Chapter 110 Acquisition of Taotao Technology?

While others were busy with live streaming, Cao Shen was naturally not idle.

He was working on the warehouse.

The first thing was to choose a location, which required the system to analyze.

Previously, "Today's Worth Buying" on Youxin had a large amount of user purchase data, and Youxin also specially designed an address book favorites function for users. Users only need to enter it once, and they can automatically call this data when purchasing goods on any e-commerce platform.

Since "Today's Worth Buying" captures the product data of hundreds of e-commerce companies and presents it to consumers, the use of the "address book" function has become a rigid demand.

This allows the goods purchased by users to correspond to the delivery address each time, allowing the system to analyze the sales demand of different goods in different regions, including type, brand, price range and quantity, etc.

Although the three-piece e-commerce system has not yet been exchanged, Cao Shen can use this data to select the approximate warehouse location.

This is actually quite complicated. Not only the geographical location of the consumer, but also the geographical location of the manufacturer, because it involves the problem of goods being first stored from the manufacturer to the warehouse.

In addition, it will involve the optimal efficiency route planning of the transportation network, as well as the most economical fuel costs, tolls and other issues.

Obviously, the system refuses this kind of "extra work".

[Cao Zei, you haven't paid for the three sets yet, I can't do this job.

What if you trick me into doing this and that again like before, and you end up doing all the work and you don't need the things. Who can I go to for justice! ]

"How can this happen! When has it ever happened? No, absolutely not!"

[I just laughed, how was the instant messaging open source module made? It's not that you turned right step by step and I did it! I just believed your pit! ]

The system is now extremely eager for action and face. It's not easy to sell something, she must not miss the opportunity! For this reason, the IQ has increased again, sensitive and easy to "explode".

"System, did I buy your recommendation algorithm, the one you claim can recommend anything?"

[Yes, that's right, thank you for your patronage]

"I'm just asking you to recommend a warehouse location now, what's wrong with that?

Did you say you could recommend anything at the beginning? You were exaggerating marketing!

How can I buy things from you in the future!

This three-piece set will cost me three years of my life. It's so expensive, and you didn't even let me take a look at the trial version. How can I know if it can be used at that time?

Is it like your recommendation algorithm, claiming to be omnipotent and powerful, but in fact it doesn't work here or there!

The products on Rentaotao at least have buyers and sellers to show, but you have nothing!"

[Uh...]

[Host, don't worry, the system's products are absolutely guaranteed in terms of function, performance and reliability!

I will recommend the warehouse location to you now, wait a minute, I will be quick]

"Speed ​​is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to be reliable.

[Yes, I know, host, don't worry! Don't forget to buy that three-piece set!]

"No problem, I am very trustworthy, I will buy it if I say so, just work with peace of mind. ”

[Okay, host, you drink your coffee, it will be ready soon!]

Sure enough, the system gave the result before Cao Shen finished his coffee.

There are only 18 provincial-level administrative regions in Dongguo, and the total area is not as large as that of the motherland, and the land area of ​​the entire world here is smaller than that of the earth. It is basically a scaled-down version of about 70% in proportion.

For the first batch of warehouses, Cao Shen first chose the Beiji area, the eastern and southern parts of Dongguo, where the e-commerce penetration rate is relatively higher and the manufacturing industry is relatively concentrated.

It is planned to first build three core warehouses in the suburbs of Beiji, Xiajiang and Guangfu, and then radiate to build some smaller satellite warehouses in the surrounding areas.

In this way, it is guaranteed that in these three major regions, the products can be shipped from the warehouse to the hands of consumers within 24 hours.

So these three core warehouses are Cao Shen’s top priority, and they must be fully self-built to make a model.

And the land in these three regions is not so easy to get, and Cao Shen wants a large area, starting from 100,000 square meters for each.

So Cao Shen decisively called Boss Xiao to seek advice.

"Are you going to do e-commerce? Boss Xiao was a little surprised.

"Uh, yes. I think the market space for e-commerce is big enough."

Cao Shen didn't plan to bring out his cloud computing penetration theory. After all, cloud computing in this world has just started, and even if Boss Xiao wanted to explain it, he might not be able to accept it.

Even Xiao Ma's father suddenly figured it out in 18 years. It's only been 12 years now. Don't force it.

"Well, your idea of ​​building your own warehouse is good. At this point in time, if you want to get out of the battle of hundreds of merchants, you must do it heavily.

But this involves offline, and the capabilities required are different from those of pure 2C mobile Internet products.

If you want to do it lightly, do you have any intention of taking over Taotao Technology?

