The first light rain in Shanghai slowed down the entire city's outdoor operation speed.
Traffic jams during peak hours become longer, road speeds slow down, and traffic accidents occur frequently.
Ele.me riders are relatively less affected, because there is a small storage space under their seats, which contains a light raincoat and some medical supplies for debridement and bandaging.
Whenever it rains, riders wear Ele.me raincoats and ride electric vehicles with excellent performance, and continue to travel through the streets of the city.
However, the cow delivery riders are not so lucky.
First of all, the platform has no emergency preparations, so after it rains, the first thing riders think of is to take shelter from the rain. When the platform starts sending orders, many riders choose to refuse because they have not yet solved the problem of raincoats.
After delaying a peak dining period, the riders finally bought their own raincoats, but the problem soon arose again.
Cyclists work really hard on rainy days, so once it starts to rain, the delivery efficiency of cyclists is greatly reduced. A considerable number of cyclists even choose to refuse to accept orders all day long, because in their opinion, it is better to accept orders in the rain than to fight desperately. You may not be able to reach Dixin standards, so you might as well take this opportunity to take a break.
As a result, the cow delivery company finally started running, but suddenly encountered a huge embolism.
For Niu Waimai, it's like building a relatively spacious road first. As a result, there was no traffic volume at the beginning. Now the traffic volume has finally increased. The road has been damaged again and half of the lanes have been closed. The entire road suddenly The congestion is so heavy that car owners and passengers on the road are miserable.
Lu Yunhao originally thought that the rain was just an emergency for a day or two, but when he saw the weather forecast that it would basically rain in the next few days, he was on the verge of collapse.
The next day, the rain started to get heavier and the temperature dropped by four or five degrees.
Ele.me has prepared all-day unlimited hot drinks for all riders at the battery swap station, including hot coffee, hot soy milk, hot ginger tea, and hot chocolate, which can refresh you, ward off the cold, and replenish sugar.
As for Niu Takeout, more than 70% of cyclists got up and saw that it was raining harder than yesterday, so they immediately stopped taking orders today.
It’s no wonder that they don’t have the spirit to endure hardships and stand hard work. The key to rainy weather is that bicycle delivery efficiency is very slow and physical exertion is huge. It’s hard to complete basic tasks. Instead of going out in the rain and riding bicycles all day, you still can’t make any money. , it’s better not to go out.
In addition, the electric vehicle delivery team of Niu Waimai is also having a hard time. The roads are congested on rainy days. The time, energy and even the power of the electric vehicle required for each order are much higher than usual. The overall delivery efficiency It also had a great impact.
Under the influence of many parties, on the second day of the rainy season, the order volume of cattle takeout dropped by 65% compared with the peak period, which was even worse than being cut in half.
On the third day, Lu Yunho stayed up all night.
He stood on the balcony of his rented apartment, watching the rapid rain during the night, praying that the weather would clear up tomorrow.
However, after dawn, the rain showed no sign of slowing down.
On the contrary, it was slightly enhanced compared to yesterday.
Lu Yunho couldn't sit still.
It was really unacceptable to him that a newly established platform had such an ill-fated fate.
It didn't matter that he was attacked by Li Mu in various ways. The key point was that God didn't reward him with food. As soon as he got on the right track, he was knocked back to his original shape by the continuous rain.
For any platform, the lower the frequency of user use, the lower the viscosity will naturally be. This is inevitable.
Nowadays, the delivery process of Niu Takeout is severely restricted by the weather. The platform has been restricted in order and quantity for three consecutive days. A large number of users are unable to order food. The viscosity, which was not high in the first place, has dropped sharply.
Today, more than 80% of bicycle riders have given up taking orders, and 35% of electric scooter riders have given up taking orders.
The order volume of cattle takeout has further declined.
And this heavy rain has no intention of stopping.
By the fourth day, more than half of the cyclists had asked to leave.
They were unwilling to continue spending so much time and decided to find other jobs, one that at least did not require them to wait outside for bicycles to run around every day.
Lu Yunho was forced to have no choice but to increase the wages of cyclists, so that their daily basic salary would be around 6-80 yuan. Not only that, he also lowered the original requirement of 60 yuan.
In this way, the trouble of cyclists resigning was temporarily suppressed, but what followed was more trouble.
First of all, the efficiency of the riders cannot be improved, and it is now the rainy season, so the efficiency is even lower. However, the efficiency is low, and the money has increased. As a result, each order will lose nearly ten yuan in delivery fees alone, which is simply more expensive than burning money. Money is scary.
Secondly, electric bike riders have a lot of opinions. Why do they earn more for less? Just because we have electric cars? Riding an electric bicycle is also very painful. I have to go to the battery replacement station countless times every day. This is not fair.
