Reborn in 08, Public Enemy of Competitors

Chapter 113 Moving from the False to the Real

Huitong has been featured on the front page of news on portal websites for several days in a row, with increasingly negative reviews.

As a result, merchants deliberately avoid using Huitong Express, and some users even write in their shopping notes: "Please do not send via Huitong Express, otherwise I will refuse to receive the package."

Huitong's business volume has visibly declined during this period, and franchisees have begun to complain, with some outlets that were preparing to join the franchise now seeking other opportunities.

Wang Wenzhi could no longer sit still. He called Huang Zheng, his previous nonchalance completely gone, replaced by a subservient tone.

"Mr. Huang, we didn't consider things carefully before."

"Huitong is willing to renegotiate the compensation plan. You name your terms, and we will cooperate as much as possible."

"Well, I can't make that decision. President Shen is very angry, and the consequences will be severe."

Huang Zheng chuckled and then told it as a joke.

"Aren't you saying it's a bit too late for Huitong to change its mind and offer full compensation now?"

"He didn't know he was wrong; he knew he was about to die."

Shen Mo tapped the table.

"Mr. Shen is absolutely right."

Sun Tongyu put down the list in her hand: "Let's not talk about Huitong anymore, let's talk about acquiring express delivery companies. I've found a batch of companies that meet your requirements. Take a look and see which one is worth acquiring."

Shen Mo took a closer look and realized that Deppon Express had just moved its headquarters to Shanghai this year and was transforming from a regional company to a nationwide one.

YTO Express takes a differentiated approach with its "large parcel" service, which is incompatible with Pinduoduo's needs.

The small and medium-sized courier companies on the list have different positioning, but they all have one thing in common: they lack stable orders.

"I asked Brother Wang Wei from Shunfeng..."

Huang Zheng said, "The current situation in China is that most small and medium-sized express delivery companies are franchised, which leads to chaotic management, inconsistent service quality, and frequent delays in delivery. If you want to acquire one, you must not be fooled by its apparent size and network of outlets."

"My suggestion is to give priority to Tiantian Express."

Sun Tongyu said, "Although our scale can't compare with the 'Three Tongs and One Da' (STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express), and is even smaller than Huitong Express, so far, our delivery volume..."

Delivery volumes are increasing, and business growth significantly exceeds that of YTO Express and Best Express during the same period. The company has a clean foundation, its franchise network is newly established, and integration after the acquisition will be easy.

Shen Mo closed the folder: "Tiantian Express is a good choice, but I think Huitong is also good."

"Huitong?"

Sun Tongyu was stunned for a moment. "Are you kidding me? We just cornered him, and now you're saying you want to buy him?"

"Putting aside personal grievances, Huitong is indeed the most suitable choice at present."

Huang Zheng nodded: "Huitong's market share in the express delivery industry is second only to STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express. Its network covers most parts of East China, South China, North China, and Central China. This scale is incomparable to Tiantian Express, and it is exactly what Pinduoduo needs right now."

"But we just had a falling out with Huitong and are about to take them to court. How could they possibly be willing to be acquired?"

Sun Tongyu shrugged.

Shen Mo said, "What if Huitong is about to go bankrupt?"

"you mean----"

Huang Zheng and Sun Tongyu exchanged a glance.

"Walk on two legs!"

Shen Mo held up two fingers. "First, proceed with the acquisition of Tiantian Express as planned, make the company bigger and stronger, and put competitive pressure on competitors, including Huitong. Second, use this wave of public opinion to continue to squeeze Huitong's living space."

"The second option is more feasible."

Sun Tongyu said seriously, "But firstly, Tiantian Express has only been established for less than a year. Even with the support of Pinduoduo, it will be difficult to form enough combat power in a short period of time, let alone compete with Huitong."

Shen Mo said, "We can make good use of this fake liquor incident. Doesn't Huitong say that the industry's unspoken rule is to only compensate 3 to 5 times the shipping fee for valuable items? Since we're going to enter the express delivery industry, we should change that rule."

Huang Zheng's eyes lit up: "Could we partner with an insurance company to offer cargo insurance with a similar premium?"

"It's not just about insurance."

Shen Mo said, "I want to incorporate mailing scenarios into the WeChat Pay payment system."

