Chapter 305 Duosi and the richest man

Chapter 305 Duosi and the richest man

Although an irrelevant cold-faced woman lived in the Hequan B\u0026B, this did not affect the good mood of Nanyi and Hagiwara Sayuri, nor did it have any impact on Nanyi's treasure hunting.

No matter what you do, Nanyi will predict all the difficulties that may be encountered in advance, and prevent them if they can be prevented. If they cannot be prevented, they will accept them calmly after bad things happen.

Nan Yi is a pessimist, he always thinks a lot, and always has the self-consciousness of being a handsome man, thinking about defeat before winning. The appearance of the cold-faced woman was beyond Nanyi's expectation, and it was also within his plan. There was no wave in his heart.

Speaking of which, Nanyi is also working hard. Although he is on vacation now, he has never let go of his work in his mind.

He is currently thinking about how to establish a logistics company to supply 1,327 7-ELEVEn convenience stores across Japan. In his vision, 7-ELEVEn is his must-have.

In the 1920s, household refrigerators had only been out for a few years, and they were still a novelty, so naturally they could not "fly into the homes of ordinary people".

In 1927, China Southern Continental Ice Company [Southern Company] established a store in Dallas, Texas that changed the development of the industry in the future. Its main business chose ice making and selling in line with market demand.

But naturally, as refrigerators have gradually become household products, sales have been rising year after year, and store operators have discovered that customers who come to the store still need to buy other products, so they have expanded food categories such as poultry, eggs, and milk.

A year later, a store erected a totem pole at the entrance. Such a strange combination caught the attention of passing customers and brought real benefits to the store. Later, the senior management decided to erect a totem pole next to each of its stores. Zhu, the shop began to be called "totem shop".

In 1929, the country encountered an economic crisis, but a few years later the economy began to recover, the national unemployment rate continued to decline, GDP and other indicators continued to increase, and the demand for consumption was stimulated again.

After the end of World War II, in order to compete for more customers, the totem store expanded its business hours to 7 am to 11 pm, 7 days a week, which is also the origin of 7-ELEVEn.

At that time, many shops in the country were open from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, and closed all day on Sundays.

A simple calculation shows that 7-ELEVEn operates 112 hours a week, which is 70% more than the competitor's 66 hours. This strategy is simply crushing.

This adjustment makes the business hours basically cover all non-break time periods. The convenience store not only creates convenience for customers in terms of product types, but also in terms of business hours.

The adjustment of business hours has made the store very popular. After the store operators have tasted the sweetness, they will naturally not stop there. With the opening of more and more stores, in 1963, 7-ELEVEn first tested 24 hours in Austin, Texas. business.

Later, Southern Company implemented a 24-hour operating system in some stores in Dallas, Las Vegas and other places. At this time, the total number of 7-ELEVEN stores in all states in the United States has exceeded 1,000.

Immediately afterwards, Southern Company launched the "franchise operation" policy for further expansion considerations.

In May 1974, Japan's Ito-Yokado Company, which obtained the franchise right, opened Japan's first 7-ELEVEN in Koto-ku, Tokyo.

To put it simply, the 7-ELEVEn brand in the hands of Ito-Yokado actually belongs to the southern company in China. They are just franchisees, not brand owners.

Ito-Yokado has made the business of 7-ELEVEn flourish in Japan, but the life of the parent company Nanfang Company is not very easy, it can be said that it is going from bad to worse;

According to the information obtained by Nanyi, Nanfang Company should not be able to last for many years, and it will have to face bankruptcy or reorganization.

Scarlett has been quietly contacting the shareholders of Southern Company, trying to acquire or control a company that holds shares of Southern Company first, and use this as a springboard to become a shareholder of Southern Company first, and then slowly absorb the shares of Southern Company.

It is impossible for a retailer to expand slowly on its own. Acquisitions and then mergers are the road to rapid expansion that Nanyi wants to live in.

7-ELEVEn does not have its own logistics and distribution system in Japan, and the delivery of goods is outsourced to Yamato Transport Company. For Nanyi, this is an opportunity to first intervene in the daily operation of 7-ELEVEn in Japan.

But it is also impossible for him to establish a logistics company just to supply 7-ELEVEn, and get involved in the personal express delivery business by the way, which is what the question should mean.

