Chapter 404: Zhou Tong Tianxia [Ask for Subscription]
The express delivery industry is an industry with a very simple mode of operation.
Operators only need to build transit stations everywhere and recruit people who are familiar with the area around the transfer stations as delivery people, and then they can start to attract customers and make a profit.
For the establishment of a transfer station, it is of course best to be able to establish it in the city, because it is convenient to pick up goods.
But it's not impossible to choose the mountain gate of a certain immortal cultivator.
However, this premise is that the other party's family is trustworthy and willing to believe in the Zhou family.
Zhou Chun didn't want to become a fat man in one go, and he didn't plan to roll out this business across the country from the beginning.
He initially planned to establish a transit station only in the four prefectures of Lianzhou, Lanzhou, Yunzhou, and Lingzhou under the command of Qinglianguan, as well as those pioneer strongholds in the wilderness.
After making sure that this mode of operation is feasible and people believe that this business can make money, they can go to the Su family or other family partners to cooperate.
And he is not worried that other families will follow the trend after seeing the Zhou family making money in this business.
You must know that the express delivery of the immortal cultivation world is not easy to deliver, first of all, you must ensure that the letters and items are delivered to the receiving personnel at a fast speed, and the use of substitute spirit animals is a necessary thing, which is more important than personnel.
It's like the world in Zhou Chun's previous life, you don't have professional logistics vehicles, logistics ships, and logistics planes to transport goods, how can you make the express delivery to the receiver in the fastest time?
Except for the Zhou family, the vast majority of the immortal cultivation families, and even the major sects such as the three major sects, could not take out a large number of substitute spirit beasts to transport and send pieces.
I have to mention here that the Zhou family's current configuration of substitute spirit animals is excellent.
The red-eyed dragon vulture is fast and safe, and can be used for high-end express service.
The dragon scale horse and the octagonal deer are both amphibious and all land supercars.
The dragon's claw monitor lizard has a large load and is not slow, and it is a proper heavy logistics truck.
With these all-round high-end spirit beasts in hand, no one can rob the Zhou family in the express delivery business!
Even in Zhou Chun's vision, in order to ensure the safety of the transportation of goods between various transfer stations, not only did the Zhou family set up several professional monk teams to escort them, but also pulled out some powerful demon beasts in the beast garden to follow the team to escort them.
And in this link, the second-order demon beasts newly cultivated by the elders of the Zhou family are all important members.
In the past, when Zhou Chun went out, Zhou Mingde gave him the Vulcan Jackal as a bodyguard, and saved his life several times.
Now the second-order demon beasts of the elders of the Zhou family can also be qualified for this position, and they can completely hide in the escort team to protect the safety of the goods.
In this way, even if you encounter one or two monks in the foundation building period to loot the transportation team, you may not be able to succeed.
In view of the current reputation and strength of the Zhou family, coupled with the fact that the value of the goods looted by the ordinary transportation team is not high, it can basically prevent the letter from being robbed halfway.
For the Zhou family, the most difficult part is the recruitment of couriers.
Although many of the letters delivered have no value in the hands of others, the Zhou family's substitute spirit beasts are worth a lot!
If the courier rolls up the Zhou family's substitute spirit beast and escapes, it will not only make the Zhou family lose a fortune, but also make the entire express delivery business more and more difficult to do, after all, the number of the Zhou family's substitute spirit beast is also limited.
If we want to solve this aspect, it is actually difficult to say and easy to say.
The difficulty lies in the trust of the courier, and it is easy to find out whether the Zhou family is willing to spend money.
If you are willing to spend money, you can find those cultivators of the Immortal Cultivation Family to do this.
The family monks have a family as a guarantee, and if the monk can't run the temple, it is unlikely that he will betray the family for the sake of a substitute spirit beast, not to mention that the Zhou family will not let the substitute spirit beast sign a contract with the courier, and if it is stolen, it can only be sold.
And after Zhou Chun's careful consideration, he decided not to test his human nature, and directly gave priority to recruiting family monks as couriers.
After all, a good start is the most important, and it is better not to make money at the beginning, but also to make a name for yourself and make a good reputation.
Later, you can make money while recruiting low-level casual cultivators to slowly train and observe.
Anyway, for those casual cultivators who cultivated in the early stage of Qi refining, as long as the Zhou family was willing to let them cultivate in the mountain gate station for free, they would be willing to accept some training from the Zhou family, not to mention that they would have the opportunity to get a stable income job in the future.
