Hollywood Starts with Animation

Mooresville, North Carolina.

Lowe's Corporate Headquarters.

"Zuck Wald has indeed become a shareholder of Maynards Home Improvement, and we must pay attention to this matter."

"Of course it is!"

"As we all know, since 1995, Zucker Wald has invested heavily in various industries such as media entertainment, Internet, sports, food, hotels, real estate, etc., and most of them have achieved considerable returns, especially Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group is now second only to Hollywood's six major media groups, and it is not an exaggeration for us to pay 12 points of attention to this alone."

"John Menard Jr. is indeed a model of self-made, and the means are enough!"

For a time, a group of executives in the conference room at Lowe's headquarters had a heated discussion.

First: John Menard Jr. is enough to give them a headache.

CEO Robert Niblok said solemnly: "Everyone knows how difficult John Menard Jr. is. We, Lowe's, have tried to enter the home improvement market in Wisconsin several times, but the result? We spent More than $200 million in funding, and yet again and again in Wisconsin.”

The voice fell.

All the executives present nodded in unison.

Wisconsin, one of the 50 states in the United States, is not a particularly developed state, but it also has a resident population of more than 5 million.

These 5 million permanent residents represent the personal home improvement market of millions of people.

As long as it is an ambitious home improvement chain brand, it will naturally not give up.

So does Lowe's.

And yet...they were beaten time and time again by John Menard Jr.

"One John Menard Jr. is enough to give us a headache, and now there's another Zucker Wald, my God, we're thinking about going to Wisconsin from now on, it's almost impossible! "

An executive couldn't help but said in surprise.

Everyone's faces stiffened.

Just giving up a market of millions of people, let's be honest... they're a little reluctant.

"Not reconciled,

So what can you do? "

CEO Robert Nybrock said coldly: "The most taboo thing in business management is to confront hardships. Since it is impossible to do anything, there is no need to waste excess manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Now adjust the plan, temporarily abandon the Wisconsin market, and switch to Attack markets in other states."

Everyone nodded reluctantly.

But as Robert said, there is no benefit in going head-to-head.

The most important thing is that Zucker's huge wealth makes them daunting.

......

Georgia, Atlanta.

Home Depot corporate headquarters.

It is one of the largest retailers of home building materials in the United States. The number of brand chain stores is second only to Walmart supermarkets, and it is firmly in the leading position in the sales of personal home improvement products.

In 2020, the "Forbes" 2020 list of the top 100 global brands was released, and Home Depot ranked 34th with an annual turnover of more than 110 billion US dollars.

Of course this is the future.

But even today, The Home Depot is still the No. 1 company in the industry, with more than 700 stores across the United States. Its profit in the whole year of last year exceeded 40 billion US dollars, accounting for more than 45% of the market share in the personal home improvement field. .

A proper industry giant.

However, the atmosphere in the Home Depot conference room at the moment was solemn.

Many of the company's shareholders and executives expressed concern about Zucker joining Menards.

"Humph!"

Arthur Blank, one of the founders and chairman of Home Depot, snorted coldly: "A Zucker Wald scare you?!"

"..."

The crowd was speechless.

"I know that this guy, Zucker Wald, can't be underestimated. The rapid rise of his wealth and the amount of wealth he has gathered is astounding, and even an unrepeatable miracle."

"He is in the film industry and is known as a gold medal producer and a talented director;"

"He is in the television industry and is known as the little emperor of television;"

"He is in the financial venture capital industry and is known as a financial superman;"

"He is also known as an excellent angel investor and Internet boss in the Internet industry;"

"Of course, he still has many, many titles. In just a few years, almost all of the industries and companies he has set his sights on have achieved incredible development, creating one amazing miracle after another. Now, he has entered the personal In the home improvement industry, through his past glorious record, you expressed concern, and I can fully understand it."

"But... that's not why you're afraid!"

"Don't forget, in the field of personal home improvement, we Home Depot are the industry leader!"

The words of Chairman Arthur Blank were full of power.

He was never a man willing to admit defeat!

In the 1970s, before the establishment of The Home Depot Company, the founders of Home Depot, Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus, were only the heads of the hardware department of a group company and were migrant workers. The two of them operated very well. It was successful, but the division was later sold by the head office, and the two were fired immediately.

However, they were not discouraged and wanted to return to the hardware industry.

Arthur Blank was born with the idea of ​​starting a company.

In the process of discussing the new company, the two of them asked themselves a very important question:

"If the two of us weren't fired and we were still running the previous hardware department, what kind of opponent would we be unable to beat?"

The verdict: "We can't compete with big, neat, cheap competitors."

So, the two of them began to think about how to become such a company. …

After a long discussion, they decided to start a company completely different from the hardware store they were familiar with, which was Home Depot.

They also decided to:

"My own store is twice, three times, or even bigger than a typical hardware store."

"More merchandise to sell."

"The price is also 10-20% cheaper than its peers."

Since the store was so big that they didn't have enough money to buy enough to fill all the shelves, they got a bunch of empty cartons from the dealer with stickers on the dealer's logo, and put the empty cartons on top of the shelves, Make consumers feel that the store really has a lot of inventory.

When the mall officially opened, consumers saw the spacious storefront and full of goods, and felt that it was a store with a very complete range of goods.

Arthur Blank said: "In the early days of a startup, we have to do everything we can to make this thing work, like a slang phrase: pretend to be successful until you are."

In 1978, Home Depot's first store was born;

In 1981, the first branch was opened;

In 1984, it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange;

In 1986, the sales exceeded 1 billion US dollars, and the first super-large shopping mall with an area of ​​140,000 square feet (about 13,000 square meters) was established;

As of November 2001, it has more than 700 stores in 50 states in the United States, and more than 50 large stores in overseas countries and regions;

Proper industry giant!

"We are so powerful, do we need to fear others?"

Chairman Arthur Blankron said: "Zuck Wald has indeed created one miracle after another, but in the field of personal home improvement, we are the first! It is not us that need to be feared, but him!"

Before the words fell, all the executives present felt their blood boil.

Zucker's name is indeed very loud, and it will be intimidating to many people, but not some people, such as Arthur Blank.

In the end, Arthur Blank chuckled and said, "Let's not say anything else, when it comes to Zucker Wald's stake in Maynard's home improvement, he was given a deal by John Menard Jr. , so he is just a man, not a god, and we have nothing to fear."

......

the state of Wisconsin.

a certain restaurant.

Edward Roski Jr., the owner of Roskey Real Estate in New York, smiled at Zucker after dinner and said, "Man, what you were told by Menard has gone crazy now, and the major media are really connecting the dots. It's been reported."

"Well, it is said that there are still many people who have a good joke."

Hearing this, Zu Ke did not feel annoyed at all, and said calmly: "It is sometimes a good thing that the undefeated golden body is broken. At least the hostility of the outside world to me is much less now, which will make my future work. Investing is becoming more and more handy.”

Little Edward nodded immediately.

He said: "You who have always succeeded, let the outside world pay too much attention to you, which is not good. Now it is very good. At least tell the outside world that you will also fail, and you will also be laughed at. This kind of firework is absolutely It's a good fit for your future operations."

The fifth update of "" is here.

It's been a long time, and it wasn't until the middle of the night that the promise of the explosion was completed, mainly because the author has a handicapped party!