JD Logistics' freight truck slowly drove out of the Beiqing school gate.
Qin Hao said to Wang Ying in the back seat: "Where is your home? I will take you back."
"No, just leave me on the side of the road. The driver will be here in a moment." Wang Ying said as she opened the door and got out of the truck.
The eldest lady's pride did not allow her to accept help twice a day, and Qin Hao did not insist anymore.
"Then be careful and send me a message when you get home."
"Okay, you should also pay attention."
Wang Ying looked at the taillights of the truck going away, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
The moment the school was closed, the feeling of impending death made her realize that she was not as strong as she thought.
A loud ringing interrupted Wang Ying's thoughts.
"Hey, I'm fine. I just came out of school."
"Okay, stop running around. The driver will be here soon. I'm going home because my cat is sick. I'll contact you when SARS is over."
After saying that, Wang Ying hung up Yang Cheng's call directly.
Not long after, a Mercedes-Benz picked up Wang Ying.
Back at the door of her villa, Wang Ying was about to send a text message to Qin Hao to report that she was safe, but Wang's mother had already come to greet her.
"Yingying, how are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Normally, Wang Ying would feel a little disgusted when her mother treated her like a child, but after experiencing SARS, she hugged her mother tightly.
"Mom, I'm fine. I just took my temperature in the car."
At this moment, Wang Ying's cell phone suddenly rang.
Under Mama Wang's suspicious eyes, Wang Ying walked aside: "Hey, I just got home and was about to send you a text message. Okay, let's do this for now. See you again after the epidemic."
Wang Ying hung up the phone and turned around to find her mother appearing behind her at some unknown time.
"Mom, why are you walking silently? You're scaring me."
Mother Wang glanced at Wang Ying's cell phone: "Who is calling?"
"No one...just classmates."
When Wang Ying said this, she obviously felt guilty.
Mother Wang shook her head secretly: "Yingying, you have grown up too. There are some things that our parents don't need to talk about every day. You can fall in love and have fun, but don't be serious."
"I don't know what you are talking about. I'm going back to my room first."
Looking at Wang Ying's expression, Wang's mother knew that her guess was correct, but she did not continue to ask questions. She understood her daughter's character and would easily develop a rebellious mentality when pushed.
.......
At the same time, Qin Hao sent Xiao Qianxi home to settle down, and immediately rushed to Beiqing Resource Building.
At this time, the 12th floor of the Resource Building is already divided into two parts, half of which is the office space of Haoran Technology, and the other half is the office space of JD Logistics.
"Brother Qin, you are finally here."
When Liu Qiangdong saw Qin Hao, he quickly came over to greet him.
"Nowadays, epidemic control in various places is becoming more and more stringent, and many of our logistics operations are becoming more and more inefficient. If this continues, it will be difficult to achieve delivery in three days, let alone next-day delivery."
Qin Hao reassured: "With the current epidemic control, low logistics efficiency is not just our problem. I will ask customer service to explain to customers. If there are any customer complaints, Tesco will bear the responsibility."
After hearing what Qin Hao said, Liu Qiangdong immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
When we first signed the contract with Tesco, there was an additional clause. In Hebei, for all Tesco sites, after one month of operation, JD Logistics must ensure delivery on the next day, otherwise each order will need to be double processed.
compensation.
"Brother Qin, the epidemic is now very serious everywhere. Can Tesco slow down its expansion?"
Qin Hao smiled, held Liu Qiangdong's shoulders and walked to the window.
"Brother Dong, look outside."
"What's going on outside?"
“How much passenger traffic did Zhongguancun have in the past?”
Liu Qiangdong seemed to have thought of something: "You mean..."
"Yes, there is less offline customer traffic, but the needs of customers will not change. It's just that now that the epidemic is under control, everyone is in danger, and they don't dare to shop in crowded places. At this time, it is precisely time for us to expand our business
The best time." Qin Hao said with great pride.
Liu Qiangdong's eyes lit up, but then he frowned again.
"But our logistics capacity has reached its limit."
"Then buy a car and recruit people. Now is the best time to develop e-commerce. Users who usually do not trust online shopping do not dare to go to offline stores for consumption. Their chances of trying online shopping will also greatly increase. As long as we bring this batch of
If we provide good user service and build good reputation, these users will be our best advertisements."
