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After the rise in the past few days, the stock market value of Shipley has risen to about 70 million pounds. Although it is still some distance away from the glory of the total market value of hundreds of millions of pounds in the past, it can be seen from the actions of shareholders that everyone is still very confident in Shipley, which announced counterattack measures.

Therefore, over the past week, Beo Stevens, chairman of Shipley, has been very excited. He is full of motivation as he sees the company's order volume gradually increasing every day.

This company can be said to be the work of his entire life. That is why he remained unmoved even when the Royal Mail wanted to acquire it.

But now, facing the situation of losing control, he was confused and didn't know what to do.

Chairman Liu's words directly crushed his last straw.

Chairman Liu’s words have been very clear, he will not support him.

In other words, it was impossible for him to get support from President Liu.

At this moment, Beo Stevens was like a walking corpse, his mind was blank and he didn't know what to do.

After a while, he finally calmed down.

"Mr. Lin, Shipley Company is my life's work. If I voluntarily resign as chairman, what are your plans for the company's next step?" Beo Stevens said calmly.

After all, he has been a boss for decades. Even if he is greatly shocked for a while, he can think calmly and quickly.

It is obvious that it is inevitable that Lin Haoran will take over Shipli Company, unless he uses funds to compete with Lin Haoran at all costs and absorb stocks from the stock market.

But this is completely meaningless, because the company now has strong competitors outside. If this kind of competition happens again internally, it won't be long before Shipley goes bankrupt.

As the founder, Beo Stevens naturally did not want to see the Shipley Company disappear.

Therefore, after learning that the other party owned nearly 50% of the shares, especially when President Liu did not support him, Beo Stevens had completely given up the idea of ​​competing with him.

“I have initially decided that once I officially become the company’s chairman, the next step will be to push Spree further into the West German market.

My strategy is to learn from the practice of the DHL Group and consider using price war as a breakthrough in the initial stage. However, given the different attitudes of the West German government and the United Kingdom, we cannot directly enter the market at extremely low prices.

However, we still have advantages, such as being able to offer slightly lower prices than DHL Group or launching special offers such as "send one get one free" to attract customers. Of course, these specific measures still require the company to make decisions after a deep understanding of the business environment of the West German government.

In short, since DHL Group is waging a price war with us in the UK, we will fight back on their turf - West Germany, and also start a price war!

As far as I know, Splice has already entered the West German market, but its share is not large. As long as we increase our investment, we are fully capable of grabbing more market share in the West German market and directly attacking the DHL Group's base camp.

This is not only a response to DHL Group, but also a way to show our strength. Even if we fail to achieve our goal, we must make them restrain their edge in the UK and remember that this is our territory. I don't believe that DHL Group can continue to be arrogant in our home turf!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Now that he has acquired Shipley, it is natural that Shipley will do better on the road to internationalization. There is no need for Lin Haoran to acquire Shipley just for the small business in the UK.

Lin Haoran's words brightened Beo Stevens' eyes, but he immediately became worried and said, "Mr. Lin, the 10 million pounds in our account cannot withstand long-term losses.

If the company continued to operate at a loss, its capital chain would be strained once the money ran out, whether in Britain or West Germany.

In the UK market, we may be able to barely survive for nearly a year, but if we adopt the same strategy in West Germany, I am afraid that the funds will only be enough to support us for half a year. This is an issue that needs to be carefully considered. "

At this moment, after confirming that he could no longer compete with Lin Haoran for the position of chairman, Beo Stevens quickly adjusted his mindset and began to seriously examine the challenges and risks facing him as the second-in-command of the company.

After all, it is impossible for him to ignore Spree just because he lost his position as chairman.

Not only did he found the company, he also ran it for nearly thirty years before it grew to its current size.

Moreover, even if he loses his position as chairman, the shares he holds and the 40% voting rights will still make him an important member of the company. He will not completely lose any rights to Shipli because of Lin Haoran's entry.

From Beo Stevens' words, Lin Haoran knew that the company founder had surrendered.

However, he had no choice but to surrender, after all, he held half of the shares.

“Although the DHL Group has a consortium called Squid Capital behind it, I have already investigated the strength of this consortium. Although it is very strong, it is not impossible to deal with it. It is simply not comparable to the Hesitation Capital Consortium in the United States.

