"Boss, call me if you need anything."

On the plane, Zhang Tao followed behind with his luggage, and there were several people traveling with him, including the newly appointed assistant manager of the eastern Guangdong region.

Wu Yibin, the director of Chimo, and the management of the public relations maintenance department also accompanied them this time.

"Mr. Li, you left in such a hurry yesterday that I didn't even have time to have a drink with you."

After boarding the plane and separating from the main group, Wu Yibin immediately spoke up as soon as he sat down:

"They say you are a huge capacity, it's a shame I didn't get to witness it with my own eyes."

"There will be a chance."

Li Zehua responded with a smile that he stayed on the yacht for less than three hours yesterday and left by speedboat.

Because of the QR code issue, I stayed one more day and met with the heads of several research institutions in Shanghai.

After exchanging general opinions on the application direction of QR codes and signing a pile of cooperation, confidentiality and breach of contract agreements, several research institutions left happily.

I thought it was some difficult task, but it turns out to be just the most basic data storage and reading.

It is possible to complete a game of Go with ease, and any undergraduate student can do it. The difficulty lies in the promotion of application scenarios and the cost of access equipment.

But this is none of their business. They will take money and do the job. The faster ones guarantee to produce samples in a week, and the slower ones will take only ten days to half a month.

The only function of scanning a QR code takes some time, but that is not a problem for software engineers. Isn’t it just making a laboratory product that can be patented?

simple!
In this way, all the difficulties facing Li Zehua are not worth mentioning in front of professionals.

Even the patent/paper authorship rights and future profit ownership rights, which Li Zehua initially thought were the most difficult to obtain, were easily agreed to by the other party.

He signed faster than he did, fearing that he would go back on his word and lose a large sum of money.

In this way, all future rights and interests regarding the QR code will belong to Qingyun Group.

In the view of scientific research institutions.

Still promoting?
In an era when barcodes are at their peak, it is a thankless task to go through the trouble of creating the so-called QR code, which is purely a waste of time.

The reason is simple. The ability of a black and white QR code to store data is indeed hundreds of times greater than that of a barcode with a dozen characters.

But what's the point?

Even in economically developed countries such as Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, few companies are willing to use it on their products. The bottom line is that there is no market demand.

For example, after Jiaobenji invented the QR code, it was initially only used on automotive parts for product data tracking.

That's it!

It’s not that QR codes are bad, but they are too advanced. Currently, there is no equipment on the market that specifically provides data reading for them, and only companies will customize a small number of them.

In comparison, barcodes have fixed values, are extremely easy to use, and have almost negligible costs. As long as they are printed clearly, they can be read with any scanner.

The upstream and downstream supporting enterprises in the production chain have been completely formed. The annual output value of barcode-related industries has reached more than 200 billion US dollars, and almost all manufacturing companies in the world are using it.

However, the QR code is too cumbersome and its application prospects are unclear. After countless unsuccessful commercial application tests, a certain company chose to give up the patent rights.

Even so, the unprofitable QR code is still difficult to promote. After 15 years of development, it has been accepted as a high-tech standard by the World Trade Organization and multinational certification systems.

But let’s talk about practical applications.

Feel sorry!

It can only be said that most of them are for self-entertainment and circulate within the company, which is too far away from the general public.

But no one thought that the rise of smartphones would lead to QR code applications quickly occupying the market.

Mobile Internet will completely subvert the foundation of the entire industry.

After dealing with the QR code issue, Li Zehua set off for eastern Guangdong, one to deal with the expansion of Haochileme Fengniao, and the other to solve the supply chain of Pinxixi.

Pinxixi’s current group buying partners are mainly textile, clothing companies, and small commodity companies in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions.

Another is that the home appliances and electronic products in the eastern Guangdong region, mainly those involving foreign trade, have lower prices and larger quantities.

The third is to find suitable component suppliers for the upcoming smartphone manufacturing.

Wu Yibin's purpose of going there this time was mainly to maintain public relations and to use his personal connections to provide assistance for other goals.

After the pleasantries, we got down to business.

