Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Sunday night.

When Lin Baicheng arrived in New York, Lincoln was already waiting outside the airport.

In addition to the bodyguards, there was also Haruko Maori who came to pick her up.

The car drove towards Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Along the way, Lin Baicheng did not talk to Maori Haruko about work, but about trivial matters in life.

Although Lin Baicheng himself didn't come here a few times a year at the Fifth Avenue Apartment, Maori Haruko and Lin Qin would come to stay sometimes, and Maori Haruko would stay longer.

As for Lin Qin, she only came to stay occasionally for a change of environment.

"Cheng-kun, I changed the nanny here."

After entering the apartment, when Lin Baicheng took off his coat, Maori Haruko said something to him.

"Just change it."

Lin Baicheng said nonchalantly, she was just a nanny. Haruko Maori was fully qualified to decide on this matter. He was not the kind of person who had a strong desire to control.

Although Lin Baicheng did not ask the reason, Maori Haruko still explained: "The previous nanny was not serious enough and I was not satisfied, so I replaced her."

"Chairman, this is one of the things I want to report in my notebook."

Catherine, who followed and stood not far away, said that she did not want to be mistaken by the big boss for not reporting everything in detail.

"I know, I just remembered it."

Lin Baicheng nodded. He had seen it before, but he had forgotten it after reading it. He was too lazy to keep such small things in mind.

"Let's not talk about it. It's just a nanny. If you're not satisfied, Haruko, just change her until you're satisfied."

"Um!"

After hearing this, Maori Haruko said no more, took Lin Baicheng's coat and hung it on the hanger.

Lin Baicheng said to Catherine: "Catherine, there is nothing going on here for the time being. You should go back first."

"Chairman, I'll go back first."

Catherine responded, then said hello to Haruko Mouri before leaving.

At this moment, there is no one else in the apartment except Lin Baicheng and Maori Haruko. The nanny, chef, etc. did not spend the night here.

"Makoto-kun, do you want something to drink?"

The two walked towards the living room, and Mouri Haruko asked aloud.

"Make me a cup of tea."

Although this is the United States, there is no one else here. Lin Baicheng, who is used to drinking tea, will not go out of his way to drink coffee.

"I'm going to make you tea right now."

Maori Haruko left in response. She knew that Lin Baicheng liked to drink tea. In order to please Lin Baicheng, she specially learned the tea ceremony so that she could make tea for Lin Baicheng herself when Lin Baicheng needed it.

There is indeed a difference in how high-end tea is brewed. There is indeed a significant difference in taste between tea brewed by non-professionals and tea brewed by professionals for the same tea leaves.

What’s more, watching professional tea masters make tea is also a pleasure.

However, there is no such atmosphere here in the apartment. Haruko Mouri is not a highly skilled tea master. She can only say that her tea brewing is pretty good, not that she is very good.

But Maori Haruko has this heart, and Lin Baicheng is very happy.

After a while.

"Makoto-kun."

Maori Haruko handed the brewed tea to Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng took the product and nodded slightly.

"good."

For top-quality tea, as long as the tea-making technique is not too poor and has the opposite effect, the tea brewed will not be bad.

"As long as you're satisfied."

Watching Lin Bai Cheng sip tea, Maori Haruko said: "Cheng-kun, I talked to my father a few days ago, and told him everything you explained, and also asked him if he has a hostile relationship with Mr. Reagan and Mr. Bush. , and he replied to me.”

"What did uncle say?"

For Maori Haruko's sake, Lin Baicheng was still willing to call her father uncle.

Of course, if he met Maori Haruko's father in person, it would be different then. Lin Baicheng would definitely not call him uncle, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with him in the future, and he would not put himself in a lower position.

Haruko Mouri said: "My father said that neither he nor his backers had ever dealt with Mr. Reagan or Mr. Bush, and were neither friends nor enemies."

"As long as they are not enemies."

Lin Baicheng nodded upon hearing this. This was a prerequisite.

Reagan will be president for the next eight years, and Bush and his son will both be presidents. Only when Lin Baicheng is full will he cut off contact with them or become enemies for one of Maori Haruko's fathers.

"So, Cheng-kun, what do you mean?"

Maori Haruko looked inquiring, wanting to know Lin Baicheng's decision.

