Huaqing Jiayuan.
It was Sunday, so Li Dong did not know if Qin Yuhan was here.
However, Li Dong did not call in advance. Women always liked surprises.
It would be too boring if he called in advance.
Li Dong went upstairs alone after getting Tan Yong to stay downstairs.
Li Dong was hesitant when he stood at the door. Should he knock or open the door directly?
After all, Qin Yuhan was not the only one living here. Yang Yun was here too.
It would be awkward if his mother-in-law was home and he saw something he should not see.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Dong decided to knock the door to avoid any trouble.
After pressing the doorbell, Li Dong soon heard faint footsteps. It seemed like there was someone at home.
However, both parties were stunned when the door was opened.
The person who opened the door was stunned, and so was Li Dong.
After a while, Li Dong said awkwardly, "Uncle … Uncle Qin, why are you here?"
Theoretically, Qin Hai was on a business trip and was preparing to complete the construction of the Qian family distribution point before New Year's Day.
Qin Hai did not return to the headquarters for the previous few meetings.
Moreover, Li Dong knew that Qin Hai was not on a business trip in Beijing.
Qin Hai felt awkward too. Logically speaking, it was not a problem for him to visit his wife and daughter in Beijing.
The thing was, the guy opposite him was not his son-in-law but his boss.
It was impossible for him not to feel awkward when his boss caught him skipping work.
Qin Hai's face blushed. He coughed and said, "Erm, I happened to have some business to deal with in Beijing, so I came to visit Yuhan. What a coincidence."
"Ahem, it is."
Li Dong did not know whether to laugh or cry, but he did not want to embarrass Qin Hai. Soon, he changed the topic, "Uncle Qin, how's the logistics department?"
"It's good, it's going well. Oh yeah, are you here for business?"
"Part business, part personal. I'm here to visit Yuhan. I haven't seen her for a while."
"Come in. Yuhan just went to the shop, and I'm chatting with Old Yang."
It would have been fine if Qin Hai had not said this. However, the moment he said this, the corners of Li Dong's mouth suddenly twitched.
The rhythm of dry wood and raging fire!
Yang Yun and Qin Hai hadn't seen each other for a long time. Now that Qin Yuhan wasn't home, the couple couldn't have just finished their business, right?
Li Dong made a few unkind guesses in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. He chuckled and said, "Then I won't go in. I'll go to the shop to see Yuhan …"
"Who?"
As they were talking, Yang Yun walked out of the room.
When she saw Li Dong, Yang Yun's face suddenly turned red.
Li Dong also laughed dryly. Damn, I really guessed it!
Yang Yun was wearing pajamas in the middle of the day. He would not believe that she had not just woken up.
The three of them stared at each other. After a while, Yang Yun was the first to react. She said with a serious expression, "You're here, Li Dong. Why didn't you call in advance and ask Yuhan to pick you up? Come in, it's cold outside. Don't freeze. "
"I …"
"Come in. You're the host. This is your home. Why are you dawdling?"
"Then, I'll go in."
Li Dong went into the house slowly while Yang Yun went back to her room to change.
In the living room, Li Dong was a little uncomfortable, and so was Qin Hai.
Old Qin was about to cry. 'I only f * cking come here once every few months, and now you've bumped into me. Isn't this unfair?
If this guy thinks I come here every day, how shameless can I be? '
Most importantly, this was Li Dong's house.
Being bumped into in Li Dong's house made him feel guilty.
Old Qin secretly gritted his teeth. 'No, I have to buy a house in Capital City too.
I'll ask my wife to move out, and I won't have to be afraid when I come to Capital City again. '
His salary was not low now, and his year-end bonus was even higher than his salary. It was enough for him to buy a house in Capital City.
The two of them were thinking about their own things. After a moment of silence, Li Dong felt that his father-in-law would feel embarrassed if he kept quiet, so he said, "Uncle Qin …"
"Li Dong …"
Li Dong quickly said, "Uncle Qin, please go first."
Qin Hai had almost recovered by then. They were an old couple, and they had not seen each other for a few months. What was wrong with being intimate?
Moreover, this guy was a junior when he left the company. Why should he be afraid of him?
Qin Hai cleared his throat and continued, "Here's the thing. Didn't we have a one-day delivery event in the logistics department last time?
I thought about it for a while. One-day delivery has a strong core competitiveness in the current logistics system.
