Chapter 318: Launching the Special Talent Program
The white woman came out pushing a shopping cart with only a breadstick in it, the cheapest item at only twenty cents.
After the woman settled the bill, she took the bread bag and left with a smile on her face. But just a few meters away, several tall men stopped her.
"What are you doing?"
The woman said cautiously.
"Take out your belongings!" the security guards said sternly. They were not in a good mood towards these people.
"You are wrongly accusing me." The woman immediately got angry and started yelling, ready to throw a tantrum.
"Hold her down and take it out directly." These security guards didn't have time to waste words with you. They just held the woman down. The woman kept struggling, but during this struggle, a bunch of things fell out of her body.
toothpaste.
toothbrush.
sausage,
Cookies,
There are more than a dozen kinds.
The customers around were all stunned. They had never expected that this woman had so many things hidden on her body. When the woman saw her tracks were exposed, she immediately began to cry and beg.
The security guard was not one to show mercy, he lifted the woman up and walked out.
There was a police car parked not far from the supermarket entrance. It was a large van with an iron cage welded to the back. The woman was handcuffed and thrown into the cage.
There was more than one person in the iron cage. There were already three or four people inside.
People coming out of their shops would look at the people locked in the cage of the police car and realize that they were stealing from the supermarket.
The police car hasn't left yet and is just standing here. Although there is no parade, it is still a demonstration to the public.
A few hours later the police car was full and taken back to the police station.
When they arrive at the police station, the women are fine, but the men are unlucky. They will be severely beaten and may even be forced to use the phone.
What is a hand-crank telephone?
Old-fashioned telephones come with large batteries, and dialing requires shaking the phone vigorously, which generates a strong current. If a person holds the wire end, it will feel painful like being shocked by an electric baton. Although hand-cranked phones have been eliminated now, the police station has retained them.
What is the relationship between the police department and the Hadi Group?
Stronger than old iron.
The director had previously issued an order that anyone who stole anything from the Hardy Group would be severely punished upon bringing the stolen items back.
There were ghosts howling in the interrogation room, and after being tortured, they were thrown into an iron cage.
The iron cages also held other prisoners, such as those who drank and caused trouble, and those who fought. When we saw the miserable plight of these guys and asked them the reasons, we found out that they were the ones who stole things from Hardy's Supermarket.
There were a few thugs inside, looking at these people unappreciatively, "Let me tell you, even those of us who are involved in the underworld don't dare to steal a bottle of water from Hardy's Supermarket. Don't you see the word 'Hardy'?"
"That's right, they are just a bunch of poor people, not gangsters at all, they don't know these things at all, no real thief would dare to steal things in Hardy's Supermarket."
When Hardy's Supermarket opened, more than a hundred thieves were caught on the first day. The number dropped sharply on the second day to only twenty or thirty, and on the third day there were only a few left.
Why are the numbers decreasing?
In fact, the real thieves are usually those people. If a wave of them is arrested, the number will be much smaller. Hardy's Supermarket did not let these people go easily, but directly called the police to arrest them, and then prepared to file a lawsuit, killing the chicken to scare the monkey and killing the monkey to warn the hundred. At this time, there is no such thing as stealing less than US$950 is not illegal. These thieves may go to jail for several months.
Three days later,
Sam Walton reported the situation to Hardy.
Andy was there too.
"Boss, in the past three days, we made $52,000 on the first day, $36,000 on the second day, and $32,000 on the third day. Now is the opening period, so sales will definitely be hotter. According to our estimates, normal daily sales in the future should be between $20,000 and $25,000."
"After deducting various expenses, the net profit is expected to be around 4% to 6%, which means that the annual net profit of this supermarket is about US$450,000."
To be honest,
Sam Walton was not satisfied with this profitability, and Andy also felt it was too little. After all, with such a large investment and such little annual profit, it would take many years to recover the investment cost. With such an investment, a Playboy magazine could crush several large supermarkets.
Hardy smiled.
"A net profit of 4% to 6% is not a small amount."
"Our products are cheap, so it's true that our profit margins are low, but because they're cheap, we can attract more customers, and our sales volume will increase accordingly. So compared to our peers, we make as much as they do."