Since the conversation had been clearly communicated in advance, this time the conversation was more direct. Li Zehua said:
"The situation in eastern Guangdong is generally more difficult than in Shanghai, and Guangzhou is even more complicated, so this time we have to start with the easy ones and then move on to the difficult ones. Let's start with Pengcheng. You have a heavy task ahead of you."

Unlike Lin Wenhui, whose impression of China is limited to the prosperity of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Wu Yibin has a deeper understanding of the actual situation.

He nodded in agreement, "The situation is not optimistic. I have read a lot of information in the past two days and have a new understanding of the situation in eastern Guangdong.

It can only be said that there is still a long way to go, and relying on just a few surprise operations will not fundamentally solve the problem. "

The two people were well aware of the specific difficulties involved and had discussed them privately, but no one denied the overall stable and harmonious situation.

“No matter how difficult it is, we must continue to do it.”

Li Zehua was having a headache, "Thirteen days, the actual business has only been going on for less than two weeks, 42 batteries, 11 complete vehicles, and more than 370 takeout orders.

This is just the data that was submitted. How many orders were placed on their own after private discussions with the merchants?
Add to that the cases of lost personal electric scooters, and I never imagined that this would hinder our further development.

Not a competitor, but a third hand!

If things continue like this, how many employees can still run business with peace of mind?"

Wu Yibin was also shocked when he first saw the data. Now looking at the document in his hand, one of the things mentioned in it gave him even more headaches.

“They are really brave!
Even the door locks of the station were knocked off. If the staff on duty hadn’t been so vigilant, they would have been taken away in one fell swoop, and at least 20 more vehicles would have been lost.”

"Who says it isn't?"

Li Zehua was also helpless, "The nightlife in eastern Guangdong is richer than that in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, but the late-night snack business has not taken off at all.

Of course, we are not familiar with the business as we have just entered the market, but more importantly, it is the front-line employees who are resisting from the bottom of their hearts.

How much money can you make by delivering an order of barbecue supper?

Losing a battery costs 500 to 600 yuan, and losing a whole car costs 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. Half a month's work is wasted."

Fortunately, the company was thoughtful at the beginning and equipped each vehicle with an extra battery, which prevented the business from being paralyzed.

But the accident ratio is equally scary, not taking into account the batteries and express parcels lost by Hummingbird.

The Chimo team that went south alone had more than 500 people and more than 400 electric vehicles.

Including the hundreds of people recruited after coming here, there are 10 vehicles in total, and the battery/vehicle theft rate is as high as %???

As soon as this data was compiled, everyone in the company was shocked.

Wu Yibin was even more emotional, "This tuition fee is too horrible.

Now I understand why you made such a big fuss and chose to donate a full three million to Pengcheng Yangcheng Liushenmen.

He asked the Magic City to send an official letter and came in person to handle the matter. "

At the meeting the day before yesterday, he voted in favor with great reluctance. After all, it was the first board meeting, and he couldn't be too disrespectful.

At that time, even Lin Wenhui felt that Li Zehua was making a big deal out of nothing when he heard about this.

But now that I see the real situation, I feel that it is absolutely correct.

50 batteries/a whole vehicle don’t cost much, only about or yuan.

But the panic and impact caused are far more than that. If we look at the bigger picture, the impact of night delivery alone results in an untold amount of losses every day.

If this continues for a long time, how terrible will the indirect impact on performance be?
Thinking of this, Wu Yibin was very puzzled, "Why didn't any of the companies that Temasek invested in encounter this problem before?"

Li Zehua said unhappily, "Is it because of food? It involves the most basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. Running around the market every day, you can run into all kinds of bad things."

To put it bluntly, it was caused by negligence.

What is the biggest feature of food delivery?
It's about running around to deliver things!

The car parks downstairs and people carry the takeaway upstairs, and there will be a gap of disengagement ranging from a few minutes to ten minutes in between.

It was a little better during the day, but the fun really got intense at night, even to the point where it took only a short minute to enter the store and pick up the food.

Turn around and look.

ohh~
The electric bike disappeared out of thin air.

Which delivery rider can accept this blow?
Li Zehua, who had spent two years in Dongguan from 07 to 08, really hated this. "Old Wu, your mission this time is related to the key to Chimo's work in Guangdong.

You must not let down the chain!"

