Chapter 733 Jardine's Counterattack (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  The gods fight, and the common people suffer!

   There is actually no problem with this sentence in Hong Kong's retail industry today.

  The Xiangjiang retailers headed by Wing On Group, although their alliance has already existed in name only, but this does not prevent them from continuing to fight the money-burning war with Yunhai Group.

   It was just a money-burning battle between the two of them, but the innocent had already been hurt.

  These people are the Shiduo stores that used to be the most in Xiangjiang.

  The so-called Shiduodian is actually a small supermarket near your neighborhood in later generations.

  Most of them are jointly operated by husband and wife, and they are also the source of income for the family.

  The current money-burning battle in Xiangjiang's retail industry has already brought their business to a freezing point.

Before this, although there were Yunhai convenience stores, the impact on them was always limited, but now it is different. With the rise of this money-burning war, these stores have completely lost their business, and because they have no funds The support, its loss is actually a blow to them themselves!

  Bianmin Shiduo Store is a Shiduo Store located in Kwun Tong District, Mong Kok. The owner is a middle-aged couple. They have opened a store here for more than 20 years. It is a time-honored Shiduo Store in this area.

  The patronage of neighbors on weekdays is the source of income for their small shop.

   Bang Dang!

   At this time, there was a sound of smashing and smashing in the Bianmin Shiduo store, and the owner Chen Ji walked out of the Shiduo shop angrily.

   "Fuck you, mum, if he continues like this, I will go to the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion to petition!"

It turns out that since the Yunhai Group quit, there have been no customers in the convenience store. In the past, some daily necessities, the surrounding neighbors would come to them to buy, but now because of all the nine yuan nine group buying activities, the surrounding neighbors have begun to go I went to a store under the Yunhai Group to buy it. Anyway, there is also a Yunhai convenience store nearby.

  In the past, these old neighbors were unwilling to accept new things like convenience stores, but cheap prices, high-quality services, and possible lucky draws have made these people begin to accept convenience stores.

   And this directly affects the business of convenience stores.

There is actually not much difference between the profit model and business model of Shiduodian and those large retail companies. Everyone is talking about liquidity. If large retail companies lose their liquidity, they will not be far from bankruptcy. , and the same is true for Shiduodian. Without liquidity, they are not far from closing.

  The only difference between the two parties is actually the amount of liquidity!

   "Chen Ji, if you lose your temper, you should lose your temper, but you still have to pay the rent that should be paid. You have been procrastinating for two days. Today, you have to pay the rent for everything!"

   At this time, a young man in a sweatshirt came over. This was He Zunan, the son of Mr. Chen Ji's landlord.

When Chen Ji, who was losing his temper, saw He Zunan, his face suddenly changed, the previous anger turned into embarrassment now, and some flattering smiles: "Mr. He, please tell Mr. He again, can you give us a week? You also know the situation of Xiangjiang’s retail industry now, we have no business with those big companies!”

  He Zunan said indifferently: "That's because the environment is not good, and that's not our business. Besides, if your business is not good one day, I won't pay the rent, right? It's not my fault!"

  Chen Ji still preached with a smile on his face: "Mr. He, please show mercy to your family. We have rented this place for more than 20 years in Shiduodian, and we have never been in arrears of rent before!"

  He Zunan waved his hand and said: "Don't talk about what you have and what you don't have. Isn't it something you should do to not default on rent? When will this kind of thing become a virtue and give you the face to say it?"

Chen Ji was already in his fifties, and at this time he was reprimanded by a young man in his twenties in the street, so he couldn't help but think that his family had to rely on this store to live, so he could only put all his money away. The dissatisfaction is suppressed in the bottom of my heart.

"Paying the rent normally is not a virtue, but please ask Mr. He to see that we are all old neighbors, and give us a few days, a week, no, three days, within three days I will definitely pay the rent. Come out!"

  He Zunan said impatiently: "Three days, this is what you said. If you still can't pay the rent after three days, then I will directly seal the door!"

   After finishing speaking, He Zunan turned and left.

  Chen Ji stood there with a helpless expression on his face.

