The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 358, May (please vote)

In early May 1970, Beijing had not yet entered early summer, but the warm wind from summer was already blowing from the south.

In places such as Yanyuan and Qinghuachi, university campuses that have been deserted for several years have become lively again.

Many young faces with sincere smiles are walking on the university campus, holding a few books and walking quickly to the library.

Many college students have returned, and not only that, there are also many foreigners.

"Xiao Xin, we seem to have a lot of foreign friends in our school. Are they those who are engaged in mathematics research?"

"Who knows? I heard that the International Congress of Mathematicians is about to be held at Peking University next door. They had already started to select a site to build an auditorium that could accommodate more people as early as the year before last. It is probably just for this conference."

"I don't know why those people are so good at math? It's so difficult to open the door to math, but they can easily overcome many of the world's problems. I really don't understand."

"Yeah, I've also heard that the Beijing Institute of Advanced Science publishes hundreds of mathematics papers every year. The scientific research value of the papers published in each issue is very high."

"You may not know yet, but I heard that at this Mathematicians Conference, it is very likely that people from our country will win the Fields Medal."

"What is this? Hasn't Peking University Mathematics Professor Chen Guohua already won it? And he has won it twice. I heard that he is the only mathematician to have won this award twice."

Several female classmates got together, and it happened that one of them was majoring in computational mathematics, which is closely related to mathematics, so when we talked about these topics, we were able to talk in a relatively in-depth manner.

Tsinghua University has also opened computer-related majors, not just computational mathematics, which is a major between mathematics and computers.

Since 1960, Peking University has taken the lead in establishing the software programming major, and subsequently established information security, computer science and security, spatial information and digital technology and other majors.

When the Siberian cold wind passed through, these majors were not affected.

In other words, most science and engineering majors have not been affected.

Just because Zhenhua Research Institute has developed many technological products, which have brought unprecedented economic benefits to the mainland.

Therefore, even the most short-sighted person would not be able to destroy the Great Wall.

However, even so, the shortage of people majoring in geography and engineering in mainland China is still inevitable.

Mainly, Majuqiao Industrial Park, Baiyun City Science and Technology Park and other places have recruited many talents, and scientific research institutions such as Zhenhua Research Institute, Fifth Academy, Ninth Institute, etc. have also recruited most of them. Top talents are not even enough.

In the original time and space, there were too many middle school and high school graduates, so they needed to go to the countryside.

But in this time and space, there are countless scientific research projects being carried out.

Previous projects such as atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, nuclear submarines, missiles, and artificial satellites, as well as aircraft projects such as fighter jets and bombers, as well as basic engineering projects such as high-speed rail, and industrial basic projects such as automobile manufacturing, machine tool industry, and chemical manufacturing, etc.

These projects are much larger than the original team.

Lack of talent is the norm!
But the university was deserted because the cold wind from Siberia passed through, and almost all liberal arts majors were wiped out.

Without so many people, it naturally seemed much deserted.

Now it is gradually recovering, and with the International Congress of Mathematicians about to be held, it has naturally become more lively.

The word mathematics has appeared in newspapers very frequently in the past ten years, especially in recent years, and has been discussed by many people.

Mainly because of the appreciation. After all, Beijing is a rising center of mathematics, with Chen Guohua as the center gathering many mathematicians.

As the number of mathematicians increases and the influence of mainland mathematics journals expands, it will naturally affect everyone in all aspects.

And, as time goes by, this impact will continue to expand.

For example, this time's International Congress of Mathematicians is far larger than the previous mathematical seminars held by Chen Guohua, and its influence is also greater.

It is almost certain that after this year’s college entrance examination, the number of candidates applying for mathematics or mathematics-related majors will definitely increase significantly.

Although mathematics is difficult, especially for many girls, mathematics is definitely a nightmare.

But there are many girls who are willing to jump into this pit. Even girls have very good mathematical talents and are willing to delve into the field of mathematics.

While these girls were talking a lot, other liberal arts students passing by them all cast envious looks.

Compared with science and engineering, liberal arts currently have almost no advantages.