At present, Japan's personal express delivery business is mainly occupied by Yamato Transport Company and Japan Post. The two companies together account for more than 80% of the share, and the remaining share is divided up by a total of more than a dozen different express delivery companies.

Among the more than a dozen express delivery companies, Sagawa Express accounts for more than 60% of the remaining less than 20%.

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. was originally engaged in international logistics transportation and large-scale cargo transportation in Japan. In 1973, it began to intervene in the personal express delivery business.

Japan Post is a public welfare express company operated by the state. It has common problems such as low efficiency and bloated structure of state-owned companies. After Yamato Transport Company entered the personal express delivery business, its market share declined rapidly. The current market The market share can only keep pace with Yamato Transport Company.

Moreover, Nan Yi found that Japan's current express delivery business is not as primitive as he thought. As early as the 1970s, Yamato Transport Company began to learn from UPS Express, using barcodes for express delivery, and it became popular in a short period of time. open.

Judging from the current maturity of the Japanese express delivery business market, Nanyi only needs to set up a few directly-operated express delivery stores to get involved in the express delivery business, and the rest can be collected by 7-ELEVEn convenience stores. The wide use of barcodes allows ordinary Convenience store clerks can quickly receive and send express delivery in a short period of time.

Then the daily operating cost of the enterprise will be pulled down a lot, which will be at a very low level compared with other express delivery companies. In this way, this part of the cost can be selectively returned to users, and the price of express delivery can be reduced to Close to the level of Japan Post.

Why Japan Post's express delivery business is very inefficient, and many users still choose to use Japan Post, precisely because Japan Post's express delivery is cheap.

When there is a courier company with a price comparable to Japan Post and a high level of efficiency, Nanyi believes that potential users will abandon the original courier company and choose a new company.

In this way, it will be easy to quickly seize a large market share, and quickly compete with Yamato Transport Company and Japan Post.

Afterwards, it can use the profits earned by the personal express delivery business to expand to other logistics businesses. Nanyi believes that a monopoly effect will soon be formed.

As for the matter that 7-ELEVEn does not belong to him now, Nan Yi chose to ignore it.

Cooperating with 7-ELEVEn and using their stores as express outlets, it is natural to share profits with 7-ELEVEn, but Nanyi doesn't care too much about this expense.

His calculations are very long-term, and he has extended his thinking to the future "Internet +" era.

The troublesome part of Nanyi's plan is that 7-ELEVEn throws him away and directly discusses cooperation with Yamato Transportation Company. After all, Yamato is already a logistics company with a long history and a high market share, not Nanyi. Companies that haven't appeared on paper can compare.

Therefore, the implementation steps of the plan are very critical. The personal express delivery business plan can only be implemented in Japan after obtaining a majority of the shares of Southern Company.

At the beginning, logistics companies in Japan were not allowed to touch personal express delivery business, and could only develop distribution business first.

After pondering for a long time, Nan Yi thought through most of the problems, and now there is one biggest problem before him - where does the starting capital come from?

Nanguo Bank's business has not been straightened out, and it is temporarily unable to provide him with loans. He has already decided not to send any more money into Japan for the funds invested by Nan's Holdings.

Nanyi wants to develop new business in Japan, and the funds can only be settled in Japan.

Funding is a huge problem for Nanyi at present.

Nan Yi frowned and worried, and Sayuri Hagiwara leaned on his shoulders, and asked with concern: "Yongwei-kun, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I want to start a new business, and I'm worrying about money."

"Lack of money?" Sayuri Hagiwara paused and said, "I still have a deposit in the bank. If you need it, I can lend it to you first."

"Hehe." Nan Yi stroked Sayuri Hagiwara's hair and said, "You have 5 billion yen?"

"5 billion?" Sayuri Hagiwara shouted, "How could I have so much money? I only have more than 20 million in total."

"That's right, izakayas are so profitable? They can actually have so much savings."

Regardless of the current Japanese office workers who have an annual income of three to four million yen a year, it is a mystery how much they can save by the end of the year. If they can save half, they are families who know how to manage money.

And 20 million yen must be the savings of this kind of family for ten years.

"I spend very little. I usually buy food, daily necessities, and cosmetics. I wear kimonos most of the time. After a year, I rarely buy clothes."

