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In May, Duan Yun went to Shanghai and visited the construction of the logistics and storage center there.

Entering 1997, domestic Internet users began to show explosive growth. By the end of this year, judging from the news channels Duan Yun has mastered, the number of Internet users in the country has more than doubled, and the number of computers that can access the Internet in the country has increased from last year. At the end of the year, there were 29 units, soaring to 65 units, and the number of Internet users also exceeded one million. There are more than 3000 www sites in China.

In addition to the increase in Internet users, Internet cafes have appeared in China at this time, and these Internet cafes first appeared in Shanghai and BJ in China.

In May 1996, the first Internet cafe in Chinese history appeared in Shanghai.The name was "Weigate", and the online price was as high as 5 yuan/hour—this was a sky-high price at the time. You must know that the national average wage at that time was only about 40 yuan, and pork was only 500 yuan per catty.Facing the price of 3 yuan per hour, there are not many families whose children can spend freely here.

It should be pointed out that "Internet cafes" were not called Internet cafes at the earliest time, they were called computer rooms, where they could play local games and relax.

In November 1996, BJ's first body Ximen Shihua opened the Internet coffee shop, becoming the first Internet coffee shop in China.Subsequently, the new term "Internet cafe" was quickly known by people and imitated by countless IT professionals.

By May of this year, dozens of Internet cafes had appeared in Shanghai. In the era when the Internet entered China on a large scale, Shanghai is undoubtedly at the forefront of all cities in China.

The rapid increase of Internet-connected computers and netizens is undoubtedly a major benefit for Tianyin Group's e-commerce projects. Although there are more than 3000 www websites in China, Tianyin Group's e-commerce website is the only one in China. Although Yahoo has also begun to establish e-commerce services in China for websites operating in the e-commerce industry, its scale and quantity of products are far inferior to Tianyin Group.

Since March of this year, the e-commerce platform of Tianyin Group has been renamed as "Tianyin.com". The website page has been redesigned, and functions such as search tags in the site have been added, so that consumers online can easily find the products they want. and similar products.

Moreover, the e-commerce project of Tianyin Group has many very huge advantages. First of all, the number of merchants settled in is very large. As of the beginning of May, with the efforts of Ma Yun, Tianyin. Most of them are corporate merchants from the four domestic first-tier cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The main reason why merchants in these cities are preferred to settle in the e-mall is because these four cities are the main logistics centers of Tianjin Group. The huge storage warehouse is relatively close to the manufacturer, which is conducive to reducing logistics costs and delivery time.

Logistics has always been the top priority of Tianyin Group in promoting the e-commerce industry. In fact, as early as two or three years ago, logistics companies had appeared in China and had entered a state of profitability.

Founded in the late 80s, Yuancheng Logistics is one of the earliest private logistics companies in China.

The story begins in the early 80s, when Huang Yuancheng (the founder of Yuancheng Logistics), who was only 18 years old at the time, gave up the decent living conditions in his hometown in Sichuan and went south to Guangdong to work hard.To make ends meet, he worked as a stevedore at a railway freight station for six years.During this period, he has been diligent in learning and making friends in order to find opportunities.

With the rapid development of the Pearl River Delta region, the railway transportation capacity is becoming increasingly tight, and customers who transport goods have to queue up at the railway station every day to wait for shipment.Huang Yuancheng saw an opportunity from this. If he can cooperate with the railway, the goods will be collected first, and then loaded and transported in a unified manner.In this way, not only can customers save a lot of time and cost, but railways can also reduce labor costs and obtain additional benefits.

Following this line of thought, Huang Yuancheng met the station master of the train freight station and successfully persuaded him.Later, he took out his savings and founded Guangdong Yuancheng Storage and Transportation Company, which pioneered the market-oriented operation of national railway freight transportation.As a result, this model was very popular, and the business was overwhelmed, and the first pot of gold was earned in less than half a year.

Five years after the establishment of Yuancheng Logistics, Shentong should be the earliest express company in China. In 1993, when Nie Tengfei (the founder of Shentong) was working in a printing and dyeing factory, he found that there were many people around who needed to send things to Hangzhou. And it is very troublesome to take the train by yourself.

So Nie Tengfei and his co-worker Zhan Jisheng started the work of "representing others on business trips". He took the train from Hangzhou to Shanghai every morning, and Zhan Jisheng picked up the goods at the train station and sent them to various places in the urban area.A single order of 100 yuan, excluding the round-trip ticket of 30 yuan, can earn 70 yuan.STO Express was thus born.

The well-known SF Express in later generations was also established in 1993.

In the early 1990s, Wang Wei, who often commuted between Hong Kong and the mainland, was sometimes entrusted by others to carry goods into and out of the country.After borrowing 10 yuan from his father, 24-year-old Wang Wei cooperated with several partners to establish a special express delivery company. On March 1993, 3, he registered and established SF Express in Shunde, Guangdong. There are only 26 people.

In 1997, SF Express had partially monopolized Shenzhen-Hong Kong freight. On the land route from Shunde to Hong Kong, 70% of the goods were carried by SF Express alone. Developed into the strongest express delivery company in China.

In fact, compared with the current domestic logistics company, Tianyin Group had its own transport fleet and logistics system as early as the mid-80s, but Tianyin Group was only a department of the group company at that time. , only serves the transportation of goods within Tianyin Group, and does not conduct business externally.

But in fact, after years of development, especially the rapid expansion in recent years, Tianyin Group's logistics department has become stronger than ever. Whether it is transportation vehicles, warehouses, or various logistics networks, its scale and quantity are far Better than other domestic logistics companies.

However, in Duan Yun's view, it is difficult to establish a logistics network covering the whole country in a short period of time by relying on its own logistics company alone. other logistics companies, even if they are still very small.

After returning from Shanghai, Duan Yun immediately contacted the heads of SF Express, Yuancheng, Shentong, and Debangjia, the largest logistics companies in China, and invited them to come to Shenzhen to meet and discuss the establishment of the China Logistics Alliance.