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Chapter 215 The whole world is ours (Third update, please subscribe)

In fact, before coming to Borneo, Li Yi'an had already decided to take two paths for future industrial planning. To put it bluntly, the two paths are to develop manufacturing here in Borneo and develop by exporting industrial products and importing raw materials. As for the import and export trade, the second thing is to develop the retail industry in Europe and the United States. Why the retail industry, because the financial prospects are huge.

Regarding the retail industry at that time, it was clear that it was to take advantage of the information and logistics advantages of multinational companies, especially logistics advantages. The fundamental reason why the European market is currently experiencing a shortage of goods is poor transportation of goods, mainly because most merchant ships were lost in the war. , otherwise we wouldn’t have reached this point.

Of course, it was not just poor transportation. Another reason was the lack of hard currency. There was no way. All the gold in the British Empire was used to buy arms. As for Germany, it was either used to buy supplies during the war or after the war. Compensation was paid, and of course a large amount went into Li Yian's pocket.

As for other countries, they were all wiped out by Germany.

The lack of hard currency coupled with a shortage of merchant ships resulted in an extreme shortage of goods in the market.

Pain points are selling points!

Li Yi'an, who has hard currency and a ship, wants to enter the retail market - open a supermarket.

Nowadays, supermarkets, that is, self-selected supermarkets, do not exist in European and American countries, but Li Yian knows that opening a supermarket has a future. Compared with ordinary grocery stores and department stores, supermarkets are much larger in scale. As long as they are in a good location, well publicized, and have high quality and low prices, they can definitely attract a lot of customers. It is a good business worth doing.

For Li Yian, what is the biggest benefit of entering the retail market?
  It is to directly grasp the basic consumption channels and market sales information, and at the same time, we can adjust the production of Borneo products according to market demand. At the same time, Borneo serves as the source of some products. Because the source supplies goods without middlemen, the net profit will be far higher than that of traditional exporters.

If he hadn't learned about the astonishing profits of this industry, Li Yian would never have come up with this idea earlier. When he was in college, he basically worked part-time during the summer vacation, which allowed him to learn a lot about the retail industry. In the future, there will be companies like Wal-Mart In that way, a supermarket giant with global revenue of more than [-] billion US dollars shows that the retail industry has great prospects.

Wal-Mart has many products that are its own brands, but its own brands are manufactured by others. Although there is no OEM industry now, Borneo will definitely develop manufacturing in the future. Supermarkets can directly import Borneo products, thus achieving a one-stop service from source to consumption.

Crossing the river by feeling the stones, under the premise that there are stones to touch that are eighty years ahead of the world, in Li Yian's view, the possibility of losing money is very small, and it is at least worth giving it a try...

"What's the biggest problem now?"

Looking at Mickey sitting in front of him, Li Yian said,

"The biggest problem is definitely the shortage of hard currency. The franc, mark, including the pound, will definitely depreciate. This is inevitable, so it is difficult to use them in the international market, but if we use them How about using the money to buy the machinery and equipment needed for construction in Borneo, introducing the technology needed for Borneo, or even directly acquiring factories including manufacturing companies? Then hard currency is not important to us."

When he was studying, Li Yian heard the teacher talk about the devaluation of currencies of various countries after World War II. Although the specific details were almost returned to the teacher, it had no impact on him at all because he had never thought about it now. Bringing the money earned in European countries back to Borneo, machines and technology are more important than money.

"I understand what you mean. When the time comes, you will definitely buy as much products from Borneo as possible in the market, but you still need to import a lot of products, especially now, when manufacturing in Borneo is still a castle in the air. At this time, 似Where do the funds come from? It’s definitely unrealistic to just subsidize it by yourself.”

Although as an investment manager and his sense of smell told him that this supermarket should be successful, Mickey also saw the biggest problem-the capital chain.     “There is also the American market!”

Li Yian said with a smile.

