Chapter Ninety-Six: Carrefour Supermarket
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has entered the early summer of June.
Two months is enough time to do a lot of things, Wu Ming has established a law firm and an accounting firm during this time, and the legal and financial affairs of Wu Ming's family, including his uncle's company, have been handed over to these two companies.
Wu Ming's self-operated bookstore, Xinghuo Bookstore, has opened more than 100 bookstores, all over Xiangjiang. Now it is developing the island market, and with the help of the Sun Moon Society, it has developed rapidly, and the number of bookstores has reached the same level as that of Xiangjiang.
The long-prepared supermarket chain has also been officially established with a registered capital of 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Wu Ming's Star Holdings invested 95 million yuan, accounting for 95% of the shares, his uncle Wu Bingwen invested 4 million, accounting for 4% of the shares, and his aunt Wu Xiaoyan invested 1 million, accounting for the remaining 1% of the shares.
As for Wu Bingxuan and Hu Yanhong, the couple also wanted to buy shares, but unfortunately Wu Ming didn't let them. At that time, the two strange people scolded on the spot, and even wanted to do it. However, Wu Ming has always brought two personal bodyguards, and when the two goods saw the bodyguards looking at them murderously, they immediately withered.
This supermarket chain was named "Carrefour" by Wu Ming, and in its previous life it was the Chinese homonym of Carrefour, the largest retailer in Europe and the second largest international retail chain in the world. This company was able to quickly gain a foothold in the Chinese market, and this good name also played a big role.
However, Wu Ming felt that this name was more catchy and in line with the naming habits of the Chinese people, so he directly took it and used it. Later, when entering the Chinese market, he and Carrefour are opponents, and of course they have to start from many aspects to fight the enemy.
After the establishment of Carrefour Supermarket, Wu Ming's mother Li Feng served as the chairman of the company, and his uncle Wu Bingwen served as the president. At present, eight branches have been opened, and the goal is to open branches throughout Hong Kong.
Not to mention, if he can give birth to a smart son like Wu Ming, Li Feng's IQ is not much worse. After all, Wu Ming was a college student in the 90s in his previous life, and his gold content was much higher than that of college students after the new century.
After more than half a year of study, Li Feng managed Carrefour in an orderly manner with the help of Wu Bingwen.
At the same time, at Wu Ming's suggestion, Carrefour purchased a large number of things in the mainland, after all, the mainland is cheap.
Among them, there are various agricultural and sideline native products produced by Sanjiang Food, and the sales are quite good.
Especially their signature "Sanjiangkou radish pickles". On May Day, the employees of the Wu family received gifts from the company. After tasting it, many people are full of praise, and now they like to pour some pickled vegetables to eat when they drink porridge in the morning.
However, in order to prevent problems with goods purchased from the mainland, Carrefour also purchased a set of quality inspection equipment from the United States and set up a quality inspection department. After all, there are too many counterfeit and shoddy things in the mainland, and some of the things that are used are nothing, so I am afraid that there will be problems with food safety.
Wu Mingke still remembers that in his previous life, some problematic foods such as water-injected pork, dead pork, and Sudanese red duck eggs were repeatedly banned. Even Sanlu, a giant in the dairy industry, produces milk powder containing melamine. Wu Ming naturally had to keep an eye on it, and he couldn't capsize in the gutter.
Although every pore of capital is dirty and bloody, Wu Ming doesn't want to make that black money like those unscrupulous traders who have lost their conscience. Not to mention being as clean as a blank sheet of paper, at least you should be able to feel at ease and not be woken up when you sleep at night.
Reborn, Wu Ming not only wants to stand on top of the world in business, but also wants to be a person with social influence and social responsibility. Don't seek to be famous for a hundred years, but also to be famous in the world.
In Wu Ming's work, comics can be said to make the least money, and the reason why Wu Ming still insists on it now is also because cultural people have a much higher status in the hearts of the people.
Naturally, he didn't want food safety problems and tarnished his reputation.
At the same time, this quality inspection department is also to prepare for Carrefour's entry into the mainland market in the future. At that time, as long as other supermarkets break out food safety problems, and Carrefour supermarkets stand out from the crowd, there is no problem at all, and it will naturally leave a good impression in the hearts of the masses.
In the office, Wu Ming was talking to Lu Junxiang.
"How is it, are all the preparations ready?" Wu Ming sat on the chair, pointed his finger at the table, and asked with a smile.
Lu Junxiang had an excited expression on his face and said with a smile: "Boss, everything has been completely prepared, just wait for the 'Starry Sky Cup' to officially start the day after tomorrow." ”
The "Starry Sky Cup" in Lu Junxiang's mouth is a project that Wu Ming has been planning for a long time.
How to increase the number of players, keep players active, and make players pay for a game?
This is a question that many gaming companies ponder, and hosting a tournament is definitely a no-brainer.
For example, in the future, Sega, the overlord of the arcade industry, often held arcade competitions.
After the new century, any popular game began to hold e-sports competitions, such as League of Legends and King Pesticides. There have even been global esports tournaments like WCG, which have encompassed many games.
Of course, there were many other ways to do the same at that time. For example, live streaming.
However, in this era, there is no Internet, information exchange is not developed, and holding large-scale competitions is already the best way.
In the same way, this method is applied to toys, and the effect is also very good.
For example, the current World Yo-Yo Series has made a great contribution to the promotion of yo-yo. However, the impact of this event is not very big now.
It wasn't until 1992, when the competition was scheduled for the annual International Acrobatic Association show in Montreal, Canada, that it became a globally influential event.
In order to promote its products, Wu Ming asked Duole Toys and Xingchen Entertainment to jointly hold the world competition "Star Cup".
Wu Ming nodded and said with a smile: "This 'Starry Sky Cup' is a big deal, and we must not be sloppy." News has come from the Hong Kong government, and hundreds of thousands of people have poured into Xiangjiang these days, all of them are coming for the 'Starry Sky Cup'. ”
"Although the Hong Kong government attaches great importance to this and gives great support. There will be a lot of police officers to help us maintain order on the scene, but it will still be a huge test of our organizational skills, and we must not be careless, you know?"
Lu Junxiang nodded heavily, and assured solemnly: "Boss, you can rest assured, we have been preparing for this competition for two months, and we will not let you down." ”