Chapter 904: A Hot Commodity

Zhou Qianyi helped the old man down the elevator, followed by Zhou Xianqiang and Luo Wenxuan. (For those who forgot, see Chapter 714)

"Qianyi!" The old man looked at the mall. "In 1989, Carrefour opened its first supermarket in Taiwan, and the year before last, it opened its second. But RT-Mart's business philosophy is much more advanced than Carrefour's.

Look at the renovation, the settlement system, it makes people find it hard to believe that such a super-modern large-scale commercial supermarket would appear on the mainland. In front of it, Carrefour is just a rural grocery store."

Zhou Qianyi asked, "Carrefour is cooperating with Uni-President, right!"

"Right!" The old man nodded. "I remember they jointly invested 120 million New Taiwan dollars to form Uni-President Carrefour Company. Uni-President holds 40% of the shares, and Carrefour holds 60% of the shares."

"Grandpa!" Zhou Qianyi suddenly said. "What if we cooperate with RT-Mart and introduce RT-Mart to Taiwan?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "This idea of yours is very good. With RT-Mart's advanced business philosophy and management, Carrefour definitely won't be our opponent.

More importantly, Carrefour finds Uni-President to cooperate because Uni-President is a food enterprise. And we are in the hotel and catering business, so naturally, we are not short of supply channels."

At this time, Luo Wenxuan said with some worry, "But RT-Mart is a mainland enterprise, will the upper levels in Taiwan..."

"No!" The old man said very affirmatively. "Exchanges between the two sides have just begun, and for normal commercial cooperation, both the mainland and Taiwan are very happy to see it."

"Then let's strike while the iron is hot!" Zhou Qianyi checked the time. "Let's eat first, and then go see the senior management of RT-Mart."

Looking at his decisive daughter, Zhou Xianqiang was very gratified, but as soon as he thought of that prodigal son, his good mood was gone.

Fortunately, there was a promising daughter; otherwise, if he handed over such a large family business to that prodigal son, it would be ruined in a few years.

"Oh, right, Grandpa!" Zhou Qianyi helped the old man walk toward the exit. "Yesterday I received news from headquarters that the mainland's Guangdong Province invited us to participate in the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Forum."

The old man asked, "When?"

Zhou Qianyi said, "October 1st!"

The old man thought for a moment. "Then let's go, just in time for me to stroll around and see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland."

"Fine!" Zhou Qianyi nodded. "I'll accompany you!"

Zhou Xianqiang was a bit anxious. "Dad, for this entrepreneur forum, it's enough for Qianyi to participate, we are going back in September..."

Before he could finish speaking, the old man waved his hand impolitely and interrupted. "You go back yourself, I want to spend the New Year on the mainland."

The old man went back to his hometown once, it had been decades, but the appearance of his hometown hadn't changed at all.

If there was any change, it was that of his childhood playmates, only one remained. Originally there was another, but he passed away last year.

He stayed for a few days and was warmly entertained by the local government, but there was no news of his second brother at all.

Originally, he was going back in September, which was decided before coming to the mainland.

But he didn't find the person, and he didn't want to go back, but the family would definitely oppose it.

Now Guangdong Province invited him to participate in the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Forum, didn't this give him a reason to stay?

The old man seemed to have eaten a ginseng fruit, and he became much more spirited, looking like he was rejuvenated.

His heart was filled with laughter; it was still his eldest granddaughter who understood him, this old man.

Zhou Xianqiang glared fiercely at his daughter. He wanted to scold her, but with the old man nearby, he didn't dare.

Because the old lady wasn't there, if he angered the old man, he really dared to beat him.

Zhou Qianyi turned back and smiled. Seeing her father's dark face, she hurriedly turned back. "Grandpa, my dad seems very unhappy."

The old man snorted coldly. "I am his father, even if he is dissatisfied with me, he has to endure it, otherwise when I die, he won't get a penny of the family property, I'll give it all to you."

"Heh!" Zhou Qianyi chuckled, then turned back to look, and found her father's face was even darker.

As for Luo Wenxuan on the side, he had always been looking at his nose, nose at his heart, and ears not hearing things outside the window.

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RT-Mart temporary office, Zhou Andong sat on a chair with his legs crossed, leaning his upper body against the table beside him, cracking melon seeds in his hand.

Jian Qiu sat on the other side, holding a bottle of iced black tea, listening to Tang Bei talk about what had just happened.

"I think it is very necessary to conduct emergency training for our employees, and also purchase some emergency equipment and medicine."

"Pfft!"

Zhou Andong spat out the melon seed shell in his mouth. "We must be people-oriented, this decision of yours is very good."

Jian Qiu looked at Tang Bei and asked, "How old is that female doctor named Zhao Ping, and what does she look like?"

Tang Bei thought for a moment. "Very beautiful, very elegant. She is a bit shorter than me, a bit plump, and her hair is permed in wavy curls. I can't quite tell her age, she looks like she's about thirty, but feels like she should be around forty."

Jian Qiu asked again, "Didn't you ask which hospital she is from?"

Tang Bei shook her head. "That I didn't!"

"What's wrong?" Zhou Andong looked at Jian Qiu, full of confusion.

Jian Qiu said with a smile, "According to Tang Bei's description, this Zhao Ping is very likely my old aunt!"

"How could it be such a coincidence!" Zhou Andong threw the melon seeds in his hand onto the table. "There are so many hospitals in Beijing, there definitely isn't just one or two named Zhao Ping, and it's not like there aren't others with similar looks and dress."

After speaking, Zhou Andong looked at Zhou Xiaoli. "When does Xiao Wen report?"

Zhou Xiaoli said, "The 26th, classes officially start on September 10th."

Zhou Andong nodded. "Are the daily necessities all prepared?"

"Prepared, just waiting to report!" Zhou Xiaoli asked, "When does Xiao Qin report?"

Zhou Andong stood up and patted the melon seed shells off his body. "The 23rd!"

"Isn't that soon!" Zhou Xiaoli looked at the calendar hanging on the wall. "Two more days."

"I've already entrusted someone to look for An Xue's school, there will be news in these two or three days, don't be anxious."

Zhou Andong checked the time. "Let's go, let's go eat, I'm hungry."

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Supermarket food court, Zhao Ping, Jian Zhengrong, Jian Yue, and Jian Mingfan were eating and chatting around the table.

"I truly understand why it's called a supermarket now."

Jian Zhengrong took a bite of the meat pie overflowing with oil, feeling very moved.

"I'm not going back tomorrow, I'll leave the day after."

"What's the matter?"

Zhao Ping asked, Jian Zhengrong's itinerary was arranged long ago, changing it just like that, the subsequent work must have changes.

Jian Zhengrong put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a napkin. "I want to see the boss of RT-Mart and persuade him to open RT-Mart in Dongguan!"

Jian Yue blinked. "Don't you know who the boss of RT-Mart is?"

Jian Zhengrong was stunned. "You know?"

Jian Yue was also stunned. "Didn't Xiao Fan tell you?"

"Swish!"

Jian Zhengrong, Zhao Ping, including Jian Yue, the eyes of the three people looked at Jian Mingfan in unison. ===== CHAPTER 905 =====