Zhang Zhonghua and a group of company employees got off the plane, and most of the CFC employees also came to the UK for the first time, and they were very excited to see the huge Heathrow Airport in front of them.

A flight ticket from Hong Kong Island to London is as high as more than 800 US dollars, which is the salary of a senior white-collar worker on Hong Kong Island for two years, and few people on Hong Kong Island will have the luxury of flying abroad.

Walking out of the airport, Zhang Zhonghua looked at the ticket in his hand and complained speechlessly, this ticket is too expensive, a few decades later, a ticket from Sijiu City to London plus the transfer is only a few thousand yuan, and most people can afford it.

There is only one Cathay Pacific Airline on Hong Kong Island, and I really love to buy it, and I am reluctant to take a boat to drift slowly.

"Boss, welcome to London."

Jia Jinghua led two employees who arrived in advance to drive to the airport to greet Zhang Zhonghua and his party, three brand-new cars parked next to the three people, Zhang Zhonghua looked at the number of cigarette butts on the ground, and knew that the three people should have been waiting for a long time.

"Manager Jia has worked hard, let's go to the hotel first."

Zhang Zhonghua said.

Three cars drove along the Thames to the center of London, and everyone listened to the employees of Tianzhou Logistics Company explain the Thames and the buildings along the river, and some ancient buildings along the way attracted everyone's attention.

There are a lot of cars and pedestrians on the roads of London, all kinds of cars and well-dressed pedestrians, and the British in the 60s were a little too fashionable.

Otherwise, some people say that fashion is a reincarnation, looking at the current British dress, Zhang Zhonghua has a feeling of looking at fifty years later. London is now the fashion capital, but I don't know what the future romantic capital Paris will look like now.

Britain has experienced a prosperous industrial revolution, and although heavy industry has long since moved out of London, the environment is really not very good, and it is probably impossible to recover.

Of course, the Thames River is not as clean as Zhang Zhonghua imagined, which reminds Zhang Zhonghua of the holy river of India, which is really clean and hygienic.

Soon the car stopped in front of the hotel, which is not a high-end hotel, and they are not unpleasant.

Everyone looked at the surrounding museums, palaces, Tower Bridge and countless cruise ships on the Thames, and were shocked even more, although Hong Kong Island has developed well in recent years, but from London, an international city, the gap is still very huge.

Of course, everyone is more resentful, in the past 100 years, Britain has continued to draw blood from Hong Kong Island, especially after World War II, in order to recover, a large amount of tax revenue on Hong Kong Island was transferred to the United Kingdom, so that the development of the entire Hong Kong Island lagged behind, otherwise the development of Hong Kong Island is definitely not only now.

"Welcome to London, England."

As soon as Zhang Zhonghua and everyone got off the car, he saw Zheng Juan greeting everyone at the door of the hotel, wearing a white suit that was very beautiful and bright, blinding everyone who had just come to the UK.

"Ajuan, where did you buy the clothes, so beautiful."

Xin Xiaoling said with a smile.

"It's all over the streets, and this dress is almost $60, and the cost in the UK is too high."

Zheng Juan thought of the price of this suit and said distressedly.

60 US dollars is equivalent to 340 Hong Kong dollars, Zheng Juan's monthly salary is so much, but Zhang Zhonghua gave a high business trip subsidy, which is considered a benefit for everyone in the company.

"Britain really has money, and the cars and fashionably dressed passers-by on the streets are much better than on Hong Kong Island."

Xin Xiaoling said with some envy.

"Britain is a lot richer than we thought, it's heaven and of course hell."

Zheng Juan quipped.

"Every heaven is hell! But I don't think there are a few poor people here. ”

Xin Xiaoling

"Of course there are poor people, but those poor people are working in some squares, or they are working in factories, and it is rare to see poor people in such prosperous areas, especially scenic spots." Zheng Juan explained.

Everyone went upstairs to the room to wash up briefly, Zhang Zhonghua's room is an executive suite, refrigerator, TV, air conditioner, etc.

Half an hour later, Zheng Juan, Xin Xiaoling, He Jiliang, Jia Jinghua and others also came to Zhang Zhonghua's room, and Zheng Juan asked people to bring coffee.

"Tell us a little bit about the income and consumption in the UK."

Zhang Zhonghua said.