"For example, this cup in my hand, other places sell 100 of them a year, and although we are cheaper, we may sell 1,000 of them. Do you think that's too little?"
"Sam, remember what I told you before, when Hardy's supermarket chain grows in size, we can charge those suppliers reverse shelf fees, because they sell the most products in Hardy's supermarket, and they dare not abandon us."
"We can also ask them to cooperate with our discount activities, such as Christmas discount activities, etc., so that we can increase our profits."
"Also, the payment period in our contracts with those suppliers is 60 days, and the average product turnover period is 10 days, which means we can have 50 days of payment on hold. This amount of payment on hold may even be more than the total payment, right?"
Andy and Sam both nodded.
The goods have a turnover period of 10 days, and the payment is delayed for 50 days. Theoretically, the payment will be five times the amount of the goods, which is definitely a huge amount of money.
"Although supermarkets have low profit margins, they hold a large amount of cash. Let's do the math. This Hollywood supermarket has annual sales of $9 million. Not counting the profits, the debt owed to us would be more than $6 million, right?"
"Yeah." Sam nodded.
"Should we just leave the six million dollars there? No, it is a huge resource. We can use it to invest in stocks, securities, futures, and insurance. Even if we lend it to a bank, we can get 4% to 5% interest, which is not lower than the profit rate."
"If we have 30 supermarkets like this in the United States, we will have $180 million in cash. If we have 300, we will have $1.8 billion in cash. I tell you, with this amount of money, bankers will come to you for help."
Andy nodded beside him.
"Yes, if anyone can hold 1.8 billion in cash, bankers will treat him as a guest of honor and the most distinguished and important friend."
"Even a bank as strong as Bank of America, which is one of the largest banks in the U.S., may not be able to come up with 500 million in cash in one go, because cash in a bank is a negative asset and must be invested. Sometimes a large amount of cash is needed, and if you have a large amount of cash in your hand at this time, the result is self-evident."
Hardy continued, "According to the calculation just now, a supermarket can conservatively earn $1 million. Although it may not seem like much, if there are 300 stores, it will make a profit of $300 million per year. No one will ignore this profit amount."
"So the question now is, Sam, you need to keep working hard to open Hardee's supermarkets all over the United States. There should be at least one or two supermarkets in every major city. When the population increases in the future, you can open more supermarkets in those cities. There should be a Hardee's supermarket in every area."
"Do you know what my goal is?" Hardy looked at Sam Walton.
"How much?" Sam held his breath.
"Three thousand. In the future, there will be three thousand Hardy's supermarket chains across the United States. By then, sales will be higher than they are now, and perhaps the cash we have in our hands will reach an astonishing $20 billion or even $30 billion."
Sam Walton's breathing quickened.
"Not only in the United States, Hardee's supermarkets will also open in Europe, South America, Asia, and even Africa. By then, the Hardee's supermarket chain will become the largest supermarket in the world, controlling the future of hundreds of thousands of suppliers."
Hadi's remarks were passionate and very inflammatory.
Sam Walton's eyes turned slightly red, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
"Boss, I understand. I will definitely run this business well and open Hardy's chain stores all over the United States and all over the world."
"Work hard and we will make a lot of money." Hardy encouraged Sam Walton with a smile.
What Hardy said is similar to the sentence 'Work hard and I'll find you a wife next year'.
The Hardinong supermarket chain is not only valued for its profitability and cash cow role, but also for its purpose of being an end-seller that can control the life and death of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of businesses. This has been verified in the future.
Wal-Mart has more than 80,000 direct suppliers and hundreds of thousands of indirect companies. If Wal-Mart goes bankrupt, it will inevitably cause a huge chain reaction, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a financial tsunami.
As the Hardy's supermarket chain grows, more and more companies will rely on the Hardy's Group for survival. If Hardy's makes any move, it is easy to figure out which side these companies will lean towards.
One more thing.
After Hardy's supermarket chain is established, Hardy also plans to cooperate with the military and become a supplier to the U.S. military. The U.S. military does not only need guns and artillery, but also daily necessities, which cost much more than weapons.
In later generations, the US military had so many weapons suppliers, and each of them was well-known, such as Boeing, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, Halliburton, and United Defense Industries.
