Chapter 675: Flowers are similar every year, but people are different every year
Like Alex, there are several foreign customers, and they are basically here for Ronaldo.
After arriving at Oriental Times Mall, these foreign customers spend far more time in Chinese luxury goods than in other stores.
On the contrary, some wealthy people in China now like to visit overseas luxury brand stores such as Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Gucci after coming to Oriental Times Mall.
The choices on both sides are very different, but unexpectedly, the luxury area of Oriental Times Mall, which was thought to be unpopular, actually has quite good sales!
Tao Yan and Jiang Suyi were two little girls who were not interested in Ronaldo. After finishing their meal, they started exploring the map again. Even if they didn't buy anything, they were very excited about shopping in the mall.
The two of them first went to the central square of the shopping mall to try their luck and see if they could win a prize. The central square was also crowded with people.
"Congratulations to user 612493, who won today's second prize, a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle!"
When Tao Yan and Tao Yan were queuing up, the announcement in the mall suddenly rang, and the whole mall instantly became excited.
Whether it was the central square or the four-story glass wall, countless people gathered around, stretching their necks and looking down.
Tao Yan and the others also saw that the winner was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing navy blue clothes, obviously worn by farmers in the counties below Pingyang.
Hearing that he had won the prize, 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 all year round, showed an expression of excitement and some anxiety. Obviously he was not used to this kind of being. Attention-grabbing occasions.
However, winning a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle still makes middle-aged people excited. For today's people, whether they are in cities, counties or rural areas, owning a motorcycle is equivalent to owning a car in future generations.
A car is not only a means of travel, but also an important tool for a family to make a living. You can ride a motorcycle, carry goods for business, or you can send people off at the station to make money, etc. It can quickly change a family's income situation!
Nowadays, a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle is a representative of high-end cars in the motorcycle industry. The price of a naked motorcycle is around 12,000. With the handling fee, insurance, etc., the price of that car has dropped to more than 14,000. It is basically The farmer who won the lottery today cannot afford it!
The middle-aged man held up a Chunlan Tiger motorcycle sign. After being photographed by the mall staff, he hugged the sign tightly and followed the staff to collect the Chunlan Tiger motorcycle.
"Today, Oriental Times Mall has prepared generous gifts for everyone. The third prize is a TV, air conditioner, and refrigerator, the second prize is a computer, a motorcycle, and the first prize is an Audi car!"
The event emcee invited by the Oriental Times Marketing Department took the opportunity to take the stage and began to promote the event vigorously, allowing everyone present to participate in receiving awards.
When Tao Yan and Jiang Suyi saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel a little envious. They didn't know who was so lucky to get that car today.
With the recent lottery winning event, the number of people participating in the lottery has obviously begun to increase, and some people have even begun to spend money to buy tickets from Tao Yan and others, hoping to increase their chances of winning!
After all, buying a ticket costs two to three cents and up to fifty cents. If you win, even the third prize is worth two to three thousand yuan.
Some people felt that there was no hope of winning, so they sold their tickets, while others 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 Oriental Times Mall, the editor-in-chief of Football Club Magazine, Zhong Li, turned around countless times before asking Li Dongling again.
Li Dongling had a headache when he was asked by Zhong Lifei. This was the first time he had asked Li Dongling today.
"Ronaldo and his agent arrived at Xiyuan, the capital of Hanxi Province last night, and they will definitely come today!"
Li Dongling said helplessly, pressing Zhong Lifei and sitting down, "Don't worry, when Ronaldo finishes his activities in the mall, he will be yours, and everything will be at your discretion!"
After hearing Li Dongling's words, Zhong Lifei also knew that he was too impatient, but he really couldn't blame him.
Football Club Magazine has been clamoring for Ronaldo's domestic trip for several years, but has never invited anyone to come. For this reason, Football Club Magazine has been scolded by users who bought the magazine. You know, football buddies But he is notoriously irritable.
There is also a group of football hooligans abroad. Fans communicate with each other using fists. Among them, Lao Maozi's football hooligans are the most aggressive, setting a record of winning 200 times against 2,000 English football hooligans!
"Old Zhong, how have you considered the things I mentioned to you before?"
Although the office area of Oriental Times Mall is busy, but with the experience in the morning, although it is busy this time, I have gradually gained experience and started to be 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 was related to the Tianya Forum. The Tianya Company wanted to try and start going overseas!
Tianya Forum is now the largest forum website in China. Basically, users who have access to the Internet will visit the forum several times a day, browse posts or brag, which has become the daily life of many domestic Internet users.
If it were other domestic Internet companies that could reach the level of Tianya.com, they would probably focus on stability and continue to expand their domestic market share.
But as an Internet company under Donglin Hi-tech, seeing that the products of its brother departments are being sold overseas, and Feiyan Technology is even listed on the Nasdaq as the first Chinese Internet stock, can Tianya Company not be tempted?
Therefore, Tianya Company also wants to start trying to go overseas, but overseas is not as good as domestic. It may not be that easy for Tianya Forum to obtain news resources from local media. This requires a leading product to open up the situation.