"The current per capita income in the UK is close to £2,000 a year; Middle-class families can earn more than £20,000 a year. At about $2.75 a pound sterling, it should be the highest-income country in the world at the moment. ”

Zheng Juan handed over several investigation reports as she spoke, and Zhang Zhonghua also picked them up and looked at them, the data was very detailed. Including the income of workers, civil servants, cooks, drivers, service workers and other industries in the London area, one pound is now about 15 Hong Kong dollars, which translates to a middle-class family's annual income of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is too high.

Zhang Zhonghua was taken aback by this data.

Xin Xiaoling and He Jiliang glanced at each other, and they were also shocked by the income of the British, the salary was too high, and it seemed that the salary was going to be raised.

Britain now has a population of more than 55 million, a GDP of $116 billion, and a gross national income higher than GDP. What can be said is a sentence that the country is poor and the people are rich, and the old gentleman of the empire will always be arrogant and look down on the ugly country.

"Brits have high incomes and are not low in spending, there are two main extremes. The first is that the price of industrialized goods is very low, and the price of clothing and the like is processed on Hong Kong Island, with the lowest price of about 3 pounds;

The second is that the consumption of the service industry is very high, for example, the minimum price of a meal in a restaurant is 1 pound, and the cost of haircut is 3 pounds, and the cost of decoration and maintenance is sky-high, simply put, labor is very expensive. ”

Zheng Juan briefly talked about the consumption situation in the UK, and then handed over an investigation report.

Zhang Zhonghua picked up the report and looked at it again, a bottle of Coke was 4 shillings, bread was between 6 and 12 shillings, vegetables were more than 1 pound a pound, and meat was also about 2 pounds.

After looking at the price of ordinary goods, he turned another page, car maintenance starts at 80 pounds, and decoration is even more expensive at 2000 pounds, Zhang Zhonghua can only say 96226.

Zhang Zhonghua took a deep breath, no wonder there are many cars in European and American families, both cars and gasoline are cheap here, but the maintenance cost is too ruthless.

The service industry in developed countries is really outrageously high, and the recruitment of waiters and cashiers is a large monthly expenditure, which completely blows up Hong Kong Island and Dongying in the populous areas, and it seems that the decoration personnel need to find a way, and it is really not possible to use a ship to pull a group of people from Hong Kong Island.

Everyone put down the investigation report, Zheng Juan looked at Zhang Zhonghua, Xin Xiaoling and He Jiliang's shocked expressions and pouted, shocked, right? We were shocked when we investigated.

"What about London?" Zhang Zhonghua asked.

"London's traditional business districts are concentrated in the City, Midtown and West End, with the City being the most central business district. The price of 200 square meters in the two business districts of Midtown and West End is about 150,000 to 200,000 pounds; 200 flatteners in the City are priced between £250,000 and £300,000; Other areas are slightly cheaper, between £50,000 and £100,000.

The current housing prices in London are frighteningly high, and ordinary people can't afford them at all, as for those castles outside the city, although they cover a huge area, they are not expensive, and the more complete ones are more than a million pounds. ”

Zheng Juan said.

Now CFC Catering has nearly 50 stores in Dongying and earns less than 100,000 pounds a day, and it takes more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars to buy 100 stores in London, and you can buy a building in Central.

"Now Dongying can withdraw 3.6 million pounds from there, Dongying should continue to rely on loans to expand, and use all the profits to develop the British market."

Zhang Zhonghua said with emotion.

"Is it easy to buy in the shops in London, but it shouldn't be easy in the City, right?"

Xin Xiaoling asked.

"It's not hard to buy a store in the financial city, where the rent is very high and the restaurant is difficult to maintain there, so there are always restaurants that want to sell it.

I have already selected 3 stores over there, one is 400 square meters, the upper and lower floors are 550,000 pounds in the center of the entire financial city, and the other two are much cheaper, both 200 square meters, about 250,000 pounds.

As long as one more is selected, it can occupy three directions, plus the flagship store occupies the center, and the four stores can radiate the entire financial city. ”

Zheng Juan said to Zhang Zhonghua.

The cost of opening a store in the UK, especially in London, is too high, and the plan needs to be revised, Hong Kong Island, Dongying, and the United Kingdom are more ruthless than one place, think about Hong Kong Island, a store is enough for hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and a store in London costs millions of Hong Kong dollars.

The flagship store is 550,000 pounds, the three branches are 250,000 pounds each, and the four stores are almost 1.3 million pounds, which is equivalent to more than 19 million Hong Kong dollars.

And if you hire a renovation company from the UK, the decoration alone will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, and the British workers will make money.

This can't be played at all in the UK's asset-heavy operation, and Dongying's current housing prices are acceptable, and it can't be played in 20 years.