After thinking about it for a while, he turned back angrily and returned to the store. Chen Ji's wife stood there, holding some gold and silver jewelry in her hand, and said sadly: "You bought these things for me before, and now you buy them for me." Go be it, no matter what, you have to collect the rent first!"

Chen Ji looked at the gold and silver jewelry in his wife's hands, sat down on the chair decadently, and said, "Even if the rent is paid, so what? As for money, the most important thing is that now we don’t even know when their money-burning battle will end, if it continues like this, even if the rent is paid this time, what about the next time?”

Chen Ji's wife is speechless. This time, the most difficult thing for them is not how to pay the rent, but when the battle in Xiangjiang's retail industry will end. If it does not end, they will not be able to operate normally. , the difficulty is still not over.

   Just as the two in-laws were frowning here, a man in a suit and carrying a file box walked in.

  When Chen Ji saw the other party, he hurriedly got up and smiled, "What does this gentleman want?"

The man in the suit didn't buy anything, but handed a business card to Chen Ji, and said with a smile: "Hi, I'm Zhang Cai, a salesman from Xiangjiang 7-11, and I came here to discuss a business with you! "

Chen Ji took the business card from Zhang Cai, with doubts in his eyes. He knew about 7-11. Before this company was established in Xiangjiang, it advertised in newspapers to recruit franchisees, but at that time, Chen Ji did not mention this Take this matter to heart, after all, my taxi store was doing pretty well at that time, so there was no need to join 7-11.

   "What kind of business?" Chen Ji asked, it was different now, and now his Shiduo store was almost unsustainable, so when the other party came over at this time, he could ask him what he was going to do.

"That's right, our company knows that your Shiduo store is a long-standing Shiduo store in Xiangjiang, and there are also very good consumer groups nearby, so our company sincerely invites your Shiduo store to join our 7-11 "

   Before Zhang Cai finished speaking, Chen Ji directly rejected the other party: "No need, you should find someone else!"

While talking, Chen Ji wanted to invite Zhang Cai out of Shiduo store. As I said just now, he knew the plan of 7-11. To join 7-11, he had to pay the franchise fee and redecorate the store. The 7-11 stores in Xiangjiang all guarantee a unified decoration style.

   And all of these cost money. For Chen Ji, who was having a headache with the rent at this time, it was naturally impossible for him to accept it.

But Zhang Cai did not go out, but continued to speak with a smile on his face: "Chen Ji, I know that your Shiduo store is in arrears of rent and payment for goods. Now as long as you agree to join our 7-11, the franchise fee can be paid in installments. In addition, our company can also pay the rent and payment for you in advance.”

   Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Cai finished speaking, Chen Ji stopped pushing him, but looked at Zhang Cai in a daze, unable to understand what the other party was thinking.

"As for the rent and payment that our company pays for you, you can also pay in installments after the store is renovated and upgraded in the future. Of course, in order to protect the interests of our company, the part that the company pays for you will charge a certain amount of interest in the future. , but don't worry, we will calculate according to the interest of regular commercial loans of Xiangjiang Commercial Bank.

In addition, you have also seen the situation of Hong Kong’s retail industry during this period. It happens that your Shiduo store can take advantage of this time to complete the renovation and upgrade. After the renovation is completed, I think this battle in Hong Kong’s retail industry should also end By then, are you still worried that there will be no business? "

   Zhang Cai stood there and talked freely, his eyes were full of confidence, while Chen Ji had a complicated expression.

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   "You really think this is a good time?"

  At the Jardine headquarters, Niu Bijian met Karmaning again, and also learned from Karmaning the latest developments of the 7-11 that is being prepared.

Facing Niubijian's question, Karmanin nodded confidently and said: "That's right, Mr. Taiban, I think you know about the preparations for 7-11. Now because of the battle in the retail industry in Xiangjiang, there have been constant Someone asked about how to join 7-11, no one is interested now, but we have spent a lot of money on this plan before, if we just give up.

  So not only our previous investment will be in vain, but it will also be impossible to operate 7-11 in Xiangjiang in the future.