On the one hand, it is carrying out scientific construction projects and holding conferences with international influence. It can be said that it is in full swing and the future is bright.

The liberal arts students on the other side didn't dare to say a few words, let alone organize any activities.

In the courtyard of the Chen family in Cuihua Hutong, Chen Guohua, who was on vacation today, was lying on a rocking chair, closing his eyes and relaxing.

However, the children who were chasing and fighting in the yard soon became bored and ran over to play tricks on their father.

For example, they took some dogtail grass that they found somewhere and put it in their father's nostrils, causing Chen Guohua to wake up from his sweet dream.

"Ah, daddy is awake, run!"

The little kids turned pale with fright, stepped forward with their short legs, and ran away.

The slowest runner is Chen Xiangqian, because he is the youngest and has not grown taller yet, so of course he runs slowly.

Two little kids, Chen Xi and Chen An, are over four years old this year, and they are the main force chasing chickens and chasing dogs.

No, when they ran away, the two old hens in the yard were frightened and immediately fluttered their wings and flew to the branches in the yard.

Then the little kid was attracted by the magical performance of the old hen, and they forgot that there was a big trouble approaching behind them.

When Chen Guohua woke up, he looked helplessly at Chen Xi and the other little brats, and had no choice but to pretend to be 'evil people' and play with them for a while.

He picked up the little ones and brought them back to the rocking chair amidst their high-decibel screams.

"Do you still dare to tease dad?"

The two little guys were pressed on the rocking chairs. Chen Guohua pretended to have a vicious tone, raised his palm with force, and landed lightly on their buttocks.

After all, they were his children, and he was just playing with them. Naturally, he didn't use any force, he was just scaring them.

Chen Guohua, who rarely takes a vacation, must spend some time with his children.

But unlike some time ago, I was almost spinning and busy.

After returning from the Northwest in March, Dai Xizhang personally came over and blocked him in the office, insisting that he hand over the technical data of short-range civil aviation aircraft.

It's not that Chen Guohua is unwilling to take it out. The problem is that no one is studying this project at all.

why?
Because the aircraft engine laboratory of Zhenhua Research Institute is currently conducting a research project on stealth fighter jets, where is the person?

Even the helicopter laboratory next door is also working on other helicopter projects.

Under such circumstances, how can anyone help develop a short-range passenger aircraft?

As for the Nine Institutes?

The few people from the Ninth Institute are barely able to do anything, let alone be responsible for the entire research and development project of a passenger aircraft.

But Dai Xizhang's energy is not small. He directly found the heads of several aero-engine manufacturing units such as Liming Engine Manufacturing Factory, Chang'an Aviation Engine Manufacturing Factory (Factory 430), Southern Aviation Engine Manufacturing Factory (Zhuzhou Factory), etc. , joined forces to take charge of this short-range passenger aircraft project.

After learning about Dai Xizhang's plan, Chen Guohua safely took out the technical information and handed it over to the former.

But they must come to the capital to do research and development, not elsewhere.

It is not a problem that these units are spread all over the east, west, north and south, nor is it a problem of technical security or confidentiality, but that Chen Guohua is in the capital.

why?
Because once they all encounter technical problems, they can only solve them themselves, or they can ask Chen Guohua for help.

But if you want to ask Chen Guohua for help, he will definitely not go so far away, so it is most appropriate to conduct research and development in the capital.

In addition, several units are either in the northeast, northwest, or south, and everyone cannot get together, so it is best to gather in the capital.

In this way, the short-range passenger aircraft project was launched, and then involved some of Chen Guohua's energy.

So throughout April, Chen Guohua became even busier.

And May is the International Congress of Mathematicians. There is no doubt that Chen Guohua, as the number one person in the mainland mathematics community, will be very busy.

Because last year, Chairman Le Ray and Honorary Chairman Montel of the Congress of Mathematicians sent an invitation letter to Chen Guohua, hoping that he could give a lecture and two more on the two articles he had written before. Lectures on the most important papers.

Even famous figures in mathematics such as Nevinlinner and Gelfand wrote to Chen Guohua, hoping that the latter could hold more seminars.