Wu Yibin didn't dare to guarantee it. "I can only say I'll do my best."

Looking through the documents, I saw several preventive measures taken by the company and said with a wry smile: “Can I change my speech at the board meeting now?
I think it is necessary to track the chip, hide the serial number, and donate cameras to the six doors to speed up the construction of Skynet. " "Too late!"

Li Zehua glared at him and said, "You were the one who objected the most. Do you regret it now?"

Then he smiled and said, "I haven't prepared anything yet, but BYD has prepared it. All the electric vehicle batteries delivered in the next batch will be equipped with tracking chips.

According to the time, this batch of batteries will be delivered to eastern Guangdong as soon as we get off the plane.

Let them steal, this time we will catch them all in one fell swoop!"

He is not the kind of person who would not fight back when being beaten. He started from the moment he received the report of a lost electric trolley in eastern Guangdong.

Just starting to prepare.

However, Wu Yibin objected, resulting in the cost being paid in advance by BYD Battery Factory. It’s all about the right and left hands, and we’ll find a way to reimburse it later.

Wu Yibin's eyes lit up. "That's great. We can catch the thief and get away with it. Now that we have complete evidence, I don't believe we can't beat them!"

"Don't be so impressive."

Li Zehua chose to pour cold water on him, "We can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause!"

On the plane, they chatted passionately...

Outside Pengcheng Airport, Hao Junjie was looking worried.

He came all the way from Guangzhou to pick him up at the airport. All the middle and high-level officials from the East Guangdong region were present today, but no one looked happy.

It has been more than ten days, and I have gone from being high-spirited when I set out to being dejected now.

God knows what they went through.

Thinking back to the lofty ambitions he had expressed to his boss before leaving, Hao Junjie almost went crazy.

What does it mean to gain a firm foothold in a week, open up the situation in half a month, and radiate the Pearl River Delta in a month.

Well, we did open up the situation.

Just one week after I came to Mejia Hummingbird, I had a fierce fight with a gang. Now it’s the second week, and I’ve had several more fights.

Without exception, maintain victory!
After all, they have the advantage in numbers, and ordinary gangs will never be their match if they attack them head-on.

There was even a mentally ill guy who came to collect cleaning fees and was beaten up and ran away.

But including him, none of the people in eastern Guangdong were happy.

Especially when compared with the performance of the Yanjing team, the eastern Guangdong region is simply ashamed.

It would be embarrassing if the news got out that a market of more than 10 million people was outshined by a market of nearly 100 million people!

"Boss Hao, this is a special case for us. I believe the boss will understand."

A blind manager tried to explain himself, but Hao Junjie glared at him and he shut up instantly.

"No, I have to find a way to restore the impression."

Hao Junjie had a gloomy face and glanced at his subordinates. Almost no one dared to look him in the eye.

"Everyone, I don't need to explain the situation much. We all came from the Shanghai headquarters, and I believe you are all very clear about the company's current development speed.

Not to mention the resolution revealed by the board of directors, each region will be promoted to a district in the next step.

But can anyone tell me, given the current mess, why should I be promoted to director of the South China region?

I can’t get promoted, how about you?”

No one answered, and there was silence.

Everyone was very angry. They were all very clear about the current situation. A large number of high-quality talents were pouring into the company.

Although they did not occupy high positions as soon as they arrived, each of them relied on their own abilities to quickly seize key middle-level positions.

For example, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Yanjing have parachuted in a number of regional deputy managers, assistant managers and assistant station managers.

They do not conflict with the original management system. The old system is still responsible for business promotion, while the new ones are responsible for the logistics team and filling in the gaps.

But everyone knows that the two systems will run in parallel sooner or later. These old people certainly have the ability, but they have not yet completely established their foothold.

For example, this time Guangdong East added four city managers, more than a dozen regional deputy managers, and assistant managers at one time.

These people all had team management experience and connections in the eastern Guangdong region, and even many of their original company’s sales team jumped with them.

If they do a good job, they will naturally not be afraid. After all, several city managers are here with the mission of opening up new markets.

But now it’s in such a horrible state that I’m too embarrassed to face anyone.

