Chapter 452: Emergency Agent
Lai Xiaohu stood next to Zhu Xun and watched him talk to the manager of Xinshi Airport he knew, Zhu Xun's call didn't last long, and he hung up just a few minutes later.
After Zhu Xun hung up the phone, he walked towards Lai Xiaohu, his face was not very good, "I asked clearly, it was Geng Feng's personal order." Geng Feng has not been to the airport in the past few days, but this morning he suddenly came to the airport, and then issued an order that all planes transporting vegetables from Lejia supermarket are prohibited from taking off. ”
"Geng Feng?" Lai Xiaohu read his name, "Why? Did he really know what I was doing behind my back? Although he didn't want to admit it, but in his heart Lai Xiaohu didn't have any hope, since Geng Feng had already made a move, then he must have known something, otherwise he wouldn't be an enemy of Lai Xiaohu for no reason.
"Now that you know who is behind the shot, you have to find a way to deal with it as soon as possible." Zhu Xun reminded Lai Xiaohu on the side.
"Yes, you're right, now is not the time to hesitate." Lai Xiaohu immediately regained a little motivation after listening to Zhu Xun's words, and then said, "I'll go back first." ”
Lai Xiaohu now has to go back immediately to deal with one thing, that is, to find a way to transport those vegetables for his company as soon as possible. In Lai Xiaohu's view, no matter what difficulties he encounters, the normal operation of his Lejia supermarket branch cannot have an impact. Even if Geng Feng issued an order to block Lai Xiaohu's company, Lai Xiaohu would have to think of other ways to deal with it. Otherwise, Lai Xiaohu's direct loss every day alone would be as high as tens of millions, and the indirect loss to the brand of Lejia Supermarket would be even greater. And no one has ever shot at Lai Xiaohu's Lejia supermarket before. That's because everyone is afraid of the strength behind Lai Xiaohu, but this time since Geng Feng has made a move, whether he succeeds or fails, it is equivalent to a bad start. The subsequent effects of this are not small. Especially in order to prevent someone from following Geng Feng in the future, Lai Xiaohu must survive this difficulty perfectly, and then retaliate against Geng Feng.
The revenge on Geng Feng can be postponed for the time being, but the problem of those vegetables in the planting base must indeed be solved today, if today's vegetables cannot be transported normally, then the operation of Lejia supermarket will be affected tomorrow. Although the branches of Roca supermarkets in various places will also have a certain amount of inventory, the inventory is very small.
Business at Roca Supermarket is booming. Therefore, it is difficult to have too many leftover vegetables, especially since Roca supermarkets have always used the freshness of vegetables as one of their selling points, and the vegetables that are shipped to the local area are generally kept for a day at most.
According to the number of vegetables stored in each branch now. If the fresh vegetables can't be delivered tonight, they will not be able to support it until about ten o'clock at most tomorrow, and they won't be able to support it even for a morning.
Now Heli and they are still working in the hotel, and Lai Xiaohu met Heli as soon as he went back. "Something happened to the boss." As soon as he saw Lai Xiaohu and Li, he hurriedly reported urgently: "I received news that our vegetables are embargoed. ”
"I already know about it." Lai Xiaohu motioned for He Li to calm down. Then he said to her: "Now you have all the information and contact information of the air logistics companies that participated in the bidding of our company's entrustment contract before." ”
After seven or eight minutes, He Li took a thick stack of documents to Lai Xiaohu's room, "All the company information that meets our requirements is here." ”
After taking a look at the information, Lai Xiaohu said to He Li: "Now I will give you a task, contact the heads of these companies, and ask them if they are willing to urgently act as an agent to transport our company's vegetables?" If the other party is willing, you can increase the price a little bit. ”
Now it is impossible to count on Zhu Xun's swift company for the transportation of vegetables, because the vegetables of Lejia supermarket are completely transported by swift company, so Geng Feng made it very clear when he issued the embargo order, not only all planes loaded with vegetables from Lejia supermarket are prohibited from taking off, but even the goods entrusted by Xunjie company are also prohibited from getting on the plane. It can be said that Swift Company is now unable to deliver even a single piece of goods.
