Chapter 041 New Route (Part 2)
A week later, Ren Pingsheng took the familiar route to India again. He had been planning this trip for a long time. After all the first orders of LUBIN Pharmaceutical arrived in Hanhai City, he immediately set off for Mumbai to solve the urgent problems at present.
One was to discuss the continued delivery with LUBIN Pharmaceutical. When discussing the first order, LUBIN Pharmaceutical gave them a wholesale price of 200 yuan per box. A total of 2,500 boxes were shipped to China, and all of them have been sold out.
According to Ren Pingsheng's price, An Qi distributed it to the group owners at a price of 800 yuan per box at a 10% discount. A total of 1.8 million yuan was recycled. In addition to the 50,000 yuan remuneration for the entrained passer and Rajiv Raja, as well as the 250,000 yuan reserved necessary expenses, and the remaining 1.5 million yuan in cash have been exchanged into Rupees through the channels of Lingtao Trading Company.
The order Ren Pingsheng has to place this time is not something that can be satisfied with just a few thousand boxes. From the information feedback from An Qi's sales network, there are more than 5,000 patients with non-small cell cancer in the dozens of hospitals in Hanhai City alone that need medication. In order to ensure that the patients' medication is uninterrupted and to prepare for the later market development, Ren Pingsheng has to get enough medicine this time.
Ren Pingsheng decided to purchase goods on credit. Generally speaking, in order to stabilize sales and maintain customer relationships, the company will allow long-term cooperation major customers to purchase goods on credit and wait for the other party to receive the sales and return to the company. Strictly speaking, Ren Pingsheng's size is not enough to purchase goods on credit, but he left a good impression when he first discussed with the president. In addition, the sales of the first order were very smooth. After some struggles, LUBIN Pharmaceutical agreed to purchase goods on credit, but he had to return the payment within three months.
The goods Ren Pingsheng wanted this time were 25,000 boxes, with a total price of 5 million yuan, and both quantity and price were ten times the first order. Of course, with so many medicines, it is impossible to follow the "ant moving" path. The second thing Ren Pingsheng had to solve was how to transport these 25,000 boxes of generic medicines back to China.
Before leaving for delivery, Ren Pingsheng had to deal with the partners in India. He had decided to upgrade Rajiv Raja to a partner and handle a series of matters in India.
After the test of the first cooperation, Rajiv Raja showed reliability far better than most Indians. At the same time, considering the benefits of the surname Raja, instead of finding someone you don’t know, it is better to find someone you are familiar with.
Ren Pingsheng's proposal made Rajiv Raja flattered. He thought it was lucky enough to earn more than 20,000 yuan from passing the medicine. Unexpectedly, he could still become Ren Pingsheng's partner in India. This is much more promising than the taxi driver business. He also had the opportunity to regain the surname Raja in Mumbai to realize the regret that old Rajiv Raja failed to complete.
Rajiv Rajay showed 20% of enthusiasm and diligence to treat Ren Pingsheng as his benefactor and employer. During the days in India, Ren Pingsheng lived in Rajiv Rajay's home. Although the community in which his house was not noble and the house itself was not very comfortable, the hospitality of Rajiv Rajay and his wife from the Vaishya caste allowed Ren Pingsheng to experience the life of Indian civilians and also increased his affection for the family. When he was about to part, he also bought a lot of gifts for Rajiv Rajay's wife and two daughters, making them thank him for his kindness.
Compared to last time, Ren Pingsheng had money this time and was much easier to do things. In addition, Rajiv Raja was running for him and soon rented a general dry cargo ship warehouse from Mumbai to Bangkok. After LUBIN Pharmaceutical transported 25,000 boxes of medicine from the warehouse, it directly loaded the general dry cargo ship to the port of Bangkok, Thailand.
This general dry cargo ship is called the Ganesha (the elephant-headed god in Indian mythology, which represents success and happiness, and is regarded as the God of Wealth in Southeast Asia). It is a medium-sized cargo ship with a load capacity of 10,000 tons. The distance from Mumbai Port to Bangkok Port is about 1,700 nautical miles. According to the average speed of the Ganesha 17 knots, it takes about 100 hours to arrive at the Bangkok Port, so almost 5 days later, Ren Pingsheng and his Indian generic drugs have arrived at the Bangkok Port.
There are actually two ports attached to Bangkok Port, just like Yangshan and Outer Bridge in Hanhai Port. One is Pattaya, the world-famous pornographic capital, mainly grocery and bulk terminals, and the other is Laem Chabang, mainly container terminals.
Of course, Ren Pingsheng's bulk carrier arrived in Pattaya, but he was not interested and had no time to seek pleasure. With the memory of his previous life, he had contacted Qi Tianbao, who was in Thailand in advance.