But no one cares. The largest supplier of daily necessities to the U.S. military is Woma. It not only provides daily necessities, but is also responsible for logistics distribution, not only domestically, but also for delivery to more than 200 U.S. military bases around the world.
If Woma is gone, the U.S. military will be cut off from water and food.
It's not just airplanes and missiles that are valuable. Mineral water is valuable too. In Afghanistan, a bottle of mineral water costs the US military $14 and a cup costs $3,000.
Moreover, these consumption is not like weapons. Once you buy a batch, it will take many years to use. Daily necessities are consumed in large quantities every day, and the business is endless. The profits are no less than those of big arms dealers.
After Sam left.
Hardy chatted with Andy again, and Andy went to do his own thing. Hardy thought of Sam's report about catching a thief, and a smile appeared on his face. Professional thieves played an extremely good role in protecting the supermarket's property against amateur thieves.
This reminded him of Victor.
Victor was just a liar at first, but after being conquered and transformed by himself, he has now become the most suitable candidate to develop Hong Kong.
So putting some people in different positions allows them to play different roles.
As Hardy thought about it, his mind wandered and he felt that perhaps these people could be fully utilized, such as some economic criminals.
Then Hardy thought of Japan.
Is it possible to get some people like this over there? The more Hardy thought about it, the more interesting it became.
He called the secretary in and said, "Tell Henry to come over and tell him I have something to talk to him about."
"Yes Mr. Hardy."
The secretary went out to contact Henry.
Not long after, Henry came over. Hardy asked Henry to sit down and said, "Henry, do you have any information about financial fraudsters?"
Henry was slightly stunned.
"Boss, do you mean in prison or in society?" Henry asked.
"Anything is fine, but I want the best."
"The prison inmate information can be checked. There is a group of financial fraudsters on the FBI's wanted list. As for what the FBI doesn't know, we also know something. In fact, many mafia organizations are involved in financial fraud, as well as the financial system and even Wall Street." Henry said.
Hadi said sternly:
"Henry, I have an important mission for you!"
"Boss, you say."
"Establish a department. This department must be very secretive. No one should know that this department has any connection with the Hadi Group, HD Security, or even your intelligence company."
"The people in this department are specialized in controlling those financial fraudsters, finding out their details, grasping their handles, and keeping them firmly under control. These people have high IQs and understand finance, human nature, laws, and operations. So you have to be very careful when doing this, and you must find a way to keep them firmly under control."
"If you can't control it, you'd better not have it."
Henry nodded.
"Another point is that these people are unaware of each other's existence. Each of them or each team is an independent individual."
"After we have fully mastered these people, we will change their appearances, give them one or even several fake identities, and train them. We will not do small-scale frauds, but big ones, such as fund-raising fraud, Pang's fraud, bank fraud, pyramid scheme fraud, etc."
"Then send them to Japan to do the preparatory work first, expand the market, don't rush to cash out, and then wait for orders. When the time is right, let them explode."
"Tell them that they will get a share of the profits if they succeed, and we can help them hide it. It's possible that if they do this once, it will be enough for them to live a carefree life for the rest of their lives."
"I understand, boss." Henry obeyed and left.
After Henry left, Hardy stood up and looked out the window.
Back then,
The little bookman has robbed countless gold and silver treasures on Chinese soil. It is unrealistic to take them back one by one, so I will use financial means to plunder.
Financial fraud,
It is a high IQ crime.
Even in the 21st century, when information communication and data are extremely developed, financial frauds are still emerging in an endless stream, not to mention that we are not even in the 1950s yet.
Hardy sent a group of fraudsters to Japan, with the intention of unintentionally gaining something, which could make the already financially troubled country even worse.
When he goes back to Japan, he will be able to harvest with one hand and acquire with the other, which will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
In his previous life, he was also a businessman and had studied some fraudulent methods, of course, to prevent being cheated. The business world is full of intrigue and deception, and one can easily fail if one is not careful, so one must be extremely careful.
Hardy sat back at his desk, spread out his paper and picked up a pen.
I am going to write an 'Anti-Fraud Handbook' and show it to those fraud elites who are still living in the 1950s to broaden their thinking.
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