Inadvertently, the clock slipped to December, the year 2567 was about to pass, and the new year was about to begin.

"Auntie, hurry up, it's going to start at eight o'clock, and it's too late if you don't leave."

Li Dong shouted outside the door, today is the opening day of Carrefour's first branch. This branch is completely comparable to Carrefour in the previous life, and finally did not disgrace its reputation.

The new store is located on Donghu Avenue in Daguan District, with a large flow of people and a very advantageous location. The store has a total area of 8,000 square meters, divided into two floors, and is mainly engaged in fresh food and department stores.

"It's coming, what's the hurry?" Lu Xiumei complained, and then finally walked out.

"Wow, A-Niang, you're so beautiful." The little girl is very envious, when will she grow up, as if she is dressed like a mother.

Lu Xiumei is dressed as a standard strong woman today, wearing a women's suit and trousers, and her hair is meticulously combed. As the chairman of Carrefour, she needs to speak on stage later. Although there were not a few sentences in the speech, she was still a little nervous, and for the first time, she could understand.

"You, this little mouth, I don't know who to learn from." Lu Xiumei gently pinched the tip of the little girl's nose.

"Auntie, Xiao Wu is right, you can compare to those little girls in the store with your dress." Li Dong sincerely praised it, not looking at appearance, relying on temperament and momentum.

"Alright, don't be a sycophant, let's go." Lu Xiumei urged.

Arriving at Dongying Wharf by boat, Li Dong drove a white car from the warehouse. Nominally, this is the chairman's car, but in fact, Li Dong usually uses it most of the time.

Li Dong learned to drive in his previous life, so it was easy to get a driver's license. It's A-Niang, who has been studying for three months, but she still doesn't dare to go on the road alone, and Li Dong has become her special driver.

"Chairman, Miss, please get in the car." Li Dong parked the car in front of Ah Niang and the others, and began to be funny again.

"Hmph." A-Niang is nothing, the little girl is on the score, it seems that she can't watch those messy TV series in the future.

The branch is not far from the wharf, and Li Dong drove for more than ten minutes to arrive. This is a fifteen-storey office building, Li Dong only rented the lower two floors as a storefront, and rented it for ten years at a time, and the rent is not cheap, 500,000 yuan a year, plus the decoration fee, Li Dong spent a total of 700,000 yuan.

"Auntie, Dongzi, you can count it, if you don't come again, I will jump off the building."

It was Lu Ling who spoke, she and Lu Feng were transferred to the capital by Li Dong as early as a month ago, and followed the newly hired general manager to prepare for the branch.

"Lu Ling, what about Mr. Jia, why didn't you see anyone?" Lu Xiumei asked suspiciously.

"Auntie, Mr. Jia went to entertain Director Zhou of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, let me hurry over when I receive you, I heard that Director Zhou has something to discuss with you personally." Lu Ling explained while leading the way in front.

"Forget it, I won't go, Dongzi, you can go alone." Regarding the relationship between politics and business, Lu Xiumei does not understand and is not interested.

"It's okay, A-Niang, you can go to the warehouse and take a look, don't make a mistake then." Li Dong reminded.

Walking into the conference room, sure enough, Mr. Jia was chatting with Director Zhou, and it could be seen that Director Zhou was in a good mood.

"Boss, you're here, I'll introduce you, this is Director Zhou of our Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce." Mr. Jia immediately stood up and began to introduce.

"Needless to say, Director Zhou and I have already met. Director Zhou, don't come unharmed. ”

Director Zhou has inspected Xiaoyu Farm many times, and each time he was received by Li Dong, and the two can be said to be old acquaintances.

"It turned out to be Boss Li, I still wonder who made such a big deal? When I saw you Boss Li, I understood, and I wasn't surprised at all. "Director Zhou didn't expect that this newly opened hypermarket was Li Dong's, didn't he hear that the sensible chief's surname was Lu?

"Director Zhou, this opening ceremony is about to start, I heard that you still have something to discuss with me, let's hurry up." Li Dong said bluntly.

"Okay, Boss Li is still so refreshing. That's the case, there has been some trouble there in the high-tech zone recently, I wonder if Carrefour can also open a branch there? ”

Director Zhou also had no choice, he came with the attitude of trying it out. The high-tech zone is an industrial zone in the capital, and the residents are mainly migrant workers, with low incomes and a poor living environment.

"What, what's going on in the high-tech zone?" Li Dong remembers that although there has always been a little friction in the high-tech zone, he hasn't heard any news recently.

"I won't hide it from you, there are a few shops that are really crazy and have been selling flour with serious heavy metals.

Recently, it happened to be exposed, which caused public outrage, and even many shops were smashed, and other shopkeepers were too scared to open again. The current market supply is basically supported by the government, but we can't last long. Director Zhou explained.

"I understand, Director Zhou, you want me to open a new store and rebuild the confidence between residents and merchants." Li Dong guessed, otherwise relying on his store would be a drop in the bucket.

"Boss Li, you are right, Carrefour is a new store, and the residents have no bad image of it, and it is very large, and it has a certain reputation in the urban area, which is very suitable." The key is that this exposure includes many well-known brands, and it can only rely on new stores.

"However, Director Zhou, you also know that we have just opened a branch, so we are really powerless."

Of course, Li Dong is not short of funds, and he is really stupid if he is clearly taking advantage of it. This year, with the addition of space flour and the output of the farm, he has earned more than 4 million, of course, there are only more than 500,000 on the books, which is not a lie.

"You can rest assured that the bank can lend the full amount. In addition, we also want to reward Carrefour with a house purchase certificate, you can buy any store in the high-tech zone, we fully support. "Director Zhou directly threw out the bottom line of the municipal government, which shows the seriousness of the situation.

"Since there is no problem with the funds, then I agreed on behalf of Carrefour." Li Dong is also simple, mainly because the opportunity is rare, and the purchase certificate alone is worth 500,000.

"Really? Great, Brother Li is still courageous, without further ado, I also asked Boss Li to go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in the afternoon anyway. Director Zhou held Li Dong's right hand tightly with both hands, as if grasping a life-saving straw.

"Definitely, since Director Zhou is here, why don't you cut the ribbon for us, so that we can also get wet." Li Dong pleaded, it can be regarded as mutual benefit.

"It's good to say, a conscientious enterprise like Carrefour, I'm still very willing to get close."

Director Zhou's words were a bit explicit, and Li Dong also smiled, and the two tacitly agreed.