Bab 1103: Chapter 1103: Reinforcing the Rolls-Royce
It was about 10:30 a.m. Xia Yu put on his jacket and beckoned Li Wuming to go out with him.
Their destination was Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the airport with the highest passenger throughput in France.
The reason for going there was because Elena was coming to France, and she had already mentioned this when she spoke to Xia Yu on the phone yesterday.
Whether it was really for work, or simply under the guise of work to come to France to find him, Xia Yu felt... emmmm
He would rather, and also believes it to be the latter...
The airport is 25 kilometres from the centre of Paris, and Xia Yu arrived at 11am.
He waited at the airport for about 20 minutes, watching an Airbus take off and land.
Finally!
He saw Elena, surrounded by a group of bodyguards and subordinates. Xia Yu waved to her as he walked towards her.
'Elena, I've missed you so much!'
Xia Yu naturally embraced Elena in his arms and spoke softly.
Hearing Xia Yu's words, Elena's thoughts that had been building up in her heart for months suddenly exploded. Her eyes became watery, and she whispered softly, 'I've missed you too,' before leaning into Xia Yu's arms and hugging him tightly.
The bodyguards and subordinates who followed them all looked away, ignoring their boss's personal matters.
After a long while,
the two finally parted.
Xia Yu gently brushed aside the hair that covered Elena's face, looked at the beautiful face in front of him, and subconsciously revealed a smile of affection.
'Elena, let's go home first, it's quite cold at the airport.'
'Hm!'
After saying that, Xia Yu directly took Elena's hand and got into the car.
On the way home, Elena was noticeably more cheerful than usual, happily chatting with Xia Yu about what had happened in London. For example, Chelsea's young fan Mr Henry had invited a group of classmates to watch football matches every weekend, and claimed that the most brilliant thing he had done was to take Xia Yu to watch a football match, which had triggered the subsequent huge changes at Chelsea...
Elena's description was very vivid, causing Xia Yu to picture Henry's smug expression, and he couldn't help but smile.
However, Xia Yu was very satisfied with the changes at Chelsea.
In early December last year, Alex Ferguson arrived at Chelsea Football Club and built the coaching team. The former head coach parted ways amicably and left with compensation.
After taking office, Bright Fund, following Xia Yu's instructions, gave Xia Yu all the rights that Alex Ferguson had promised him. So the Old Trafford boss set off a 'shopping spree' in the winter transfer market with his waving of bills, which really shocked the entire English football world.
This behaviour made Chelsea Football Club the hated target of many poached clubs, and also the hated nouveau riche in the eyes of the fans of those teams.
But it didn't matter, as long as the fans of the Blues were fanatical.
In just one month, Alex Ferguson bought back all the players he wanted, and also strengthened Chelsea Football Club's youth team.
He even found and bought two extremely talented young players that Xia Yu had told him about: John Barnes and Ian Wright. Xia Yu was very satisfied when he heard the news.
After all, these two were the top scorers in England in later years, and if they were trained well, they would be enough to make Sir Alex Ferguson's offensive football even more powerful and win more glory for Chelsea. It was a bargain to get these two young players at such a low price.
Although the Blues were only a new team that had not yet fully meshed, under the leadership of Alex Ferguson, Chelsea began to turn the corner and became more successful, winning more than losing, and they had escaped the relegation zone after just two games.
They are now in eighth place in the league standings, in the upper middle reaches.
Although they are still a bit lacking in depth compared to the top teams, the exciting attacking football and not-bad results have rekindled the passion of the fans, and Stamford Bridge is no longer empty.
Therefore, Xia Yu, the elusive Chinese club president, also received the support of most people.
...
After the team returned to Paris, they split into two groups. Xia Yu took Elena back to his residence, while the employees of the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Group brought by Elena were received by the president of the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars France sales branch.
After a delicious lunch, Xia Yu and Elena rested on the sofa in the living room.
