Alice, a supermarket run by Phil Belen's family, is located in the town of Windsor, and over a decade, it has grown into the largest convenience supermarket in the town. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Of course, you can also see ordinary convenience stores at street intersections, but when it comes to shopping, local young men, women, and young students must go to the "Alice" supermarket to make a big purchase, who will go to the convenience store on the street?

It's the weekend, and as usual, many EtonHouse students are pouring into the streets of Windsortown, and the Palace can be seen from a distance. No one will forget that it was one of the queen's long-term residences, and recently, it seems that a little princess has also lived in, according to the gossip circulating in the school, it seems to be to receive a tutor?

"You're a sixteen-year-old girl, too." Walking on the way to the supermarket, Phil said quickly: "You really don't need to save some sanitary towels? By the way, I haven't seen you use it since I was still in school, Sissi, when does Alice usually come to her period, you know? ”

As the saying goes, there must be a teacher in a threesome, and the leading figure at the moment is Phil Belen. Sissi was holding Alice's arm, and although it looked intimate, she was actually constantly twisting someone's arm. Even if Phil suddenly brought them something new, it didn't mean that Sissi had forgiven someone.

"She," answering Phil's question, Sissi glanced at someone's smiling expression, "once on February 14th, once on March 15th, once on April 13th, once on May 20th, what do you think of these numbers?" ”

It's all Alice, of course, there is no doubt that Sissi started learning Chinese a long time ago, and playing with homophony is simply not a problem. However, it would be too difficult for Phil Belen to understand what this meant.

"Ah, that's so bad." She was surprised: "February and May are six days apart? Isn't that a little too volatile? ”

But then, the smart girl noticed that something was wrong, and said suspiciously: "Sissi, are you talking about her time last June?" It's been almost a year, how can you remember it so clearly? ”

"Ahem!" Enough, Alice hurriedly interrupted this boring topic: "I said Senior Sister Phil, your supermarket should be seventy or eighty meters away, should we speed up?" ”

"Oh, well, come with me."

Quickly following Phil, Alice immediately muttered to Sissi again, "I said dear, don't talk any more nonsense, you know I never needed a period." ”

Sissi didn't answer, just snorted, her head tilted to one side, but her arm was still hanging on Alice's wrist.

In a short time, Alice, the most famous supermarket in Windsortown, was presented to Alice.

"Ah~" Phil sighed: "There are a lot of Alice people today, right, Alice?" ”

Alice smiled.

Like an internet café after school or an elevator after work, the supermarket is always crowded on weekends, and Alice is especially famous for the many EtonHouse students. As the dense flow of people entered the supermarket, the first thing was the promotional billboard, but the three girls did not stay here for long, but immediately followed the staff passage to the direction of the general manager's office.

Here, Alice meets Phil's father.

"Hello, Alice." The silver-haired middle-aged man was handsome and charming, and after Alice shook hands, he also greeted Sissi: "What a charming little girl, French girl, what do you think of us in England?" ”

Wow, that's an old-fashioned national problem. Alice flashed to the side happily, letting Sissi, who was at the home of the incident, wrap her long hair, and said coquettishly: "It's too finished." What kind of weather is this in the UK, it rains for three days and is sunny for two days, it is cloudy and windy, and this cuisine is really unbearable, clear soup and all kinds of barbecue, except for salt, there is no other seasoning! ”

These three or two sentences are really not something that ordinary people can refute, and Alice laughed on the spot. Come to think of it, Britain has always been known for its poor cooking, and France is the source of modern Western cuisine.