They are doing the long-tail market, and the user base is still good. In addition, they have also circled a large number of small and medium-sized sellers. Although the quality is not very good, I believe you have a way to solve it.

If you want, you should be able to get it in three months. I estimate that the price will not be higher than 7 billion US dollars. "

Cao Shen was more surprised than Xiao Gang when he heard that he wanted to do e-commerce: "What happened to Taotao? Why is it only 7 billion US dollars? ”

A few days ago, Xiao Gang was dealing with Taotao Technology. Although it has not been completely settled yet, it is estimated that there will be no major problems. He wanted to confirm it before telling Cao Shen. Since he asked now, he started talking.

"It's like this. Obsidian Assets originally had 27% of Taotao Technology's shares. We transferred it to CA."

Cao Shen knew about this. At the end of March, there was an official announcement because it was a counter-trading order for large transactions.

At that time, Cao Shen thought it was a normal investment and trading behavior. After all, Obsidian had a lot of large transactions in the past. Now it seems that Boss Xiao's operations are far more than that.

And CA, Cao Shen has also heard of it. It is a well-known "demolition team."

So Cao Shen said:

"CA wants to split Taotao Technology and sell it? Well, payment, cloud computing and e-commerce are sold separately, and 7 billion US dollars is the price of e-commerce?"

"Yes! The split transaction is still under negotiation, but I don't think it will be a big problem. So, do you want to consider it? I think there is still a lot of opportunity in the long-tail market, but Taotao Technology has not done it well.

This is relatively light, and you may be able to get started faster." Xiao Gang said.

At present, Taotao has about 300 million registered users, and less than 40 million, that is, about 12% of users have made purchases, and there are about 500,000 sellers.

7 billion US dollars seems to be quite cost-effective, provided that Cao Shen can do it.

"Your suggestion is very pertinent, I will consider it. However, even if I acquire Taotao Technology to do the long-tail market, I still need to build the core hub warehouse myself."

At least show the world a model of efficient warehousing and logistics, so that other express companies can be forced to board their own ships.

"Okay! Since you have thought about the storage, leave the land to me! I will give you a reply within this week."

It was a bit unexpected. Cao Shen thought that Boss Xiao would persuade him again. After all, Cao Shen seemed to have no experience in this area, and the investment was not small.

According to Cao Shen's plan, each of the three hub warehouses would have to invest at least 1 billion.

I didn't expect Boss Xiao to be so straightforward and take on the job so domineeringly.

It was done in a week. This is land, starting from 100,000 square meters.

In fact, Boss Xiao only took four days to approve three plots of 200,000 square meters of land for Cao Shen, which was twice as large as Cao Shen wanted.

According to Boss Xiao, the business will definitely expand in the future, so it is better to store some surplus first. Moreover, the future land of these three cities, even if it is in the suburbs, will definitely be a scarce resource and will become more and more expensive. It is cost-effective to get it early.

So Cao Shen accepted it with a smile, and sent an email to Boss Xiao, saying that there were 37 more locations planned to be built into satellite warehouses, and asked if he could get some cheap land.

Xiao Gang laughed when he saw the email, this Cao Shen is really good at making the best use of people, very good!

Making the best use of people is one aspect, but more importantly, the price that Boss Xiao paid for the land is really touching, which is two-thirds less than the cost Cao Shen expected. If he didn't ask Boss Xiao to continue to help, Cao Shen couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

Of course, as a sign of sincerity, Cao Shen took the initiative to invite Xiao Gang to invest in his logistics company.

Oh, in fact, this is still Cao Shen's advantage. First of all, although social networking, games, and cloud computing are flying, there has never been a history that proves that he can also do offline and such heavy business.

If it were other investors, they might not dare to invest. Perhaps most people would think that Mr. Cao is floating, not doing his job well and engaging in cross-border, thinking that he can do everything.

Obsidian Asset's investment is equivalent to helping Cao Shen stand up.

On the other hand, warehousing and logistics are really expensive. Land is just the beginning. You also have to build warehouses, buy robots, buy various hardware, engage in the Internet of Things, warehouse managers, and fleets, and a large number of delivery staff.

If Boss Xiao nods, it means he will spend money to jump into a bottomless pit.

Tao Qian is a director of Obsidian Assets. At the age of 32 this year, he is the youngest director of Obsidian Assets. He is also very capable, and his family background is also very good. He is a second-generation official and rich.

When Xiao Gang first approached Cao Shen to set up an angel investment fund, he also planned to send Tao Qian to be a partner.

However, this plan later fell through. Boss Xiao invested 100 million in Cao Shen and lent him 100 million. The two of them set up a fund, and Tao Qian had nothing to do.

