American Fortune Life

Seattle.

It was sunny after the rain, and there were still some clouds in the blue sky, but because there was less water vapor in the clouds, what appeared were white clouds. The white clouds are dotted in the blue sky, which adds a little poetic flavor to this winter day after the rain.

"... I have always wanted to create and implement a new industry line, aiming to provide coffee lovers with a "full-sensory coffee environment". The selected store in the store is the Disney toy store."

Wearing sunglasses, the corners of Andy's mouth turned up slightly, with a slight smile on his face, listening to Howard Schultz's narration beside him, while strolling on a street near the first Starbucks store in Pike Place Market where he just visited the day before yesterday.

More than a dozen bodyguards with stern faces formed a protective circle with Andy as the center, preventing the surrounding reporters and passers-by who watched the excitement and took pictures with their mobile phones from approaching the safe atmosphere.

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Listening to Howard's continuous explanation of his inner thoughts, he pointed to the surrounding environment and introduced him to Andy, took out his mobile phone that buzzed twice from his trouser pocket, unlocked it, and clicked on his Wattsup to see the information. He couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and quickly smacked his lips a few times, with a happy and satisfied smile on his face.

Looking at the photo sent by Han Caiying, Han Jiaren is wearing a white silk nightgown, with fair skin and slightly curly hair. Although she is sleeping soundly, she still looks gentle and demure, dignified and pleasant. The face value is simply killer, the outline is clear, and the facial features are more exquisite.

This is the doll itself, no matter how different the aesthetics are, they are all beautiful! It can be said that she is one of the women I want in my dreams.

Especially the mole on the nose. It didn't affect her beauty at all, but added a touch of playfulness, probably because her temperament was too outstanding, so her flaws seemed insignificant, but instead had a special flavor.

Sensuality and purity are perfectly combined in Han Jiaren. Especially the charm of that mature woman is even more attractive.

Just looking at the too slender figure and the curve of the bust, but with the beauty of this face, Yingying is just right, giving people a very delicate feeling, which makes Andy eager to hold her in his arms Take pity on me.

"Amazing and perfect!" Andy couldn't help sighing in his heart because he was amazed. He was really looking forward to it. Before long, he would be able to enjoy this beauty to his heart's content. Naturally, this kind of exquisite beauty cannot be released Going back to Bangzi Country, it would be perfect to stay by your side and play with it often.

Seeing Andy take out his mobile phone to check, Howard Schultz on the side stopped talking, and waited until Andy put the phone in his pocket with a brighter smile before Howard continued to point to the destination of the trip.

"This is the Volvo car dealership with an area of ​​15,000 square feet. If you turn this place into a new experience space about Starbucks.

My idea is to move the whole process of coffee beans from roasting to final extraction of coffee drinks here. You can even hear the coffee beans slide through the overhead pipes into the coffee bar.

This will definitely become another tourist check-in place in Seattle, and people will come here admiringly. . . "

Andy looked at this Volvo car dealership and smiled slightly, then smiled at Howard Schultz: "The place is not bad, have you found out the information about the house?"

"The real estate here belongs to a real estate trust called Outlets. I was optimistic about this place last year. According to the comprehensive evaluation of return on investment and net cash income, the market price is about 6 million, but the price of commercial real estate has dropped by more than 16 %, about five million U.S. dollars is currently required.

It's just that the other party still has a 4-year lease contract with this Volvo dealer, and the other party has no plans to sell it. "

Hearing Howard's words, Andy just smiled slightly. There is no commodity in this world that is not for sale.

More than 1,300 square meters of shops, more than five million US dollars is not expensive,

However, prices here in Seattle were less affected by the bursting of the real estate bubble.

"Let's go, go back first, and ask someone to calculate the specific price first. We are talking to this real estate trust company. I support you for the bakery's proposal."

Andy turned around and walked towards the convoy parked by the side of the road with Schultz, talking in a calm tone.

“We can’t hand over the opportunities in the coffee market to other representatives of specialty coffee in the third wave of coffee. We should deploy the high-end product line carefully selected by Starbucks early, and once again play a business strategy in the field of specialty coffee. This is also the future of Starbucks .”

Howard Schultz showed a smile on his face, and he looked at Andy, the young chairman, with a sense of approval.

To be honest, although Howard fully recognizes Andy Smith's business talent, he is helpless and admires Andy's ability to enter Starbucks and occupy the position of chairman with his strength. He is really not optimistic about how much concentration and research the industry has. What he fears most is that laymen lead experts, and they also direct blindly.

But now, it seems that everything is too much to worry about. Not only will he not command blindly, but he is also very capable. When he mentioned the word "third coffee wave", Howard Schultz knew that the young chairman in front of him was doing something. After a lot of homework and knowledge reserves, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as you are willing to learn, sure enough, no one's success is accidental!

In the chairman's office at the Starbucks headquarters, Andy sat on the boss's chair, looking at the documents in his hand, and sat across from the new Starbucks chief financial officer Olin Smith.

"5.2 million dollars..." Andy frowned slightly, tapped his fingers casually on the desk, then looked up at Olin and said: "Make an appointment with the other party, we will come to visit directly in the afternoon!"

"Understood, Chairman." Olin Smith replied without hesitation.

"Hehe, how's it going? Are you used to living here?" Andy asked with a smile as he looked at his cousin from the Smith family branch.

"It's not bad. The climate here is quite good, better than Texas. Hannah likes it very much." Olin Smith smiled slightly, not as rigorous as before, and said in a relaxed tone.

"That's good, there is no way. After all, Starbucks is a listed company that has been acquired. The key is that my shares have not exceeded 50%. Although I have been acquiring, I have been in a rebound period recently. You help me buy back some from some store managers and employees, and I can only use my own people in terms of finances." Andy picked up the coffee, drinking and smiling.

"Actually, I really like my current job. My life in an accounting firm used to be boring." Olin Smith really admires his cousin now. Of course, he also felt for him before. It's a pity, after all, everyone thought he was useless, but when we met again, he had grown to the point where people like himself could only look up to him. He really admired him, not jealous like some people.

He was also very surprised and astonished when he suddenly received a call from Old Smith telling him that Andy needed him. You know, since Andy's resurgence, many people in the family wanted to follow him, but unfortunately , Andy doesn't even care about it, especially those who laughed at Andy during the family gatherings of Andy's degeneration, they are even more depressed. So far, there is only one Justin Smith who has a good relationship with Andy , and walked into his peripheral team with himself.

The reason why Olin Smith was favored by Andy was not only because of his own ability, but also because he was honest and sincere, and he never ridiculed Andy. Olin also knew that he might be himself if he hadn't offended Andy. The main reason for being selected.

"Is this commercial real estate purchased this time in the name of Starbucks or in the name of your real estate trust?"

Andy raised his eyebrows after hearing Olin's question, and asked, "Which one do you think is more suitable?"

"Real estate trust, sign a 10- to 15-year lease contract with Starbucks at that time, whether it is to combat inflation risks or reasonable tax avoidance, it is the most cost-effective." Olin pondered for a while, and suggested.

"Hehe, that's it!" Andy nodded with a satisfied smile.

"The key depends on whether the other party will sell it."

"Don't worry, I'll convince them!" Andy said confidently with the corners of his mouth upturned and his eyes shining brightly.

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