Chapter 933 The problem of the supply chain is very serious
Almost everyone is blind in touching the elephant for Xiaokang’s online content. The function development of online content has begun, and even parking space grabbing is open for users to play, but the whole picture is still unseen.
The closest thing to seeing the whole "elephant" was not Yuan Mu or Liu Lu, but Xue Jianhua, because he was responsible for the task of stuffing the elephant into ice and snow in the future. Yuan Mu was always curious about what this online content was, but today she suddenly was not curious, and it might lead to being confiscated.
I heard from my brother Yuan Jing: "It is said that Li Zhaokai only copied successful products. I think he bought Xiaokang well, which means Xiaokang is doing well."
"I should be happy to say so?" Chu Yuanxi said as he walked in. He himself had a speech task for the forum, but most of the time he was responsible for calling 666 to Yuan Jing. As he was talking, Yang Jiangang hurried from outside and looked around and ran over quickly. After Yuan Jing invited Chu Yuanxi, Chu Yuanxi also asked Yang Jiangang for an invitation. Anyway, there were no salted fish calling 666.
However, he found Chu Yuanxi's unusual silence, silent and serious. Chu Yuanxi was thinking about the consequences of Li Zhaokai becoming the co-founder of Yisheng Fresh.
This consequence is not only because of personal grudges, but also the bad impact of the life-long shift to Toc. Li Zhaokai's grandson is not good, his counterfeit ability is very good, and Chu Yuanxi knows the only advantage of the old leader. And I have to admit that there are really Tob companies that want to switch to Toc, and this kind of talent is indeed the most powerful, which is really ironic.
Yishengxian has long been the supply chain of Xiaokang. Chu Yuanxi also rejected Zhang Jian’s unmanned warehousing plan that Zhang Jian had worked hard to make because of the relationship between Xinyu Technology, War God Technology, Yisheng Fair and Qifu Technology. Zhang Jian planned to purchase the unmanned warehousing one-stop service of War God Technology because of its good cost-effectiveness and technology. But Chu Yuanxi was afraid and did not want to hand over several lifelines of Xiaokang to a set of affiliated companies. Finally, he bought Dagodong’s one-stop service.
The reason why Xiaokang handed over the fresh food supply chain to Yifen, rather than Yonghui Supermarket or other modern supply chains is precisely because others are all toc. In other words, the others are friendly businessmen. Even if they are not directly competing, they are not open to each other every day to fight bayonets, but the overlap is also very large. It is a problematic logic to ask others to supply themselves, and the cost is wrong first.
It is great that Yisheng Fresh focuses on tob before, it is a standard upstream and downstream relationship. A well-off requires fresh food supply, but it is also a channel for fresh food. They rely on each other and belong to the grasshopper on the same line.
But now the line is broken, and Fresh has not adjusted its tob business yet. However, after opening Toc, it will be half a partner, and the cost is lower than that of Xiaokang, which is quite impactful. Will Xiaokang raise the price for Xiaokang when competition occurs? Will even cut off the supply in extreme cases? This is quite Sparta, and Chu Yuanxi cannot tolerate being serious.
You should know that tob is not something that everyone can do, because tob will leave profit margins for B-end enterprises and need to rely on special supply chains to develop. Many fresh food companies go directly to produce production, which is the so-called direct access to agricultural supermarkets, while fresh food is even more ruthless, and they go through vertical supply chains, gathering a large number of basic-level suppliers. The sorting work is completed by basic suppliers, which is more efficient than direct access to agricultural supermarkets.
This is also one of the reasons why Chu Yuanxi chose Yifen to make his own supply chain. The difference between a modern supply chain and a traditional supply chain is efficiency. Especially fresh food, it is not new if the efficiency is low, so it is called Yifen...
It takes a long time to accumulate industry or have a deep background. Grassroots entrepreneurs have no resources, which is a forbidden zone. Moreover, it is like a mountain across the street. Chu Yuanxi himself doesn't know how to do it. Today, he rolls up his arms and sleeves and wants to build a vertical supply chain. I'm sorry, it's not enough to have money alone, and a well-off society ensures that he can't do it himself.
