Chapter 227 Shentong: I lost 400 million, Yunsu: I lost 600 million, what are you talking about!
It was already 10:30 in the evening when Chen Yansen left the Kuaipao headquarters.
The streets were deserted. A Ghost with panda colors drove across the Xupu Bridge and sped along the Outer Ring Expressway.
Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of No. 116 Yunjin Villa.
Chen Yansen got out of the car, walked inside, crossed the garden, and opened the door.
Song Yuncheng followed behind him, and his peripheral vision inadvertently caught a glimpse of the soft water sofa, and his white jade-like earlobes immediately turned red and warm.
"I don't think there will be any progress in the communication at tomorrow's express delivery industry exchange meeting. You can rest at home and don't have to accompany me all the time."
As Chen Yansen spoke, he took off his coat and threw it on the sofa with a 'pop'.
"It's okay, I'm not tired." Song Yuncheng shook his head and said with a smile.
"This is for you." Chen Yansen smiled, took out a jewelry box from his pocket and handed it to Song Yuncheng.
"What is this?" Song Yuncheng's breathing suddenly became rapid, his face turned red, and his head felt dizzy.
"What are you thinking about? Just open it and you'll know." Chen Yansen laughed and raised his hand to knock on the other person's head.
Song Yuncheng felt pain and met Chen Yansen's half-smile. He panicked and couldn't wait to open the jewelry box.
A dazzling silver necklace came into view. There were 116 characters engraved on the pendant and it was inlaid with diamonds around it, which looked extremely exquisite.
"Turns out it's a necklace, I thought..." Song Yuncheng took a deep breath, and a flash of disappointment flashed across his eyes.
"What do you think it is? A ring?" Chen Yansen narrowed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and asked Song Yuncheng.
"I haven't thought about it." Song Yuncheng avoided his gaze and said something contrary to his heart.
"Really?" Chen Yansen rubbed her head and found it funny.
How could Mr. Chen buy a ring?
He would rather spend his money wisely and buy a few more Cosplay costumes. After all, he is tired of playing Spider-Man, Black Widow, Iron Man and the like.
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The next morning, the sound of birds singing could be heard.
Chen Yansen slowly opened his eyes and saw Song Yuncheng lying on him, his eyelashes trembling, a strand of hair sticking to his rosy lips, and he was sleeping soundly.
He gently moved Song Yuncheng to the side, then got up and got out of bed.
Coming to the study and turning on the computer, Chen Yansen checked the core data of Pinbei and Orange Technology as usual.
With the No. 3 factory going into production, the pre-sale links of Orange mobile phones on major e-commerce platforms have been changed to a spot sales model. The total online sales of the three mobile phones reached 160,000 units yesterday.
According to this trend, the total sales volume in February will reach 4 million units, which will generate more than 6 billion in revenue for Orange Technology. However, the gross profit margin is terribly low, barely only ten percentage points.
Cao Dahua reported in an email that the production of power banks, mobile phone cases, data cables and Bluetooth headsets will start next week. With the OEM orders from Xiaomi and Huawei, the production capacity of the Shenzhen factory has just reached saturation.
Chen Yansen drummed his fingers on the table and shook his head secretly. The smartphone market in 2012 had not yet reached its peak, and the national monthly sales cap was only 20 million units.
Today, Orange Mobile’s market share has exceeded 20%. It must either expand its market or continue to squeeze the living space of its competitors. Otherwise, Factory No. 4 in Luzhou will face the embarrassing situation of having no orders.
"Zhou Jinling and the others are still too slow."
Chen Yansen leaned back and muttered softly.
After thinking for a while, he replied to Cao Dahua: "Try to speed up the expansion of the African market. If there is a shortage of manpower, just poach people from Transsion."
As of early February, Orange Technology has sold a total of 930,000 Orange F1s and 620,000 Orange F2s in the Abyssinian market, which seems good, but its local market share is not even half of Shanxing's.
Chen Yansen knew very well that Abyssinia's market capacity could absorb at least 30 million smartphones a year.
However, due to the difficulty in building a sales network, Zhou Jinling and others had to communicate with every dealer, distributor and retailer one by one.
After all, the e-commerce and logistics industries in East Africa are backward. It is not possible to sell nationwide as in China by simply posting a link on an e-commerce platform.
In Abyssinia, sales can only rely on offline channels.
Half an hour later, Chen Yansen finished dealing with the emails and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Yansen and Song Yuncheng took a car to the International Conference Center.
Although he knew that it was impossible for Yunsu and SANTIAGO to make peace.
But Zheng Shengyu from the Postal Association came forward, so at least it saved face.
You can not talk about it, but you can't not go!
The car drove along Binjiang Avenue and then entered the parking lot of the International Conference Center.
