The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 354, Seven Sisters and Supersonics (please vote for me)
December 1969, the last month of this year.

Middle East, Abu Dhabi.

Demetrio, who was holding a PHS cell phone, was reporting a piece of information to Donatas, the president of Saudi Arabian Airlines.

"There is an aircraft over there in the East called the Zhenhua Type 18. That's bullshit. The name they chose is so difficult to explain clearly."

"But now, twenty-eight of this model has been sold to Pan American Airways. According to the latest information, TWA, Delta Air Lines and other companies have also sent representatives to the East Already."

"So I was wondering if we in the Middle East should join in the fun?"

For Demetrio, the Middle East is in vain as an energy and geographical power, but its strength is not even among the third-rate countries in the world.

It's a bit like a kid crossing the street with gold in his hand, so he gets bullied.

But it doesn't matter, as long as you stand up and get rid of the shackles, you still have a great chance.

The purchase of Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft is an opportunity.

The rise of the East is an indisputable fact. After all, in the past few years, good news has come out one after another in that mysterious ancient country in the East.

Especially in recent years, even the country's artifacts such as intercontinental missiles have been produced, which has simply shocked the world.

Therefore, purchasing the Zhenhua Type 18 is not only a business requirement of Air Arabia, but also a win-win cooperation to establish a good relationship with Dongfang.

"Are you sure the information you got is the latest information?"

On the other end of the phone, Donatas asked in a strange tone.

As the president of an airline company, Donatas naturally has many sources of intelligence.

The news he received was that TWA had signed a contract with the mainland and ordered eight Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft.

Moreover, through various inquiries, Donatas also knew one thing, that is, Dongfang had delivered five Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft to Pan American Airways.

After a brief test, Pan Am Airways has determined one thing, that is, the fuel consumption is really low.

Low fuel consumption means low operating costs for airlines, which means more profits.

This is absolutely a great thing.

In addition, Zhenhua Type 18 does not mean cheap!
On the contrary, its materials and aircraft design have also reached the peak. At the very least, the Boeing 707 model cannot compare to the Zhenhua Model .

This is all information I got from Pan Am Airways.

But even so, Donatas has not yet determined immediately whether he really wants to go to the East to purchase the Zhenhua Type 18.

After all, a plane costs three million U.S. dollars, which is not a small amount of money.

Although there is money in the Middle East, if you dig out tens or even millions of barrels of oil, you will be rich. However, oil is a non-renewable resource, and you should dig less if you can.

The Middle East has been struggling for many years to raise oil prices, but unfortunately, the results have not been very good.

Of course, soon, the Middle East will no longer be choked by others, and international oil prices will inevitably go up and down.

"President, I don't know if this is the latest news, but I know that many airlines have gone to the East. Although our country is not short of fuel, it would also be a good thing if the planes can save more fuel. ah."

Demetrio tried to persuade.

Unfortunately, Donatas, who was far away on the other side, just nodded lightly, and then ended the conversation with Demetrio.

After hanging up the phone, Donatas did not stay in Abu Dhabi but returned to Jeddah.

Jeddah is the headquarters of Air Arabia. When I came back here, I naturally had to report this matter to the superiors.

Air Arabia is a state-owned enterprise, and Donatas certainly does not have the final say. At most, he only has the right to make suggestions.

In a conference hall in a luxurious villa with a small forest in Jeddah, Donatas met several of his superiors.

In the Middle East, if you want to see who is rich, just look at whether there are trees in front of his house, or how many trees there are in his house.

Just because the Middle East is full of deserts, water is the most expensive resource here.

And being able to plant a small forest at home shows that this family is absolutely extremely wealthy.

In the desert, even if one of the most drought-tolerant Haloxylon ammodendron trees is planted, the tree still needs to be irrigated with fifteen pounds of water each time.

What's more, the trees in this forest include many palm trees, date palms, etc., and these trees are not particularly drought-tolerant species.

Let's just talk about palm trees. These are trees that like a humid environment very much. They need to be watered once a week. Each time, they need to be watered with about five or six liters to more than ten liters of water depending on the moisture condition of the tree.

