After racking his brains for several days, Li Mu could not think of a truly effective and reasonable solution.
The basic principle when it comes to SARS is that it is impossible for me to make any announcements or make mistakes about SARS in advance before the World Health Organization announces SARS. Otherwise, with the level of attention I am currently receiving, once I am exposed to such an issue, When questioned, people with a bright mind might really be able to give relevant guesses that they were "reborn and time-traveled". Li Mu could not take such a risk.
In this way, hoarding a large amount of supplies to solve some problems for the people and the government at critical moments has become Li Mu's core requirement for himself in the upcoming SARS incident.
The crux of the problem is that if Li Mu can't find a reasonable reason to do this in advance and just hoard supplies rashly, he will still get himself into big trouble. A boss worth tens of billions of dollars has multiple companies to run. There are so many big deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to review every day. It would be strange if someone like him suddenly went to stock up on a lot of epidemic supplies and was not suspected to the core.
Just when Li Mu was thinking hard at Ziyun Villa and even his beard had grown a lot, he suddenly received a call from Senior Brother Liu.
The first thing Brother Liu asked when he came up was: "I haven't heard from you since I came back. Even the media that pays so much attention to you don't have any recent reports on you. What have you been busy with lately?"
Li Mu said: "I was too tired during this period in the United States. When I came back, I wanted to take a rest. I am resting at home these days."
"Oh, it's rare!" Senior Brother Liu said with a smile: "It's really rare that Li Mu, the desperate man, can also take a rest."
Li Mu smiled and said, "What's wrong? Can't I rest for a few days now and then?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Senior Brother Liu said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I hope you can rest more. You are my boss, so take care of yourself."
Li Mu asked him: "Brother, where are you? Are you in Yanjing?"
"No." Senior Brother Liu said: "I have been in Shenzhen and Yangcheng in the past few days. The automatic sorting system produced by BEUMER has completed customs clearance. After customs clearance in Shanghai and Hong Kong, it will be shipped to various places. It will be installed step by step. Debugging and then putting it into use. At present, the volume of parcels in our Shenzhen city and surrounding areas is too large, so we plan to give priority to installing the first set of equipment in the sorting center of Shenzhen city. I am here to supervise the installation and commissioning work."
Since Taobao started with electronic products, it has rapidly stimulated the electronics industry in Shenzhen City. Therefore, Shenzhen City has become the first city in China to be closely linked to Taobao and e-commerce. Now Taobao Logistics is one of the many domestic logistics bases. Shenzhen City is under the greatest pressure. The current scale of industrial development in Shenzhen City has begun to spread to surrounding areas, forming a pattern of industrial integration in Guangzhou, Foshan, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The previous Yangcheng logistics base can no longer bear such huge pressure, so Taobao Logistics has A brand new logistics base has been invested and built in Shenzhen City, and now its importance is growing.
Li Mu subconsciously asked: "Brother, how long will you stay in Guangdong Province?"
Brother Liu said: "Look at you, if you have the time and energy to estimate Taobao's operations recently, then if you cooperate with Lao Lei, I can worry about running our logistics-related matters outside; if you have the time and energy, It’s limited, and if there is a need for front-end operations, I will run back and forth between the two ends.”
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Li Mu's mind.
Guangdong Province... is the original birthplace of SARS. If you stay in Guangdong Province for a while, you will have the opportunity to get in touch with SARS before the public understands it.
If I had been exposed to the SARS epidemic in Guangdong Province in advance at the end of this year, I would have reason to support my various preparations in advance to prevent the SARS outbreak.
Thinking of this, Li Mu suddenly became energetic, as if all the irritability he had been thinking about for the past few days had cleared up at this moment and the moon was bright!
If you go to Guangdong Province for a period of time for the purpose of personally participating in Taobao's logistics construction, you will not only be able to experience the epidemic first-hand, but you will also be able to directly use Taobao's warehousing and stockpile supplies within the framework of Taobao.
When the time comes, he can completely let Taobao operate on his own and cooperate with Taobao warehousing to purchase materials related to epidemic prevention nationwide and globally. With personal experience as a trigger point, Li Mu can fully say that after experiencing the epidemic, Feeling the critical condition, he paranoidly demanded that the team prepare supplies.
Considering Taobao's current size and capital scale, it would not be difficult to hoard huge quantities of epidemic materials for the purpose of business sales. Moreover, Li Mu could first detect the epidemic from the perspective of a businessman with a keen sense of smell. Hoarding materials under the premise that there is a possibility of proliferation seems to be hoping to use this batch of materials to boost Taobao sales.
Once the epidemic becomes public, we should immediately put the interests of the country and society first, donate part of the supplies to the government for free, and then put the rest on Taobao, and sell at cost prices or even at a loss for areas with severe epidemics to alleviate the problem. Panic in severe areas and panic buying and price increases.