The three of them walked towards the conference room on the second floor.
As soon as I walked to the door, I saw Liao Wei and Zhai An standing there waiting, with two bodyguards standing beside them.
To put it bluntly, this express delivery war was instigated by Yunsu. Liao Wei was really afraid that they would have a disagreement when they met and the two sides would start fighting on the spot.
"Boss!" Liao Wei took two quick steps forward and took the initiative to greet him.
Chen Yansen hummed and said nothing more, motioning Liao Wei to lead the way.
"Boss, Chairman Zheng's idea is very simple. He will probably ask us to raise the price to avoid malicious competition. The small e-commerce items of Tongda Group only cost one yuan. To put it bluntly, they have taken away part of the postal parcel business."
Liao Wei explained with a smile.
Otherwise, why did the three express delivery companies wait until now to mediate when their prices have been reduced for more than two months? Zheng Shengyu would not bother to care about the life and death of private express delivery companies unless his own interests were affected.
"We are not the lowest in the industry. If there is any price increase, it will be Shentong and Yuantong first."
Chen Yansen said lightly.
Liao Wei chuckled and immediately understood what his boss meant, and he immediately felt relieved.
The group took the elevator to the second floor and walked into a conference room that could accommodate more than 200 people.
At this time, representatives from more than a dozen express delivery companies were already sitting in the room, chatting in groups of three or four.
When everyone saw Liao Wei and others, their faces darkened. Although they didn't say anything, they cursed in their hearts: Troublemaker.
Upon seeing this, Chen Dejun from Shentong could no longer sit still. He had spoken to Liao Wei on the phone, but this was the first time they met.
Just as he imagined, Liao Wei was disgusting just by looking at his appearance.
He looked away with disgust and then turned his attention to Chen Yansen.
Chairman of Senlian Capital, actual controller of Yunsu Express, and also the boss of Orange Technology and Pinbei Mall.
Thinking of this, Chen Dejun stood up suddenly and walked towards him leisurely.
Yu Weijiao from Yuantong, Lai Haisong from Zhongtong and Nie Tengyu from Yunda also stood up and walked towards Chen Yansen.
"Boss Chen, it seems that you want to wipe out all the express delivery companies in Tonglu!"
Chen Dejun sneered and asked straight to the point.
"Mr. Chen, you are too serious. These are all normal business competition behaviors. Yunsu started late, so it used some conventional means. I think you should understand. Wasn't it the price war that allowed STO to stand out from so many express delivery companies?"
Chen Yansen smiled lightly and said indifferently.
"We are all businessmen, why don't we sit down and have a good discussion and make money together?"
Chen Dejun suppressed his anger and tried to maintain peace.
"If you merge your company into Yunsu, won't we be one family? There will be no need to fight a price war."
This time, Chen Yansen didn't even have the idea of spending money to acquire the company, and simply proposed a merger and acquisition method of equity swap.
Chen Dejun laughed and thought: You have a big appetite! You always want to swallow up Shentong, and you are not afraid of getting a stomachache.
"Boss Chen, if you mess around like this, it will be difficult for everyone to make money. It's dark and the road is slippery, be careful not to fall." Yu Weijiao from Yuantong threatened.
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Otherwise, if I get hurt one day, it will be blamed on Mr. Yu. I heard that Mr. Yu just had a grandson last year?"
Chen Yansen asked back, looking at Yu Weijiao coldly.
"Don't do anything rash!" Yu Weijiao panicked. He didn't expect Chen Yansen to act so recklessly at such a young age.
"Waste!" Chen Yansen cursed in a low voice with a sarcastic smile on his face.
Yu Weijiao's face turned red, and he rushed forward and wanted to hit someone, but was immediately stopped by the bodyguard.
"Boss Yu, we can't perform here. Let's find a formal venue later. I will accompany you to the end, but you have to sign a contract. Otherwise, I'm afraid I will beat you to death and you will have to bear the responsibility."
Chen Yansen spoke in an arrogant tone.
The bosses of Xiyis Express, Yousu Logistics, Suer Logistics and Longshengda Express looked at each other in bewilderment. They originally thought that Liao Wei was like a mad dog who would bite whoever he caught.
But his boss is obviously crazier.
"Yu Weijiao, what do you want to do?"
At this time, Zheng Shengyu from the Postal Association came over with his assistant, with a sullen face, and questioned in a bad tone.
This industry conference was nominally an exchange meeting, but in reality it was a mediation meeting: to stop the price war and maintain the stability of the express delivery industry.
Who is Yu Weijiao acting for when he looks like he wants to hit someone?
Isn't this giving him no face? "President Zheng, I'm sorry, I just want to get closer to Boss Chen and have a chat."