"We can also sell European products to the United States and South American products to the United States. We are a multinational company. What is the biggest advantage? It is information. For example, the price of sugar in Cuba is ten times that of the United States. First, even after deducting tariffs, the profit margin is still very large, and this is also true in Europe. However, some European products have broad space in the United States and South America. What we have to do is to put aside the middlemen and directly From the source, that is, setting up offices in Europe, the United States, and South America, supplying goods directly from the source, and controlling the entire process from purchase to inventory, distribution, delivery, shelves, and sales through the company's logistics deployment. Huge warehouses have been built in various places, and goods purchased in bulk at low prices are stored in them, and then transported to different places as needed, and even transported to all parts of the world. Well, this is a bit like the current logistics deployment of the US military."

One thing that has to be admitted is that the US imperialism does have its advantages. At present, the US imperialism has the largest army in the world - 1300 million people. This is the largest army in history, and it is also scattered around the world. From Europe to Africa, from Africa to Asia, and then to the Pacific, just the supply of materials is enough to collapse any country. However, the United States has solved the problem of material production just through proper control of civilian materials. This is certainly the United States. It is proof of the abnormal productivity of this era, but what is more important is logistics - hundreds of private logistics experts in Washington have established the most advanced logistics deployment system of this era. Through this system, they can always make decisions based on All kinds of materials are supplied to meet the needs of the US military in various places. Even during the most difficult stage of the Ardennes Counterattack, frontline soldiers were able to smoke cigarettes and use toilet paper. The most awesome thing is that they airdropped them in Bastogne. In addition to arms, ammunition and medicine, the supplies actually include fucking toilet paper. Because of this, Li Yi'an has an extremely deep understanding of the logistics supply of the US military, because no army will give anything to those who are surrounded. Troops airdropped toilet paper. The devil is in the details!

This collection and distribution of logistics information is what Li Yian needs to learn. After all, until the twentieth century, large enterprises in many countries were still learning this model.

Thanks to the system, Li Yi'an activated the "Logistics" skill when preparing supplies for the police force, and learned that the Pentagon actually has such advanced business science, which can naturally be used in supermarkets and shipping companies for logistics and distribution.

Of course, what is more important is intelligence collection. I once saw a popular saying among Japanese entrepreneurs in a book: "Intelligence is money." Therefore, Japan's large companies have strong intelligence capabilities, and the intelligence capabilities of large consortiums even far exceed those of the country. Large consortiums often have intelligence agencies that integrate trade, finance, and information functions. They collect and analyze capital through intelligence collection. The profits gained in the market far exceed what the world imagines.

This sentence has always been deeply imprinted in Li Yi'an's heart. In the future, the company will definitely establish a corresponding business intelligence agency and use its information advantages to provide advice on business decisions and the operation of enterprises including supermarkets.

But at the moment, no one has noticed the information advantage of multinational companies. Just an information gap is enough to make a lot of money. If we seize the opportunity, the funds provided by the European and American retail markets every year will be enough to support Borneo. of industrialization.

While Borneo's industry is rising, it will also have an unprecedented retail giant in Europe and the United States. It will even directly control the consumer side of European and American countries.

Whether he said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, or that they have a big appetite and are insatiable, in short, Mickey felt extremely complicated after hearing Li Yi'an's idea. Because he had an intuition that in the next few years, an unprecedented business giant would rise in front of the world.

Only now did he realize that he had once again underestimated Li Yi'an's courage. Once upon a time, he thought that the other party just wanted to take advantage of the post-war opportunities to become a successful businessman, but the other party unexpectedly created a country! Just when he thought that the other party just wanted to be a king and enjoy all the wealth in the world, he never thought that the other party was actually creating an unprecedented business giant!
  After being shocked, Mickey said to Li Yian:
  "How about... let's try it in Germany first?"

Why Germany? Because Germany was bombed into red ground. It has more opportunities and is easier to succeed!
  "Why only try it in Germany? We need to spread it all over the world, at least in Europe and the United States..."

Li Yian said with a smile.

"After all, the whole world is our blue ocean right now!"

(End of this chapter)