American Fortune Life

"More than half of the world's cashew nuts are bought by Costco.

Costco deliberately lost money selling hot dogs to drive customers to buy other high-margin products. The hot dog + soda set, the price in the United States has been maintained at 1.5 US dollars, and it has been sold for more than 20 years. . .

Costco's photo processing and printing department has a daily processing volume of up to 2 million pieces. . .

The goods sold by Costco include not only food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also coffins, urns, and even pet urns. . .

In order to save transportation costs, Costco changed the nut jars from round to square, saving about 400 trucks in transportation every year, and the effect is amazing.

Costco is taking the boutique route, with as many as 100,000 items on its shelves, while Costco has only about 4,000.

Although Costco is a big box store, it also sells diamonds. In 2007 alone, the total weight of diamonds sold by Costco around the world reached 100,000 carats. . .

The most fascinating thing about Costco is its small profits but quick turnover. General supermarkets and department stores will earn 25% to 50% as profit, while Costco only increases by 15%, which is 30% cheaper than others.

Although Costco adopts an annual fee membership system, about 90% of its 40 million members worldwide are willing to renew.

Costco has very good employee benefits and can retain talents. It is also the most beloved company among employees in the United States. . . "

At dusk, Andy, who was comfortably lying on the Maybach air seat, looked at the secrets about Costco's deep-seated business strategy sent to him by the think tank on his mobile phone.

After reading it, Andy became more determined in his purchase decision, locked the phone, looked at the street view of Manhattan outside the car window with deep eyes, and said to himself: "Such a 13-star supermarket should belong to me, of course, Andy Smith." !"

"Boss, there is a traffic jam ahead, I'm afraid we need to wait for a while."

At this moment, Martin on the co-pilot reached out and pressed the headset in his ear, turned around with a helpless expression, and reported to Andy Hui.

"What's the matter?" Andy has long been used to the traffic jams in New York, which is why, if possible, he usually chooses to travel by helicopter.

"There's a possibility of a sun hanging over Manhattan today, so the streets ahead are full of cars and people."

"Ha~" Andy chuckled and said, "Go, let's go and have a look."

As he said that, Andy didn't wait for Martin to get out of the car to help him open the door, he directly opened the car door and got out of the car. Martin was startled by his sudden decision, so he immediately opened the door and got out of the car, standing in front of Andy. And use the headset to notify the bodyguards on the front and rear escort vehicles to get off.

Seeing the bodyguards who were facing the enemy surrounded him, Andy put on his sunglasses, and looked a little bit dumbfounded when he was noticed by many pedestrians who were rushing to the intersection ahead, and couldn't help but reach out and pat him on the side Martin's shoulder in front of him, and said calmly: "It's okay, let's go, take a look ahead."

"Manhattan Hanging Sun" is an iconic landscape in New York City, which appears twice a year. It refers to the dramatic scene where the sun appears just above the east-west streets of Manhattan at sunset and seems to hang between tall buildings on both sides. When the "Manhattan Sun" appeared, every east-west street in Manhattan was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

When Andy and his party came to the entrance of the street amidst the curious looking eyes of the passers-by around, just in time for the hanging sun to appear, and the golden sunlight dyed everything. The appearance of this beautiful scene immediately aroused the exclamation of the crowd.

Although this is not the first time that Andy has seen the sun hanging over Manhattan, he will still be attracted by the wonderful landscape composed of nature and modern architecture again. He pushed the sunglasses to the top of his head, took out his mobile phone and began to shoot this mysterious and beautiful scene. Spectacular sight.

Standing in the middle of the street and looking into the distance, it is as if the sun is hanging at the end of the street.

"omg! It's Andy Smith..."

"Oh my god, it's really him, he's also watching the hanging sun..."

Ten minutes later, the hanging sun was slowly setting. When Andy lowered his head to check his shooting situation, he heard the exclamation of two women not far away from him. The girl looked at each other and couldn't help showing a sunny smile. She first raised her hand and waved to say hello. Under the escort of a dozen people, they quickly turned around and returned to the original road.

"Ah, he waved at me, he's so handsome..."

"Yeah yeah..."

"Damn it, we should get him to sign it..."

. . . . . .

Looking at the back of being escorted away by a group of bodyguards, the girls who were excited and exclaimed began to feel annoyed again. As the youngest richest man in the world, almost every American girl regarded him as the best date candidate, and dreamed of being able to date him. Come for a chance encounter and a romantic evening.

That's why, Ivana's status among American women has always been in a very awkward position. There are some who are sought after, but more of them are envious and jealous. Although her ins and Facebook are highly concerned, the comment section It is almost a Shura field.

When Andy walked into the house, he saw that he would wear the most comfortable silk pajamas at home, with his hair casually coiled up, and Ivana, who was dressed lazily, lay casually on the sofa. Although her big belly was a bit scary, but But I can't help but the big long tui is still so charming.

"Honey, sit down and don't get up..."

Seeing Andy coming back, Ivana, with a happy and sweet smile on her face, wanted to stand up with some difficulty, but Andy stepped forward to stop her, then sat beside her, kissed her, and caressed her With her big belly, she smiled softly: "How do you feel?"

"Everything is fine, nothing, it's just getting more and more inconvenient." Ivana smiled sweetly, showing her white teeth, and stretched out her hand to caress her ear on her pregnant belly to listen to the fetal movement. With a warm and happy expression.

"After a week of persistence, you can let him/her come out, and then you can feel relieved." Andy raised his head, looked at Ivana with a gentle face, and reached out to caress her more round and pretty face , and said with some emotion: "My dear, thank you for everything you have endured for me and my child."

Ivana looked at Andy with tenderness in her eyes, reached out and stroked Andy's cheek, and said softly, "I love you."

"I love you too!" As he said, Andy bowed his body, carefully took Ivanna into his arms, and quietly enjoyed the moment of warmth between the two.

The next morning, Andy, who was wearing a tank top and shorts, carefully helped Ivana to walk in the garden of the manor.

"It's really sad, even if MJ dies, he can't find peace..."

With a big belly, Ivana held her waist with her hands, and was carefully supported by Andy. She moved slowly, with a pitiful expression on her face, feeling emotional about some reports about Michael's body and inheritance in the newspaper this morning.

"In the era of entertainment to death, everyone is a participant in the event, the topic carrier, topic maker, topic disseminator, and melon-eating audience are constantly promoting the topic to continue to be hot. As long as the news is popular, this topic As for the dignity of the deceased, this is not within the scope of people's consideration." Andy said with a smile, he didn't want to affect Ivana's mood because of these things, and used a bigger topic to discuss Avert her gaze.

"Indeed." Ivana nodded in agreement, then shook her head slightly and laughed, "It's like the photos of our unborn baby, which have now been fired up to 10 million by those media."

"Hehe, since there are people who have taken advantage of the money and are willing to spend this money, we will satisfy them. If we really spend 10 million yuan to buy photos, we will set up a charity fund for our children, for those newborns who are in deep trouble and those who have just been born. Mothers provide nutritional assistance, what do you think?" Andy suggested with a smile.

Ivana first gave Andy a charming white look, and pouted red, as if she was not very interested in this proposal, but after pondering for a while, she stroked her big belly and said softly: "God will bless the kind People, our children are going to live under the spotlight after all. I will handle this matter myself."