars. USD or so.

Hengyu Supermarket Group plans to invest 30 million US dollars this time, which is close to [-] billion US dollars. If the British government is not satisfied, Li Guangyu can only change hands to buy the shares of Standard Chartered and HSBC.

Li Guangyu will definitely not enter the British energy industry at this time. Now his capital is too weak, and he doesn't want to put all his working capital in it.

Especially in the coal industry that is currently on strike in England, Li Guangyu will definitely not take over this company. Let the British family and consortium handle these matters.

Li Guangyu said to everyone: "In the past two days, you should investigate more companies and enterprises related to your group's business, especially some companies that are struggling. If you think it is worth buying, you can report to me, and I will follow your requirements. Adjust the plan."

After the meeting, Li Guangyu walked around the streets of London with his three children. Li Songtao was three and a half years old. The eyes of the people looking at this side were full of curiosity. Most of them in Xiangjiang and his hometown were yellow-skinned and dark-skinned. Hair, it was very different from what he had seen before.

It's a pity that Li Guangyu's interest in shopping was wiped out in a short time. There was a crowd of demonstrators in front of them. Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing didn't take their three children forward, but turned and headed towards the hotel.

They don't want to be in this place, and there are three children beside them. If something unexpected happens, it will be too late to regret.

Cao Weiqing said: "Guangyu, it seems that the situation in England is not good. We should be more cautious in investing here. The right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars does not need to be taken too seriously. At worst, we acquired Standard Chartered. The bank acquired It's also easy, now that Qiu Deba is the largest individual shareholder, as long as we spend a large sum of money on the stock market to buy Qiu Deba's shares, there is still a chance of holding shares."

Cao Weiqing felt that the huge investment in England was not worth the loss, and it would be more cost-effective to directly acquire Standard Chartered Bank.

Li Guangyu thinks further. He doesn't want all industries in Hong Kong to end up with only the Lee consortium and its interest groups. On the other side are the enterprises in the mainland. He needs some large enterprises to act as a buffer in the middle, such as HSBC and Standard Chartered. , such as Jardine Matheson and Swire, with these enterprises, they will not be confrontational.

And Li Guangyu is very clear that this wave of investment in England will not lose money. After the implementation of the Prime Minister's reform policy, the British economy will soon come out of the slump. In addition, the European Union will be established in the future. EU market.

Li Guangyu said: "I know it in my heart. You can see when I have done a loss-making business. This time the privatization reform in England is going on. I don't know how many forces are watching. If the prime minister's asking price is too high, I'm afraid those consortiums and families would have already done so. surrounded."

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(End of this chapter)