Blooming America

Chapter o7 Talking Business with Walmart

There is no better business to invest in Wal-Mart.

Even if it is IBm, Big Blue is unremarkable compared to the future Wal-Mart.

"There is no better plan than this."

Catherine couldn't help laughing smugly.

After all, IBm has just started working on personal computers, and Catherine still has time to prepare.

Since people still don't understand these management systems, the former software engineer had to do it himself and start editing programs.

Katherine uses a 6-bit cpu operating system and all visual operations.

The other party is not a professional, and in management, it is impossible to have so much time to type commands line by line.

Fully automated warehouse management and convenient municipal payment methods.

These are all based on graphics operations.

Although Stanford University has begun to cultivate talents for Inte1, for Catherine, the talent gap is still huge.

Fortunately, this system is not too difficult.

When the product is out of the field and packaged, people only need to paste a bar code on the specified location of the packaging box, and then the machine reads it and transports the goods to the specified location for stacking and sorting according to the address table. Because the entire process is automatically operated based on barcodes, the quantity and location of the products can be traced back, from warehousing to sale, all under control.

However, it is a pity that Catherine's vision is a bit too advanced, and the performance of the current machine is still not up to the level she imagined.

However, it is still possible to track the whole process. Once there is a problem with that batch of goods or other conditions, you can fully understand it.

The main body of the program can be in the form of a CD. Catherine can customize the CD according to the goods required by Wal-Mart and the standards of their warehouse. On the storage device, only simple data needs to be recorded to complete.

Although the price of a customized optical disc may require some cost, it is much better than the 5mB capacity of IBm, which requires a cheap hard drive of US dollars.

Of course, Catherine did not forget to send someone to contact Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, which is also very important.

In the future, after Sam Walton's death, according to statistics, the total value of his five shares is 900 million, far exceeding Bill Gates at the time.

Catherine came to Rogers City to talk with Sam Walton in person.

At this time, Wal-Mart is still a discount department store, not the future Wal-Mart company. That company will be established in 969 and then listed.

"Hello, Mr. Walton."

Catherine came to Walton's office early, but the other party had already arrived.

——The future rich in the world will get up to work at 4 o'clock every day.

"Good morning, Miss Edson, I didn't expect you to come here in person."

Walton is a very low-key person, and now he is not considered famous, by contrast, Catherine is a celebrity.

"Because your company is so important to me, I have to come in person."

——Just kidding, if the talks are done, this is a tens of billions of business. When faced with people who are richer and greater than Bill Gates, Catherine knew that working with each other is more cost-effective than pure investment.

From the beginning, Catherine came with the mentality of cooperating with Sam Walton, not just an investment.

Catherine told Sam Walton what she thought about city operations.

"Our company can mobilize the goods in the mall very efficiently, as well as the overall planning of the goods."

Sam Walton nodded: "It sounds like a good plan, but should it be used?"

Catherine said: “The high computer in the headquarters is connected with Wal-Mart stores across the United States. In this way, we can expand our business unlimitedly and dispatch our goods quickly and quickly. Wal-Mart should not be limited to a few places. This should be A large-scale city chain enterprise spanning the United States and the world"

Sam Walton also learned about interconnection through advertising and news. Although he didn't know much about it, he probably understood the meaning of what Catherine said.

Catherine went on to say: "Not only that, we can also automatically record every piece of goods sold through the laser scanner of the store's payment counter to the computer. When the inventory of a certain item is reduced to a certain amount, the computer will send out a signal. Automatically place an order and remind the store to ask the headquarters to purchase goods in time."

"But should we schedule like this?"

Sam Walton thought it was good when he heard it, but it is better to clarify things.

Wal-Mart has always been adhering to the "lowest price" strategy. What Catherine said, for Wal-Mart, happened to be dozing and hitting the pillow.

As a software engineer, Catherine in her previous life knew that the computer system owned by Wal-Mart "in history" was second only to that of the US government, and more servers than the Microsoft headquarters.

Catherine nodded, and then explained: “The headquarters arranges the source of the goods and sends them to the nearest store, and then the computer at the store arranges the delivery time and route. The required goods will appear in the store within 4 hours after the order is placed. On the warehouse shelves."