After all, the climate in the desert is very dry, and the sunshine here is very long, which causes the water to evaporate very quickly every time you pour it.

From here, we can see how much water is needed to irrigate this small forest every time.

But in the desert, one pound of water is almost the same as ten grams of gold.

This leads to the fact that water is really expensive in the Middle East.

However, Donatas didn't care about this. He was more concerned about the thoughts of the leaders in front of him.

When Donatas communicated with them, they did not know that their conversation was recorded by two ordinary staff members in a hotel in the city of Jeddah, dozens of kilometers away.

Yes, they are monitoring everything in this luxurious villa.

It was not aimed at Donatas, but at the owner of this villa.

"Hey, I didn't expect there was an unexpected harvest, not bad, not bad."

The two staff members looked at the monitored information and showed unexpected smiles.

It's really surprising. I originally wanted to monitor other things, but it turned out to be about this airline.

The reason why this villa was monitored was naturally because the Seven Sisters wanted to control Aramco and the Petroleum and Mining Corporation, which wanted to resist the Seven Sisters.

As early as 1960, Aramco's crude oil production reached 60 million tons per year, an increase of 57.7% from 1950.

Unfortunately, Aramco produces so much crude oil that it cannot buy much money.

Just because the price of crude oil is not in the hands of Aramco, OPEC was already established in the Middle East in 1960, and a completely state-owned Petroleum and Mining Corporation was established in 1962.

This series of actions in the Middle East are all for one thing: control of oil.

But including the four major shareholders behind Aramco, Chevron, Exxon, Mobil and Texaco, as well as the three oil giants Shell Oil Company, British Persian Oil Company and Gulf Oil Company, they have seven companies The oil alliance formed by the United States controlled the price of global oil after World War II.

They are also known as the Seven Sisters of Oil.

It is these four companies that Aramco wants to resist. In other words, they established OPEC to unite other oil companies to resist the Seven Sisters.

Based on this background, the four major shareholders, represented by Chevron, had to resort to some shady means.

Monitoring the actual controllers behind Aramco and the state-owned Petroleum and Mining Corporation and understanding their thoughts and movements have become a last resort for shareholders such as Texaco and Mobil.

In fact, Texaco and the other seven sisters have already made concessions to OPEC. In the past two decades, the price of oil has increased from an average of 1.8 US dollars per barrel to 2.5 US dollars per barrel.

But according to Aramco, even this price is only half the price of coal, which is still too cheap.

Aramco, which holds so much oil, wishes that the price of oil would soar to fifty or even one hundred dollars a barrel.

It's just that Texaco and the other seven sisters will never agree to such a price increase. After all, the countries that consume the most oil every year are Europe and the United States, especially North America.

As a country known as sitting on wheels, Yingjiang ranks first in the world in terms of car ownership.

According to relevant survey reports, in 1969, there were 550 cars for every 1,000 people in North America.

The car ownership ratio is still very, very high.

The total population of North America in 1969 was 203 million, making it a country with a large population.

Calculated based on this population, there are hundreds of millions of cars in North America.

For this scale of automobiles, it is no exaggeration to say that it is the best in the world.

In addition to cars, North America also has the largest number of aircraft in the world, simply because in 1969, the number of civil aviation passenger aircraft exceeded 50,000.

Planes and cars of this size consume a lot of oil.

Therefore, shareholders like Texaco are absolutely not happy to see crude oil prices rise, because as a result, their costs will soar very high.

North America also does not allow crude oil prices to soar. Strict price control is a red line that cannot be easily crossed.

The intelligence from monitoring the villa was quickly transmitted back to North America.

The intelligence department in North America was originally led by Lundberg, but he has now stepped down, so this position has become Grielbridge.

When Grielbridge received the information that Air Arabia wanted to purchase the Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft, without any hesitation, he directly picked up the phone and called Hector Gabriel, the president of Boeing Company.

After the latter received the call, they were stunned.

It's true that the other person is his good friend, but this is a good friend in double quotation marks.

