Twenty years of cold chain

The distance from Qingping City to Tongxing is about the same as the distance from Hu Shutong back to his hometown, taking less than three hours.

Looking towards Tongxing from the national highway, the completion of Phase II has connected the entire industrial park. The midday sun makes everything bright and vibrant; the pristine white cold storage facilities resemble a cloud spread across the ground, with refrigerated trucks constantly moving about.

It constantly showcases the prosperity of this small world.

Liu Zhiying had wanted to visit Tongxing for a long time, and through his conversation with Su Mu, he had a general understanding of Tongxing's progress. What concerned him was not how scientific Tongxing's plans were or how worthy of learning from Tongxing's system, but rather that Tongxing represented the work nurtured by an academic background, and from this perspective, it was very pure.

It's no exaggeration to say that this is the ideal for all professionally trained cold chain workers.

In the workplace, where it's very common for laymen to give pointers to experts...

The brilliance of technology always requires a bit of luck.

After the car entered Tongxing,

Su Mu and many others came forward to greet her. What happened next surprised Liu Zhiying. When people introduced themselves, they all started with things like "Mingda University Class of 03, Refrigeration Engineering Major", giving people the illusion of a Mingda University alumni association.

During his university years, Liu Zhiying was a well-known figure in the college. His classmates, all below him, knew him. He participated in numerous provincial-level research projects with his mentor. However, what impressed people most was his expertise in cold storage. Diverse cold storage designs, simplified preservation combination warehouses, and research on closed-system platforms—these are all part of Liu Zhiying's impressive resume. Many of these achievements might seem commonplace now, but seven or eight years ago, when Hu Shutong had just graduated with his master's degree and started his own business, these studies were highly relevant.

This meeting wasn't just about Yoo Ji-young; it brought many people back to a bygone era. Everyone addressed Yoo Ji-young as "senior," an atmosphere they had never imagined before.

This scene made Liu Zhiying truly realize why Tongxing was able to achieve its current success.

Ultimately, it all comes down to people. Tongxing gathered industry talent early on, providing a stage for those skilled in this field to showcase their abilities. Furthermore, it was Hu Shutong, the first person from Mingda to become a certified refrigeration engineer, who saw the potential in each individual, that enabled this powerful team to reach its full potential.

Tongxing's greatest confidence in daring to forge ahead and compete lies here.

Hu Shutong and his entourage accompanied Liu Zhiying on a tour of Tongxing, spending most of their time on Phase II. After the tour, Liu Zhiying was impressed by Tongxing's mature and solid cold chain logistics. Phase II formed a self-contained system; while storage, transportation, and processing appeared to be independent areas, the internal workflow was actually extremely sophisticated.

Of particular note is Tongxing's third-party logistics center, whose greatest strength lies in the fact that there is virtually no inventory buildup in its warehouses. This means that goods stored here by customers, or goods processed by Tongxing and then redeployed, enjoy extremely high delivery speeds.

This might seem like the typical workflow of a cold chain logistics park, but in reality, it's far from it. This is arguably a major challenge for third-party logistics (3PL) operations. Customer first and service first are the core principles of 3PL.

However, in reality, due to difficulties in customer channels or fluctuations in supply and demand,

This leads to huge fluctuations in order volume. It's like if the sales terminal sneezes, the third-party logistics provider catches a cold.

Attributing such operational efficiency to Tongxing's encounter with a group of high-quality clients would be too simplistic. The deeper reason lies in Tongxing's own set of solutions for channel development.

Customers who choose Tongxing are not only finding a streamlined storage and transportation system, but also gaining influence on the end market through Tongxing's channels, which is a huge incentive for businesses. It's like buying a house: if you're looking for a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment in a low-rise building, you'll naturally compare the amenities.

Liu Zhiying saw the core of this thriving phenomenon. In fact, this is the most difficult part. Some things cannot be achieved simply by having advanced hardware or a large factory area. An invisible network of connections contains another dimension of business.

Later that afternoon, Liu Zhiying and the R&D team gathered to discuss the solution for the large-scale monolithic library. The entire process wasn't the rigid, one-person-on-stage presentation; it was a relaxed atmosphere. As Liu Zhiying had said earlier, he wasn't there to be an expert giving unsolicited advice. The Tongxing team had been racking their brains over this matter, and with such a brilliant person in charge, all their ideas found a common outlet, and they suddenly began to speak freely.

Hu Shutong couldn't help but feel that this R&D center had fostered a strong academic atmosphere at Tongxing, resembling a research group in an association, institution, or even a university. What was most gratifying was that it was more practical. We didn't need to shoulder any visions for cold chain logistics three to five years from now, nor did we need to explore those technological trends or new industry tools. Everything was in the present, and everything was based on Tongxing's business.

Liu Zhiying already had many ideas about this single-unit library, especially after he understood its functions, and the outline in his mind had become clear. But in the process of communicating with these fellow Xing people, many new ideas suddenly arose.

It has to be said that this feeling was something he hadn't felt in a long time. He couldn't even remember the last time he had expressed himself like this; it felt both familiar and strange.

Because people here understand technology better, they respect it more. The atmosphere here is so relaxed and open, yet so trusting and confident, as if everyone remembers what you have done.

After nightfall, Yoo Ji-young began her journey home.

In this day at Tongxing, what he saw was perhaps clearer than those inside Tongxing. However, what he saw was not the Tongxing that those around him imagined. What lingered in his ears was that Tongxing had always been a small private enterprise with no background and no capital.

Thinking of this, he shook his head violently, trying to clear his mind of all thoughts, wishing he had never been there. Unfortunately, he couldn't stop Pianpian's thoughts no matter what he did, especially after seeing his wife's phone call. Everything seemed even more contradictory, and he felt like a wall caught in the middle, with his left and right sides seemingly turning into two fists.

At this moment, he wished that everything in the world could be turned into data, even just an extra 0.1 would make people exceptionally determined.

……

I've loved cold chain logistics for twenty years.