Not only because this year's conference is held in Beijing, but also because Chen Guohua is still young and can do more mathematical research and lead mathematicians around the world to make more mathematical research results.

Putting aside the country where the mathematicians live and their other ideas, their persistent pursuit of mathematical truth deserves Chen Guohua's respect.

The purest mathematician should be Erdez, because he has nothing else to pursue in his life except pursuing mathematical truth and looking for and supporting mathematical geniuses.

The most dashing mathematician is probably Grothendieck, the mathematical emperor of the original time and space. Of course, in this time and space, he is still engaged in mathematical research here in the capital.

Moreover, his research is on the most cutting-edge mathematics topics and has very little impact on the current world.

At that time, Chen Guohua wrote back to Leray and Monteil, saying that there were so many outstanding mathematicians and that he was an old man and should give opportunities to young people.

This reply almost left Le Lei and the others speechless.

But if you think about it carefully, Chen Guohua, who was born in 1941, is only 29 years old this year, not yet 30 years old.

This is outrageous!
At the age of thirty, Chen Guohua has already won three top mathematics laurels: Poincaré-Chen Guohua Theorem, Fermat's Last Theorem, and Riemann-Chen Guohua Theorem, as well as many other papers, all of which have exceeded 200 papers.

His two hundred mathematics papers have surpassed many mathematicians in terms of quantity, and he is the first person in mathematics in terms of quality.

It is true that Erdez has published many mathematics papers, but if the quality is compared with Chen Guohua's papers, they will be reduced to scum in an instant.

In fact, Chen Guohua has published many papers in the past year or so, and almost every one of them can be held in a report meeting.

However, just as Chen Guohua said in reply to Montel's letter, other young people should be given a chance.

For example, Lu Jiaxi, although he is older than Chen Guohua, in the world of mathematics, Lu Jiaxi is indeed a young man.

His previously published mathematical paper "Construction Methods of Corkmann Series and Steiner Series", although it is his debut, is the result of five years of hard work.

The quality of this paper is also very high, and it can definitely be reported at the conference.

He is even a favorite for this year's Fields Medal.

In addition to Lu Jiaxi, there is another popular candidate for this year’s Fields Medal, Chen Jingrun.

In the original history of space and time, Chen Jingrun published a detailed proof process for (1+2) in Goldbach's conjecture in , which was then called Chen's theorem by the international mathematics community.

In this time and space, thanks to Chen Guohua's leadership, Chen Jingrun, who followed Hua Luogeng to conduct research at the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, also came into contact with many international mathematicians.

For example, Grothendieck, Erdös, Michael Atiyah and others, especially Erdös and other Peking University professors, Chen Jingrun chatted with them from time to time.

Therefore, Chen Jingrun’s research on Goldbach’s conjecture was published as early as 1968.

In other words, at that time, he was already a favorite for the Fields Medal at this mathematician conference.

There are Chen Jingrun and Lu Jiaxi here in the mainland, and there are also many popular candidates for the Fields Medal abroad, such as Baker, Guangzhong Pingyou, Novikov, Thompson, Brower and others.

In addition, famous mathematicians such as Chen Shengshen, Gelfand, Pontryagin, and Erdesh have been invited. Therefore, if Chen Guohua wants to give three lectures, he will definitely squeeze out the quota of others.

This is why Chen Guohua replied to Montel and Leray in this way.

However, no matter what Chen Guohua said, Le Lei and the others all thought of a way to deal with it.

That is to say, Chen Guohua's other two lectures can be treated as additional lectures, and they will not crowd out other people's opportunities.

Mathematics researchers who can be invited to give reports at the International Congress of Mathematicians are not ordinary people.

Therefore, Chen Guohua hopes that they will all have the opportunity to stand on it instead of just sitting in the audience.

Regarding Le Lei's suggestion, Chen Guohua had no other choice but to accept it.

Therefore, Chen Guohua will be even busier in May.

So he could only take advantage of the holiday on May 1st to have a good rest.

The 1st is International Labor Day, and people in mainland China also take a day off on this day instead of going to work.

In fact, Chen Guohua shouldered so many work tasks that he shouldn't have taken a vacation, but he was also a human being, not a god.

