Hong Kong Tycoon: Starting from Delivering Dongfeng Express

Chapter 123 A Great Harvest at the Canton Fair
Seeing Qi Wei's smile, Ye Dongsheng knew that the guy was joking with him, and replied with a smile, "If I were really a spy, the first target I would turn would be you!"

"I?"

"I can tell from your first glance, Officer Qi, that you're destined for great things. Don't you think I should keep an eye on you?"

"Haha! I'm truly honored by your high regard! In that case, I'll have to keep my distance from you!"

Qi Wei found Mr. Ye in front of him quite interesting. Unlike some Hong Kong businessmen who were arrogant and domineering, or many businessmen who were overly polite and friendly, Mr. Ye could actually joke and laugh with a mainland policeman like him.

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"Judging from this momentum, the transaction volume of this year's Canton Fair should be higher than last year! Mr. Huo, this is all thanks to the work you have done in Hong Kong!"

"Not at all, we're just doing what we can. It's all thanks to the country's good policies! In recent years, with reform and opening up, more and more overseas businessmen are willing to come and see China!"

Inside the clubhouse, Fok Ying-tung was walking and chatting with a middle-aged man in his fifties.

Because the Canton Fair can earn a lot of foreign exchange, it has always been a major event in Guangdong Province and even the country every year, attracting much attention. It is perfectly normal for high-ranking leaders to come and inspect it.

Seeing a staff member approach and chat with his assistant, Fok Ying-tung couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

The assistant said with a strange look, "Mr. Huo, there's a Hong Kong businessman who claims to be from the Hong Kong Island delegation setting up a booth in the exhibition hall, saying he's from our Hong Kong Island Chinese General Chamber of Commerce..."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged leader standing nearby couldn't help but chuckle and joke:
"Mr. Huo, this is really strange. We mainlanders have always sold our goods to Hong Kong businessmen. We've never heard of Hong Kong businessmen setting up stalls at our Canton Fair! Is someone trying to steal our business?"

Old Master Huo also looked puzzled: "What's your name?"

The staff member quickly said, "Ye Dongsheng!"

The image of the young man he had seen a few days ago immediately came to mind when he thought of Dongfeng Express, and he roughly guessed what was going on.

The leader next to him smiled and said, "Mr. Huo, why don't we go take a look together?"

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Ye Dongsheng and Qi Wei were chatting casually when they suddenly saw a staff member leading a group of people over. Upon seeing who it was, the two immediately went to greet them.

Qi Wei's expression turned solemn, and he saluted the group, saying, "Greetings, Commander!"

Ye Dongsheng stepped forward and said apologetically, "Mr. Huo, I'm really sorry to have troubled you. I didn't expect you to make this trip in person!"

Old Mr. Huo chuckled and shook his head: "Hehe, I was just wondering why there were still people setting up stalls on Hong Kong Island. Turns out it really is your Dongfeng Express!"

The leader next to him asked with a smile, "Comrade from Hong Kong, may I ask what kind of goods you are selling here?"

Ye Dongsheng explained with a smile, "Boss, what I'm selling isn't a product, it's a service!"

"Serve?"

"That's right! Many Hong Kong businessmen sign orders here and then have to make another trip to Hong Kong Island. Our Dongfeng Express can help these businessmen deliver the relevant documents and files to Hong Kong Island in just one day, saving them the trouble of traveling back and forth and greatly shortening the time and improving efficiency!"

Upon hearing this, the leader's eyes lit up: "This is a great service! It's convenient for Hong Kong businessmen and saves everyone's time! You Hong Kong people are really quick-witted!"

Old Huo smiled and said, "Young people are indeed more quick-witted than us!"

Then he said to the staff member, "Comrade, if it doesn't affect you, I think we should reserve a stall for him so that he can serve everyone!"

Hearing that Elder Huo and the leaders had said so, how could the subordinates possibly have any objections?

Ye Dongsheng quickly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Elder Huo, thank you, leader!"

The leader smiled and said, "No need to thank us. What you're doing is promoting cross-strait economic and trade exchanges, so we will naturally encourage you!"

Qi Wei, standing to the side, watched Ye Dongsheng conversing with the high-ranking leader and Elder Huo, and felt a pang of envy. If only he could be in that situation! He desperately wanted to advance his career and make an impression on these important figures!
Previously, Qi Wei had only regarded Ye Dongsheng as an ordinary Hong Kong businessman, but after this incident, Ye Dongsheng's importance in Qi Wei's mind instantly increased significantly!

After all, this was someone for whom Old Master Fok spoke on his behalf. Old Master Fok was not just a patriotic Hong Kong businessman; he was a figure who could reach the highest levels of government!
Ye Dongsheng was also very happy at this time. He had only planned to give it a try. If he was really not allowed to set up a stall, he would have to give up and settle for handing out flyers outside.

