Chapter 23 Treats
The development of Tmall has entered the formal, and it has gathered an irresistible trend. Because www.biquge.info organization from the beginning, Tmall did not dump at a low price, but only reduced the cost of intermediate circulation, so the profit margin is very considerable.
This is also a good thing for countless manufacturers, without the cheap impact of Taobao, the profits of the factory are still guaranteed, which has great benefits for the stability of industrial upstream manufacturers.
It's just a pity that Taobao, under the double suppression of Alipay and strict management, counterfeit and shoddy goods have no soil for survival, and the development of Taobao is far from impacting the status of traditional commerce.
The two-day Tmall management and supplier conference was successfully concluded at the Tmall headquarters, which determined the main tasks and development ideas for the next year, and determined that the next annual meeting will be held in Mallorca, Spain in July next year, when all the costs will be borne by Tmall.
At the same time, it was also confirmed that the first Double 11 sales reward will be launched on November 11 this year, opening the Double 11 shopping carnival that will affect the world in the future.
By the end of the annual meeting, the concept of Singles' Day had been disseminated to all parts of the world through the world's media. From now on, the first Double 11 Shopping Carnival has officially kicked off the publicity curtain.
Due to Liu Qiaodong's busy affairs, Zhou You went to the airport instead of him to see off Luo Shengzhong, the president of Carrefour, and Robson, the chairman of Wal-Mart.
Their departure also announced that Zhou You's return to the mainland had come to an end. However, Zhou You still has not received a reply from CIC.
"Fourth brother, this is the meeting application form from the secretariat......"
Zhou You sat in the car and looked at the list in his hand. "The suppliers and the application for interviews are all pushed to Mr. Liu, and I will not interfere in this work. You help me inform Chang Jihong, as well as the brother company, Xingmei and China Film, and I will entertain them at home at night. Let Mr. Chang arrange the details of the banquet, and you will be responsible for arranging the meals. ”
Although Ma Hongtao is not familiar with secretarial work, some basic requirements can still be completed satisfactorily. In terms of maintaining relations with the mainland, Zhou You did not want to use Spaniards like Sanchez and Rodriguez. On the one hand, they don't understand the Oriental way of thinking, and on the other hand, Zhou You doesn't want everything about himself to be understood by them.
However, their work did make Zhou You very satisfied, so Zhou You didn't want to find someone to be in charge of this part of the affairs, so as not to make them mistakenly think that they were dissatisfying Zhou You.
At this time, Zhou You's newly opened mainland phone rang, and Ma Hongtao, who was on the phone, looked at the phone and remembered to hand over the phone to Zhou You after a pause.
Zhou You took the phone, looked at the number, and laughed. "I'm traveling."
"Mr. Zhou, after careful consideration, we have agreed to the cooperation plan with you, and in the evening, President Feng of the Bank of China will visit your home on our behalf, and he will analyze the detailed terms with you one by one."
Zhou You smiled and said, "Chairman Lou, you don't need to sign any contract for such cooperation, right?" ”
"Of course, we also understand that it is not a contract, but a detailed explanation of the obligations and responsibilities of both of us."
"Okay, we'll hold a banquet at home and ask Governor Feng to come over a little later."
Zhou You has close cooperative relations with the four major banks, and entertaining a vice president of the Bank of China at home will not attract close attention from reporters. Even if he is targeted by reporters, he is not afraid of traveling.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou You said to Ma Hongtao: "Call Rodriguez and ask her to arrange the take-off permit tomorrow morning, and I will go back to London tomorrow." You don't want to go to London this time, plan the wedding at home first, and when you run errands with Yu Xiaomin, I will come back from England to celebrate for you. ”
Ma Hongtao said with some embarrassment: "Now that I'm so busy, I'm ready to postpone the wedding until next year." ”
Zhou You shook his head and smiled: "Next year will be busier than this year, if it drags on like this, it will be easier after 09." Listen to me, the wedding went ahead as scheduled, and then went to the UK for your honeymoon. Although I can't give you too much vacation now, I will compensate you when I go back. ”
For Ma Hongtao, whether it is in his previous life or in this life, Zhou You has a sense of responsibility. Especially although he has experienced uncontrollable confusion, he can still be with Yu Xiaomin, and Zhou You doesn't want to affect their relationship because of himself. He also wanted to wait to see their lovely son born and continue to recognize himself as a godfather.