So, what happened to him on vacation?
Taking a vacation in accordance with the law is reasonable and legal, there is nothing wrong with it, and no one can say anything.

However, the one-day holiday was very short. After almost opening my eyes, I spent half a morning with the children, and then went out for a picnic. The day passed quickly.

After finishing his vacation, before Chen Guohua could recover from the vacation, Zheng Zhigui called from far away in Europe.

A satellite phone, this is a phone that cannot be dialed easily.

Now that the phone is ringing, it means something is wrong.

"Hey, Comrade Zheng Zhigui, what happened?"

After picking up the phone, Chen Guohua had put on a serious expression, and he had completely come out of the holiday and entered work mode.

There is no need for a slogan on the phone, because only Zheng Zhigui himself can call this phone number.

As long as it is picked up by someone, or someone eavesdrops, it is impossible.

The satellite phones prepared by Chen Guohua for Zheng Zhigui and Chen Yuanchao, who are responsible for managing white-glove companies, provided many high-tech technologies, especially in terms of confidentiality, and even achieved facial recognition and satellite positioning in advance.

Therefore, whenever the phone is picked up by someone, once the person who picked up the phone dials the phone, the tiny camera on the phone will be activated. Once it is recognized that it is not Zheng Zhigui, the phone will start a self-destruction program.

The tiny bomb hidden at the bottom of the chip will explode due to excessive electrical energy causing fire, completely destroying the chip.

The chip is the most important component in the satellite phone. As long as it is destroyed, it doesn't matter whether the other components are intact.

However, this small bomb will definitely destroy the entire satellite phone.

So with so many processes going on, Chen Guohua doesn't worry about the security of the phone at all.

Of course, it is also possible that Zheng Zhigui was threatened, or that he rebelled, which is another story.

After all, it was impossible for Chen Guohua to be able to judge that Zheng Zhigui was very rebellious.

Zheng Zhigui, who was far away in Europe, suddenly felt relieved when he heard Chen Guohua's words.

"Leader, that's what it is"

Listening to Zheng Zhigui's words, Chen Guohua finally knew what happened at Costco Supermarket.

It all started with the December Christmas sale at the end of last year.

As the first supermarket to land in Europe, Costco became an instant hit after entering the British Isles. By the end of last year, Costco had more than 45 stores across Europe.

Forty-five Costco supermarkets may not seem like many, but in fact, they are already very impressive.

You know, Costco Supermarket was successfully opened in London in December 1968. In other words, it was only a year ago at the end of last year.

It has exceeded forty-five stores in one year. This expansion speed is still very amazing. Europe is the second largest economy in the world after North America. Costco supermarkets have opened as many as 45 stores in major European cities.

Since these stores are located in cities and are membership-based, many consumers are very curious under the bombardment of advertisements.

With curiosity in mind, consumers all came to experience it.

This experience didn't matter, I just fell into it.

Unlike Qianduoduo Supermarket, which is purely high-quality and low-priced, the products in Kaishike Supermarket are not very expensive. The key is that its packaging looks more exquisite and it also provides many super-high-quality services, which makes consumers flock to it. .

There are forty-five stores, and the average number of members in each store exceeds 120,000, which is very scary.

Most European cities during this period had a population of about one million, with smaller ones having a population of several hundred thousand.

Kaishike Supermarket has yet to see its stores cover small cities with only tens of thousands of people, so each store has an average of 120,000 members, which is quite normal.

With such a large number of members, the annual membership fee income alone has reached more than 1 billion and 70 million US dollars.

During Costco's Christmas promotion last December, the average daily revenue of each of its 45 stores in Europe exceeded US$1.4 million.

In other words, in the month of December, the monthly revenue in Europe alone was US$1.95 billion.

Throughout the year, the average monthly revenue in the entire European region, excluding some stores that were opened later, reached US$920 million.

In other words, throughout 1969, the annual revenue of the forty-five Costco supermarkets in Europe alone reached a terrifying US$11 billion.

Moreover, Costco Supermarket's average annual profit margin is as high as 13%, which is higher than the previous profit rate in North America.