"I have entrusted the Secretariat to investigate."

Lin Baicheng said to Maori Haruko: "I will ask the secretariat to investigate your father to see what his abilities are, what his reputation is, and whether it is worth my investment in him. I will tell you my decision after the investigation results come out. "

"It's time to investigate clearly."

Maori Haruko nodded in agreement, a little disappointed in her heart, but not too disappointed. After all, Lin Baicheng did not refuse explicitly, and at the same time, he was not passing the buck, but was seriously considering the matter.

"Qingzi, don't worry. Even if I don't really invest in him, for your sake, I will still be willing to invest a little bit."

Lin Baicheng said with a smile, a meaningful investment is an investment of up to several hundred thousand dollars, and this amount of money is nothing to him.

"Thank you, Makoto-kun."

When Haruko Maori heard this, she quickly thanked her. Even if the situation was worst, she would still be able to get some support. In this way, she would be able to explain something to her father.

"Why are you being polite to me?"

Lin Baicheng smiled and said, "By the way, Qingzi, how is your team building?"

"The core of the team has been formed, and more will be recruited slowly in various places later. In the early stage, the team will be assessed and screened. Once it is confirmed that the core team members will not change significantly, we will then make large investments."

Maori Haruko reported her thoughts. Arrangements for such a large investment must be discussed with Lin Baicheng first.

"So fine."

Lin Baicheng agreed.

"In addition to looking for outstanding talents, we also need to look for people with a strong sense of confidentiality, or who can support the family. We must do a good job in keeping confidentiality."

"Don't worry, Cheng-kun, I always remember the importance of confidentiality."

Maori Haruko nodded to express her understanding. There was no way she could forget the key points that Lin Baicheng had explained to her.

"That's good."

After all, it is an investment of billions of dollars. When harvested, it will become at least tens of billions of dollars. In order to avoid trouble with such a large amount, the executives must be strictly controlled to prevent them from leaking this matter.

It may be difficult to avoid exposure for a lifetime, but the later the exposure, the better. After ten or twenty years, the shock of tens of billions of dollars will not be that big.

Of course, in order to keep executives confidential, the treatment for executives must be very high, but a little effort is worth it.

After that, Lin Baicheng and Maori Haruko no longer talked about work, but just chatted like normal boyfriends and girlfriends.

the next morning.

Mouri Haruko went out to work after breakfast.

Here in New York, Lin Baicheng also has several companies that he wants to visit. However, after he went out in the morning, he did not go to Marvel, Golden Fleece and other companies.

Lin Baicheng went to Queens and came to the Watsons supermarket located here.

Watsons Supermarket now has several large supermarkets in the United States, most of which are located in California, and New York is the most economically developed city in the United States. Watsons will definitely not be able to lose this market.

There are five major boroughs in New York. Manhattan is a small but economically developed area. It is a rich area. It is better to open a large supermarket there than in a crowded place. After all, rich people rarely go to supermarkets to buy things for a small price.

Population is very important for supermarkets. The more people, the better. To be honest, the population of Brooklyn is much larger than that of Queens. However, Watsons still chose to open its first supermarket in New York in Queens.

Because there are so many African-Americans in Brooklyn, plus a large number of Chinese-Americans and other ethnic groups, the multi-racial coexistence here has led to a very poor public security environment. Large supermarkets have to solve a lot of troubles and higher costs to establish themselves here.

Although Queens has a smaller population than Brooklyn, it is also the second most populous borough in New York, and its overall economic level is also higher than that of Brooklyn, so it is better to open a supermarket here in Queens.

Another point that must be mentioned is that Watsons is an industry from Xiangjiang, and the owner is Chinese, which will become a big trouble in Brooklyn.

Watsons' expansion to the United States relied on Lin Baicheng to open up relations with the Xiang Party and become friends with the senior leaders of the Xiang Party. However, the relationship between the middle and lower levels also needs to be opened up by the company, so the expansion of Watsons will not be smooth sailing.

"Mr. Lin!"

Lin Baicheng came to Watsons, and Cheng Yufeng led people to greet him.

Lin Baicheng had contacted him in advance, so Lin Baicheng knew that Cheng Yufeng was in New York at the moment, at the Watsons, so he made a special trip over in the morning.

"Take me to see it in the supermarket first."