"Then take four stores first, gain a foothold in the City of London first, and then take out a mortgage in the UK when the investment reaches 5 million pounds." Zhang Zhonghua said.

It is really difficult for a company to internationalize, and now Zhang Zhonghua admires the legend of the charter ship king in his heart, he is different from Li Chaoren, Li Chaoren can only mix in Hong Kong Island, and he can only pit his own people, and he can't play around at all outside

"It's still relatively easy to get a mortgage in the UK, there is the headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC, and you can still get a loan from it through the relationship between Hong Kong Island and this side."

Xin Xiaoling immediately said to Zhang Zhonghua.

"Then choose Standard Chartered Bank, I remember that Standard Chartered Bank is better than HSBC in Europe, right?"

Zhang Zhonghua asked.

CFC can't always rely on HSBC loans, not to mention that Hong Kong Island still owes HSBC tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and Standard Chartered's internationalization is stronger than HSBC, HSBC is mainly invincible in the world on Hong Kong Island.

"No problem, Standard Chartered has branches in Europe and North America, and Standard Chartered is also very strong in Africa."

"Well, forget about Africa, except for a few countries in Africa in a short period of time, there is no soil for CFC to survive anywhere else."

"Boss, one more thing. Our CFC package is estimated to have to be modified accordingly, the British side is much taller than the Asians, and the corresponding meals are much larger than the Asians. ”

Zheng Juan said with a smile.

If the set meal on Hong Kong Island is brought to the UK, I am afraid that the UK will have to eat one and a half to be full, and the current Europeans and Americans are much stronger than Asians.

Zhang Zhonghua glanced at Zheng Juan, and thought to himself that I had eaten McDonald's and KFC in the UK, and we had been to Europe before (in my previous life).

Recipes like Colonel's chicken nuggets, vegetable salad, and chicken rolls have long been in my heart, but they haven't been listed.

"Then the burgers here in the UK are bigger than those on Hong Kong Island, and some snacks are added, and vegetable salad is also added to the menu, and the British always sell them whatever they like to eat."

"Almost everyone in the UK will have afternoon tea whenever they have time, should we add stockings milk tea to the menu?"

"Well, Manager Jia is right, people working here almost have afternoon tea in the afternoon, and it is also good to add stockings milk tea."

Zheng Juan agreed.

"Since you all think it's okay, let's add it, but milk tea will only be served at afternoon tea."

"No problem, the profit of the afternoon tea is the highest of the day, and we are going to start selling it in pounds here."

Zheng Juan said with a smile, very excited in her heart, the future income of CFC restaurants will not only be back to Hong Kong dollars, yen, pounds and dollars, but also various currencies such as lira, marks, francs, etc., it is a happy thing to think about.

"If you have to set the price here, there will be more types of afternoon tea, otherwise I'm sorry for such an expensive house price and such a high income."

Zhang Zhonghua also said with some excitement.

"That's for sure, haven't we always been following the locals."

Everyone also laughed, are London house prices high? High! However, income and consumption are higher, so the selling price of CFC restaurants will definitely go up.

"Boss, the West German side has already investigated, and the location of Hamburg city is the most suitable for the establishment of a central kitchen, which is close to the bay and has convenient transportation and the land price is very cheap. And it doesn't need major changes, and it's convenient to travel by land and rail. ”

Jia Jinghua said.

It takes millions again, and Zhang Zhonghua feels a headache.

"Okay, in two days, I will buy a factory to start the transformation, the equipment will not be in a hurry to buy, and the central kitchen will not be built first, so let's transport it from Hong Kong Island to this side by sea, and then consider buying equipment after a while."

Zhang Zhonghua said helplessly.

The most important task of CFC at present is to open a store to make money, and the construction of a factory can be slowed down.

Zhang Zhonghua was a little speechless, every time he felt that he had some money, the world would give him a slap in the face, so that he understood that he was still very poor, when would he be able to worry about having too much money to spend.

"I think we could set up a small central kitchen around London, where vegetables and cheese can't be shipped from Hong Kong Island, so they have to be processed here."

Xin Xiaoling added.

"It's very cheap to buy trucks in Europe, but you need to transfer some maintenance personnel from Hong Kong Island, and by the way, you can also use them as drivers, and the labor costs here are too expensive."

Jia Jinghua said.

"Well, let's do it first, and then we'll talk about it when there is a situation."

Zhang Zhonghua nodded and agreed with several people's opinions.

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