December 1st, Guanhai District.
Pingchuan had four districts under its jurisdiction. Other than Yaohai and the Southern Suburbs, Guanhai District was the real city center.
So far away, four of the ten stores opened in Guanhai District.
Among them, one was a second-tier store, one was a third-tier store, and two were fourth-tier stores.
The four stores were distributed in a ring, surrounding Sun Tao's old employer, Carrefour.
Early in the morning, Li Dong arrived at the second-tier store in Guanhai District.
The store was located on the commercial street to the south of the city center plaza. It occupied three floors of the mall and had a total area of nearly five thousand square meters.
Originally, Li Dong was going to designate this store as a first-tier store. After all, this store was far superior to other second-tier stores in terms of both size and location.
However, considering that the Longhua store was already a first-tier store, and the Guanhai store was much smaller, he decided to designate it as a second-tier store.
Even so, the Guanhai store occupied a very important position in Far away.
The investment for this store alone was more than ten million, and that did not include the rent. If the rent was included, it would be more than the investment for the Longhua store.
When Li Dong arrived, it was not even eight o 'clock. The entrance of the supermarket was already filled with flower baskets.
Two employees were setting up firecrackers. Pingchuan City did not restrict fireworks and firecrackers, so the store prepared a lot of firecrackers for the opening.
The manager of the Guanhai store was a very young man named Cao Chun. He was less than thirty years old and had just graduated this year.
So far away, he was one of the students recruited in June. In just half a year, Cao Chun might still be struggling to become a regular employee in another company.
So far away, Cao Chun had already become the manager of a second-tier store!
While his classmates were still struggling for a monthly salary of two or three thousand, Cao Chun could easily earn more than ten thousand a month.
Of course, this did not mean that there was no one So far away, but that Cao Chun was indeed very capable.
In less than three months, this guy had been promoted to a store manager, and in the second month after he became the store manager, the store's performance increased by 50%.
Last month, Cao Chun showed off her prowess and became the number one seller in the third-tier store.
In the end, when he was competing for the manager position of the Guanhai Store, he defeated several veteran third-level store managers and finally obtained the approval of a few higher-ups, including Li Dong, to successfully become the manager of the Guanhai Store.
However, Cao Chun was still young and inexperienced. Therefore, Li Dong specially came to Guanhai Restaurant to check on the situation.
The news of Li Dong's arrival had already been announced.
Therefore, as soon as Li Dong got out of the car, Cao Chun came up to him.
Seeing Li Dong and Liu Qi, Cao Chun smiled and said, "General Manager Li, Assistant Liu, the restaurant is about to open. Let's go up and have a look. It will be very noisy here."
Li Dong nodded and entered the mall with Liu Qi.
The interior of the mall was ready, and all the employees were in place.
This batch of employees was split evenly between the new and the old. Some of them were old employees who had been transferred from other stores Far away, and some were newly recruited employees.
Regardless of whether they were new or old employees, they were all attentively waiting for the grand opening.
For this opening, Far away had specially ordered a batch of bright red employee uniforms, just to add some joy to everyone.
As soon as they saw Cao Chun and Li Dong, all the employees said loudly, "Good day, General Manager Li!"
Li Dong glanced at Cao Chun and saw that he was happy. He smiled and did not say anything.
Nodding to everyone, Li Dong went up to the second floor and was greeted by a chorus of greetings.
Then, they went to the third floor. Just like a military parade, as soon as they stepped on the third floor, a row of employees shouted, "Good day, General Manager Li!"
Li Dong responded with a smile, then said to Cao Chun, "Flattery won't work. Today, we're looking at the performance. If your performance isn't good, no matter how much flattery you do, I will fire you!"
Cao Chun laughed and said, "General Manager Li, just wait and see. I guarantee a good opening!"
"I hope so."
Li Dong laughed and walked into Cao Chun's office.
Looking out of the window, he could see the situation downstairs. It was nearing the opening time, and many people had gathered downstairs.
Li Dong did not look closely, but looked across the road, to the left of Guanhai Inn, which was about a hundred meters away. That was where Carrefour was located!
Today, Carrefour was also waiting. From afar, Li Dong could see all kinds of balloons and ribbons floating in front of Carrefour's entrance. It was like a festival.
Li Dong asked Cao Chun, "How is it? Feeling any pressure?"
Cao Chun laughed and said, "Not at all. To put it bluntly, the company has given so many preferential policies and promoted for so many days. Whether it's price, service, or activities, we are better than them. If we still lose to them, I will just resign."
Li Dong laughed and said, "Alright, I will remember that. I'll wait for you to tell me the good news. "
"General Manager Li, don't worry!"
Cao Chun looked at her watch and said, "General Manager Li, it's almost time for the opening. I will go and arrange it."
"Go!"
After Cao Chun left, Liu Qi muttered, "General Manager Li really knows how to boast. If he doesn't do a good job, I will see if he will resign or not."
Li Dong glanced at her and said snappily, "Can't you hope for something good?"
Liu Qi smiled and did not dare to reply.
