Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 2130 Logistics Company
Later, Duan Yun talked with Li Yun about the next plan in the United States, and focused on the promotion of DVDs and the plan to build an e-commerce platform in the United States after taking a stake in Amazon.

Duan Yun has always wanted to build an e-commerce platform in the United States, but this plan is very difficult. First of all, Americans have not yet established the habit of purchasing items online. In addition, how to collect and deliver goods is also difficult. It has become a difficult problem. Although Amazon has sold nearly 10 books in the first half of this year, it is still far away from real profitability.

The reason for this situation is that, on the one hand, the profits of online car sales are relatively meager, and while the express delivery industry in the United States has high freight costs, there are often problems such as stolen goods and long delivery times. If the order is canceled by the other party or the goods are stolen, Amazon will be responsible for most of these losses.

This is true for expressing a book, but for expressing other items, such as home appliances, etc., the risks will be even greater. Therefore, the obstacles hindering the promotion and development of e-commerce in the United States are not only problems in Internet technology, but also financial problems. Before these problems are completely resolved, the risk of rashly developing this industry is huge.

In fact, Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has been carefully controlling operating costs. Up to now, the sales scale has been very small. According to Bezos' original plan, he originally planned to start making profits in 4 to 5 years. , but now it is difficult to maintain the status quo with only his own funds, and because of this, he accepted Tianyin Group's shareholding, and plans to re-register and open in July this year, and finally prepare for listing.

Therefore, Duan Yun's investment in Amazon can be said to be continuous, and it may be difficult to make a profit within a few years, but in the long run, investing in Amazon is definitely a lucrative business, because after the company went public in the previous life, The stock price has been soaring, so Duan Yun will be able to earn back with interest.

And the most important thing is that with this American e-commerce platform, Duan Yun can completely sell his products to the United States and even the world through this platform, because in later generations, Amazon will not only be the largest e-commerce company in the United States, but also the world. The platform, in addition to China, has a very large influence in the United States and Europe. Until 2010, it had already sold more than 23 million products in 120 categories on the platform.

Another point is that Duan Yun’s investment in Amazon also hopes to gain some experience in establishing an e-commerce platform. In the next few years, he plans to establish an e-commerce platform in China, gradually allowing mainland citizens to enter an era of online shopping.

However, China has not popularized the Internet yet, and does not have a strong logistics system, so mailing goods mainly depends on China Post.

The earliest express delivery in China is EMS China Post, established in 1985 and headquartered in BJ, but the cost of EMS postal express delivery is still very high, because the expressway and infrastructure are far less developed than later generations, so if you want to send a package by EMS, the road If you go a little farther, the cost will be quite astonishing, and may even exceed the price of the goods themselves.

Therefore, in the case of immature hardware in all aspects, it is impossible to establish a large and mature e-commerce network in China. The practice of e-commerce network is a comprehensive industry, not just an online sales platform. In addition, in terms of payment, it is also a very big problem, because there is currently no bank-guaranteed electronic payment business, so Duan Yun still needs to negotiate with the bank to solve the problem of fast payment.

All in all, in Duan Yun's plan, it will take 3 to 5 years at the earliest to basically establish a domestic e-commerce network, which will face very big problems.

In addition, speaking of logistics, Tianyin Group now has its own logistics company, and the person who currently manages this logistics company is the one who first took in two apprentices, Dajun and Erhu, in Daxing.

Because of their limited education and ability, the two apprentices of Duan Yun quit the core management team of Tianyin Group very early and took charge of the transportation team of Tianyin Company. , the two have completely contracted the transportation team. After a short period of development, they have established a special transportation company, and they have more and more cars. From the original few trucks, they have gradually developed into more than 300 vehicles. Trucks are the largest transport company in Shenzhen, and more than [-]% of the products Tianyin Group transports to all parts of the country every year are transported by this logistics company.

Now Duan Yun occupies 60% of the company's shares, and the remaining 40% belongs to the two brothers of Dajun Erhu. In the future, Duan Yun plans to change this transportation company into a logistics company, in addition to satisfying the needs of the group company In addition to business, it also paves the way for the establishment of its own e-commerce network in the future.

In the next two days, Duan Yun quickly produced a plan, and then sent it to Li Yun in the United States by fax, asking him to implement his own plan, so that the sales of DVDs could reach as high as possible before the end of the year. Exceeded 30 units.

After finishing the work at hand, Duan Yun also had a rare and comfortable time. That afternoon, he called Ruixue in advance, and then drove to the gate of BJ's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to wait.

It is different from ordinary people going out. Nowadays, whether it is Duan Yun or Ruixue, both of them are like stars. When going out, they can’t be as free as they used to be. Sunglasses, hats and masks have become must-haves when going out. prepare.

Although Ruixue said that she would strive to get off work as soon as possible, it was not until after 7 o'clock that Duan Yun saw a familiar figure at the door. After lightly pressing the car horn twice, Ruixue quickly came to the front of the car.

"I'm sorry, there are too many things to do at work today, and I'm afraid it will affect tomorrow's press conference, so I'm late for a while..." After getting into the car, Ruixue said apologetically.

"You don't need to apologize to me." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and continued: "On the contrary, I am not able to come to BJ to see you often. I am very disappointed, right?"

"Your business is so busy, I'm content to come here once in a while." After closing the car door, Ruixue let out a long breath and said, "I'm hungry, let's find a place to eat first, I haven't eaten seafood for a while By the way, there is a restaurant called Mingzhu Seafood in Beihai Park that is good, after we finish eating, we can just go around the park."

"Okay!" Duan Yun replied bluntly, then started the car and left slowly.

(End of this chapter)