56. See parents
At seven o'clock in the evening, Chen Leilei came to Wu Di's house, carrying a bottle of high-end red wine. Originally, he wanted to invite Wu Di's family to eat out, but Wu Di called him and said that her family didn't want Chen Leilei to break the bank, so he had to eat at her house, so Chen Leilei could only bring a bottle of red wine from the United Nations Club to the appointment.
Although it was the first time to go to his girlfriend's house to meet each other's parents, Chen Leilei was in a good mood and was not nervous.
Wu Di opened the door with a smile on his face, and kissed Chen Leilei secretly while his parents were not around.
Chen Leilei smiled happily, handed the red wine to Wu Di, and followed Wu Di into the house.
Wu Di's parents heard that the guests were coming, and they all politely got up to greet Chen Leilei.
Wu Di introduced Chen Leilei to his parents, didn't say that he was a classmate, and directly said that Chen Leilei was her friend. Her parents have both lived abroad, they are quite open-minded, and they are quite friendly to Chen Leilei.
After chatting a few words, Wu's mother took Wu Di to the kitchen to get busy, leaving only Chen Leilei and Wu Neng in the living room.
Wu Neng has a pair of silver-framed eyes, although he is a little bookish, but he is quite handsome, his eyebrows are like distant mountains, his eyes are like stars, and although his face is a little wrinkled, he still faintly reveals the handsomeness of his youth.
Chen Leilei sighed that Wu Neng and Wu's mother are really a perfect match. He thought intoxicatedly, Wu Di has such parents, what will he be like in the future?
After Wu Di left, Chen Leilei reintroduced himself and handed the business card to Wu Neng, who looked at Chen Leilei again.
After chatting a few words, Chen Leilei went straight to the topic: "Uncle Wu, I came today to talk to you about Di Xun Logistics, we Shengde are interested in the development of the logistics industry." ”
Wu Neng shook his head with a smile and said, "The logistics industry is not good in China. ”
"Oh?" Chen Leilei was stunned and asked, "Then ...... you?"
Wu Neng smiled heartily and said: "I also found out how difficult it is to develop the logistics industry in Huaxia after I got involved. ”
Chen Leilei asked: "The country should pay attention to the development of this industry, right?"
Wu Neng said helplessly: "The country is attached, but the logistics industry is a highly complex industry, involving too many government departments, such as transportation, commerce, railways, aviation these departments tend to start from their own interests, do not consider the requirements of the integrated development of logistics, in name is to attach importance to logistics, but in fact, there are always some documents that hinder the development of the logistics industry, the interests of these departments are greater than everything, and the logistics industry wants to develop and grow, it is difficult to ......"
Wu Neng sighed deeply and continued: "In the current Huaxia market, departments and localities have long implemented segmentation, industry monopoly and local protectionism, although the monopoly industry related to the logistics industry is being reformed, the effect is not obvious, it is still not divided between government and enterprises, and the administrative monopoly operation is serious. ”
Chen Leilei smiled slightly when he heard this, and thought to himself, "How can it not be sent up, with the rise of e-commerce in the future, three links and one reach, plus SF Express, will all become giants."
Wu Neng continued: "Now there are more and more enterprises in the name of logistics, market competition is becoming more and more chaotic, the implementation of new / Taiwan support policies are difficult, logistics standardization is not to think about, the logistics market is basically not monitored, the vicious competition in road transport is serious, railways, shipping is also the relationship first, now if you want to develop a healthy logistics enterprises, it is completely empty talk, the market is dedicated to logistics enterprises have to exploit loopholes, trust the relationship to develop." ”
After talking about the pessimistic reality, Wu Neng took a sip of tea, slowly, and a pair of deep eyes asked Chen Leilei, and asked: "Xiao Lei, I am curious, your Shengde Group is a group based on the entertainment industry, why do you want to develop into the logistics industry now?"
Chen Leilei said calmly: "To tell you, at first I came into contact with Di Xun Logistics because of a trivial matter between Wu Di and Huang Fei. But then I thought about it, and I felt that building a diversified and full-service logistics company would be crucial to the future development of our group. ”
Wu Nengjian frowned slightly, looked at Chen Leilei, and was curious about what he would say next.
Chen Leilei said with a longing in his eyes: "Uncle Wu, Shengde Group will develop into a diversified group involved in various fields in the future. At that time, if an advanced logistics company spreads a set of global business network for Shengde Group and manages the entire group's commodity supply chain, the group's production costs and commodity inventory will be reduced, the production capacity and delivery capacity will be improved, and the group's resources will be more effectively allocated. ”
Wu Neng's brows tightened when he heard this, and he asked, "Do you mean that a logistics company is not only responsible for the warehousing and transportation of the enterprise, but also responsible for the management of the entire commodity supply chain?"
