When McDonnell Douglas and Airbus executives formed a group to run to China, Steve Ballmer was sitting in front of Chen Geng and poured bitter water......

"Boss, eBay must find a way to raise funds, logistics construction is too expensive, this time to add more than 500 logistics vehicles at once, this is a lot of money, the company's funds are still withstanding, but according to the development speed of our logistics company, at most next year, the funds will not be enough......"

Chen Geng frowned when he heard this: the funds required to purchase 500 logistics vehicles are not a small amount, at least tens of millions of dollars.

Of course, for the current eBay, tens of millions of dollars are nothing, but when the scale of eBay logistics is getting bigger and bigger, and the coverage is getting wider and wider, the next thing that may need to be purchased is 1,000, 2,000 or even 10,000 logistics vehicles, plus the corresponding personnel training, site rental, fuel consumption and many other costs, this cost is high.

He thought for a moment and asked Steve Ballmer: "What brand of logistics vehicle is our current car, and how is the fuel consumption?"

"It's AMC's E-Series," says Steve Ballmer, "as for fuel consumption...... As you know, more than 95% of the routes of these logistics vehicles are urban routes, so the fuel consumption is relatively high, basically starting from 25 per 100 kilometers. ”

AMC is Chen Geng's industry, eBay is also Chen Geng's industry, although Chen Geng has never said anything, but when everyone is in need, they give priority to taking care of "their own people", which is human nature, and it is also the executives of various companies who are showing favor to themselves in this way, which Chen Geng understands very well.

The logistics delivery vehicles in the United States are all body length in the early 5 meters, Iveco or Ford Transit so big cars, AMC's E series is the same, the most outrageous is the displacement of the logistics delivery vehicles at this time, the lowest is also 4.6 start, such a large displacement, and it is the city route, 100 kilometers of fuel consumption in 25 is really friendly.

Fuel consumption starts at 25 per 100 kilometers, so many cars, this is not a small number of fuel consumption per year. Thinking of this, Chen Geng also frowned: No wonder Steve has a headache.

"So what? do you want me to give you a solution?" asked Chen Geng to Steve Ballmer.

"It's best if there's a solution," Steve Ballmer nodded repeatedly, "I know you're not really willing to raise money." ”

That's the truth!

Chen Geng thought for a while and asked, "Does the U.S. government have any requirements for logistics and distribution vehicles in the logistics industry?" Is it okay to use a three-wheeled motorcycle?"

No way, as a Chinese, the first time Steve Ballmer talked about the current troubles, Chen Geng thought of the electric tricycle that the domestic express company would run all over the street in the future.

"Three-wheeled motorcycles?" Steve Ballmer was stunned for a moment, "Is there such a car?"

Thanks to the developed industry and low oil prices in the United States, Americans have never developed three-wheeled motorcycles in history, so when he heard Chen Geng say about three-wheeled motorcycles, Steve Ballmer was confused: I have seen two-wheeled motorcycles, but what does a three-wheeled motorcycle look like? Can it be used as a logistics and distribution vehicle?

Chen Geng pulled a piece of paper, brushed the three-wheeled motorcycle to draw, and then pointed to the sketch to Steve Ballmer to explain: "Steve, you see, this is a three-wheeled motorcycle I produced in Thailand and Myanmar before, powered by a 350CC displacement gasoline engine, and a 2.2m in the back* 1.2 meters of carriage, we can make a fully enclosed, I think the volume of this warehouse can basically solve the distribution problem of 99.9% of the logistics, as for the distribution of larger things, I think a city to retain one or two existing E-class logistics vehicles is enough;

As for the cab, it can also be made into a fully enclosed type, which solves the problem of rain and snow, what do you think?"

Steve Ballmer looked at the three-wheeled motorcycle on the paper and was amazed: Is there such a strange car in this world?

However, if you follow the method that the boss said, the back of the warehouse is changed to a closed small cargo box, there can be almost 3 cubic meters, if the cab is changed to a fully enclosed, for the driver to solve the problem of shelter from the wind and rain, this ...... It seems that it can, it is very possible!

"Yes, this little car is good," Steve Ballmer nodded repeatedly, "How much does this car cost......?" It would be nice if there was heating and air conditioning. ”

"Heaters and air conditioners are easy to say, just install them directly, the engine of this car itself is a water-cooled engine," Chen Geng said with a smile: "As for the price, it is very cheap, very cheap, the cost of one is less than 2000 US dollars, I estimate that even if the heating and air conditioning are installed, the cost of the whole vehicle will be around 2000 US dollars." ”

The manufacturing cost of such a tricycle is less than 2000 dollars?!

Steve Ballmer's eyes were straight, his eyes widened, and he asked repeatedly, "Boss, are you kidding?"

He was so excited: a previous logistics vehicle, you can buy these 10 vehicles! Even if one is removing the $500 manufacturer's profit, the original purchase of one car can now purchase eight of these three-wheeled motorcycles.

But after saying that, Steve Ballmer realized that he had said something stupid: how could the boss joke about such a thing?

Taking a deep breath, Steve Ballmer said: "I will arrange for someone to check the government's regulations on logistics and distribution vehicles immediately after I go back, if we can use this three-wheeled motorcycle, boss, in the construction of the logistics system, we can save a lot of money, and at the same time, we can also achieve our initial goal several years in advance!"

Chen Geng smiled and nodded.

However, compared to Steve Ballmer, he thinks a little further: if the U.S. government allows the use of this three-wheeled motorcycle as a logistics delivery vehicle, can it be marketed to UPS, FedEx, USPS and small regional logistics companies in the United States?

Thinking that the various logistics and distribution vehicles with all kinds of Transit specifications and laughing on the streets of the United States were gone, replaced by this kind of three-wheeled motorcycle running on the streets and alleys, Chen Geng suddenly had a feeling that he wanted to laugh: Is this the history of the United States being distorted by himself?

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Steve Ballmer is a resolute character, after going back, he immediately asked the procurement department to check the U.S. government's regulations on logistics and distribution vehicles, this check, he really found out, looking at the regulations, Steve Ballmer's face was flushed with excitement......