Becoming the richest man starts with making complaints

While others were busy making live broadcasts and taking off, Cao Shen was naturally not idle either.

He's working on a warehouse.

The first is site selection, which requires system analysis.

Previously, the "Today's Worth Buying" on Youxin had a large amount of user purchase data, and Youxin also specially designed an address book favorite function for users. Users only need to enter it once, and it can be automatically added when purchasing goods on any e-commerce platform. Call this data.

Since "Today's Worth Buying" captures product data from hundreds of e-commerce companies and presents it to consumers, using the "Address Book" function has become a necessity.

This allows the products purchased by the user to correspond to the delivery address each time, allowing the system to analyze the sales demand for different products in different regions, including type, brand, price range, quantity, etc.

Although he has not been able to exchange for the three-piece e-commerce system set yet, Cao Shen can first use this data to select the approximate warehouse location.

This is actually quite complicated. It not only depends on the geographical location of the consumer, but also the geographical location of the manufacturer, because it will involve the issue of warehousing the goods from the manufacturer to the warehouse.

In addition, it will also involve the optimal efficiency route planning of the transportation network, as well as the most economical fuel costs, tolls and other issues.

Clearly there is a no to this "extra work" system.

[Cao Cao, you haven’t paid for the three-piece suit yet. I can’t do this job.

What if you coax me into doing this or that again like before, and end up getting everything done and you won’t need the things. Who should I talk to to reason with you? 】

"How can such a thing happen! When did it happen? No, absolutely not!"

[I just laughed, how was the instant messaging open source module made? You turned right step by step and I did it! I just believed your lies! 】

The system is now extremely thirsty for mobility and dignity. She can finally sell something, and she must not miss the opportunity! For this reason, my IQ has increased again, and I am sensitive and prone to "explosion".

"System, did I buy your recommendation algorithm? The one you claim can recommend everything."

[Well, that’s right, thank you host for patronizing]

"I'm just asking you to recommend a warehouse location. Is there anything wrong with it?

Could it be that you were exaggerating marketing when you said you could recommend anything!

How can I buy anything from you in the future if you act like this!

This three-piece set will cost me three years of my life. For such an expensive thing, you didn’t even let me take a look at the trial version. How do I know whether I can use it by then?

Is it still like your recommendation algorithm, which claims to be omnipotent and powerful, but in fact it doesn’t work this way or that way!

After all, Rentaotao’s products still have buyer and seller shows, but you have nothing! "

【Well……】

[Don’t worry, host, the functional performance and reliability of the system are absolutely guaranteed!

I will recommend the warehouse location to you now, just wait, I will be there soon]

“Quickness is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that it must be reliable.

[Yeah, I know, host, don’t worry! Don’t forget to buy that three-piece set! 】

"No problem. I am very trustworthy. I will definitely buy it if I say I will. Just work with peace of mind."

[Okay host, drink your coffee and you will be fine soon! 】

Sure enough, it was very fast. The system produced the results before Cao Shen finished drinking his coffee.

There are only eighteen provincial-level administrative regions in the Eastern Kingdom. The entire area is not as large as the motherland, and the land area of ​​the entire world here is smaller than that of the earth. It's basically a scaled-down version of about 70%.

For the first batch of warehouses, Cao Shen chose the Beiqi area, the eastern and southern parts of Dongguo, where e-commerce penetration rates are relatively high and manufacturing industries are concentrated.

It is planned to build three core warehouses in the suburbs of Beiqi, Xiajiang and Guangfu, and then build some smaller satellite warehouses in the surrounding areas.

This is to ensure that in these three regions, products can be shipped out of the warehouse and delivered to consumers within 24 hours.

Therefore, these three core warehouses are Cao Shen's top priority, and they must be fully self-built to set a model.

The land in these three areas is not that easy to get, and the area Cao Shen wants is large, starting from 100,000 square meters per unit.

So Cao Shen decisively called Boss Xiao for advice.

"Are you going to start an e-commerce business?" Boss Xiao was a little surprised.

"Uh, yes. I think the market space of e-commerce is big enough."

Cao Shen had no intention of explaining his cloud computing penetration theory. After all, cloud computing in this world has just started, and even if Boss Xiao wants to explain it, he may not be able to accept it.

Even Pony Ma’s dad suddenly figured it out in 18 years. It’s only 12 years now, so we can’t force things too hard.

"Well, your idea of ​​building your own warehouse is good. If you want to survive the war between hundreds of merchants at this time, you must do something serious.

But this involves offline products, which require different capabilities than pure 2C mobile Internet products.

If you want to be lighter, do you have any intention to take over Taotao Technology?

