Lu Fan raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Oh, what do you mean?"

Jiang Manyue flipped through the documents:

"Being too small and lacking ambition, it soon found its revenue squeezed out by suppliers from other channels because it did not have its own independent delivery service."

As she spoke, she looked steadily at Lu Fan:

"Therefore, if we want our supermarkets to open, we are still missing the most important link."

Without Jiang Manyue needing to remind him further, Lu Fan had already realized what was going on, and the two of them said in unison, "We need to create our own delivery and logistics channels!"

Before the words were even finished, the couple, who were looking at each other, burst into laughter at the same time.

Jiang Manyue smiled shyly: "Have you figured it out? Logistics and delivery are the current popular trend."

In addition to manufacturers supplying goods, they also need their own supermarkets for distribution.

Lu Fan didn't have much practical experience in entering the supermarket industry.

But regarding the 967 questions Jiang Manyue mentioned, he had indeed personally investigated them: "It's not that Haozailai doesn't want to offer delivery, it's just that we can't meet the requirements."

The labor costs for delivery services alone, and the construction of the distribution center, require upfront investment. It's tens of millions.

Where would those small supermarkets get so much working capital to go through all that trouble?

In this vicious cycle, barely managing to maintain a small business and be self-sufficient is already considered a good outcome.

Lu Fan flipped through the documents, making an internal call to Lü Qiuyi while speaking to Jiang Manyue:

"If we don't want to be controlled by others, we have to get this delivery and logistics line up."

"I will have the legal department cooperate with you to carry out asset restructuring."

As he was speaking, Lü Qiuyi had already answered the phone.

As soon as Lu Fan finished speaking, he received a reply from Lü Qiuyi:

"Mr. Lu, the takeover of the acquired companies has been completed, and we can start renovations now."

Lu Fan then brought up the logistics matter again, asking Lü Qiuyi to work with the finance department to sort out the accounts.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Manyue stretched and looked at Lu Fan's office, not very satisfied:

"Let's take advantage of the fact that all the shops are going to be renovated and tidy up this new company as well."

"And you need to hurry up and arrange a store manager. The store needs to open as soon as the renovation is finished, right? How can you open a store without employees who have been trained beforehand?"

Each and every one of these things was a problem, but Lu Fan was too busy to deal with these "minor matters," and he often relied on Jiang Manyue to take care of things.

However, with Jiang Manyue following Lu Fan from Jinghai City to Nanshan City, the finishing touches have been completed, and things will soon get busy.

This makes it clear that Lu Fan's team is short-handed.

Lu Fan couldn't help but sigh:

"I didn't expect that the problems I encountered in Jinghai City wouldn't be resolved here in Nanshan City either."

We are short of staff, still very short of staff.

Because of his confidence in Zhou Huan's abilities, Lu Fan did not conduct a final interview with him, but the others were not so lucky.

In the end, Jiang Manyue took over the final arrangements. Lu Fan was responsible for transforming the acquired properties into a chain of supermarkets. With his ambition, these dozen or so stores were just the beginning. Once the supermarkets were up and running, Lu Fan was determined to expand.

Because of Guangyuan Company's series of actions, Lu Fan did not hesitate and directly terminated the lease contract with their headquarters.

His chain of supermarkets was renamed "Baiyue" and moved into the basement of this unit in the suburbs of Hongxin.

Lu Fan's down payment has just been transferred to the Wang family's account.

Xu Wenlin didn't delay much and quickly transferred all the property rights of the shops in this unit to Lu Fan's real estate company.

The next step is the acquisition of all the office buildings, hotels, and other properties in this complex.

The finance department continued bookkeeping and payments, and the construction team quickly moved in. This Hongxin Plaza in the suburbs wasn't an old, run-down building; it was just nearing completion when the Wang family experienced financial difficulties.

Unfortunately, the final finishing touches couldn't be taken care of.

Those office buildings, hotels, etc., are all fully furnished projects.

The construction team didn't need to make any major changes; the management teams that Lu Fan had arranged for in various industries in Nanshan City simply moved their offices into this office building.

Management and clerical positions in printing plants and soy sauce factories.

Then there's Sisi's live stream and the real estate company, all of them moved in. Guangyuan Supermarket was evicted from Hongxin Plaza due to lease renewal issues, and Baiyue Supermarket officially moved in.

The original suppliers and distributors thought that Guangyuan was just doing some kind of gimmick, or that it was changing its name to support a subsidiary.

This situation is not without precedent.

However, after Baiyue officially moved in and began a short period of renovations, the suppliers and distributors received cooperation invitations from Baiyue.

Now the merchants could no longer turn a blind eye and deaf ear. When they saw the supplementary agreement to the new contract, they became even more hesitant.

They've been working with Guangyuan Supermarket for a longer time, so there's naturally a bit of a connection between them.

They initially didn't want to pay attention to Baiyue, a new entrant to the platform, and even wanted to leverage their size and product diversity.

Let's give Baiyue a good beating from the start.