Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 0991 Don’t Be Too Cruel
Chinese people more or less have a "first" sentiment. When it comes to things with rankings, they tend to only focus on the first one, and they will also have special memories of the "first time" that happens to them.
You can do it, you can do it. Likewise, the first supermarket in the city will also leave a feeling of strangeness for the people.
After Chang Jianming and Zhang Chao finished their market research in Fengtian, the report was faxed back to Nanfang Retail and soon reached the hands of President Gao Hongzhuan.
Gao Hongzhuan's ancestors, starting from his grandfather, had been businessmen for at least seven or eight generations, and they were grocery store businesses. After liberation, his family's grocery store was operated as a joint public-private enterprise. His grandfather became the manager of the grocery store, and his father joined the supply and marketing cooperative and later married Gao's mother, who worked in the same unit.
Ever since Gao Hongzhuan was born, his mother liked to take him to work. When he was still in his infancy, he was influenced by the planned economy and business environment in the supply and marketing cooperative. He was born with a businessman's gene and grew up in a business atmosphere.
As an adult, he went to study in the UK, majoring in sales management. After graduation, he went to work at Selfridges department store on Oxford Street. Because of his outstanding work, he was headhunted to a retail store. After the establishment of Yun Supermarket, he resigned from a retail store and joined Yun Supermarket, where he served as president of Nanfang Retail.
After reading the investigation report, Gao Hongzhuan called Chang Jianming to confirm some things. Then he selected a few soldiers and flew to Fengtian quickly, ready to quickly seize the title of "the first supermarket" in this urban area with a permanent population of over five million, and also to make the supermarket a landmark.
Fengtian has been visited by Nanyi, Shennong Nanliang, the Reclamation Group, and Master Fan. Gao Hongzhuan had five or six Fengtian market research reports of different dimensions in his hand. After two days of wandering around the urban area of Fengtian, he had identified several locations suitable for opening supermarkets.
Of course, the locations he had narrowed down were simply screened from the perspective of whether the location and building were suitable for opening a supermarket. The more complex secondary screening had not yet been carried out.
The Summer Palace is a large entertainment complex. It is the largest span arch building in Asia and also the largest fully enclosed indoor air-conditioned water park in Asia. It is said to have invested 23 million US dollars. After it was completed and opened last year, it has become the favorite place for children in Fengtian. (Parenthesis, the family is not short of money. End of brackets.)
At the gate of the Summer Palace, Dagang parked the car on the side of the road, took two quick steps into the Summer Palace, spent three yuan to buy a visiting ticket in the reception hall, and walked around to the independent thatched hot spring pool - an independent bathing pool, where the hot water comes from a boiler and there is a thatched pavilion above the head.
"Sister Liu, I have already found out everything."
Wearing headphones and closing her eyes to enjoy the warmth of hot water wrapping her skin, Liu Xin opened her eyes, stretched her soft hands to the side, and elegantly picked up a cup of Coca Cola that was transported from the distant Bincheng by an express freight train. As her hidden Adam's apple moved, a stream of iced liquid like blood passed through her lips and went straight into the depths of her soul.
Dagang looked at the cup in Liu Xin's hand and licked his lips involuntarily. He was thirsty after running outside for most of the day.
Warm outside and cool inside, harmoniously blended, Liu Xin, who was fully relaxed physically and mentally, put down the cup and said softly, "Tell me about it."
"Sister Liu, the Zhonghua Shopping Center was contracted by Liu Xiangdong in February this year, and now it has been changed into an electrical appliance store."
"I know this, just say I don't know."
Dagang pursed his lips and said, "I found someone from the Labor Bureau through an acquaintance, and that person told me that Liu Xiangdong's contract fee was very low, only 550,000 yuan a year."
Liu Xin sneered in his heart. According to the assessment of Nan Guo Retail, as long as the annual rent of Zhonghua Shopping Mall did not exceed 1.2 million, there would be no need for bargaining.
"Do you know how Liu Xiangdong got the contract?"
"Liu Xiangdong seems to call Fang Ruomei godmother."
"Got it. Go wait for me in the car." Liu Xin said, and stood up from the water. He picked up the bath towel beside him and draped it over himself, then walked slowly towards the shower room.
More than half an hour later, Liu Xin arrived at Gao Hongzhuan's room in the Rose Hotel.
"Mr. Gao, I have reason to suspect that Liu Xiangdong obtained the contract for the Zhonghua Shopping Center through improper means. Rumor has it that Fang Ruomei, the deputy director of the Labor Bureau, is Liu Xiangdong's godmother."
"Where is Director Ling Mingxian?"
"The China Department Store is the only tertiary industry of the Labor Bureau and the only source of income besides fiscal appropriations. Without Ling Mingxian's approval, Fang Ruomei has no right to directly contract it out."
Gao Hongzhuan pondered for a while and said, "Miss Liu, tell me more about Liu Xiangdong's information."
