Ever since Chen Dongcheng mentioned the acquisition of Yue Yuan Express, Zhou Shaohua could not think more about food than tea and did a lot of research work.
Taking advantage of Chen Dongcheng's absence these days, he went to the hotel on time every day to check in and report, constantly analyzing the possibility of acquiring the other party.
Facing such a shameless Zhou Shaohua, Chen Dongcheng was also speechless.
He also had a phone call with Xue Ningzhi, and Pinduoduo also made it clear that it would support the development of Cao Cao Logistics.
What needs to be determined now is how much to invest.
Although Pinduoduo’s listing went smoothly this time, it raised US$1.87 billion in financing.
But there are more places to spend money, and even this money is far from enough.
Faced with the huge money-burning pitfall of logistics, if Pinduoduo didn’t want to be controlled by Ahri, Pinduoduo wouldn’t want to get involved in this hot potato.
In the long run, the layout of logistics is quite beneficial.
If you want to acquire Yue Yuan Express, you can't avoid its founder Hu Jianhai.
Hu Jianhai worked at Shunfeng earlier, and then left to start a business. Together with his wife, he developed and expanded Yuanyuan Express.
The number of financings in so many years has only been once, which shows that he is wary of capital.
The couple's shareholding ratio is as high as 90.45%, which is even more exaggerated than Chen Dongcheng's desire to control the company.
Just from the information, it can be seen that Hu Jianhai has a strong desire to control Yuan Express.
Seeing Chen Dongcheng thoughtfully, Zhou Shaohua could only worry.
After all, Cao Cao Logistics is still too weak.
If it were really as big as JD.com, it wouldn't be difficult to merge with Yuan Express.
Since Hu Jianhai and his wife's shareholdings are so high, it's definitely not possible to be tough, so they have to be soft.
Chen Dongcheng approached Peng Zhijian directly. As an old man in the capital circle, Peng Zhijian should be able to talk to Hu Jianhai.
"Mr. Chen, are you a rare visitor?"
"Help me make an appointment with Hu Jianhai from Yuan Express. The sooner the better."
"Okay, I'll call you back later."
Peng Zhijian didn't ask any further questions and contacted him immediately.
The room became quiet again, Chen Dongcheng continued to read the information, and Zhou Shaohua stood aside in a daze.
"Jingle bell."
When the cell phone rang, Zhou Shaohua was excited and quickly looked at Chen Dongcheng.
Chen Dongcheng glanced at Zhou Shaohua, then answered the phone and set it to external playback.
"Mr. Chen, I contacted you just now. Hu Jianhai is free tomorrow afternoon. What do you think?"
"Then tomorrow afternoon, I will take someone over to visit."
Chen Dongcheng smiled and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome, we don't need to meet each other, but since you suddenly want to see Hu Jianhai, do you think you have any thoughts about the Qiaosu Sports?"
Peng Zhijian is obviously a good person and reacts very quickly.
"With this idea, it's not certain whether it can be negotiated. This person is very interesting. His desire to control the company is extraordinary."
Chen Dongcheng was also a little helpless, but he also showed appreciation.
In this regard, he coincides with Hu Jianhai.
If you can’t even control your own company, why create it?
It has taken Leap Express more than ten years of development to reach its current achievements.
If there is capital support, it may only take three or four years.
But in order to firmly control the company, Hu Jianhai spent an extra seven or eight years, which shows how strong his ability to endure is.
"This person is indeed interesting. I paid attention to them at the beginning, but in the end I left it alone. He was too wary of capital."
Peng Zhijian was a little helpless. When he was at Tengxun, he had considered leapfrogging Express.
But he still hit a soft nail and came back defeated.
The two briefly chatted for a few words, and then Chen Dongcheng hung up the phone.
Seeing the joy on Zhou Shaohua's face, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
"We haven't even scratched the horoscope yet, so we have to be prepared."
"Hey, whatever you say is fine, I'll just do it."
Zhou Shaohua didn't take it seriously and sat down respectfully.
"I plan to join forces with Pinduoduo to inject US$600 million into Cao Cao Logistics. I will personally invest half of it, and the valuation will be calculated as US$3 billion."
"$600 million?"
Zhou Shaohua's heartbeat accelerated and his voice trembled.
That’s $600 million!
Currently, Cao Cao's logistics account only has more than 20 million US dollars, which is when money is urgently needed.
This money can be said to be a timely rain, nourishing Cao Cao's dry logistics.
"Don't get excited yet. If the acquisition of Yueju Express fails, we will spend all the funds to expand our business outlets and deepen our layout in third- and fourth-tier cities. We cannot ignore first- and second-tier cities."
"In addition, the shipping company must also focus on conquering the problem. We can charter some planes to increase our delivery speed."
After Chen Dongcheng finished speaking about his general idea, he looked at Zhou Shaohua with a smile.
"If Yuejue Express doesn't agree to the acquisition, we will just copy them. I don't believe you can't do it well in an industry as basic as logistics."
"You can rest assured that no matter whether the acquisition is successful or not, we will not neglect our own development."
Zhou Shaohua also nodded in understanding. It is true that acquiring Yue Yue Yun can save a lot of effort.
But if the acquisition fails, as long as the capital is injected, it can still rise rapidly.
"Well, if you have this idea, I'm relieved."
Chen Dongcheng nodded with satisfaction. Zhou Shaohua is indeed a talent.
The next day, Chen Dongcheng took Zhou Shaohua to visit Yue Yuan Express.
Facing Chen Dongcheng's arrival, Hu Jianhai was also very solemn and took the initiative to wait downstairs in the company.
Hu Jianhai is in his early forties. He has small eyes, but his conversation is quite good.
The first time we met, Chen Dongcheng was deeply impressed by him.
"Mr. Hu, I have taken the liberty to come here this time. I mainly want to discuss with Mr. Hu the issue of cooperation between Caocao Logistics and Yueju Express."
After a few pleasantries, Chen Dongcheng went straight to the point.
"Oh? Mr. Chen might as well talk about it."
Hu Jianhai narrowed his eyes and suddenly became alert.
"Mr. Hu, you should know how difficult it is to do in the express delivery industry."
“As giants have completed integration, even e-commerce platforms with good revenue such as Vipshop have abandoned Pinjun Express, which they support.”
"Quaye Express is not keen on capital. Although Yue Express's current revenue is not bad, has Mr. Hu thought about it?"
"Once giants such as Shunfeng and JD.com start to suppress it, will Mr. Hu have enough funds to survive?"
After Chen Dongcheng finished speaking with a smile, he quietly sipped the tea in the cup and gave Hu Jianhai time to think.
Hu Jianhai's pupils shrank suddenly. It was indeed as Chen Dongcheng said, although Leap Express is quite praised in the industry.
But Hu Jianhai is a person with a long-term vision, otherwise he would not have left Shunfeng to start his own business. He knows very well how expensive the express delivery industry is.
It was fine before, even if he was a little slower, at least he could rise step by step with great luck.
But things are different now, times have changed, and the power of capital is becoming more and more terrifying.
Although Yue Yuan Express is known as a small tailwind, it has 11 self-owned all-cargo aircraft.
But compared with Shunfeng's 50 self-owned aircraft, it is far behind.
Now Shunfeng has not yet spared any effort to target Cross-Express. Once Shunfeng's pricing is reduced, the most direct impact will be Cross-Express.