"So what? He's already beyond help. There are a full set of medical staff at home, and I can't help. He doesn't like me and just wants me to get married soon. I just want to have a bachelor party and get married soon."
Spencer spread his hands, looking nonchalant.
His behavior left Alan speechless. He wanted to refute him, but after thinking about it, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with his logic.
Bachelor party...
I don't know when it became popular, but the general meaning is that after this party, you will get married in the future, so you can have some crazy fun first. It's not a necessary ceremony, but this kind of party is very popular in this era!
As for the children of the nobility, of course they have to be a little more high-end, such as finding some female celebrities, so that they can have fun...
The quality of British female stars is really bad, so Spencer thought of the French director in Allen's hands.
…
Thinking of Spencer's father, the old man should be called Edward Spencer, and his life was extremely turbulent. But when he got old, it turned out to be like this...
Alan looked at Spencer in front of him, and thought of his father. If he got old by then, would his son be like he is now, not feeling sad but happy, after all, he could finally inherit the title.
Moreover, he had just personally handed over 120 million pounds in dividends to Spencer, so he didn't have to worry about inheritance tax at all. This...
Damn it, why didn’t I encounter such a good thing when I inherited the title?
He wanted to pretend to express his concern, but before Alan could open his mouth, Xiao Shitou came running towards him from the door of the hall in the distance, without caring about his image.
When he ran to Allen, he gasped and said intermittently: "Master, come back and watch the news, something happened! It's really gone!"
…
Because the time in Britain is two hours behind that in Russia, six o'clock in the afternoon here is eight o'clock in the evening there.
The news just broke some important news. At 7:38 p.m. Russian time, their parliament ended and then the news was announced to the public. It really disintegrated, so suddenly.
Many people were watching the host reporting on the continued economic downturn in various regions one second ago, and then this news was suddenly interrupted the next second, catching them off guard.
Just after the first day of Christmas, in the last few days of 1991, it suddenly disintegrated.
Alan covered his mouth with his hand, not knowing what to say. Even the news host seemed a little nervous, and his tone of voice was a little halting.
…
Although he had known that this day was coming, when it really came, Alan still felt that it was unreal. It was gone just like that...
Will we really have to look at the Americans’ mood from now on?
When I thought of this, I suddenly felt very stressed, and then I thought of Spencer who had just left.
Alan was even a little confused. Should he be like Spencer in the future, spending money on wine and women, thinking about nothing and living happily? Or should he be like himself now, always thinking of crooked ways?
No, no…
Alan shook his head vigorously, he couldn't be like Spencer, that would be too useless. Even if only the Americans were left in the future, so what? It would be better to cause trouble for the Americans than to just eat and wait to die, right?
I want to be a new-age imperialist noble lord with great influence. I don't want to be a useless person who only knows how to eat and wait for death!
"Go tell the kitchen to prepare some wine and food for me and send it to my study later. I want a drink!"
Just as Xiao Shitou thought, Alan acted very happy and even looked like he needed a drink to celebrate.
"Okay! Master, you are busy, I will go and inform you right away."
Little Shitou also reacted now. He happily watched TV again and then went to notify the kitchen to prepare wine.
…
Crash...
Back in the study, Alan flipped through a stack of documents again and again. The document in front of him was this year's year-end financial report.
This information is about the food delivery company that Alan has high hopes for.
Looking at the string of numbers written on the last page of the profit report, the total number of employees of Blue Rider Food Delivery Company, which has expanded to 12 cities throughout last year, exceeded 3,000. Among them, the number of riders, or delivery men, reached 2,100.
These would have been impressive figures, but last year the company suffered a net loss of more than three million pounds!
It’s not making money, it’s losing money!
Although three million pounds may not seem like a lot, if spread out to each city, it would only be a few hundred thousand pounds, but if the takeaway company expanded to twelve cities, each of them would lose money...
This is the case when the current expansion speed is slow. What if the expansion speed is fast in the future?
No profit every year, all losses?
This guy works hard for a whole year, and all the money he earns has to be paid back to the food delivery company in the end?
Isn't this an indirect benefit to ordinary people in Britain?
Holy shit…
Although this is the character he created for himself, Alan never really thought about benefiting the British people. But now, by accident, he is benefiting them.
How can this be possible? This is not possible!
Alan didn't give up and went through the information again. Every step and every time the money was spent, it was spent in the right place. However, not only did the expected cash flow not come, but he actually lost money. What was the problem?
Yes... my own foreign investment company has indeed not entered the big cities. At that time, the main consideration was that the big cities had too much passenger flow during peak hours. The company has just got on the right track now and needs some time to settle down. It cannot rashly enter a big city like London, but do small places lose money?
Is it because purchasing cars in bulk and using them for delivery increases costs?
wrong……
Alan looked at the expenses on the list. It was indeed a lot of money to buy the car, but using a car for delivery is safer and can carry more. In addition, the current oil price is not expensive. In comparison, if you really calculate the cost, the toll for each order is not much more expensive than using an electric car. Besides, there are not so many pure electric cars for him to purchase now.
You can’t let the delivery guy ride a bicycle, right?
That's too inefficient. People ordered lunch, but you deliver it in the evening?
Wouldn’t that starve the customers to death?
Wales has a small population to begin with, if it were any smaller there would be no one left…
…
After looking through the several items that needed attention summarized in the document, Alan always felt that something was wrong.
Back then, competition in the food delivery industry was so fierce, how did they make money?
If there is no profit, how can there be such fierce competition?
Is it all dependent on reaping profits through listing?
Although I don’t have the advantage of the Internet now, the difference can’t be that big, right?
For the first time, Alan had a little self-doubt about his plan.