Due to the loss of the most easily developed late-night barbecue delivery business, the development of the two major markets in Yangcheng and Shenzhen was not satisfactory. At the peak, there were only three to four thousand orders a day.

The business volume of Hummingbird Express is still less than one-tenth of that of other express delivery companies. This has also led to most of the deliverymen from Chume going to Hummingbird to deliver express part-time.

Fortunately, we have Hummingbird, otherwise, if I didn’t finish this amount of business myself, the company would have to take drastic measures to lay off most of the people.

Seeing that the future was bleak, one of the stationmasters took the risk and said, "Boss, how about we do what we did in Jiaotong University and pool our money together?

Just find a few people to cut the tendons and veins of those beasts who sold the stolen goods and throw them into the river."

"Shut up, you!"

Hao Junjie was almost mad, pointing his finger at him and cursing, "You came from the same place as the boss, and you are always so shabby?
What era is this? How dare you play this game? If the company is implicated, you will die ten thousand times.”

"Boss Hao, what Lao Liu said is actually not impossible."

The regional manager of Pengcheng is named Tang Wenjun, from Hunan Province.

Because there are many people from Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei and Guangxi, people from these places were deliberately selected when they set out from Shanghai. Liang Xiaolong even protested silently.

At this moment he came out and said: "But we need to change the way we deal with it. We have found the gang that sold the stolen goods, but they are deeply rooted here and we can't do anything about it.

But can we change our thinking and send someone from our hometown to catch him?"

Hao Junjie thought for a moment and shook his head, "Isn't the territory wrong?"

"Then I'll suggest to the company that we set up a branch in my hometown and transfer the electric vehicles and other fixed assets there.

If they are sponsored with some more funds for handling the case, they will have enough motivation to do their job. As long as the evidence is solid, they can catch the culprits selling the stolen goods on the spot and bring them back to their hometown.

Hehe, that’s not up to them.”

In this day and age, being able to get things done reasonably and legally is a sign of ability, and Tang Wenjun's proposal quickly received everyone's response.

"That's a good idea. I have a cousin who has connections in my hometown. You don't know how poor we are over there. As long as you can publicly donate one or two Santanas, I can get you a cross-province deal in minutes."

"That's right! This is a reasonable and legal case. No one can find fault with it."

Hao Junjie touched his chin and said, "My hometown is in northwest Guangdong, and we are also very poor. Don't even think that your method can be used."

It has to be said that when people are pushed into a corner, they will try any means. Once someone takes the lead in breaking the window paper, things will be much easier afterwards.

All kinds of weird ideas popped up. After all, they were able to stand out from thousands of people and had seen the world, so they were all very smart.

Everyone was getting more and more excited, throwing out all sorts of good and bad things, and things quickly took a turn for the outrageous.

Hao Junjie quickly stopped them, "Everyone, we are a legitimate company, not a criminal gang. Don't bring out those methods that are obviously over the line and embarrass yourself."

He looked at the time again, "The boss's plane will arrive soon, so everyone should be alert, especially keep your mouth shut. If anyone talks nonsense in front of the boss, I will kill you."

"Boss Hao, don't worry. I saw that the boss was very nervous, but I was just saying it in front of you."

"Then you definitely don't dare to talk nonsense."

The people below echoed and, led by Hao Junjie, headed towards the exit.

After waiting for a while, a large group of people came out, and the one leading the group was Li Zehua.

"Three days. I must see something happening within three days!"

As he walked, he explained to Wu Yibin, "Eastern Guangdong is blessed with talented people and beautiful scenery. If we can develop such a large market well, it can rival the entire Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Now it all depends on you."

Wu Yibin is fully aware of the heavy responsibility and dares not neglect it. "I have already contacted the Six Gates of Pengcheng, and the commissioner of the Yangcheng Governor's Office is also in contact.

They promised to send someone to have a talk this afternoon, and with the official letter from the Magic City, I believe they will give us some respect."

"Then just go ahead and do it."

After saying this, Li Zehua waved to Hao Junjie who came to meet him at the airport, and the latter ran up to him and said, "Welcome Chairman to inspect Yuedong.

On behalf of all my colleagues in East Guangdong..."

"Okay, stop being polite. I brought you up, so do more work and stop flattering me."

(End of this chapter)