The Goddess Shines on America

The supermarket "Alice" run by Phil Belen's family is located in the small town of Windsor. After more than ten years, it has developed into the largest convenience supermarket in the whole town. Of course, ordinary convenience stores can also be seen at street intersections, but when local young men, women and students mention shopping, they must go to the "Alice" supermarket to make a big purchase. Who would rush to the street? What about the Sanliang convenience store?

Today is the weekend, and as usual, many Eton students flocked to the streets of Windsor Town, and Windsor Palace could be seen from a distance. No one will forget that it is one of the long-term residences of the Queen of England, and recently, it seems that a little princess who is next to her has also lived in it. According to the gossip circulating in the school, it seems that it is for Receive tutoring?

"You're a sixteen-year-old girl too." On the way to the supermarket, Phil said quickly: "I really don't need to save some sanitary napkins? By the way, when I was still in school, I I haven't seen you use it before, Sissy, do you know when Alice usually comes on her period?"

As the saying goes, there must be my teacher in a threesome, and at this moment the person leading the topic is Phil Bellen. Sissy held Alice's arm, although it seemed intimate, but in reality she kept twisting someone's arm. Even if Phil suddenly brought them something new, it didn't mean Sissy had forgiven someone.

"Her," answering Phil's question, Sissy glanced at someone's laughing expression: "once on February 14, once on March 15, once on April 13, once on May 20, what do you think of these numbers? ?”

It was all said by Alice, of course there is no doubt about it, Sissy started learning Chinese a long time ago, and playing with homonyms is no problem. However, it would be really difficult for Phil Belen to understand the meaning of this.

"Ah, there's so much difference." She said in surprise, "February and May are separated by six days? Isn't this a little too unstable?"

But then, the clever girl sensed something was wrong again, and said suspiciously: "Sissy, you are talking about her time in June last year? It's been almost a year, how can you still remember it so clearly?"

"Ahem!" Enough is enough, Alice hurriedly interrupted this boring topic: "I said, Senior Sister Phil, your supermarket should be there in another seventy to eighty meters, shouldn't we speed up?"

"Oh, all right, come with me."

Quickly following behind Phil, Alice immediately murmured to Sissy again: "I said honey, why don't you talk nonsense, you know I never need such a thing as a period."

Sissy didn't answer, just snorted softly and turned her head to one side, but her arm was still hanging on Alice's wrist.

Not long after, the most famous supermarket "Alice" in Windsor Town appeared in front of Alice.

"Ah~" Phil said with emotion: "There are quite a lot of people in Alice today, right Alice?"

Alice chuckled.

Just like the Internet cafe after school and the elevator after get off work, the supermarket on weekends is always full of people, and "Alice" is especially famous for being visited by many Eton students. As the dense flow of people walked into the supermarket, the first thing to bear the brunt was the promotional signs, but Sannuhe didn't stop here, but immediately walked towards the general manager's office along the staff aisle.

Here, Alice meets Phil's father.

"Hello, Alice." The silver-haired middle-aged man was handsome and charming, and after shaking hands with Alice, he greeted Sissy in the same way: "What a charming little girl, a French girl, what do you think of us in England? "

Wow, this is such an old ethnic question. Alice stepped aside happily, letting Sissy, who was at the venue of the event, sweep her long hair, and said coquettishly: "It's too bad. What kind of weather is this in England? It rained for three days and cleared for another day, and it was cloudy and windy again. , and this dish is really unbearable, there are all kinds of grilled meat with clear soup and little water, and there is no other seasoning except salt!"

These three or two sentences are really not something ordinary people can refute, and Alice laughed out loud on the spot. Thinking about it, the UK has always been famous for its poor cooking, and France is the source of the spread of modern Western cuisine. Putting these two feuds together, how could Sissy not seize the opportunity to sarcasm?

"That's really a pity." Mr. Belen said with a smile to his daughter: "It seems that Sissy and Alice don't plan to study in Cambridge in the future, do you want to sit down and prepare to go to Harvard to study for an MBA or something? "

"Dad..." Phil said helplessly, "Let's talk about business, shall we?"

