Reborn since 1993

Chapter 675: Flowers are similar every year, but people are different every year

Like Alex, there were several foreign customers, and most of them came for Ronaldo.

After arriving at the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, these foreign customers spend much more time in Chinese luxury goods than in other stores.

On the contrary, some wealthy people in China now like to go to overseas luxury brand stores such as Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Gucci after coming to the Oriental Times Shopping Mall.

The choices on both sides are very different, but unexpectedly, the luxury goods area in the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, which was originally thought to be deserted, actually has quite good sales!

The two little girls, Tao Yan and Jiang Suyi, were not interested in Ronaldo. After finishing their meal, they began their map exploration journey. Even if they didn't buy anything, shopping in the mall made them very excited.

The two went to the central square of the shopping mall first, ready to try their luck and see if they could win the prize. The central square was also crowded with people.

"Congratulations to user 612493 for winning today's second prize, a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle!"

When Tao Yan and her friend were queuing, the broadcast in the mall suddenly sounded, and the whole mall instantly became lively.

Whether it was the central square or the glass wall of the fourth floor, countless people gathered, craning their necks to look down.

Tao Yan and the others also saw that the winner was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing navy blue clothes, which was obviously the attire of a farmer from the counties under Pingyang.

When he heard that he was the winner, the middle-aged man was still a little confused. It was not until the host came over and confirmed that he had won the prize that the man's face, which had been exposed to wind and sun for many years, showed an excited yet somewhat nervous expression. It was obvious that he was not used to such occasions where he was the center of attention.

However, winning a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle still makes middle-aged people excited. For people nowadays, whether in cities, counties or rural areas, owning a motorcycle is no different from owning a car in later generations.

A car is not just a means of transportation, but also an important means of livelihood for a family. You can ride a motorcycle, carry goods for business, or drop off passengers at the station to make money, etc. It can quickly change a family's income situation!

Now, a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle is a representative of high-end vehicles in the motorcycle industry. The price of a bare car is about 12000 yuan. Add to that the handling fee, insurance, etc., and the price of the car exceeds yuan, which is simply not something that the farmer who won the prize today can afford!

The middle-aged man was holding a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle sign. After a photo was taken by the mall staff, he held the sign tightly and followed the staff to pick up the Chunlan Tiger motorcycle.

"Today, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall has prepared generous gifts for everyone. The third prize is a TV, air conditioner, or refrigerator. The second prize is a computer and motorcycle. The first prize is an Audi car!"

The marketing department of Oriental Times invited an event emcee, who took the opportunity to go on stage and start promoting the event vigorously, allowing everyone present to participate in receiving the awards.

Tao Yan and Jiang Suyi couldn't help but feel envious when they saw this scene. They wondered who was so lucky today to get that car.

With the winning event just now, the number of people participating in the lottery has obviously increased. Some people even started spending money to buy the tickets from Tao Yan and others in order to increase their chances of winning!
After all, buying a ticket costs two or three cents, or at most fifty cents. If you win the prize, even the third prize is worth two or three thousand yuan.

Some people felt there was no hope of winning, so they sold their tickets, while others just wanted to try their luck. Anyway, the atmosphere at the scene was completely ignited!
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"Why haven't you arrived yet?"

In the office area of ​​the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, the editor-in-chief of the football club magazine, Zhong Lifei, walked around for who knows how many times and then asked Li Dongling again.

Li Dongling felt a headache after hearing Zhong Lifei's questions. This was the nth time he had asked Li Dongling this question today.

"Ronaldo and his agent arrived in Xiyuan, the capital of Hanxi Province, last night. They will definitely come today!"

Li Dongling said helplessly, and pressed Zhong Lifei to sit down, "Don't worry, after Ronaldo finishes the event at the mall, he will be yours, and I will follow your arrangements!"

After hearing what Li Dongling said, Zhong Lifei knew that he was too impatient, but it really wasn't his fault.

The Football Club Magazine has been clamoring for Ronaldo's domestic visit for several years, but has never invited him. For this, the Football Club Magazine was severely criticized by the users who bought the magazine. You know, football guys are notoriously irritable.

There is also a group of football hooligans in foreign countries. Fans fight with their fists. Among them, the Russian football hooligans are the most fierce. They have set a record of winning a battle between two hundred and two thousand English football hooligans!
"Old Zhong, what do you think about the matter I mentioned to you before?"

Although the office area of ​​the Oriental Times Shopping Mall was busy, with the experience in the morning, I gradually gained experience and was able to cope with it.

Li Dongling also sat down and asked Zhong Lifei.

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Zhong Lifei showed hesitation on his face.

What Li Dongling mentioned to Zhong Lifei is related to Tianya Forum. Tianya Company wants to try to go overseas!

Tianya Forum is now the largest forum website in China. Basically, any user who has access to the Internet will visit the forum several times a day, either browsing posts or bragging. It has become a daily routine for many domestic Internet users.

If other domestic Internet companies could achieve the same level as Tianya.com, they would probably focus on stability and continue to expand their domestic market share.

But as an Internet company under Dongling Hi-Tech, seeing that the products of its sister departments are all being sold overseas and Feiyan Technology is listed on the Nasdaq with the title of the first Chinese Internet stock, how could Tianya Company not be tempted?
Therefore, Tianya Company also wanted to start trying to go overseas, but overseas is different from domestic. It may not be so easy for Tianya Forum to obtain news resources from local media. This requires a flagship product to open up the situation.

As for Tianya Forum, when it prepares to enter overseas markets, it will first focus on the Tianya Sports section and then allow Tianya Forum to fully enter overseas markets.