Far away Logistics is a step behind. Although we only take on the mall business, I think logistics will become independent sooner or later.
At that time, not only will we take on the mall, but we will also take on external business.
In that case, we have to build something with core competitiveness. One-day delivery is very suitable.
However, there are difficulties. The biggest difficulty is the construction of the warehouse center.
If we want to achieve one-day delivery, multiple warehouses are inevitable. I plan to build a large warehouse center in every major first-tier city.
This is the foundation. Also, I want to purchase the most advanced automatic sorting equipment from abroad for express delivery sorting.
In the past, major logistics companies used manual sorting. Even if there is automatic sorting equipment, there are not many people using it … "
Qin Hai was very serious when talking about business, and Li Dong also listened carefully.
One had to admit that Qin Hai had his own ideas.
Building a warehouse center in a first-tier city with one-day delivery as the core competitiveness of the logistics industry, and then using the automatic sorting system, could indeed greatly increase the competitiveness of Far away Logistics.
Moreover, the automatic sorting system was also a method that the logistics giants would use in the future.
Li Dong naturally supported this idea.
However, when Qin Hai finished, Li Dong still felt a toothache.
According to Qin Hai's idea, they wanted to build warehouse centers in first-tier and second-tier cities.
With first-tier and second-tier cities as the starting point, they could cover the entire economic circle, and almost all of the country would be covered.
The key problem was that there were more than 30 first-tier and second-tier cities in the country. In other words, they had to build 30 warehouse centers at once.
Far away had only built six in a year, and they had to build more than 20 warehouse centers in the future.
Warehouse centers did not have strict requirements for land. As long as the transportation was convenient, the suburbs or uninhabited areas were better.
But no matter how cheap it was, more than 20 warehouse centers was not a small number.
Also, Qin Hai suggested using automatic sorting equipment. The current automatic sorting equipment was not cheap.
After some calculations, the total cost of 20 warehouse centers would be an astronomical figure.
In his previous life, in 2013, Ali established rookie logistics. At that time, he announced that he wanted to build more than 10 warehouse centers in first-tier and second-tier cities, with a total investment of more than 20 billion.
Qin Hai was more ambitious than Ali. The moment he opened his mouth, he wanted to build all the warehouse centers in first-tier and second-tier cities. The total investment was more than 20 billion.
Although the cost now was not as high as a few years later, it was not cheap either.
All in all, it would be impossible for it to be less than 20 billion.
Although warehouses were one of the main costs of logistics, it was not the only cost. After building the warehouse centers, they would need to hire people, right?
After hiring people, the number of distribution points would decrease, and they would need to continue expanding the distribution points.
To complete the construction of the entire system, the total investment would not be less than 40 billion. This was not an exaggeration.
Li Dong looked at Qin Hai with his scalp tingling. This old man was quite ambitious. He did not even think about expanding now.
Previously, Li Dong had set the expansion plan for the shopping mall. According to the plan, the total investment could reach more than 50 billion.
In addition to the supermarket expansion, to complete the nationwide distribution, they would need more than 20 billion. As for making it bigger and stronger, that would require even more.
Not including real estate, just these three areas alone would require more than 100 billion in the next few years. Who could withstand this?
Li Dong heaved a sigh of relief and thought for a while before saying, "Uncle Qin, I agree with what you said. But the investment is too high. The group does not have the ability to invest tens of billions of yuan. The logistics side is still in a break-even state, and there is no profit. According to your plan, the group will need to invest tens of billions of yuan in the logistics company in the next few years. This is beyond my ability. "
Qin Hai was not surprised and nodded. "I understand what you said. But I am not saying that we need the funds in one go. Also, after we complete the construction of the infrastructure, we will be able to accept external business. The profits from the logistics side are quite high. As long as we complete the first few phases of investment, we will be self-sufficient in the later stages. According to my plan, the group only needs to invest 10 billion yuan in the first few phases, and the logistics company will be able to maintain a certain amount of profit. As for the later stages, we can complete the investment ourselves. "
"Uncle Qin, plans cannot keep up with changes. If we drag it out for a few years, the investment will not only be tens of billions, but even hundreds of billions. At that time, are you sure the logistics company can still be self-sufficient? Well, even if we can achieve this goal, 10 billion yuan is not a small number. You mean that starting from next year, in the next two years, the group will invest at least 10 billion yuan in the logistics side. Am I right? "
Qin Hai was silent for a while and nodded. "That is true."