When I think about it carefully, it seems that all the money I have earned over the years was earned through illegal means. Whenever I tried to do a legitimate business, I never succeeded completely. It was either this or that. Am I not cut out for business?
Not really. Although his abilities are average, he still has so many subordinates who can help him find out the gaps and fill in the gaps. Could it be that these people are all sycophants who dare not speak up when there are problems?
…
“Boom boom boom!”
There was a knock on the study door, and Alan groaned and motioned for someone to come in.
Xiao Shitou personally pulled the dining cart to the desk, gave a fake kick to drive away Xiao Huang who was blocking the way, and then began to serve food to Alan.
There were four dishes, one fried peanuts, one sliced braised beef, one braised tripe, and finally one fried fish fillets.
The wine was four ounces of white wine, an oriental liquor. The young master liked this when he drank by himself.
After the dishes were prepared, Little Stone looked at Allen, who was frowning, and asked curiously, "Master, did something happen to you?"
How come the young master seemed so happy just now, now he is like this again while serving a dish?
…
"It's okay, go ahead and do your work."
Alan waved his hand, without using any cutlery, he just picked up a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, still thinking about the takeaway.
Is the difference in the network?
The Internet has only doubled the number of orders for food delivery, but the money earned is still the same, so the difference can't be that big, right?
Or is it that he is superficial and has not yet understood some of the inside story?
Thinking of this, Alan picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine. Suddenly, he saw the information about the delivery boy's working hours: six hours a day.
“…”
Alan seemed to have finally figured out the key to the problem. It was not a network problem, but a human problem!
In the future, deliverymen will be more introverted, and delivery companies do not treat their employees as human beings. When it is busy, they would like each deliveryman to carry more than a dozen orders at the same time.
As for me, my efficiency is definitely not as good as that of the future Internet era. Delivering two or three orders along the way is already the limit. Under normal circumstances, each deliveryman only delivers one order at a time, and the working hours are limited, six hours a day. Excluding rest time, the orders allocated to each person are only a few dozen at most.
In this case, with many people and few orders, coupled with low efficiency, it is reasonable to lose money, right?
And thinking of this... Alan narrowed his eyes slightly, and he also thought of a problem that he had overlooked before. In the Internet age, delivering food can be a side job.
It’s not that deliverymen can have side jobs, but that delivery companies can have side jobs.
For example, selling user data and big data information is a source of income. In addition, advertising fees and the weighted display order on food delivery software can also make money. The built-in small APPs on other APPs can also make money, and there are even loans!
After deducting the cheating money from the waiter for overtime, all added up is more than he earns now.
And there is one thing that cannot be ignored. In the Internet era, there is no shortage of external capital, and competition among food delivery companies is fierce. Some of them are capital groups that provide them with funds to burn. However, his current food delivery company is private, and Alan has no money to burn!
Without sufficient discounts, the number of customers was relatively small, and the company only engaged in the takeaway business. In addition, the current comprehensive supermarkets have not yet taken shape, and the profit source of the takeaway company is too single. Moreover, Alan paid a relatively high salary to the employees of the takeaway company, so in the end it lost money.
Now it seems normal to lose some money. Besides, Alan has other purposes in setting up this food delivery company. He can also indirectly support thousands of strong men. This thing...
The guys who usually wear blue vests are the delivery guys. At critical moments, they change into camouflage uniforms. What do you think they are?
If it were future online food delivery companies, would their delivery guys work so hard for their bosses?
The two are not even on the same level!
…
Now Alan has figured out the problem, but there are only two ways to solve it...
The first is to move further into big cities, grit your teeth and use all your funds to expand and attract new customers.
However, this would mean that many of his other plans would have no financial support, which was a bit too risky. Alan was very resistant to this. He didn't like this kind of desperate behavior, it was irrational!
The second point is to expand slowly and then think of some way to let the food delivery companies do some part-time work. Even if it cannot create benefits in a short period of time, the work must be done first to create long-term benefits. We cannot always maintain the status quo.
Alan preferred the second method, but at the moment, he couldn't think of what to do specifically.
These deliverymen are running on the streets every day. What can they do along the way?
After taking another sip of wine, Alan subconsciously grabbed a few peanuts and stuffed them into his mouth. He picked up a piece of beef and looked at the tendons on the shank. The transparent color and the lines on it looked like a road that extended in all directions.
Um?
Alan looked at these lines and suddenly remembered something, or an idea.
The Internet is just beginning to become popular, which means there are no electronic maps, right?
I own a film and television company, and there is no shortage of various photographic equipment in the company. Even if the quantity is insufficient, I can still use public funds to buy the equipment.
Besides, our deliverymen all deliver the food by car, so it shouldn’t be a problem to install a camera on the roof of the car, right?
In this way, you can take pictures wherever you go, and as you expand in the future, won’t it be possible to make an electronic map of Britain first?
Can this thing be sold for money?
Even if I don't sell it, if I make it into a navigation system in the future, not only will I have an advantage, but I can also make other money with it. Moreover, with electronic maps in the future, deliverymen won't have to use paper maps to find their way slowly, which will be more conducive to the expansion of my delivery company.
Although you can’t see any benefits in the short term, this is definitely a very important thing for you in the long run!
That's it!
Alan drank the remaining wine in the glass in one gulp, picked up a piece of paper and wrote down the recent adjustment plan.
…
First, we need to purchase equipment, and secondly, we need to launch an electronic map (street view) collection program. However, this kind of map collection should involve national security. When the time comes, we will see who to contact for help and whether we need to apply for any certificates or something.
"Haha, you're gone, so be it. Because you guys had a drink and came up with a new project for me, this is not good at all, this is really a new era, the future is the era of the Internet."
Alan was the only one left in the study. He stared at the new project on the paper and muttered happily to himself.