Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

August 3.

Pei Qian took Lu Mingliang to the headwind station near Mingyun Mountain Estate.

About three weeks have elapsed since the concept of a headwind station was introduced last month, and so far many headwind stations have opened up.

Preliminary preparations are cumbersome. All of these 100 anti-wind stations need to recruit store managers, couriers, procure shelves and office supplies, and greet various courier companies to customize the warehousing of goods, etc....

Fortunately, to this day, most of the headwind stations can finally be officially opened.

Pei Qian attached great importance to this matter. After all, in his view, playing games was risky, and risky, and he might have earned it by accident.

If you really want to lose a lot of money, you still have to count on counterwind logistics.

This labour-intensive industry, in Pei Huan's eyes, is a Chaoyang industry, and since its inception, it has been losing fish takeout, which is a very good success story.

Of course, touching fish take-out is not entirely unattended, the number of people ordering meals is gradually increasing, and there are many returning customers.

However, because of the high human costs themselves and the loss and destruction of utensils, it is possible to spread these costs equally and achieve profitability only if the number of users is large enough.

Moreover, while the visibility of fish take-out is slowly increasing, the human cost of expanding to larger areas will also double. Revenue just goes up a little bit, so does investment.

So until now, touching fish take-out has been a constant loss, which is pretty good.

With this successful experience, Pei Qian naturally has high hopes for counterwind logistics.

Bringing Lu Mingliang here today is to familiarize him with the business and take over the job as soon as possible.

Each of these 100 treacherous stations in the early days was staffed with at least three employees, a store manager (responsible for sitting in the shop, receiving other company couriers, incoming and outgoing warehouses, waiting for customers to pick up, branding, etc.) and two couriers, whose salary costs alone cost more than 10,000.

Since delivery can get a certain amount of credit from other delivery companies, and this profit can roughly offset the rent of the Breeze Station, these 100 Breeze Stations can cause Pei to lose at least a million dollars per month.

As for the location of these headwind stations...

Mainly in the populated and economically prosperous areas of Jingzhou City.

After all, in Pei Huan's view, this is a wholly public good. In order to serve more people, we must naturally drive in more places, the more we send, the more we lose.

Of course, Pei Qian himself has a selfish heart. In the neighborhood where his parents are located and near Handong University, he has set up a counterwind station.

This ensures that no matter where Pei Qian is, there are couriers who can deliver the goods to the door without having to run off and get them themselves.

As for the divine luxury view and the fish net cafe, the courier company will basically send them to the reception desk, so there is no need to open a counterwind station at this time.

When he came to Mingyun Mountain's counterwind station, Pei Qian looked at the doorman's face first.

This station sits behind a fish net cafe and rents a regular shop in a great location.

Bars and chess rooms are nearby that have just been renovated and are about to open. Although this place was supposed to be cold, when the three stores opened up, it looked like that!

As for why such a location is chosen, it is mainly because the headwind stop is not a shop, technically it is just a warehouse, so the location is no longer possible to make money, instead it can cost more rent.

Lu Mingliang and Bai Qian came outside the anti-wind station. The first feeling was quite shocking.

This place looks really tall!

Originally Lu Mingliang heard that he made himself responsible for logistics and subconsciously went to the delivery side to think about it.

He has seen some X-Mouth outlets that are particularly disrespectful in all aspects, even the sign is casual, and some simply don't wear the sign.

As for the inside of the outlet, to be honest, it's a warehouse, and it's all messy, and it's all full of stuff, and nobody cleans it, and it's full of dust.

The couriers wore dirty work clothes, threw messy delivery boxes and kicked them onto the electric tricycle and shipped them nearby...

But that's what other delivery outlets look like.

Standing here against the wind, completely different.

Pretty nice shops to rent, the signs outside are customized, and even got an English: upwindstation, which pushes even the tendency to overwhelm the bar next to it.

Of course, the bar next to it is more gorgeous, or more flashy, and the retreat is relatively plain, textured, and less eye-catching, but on an upscale level, totally unbeatable.

At the entrance of the station, two uniformed courier brothers and the manager of this station have been waiting outside to greet you.

Next to it are two electric tricycles for freight, priced at less than 3,000, which is the cost of the initial inputs. These tricycles are custom-made and have a logo for anti-wind logistics.

You can see the situation inside the windward station through the glass window, the place that just entered the door is a large counter with a nice integrated office computer, the manager usually works behind the counter.

There are some simple office supplies on the counter as well as a special code scanner that can quickly complete warehousing and shipping operations by sweeping the barcodes on the delivery.

The inside position is a row of shelves marked with zoning.

Depending on the size of the delivery, it will be automatically assigned to different divisions for easy access upon arrival, and some special large items will have a dedicated storage location.

After watching it, Lu Mingliang only had one feeling.

High-end, exotic!

The difference with other couriers is obvious.

The store manager briefed Pei Qian and Lu Mingliang on the preparations for the previous period and the current state of operation of the station.

The station also operates on a normal eight-hour working schedule, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with additional overtime charges in the event of exceptional circumstances.

At the same time, there will be additional performance pay based on the number of deliveries per courier, word of mouth evaluation, etc.

The two couriers work daily to keep the couriers in the station on their doorstep, cleaning and hygiene whenever they have time.

In addition to basic work such as warehousing and dispatching goods, the store manager also has to account for the nearest number of couriers at the station, deal with couriers from other couriers, and even better promote the windward station to the surrounding area.

Of course, Bae Qian didn't make any hard requirements for these specific tasks. Some store managers just want to mix up their days, and Bae won't really care.

The manager and the two couriers look very spiritual.

They all have experience working with other courier companies, and this time they have come mainly because of the fact that the salary level driven out by counterwind logistics is significantly higher than that of other courier companies.

Moreover, the working environment here is a plus for them.

Reverse wind logistics doesn't have to run the whole city like other couriers, it just needs to deliver delivery to this small area, which is relatively less tiring.

After reading them all, Pei Qian and Lu Mingliang went back to touch the fish net coffee and ordered a cup of coffee for each of them.

“In the future, you will be responsible for everything that goes against the wind. If you have any problems, you can call me directly and make your own decisions. ”

“The million-dollar Dream Fund is for you to keep, and if you don't think it's a good idea to work against wind logistics, you can try it in your favorite areas. ”

“As for subsequent funding, if you feel you need it, just say it, and how much it costs to talk directly. ”