Chapter 1485 Nifeng Logistics Fears Nothing!

Late at night, the headquarters of Sheng Yun Group was brightly lit.

"Nifeng Logistics is crazy? How could they do this!"

Nie Yunsheng and the senior executives of Sheng Yun Group all wore expressions of stunned disbelief, even bordering on impotent rage.

They never expected that after Sheng Yun Group issued a notice to completely cease cooperation with Nifeng Logistics in second and third-tier cities, Nifeng Logistics' reaction would be so swift. On the very same day, they directly terminated all other cooperative business as well!

It wasn't surprising that Nifeng Logistics found out about the news, since it wasn't a highly confidential matter to begin with.

But the problem was, why was Nifeng Logistics' reaction so quick, as if they had a countermeasure ready?

When Nie Yunsheng first heard the news, his initial reaction was anger. How could Nifeng Logistics be so unsportsmanlike?

And what was this about a system upgrade?

If it was a system upgrade, why wouldn't it affect their own company's deliveries at all, but Sheng Yun Group's deliveries specifically couldn't be entered?

Clearly, this was just an excuse. Nifeng Logistics was simply trying to slap Sheng Yun Group in the face!

As for when this system would be upgraded, or when this miraculous bug would be fixed?

That was anyone's guess.

These mystical things could take a week, or even a year to fix.

In short, don't count on it.

This move directly resulted in all of Sheng Yun Group's deliveries being piled up in delivery lockers and community stations.

The situation was still manageable in other areas, since there were plenty of delivery lockers and community stations, but in the surrounding areas of Jingzhou, Didu, Modu, and Yangcheng, Sheng Yun Express hadn't set up as many delivery lockers and community stations. Caught off guard, they were directly overwhelmed.

Nie Yunsheng wanted to say that Nifeng Logistics was being unsportsmanlike, but then he thought about it, and realized that his side had been the first to be unsportsmanlike...

Moreover, Nifeng Logistics had acted much more civilly.

Sheng Yun Express had directly issued a formal notice, telling each branch and outlet not to send any more deliveries to Nifeng Stations, stating it clearly and explicitly.

Of course, it was difficult to say whether this involved a monopoly, because the express delivery companies themselves could decide how to deliver their packages, that was their freedom. Sending packages originally sent to Nifeng Stations to their own delivery lockers wasn't exactly an act of "forcing merchants to choose only one," abusing their market dominance, and didn't violate any national laws or regulations.

The cooperation between Sheng Yun Group and Nifeng Logistics wasn't that strong. They had no obligation to each other, and could end it at any time.

Similarly, it wasn't wrong for Nifeng Logistics to stop accepting Sheng Yun Group's deliveries under the guise of a system upgrade.

But despite both sides breaking up, Sheng Yun Group had issued a formal notice in black and white, and made the first move. Nifeng Logistics made a move later, and did so in a much more civilized manner.

Naturally, a gap arose between the two sides in terms of morality and public opinion.

If it really came down to it, more people would definitely side with Nifeng Logistics.

Now, the focus for Nie Yunsheng was no longer how to save face or maintain the moral high ground, but how to handle the current emergency.

Taking a few insults was no big deal, but Nifeng Logistics' sudden display of backbone, stabbing them with a sudden knife, had thrown Sheng Yun Express' entire delivery business into chaos. In the golden delivery zones surrounding Jingzhou, Didu, Modu, and Yangcheng, Sheng Yun Express' bottom-level delivery terminals had directly fallen into a state of failure or even collapse. How could that be allowed?

Even now, some senior executives still hadn't accepted reality.

"Nifeng Logistics is crazy? How dare they break off relations with us..."

"Aren't they killing eight hundred enemies while losing a thousand themselves?"

"Sheng Yun Express might be in chaos for a while, but it just means deliveries will be a little slower. The packages that need to be delivered will still reach the customers. Nifeng Logistics' decision not to cooperate with us will directly cut off six or seven tenths of their delivery sources. What's that called? We take a small loss, they explode?"

It was normal to think that way.

Because Nifeng Logistics and Sheng Yun Express were in a mutually dependent relationship. In fact, these senior executives had always felt that Nifeng Logistics' business was somewhat dependent on Sheng Yun Express.

Without Sheng Yun Express, the number of express delivery orders at Nifeng Logistics' stores would directly decrease by sixty to seventy percent, or even more!

On one hand, Nifeng Stations could earn a cut of the money from these deliveries. Although it wasn't much, maybe a kuai or eight mao per package, Nifeng Stations' main business was still this. Other miscellaneous businesses weren't as profitable as this.

If they really stopped accepting Sheng Yun Group's deliveries, wouldn't the Nifeng Station deliverymen be idle? Wouldn't they have nothing to do?

So, no matter how you looked at it, Nifeng Logistics shouldn't have been so decisive and resolute, right?

Nie Yunsheng sighed. "Alas, we've all fallen into a thought trap!"

"Think about it carefully, is Nifeng Station profitable?"

The senior executives exchanged glances, all silent.

That's right, Nifeng Station wasn't profitable at all!

Previously, these people at Sheng Yun Group thought that sixty to seventy percent of Nifeng Station's deliveries came from Sheng Yun Group, so Nifeng Station couldn't possibly give up this source of revenue.

