Chapter 829: 1.4 Trillion Yuan in Half a Year: The Current State of Rural E-commerce! Entering DJI: Agricultural Drones?
August 10th, an ordinary Monday.
Orange Interactive Entertainment's Wanhe Tianyi Studio announced that the feature film "Unexpected" has been completed and is expected to be released to audiences at the end of the year.
With the joint support of Orange Interactive Entertainment and Senlian Group, Wanhe Tianyi is considered a pioneer in the short video industry, boasting 80 million fans across the internet.
Therefore, even though they didn't know the plot of the movie, netizens immediately expressed their intention to buy tickets to support it.
Following that, Kuaidi Dache announced a cross-industry collaboration with Dioscore.com.
Users can earn Kuaidi Dache points by making purchases on Diosdash.com, and conversely, they can also earn Diosdash.com points by using Kuaidi Dache services.
These points can be redeemed for physical goods or chauffeur service vouchers on both platforms.
By leveraging this, Dioscore.com provides value-added services to its users, while Kuaidi Dache accurately acquires its target users, thereby connecting the consumption chain of "buying wine on Dioscore.com" and "using Kuaidi Dache to drive home," achieving a one-stop experience.
Half an hour later, 36Kr posted an update: Baidu's self-driving car test version completed its initial test on public roads in Yanjing, and the results were less than satisfactory.
The implication is that Li Yanhong's new project, in which he has invested tens of billions of yuan, is very likely to go down the drain.
The news quickly spread to North America and was reflected in Baidu's stock price.
Within just one hour, its market value shrank by another 300 million US dollars.
In the past two years, shareholders of Baidu stock have been seen by outsiders as "big victims".
The stock price keeps falling!
Some people tried to lower their cost basis by continuously adding to their positions, only to find that Baidu's stock price had no bottom.
What was initially thought to be the "bottom of the mountain" turned into the "mountain waist" in just a few days.
Shortly afterward, reports surfaced that a Qxun self-driving car lost control and overturned while driving, causing Qxun's industry influence to plummet.
Moreover, in the field of intelligent driving technology, Orange Auto's Mos Autodrive V1 system has already gained widespread recognition from car reviewers at home and abroad. It can realize a number of core functions such as assisted steering, automatic lane changing, distance keeping, and automatic emergency braking, which greatly reduces the intensity of driving operations.
When the driver is distracted and an obstacle appears in front, the Yaoguang E1 can assess the road conditions in real time and take actions such as changing lanes, slowing down, or stopping to ensure driving safety.
Therefore, given that Baidu's research achievements are not as advanced as those of Orange Auto, which has been established for less than two years, it is reasonable for its market value to decline.
Investors' expectations for Baidu's growth have been completely shattered.
at the same time.
OrangeTV, the overseas version of Tencent Video, has officially launched on the App Store, Google Play Store, and Aurora Future App Store, marking Orange Interactive Entertainment's official entry into the international market for its long-form video platform.
That afternoon, the Yaoguang E1 Venom Limited Edition went on sale in New York, and the 1,000 units in stock were sold out in less than half a day.
The distinctive black and white paint scheme gives this all-electric coupe with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers a futuristic feel, like a car that stepped out of the Marvel movie universe.
On the other side.
Marvel Studios announced that it will co-produce an anti-hero sci-fi movie starring "Venom" with Orange Interactive Entertainment and Columbia Pictures. The Yaoguang E1 Venom Limited Edition will appear as a prop in the film.
In response, North American netizens left comments under Mimo's promotional video, urging Marvel Studios and Orange Motors to release limited edition Yao Guang E1 cars featuring characters such as the Hulk, Captain Lighthouse, and Black Widow.
Seeing the potential for profit, Marvel Studios readily agreed to continue developing a reskinned version of the Yaoguang E1 with Orange Motors.
This frustrated Musk.
Since the Yaoguang E1 entered the North American market, Tesla's sales have declined significantly.
The days of monopolizing the market are gone forever. Now, a strong competitor is taking a slice of the pie, which naturally makes him unhappy, yet he has no choice but to accept it.
After all, Senlian Group possesses the world's most advanced lithium-sulfur battery technology. By acting as both referee and player, they are making it impossible for them to win this battle.
While Musk was secretly fretting, Chen Yansen was presiding over a weekly meeting at Senlian Science and Technology Park.
"As of July 2015, the number of Pinbei Villages had reached 4,100, covering 28 provinces, with an increase of about 900, representing a year-on-year growth of 21%, far exceeding the established target."
Of these, 45% are located in the eastern coastal areas and 35% in the central and western regions, showing an overall pattern of "stability in the east and expansion in the west".
With the support of Yunsu Express service stations, we have achieved seamless connectivity for the 'last mile' of logistics.
Currently, there are 76,000 rural online stores nationwide, with 74% located on the Pinduoduo platform, and the remainder distributed across Tmall and JD.com. The overall activity rate is 85%, and over 60% have transitioned to live-streaming e-commerce.
Inside the meeting room, Hu Yun from the data department was giving a work report.
