money trouble

Chapter 292 Behemoth
Knowing enough interesting things, Wu Qian thought it was time to ask something serious, and said, "Wang Chenchen, do you know how much money Harrods makes every year? How much is the turnover and net profit?"

"Yeah!" Wang Chenchen nodded and said, "Of course I know, hehe, the news is very transparent. In 2016, Harrods' turnover was 14 billion pounds, and by 2018 it had grown to 21 billion pounds." .”

"However, in order to better serve customers, maintenance expenses and labor costs are also increasing year by year. Generally speaking, the growth rate of net profit is slightly lower than the growth rate of turnover, but it is still very optimistic. The net profit after tax in 2018 seems to be It was £2.2 million, yes, that’s what I remember, or £2.18 million, or whatever.”

Wang Chenchen can't remember clearly, but at that level of unit, the second place after the decimal point is not too important.

Wu Qian frowned slightly and looked at Wang Chenchen. This kind of news can't be faked. The annual financial reports of big companies are indeed made public.The news might be true, but he couldn't believe it was true...

Wu Qian interrupted Wang Chenchen by raising his hand. He took out his mobile phone and looked up the information. Without comparison, there would be no intuitive feeling. He needed to refer to the situation of department stores in Tianchao high-end shopping malls.

There are a lot of this type of data on the Internet, and Wu Qian easily found it. The shopping mall with the largest turnover in Tianchao is the SKP Department Store in Beijing. The turnover in 2018 reached 135 billion soft sister coins, and the final net profit was 4.8 5600 million soft sister coins, about [-] million pounds.

Comparing the two, Wu Qian made a quick decision in his mind. If he didn't buy a high-quality business like Harrods, what else would he buy? He took a sip of tea from his teacup, stood up and said, "Wang Chenchen, thank you Introduction, I'm leaving."

Through his own observation and Wang Chenchen's introduction, Wu Qian felt that there was nothing more to investigate, and what he needed to do now was to immediately contact Qatar Holding Group to participate in tomorrow's bidding.

"Ah?!" Wang Chenchen's lips were slightly parted, and he let out a depressed "ah". How long has it been? It took less than an hour to do all the calculations. She felt that it was a pity that she only earned 8 pounds.

"Wu Qian, you have a driver to help you drive. Would you like to go to the lounge on the first basement floor? Harold's lounge is very good. There are scent and wine area, wine tasting machine, wine cellar and tasting bar, etc. Service." Wang Chenchen wanted to keep Wu Qian to play for a while.

Harold's lounge is indeed very famous, with countless excellent wines and various services.

For example, in the area of ​​smelling and knowing wine, each small bottle has a number. Customers can first open one and smell what the raw material is, and then select the corresponding number to check. It is interesting and stylish.The wine tasting service is also very cheap. You can taste a glass of expensive wine for only a few pounds, and Harold is not stingy in this regard.

How could Wu Qian fail to see Wang Chenchen's careful thinking, but he didn't have the slightest dislike for Wang Chenchen's behavior. It is understandable that the other party used his hard work to earn rewards, and it is very worthy of encouragement.

"Thank you today. I still have something to do, so I won't go." After finishing speaking, Wu Qian turned to Kux who had appeared behind him and said, "Do you have enough cash with you? Pay this lady 1000 yuan. "

Although Wang Chenchen had a smile on his face, there was a little disappointment in his eyes that couldn't be concealed, but when he heard Wu Qian's words, his heart beat vigorously, and she waved her hands again and again, saying: "No, don't be so polite, 1000 yuan There's too much money, or... I'll just take 500."

"Haha..." Wu Qian laughed, and walked towards the door of the tea room. The little girl Wang Chenchen gave him a good impression. Although she loves money, she gets it in a proper way.

Cooks took out 20 50-pound banknotes from his wallet, placed them on the coffee table, and said, "Please don't refuse."

The maximum denomination of the pound is 50, not 100. The 50 pound is the most disliked currency unit of ordinary people. It has been dubbed "the currency of corrupt elites, various criminals and tax evaders", but it still looks so delicious.

Wang Chenchen stared blankly at the small stack of banknotes on the coffee table, tangled in his heart for a while, picked up a pen and paper and quickly wrote down his phone number, then stuffed the money into his bag and chased him out.

Wang Chenchen handed the note with the phone number to Wu Qian, and ran away in a flash. She didn't know why she did this, and she didn't know what the picture was. Anyway, she hoped that Wu Qian could leave her contact information .

Wu Qian looked at the note in his hand and smiled, then entered it into the phone, it would be good to know more people.

"Boss, this is my private money..." Kux leaned into Wu Qian's ear and said.

Wu Qian put away his mobile phone, punched Kux, and said, "Look at your stingy look, you see, David is laughing at you. Write it down, and go back to supply you, haha..."

In the process of going downstairs, Wu Qian once again took a good look at the situation inside Harrods Department Store. Although there are many tourists, there are also many customers. Occasionally there will be some small frictions and disputes, but the service staff can quickly Handle it well and not let the situation develop.

"As expected of the world's top luxury department store, the staff training is very good, really good... Kux, please contact Weissman for me, tell him that there is business to do, let him go to Partridge Manor to find I."

Hurry up, the Qatar Holding Group will hold a bidding meeting tomorrow, but fortunately, Barbara's news came in time.

Such a high-quality industry will never go unnoticed. In 2010, Qatar Holding Group spent 15 billion pounds to buy Harrods Department Store from Fayed’s family trust. The business has been doing well over the years, and Wu Qian estimated that the other party's asking price will not be cheap.

Qatar Holding Group is a state-owned sovereign foundation. Its scale is also among the best in the world. It has invested in countless industries around the world. Harrods is just one of the companies under Qatar Holding Group that are not too high in value. .

Others also invested in Turkey's largest poultry producer, Russia's largest oil company, Hollywood film and television company, New York Empire State Building, London residential property, Italian fashion brand, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, German car manufacturing, Heathrow Airport 20.00 % shares and so on.

The total investment of Qatar Holding Group in the world is as high as more than 3000 billion knives. It is suddenly a capital behemoth and the real owner behind many well-known enterprises.

It is true that it is a behemoth, but with some changes in international relations over the years, as well as the problem of declining domestic energy in Qatar, the Qatar Holding Group has begun to slow down the pace of investment, and will sell certain properties in due course, and then invest in new ones. A new round of capital operations will be conducted to maintain a high growth rate.

(End of this chapter)