This fund has only invested in one project, Yourong Technology, so far. Although it has developed very well, Tao Qian always feels that Boss Cao is asking too much.

Twenty angel projects a year is not too many. If you, Boss Cao, don’t like the project, you can raise several rounds of financing in the future just for your name. Just find a time to sell it to the next round of investors, and we can cash out!

With this method, you can easily create an angel fund with the highest rate of return.

But it is understandable that Mr. Cao's Xishen Technology and Tongcao Technology are two big companies that are so awesome, and they are obviously too busy. And they certainly don't care about this little profit now.

Besides, Mr. Xiao never mentioned that there were few investment projects, and he obviously didn't care at all!

Of course, the Xishen Technology vote alone far exceeded the 100 million yuan in profit.

But Tao Qian was still a little upset in his heart. The opportunity was right in front of him, but he didn't get on board.

At that time, Cao Shen refused Mr. Xiao's airdrop, and Tao Qian felt a little bit conflicted, thinking that Cao Shen was young and a little conceited and didn't know his limits.

And seeing Boss Xiao's conniving attitude towards Cao Shen back then, it was a bit sour. I have been with my boss for more than six years. If I say that I want to set up a fund independently, Boss Xiao may not obey.

As a result, now, I couldn't get on the ship, and I regretted how many times I dreamed about Tao Qian in the middle of the night. My ability to see people is really much worse than Mr. Xiao's. If I had brighter eyes and followed Cao Shen regardless, it would definitely be an unusual sight now.

It is good to stay with Obsidian Assets, but Tao Qian feels that he is still young and still has the mentality of giving it a try. Regardless of success or failure, it is always satisfying to experience the process of going from zero to one hundred. His heart was filled with gratitude.

Some people have the blood of tossing flowing in their bones, and Tao Qian loves tossing.

This time Cao Shen started the "Haina Network", and Tao Qian was moved again. But through the habits Obsidian has developed over the years, he has learned to make bold assumptions and be cautious about verification.

Tao Qian has studied the warehousing and logistics industry for a long time before, and he knows that the water in this industry is very deep and difficult to do. Seeing that Cao Shen wanted to build forty warehouses at once, he was a little worried when he invited Mr. Xiao to invest.

Although Xishen Technology has become very big, Mr. Cao is still new to the warehousing and logistics industry. In the early stages of entrepreneurship, small steps are required to run quickly to minimize the cost of trial and error. Mr. Cao is so generous this time, will he? If you take too big a step, you might end up...

And now there is nothing in this project. It can be said to be just an idea. The Angel Project even sells a PPT. Mr. Cao doesn’t even have a PPT...

"I forwarded Cao Shen's email to you." Xiao Gang said to Tao Qian. Tao Qian is the one with the deepest research on warehousing and logistics among Obsidian Assets. In addition, his family has a good background, so he is looking for the thirty-seven pieces of land. Er Xiaogang left it to him.

Tao Qian has a good talent. In his early years, he was a bit conceited and arrogant because of his good family background, but now he has been tempered very well. Xiao Gang also pays close attention to him on weekdays and spends time cultivating him. He also knows that he has a temperament that wants to torment him.

This time he handed over the matter to him. Firstly, he felt that Tao Qian had the ability. Secondly, it also gave Tao Qian a chance to cooperate with Cao Shen.

It can be seen that Tao Qian has been regretful for not being able to cooperate with Cao Shen before. Xiao Gang is also willing to fulfill this point, as long as Tao Qian is useful to Cao Shen.

"Yes, I just received it. Mr. Xiao, I was just going to tell you about this.

Mr. Cao wants to build forty warehouses at once. Is it too urgent? Will you invest..."

Xiao Gang smiled: "Vote, why don't you vote? Cao Shen is getting an advantage by dragging us into the game so early."

"But, aren't you worried that Mr. Cao may not have enough experience in this area? Moreover, the investment in warehousing and logistics is huge. If you spend one to two hundred million, you won't even be able to make a bubble.

Besides, Mr. Cao didn’t give him a business plan, so we don’t even know what plans he has or how he wants to do it. It was just a verbal investment invitation. To be honest, I was a little unsure. "

Xiao Gang shook his head and pointed at Cao Shen's email: "No, he gave it to me, and it was very detailed."

Did you not read the attachment to the business plan? Tao Qian hurried to Mr. Xiao's computer. There was no attachment...

Looking at Mr. Xiao with a blank expression, are you sure we are reading the same email? How could it be different? Mr. Xiao is not very old, he is an old flower...