Therefore, after several rounds of discussions in the meeting, the whole company believes that it is time to turn passive into active. We took the initiative and invited Xiangjiang Shiduo stores to change their banners and join 7-11. You must know that the number of Xiangjiang Shiduo stores is the retail industry. the most. "

Niu Bijian nodded, and said: "I understand what you mean, but the problem now is that if you implement according to your plan, our expenditure will be even greater. Now the burning of money in the retail industry in Xiangjiang The battle is raging, and it is time to spend money, if there is such an extra expenditure now, I am worried that the company's finances will not be able to support it!"

  Karmanin said confidently: "Mr. Daban, please rest assured that we have made rigorous calculations and believe that our funds are now sufficient to handle these two things at the same time.

   And I also believe that for the company, this matter is more beneficial than harmful.

First of all, we used the loan method to advance the rent, decoration money, and goods payment for those Shiduo stores in Xiangjiang, just as our salesmen and the owners of those Shiduo stores said. After their renovations are completed, This money-burning war is basically over.

  At that time, they will be able to operate normally. At that time, we will be able to obtain funds through installment collection, and then we will be able to earn an interest fee.

Secondly, this time is the most difficult time for them to operate these stores, and it is also the time when it is easiest for us to let them join our 7-11. If it is normal, they will not join 7-11, that is to say , now is the perfect time for us to expand.

In the end, if these Xiangjiang taxi stores can be gathered together, then our position in the retail industry of Xiangjiang is basically the same as that of Yunhai Group, but the biggest advantage is that we can use this to negotiate with suppliers in Xiangjiang, When the time comes to concentrate the supply, we can get a cheaper price, which also adds more profits to us virtually! "

   After listening to Karmanin's speech, Niubijian nodded, obviously he had been persuaded by Karmanin.

However, the positions of the two are different, so the things they consider are naturally different. He said: "Although your plan is good, such an action will still mobilize a lot of cash from the company. In this money-burning war, the previous cash of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars is obviously not enough.

  If the company has other problems at this time, it will be very difficult! "

  Karmanin already has what he thinks is a good solution!

   "Taipan, we can contact Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC, hoping to obtain a credit loan from them. I believe that according to Jardine's status in Xiangjiang, this credit loan should be no problem.

Admittedly, there will be some dangers in this way, but high risks often represent high profits. Now the group's overseas investment has not been smooth. If we can share the world with Yunhai Group in Xiangjiang's retail industry at this time, we will eventually At that time, the group will have an additional company with sufficient cash flow, and it will also be able to reversely support the company's future development at that time! "

  Niu Bijian looked at Karmanin and asked: "Listen to you, don't you think that this battle can defeat the Yunhai Group?"

  Before this, they all hoped to use this money-burning battle to defeat the Yunhai Group, and then cut their flesh on the Yunhai Group!

Karmanin nodded and said: "Although I personally don't want to admit it, I have to say that it is impossible to still think about defeating the Yunhai Group, so this is one of the reasons why we decided to promote this plan. If it can’t be realized, we need to find a new direction of development!”

   Niu Bijian was silent for a while, and said: "I will immediately convene the company's board of directors, and then you will have to express your thoughts again at the board meeting!"

   Karmanin smiled, he knew that Niubijian had been convinced by himself!

   "Please rest assured, Mr. Taipan!"

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   "Mr. Chu, I have found out clearly that the people who contacted the Xiangjiang Shiduo store are from Wellcome!"

Huikang's actions attracted the attention of Yunhai Group, so not long after a Wellcome salesman like Zhang Cai contacted the owner of Xiangjiang Shiduo Store, Li Tianying came to Zhu Xiaozhao's villa in the middle of the mountain and told the situation to Chu Huan.

   There was self-blame in his tone.

   "Mr. Chu, do you think there are people from Wellcome in the company? Otherwise, how would they know our plan and implement it in advance?"

It turned out that Yunhai Group also had a plan to contact Xiangjiang Shiduo Store, but they wanted to wait until the end of the nine yuan nine group buying activities in the third week before contacting the owner of Xiangjiang Shiduo Store, but I didn't expect Wellcome to take action now.

   This has to make Li Tianying suspect that there is an insider in her company.

  Chu Huan has no doubts about this. The first to know about this matter is basically the senior management of Yunhai Group, and the senior management of Yunhai Group has actually been screened by the investigation department of Jiaku.

