"Alas......"

Tang Bao lay on the bed, thinking of Li Zhen's elusive attitude, a little bored. But when I think about what happened at the convenience store tonight, I feel very strange. "The capital chain of the 7-Eleven convenience store headquarters was broken, and there were operational difficulties...... It's so fucking wonderful, pickled girls can encounter business opportunities. ”

Let's be honest.

In his previous life, he also had very limited knowledge of the brand "7-Eleven", a Japanese brand, a world-renowned convenience store retail brand.

Tang Bao didn't expect this brand to be from the United States.

In other words, during this period, the American company had an unexpected situation, and the "7-Eleven" brand was acquired by the Japanese.

But.

He unexpectedly learned the news tonight, so naturally he would not be indifferent.

……

The next day, six o'clock in the morning.

Tang Bao had already gotten up and run out to exercise.

"Morning, boss."

The time and place of Tang Bao's exercise were very fixed, and Nick carefully pinched the time to appear and handed the towel and drink to Tang Bao.

"Early."

Tang Bao took the towel and wiped his face.

"Boss, did you just practice dancing? It's weird. Nick asked curiously, it was not the first time he had seen Tang Bao sitting there in light slow motion, and today, he finally couldn't help but ask.

"Haha...... Nick, it's called tai chi. Chinese martial arts are not a dance. Hearing Nick's words, Tang Bao couldn't help but laugh.

He spent some time in the army in his previous life, and he practiced grappling and military physical boxing, and he was also very good at Taijiquan, which is suitable for all ages. Later, for some reason, his file was tampered with, erasing the experience. Military methods such as grappling and fighting are too obvious to be revealed, and Tai Chi has become his favorite.

Occasionally, some troubles are solved with Tai Chi.

Usually fine, I will insist on doing Tai Chi several times a year. This habit that Tang Bao has adhered to for nearly twenty years has brought him to this life.

"Chinese martial arts?" Nick was confused.

Tang Bao smiled and did not explain, the influence of Chinese martial arts is far from being so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is normal for Nick not to understand.

"You've come just in time, I have something for you to do." Tang Bao said.

"Ask the boss to tell me."

Hearing that Tang Bao had something to do, Nick was overjoyed, but in fact, he was also depressed about the chores such as serving tea and pouring water and driving every day. Although he was mentally prepared when he was Tang Bao's personal assistant, after a long time, it was inevitable that he would feel like a pearl was covered with dust.

"Let's look into the companies that run the '7-Eleven' brand."

"Ah......h

"What's the matter, I'm surprised." Tang Bao looked at Nick's reaction strangely.

"Whew, boss. If you want to know about the American Southern Company, I don't think you need to investigate, you can ask me if you want to know anything. Nick replied respectfully. Oh, and by the way, the American Southern Company is the sole owner of the '7-Eleven' brand. ”

"Huh?"

"Boss, don't be surprised, because I left the Southern Company." Nick said.

I see.

It seems that Nick said that he had worked in the Southern Company at that time, but Tang Bao felt that the company was not well-known, so he directly ignored the past.

Tang Bao never expected that the American Southern Company was the owner of the "7-Eleven" brand.

Ha.

What a coincidence!

"I heard that there is a problem with the operation of this company, what is going on?" Tang Bao asked.

"The Southern Company is not willing to be lonely, and began to diversify and expand a few years ago, involving in entertainment, financial investment, energy and other fields, but the company has taken too big a step and entered a wide range of areas that it is not good at, resulting in huge investment losses and heavy debts." Nick smiled wryly and said that he had feelings for the Southern Company, and he felt uncomfortable witnessing the decline of the Southern Company.

"All lost?"

"Pretty much, even some good investments didn't make the expected returns. As far as I know, Southern has invested nearly $200 million in an oil exploration company, which has been on the verge of bankruptcy by drilling several wells in the Gulf of Mexico without discovering oil resources. ”

Nick paused, then continued: "The stock market crash also hit the Southern Company hard, and the company's stock price plummeted. And the company's investment in the financial sector is also a huge loss......"

Well.

Tang Bao listened quietly, as Nick said, the American Southern Company buried itself with its own diversified expansion strategy.

Business is like that, there are successes and failures.

Tang Bao didn't know why the diversified expansion of the American Southern Company failed to succeed, but he saw that the company's diversified expansion was a bit blind, and the field of expansion had nothing to do with its main business.

"So is the Southern still sticking to its strategy of diversifying and expanding?" Tang Bao asked again.

"Spread out such a large plate, how can it be changed overnight. Even if a company deliberately shrinks its business, it will take time. Moreover, some of them think that they are just unlucky and never look in themselves for the reason for their failure. Nick smiled wryly.

Tang Bao smiled slightly. It seems that there is a story to Nick's departure from the American Southern Company, but he has no intention of getting to the bottom of it.

In fact.

Tang Bao doesn't care about the other businesses of the American Southern Company, he cares about the main business of the "7-Eleven" convenience store.

"Nick, how is the 7-Eleven convenience store doing?"

"Uh...... Boss, the convenience store business is also troublesome and has constant problems. There has been no consensus within the Southern Company on the management of the '7-Eleven' brand, and one faction believes that the company should operate the brand, and then obtain profits by licensing franchises. One faction insists on operating convenience stores independently, which can give them better control over their outlets. The arguments between the two sides also caused a certain amount of confusion. At present, the company has its own convenience stores, and will also authorize and join, with short-term authorization, medium and long-term authorization, and permanent authorization, which is very chaotic. ”

"For a while, the faction that insisted on operating convenience stores on their own had the upper hand, and they went on a big expansion of convenience store outlets. However, there are many problems in site selection, resulting in many stores being deserted and unable to make a profit. ”

……

With Nick, a veteran employee of the Southern Company, Tang Bao has an in-depth understanding of the company's situation.

That's a lot of questions.

"Boss, are you looking to buy the '7-Eleven' convenience store?"

"There's this idea."

Tang Bao smiled and nodded, and did not deny it, it was naturally not because of gossip that he asked so many things. The Southern Company is in trouble, and he should have a good chance to acquire the '7-Eleven' brand.

And......

Nick is also a middle and high-level manager in the Southern Company, and with him in the background, Tang Bao is also easier to contact the other party.

"Boss, the Southern Company is a mess right now." Nick reminded him that he was well aware of the Southern Company's predicament.

Many businesses are losing money and can't find a successor to take over. The "7-Eleven" convenience store was in chaos and its profitability was declining. The company's debt is piling up......