Chapter 300 Unlimited Losses
"Wenbin, I asked you to build that container hotel before, how is it going?"
After Li Yuan drove Song Jiajia away, he continued to make phone calls.
There are many things that he shouldn't be involved in given his current status.
For example, last year he discussed with Hou Wenbin and his group about opening high-end and low-end hotels.
We have to wait for high-end hotels to come down until real estate prices come down.
Low-end hotels are easy to run, such as capsule hotels and youth hostels, all of which are located in the suburbs of big cities. Whether you drive or ride a bike, you can find a cheap place to stay.
Container hotel is one of these businesses and is a very small investment.
Li Yuan usually doesn't bother to ask about this matter.
It's like he is a super rich man who is concerned about whether the price of eggs has gone up all day long.
This project is just a supplement to a high-end hotel. If you set up the supply chain system in advance, it won’t cost much money at all.
Five hundred container hotels, including a central kitchen, cost less than 10 million yuan in total.
Moreover, there are only customers around big cities, and there are only 20 cities in the country that meet the standards.
It was only now that Li Yuan had to ask, so that he would feel more at ease after knowing the result.
He had just put the mask machines and meltblown fabrics into use. Even though there were signs of problems at the end of December, he still didn't dare to move.
Because if we act in advance, there will be conspiracy theories.
He only started to take action after the situation escalated recently. At this time, many other investors were also taking action , so it did not seem abrupt.
It’s just that it’s impossible for them to get mask machines and meltblown fabrics quickly.
"The overall construction has been completed, but more than half of it has not been connected to electricity. In addition, the production capacity of a container production company we acquired is a bit oversupplied. There are currently more than 50,000 containers piled up there. I would like to ask you how to deal with it next."
Li Yuan paid for all these businesses and they were responsible for them.
These are what they are best at, such as interpersonal relationships, process rules, and they have grown up in this environment since childhood.
They can even control the efficiency, and can get things done very quickly or very slowly.
"We will continue to produce. If there is no more space, we will rent another place. Next, I plan to open no less than 500 container hotels across the country. This production capacity is not enough."
Li Yuan did not say that the price of containers will be very expensive in the future.
The current cost of a container is one thousand dollars, and after June next year, it will be hyped up to forty thousand dollars.
He continued, "We need to get electricity as soon as possible. It must be done within half a month. The central kitchen must also be opened. Bi Xin has purchased a large number of agricultural products and has started shipping them to various kitchens. Hurry up."
"good."
Li Yuan added: “We need to pay attention to the user ecosystem. Price is not important, what is important is the service…”
He felt that he was quite boring, promoting service concepts everywhere all day long.
In fact, this thing won’t make any money in your next ten lifetimes.
Who the hell is interested in container hotels in remote areas? At most, people who travel by car would come here to rest. How much profit can that bring?
Including in the medical aspect, he purchased ventilators, ostensibly to fulfill the contract originally signed with Mindray Pharmaceuticals.
Currently, 7,000 out of 10,000 units have been delivered, and 3,000 units have yet to be delivered.
They don't want it.
After all, if we want his products, how can we have the excuse to purchase foreign products at high prices?
Even if 7,000 units were given away, there would definitely be various resale situations, but Li Yuan couldn't do anything about it.
After talking with Hou Wenbin, Li Yuan called Jiang Yiling again.
Fortunately, Jiang Yiling went back early, unlike me who had to stay in Jiangzhou. After all, the few days after the New Year were very important, and once he went back he would not be able to come back.
Another thing is that he comes into contact with a lot of people every day, and he is worried that if something happens to him, he will bring trouble to the entire village.
"Wife, you haven't been out these days, right?"
Jiang Yiling: "No, it's just that dad is a little bit complaining."
"You have to hold back your complaints. I'll call him later."
"Did something happen?"
"I don't know. It's always better to be careful."
"When will my husband be back?"
"Soon, I'll go back after the holiday in a few days."
Li Yuan quickly hung up the phone and called Li Wanhe.
He knew that many people couldn't stay at home, but he had a trump card to deal with his father.
Just one sentence made Li Wanhe stay at home obediently.
It's very simple. Congratulations to Mr. Li for having another grandson...
Li Wanhe shuddered when he heard this, because the principles in his bones told him that he could not leave his own child outside.