Lu Yunho immediately asked his subordinates to calm down the electric bike riders. In any case, electric bike riders are the mainstay of order delivery, and nothing can be done to make them passive and slow down.
On the fifth day, the rain continued.
Hundreds of Niu Waimai's electric scooter riders suddenly submitted their resignations to the company, which put Lu Yunho into confusion.
He didn’t understand why there was a wave of resignations in the past two days. One moment, cyclists resigned en masse, and the other, e-bike riders resigned en masse.
After Zheng Chao immediately understood the situation, he came back and told Lu Yunhao: "Mr. Lu, today Ele.me launched a local promotion within our coverage area, saying that the city is recruiting 2,000 electric bike riders, and there are food delivery riders. Experience preferred.”
Lu Yunhao's face darkened: "Recruiting riders within our coverage area?"
"Yes!" Zheng Chao said: "Not only do they provide high remuneration and high commissions, but the electric cars, incubators and even uniforms after joining the company are all provided by Ele.me."
With that said, Zheng Chao added: “Our electric bike riders have great opinions on our electric bikes and our electric bike logistics team, especially since they deal with Ele.me riders every day and know the situation there. After that, they were all very envious of them, especially the performance of their electric vehicles, as well as their logistics and treatment. Now that Ele.me is recruiting more riders, they are all excited."
Zheng Chao is right, the rider of Niu Takeout is really excited.
They have always been particularly envious of Ele.me’s riders’ high treatment, and among them, they are most envious of Ele.me’s lithium battery electric vehicles.
For their own electric bikes, they have to replace the batteries after running out of a few orders. Battery replacement is not only a hassle, but also requires queuing up. Every time I see an Ele.me rider riding for half a day on one battery, it takes another half a day to replace another battery in less than ten minutes. They I am so envious that I live and die.
Now, Ele.me has suddenly publicly expanded its rider team, so they will naturally have the opportunity to join Ele.me.
Moreover, the recruitment advertisement also said that those with work experience as food delivery riders will be given priority. Doesn’t that mean that there is a greater chance of joining Ele.me
Therefore, these electric delivery drivers from Niu Takeaway went to Ele.me to sign up one after another. Within half a day, the number of signups exceeded 700.
After Lu Yunhao heard what Zheng Chao said, he was so angry that he smashed his phone.
He angrily scolded: "Ele.me said that those with work experience as food delivery riders will be given priority. Isn't this clearly against us? Now the only ones on the market are us, so it is clear that they want to recruit our riders!" "
Zheng Chao nodded and said helplessly: "There is no way, Mr. Lu, we can't keep these riders at all. They have long hated our electric vehicles and logistics system. Ele.me's electric vehicles alone are enough." Make their hearts flutter.”
Lu Yunhao gritted his teeth and said: "Li Mu is too cruel. He added two thousand riders in Shanghai alone. Does he need so many people?"
Zheng Chao said seriously: "Mr. Lu, Ele.me has no shortage of money, technology, or products. Rapidly increasing their market share is the most important thing for them right now, so it makes sense to become our enemy. "
Lu Yunhao asked: "What about our rider team? More than 700 people have resigned?"
Zheng Chao nodded and said, "I have already announced my resignation and made it clear that I will not come back to work tomorrow."
Speaking, Zheng Chao sighed and said: "We have no binding force on these riders at all. They can do it if they want to do it. If they don't want to do it, we can't do anything. If they want to change jobs, we can't do anything."
"Why?" Lu Yunhao scolded: "Why can't you do anything? They are our employees. Logically speaking, they should be completely obedient to us and even controlled by us. Why are we controlled by them now
Zheng Chao blurted out: "If you look at the benefits and benefits of riders alone, it is indeed a very good job. Even some college students who work in offices have salaries and benefits that are not as good as those of food delivery riders. But the problem now is that the entire industry is dominated by Li Mu." Li Mu is behind the scenes and formulating industry standards, so we have no say at all."
The right to speak is the key when the two are competing. This is why Western technology companies like to set standards in a certain field. Once they have the ability and status to set standards, they can force their competitors to follow their standards. standard.
All the current standards for the food delivery business are set by Li Mu. Even if Bill Gates comes, others may not be able to take the right to speak from Li Mu.
Not to mention a mere Lu Yunho.
The rainy season in Shanghai is very long, and the rainfall this year seems to be much heavier than in previous years.
On the sixth day, the cattle takeout business almost came to a standstill.
The continuous rain for many days has caused a lot of water on the roads, and the drainage system of the entire city is facing a huge test.
The cost of food delivery for bicycle riders is getting higher and higher. Although the salary is very high, the riders have no choice but to do it due to their limited physical strength and ability.
To make matters worse, most of the electric bike rider team has left, and all the real mid-stream addresses on the platform have been poached by Ele.me.
Niu Takeaway can only limit the flow and orders again, and the restrictions are much stronger than before...
(End of chapter)