624. Reversal
This Leonard... Johnson is indeed not a easy-to-handle character. Although Heidi has given Li Yifan a vaccination, Li Yifan still did not expect that this guy was such a difficult character.
Smith had submitted the report of Litton China's poor management to the headquarters before, and explained the current situation of Litton China.
I have been in the Chinese market for seven or eight years, but I have been in a loss state. And according to the current situation, I will continue to lose money in the future.
Because after several years of entering China, Smith has basically mastered the tea drinking habits of Chinese people. According to his speculation, he is very pessimistic about the future of Litton China in the Chinese tea beverage market.
Moreover, this part of the viewpoint has been recognized by most Lipton's senior management. Although China is the largest tea beverage market in the world, it is quite difficult to find a new way in this market and open a breakthrough due to its long history of drinking tea and the people's own consumption habits.
Although everyone is not worried about the potential of the Chinese market, if you continue to operate at a loss in accordance with the current situation, no one can say when the specific time will be able to make a profit.
To be honest, the annual operating conditions of Liton China have long been dissatisfied with Liton's senior management, and there have been objections on the board of directors, clamoring to sell Liton China and launch the Chinese market. It has been more than a day or two.
But after all, as the world's largest tea beverage market, it is still very attractive, so there are still constant disputes on the board of directors.
How to deal with Litton China? Litton's senior management has not yet decided on the outcome. Some people advocate that a hero cut off his arm and sell Litton China, a company that has been losing money for years.
After all, it is very expensive to maintain several factories that are not profitable every year and to maintain this marketing channel. Some people plan to wait and see for a while. Anyway, Lipton can afford to lose money. However, this idea has gradually become no longer popular after Lipton's Chinese country has suffered losses for seven or eight years.
After all, when people run companies, they are not charity. It is okay to say that a profitable company is not a business. Even if it is a company that can barely maintain a balance of revenue and expenditure, everyone is willing to keep it going, but they have to make losses for years and have to keep filling in it. Not many people are willing to ask for such a company.
But after all, there are still some senior managers who are very optimistic about the prospects of Litton China. As the world's largest tea beverage market, the potential here is almost poor. These people firmly believe that they have not found a suitable stepping stone. Once they find the key to opening this market, the market will bring them continuous benefits. What they need to do now is to give Litton China a little patience.
This time, Leonard Johnson is the supporter of this creed, at least on the surface, this guy is responsible for visiting Litton China and is responsible for negotiating buyers who intend to acquire Litton China.
Li Yifan sent an invitation to Leonard for several consecutive days, and also sent an invitation letter to Litton China, sending a signal to the other party and expressing his desire to acquire Litton China. However, the news was exceptional and ended up in the end with no response. Leonard has been staying in the head office of Litton China these days, either inspecting the two companies or studying data at the headquarters, and turning a blind eye to Li Yifan's invitation.
The other party's behavior of turtle shrank like this made Li Yifan very angry. He originally planned to cut the mess with a knife, but now it seems that things are not as smooth as he imagined.
"What the hell does this guy want?"
Li Yifan pressed the cigarette butt in his hand hard into the ashtray. The other party had obviously received an order from his superior to deal with Liton's resources in China, but this guy was so good that he actually played Tai Chi with him. It's really a fucking thing. It's been several days, but he didn't even see the other party's figure.
If this is not a normal business negotiation, Li Yifan really wants to find an excuse to kill the other party directly to calm the anger in his heart.
Just an executive manager, he disobeyed and refused to obey. Who did he think he was?
"Looking back, I'm asking the people above to urge him. Is he really that chicken feather a man? "
Heidi was also very dissatisfied with Leonard's performance. He had already greeted Lipton's senior management, but he didn't expect Leonard to play a lip service. Such a guy has been sentenced to imprisonment in Heidi's heart.
Even if he completed this transaction, even if he could get quite superior conditions for Lipton, after he went back, what was waiting for him would be the fate of sitting on the bench.
