Rebirth begins with losing the white moonlight

Chapter 314 A first visit to Baiguoyuan

After Lu Chen personally stepped down, everything became much smoother.

So they first spent about 40 minutes assisting Manager Chen and his team in picking the goods, and the remaining 20 minutes were naturally used for packing and loading the truck.

Nowadays, most of the fruits supplied by this warehouse to the company's stores are seasonal fruits, but some are obviously picked from greenhouses.

But generally speaking, their quality is very good. It is no wonder that this company was able to create an unprecedented business format and became the world's largest fruit chain brand ten years later.

——The name of this company is Baiguoyuan. In its 8 years of development, it has experienced at least 2023 rounds of financing, and was officially listed on the Hong Kong stock market with a market value of 105 billion yuan in [-] when Lu Zhongsheng returned.

Its investors include more than 20 VC/PE institutions, including Tiantu Investment, CICC Capital and Shenzhen Venture Capital.

"Brother, what are you thinking?"

Liu Sijun had just loaded two boxes of strawberries into the car. When he turned around, he realized that Lu Chen seemed to be thinking about something.

"Are you thinking about the boss lady?"

After listening to his words, Zhang Honglei also came over with two boxes of grapefruit in one hand.

"Half."

Lu Chen answered in an understatement.

Missing the kitten is an eternal present continuous tense for him, but as a top business person, he will not forget the serious things he needs to do, and these will also occupy his mind.

"Really? I don't believe it."

"I bet you miss the boss lady 80% of the time and the coffee shop 20% of the time!"

"Then I'm different from you. I think Brother Shen spends at least 90% of his energy missing the boss lady."

"I'm different from you, too."

After hearing Zhang Honglei and Liu Sijun's argument, Huck, who was counting the figs, also turned around and said with a smile:

"I dare not say how much Brother Lu misses his girlfriend now, but I dare say that the remaining part of his energy is not used to think about the coffee shop. He should be thinking about Baiguoyuan!"

Considering that he was still in the Baiguoyuan territory, Huck's voice was not loud, but it was enough to be heard clearly by the boys around him.

Lu Chen had already moved two more boxes of kiwis, strode to the trunk of the truck and put them down, then turned around and looked at him half-jokingly:

"Yeah, I'm thinking about this company's investment and acquisition plans."

"I believe in your ability to invest in it in the future,"

Hearing what Lu Chen said, Huck also smiled heartily:

"But if you want to acquire it, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!"

"Brother Huck, what do you say?"

As a well-known person in 407, Liu Sijun's insight is extremely sharp.

Although Huck only said two short sentences, it was enough for him to conclude that the other party must pay more attention to and understand this company than they did.

After all, as the owner of Beijiang Hotel, Huck always has to deal with the same type of retail and wholesalers. Although Baiguoyuan takes a relatively high-end route, as long as it is in the same field, it is inevitable. There will be many intersections on earth.

"In this regard, I may indeed know a little better than you."

Huck didn't try to be mysterious, but said straight to the point:

"But after all, we are on someone else's territory now, so we should work with Brother Lu to do the things at hand first. After a while, we will be the only ones left. If you want to know, we can discuss it together."

"How about saying that my brother Huck is reliable?"

"Brother Huck, you are 407's forever brother!"

"Okay... let's work hard first, so as not to delay Brother Lu for a while!"

At Huck's age, he really couldn't bear the greasy enthusiasm of Zhang Honglei and Liu Sijun who wanted to kiss him on the face.

He also had doubts that the relationship between the young men in 407 was different from that in the male dormitories of ordinary universities.

The word "androketone" was so futuristic that Huck said he had never heard it anywhere.

But what should I say...can you kiss the good brother next to you now?

Huck felt that this kind of thing was something that several other people in 407 could do to Lu Chen.

"That one might be a bit heavy... How about I move it!"

"No, you help Sijun lift those boxes of coconuts up."

"What about Watermelon? Do you need me to come over and help you later?"

"It's only about 10 pounds each. You can just do your own thing."

"..."

The group exchanged a few words briefly, then began to put the remaining heavier fruits on the trolleys, and then moved the boxes by boxes onto the Iveco and trucks used by Baiguoyuan for delivery.

While they were busy here, Manager Chen was not idle either.

Although he is the nominal person in charge of this warehouse, he is also deeply involved in the same picking and handling work as every grassroots employee.

In addition to the small team he led, there were more than ten working groups composed of three to five people distributed throughout the warehouse.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, at 9:55, the progress bar of picking and loading was finally pulled to 95%.

"Mr. Lu, these remaining fruits..."

"Brother Huck, please go and bring the car in."

Manager Chen had just finished saying this, and Lu Chen answered without thinking.

After hearing his answer, the other party didn't say any more nonsense. He just smiled and left:

"Then trouble you."

Since he had to stock up the coffee shop at the planting base, he had previously sent a team and a vehicle.

Now that Lu Chen and his team have completed the picking and loading work that originally belonged to them, the remaining delivery work naturally needs to be undertaken by Lu Chen and his team.

"I have already said hello to the store. The store managers of several stores will be ready to receive you in advance. You don't need to worry about this."

"Then please tell us the delivery address, Manager Chen."

"Okay, then please let this little brother remember it."

Manager Chen passed directly over Zhang Honglei and seemed to have a very clear understanding of the position between each of them.

"okay!"

Liu Sijun also looked smiling.

After writing down all the addresses of several stores, he thought for a while and said:

"If it's convenient for Manager Chen, why don't we add WeChat? If we encounter any emergencies on the road, it's also convenient for us to contact him, right?"

"This little brother is so considerate."

Manager Chen turned back and glanced at Lu Chen, then took out his mobile phone: "Then let me scan you?"

"It depends on your convenience, you can scan me and I can scan you!"