  Of course, you can’t judge so arbitrarily that there are no ghosts in the senior management of Yunhai Group, so Chu Huan decided to let the investigation department conduct another round of screening of the senior management of Yunhai Group after the matter is over!

   "Don't underestimate other businessmen, we can think of taking advantage of this opportunity to gather Xiangjiang taxi stores, and others can think of it too.

  Behind Wellcome is Jardine. Although Jardine is being dragged down by many large projects for cash, Jardine's prestigious brand can provide them with a lot of cash.

Since they have no advanced crisis for the time being, they will naturally have more ideas. Ever since Yunhai Group launched the nine yuan nine group buying activity, it has been doomed. Failure is already impossible, so there must be some companies that have other ideas. "

   Li Tianying naturally didn't want their company to have an insider, so she thought about it and asked Chu Huan, "Director Chu, what should we do about this matter?"

Zhu Xiaozhao said from the side: "It's better to let our people act in advance, don't wait until the third round of activities is over, start to act now, no matter what, we can't let Wellcome unite Xiangjiang's taxi stores, Now we are competing with each other for the market, and we can earn as much as we can!"

  After speaking, Zhu Xiaozhao turned his attention to Chu Huan. For Zhu Xiaozhao's operation, Li Tianying felt helpless for a while.

  If Chu Huan was not present, Zhu Xiaozhao would definitely be a vigorous and resolute woman, but as long as Chu Huan was present, Zhu Xiaozhao would habitually turn to look at Chu Huan after making a decision, and then wait for Chu Huan's judgment.

   "I don't know what kind of relationship these two people have!"

  Li Tianying thought silently in her heart.

  Seeing Zhu Xiaozhao's eyes, Chu Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not entirely a bad thing to let Huikang enter the arena first. We don't need to change because of the other party's change!"

   "But in this way, we have less time than the other party. Now Wellcome has dispatched a large number of people to contact the Xiangjiang taxi shop. By the time we enter the venue, they may have signed a contract!"

  Seeing that Zhu Xiaozhao has no opinion on Chu Huan's decision, Li Tianying can only express her own thoughts!

When this kind of thing is abundant in funds, the best way is to attack quickly. If you fall behind by one day, you may fall behind the other party by a lot. More importantly, they must also select franchisees with good geographical location and a lot of customer traffic. Shiduodian is naturally their first choice.

  Li Tianying believes that since the other party can think of something with her, then the other party must also be able to think of these things.

  Chu Huan was not unhappy to see that Li Tianying had a different idea from his own, just like he said just now that Niu Bijian and Karmanin are the same, they are in different positions and see different things.

  As the general manager of Yunhai Group, Li Tianying naturally sees the situation of Yunhai Group, but where Chu Huan is located, what Chu Huan needs to see is the business structure of the entire Xiangjiang.

  It is true that, as Li Tianying said, if they still stick to the original plan, they will lag behind Wellcome's actions and are more likely to lose the best store.

   But, more importantly, Chu Huan saw in this matter that Wellcome's behavior is likely to drag down the entire Jardine's cash flow.

   And this is the most important thing.

  However, Chu Huan did not tell Li Tianying about these thoughts, after all, this matter involves too many aspects.

"I understand what you mean, but now we are not only planning a simple convenience store industry, but planning the entire retail industry of Xiangjiang. Now Wellcome has seen the development of convenience stores. Even if we keep up now, in fact It is already behind them.

  So we can only seek other leadership first, the plan to incorporate Xiangjiang Shiduo Store remains unchanged, and the plan to acquire Xiangjiang Department Store is advanced.

   Now that the war has progressed to this stage, there must be some weak department stores that can no longer handle it. You send someone to contact them to see if they are willing to accept our company's shares! "

  Wing On Group Chu Huan must get it, but other department stores in Xiangjiang, Chu Huan did not think about letting Yunhai Group buy them all.

   It is enough to hold the corresponding shares and have a certain right to speak.

  Outsiders think that Yunhai Group acquired Yongan Group because of Yongan Department Store of Yongan Group, but they don't know the plan agreed between Chu Huan and Du Huilian. Chu Huan is really interested in Yongan Bank and Yongan Life Insurance under Yongan Group.

