Late at night, the conference room of Shengyun Corporation's headquarters was brightly lit.
"Has Upwind Logistics gone mad? Why would they do that?! "
Nie Yunsheng and the senior executives of Shengyun Corporation were all caught off guard. They even looked a little helpless and angry.
They had never expected that Upwind Logistics would react so quickly after Shengyun Group announced that all second- and third-tier cities would stop collaborating with Upwind Logistics. On the same day, Upwind Logistics stopped all other collaborating businesses as well!
It was not strange that Upwind Logistics knew about this. After all, it was not a highly confidential matter.
However, the problem was, why did Upwind Logistics react so quickly? It was as if they had a countermeasure in advance.
Nie Yunsheng's first reaction was anger when he heard the news. Why was Upwind Logistics so immoral?
Why was the system upgrading?
If the system was upgraded, why were their deliveries unaffected, but Shengyun Corporation's deliveries could not be entered?
Obviously, this was an excuse. Upwind Logistics was trying to slap Shengyun Corporation in the face!
When would the system be upgraded? When would this mysterious bug be fixed?
That was hard to say.
For this kind of metaphysical thing, cultivating for a week or a year was also cultivating.
In short, don't count on it at all.
As a result, Shengyun Corporation's deliveries could only be stored in express delivery cabinets and relay stations.
Other regions were fine. After all, there were many express delivery cabinets and relay stations. However, Shengyun Express did not have as many express delivery cabinets and relay stations in Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Hence, they were caught off guard and overloaded.
Nie Yunsheng wanted to say that Upwind Logistics was immoral. However, on further thought, he realized that he was the one who was immoral first …
Not only that, but Upwind Logistics was much more civilized.
Shengyun Express had directly issued a notice to all branches and outlets to stop sending deliveries to Upwind Courier stations. The notice was very clear.
Of course, it was not easy to say that this involved a monopoly. After all, it was the company's freedom to decide how to deliver deliveries. Sending deliveries that were originally sent to Upwind Courier stations to their own express delivery cabinets was not considered an abuse of market dominance. It did not violate national laws and regulations.
The partnership between Shengyun Group and Upwind Logistics wasn't that solid. There were no obligations between the two parties, and the partnership could end at any time.
Similarly, there was nothing wrong with Upwind Logistics not accepting Shengyun Group's deliveries because of the system upgrade.
However, Shengyun Group had issued the notice in black and white, and they had taken action first. On the other hand, Upwind Logistics had taken action later, and their method was much more civilized.
In terms of morality and public opinion, there was naturally a gap between the two sides.
There were definitely more people on Upwind Logistics' side.
Right now, for Nie Yunsheng, the most important thing was no longer how to save face or maintain the high ground of public opinion, but how to deal with the current unexpected situation.
It was not a big deal to suffer a few scoldings. However, Upwind Logistics suddenly became tough and stabbed them in the back, causing chaos in Sheng Yun Express's delivery business. In the golden areas around Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the delivery terminals at the bottom of Sheng Yun Express's delivery system were rendered useless. How could they allow that to happen?
At this point, there were still some executives who could not accept this reality.
"Has Upwind Logistics gone mad? How could they dare to fall out with us … "
"Aren't they sacrificing a thousand of their own to kill eight hundred of their enemies?"
"Our Sheng Yun Express might be in chaos for a while, but it's just a matter of slow delivery. The deliveries that should be delivered will still be delivered to our customers. If Upwind Logistics does not cooperate with us, they will lose sixty to seventy percent of our deliveries. What do you call that? We will suffer a small loss, and they will explode? "
It was normal for them to have such thoughts.
That was because Upwind Logistics and Sheng Yun Express were interdependent. In fact, these executives had always felt that Upwind Logistics' business depended on Sheng Yun Express.
Without Sheng Yun Express, Upwind Logistics' deliveries would drop by sixty to seventy percent, or even more!
On one hand, Upwind Courier stations could take a cut from these deliveries. Although it was not much — about one yuan or eighty cents per delivery — this was Upwind Courier's main business. Other miscellaneous businesses did not earn as much as Upwind Courier stations.
If they really did not accept Sheng Yun Corporation's deliveries, wouldn't the couriers at Upwind Courier stations be idle? Wouldn't they have nothing to do?
Thus, no matter how they thought about it, Upwind Logistics should not be so decisive and resolute, right?
Nie Yunsheng sighed and said, "Sigh, we are all thinking in the wrong direction!
Think about it carefully. Does Upwind Courier stations make money? "
The executives exchanged looks and did not speak.
That's right. Upwind Courier stations did not make money at all!
Previously, the people from Sheng Yun Corporation had thought that sixty to seventy percent of Upwind Courier stations' deliveries came from Sheng Yun Corporation. Thus, Upwind Courier stations should not have given up on this source of income.
If Upwind Courier stations were making money, this deduction would not be a problem.
However, the problem was that Upwind Courier stations had been incurring losses. Furthermore, the more deliveries they delivered, the more losses they incurred!