But there is no way to take it home.
What to do? I can only ask Li Yuan for money.
If it comes to money, Li Yuan will do whatever he says.
There is another point. After Li Yuan said it, he would feel that the Li family was even more sorry for Jiang Yiling.
Finally, Li Yuan talked to him about the problem of respiratory diseases and told him not to run around to avoid infecting pregnant women.
He was already very careful, after all, Jiang Yiling also had a child, and there were two more young children in the village.
Every day I just take a walk at the village entrance and rarely come into contact with outsiders.
Now that Li Yuan said this, he no longer even thought about taking a walk.
Just stay at home and take care of the kids, and be nicer to Jiang Yiling...
Li Yuan then called Zhou Ranran and Shu Yanlin.
This is considered a daily task, after all, this stage is very delicate.
Not enough attention has been paid to it and no policies have been formulated.
However, there has been a rush to buy masks in the market.
The price of N95 has been hyped up to 40 or 50 yuan each, but the cost is only 30 cents.
Yu Yue and Yao Yingsong have both been transferred back by Li Yuan.
Yu Yue is in charge of BiXin Mall, and Yao Yingsong is in charge of the production of protective clothing and masks in Qinghe County.
Because there are sufficient instruments and equipment and raw materials, production is very efficient.
N95 and medical surgery are basically produced simultaneously. Most of the processes are done by machines, and not many processes need to be done manually.
So we hired a few hundred people and worked in two shifts to maximize production.
The employee benefits are definitely not low. The starting salary in a small county is 16,000 yuan, and Li Yuan will provide some subsidies later.
Although I don't have any technical skills, working almost non-stop for twelve hours is very tiring.
In this way, time passed little by little and it was January 19th, and there were only five days left until the Chinese New Year.
Finally, what is coming has come, and it will be synchronized across the country on January 23rd.
This was also the first time that the horror of this incident was officially announced to everyone.
All of a sudden, everything on the market started to be snapped up.
BiXin Mall officially announced it as soon as possible.
"Real-name registered users can receive a free living bag, which includes 50 masks, two bottles of disinfectant, a 10kg bag of rice, and five kilograms each of potatoes, radishes, cabbage, and celery."
Under normal circumstances, the value of this living package is very low. A mask costs only one yuan, a bottle of disinfectant costs only five or six yuan, rice costs only forty or fifty yuan, and the vegetables cost only thirty or forty yuan at most.
The total cost was less than two hundred yuan.
But it is very expensive at this time. Not to mention N95 masks, even ordinary ventilation masks cost more than ten yuan each.
At this time, everyone who receives the message on the entire Internet will become a user of BiXin Mall and spread the message everywhere in the group.
The first batch of certified people received the goods that afternoon.
Those who were certified that evening also received the goods the next morning.
Because Li Yuan had already started delivering goods to major warehouses, and all the goods he sent were inventory.
At the same time, the rest of the goods in the BiXin Mall are also in stock. Many people see that the goods are delivered to their doorsteps so quickly, so they will add some oil, salt, seasonings, or other vegetables and meat.
Because of this incident, many people have no energy to pay attention to other things.
It was not until Bi Xin started sending supplies all over the world that people realized that Li Yuan, the richest man, still had a strong presence.
When they paid attention to Kingkong Capital, they found that the scale of Kingkong Capital had exceeded 400 billion without their knowledge.
The A-share market was closed yesterday...
In the last ten trading days, Li Yuan did nothing else but arrange for Guo Meng to transfer all the money on the account into the pharmaceutical industry.
In the last ten trading days, pharmaceutical-related stocks performed well, but few of them closed at the upper limit, and many people did not realize how big this matter was.
I just think it's a small-scale topic hype.
Since the 19th, Jiang Yiling has never stopped calling Li Yuan.
"Hubby, when will you come back? Is the situation in Jiangzhou serious..."
"Well, you are not allowed to go out now."
"Then I'll get someone to pick you up?"
"No, I still have things to do here. You stay at home and I'll video chat with you after I'm done with my work these few days."
After Li Yuan finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
The phone call between Yu Yue and Yao Yingsong is very important.
Yu Yue called.
"Boss, our people don't dare to deliver goods now, and they don't want to get paid double the salary..."
