中国人为什么勤而不富(3):奴隶与主人 我们先放下在本土奋斗的中国人,来看看在美国的华裔所面对的不同的勤奋和富有。大家都知道,生活在美国的像我们这样的华裔,恐怕是不可能有人会说我们不勤奋的。并且,在很多美国普通人的眼里,我们不仅勤奋,而且富有,并且非常聪明。这样的疑问和“不解”,我不知道被人们问了多少次了。 但是,同时可悲的事实是,以我们在国内人群中的智商比例,再相比普通美国人的勤奋精神与实际付出,我们获得的,却又实在是太少,太可怜了。 即使你做医生,一年拿上几十万的薪水,那也毕竟只是薪水。而且,你一旦不去上班,那个价值似乎也会随之不存在了。 “马无夜草不肥,人无横财不富”,是中国的古话。只是,这个“横财”,到底是什么?在我看来,就是与普通人的获得途径不同的财富! 获得这样的财富,你需要的远不仅仅只是勤奋和精明,你还得承担风险,还得与众不同,还得打造除了看得见摸得着的价值之外的“无形资产”,并且将这样的资产,在合适的时候,好好的卖出一个好价钱。也就是说,你得做对路:在合适的生活,用合适的方法和方式,做对合适的事情!而不是满足于当一个安稳的雇员! 实际上,华裔在美国做生意的人,为数也不少,能够做像“Five Below”这样生意的人,估计也不是没有。至少,做个几家这样的店,应该是会大有人在,在技术和管理层面上,也不应该很难。毕竟,它卖出的货物的来源,多数还是中国制造,从货源来看,华裔应该是更有优势的。 那么,为什么在我们之中就没有冒出这样的富有者呢?我们这里的很多人,在美国已经呆下了几十年了!呆的时间短,已经不能够再成为借口了。 为什么我们的华裔,有那么高的智商,却安于给人家当打工仔呢? 为什么一个个口中牛哄哄,做就做第一的家伙们,就是只能停留在口中的牛哄哄呢!?!语言上的巨人,行动上的矮子,和不懂得配合与团队合作精神的人,永远也成就不了大的气候! 闲话少说,让我们来看看,这家刚刚上市的公司的几个数字。在这之后,你就别掺和着,去谴责国内的上市公司圈钱的“不良”行为了,还是就此好好合计一下,怎么样也让你自己在美国能够圈一点大钱吧。 今天,这家公司的股价在27美元,市值在十五亿美元,拥有(年底之前的估计数,还没有到!)250家店面,过去一年的年度销售额大概在三亿美元,是当前市值的五分之一!公司的净利润是一千六百万,相当于是接近100倍的市盈率! 也就是说,它这家店每赚一块钱,股市给予的价格是100美元。 每家店的平均市价是六百万美元,平均的利润大概在六万美元的样子,而销售额大概是区区一百二十万的样子,也就是每个月十万的销售额。 你看到这里,是不是吓了一跳:一家店一年的利润,也就是区区六万到八万美元的样子!如果是你,辛辛苦苦的操劳一年,搞定一家店,每年赚这点票子,你看来是很难乐起来的。但是,这家公司的主子,却是无法不让自己高兴的。 这是忽悠的结果吗? 我看不是! 那是什么? 是人生活法的不同,是对自己人生价值的使用方法的差异,是敢于承担风险,敢于折腾之下,市场给予它的合理回报和鼓励。 我说了这么许多,就是想让我们这些多数还在狭小空间玩技术和独自欣赏自己那点与众不同的“小技巧”,并且,只敢自己私底下抱怨,老板对自己不公,付薪水不够高的朋友们,还是醒醒吧! 世界上有很多种不同的活法。 以你我这样的智商和勤奋,我们完全可以活出一个非常不同的人生。 同时,也少浪费点你孩子们的时间和心情吧,不要在逼他们学习中文、钢琴和获得全A成绩,进入藤校上浪费你和孩子的时间与人生! 只有那样,你才会既勤奋,同时,又能够富有! 中文学不学真的没有太大的价值!别被自己忽悠,也别老是只将眼睛盯着国内那点可怜的机会,那里的机会,真的是价值不大,很多时候,就是一种幻觉。你不信,好好看看回去捞金者的实际结果,你就应该明白了。 对于我们这样的华裔,真正的机会在美国,在我们的脚下。只要你实实在在的搞明白美国人的生活方式,搞清楚自己的真正优势,你就会发现一个巨大无比的天空。 忘掉中国吧!忘掉股票吧! 别在那里当傻瓜,为人家圈钱提供帮助!如果你那样做的话,你就是在上班时被动的当奴隶之后,下班又主动的去当奴隶了。 Five Below: Another Successful Public Offering Last Week July 23, 2012 Shares of Five Below (FIVE) saw a successful public debut last week. The retailer of discount merchandise for teenagers made its debut last Thursday. The Public Offering Five Below sold 9.6 million shares for $17 a piece on Thursday, thereby raising $163.5 million in gross proceeds. Half of the shares were offered by selling shareholders which implies the company will raise approximately $82 million in the offering process. The offering price of $17 came in at the high end of the initial offer price range of $15-$17 per share, which was already revised upwards by $3 in recent weeks. The company will sell approximately 18% of its 54 million shares outstanding. Investors reacted very positive to the public offering as shares opened at $26.05 on Thursday to end their first trading day at $26.50 per share, marking a first day gain of 56%. On Friday shares gained another 2.9% closing at $27.27. Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Jefferies acted as underwriters in the offering. Valuation Five Below will use the proceeds from the offering to repay at least $50 million in debts, with the remainder of the funds being used for general corporate purposes. Five Below has seen aggressive growth in recent years as revenues more than tripled between 2008 and 2011. For the full year of 2011 the company generated $297 million in annual revenues which was up 51% on the year. Net income more than doubled last year from $7 million to $16 million. The share price jump to $27.27 per share values Five Below at roughly $1.5 billion or 5 times its annual sales for 2011 and at almost a hundred times earnings. Undoubtedly revenues will continue to rise for the fiscal year of 2012 as the company plans to increase its store count from 199 at the moment by opening another 50 stores in 2012. For 2013 Five Below expects to open another 60 stores. Including same stores sales growth of around 10%, as reported in its latest earnings report, the business is on track to generate $500 million in annual revenues by 2013. Such a revenue base would bring the revenue valuation multiple down to 3 times. This valuation compares to a 1.8 times revenue multiple forDollar Tree (DLTR) and 1.2 times revenue multiple for Dollar General (DG). A lot of good news has already been priced in for Five Below. At these levels I won't consider making an investment unless same store sales growth increases notably in the coming quarters or I get better visibility about its medium term future. |