Chapter 417: Private Jets
Now the survival of the entire Swift Company depends on the entrustment order of Lejia Supermarket, so Zhu Xun's attitude towards Lai Xiaohu is not good, in case he angers Lai Xiaohu, it may even threaten the survival of the company.
received a call from Lai Xiaohu, and Zhu Xun gave Lai Xiaohu some guidance on the phone. At the beginning, Lai Xiaohu asked Zhu Xun on the phone if he could come to Jincheng in person, and even Lejia Supermarket could give a high guidance fee. But Zhu Xun refused without thinking about it.
Although Zhu Xun couldn't help Lai Xiaohu, it was impossible for him to go to Jincheng to help Lai Xiaohu in person. After all, the two of them are two companies, and they are both big bosses of the company, Zhu Xun also has his own company to manage, and it is already benevolent and righteous to be able to do some knowledge to Lai Xiaohu as much as possible on the phone.
Since Zhu Xun is reluctant to come, then Lai Xiaohu does not force it, let's see what Zhu Xun said on the phone, if it works, forget it, if it still doesn't work, it's a big deal, and then Lai Xiaohu can go back to the business city to find Zhu Xun in person. Asking people to do things, Lai Xiaohu still has a low profile.
Zhu Xun basically told Lai Xiaohu about his experience of forming a swift company and then developing it step by step to the present, and then Zhu Xun emphasized several key places according to the actual situation of Lejia Supermarket. After the two hung up the phone, Lai Xiaohu summarized Zhu Xun's words, which can basically be divided into three parts: the first step is to have a detailed and perfect plan, and the second step is to negotiate with the airline to ensure the timely delivery of goods, especially the time and place of delivery. The third step is to put it into use.
On the whole, Zhu Xun told Lai Xiaohu that if he wants to set up his own air logistics company, he only needs to do these three things. And these are also what he said based on the situation of Roca supermarket.
Like Zhu Xun, when he first set up the company, where did he consider aviation logistics. At that time, the company was a small company, and he only thought about one thing, that is, whether there were orders or not, and everything else was secondary. However, Roca Supermarket is different from Swift after all. The air logistics company that Lai Xiaohu wants to set up does not have to worry about orders in the first place, but it must be highly dependent on airlines from the beginning. In Zhu Xun's words, the more this happens, the more you need to plan well.
The content of the plan is naturally as detailed as possible, not only how many cars are needed, how many employees are recruited, and how many branches or offices are established in how many parts of the country. The most important thing is to calculate the amount of goods that the company transports each day, and at the same time determine how many planes and airlines are needed to transport the goods according to the weight of the goods that need to be transported. The front is easy to say, but the key is the back.
Planning is relatively convenient, because this step only needs to be completed in-house by Roca Supermarket, and there is no need to involve other companies. So Lai Xiaohu quickly found Zhang Ying. Then he told her about the content of the phone call he had with Zhu Xun just now, "In this way, you will first make this plan with Brother Yang and He Li." ”
"Yes. No problem. Zhang Ying nodded, and then left Lai Xiaohu's company.
With Zhang Ying in charge of the previous step of planning, Lai Xiaohu was relieved. However, he was not so relieved about the second step. The second key step is to negotiate with the airline. The goods transported by Roca supermarket every day are relatively large, and the distribution area is relatively wide, which is no longer a single airline can do something. Therefore, Lai Xiaohu needs to negotiate with several airlines to let them take over the transportation of goods from Lejia Supermarket.
This link is relatively difficult to operate. The time and frequency of each airline flight to each place every day is determined, and Roca Supermarket itself is also more strict about the transportation of goods, and must deliver goods to cities with branches between 3 p.m. and 12 p.m.
Both sides have their own time and geographical requirements, if the two sides overlap, it is naturally more convenient, if the two sides are relatively different, then it is necessary to coordinate, or find another airline to fill the vacancy in the middle.
Zhu Xun gave Lai Xiaohu the contact information of the persons in charge of the business of the airlines that have cooperated with Xunjie. There are a total of eight of these airlines, in order to be able to reach the capacity of the whole country. Zhu Xun must cooperate with enough airlines. And these companies have relatively large airlines, and there are also some smaller airlines.
With the phone provided by Zhu Xun, Lai Xiaohu didn't have to cover his head like a fly, and he didn't know who to turn to. But the only bad thing is that Lai Xiaohu may really have to go to the business city. Because the contact information provided by Zhu Xun is all local to the commercial city.
It just so happens that the vegetables in Roca Supermarket are also transported from commercial cities, and it is more direct to negotiate with the distribution of those airlines in commercial cities.
After handing over other things to Zhang Ying, Lai Xiaohu saw that the new store was also on the regular, and there were no particularly urgent matters in the company that needed to be dealt with by himself, so after resting for another day, he took a plane back to the business city early the next morning.
