She and Chu Yu partnered to start Xin Feiyang. The investment wasn't large, and they split it equally, so both Zhang Ying and Chu Yu made a profit. But if they were to invest in a freight business, they would need to buy quite a few large trucks, which would cost a lot of money.
Besides, if Chu Yu and her man are partners, Zhang Ying doesn't know how to coordinate things if anything goes wrong.
Chu Yu wasn't joking. The logistics business was profitable, and since Zhang Ying's husband was in logistics, why not expand the scale? She remembered that several well-known courier companies in later generations started in the 1990s.
Buy more cars or even airplanes, start your own business, and deliver goods between different regions. Gradually, your business will start to operate smoothly.
Zhang Ying didn't expect Chu Yu to be serious. However, the logistics Chu Yu mentioned was not the same as the freight company her husband ran; it was more advanced.
"What exactly is this warehousing, sorting, and delivery all-in-one service you mentioned?" Zhang Ying wondered.
Chu Yu smiled and said, "Now our logistics industry has its own warehousing centers. Many people have to go to logistics hubs, find vehicles, load the goods onto the vehicles, call the delivery address, arrange a time, and have the recipient pick up the package. Is that right?"
Zhang Ying nodded hurriedly.
"The logistics we provide offers a one-stop service. We can pick up packages, deliver them, and even deliver them to your door."
"That would cost so much money! We'd have to buy a small car at the delivery location and then use it to deliver the goods!"
"It does cost money, but we also make money. These delivery fees are all borne by the customers! For convenience, customers don't care about this small amount of money at all. Moreover, for some large shipments, they have to find a vehicle to transport them to the logistics company, which is costly and time-consuming. If the company needs to ship goods, it's even more troublesome. Finding a vehicle to transport them to the logistics company is too time-consuming and risky. Our logistics company eliminates these troubles by picking up the packages from the customer's door. We insure the customer's goods, giving them peace of mind. In this way, we can deliver the sender's goods directly to the recipient, eliminating intermediate links."
Zhang Ying never expected that this could be done, but it was indeed a business opportunity.
However, Zhang Ying and her husband have been separated for the past two years, and Zhang Ying is unsure whether she and her husband should accept Chu Yu's investment.
Chu Yu seemed to have read her mind.
"If you don't want to break up with your man, can we start in Beijing?"
"Beijing? Isn't this logistics company supposed to handle out-of-town deliveries? Why are you still operating locally?"
"It's not all from other places. I've seen that there are companies abroad called Home Delivery that can help people in the city send things. For example, if you have a document in the west of the city that you want to send to me, you don't need to run around. You can just call Home Delivery or send it to their store and ask them to deliver it to me."
Zhang Ying nodded. Sometimes Xin Feiyang needed to sign contracts and had Chu Yu come over to sign them, but Chu Yu's phone was often unreachable. Sometimes Zhang Ying couldn't find Chu Yu and was so anxious that she had no choice but to ride her bicycle over to find her.
If there were such a logistics company, Zhang Ying could just make a phone call and someone would come to her door and deliver the goods to Chu Yu.
This is so much more convenient.
"That's a great idea! I'll go back and discuss it with my husband!"
When Zhang Ying got back, she told her husband about it. Her husband also thought it was feasible. He had been working in logistics for a long time and it had been going quite smoothly, but he just felt that something was not right.
His approach is too outdated; anyone can copy it.
He buys a big truck, but others can buy big trucks too; he hauls goods, but others can haul goods too; he has no competitive advantage.
Who knows, you might be eliminated by someone else one day.
Zhang Ying's husband always had a strong sense of crisis. He thought that Chu Yu's logistics company was quite good. If such a logistics company were to grow big, it would definitely be able to deliver a lot of things, and even connect all the goods in China into this network, delivering them back and forth.
"Okay! I'll assist Chu Yu."
Zhang Ying's husband also found it strange. Chu Yu had many new ideas in her mind, which he lacked. He always felt inferior, thinking that he hadn't read any books and was not as good as Zhang Ying, let alone Chu Yu.
Zhang Ying thought to herself that she wasn't as smart as Chu Yu and didn't have many advantages, so the only thing she could do was to be serious about her work and not try to be cunning, so that the cooperation could last longer.
What was that saying again?
The biggest secret to getting along with rich people is not to take advantage of them.
Chu Yu suggested that Zhang Ying make pajamas, but Zhang Ying's husband told her to keep a good record of the expenses and not to try to take advantage of her.
Chu Yu gave his daughter some gifts, and he was thinking of returning them in the future.
He doesn't take advantage of Chu Yu, otherwise Chu Yu will value him, think he's honest, and invest in him.
Chu Yu's decision to get into logistics was inspired by Donglin Electric Appliances. Donglin Electric Appliances had its own logistics network. Even if they didn't know it was called logistics, they had their own transportation team. By combining retail and transportation, they saved a lot of trouble.
Zhang Ying: It's not that men can't make money driving trucks, but this model isn't innovative enough, and it's hard to make big money. Chu Yu thought of starting with a pilot program in Beijing, getting the logistics system in Beijing working, and seeing if the people could accept this model before setting up bases in other cities.
Zhang Ying's husband went to rent a house and complete the formalities to set up a company. Chu Yu learned that the flower business in Beijing would increase significantly during holidays. If they could start by delivering flowers to build up their customer base, it would be a good idea.
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