"In the next two years, I plan to carry out a large-scale expansion in the shopping mall. We will invest at least 20 billion yuan.
It will be about the same figure for the supermarket.
In addition, there will only be more investment in the real estate side.
If we include the logistics side, then the group will need to invest at least 70 billion yuan in the next two years.
The group's main source of income is the supermarket, and the annual profit is about 4 billion to 5 billion yuan.
As for the shopping mall, the profit is not high. It will be good if it can maintain a profit of 2 billion yuan.
As for the real estate side, it will not be able to recover the cost in a day or two. From getting the land to starting construction, and then to the return of the funds, two years is not considered long.
In this way, the group will have a funding gap of more than 50 billion yuan in the next two years … "
Qin Hai's mouth moved. He wanted to say something, but he did not know what to say.
A funding gap of 50 billion yuan in two years was too scary.
But in fact, he wanted to say, since you know that the gap is so big, why did you still make so many plans?
You already have a gap of tens of billions, and you still lack the logistics side?
However, Qin Hai did not say anything in the end. It was not the first time that Li Dong expanded crazily.
It was just that this time, Li Dong chose the shopping mall and the supermarket first, and put the logistics side last.
The atmosphere became silent again. Just when they were silent, Yang Yun walked down the stairs.
Seeing that the two of them were not talking, she asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "Nothing. It's just that Uncle Qin mentioned some development plans. I'm thinking about how to deal with it now."
Yang Yun smiled and said, "Don't talk about business at home. I just called Yuhan. She'll be back soon."
As she spoke, Yang Yun sighed and said, "She's been very tired recently. She's busy revising for exams and opening a new store at the same time. It's all from you. She's always thinking about business. Is business so magical?"
"New store opening?"
Li Dong was confused. Did Qin Yuhan open a new store?
He really didn't know about this. Usually, when he called Qin Yuhan, he rarely talked about business matters.
"You don't know?"
It was Yang Yun's turn to be surprised. After a while, she said, "She opened five more branches this time. They should be open after New Year's Day."
"Five!"
Li Dong's mouth was wide open. How could she spend so much money?
Don't be fooled by the fact that he had opened hundreds of stores, but the investments were tens of billions.
Qin Yuhan's dessert house had just opened not long ago. Moreover, it was not a daily necessities, so the profit was only average.
In the past two years, Qin Yuhan had opened four branches in Beijing. In fact, it had surprised Li Dong.
He did not expect Qin Yuhan to open five branches at once this time. This way, there would be as many as nine Dongyu Dessert Houses in Beijing.
Tsk tsk, this girl is so ambitious.
The key point was, where did she get the money?
Since the beginning of the year, Qin Yuhan did not take money from Li Dong. When Hu Xiaorui withdrew, Qin Yuhan also used the Pingchuan Pedestrian Street as a deduction.
The four branches in Beijing were Qin Yuhan's total capital. Opening five more at once would require a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Li Dong wanted to ask about the money, but he gave up after thinking about it.
It was not appropriate to ask Yang Yun about this. He would ask Qin Yuhan when he met her.
There was another thing that Li Dong felt a little uncomfortable about. Qin Yuhan had given up on the shop in Pingchuan. Now, she had opened nine shops in Capital City. After graduation, did she want to stay in Capital City to continue developing?
After chatting with Qin Hai and Yang Yun for a while, Qin Yuhan came back in a hurry half an hour later.
Qin Yuhan was happy to see Li Dong at home, but she soon blushed.
It was fine if Yang Yun was here in the past. There were things that could be discussed between mother and daughter.
Now that her father was here, and so was Li Dong. How could she speak now?
Although Qin Hai had tacitly approved of her relationship with Li Dong, they had not been together before.
Now that the four of them were together, Qin Yuhan was in a difficult position.
She was embarrassed, but Li Dong was thick-skinned. Seeing that she was back, he chuckled and said, "Yuhan, I'm here to see you."
Qin Yuhan rolled her eyes at him. At that moment, Qin Hai and his wife looked at each other. Soon, they used the excuse of going out to buy groceries, changed into shoes, and left the house.
After the two of them left, the awkward atmosphere finally dissipated.
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