Chapter 785: Drones and Couriers
?This letter of intent for cooperation comes from SF Express in China. Its specific content is that it hopes to introduce drone express technology to China, and complete the laying of drone logistics network with Xiangjiang City as a pilot.
To be honest, after reading this document, Jiang Chen's expression was very strange.
The concept of "drone delivery" has been proposed a long time ago, and it is not the first of the Future Group.
Back in June 2013, the US company RN tested a network of drones in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The drone used is capable of carrying a 2kg load and flying 9.7km. After completing the initial planning of the drone network, the company will next plan to establish a huge international drone transportation network and a global supply system for drone accessories. At the same time, it is also planned to build a charging base station so that the drone can land along the way for charging.
In September of the same year, the delivery drone independently developed by SF Express in China completed internal testing and was put into trial operation in some areas. This UAV adopts an eight-rotor wing, with a flying height of about 100 meters. It has a built-in navigation system, and the destination and route can be preset by the staff. The UAV will automatically reach the destination, and the error can be controlled within 2 meters.
However, neither RN nor SF Express has been able to promote drone logistics to a wide range of popularity. The former drones seem to be only suitable for use in poor countries in the third world, while the latter drones are only suitable for use in poor mountainous areas in the country.
Although drone logistics can significantly improve distribution efficiency and reduce labor costs. However, due to the limitations of bad weather and the inability to avoid man-made sabotage during the flight, the concept of "drone express delivery" has not been realized.
Penglai is probably the only modern city in the world that has realized drone logistics. However, the reason why this can be achieved is that the advancement of drone technology is one aspect, but the more critical factor lies in the security efficiency of Penglai City.
Leaving aside, just look at the news some time ago: "A guy in Guangzhou used a drone to deliver mooncake coupons to his girlfriend, but was shot down and robbed by a square dancing aunt. When the guy found out that he had been "hijacked", he hurried to find the aunts. compensation, but unexpectedly, my aunt not only denied shooting down the drone, but also said that she was almost injured by the drone.”
Not to mention that the management of drones has always been in a gray area in terms of policy, and there seems to be no room for drone logistics to become bigger and stronger in terms of public sentiment. Regarding SF Express, it wants to introduce a series of drones from Future Heavy Industries, and complete the laying of the drone logistics network in Huaguo. To be honest, Jiang Chen was not optimistic about their decision.
However, their offer was hard for Jiang Chen to refuse.
For the completion of the laying of the drone logistics network in Xiangjiang City, SF Express’s offer is 450 million US dollars. Jiang Chen estimated that 500 drone terminals should be able to cover all areas of Xiangjiang City, and to meet the delivery needs of Xiangjiang City, about 50,000 drones would be enough.
According to the production cost of 3 UAVs, one is just over 3,000 U.S. dollars. Compared with RN's UAV of 5,000 U.S. dollars, it has an advantage in both technology and price.
With all the calculations, the cost of building this drone logistics network for SF Express in Xiangjiang will not exceed 200 million US dollars. That's almost a profit of $125 compared to its $450 million offer!
Moreover, if Xiangjiang City, as a pilot city, proves the feasibility of promoting the drone logistics network to the mainland, the next step for SF Express will undoubtedly be to expand the drone logistics network to Shenzhen, then the entire Guangzhou, and then
think about it,
How many cities are there in the entire Huaguo? How many express companies are there?
Such a huge market is simply an inexhaustible gold mine!
"Your expression tells me that you are very interested." Looking at Jiang Chen's expression, Xia Shiyu pursed her lips and smiled.
"That's right, the market is worth more than 100 billion yuan. I don't think there is any company that would not be interested." Jiang Chen nodded from time to time while flipping through the documents in his hand.
To be honest, although he didn't understand the details of the cooperation, he could see the prospects of the entire market very clearly in an instant. There are 283 prefecture-level cities in Huaguo, 374 county-level cities, and more than ten express companies. Even if each city can only earn 500 million US dollars on average, the scale of this market is already terrifying.
"I am also very optimistic about this agreement. Regardless of whether SF Express's pilot operation in Xiangjiang City is successful, there is no risk for us. However, I have not agreed to their proposal for the time being."
"Why?" Jiang Chen looked at Xia Shiyu with interest.
He knew that she must have some reason for doing this.
"Although SF's offer is very attractive, since we have the core technology and relatively abundant funds. Why don't we do the drone logistics ourselves?"
Why not do it yourself?
Future People Group controls SR, a huge virtual reality shopping platform, which integrates several e-commerce companies together. The daily trading volume on SR has reached a rather terrifying figure. With such a huge resource advantage, Futureman Group can develop offline delivery business on this basis.
If the user is on sr, Futureman Group will deliver it with "free shipping"!
The use of drone delivery technology will greatly reduce the labor cost of the Future Group. SF Express needs to pay salaries for 400,000 employees, but for Future People Group, this number can be compressed to less than 50,000.
In terms of operating costs, the Future Group has an advantage first.
Hearing Xia Shiyu's words, Jiang Chen thought seriously for a moment.
"Do you do logistics yourself? Does our company have management experience in this area?"
"We don't have to start from scratch. My suggestion is to acquire an existing logistics company, integrate its management team, and then restructure its business. In the process of sorting, transporting, and dispatching goods, our head office will send people Responsible for redesigning and copying the model of Penglai City. If the trial operation proves feasible, we will fully promote it in the mainland, and then further promote it to the world!"
Prior to this, Xia Shiyu obviously had already made a certain plan for the layout of this "drone logistics", so she was confident when explaining it to Jiang Chen.
And her words really moved Jiang Chen's heart.
Doing services for others, how can you make money by taking over the entire industrial chain yourself?
"What about risks?" Jiang Chen asked the last question he was concerned about.
"It will cost about US$3 billion to complete the acquisition. Then we will gradually cancel the local agency rights, shift the franchising model to offline direct sales, and establish our own delivery outlets in major cities. This work will require an investment of about US$1 billion. Xiangjiang City as a drone logistics pilot at a cost of $200 million.”
Calculated in this way, the cost of the entire project is about 4 billion U.S. dollars. With the financial resources of the Future Group, it can completely resist this risk.
"Very well, I'll leave that to you!" Jiang Chen pointed to the document in his hand with a smile.
Now that he has decided to do this drone logistics by himself, there is no need to read the letter of intent for cooperation from SF Express.
Xia Shiyu smiled slightly, and gently lifted the hair around her ears.
"I will handle it."
Well, I don't buy games on s anymore. Four more broke out to offer, rolling all over the floor begging for monthly tickets to be continued