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Chapter 1068 Business Development of Headwind Logistics! (add more)
Lu Mingming paused, and continued: "At present, we already have 2000 headwind stations. You must know that some domestic express companies only have more than [-] outlets across the country. We have already surpassed them in number."

"Headwind Logistics has been losing money like this, and it can only rely on blood transfusions from other industries. This is not a long-term solution. It must further reduce losses and increase profits in order to develop better."

"So, I think we should start to prepare for the regular express delivery business across cities, and grab this profit from other express delivery companies!"

For a long time, headwind logistics has actually done the dirty work that other express delivery companies are least willing to do.

The problem of the "last mile" has always been a big problem plaguing the express delivery industry.Because it is very convenient to transport from the transshipment point to the express outlet, it is enough to pull a truckload of goods directly, but the labor cost is high to deliver the express delivery one by one from the outlet to the door.

It is also the delivery of express delivery. Other express companies do the most trouble-free and most profitable part, while headwind logistics does the most troublesome and the least profitable part.

Headwind Logistics solves the problem of the last mile for other express delivery companies. On average, it only charges 2~4 cents per piece. Although it mainly collects some small pieces, it still loses blood, and the effort is not proportional to the return.

The solution given by some platforms is to make express cabinets and let customers pick them up by themselves.

But the problem is that this courier cabinet collected money from the courier company and saved a lot of costs for the courier company, but passed on the last mile of errands to consumers.

Consumers are walking and moving things, and the space occupied by the express cabinet is also provided by the community. In the end, it saves the express company from trouble and makes the express cabinet make money, but there is no benefit for him. He should enjoy the door-to-door. Service is also discounted.

Some customers like to go to the express cabinet to pick up their parcels because of the problem of commuting time, but this can only be used as one of the options, and it cannot be forced to let those who do not want to go out also pick up the parcels by themselves, which is too chicken thief Act, in fact, violated the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

Deadwind Station can let the courier deliver the goods to the door, and also allow customers to pick up the goods by themselves, and they can also get some points for picking up the goods. This is the solution to protect the rights and interests of consumers.

Of course, Lu Mingliang was very dissatisfied with the current situation where others eat meat and can only drink soup against the wind.

He won't force other companies to drink soup too, but why can't I eat meat?
Isn't it just to collect the express, go to the distribution center for sorting, load it to the target city, sort it again, and then send the express?
Why can't headwind logistics make this big money?

If I didn't do it before, it was because there were too few stores and the coverage was not enough, so we had to deploy it first.

Now they have opened more than 4000 stores. A strong man still only drinks soup and does not eat meat, and ends up screaming with hunger. Is this appropriate?

Obviously very inappropriate.

So he came this time, on the one hand, to report the current situation of Headwind Logistics to President Pei, and on the other hand, to test President Pei's attitude on this matter, hoping to expand the business of Headwind Logistics as soon as possible.

Not to mention turning losses into profits soon, at least start the cross-city express delivery business and reduce some losses.

Otherwise, it will continue to lose money like this, it seems that the person in charge has been eating vegetarian meals at the corpse, and even the person in charge can't raise his head when he is gathering.

Pei Qian's expression instantly became very solemn.

broken!

Obviously, Lu Mingliang has been working diligently in Headwind Logistics for more than a year, and he will never be satisfied with opening stores like this repeatedly.

This is why Lu Mingliang has been able to endure it for so long. If he changed the person in charge, it is estimated that he would have to come to protest half a year in advance and demand to expand the business.

Pei Qian thought about it for a while, but it was not a good thing to refuse directly.

Lu Mingliang is a more down-to-earth person, works steadily, completes tasks very seriously, and has a strong execution force.He took the initiative to put forward this opinion, which is enough to show that he has thought carefully and repeatedly, and really couldn't hold back before he came here.

There are already more than 4000 stores, and the most difficult "last mile" problem has been solved. Doing cross-city express delivery is nothing more than a convenient thing, why not do it?

Apart from the undeniable reason of deliberately losing money, Pei Qian really couldn't think of any other reason to reject Lu Mingliang's proposal.

but……

Just agreed with Lu Mingliang's proposal?

Certainly not!

If the logistics is done well, there will be a lot of money to be made. The headwind logistics is a good loss. If it turns losses into profits again, Pei Qian will have to vomit blood on the spot.

Therefore, it is necessary to make certain adjustments to the business of Headwind Logistics to appease Lu Mingliang, and it is necessary to ensure that this business adjustment will allow Headwind Logistics to continue to lose money.

Pei Qian quickly thought of a good solution.

"Well, you're right. It's really time for some business adjustments on the side of Headwind Logistics."

"However, it should be noted that although the number of stores of Adversity Logistics has reached [-], they are all distributed in four areas. Centered on the four core cities of Jingzhou, Didu, Modu, and Yangcheng, they spread to the surrounding areas. But in vast areas other than these four areas, such as general provincial capital cities and second-tier cities, there are no stores at all, let alone those small counties.”

"If we want to develop cross-city express delivery business, this city can't deliver, and that city can't deliver. How competitive is it compared with other express companies?"

"Other express delivery companies, although some have only [-] stores, are all over the country, and even some small counties have coverage. This is the essential difference."

