You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 530

Qin Shaoyan doesn't mind spending money at all, as long as he can get things done.

What's more, this money was contributed by Boss Shi, so it doesn't matter even if he spends all the money earned from short selling in the US stock market.

Liu Qiangdong didn't know who Boss Shi was, but he was shocked by the huge sum of 3 billion.

The current valuation of Jingdong Mall is only 10 billion yuan. After receiving such a large amount of funds all at once, I’m afraid they don’t know how to spend it.

Liu Qiangdong was stunned and said, "You're betting too much, right? Have you ever thought about how much you'll lose if you spend the three billion? What if you lose it all?"

"Just spend the money and send the goods out, don't worry about anything else." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "Anyway, someone will reimburse us for this money. Now we have to consider how to purchase, transport and allocate so many materials."

"The most important thing is how to distribute it, accurately and timely to the people who need it."

Liu Qiangdong frowned, looking worried, "This is a tough battle. I have never experienced such a big battle."

"Just think of it as a rehearsal. In the future, if Jingdong Mall is to expand across the country and even go abroad, it must have a strong and well-trained team." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Just think of this as a test. True gold can be forged from raging fire."

Liu Qiangdong nodded and said, "Alas, I am not sure about this now."

"Just go for it!" Qin Shaoyan said proudly, "If this succeeds, the benefits you'll get will be beyond your imagination."

Liu Qiangdong didn't say anything, his face was quite solemn.

With the 3 billion coming in, how to spend the money became his biggest worry.

How to spend money is a very profound science.

This is a very serious and difficult matter. How to spend so much money through normal channels is enough to stump most people.

How to spend money reasonably, legally, and even efficiently, so that people in Jingdong Mall can
With sufficient funds and a willingness to spend, the people from Jingdong Mall began to look for sources of goods.

As the Spring Festival approaches, while others are preparing for the New Year, the purchasing employees at Jingdong Mall are rushing to buy mineral water, instant noodles, compressed biscuits, canned food and other convenience foods.

Manufacturers of raincoats, blankets and sleeping bags all received calls asking if they had any excess inventory, and if not, how much they could deliver within half a month.

Everyone was making phone calls non-stop, and purchasing contracts were being taken out one after another.

Liu Qiangdong organized a logistics team and worked day and night to study how to transport and allocate supplies.

The most difficult part is how to solve the last-mile delivery problem. Taking Yangcheng as an example, Jingdong Mall has only 2,000 employees, and only half of them are front-line delivery staff.

If the situation is as Qin Shaoyan estimated, with 300,000 stranded passengers, even if these 2,000 employees worked themselves to death, they would not be able to deliver all the relief supplies.

"We must mobilize all front-line delivery staff. If Yangcheng is short of staff, we can send people from other places to support us," Liu Qiangdong said seriously. "Managers in other regions must take the lead and organize key logistics and delivery personnel."

"Submit the list of people who are willing to work overtime during the Spring Festival to the headquarters before tomorrow afternoon."

"Immediately dispatch three thousand men to me. No! Send me five thousand men."

"Five thousand people?!" Everyone gasped.

Hu Feng, the vice president in charge of logistics, said in surprise: "Brother Dong, it's easy to gather these 5,000 people, but how to get so many people to Yangcheng is a problem."

Another vice president, Chen Shi, frowned and said, "It's the Spring Festival travel season now, so it's hard to buy train tickets. And it's also a big problem to arrange accommodation for so many people in Guangzhou."

Liu Qiangdong said unwaveringly: "I will take care of the ticket issue, you just need to hand in the list."

"No matter what, you must gather 5,000 people for me."

Hu Feng sighed, "According to what you said, Boss Liu, let alone 5,000 people, even 15,000 people may not be enough."

"We'll mobilize as many as we can." Liu Qiangdong knew that mobilizing 5,000 people would not be enough, but what he had to do now was to do his best to get things done. "Those who seek the best will get the middle, and those who seek the middle will get the worst."

“All you have to do is do your best to do your job well.”

……

"I have only got 300 tickets now, which is far from enough. Moreover, less than half of these tickets can reach Guangzhou. The rest need to change trains along the way."

How to transport people to Yangcheng has become the primary problem Liu Qiangdong is currently facing.

In order to get these 300 train tickets, Liu Qiangdong used a lot of connections and went through a lot of effort to get them.

As the Spring Festival travel rush approaches, it is difficult to get a ticket. At that time, there was no online ticket booking, and the railway capacity could not be compared with that ten years later.

The people at Jingdong Mall even asked scalpers in Beijing, but still couldn't get many tickets.

They wanted so many tickets that many ticket scalpers who thought they were powerful were frightened. They thought they had encountered some big ticket hoarder and almost wanted to call the police.

But at this time, Qin Shaoyan once again showed his wealthy side.

"If you can't buy a ticket, take a plane." Qin Shaoyan said without hesitation, "Charter a plane to go there. If one is not enough, then two. If two are not enough, then three or five."

"We are racing against time now. If we delay any further, heavy snow will block traffic and we won't be able to get people there."

Liu Qiangdong took a deep breath and said, "I will take the first chartered flight to Yangcheng. Such a large operation requires me to be in charge in person."

"Brother Dong, you've worked hard!" Qin Shaoyan shook Liu Qiangdong's hand vigorously, "You go first and lead the charge. I'll be there in a few days."

"You're going too?" Liu Qiangdong was very surprised.

"I can't let you fight alone." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "Besides, I came up with the idea. I can't let so many brothers in Jingdong work overtime during the Spring Festival. Go and celebrate the New Year by yourself."

"Okay, then let's celebrate the New Year together in Guangzhou this year!" Liu Qiangdong shook Qin Shaoyan's hand vigorously.

……

After Liu Qiangdong arrived in Guangzhou, the first thing he had to solve was the accommodation problem. After all, he brought 5,000 brothers here, and he couldn't let them sleep on the streets.

As the front-line couriers and delivery guys drawn from all over the country arrived one after another, Liu Qiangdong gathered everyone in batches to hold a mobilization meeting.

"I know many of you guys don't understand why we don't have a holiday during the Chinese New Year and why we have to call you all to come all the way to Guangzhou." Liu Qiangdong looked at the crowd of people holding the microphone and said with deep emotion, "I want to apologize to you all here first. I'm sorry, brothers."

"As everyone has seen, it has been snowing in the south, and many people are stuck on the roads. They may not be able to return home in time for the New Year."

"They are just ordinary workers who have worked hard for a year and hope to go home and have a good New Year, but this snowstorm prevented them from doing so."

"I know this request is a bit unreasonable, asking you to work overtime during the Spring Festival, but I want to beg my brothers to help me."

"In this difficult time, help these ordinary workers, help our compatriots, and get through this difficult time together."

"From today on, all brothers who work overtime will receive six times the salary and a bonus of 5,000 yuan each."

"And I will be here to work with you and spend this Spring Festival together."

"Until the last brother leaves Yangcheng, I will never leave Yangcheng!"

There was a sudden burst of applause in the meeting hall.

All the couriers put on the red vests of Jingdong Mall and little red hats, put the packages of disaster relief supplies on the carts, and rushed into the wind and snow.

(End of this chapter)