On the morning of his return to Hong Kong, Mr. Lee had breakfast at home and went to work at the Carrefour Centre in Admiralty.

Bao Yunshan, CEO of Carrefour Group, knew that Li Hualong, the boss, was coming to work, so he arrived at the company 20 minutes earlier than usual, and after working in the company for an hour, Li Hualong appeared.

After a few pleasantries, Li Hualong sat on the sofa in Bao Yunshan's office, picked up a document that the other party put on the coffee table, and flipped through it.

After reading a document, Li Hualong signed his name on the last page of the document.

Li Hualong smiled and asked, "Yunshan, how about you let Lane Crawford be merged into the Carrefour Group?" ”

"This ......" Bao Yunshan smiled and said vaguely, "You are the boss, this kind of thing is up to you to decide, you can do it if you think it's okay, I don't have any opinion." ”

"Don't be sloppy with me, tell me what you really think."

"Lane Crawford is mainly engaged in high-end department store business, mainly for the rich and middle class, while Carrefour Group's Carrefour hypermarket, Carrefour supermarket, or 7-Eleven convenience store, has a wider range of customers, including low-income classes, giving customers the impression that the goods sold are affordable, and the impression of the two brands is very different, I think the two brands are not suitable for merger. However, the joint venture between Dairy Farm and Lane Crawford is a supermarket, and you have already acquired Dairy Farm and Lane Crawford, which is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of yours, and you can merge this company's business into the Carrefour Group, and after the merger, you can streamline the staff. Save on operating costs. ”

"The company should have been merged into the Carrefour Group a long time ago." Li Hualong smiled, "Why didn't you make this suggestion to me before?" ”

"I don't know what you think, how dare I make a suggestion." Bao Yunshan said with a smile.

"You," Li Hualong smiled and shook his head. "No matter what you think in the future, as long as you think it's for my good and for the company's good, you can tell me."

"Got it." Bao Yunshan nodded in response.

"Da Lilian, this brand will not be used in the future, and the three Da Lilian supermarkets have been renamed Carrefour supermarkets. As for the downsizing of manpower. Don't think about it for a while, now that Hong Kong's economy is sluggish and the unemployment rate is very high, it is not easy to find a job. If I remember correctly, the next two months. There are four 7-Eleven convenience stores to open, and more old employees can be transferred to work. ”

"You're not mistaken, I wrote it down." Bao Yunshan paused and suggested, "Boss, I think the Dalilian supermarket in Central can be removed, after all, there is already a Carrefour supermarket nearby." ”

"You're right. Wait a minute, no. I'll call the manager of Dalilian now, and ask him to bring the company's senior management over to meet you, later. They're all your men. Li Hualong stood up as he spoke, took out the phone book from his briefcase, and called the general manager of Dalilian Company in Bao Yunshan's office.

After Li Hualong finished the call, he sat back on the sofa, and Bao Yunshan asked, "Boss." How to arrange the top management of Dalilian company? ”

"Uh......" Li Hualong pondered for a moment, "keep it simple." I wanted them to serve as deputy general managers, and the original general manager was appointed deputy general manager of the Carrefour Group. The Purchasing Manager serves as the Deputy Purchasing Manager of the Carrefour Group. In the future, there will be an opportunity to adjust the work for them. ”

Li Hualong picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, sighed with a smile, and said: "Before, I didn't have the idea of merging Dalilian Company into Carrefour Group, but there are too many things to be busy with, and I haven't told you about it." Hehe, Yunshan, you say, how much money can be saved a year by merging Dalilian Company into Carrefour Group as soon as possible? ”

"It's hard to say, I've been to the three Dali supermarkets, and I think they're doing a good job."

Li Hualong smiled slightly, picked up another document, flipped through it, looked at two pages, looked at Bao Yunshan and said: "When the school is out for the summer vacation, you can take your family to Singapore for a tour, and by the way, you will inspect the market in Singapore." In half a year, the large-scale integrated real estate project I invested in Singapore will be completed, and Carrefour Group needs to know more about the shopping habits of Singaporeans if it wants to open a Carrefour shopping mall in Singapore. ”

"Boss, these preparations are not something that I can solve by going to Singapore alone for a period of time, I should send some employees to work in Singapore, and recruit some employees locally in Singapore, only when the preparations are done sufficiently, after the opening of the first Carrefour shopping mall in Singapore, can we attract customers and retain repeat customers."

"If I don't tell you about this, when are you going to start your preparations?"

"Two months before the opening, I will send some staff to Singapore."

"Two months is too short. Strive for within two months, you send someone to work in Singapore, Dalilian is merged into Carrefour, there is a supermarket to close, although I don't want to quit the staff, but it's not good to be overstaffed. By the way, now that Hong Kong's economy is sluggish, you don't have to think about saving me money, you have to be more active in the expansion of the company. Within one year, two Carrefour supermarkets will be opened in two locations. ”

"In Hong Kong?"

"Of course, in Hong Kong, after the opening of the Carrefour shopping mall in Singapore, if business is good, next year, we can open Carrefour supermarkets and 7-Eleven convenience stores in Singapore. Also, next year, aim to open a Carrefour supermarket and several 7-Eleven convenience stores in Bangkok. ”

"Got it." Bao Yunshan replied with a smile, "As long as the boss does not siphon funds from the Carrefour Group, it will not be a problem to open five Carrefour supermarkets in Singapore and Bangkok next year, and dozens of 7-Eleven convenience stores." ”

"Within five years, I will not siphon funds from the Carrefour Group, and if there is a need for development, I will inject funds into this company."

"When the boss says so, I have enough confidence."

"We can't expand for the sake of expanding, and if the new store doesn't do well, or even loses money, it means failure. Before opening a new store, you need to make all the preparations. Li Hualong said.

Bao Yunshan nodded with a smile, indicating that he knew, took a sip of tea, and asked: "Boss, have you ever thought about letting Carrefour Group go to Europe and the United States to open subsidiaries and retail business?" ”

"I thought about it, but I think it's very risky, and I can't rush overseas expansion, step by step." Li Hualong paused and continued, "In two years, you will go to Japan to inspect the market, and I intend to go to Japan to open a subsidiary in a few years." (To be continued)