In this way, after Zhou Chun finished the detailed plan, he called several Zhou family elders over, showed them his plan, and answered some incomprehensions for them by the way.
But in fact, express delivery is not a new thing, but no one has ever thought of fully integrating this thing as a major business.
Just like Zhou Chun's previous life, thousands of years ago, there was an official post station to do this, but it only served the government itself and a few high-ranking officials and nobles, and the average wealthy businessman and magnate did not have the opportunity to use the post station fast horse to help him deliver letters.
In the world of cultivating immortals, forces like the Three Great Sects also have various ways to send letters and transmit messages, and they don't use the courier service of the Zhou family very much.
The main ones who really use this service are the various immortal cultivation families and some scattered cultivation forces.
Therefore, after reading Zhou Chun's plan and listening to his explanation, all the Zhou family elders understood the business opportunities and hidden information advantages of this business.
So this matter was quickly unanimously recognized by the senior management of the Zhou family and began to be implemented.
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A wilderness south of Yunzhou, a pioneer stronghold.
Meng Qing was a late-stage Qi refining cultivator who had previously practiced in Lanzhou.
Because various immortal cultivation families have successively established pioneer bases in the wilderness, and after hearing the news that many monks have made a fortune, Meng Qing couldn't resist the temptation, said goodbye to Taoist couples and children, and followed a few good monks to adventure here.
And after arriving here, Meng Qing found that his friends really didn't lie to him, as long as they dared to go out and take risks in the wilderness, they would definitely gain something every time.
It's only been a little over a year since he came here, and he has saved as many as hundreds of spirit coins, which are the income he has earned in the past few years in Lanzhou.
He is not ready to spend these spirit coins himself, he is ready to leave them to a pair of children who also have spiritual root qualifications, he does not want his children to follow their own old path, and wants to give them a better starting point.
But in more than a year since he came here, he hasn't had any contact with his family.
Several times he wanted to ask the caravan to bring him a letter to his family, but the caravan did not pass through his neighborhood, and if he wanted to send a letter, the cost would be high, and he was reluctant.
On this day, Meng Qing once again went out with a few companions and returned from an adventure, and the harvest was not small.
But in a battle, he himself was injured a lot, and he was afraid that he would have to recuperate for a while.
And after being injured, he walked back to his residence alone, and he missed his wife and children even more.
So he not only went to the shopping street in the stronghold, but also wanted to see if he could be lucky enough to come across a caravan that happened to pass near his house.
However, not long after he entered the shopping street, he found that there were many people gathered in front of a shop, and there were all kinds of discussions.
Out of curiosity, he immediately rushed over to check.
I saw a middle-aged man in a blue shirt standing in front of a poster, his hands slightly arched and explained loudly to the monks who surrounded him.
"The worries of all Daoists are reasonable, but the owner of our 'Zhoutong Tianxia' business house is the Zhou family of the Lanzhou spirit beast, with the power and strength of the Zhou family, will it ruin its reputation because of the dozens or hundreds of spirit coins of your fellow Daoists?"
"And we also have regulations that all the transportation of money and goods will provide insurance services, but if there is any loss, all compensation will be made according to the price, which is written in black and white to make a spiritual contract, with the credibility and heritage of the entire Zhou family as a support!"
"Let's talk about the secrecy of this letter, our special envelope can prevent the perspective observation of most of the spiritual eye secret techniques, once the envelope is sealed, as long as it is opened, it will definitely destroy the special sealing mud, and the personnel responsible for delivering the letter have absolutely no spare sealing mud to reseal."
"If you are worried that the letter will not be delivered and you will pay the postage, you can also choose to pay half of the honorarium and have the recipient pay the other half to send the letter."
"And if the letters that you want to pass on to your relatives and friends really involve any important secrets, you can add money to use the encrypted jade slip and the 'Flying Dragon Communication' service, and when the time comes, the Zhou family's own clan monk will personally open the encrypted jade slip in front of your relatives and friends, to ensure that the information inside will not leak out at all!"
Listening to it like this, Meng Qing probably understood what was going on.
Then he stared at the plaque of "Zhou Tong Tianxia", and after a little hesitation, he quickly made a decision in his heart.
As a casual cultivator from Lanzhou, Meng Qing is naturally no stranger to the Lanzhou spirit beast Zhou family, a great family of immortal cultivators, and it can even be said that it is like thunder.
He himself had gone to the Zhou family's mountain gate to cultivate, and he had hardly heard of the negative reputation of this family.
