Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 449 Jianlibao Can't Hold It Anymore

"What is the most difficult thing for agricultural producers? It is not planting and breeding, but how to sell their products! Before the birth of the Internet, they could only sell their products to wholesalers, who then sold their products to The retailer, the final consumer gets the final product from the retailer! What is the problem with this model? First of all, there are too many intermediate links, and each link will increase the cost, so the producer gets too little money, and the final consumer The price purchased by consumers is too high! If we can reduce the intermediate links and let producers and consumers directly connect, producers can get higher income, and consumers can get products at a lower price! Just like horses Always do the same now!" Li Lei pointed at the old horse again.

Lao Ma immediately smiled and clapped, and everyone else followed suit, especially Qingzi, who is also engaged in e-commerce. This is true for selling agricultural products, and the same is true for selling books. Buying products, this is the advantage of e-commerce over traditional business models; only Lao Rong of 8848 is a little unhappy, and now they are the largest e-commerce website, why do you have to use Alibaba as an example? , instead of our 8848?
Some people think further. The scene described by Li Lei is beautiful, but can it really be successful?You must have a platform to sell agricultural products, right?The companies that build the platform are not doing good deeds, they will also extract profits from it, so producers will still have to pay extra costs, and consumers will still have to spend more money!
In fact, the future development is indeed the same. Producers can promote their products online, but opening a store on the platform requires cost, and promotion also costs. There are so many producers selling agricultural products on the platform, why do consumers have to buy yours?This requires promotion, whether it is asking online celebrities to bring goods or buying advertisements on the platform, these are not free!
But doing so is still a good thing, because the Internet provides an additional channel for producers, instead of only selling products to wholesalers as in the past, if the wholesaler’s money is too low, they can also choose an online platform for sales. If the cost of the network is too high, there are wholesalers, and it is definitely better to have a choice than to have no choice.

After the applause stopped, Li Lei continued to describe the future after the combination of agriculture and the Internet, "The same is true for the sales of agricultural materials. In the past, farmers could only buy fertilizers, seeds, agricultural materials and other products from a few places such as supply and marketing cooperatives. After reaching a certain stage, they can directly purchase products from manufacturers on the online platform, which also saves intermediate links and can also get more favorable agricultural materials! I see that Alibaba is already doing this now, and there are many Is it good to sell agricultural materials products! But it is not enough. According to my expectation, I can cooperate with Ali in the future to build an e-commerce platform dedicated to farmers and agricultural materials producers, which will be more professional and more efficient. Protect the interests of farmers and producers!"

Li Lei remembers how many fakes there will be on Taobao in the future. The problem of buying fakes such as clothes and shoes is not too serious. The harvest will be gone, so stricter control must be carried out. It is necessary to ensure that every agricultural product sold on the platform is qualified, and it is best to add supporting services such as insurance, so that fakes can be avoided as much as possible. At the same time, even if you buy fake products, you can still have insurance to cover the bottom line, so that farmers will not get nothing.

"To serve the vast number of farmers and friends, our Ali is duty-bound!" Lao Ma immediately responded, no matter whether he really intends to do this, Dong Li has already spoken, and this point must be given; Lao Rong is not happy again , Mr. Li, we 8848 can also do these things.

"In addition to the above, the combination of the Internet and agriculture has another advantage. Anyone who knows about agriculture and rural areas knows that, leaving aside the cultivation of staple food, there is a problem in the cultivation of economic crops and the breeding of economic animals. That is, if any project can make money, many people will flock to it, and soon there will be a phenomenon of oversupply, causing a large amount of investment to be wasted!"

"Before the birth of the Internet, it was difficult for us to judge how many economic crops and economic animals there were in the country, and whether they were close to the limit of the market's consumption capacity! Because China is so big, it is difficult for wholesalers or the government It’s about having a full grasp of the data.”

"With the Internet, it is much easier to collect and analyze data. For example, this year's cherry sales are booming, and many farmers want to grow cherries. Then we can start with the sales data of cherry seedlings and consumers' spending power. , combined with some mathematical algorithms, to draw the supply and consumption curve of cherries in the next few years, so as to intuitively draw conclusions about the future development trend of cherry planting projects, and then issue early warnings to avoid swarms from happening!"

"At the same time, we can also detect in a timely manner which types of products have rapidly rising consumer demand, but there are not many producers to provide them in a short period of time. At this time, we can make suggestions to let producers increase investment in these projects! I put This model is called big data! Big data can be applied not only in agriculture, but also in almost all business fields!"

Big data technology originated from three papers published by Google around 2004. The technologies mentioned in these three papers are called the troika of big data, namely distributed file system GFS, big data distributed computing framework MapReduce and NoSQL database system BigTable.

Now that Li Lei has proposed the concept of big data several years in advance, some people may start to think about what technologies are needed to realize big data, and then start researching. If there are such talents, Li Lei will definitely not begrudge money and be willing to give them Provide financial support.

At the end of the speech, Li Lei also expressed his meaning in this regard, "I don't know much about technology, but I am willing to provide funds to subsidize people of insight to do research in this area. Anyone who has ideas in this area, After we get down, we can have a good chat.”

