Chapter 1531: Carnival Annual Meeting 2 (3/3)
After hearing these words, Old Man Han nodded seriously.
He understood what Han Xuan wanted to express: SOS Group is not experiencing major problems at present, and it may just be that someone is pretending to "intimidate".
If there really is some powerful alliance that intends to take action against the SOS group, the means will certainly not be as gentle as it is now, and the pressure exerted will not be strong enough to force itself to submit.
In his heart, he thought it made sense, and he felt that maybe he was asking for trouble and thinking too badly about the situation during this time.
The other party didn't continue to release the next move, originally thought that they were brewing something, but now that I think about it carefully, maybe it's because those people are just scaring and want to shake the SOS group, and the strength is small......
"It is said that the tree is a big wind.
In recent years, the SOS Group has grown many times in size, and now there is a gust of wind, and I feel that it is coming for me, maybe I am really old and have lost the motivation of the year.
In the past, I stayed up late and worked energetically, but during this time, I obviously felt that I didn't have enough energy, and maybe I should consider handing over the company to you to manage. ”
He said with emotion.
I couldn't help laughing at first, and continued to tell Han Xuan: "It's been difficult to do business recently, and it belongs to the golden period of development of supermarkets and convenience stores, which is probably over."
There are still many untapped markets around the world, but competition between large and small companies is fierce.
You should know that Carrefour and Wal-Mart have also started to get involved in the convenience store market, using funds to merge existing companies, I am not afraid of them, SOS Group has established itself in this industry, there are countless professionals busy expanding, they absolutely can't beat me.
In mid-November, more than 230 people from SOS 24-hour convenience store owners went to Atlanta for a rally, and at that time I felt that something was wrong, and I found out that I was just forming a guild, and there are so many guilds in the United States, and there are a few in my company, so I didn't pay attention to it.
After it was formed, they didn't move for a few days, and I asked someone to send a congratulatory gift, and then forgot about it.
Then, at the end of November, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce suddenly told the media at a gathering that there were problems with several mergers and acquisitions of the SOS Group.
Upon hearing the news, I personally made a phone call to inquire with Mr. James Baker, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, who told me that there was no investigation in this area within the department.
The next day, the market value of SOS supermarket, because of that guy's remarks evaporated 1.1 billion dollars, he has now been fired by the Ministry of Commerce, held a press conference to clarify, said that he drank too much red wine that night, so he said nonsense.
It's weird, isn't it? That's when I felt like someone was eyeing me.
Sure enough, on the afternoon of the next day, the president of the union came to my office and suddenly challenged me, demanding on behalf of all convenience store franchisees to increase the profit sharing ratio to 80%.
However, during the investigation, I found that many franchisees did not know about this matter in advance, and found that someone took the lead in making trouble, and they could also get greater benefits from it, so they responded one after another, causing the current situation.
Two weeks ago, the union sent a representative to say that if the SOS group did not agree to their terms, it would close its doors and protest from January 10, 1999, giving me a month to think about it, and the two sides are still negotiating.
It's funny, right, they were all planned by those people, and they pressed me step by step and made me fall into a trap.
Originally, I was going to make a decision on the 20th of this month, but the owners of those franchised stores knew that business was good during the holidays, so they deliberately avoided it, and there were no stupid people doing business, and no one would have trouble with money......"
Long-term fatigue will inevitably lead to mental exhaustion.
Women have a fixed cycle of catharsis pressure every month, men can't, look at the ratio of men and women who smoke and drink, you can clearly find that men in this society are more stressed, so we need to find a way to vent, and these two things can paralyze people's nerves and get temporary relaxation.
Hearing the old man say the words that let him take over the SOS group, Han Xuan didn't take them seriously.
The old man in front of him is a well-known workaholic, who has been busy with the company's affairs for most of his life, and has turned it into a part of his life, and it is impossible to suddenly change the rhythm of life, unless he is really busy one day.
Today, SOS 24-hour convenience stores still use the same profit distribution model of the year - the net profit of each franchise store excluding tax is taken by SOS Group 30%, and it is settled in a lump sum at the end of each month, and the loss is borne by the investor alone.
The goal sought by the union this time is to reduce the profit share handed over to the SOS Group to 20%, which can be described as a lion's big mouth, but there are many franchisees who respond, which is why Mr. Han feels a headache.
Others don't know how terrifying Han Xuan, the "young owner" of SOS Group, doesn't know how terrifying the profits of the convenience store department are.