If Nifeng Station was in a profitable state, then this inference would indeed be correct.

But the problem was that Nifeng Station had always been losing money, and the more deliveries they made, the more they lost!

The "last mile" of delivery was truly dirty and tiring work. They only earned a few mao per package, not even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.

So, Nifeng Station didn't care about Sheng Yun Group's deliveries at all. In fact, without these deliveries, Nifeng Station was doing quite well. The deliverymen all left work on time, and they didn't have to pay performance bonuses or overtime pay, which actually saved them money.

For the deliverymen, this was also a good thing. Although their income would decrease slightly, they still had their basic salary and benefits. After being busy for so long, it wouldn't hurt to rest for a while.

They weren't making any money to begin with, and they hadn't even considered making money, so threatening them with something that didn't make money wouldn't work, would it?

After the senior executives of Sheng Yun Group pondered this, they realized that they really couldn't do anything about Nifeng Logistics in this situation.

Nie Yunsheng took a deep breath. He knew that he had to make a decision quickly, otherwise, if the deliveries continued to pile up like this, it would become a big joke in another two days.

"Have each sorting center and outlet hire more temporary workers, and have the temporary workers do the sorting and loading."

"Have the deliverymen work overtime and give them some overtime pay to appease them."

"Have the delivery points call the customers and urge them to pick up their packages as soon as possible. Also, hire some people specifically to deliver extra-large packages to their homes."

"Also, explain clearly as soon as possible that there was a problem at Nifeng Station, which is why our deliveries are delayed. We absolutely cannot take the blame ourselves, we have to shift it onto them!"

Nie Yunsheng didn't have any better solutions. Before, in order to reduce costs, many delivery points had laid off deliverymen. Now, it wasn't realistic to hire a large number of deliverymen in a hurry, and it was even less realistic to magically create a lot of delivery points out of thin air, so he could only temporarily use these expedient measures.

But could Nifeng Logistics' refusal to cooperate really bring down a behemoth like Sheng Yun Group?

Of course not.

Although Sheng Yun Group was somewhat dependent on Nifeng Stations to a certain extent, it wasn't as if they had completely lost the ability to deliver packages. Nie Yunsheng felt that they had just been caught off guard by Nifeng Logistics. As long as they quickly reorganized, with Sheng Yun Group's current market share, the odds of winning were still very high.

As long as Sheng Yun Group could stabilize and safely weather this storm, it would actually be an act of drawing a knife to cut off a festering boil, which would be beneficial in the long run.

It would be better than having all of the delivery terminals in all cities controlled by Nifeng Stations in the future, with Sheng Yun Group being manipulated at will, right?

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February 21st, Thursday.

Pei Qian was in his office, carefully reading the first phase work report of the Chuji Plan.

After Meng Chang completed the entire plan, he went abroad with Eric and others to work on acquiring Finger Company. The plan for the Chuji Plan was naturally being promoted by others.

This plan was actually very simple. The main part had already been completed long ago, and the supplies sent to the children in impoverished schools had also been delivered. The remaining key point was this promotional plan.

This was also what Pei Qian cared about the most.

As long as the Chuji Plan's promotional plan could achieve its initial effect: good promotional results in impoverished rural areas, without causing any waves on the internet, then this plan would be complete.

So far, many slogans had been painted on the walls of various impoverished mountain villages. Of course, these were all villages that had a direct connection to the Chuji Plan.

When the scope of the Chuji Plan expanded in the future, these promotional slogans would naturally expand as well.

Pei Qian looked at these promotional slogans and couldn't help but smile.

These promotional slogans were mostly the same: red background, white characters, white borders, bold Heiti font. They looked very eye-catching.

However, the content of the slogans was varied, and some were even outrageous.

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, this was really down-to-earth!

He casually scanned a few slogans.

"Raise pigs well, and you'll fatten yourself!"

"A wisp of smoke rises from the field, detention for fifteen days!"

"Straw is a treasure all over, whoever burns it, his wife runs away!"

"Sharpening your knife doesn't delay your work, finish junior high school before working!"

"If you drink and drive, she will remarry!"

"It's not the same to give birth to a boy or a girl, if you give birth to a son, he won't have a partner in the future!"

"The children happily go to school, and rice, flour, and oil come home!"

Some of the slogans made Pei Qian laugh.

But this was indeed the consistent style of rural slogans. After all, many people in rural areas didn't have a high level of education. Only these straightforward, catchy, and easy-to-remember slogans could achieve the best promotional effect.

The content of these slogans was relatively common, and the slogans of the Chuji Plan were perfectly hidden among them, mainly some slogans persuading rural children to go to school, or slogans that linked going to school with rice, flour, and oil.

The average person wouldn't think that these slogans were actually related to a specific charitable cause, after all, there was no signature of the Chuji Plan below these slogans.

But after the villagers saw it, as long as they inquired a little, they would know that they could receive some rice, flour, and oil on a regular basis if they sent their children to school.

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. This plan had basically achieved his initial goal.

He searched the internet, and as expected, there was no discussion about the Chuji Plan.

Pei Qian felt much more at ease after this charitable fund was spent, and he felt more confident about the settlement of this cycle.

However, just as Pei Qian closed the report and casually browsed the web, he saw a piece of news that surprised him a little.

Sheng Yun Group and Nifeng Logistics were trending on the hot search list!