Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 356 Express Delivery

The brother and sister left at ten o'clock, and Ru Ru had to come again in the afternoon.

At this time, the little guy has woken up and opened his eyes.

Two double eyelids, staring around.

It's strange that one of them is being held by Yanyan and the other is in the arms of her elder sister, and they are not crying.

"Ohhhh, baby, you're so good."

"That's right, Qingci and Qingsong, grow up quickly and let daddy take you fishing."

Qin Dahe was busy all the time, sometimes going to his son to look at him, sometimes going to his daughter to smell her.

"Daha, go to the hotel and order chicken soup. You're useless here." The eldest sister waved her hand to signal him to get out, as he was in the way.

"Oh."

The two babies are so cute that he doesn’t want to leave the house.

After hesitating for a while, he finally set off.

I went straight to order a bowl of old chicken soup and a plate of braised catfish.

The girl likes to eat catfish. Now that she is giving birth, she must eat better food.

Mom would bring the adults their meals at noon, so they didn’t have to eat out during the day.

Passing by a shop selling air conditioners, he had an idea and went in.

It’s cold now, so we need to install an air conditioner at home. It’s not convenient for a girl to stay in confinement during the winter.

"Boss, how much is this Midea air conditioner?"

“The prices vary depending on the model and energy consumption.”

When the boss saw the customer coming, he immediately welcomed him in.

Qin Dahe looked around and randomly picked one that cost around 2200 yuan.

To be honest, last winter was okay, but this winter is really cold. What’s even worse is that the temperature has dropped below zero three months before the Chinese New Year.

They live in a place that is neither north nor south, and they suffer even more in winter. There are no kangs or fire walls, and they only rely on their righteousness to survive.

Now that the two babies are born, I have to take the opportunity to buy an air conditioner.

I didn’t buy it before because my mother was reluctant to do so. She has asked me to buy a refrigerator many times. Now that my grandson is born, I can’t not buy it.

"Okay, I'll buy four from you and install them for me in the countryside." There happened to be a large amount of cash in the car, which was left over from the last cotton harvest.

We bought four because we wanted to install them in their attic and the bedroom downstairs, and we also wanted to install one for my mother and father-in-law, so we couldn't favor one over the other.

"The countryside?" the boss frowned.

"Well, it's in Wuwei, about 50 kilometers away. Is that okay?" If anyone dared to say no, he would go and find another one on the spot.

"Tell me the place first." The boss thought about it and decided to take the job. After all, the profit from four air conditioners was huge enough.

Qin Dahe drew a map by hand. "I'll have someone wait for this one at the entrance of the village. We'll install three cameras here and one in the middle of the village."

"Go load it up this afternoon, and I'll give you a hundred bucks for gas. You have a newborn baby, and you need to get home soon."

"You are very particular about your work." The boss gave me a thumbs up and added a hundred yuan, and that was it.

He went straight back to his car to pay in cash before leaving.

Then I called my dad again and told him about the air conditioner.

"You guys can just pretend, why do you have to pretend to be like us old guys?" the old man said with a frown.

Now that his grandson is born, he agrees to install an air conditioner.

"Will you not bring your grandson back to the room to play in the future?" Qin Dahe said with a smile.

"Okay." Father Qin thought of his two grandsons and agreed immediately.

That’s how the old man at home got it done.

It's easier to talk to my mother. She loves her grandson so much.

Now he had to wait for the old chicken soup at the restaurant, and he had to go back again, so he went to the SF Express point to check it out. The place was not far away, just in the direction of Shenyuan Street from Xinshikou.

When we arrived, we could see a lot of people busy working. In front was a simple storefront. The logistics company wanted storage capacity, and any storefront was fine.

Qin Dahe went up to the boss and found him directly, but he didn't expect that the person posting the advertisement at the door was the boss himself.

"Hello, my last name is Qin. I'm in the fishing gear business and have a high demand for shipments, so I came to see what's going on." He handed over a cigarette. "Li Weiwei is also my friend."

"Weiwei told me that a friend is looking forward to my store opening." The boss took the cigarette with a smile. "Just call me Brother Qin, we are still family."

"Hello, Brother Qin." After shaking hands, the two walked in.

"Postal prices are too high now, I can barely afford to send anything," he said with a laugh. "I've already spent tens of thousands of yuan on express delivery this year."

The profit of the post office is higher than that of the fishing tackle store, and is not much lower than his. Only the general agent in Jinling is much more comfortable. When the goods arrive at Scar's place, he just needs to send someone to pick them up and pay a hundred yuan for the shipping fee.

It’s cold now, but when the weather is hot, the monthly shipment volume can reach 5,000 kilograms.

The boss was overjoyed when he heard this. What a big customer! His store was a local cooperation and was integrated into SF Express's logistics network. He could make a lot of money by taking orders.

"Haha, then you've found the right person."

There was no tea leaves in the room at that time, so Brother Qin handed over an orange.

"The conditions are simple, and the good things for today haven't been prepared yet."

"It's okay, the logistics company doesn't look at this." He said indifferently.

The two began to talk about the express delivery fees. Qin Dahe said that he only sent small items in winter and would send large quantities in summer.

So he briefly learned about small items and found that they were half the price of postal delivery, so he didn't pay much attention to them.

"Large-scale logistics pricing is based on shipping distance and weight. Let's use Shanghai as an example and I'll do the math for you."

Boss Qin took out a detailed price list: 30 yuan for the first 40 kilograms, and 2.5 yuan per kilogram for the additional weight.

Qin Dahe wanted to cry when he saw the price. Only one dollar or a few cents per kilogram, so cheap.

The other party also said that the price is the same for East China, Central China, and South China, and it is faster to ship to South China, as that is SF Express's base camp.

"Ce, why don't you open it earlier?" A quick calculation will tell you how much you can save. In comparison, the postal prices are simply outrageous.

"Haha, this is considered a third-tier city, so things open slower here. I opened a store a while ago, but it was shut down because I was missing some paperwork."

"Because the express delivery network has just been rolled out, and each provincial capital has a transfer center, the speed will be slower." The boss briefly explained the existing express delivery model.

For example, if he was shipping goods to Sichuan Province, he would first go to Jinling and wait until the weight was sufficient before heading to the destination.

The mode of transportation is not limited to car or ship. Shipping by ship will be slower and the price will not change.

"This is the company's price. If the volume is large, exceeding 10 kilograms a month, I will personally rebate % of the cost to you."

"Haha, okay. Next year my market should expand a bit. Maybe I'll send it to South China."

The biggest problem in South China is that there are too many small fish, especially in Guangdong and Guangxi.

We have Baitiao and Luofei, but the feedback from individual customers is average, and the market has not yet opened up.

The south has a well-developed water system, so people prefer fishing with nets and electric fishing.

The current fishing market is too small. There are not many anglers in the country. The combined output value of several major fishing gear manufacturers is probably not as much as what Guangwei earns from selling glass rods in a year.

His silver carp and bighead carp baits were not marketed through offline channels, and the target audience was limited to a handful of Internet users.

Several general agents have not thought about promotion because their current profits are not enough.

Once the express delivery fee drops and the profit is sufficient, it will be easy to find more general agents and sell 10,000 kilograms a month.

He stayed at SF Express for half an hour. Taking into account the time it took for someone to install the air conditioner, the chicken soup should have been ready. He got in the car and rushed to the restaurant.

It must have been cooked in a pressure cooker. Time is running out and you can't just simmer it on low heat.

When he returned to the hospital with his things, my mother and the others had arrived.

The two little guys kept screaming and making everyone laugh.

(End of this chapter)