I Have a Mansion in the Post-apocalyptic World Chapter 785: Unmanned aerial vehicles and express delivery (four more tickets!)
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This letter of intent for cooperation comes from SF Express in China. Its specific content is that it hopes to introduce drone express technology into China and use Xiangjiang City as a pilot to complete the deployment of the drone logistics network.
Honestly, after reading this document, Jiang Chen's expression is very strange.
The concept of "drone + express delivery" was proposed long ago, and it was not the first of the future group.
As early as June 2013, Matternet of the United States tested the drone network in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The UAV used can carry 2 kg of heavy objects and fly 9.7 kilometers. After completing the preliminary planning of the drone network, the company will next plan to establish a huge international drone transportation network and a global supply system for drone accessories. At the same time, it is also planned to establish a charging base station so that the drone can land for charging along the way.
In September of the same year, the domestically developed drones independently developed by SF Express completed internal tests and conducted trial operations in local areas. This type of UAV uses an eight-rotor, with a flight height of about 100 meters, a built-in GPS navigation system, and the staff can preset the destination and route. The UAV will automatically reach the destination with an error of less than 2 meters.
However, neither Matternet nor SF Express has been able to promote drone logistics to a large scale. The former's drone seems to be only suitable for poor countries in the third world, while the latter's drone is only suitable for domestic poor mountain areas.
Although drone logistics can significantly improve distribution efficiency and reduce labor costs. However, due to its severe weather and the inability to avoid man-made damage during flight, the concept of "drone + express delivery" has not been realized.
Penglai is probably the only modern city in the world that has realized drone logistics. However, the reason for this is that the drone technology is advanced, but the more critical factor is the security efficiency of Penglai City.
Do n’t say anything, just look at the news some time ago: "A young man in Guangzhou used a drone to deliver a mooncake coupon to his girlfriend, and was shot down and robbed by the aunt of the square dance. When the boy found that he was" hijacked ", he hurried away I asked the aunts for compensation, but the aunt not only denied that the drone was shot down, but also said that he was almost injured by the drone ... "
Not to mention that the management of drones has always been in a gray area in terms of policies, and there seems to be no room for the drone logistics to become bigger and stronger in public opinion. About SF Express wants to introduce the Bate series of drones from the future heavy industry to complete the deployment of the drone logistics network in China. To be honest, Jiang Chen is not optimistic about their decision.
However, their offer made it difficult for Jiang Chen to refuse.
For the completion of the Xiangjiang City drone logistics network, SF Express ’s offer is $ 450 million. Jiang Chen estimated that 500 UAV terminals should be able to cover all areas of Xiangjiang City, and to meet the needs of Xiangjiang City, about 50,000 drones are enough.
According to the production cost of the Bate-3 drone, a single one is only starting at $ 3,000. Compared to Matternet ’s $ 5,000 drone, it has an advantage in both technology and price.
Many calculations, the cost of establishing this drone logistics network for SF Express in Xiangjiang will not exceed US $ 200 million. Compared to its $ 450 million offer, this is almost 125% profit!
Moreover, if Xiangjiang City as a pilot has proved the feasibility of promoting the drone logistics network to the mainland, SF ’s next step is undoubtedly to expand the drone logistics network to Shenzhen, followed by the entire Guangzhou, and then ......
Think about how many cities there must be in China? How many courier companies are there?
This huge market is simply an inexhaustible gold mine!
"Your expression tells me that you are very interested." Xia Shiyu smiled and looked at Jiang Chen's expression.
"Yes, this market is worth more than 100 billion yuan. I do n’t think any company will be interested." Jiang Chen nodded from time to time while looking at the documents in his hand.
Honestly, although he did n’t understand the details of the cooperation, he looked at the prospects of the entire market very quickly. China has 283 prefecture-level cities, 374 county-level cities, and more than ten express companies. Even if an average city can only make 500 million US dollars, the scale of this market is already terrifying.
"I am also very optimistic about this agreement. No matter whether the SF Express pilot operation in Xiangjiang City is successful, there is no risk for us. However, I have not agreed with their proposal for the time being."
"Why?" Jiang Chenrao looked at Xia Shiyu with interest.
He knew that there must be some reason for her to do this.
"Although SF ’s offer is very attractive, since we have mastered the core technology and the funds are relatively ample. Why do n’t we do this for drone logistics?"
Why not do it yourself?
Future Group controls VRstore, a huge virtual reality shopping platform, and integrates several home appliance manufacturers. The volume of transactions on VRstore every day has reached a rather horrible number. With such a huge resource advantage, Future Group can develop offline delivery business on this basis.
Users on VRstore, the future group will be delivered uniformly by "free shipping"!
Using drone delivery technology will greatly reduce the labor cost of the future Renren Group. SF Express needs to pay 400,000 employees, but for Future Group, this number can be reduced to less than 50,000.
In terms of operating costs, Future Group first has the advantage.
Hearing Xia Shiyu, Jiang Chen thought about it for a moment.
"Do you do logistics yourself? Does our company have management experience in this area?"
“We do n’t have to start from scratch. My suggestion is to acquire an existing logistics company, integrate its management team, and then reorganize its business. In the process of goods sorting, transportation, and delivery, our general manager The company sent someone to redesign and copy the model of Penglai City. If the trial operation proves feasible, we will fully promote it in the mainland and further push it to the world! "
Before that, Xia Shiyu had obviously made some plans for the layout of this "drones + logistics", so he was confident when he explained to Jiang Chen.
And her words did make Jiang Chen really moved.
How can I make money for the entire industry chain by doing services for others?
"What about risk?" Jiang Chen asked the last question he cares about.
“It takes about 3 billion US dollars to complete the acquisition. Then we will gradually cancel the local agency rights, shift the franchise model to offline direct operation, and establish our own distribution network in major cities. This work will require about 1 billion US dollars. . Using Xiangjiang City as a pilot for drone logistics, the cost is US $ 200 million. "
Calculated in this way, the cost of the entire project is about 4 billion US dollars. With the financial resources of the future group, this risk can be fully resisted.
"Very well, I will ask you for that!" Jiang Chen smiled and pointed to the file in his hand.
Since it has been decided to engage in this drone logistics, it is naturally unnecessary to read SF's letter of intent for cooperation.
Xia Shiyu smiled slightly and gently lifted the hair in her ear.
"Pack it on me."
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(Well, I do n’t buy games on Steam anymore. Four more outbreaks are offered, and I am asking for QAQ on the monthly ticket) (Unfinished.)