Chen Yansen sat in the main seat, with Huang Zheng on his left and Song Yuncheng on his right. Xiang Pengfei, Zhang Wenbo, Cai Qiming, Yang Pinglun, Fei Qiwen and others stood on either side.
It is clear from Hu Yun's report that the rural e-commerce plan launched by Pinbei has achieved results far exceeding expectations.
In the first half of 2015, the national online retail sales of agricultural products reached 270 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%, accounting for 25% of the total rural online retail sales nationwide.
Pinduoduo contributed 190 billion yuan, driving more than 6 billion orders in upstream logistics.
For Chen Yansen, the more than 30,000 new employees are what he values most.
Eighty percent of these employees come from rural areas in central and western China. They are either young people who have returned to their hometowns to start businesses or farmers who are familiar with local agricultural products. With their dual understanding of rural areas and the e-commerce industry, they have driven Pinbei's penetration rate in the lower-tier market to exceed 90%.
Today, the total number of Pinbei e-commerce villages and Yunsu Express service stations across the country has exceeded 13,000.
These sites are not simply logistics and e-commerce complexes; they also promote the group's apps and sell Orange phones.
Otherwise, Orange Technology's global shipments would have been far less than Apple's last year.
"The data department should work with the human resources department to advance the follow-up training and retention plans, focusing on the growth needs of rural employees, who are the key link between urban and rural markets."
Chen Yansen interjected.
It's not enough to just send employees to rural markets; the company also needs to establish a complete training system to help its sales staff grow, and some may even be transferred to headquarters for further training.
Are you suggesting we let them stay in town for the rest of their lives?
This is unreasonable and against human nature!
People must move around.
Otherwise, if this continues, serious problems will definitely arise in the long run.
Hu Yun immediately nodded in response: "Don't worry, boss. We have worked with the Human Resources Department to develop the 'Rural Revitalization Plan'. We will organize special training sessions every month on live streaming operations, logistics management, etc., and we have also set up an entrepreneurship support fund to encourage employees to bring their hometown farmers to the platform."
Currently, 291 agricultural product brands have joined the program, and their repurchase rate is 18 percentage points higher than that of ordinary stores.
Sitting to Chen Yansen's left, Huang Zheng put down the document in his hand and continued, "In addition, Yunsu Express's county-level network has achieved full coverage. In response to the 'last mile' problem of rural logistics, it has launched the 'station + farmer franchise' model, which allows convenience stores and small shops in villages to become temporary express delivery points. The logistics efficiency has increased by 40% compared to before, and the complaint rate has dropped to below 0.3%."
Chen Yansen nodded slightly, signaling Hu Yun to continue his report.
In the first half of the year, Pinduoduo's global transaction volume reached RMB 1.4 trillion, including performance from Lazada and its various regional branches, with overseas markets accounting for 23.7%.
Compared to 2014, Pinbei's performance has grown rapidly.
This is an era where the winner takes all. After defeating Yaomao and acquiring JD.com, Pinduoduo has become the de facto leader in China's e-commerce industry.
With the added organic traffic from products like Douyin, Kuaishou, Toutiao, and Lingxi Browser, it's no surprise that user numbers, orders, and transaction volume have been steadily increasing.
The Matthew effect is getting stronger!
In just six months, Pinbei caught up with its total performance in 2014.
This is also the core reason why Pinduoduo's market value has exceeded 290 billion US dollars!
Investors' expectations fell far short of Pinduoduo's actual growth, so the surge in its stock price was only natural and reasonable.
At that time, Amazon's market value was US$251 billion and Alibaba's was US$187 billion. In the e-commerce technology sector, Pinduoduo was undoubtedly the world's number one.
The weekly meeting ended half an hour later.
After handing over the follow-up work, Chen Yansen returned to his office.
He lay down on the sofa, picked up his phone, and found that Tang Zhenzhe and others had posted 99+ chat records in the 8302 group chat.
Does anyone have videos of Uniqlo?
"Hey Zhe, can I borrow your Netflix account to watch a movie?"
"Yang Ge is back in Qingdao? I heard Huang Bo is filming there, is that true?"
Chen Yansen casually flipped through the pages, smiled without saying anything, and then switched back to Mimo.
But in his heart he was thinking: Wang Ziyan hasn't contacted him for a while. It seems that the girl has matured a lot. At least she is more composed than before.
At the same time.
DJI held a new product launch event, introducing the Osmo handheld gimbal camera and the Agras MG-1 agricultural drone.
The former supports 4K ultra-high-definition video recording and has multiple modes such as panoramic photography and slow-motion shooting, priced at 3999 yuan.
The latter is DJI's first mass-produced agricultural multi-rotor plant protection drone, which upgrades the physically demanding task of spraying pesticides into a technical one, allowing one person to complete the workload of a dozen people in a day.
The Agras MG-1 features a 6-axis, 6-propeller boom design that can be folded and stored, making it small enough to fit in the trunk of a typical SUV or truck.
It comes with a 30-liter transparent PP medicine box, with a front-mounted design and a liquid level window, making the remaining medicine level easy to see.
The empty weight is 38.9 kg, the maximum takeoff weight is 129 kg, and it can support the lifting of items weighing up to 90 kg.