"Then let me scan you."

"no problem."

Liu Sijun generously presented his QR code. Taking advantage of this moment, Huck had already driven his van in.

"Xiao Sun, Xiao Qiang, come over and help Mr. Lu load the car!"

"Brother Chen, here we come!"

This time the manpower was freed up, and Manager Chen immediately took over the loading work.

Lu Chen looked at the scene in front of him and said nothing more.

There is a phrase in "The Analects of Confucius" that goes too far but is not as good as it should be, and what our ancestors said is generally very reasonable.

Why are they engaging in labor today? Its fundamental purpose is to solve the problem of shortage of raw materials for coffee shops as quickly as possible.

Because the manpower and vehicles at the warehouse are fixed, if you want them to dispatch a team of people to prepare goods, you must fill them with a team of people and a vehicle accordingly.

This is actually a means to achieve an end, or in simpler terms, it is an equivalent exchange between Lu Chen and the warehouse.

However, no matter what kind of equivalent exchange, it cannot change the identities and positions of both parties.

Lu Chen represents Qimu Coffee Shop, and Qimu Coffee Shop, as the brand owner, is also the undoubted party A in this cooperation.

As Party A, you should bear the corresponding price for your own mistakes, but if it disrupts the order of both parties, then it is unnecessary.

"Mr. Lu, please pay attention to safety on the road. If you encounter any problems, you can ask this little brother to contact me at any time."

"Ok."

Lu Chen got into the passenger seat of Hacker's van, while Zhang Honglei and Liu Sijun sat on the two benches in the trunk.

It only took about 20 seconds for the group to leave Baiguoyuan's warehouse and start heading to a store 5 kilometers away.

"Brother Huck, can you tell us something now?"

As Huck stopped the car at the first traffic light, Liu Sijun immediately came over impatiently.

If he was an SR card before, he has been trained by Lu Chen to become an SSR, and has even begun to develop into a SP.

Therefore, sometimes Lu Chen does not need to speak, he can roughly figure out what Lu Chen is thinking, and sometimes when he encounters something that is not suitable for Lu Chen to do, he can give full play to his value.

For example, I just took the initiative to add Manager Chen’s contact information. This is a very valuable thing.

"sure."

Huck looked at him through the rearview mirror:

"Then I'll tell you what I know!"

While driving, he searched for memories about the Baiguoyuan brand over the years.

Lu Chen, who was sitting next to him, continued to absorb information from his words.

Although as a reborn person, Boss Lu can be said to have a God's perspective to a certain extent, this does not mean that he can cover everything.

But it doesn't matter, because he has a logical thinking ability that is beyond others and can easily connect many things that originally seemed unrelated.

In addition, he is also particularly good at discovering the strengths of those around him and helping them maximize their value.

"I remember that about ten years ago, I stayed in eastern Guangdong Province for a period of time to study cooking... At that time, there was no so-called Baiguoyuan, but their boss was very famous in the local fruit industry. At that time he was working as a sales manager for a local food company."

Huck's nephew is a few years younger than them, so Huck's age is not much different from Lu Qiuyang's, and he is almost the same generation as the owner of Baiguoyuan.

"Why is he so famous? At that time, almost all the Red Fuji sold on the market in Pengcheng were imported. Not only were they very expensive, they would be out of stock every now and then.

But what was very strange was that before New Year's Eve that year, I went out to buy new year's goods, only to find that the price of Red Fuji had dropped.

Later, I heard someone say that it was because of a green food company whose sales manager went to the Qilu area to bring in goods, and the sales model of Pengcheng Fruit Market ushered in a turning point. "

After ordinary companies and business owners become famous, they will always spare no effort to convey a lot of information to the outside world.

This information will contain a lot of family history, as well as many stories from more than ten or even twenty years ago.

Some young entrepreneurs with broad vision often analyze these cases to derive the indispensable capabilities behind the success of these enterprises.

For example, Lu Chen had already studied the case of IKEA in his previous life. This is why he was able to achieve long-term and in-depth cooperation with IKEA in such a short period of time. This kind of understanding is indispensable.

But he really hasn't had much contact with the Baiguoyuan case.

In addition, this company is not that well-known yet, so it cannot allocate so much energy to "self-speak", so it needs people like Huck who are in related industries and have a certain age and experience. Do "He Said."

After all, there is a lot of history that Lu Chen has never participated in.

More than ten years ago...if the time was extended to fifteen or sixteen years, he might still be in kindergarten.

"Later he established the company in Pengcheng and introduced the franchise model in the second year."

Huck also mentioned how prosperous the business was when the first Baiguoyuan store opened. Of course, he did not forget to tell Lu Chen: But I think their business at that time was not enough to compare with yesterday's coffee shop.

"Later, because a franchise store passed off inferior quality bananas, it was clearly domestically produced bananas, but it was disguised as imported bananas to deceive customers. It caused an uproar in the industry at that time."

"What then?"

"Later... I heard that the boss of Baiguoyuan repurchased the shares of all franchisees. I don't know much about what happened next, because the unit price of their stores has increased significantly in the following few years. Although I There are also many friends who do fruit wholesale, but we are obviously no longer in the same world as them.”

"I see……"

Liu Sijun seemed to be studying seriously.

He asked Huck a few more questions. Although he didn't get much of the point, Lu Chen more or less learned some information from them.

This should be all the information Huck has. If he wants to know more, he needs to invest as much time as he did with IKEA.

But in the long run, it will be worth it.

"Brother, we are here!"

In the blink of an eye, we had driven 5 kilometers, and the first store was already within reach.

"Get ready to unload."

Lu Chen said very calmly.

At the same time, he did not forget to take out his mobile phone and send a message to Shen Wanning:

"I have arrived."

(End of this chapter)