"Liu Xiangdong, according to his profile, was born in 1960, but he should have been born in 1962. He changed his age when he was a child in order to participate in a competition. Liu's father was a bailiff, and before he retired, he became the president of the First Criminal Trial Court, a senior political cadre. His mother was an ordinary grassroots cadre before she retired.
He has been fond of sports since he was a child, and his parents have spent a lot of effort to cultivate him. When he was seven or eight years old, they sent him to a sports school to learn swimming, specializing in backstroke. He did very well and won the Liaoning Province Children's Backstroke 100m and 200m Championships. Later, due to illness, Liu Xiangdong bid farewell to the swimming pool and joined the army.
After changing jobs, he was assigned to the municipal textile company as an ordinary driver and dispatcher. Because he was smart and not a content person, he went into business in 1982. He opened a restaurant, resold clothes, processed wool sweaters, and traded with the Soviet Union.
Liu Xiangdong was not very lucky. He did not make much money in ten years of business. Instead, he spent all his time with gangsters, was keen on fighting and causing trouble, and was fierce and ruthless in fighting. He made many such friends in the business world. His father's background as a political and legal cadre gave him a sense of superiority, which fueled his arrogance.
In 1992, he shot and injured a police officer, and then fled to Yangcheng for fear of being punished. Last year, he was arrested by Fengtian police and released on bail at the beginning of this year.
Gao Hongzhuan was dumbfounded and asked, "Bail pending trial?"
Liu Xin laughed, "Things are so magical. Mr. Gao, Liu Xiangdong is not an easy person to deal with. He is half businessman and half bandit, and he has very good connections in Fengtian. Are you sure you don't want to change to a simpler target?"
"Ms. Liu, Nan Guo Retail is going to expand to most parts of the country. Fengtian has Liu Xiangdong, and other cities also have various difficult characters, Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Wu, especially in small cities, where there are few places suitable for opening supermarkets. We will inevitably face competition, and none of the competitors who are qualified to compete with us are easy to deal with.
The Zhonghua Shopping Center is the most suitable address among all the alternative locations. It is also a landmark building in Fengtian, which will be of great help to the formation of the brand effect of Nan Guo Supermarket. As long as there is a slight chance, I will not give up. "
"There is no other way. I have to go meet Liu Xiangdong and try to get him to subcontract the China Shopping Mall to us."
Gao Hongzhuan pondered and said, "Can we go from top to bottom and directly find the city or district to buy the Zhonghua Department Store, or think of a way to push the Public Security Bureau to open an investigation into Liu Xiangdong?"
"Boss Gao, no matter what you plan to do, you can't get around Liu Xiangdong. I told you, he's a very difficult person and a tough guy. If you push him into a corner, he'll do anything. The police need evidence to arrest people. If we're not careful, we'll become the evidence for his arrest.
Also, why has Liu Xiangdong remained safe until now?
It's very simple, there is someone protecting him behind the scenes.
Once Liu Xiangdong is arrested, will they worry that Liu Xiangdong will make false accusations?
Perhaps Liu Xiangdong would agree to not give them up, but he would definitely make it difficult for those who framed him. Even if we acted in secret, it cannot be hidden that Nan Guo Supermarket is the beneficiary. Liu Xiangdong could completely act on the principle of dealing with whoever benefits.
It's easy to see the King of Hell, but it's hard to deal with the little devils. When the Southland Supermarket opens, people will cause trouble every now and then. Can it still operate normally?"
After listening to this, Gao Hongzhuan said disapprovingly: "Miss Liu, as long as Nanguo Supermarket becomes a star enterprise in Fengtian, the little ghost you mentioned will automatically disappear."
"And then?" Liu Xin smiled. "There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. The story of Southland Retail in Fengtian will spread to other cities. If we act too harshly, it will scare potential enemies in the future. Because they are afraid of being hurt by Southland Retail, they may just close the door and not welcome Southland Retail as a guest.
Mr. Gao, there are other supermarkets in China, and foreign supermarkets are also coming in one after another. Walmart’s first store in China will soon open in Beijing. Nan Guo Retail is not alone at all, and there are many people on the same path. "
Gao Hongzhuan realized that he had been thinking too much. Nan Guo Retail's aggressiveness towards non-friendly competitors was not a good thing. It would easily cause a backlash. Friendly competitors might even add fuel to the fire and wish to cremate Nan Guo Retail.
After figuring it out, Gao Hongzhuan said sincerely, "Ms. Liu, thank you for your reminder. I'll leave the matter of the China Mall in your hands."
"Boss Gao, you're welcome. I'm one of your soldiers. Just follow your orders."
After Liu Xin stopped following Zhang Yu, Nan Yi sent him to Yun Supermarket to assist Nan Guo Retail in setting up a public relations department. She also did her job as a member of the bad crowd group and smoothed out relationships in various places for Nan Guo Retail.
After leaving Gao Hongzhuan's room, Liu Xin did not rush to find Liu Xiangdong, but returned to her room and tried on all the clothes she brought. Finally, after much hesitation, she chose the one she was most satisfied with and put on.
