Volume 1, the first pot of gold, Chapter 785, drones and express delivery (four more votes!)

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This letter of intent for cooperation comes from SF Express in China, and its specific content is that it hopes to introduce drone express technology to China and complete the laying of the drone logistics network with Xiangjiang City as a pilot.

To be honest, after reading this article, Jiang Chen's expression was very strange.

The concept of "drone delivery" has been proposed a long time ago, and it is not the first creation of the Future People Group.

Back in June 2013, the American company RN tested a network of drones in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The drone used is capable of carrying a weight of 2 kg and flying 9.7 km. After completing the initial planning of the drone network, the company's next step will be to build a huge international drone transportation network and a global supply system for drone accessories. At the same time, it is also planned to create a charging base station that will allow the drone to land along the way for charging.

In September of the same year, the delivery drone independently developed by SF Express in China completed internal tests and carried out trial operation in local areas. This kind of drone uses an octocopter, flies at an altitude of about 100 meters, has a built-in navigation system, and the destination and route can be pre-set by the staff, and the drone will automatically reach the destination, and the error is controllable within 2 meters.

However, neither RN nor SF Express has been able to promote drone logistics to a wide range of popularity. The former UAVs seem to be suitable only for poor countries in the third world, while the latter UAVs are only suitable for use in poor mountainous areas within the country.

Although drone logistics can significantly improve the efficiency of distribution and reduce labor costs. However, due to its limitations in bad weather and the inability to avoid man-made damage during the flight, the concept of "drone delivery" has not been realized.

Penglai is probably the only modern city in the world that has realized drone logistics. However, the reason why this can be done is that the advanced drone technology is one thing, but the more critical factor is the security efficiency of Penglai City.

Not to mention far away, just look at the news some time ago: "A young man in Guangzhou used a drone to deliver moon cake coupons to his girlfriend, and was shot down and robbed by a square dance aunt." When the guy found out that he had been "hijacked", he hurriedly ran to find the aunts for compensation, but unexpectedly, the aunts not only denied shooting down the drone, but also said that she was almost injured by the drone"

Not to mention that the management of drones has been in a gray area in terms of policy, and there seems to be no room for drone logistics to become bigger and stronger. About SF Express, we want to introduce a series of drones from Future People Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. to complete the laying of the drone logistics network in China. To be honest, Jiang Chen was not optimistic about their decision-making.

However, their offer made it difficult for Jiang Chen to refuse.

For the completion of the laying of the drone logistics network in Xiangjiang City, SF Express's quotation is 450 million US dollars. Jiang Chen estimated that 500 drone terminals should be able to cover all areas of Xiangjiang City, and about 50,000 drones are enough to meet the delivery needs of Xiangjiang City.

According to the production cost of 3 UAVs, one is more than 3000 US dollars, compared with the 5000 US dollars UAV of RN company, both in terms of technology and price.

The cost of establishing this drone logistics network for SF Express in Xiangjiang will not exceed 200 million US dollars. Compared to its offer of $450 million, this is almost a profit of 125!

Moreover, if Xiangjiang City, which is used as a pilot, proves the feasibility of promoting the drone logistics network to the mainland, SF's next step is undoubtedly to expand the drone logistics network to Shenzhen, followed by the whole of Guangzhou, and then again

Think about it, how many cities are there in the whole country, and how many express companies are there?

With such a huge market, it is simply an inexhaustible gold mine!

"Your expression tells me that you are very interested. Looking at Jiang Chen's expression, Xia Shiyu pursed her lips and smiled.

"That's right, this market is worth more than 100 billion, and I don't think there's any company that isn't interested. Jiang Chen looked at the text in his hand while nodding from time to time.

To be honest, although he didn't understand the details of the cooperation, he saw the prospects of the entire market very clearly in an instant. There are 283 prefecture-level cities, 374 county-level cities, and more than 10 express delivery companies in China. Even if the average city only earns $500 million, the size of the market is already terrifying.

"I am also very optimistic about this agreement, no matter whether SF Express's pilot operation in Xiangjiang City can be successful, there is no risk for us. However, I did not agree with their mention for the time being. ”

"Why?" Jiang Chen looked at Xia Shiyu with interest.

He knew that there must be some reason for her to do so.

"Although SF's offer is very attractive, since we have the core technology, we are relatively rich in funds. This drone logistics, why don't we do it ourselves?"

Why not do it yourself?

Futureren Group controls SR, a huge virtual reality shopping platform, and integrates several e-commerce companies together. The daily trading volume on SR has reached a rather terrifying number. With such a huge resource advantage, Futureren Group can develop offline delivery business on this basis.

Users are on SR, and the future people group will deliver "free shipping" in a unified manner!

The adoption of drone delivery technology will reduce the labor cost of the future people group on a large distance. SF needs to pay salaries for 400,000 employees, but for Futureren Group, this number can be compressed to less than 50,000.

In terms of operating costs, the Future People Group first occupies an advantage.

Hearing Xia Shiyu's words, Jiang Chen thought seriously for a moment.

"Do you do logistics by yourself, do we have management experience in this area?"

"We don't have to start from scratch. My plan was to acquire an existing logistics company, integrate its management team, and then restructure its business. In the process of goods sorting, transportation and delivery, our head office will send someone to be responsible for redesigning and copying the model of Penglai City. If the trial run proves to be feasible, we will fully promote it in the mainland and further promote it to the world!"

Prior to this, Xia Shiyu had obviously made a certain plan for the layout of this "drone logistics", so he was full of confidence when explaining it to Jiang Chen.

And her words really moved Jiang Chen's heart.

To do services for others, how can you make money by taking care of the entire industrial chain by yourself?

"What about the risk?" Jiang Chen asked the last question he was concerned about.

"It will take about $3 billion to complete the acquisition. Then we will gradually abolish the local agency rights, shift the franchise model to offline direct sales, and establish our own delivery outlets in major cities, which will require an investment of about $1 billion. Using Xiangjiang City as a pilot drone logistics project, the cost is 200 million US dollars. ”

In this way, the cost of the entire project is about 4 billion US dollars, and with the financial resources of Future People Group, it can fully resist this risk.

"Very good, I'll leave that matter to you!" Jiang Chen smiled and pointed to the Wen Jiàn in his hand.

Since it has been decided to engage in this drone logistics by itself, there is naturally no need to read SF's letter of intent for cooperation.

Xia Shiyu smiled slightly and gently stroked the hair between her ears.

"Wrap it around me. ”

Well, I don't mess around buying games on S anymore. The fourth watch broke out, rolling all over the ground and begging for a monthly ticket to be continued