Forcing a Tailwind into Existence

"Ms. Song!"

"This is Professor Li Yingbo from Alliance Shipping!"

"I am the General Manager of Alliance Shipping Group!"

It was quite easy for Zhang Xuezhou and Song Fengying to contact each other.

Zhang Xuezhou proactively opened a private live stream room and then invited Song Fengying to join.

"Does filing a complaint really work?"

Looking at Zhang Xuezhou and Li Yingbo in the live broadcast room, Song Fengying was a little confused.

"Son, did you hire someone to put on an act to make your mother happy?" Song Fengying complained. "We have a hard time even meeting a junior manager in the Alliance shipping area, how could we possibly meet their boss!"

"It's genuine. And luckily, I brought the company seal with me; that should serve as proof of my identity!"

Li Yingbo carried the official seal not to prove his identity, but because the Lineage had stamped at least 300 to 500 seals in the past three days, so he hadn't let the seal out of his hand.

Moreover, he came with the need for negotiations, so an official seal was essential.

Li Yingbo took out the company seal from the document bag, and also took out his own badge as the group's chief consul general.

"They're quite professional, and they even brought props. Not bad, they performed very professionally," Song Fengying exclaimed.

"Well!"

Li Yingbo was taken aback.

He had never met anyone who didn't believe his identity.

Rao Li Yingbo is a psychology major, which has brought him some difficulties in communication.

"Professor Li has given you a check for ten million. The props can be fake, but this check, which originated from the Alliance's shipment, can't be fake. Please check it!"

When Li Yingbo had a slight headache, Li Yingbo Zhang Xuezhou him with a check as an apology.

This check served two purposes: firstly, it compensated Song Fengying for her losses related to the visual equipment at market value; secondly, it demonstrated Li Yingbo's sincerity in seeking cooperation.

Using it as proof at this point left Li Yingbo both amused and exasperated.

But it's good to use this as proof, and it's also what Li Yingbo planned; this gift does indeed carry some weight.

At least by the time Song Fengying had verified the truth, Song Fengying expression had completely changed.

"Our family lost over 20 million yuan because of choosing Alliance Shipping. If you are truly willing to compensate us, then we will not stand on ceremony," Song Fengying said with a smile.

Why not take the money that's offered to you? Besides, this is to recover the losses incurred in shipping.

Of course, if Song Fengying were to do the work, it would be very troublesome.

This involves hundreds of alliance shipping points, and Song Fengying needs to sue each one individually.

Even with dedicated personnel in charge, it would take three to five years to eradicate these cases.

If we factor in the potential for further problems, this could become a situation with no end in sight.

Song Fengying was forced to do this kind of business at a loss because she was relying on the high revenue from live streaming and needed to develop high-quality customers.

The receipt of a payment at this time made Song Fengying feel much better.

"A loss of over twenty million?" Li Yingbo frowned slightly and said, "Are you saying that you lost as many as ten thousand video cameras because of choosing Alliance Shipping?"

"At least 15,000 units," Song Fengying replied. "The 20 million yuan only covers the hard costs of materials at the factory; I haven't even calculated the other expenses incurred."

"This loss is huge!"

Only Song Fengying knew the true rate of cargo loss resulting from using the alliance shipping service.

This is a test that even Li Yingbo would find difficult to conduct.

Firstly, it requires receiving addresses from all over the country; secondly, it requires goods of a certain value; thirdly, these goods cannot be sent by the official channels; and finally, it is a result that requires long-term verification.

The Li Household had previously selected hundreds of samples to send, but no matter how they tested them, the goods always arrived at their destination intact and quickly.

Prior to this, they had not conducted long-distance transmission tests on electronic products such as video cameras, nor had they conducted tests lasting approximately one year.

Song Fengying is a very valuable case study.

What dissatisfied Li Yingbo was the excessive losses during transportation.

If the service level of Alliance Shipping cannot be improved, anyone who uses Alliance Shipping for transactions will suffer heavy losses.

Improving service standards sounds abstract and difficult to define with a real standard, and it's even harder to change people's nature. But Li Yingbo has a very simple solution.

If he recruits a large number of new employees, it will inevitably make the veterans in the alliance shipping industry feel the competitive crisis.

The transition between the old and the new inevitably leads to oversight, making it difficult for some people to act out of self-interest.

Enforcement teams, patrol teams, and other official groups maintain regular patrols and inspections throughout the year, which can also minimize internal problems.

But all of this for Li Yingbo requires the trade and circulation of a large volume, even an astronomical volume, of products in order for him to achieve a major personnel reshuffle.

Alliance Shipping currently has 120,000 employees. If it were to recruit and replace them, it would need at least 200,000 to 300,000 people to ensure that these new employees would not be assimilated by the unspoken rules of the old employees, thus bringing a completely new corporate image.

The salaries and benefits required to recruit so many people would undoubtedly be astronomical, and this cost could only be incurred in the profits of freight logistics.

Li Yingbo believes that if the alliance shipping transformation is fully realized, they will need to add at least 300 billion mail shipments per year, which is almost equivalent to the average Scarlet Alliance State needing to purchase about 30 products.

This is incredible data, but Li Yingbo believes it also represents a possible future.

Even if such long-distance transportation accounts for two or three percent of the total trade volume of the Scarlet Alliance State, that would be enough to achieve this seemingly impossible figure.

How can we get people to buy? How can transactions be conducted? How can transportation be handled? How can we ensure that people get affordable prices? How can we ensure that businesses make a profit?

Once these problems are resolved, Li Yingbo believes that everything will experience a potential boom.

"You mean you want to sell products through live streaming, and sell a full range of products?"

Li Yingbo spoke eloquently, and Song Fengying's heart was inevitably stirred.

The purpose of any online platform is to generate profit, and profit requires sales, whether it's selling books, videos, memberships, or other goods.

Compared to Yudan profit model, selling goods undoubtedly offers a more diversified approach.

This results in the seller having a continuous stream of product sales, and the cash flow will exceed what most people can imagine.

This was indeed part of Song Fengying's plan, and she even continuously explored and expanded for it.

But Song Fengying had to admit that one person alone cannot make the whole boat sail.

Just like when she developed live streaming software in her early years, she found it very difficult to sell products and also ended up operating at a loss.

If it weren't for the huge profits brought by live streaming, Song Fengying felt that her situation would be no different from before, still caught in the cycle of running back and forth or constantly trying to make up for losses.

She didn't ride the wave of opportunity in the right era, nor did she have enough favorable conditions; instead, she was forcibly creating them.

Pioneers like Song Fengying often end up with dismal failures.

But once the arrow is released, there's no turning back. If Song Fengying doesn't lay the groundwork and take action, she won't have any advantage when things truly develop.

She had some unusual fortuitous opportunity, but Song Fengying was well aware that she was neither a resource owner nor one of the most intelligent people.

For example, Li Yingbo has already recognized the potential of live-streaming sales and is actively making plans for it.

If Song Fengying hadn't laid the groundwork beforehand, Li Yingbo would have inevitably sought out someone else as a collaborator.