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Nan Yi accompanied Zhao Lulu outside until three in the afternoon. After sending her back to the guesthouse, he started to act alone.
There is a fishing shop near Gangxi Square. Nan Yi noticed an advertisement posted on the door of the shop two days ago, saying that there is a separate fish pond in the fishing shop with three king fish in it. Any customer who can catch any of the fish can win a grand prize of 1,000 yuan.
Since he had some free time, Nan Yi went to the fishing shop to see what the king fish looked like.
Going to the edge of the fish pond, Nan Yi looked inside and saw a carp weighing about five or six kilograms, a black carp of similar weight, and another that was actually a black carp.
Any experienced fisherman knows that a carp weighing five or six pounds is very strong. If you want to pull it out of the water, you need to slowly fish it, otherwise it will easily come off the hook. If the fishing rod is of poor quality, it will easily break.
However, black carp is stronger than carp, especially in terms of impact force. If the fishhook is only hung on the fish's lips, the fish can easily tear the fish's lips and become unhooked. Occasionally, fish with deformed mouths can be seen in fish ponds and reservoirs, which are mostly caused by multiple unhooking.
As for the black carp, it is even more terrifying. It has a nickname, the Broken Rod King. There is no need to brag about the quality of the fishing rod. Just try to see if you can catch a ten-pound black carp. As long as you can catch it, the quality of the fishing rod can be considered acceptable.
Forget about the fishing lines in the fishing shop. If you want to catch a two-pound carp, you have to use up all your skill points. Catching these three so-called king fish is simply a joke.
Nan Yi sneered at the shop owner, wondering how many people who had never fished had been fooled by his tricks.
Feeling bored, Nan Yi was about to leave when Liu Xin called him. He told her the address of the fishing shop, then spent ten yuan to get a fishing rod and went fishing by the pond.
Under the shop owner's contempt, when Liu Xin arrived, the fishing line on Nan Yi's fishing rod was still not broken, so naturally, he could not catch any fish.
Liu Xin stood next to Nan Yi, hugged her chest and said, "Boss, you look so relaxed."
Having already paid the money, Nan Yi naturally couldn't just leave like that. He put the fishing hook on the path that a carp must pass through, and waited quietly for the carp to suck the fishing hook into its mouth.
The carp gently shook its tail and came to the fishhook with its mouth opening and closing. Nan Yi chose the right time and when the carp was taking in water, he lifted the fishing rod and the fishhook was instantly caught in the air flow, turned over and fell into the carp's mouth.
Nan Yi lifted the fishing rod, and as the hook hooked the carp's lips, the carp felt the pain, swung its tail fiercely, jumped forward more than ten centimeters, and then...
The fishing line broke and I got ten dollars as reimbursement.
After placing the fishing rod on the pond, Nan Yi said to Liu Xin, "With subordinates like you working diligently for me, I can naturally enjoy my leisure time. You little slut, you are dressed so beautifully, aren't you afraid of being raped and killed? Haven't you heard that several young women have disappeared in Fengtian recently?"
Liu Xin said with a straight face: "Boss, please respect yourself. As a boss, you shouldn't talk to your female subordinates like this."
"Haha." Nan Yi laughed and said, "You're in trouble. You've changed your tactics."
"Hehe, Boss, don't you like the prudish type?"
"No, I like the real stuff." Nan Yi looked around and said, "You've attracted everyone's attention. Let's go. I'll treat you to a meal."
Come on, this is the name of a seafood buffet, 38 yuan per person, you can order prawns and frozen crabs. In the words of the locals, this place is old.
Nan Yi took Liu Xin to sit at an empty table. Liu Xin immediately turned his face away from Nan Yi, "Boss, you brought me to a place like this to eat?"
"This place is great, affordable, and there's a lot of food to eat."
Liu Xin said with a bitter face: "Even if it's not a candlelight dinner, it should be a quiet place. This kind of place is too noisy when it's dinner time."
"According to Fengtian's income level, a meal here would cost more than two days' wages, so the quality is already quite high. The customers here are middle class, and they are also our bread and butter.
To understand them, you can't just wait to read the report, you also need to often immerse yourself in them , become familiar with their way of thinking, understand their anxieties and pain points. Only in this way can you better get money out of their pockets.
Miss Liu, you have been floating in the sky for too long, you should also come down and take a look. "
Liu Xin said with disdain, "You are stingy, damn capitalist. You didn't forget to take the opportunity to teach me a lesson while having a meal. Are you worried about the money I spent in Shencun before?"
"Haha, you are getting smarter and more talkative. After I looked at your bill, I felt a little distressed. You should make up for it by making money for me, otherwise I will put you in a pig cage."
"Together?" Liu Xin asked.
"Ghost is with you. The goods have been stocked. Go get some food." Nan Yi said, pointing to the food display area.
"Together."
"I'm the boss, can't you serve me?"
"No, it's my off-duty time now."
"Okay, let's go together."
