Inside the offices of Walmart Inc. in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA.
Sitting behind the office, Frans, the department manager in charge of purchasing, looked at the secretary who walked in and asked in a deep voice.
"Have the analysis results come out?"
The secretary nodded and placed a document on the boss's desk.
"It's out. Our researchers found several very interesting plant proteins in this thing called a nutritional mixture. Although we don't know whether it is synthesized or extracted from which plant, there is no problem with food safety."
"By FDA standards?" France confirmed again.
"Yes." The secretary nodded affirmatively.
Since the scandal broke out in 2015, Walmart has become cautious in its attitude towards health care product suppliers.
At that time, Ginkgo biloba leaves sold by Walmart claimed to improve memory, but after inspection by prosecutors, they only contained radish powder and wheat flour. However, the label said it did not contain wheat or gluten, which may cause allergies in some users.
This incident caused a huge stir at the time, and four large supermarket chains including Wal-Mart were thrust into the forefront of public opinion. Although people have almost exposed this matter after more than a year of cooling down, Wal-Mart is still more than twice as strict as before when selecting suppliers of health products and food.
Three days ago, he received a package signed by a future human being. Along with the samples, an invitation letter was also included in the package.
To be honest, if it weren't for the reputation of Future Man Group, France might not even look at it and pass on this product labeled as "liquid food" and "full stomach for weight loss".
France picked up the analysis report and scanned it. However, the more he read, the more solemn his eyes became. Especially when he saw the two columns of clinical response and effect estimate, his eyes almost glued to the paper.
He slapped the document on the table and immediately gave an order to his secretary.
"Send a salesperson to the new country immediately. We must sign this order... No, send that guy Jim to go in person." France immediately ordered his secretary.
"But boss, Jim will have to discuss with the representatives of Puris Biotech this afternoon about-"
"Let his assistant take over." France waved his hand, "Put this report in front of him, he will know how important this thing is to us. I don't care what method he uses, I hope to see it in three days There's a supply contract sitting on my desk."
The secretary nodded. Turn around and go out.
Leaning on the office chair, France took a deep breath, with an expression of joy on his face.
The fat people in America—oh no, it’s Wal-Mart’s health product brand that can be saved!
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The same scene played out in different places. Major retailers are investigating the origin of this future human creature. No one knows why Future World suddenly entered the health care products and food markets, but who cares? After discovering the wonders of nutritional blends, almost all retailers offered an olive branch to the newly established company.
"We sent fifteen invitation letters, and a total of thirteen retailers responded to our invitation and expressed their intention to cooperate on this product." In the shareholders' meeting room, a man was reporting to Jiang Chen, the only shareholder. .
Tao Ming, New Zealand Chinese, male, 31 years old, former department manager of Puris Health Products Company. Has rich experience in product planning and marketing. Jiang Chen, who is currently the general manager of Future Human Biotechnology, was hired from Pris Health Products Company through an international headhunting company with a monthly salary of US$20,000.
If there are not enough talents, just spend money. Anyway, Jiang Chen, whose R&D costs are basically zero, does not need to consider losing money at all.
"In addition, the online stores we have opened on e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Taobao have also entered the final stage of preparation. The goods will be transported from the deep-water port on Anga Island to the Port of Darwin in Australia, using there as a springboard to supply goods to the world."
Although the words were very general, they were all spoken in vernacular that Jiang Chen could understand. It seemed that Tao Ming was quite smart and knew that Jiang Chen couldn't understand those professional terms.
"That's right. How much goods are needed per month?" Jiang Chen nodded.
"In cooperation with retailers, monthly supply orders should be more than 100,000 boxes. Online store sales are highly variable, depending on marketing investment. Sales volume may fluctuate between 10,000 and one million boxes."
The profit for one box is US$500, and one million boxes is US$500 million. This profit is really scary.
Seeing that Tao Ming had stopped talking and looked at him hesitantly. Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile and said.
"If you have anything to say, just tell me."
"If we can push advertisements for nutritional mixtures on the platform of Future People 1.0, it will be very helpful to build the brand's reputation." Tao Ming suggested tentatively.
"No problem, I will contact you about this. By the way, do you need to have a celebrity as a spokesperson or something when advertising?" Jiang Chen asked.
When Jiang Chen asked about the spokesperson, Tao Ming nodded.
"That's best. Based on the discussion in the marketing department, I suggest hiring Hollywood stars like Emma Watson or Chloë Grace Moretz as product spokespersons. To pave the way for fame in the global market—"
"Wait a minute, why does the name Emma Watson sound so familiar?" Jiang Chen frowned slightly, thinking about where he had heard this name before.
Seeing the boss's expression, Tao Ming smiled.
"Have you seen Harry Potter?"
"?" Jiang Chen asked.
"Movie. Emma plays Hermione." Tao Ming said.
"Oh oh oh! I remembered it. But why do I think it would be better to let the person who plays Potter do it for her? That guy has gotten so fat in the next few movies." Jiang Chen glanced at him with ill intentions. said.
"Boss, it's better to put aside the plot of the movie when discussing official business." Tao Ming coughed and reminded with some embarrassment.
"Haha, I'm sorry, I interrupted just now. Um... Which celebrity is your suggestion to choose better?" Jiang Chen asked.
"The first choice is Emma. Of course, there are many alternatives."
"How much do you estimate the endorsement fee will be?" Jiang Chen then asked.
"It is estimated to be between US$1 million and US$1.5 million, and it will certainly vary depending on the endorsement project." Tao Ming replied.
Not very expensive either. Speaking of which, isn't that guy Roberts working as a director in Los Angeles? Just ask him to help contact me.
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Jiang Chen said.
Tao Ming nodded.
"I have a meeting with a Wal-Mart representative in the afternoon, where we will discuss the supply contract. If nothing else happens, I will sign a contract with a monthly supply volume of 50,000 boxes. Is there any problem with production capacity? "
"No problem. I will take care of the expansion of production, and you can just take care of the sales." Jiang Chen waved his hand.
At worst, I'll go back to the end of the world, get more inducers to expand the planting area of DH seaweed, and get more organic conversion furnaces to "squeeze the juice". If it works well, this nutritional mixture business will bring him a monthly income of 100-200 million US dollars. Taking into account the stability and sustainability of the real economy, the prospects of this future human biology are not inferior to those of future human technology.
At this time, there were several gentle knocks on the door.
Tao Ming looked towards the door and saw his secretary.
"Walmart representatives have arrived."
"Already here? So fast." Tao Ming couldn't help showing a surprised expression, "You ask him to wait first, I'm holding a board meeting-"
"No, you go ahead." Jiang Chen stood up with a smile, "I've almost finished understanding what I need to know. I just have to go to the airport to pick someone up later, so the board of directors will stop here."
"But I haven't shown you the operational planning plan yet. After all, this is a major decision for the company's development. It would be better if the chairman personally reviews it." Tao Ming said hesitantly.
"No, I believe in your ability." Jiang Chen stopped next to Tao Ming, patted his shoulder and encouraged, "Do it well, I will give you enough space to show off your skills."
Tao Ming looked at Jiang Chen gratefully.
To be honest, the reason why he jumped here was partly because of the high salary offered by Future Life, but what made him even more excited was Jiang Chen's promise to delegate power to him. When he used to work at Prius, many excellent proposals failed to pass due to differences in the board of directors, tight capital chains and other issues. In the end, the year-end performance appraisal had to be passed by them, who were working part-time.
As the saying goes, a scholar will die for his confidant, and because of this trust, he vowed not to let Jiang Chen down. (.)