"Boss Lai, you really should buy a private jet." At the airport, Zhu Xun said after seeing Lai Xiaohu who came out of it, "A busy person like Boss Lai runs around all day long, and it is actually quite troublesome to do flights, it is better to buy a plane by yourself, you can go wherever you want, and your own plane is more convenient and comfortable." ”
Zhu Xun received a call from Lai Xiaohu before Lai Xiaohu came back. Since he was coming back, Lai Xiaohu naturally had to say it in advance, he not only called He Li, but even Zhu Xun also called. This time, Lai Xiaohu came back to find those airlines, but before that, he had to go to Zhu Xun first. On the one hand, he expressed his gratitude to Zhu Xun for his help this time, and on the other hand, Lai Xiaohu thought that since he was back, why not ask Zhu Xun for advice.
Lai Xiaohu told Zhu Xun on the phone that he was going to find him today and thanked him for his help this time. And Zhu Xun thought to himself, you came to find me, it is better for me to come to you, it just so happens that Zhu Xun's place is not far from the airport. So I came straight away.
After greeting He Li and Zhu Xun respectively, Lai Xiaohu got into Zhu Xun's car, and He Li also drove behind him. In the car. Lai Xiaohu thought about what Zhu Xun said just now about buying a private jet.
In the past, Lai Xiaohu also joked about buying a private jet, but at that time, Lai Xiaohu was purely joking, joking is joking, and Lai Xiaohu didn't take it seriously after speaking, because Lai Xiaohu really couldn't do it at that time. In the past, Lejia Supermarket only had a store in Jincheng, except for Jincheng, Lai Xiaohu did not have to go to other places to work, and even when he went home, he returned once a year. So at that time, he either went to Los Angeles in the United States or stayed in Jincheng, and he didn't buy a private jet at all.
But that's different now. This time, as the business of Lejia Supermarket spreads to more than 20 provinces, cities and regions across the country, the number of times Lai Xiaohu goes to all parts of the country will gradually increase in the future.
This time, a large number of new stores opened and preparations Lai Xiaohu did not go, but he can't help but go in the future. After all, they are all their own branches. Lai Xiaohu can't be remotely controlled all the time, and he also needs to go to the place from time to time to take a specific look.
Not to mention running every day, at least Lai Xiaohu has to go to a large area once a year, Lai Xiaohu plans to inspect all branches once a year in the future. Either the first half of the year or the second half of the year. Anyway, this patrol will become a regular in the future. And some large regions or some cities may have to go two or three times or even more, in addition to the inspection, there is something important in a certain place, Lai Xiaohu has to rush over as soon as possible.
It is indeed inconvenient to take a plane to run more to other places, because the flight is not always so coincidental, and Lai Xiaohu may have to delay a lot of time in order to catch the flight. At this time, if there is a private jet, it will be different, with him, Lai Xiaohu can completely say that he can go, regardless of when the flight takes off.
Especially now that Roca supermarkets have branches in dozens of cities, some of these cities have airports, while others do not have airports. You can't even do a flight without an airport. But with a private jet, it's different. While most private jets can't land without an airport, it's okay to buy a small private jet or helicopter. Even if there is no airport, you can land, and it will be more convenient for Lai Xiaohu to go to those places where there is no airport in the future. And after having a private jet, other people in the company except Lai Xiaohu can also use it when they go out, so that there is no need to worry about the problem of the plane being idle when Lai Xiaohu is not in use, resulting in waste.
Think about it, many celebrities such as Rengong, Uncle Benshan, Dong Chou, and International Zhang all fly around on private jets all day long, and Lai Xiaohu has a private jet is nothing, not to mention that with Lai Xiaohu's wealth, it is easy to buy any plane, as for the series of procedures required after buying an airplane, it is not a problem at all in Lai Xiaohu's opinion, and it is easy to handle these procedures in our relationship.
Even by private jet, Lai Xiaohu slowly thought about the company's affairs. Since you can buy a private jet yourself, why can't your own company buy a special cargo plane?
Think about it, if your company has a plane dedicated to transporting goods, then you don't have to pay attention to those airlines at all, and you have the final say on when and how much you want to ship.
Thinking of this, Lai Xiaohu was a little excited, and even said these things specifically to discuss them with Zhu Xun. Of course, Zhu Xun supported Lai Xiaohu's purchase of a private jet, didn't Lai Xiaohu still say this idea. However, when he heard Lai Xiaohu say that he actually wanted to buy goods, Zhu Xun was shocked at that time.
Buying an airplane? It's not about buying a car. A luxury car is generally only a few million dollars, but an airplane can easily start from tens of millions, and people still settle it in dollars. For those smaller private jets, the general price is tens of millions, and the better ones are tens of millions.
And not to mention those real planes, which are even more expensive. That's not something that the average company can afford at all.
"You're not kidding, are you?" In front of him was Zhu Xun's driver driving the car, and he was sitting next to Lai Xiaohu, looking at Lai Xiaohu in disbelief, "Do you know how much the cheaper all-cargo plane is now?" ”
"Tens of millions?" Lai Xiaohu asked.
