(Thanks to my friends for what boring and rewarding encouragement, thank my friends for encouraging me to pass a monthly pass)

South Korea has surpassed Japan to become the new convenience store kingdom, which refers to the per capita coverage rate of chain stores. In terms of profit per store and the total number of convenience stores, it is still much worse than Japan.

The lack of background and the small number of citizens are a hard flaw, and the population of South Korea is less than half that of Japan.

Many of them are convenience stores that have joined under the pressure of employment. The speed of opening a store is fast, and the speed of closing a store is not slow. Just like the 711 chain in South Korea, it is also facing such a problem.

In Japan, the number one of the three giants in the chain store industry is still 711, with FamilyMart and Lawson ranking three. 711 has 19,000 stores, FamilyMart has 18,000 stores, and Lawson has 13,000 stores.

It can be said that these three convenience store chain groups have firmly controlled the convenience store market in Japan, and 711 is a well-deserved industry leader.

Then, there were some minor problems.

Liu plans to promote the acquisition of land in Japan through cooperation with chain stores. He played this abacus very well, but Kiyono Hiroshi is not stupid. If you don't want us to get more benefits, and you still want to develop in Japan, then you can wait.

Even the last time I helped to echo the protests, it was only courtesy. Then there will be no other action, if you don't come to us to talk about cooperation, then let's do it first.

Liu Heming's little abacus was very good, but he didn't figure it out. Kiyono Hiroshi knows how difficult it will be to sell arable land in Japan.

Therefore, people have the capital. After all, even if you get land and grow vegetables through other channels in the future, you will always have to sell them, right?

The anchors have been broadcasting for two days, Michael is coming over, and there is no movement on the 711 side. Liu Heming felt that he couldn't expect 711 too much, and people couldn't bird you, so he asked Suzanne to start contact with the whole family in Japan.

If the eldest doesn't work, look for the second child, and the whole family is not bad, just a little weaker. Anyway, this matter will not affect Susanna's hot spring career, and you can't soak in the hot spring for too long, people will soak badly.

After arranging this matter, Liu Heming set his sights on these anchors. He found that he was a little out of step with the times and outdated.

I usually don't pay much attention to the anchor industry, but in his heart he still has traditional thoughts, and he thinks that if he wants to do publicity, he still has to find a star, or the bigger the brand, the better.

But he really thinks badly, as an emerging media industry, these anchors really have no worse influence than those stars.

He also registered an account and went to the rooms of those anchors to watch it, it is true that there are many people who come to watch beautiful women soak in hot springs, but these anchors still have a certain fan base. This makes the appeal of these anchors also very strong.

Although the hot spring area has not yet been officially opened to the public, and some of the houses in the hot spring area that were acquired later are still being renovated, some people have begun to ask where the hot spring is.

Liu Heming wants to open as soon as possible, or for trial operation, but the procedures have not been completed yet, and it is still a little bit close. You'll have to be inspected and you'll have to recruit some staff.

Not to mention anything else, cleaning staff and cooking chefs, you have to match these two types of work.

Mikako makes Japanese-style home-cooked food, and there is no problem in entertaining her family, but for those tourists, it is still a level behind.

The strong appeal of the anchors has also accelerated the process of recruiting chefs.

He doesn't have high requirements, as long as the chef recruited this time can cook traditional Japanese cuisine with a medium taste. You don't have to make any kaiseki to make the same amount of money, it's a free meal for tourists, and the standard is set too high, but it's not easy to price.

The way of assessment is to cook directly, and then he takes everyone to taste it.

Delicacy is an inherent attribute of Japanese cuisine, and the dishes cooked by any chef are exquisite. However, because the threshold set by Liu Heming is a bit low, although there are many people who come to apply, only two chefs successfully applied for the job in one day.

He and Alex still have some mouths, not that you can be fooled by lowering the threshold, and you also need to control the skills of these chefs.

"Boss, the whole family is not so easy to talk about. Susanna, who came back from outside, said very seriously.

"Don't worry, try this soba first, it's very refreshing. Liu Heming said with a smile.

"Boss, why don't we get in touch with 711 again?" asked Susanna.