"We, Lily sauce, really know how to live." Nanyi touched Sayuri Hagiwara's face and said, "Okay, you don't have to worry about my affairs. Lack of money is not lack of money. Keep your money well and save your money. I put my heart in my belly, I won't be unable to support you."

"Hehehe, I haven't agreed to let you raise me yet." Sayuri Hagiwara said with a clever smile.

"Hey." Nanyi's hand turned into a pat, and patted Sayuri Hagiwara's cheek in fear, "Go and help me make a pot of barley tea."

"Hay, master."

Sayuri Hagiwara bowed obediently, and took small steps to make tea for Nanyi.

...

At this time, in a teahouse in Xiangtang, Fang Mengyin was sitting with a person in a wing room.

"Mr. Wu, when did your ancestors go to London?" Fang Mengyin asked, leaning forward slightly.

"My ancestors went to Yingguo in 1833." Wu Zaisheng said, with emotion in his tone.

"Now is 1983, exactly 150 years from 1833." The result was quickly calculated in her heart, not only Fang Mengyin was surprised, but even Xiang He who was standing by the side looked at Wu Zaisheng in surprise.

"It's been so long, your family went there during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty."

"That's right, it's recorded in the genealogy." Wu Zaisheng said calmly, as if he was used to being surprised by others.

Suddenly, Fang Mengyin's heart moved and she thought of something, "Why did Wu Zaisheng's ancestors go to Yingguo from the Qing Dynasty and have settled there until now? It is a skill to exist in Yingguo for 150 years without disappearing. Thinking about that era, it was not easy to go abroad to work hard.

Wu family?

Surname Wu? "

Fang Mengyin's mind was spinning wildly, and soon, her eyes lit up, thinking of a possibility, she looked straight at Wu Zaisheng, and asked, "Your Wu family is the Wu family from the Thirteenth Industry in Guangdong Province?"

Wu Zaisheng looked at Fang Mengyin with a surprised expression. He never thought that Ms. Fang Mengyin's thinking was so sharp that she guessed it so quickly.

But this is not a shameful thing. Many Chinese in Eagle Country know about it. It can be said that it is an open secret. There is no need to hide it. Fang Mengyin will also know about it in the future.

So he nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, it is the Wu family. Our lineage originated from the third son of Lord Dunyuan."

Hearing Wu Zaisheng's admission, Fang Mengyin's face turned serious, and said: "I have admired you for a long time, and your ancestor was considered the richest man in the world at that time."

Seeing Fang Meng's voice become so solemn, Wu Zaisheng smiled wryly and shook his head: "That is the glory of our ancestors. Our descendants are incompetent, which caused the family to decline."

"No, it is a manifestation of strength if it can be passed down in the Eagle Kingdom." Fang Mengyin shook his head immediately.

Xianghe next to Fang Mengyin was shocked by Shisanxing's name.

The original old owner of Xianghe can be regarded as a wealthy family that has been passed down for a long time. Xiangtang is separated from Guangdong Province by a sea. The legend of the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong Province has been circulating. Eryang. Five silk and eight silk satin are good, and the money is piled up in thirteen lines."

She had heard it from her old employer at that time, and knew that the customs duties paid by the Thirteen Banks of Guangdong Province to the Qing court accounted for 40% of the national tax revenue at that time.

According to records, in 1822, a fire broke out in Shisanhang Street. The fire was fierce and spread for several days. A large amount of property and 40 million taels of cash stored in it were destroyed. In the street where the thirteen lines are located, "foreign silver melted into the ditch and grew to one or two miles".

She also knew that the Thirteen Banks at that time were just a collective name, not thirteen families. Sometimes there were dozens of them, and sometimes there were only four. Among them, a group of wealthy people emerged, such as Pan Zhencheng, Pan Youdu, Lu Wenjin, and Wu Bingjian. , Ye Shanglin, etc.

What Xianghe didn't know was that Wu Bingjian was the richest man in the world at that time.

In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wu Bingjian was the richest man in the world at that time. In 1834, the Wu family counted the family property, and it reached 26 million silver dollars. At that time, the assets of the richest man in the country were only 8 million silver dollars. Less than one-third of Wu Bingjian's.

But Wu Bingjian, a business prodigy, really created a large consortium. At that time, Wu Bingjian was the "banker" and the largest creditor of Yingguo East India Co., Ltd....