When Li Tianying was about to say something, she received Zhu Xiaozhao's eyes telling her not to talk about Shiduodian again. After seeing the boss behind the scenes, the chairman had already made a decision, so Li Tianying had no other choice but to nod and talk. road.

"I see!"

  Chu Huan nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Li Tianying: "Contact Du Huilian and HSBC, and tell them that the plan can move on to the next step!"

At the beginning, Shen Bi approached Chu Huan to discuss the idea of ​​jointly entering the Xiangjiang retail industry. At that time, Chu Huan agreed to Shen Bi's invitation because Chu Huan understood that if the two parties did not join forces, the Yunhai Group wanted to dominate the Xiangjiang retail industry. Planning will be several times more difficult.

  At the same time, Chu Huan is also mobilizing HSBC's cash flow, so now it's time for HSBC and the others to come forward!

  Li Tianying nodded again: "Understood!"

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  Next day!

  HSBC Building.

   "What do you think of Jardine's application?" Roy Bentley called Shen Bi to his office as soon as he got off work today.

  Jardines' board meeting approved Karmaning's application, so Niu Bijian immediately called HSBC and Standard Chartered to seek credit loans.

Shen Bi nodded and said: "I have read about Jardine's plan. If there is sufficient financial support, Jardine wants to share the world equally with Yunhai Group in supermarkets and convenience stores. It's very possible!"

  Roy Bentley nodded and said: "I think so too, but I always feel that there is something weird about this matter!"

   Shen Bi asked: "You mean Yunhai Group's attitude towards this matter?"

"That's right!" Roy Bentley said: "When Jardine sent us an application, Karmanin had already taken action. According to Jiaku's powerful intelligence capabilities, I don't think Chu Huan would I don't know about this, but Chu Huan didn't take any action against this very obvious behavior, which is not in line with Chu Huan's ability!"

  Shen Bi continued to ask: "So you think Chu Huan must be planning something?"

Roy Bentley nodded and said: "That's right, we all know that Chu Huan has always had a very strong interest in Yihe and Landmark. Do you think it is Chu Huan who wants to mobilize Yihe through this matter?" How about taking advantage of Jardine’s cash flow?”

  After listening to Roy Bentley's analysis, Shen Bi's expression became serious, and he said, "It's not impossible, but if it's possible, I think Chu Huan will definitely fail!"

   "How?" Roy Bentley asked puzzled.

Shen Bi explained: "You and I both know that Jardine has actually prepared a large amount of cash for this money-burning battle, and now it is applying for credit loans from HSBC and Standard Chartered at the same time. In preparing for this possibility, if Chu Huan chooses to attack Jardine at this time, he will fall into Niu Bijian's trap. Even if Chu Huan fights on two fronts, I believe his funds will be tight.

   And Niu Bijian has actually raised a lot of cash at this time.

In addition, Du Huilian contacted me last night, and they are already preparing to start closing the department store in Xiangjiang, which will also mobilize a sum of cash, so my thought is that maybe Chu Huan is really thinking about Jardine, but In the current situation, according to Chu Huan's ability, he would definitely not act hastily.

So I think that at this time, Chu Huan's full attention is still on Xiangjiang's retail industry. You must know that as long as Chu Huan has an absolute monopoly in Xiangjiang's retail industry, the profits he can actually get are not less than after the acquisition of Jardine .

As for the behavior of Huikang Merchants Xiangjiang Shiduo Store, I also asked Li Tianying. Li Tianying said that Yunhai Group also had this idea. , they have no need to deceive us.

  The whole incident should be that Yunhai Group actually had the same idea as Wellcome, but Wellcome implemented this plan earlier. "

  Roy Bentley thought for a while, and thought that what Shen Bi said had some truth.

   "Going back to the original question, what are your thoughts on Jardine's application?"

  Shen Bidao: "I think we can agree, the cooperation with Chu Huan can allow us to enter the department store industry in Xiangjiang, and the cooperation with Jardine can allow us to enter the convenience store industry!"

   "Well, I will contact Niu Bijian!"

   Also, correct the typo first and then change it, Huangshan continues to code~

  

  

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