But looking around, it is not easy to find a company that is purely used tob and provides modern supply chain services. The profits of fresh food are so considerable, and it is one of the basic links of fresh food processing. It can be said to be a stabilizer of profit margins in all Xiaokang Skus.
This does not allow Chu Yuanxi to not take it seriously, because when he goes to the south to open a store immediately, this problem will become more prominent. No matter where he replicates the route of the imperial capital, at least the initial supply chain must first establish a partnership in the imperial capital, which is more down-to-earth, as long as the other party is a national enterprise. Yifen happens to be a national enterprise, but now it is suddenly unreliable.
In the past few months, many fresh food e-commerce companies have been poured out, but they have been living a lifestyle and are more comfortable because they earn money from gold diggers. Selling water to gold diggers is the safest thing. There is no need to open a store or hire a clerk, and the cost is very low. Chu Yuanxi can't figure out why they want to join the army of toc.
But it is not easy to think of perfect solutions for such things. Looking for traditional supply chains? If you cannot guarantee efficiency, you will find a partner? It is better to stabilize the fresh food.
After a while... he suddenly realized that Yang Heng and Lu Yin played differently. Although they were both e-commerce, their models were completely different.
Songziduoduo is a sinking channel, and low-tier cities and even townships are his focus; while Lu Yin is a big city, and several major cities in eastern Guangdong Province have her business.
What Matsuzi Duoduo is doing is a supplier settlement model, relying on WeChat groups to do community group buying, and does not require front-line employees except ground promotion; while Lu Yin is a warehouse-store integrated with e-commerce forward warehouses and requires a large number of front-line store employees.
It seems that their complementarity is actually very high. I wonder if they have their own supply chain resources in fresh food e-commerce?
Thinking of this, Chu Yuanxi looked up and found that Yuan Jing and Yuan Lu were waiting for him. Yang Jiangang followed him and looked around like a local bun, because there was no one who knew.
"Hey Chu Yuanxi, is that qi?"
As soon as Chu Yuanxi looked up, the scholarly temperament stood not far ahead, and Yuan Jing and Yuan Lu also came over.
"Oh, yes. He's investing now."
"I know I know. There are a few Chinese elites in Silicon Valley who can break through the ceiling." Yang Jiangang saw his idol-like expression, mainly because Qi is so powerful. The legend of the Chinese siege lion, the nominal number one in the AI world, and most entrepreneurs will have a mentality of admiration. "I actually wanted to sign up for the entrepreneurial camp he opened, alas..."
Chu Yuanxi thought, "What's that? Fortunately, that matter is gone, otherwise wouldn't it take up a lot of time? Your old man still has this free time now? This is not enough practice!
What Yang Jiangang noticed was qi, and what Chu Yuanxi noticed was Professor Li, the godfather of qi. Professor Li was famous in the venture capital circle, and he was responsible for the camp to conquer cities and lands with fruitful results. Qi was just a recruit, and Yang Jiangang only knew the latter.
But it’s better if you don’t know each other, Chu Yuanxi knew each other. Not only did he know each other, he also fought across the air on Weibo. After a few slight tests, he punched each other hard and hit each other’s lower three ways. However, Chu Yuanxi unexpectedly punched Professor Li’s heavy-spawned deep space data, and this battle beyond the visual range came to an abrupt end.
This was at the end of last year. Anyway, Professor Li was silent for at least three months at the beginning of the year. In the past, he was the main working model of walking on the red carpet to the forum. There were no people in those three months, and there were many different opinions for a while. However, Chu Yuanxi knew very well that seizing money was like killing his parents. The valuation of billions of dollars exploded and he had to bear limited liability according to the proportion of investment. The holidays were not ordinary, and it was easy to get over it.
Later, the people from the practical camp even jumped out and picked up the tricks during his financing roadshow and were photographed by Xu Xin. This was not the end of hatred, but just the beginning of hatred.