So you don't have to worry too much about how long they can hold out. Although they have money, they can't keep burning it. They can either change their strategy to deal with us, or seek a private settlement with us. I believe that they did not enter the British market to perish together with us. "Lin Haoran analyzed with a smile.

He has learned from the international investigation company that the power behind the DHL Group is indeed very powerful in Europe and can even infiltrate the British Parliament.

But no matter how strong he is, it is limited and it is still within the range of his counterattack, so Lin Haoran is confident.

Beo Stevens nodded, tacitly agreeing with Lin Haoran's next strategy. "Mr. Beo Stevens, how about we hold a board meeting tomorrow? Do you have any objection to my being the chairman of the company? If not, it's settled. I still respect you, Mr. Beo Stevens. Even if I am the chairman of the company, I support you becoming the vice chairman and CEO of the company." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

In fact, Beo Stevens can be said to be the soul of the Spiri Company, so even if Lin Haoran took over the company, he would not be able to kick Beo Stevens out without having a certain amount of power in the UK.

Therefore, it is inevitable to keep Beo Stevens in the company.

When he has a certain amount of power in Europe in the future, it will not be difficult to kick out the founder Beo Stevens if he really wants to. He has plenty of ways to do so.

"At this point, do I still have a choice?" Beo Stevens said with a wry smile.

In fact, the company itself has only five board members, namely the original four shareholders plus a professional manager, the company's general manager.

After Lin Haoran raised funds and entered the company, he naturally became a member of the board of directors.

But those two shareholders have already sold their shares, so it is impossible for them to continue to serve as board members. In other words, from today on, there are actually only four board members left in Shipli Company.

And here, three of them have gathered, including Beo Stevens, Lin Haoran and President Liu.

As for the general manager, he is also in the company and can be called over at any time.

Therefore, the board meetings of Shipley Company can be held at any time, unlike those of Bank of Hong Kong and Jardine Matheson which are so complicated.

"In that case, then it's settled. We will hold a board meeting in the company tomorrow and then announce this matter to the public. How about that?" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Okay, you have the final say. I have no objection." Beo Stevens nodded.

After learning that Lin Haoran continued to support him as the company's CEO, Beo Stevens' resentment was not as deep.

After all, the CEO represents the real manager of the company.

"Then please ask Mr. Beo Stevens to make the arrangements. Let's meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. We'll see you then!" Lin Haoran continued.

"Okay, I'll arrange it!"

After leaving the chairman's office, Lin Haoran did not rush to leave the company, but took a walk around the company.

Although he had become an official shareholder of the company a week ago, he had not actually been here since then. In other words, this was Lin Haoran's second visit to the company's headquarters.

President Liu acted as an explainer and introduced the various departments of the company to Lin Haoran.

Looking at more than 20 large tractors loading goods on the large platform parking space in front of the warehouse, and the busy figures in the warehouse, Lin Haoran felt very satisfied.

This is just a warehouse in London. In fact, Shipley has more than 20 warehouses of various sizes throughout the UK, and even more than a dozen warehouses overseas.

If we develop the company based on this company, Shipley may become a world-renowned logistics company in the future.

Today's Shipley actually has a very good foundation. As long as it develops further, it will surely become one of the logistics giants in the future. It is not impossible for it to become a logistics giant like Maersk.

And this only cost tens of millions of pounds, it's totally worth it.

As long as its competitor, DHL Group, no longer engages in vicious competition, then with the subsequent support of Lin Haoran, Shipley will surely be able to develop rapidly.

Not to mention other places, at least in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other places, Shipley Company can definitely occupy a lot of market successfully.

Therefore, the potential of this company in the future is absolutely huge.

After inspecting all departments of the company, Lin Haoran got in a car with Chairman Liu and Tang Kun, preparing to return to Tanglou.

"Uncle Liu, I guess you must be thinking of selling the company after its market value goes up, right?" Lin Haoran suddenly asked Chairman Liu who was sitting in the back row.

President Liu was a little embarrassed at the moment, as he did have such an idea.

Because he, like the other two original shareholders, was not optimistic about the future prospects of Shipley after DHL Group entered the British market.

"I advise you not to sell it easily. You are Tang Bo's old friend and my elder. I won't cheat you!" Lin Haoran continued with a smile. (End of this chapter)