Li Mu's material hoarding plan of 2.1 billion yuan made Senior Brother Liu stunned.

He was not only surprised that Li Mu was going to transfer 2.1 billion from the reserve fund pool as soon as he opened his mouth, but also had several layers of worries.

The first concern is that he is afraid that the current storage capacity is not enough;

If you buy electronic products or valuables for 2.1 billion, you may not need much storage capacity, but the epidemic prevention materials that Li Mu wants to make are, to put it bluntly, disinfectant, masks, alcohol, gloves and even some medicines.

If it really enters the epidemic of infectious diseases, the most demanded on the market must be disinfectant, and ordinary 84 disinfectant is now sold at a retail price of two or three yuan a bottle, a bottle of about 450 to 500 ml;

If it is a large number of purchases, it is estimated that the price per liter is about three yuan, three thousand yuan can buy a cube, and this is not counting the impact of packaging on the actual volume, a cubic meter of disinfectant, if you add packaging, how to occupy 1.3 or even 1.5 cubic meters of space.

3,000 pieces of 1.5 cubic meters, 30 million is 15,000 cubic meters, if calculated according to the height of a single product of 20 centimeters, stacking ten layers is already the load-bearing limit of the bottom of the goods, in this way, stacking 30 million goods, the storage area needs to be about 7,500 square meters;

If it is 300 million, it is 75,000 square meters;

600 million, 150,000 square meters;

What's more, the warehousing is not yet automated, there are no stacking tools, and the labor cost of the ten-layer stack is very high, and the operation is also very difficult;

Such a large purchase volume is very scary to think about, not to mention that Taobao's self-operated business itself occupies most of the storage volume, so the storage margin under the entire Taobao logistics is not large, and it is estimated that 2 billion has not been spent half, and Taobao's warehousing will explode;

The second worry is that he is afraid that Li Mu will flash his waist, if Li Mu's judgment of the entire epidemic is too pessimistic, and hoards more than 200 million materials with a pessimistic attitude, in case the matter is not as serious as he expected in the end, how to deal with the 200 million materials?

Although these materials are consumable products, but because they are not fast-moving consumer goods, so the market has long been weak, under normal circumstances, the market production and sales are saturated or even oversupplied, if you want to sell the two billion materials, I am afraid it will be difficult to climb to the sky, at that time, it is likely to be completely rotten in their own warehouses, these costs will have to be borne by Taobao themselves.

Senior Brother Liu expressed his two worries, and Li Mu said to him: "2.1 billion is just the initial plan, and it is likely to be added in the later stage, but the problem of warehousing is easy to handle, we immediately set up a team to find available warehousing resources in the location of our seven major logistics bases, as long as there is, we must take it at any cost." ”

Taobao logistics originally engaged in six logistics distribution and warehousing bases, namely Yanjing, Shanghai, Yangcheng, Sichuan, Hanjiang and Liaoshen, and later because of the extremely hot electronic products trading in Shenzhen, and a new one in Shenzhen, these seven cities are important logistics hubs, although Taobao logistics its own warehousing is not enough, but there are a lot of storage resources in the society, and it is possible to solve the urgent need through leasing;

Subsequently, Li Mu said: " As for the problem of capital risk, Senior Brother Liu, don't put it in the first place for the time being, this time we have to put a sense of social responsibility in the first place, the risk is there, but it is not a big risk for Taobao, the worst result is that more than 2000 million materials are smashed in their own hands, but the shelf life of this part of the materials will not be short, we have time to slowly digest them, how much can we still make up for part of the loss, and the rest of the part does not have to worry too much, even if it is a real loss, it will not move our foundation. ”

Senior Brother Liu nodded lightly and said, "I have no opinion on what you said, I just want to say if we can find a way to avoid risks as much as possible, if we can't find it, then we will do this completely with risks, and I have the same attitude as you!"

Li Mu smiled with satisfaction: "That's great! Then I'll start to talk about some of my specific thoughts now, you listen to it, Ziwei remember, and if there is a problem, you can interrupt me at any time." ”

The two of them nodded at the same time and said yes.

Li Mu immediately said: "First of all, we want to send a business team to communicate with all the regular disinfectant manufacturers in the country, so that they can increase production capacity in the future for a period of time, and all the production capacity will burst out, so as to produce enough disinfectant for us, but the operation method must be careful, we bought a lot of shells in China in order to be an offshore company, and then we will complete the procurement through these underlying shell companies, so as not to cause attention if the target is too big;"

Senior Brother Liu immediately said, "OK, I'll arrange this matter." ”

Li Mu said: "The specifications of disinfectant should be considered, in principle, most of them are small specifications, that is, about 200 ml of specifications, one is so that more single products can be split, and the other is that most families do not need such high-intensity disinfection at all, 200 ml is theoretically enough for a long time, and the less the more you can understand the reasonable use." ”

"In addition to most of the small-sized packaging, we also need a small number of large-sized packaging, such as two-liter and five-liter packaging, which can be used to meet the disinfection needs of schools, kindergartens, and enterprises. ”

Senior Brother Liu said with a look of approval: "This consideration is very detailed, I think for most people, if 200 ml of disinfectant is used for 20 days, then 500 ml is estimated to be 20 days, and the more it is, the less it will be very cautious to control the dosage!"