Tianya Forum is preparing to enter overseas markets, focusing on the Tianya sports section first, and then allowing 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 requires a professional to handle Tianya Sports' football-related projects. Over at the Tianya Forum, they took a fancy to Zhong Lifei, the editor-in-chief of the football club magazine who had been cooperating with Tianya Sports, and wanted to poach him.
Tianya Forum gave two plans. One was to recruit Zhong Lifei and let him serve as the editor-in-chief of Tianya Sports. When Tianya Sports is separated from Tianya Forum independently in the future, he will be the general manager of Tianya Sports!
Another plan is for Tianya Sports to directly acquire the football club magazine, turning two companies into one. Zhong Lifei will also directly become the head of both companies.
"Old Zhong, the sales of paper newspapers and magazines have been declining, and you have 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 they said some things directly.
Regarding Li Dongling's words, Zhong Lifei also knew that it was true. The circulation of football club magazines was shrinking, and the same was basically true for other sports magazines.
Even he, the editor-in-chief, doesn’t know how long the football club magazine will be able to sell in the future.
"I still need to think about this matter!"
Zhong Lifei said that after working for Football Club Magazine for so many years, he never left as soon as he could.
As for Tianya Forum's acquisition of the football club magazine, this matter is not something he can decide, because the football club has a mother-in-law who heads it, and the football club is 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% equity!
This opportunity is only available once. If you miss it, you will never have it again. Football club magazines are not willing to sell themselves, but other sports magazines are! ”
By buying the football club magazine and poaching Zhong Lifei, Tianya Sports is equivalent to having a base of domestic football fans.
Tianya Forum will also need to deal with domestic media and the sports industry in the future, and it needs to attract the support of some domestic media and sports industries, so as to obtain more resources.
If Tianya Sports can complete its overseas expansion and become a website like Reddit and Goal, it will definitely make money in the future.
Reddit, known as the American version of Hupu, has been listed with a valuation of US$15 billion. It is still a decent sports website. If it cooperates with a gaming company, its valuation will probably skyrocket...
It is definitely worthwhile for Tianya Sports to acquire football club magazines and start trying to go overseas. In the future, if it can reach the level of Reddit, Tianya Sports will have the opportunity to make a lot of money!
Zhong Lifei nodded. He also knew that the conditions provided by Li Dongling and Tianya Forum were already quite good.
"Ronaldo is here!"
After hearing the report from the marketing department of Oriental Times Mall, Zhang Xiahai, Zhong Lifei and others hurriedly walked out, and there was a huge commotion in the mall.
"Hello!"
Accompanied by his agent, Ronaldo came to the mall, shouted to the audience in broken Chinese that he had learned temporarily, and then greeted everyone with a big grin.
Gao Dawei, Alex and other fans who were rushing towards Ronaldo in the crowd saw Ronaldo. This was the first time Gao Dawei saw a football superstar with his own eyes.
When Ronaldo appeared in the Oriental Times Mall, the passenger flow of the entire Oriental Times Mall today basically reached its peak. The area where Ronaldo was located, and wherever he could stand, was densely packed with people.
Ronaldo stayed in the mall for less than an hour and then left. However, Oriental Times Mall, Tianya Sports, Football Club Magazine, and Ronaldo's agent Martins claimed that Ronaldo will play a friendly match in Binh Duong tomorrow!
Select some of the fans present today to play a friendly match with Ronaldo. This is also Ronaldo expressing his support for Tanglin Hi-Tech, the sponsor, and the fans present today!
When they heard 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 for several years, and it wouldn't be in vain for them to come all the way here.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Oriental Times Mall announced the end of its first trial operation in advance on the grounds of a fireworks show in the square. Because some products in the mall were sold out, especially in the restaurant, all the ingredients were sold out. What else can a store do?
When the glass door of the mall closed, the fireworks in Oriental Times Square began to rise into the sky, lighting up the entire night sky. Inside Oriental Times Mall, cleaning, inventory of goods, and today's transaction volume also began.
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Wang Suizhou, general manager of Asia Asia, which has become somewhat deserted in Shangdu, came to his office.
Asia Mall, which was at its peak in those days, is now mired in quagmire of arrears with suppliers, broken capital chain, bankruptcy, etc. The shelves in the mall are full of inventory, and there are even empty shelves, and the price is not advantageous. Even during the peak season of the Chinese New Year, Asia Mall It's also deserted.
A good woman can't make a living without rice. Without money, Wang Suizhou can do nothing. When he came to the office, Wang Suizhou picked up a special issue of "Market Observer" magazine on the table. This is a magazine that mainly reports on domestic shopping malls and other industries.
At that time, Asia was also a frequent visitor to this magazine, but now, Asia has long disappeared.
Opening the magazine, the title on the front page was Oriental Times Mall, and the words above made Wang Suizhou stunned.
"Oriental Times Mall establishes a new global retail model!"
"On the first day of trial operation, the passenger traffic exceeded 1.22 million, and Oriental Times Mall surpassed Shanghai Yaohan and set a new Guinness World Record!"
(End of chapter)