Because many goods exported from the mainland are simply packaged and processed in processing plants in Europe, compared with those in North America, some transportation costs are reduced, and the profit margins naturally increase.

Throughout the year, Costco Supermarket made a profit of US$1.435 billion in Europe. Taking into account the annual membership fees of more than US$1.7 billion, the total profit for the year reached an astonishing US$2.5 billion.

This news is a secret for ordinary people and cannot be discovered, but for the Fogel family, Habsburg family, Medici family, Bernard Arnault family, Brugger family and other capitals entrenched in Europe, For predators, this is no secret at all.

Therefore, in January 1970, not long after the summary meeting of Costco Supermarket's European branch ended, capital tycoons such as the Bernard Arnott family came to visit one after another.

The only purpose is to ask for shares.

For these capital tycoons, such a profitable business does not involve them?

How is that possible?
There are only forty-five stores in the entire European region, but they can actually earn US$2.5 billion a year?
It’s actually more powerful than a bank’s money printing machine.

Therefore, whether it is the Bernard Arnot family or the Habsburg family, they all opened their mouths and wanted to bite the fattest piece of meat from Costco Supermarket.

Zheng Zhigui, who learned about this at that time, took the lead in using the drag technique.

He is still very familiar with this dragging technique.

But people from the Bernard Arnott family are not fools. After being delayed for half a month and a month, they immediately knew what was going on.

Later, Zheng Zhigui made a second move to invest in shares. It depends on the strength. At the same time, he also needs to calculate all the assets of Costco Supermarket.

And in this process, the development of Costco Supermarket cannot be hindered, otherwise, it will be kicked out.

So, using this method, it was delayed for more than two months and almost three months.

The disgraced European natives were all furious and issued a final arrest warrant for Zheng Zhigui.

In the end, Zheng Zhigui still had a way to appease these people, which was to move out Ivy Capital and other shareholders.

In 1969, Ivy Capital invested in Costco Supermarket.

Now Costco Supermarket is in trouble and is being bullied by European powers, so Ivy Capital has taken action.

If it was before December 1969, perhaps Ivy Capital really had nothing to do against European giants such as the Bernard Arnott family, then in January 1970, there would be no big problem.

Just because Ivy Capital has already had contact with these wealthy people, the Big Brother mobile phone developed by Apple, in January, European Union Communications Company was constructing base stations in various regions of Europe.

United Communications Europe is a company established by Orange Communications, a company controlled by Ivy Capital, and major partners in Europe who have purchased tickets.

This company needs to assist Orange Communications Company in establishing base stations, and this company will also be responsible for collecting communication service fees.

With Orange Communications as the main company, supplemented by major capital giants such as the Bernard Arnott family, it is unlikely that European United Communications will have any financial problems.

Just because everyone will watch very closely and not give anyone any chance.

However, when European powerhouses like Ivy Capital and the Brugger family spoke up, they only gave them face but did not give up.

It will definitely not work to confront Ivy Capital head-on.

After all, United Communications Europe is also a very profitable business, and they don't want to waste so much money on it.

So, they each used their own methods to create a little trouble for Costco Supermarket.

For example, material review issues caused Costco Supermarket’s store expansion in Europe to halt.

Let Ivy Capital talk to powerful people like the Bernard Arnott family, and they will say they don't know about it, but they will find out about it.

Then I realized that it was procrastination. It would not be surprising if it lasted for ten days and a half.

This can be regarded as repaying the other person with his own way, which made Zheng Zhigui so angry that he cursed his mother.

Europe's local tycoons are really awesome. They only needed to use their words, and Costco Supermarket encountered an unprecedented crisis.

But this trick is quite difficult to solve.

At that time, Chen Guohua was still busy with the Nantianmen Space Station and had no time to deal with these matters.

After Zheng Zhigui discussed with Qiu Zongyue and others, he contacted other forces that were not dealing with the Bernard Arnott family and others, and brought these forces down, and then used bribery and other related methods to make them suspicious of each other.

After muddying the water, Costco Supermarket was able to see more things clearly and find solutions.