Alice also looked at the following watch: "That's right, Mr. Belen. I just came back from Switzerland, and there are still many things to deal with. Well, I heard from Phil that you hope to develop 'Alice' into a large-scale supermarket chain ?”

"That's right." Mr. Belen invited the two girls to sit down, and Phil obediently poured water for the two school girls: "Our 'Alice' has been in business for many years now, we need experience and funds. Quite a lot, Phil is now in college and plans to take a postgraduate entrance examination. So I think it's time to expand the scale of the supermarket."

This is when the owner of the company wants to find angel investors for business development. Alice is very familiar with this situation. She nodded and said, "Then what are your development plans?"

Mr. Bellen said: "Over the years, I have observed how many successful chain companies develop and grow. To be typical, McDonald's is the best example, not only for store decoration and product menu, but also for the quality of each patty. McDonald's not only achieves a unified decimal point level for the oil temperature control of each cooking, and even the cooking time of different ingredients at different oil temperatures, but also formulates this standard in every branch."

Alice smiled and nodded, waiting for Mr. Beren's next words.

But he suddenly said, "I know you and Phil have a good relationship, Alice."

Actually playing the emotional card, Alice laughed, but Alice liked it.

"I also know that you have always been very interested in investment. The land acquired in Japan two years ago has fully paid off now, right?"

Alice made a simple calculation and said: "The principal is 100 million, the loan is 300 million, and the installment payment is 800 million, totaling 1.2 billion. In terms of paying back the capital, it's really about the same. According to the current housing prices in Ginza, then The land of 1.2 billion has risen to more than 2 billion."

Anyway, it is now May of 1988, and the macro background is here. Even though she has not paid attention to the business there for nearly half a month, she is very confident in her estimation.

Even though they were mentally prepared, the three people around couldn't help but sigh when they heard Alice's series of big numbers relaxed and comfortably.

"So Alice, since you're interested in real estate, and I'm going to be a supermarket chain here, here's what I think."

Mr. Beren is a businessman, everyone knows that, but Alice doesn't particularly know the extent of his talent. When she heard that the other party had something to say, of course she listened very carefully.

He said excitedly: "Why don't you also build a chain of commercial real estate?"

Alice was taken aback by the sudden noun.

"Commercial real estate?"

Seeing that his opinion can surprise the angels, Mr. Beren is of course very happy in his heart. After all, he knows what achievements the girl in front of him has.

"Yes, Miss Alice."

Estimating the girl's mentality in his heart, he said: "Of course I know that this is expensive, but I believe it will definitely bring you a lot of benefits. That is to say, we can buy land in bulk in the prosperous areas of major cities, and then Establish a commercial center with integrated office buildings and shopping malls, just like McDonald's, which has consistent standardization, and then it will be chained..."

As long as it is halfway through, it will be fully understood. Isn't this the business model of Wanda Plaza? The business model that an entrepreneur in China can think of is not inapplicable to a small businessman who has been quietly running a supermarket for more than ten years and is always studying the business model. Although the national conditions are different, as far as creativity is concerned, it has overcome all obstacles.

"I understand." After Mr. Belen explained most of his ideas, Alice concluded: "You are also thinking of a new investment project for me. I develop a chain of commercial real estate, and you give priority to my investment project. These business centers open branches of 'Alice'. Then, I will continue to expand my achievements in this field with my capital, and you will be able to hitch a ride along the way."

The girl spoke very happily, with a smile on her face, without any sarcasm or mocking tone. Although from the behavior point of view, Mr. Belen is engaging in a typical thigh-hugging behavior, which is enough to be called cheating by many colleagues, but as the thigh-hugging party, why would Alice not do it?

"It's a very good idea," she said with a smile, "but if this project really starts, it will put a lot of pressure on me, so it will definitely not work in a short time. But I think Mr. Belen, a few months to a year You can still wait for half the time, right?"

This sentence undoubtedly pointed the finger at the invested Ginza real estate. After one and a half years, the total price of 1.2 billion has soared to more than 2 billion. After repaying all the loans and debts, I immediately got nearly one billion US dollars in pure cash. There are so many things that can be bought with such a high amount of cash.

"Of course, I started running 'Alice' shortly after Phil was born." Mr. Belen said with a smile, "What's the big deal if we waited another year or so for it to go to the world?"