Tianya Sports currently focuses on football, which is also the most influential sport overseas. Tianya Sports can quickly attract a large number of fans, but it needs a professional to manage Tianya Sports' football-related projects. Tianya Forum took a fancy to Zhong Lifei, the editor-in-chief of the Football Club Magazine that has been cooperating with Tianya Sports, and wanted to poach him.

Tianya Forum provided two plans. One was to only recruit Zhong Lifei and let him serve as the editor-in-chief of Tianya Sports. In the future, when Tianya Sports was separated from Tianya Forum, he would be the general manager of Tianya Sports!
Another plan is that Tianya Sports will directly acquire the football club magazine, turning the two into one, and Zhong Lifei will then become the head of both companies.

"Old Zhong, the sales of paper newspapers and magazines have been declining. You have also felt it in the past few years!"

Li Dongling and Zhong Lifei have known each other for many years and can be considered old friends, so some things were said directly.

Zhong Lifei knew the truth of what Li Dongling said. The circulation of football club magazines was shrinking, and the same was true for other sports magazines.

Even as the editor-in-chief, he doesn't know how long the football club magazine can be sold in the future.

"I still need to think about this matter!"

Zhong Lifei said that he had worked in the football club magazine for so many years and it was not possible for him to leave just like that.

As for Tianya Forum's acquisition of the Football Club magazine, this was not a matter he could decide, because the Football Club had a big boss and was affiliated with Ganjiang Publishing House.

Li Dongling glanced at Zhong Lifei and said, "Tianya Forum can pay a considerable purchase price for the football club magazine. In addition, after the acquisition is completed, Tianya Sports can give Ganjiang Publishing House a 2% stake!
This is the only chance. If you miss it, you will never get it again. The football club magazine is not willing to sell itself, but there are other sports magazines that are willing to sell it!"

By buying the football club magazine and poaching Zhong Lifei, Tianya Sports has gained a base of domestic football fans.

In the future, Tianya Forum will need to deal with domestic media and the sports industry, and it will need to attract some support from domestic media and the sports industry so that it can obtain more resources.

If Tianya Sports can expand overseas and become a website like Reddit, Goal, etc., it will definitely make money in the future.

Reddit is known as the American version of Hupu. It went public with a valuation of $150 billion. This is still a standard sports website. If it were to be linked to a gambling company, its valuation would probably soar to the sky...

Acquiring football club magazines and starting to try to expand overseas are definitely worthwhile for Tianya Sports. If it can reach the level of Reddit in the future, Tianya Sports will have a chance to make a fortune!

Zhong Lifei nodded. He also knew that the conditions offered by Li Dongling and Tianya Forum were already quite good.

"Ronaldo is here!"

After hearing the report from the marketing department of Oriental Times Shopping Mall, Zhang Xiahai, Zhong Lifei and others hurried out, and there was suddenly a huge commotion in the mall.

"Hello!"

Accompanied by his agent, Ronaldo came to the shopping mall and shouted to the audience in the broken Chinese he had learned hastily, then greeted everyone with a wide grin.

Gao Dawei, Alex and other fans who came to see Ronaldo in the crowd saw Ronaldo. This was the first time that Gao Dawei saw the football superstar in person.

When Ronaldo appeared in the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, the customer flow of the entire Oriental Times Shopping Mall today basically reached its peak. The area where Ronaldo was located, wherever there was room to stand, was densely packed with people.

Ronaldo stayed in the mall for less than an hour before leaving, but Oriental Times Mall, Tianya Sports, Football Club Magazine, and Ronaldo's agent Martins announced that Ronaldo will play a friendly match in Pingyang tomorrow!

We will select some fans from the audience today to play a friendly match with Ronaldo. This is also Ronaldo's way of expressing his support for Dongling Hi-Tech, the sponsor, and the fans present today!

Upon hearing this, Gao Dawei, Alex and other fans couldn't help but cheer. If they could play a game with Ronaldo, it would be enough for them to brag about for several years and it would be worth their journey all the way here.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall announced the end of its first trial operation ahead of schedule, citing a fireworks show in the square. This was because some of the products in the mall were sold out, especially in the restaurant, where all the ingredients were sold out. What else could they do except close the store!
When the glass door of the mall was closed, fireworks over Oriental Times Square began to rise into the sky, lighting up the entire night sky. Inside the Oriental Times Mall, cleaning and counting of goods and calculation of today's transaction volume also began.

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In Shangdu City, which has now become a little deserted, Wang Suizhou, the general manager of Asia, came to his office.

The Asia Mall, which was once at its peak, is now mired in debts to suppliers, broken capital chains, and bankruptcy. The shelves in the mall are filled with inventory, and some are even empty. The prices are not competitive, and even during the peak season of the New Year, the Asia Mall is deserted.

A good cook cannot cook without rice. Without money, Wang Suizhou was helpless. When he arrived at the office, he picked up a special issue of "Market Watch" magazine on the table. This is a magazine that mainly reports on domestic shopping malls and other industries.

In those days, Asia was a frequent guest in this magazine, but now, she is nowhere to be seen.

When he opened the magazine, the title on the front page was Oriental Times Shopping Mall, and the words on it made Wang Suizhou stunned.

“Oriental Times Mall establishes a new global retail model!”

"On the first day of trial operation, the customer flow exceeded 122 million, and the Oriental Times Shopping Mall surpassed the Shanghai Yaohan, setting a new Guinness World Record!"

(End of this chapter)