The East is the ancestor of conspiracy, so it is impossible for Zheng Zhigui to be stumped by the powerful European powers.

Therefore, under the impact of many combinations of punches, the upper-level forces in Europe were "disorganized". They were suspicious of each other and excluded each other. They could no longer take care of Costco Supermarket.

Just when Zheng Zhigui thought he had succeeded, he quietly opened a few more Costco supermarket stores, but even though there was no grand opening ceremony, he was still noticed by the Italian Medici family.

This is really unlucky.

After the Medici family discovered that they had been tricked, they were completely outraged.

Therefore, they immediately sent people to close all the thirteen stores of Costco Supermarket in Italy.

As the entire Florence area, from the 15th century to the 18th century, it has been a powerful and famous family in the entire Europe for hundreds of years. The influence of the Medici family is absolutely unimaginable.

Therefore, when the Medici family was completely angry, starting from Italy, the anger spread to Paris, Berlin and other places.

In less than a week, except for the fifteen stores in the British Isles, all other stores in Europe were wiped out.

Even for these fifteen stores in the British Isles, Zheng Zhigui is not sure when they will be closed.

Zheng Zhigui immediately panicked at such a devastating disaster.

Not panicking is abnormal.

But before he could take action, Zheng Zhigui himself was surrounded. It seemed that the Medici family was preparing to use means to force Zheng Zhigui to surrender.

So, under such circumstances, Zheng Zhigui could only take out his satellite phone and dial the number.

Chen Guohua, who received the call, took a deep breath after learning about Zheng Zhigui's emergency situation.

There is no room for error in Costco Supermarket, because it is not just a supermarket, it can be said to be one of the lifeblood of the mainland.

Among all current white glove companies, with the exception of Qianduoduo Supermarket, Kaishi Keshao has come from behind and ranks second in performance among all white glove companies.

How could Chen Guohua allow such a company to be destroyed or taken away easily?
But it is impossible for the mainland to take action personally, and they even have to avoid suspicion.

The Medici family is here for profit, so just satisfy them.

However, whether the other party has such a good appetite, let’s give it a try first.

"Calm down first, I'll make arrangements right now."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Guohua contacted Qiu Zongyue.

After the latter learned about this, he immediately arranged for someone to take action.

Chen Guohua also immediately arranged for people to take action.

There was nothing wrong with Costco Supermarket's response strategy. The only thing I didn't expect was that the Medici family had been around for hundreds of years and still had the same bad habit of "eating shit".

The behavior of flipping the table over at every turn is really out of character.

Well, the Medici family doesn't have much style. They are just a famous family in Europe.

And behind a famous family there must be some dirty things.

Counting hundreds of years of history, it is impossible for anyone to know the ugly, brutal, and domineering side of the Medici family.

But now, someone may want to take a look at the sins their family has committed in the past.

Since the Renaissance, the Medici family has been very wealthy, and their family has also realized the importance of science and art, so they have worked hard to start spending money in various fields.

Such as architecture, art, libraries, scientific research, etc.

In this edition of the Italian Renaissance Exhibition at the World Art Museum, the outside world can see Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Delaria, and Michelangelo. Chiro, Titian, Mantania and other famous names, behind these Renaissance giants, there is another sparkling name, that is Medici!
Yes, the Medici family is so stupid.

The rise of this family can be said to account for almost half of the history of Florence in the past few hundred years.

Beginning in 1378, a man named Salvestro was elected president of the Florence Municipal Council. He was the first member of the Medici family to be recorded in history.

After that, Giovanni Medici restored the family's glory, made huge profits from running the bank, and became the richest man in Florence. His eldest son Cosimo even took over the Pope's finances on behalf of the Medici Bank.

In the history of Europe, the Pope is the real king, the savior of the entire Europe and America, and a God-like existence.

Therefore, Cosimo's ability to take over the Pope's finances was already very impressive.

By 1434, Cosimo Medici had become the uncrowned Lord of Florence.

From then on, the Medici family began a crazy money-making and invasion journey in Florence and even throughout Europe.

Of course, these are clichés from hundreds of years ago. Now in the twentieth century, the Medici family no longer has the glory of the former Grand Duke Cosimo.