Chang Jihong received a call from Ma Hongtao, looked at the time, and called Le Yao's mobile phone, which had just come out of the training room. For the boss of the company, Le Yao has always been very respectful, although because of the existence of Zhou You, no one dares to have any intentions against her, but Chang Jihong is like her mother, taking care of her all the time in life. "Mr. Chang, what's the matter?"
"Mr. Zhou wants to have a treat in the evening, I just want to ask if there is anything that needs to be arranged on the 17th, are you out of class?"
"Well, I'm with Sister Yang Mi, and I'm just about to go back to the seventeenth. Although his brother has not been in the capital, the storage of the seventeenth is still very rich, and when he returned to the capital, the chef from the old hall of the Yang family directly sent one over to hold a banquet, and there was no need to prepare anything extra. ”
"Okay, you arrange a banquet, I'll bring a few bouquets of flowers, and arrange a few programs in the evening, just eating, it's too boring."
"Okay, Sister Yang Mi and I happened to rehearse a stage play, and we can also get a show in the evening."
"Okay, that's it, I'll call the others now, and I'll see you on the seventeenth in a moment."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Mi pouted and said, "Mr. Chang is too careful, your brother, that rough man, does he know what art is?" ”
Le Yao grinned and said, "He doesn't understand, and we are not allowed to entertain ourselves!" And...... I see you're always prejudiced against my brother! Is there a story I don't know? ”
"Cut! I followed him, how could it be! Yang Mi immediately denied it, but she realized that the bastard had forgotten about herself after kissing her once, and she had been depressed in her heart for the past few years!
However, he was imprisoned in the United States for half a year, restricted for a year, and now he is the focus of the media wherever he goes.
I know that he is a big carrot, but why can't I forget him! Looking at Le Yao with a smile on her face, Yang Mi became even more depressed. This bastard doesn't even let go of a twelve-year-old girl, and he still cultivates Lori, so why did he let himself go in the first place? Otherwise, I wouldn't be unclear with him now. However, it seems that there is some reluctance to make her submit to his will like this.
Zhou You returned from the airport to the seventeenth, and found that Qin Hong had arrived at Nan's study, sitting in the antique living room, tasting fragrant tea. Next to him sat a first-line actress who has been more famous in the past two years, and the two of them whispered together.
Seeing Zhou You coming back, he said with a smile: "If you want to treat you, the master, has not come early before me, and you should be punished." ”
The actress named Wu Chan said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou has a lot of opportunities, how can you be so idle every day, you should understand." ”
Qin Hong smiled: "Who is Li Wanji?" ”
Several people laughed. Zhou You wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "You sit down for a while, and I'll go change my clothes first." Feel free to do it, whether it's cigars, red wine, tea, coffee, all of them are available unlimitedly. ”
After greeting them, Zhou You went downstairs again and entered the seventeenth courtyard. At the kitchen door in the front yard, Yang Mi had just come out of the kitchen, and she had eaten a piece of fatty roast duck in her mouth, and the fat flowed down the corners of her mouth that couldn't be contained.
Seeing Zhou You, she quickly covered her mouth, turned around and went back to the kitchen. It's really embarrassing, I haven't seen it for a few years, and as soon as I saw it, I saw that I was the most embarrassed.
"Hey, don't run......" Zhou You watched Yang Mi run away, shrugged his shoulders, and turned around and walked towards the backyard.
Le Yao, who was dressed in cool clothes, came to meet him, and couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhou You. "Brother, do you look good in my dress?"
"It's good-looking, my Le Yao looks good no matter what she wears."
Leaned over and kissed Zhou You, she asked with a smile: "Mr. Qin is in Nan's study, what are you doing when you come back?" ”
"It's all my own people at night, so I changed this shirt and trousers."
"Then I'll help you change ......"
Back in the room, Zhou You changed into a casual short-sleeved T-shirt and a pair of ultra-thin straight-leg pants, and returned to the front yard. At this time, Yang Mi had returned to normal, and when she saw Zhou You, she pursed her lips and said, "I don't wash my clothes, and I change my clothes quite diligently every day." ”
Zhou You teased: "I didn't let you wash it, I like to worry about it, be careful of the old fast." ”
"No matter how old you are, you are not as old!"