Unexpectedly, this time they ran into Mr. Huo and the leaders. With their personal approval, Dongfeng Express's table can now take root at the Canton Fair!
In the afternoon, Ye Dongsheng stood at the store entrance and instructed Wang Jianjun, "Jianjun, you'll have to work hard these next few days! Make sure these goods are safe!"

"Don't worry, Brother Sheng, I'll slaughter anyone who dares to rob us!"

The situation in Dongguan has now been stabilized, and Xiao Fu alone should be able to keep things in order. However, Yangcheng is still unprepared and desperately needs reliable manpower, so Ye Dongsheng called Wang Jianjun over to personally escort the goods.

Instead of escorting him from Guangzhou to Luohu Port, he was escorted to Dongguan!

Currently, the expressway from Guangzhou to Beijing has not yet been built, so you can only take the national highway. It will take at least 4 hours to get from Guangzhou to Luohu Port.

If we arrange for delivery directly from Guangzhou to the border, it would take 8 hours for one vehicle to make a round trip, and we wouldn't even be able to make two round trips a day. Therefore, each store in Guangzhou needs at least 3 vehicles to guarantee 3 deliveries a day. And 3 stores in Guangzhou would require 9 vehicles.

It wasn't that he couldn't afford it, but Ye Dongsheng still felt the efficiency was too low.

However, given the current volume of mail in Guangzhou, there's no need to send it directly to Luohu. Just send it to the neighboring Guancheng, and then have the trucks from Guancheng deliver it together!
In this way, the journey from Guangzhou to Dongguan will only take a little over an hour, and one truck is more than enough to deliver to each store! They can make five or six trips a day!

At worst, we can add two more vehicles to the Dongguan area, which will be enough to guarantee at least three deliveries a day!
As for what to do when the volume of goods increases in the future, we'll talk about that then!
Dongfeng Express's Liwan branch opened on the fourth day of the Canton Fair, and the number of express deliveries on the first day exceeded 700! On the second day, it jumped to 1100!
On the third day, 1300 items!
Day 4, 1500 items!
Seeing the ever-increasing number of express delivery orders, Ye Dongsheng quickly adjusted the work arrangements, getting all the idle couriers involved in the packaging work!
Previously, the two stores in Jinghai mainly handled parcels from Hong Kong Island, so there were many deliverymen.

This time, the situation was completely reversed at the Guangzhou Liwan store. Due to the Canton Fair, the majority of shipments were going from Guangzhou to Hong Kong Island. Therefore, the store focused primarily on form filling and packaging, with delivery as a secondary task. By the third-to-last day of the Canton Fair, the daily order volume had exceeded 2000!
On the last day, the number of orders exploded, jumping from 2500 on the penultimate day to 3600!
Ye Dongsheng understood what was going on; many customers had accumulated the orders they signed in the past two weeks and were sending them out in the last two days!
But this kept Dongfeng Express extremely busy. Even at the Hong Kong Island store, they had never had more than 2000 orders in a single day before, let alone 3600 orders in one go!
Fortunately, Ye Dongsheng had added more vehicles to the Guancheng area in advance, otherwise there wouldn't have been enough space for the delivery this time.

The employees worked non-stop from morning till night. Both Ye Dongsheng and Jimmy personally helped out, and by the end of the day they were too tired to even speak!

However, everyone was also very happy, after all, the boss, Ye Dongsheng, had promised to give everyone a big red envelope!

Even though he was tired, Ye Dongsheng rushed back to the White Swan Hotel, quickly washed up, changed his clothes, and went to attend the banquet again.

Today, the Canton Fair concluded, and the White Swan Hotel hosted another banquet. This time, it wasn't just Hong Kong businessmen invited; all foreign guests who participated in the Canton Fair were invited to attend, and high-ranking officials were also present.

"...

This year's Canton Fair concluded successfully with transactions exceeding US$31 billion!

Adding the 25.7 billion US dollars from the spring season, the annual transaction volume of this year's Canton Fair reached 57 billion US dollars, breaking a new record!

......"

The senior leader speaking on stage was clearly very happy. In the current situation of foreign exchange shortage in the country, every Canton Fair earns a lot of foreign exchange for the country!
Ye Dongsheng was naturally even happier. From the opening of the store to the end of the Canton Fair, a total of 12 days, Dongfeng Express Liwan Store had accumulated 21148 orders!
One-day delivery accounted for 90%, while three-day delivery accounted for only 10%! Most of the merchants at the Canton Fair didn't care about a hundred or two hundred dollars; they were in a hurry to get their documents to Hong Kong Island!

In other words, within just 12 days of opening, Dongfeng Express Liwan Store earned more than 400 million yuan thanks to the traffic generated by the Canton Fair!