"Then increase the salary, triple it, if triple is not enough then quadruple it! If someone leaves, immediately find an agent and contact some part-timers to come over. Remember, the data must be connected with BiXin, and there must be no problems with any living package!"
"I understand! But it's not easy to ship the goods from Manager Yao's place. The shipping capacity has been greatly limited recently, and the whole country is madly squeezing out the shipping capacity."
"Then find an employee to drive. A van can carry quite a lot of people. Arrange more drivers and get them there as soon as possible within a few days."
Yu Yue finally whispered: "Boss, isn't this price too high?"
In Yu Yue's opinion, even if Li Yuan didn't want to make money, he could still sell it to break even.
But all the things were given away?
He knew the situation of BiXin Mall. On the first day, there were more than 30 million orders, and on the second day, the number directly exploded to 180 million.
I can’t deliver it, I really can’t deliver it.
The couriers had no rest these days, so Yu Yue asked the leaders of each warehouse to directly distribute cash to them in order to encourage them to work overtime.
Li Yuan also has costs.
The cost of 100,000 couriers and the intermediate transportation links is not low either.
With just these 200 million copies, Li Yuan would lose at least 10 billion.
This is still the cost price. According to the market price, it is more than 30 billion.
And it’s not just this, there will be more to come.
Li Yuan's agricultural assistance program purchased agricultural products worth more than ten billion yuan, with potatoes at 80 cents, radishes at 30 cents, celery at 70 cents, and cabbages at 40 cents, which occupied half of the dozens of storage centers across the country.
At first he thought it would all rot in the warehouse.
Now……
From a financial perspective, it's worse than bad.
All I can say is that it was just luck for Li Yuan...he just happened to encounter an opportunity to send it out.
He couldn't say that Li Yuan had planned this in advance. Even if he had thought of this, he could never say it out loud.
Li Yuan smiled and said, "What's the price? Do we care about the price when serving our customers?"
"In fact, according to the feedback from our couriers, many people don't need these at home... and a large part of them are multiple people in a family who are certified at the same time, and each family is allocated several packages..."
"What does that matter? By the way, how is Honor's tablet production going?"
"We have about 200,000 units in reserve now, but production capacity may be limited..."
"Let them work overtime to increase production capacity, and then all the costs will be charged to me."
The upcoming online classes will hurt the self-esteem of many people, so Li Yuan decided to send a tablet as well.
He bought it at cost price, but on average the price of each tablet was around one thousand yuan.
He can't use too bad configuration...
"Then...should we borrow money from the bank?"
"Well, borrow it!"
Qingtian Group owes a lot of money. Including the 200 billion borrowed from Tang Jianjun, the total debt is close to 350 billion.
The logistics and warehousing center was built with borrowed money, the automobile production line was built with borrowed money, and even the current employee salaries were all built with borrowed money.
"Okay, I'll contact the bank then."
"By the way, masks are in short supply. The delivery address is for a family . Except for the first batch, each subsequent package will only have ten masks. Priority will be given to ensuring quantity."
"clear."
Such scenes happen many times almost every day, because many decisions are particularly important at this time, and it is not easy for Yu Yue to make the decision directly.
But by doing this, Li Yuan made too many enemies.
BiXin shopping malls give away free stuff, and a family of five can definitely get enough stuff. Will anyone buy stuff in the mall? Can stuff still be sold on other platforms? Especially those who take the opportunity to stock up and resell to make a fortune, won’t they hate Li Yuan to death?
In many places, couriers from BiXin Mall are not allowed to enter at all.
Even their couriers were beaten.
He would write all these down in the report and would not call Li Yuan to bother him.
At this time, Li Yuan hung up the phone and called Song Dalong.
For Song Dalong, this period was a mixture of pain and happiness.
What is painful is the sharp drop in stock prices, but what is joyful is the skyrocketing pork prices.
The unit price of live pigs can reach 36 yuan per kilogram, and pork can now be sold for more than 30 yuan per kilogram in the market.
Song’s shares’ performance will definitely soar.
Especially recently, stockpiling has become popular and pork is selling like hot cakes here.
Seeing Li Yuan’s call, he quickly answered it.
No one can refuse to communicate with a big shot like Li Yuan, and Song Dalong even wants to continue to get close to Li Yuan.