So he is still willing to believe in the credibility of this family.
And he just sent a letter, and the letter only recorded some of his lovesickness for his wife and children, even if it was seen by others, it was not a big deal.
So Meng Qing quickly squeezed through the crowd and entered the store.
Not long after, Meng Qing sent his letter at the price of two spirit coins.
He didn't choose to let the Taoist couple pay the other half of the postage, and directly chose to bear all the costs himself.
After sending the letter, Meng Qing next recuperated from his injuries while calculating the time and waiting for the Taoist priest to reply.
He asked when he sent the letter, and the clerk said that it would be five days at least and eight days at most, and the letter would be delivered to the address he had written.
And if there is a reply, he will receive it in about half a month.
But in fact, Meng Qing didn't wait for half a month, only the twelfth day passed, and he received a reply from the Taoist couple.
The familiar font on the letter indicates that it was indeed written by a Taoist priest, and the envelope also contained a portrait of his sons and daughters.
"If Meng Daoyou thinks it's okay, please leave your mana breath on this magic weapon, confirm that it is signed by you, and in a few days, someone from the business bank may come to you to check and confirm that the letter has been delivered to you."
Just when Meng Qing was stunned and looked at the portrait of his children, the words of the monk who sent the letter on the side pulled his consciousness back.
After listening to the other party's words, he sighed that the "Zhou Tong Tianxia" trading house was really thoughtful, and he was very happy to leave his own mana mark on a jade book magic weapon.
Two more days passed like this, and sure enough, another monk who claimed to be an inspector of the "Zhou Tong Tianxia" trading house found Meng Qing and came over with the jade book magic weapon where he had left a mana mark, and confirmed with him that the letter had been received in its entirety.
"Your firm's service is so thoughtful!"
After Meng Qing reconfirmed that he had received the letter, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the inspector of the "Zhoutong Tianxia" commercial bank in front of him with emotion.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Xinyan, who came here from the Zhoujiashan Gate of Jiufengling to serve as an inspector, also smiled and said: "Hehehe, if Meng Daoyou is satisfied, please help us recommend and publicize it to your relatives and friends." ”
"Definitely, Meng will definitely inform your friends about this!"
Meng Qing nodded seriously and agreed without hesitation.
And a few days later, Meng Qing went to the firm again, entrusted the firm with eighty spirit coins and a letter in his hand to send it to his fellow Daoists, and paid the insurance fee and delivery fee of five spirit coins.
Seven days later, he received a reply from a firm entrusted by the Taoist couple, which clearly stated that he had received money and letters, and also told him to buy more talismans for himself to defend himself, and not to send all the money home.
In this way, after two successful letters, Meng Qing took the initiative to become a salesman of the "Zhoutong Tianxia" firm, and recommended the express delivery service of the "Zhoutong Tianxia" firm to all his friends.
And Meng Qing's casual cultivation is just a microcosm of various places at this time.
The new product of the "Zhoutong Tianxia" trading house is spreading to all parts of the immortal cultivation world at a very fast speed, and many immortal cultivators, especially scattered cultivators and various immortal cultivation families, are talking about this fresh product.
As the person who single-handedly led the establishment of the "Zhoutong World" trading bank, Zhou Chun naturally knows the next trend better than anyone else.
From half-believing to fully believing and enjoying the convenience it brings.
This is the stage that every monk who needs the services of the "Zhou Tong Tianxia" firm will definitely go through.
What he wants to do is to ensure that 100% of the letters and items of these customers who are willing to believe in the firm in the early stage are delivered to their relatives and friends, and do a good job of word-of-mouth so that these first customers can take the initiative to help him publicize.
This kind of word-of-mouth promoted by the customer himself is much more useful than promoting it yourself.
On this day, he looked at the data of the "Zhoutong Tianxia" commercial bank that had just been counted half a year after its opening, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction: "Very good, now the perfect first step has been taken, and as long as you act according to the plan, there will not be much deviation." ”
Then with this data, Zhou Chun personally went to the Su family in Jiangzhou to meet the ancestor of the Su family and discuss cooperation with him.
The express delivery business may not seem particularly remarkable at the moment, but after a long time, there will definitely be many forces to find business opportunities.
Even if it is difficult for others to imitate the Zhou family, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be red-eyed people who deliberately sabotage.
So at least on the bright side, Zhou Chun still had to bring in a Jindan monk to stand on the platform in order to withstand the pressure from some aspects.
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