Smith, a white entrepreneur in his 40s, jumped into North America's most prosperous retail market with a few classmates when he graduated from college.

Relying on a small community-level supermarket, through more than 20 years of hard work, the chain supermarket has been opened in 12 states in eastern North America.

There are more than 500 community-level small and medium-sized retail supermarkets, covering more than 4,000 commodity categories such as food, furniture, shoes and clothing, with annual retail sales reaching 1.5 billion US dollars.

Although it is not as good as North American retail giants like Walmart and Costco. But with the iron bucket operation of these more than 500 community supermarkets, his Smith Group once rose to the top of the second-tier retail industry in North America.

Even many large international consortia have thrown an olive branch to him, saying that they want to inject capital into the Smith Group to accelerate the expansion of small and medium-sized retail supermarkets in this kind of community.

However, considering that the cash flow in hand is sufficient, and he is in the prime of life, it is definitely not a problem to struggle for another 20 years. As a result, Smith rejected the kindness of these large conglomerates and began to look for excellent suppliers all over the world, so as to open up the variety depth of his supermarket shelves and increase the competitiveness of the group's more than 500 community supermarkets.

For example, Huaguo, which is currently in a leading position in the manufacturing industry, is one of the objects of frequent inspections by Smith Group.

What surprised Smith the most, though. At an international exhibition held in the magic capital of China, a medium-sized Chinese enterprise located in Ruicheng also found itself on Lin Yongfeng's Shengfei Industry.

It is said that they want to enter the North American market with wooden furniture and photo frames produced by Shengfei Industry with extremely good quality and price, and by the way, take this opportunity to cooperate with the Smith Group.

Considering that the furniture on the shelves of his supermarket is relatively scarce, Smith simply agreed to Lin Yongfeng's request, planning to come to Huaguo, a remote 18th-tier town, to have a look.

After all, the entire total output value of Shengfei Industry is only more than 800 million yuan, and it is only more than 130 million US dollars when converted into US dollars.

Such a low-asset supplier wants to do business across borders. Without a personal field trip, Smith, as the main helmsman of the group, really felt a little empty.

However, as soon as he walked out of the airport, Smith felt the "enthusiasm" of this Shengfei industry.

First, a Maybach-class Mercedes-Benz S600 came to pick up the airport, and then checked into the presidential suite with a price tag of 15,000 US dollars a night. Such a high-standard treatment is more generous than the few Chinese suppliers he met in the magic capital.

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Standing in the room of Ruicheng International Hotel, looking down at the ant-like traffic through the huge transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, Smith said to his wife beside him with a slight hook on the corner of his mouth: "The boss of this Shengfei Industry seems to be a little too enthusiastic about us, right?"

"Chinese people do business like this, they like to pay attention to pomp. ”

"Isn't it the same with several other Chinese suppliers in our Smith supermarket?" His wife, Jenny, said with a look of exhaustion.

The overnight intercontinental flight made her a little tired.

Coupled with the time difference between the two countries, even standing in the most luxurious presidential suite in Ruicheng, the fashionably dressed white wife was not the slightest interested.

"By the way, how's Hathaway? Still asleep in bed?"

"The secretary has just sent a message, saying that this Boss Lin plans to invite our family to taste the local food of Ruicheng at the dinner. ”

"If you're too tired, you mother and daughter can go to sleep first. Smith went up and put his arms around his wife's fragrant shoulder, and said apologetically.

In fact, when he came to Huaguo, in addition to inspecting the qualifications of a number of suppliers, the most important thing was to take his wife and daughter to visit the beautiful scenery of Huaguo.

Just the thought of such a dense business meeting in the middle made Smith's face feel a little guilty.

"It's okay, Hathaway is already up and washing. ”

"But let's say in advance, there are more animal fats and oils in Chinese food, so it's best to eat less at night. ”

"If you're hungry, there's some cocoa biscuits and chocolates in this room. His wife, Jeanne, said this, apparently not holding out any hope for the evening feast.

In the eyes of typical Chinese people like Jenny and Smith, the food cooked in a Chinese kitchen is as sweet and heavy as Chinatown in North America.

Although when I was in college, when the couple didn't have much money, I liked to eat.

But after the supermarket business grew, the two became more and more picky about eating healthily, and they hadn't eaten at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown for a long time.

It's just that when the Mercedes-Benz driver who came to pick up the airport in the afternoon sent the Smith family of three, along with the secretary and the translator, to the [No. 1 Fresh in the World] in the Jade Building.

Jenny, the wife who had no hope for this dinner, was suddenly a little overjoyed!

“Daring!”

"Isn't this what you said, the Soviet-style garden where the ancient Chinese nobles lived?"

"Oh my God, how can you open a restaurant like this?"

"The idea...... It's just amazing!" His wife Jenny was excited, and she took her daughter Hathaway's hand and shuttled through the pavilions of this jade building.

In particular, the lotus pond in the center of the jade building is full of classical charm under the backdrop of a circle of atmosphere lights.

When they entered the main entrance of [The World's First Fresh], the land at the entrance had some amazing wild seafood, which made this family of three couldn't help but take out their mobile phones and shoot wildly.

“OMG!”

"Dad, is this a big lobster from Boston?"

"Why is it growing so big?" Daughter Hathaway exclaimed excitedly.

As for the latest iponeX in his hand, he has set up a selfie stick and pulled his mother Jenny together to take a group photo of the huge lobsters in this fish tank.

Only Smith on the side, when he saw the happy appearance of his wife and daughter, the guilt in his heart was slightly eliminated.

However, just as he was about to follow his secretary into the lobby of this high-end Chinese restaurant, the one-piece floor-to-ceiling fish tank erected in the deepest part of the entrance attracted his attention.

Because in the fishbowl with a silvery white light, a golden arowana with a curly beard was twisting the columnar lines on its back that could squeeze blood stains, and it was moving up and down the top of the fish tank.

"This ...... Is this the kind of precious Arowana?" Smith's mouth was amazed at the same time.

I recall that two years ago, during a visit to RB, I saw this beautiful ornamental arowana at the home of the president of a certain company who was also a supplier of the group.

However, he faintly felt that the golden and red long-whiskered arowana in front of him was obviously many times more valuable than the ornamental arowana from the RB supplier!

The second !! continues, and there will be at least 3 more tonight~

(End of chapter)