Zhou Yuwen said, "I never thought about the development of the takeaway company. I told Sister Zhu, when I established the takeaway company, the essence was just hoping to help more impoverished students find more stable part-time jobs."
"The initial intention was good, but the takeaway industry has actually grown so much."
Zhu Hong said with a laugh, she told Zhou Yuwen that our country is a populous one, and with the development of the internet, other industries are eagerly awaiting revitalization. Yuwen, all your enterprises seem to be developing in a disorganized manner, but quietly they complement each other. I don't believe you're just playing around."
Zhou Yuwen told her, in fact, it is just fooling around, you have to believe it.
"The future of the takeaway industry is vast, but it's also a very complex one. I'm just an ordinary university student; the waters are too deep here, I can't manage it."
Zhou Yuwen wasn't secretive with her, he openly said, you can handle a part-time takeaway job, but full-time is definitely impossible.
Because takeaway earnings are hard-earned money, delivery staff have to run around outside whether it's windy or raining, not to mention encountering danger, the main issue is that this job has no security.
"If I were really serious about doing takeaway, I would definitely provide each delivery person with social security and housing fund, but that's a huge expense. I'm just a somewhat capable university student, how could I possibly manage that?"
After Zhou Yuwen finished speaking, Zhu Hong was momentarily stunned.
She took another look at Zhou Yuwen.
But saw Zhou Yuwen there, silently eating his ramen.
The point Zhou Yuwen brought up was something Zhu Hong had never considered before.
The social security issue for delivery staff?
At this time, whether it's Ele.me or Meituan, they are just starting to develop delivery services; how could they think about providing every delivery person with social security and housing fund benefits? Right now, they are only preoccupied with grabbing territory and expanding their reach.
So, what Zhou Yuwen mentioned casually, suddenly alerted Zhu Hong to a potential problem years later.
Providing delivery staff with social security and housing fund benefits?
Zhou Yuwen wouldn't do it.
Their company definitely wouldn't either.
Because such a burden is too heavy, to actually pay for social security and housing fund successfully, forget about making a profit, they couldn't even afford to lose money.
"So, if you ask me about future plans, then I can only say, take it one step at a time, if there's a suitable price, I wouldn't mind selling the company."
Zhou Yuwen doesn't like being secretive, he simply says it directly.
A glint of temptation flashed in Zhu Hong's eyes, but she concealed it very well.
She calmly asked, "Then how much are you planning to sell for?"
The company gave Zhu Hong a quote of two million, meaning within two million Zhu Hong could negotiate freely, ideally acquiring Zhou Yuwen's takeaway company at the lowest price possible.
But after contacting Zhou Yuwen, Zhu Hong planned to make friends with Zhou Yuwen, offering him two million straight up.
Zhou Yuwen slurped a mouthful of noodles, didn't even lift his head, but stretched out three fingers.
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Zhou Yuwen looked up: "Not three hundred, three thousand."
Zhu Hong was dumbfounded, wasn't she under the impression that Zhou Yuwen should be quite sensible, yet who would have thought that he would play the Southern Yunnan jade-selling trick?
Zhu Hong couldn't help but laugh: "Yuwen, you're joking with me, right?"
"No joke, Sister Zhu, thirty million is already letting you off with a discount of ten million."
"You mean you were planning to ask for forty million?"
Tao Tian was quietly eating her noodles with her head down, but the amounts being discussed made her a tad uneasy.
Actually, when Zhou Yuwen suggested thirty million,
Tao Tian couldn't help but lift her head to glance at Zhou Yuwen.
She was slurping noodles at the time, and her expression was quite comical.
But what could she do? She really wanted to know if Zhou Yuwen was joking.
That's thirty million we're talking about?
And he's offering a discount of ten million.
It just sounded too much like a joke.
Zhu Hong couldn't hold back her laughter, as she analyzed with Zhou Yuwen, saying that as far as I know, your takeaway company has only been established for half a year, and you've only captured the market of Xianlin University Town.
Let's say Xianlin University Town has a hundred thousand people.
Which means you want to sell thirty million for a market of a hundred thousand people?
"Yuwen, you're not joking with me, are you?"
This place serves delicious ramen, but the servings are too small.
After just a few bites, it was gone.
Zhou Yuwen wiped his mouth and said: "Right now, we indeed only occupy the market in Xianlin, but isn't it almost New Year's?"
"Your delivery department has just been established, and to really start operating, it'll probably be until March. In these two months, I will capture the markets of Jiangning and Pukou, equivalent to half of Jinling's market,"
"That's still not worth thirty million."
"It's not, but if I sell Xianlin Takeout to Ele.me, then it would be."
Zhu Hong arched an eyebrow, surprisingly Zhou Yuwen's information was so well-sourced?
Of course, it was. To be exact, Ele.me was founded even before Meituan Takeout.
But Ele.me centered around Hucheng, expanding southward.
While Capital city's Meituan realized the market potential for delivery later and hastily established a delivery department, then started to bloom all around.
Although the two delivery companies were founded one after the other, they had already demarcated their territories, with Jinling being the first battleground where both would meet.
After determining the winner at this battleground, the following years would escalate into fierce competitions, with relentless price wars emerging; Zhou Yuwen remembered those two years clearly, ordering takeaway was only one yuan, and hiring a taxi was just a few cents.
Unfortunately, good times don't last. Once they had a clear understanding of customer habits, taxi fares began to skyrocket, and takeaway prices also gradually increased.