Yu Weijiao was filled with rage, but facing Zheng Shengyu's stern expression, he could only make up an excuse.
"Go back and sit down." Zheng Shengyu waved his hand, too lazy to argue with him.
"President Zheng, nice to meet you!" Chen Yansen smiled faintly, as if he was not affected at all, and walked forward to greet him.
Zheng Shengyu raised his head, looked Chen Yansen up and down, and finally said with a smile: "There are not many young people like you."
Obviously, Zheng Shengyu is very satisfied with Chen Yansen.
From a macro perspective, more than 6,000 couriers from SF Express, YTO Express and STO Express lost their jobs in the past three months. However, these people put on new work clothes and transformed themselves into Yunsu Express employees, and the number of people paying social security increased by 6,000.
Therefore, if the price reduction behavior of the Tongda Group had not caused a large number of complaints and affected the interests of the post office itself, Zheng Shengyu would not have bothered to come forward.
"President Zheng, you are too kind. I am just following the labor law." Chen Yansen shrugged.
Zheng Shengyu nodded, patted Chen Yansen on the shoulder, and walked to the podium.
He took a quick look and found that among the invited express delivery companies, except for SF Express, the bosses of more than 30 mainstream express delivery companies were all present.
Zheng Shengyu frowned and was about to get angry when he saw Wang Wei and his men walking in.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started. First of all, I would like to thank you all for your contributions to China's express delivery industry in 2011."
"Last year, the total express delivery business volume was 4.29 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 37.8%, of which intra-city express delivery accounted for 23% and inter-city express delivery accounted for 73%; the eastern region accounted for 81.9%, the central region accounted for 10.5%, and the western region accounted for 7.6%. The express delivery industry revenue reached 85.53 billion yuan."
"The growth rate in the first quarter of 2012 still exceeded the expectations of the Postal Association, with a daily business volume of 20 million pieces, and it is expected to exceed 6 billion pieces for the whole year. However, it is worth noting that the revenue per ticket has continued to decline, the service quality has dropped sharply, and some express company employees have even sold customers' private parcels at will..."
As Zheng Shengyu spoke, he directed his criticism at Shentong and Yuantong.
Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao kept reducing the delivery fees, making it so that the couriers could not make any money. Their service attitude suddenly deteriorated and lost packages became a common occurrence.
Upon investigation, we found out that the courier sold it as a blind box.
"I don't care how you compete, but the income of the lower-level couriers cannot be affected. Three days later, STO and Yuantong must raise the express delivery fee for less than 1 kilogram to 1.5 yuan."
Zheng Shengyu directly named and urged Shentong and Yuantong to raise prices.
Yu Weijiao was not convinced. Why didn't Zheng Shengyu come forward when Yunsu lowered its prices, and why did he intervene when Shentong and Yuantong lowered their prices?
"If you refuse to make corrections within the deadline, your qualifications will be revoked."
Zheng Shengyu stared at Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao and warned them bluntly.
Chen Yansen turned his head and glanced at Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao provocatively.
He had calculated long ago that a single-ticket price of 1.5 yuan could cover all cost expenditures while ensuring the courier's income stability.
When Shentong and Yuantong lowered the price to one yuan, he did not let Liao Wei follow suit because of this consideration.
Chen Dejun and Yu Weijiao looked at each other and felt that they were in trouble. They tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice. Zheng Shengyu, this old man, didn't care about their life or death at all.
Wang Wei of SF Express breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Although the price was only raised from 1 yuan to 1.5 yuan, it was also good news for SF Express.
Otherwise, in the long run, no matter how wide SF Express's moat is, it will be bitten out by SF Express, STO Express, YTO Express and Yunsu.
If it had not been his turn to speak, he would have even wanted to suggest that the minimum unit price for express delivery be limited to more than 3 yuan.
Not long after, Zheng Shengyu finished his speech and walked off the stage.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Wei took the microphone and spoke eloquently on the stage, sharing SF Express's product positioning and service advantages. In his words, he did not take other competing companies into consideration at all.
While SF Express, STO Express, YTO Express and Yunsu were engaged in a price war, SF Express was optimizing its cold chain delivery services and busy expanding its own aircraft transport fleet.
Little did people know that Yunsu also launched its cold chain service a week ago, which is currently in the trial operation stage, in order to compete with SF Express for the market.
After Wang Wei came down, Chen Dejun picked up the microphone and started to criticize Liao Wei, calling him out on his lack of ethics and for taking the initiative to start a price war when the industry was thriving, which resulted in STO's cumulative losses of more than 200 million yuan from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012.
Liao Wei snorted coldly, touched his nose, and cursed in his heart: I lost 600 million and didn't say anything, you are bullshit! (End of this chapter)
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