"That's a shame." Mr. Belen smiled at his daughter: "It seems that Sissi and Alice are not going to study in Cambridge in the future, do you want to sit down and prepare to go to Harvard for an MBA or something?" ”

"Dad......" Phil said helplessly, "Let's talk about business, okay?" ”

Alice also looked at the following table: "That's right, Mr. Belen. I've just come back from Switzerland and there's a lot to deal with, um, I heard from Phil that you want to develop Alice into a massive supermarket chain? ”

"That's right." Mr. Belen invited the two girls to sit down, and Phil obediently poured water for the two schoolgirls: "Our 'Alice' has been in business for many years now, and we need experience and experience, and we need a lot of money, and Phil is now in college and has plans to go to graduate school." So I think it's time to expand the scale of the supermarket. ”

This is the owner of the company wants to find angel investment for career development, Alice is very familiar with this situation, she nodded and said, "Then what are your development plans?" ”

"Over the years, I've seen how many successful chains have grown. To say typical, McDonald's is the best example, not only the store decoration and product menu, but also the quality of each patty, the oil temperature control of each cooking, and even the cooking time of different ingredients at different oil temperatures, McDonald's has not only achieved the unity of the decimal level, but also formulated this standard to each branch. ”

Alice smiled and nodded, waiting for Mr. Belen's next step.

But he suddenly said, "I know you have a good relationship with Phil, Alice. ”

Actually played the emotional card, Alice smiled, but Alice liked it.

"I also know that you have always been very interested in investment, and the land you acquired in Japan two years ago has now completely paid off, right?"

Alice made a simple calculation and said: "The principal is 100 million, the loan is 300 million, and the installment payment is 800 million, for a total of 1.2 billion." If you want to return to the basics, it's really about the same, according to the current housing prices in Ginza, the land of 1.2 billion has risen to more than 2 billion. ”

It's May of '88 now, and the macro background is here, even if she hasn't been paying attention to the business there for nearly half a month, she is also very confident in her estimates.

Even if they were mentally prepared, when they heard Alice relax and comfortably such a series of large numbers, the three people around them couldn't help but sigh.

"So Alice, since you're interested in real estate, and I'm going to be a supermarket chain here, here's what I think."

Mr. Belen was a businessman, as everyone knew, but Alice didn't particularly know how talented he was. As soon as she heard that the other party had something to say, of course she listened very carefully.

I saw him excitedly say, "Why don't you also set up a chain of commercial real estate?" ”

The sudden noun made Alice smack hard.

"Commercial real estate?"

Seeing that his opinion could surprise the angels, Mr. Belen was of course very happy in his heart, after all, he knew what the girls in front of him had accomplished.

"That's right, Miss Alice."

Estimating the girl's mentality, he said, "Of course I know that it will cost money, but I believe that it will definitely bring you a lot of benefits." In other words, we can buy land in bulk in the bustling areas of major cities, and then set up a commercial center that integrates office buildings and shopping malls, like McDonald's, with consistent standardization, and then ...... it in the form of a chain."

As long as you are halfway through, you will fully understand that this is not the business model of Wanda Plaza. It is not infeasible for a Chinese entrepreneur to think of a business model that is applied to a small businessman who has been quietly running a supermarket for more than ten years and has been studying the business model all the time. Although the national conditions are different, in terms of creativity, they overcome all obstacles.

"I see." After Mr. Belén had explained most of his idea, Alice concluded: "You have also thought of a new investment project for me. I'm developing a chain of commercial real estate, and you're giving priority to opening 'Alice' branches in my business centers. Then, I will continue to expand my achievements in this field with my capital, and you can hitchhike all the way. ”

The girl spoke with a smile on her face, without any sarcasm or mockery. Although from the behavioral point of view, Mr. Belen is doing a typical thigh-hugging behavior, which is enough to be envied and hated by many peers to call cheating, but as the party who is hugged by the thigh, why not Alice?

"It's a great idea," she smiled, "but if this project is really launched, it will be very stressful for me, so it will definitely not work in the short term." But I guess Mr. Belém, a few months to a year and a half can still wait, right? ”

This sentence undoubtedly pointed the finger at the invested Ginza real estate, after a year and a half, the total price of 1.2 billion has soared to more than 2 billion, even if it is sold at this time, it can make Alice pay off all the loan debts, immediately get nearly 1 billion dollars of pure cash. With such a large amount of cash, you can buy a lot of things.

"Of course, I've been running 'Alice' since Phil was born shortly after," Mr. Belen laughed, "What's the big deal about waiting another year and a half to get it to go out into the world?" (To be continued.) )