To sell a piece of information, the price was actually $200,000. That’s incredible!

But Hector Gabriel had to nod in agreement, because it was about the life and death of Boeing, and he did not dare to be careless.

What's more, this is paid for by Boeing, not by him personally, so why not agree?
This is generally how gray transactions in North America are formed.

It's just an information transaction with a commercial company, it's a normal thing.

Anyway, it is not the interests of Eagle Sauce that are harmed, but the interests of the East, and it may also benefit Boeing, so why not do it?

As a result, the transaction was completed quickly.

Both parties were quite satisfied. Grielbridge easily made two hundred thousand US dollars, and Boeing also easily obtained the information that Arab Company wanted to purchase the Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft.

A win-win situation!

"By the way, Hector, I will give you a free suggestion: intercept the Hu Zhenhua Type 18 passenger plane. Maybe this is your only chance for Boeing."

Hearing Grielbridge's words, Hector Gabriel nodded and hung up the phone.

The other party is really greedy. Two hundred thousand US dollars. Even though he didn't pay for it, it still hurts.

But the last suggestion made by the other party is quite reasonable, but I don’t know if Boeing can successfully cut off the nonsense.

After all, it is not that easy to intercept the Hu Zhenhua Type 18 aircraft.

Otherwise, Boeing would have cut off the previous purchase contract signed by TWA and Dongfang Airlines.

There are no real secrets in the industry.

Pan American Airways has business all over the world, and it also competes with Air Arabia in business, so Donatas, the president of Air Arabia, will definitely pay attention to Pan American Airways' trends.

In particular, Christopher, the president of Pan American Airways, purchased 28 Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft, which was definitely a big event that shocked the industry.

It is really incredible that an aircraft manufacturing company in the East was able to seize the biggest piece of meat from the Boeing Company.

"Fake, why is it always your Zhenhua Research Institute?"

The more Hector Gabriel thought about it, the angrier he became, and the angrier he became, the more uncomfortable he became.

He wanted to hit someone, but he found that there was no one to hit him.
However, after he calmed down, he still summoned Boeing executives to discuss countermeasures.

They had already held several meetings a few months ago, but they needed more information, such as figuring out all the technical parameters of the Zhenhua Type 18.

However, the Zhenhua Type 18 passenger aircraft, as the flagship product of Zhenhua Research Institute, naturally will not have its technical data stolen so easily.

Some time ago, Pan American Airways finally received five Zhenhua 18-type passenger planes, so one of the passenger planes was borrowed by Boeing for research.

This is Boeing's strategy to reversely deduce the technology of the Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft.

Now, Boeing's technical engineers are still working hard, and it is unrealistic to expect them to do so in a short time.

Therefore, for Boeing, in addition to researching a passenger aircraft of the same type as the Zhenhua Type 18, or coming up with a better product.

And aircraft on other tracks have become the key to Boeing's success.

However, no matter what, in front of the Zhenhua 18-type passenger aircraft, Boeing currently has no model that can compete with it.

The Zhenhua Type 18 civil aviation passenger aircraft is a medium-to-large passenger aircraft, long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet aircraft with a maximum range of 7,600 kilometers and is fully capable of transoceanic flights.

If there is only economy class, the passenger capacity can reach 230 people. If there are first class and business class, the passenger capacity will only be about 180 people.

Of course, such a model can still be adjusted at any time.

In the European and American world in the late 1960s, first class and business class cabins on airliners were still very popular, and the term economy class was actually a relative term.

People who can afford to fly in this era are not ordinary people.

Naturally, even for economy class, customers’ opinions need to be fully considered.

However, in Europe and the United States, airplanes have gradually become popular among civilians, but there are currently no low-cost airlines.

In the history of the original time and space, the world's first low-cost airline was North American Southwest Airlines established in 1971.

The emergence of low-cost airlines actually means that civilian passenger aircraft have become civilians.

The Zhenhua Type 18 is naturally not an aircraft developed for low-cost airlines.

It is only a model developed for mainland airlines.