Chen Leilei smiled and said: "Yes, Uncle Wu, the simple concept of equating warehousing, transportation, and distribution with logistics is about to become obsolete." In the future, the customers of logistics companies will measure the role of logistics from the perspective of supply chain management and creating economic added value for enterprises. ”
Chen Leilei took a sip of tea and slowly continued: "When a logistics enterprise develops to a high-end stage, it will transform into a supply chain solution provider, and establish a plan and control over the whole process of production, supply and marketing of enterprise commodities through the supply chain, and integrate the transportation, warehousing, loading and unloading, handling, packaging, circulation, processing, efficiency, and efficiency of the service object. The whole process of circulation information processing is linked, so as to reduce the storage cost and management cost of the company's products, improve the operational efficiency of the enterprise, make the operation of the enterprise more flexible, and at the same time can free up more energy and material resources for the enterprise to engage in its own professional production and meet more sales requirements. It can be said that in the future, advanced logistics enterprises can greatly enhance the market competitiveness of an enterprise. ”
At first, when he heard Chen Leilei's remarks, Wu Neng felt a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he smiled.
Ten years ago, although the application of the Internet has been greatly developed, it is not very mature, e-commerce is still in its infancy, such as the logistics industry, which is an industry with information collection and analysis as the core, the ability to collect and exchange information is still relatively weak. At that time, logistics companies focused their R&D efforts on how to improve the efficiency and rationality of their own distribution, even the top logistics companies have not yet thought about their own development from the height of supply chain management, because they have not yet been able to consider their own development from that height.
Any transaction of goods in the world needs to rely on the role of "three flows" (logistics, information flow, and capital flow): the goods need to be transported from the seller to the buyer (logistics); at the same time, it also needs to rely on electronic means or paper documents to complete a series of information exchanges, including the exchange of consignment documents, goods lists, signature evidence and customs clearance documents (information flow); and it is also necessary to pay for goods through the flow of funds (capital flow).
Chen Leilei said that the realm of the logistics industry, must be synchronized and coordinated with logistics, capital flow and information flow to flawless, so that the "three streams" seamless common operation can be done, but at the time when the Internet was not yet popular, the core information flow link could not be efficiently integrated, so Chen Leilei said can only be empty talk.
Moreover, at that time, almost all large manufacturers and production enterprises had their own logistics departments, and how to manage supply and marketing to improve the efficiency of enterprises did not need to be considered by third-party logistics parties. As long as the third-party logistics enterprises solve their own transportation, storage and distribution efficiency, they can get the greatest development space.
Wu Neng knows that what Chen Leilei said is not feasible now, but it will definitely be realized one day in the future, and he is impressed that Chen Leilei can have this kind of advanced thinking.
Chen Leilei just listened to Wu Neng's remarks about the logistics market in Huaxia, and knew that Wu Neng was not a nerd who only knew how to chew books, and such a person must have some special reason for working in such an environment for four years, so he asked: "Uncle Wu, I know that you have studied in Oxford, but what you learned seems to have nothing to do with logistics, why did you run Dixun Logistics at that time?"
Wu Neng looked at the honesty in the big eyes of the white-haired boy in front of him, smiled faintly, and said: "What I studied in Oxford was the field of information, which had nothing to do with the logistics industry at that time, but it was closely related to the current logistics industry. ”
Chen Leilei suddenly realized and asked: "You are running Di Xun Logistics, won't you be doing any experiment?"
Wu Neng sighed and said: "At first, I ran Di Xun Logistics, which was affected by the development of foreign logistics, and I wanted to make a career in the logistics market of Huaxia Kingdom, but after coming in, I found that it was really difficult to engage in logistics in Huaxia Kingdom, so I focused on other directions. ”
"In other directions?" Chen Leilei was curious and looked at Wu Neng expectantly.
Wu Neng looked at Chen Leilei again, thinking that Chen Leilei was the director of Shengde and had an interest in entering the logistics industry, so he said his thoughts: "In the past four years, I have been engaged in a logistics information system, which has made the logistics information more convenient and fast, shortened the response time of logistics enterprises, and improved the accuracy and efficiency of logistics." ”
Chen Leilei asked: "There is no such system in the current logistics enterprises?"
Wu Neng frowned and said with a smile: "Now almost all domestic logistics enterprises are manual bookkeeping, and some large enterprises have this kind of system within the logistics industry, but it is not perfect, and the internal LAN of the enterprise enables the internal departments to be connected." My idea is to transplant the logistics information to the Internet, so that the communication between customers and the logistics party is more rapid, the transaction is more transparent, and both parties can learn about the progress of logistics delivery in a timely manner through the network, so that the enterprise can rest assured, so that the logistics side monitoring is more timely and accurate. ”
Wu Neng wanted to apply e-commerce to the logistics industry, which was a very advanced idea at that time, Chen Leilei was greatly admired and asked with great interest: "Your system has been built?"
Wu Neng shook his head in embarrassment and said, "This information system is more complicated than I imagined. ”