Lai Xiaohu was anxious when something like this happened. In fact, Zhu Xun's heart was also anxious. As soon as the embargo takes effect, Zhu Xun's company will lose a day's money. It's just that this kind of thing is really not something that Zhu Xun can solve. And he knew that Lai Xiaohu was more anxious than him, and he also knew that Lai Xiaohu would have a way to deal with Geng Feng, so he could only wait for Lai Xiaohu's news.
For Lai Xiaohu, the swift company is no longer good, so if you want to transport vegetables, you can only count on other air logistics companies. Lai Xiaohu certainly knows that this ban is aimed at Roca Supermarket, but he believes that other companies will always find a way to get by, and the price is to pay higher transportation fees.
According to Lai Xiaohu's order, He Li began to dial the phone, and Lai Xiaohu on the side was not idle and began to call the heads of other air logistics companies with He Li.
As soon as Lai Xiaohu's first call went out, Heli's first call had already been completed, "The other party seems to know about our company, and after I asked them, the other party directly refused." ”
"Keep fighting." After hearing this, Lai Xiaohu said a little angrily. It's a bit of a wall-to-wall feeling.
Soon Lai Xiaohu's phone was connected: "Hey, hello Mr. Liu." I'm from Roca Supermarket. Lai Xiaohu said with a smile.
"Oh, oh, it's Boss Lai. Hello, hello. As soon as Mr. Liu over there heard Lejia Supermarket, he immediately remembered Lai Xiaohu, and then hurriedly said.
After chatting for a while, Lai Xiaohu shifted to the topic, "Didn't Mr. Liu want to act as an agent for our company's goods some time ago, I don't know if you still have this will?" ”
After Lai Xiaohu finished speaking, there was silence on the other side of the phone for a while, Lai Xiaohu thought that the other party would also refuse, but who knew that Mr. Liu over there suddenly said: "Boss Lai, I have heard about your company." Although I don't know what happened between you and Geng Feng, the general manager of Xinshi Airport, I know that all the vegetables in your company are now banned from being on the plane. The swift companies and the airlines that insisted on not listening were unlucky. ”
"Mr. Liu's news is well-informed enough." Lai Xiaohu's expression changed when he heard this. But he still pretended to smile and said, "There is such a thing, but we are such a big company." It's certainly not going to bother us. ”
"Okay, Boss Lai, you and I actually know what the situation is, if it weren't for the extreme seriousness, would you call us?" The other party continued on the phone: "I still know a little bit about your Lejia supermarket. You have more than 100 branches across the country all relying on the vegetables shipped out here, and if the supply of vegetables is short tomorrow, then your more than 100 branches will have to close early. ”
"Then what does Mr. Liu mean?" Lai Xiaohu's tone finally changed, and he said a little angrily.
"Boss Lai, don't be in a hurry to get angry." Mr. Liu laughed even more happily when he heard Lai Xiaohu's angry voice, "After all, we have dealt with each other." It's also a little bit of friendship. Now your company is in such a big difficulty, if I don't help, it's really a bit unreasonable. But to help is to take a huge risk. If Geng Feng doesn't know, forget it, if he knows, maybe tomorrow our company's goods won't be able to get on the plane. You also know that although this company is mine, thousands of people in the company are counting on this company to live. If the company ......"
"Just say it, at what price?" Lai Xiaohu didn't let the other party finish his words, but said this sentence directly. Through the other party's words, Lai Xiaohu could clearly sense the other party's intentions. Obviously, Geng Feng's ban is not very deterrent to them. Therefore, they are also willing to accept the commission of Lejia Supermarket. However, the other party plans to take advantage of the current predicament faced by Lejia Supermarket and take the opportunity to extort a large sum.