They are a long-tail market, and their user base is still good. In addition, they also have a large number of small and medium-sized sellers. Although the quality is not very good, I believe you can solve it.

If you want it, you should be able to get it in three months. I estimate the price will not be higher than US$7 billion. "

Cao Shen was even more surprised than Xiao Gang when he heard that he wanted to be an e-commerce company: "What happened to Taotao? Why is it only 7 billion US dollars?"

Xiao Gang was dealing with Taotao Technology a few days ago. Although it has not been completely settled yet, it is estimated that there will be no major problems. I wanted to finalize the confirmation before telling Cao Shen, but since he asked now, we started chatting. .

"It's like this. Obsidian Asset originally owned 27% of Taotao Technology's shares, and we transferred it to CA."

Cao Shen knew about this. At the end of March, there was an official announcement because it was a large-scale transaction.

At that time, Cao Shen thought this was normal investment and trading behavior. After all, Obsidian had done a lot of large-scale transactions in the past. Now it seems that Boss Xiao's operations are much more than that.

As for CA, Cao Shen has also heard about it, and it is a well-known "demolition team".

So Cao Shen said:

"CA wants to split off Taotao Technology and sell it? Well, payment, cloud computing and e-commerce will be sold separately. Is 7 billion US dollars the price of e-commerce?"

"Yes! The split transaction is still under negotiation, but I guess the problem is not big. So, do you want to consider it? I think there is still a good chance in the long-tail market, but Taotao Technology has not done well.

This is relatively lighter, and you may get started faster. "Xiao Gang said.

Currently, Taotao has about 300 million registered users, of which there are probably less than 40 million. That is, about 12% of users have made purchases, and there are about 500,000 sellers.

At 7 billion US dollars, it feels like a pretty good deal, provided that Cao Shen can get it started.

"Your suggestion is very pertinent, I will consider it. However, even if I acquire Taotao Technology for the long-tail market, I still need to build the core hub warehouse myself."

At least let the world see a model of efficient warehousing and logistics, so that we can force other express delivery companies to get on board.

"Okay! Now that you have thought about the warehousing matter, leave the matter to me over there! I will give you an answer within this week."

It was a bit unexpected. Cao Shen thought Boss Xiao would try to persuade him again. After all, Cao Shen at least seemed to have no experience in this area, and the investment was huge.

According to Cao Shen's plan, each of these three hub warehouses must invest at least one billion.

I didn't expect that Boss Xiao would be so straightforward and domineering in accepting the job.

It can be done in a week. This is land, starting from 100,000 square meters.

In fact, it only took Boss Xiao four days to approve three pieces of 200,000 square meters of land for Cao Shen, which was twice as large as what Cao Shen wanted.

According to Boss Xiao, the business will definitely expand in the future, so it is better to store the surplus first. Moreover, in the future land of these three cities, even in the suburbs, the scarce resources will definitely become more and more expensive, so it is better to get a better deal as soon as possible.

So Cao Shen accepted it and sent an email to Boss Xiao, saying that there were still thirty-seven locations planned to be used as satellite warehouses, and he wanted to see if he could get some cheap land.

Xiao Gang was very happy when he saw the email. This Cao Shen is quite good at making the best use of others, which is great!

On the one hand, making the best use of people, but more importantly, the price Boss Xiao paid for the land was so impressive. It was two-thirds less than Cao Shen's expected cost. If he didn't ask Boss Xiao to continue to help, Cao Shen wouldn't be able to survive. Road hurdles.

Of course, as a sign of sincerity, Cao Shen took the initiative to invite Xiao Gang to invest in his logistics company.

Oh, in fact, Cao Shen took advantage of this. Although social networking, games, and cloud computing have taken off, there has never been any history to prove that he can still engage in offline and such heavy business.

If you put this to other investors, they may not dare to invest. Perhaps the vast majority of people will still think that Mr. Cao is too lazy to do his job well and cross boundaries, thinking that he is omnipotent.

Obsidian Asset's investment is equivalent to helping Cao Shen stand up.

On the other hand, warehousing and logistics are really expensive. Land is just the beginning. You still have to build warehouses, buy robots, buy various hardware, engage in the Internet of Things, warehouse managers, fleets, and a large number of delivery people.

If Boss Xiao nods, he is spending money to accompany him to jump into a bottomless pit.

Tao Qian is a director of Obsidian Asset. At 32 years old, he is the youngest director of Obsidian Asset. He is also very capable, and his family background is also very good, with the second generation of officials and rich people living together.

When Xiao Gang approached Cao Shen to set up an angel investment fund, he planned to send Tao Qian as a partner.