In response to the operation of hoarding supplies, Li Mu not only did not plan to make a penny from this epidemic, but prepared to spend at least over 100 million yuan in subsidies. Although the loss was huge, this little money was not worth anything to Li Mu. Mention, he just hopes to do his meager contribution to the fight against SARS.
Of course, if this matter goes smoothly, it will also be of great help to Taobao's subsequent development. In terms of social influence and the development of users' online shopping habits, Taobao can also reap long-term benefits.
After thinking about this, Li Mu immediately said to Senior Brother Liu: "Brother, the automatic sorting system is the top priority for the development of our own logistics system in the next few years, and it has always been something I care about very much. These two I'll come over to you tomorrow, and we'll take care of the logistics together."
When Senior Brother Liu heard this, he immediately said: "Okay! Arrange your time and let me know when you will come over. I will pick you up at the airport."
Li Mu said, "I'll do it as soon as possible. I don't have much to deal with at hand. I'll go over once the arrangements are made."
As he said that, Li Mu asked him: "By the way, how is the installation progress of the automatic sorting system in Shenzhen City?"
Brother Liu said: "The installation was completed in three days and started on the fourth day for trial operation. Because this is the first automatic sorting system for express parcels officially put into use by a domestic private enterprise, and it is also the most advanced sorting system in the country, so I We have found an event execution company to prepare a trial launch ceremony, and will invite some media to come over and write some positive news for us."
Having said this, Senior Brother Liu subconsciously added: "By the way! Haven't you still not appeared in public since you returned to China? Since you are coming to Shenzhen City, I think you might as well come and attend this launch ceremony. Domestic media If I knew you were coming, I would have gone crazy. We won’t spend a penny then, and just by your appearance, we can get crazy coverage from the national media."
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! Then I will go over to attend the launch ceremony. You can create a bigger buzz in the media. The higher the profile, the better!"
"Understood! Leave it to me."
Brother Liu didn't know what Li Mu was planning. He just thought that Li Mu was taking the opportunity to increase the influence of Taobao Logistics in the country. But in fact, Li Mu's main purpose was to set a very high price for his trip to Guangdong Province. The keynote is to let people across the country know that because they value the development of Taobao Logistics, they personally go to Guangdong Province to supervise the development and construction of Taobao Logistics in Guangdong Province.
As long as this high-profile foundation is laid, when the epidemic occurs on a large scale in Guangdong Province, Li Mu will have enough reasons to immediately prepare a large amount of epidemic materials and fill Taobao's warehouses across the country with the materials!
After hanging up the phone, Li Mu, who was very excited, immediately called Li Ziwei and asked her to contact a domestic business jet company and charter a small business jet to fly from Yanjing to Shenzhen in three days. This time, Li Mu did not plan to bring too many people with him. , it is enough to bring only Li Ziwei and three of her bodyguards.
After arranging for Li Ziwei to prepare the charter flight, Li Mu immediately held a video conference with the people in charge of Makino Technology and Makino Impression. All the work before the release of "Girls We Chased Together in Those Years" was left to the people in charge of the two departments. He also left all the promotion of the Muying ticketing system to the following people in charge, as well as the subsequent introduction of other theater chains.
Li Mu planned to stay in Guangdong Province for at least twenty days to a month. During this period, he was no longer prepared to do other business personally. He delegated power to his subordinates. He only looked at the results in Guangdong Province. If there were any problems, he would Just conduct remote command.
After the video conference, Li Mu immediately searched online for domestic and foreign manufacturers of epidemic materials, and made market analysis and preparations first. Once the time came, he would not be blinded by large-scale purchases.
Li Mu learned about it online and found that there are many companies producing disinfectants in China and they produce a variety of varieties, but the most mainstream one is 84 disinfectant.
84 disinfectant was developed by Yanjing Ditan Hospital in 1984. Patents and technologies have been transferred to dozens of domestic companies. And because 84 is extremely well-known in the country, this disinfectant currently has a different kind of authority in the eyes of the people. sex, and this authority can indeed withstand scrutiny, much stronger than the "cure all diseases" isatis root.
Li Mu roughly analyzed the current disinfectant manufacturers and found that if orders were used to stimulate their production capacity before the epidemic broke out, they would be able to produce over 100 million additional bottles of disinfectant within at least two to three months.
In addition to disinfectants, cold and fever-reducing medicines, and body temperature measuring tools, the more important thing is protective tools.
The most authoritative company that Li Mu can think of is 3M in the United States. He happens to have some connections in the United States. When the time comes, he can directly ask Elon Musk for help. Before getting to know him, Li Mu felt that this person was very high-profile and he knew him well. Later, he discovered that he was a jack-of-all-trades and was born with brokering skills. When the time came, he would directly purchase a large number of masks, gloves, and the most high-end medical and biochemical protective clothing on the market from 3M. Products such as masks and gloves were positioned to serve the general public. All the highest-end protective clothing will be donated to the angels in white on the front lines of the fight against SARS!
(End of chapter)