"Their stores have a very large coverage area. Although there are many express delivery, slow delivery, and often lost items, they can ensure that most cities in the country have coverage, but we can't."

Lu Mingliang couldn't be calmer: "Then Mr. Pei, what do you mean, we can't do regular express delivery until our stores are all over the country? Then what year and month did we go..."

Pei Qian smiled slightly: "I mean, it can be done, but we have to form a differentiated competition with other express delivery companies."

"If you just rent a warehouse and buy some equipment as a sorting center, and then rent some large trucks to transport the goods, what is the difference between Headwind Logistics and other express companies?"

"My idea is to take advantage of the current advantages of Headwind Logistics and make it faster than all express delivery!"

"And faster than other express delivery, we can no longer use the traditional land-based transportation method, we do air transportation!"

"Talking about cooperation with airlines, leasing planes to transport goods. With the four cities of Jingzhou, Didu, Modu, and Yangcheng as the centers, there will be at least one flight every day for round-trip cargo transportation, so that there are twelve flights a day, and express delivery The goods are delivered to the corresponding city."

"Then, these goods are sorted and sent to surrounding cities by traditional land transportation. This is faster than other courier companies! Of course, only in the areas covered by our business."

"Outside of these four areas, we are temporarily not offering any drop-off or pickup services."

Lu Mingliang couldn't help being stunned.

It turned out that President Pei didn't disagree with him, but wanted to go further!
At present, the delivery method of the express company in this world is still mainly land transportation. If it is sent from Yangcheng to the imperial capital, it will take three days, and if it is delayed, it will even take four days or more.

And President Pei's idea is to take Jingzhou, Imperial Capital, Modu, and Yangcheng as the center, and divide their surrounding cities into a land transportation area.

Between these four cities, the use of pure air transport can shorten the express delivery that originally took three days to deliver to within one day.

In the region, such as from Jingzhou to other cities in Handong Province, it can be transported by conventional land transportation.Although it may not have obvious advantages over other express delivery in terms of speed, don't forget that the headwind station is owned by Tengda.

For the same goods, Dongfeng Station must give priority to its own courier, and then send it to other courier companies.

In this way, in the area covered by the headwind station, using the headwind logistics to send and receive express delivery will definitely get a better experience than ordinary express delivery companies.

The more than 4000 headwind stations were not built for nothing, and they must be effective at this time.

And what Pei Qian really cares about is actually very simple. The threshold for air transportation is high, and it can cost more!

Is it a concept to run a long distance with a few big trucks for the fuel cost of a plane flight?

And air freight charges will definitely be much higher than ordinary express, and there will not be many people who use it in the initial stage.And there are strict restrictions on the cargo that can be transported by air, and many things cannot be carried on the plane.

At that time, no matter whether a plane is full or not, it will take off as scheduled and fly empty. Isn't this pure money?
What's more, cooperating with airlines, leasing planes, and even building their own airports in the future, buying planes directly, etc., all of which are huge expenses, and there is great potential for burning money in the future.

Of course, if air transportation can be done, then land transportation must also be very easy to do.

With the further development of headwind logistics, headwind stations will definitely spread to more cities, and long-distance transportation will certainly not be only by air, but will also use land transportation, including railway transportation and long-distance freight.

But those are things to worry about later.

In the short term, Headwind Logistics will only do the current method of "trans-regional air transportation and intra-regional land transportation", and it will definitely lose money.

As for which goods can be delivered, which cannot be delivered, and which places can be delivered and which cannot be delivered, these will be checked by the courier at the bottom.

As long as the customer sends the goods, the courier brother can check whether the goods meet the standards and whether there is a headwind station at the destination.

If yes, then send it by headwind logistics, if not, then send it by other courier.

After the business expansion, the headwind logistics section on the Tenda Life APP has to be updated to support players to check the location of their express delivery in real time.

But these are things that Lu Mingliang will worry about for a while in the future.

Pei Qian said: "This is probably the case. Of course, we have to cooperate with airlines, lease aircraft, and lease factories in the suburbs to build a sorting center. We also need to further update the entire express logistics system to allow transit between different steps. smoother..."

"It all requires a lot of preparatory work."

"Let's do this, I'll give you three months to prepare and negotiate business. After three months, I'll give you a special fund to gradually implement the new business."

In fact, the main reason is the problem of funding.

Tengda has just recovered from the previous money-burning war. Although he is recovering blood quickly, Pei Qian has already thought of many ways to spend the money again.

The business upgrade of Headwind Logistics this time is an unplanned expense, and Pei Qian did not arrange special funds before.To rent a plane and build a batch of sorting centers in various cities is not something that can be done with a small amount of money. It is a bit difficult to squeeze.

And it's only two months away from the settlement, so it's obvious that it's no longer in a hurry.

When the next cycle starts, the movie's payment is expected to arrive soon, and various departments have also saved a large amount of money, which can just be burned into the headwind logistics.

Lu Mingliang was very happy. It can be said that this time he came to see Mr. Pei and gained a lot.

He nodded immediately: "Okay, Mr. Pei, I'll make arrangements now, and make sure to do this beautifully!"

(End of this chapter)