Li Mu continued: "Secondly, the global purchase of N95 masks with breathing valves, preferably 3M, first understand the cost of purchasing this kind of mask in large quantities, if it is less than five yuan, then at least 200 million pieces." ”

Senior Brother Liu was almost stupid: "What does N95 mean? In addition, 200 million masks? Brother, the urban population of the whole country is about the same number!"

Li Mu said seriously: "Masks have a lifespan, and after a certain extent, the protective ability will decline, a mask is estimated to be ten days and eight days, and the life span will be shorter if it is used particularly frequently, so we must make a good reserve, the mask is a thing, our people just don't pay enough attention to it, take advantage of this opportunity, you can use YY to promote a wave with everyone." ”

Even Senior Brother Liu doesn't know what an N95 mask is, but if it comes to 2016, junior high school students probably know what N95 masks mean, because at that time, haze and PM2.5 have become the key words that people can't do without in their lives.

At present, most people are afraid that they are still stuck in a casual disposable medical mask, which can isolate dust, bacteria, and viruses, and even some medical staff are not aware of the need to use N95 level or even higher level protective masks, and they are even using double-layer disposable mask solutions, and even the kind of thickened cotton masks that basically have no protective ability.

In addition, every year, so many migrant workers suffer from pneumoconiosis because they do not wear masks, and there are many people who are out of labor in their thirties and die in their forties, in fact, they only need to wear an N95 protective mask when working, which can greatly avoid the danger of pneumoconiosis, but no one popularizes these for them, they can only earn a low salary every day while keeping the deadly threat of industrial dust.

What Li Mu thinks now is that once SARS is made public, then he must make the use and importance of protective masks a network-wide popular science, and even invest a sum of money to do offline science popularization, and must make people pay attention to respiratory protection in daily life, epidemics, and special operations, so even if 200 million masks can't be sold, Li Mu is willing to give them all to workers in mines, stone, wood and hazardous chemical processing industries.

Senior Brother Liu knew Li Mu's routine, although he didn't understand it very well, he didn't say anything against it, but immediately said, "I'll do this." ”

Li Mu hurriedly said: "I'll do this thing, 3M, Honeywell, these professional protective equipment manufacturers are all from the United States, and the current sales in Huaxia are not high, I will not grab inventory in the Huaxia market, which will squeeze the domestic supply, or from overseas looting, it is best to purchase directly from the United States." ”

Saying that, Li Mu said again: "We are familiar with the United States, there are many acquaintances, the key is that I am also a person with a little industry and influence in the United States, by the way, do you remember Elon Musk who came to China to meet me with porcelain?"

Senior Brother Liu nodded: "Remember, that guy who is quite obscene, looks like a chicken thief." ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "He looks like an Internet person on the surface, and he is half a whimsical science fantasist in his flesh, but in his bones he is actually a braggart broker, this person has a wide range of social networks and a wider range of knowledge, and he should be able to catch up with him, not to mention that I not only need their masks, but also need more of their top protective equipment, if it can be replaced with YY's resources, it would be wonderful!"

3M and Honeywell, basically the two most famous mask brands in the anti-smog stage of the later generations, in that era, the mask industry ushered in the outlet, everyone advertised themselves as masks that can really prevent PM2.5, but really monitored, most of the products on the market are false propaganda, many products are not as reliable as brands like 3M, so they turn to the appearance, gimmick, masks are more beautiful than the other, and the functions are more fancy than the other, but in the final analysis, the best protection, The most reliable quality is still a world-class brand like 3M.

In the end, Li Mu arranged: "There are also some drugs that may temporarily increase in price, let's directly find pharmaceutical companies and ask them to produce a batch of daily medicines such as banlan root and disinfectant alcohol in case of emergency." ”

Senior Brother Liu nodded and reminded: "But we don't have the qualifications to sell drugs, I have to remind you of this." ”

Li Mu waved his hand: "Hey, it doesn't matter, we are not allowed to sell, but I didn't say that we are not allowed to buy it, this kind of thing has to be done in an unconventional way, buy it first and hoard it, and then say it, if we are not allowed to sell it at the critical moment, it is a big deal to send it to the CDC everywhere, and it is better than being hoarded by those profiteers and making a fortune!"