Yuan Jing actually knew this, but there was no need to show it in this occasion, because he knew that the conference process would be followed later. The first part after the opening remarks was the investor forum. He, Professor Li and Qi, had to go on stage to chat, and then were watched by thousands of eyes. Among them, Professor Li and Qi must be the protagonists, and he was at most a foil.
In fact, this forum does not have a certain status, and Yuan Jing's status is still inferior to that of the level. However, this year's self-media investment is a hot topic, and Zheng De is more eye-catching in the field of self-media. Before, Baren Entertainment became a hit, and later Du Shuang practiced with the spirit of 996 like a chicken blood, and accumulated small victory as a big victory. Zheng De's president was barely qualified to go to this forum.
Soon the forum began. After the opening remarks, Yuan Jing sat on the stage and suddenly saw that the seat that should have been Chu Yuanxi was empty, leaving only Yang Jiangang alone to sit and lie down.
But at this time he had already sat down, and it was not suitable to look at the phone again, so he had to wait for the supporting actor safely after the host introduced him.
The presidents or partners of six investment institutions, plus one host, and the other three are also big shots in the circle. Guanglu Investment mainly focuses on angel investment in Internet consumption, with President Zhou Wei; Magic City Joint Capital investing in all stages, but it is mainly concentrated in the fields of equipment manufacturing and medical devices. Chairman Liu Zeyu; Jiachen Caizhi is an early-stage fund that has been established less than three years ago. It only invests in the TMT field and only invests in the A round. The chief investment officer is named Li Bing.
The forum is called "VC Investment's Voice". The six guests on the stage are either angels or early stages. Only the joint capital has some PE businesses. Among them, Qi is the most eye-catching, because he has a particularly bright halo, but he is a new student in the investment circle. So the host is not ink, and the first question is thrown to him: "You have a large-scale fund, but you just entered the market and have just entered the layout. What do you think of your advantages?"
This question is actually easy to answer. The audience below, including Yuan Jing on the stage, thought his answer would fall in the field of technology, especially Ai, because Qi himself has such a label, and he is still a technology consultant at Pinduoduo. Unexpectedly, he said seriously: "It is because I can bring the ability improvement and value to entrepreneurs. To put it more specifically, my value is to guide entrepreneurs step by step in the early stages of entrepreneurship, just like a tutor tutoring doctoral students to write papers."
The host's eyes lit up suddenly, but he didn't expect that he would be very powerful as soon as he got up. "I remember Professor Li said that the words 'entrepreneurship' and 'tutor' are mutually exclusive, so he is more disgusted with others calling him 'entrepreneurship tutor'. Professor Li happened to be here today. What do you think?"
Yuan Jingxin said this was a war-torn battle? But he was quite surprised at Qi's argument. At this time, Yang Jiangang was particularly conspicuous because Chu Yuanxi almost taught Yang Jiangang step by step, allowing him to pass through the initial stage safely.
Professor Li quickly took the microphone: "Qi and I have known each other for a long time, but the definition of 'entrepreneurship mentor' may be different. Real entrepreneurs will not think that they need mentors..."
"No, we have a different understanding of what a real entrepreneur is." Qi said calmly: "For me, real entrepreneurs need to solve problems that others have not solved before, which is the same as a doctoral student doing papers. Doctoral dissertations must be a new point found by doctoral students. They may be in the same field as the supervisor, but they must be a research direction that the supervisor has not conducted. So do you think doctoral students need a supervisor to write papers? What role does the supervisor play in it, and where is my value to entrepreneurs."
Yuan Jing has never had the turn to speak, but he listened very seriously and thought to himself that he was just Chu Yuanxi talking about? Unfortunately, Chu Yuanxi really doesn’t need any mentor. If he had to go over and tutor Chu Yuanxi, he would probably be able to fight. It seems that Professor Li is right.
Professor Li asked calmly: "Has any outstanding entrepreneur succeeded in the past with the path you mentioned?"
"Yes, Brian Chesky."
Warm applause suddenly broke out in the venue. Brian Chesky is the founder of the online travel homestay website Airbnb, and it solves problems that others have not solved.