More than 400!
Even if it's exhausting, it's all worth it!

Ye Dongsheng thought to himself, "It truly deserves to be called the No. 1 exhibition in China. I wish the Canton Fair could be extended for a few more months!"
Ye Dongsheng then shook his head, knowing that this was unrealistic and that the days of receiving a flood of orders every day were over!
However, we lacked experience this time and many aspects were not done well. We will definitely be well prepared to deal with all kinds of situations by next year's Canton Fair!
The Canton Fair is held twice a year, and those are always booming days for Dongfeng Express's Liwan branch! Moreover, with the annual increase in transaction volume, the number of Dongfeng Express orders will definitely increase as well!

In addition, what pleased Ye Dongsheng was that Dongfeng Express's reputation was fully established through the Canton Fair. Now, without any further promotion, Hong Kong businessmen doing foreign trade in Guangzhou all know that they will use Dongfeng Express from now on!

It can be said that they captured half of the Guangzhou market in one fell swoop!
Why is it said to be half?
Because in Guangzhou, besides foreign trade, half of the economy consists of investments in factories.

During this period, Ye Dongsheng focused most of his energy on the Liwan store. The other two stores were not opened, but were being renovated and prepared.

Now that the Canton Fair has come to an end, the two stores in the Development Zone and Panyu District are almost ready to open!

With the conclusion of the Canton Fair, the revenue of Dongfeng Express's Yangcheng store will definitely drop significantly. However, the opening of the other two stores will bring another surge in revenue to the Hong Kong Island store!
"Mr. Yip, keep in touch when you return to Hong Kong Island!"

"Definitely~"

Ye Dongsheng smiled and clinked glasses with the person.

With Dongfeng Express making a big splash at this Canton Fair, many people have come to remember the name Ye Dongsheng.

At the banquet the night before the Canton Fair, not many people knew Ye Dongsheng, but this time, there were clearly many more people who took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him!
Although he is still far from becoming the center of the banquet, he is at least no longer an unknown passerby!
Ye Dongsheng smiled. Now he could be considered to have truly begun to integrate into the so-called high society circle in Hong Kong, even though he was currently on the mainland.

After finishing his conversation, Ye Dongsheng moved on, intending to find a slightly secluded place to calm down, but he spotted a familiar figure in a shadowy corner.

Ye Dongsheng walked over with a smile: "Officer Qi, we meet again~"

Upon seeing Ye Dongsheng, Qi Wei smiled and nodded in greeting: "Mr. Ye, how have you been? You look great tonight!"

Clearly, Qi Wei was much more polite this time.

Ye Dongsheng glanced at Qi Wei and asked with a smile, "Officer Qi, are you attending a banquet or on official business?"

"I didn't receive an invitation, so I'm just taking advantage of this official business to broaden my horizons!"

"Officer Qi, you're too kind. If you wanted to come, I think many people would be willing to extend an invitation."

"Mr. Ye, you flatter me. I'm just a lowly policeman, no match for you!"

Ye Dongsheng smiled and shook his head, then asked, "Officer Qi, now that the Canton Fair is over, does that mean your official duties are finished?"

Seeing Qi Wei nod, Ye Dongsheng smiled and said, "Officer Qi, how about we have dinner together tomorrow to express my gratitude?"

"Thank me?" Qi Wei was taken aback.

Ye Dongsheng laughed and said, "Of course, our safety during this period has all depended on you! Officer Qi, would you do me the honor?"

Although the mainland now welcomes Hong Kong businessmen, Ye Dongsheng still wants to build more connections and relationships to protect Dongfeng Express in case of any unforeseen events in the future.

Qi Wei, standing before us, is an excellent choice.

This is the future Director Qi! Even though he's only in the Political Security Department now, he still wields considerable influence.

Not to mention, even if you don't care about the monk's face, you have to consider the Buddha's face. He also has a high-ranking official father-in-law in the political and legal circles. No matter what happens, people will give him face.

Moreover, Qi Wei is not the kind of saint who is pure and detached from worldly desires. On the contrary, he has a very strong desire to improve himself. He can take advantage of the fact that the other party has not yet reached a high position and build a good relationship with him first.

Qi Wei looked at Ye Dongsheng and smiled: "Mr. Ye is so enthusiastic. If I were to refuse again, wouldn't that be disheartening to patriotic Hong Kong businessmen?"

Thinking of Old Master Huo that day, and looking at Ye Dongsheng in front of him, a fiery glint flashed in Qi Wei's eyes.

Although he already has his father-in-law's support, who would complain about having too many opportunities? Especially for someone like Qi Wei who is eager to advance, he naturally hopes to have more connections with higher-ups and make more appearances in front of important figures!
(End of this chapter)