In the Mainland, medium and large flights are the most suitable, because it can be used as a passenger aircraft for leaders to travel, to fly domestically, or to perform transportation tasks, etc.

It can almost be said that the Zhenhua Type 18 is actually an aircraft without a very accurate market positioning.

However, its extremely low fuel consumption is enough to surpass all words.

What's more, its manufacturing cost is not high, otherwise, it would not be sold at such a low price of only three million US dollars.

As a model similar to the Boeing 707, the Zhenhua Type 707 beats the Boeing in all aspects of data.

The price of the Boeing 707 is five million US dollars, which means that the Boeing 707 cannot be a rival to the Zhenhua Type .

After a meeting, Hector Gabriel probably got a relatively good suggestion.

That is to unite with Pan American Airways or other airlines to smear the Zhenhua 18 aircraft.

The bad reputation of the Zhenhua Type 18 passenger aircraft was completely ruined in Europe and the United States by the media. Many airlines were frightened by the news and did not dare to contact the East to purchase this aircraft again.

There is an old saying in China that three people make a tiger.

Therefore, through this method, the Zhenhua Type 18 passenger plane can definitely be killed, and even future passenger planes made by Zhenhua Research Institute cannot be purchased from the West.

After finalizing the plan, Hector Gabriel began to contact relevant media, newspapers, and television stations to build momentum for the matter.

In addition, Hector Gabriel also sent people to the Middle East to contact Donatas, the president of Air Arabia, and actively contacted the other party to promote their Boeing 707 model.

It was when Boeing was making small moves that von der Lean quickly received the relevant news.

Perhaps Boeing's small moves can hide it from many people, but it definitely cannot hide it from Von Derian.

"Haha, it's really exciting now. Maybe this is a good thing, but let's forget it. After Boeing builds momentum, we will see how Dongfang responds."

"If Dongfang cannot solve this trouble, I will take action again, so as to maximize the benefits."

With this thought, Von Derian no longer paid attention to this matter.

Other shareholders such as Lannister Morgan and Brenda Mellon also learned about this one after another.

However, not everyone thinks as much as von der Lean.

But even so, there were still people who wanted to notify Chen Yuanchao, but were stopped in time by Feng Delian.

After all, telling Chen Yuanchao about this matter at this time would not be of much use at all.

Only when the matter is serious can we maximize our benefits.

Now it's just a small favor, it's of no use.

On the other hand, China Resources' intelligence system quickly received relevant information. Chen Guohua, who was far away in the capital, originally didn't know about this. However, when he was on the phone with his eldest nephew, Chen Yuanchao, he complained about it, and then he found out about it.

Knowing that Boeing wanted to use some tricks, Chen Guohua contacted Qiu Zongyue and learned from the latter that the recent Zhenhua Model 18 was selling well abroad.

In addition to Pan Am's order for twenty-eight passenger planes, TWA and many other North American airlines have also ordered forty-two planes, which is not a small number.

After all, except for Pan American Airways’ flights to six continents, other airline routes may not have such business needs.

Therefore, other airlines are more in need of short-range passenger aircraft, rather than medium and large long-distance passenger aircraft such as the Zhenhua Type 18.

"Are our passenger planes selling so well?"

Chen Guohua was surprised and asked Qiu Zongyue to confirm that Boeing was going to make a small move.

The latter nodded and said that he had indeed received the relevant information and was discussing countermeasures. He would definitely not let the other party succeed.

If it were before, maybe there really was no way. After all, the mainland had no say at all in the European and American world.

But now, with Chen Yuanchao and Zheng Zhigui, the managers in charge of white-glove companies, it is actually possible to speak out for the Zhenhua Model 18 in the media.

However, you still need to be careful to avoid getting caught.

"Leader, if I didn't know, I wouldn't say anything nonsense, but now that I know, my suggestion is to fish in troubled waters."

From the current point of view, the most important thing is to take a preemptive strike and mix up the water.

Contacting Boeing's arch-enemy to stir up trouble, and then contacting other media to follow up on the matter, heated up the matter even more.