Looking at the youthful Yang Mi with a collagen face in front of her, Zhou You's heart was really a little itchy. However, there are too many women who have experienced, and his whereabouts are always watched by reporters, and it is difficult to have a chance to pick up girls now!
As soon as last year's Condor Heroes came out, the little Dongxie she played immediately became popular all over the country, and the company is now mainly praising her, making her popular more quickly than in her previous life.
The two of them teased a few more words, and Le Yao laughed on the side. Chang Jihong walked in from the corner gate and said with a smile: "What are you talking about, so happy." ”
Zhou You turned around and took the initiative to walk towards Chang Jihong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chang, you have worked hard, I have seen the development of the company in my eyes, and I want to have two more drinks with you tonight." ”
"That's what I'm supposed to do. Mr. Wang of the brother company has already arrived, but Mr. Han of China Film will come over a little later, and Richard seems to have something to say to you......"
Zhou You nodded and said, "Then I'll go over first...... Le Yao, you arrange the menu and furnishings for the evening, and come over to accompany me. Big honey, don't steal it again......"
Yang Mi stomped her foot angrily, but she didn't dare to really refute, and gritted her silver teeth with hatred.
Richard is a veteran manager of AMC and is now the manager of Zhouyou's domestic cinema layout. He didn't wait for Zhou You in the room, but waited in the alleyway, and when he saw Zhou You, he showed a smile. "Boss, both Xingmei and China Film still intend to expand the share of the cinema chain, but I personally believe that the current annual box office in the mainland has only reached 3 billion yuan, and if it continues to expand now, it will only continue to lose money."
In terms of domestic cinema expansion, Zhouyou has invested more than 100 million US dollars to build a number of its own theaters, and its current market share has reached the first place. But this first root is too far behind the United States.
The North American box office reached nearly $10 billion, and the total revenue of AMC Cinemas was $2.5 billion. However, the total box office in the mainland is only 3 billion yuan, a difference of more than 20 times. Even though the domestic market share exceeded 50 percent, the total revenue of the theater chain last year was less than 2.5 billion yuan, which is not counting the income outside the box office.
All things considered, last year's theater loss still reached more than 50 million yuan, which is also the only loss-making project among all the projects invested by Zhouyou.
Zhou You nodded and said, "I know that you have some different opinions with Xingmei and Zhongying, but in this regard, I hope to focus on occupying the market." The box office is very low now, but it doesn't mean that it has always been so low. The mainland film market is on the rise, and within a decade, the box office market is expected to surpass the current tenfold size. ”
"It can't be!" Richard shook his head and said, "You're too optimistic! I know you have money and are not afraid of losing money, but a good project keeps losing money in my hands, which makes me as a manager hard to blame. ”
Of course, Zhou You will not argue with him that the domestic box office will climb sharply in the next few years, because this is something that has not yet been confirmed. So, he analyzed from another angle: "Although our operating income has been losing money, you must also see that the properties we invest in have been increasing in value. The real estate market in the mainland will be slowly climbing within a decade, and we will not lose money if we invest now. ”
Richard sighed and said, "So, you will continue to invest heavily in buying properties to open a movie theater?" ”
Zhou You nodded and said: "Not only that, we also want to increase the construction of 3D theaters and IMAX theaters, when the property appreciation, although our investment is large, but the loss can be bearable, if we occupy 70% of the downstream market in the mainland, at that time, it is equivalent to us controlling the entire industry." ”
"Well, if you insist...... But will the government ignore this monopolistic behavior forever? ”
Zhou You laughed. "Richard, this is not the United States, in the United States, I invest in theaters, I can't invest in content. But in the mainland, I am now investing in everything from content to theaters, and I have also built the largest film and television city in China, is this de facto monopoly possible in the United States? ”
Richard stopped talking, in fact, after coming to the mainland for two years, although he studied Chinese and was familiar with domestic policies and regulations, he still had not yet understood many unspoken rules in the management of the mainland.
Zhou You was the first to enter the back door of Nan's study, and then walked up the stairs. His footsteps were heard, and everyone upstairs stood up to greet him.