But the matter later went south. Boss Xiao invested 100 million in Cao Shen and lent him another 100 million. The two of them set up a fund, and nothing happened without Tao Qian.

This fund has only invested in one project of Yourong Technology so far. Although the development is excellent, Tao Qian always feels that Mr. Cao is not too demanding.

Twenty angel projects a year are not too many. If a project that Mr. Cao doesn’t like is put on the market, it will be put under your name and it will be able to raise several rounds of financing in the future. You can sell it to the next company at any time. Why don’t we cash out the round investors?

With this method, you can easily set up an angel fund with the highest yield.

However, it is understandable that Mr. Cao’s two powerful companies, Xishen Technology and Tongcao Technology, are obviously too busy. And I definitely don’t look down on this benefit now.

Besides, Mr. Xiao never mentioned the lack of investment projects, so he obviously didn’t care at all!

Of course, the one vote from Deep Technology far exceeds the revenue of 100 million.

But in his heart, Tao Qian was still a little worried. The opportunity was right in front of him, but he failed to get on the ship.

At that time, Cao Shen refused to allow Mr. Xiao to send people to parachute, and Tao Qian was still a little dissatisfied. He felt that Cao Shen was young and conceited and didn't know the depth of things.

And seeing Boss Xiao's conniving attitude toward Cao Shen back then, it was a bit sour. I have been with my boss for more than six years. If I say that I want to set up a fund independently, Boss Xiao may not obey.

As a result, now, I couldn't get on the ship, and I regretted how many times I dreamed about Tao Qian in the middle of the night. My ability to see people is much worse than Mr. Xiao's. If I had brighter eyes and followed Cao Shen regardless, it would definitely be an unusual sight now.

It is good to stay with Obsidian Assets, but Tao Qian feels that he is still young and still has the mentality of giving it a try. Regardless of success or failure, it is always satisfying to experience the process of going from zero to one hundred. His heart was filled with gratitude.

Some people have the blood of tossing flowing in their bones, and Tao Qian loves tossing.

This time Cao Shen started the "Haina Network", and Tao Qian was moved again. But through the habits Obsidian has developed over the years, he has learned to make bold assumptions and be cautious in verifying them.

Tao Qian has studied the warehousing and logistics industry for a long time before, and knows that the water in this industry is very deep and difficult to do. Seeing that Cao Shen wanted to build forty warehouses at once, he was a little worried when he invited Mr. Xiao to invest.

Although Xishen Technology has become very big, Mr. Cao is still new to the warehousing and logistics industry. In the early stages of entrepreneurship, small steps are required to run quickly to minimize the cost of trial and error. Mr. Cao is so generous this time, will he? If you take too big a step, you might end up...

And now there is nothing in this project. It can be said to be just an idea. The Angel Project even sells a PPT. Mr. Cao doesn’t even have a PPT...

"I forwarded Cao Shen's email to you." Xiao Gang said to Tao Qian. Tao Qian is the one with the deepest research on warehousing and logistics among Obsidian Assets. In addition, his family has a good background, so he is looking for the thirty-seven pieces of land. Er Xiaogang left it to him.

Tao Qian has a good talent. In his early years, he was a little conceited and arrogant because of his good family background, but now he has been tempered very well. Xiao Gang also pays close attention to him on weekdays and spends time cultivating him. He also knows that he wants to play with his temperament deep in his heart.

This time he handed over the matter to him. Firstly, he felt that Tao Qian had the ability. Secondly, it also gave Tao Qian a chance to cooperate with Cao Shen.

It can be seen that Tao Qian has been regretful for not being able to cooperate with Cao Shen before. Xiao Gang is also willing to fulfill this point, as long as Tao Qian is useful to Cao Shen.

"Yes, I just received it. Mr. Xiao, I was just going to tell you about this.

Mr. Cao wants to build forty warehouses at once. Is it too urgent? Will you invest..."

Xiao Gang smiled: "Vote, why don't you vote? Cao Shen is getting an advantage by dragging us into the game so early."

"But, aren't you worried that Mr. Cao may not have enough experience in this area? Moreover, the investment in warehousing and logistics is huge. If you spend one to two hundred million, you won't even be able to make a bubble.

Besides, Mr. Cao didn’t give him a business plan, so we don’t even know what plans he has or how he wants to do it. It was just a verbal investment invitation. To be honest, I was a little unsure. "

Xiao Gang shook his head and pointed at Cao Shen's email: "No, he gave it to me, and it was very detailed."

Did you not read the attachment to the business plan? Tao Qian hurried to Mr. Xiao's computer. There was no attachment...

Looking at Mr. Xiao with a blank expression, are you sure we are reading the same email? How could it be different? Mr. Xiao is not very old, he is an old flower...