After Qin Hao finished speaking, he said to Liu Qiang: "If JD Logistics is short of money, I can make additional investment."
"This..." Liu Qiangdong hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to accept Qin Hao's additional investment of 4 million. Of course, the shares also changed accordingly. Although Qin Hao was still the second largest shareholder,
The shareholding has increased from 30% to 34%, while Liu Qiangdong’s shareholding has dropped to 66%.
Compared with JD Logistics’ business expansion, Tesco’s expansion is faster.
At the end of 2002, Tesco's coverage was only in Hebei. Since 2003, Tesco has established offline stores in provincial capitals such as Zhengzhou and Wuhan, and has continued to expand its coverage area at the rate of three offline stores per month.
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After the SARS epidemic broke out, Qin Hao personally led a team to Shanghai to set up a branch in Shanghai, covering Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
Such a big move by Tesco naturally aroused the vigilance of other peers in the industry. Especially when Tesco opened its first offline store in Hangzhou, Taobao executives immediately rushed to inquire about the news.
Cai Chongxin looked at the customers queuing up at the door of Tesco with a solemn face, and said to a middle-aged man with a very "distinctive" appearance next to him: "This Tesco is developing so fast. Last year, I only heard that they were in Hebei."
Bian is doing well, and I didn’t expect that the store would be opened in our base camp in just one year.”
"It looks like this Tesco will be our strong enemy."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jack Ma obviously felt threatened. In addition to the scale of Tesco, what surprised him even more was Tesco's business model.
In his inherent understanding, the business logic of e-commerce should be "anti-offline", but Tesco has chosen to combine online and offline.
Placing an order online and picking up the goods offline not only avoids the problem of inconvenient logistics, but offline stores also support cash on delivery, eliminating users' worries about online shopping.
"Should our business model change and combine online with offline?"
Cai Chongxin proposed. It can be seen that he is very interested in the group buying e-commerce model of Tesco.
Jack Ma frowned when he heard this: "Their model does seem to have advantages now, but the shortcomings are also obvious. First of all, they follow the 'purchasing and self-operation' model, and other merchants are just their suppliers. This
This model is destined to be small, and at best it is just an online store with relatively high sales, while Taobao provides a platform that allows all merchants to have the opportunity to become Tesco.”
"Secondly, opening offline stores is asset-heavy and requires a lot of money. Given the current economic situation, it is difficult for them to obtain large amounts of financing, and they may not be able to sustain it soon."
In Jack Ma's view, Tesco's model is a trick. It may gain some advantages for the time being, but it will soon hit the ceiling of development.
"But if this happens, our Taobao launch plan will need to be postponed for a while."
Cai Chongxin recognized Jack Ma’s judgment, but it cannot be denied that Taobao is still just a young child. If there is a strong competitor like Yiguo on the market, if it is launched rashly, it may cause those stores to have a negative impact on the platform.
Lose confidence.
"You still haven't figured it out. Our Taobao and Tesco are taking completely different routes. Although Tesco is currently more mature in all aspects, it also has its own limitations. For example, its product categories are relatively single.
What we sell are some popular products. What if I want to buy a bottle of glue or a pair of scissors? Those users who need it can only buy it on our Taobao, because Taobao is an all-inclusive platform."
After Jackma finished speaking, he added: "Of course, Tesco is indeed a strong competitor. We need to give it the highest level of attention. In the future, major news about Tesco must be discussed at the meeting as soon as possible."
Since Xiao Qianxi and Wang Ying left, Xie Qiao and Xu Lin were the only two people left in the dormitory.
These two people have experienced what it means to depend on each other for life.
Since the school was closed, the dormitory aunt has been recording the body temperature information of everyone in the dormitory every day. Once a fever occurs, the person will be sent to isolation.
This also frightened Xie Qiao and Xu Lin into panic all day long. Fortunately, there have been no suspected cases in their dormitory these days.
"Hey, Xie Qiao, do you think we two will really die here?" Xu Lin lay directly on the lower bunk of Wang Ying. She didn't even know whether she could survive now, and she didn't care whether the eldest lady was there or not.
Mysophobia?
Xie Qiao glared at her complainingly: "Why are you always so pessimistic? You live and die at every turn. It makes me feel scared."
