Chapter 452: Zhang Xiaodong's Mistake (Text)
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In the next few days, Mo Shaokun was very idle, and he took the specialties he brought back from Jinshan to visit the old neighbors one by one.
The demolition work is ready, the neighbors have already received the keys to the new house, and many families are already starting to renovate the new house. After the year, the neighbors will move out one after another, and the demolition work will officially begin.
According to Mo Shaokun and Fang Yun's estimates, all the preparations can be completed within about three months, and Mo Shaokun's new home will be officially completed by the end of the year.
Mo Shaokun is looking forward to this, and he will continue to live in the hotel during this time. Originally, Yin's father invited him to move to Yin's house, but Mo Shaokun refused. Although he and Yin Fei have reached this point, the two are not married after all, and it will always feel strange if they move to Yin's house now.
"I said you kid just move me somewhere to live, anyway, I don't have anyone anywhere, it's better than staying in a hotel, right?" Fang Yun took a sip of tea and looked at Mo Shaokun and said.
Mo Shaokun shook his head, the reason why he didn't go to Fang Yun's place was because Lan Bei'er would go there often.
In the past, he had always thought that Lan Beier was Fang Yun's woman, but not long ago in Kyoto, Fang Yun told him that Lan Beier was his cousin, and he also had some interest in him.
This made Mo Shaokun speechless, he and Lan Beier couldn't even be called acquaintances, and they didn't say much together.
He didn't want to have any misunderstanding with Blue Belle, so he better stay away.
"It's good to stay in a hotel, how convenient it is, and you don't even have to clean it yourself." Mo Shaokun smiled, raised his wrist to look at the time, and then got up and stretched.
"It's almost time, and there's time for news over there."
As soon as the words fell, the door of the office was pushed open, and Qin Qin walked in with a slight frown.
Seeing Qin Qin's expression, the smile on Mo Shaokun's face condensed slightly, needless to say, he knew that there was probably no good news.
"Walmart's press conference is over, this is the first information I got, you can take a look first." Qin Qin handed a document to Mo Shaokun.
Mo Shaokun picked it up and looked at it, then raised his eyebrows slightly, and after it took about ten minutes to read all the content, he took a deep breath and looked up at the window.
After a long time, the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up slightly, turned his head and said to Qin Qin: "Zhang Xiaodong really wants to play big this time." ”
Qin Qin nodded and sighed lightly: "Walmart's support for him is indeed very strong. ”
"Yes, Wal-Mart is rich." Mo Shaokun chuckled.
There are only two themes for Wal-Mart's press conference, one is to announce that they will open 200 new stores in more than 100 third- and fourth-tier cities in the south.
This is really a big deal, and the opening of 200 stores at the same time requires a lot of money. Even today's Sundays can only be gradually opened, and it will be very stressful for them to open 200 stores in one go.
Moreover, Zhang Xiaodong chose the third and fourth tier cities, which are relatively backward in all aspects, in addition to the construction of supermarket stores, it is also necessary to build a complete logistics supporting system and operation system, which is a large amount of expenditure.
In fact, as early as Sunday, I received news that Walmart was interested in entering third- and fourth-tier cities, but Mo Shaokun really didn't expect Zhang Xiaodong to play so big!
At the same time as announcing the new store Jihua, Walmart also announced a series of personnel changes, among which Mo Shaokun was surprised that Mu Hui became the senior vice president and general manager of the logistics and distribution department of Walmart Huaxia!
"Sister, what's going on with Mu Hui?" Mo Shaokun asked.
Qin Qin's face was a little ugly and said: "I don't know, she didn't know where she went since she resigned, and she called me to pay my respects during the New Year." I called her when I first saw these materials, but she seemed to have changed her mobile phone number. ”
Mo Shaokun's brows furrowed slightly, he really didn't want to go on the opposite side with Mu Hui, and he really couldn't figure out what Mu Hui wanted to do.
"Shaokun, how do we deal with it?"
"For the time being, Zhang Xiaodong is gambling, he wants to be the first to seize the market in third- and fourth-tier cities to the point of competing with Sunday. To be honest, he had the right strategy, but he was too anxious. ”
"Oh? How so? Fang Yun on the side also finished reading the information at this moment, and raised his head to look at Mo Shaokun.
Mo Shaokun chuckled and said: "The third- and fourth-tier cities are still relatively backward, and the consumption power of the masses is very limited. If Zhang Xiaodong did this two years later, it might have an effect, but now, it's too early. ”
"That's true, but the competition in third- and fourth-tier cities is much smaller. Even if the spending power is limited, it should still be no problem to feed a supermarket. Qin Qin asked with a frown.
Mo Shaokun glanced at Qin Qin and shook his head and said, "It stands to reason that this should be the case, but Zhang Xiaodong is still too anxious." He basically has one store in one city, so the pressure on logistics is too great! If they want to take care of all these nearly 200 cities, how many vehicles and personnel do they have to add to their logistics department? There is only one store in each city, and the cost of travel and fuel has to be added to the cost of that store. ”
Qin Qin nodded when he heard this, this is really the case, the logistics cost alone is really a lot.