"It's tens of millions, but it's tens of millions of dollars, and it's hundreds of millions in RMB. Moreover, tens of millions of aircraft are generally still relatively ordinary or even backward aircraft, and most of the better ones are hundreds of millions of dollars. ”
"So tall?" Lai Xiaohu was also a little surprised when he heard this. He still has a little research on cars, but he doesn't have any common sense about airplanes, and he didn't think about how expensive airplanes are. Tens of millions of dollars at every turn, this price is indeed a bit too high. However, the price of tens of millions of dollars is not unaffordable for Lai Xiaohu, and he can buy it by gritting his teeth.
But the next passage of Zhu Xun made Lai Xiaohu lose his temper completely. I saw Zhu Xun then analyzed: "Let's not talk about the price of the plane. Do you know how many planes you need to buy if you can meet the normal daily needs of all your branches of Lejia Supermarket? ”
Lai Xiaohu shook his head, indicating that he didn't know what to do. He didn't even know how much cargo was being transported by an ordinary plane now, so he definitely couldn't calculate it. But Zhu Xun is extremely clear, "You should know how many tons of vegetables your Lejia supermarket needs to sell in a single store a day." I have made a rough estimate, and based on the information you have provided, I think that under the saturation of the market, a single store will sell about 100 tons of vegetables every day. Do you know what this concept is? This means that a single freighter may only be enough for a branch to consume a day, and the size of the aircraft cannot be small. It had to be a very large cargo plane, which as far as I know usually cost more than $100 million. ”
"As for the loading and delivery speed, the harvest is usually done before 3 p.m. at your plantation center. Combined with the time for loading, take-off and unloading, it takes about three hours for an aircraft to complete a transport. In this way, each aircraft may only be able to maintain the normal consumption of two or three stores per day. ”
"I don't need to say more about what that means, right?" Zhu Xun said and stopped here. Then he looked at Lai Xiaohu and said.
"No need." Lai Xiaohu sighed helplessly. I still think too simply. It's not very realistic. According to Zhu Xun, the aircraft that Lai Xiaohu needs to buy may be a huge number. Now there are 116 branches of Roca supermarket, in addition to 17 old stores, adding up to 133 in one company. According to the actual situation of Lejia Supermarket, Lai Xiaohu believes that two branches may need to be equipped with a special cargo plane for transportation. That would mean that Lai would need to buy sixty-seven aircraft. If Lai Xiaohu really wants to buy the plane himself, the funds for the purchase of the plane alone may reach nearly $7 billion, and there must be other expenses besides the plane at that time, and this cost may be even higher. There will even be a new store in the future. There is also a need to increase the number of aircraft, which is another big expense.
Let Lai Xiaohu spend hundreds of millions, he can accept. Even gritted his teeth and spent more than a billion or more than 20 billion yuan Lai Xiaohu admitted, but the expenses of nearly 7 billion US dollars and more than 40 billion yuan are really not paid by Lai Xiaohu now. Even if he can make a lot of money every year, he can't afford such a big opening. It can even be said that even if Lai Xiaohu has it, he may not be willing to spend this money.
"So, man, let's be honest with those airlines." Zhu Xun patted Lai Xiaohu's arm and said, "The number of planes of those airlines is innumerable, and you only need to pay a small fee to let them help you transport goods." Although it may not be as convenient as shipping it yourself, it is cheaper and more affordable. ”
After Zhu Xun's persuasion, Lai Xiaohu bluntly gave up his unrealistic fantasies, "Yes, let's honestly find those airlines." ”
Lai Xiaohu was not busy looking for those airlines, but took He Li and Zhu Xun to have a meal together, during the banquet Lai Xiaohu personally walked to Zhu Xun with wine and thanked him, "Brother Zhu was able to help us Lejia Supermarket this time, here I only express my gratitude to Brother Zhu on behalf of our company." After speaking, Lai Xiaohu drank it in one gulp.
And Zhu Xun also hurriedly stood up, "Where, where, I have to thank your company for being willing to entrust the order to our swift company, and I have dried this glass of wine." After speaking, Zhu Xun was also like Lai Xiaohu, and drank it in one go.
Thank you and thank you, after the two chatted for a while, Lai Xiaohu slowly pulled the topic to the airline, although Zhu Xun also knew Lai Xiaohu on the phone, but it was always inconvenient to speak on the phone, and many things were not clear, and now that the two are face to face, Lai Xiaohu is of course unwilling to give up this opportunity.
After the creation of the previous atmosphere, Zhu Xun's good impression of Lai Xiaohu has also risen sharply, and he has drunk a lot of wine with Lai Xiaohu and is slightly drunk, so he does not hide the slightest when he speaks, almost what Lai Xiaohu asks Zhu Xun to say to Lai Xiaohu without taboo or concealment.
When he left at two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Xun was carried out of the hotel by his driver. At this time, Zhu Xun has long been awake from the world, and it is not so easy to drink with Lai Xiaohu, especially today Lai Xiaohu is intentionally drunk with Zhu Xun, so Zhu Xun's appearance at this time is really normal.
Zhu Xun was carried by his driver and walked behind, and it was Lai Xiaohu who walked in front, and Lai Xiaohu at this time was also helped by He Li and a staff member of the hotel to walk out slowly step by step. Even it seems that Lai Xiaohu's appearance is not much better than Zhu Xun, but he is lying on someone else's body unconscious. (To be continued......)