He then launched into a long-winded description of the future: "I plan to develop a logistics solution specifically for express delivery, which can provide users and merchants with a range of services including warehousing, picking, packaging, shipping, express delivery discounts, and insurance compensation —"

"OK!"

Sun Tongyu slapped her thigh and said, "Let the merchants put their products in Pinduoduo's self-built or partner warehouses. When there is an order, the system will automatically push it to the warehouse, and the courier company will complete the picking, packaging and delivery. Merchants don't need to worry about the whole process, and the responsibility for damage can be more clearly divided."

"That's not all."

Shen Mo said, "Logistics Treasure is not limited to the courier companies we have acquired; we can also work with Yunda and other express delivery companies one by one."

ZTO Express, Deppon Logistics, and SF Express have discussed cooperation and participated in the "Business Service Partner Program for Express Delivery Companies," becoming strategic partners of Pinduoduo.

Sun Tongyu's face was full of excitement, "You've made many more friends and fewer enemies."

"If it succeeds, the only ones we'll have to deal with in the future are Jingdong's self-built logistics and Shentong and Yuantong, those two lackeys of Ali."

"And in this way, Huitong has no reason to refuse."

Huang Zheng nodded and said, "If Huitong doesn't join Logistics Treasure, it will be isolated, and its e-commerce parcel business volume will only get smaller and smaller."

"Even if he doesn't agree now, we can find ways to make him agree later, and the later he agrees, the more demanding our conditions can be."

A mischievous smile crept across Shen Mo's face.

Lin Qingyan rolled her eyes. "You call Huitong a rogue? You're practically a bandit!"

Shen Mo turned his head and looked over. "Since you have connections with all the companies that Huitong works with, keep in touch for now. With this lead, you might be able to find out more about what's going on inside Huitong."

"Yes, Mr. Shen."

Lin Qingyan lowered her head and made a note in her notebook, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curving slightly.

The thought that the prestigious law firm that once wouldn't even give her a chance to become a full-time employee now has to fawn over her makes her incredibly happy.

After the meeting, Shen Mo glanced at his watch: "Have you heard anything about the house I asked you to keep an eye on?"

"Watch out, watch out, the big boss."

Zhong Xue rolled her eyes. "The information is already in your office. It was all found according to your requirements."

"Don't look at me like that."

Shen Mo smiled and said, "Once YiTao G0 is really acquired, your stock options will be exercised, and you'll be able to afford a house then."

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhong Xue chuckled, "The pie you've been dreaming of is finally within reach."

Shen Mo flipped through the weekly reports from each department again: "What about Liang Wenfeng's side? Hasn't he moved over yet?"

Zhong Xue said, "Liang Wenfeng said that this is a critical period, and it is not easy to move equipment, heat dissipation, and power supply."

Shen Mo stood up: "If he doesn't come, I'll go and check on him."

A short while later, the Audi stopped in front of an inconspicuous office building not far from Zhejiang University.

Liang Wenfeng and his team were studying quantitative trading when they saw Shen Mo arrive. They went up to him and, without any pleasantries, got straight to business.

"Because we cannot currently access Wind, Bloomberg, and major financial websites to obtain news data in real time, we can only write our own web crawler to capture real-time data and historical K-lines from software such as Tonghuashun."

"However, this massive amount of data is redundant, messy, full of noise and errors, and requires a lot of time to clean, deduplicate and standardize before it can be fed into machine learning models."

"Are you using LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) networks?"

Shen Mo stared at it for a long time.

Liang Wenfeng nodded: "I plan to use it for financial time series forecasting to capture the long-term dependencies in stock price fluctuations."

"Once the live trading session is running smoothly, it can be quickly switched to fully automated trading mode. No manual monitoring is required. As long as the network is stable and the server is running normally, the entire process of finding opportunities, placing orders, and executing trades can be completed within milliseconds."

"good!"

Shen Mo patted him on the shoulder.

Curse quantitative trading, understand quantitative trading, become quantitative trading!

Then, they ruthlessly fleece these retail investors!

Since retail investors' money will be taken by those evil big players and institutions anyway, it's better to hand it over to him and Lingfeng Quantitative and invest it all in the research and development of AI large models, computing cards, and even lithography machines.

Tsk tsk, everyone else is moving away from the real economy and towards the virtual economy, but I'm the opposite, completely moving away from the virtual economy and towards the real economy!

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