Chapter 30, running business needs more details
After the two entered the freight yard, Chen Shu began to speak very little, after all, he had no experience in spot acquaintance, and the only information he could provide to Chen Shu was the label attached to each steel pipe.
Each manufacturer and specification model is indicated above, and the hand naturally often pinches the thickness of the steel pipe with the thumb and index finger, which is a common action for these often sold steel pipes.
"Is it better to sell shampoo or blunt?" Chen Shu asked.
"Look at who buys, if those people who do engineering don't want blunt heads, it's inconvenient to go back to polish butt welding, only those state-owned enterprises purchase or don't know how to do it, they are more willing to buy blunt heads. Mr. Zhao explained.
"Our company does not plan to use a blunt head machine, a shampoo machine is a must! In the future, galvanized goods will occupy the main market, so the greatest possibility is to put on the galvanizing line, and it can also solve the problem of unsalable goods. Chen Shu explained.
"How to solve the problem of unsalable goods on the galvanizing line?" Mr. Zhao stopped and looked back at Chen Shu.
"The welded pipe will definitely rust after a long time, and it will be galvanized after pickling, which is no different from other goods, which is equivalent to prolonging the product in a new state. Chen Shu explained.
"You mean to galvanize yourself, right? But it is still very beneficial to manufacturers. Then he began to move forward, while Chen Shu followed behind, constantly touching the thickness of the tube with his hands, and from time to time asked BJ about the current sales situation.
At this time, a six-and-a-half-meter pull truck happened to come over, loaded with two steel pipes, Zhao Rongwei took a pair of gloves used by the workers, helped hang the hook and hoisted it to the car, and then the two walked around and returned to the office. Although it seemed that he had only walked in a circle, Chen Shu was slowly counting how many steps he had taken, calculating how much stock he had.
"How much stock do we have here, and how much can we sell in a day now?" Chen Shu asked what he was most concerned about.
"There are about 5,000 tons of black pipes here, and less than 3,000 tons of galvanizing. Under normal circumstances, it can walk about 200 tons a day, but of course there are good and bad times. The other eight warehouses are similar to here, and the pipe business is okay now, but it will be difficult to say in the future. When he said this, he could see the concern about the prospect of the market.
"There should not be much of a problem in three to five years, and I dare not say that it will take a long time, at least there are no restrictions on infrastructure and real estate in this five-year plan. Chen Shu said casually.
"Oh! If that's the case, there are still a few years to live, and I always have this thought, business will become more and more difficult in the future, especially the profits of manufacturers may be compressed to the extreme. At that time, even if we have the funds to prepay the factory, it will be difficult to get a low price, and BJ's users know that the Tangshan factory, as long as they can make up the same amount, it is possible to go to the factory to get the goods. ”
"At that time, the customers that we, the dealers, can do, are either those who can't get the funds temporarily, or the amount is on the line, and there is no way to ship from Tangshan, and at that time, it will be difficult!" Mr. Zhao said.
However, Chen Shu chose to be silent, seeing Chen Shu's reaction, Zhao Rongwei did not interrupt the other party's train of thought, maybe he thought of something. Soon Chen Shu thought of another question, and only then did he look at Zhao Rongwei again.
Mr. Zhao's concern is not unreasonable, China's steel industry has been a little too crazy in recent years, and this situation will continue, the final result from domestic sales to exports, and will face anti-dumping trade barriers. In the long run, the road is indeed not easy!" Chen Shu said.
When Chen Shu mentioned this, Mr. Zhao was stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect Chen Shu to associate the country's overproduction and exports with anti-dumping. However, if you think about it carefully, if the steel industry continues to be so crazy, whether it is the survival competition of the industry, or the pressure of the social environment, etc., it will not let the steel industry continue to expand in a disorderly manner.
The two chatted briefly for a while, and Chen Shucai left *Yangtong Company, because of the contact with Mr. Zhao, he had a deeper understanding of the business model existing in the steel pipe industry. If the BJ market can be opened, the production, development and expansion of the enterprise are not a problem.
took out Mr. Zhao's business card, drew it on the back with a pen, and then put it together with other business cards. Looking at the time on the phone, it was already 9:40. If you still turn like this, you will definitely not be able to visit many people this day, not to mention that there are many leather bag companies.
After a little hesitation, he turned around and walked towards the Lange Steel warehouse, which is a storage warehouse, where many companies put their goods to operate, and the offices are in the office building of Lange Steel.
Guards don't care about you as a backpacker, especially with a small document bag, is it possible to use two pieces of scraps to wrap documents? Hahahaha! Just kidding.
The warehouse is divided into different areas, including plates, profiles, pipes and special materials. As for the other areas, Chen Shu didn't have time to visit, and his attention was all focused on the pipe area, so he went directly to this area with his bag on his back.
Among the hot-dip galvanized pipes placed in the open air, there are round pipes, square pipes, and rectangular pipes are the most, and the others are basically black materials. When he arrived, Chen Shu found that each yard was numbered and there was no company name, which made Chen Shu dumbfounded. "If you can't find the name of the company, aren't you all busy?"
There's no way, since you're here, you're going to have a little gain, maybe those of us who run the business have this bit of persistence. There are more than a dozen workers hooked up to load goods in a huge freight yard, and it is not easy to find someone to ask. Besides, a stunned kid appeared in someone else's yard, who wants to take care of you, in case you hurt the other party, you have to be responsible, it's not bad if you don't get blasted out at the first time.
After looking around, there was a commissary next to the guardhouse, although Chen Shu didn't smoke, but it was sometimes easy to smoke a cigarette. Although he didn't have a lot of money in his hand, he still bought a box of Yuxi ruthlessly, and then returned to the freight yard from the new. No one here does not mean that there is nothing to do, holding a small notebook to keep recording the yard number and the approximate size of the stored steel pipes.
About twenty minutes later, a car loaded with pipes drove here, and it seemed that it was pulling goods. Chen Shu gave up the place and couldn't interfere with other people's work, but the workers on the other side hadn't come over yet.
"Little brother, where do you see this cargo loaded?" the driver got out of the car and handed the bill of lading to Chen Shu.
"I'll take a look!" Chen Shu took the list decently, and immediately understood the situation, the list indicated the company name, yard number, yard number, and then the details of the required loading.
"This is *Datong's goods, I'm not the warehouse manager here, but it should be there!" After speaking, Chen Shu pointed to the location of the goods, and then handed the list back to the driver.
"Oh, okay, thank you, I'm going to find the loader!" After speaking, he got into the car with the list and drove to the location Chen Shu said, and at this time Chen Shu already had a new idea!