Because it is a private company, it does not need to publish its accounts at the end of the year, and even if it does, it is not true.
The amount of money deposited in the Third Bank of the Maldives alone, the kind that is in the name of the old man and separated from the SOS Group, is currently as high as $7.4 billion, and it is still increasing......
After having a transcendent status and abundant capital, money is far easier to earn than people think, and the vast majority of people fall on the road of initial accumulation, so they cannot experience their life for a lifetime.
SOS convenience store headquarters logistics, directly from the goods manufacturers, large quantities of low-cost purchases, after a 10% price increase, wholesale to each convenience store, freight costs have been included in this, franchisees do not need to pay additional freight.
About 4.5 percent of the 10 percent markup will actually be used for transportation costs, and the rest will be pure profits, and the $7.4 billion black money is the money that has been made from this link over the years.
Subsequently, the convenience store increased the price again, and sold the goods to consumers at the retail price, after deducting various expenses, the SOS group took 30% of the net profit, and the income that a store can generate is not terrible, but tens of thousands of SOS convenience stores around the world, and at the same time help Mr. Han make money, and the profit is considerable.
In addition, there are more than 19,000 convenience stores directly operated by the SOS Group scattered around the world, and some products are produced by the SOS Group's subsidiaries themselves, which can generate a terrifying profit every year.
From procurement to transportation, SOS Group is responsible, of which there is a large space for operation, and the old man used a series of methods to transfer part of his wealth to the bank opened by Han Xuan in the Republic of Maldives.
A few years ago, when he was in Japan, the old man accidentally encountered the poison gas attack, and he lay on the hospital bed and told Han Xuan that he had a large amount of gold and funds stored in his Swiss account, and that part of the money came from this way.
In this "good" era of lack of government supervision, serious corruption, and opaque capital receipts and expenditures, no private company would stupidly pay taxes to the government on all its profits.
Even listed companies with open and transparent assets have moved their company registration to various tax havens, not to mention private enterprises where the boss covers the sky in the company, and how can they put their money in their own pockets.
Part of the process of transferring funds from the SOS Group is through the "acquisition" of foreign companies.
In fact, those acquired companies are not worth so much money at all, and some are just fake shell companies, so when the official of the Ministry of Commerce said that he wanted to investigate the merger of enterprises, he scared the old man, but fortunately it was only an oolong in the end......
Listing is not scary.
But if it goes public, the convenience store department will not be able to continue to "make oil and water" after the financial disclosure, and now the SOS supermarket department is clean and has almost been whitewashed.
The business world is not clean, and Mr. Han is not all good people, but as long as it is not bad to Han Xuan and other family members, then he is a good head of the family, not to mention the unspoken rules, Mr. Han is not the only one who evades taxes and transfers company assets.
Han Xuan himself is doing this, and multinational companies such as Snow Mountain Pharmaceutical, Blueberry Group before listing, and Han's Automobile Group are bringing him a lot of shady funds to invest in several companies set up in the Republic of Maldives.
When all money flows and transactions are carried out through the Internet, it will be difficult to escape from government regulation at that time, and now is the last good day.
Now.
Han Xuan thought about it for a while and replied: "Since the Ministry of Commerce doesn't investigate, you must have a way to deal with it, and the only thing that needs to be solved at present is the labor union."
The increasing number of convenience stores has led to a decline in the profits of franchisees, and it is understandable that they are pursuing more profits.
In my opinion, you can send someone to talk to them, increase the share a little bit, I think you can talk about about three percent, and the closure protest is not good for both sides.
As for whether to go public or not, it depends on you, if you decide to list the convenience store division, you can completely increase the profits of the transportation company, so that you can still make money, it is nothing more than a matter of changing your left hand for your right hand.
So, you don't have to worry too much, your body is much more important than money. ”
"Listening to you, are you inclined to take the convenience store division public?"
"Yes, you yourself said that the competition is fierce now, and I think it is better to raise funds and speed up the expansion, so as to seize more market share."
"Makes sense.
The Federal Tax Service and the Ministry of Commerce seem to have doubts about our company's acquisition and should stop clearing their hands.
Transportation companies and convenience stores are independent of each other, it's time to raise some freight, oil prices have risen, how can there be a reason why freight does not rise.
Don't talk about these worries.
Let's go, Han Xuan, Anya, let's go to the airport now, take a plane back to the United States, and when we go back, let Adolf butler help us prepare a big meal......"