It is equipped with 4 high-pressure centrifugal nozzles (upgradeable to pressure nozzles) and has a drift shield at the bottom.
The price of the unit alone, including one battery, is 49,999 yuan.
The standard package, which includes the main unit, two batteries, and a dual-port charger, is priced at 68,800 yuan.
The drone spraying kit, consisting of 2 main units, 6 batteries, and a vehicle-mounted charging station, is priced at 148,000 yuan.
The nozzle upgrade package costs 4000 yuan.
This drone can complete pesticide spraying operations on 300 to 500 acres of land per day, while in the past, 10 backpack sprayers could only complete 200 acres per day.
In mountainous and hilly areas, the advantages of the Agras MG-1 are even more pronounced.
For example, transporting 90 kilograms of fruit from the mountain to the foot of the mountain used to require two people making three trips, but now it can be easily done in a few minutes by operating a drone.
However, many netizens are worried that the appearance of the Agras MG-1 will take away jobs from ordinary people.
In response, DJI founder Wang Tao said: "Technological progress will inevitably eliminate some jobs! Every 70 years, more than 60% of jobs worldwide will be replaced. This is an irreversible trend of the times."
Embracing technology, facing market changes with equanimity, and maintaining a continuous learning capacity are the right ways to cope.
One reporter who attended the press conference joked that if the Taishan Cultural Tourism Association were to purchase several Agras MG-1 trucks, the porters would probably lose their jobs.
However, external opinions did not dampen the market's enthusiasm for ordering this drone, with fruit farmers in the southwest and southeast regions showing extremely strong demand for it.
The buzz surrounding DJI's new product launch had barely died down when the Hebrew Business Association placed an order worth a staggering $30 million, clearly demonstrating their confidence in the commercial prospects of the Agras MG-1.
It's worth noting that the Agras MG-1 is virtually unrivaled in the global agricultural drone market in terms of its flight platform, spraying system, power performance, and cost-effectiveness.
In fact, Chen Yansen secretly transferred a number of core patented technologies to DJI.
Otherwise, even if DJI's own R&D team could design the Agras MG-1, it would be difficult to achieve a perfect balance between operability, battery life, and stability.
In return, Wang Tao had to exchange 15% of the shares, while Chen Yansen promised not to easily interfere with DJI's operations and management.
With this, Senlian Group has become DJI's largest shareholder and gained controlling interest through multiple rounds of technology and capital injections.
In other words, DJI's 2,741 employees will become members of Senlian Group's subsidiary after the equity change officially takes effect, and will continue to contribute humanitarian spirit to Chen Yansen.
Early the next morning.
Chen Yansen rushed to the airport and took a private plane to Yanjing.
At the same time, Orange Aviation ordered a brand-new G650 business jet from Gulfstream Aerospace.
Compared to the G550, the G650 has significantly improved range and speed, making it more suitable for long-haul international routes and reducing the need for transfers.
The cabin design is more modern, emphasizing a low-pressure, low-noise environment, which can effectively reduce fatigue during long-haul flights.
Most importantly, Chen Yansen is not short of money.
Moreover, after gaining complete control of Abyssinia, he planned to designate a special area to attract a group of aeronautical engineers to work in East Africa with high salaries.
We will enter the aircraft manufacturing industry when the time is right.
He wasn't worried at all about whether these people were willing to go.
Once Orange Therapy's next targeted drug hits the market, and once Abyssinia's healthcare, education, and infrastructure conditions have significantly improved, I don't believe they won't be tempted.
However, as things stand, these are just ideas at the moment.
If they really want to build airplanes, it would be more reliable to locate the manufacturing base domestically.
After all, building an airplane tests not only research and development capabilities, but also the comprehensive embodiment of industrial manufacturing foundation and research and development strength.
As the private jet landed smoothly at Beijing Capital International Airport, Lin Zhou, the head of Orange Auto's Beijing branch who had been waiting there, quickly came to greet it.
Standing beside him were Xiao Jun from Gaode Maps and Zhang Yiming from ByteDance.
"Boss, Baidu just released a statement denying the rumors of a crash during the self-driving test, and even released a edited test clip, but netizens are not buying it at all."
As Lin Zhou led Chen Yansen toward a Yaoguang E1, he gave a brief report on the latest developments in the industry.
Chen Yansen hummed in agreement and casually asked, "How are the negotiations with Norinco Group going?"
"A preliminary consensus has been reached. The other party is willing to open up three of its heavy machinery production bases to be compatible with our Moss Autodrive V2 system, mainly targeting unmanned transportation scenarios in mining areas. The pilot program is expected to start next month."
After Lin Zhou finished speaking, he prepared to hand over a cooperation framework agreement.
"No rush, send the electronic version to my email first."
Chen Yansen waved his hand in refusal.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Jun and Zhang Yiming stepped forward to greet them.
Compared to the previous two years, Xiao Jun appears to be more composed.
The biggest change is in Zhang Yiming; the childishness on his face has disappeared, and he's increasingly showing the demeanor of a CEO.
"I've invited a few friends over tonight, let's go together! We can talk about work tomorrow."
Before getting into the car, Chen Yansen left out a sentence.
(End of this chapter)
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