This kind of efficient inventory management enables the company to quickly grasp sales and market demand trends, and replenish inventory shortages in a timely manner. This can reduce inventory risks, reduce the amount of capital backlog, and increase the degree of capital operation.

Sam Walton immediately realized the benefits of such powerful information management.

"But when can such a network be completed?"

The picture cake is not useful for such a capitalist. Although Sam Walton's life is simple, it does not mean that the other party is a fool and a fool. What Catherine needs are actual products and benefits.

"As long as we can negotiate, I can immediately start setting up a network in Rogers City, and by the way, configure two of our Pentium series computers as mainframes."

Catherine made her offer.

But it is not over yet.

"And... I can also inject 10,000 US dollars into Wal-Mart."

Although Catherine's current funds are not much, she can still get ten thousand dollars...Although it is somewhat less.

After all, Wal-Mart's annual sales are now as high as millions of dollars.

Of course, Catherine herself knew that the money was relatively small, so she said, "Next, I will inject up to 100 million yuan into the company in the next two years."

This sentence is a blockbuster. After all, Wal-Mart’s current market value is only close to 100 million yuan-no one knows that Wal-Mart’s market value will double in the future.

"I think... we should discuss the specific matters."

Sam Walton then knew that the other party wanted to cooperate with him, not just to invest in himself.

And in the next few days, Wal-Mart was discussing this within the company.

In fact, Catherine didn't have to worry at all. With the capital injection of that billion, she also believed that the other party would be tempted.

But Catherine's system must be promoted. She doesn't just want to simply serve Wal-Mart with this system, other companies can also use it.

The annual output of Catherine's class computer is hundreds of units. Instead of selling them separately, it is better to make such a control system, and then quickly enter this market by virtue of its advantages of low cost and high cost performance.

The relationship between Wal-Mart and IBm is unsuccessful. I can use the power of Wal-Mart to make a comeback. As long as the leader is Sam Walton, Katherine believes that Wal-Mart will reach it.

A few days later, the discussion within Wal-Mart finally ended.

Finally, the two parties reached an agreement.

The two parties jointly established "Wal-Mart Department Store Co., Ltd." and invested 10,000 U.S. dollars in shares, and injected 100 million U.S. dollars in the next two years, accounting for 45% of the equity.

Catherine Company provided Sam Walton with a cash computer system, and gave priority to ensuring that after the construction of the intercity network was completed, it would help Wal-Mart open a national dispatch system, and aRk would be responsible for maintenance.

At this point, Catherine's heart finally relaxed.

For the next thing, Catherine handed it over to her own hands, and Catherine went to the umbrella headquarters non-stop. She was going to ask her dad for money...

To be honest, Catherine sometimes feels that she has failed in life.

Obviously he has the foresight, but now his company still has some influence, but Bruce's company has already had a certain influence, and its business has also expanded to most parts of Southeast Asia and East Asia-except for the Big Six.

Catherine, who was not here in person, just came to the office and saw Bruce hurriedly cleaning up.

"Dad, I have something to discuss with you."

Catherine spoke.

"I want to hear too, but Kate, I'm sorry, I'm going to Hong Kong right now... Oh, God knows how messy Hong Kong's public order is..."

go to Hong Kong?

Catherine was a little strange.

"why?"

"Shooting, someone wants to shoot our protector."

"Shooting?"

Catherine was taken aback. To be honest, she had never expected such a thing to happen.

Are there really people in Hong Kong who are so daring to shoot foreigners?

Then ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Catherine suddenly thought that this year is 967.

Yes, Hong Kong, where the red ideological trend is spreading, is also the most chaotic year in Hong Kong history

"Not only that, but there is also a spectator who was hit... but that man actually had a machete on his body, God knows what happened."

"what?"

Hong Kong actually gave birth to such a big thing, it is no wonder that Bruce has to deal with it in person.

"Dad remember to bring more bodyguards"

Catherine reminded.

"I won't forget. I love you, Kate, I'll leave the matter to you for the time being."

Bruce and Catherine gave a hug, and then left.

and many more……

He seemed to say...I left it to myself?