But even so, in this part of Europe, the Medici family is still very famous.

During World War I and World War II, the Medici family was not idle either and also made many small moves.

And of course these small actions are not clear to many people.

Because I know that these people in the past have become historical figures or dust, and the dead cannot speak.

But now, Chen Guohua wants these dead people to speak.

During Chen Guohua's operation, a lot of information about the Medici family was printed into volumes and sent to the Medici family's residence in Florence.

In Berlin, Paris, Milan and other places, the Albizi family, the Lorraine family, the Lactali family, etc. are almost feuding with the Medici family, or are hostile forces. After seeing these things about the Medici When there was information about countless crimes such as family oppression, corruption and bribery, and shootings, each one of them arranged for their newspapers and magazines to review it again.

Delete the parts that are detrimental to their family, keep the rest that are not serious, and then publish it in the newspaper!

As a result, within a short period of time, chaos broke out on the Medici family side.

It’s okay if it’s not chaotic.

The hostile forces such as the Albizzi family united to cause trouble, and the harm they caused to the Medici family was of course very great.

Therefore, at this time, the Medici family had no intention of caring about Costco Supermarket.

Zheng Zhigui, who was out of trouble, contacted Ivy Capital again.

This time, Ivy Capital came forward to speak for Costco Supermarket: the second round of financing plan will be launched in June.

It won't work without financing. After all, the Medici family has already made such a small move, and other families and capital will definitely not let Costco Supermarket go.

It can also be seen from this that Ivy Capital’s influence in Europe is still too shallow.

The battle of interests is never that simple.

The game between the two parties was doomed from the beginning.

If Costco Supermarket wants to make money in Europe, it is bound to contact local forces. If it is just a small business, there is a high probability that it will only encounter petty thieves, gangs, peers, etc., and it is impossible to encounter the Medici family. of great power.

It happened that Kaishike Supermarket made a lot of money, and people knew about it.

All I can say is that Costco Supermarket is still too good, and none of its peers can beat it.

During this period in Europe, the retail industry had certainly risen.

Carrefour supermarket was established in the city of Lille in the north of Gallic in 1958. It started as a small self-selected goods store.

Attracting customers with low prices, broad purchasing methods and rich product categories, it can almost be said to be the Gallic Chicken version of Wal-Mart Supermarket.

By 1963, Carrefour had begun chain operations and Gallic chickens were everywhere.

However, the good times did not last long. Peers such as Costco Supermarket, Qianduoduo Supermarket, and Washington Supermarket successively entered the European market, causing a huge impact on Carrefour Supermarket.

Especially in Qianduoduo Supermarket, the prices of products are lower, the product types are more abundant, and the services are better, which immediately attracted many Carrefour customers.

Coupled with competition from peers such as Costco Supermarket, the market prospects of Carrefour Supermarket have suddenly become a lot gloomier.

It's not like the Medici family and other European powerhouses haven't noticed Carrefour Supermarket, but the problem is that compared to Qianduoduo Supermarket and Costco Supermarket, Carrefour Supermarket was instantly outclassed.

They didn't dare to deal with Payduoduo Supermarket, but the background of Costco Supermarket was obviously much worse than the former, so they started with Costco Supermarket, which ranked second.

Against this background, if Costco Supermarket does not initiate a second round of financing, it will not only be unable to continue operating in Europe, but North America may also be severely impacted.

Based on this, Costco Supermarket can only urgently announce the launch of a second round of financing plan.

Of course, even if it launched this plan in a hurry, Costco Supermarket was not unprepared, and it had no intention of selling at a low price.

Zheng Zhigui is very happy to be able to support it until now.

In the second round of financing, the number of shares transferred will definitely not be very large, it will be about 15 or 20%.

At that time, Ivy Capital and other capitals that have already raised funds in the first round should join the investment again, and they must not reduce their shares, because this is not only control, but also interest.

As for the financial company that leads the investment, it must not be a powerful European company, but a North American consortium that can handle large European capital.

Who it is depends on who has higher means and who pays more.

(End of this chapter)