"Aren't I scared? This building is too quiet now. It feels like a morgue in a hospital..."
Xie Qiao became even more panicked after what she said, and her face turned pale with fright.
At this moment, the phone rang, and both Xie Qiao and Xu Lin were startled.
"Look at you, you're talking nonsense, you're scaring me."
Faced with Xie Qiao's complaints, Xu Lin could only laugh: "Your phone is ringing, pick it up quickly."
"Hey, Qianxi, how are you? Xu Lin and I are doing fine, but we just miss you a little..."
After hanging up the phone, Xie Qiao's eyes turned red: "If I had known this, I should have gone home. Even if I die, I can see my family one last time."
Seeing this, Xu Lin couldn't care less about being decadent and quickly changed the subject: "What did Qiao Qiao and Qian Xi tell you? How is she now? Is she with Lao Qin?"
"I just wanted to say that I was safe, but I didn't actually say anything. Qianxi is in the apartment. I heard that Lao Qin went to Shanghai to expand business and has been gone for more than a month."
Sure enough, Xie Qiao's attention was immediately diverted.
Xu Lin exclaimed: "Old Qin is really hardworking. The epidemic outside is so fierce, and he is still running around outside. He deserves to make money. I don't envy him at all now."
"Well, to be honest, I really envy Lao Qin, not that he has made so much money, but that he has clear goals, unlike me who is like a headless fly all day long and doesn't know what to do.
I don’t even know what I like, let alone any ideals.” Xie Qiao sighed.
"If you say so, I'm actually the same as you. Apart from anime, I don't really like anything in particular."
While the two were talking, another bell rang.
When Xu Lin saw that the call was from Wang Ying, he subconsciously sat up from Wang Ying's bed and said, "Hey, Miss, do you have any instructions?"
"Nothing, I just want to see if you sit on my bed." Wang Ying said pretending not to care.
Xu Lin stuck out her tongue. She not only sat down, but also slept. I have to say that the eldest lady's bed was really comfortable. The sheets were made of silk. They looked very thin and they didn't feel cold at all.
"Please stay safe and see you again after the epidemic is over."
Listening to the busy tone from the other end of the phone, Xu Lin sat down on Wang Ying's bed again: "Oh, I don't know if I can see you again."
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In an apartment near Beiqing.
Xiao Qianxi was looking out the window boredly. The once busy streets were now deserted, with only a few cars passing by.
Suddenly, there was a sound of the door lock turning outside the door. Xiao Qianxi looked back and ran towards the person without even bothering to put on her shoes.
Qin Hao hugged Xiao Qianxi and frowned: "I have lost weight. Is it because I didn't eat well?"
"No way, your hand is not a scale, how do you know I have lost weight." Xiao Qianxi pressed her face against Qin Hao's chest like a kitten and rubbed it.
"You actually dare to question me, you are very courageous."
Facing Qin Hao's "threat", Xiao Qianxi snorted softly and took the initiative to put Qin Hao's hand on his chest: "You can't tell whether you are brave or not."
Unable to bear it anymore, Qin Hao directly carried Xiao Qianxi into the bathroom.
A long separation is better than a wedding. This night, Xiao Qianxi was particularly proactive. She usually restrained herself from making any sound, but this night she sang gracefully, outlining a song of spring flowers on a moonlit night, which was so beautiful.
After the passion faded, Xiao Qianxi still held Qin Hao tightly like an octopus, panting constantly.
Suddenly, feeling Qin Hao's movement to stand up, Xiao Qianxi said quietly: "Are you leaving again?"
"What are you thinking about? Let's take a bath together. How can we sleep when we are all sticky?"
"Don't worry, the branch in Magic City is on the right track and there is no need to run back and forth like before."
Xiao Qianxi's bright eyes flashed: "Really?"
"Um."
In the bathroom, steam filled the air. Xiao Qianxi lay next to Qin Hao's ear and said quietly.
"I can't live without you anymore. From now on, you can take me with you wherever you go, okay?"
"Okay." Qin Hao gently stroked Xiao Qianxi's smooth back and said softly.
When Xiao Qianxi heard this, her eyes were as charming as silk, and she pressed close to Qin Hao from behind.