At the same time, he pushed out the Zhenhua 18 passenger plane in silence and simply clicked on the purchase orders from Pan American Airways and other related companies.

At this time, it was not only a matter for the entire civil aviation industry, but also the Zhenhua Type 18 passenger aircraft was promoted.

So, from here, this is the most appropriate approach.

The only thing you need to pay attention to is that the movements should not be too big and should be concealed enough so that no one can catch your feet.

Anyway, I want to be the big winner in the end.

"Heroes see the same thing, haha!"

Qiu Zongyue laughed and nodded, "We had a meeting in the morning, and many leaders suggested this."

Although leaders are old physically, there is absolutely no problem with their brains. On the contrary, their brains are better to use.

These suggestions are absolutely the best.

"Well, I think there might be other inside stories here, and maybe someone can investigate."

After hearing Chen Guohua's words, Qiu Zongyue revealed more details.

Boeing is not only forced into trouble by the Zhenhua Type 18, but also due to the current economic crisis in North America and Boeing's own crisis. In addition, the current European and American world is mainly advocating for supersonic passenger aircraft. thing.

After the Concorde made its first flight this year, both Great Britain and Gallic chickens are advocating for this supersonic aircraft.

One word stands out: Hurry!

After all, the supersonic speed of Mach 2.2 allows a plane to travel between London and New York in only three hours.

Good guy, this is three hours, what an incredible speed!

The media is promoting this matter so much, naturally because this topic is very hot.

Even the newspaper editors really want to experience it. Unfortunately, the Concorde has only made its first flight and has not yet been officially put into commercial operation.

Based on this, both Boeing and other civil aircraft manufacturers are very impetuous.

After Qiu Zongyue finished telling these inside stories, he continued:
"Guohua, do you think we should also develop an aircraft like this?"

"Leader, I don't think it's necessary!"

Chen Guohua shook his head directly, and then explained the reason.

Even without referring to the history of the original time and space, just a simple calculation will show that the fuel consumption of the Concorde is definitely a very terrifying thing.

In addition, the huge noise pollution problem is also unavoidable.

It can even be said that if these two major problems cannot be solved, the Concorde will definitely be like a shooting star. It can only shine for a period of time and cannot exist for a long time.

What's more, the history of the original time and space has fully demonstrated this point.

Therefore, Chen Guohua felt that it was unnecessary.

Of course, there is indeed such a supersonic passenger aircraft in the biological hard disk, and the noise problem and even the fuel consumption problem have been solved, so Chen Guohua can definitely come up with such an aircraft.

But Chen Guohua feels that it is completely unnecessary. After all, a market like the mainland cannot currently support such an aircraft.

Even the global market is the same.

Such a supersonic aircraft already has a lot of black technology, which can fully maximize profits.

However, as far as the current global market is concerned, once such a supersonic aircraft appears, it is simply impossible to maximize profits.

On the contrary, technology will be learned from Europe and the United States, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, Chen Guohua didn't even mention this matter and just pretended that he didn't know about it.

"Oh, that's it, that's really not necessary."

Hearing this, Qiu Zongyue nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said to Chen Guohua:

"Well, Guohua, if you were to design it, could you solve the fuel consumption and noise problems?"

This noise problem is not just the huge noise during supersonic takeoff and landing, but also the noise problem in the aircraft cabin.

The Concorde also used relatively sound-insulating lightweight materials, but the effect was average.

According to the history of the original time and space, passengers who had flown the Concorde commented that sitting in such a plane was like being in a super noisy bar, with loud noises.

In addition, there is the issue of fuel consumption, which is even more difficult.

After all, every time the aircraft speed increases by 100 kilometers per hour, the fuel consumption will increase exponentially.

The fuel consumption of the Concorde was 36 tons per hour. Later, after the RD-51- engine was replaced, the fuel consumption was also tons per hour.

Horror!
The fuel consumption of the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft is 9.5 tons per hour, while the fuel consumption of the Night Phantom, the J-9 fighter, is 4.4 tons per hour.

