"Old Qiu, I didn't expect you to come so early. You haven't had lunch after such a long flight, have you?”
In the office, Zhang Mu finally met the friend that Ma introduced to him, Qiu Zhongjie, the deputy general manager of Carrefour in Shen Cheng.
Qiu Zhongjie was only 35 years old, and he was in the prime of his life. However, the light on his forehead was gradually thinning, and there was a tendency for it to develop into the 'median'.
Qiu Zhongjie wasn't very tall, about 1.72 meters tall. He was wearing a pair of fitting trousers, a dark blue shirt, and a tie. He looked very capable.
"I didn't expect it either. I thought that the plane would be delayed and that I would only be able to come in the afternoon. I didn't expect to arrive in Shanghai two hours earlier.”
Qiu Zhongjie said,
"Mr. Stanley, there's no need to eat. After I got off the plane just now, I bought something at the airport to deal with it.”
"Alright, I'll get Old Chen to find a hotel for you tonight. Let's get down to business now.”
Zhang Mu nodded and asked directly,"
"Old Qiu, I believe you've seen the situation outside. How is it?”
It was obvious that Qiu Zhongjie had a very good first impression of Red Flag Supermarket, especially when the activities outside were in full swing. As long as one was not stupid, one could see the potential of Red Flag Supermarket.
Although Zhang Mu had communicated with him over the phone earlier, they hadn't really met each other. Some things weren't convenient to talk about. Now that they had met, Zhang Mu didn't want to waste time. He wanted to finish the interview as soon as possible and let him start working immediately if possible.
After all, the supermarket would officially open for business in two days. There would be more work to be done then than now, especially many operational issues that Zhang Mu had to deal with personally. He didn't have that much energy.
"Since Mr. Stanley has asked, I'll briefly tell you my thoughts. If there's anything wrong, I hope Mr. Stanley won't take offense.”
Qiu Zhongjie knew that this was not just a greeting, but also a test for him. After thinking for a moment, he said,
"On the way here just now, I also chatted with President Chen for a while. I have a deeper understanding of our Red Flag Supermarket, especially Chairman Zhang's publicity plan.”
"Although I've always been in the supermarket industry, I've never thought that a supermarket could hold such an event. Everyone can get a bottle of coke for free when they come. This is much more effective than the previous supermarket events!”
"It can be predicted that because of the popularity of the event, when our supermarket opens in a few days, it will definitely welcome a large number of consumers. After all, our supermarket is larger than Walmart.”
"But if we want to keep these customers, how to make them willing to spend, and how to prevent Wal-Mart and Lianhua Supermarket from counterattacking are all urgent problems that we need to solve.”
"At the same time, how the supermarket will develop in the future is also a very serious problem..."
After listening to Qiu Zhongjie's words, Zhang Mu couldn't help but nod. He didn't say much, but he was on point. His vision was very unique. He was indeed the deputy general manager of Carrefour in Shen Cheng.
First of all, without knowing the future business model of Red Flag Chain Store, these were all things that Qiu Zhongjie had to consider when interviewing for the position of general manager.
Shanghai already had two supermarkets, Walmart and Lianhua. Walmart had a strong capital, and this year's global sales exceeded 100 billion US dollars for the first time, reaching a terrifying sales of 105 billion US dollars.
Lianhua, on the other hand, had 200 stores in Shanghai with annual sales of 2 billion yuan.
It was obvious that Red Flag Supermarket Chain Store was big, but if they really competed, what could Red Flag Supermarket use to compete with the other party?
Their capital was far inferior to the two families!
Even Carrefour did not dare to enter the Shanghai market at will. They only opened a small store to test the waters. Most of their efforts were still focused on the Yanjing and Guangdong markets.
It wasn't that Carrefour was afraid of Walmart, but the whole of China was a fertile land waiting to be developed. There was no need for the two companies to compete at this time.
If they really started competing now, the two companies would not be able to develop into world-class retail giants.
Like Coke and Pepsi, each of them opened up their own markets and joined forces to eliminate the other competitors. Only the two of them were left to compete. This was the best way.
It wasn't just Pepsi, Walmart, and Carrefour. All the foreign companies that entered the country treated the Chinese market as their own colony. They wanted to join forces to kill all of their Chinese counterparts before splitting the final benefits.
Walmart and Carrefour thought the same way and divided their own territories. After Shanghai was successfully occupied by Walmart, Carrefour immediately chose to give up the Shanghai market and leave a small store for preparation, but never competed with Walmart.
If Carrefour was like this, would Walmart let new supermarkets take over the Shanghai market so easily?
Qiu Zhongjie directly pointed out the most serious problem that Red Flag Supermarket was facing. In fact, he also wanted to express that Red Flag Supermarket needed people now, and they needed people who were very proficient in supermarket management.
This was also one of the ways to express his importance. Otherwise, if Zhang Mu didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, how could he show him?
" Yes, I hit the nail on the head, until the problem that Red Flag urgently needs to solve.”
Zhang Mu nodded and said,"
"If you are in charge of Red Flag Supermarket now, how are you going to operate it? How are you going to fight your way out of the siege of Walmart and Lianhua?”
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