"People at Walmart should be able to think of these things, right? I don't think Zhang Xiaodong is so stupid. Qin Qin said.
Mo Shaokun nodded and said: "Yes, they must be able to think of these, if it is just a rise in costs, then it may be nothing, after all, the more backward the place, the higher the price, they should barely be able to break even and even make a slight profit, but there is one thing Zhang Xiaodong didn't expect at all!" ”
"What?"
A playful smile appeared on the corner of Mo Shaokun's mouth and said: "There is a saying that poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, the more backward and poor the place, the more complicated and dark it is. In an official-oriented country like Huaxia, if you want to do something, you have to look at the face of the government first. Now there is such a big fat sheep sent to the door, hehe, do you think the local government will fight their idea? ”
Qin Qin raised his eyebrows when he heard this, Fang Yun on the side pondered for a moment and nodded: "I really heard of such a thing, there is a businessman who went to a small county town to invest in minerals, and the local government was very good and cooperative before it was put into production, but after it was put into production, all kinds of troubles came." Today, this department will check it, and tomorrow that department will check it, to put it bluntly, I want to make some benefits. ”
"That businessman is depressed, but he really has nothing to do, and he can't slap his ass and leave when the money is thrown away, right? Zuihou can only bite the bullet and serve those officials well, but as soon as he does this, those officials who are usually used to eating clear soup and little water have a bad appetite, and the requirements are becoming more and more excessive, and the businessman who is zuihou is bankrupt. ”
Mo Shaokun nodded and said, "Yes, this is the reality." I estimate that Zhang Xiaodong will be planted in those small cities this time. ”
Zhang Xiaodong has some business talent, but to put it bluntly, he is a young man under the age of 30, and his experience in the industry is destined to far exceed his theoretical knowledge far beyond his practical ability.
After returning from studying abroad, he joined Sunday in less than half a year after working in a state-owned enterprise, and with the support of Mo Shaokun and Qin Qin's background, Sunday can be described as a smooth journey, which led to Zhang Xiaodong overestimating his ability, and he had never experienced many things, so he couldn't think of it at all.
"It's good that Wal-Mart's new stores can achieve small profits because of cost pressure, but it's hard to get the local government to search for them without losing money. Short-term losses may be tolerated by Wal-Mart, but apparently this situation cannot be changed for a while. ”
After a pause, Mo Shaokun continued: "After Zhang Xiaodong realizes this problem, if my guess is correct, he will definitely choose to open more stores in these cities to dilute costs and increase profits, but the current situation in those cities can only feed one or two large-scale supermarkets at most, if he really does this, it will only make him die faster." ”
"Now it seems that he has embarked on a dead end, if there is no miracle to be born, he will be considered to be the end this time, at best, it is the difference between early death and late death, it depends on how he chooses."
Qin Qin's expression was a little complicated, from the perspective of Sunday, she naturally didn't want Walmart to rise, but from a personal point of view, she didn't want to see Zhang Xiaodong lose too badly.
Mo Shaokun noticed his sister's expression, he secretly glanced at Fang Yun, and then coughed lightly.
"Sister, you've almost arranged the company's affairs, right?"
"Well, it's basically arranged. The preparations that should have been made at the end of last year have been completed, and now it is only necessary to carry out the haodejihua that has been formulated long ago. ”
Mo Shaokun nodded, and was just about to speak, when there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in." Mo Shaokun said.
Qin Qin's secretary pushed open the door and walked in, and after greeting Mo Shaokun and Fang Yun with a smile, she looked at Qin Qin and said, "Mr. Qin, the conference room is ready, do you think it's in the past now?" ”
Qin Qin raised his wrist and looked at the time and nodded, "Well, go now, you have all the materials that should be prepared." ”
"Haode, then I'll wait for you at the door."
After the secretary left, Qin Qin looked at Mo Shaokun and asked, "Do you want to attend today's regular meeting?" ”
Mo Shaokun shook his head and said, "I won't go if there is nothing important." Sunday is still in your control, and I'll give you a hand when you're too busy, and I'd better be less involved at other times. ”
Qin Qin didn't talk nonsense when he heard this, nodded and left the office.
Looking at her departing back, Fang Yun sighed lightly: "It seems that your sister still hasn't forgotten Zhang Xiaodong." ”
"Where is it so easy? Take your time, it'll be fine for a long time. ”
Fang Yun smiled bitterly, time? What he lacks most now is time. He and Qin Qin have been engaged for so long and have not yet married, which has made the family very dissatisfied, and now the family will ask him almost whenever they see him, and he is reluctant to go home.
"Shaokun, I'm going to go to the field for a while in a few days."
"Huh? Something? ”
"The land in Haicheng and Dongzhou has been won, and I'm going to go around other places to see if there is a suitable land to prepare a little first, and this **** has been a little fast recently." Fang Yundao.
Mo Shaokun nodded, with the rise of domestic real estate development in recent years, land prices in various places have also skyrocketed, he told Fang Yun a long time ago that he was hoarding some land first, although now Nebula Company does not have such a big ability to start construction in many places at the same time, but anyway, it is not too late to grab the land first, and when it has the ability in the future, it is not too late to develop it slowly.