Although fighter jets and civil aviation airliners cannot be compared, it can be seen from these data that the terrible fuel consumption of the Concorde passenger aircraft has put a lot of pressure on airlines.

After all, an airline is all about profit.

Especially after entering the 1970s, civilianization of aircraft has become a major trend.

Under such circumstances, the Concorde's excessive fuel consumption will inevitably make air tickets very expensive.

Although the flight time can be shortened, the exorbitant air ticket price is naturally a high burden for ordinary consumers.

Therefore, from the beginning, it was destined that the Concorde would be difficult to popularize.

"I haven't done any research and it should take time to solve these problems, so I can't answer your questions now."

Chen Guohua shook his head, but this excuse left Qiu Zongyue speechless.

How could it not be studied?

The fuel consumption of the Jian Yaoyao 9 fighter jet is so low, and the fuel consumption of the Zhenhua Type 18 is also very low. Both aircraft are designed and developed by Chen Guohua himself.

Moreover, the JY9 fighter jet is a Mach 3 supersonic aircraft. Although it is not a civilian airliner, it is still an aircraft.

Based on this, Chen Guohua definitely has a say in solving the problem of aircraft fuel consumption.

Now he says he doesn't know?
Speechless!

However, Qiu Zongyue did not continue to ask. After all, Chen Guohua must have his own reasons for not saying anything now.

What's more, Chen Guohua is now in charge of the space station project, and it is normal for him to have no time to think about these issues.

The overall advancement speed of the current space station project is average, and it can only be said that there are no major problems.

There were no big problems or delays in the project, so that was the best news.

Chen Guohua is very happy to be able to advance the project step by step.

December is the traditional Christmas month in the West, and New Year comes after Christmas, so for the West, late December and early January are their happiest holiday times.

But for housewives, this is the time for their shopping spree.

Just because retail companies such as Qianduoduo Supermarket, Washington Supermarket, and Costco Supermarket have launched Christmas sales in the past few years, many consumers have unconsciously developed the habit of Christmas shopping. .

In addition, Gibson, Target, Woolworths, Wal-Mart and other companies, as well as Sears, Macy's and other companies, have all joined in this Christmas promotion.

Therefore, this can definitely be regarded as a national carnival in physical stores.

This carnival day has officially begun on December 18th.

"This year's Christmas carnival seems to be even grander than last year's?"

In the Qianduoduo supermarket in the bustling urban area of ​​New York, Jessica came here again to purchase milk powder, and her mood was completely different.

Because this time, she is more price sensitive.

In the past, she would mark the prices of all products in Qianduoduo Supermarket because she had a habit of recording household expenses when shopping.

Therefore, she knows exactly what the price of this product was at different times in previous years.

As a housewife, Jessica is also forced by life and has no choice but to do this.

Before Christmas last year, her husband had an affair, and she had to reluctantly divorce him.

Although after the divorce, she also received part of the compensation, which was initiated by her husband and not decided by the court.

From this point of view, her husband is pretty good.

But no matter how good he is, he is always a betrayer of marriage, which Jessica cannot bear.

After the divorce, Jessica had no plans to remarry. She just wanted to raise her daughter by herself.

But marriage is something that comes as soon as you say it, and it can't be stopped.

There was a single father in the kindergarten where her daughter attended, and his life was pretty good. The most important thing was that this single father was very handsome.

In this way, Jessica still couldn't resist the fierce offensive of the other party. With the support of sweet words and romantic love, she had a baby again and got married again.

Everything was going well after her marriage, but it didn't last long. In September this year, her second husband was laid off.

There is not much to say about layoffs in this era, and the compensation you can get is even less.

After layoffs, it becomes much more difficult to find a job similar to the one before.

Mainly because the whole industry was similar, and no boss could offer him a high salary, so he had to take the initiative to reduce his salary, and then he barely found a decent job.

However, as wages decrease, family income will naturally decrease.

But there are many children in the family. After all, this is a reorganized family, and there were children who needed to go to school before.

As a result, household expenses will increase a lot.