Deliveries during the 'last kilometer' were really dirty and tiring work. They only earned a few cents per delivery, which was not even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
Therefore, Upwind Courier stations did not care about Sheng Yun Corporation's deliveries at all. In fact, without these deliveries, Upwind Courier stations were actually quite relaxed. All the couriers could knock off on time, and they did not have to pay performance bonuses or overtime pay. In fact, they even saved money.
This was a good thing for the couriers. Although their income would decrease slightly, they would still receive basic wages and benefits. After working so hard for so long, it was not a bad thing for them to take a break.
Upwind Courier stations were not making money to begin with, and they had never considered making money. In that case, would it work to threaten them with the fact that they were not making money?
After pondering for a while, the executives from Sheng Yun Corporation realized that they could not do anything to Upwind Logistics.
Nie Yunsheng took a deep breath. He knew that he had to make a decision as soon as possible. Otherwise, they would become a laughing stock in two days if the deliveries continued to pile up.
"Get the sorting centers and networks to hire more temporary workers. Hand over the sorting and loading work to the temporary workers."
"Get the couriers to work overtime. Give them some overtime pay to appease them.
"Get the couriers to call their customers and urge them to pick up the deliveries as soon as possible. Hire some people to deliver the especially large deliveries to their doorsteps.
"Also, explain to them immediately that something went wrong at the Upwind Courier stations, which caused our deliveries to be delayed. We can't take the blame for this. We have to throw the blame away!"
Nie Yunsheng did not have a good solution. In order to reduce their costs, many couriers had fired their couriers. It was unrealistic to hire a large number of couriers in a hurry, and it was even more unrealistic to create more couriers out of thin air. Hence, they could only use this temporary solution.
However, could Upwind Logistics not cooperate with Sheng Yun Corporation, which was a behemoth, collapse?
Of course, that was impossible.
Although the Shengyun Group relied on the Upwind Courier stations to a certain extent, it didn't mean that it had completely lost the ability to deliver parcels. Nie Yunsheng felt that Upwind Logistics had caught them off guard. As long as they regrouped quickly, the Shengyun Group still had a high chance of winning given its current market share.
As long as Sheng Yun Corporation could stabilize itself and survive this crisis, it would be a heroic decision. It would be beneficial in the long run.
It was better than having all the courier stations in all cities controlled by the Upwind Courier stations and Sheng Yun Corporation, right?
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February 21st, Thursday …
Pei Qian was in his office, reading the report on the first phase of the Initial Relief Plan seriously.
After completing the entire plan, Meng Chang went overseas with Eric and the others to work on the acquisition of Finger Games. Someone else would push forward the Initial Relief Plan.
This plan was actually very simple. The main part had already been done long ago. The supplies for the children in poor schools had also been delivered. The key now was the publicity plan.
Pei Qian cared about this the most.
As long as the publicity plan for the Initial Relief Plan could achieve its initial effect: good publicity in poor villages without causing any ripples on the internet, then the plan would be considered a success.
So far, many slogans had been painted on the walls of various poor mountain villages. Of course, these were all villages that were directly related to the Initial Relief Plan.
When the scope of the Initial Relief Plan expanded in the future, these publicity slogans would naturally expand as well.
Pei Qian looked at these publicity slogans and could not help but laugh.
These publicity slogans were similar. They were all red with white words and white borders. They were bolded and looked very eye-catching.
However, the content of the slogans was varied and even a little shocking.
Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. They were really down to earth!
He casually scanned a few slogans.
"Raise a pig well and fatten yourself up!"
"Smoke rises from the ground. Detention for fifteen days!"
"Straw is a treasure. Whoever burns it will have their wife run away!"
"Sharpening a knife will not delay the work of cutting firewood. Work after middle school!"
"If you drink and drive, she will remarry!"
"Giving birth to a boy or a girl is different. Children will not have a partner in the future!"
"Happy children go to school. Rice, flour, oil, and salt come home!"
Pei Qian could not help but laugh when he saw some of the slogans.
However, this was indeed the style of the slogans in the countryside. After all, many people in the countryside were not well-educated. Such straightforward, catchy, and easy to remember slogans could achieve the best publicity effect.
The content of these slogans was relatively common, and the slogan of the Initial Relief Plan was perfectly hidden among them. It was mainly slogans that persuaded rural children to go to school or slogans that linked school to rice, flour, oil, and salt.
Ordinary people would not think that these slogans were actually related to a specific charity at a glance. After all, there was no signature for the Initial Relief Plan below the slogans.
However, after the villagers saw it, they would know that they could receive some rice, flour, oil, and salt regularly if they asked around.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. This plan had basically achieved his initial goal.
He searched online and found that there was indeed no mention of the Initial Relief Plan.
Now that he had spent the charity funds, Pei Qian felt much more at ease. He was also more confident about this cycle's settlement.
However, Pei Qian had just closed the report and casually scrolled through the web when he saw a piece of news that surprised him.
Shengyun Corporation and Upwind Logistics were trending!
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