Liu Heming shook his head, "If we contact 711, they won't give us much preferential conditions, on the contrary, they will want to fight for more benefits." It was already obvious when Hiroshi Kiyono came over last time. ”

"In fact, we were originally prepared for the difficulties in buying land in South Korea and Japan, but this time the unexpected development of the industry in South Korea has changed our mentality. ”

"When you contacted the whole family this time, what did they say, and what kind of conditions did they put forward?"

"They will limit the purchase and sale price of agricultural products, and the contract needs to be signed for a long time. If our vegetables have quality problems, their claim standards will be very high. Suzanne said helplessly.

"FamilyMart's turnover has increased significantly this year, and now they are competing with 711 with all their might. It is estimated that our cooperation with 711 in South Korea is also taken into account by them. I know that we haven't negotiated with 711 yet, but they won't give us more benefits just because of competition with 711. ”

This is also what makes her very depressed, obviously after cooperating with herself, it will definitely have a greater impact on 711, but the whole family not only has no concessions, but also insists.

Even if it was just the first time I had contact today, the attitude was clear.

"Let's put this matter aside for now, and then we will focus on the operation of the hot spring area. Liu Heming thought for a while and said.

"Then let's contact the local government in Japan through formal channels and not take advantage of it. Even if it's a little more difficult, we have something to talk about. ”

"Their land here is expensive, but it's not that it can't be sold. Anyway, I'm already planning to take out a loan from Citibank, even if the price of the land we buy here is a little higher. ”

"Then there is the fertilizer about us, which will also be sent to the relevant departments in South Korea and Japan for approval as soon as possible. Land improvement is inseparable from those fertilizers, especially in Japan. ”

"Well, maybe it was too smooth when we were doing business before. Suzanne nodded.

The company's development has been smooth sailing and has not been hindered in any way. Especially in South Korea, it went so smoothly, which also made Suzanne feel that it would not be as difficult here in Japan as she imagined.

Now she also knows that sometimes there are some things that have to rely on strength, and you can't take advantage of them.

"By the way, boss, I also checked some information in the past two days. There is a serious shortage of labor in Japan, and many farms or planting areas cannot recruit locals at all, and most of the trainees hired are from China. So what will we do when we buy the land in the future?" asked Suzanne after eating some soba noodles.

"Let's continue to hire, in fact, even now our hot spring area has encountered difficulties in recruiting cleaning personnel. The number of chefs who come to apply is more than 3 times that of the cleaning staff, and our demand for chefs is not so high. Liu Heming said with a smile.

"Now I'm wondering if I should directly recruit some Chinese people who know Japanese to work here. The salaries we pay are not low, but the locals are not very interested. ”

"I've been to other hot spring restaurants, and most of the staff there are elderly, and the proportion of young staff should not exceed 30%. ”

"Huh, I thought the boss was fooling around every day, when did he know about these things?" asked Suzanne with some curiosity.

Liu Heming rolled his eyes, "It's my own business, I don't care, can I do it?"

His development in Japan was blocked, and he couldn't care at all. But he also knows that it's useless to be in a hurry or something, and he still has to rely on his own strength to speak.

In the past, I thought that with the high-quality vegetables I grow, I would be able to smooth out. In fact, this is not the case at all, and there are many factors to consider.

As mentioned above, the need for personnel is a serious problem here in Japan. Japan's aging population is one of the highest in the world.

Not only is the birth rate much lower, but another factor is that the age of the suicide group is beginning to decrease. In the past, most of them were middle-aged and couldn't bear the pressure of life, but now many young people have begun to catch up with this trend.

In Japan, where life expectancy is relatively high, the combination of these factors makes the aging population more and more prominent. As a business, they like to hire young people, and the demand for labor is also greater.

It is difficult for the locals to recruit people from their hot spring hotels, let alone outsiders. And in the future, the number of planters will be higher than here, and there will be a headache at that time.

"By the way, we won't be here for long. In a few days, I'm going to go to an Australian island, and then Ilyx's film will continue filming next month. Liu Heming continued.

"Hey, I'm afraid I won't be able to go over there and play with you. The business in Japan is a headache. Suzanne sighed.

"Take your time, you're going to soak in the hot springs here anyway. Liu Heming said with a smile.

There is no chance to cheat this time, so I can only do this industry with real knives and guns.