Heidi's call still worked. That night, Li Yifan received a call from Leonard. The other party was very polite and apologized to him on the phone, and finally invited him to the dinner. However, Li Yifan refused the invitation very rudely, but he did not refuse the invitation to have a coffee together.
The meeting time was arranged after dinner, and the cafe in a large hotel near Liangmaqiao was very elegant. There were not many people at night and they were very engaged in business negotiations.
As soon as Li Yifan entered the cafe, he saw a tall and thin bald white man greeted him enthusiastically: "Hello, Mister Lee, I'm very happy to see you."
It was a very formulaic tone, and Li Yifan also smiled slightly and gave the other party a formulaic meeting and greeting, but at this time, he naturally had a hint of contempt from the superior.
Damn it, aren’t you very tough? You’re awesome, are you going to be tough?
Obviously, it feels very uncomfortable to be left by this bald guy these days.
"I'm sorry, I've been waiting for you these days. I'm very sorry for my miserable behavior."
Leonard clearly felt the difference in Li Yifan's attitude, but he was not angry at all. He was completely a businessman and was dealing with Li Yifan.
"Okay, don't be polite, let's get straight to the point? To be honest, I like the straightforward way of Americans doing business. How about it? Open a price? What are you going to ask for? How much do you plan to ask for the Jinghua Tea Corporation and Jinghua Tea Company?"
This Leonard is so polite, obviously he has been under pressure from coming to the top management of Lipton. At this time, Li Yifan of course cannot be polite to the other party. Anyway, after the other party returns, he will have to sit on the bench, so Li Yifan doesn't have to worry about his mood at all.
If you let these few tough words out, you would be so unpretentious. If you were other big-nosed foreigners, you would probably have changed your face long ago, as these guys were used to being rampant in the country. However, at this time, Leonard still had a smile and had no intention of being angry at all.
"Haha, Mr. Li is really rude. I guess it's time for me to end my career after I go back this time. You may be thinking at this time that if I'm smart enough, I should prepare my resume now and find a job when I return home, right?"
Leonard's words made Li Yifan stunned. He had to raise his head and began to carefully look at the tall and thin foreigner with bald hair.
This guy looks far less ordinary than he seems to be. He turns out to be a very smart person. And what does he mean when he says this in front of himself?
Li Yifan's eyes were full of suspicion, and Leonard also smiled slightly, not in a hurry.
"You can see that Mr. Li, you really want to take over the resources of our Litton Chinese country in China. This way, after the inspection in the past few days, I have a rough understanding of the operating conditions of Litton Chinese country. Regarding Litton's Jinghua Tea Corporation and Jinghua Tea Factory, I plan to sell it to you for 30 million yuan?"
"What?"
Even though Li Yifan was pretending to be calm at this time, he could not help but make a sound in surprise when he heard the offer.
Although Liton Huaguo's business conditions are not good, Jinghua Tea Corporation and Jinghua Tea Factory have suffered losses for years, but for these two places, the land alone is more than this number now.
The Jinghua Tea Corporation and the Jinghua Tea Factory were purchased by Lipton from the Jingcheng Zhengfu a few years ago when they moved into China with a large amount.
At that time, Jinghua Tea Factory and Jinghua Tea Corporation were just separated from the original supply and marketing cooperative system reformed by the state, and the three companies of tobacco, alcohol and tea were all reading from the original old supply and marketing cooperative system.
Jinghua Tea Factory and Jinghua Tea Company have their own relationship, but later due to the impact of private tea companies, their business conditions were difficult and they were later acquired by Lipton.
Jinghua Tea Company is located within the Third Ring Road, and Jinghua Tea Factory is also within the Fourth Ring Road. Because of its long history, the area is not bad. Although the company's office building is relatively old, it covers a considerable area.
The two pieces of land in this company alone will definitely increase by ten times in the future. Even now, it will be about the same price.
But now Leonard actually wants to buy these two companies for a total of 30 million yuan. What is this guy’s idea?
Li Yifan was a little confused about the purpose of Leonard. Isn’t this guy a firm opposition? In the first few days, he thought he would firmly resist this deal because of his performance?
Chapter completed!