Li Dong ignored her and kept his eyes on Carrefour.
At 8: 08 am, the crackling sound of firecrackers came from downstairs.
Then, two lions appeared downstairs, jumping up and down. The crowd of onlookers grew bigger and bigger. Then, three new cars draped in red silk drove up from the road. On the roof of the cars hung a big sign: "Opening Prizes of Distance Supermarket".
Behind the three cars, there was a team of employees holding all kinds of things.
Among them were mobile phones, computers, cameras, electric scooters, and various home appliances. Every item was printed with the words "Faraway Supermarket Opening Prizes."
The loudspeaker, which had been prepared in advance, was playing loudly: "Opening Promotion, 10% Discount, Gifts, Luxury Cars!"
There was more than one such team. Today, there were ten stores opening, and Li Dong had prepared five such teams!
Of course, there were fifteen cars, but this was just a gimmick. The cars were rented, and there were only three cars that were used as prizes for the ten stores.
Even so, this was still a rare display of generosity from Ping Chuan.
The team did not stay at the entrance for long, but went through the streets to promote. The team moved very slowly, but no traffic police came to stop them.
Li Dong had already made arrangements in advance. The traffic police had also spent a lot of money. As long as there was no traffic jam, the teams from afar could advertise as much as they wanted.
For this promotion, Li Dong had spent a lot.
As for the 10% discount, although he had talked to major manufacturers about the promotional policies, only a small part of them agreed. Many of the products were sold at a loss.
On average, the profit was probably less than three percent.
For this opening, Li Dong did not plan to make much money. The main purpose was to promote Far away.
As long as it was famous and had a good reputation, with the size of the stores Far away, it was only a matter of time before the other supermarkets collapsed.
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Far away's prize promotion team went through the streets, and everyone who saw it could not help but be moved.
Faraway Supermarket was indeed popular this year.
Just as a publicity team passed by the downtown square, people in the square were also talking about Far away and Li Dong.
Today was Thursday, and there was no class for the International Trade major.
The remaining four people from Room 351 had agreed to go downtown to buy something.
Because they had been staying in school, Li Tie and the others did not know about the opening of the new store Far away.
It was not until they met two publicity teams in a row and heard the surrounding people talking about the opening of ten stores Far away at the same time that Li Tie, Xu Chen, and the others realized how big Far away had become.
Watching the publicity team slowly leave and the three cars slowly drive away, Li Tie was silent for a long time before he sighed. "I didn't expect the gap to be so big."
Xu Chen and the others understood what Li Tie meant, but someone next to them asked, "What gap?"
It was Li Tie's girlfriend who asked. Since pursuing Bai Su was unsuccessful, Li Tie had changed his target.
It was not difficult for Li Tie, who was now the vice president of the student council, to find a girlfriend. This girl was a freshman this year, and she was considered pretty among the freshmen.
Hearing her question, Li Tie did not reply.
Zhang Hao, who was next to him, said, "Do you know who the boss of Far away is?"
The little girl said curiously, "I think I've heard of him. His surname is Li, right? I can't remember his exact name."
Zhang Hao exhaled and sighed. "The boss of Far Away is Li Dong. He's 20 years old this year, a second-year student. I'm afraid his net worth is close to one billion."
"Really?!" The little girl said in shock.
Zhang Hao smiled bitterly. "That's not the point. The point is that Big Boss Li, who has a net worth of one billion, used to live in a dormitory called Room 351."
The little girl was stunned for a moment, then she said in disbelief, "You mean, that Li Dong is from your dormitory?"
Zhang Hao's face was full of bitterness. He smiled and did not say anything.
Yuan Qingfeng's girlfriend, who had not spoken before, could not help but ask Yuan Qingfeng in a low voice, "Qingfeng, is what Zhang Hao said true? Is Li Dong really from your dormitory? "
The corner of Yuan Qingfeng's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly, "There is such a thing, but Li Dong moved out when he was a freshman. After that, he didn't come to school much, and we rarely met."
Although it was said that they rarely met, in fact, they almost never met.
To be honest, Li Dong's rise was too sudden and unbelievable. Yuan Qingfeng and the others felt inferior and envious. They were simply too embarrassed to tell others that Li Dong was from their dormitory.
Fortunately, there were no outsiders today, otherwise they would not have mentioned it.
It was really embarrassing to say it. After all, Li Dong was almost forced to leave by them. If it were not for them making trouble all day long, Li Dong would not have left.
It was a pity that Li Dong moved out too early, and they did not even have a good relationship.
Otherwise, the brothers in the same dormitory would be rich if Li Dong just dropped a little money from his fingers.
Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in the world.
Now they could only watch Li Dong's limitless glory, and the only trace of modesty they had made it impossible for them to get close to Li Dong.
Li Tie sighed at the beginning and did not speak.
It was not until the two girls chattered and asked questions that Li Tie said, "Let's not talk about him. Be yourself, and one day we will be able to do it too!"
Zhang Hao and the others did not speak. There was only one Li Dong in the world, and it was not so easy to be the second Li Dong.
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