Embraced by Xia Yu, Elena leaned her head against his shoulder and talked to him about the work assignment that had brought her to France.
'Xia Yu, sales of all brands and models under the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars umbrella are growing rapidly. The mid-range market brands Jaguar and Morris basically all use Michelin tyres. So after the meeting, in order to reduce production costs, we are going to renegotiate with the French Michelin Group and place another order with the Pirelli Group.'
Xia Yu suddenly understood.
Xia Yu knew a lot about the Michelin Group, one of France's major industrial companies that had risen rapidly in the past twenty years and was now one of the world's top 500 companies.
Twenty years ago, the Michelin Group was not even in the top ten of the global tyre industry, but now it has taken the second place in the world, second only to the American Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
I even remember that from the 1990s to the early 2000s, the Michelin Group was always ranked first in the world tyre industry, until it was surpassed by Bridgestone of the island country in 2005.
Xia Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and said, 'Do you have a good grasp of the negotiations?'
Elena smiled and nodded, saying, 'We have a good grasp of negotiating a lower price. Right now, our Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is the number one car manufacturer in the UK, and the cars we produced in the past two years have become popular all over the world. Therefore, we are a super-large customer of the Michelin Group, and we can negotiate a lower price by relying on our huge purchasing volume.'
'However, the Michelin Group is now occupying an ever-larger market share and has adopted a more high-handed attitude, so it will be more difficult to lower the price even further.'
Xia Yu's face flashed with a look of thought, and without asking about the Michelin Group again, he turned to ask about the PEU Group.
Xia Yu knew a lot about the Michelin Group, but he was not familiar with the PEU Group. He only remembered that the company was a global top-level solution provider for automobile shopping malls in later generations, but he did not know much about the current situation.
'Elena, what about the PEU Group?'
Elena whispered, 'The PEU Group is a supplier of automotive body modules, automotive fuel systems and waste container solutions, providing products and services to automakers and government agencies. Although the company was established just over 30 years ago, their technology and services are very unique.'
'The Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Group and the PEU Group have cooperated before, and the solutions they proposed were highly recognized by the company's team of engineers, so this time they plan to deepen their cooperation.'
Xia Yu understood at once, and he put these two companies in mind, then said to Elena, 'Elena, let's put the cooperation aside for now, I'll have someone investigate first, and then we'll decide how to cooperate.'
'These days, let me show you around Paris!'
Elena was taken aback, but then she broke into a bright smile. She knew very well that the man in front of her was interested in these two companies.
Since the company belongs to him anyway, it's best to just do as he says.
Elena gave a faint smile, her heart filled with anticipation, and obediently nodded and whispered, 'Mmm!'
Elena's obedient appearance made Xia Yu's heart race. He couldn't help but think of the increasingly open topics Elena and he had been chatting about on the phone these days.
Now that he had a beauty in his arms, and no one was disturbing them...
'Elena...'
'Mmm?'
'Mmm...'
...
The next morning, Xia Yu received detailed information from Leo Martin on the Michelin Group and the Pirelli Group.
After reading it, Xia Yu decisively called George Berkeley in London and asked him to arrange for the bank to liaise with the French Bright Fund and the Rolls-Royce Motor Group to immediately acquire shares in the two companies and help the Rolls-Royce Motor Group become one of the major shareholders of the two companies, so as to facilitate follow-up negotiations and cooperation.
After the order was given, the team from the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Group that had followed Elena became idle, so they did business exchanges at the Paris branch and re-adjusted the cooperation plan in the meantime.
In the following time, Xia Yu really did what he said and took Elena for a stroll in Paris.
The various attractions in Paris left behind Elena's laughter and close photos of Xia Yu and Elena. Xia Yu even took Elena to Burgundy and Bordeaux to see his two wine estates and enjoy a romantic candlelight dinner.
It was not until March 15th that
the short romantic trip of half a month ended with Elena feeling a little regretful.
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