"Four bucks." Seeing that Lai Xiaohu said it so directly, Mr. Liu didn't hide it anymore, and directly said his price.
"Four bucks?" Lai Xiaohu directly exclaimed when he heard this, four yuan means that Lejia Supermarket has to pay the other party four yuan for every kilogram of vegetables delivered. This price is really outrageous, and it has increased by five or six times compared with Zhu Xun's swift company.
"You're crazy about money, aren't you?" Lai Xiaohu questioned and then hung up the phone decisively. The price of four yuan is too high, and if the transaction is made at this price, it means that nearly half of the performance of Roca Supermarket every day needs to be used to pay for the cost of freight. Tens of millions of freight costs a day.
Lai Xiaohu hung up the phone and sat in a chair feeling a little dizzy with anger, and He Li over there quickly finished the second call. "The second company on my side seems to have a little bit of willingness. But the price is not cheap, they come out to more than three dollars. But I refused. ”
"I've got four pieces out of here." Lai Xiaohu heard the words and said, "It seems that the matter of our company has spread in the circle, and these companies are planning to take the opportunity to extort us." ”
"What then?" He Li asked.
"I'll think again and see if there's any other way." Rubbing his brows, Lai Xiaohu said softly. However, after thinking about it for a long time, Lai Xiaohu only thought of two methods that didn't seem very reliable, one was to find Sun Xingguo directly and let Sun Xingguo directly come out to test Geng Feng's pressure. However, this one solution may not work. Since Geng Feng even dared to suppress Wu Xi, it can be seen that he does not take Wu Qing in his eyes now, and Sun Xingguo and Wu Qing are of the same level, and their power is about the same, Geng Feng may not really be submissive.
And the second way is that the air transport is land transport, Geng Feng's influence is inside the airport, and no one will care too much about him when he leaves the airport. As a central city, the land logistics here is far more developed than air logistics, and things can still be sent to the whole country by land.
However, this method is useful for several provinces close to Henan Province, because the distance is close enough that the vegetables can be transported by train or car to the nearby provinces by tomorrow morning. But those provinces that are a little far away will not work, and it will take at least a day to get there.
"Or we'll agree to their terms for the time being." He Li said suddenly at this time. Lai Xiaohu's two methods are not very reliable in Heli's opinion, so for the sake of insurance, she still decided to use the air transportation method, but the only price is that it may cost a lot more.
"It's always temporary, and now it's important that we spend a little more money to keep our branches open across the country." He Li said: "Won't you be able to restore everything to normal after you solve that Geng Feng, boss." ”
Regarding Heli's words, Lai Xiaohu thought about it and nodded in agreement, "Then let's do it first." Call them and say yes to their terms. ”
After speaking, Lai Xiaohu took the lead in calling the Mr. Liu just now, and after the phone was connected, Lai Xiaohu said directly: "Mr. Liu, three yuan." How about it, if you are willing to accept us to make a deal at this price, if your company is not enough, then I will fight to close the company for a few days. ”
"Okay, three dollars is three dollars." Mr. Liu over there hesitated, but finally made up his mind to take it.
In this way, Lai Xiaohu found the first logistics company willing to act as an emergency agent for the transportation of vegetables in Lejia supermarket at a price of three yuan per kilogram. And He Li saw that Lai Xiaohu had made a deal at a price of three yuan, and also set the price on his side at three yuan. The difference between the price of three yuan and the other party's more than three yuan is not very big, so an agreement was quickly reached.
The next two people kept calling various air logistics companies, and there was naturally nothing to talk about for those companies that made it clear that they had no willingness to take orders as soon as they heard about Lejia Supermarket. However, although most companies are afraid of Geng Feng, there are also many companies that are not afraid of Geng Feng at all, although they also know the situation of Lejia Supermarket, but they have not refused the emergency entrustment of Lejia Supermarket. The only thing the two sides disagree on is the price.