Ren Pingsheng didn't have much contact with him before. The biggest impression of him was that he had been selling some homework notes, imitation sneakers and so on in school since his sophomore year, and often went to and from the dormitories of various colleges to familiarize himself. Overall, he was a good social person, flexible mouth, and liked to do things. Of course, he was inevitably as cunning and sleek as a Jingchu person. If Ren Pingsheng hadn't really found someone in Southeast Asia, he wouldn't have contacted Qi Tianbao.
Since graduating, Qi Tianbao has been working in the National Nonferrous Mining Group and was sent to Thailand to participate in mining prospecting. At this time, he was at the headquarters of the Chinese branch in Bangkok. With his help, Ren Pingsheng found a medium-sized truck locally and unloaded the cargo from the bulk carrier.
Although Qi Tianbao enthusiastically tried to keep him and tried his best to invite Ren Pingsheng to the famous red-light district in Bangkok to experience the famous Thai shemale, Ren Pingsheng refused on the grounds of exhaustion on the journey and only rested in Bangkok for one night. The next day he set off with the driver.
Of course, Ren Pingsheng did not forget to give Qi Tianbao 10,000 yuan as his reward for introducing him in Bangkok.
A gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, while a villain is a metaphor for profit. When it is time to spend money, he will never spend less.
After leaving Bangkok, he drove all the way north, and his destination was Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand. After getting on the road, Ren Pingsheng realized that he overestimated Thailand's infrastructure construction capabilities. At that time, the Mankun Highway from Bangkok, Thailand to Kunming, China had not been completed. Bangkok to Chiang Rai took National Highway 1, with a total length of about 700 kilometers. The roads in Thailand are similar to the national highways in China, but the maintenance of the road surface is far inferior to China. Many sections of roads lack financial maintenance, are seriously damaged and worn out, and the road surface is relatively bad, so the car speed is not fast and can only walk about 100 kilometers a day.
The truck driver is a typical Thai man. He is short and thin, gentle, and devoted to Buddhism. He drives a car very steadily. Of course, in Ren Pingsheng's opinion, this kind of steadily is too slow, but he repeatedly asked for speeding up, and the driver refused on the grounds of safety. Ren Pingsheng was too anxious, so he had to follow the driver's advice and drove for 7 days before he arrived at Chiang Rai Mansion.
When planning a transportation route from Mumbai to the domestic market, Ren Pingsheng had three choices:
The first is to transport Mumbai directly to the port near the inland sea in China, and then transport it into the country through a shuttle. This route is the simplest and the fastest time is used, but it has to hide from the inspections of the Chinese Coast Guard and border guards. Ren Pingsheng asked himself that he did not have such ability. If he found a smuggler with a way, the cost would be very high and it would not be safe, so he was rejected from the beginning;
The second is to transport the country from India to the border between northern India and China, from Tubo or north-south to enter the pass. This route only has theoretical possibilities. Not to mention how poor the land transportation conditions in India are, the border between India and China is the Himalayan Mountains, with an average altitude of more than 7,000-8,000 meters. Ren Pingsheng is just an ordinary person. He lacks the ability to control the plateau, so he gave up this route just after thinking about it;
The third is to transport sea from Mumbai to Southeast Asia, and then follow the Meikong River channel to enter the country through the Yunnan Provincial border. This road has many advantages, mainly because sea and water transportation account for half of the journey, which reduces a lot of transportation pressure. After entering Yunnan Province, you can also use the convenient domestic transportation conditions to quickly transport the goods back to Hanhai City. Ren Pingsheng finally chose this route.
And on the Meikong River channel, there are two more options.
First, it is transported directly to the estuary of the Meikong River, which is Saigon City, Vietnam, and sailed upwards directly along the Meikong River channel. The advantage of this route is that it is all water transportation, which can save a lot of money. However, the Meikong River flows through five countries, namely Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, and each country has to deal with border inspection. In addition to Thailand, the other four countries have relatively backward economies and are quite unstable in the domestic political climate. Ren has transported such a large number of drugs in his lifetime. Every time he passes through one country, there is an additional danger. For safety reasons, he did not adopt this plan.
Another option is the route that Ren Pingsheng is taking now. After entering Bangkok, he will transport it from Bangkok to Chiang Rai Prefecture, Thailand, and then sail up the Meikong River from Chiang Sheng Pier. As long as you pass through more than 100 kilometers of water between Thailand and Myanmar, you can reach Menghuan County, Xishuangbanna Thai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. On the way, you can pass through two countries, Thailand and Myanmar, which greatly reduces the risk of being intercepted and extorted by customs in many countries. Moreover, according to Ren Pingsheng's experience along the way, the police and government personnel in Thailand have always turned a blind eye to smuggling, and as long as you give them a small bribe, you can solve it.
Chapter completed!