Professor Li was very disgusted with the applause, looked around and suddenly asked, "Xiao Yuan, what do you think?"
Yuan Jing pushed the Toad Mirror: "I don't think I understand better than entrepreneurs. Those who understand entrepreneurs the best should also be entrepreneurs. Sometimes I need to ask them questions and ask them to help me check my investment projects."
In fact, Chu Yuanxi did not leave at this time, but went to find Lu Yin.
Fortunately, when he found Lu Yin, Lu Yin was bragging to others: "I'm so miserable. I've died and realized that fresh food e-commerce is actually not e-commerce..."
The well-dressed investors beside her were immediately full of interest: "What is it not e-commerce?"
Lu Yin shook her hair with her shawl and was about to speak, but suddenly someone behind her said, "It's not e-commerce, is it still a micro-commerce?"
Suddenly, Lu Yin's movements slowly turned around and met Chu Yuanxi's death gaze.
When he found out that he had been caught, Lu Yin quickly stuck out his tongue and exclaimed in an extremely low voice: "Mr. Chu, why are you?"
Chu Yuanxi said fortunately, I made a quick decision. Did you show me the copyright fee? He also asked in a very low voice: "What have you realized?" After saying that, he winked and signaled that Lu Yin was indeed in trouble.
Lu Yin accused the people around him, then trotted all the way and saw that there was no one else to hold Chu Yuanxi quickly; "Mr. Chu, I didn't mean it."
"It's okay, I just ask what you have realized?"
"I realized that Xiaokang treats fresh food as new retail, not e-commerce, so Xiaokang can make money through fresh food."
"Very good, but don't tell others about this secret." After Chu Yuanxi said that, in order not to let Lu Yin misunderstand that he was still holding grudges, he immediately added: "Because you may need this secret."
After saying that, he looked at the seat of Ruyin just now and asked, "Those are your investors?"
"No, no. I have seen about 100 investors in the past two months. I know at least one-fifth of the investors in this venue." Lu Yin was a little confused about Chu Yuanxi's meaning, "Well, Mr. Chu, I need this secret, what should I do?"
"I'll ask first, are you here to meet these investors today to seek support for starting a second venture immediately?"
"No, no, I came today to ease my relationship with the entire investment circle." Lu Yin's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, as if he was heart-warming, but he still spoke calmly and his posture was very low: "I have to recharge first if I want to start a second business? I have to consider which track to enter."
"No, don't think about it, you can also make fresh food." Chu Yuanxi said in a decisive manner: "I just thought of a plan."
Lu Yin was stunned for a while. Seeing that Chu Yuanxi was not a joke, he took a deep breath and was so excited that he was at a loss: "You want to raise funds for Yufen Fresh? This can be done, Mr. Chu, Yufen Fresh is just short of money, nothing else is wrong! Especially after you have your secret!"
"No, no, I'm talking about 'secondary' entrepreneurship." Chu Yuanxi's pronunciation is very clear. The so-called second-day entrepreneurship is of course to get rid of the previous burdens. Everyone understands this. "It's meaningless to get financing for fresh food even if you get financing. Listen to me, you still do fresh food, but don't do e-commerce, but change the model."
Lu Yin gradually calmed down. In fact, in her own situation, if someone came to pull her out of the mountain, she would definitely jump and go there, but if she still made fresh food, she was emotional.
She thought a lot at this afternoon. Chu Yuanxi didn't say much in the morning, but the amount of information was huge. The paradox of fresh food e-commerce, subsidies equal traffic, and therefore she was afraid of being confused, and logical problems used to detoxify, etc. Therefore, if she was to save fresh food, she was very enthusiastic, but if she did other fresh food models, it seemed that the cost-effectiveness was not good...
Her expression was captured by Chu Yuanxi, and she couldn't help but smile, "My model is to make fresh food from Tob. You and Yang Heng are working together, and the two of them are working as joint CEO. You shouldn't refuse, right?"
After saying that, he took a look at his phone, and the phone contained his own situation sent by Yang Heng.
Chapter completed!