Just like Lai Xiaohu said. These companies all have a plan after learning about the situation of Roca supermarket. That is to take the opportunity to make a lot of money on Lai Xiaohu. In their opinion, such an opportunity is rare, and they naturally have to seize it. In their opinion, if the matter of Lejia Supermarket cannot be solved this time, then after Geng Feng's suppression, Lejia Supermarket will definitely be finished in the end, and Lejia Supermarket will be finished, and everyone will definitely have no chance to cooperate in the future. And if this matter is resolved, either the two sides will reconcile or Lai Xiaohu will suppress Geng Feng, but in either case, the order from Lejia Supermarket will not be delivered to them in the end.
In the absence of long-term benefits, these companies pay more attention to short-term benefits, not to mention that there are many short-term benefits.
In just one hour, Lai Xiaohu finalized three air logistics companies. And Heli has also finalized two, a total of five companies are willing to act as an emergency agent for the transportation of goods in Lejia Supermarket. On the one hand, the reason why so many companies are sought is to diversify risks. Avoid being like Swift Company. In the past, Lai Xiaohu entrusted all the goods to Xunjie Company, but now Geng Fengyi is stuck with Xunjie Company and Lejia Supermarket. But if Lai Xiaohu finds five or six companies, it will be different, Geng Feng will not even block five or six companies together.
Moreover, a company really can't fully meet the requirements of Lejia Supermarket in the short term, and they can't guarantee that they can find enough planes to deliver the goods of Lejia Supermarket from the beginning of the afternoon to the evening without pre-scheduling. And finding a few more companies can solve this problem, the power of one company is limited, and the power of five or six companies is very strong.
What's more, Lai Xiaohu is not satisfied with five or six companies in his heart, and he plans to find a few more companies.
As for the price agreed with these companies, they are basically around three yuan, some may be a little less, some may be a little more, but more is not too much, at most three yuan and one or two.
Lai Xiaohu was about to continue calling, but at this time, he was suddenly told that Zhu Xun was here, Lai Xiaohu went out and saw Zhu Xun in the living room of the hotel, "Brother Zhu, why are you here?" ”
"I heard from my peers that you are now calling other logistics companies to ask them to transport your vegetables urgently, and I thought that after all, I have been in this industry for so many years, and I know more information, and I may be able to help you a little, so I came."
"Really?" Hearing this, Lai Xiaohu hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Zhu Xun, "Thank you so much Brother Zhu." "Over there, other companies took the opportunity to raise prices, but here Zhu Xun took the initiative to help, and the two were very moved by Lai Xiaohu's heart.
With Zhu Xun's joining, things went faster, and in less than half an hour, the three of them got three more air logistics companies, at this time Zhu Xun said: "Plus the previous ones are enough." ”
Since Zhu Xun said that it was enough, Lai Xiaohu didn't look for it anymore. Soon, the three of them notified the heads of the eight air logistics companies one by one, asking them to prepare the planes while sending a person to the Lejia supermarket to sign the contract.
The eight air logistics companies were also very happy to get the call, this time the money of Lejia Supermarket was really made for nothing, and the profit was very high. Soon, they began to coordinate the flight while sending a convoy to the vegetable planting center of Lejia Supermarket to pull vegetables according to Lai Xiaohu's request.
As for the signing of the contract, none of the CEOs of the eight companies came in person, obviously they also knew that what they were doing was a bit tricky, and several people were embarrassed to meet Lai Xiaohu directly, so they generally sent their subordinates to sign the contract.
When the contract was signed, Lai Xiaohu and He Li were in charge, while Zhu Xun went to the planting center. Zhu Xun needs to determine how much cargo each air logistics company pulls according to the number of flights provided by each air logistics company, as well as the time and carrying capacity of the aircraft, which is a relatively complex project, and the data of each company in order to make more money is not necessarily very real. In order not to cause chaos, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to put Zhu Xun in charge of this matter, because he has the most experience in this area, he knows how to coordinate the eight companies, and he also knows which situations are true and which are false. (To be continued......)