Lin Baicheng said that he did not conduct a surprise inspection.

"Please come this way."

Cheng Yufeng gestured in the direction. Although the two were brother-in-law and brother-in-law, at work, they were superiors and subordinates.

What's more, Lin Baicheng was so wealthy and powerful that even in private, Cheng Yufeng couldn't take advantage of it and pretend to be his brother-in-law.

Of course, Cheng Yufeng cannot be the only one who came to the United States to expand Watsons. In addition to bringing a few English-speaking executives from Xiangjiang, he also recruited many people here in the United States, and several people entered The senior management of the American branch.

In addition to some of these high-level officials staying in California, some of them followed Cheng Yufeng to New York.

"Here in the United States, we are outsiders. Although we have some connections, we still have to be careful and strictly control the quality of all products sold in supermarkets. Whether it is products used in daily life or food and drink. The food is all the same.”

Lin Baicheng walked around and watched, while talking to Cheng Yufeng and other senior executives.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we have always done a good job in quality control, especially in the food category. In addition to requiring distributors to provide food testing data, we will also randomly inspect some foods and take the foods to the relevant departments for inspection. Quality Inspection."

Cheng Yufeng immediately spoke out. Lin Baicheng reminded many times in this regard when he was in Xiangjiang, requiring the management to strictly control the situation, and no one at Watsons dared to neglect it.

Although doing this will cost a lot more money, the big boss doesn't care about this and cares more about safety, so the people below will definitely comply.

Lin Baicheng nodded: "You can take control of the specific situation yourself. I don't want to hear a report saying that Watsons has a problem and needs to be solved."

"Don't worry, we won't let this happen."

Cheng Yufeng promised aloud that this was the only thing he could do at this time.

While walking and watching, Lin Baicheng suddenly asked: "Vice President Cheng, does Wal-Mart have a significant impact on our Watsons' operations?"

Of course Lin Baicheng knew about Wal-Mart, the leading retail company in the United States. Before his rebirth, Wal-Mart was also a retail giant in China. Knowing Wal-Mart, he bought a lot of Wal-Mart stocks, which can be said to have made a heavy bet.

Wal-Mart and Watsons are both engaged in supermarket retail. They are competitors in the same industry. Lin Baicheng does not believe that there is no influence between the two.

"There is no impact at the moment."

Cheng Yufeng listened and replied: "Although Wal-Mart currently has supermarkets in Los Angeles, New York and other places, the company came here to expand the market, so it specifically chose areas where there are no Wal-Mart or other supermarkets nearby. Therefore, currently Watsons, Wal-Mart and other supermarkets are not There is competition."

"However, with the expansion of supermarkets such as Watsons and Wal-Mart, in a limited market, everyone will definitely encounter each other, and competition will emerge."

"Also, compared to supermarkets in the same industry as Wal-Mart, the competitors of supermarkets such as Watsons and Wal-Mart are now more small and medium-sized department stores and convenience stores."

As the vice president in charge of retail, Cheng Yufeng will have a clearer understanding of the industry.

"That's it."

Lin Baicheng nodded when he heard this: "Since it is not a competitive relationship at the moment, forget it, but you must be aware that when Watsons expands to a certain scale, supermarkets such as Wal-Mart will inevitably become competitors of Watsons, and you must be more careful then. "

Cheng Yufeng immediately said: "Don't worry, I keep these in mind, and I will also hold a meeting to warn the management."

Lin Baicheng asked: "By the way, do you know the total sales of Wal-Mart last year?"

"Walmart's total sales last year reached more than one billion U.S. dollars, and this was the first time that Walmart's total sales exceeded one billion U.S. dollars."

Cheng Yufeng really knows this. Wal-Mart even promoted it in February. As an operator in the same industry, it would be unreasonable if he didn't even know this.

"I hope Watsons here in the United States will have 30 to 40% of Walmart's revenue in five years. I hope you won't disappoint me."

In fact, it would be good if Watson's branch in the United States can have 10 to 20% of the revenue of Wal-Mart. With this scale, it will be at least a tens of billions of dollars enterprise in the future. The reason why it is said to be higher is to put pressure on Cheng Yufeng and others to make them work harder to develop the market.

Lin Baicheng stayed at Watsons all morning and did not go anywhere else.