Chapter 106: Milton's Surprise
Just when Fang Mingyuan and Sun Zhaolun were negotiating with the group "slowly", Milton and his party were shuttling through Carrefour supermarkets in various districts of Fengyuan City and some large shopping malls.
Although it is not a weekend or a night off, there is still a considerable flow of people in every Carrefour supermarket. The blonde man and the tall Milton walked between them, looking quite eye-catching. However, since the reform and opening up, there have been more and more foreigners in China, and after seeing too many of these white-skinned, high-nosed, blue-eyed, and blonde foreign devils, they will naturally not appear again, like when the country was opened just now, the scene of everyone watching foreigners. Therefore, there was no obstacle to Milton's investigation.
"That's it. Sun Zhaolun is not simple". Milton looked through the prices of some goods in the supermarket, and after paying attention to the supermarket staff for a long time, he whispered to Thierry.
Before coming to Fengyuan, Milton still had a certain understanding of the retail industry in Fengyuan City and the price situation in Fengyuan City. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to win a hundred battles, this truth is not only understood by Chinese people. In the business sector. The importance of intelligence is self-evident. However, after all, intelligence is only what others observe, and there are some things that can only be accurately judged if you see them with your own eyes.
"Well, these supermarkets are pretty well managed. All the staff, both mentally and enthusiastically, are quite different from the salespeople in other malls in the city. The people here are very motivated, Thierry whispered, the staff in the Carrefour supermarket. It's almost impossible to see idle, always busy. We respond positively and thoroughly to inquiries from our customers. And the sales staff in the mall, although they are quite enthusiastic about the three of them. But for those ordinary customers, they are a little ignorant.
In fact, how do they know that the reason why these staff in the Carrefour supermarket are so active and enthusiastic is of course due to the management system of the Carrefour supermarket on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also because most of them are the families of the police who died in the line of duty and the military families of those soldiers who sacrificed or were disabled for the country, and their previous work was generally not good. Either they can't pay their wages, or they are in arrears, and their families are in a very difficult situation. But after coming to the Carrefour supermarket, not only is the monthly salary paid on time, but also much higher than before, and the benefits in the supermarket are quite complete, compared with before, it is simply heaven and earth.
And today's Carrefour Super A, although it has not been able to attract the attention of many college students, has become a company that many young people who have graduated from high school and vocational high school yearn for, but Carrefour supermarkets give priority to taking care of their bereaved families. So they all have a sense of crisis, for fear that one day, they will be relieved because they don't work hard.
There is also a very important point, that is, their work enthusiasm, work attitude, but also related to their income, Carrefour supermarket has developed a detailed reward and punishment system for laziness, every month, the person with the highest work attitude score, can get a high bonus equivalent to a month's income. As long as the clerk can enter the management scoring standard, he can get a bonus of at least 50 yuan, which is a considerable amount in Fengyuan City in 90 years. Therefore, in order to get more income, these clerks will not relax at all.
"There's a lot of stuff here, and the distribution of the cargo area is very reasonable. The signs are eye-catching and accurate, and more importantly, the prices are generally 15 to 20 percent lower than the prices in the malls, and you see, they have a lot of promotional items here! Milton pointed to the promotional price tag not far away that was clearly marked on yellow paper, "Looking at all this, if it weren't for the fact that there are all yellow people around here, I would really think I was back in the small and medium-sized supermarkets of Europe." "That Sun Zhaolun has worked in Hong Kong's business system for a long time, and he is no stranger to the supermarket retail method. However, he was able to transfer all this to the mainland of China, and he did it so perfectly, he is indeed a talent! Thierry said, "Milton. I think we need to re-examine the value of this company, and the fifteen percent premium is simply not going to touch their hearts. Unless they have other purposes
Milton nodded slightly, he somewhat understood, Weishenme Sun Zhaolun could refuse his acquisition request so bluntly without consulting with the shareholders. Carrefour supermarket, established only in a short period of two or three years, from a county-level private enterprise, to the development of major cities in Qinxi Province, Fengyuan City almost every district has the scale of their branches, and it can be seen that the company's internal popularity is high, such a company is in a period of rapid development and performance of the rising enterprise, the future prospects are quite bright. I wouldn't be willing to give it up for the meagre 15 percent premium.
However, he is not worried about anything, the authority given to him by Nicholas is to buy Carrefour supermarkets at a maximum premium of 100%, which is still a lot of room for negotiation.
The 15 percent premium is not something that these Chinese people can look down on, but the temptation that they can get 100 percent profit as soon as it changes hands is not something that anyone can ignore. Milton was confident that he would be able to successfully accomplish the task given to him by President Nicholas.
It's a pity that this Lefu Chaofu is not on the market. Otherwise, the means of acquiring it could be more diversified, rather than negotiating with the Fang family and the Hong Kong company, as is the case now. Carrefour supermarket though is a joint venture. Hong Kong's capital accounts for a considerable part of this. But the controlling stake is still in the hands of the Fang family. If the group wants to put the entire supermarket and the trademark under its control, then it must buy enough shares from the Fang family, otherwise, even if it takes all the shares of the Hong Kong company, it will not affect the controlling stake of the Fang family at all. This is also the main reason why Weishenme did not go to the Hong Kong company first to buy the shares in their hands.
Milton didn't know that the Hong Kong company they knew was actually 100% controlled by Fang Mingyuan, Carrefour Supermarket. Except for the Fang family, in fact, there is no outsider who can touch it.
"Milton, let's make a game!" Thierry patted Milton on the shoulder and chuckled.