At one o'clock in the morning, Li Qing and others' plane flew straight into the night sky.
Four hours later, we arrived in New York.
The staff of American Scholar Publishing House were waiting at the airport early. Li Qing and other conspicuous Asian faces helped them find their target immediately.
A beauty with long brown ponytail hair, about thirty years old, wearing tight jeans and a black shirt, extended a hug in an exaggerated manner, and said excitedly to Li Qing who was walking in the front: "Welcome to New York, Harry Potter
Father, I am your fan."
The fragrant breeze blows in your face.
Just like jasmine flowers blooming, the fragrance spreads thousands of miles.
What a strong perfume!
Li Qing was stunned for a moment, and after hugging the other party for a while, he asked: "Are you from Scholar Publishing House?"
"Yes."
The brown-haired beauty said with shining eyes: "I know, you are Leesin! I didn't expect that you are so talented at such a young age! Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. I am the assistant to the chief editor of the scholar publishing house. I
My name is Doris La Nasa, you can call me Doris or Nasa."
With that said, several people showed their work IDs.
The people at Scholar Publishing House seemed to attach great importance to Li Qing and others. There were five or six people who came to meet Feng, and the leader was Doris, who claimed to be the assistant to the editor-in-chief.
Moreover, after walking through the airport hall, the extended version of the Mercedes-Benz sedan also surprised Li Qing and others.
"Rented." Doris blinked: "It's 300 US dollars a day!"
Li Qing smiled.
After everyone got into the car one by one, the car walked alone in the darkness of dawn, heading towards the center of New York City.
American Scholar Press is the largest children's book publisher in the United States. In the field of children's books, they have considerable say in the world.
The company that cooperates with Scholar Publishing House is the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
The former is responsible for publishing and distribution, and the latter is responsible for sales.
It is worth mentioning that the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain has nearly 700 stores in the United States and more than 30,000 employees. It is one of the world's top 500 bookstores and the only bookstore selected into the world's top 500.
In terms of capital alone, Barnes & Noble is larger than Scholar Press.
In the 1970s, the little-known Barnes & Noble received capital injections to develop chain bookstores across the United States and acquired several strong chain bookstores. In this way, they were able to spread the company's sales network across the country.
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After that, Barnes & Noble launched its long-planned plan. One day in 1975, Barnes & Noble implemented discounts across the board, thus becoming the first American bookstore in history to sell books at a discount.
They used this method to lead a revolution in the book retail industry. At that time, the price of the books they sold was 40% cheaper than the price of books on the New York Times bestseller list. Relying on this high-quality and low-price sales model, they
In one fell swoop, it became the largest bookstore chain in the United States.
"You will arrive at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at 555 Fifth Avenue in downtown New York City at nine o'clock in the morning for the book launch party of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
Doris smiled and said: "Before, you are tired from the journey, you can choose to take a rest, we have arranged a hotel for you."
After reading the information about the Barnes & Noble bookstore that Doris handed over, Li Qing pondered for a moment and asked: "Will "Harry Potter" be on the shelves in all the Barnes & Noble bookstores at the same time today?"
"Yes." Doris nodded: "Barnes & Noble is the largest bookstore chain in the United States. It is a sales channel that no publisher can avoid. Although it forces our books to be discounted every day, you know,
They have the most channels in the industry, and without Barnes & Noble, the sales of Harry Potter in the United States may not satisfy you and me."
Small profits but quick turnover!
Li Qing sipped his lips.
The current attitude of Barnes & Noble Bookstore is very similar to the shameless style of those shopping websites in later generations——
Selling goods at extremely low prices, stealing customers, squeezing the living space of physical stores, and ultimately making it difficult for the physical industry to survive, facing bankruptcy, fulfilling itself and destroying others.
Today, there are many large-scale book sales websites in the United States, and among them, Amazon’s online book sales website is the largest.
Although Barnes & Noble also offers this service online, it doesn't pay too much attention to it.
Because at present, physical bookstores are still the focus of all book industries, and people generally buy books offline. Online shopping has not yet received real attention due to its safety, logistics and other issues.
So, can we take the opportunity to rob someone?
Li Qing groped his chin. If the prediction is correct, this Amazon online book sales network is probably the online shopping giant with the same name in his previous life. Although for various reasons, the development history of this website, its founder, etc. have all changed.
It has become different, but it remains the same. Online shopping is the only way for future generations. Li Qing feels that he needs to sow some seeds of growth in advance.
Even if some seeds become necrotic in the process, as long as one seed is sorted out, it will be enough for Li Qing to live comfortably for the rest of his life.
After checking into the hotel, Li Qing asked Liu Qin to find a way to get all the information from Amazon, an online bookstore.
This kind of formal company's information is easy to investigate. It didn't take long before Liu Qin handed the printed information to Li Qing.
Li Qing looked at these information and fell into deep thought.
Amazon Online Bookstore was established in 1995. During this period, it experienced two ups and downs and almost disappeared into the dust of history. However, it survived tenaciously. In 1997, Amazon submitted a prospectus for listing in Delaware.
Today, the opening price per share is around $19.
However, according to the content in the prospectus, before Amazon was listed, it was losing money for consecutive years and making very little profit.
However, because the Internet industry is an emerging industry with huge prospects to be explored, it was successfully listed.
But to this day, Amazon's profitability is still questioned by investors. Therefore, the stock price has not been high every time it opens, rarely rises or falls, and has always been in a state of steady development.
In this era, many Internet companies are developing rapidly and their scale has increased several times. In comparison, the business strategies of Amazon managers appear to be too conservative and slow, so much so that they have been complained by the majority of the company’s shareholders.
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Fortunately, according to current data, Amazon has achieved preliminary profits.
However, in Li Qing's view, this steady and steady model is a very good business strategy.
In today's United States, the Internet economy is developing rapidly. Although risks and opportunities coexist, many people only see opportunities. Before seeing the real risks, they still throw their lives and blood. In the face of opportunities, they choose to advance bravely and never
Back up.
As long as it is an Internet company, no matter how creative it is, once it invites bids, it can immediately attract a large amount of investment.
As a result, the market is impetuous and it is easy for Internet bubbles to occur.
Once the Internet bubble comes, these Internet companies that advance recklessly may be the first to be thrown into hell and face bankruptcy.
Therefore, choosing a stable online shopping company and taking a long-term view to catch big fish is what Li Qing wants to do now.
Of course, he will sow the seeds of the first world, and he will not throw away the seeds of the third world.
For Li Qing now, it seems that it is time for a domestic online shopping company to be born, and it is also time for some nourishment and nurturing.