It happened that Jessica had just given birth not long ago and still had to take care of the child, so she couldn't go to work at all.

Therefore, in order to reduce family expenses, Jessica had to return to her old business and pay more attention to the expired food, discounted products, etc. in Qianduoduo Supermarket.

Perhaps in the past, Jessica would not buy last-minute goods. After all, they were last-minute goods and would definitely not be good.

But now in order to survive, this is the only option.

She even wanted to receive government relief.

Unfortunately, there were too many people waiting in line, and the neighborhood was very messy, so she only went there once and didn't dare to go there again.

The financial constraints in life have made Jessica more price sensitive.

Fortunately, Qianduoduo Supermarket has always adhered to low prices and ultra-low profit margins.

Even though it is such a cheap supermarket, it is becoming more and more prosperous. This makes Jessica wonder how it makes money in many cases.
Of course, it is impossible for ordinary people to know. The sources of information they obtain are extremely limited. Even if they accidentally learn some information, it is information that capital wants them to know, so that capital can harvest ordinary people's money.

Qianduoduo Supermarket has many stores, each of which is large in size, at least over 3,000 square meters.

Even those super hypermarkets with tens of thousands of square meters provide countless products.

The supermarket store where Jessica is located is tens of thousands of square meters in size, making it the largest supermarket within a radius of dozens of kilometers.

Such a large store contains almost all product categories and product shelves of Qianduoduo Supermarket.

For example, this store has a dining area.

After all, this supermarket is located on the busiest street in New York, with many office workers nearby.

Not all of these office workers are rich, so most of them choose to eat at fast food restaurants.

Since Qianduoduo Supermarket has a dining area, it is very attractive to nearby office workers.

Therefore, you can often see many people coming to Qianduoduo Supermarket to buy fast food at noon or five or six o'clock in the afternoon.

A portion of fast food is cheaper, which is tens of cents, and more expensive, which is about one dollar.

This kind of price is definitely extremely cheap for the neighborhood.

After all, KFC costs one or two dollars to buy. Now that the products in Qianduoduo Supermarket are cheaper, they are naturally more attractive to consumers.

When Jessica was browsing the fast food area, she couldn't hold back and bought a Chinese fast food that she had been thinking about for a long time.

At ninety cents a portion, it's not expensive, but the combination of meat and vegetables is really great.

Very delicious fast food, Jessica was of course very satisfied.

Especially for a family like hers, it is a rare surprise.

The divorce rate in North America is a bit high. Especially during the economic crisis, the divorce rate soared very quickly.

Families like Jessica's are so common in North America, so there are many such poor people in North America.

Qianduoduo Supermarket is really great!
Jessica is not the only one who thinks this way. Many poor people who have spent money at Qianduoduo Supermarket, as well as the employees of Qianduoduo Supermarket, are also very grateful to this company.

The Christmas sale starts on the 18th and lasts until early January, which spans about half a month.

"Fake, why are our customers not as good as Qianduoduo Supermarket? Even Costco Supermarket has more customers than us? Why is this?"

At the Sears department store headquarters, President Crete became furious after seeing the summary of data from the first two days of the Christmas sale.

As a former retail giant that is closely eyeing Qianduoduo Supermarket, Costco Supermarket, and Wal-Mart Supermarket, Crete feels very sad.

Why would something like this happen during my tenure?

Why are there so many?

Crete couldn't figure it out. Could it be that the CEO of Target Supermarket could figure it out?
Even if it’s a Wal-Mart supermarket, isn’t it still unclear?

As the founder of Wal-Mart Supermarket, Sam Walton is very confident in Wal-Mart Supermarket's business strategy.

However, Qian Duoduo, a rising star, has grown to more than 500 stores in just a few years, and has opened many branches in Europe. It is even said that they are planning to open branches in Asia.

They are also supermarkets with low profit margins, and even Qianduoduo Supermarket has even lower profit margins. But why can Qianduoduo Supermarket open so many stores in such a short period of time?

Where do these funds come from?
Rely on financing? Or is there some shady secret deal?

(End of this chapter)