Everyone was lost in thought, especially those who were engaged in e-commerce such as Lao Ma and Lao Rong. They were keenly aware of the importance of big data technology. If they mastered this technology, they would be able to greatly improve the efficiency of the platform, thereby giving Shoppers and suppliers bring a better experience and a higher transaction rate. When the transaction rate goes up to their platform, they can attract more shoppers and suppliers. So, do you still need to worry about profits?
After Li Lei finished speaking, everyone immediately started a heated discussion on the topic of big data. Some people analyzed the impact of big data technology on the industry, and some people started from a technical point of view and counted on their fingers. To achieve the scenario Li Lei just described, in the end Those technical prerequisites are needed, and some people are frowning and recalling the papers they have read. Where did Director Li come up with such an idea?It seems that even the Internet companies in the United States have not noticed this, right?Sure enough, he is worthy of being the richest man in the country. This kind of vision is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Originally, many people just regarded Li Lei as the financial backer of the Internet industry. It is definitely necessary to flatter him, but respect is not necessarily much. The Internet is a high-tech industry, and practitioners have their own pride. After listening to Li Lei's speech, his attitude changed drastically. It turns out that Li Dong also understands the Internet, and he doesn't just understand superficially. He has a much deeper understanding of the Internet than himself. Yesterday was very different.

Some people think more. The scenario described by Mr. Li is very likely to happen, but these all need strong foundation support, such as faster and cheaper network services, computers and mobile phones with better performance and lower prices, More convenient, fast and cheap logistics storage system and so on.

I just said why Li Dong is so keen on the Internet when he is engaged in agriculture!After thinking about it, someone suddenly slapped his thigh. Although Li Dong did not directly engage in the Internet, Huinong has been buying land across the country for the past few years. Now Huinong’s warehousing and logistics capabilities are top-notch in the country. This is the Internet. The absolute foundation of business, the better the Internet develops, the more useful the Huinong warehousing and logistics system will be. If it really develops to the point he just described, then this system will be too important, and maybe we will all be subject to him.

But it’s useless to just think about it. Warehouse logistics is an asset-heavy industry. Whether it’s buying a car or buying land to build a warehouse and logistics park, these will cost a lot of money!The Internet bigwigs present are definitely rich compared to ordinary people, but they are still unable to do this. The Internet industry is far from developing to the point where it will be able to create many richest people in the country in a row. They can't afford this money. Come.

Moreover, the profit recovery cycle of the warehousing and logistics industry is too long. If a large sum of money is spent, it often takes a long time to return to the capital and make a profit. This is not the case in the Internet industry. Many companies can complete the traditional industry for ten or even decades in one year In the past few years, they have quickly realized the transformation from starting a business to going public, so they are only thinking about it now, and they are still more willing to put their money and energy into the Internet industry.

The arrangement in the afternoon was relatively casual, and everyone could communicate freely. After talking about big data and Internet agriculture, everyone began to divide into several waves to chat about each other. The most people gathered around Li Lei, and some continued to ask questions about Internet agriculture and big data. Details, and some began to introduce their projects to Li Lei, hoping to get investment from him.

Lao Ma was very interested in the scene described by Li Lei, "Although we at Ali are mainly engaged in business-to-business B2B business, we are also doing business-to-consumer B2C business. Goods are also our dream. I’m even thinking about implementing free shipping in places with shorter distances, more convenient transportation, and lower logistics costs to attract consumers! In this regard, Ali and Huinong have a great relationship Collaborative space!"

Isn't this Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai free shipping?Li Lei took a look at the reactions of XJ and XZ online shoppers after hearing the news and said, "Yes, our warehousing and logistics system has now established a separate business department, which not only serves other business departments of the group, but also cooperates with other business departments. The company cooperates, I will tell Dongzi later, and then I will give you the contact information, and the two of you can talk by yourself!"

In the future, JD.com and Taobao will engage in 618 and Double Eleven, and the two sides will fight hard in the shopping field. I didn’t expect that due to my own reasons, Dongzi and Lao Ma would cooperate. It’s interesting to think about it!But Li Lei is also very clear that the cooperation between Lao Ma and Huinong is because Ali is temporarily unable to build its own warehousing and logistics system, or Ali is not focusing on this now!
But after Ali grows bigger and stronger in the future, they will definitely set their sights on basic projects such as warehousing and logistics. Isn’t that how Cainiao Logistics will come about in the future?If Dongzi was still in charge of Huinong's warehousing and logistics system at that time, the two of them would still have to fight hard.

The old horse talked for a while, then went to greet others, and then Xiao Ma came over, hesitating and talking about the pressure Penguin is facing now, Li Lei called over the person in charge of his own venture capital company, and asked him to provide Xiao Ma with Some financial support, so that he no longer has to worry about the number of users, this is Penguin's greatest wealth.

After two days of playing by the West Lake, most of the people present felt that they had gained a lot. At least their confidence in the Internet has been re-established. This is a worthwhile trip.

On the last day, everyone took a group photo together, Li Lei looked at these people and counted secretly in his heart, Ding Lei was the richest man in the country in 2003, Lao Ma was the richest man in the country in 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Xiao Ma I also worked for a while in 2017, and among such a small number of people, there are three richest people. The proportion is indeed a bit scary!

But now that there is Li Lei, the three of them probably have no chance. All three companies have shares in Li Lei. They probably can't surpass Li Lei no matter how much they jump.

After the group photo was over, those who were busy were ready to leave. Zhang Chaoyang was talking about borrowing Li Lei's private jet to go out. Li Lei said, "I'm going to Guangdong. I have applied for the flight route. Just go with me and Xiao Ma, the plane will be given to you temporarily after landing; Teng Teng, let me take you for a while, it is more convenient than buying your own plane tickets!"

I'm the boss of the company now, can you stop calling me Teng Teng?Xiao Ma had a look of resentment on his face, but he just got the second investment from Li Lei, and he was shy, so he didn't say anything in the end, and obediently followed Li Lei to the plane.

After boarding the plane, since there were no outsiders, Xiao Ma finally let go a little bit, "Mr. Li, what work do you have in Guangzhou?"

"Well, Jianlibao couldn't take it anymore, and called me over to discuss the acquisition!"

　Yesterday's chapter was blocked, I have already told the editor, let's see when it will be released

　　
　
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