While there was a tiny bit of disappointment, Ye Zhi valued her career the most, and she was happy to share these things with him, and he was equally pleased.
After all, she hadn't shared them with anyone else, had she?
Qi Xuan picked up another lychee and was about to peel it when he suddenly thought of something and asked with some surprise, "Shunda's operations must be more than just opening up air transport, right? Even with air transport, these lychees, which were originally on the trees, need to be sent to the express delivery stations and enter the logistics system promptly after picking. Have you set up the express delivery stations directly at the village entrance?"
"Nothing escapes your notice," Ye Zhi said with a smile. "Shunda has been setting up express delivery stations recently, and in fact, more new stations are being set up in rural areas.
Many agricultural products are sold to consumers after layers of price increases. Consumers pay a high price, but the money that finally goes to the farmers is pitifully little.
So, I also hope to open up a new model, where Shunda bridges the gap between farmers and consumers, transports these products from rural areas to consumers, and achieves direct production and direct sales.
This way, there are no middlemen to make a profit from the price difference, which can save consumers money and allow farmers to earn more."
Qi Xuan gasped. He said in a deep voice, "This is a big market. However, online shopping is still a new concept. Some farmers might be able to grow crops, but not necessarily sell them. Moreover, the quality of agricultural products needs to be guaranteed to some extent, otherwise, this will only erode consumer trust."
"This is indeed a problem," Ye Zhi agreed with a nod. "So, in addition to allowing farmers to sell their own produce, I also plan to gradually set up some primary processing plants for agricultural products. These plants will conduct preliminary screening, processing, and packaging of agricultural products. This project will be tentatively named Taoxun Select, and we will gradually expand the product categories in the future.
Of course, Taoxun alone cannot handle such a large market. We will also help to connect other reliable primary processing plants or deep processing plants..."
Qi Xuan listened silently, a deep sense of crisis already dawning on him.
Investing in Taoxun was undoubtedly his wisest investment. However, he had originally thought that Ye Zhi would need his investment for at least three more years, but now it seemed he had been too optimistic.
Taoxun had received a massive amount of capital investment in its early stages, but all its current projects were profitable. Ye Zhi had reached a point where she could achieve continuous expansion with Taoxun's own funds, without needing his continued investment.
Qi Xuan felt inexplicably anxious. Did he still have a purpose now?
Seeing Qi Xuan's silence, Ye Zhi was taken aback. "Are you worried about me? Worried that my expansion speed is too fast and prone to problems? Don't worry, I'll grasp the right balance and proceed steadily!"
"No, I trust you very much." Qi Xuan looked at her with a touch of melancholy. He wasn't worried about her at all; he was worried about himself.
It seemed he needed to "switch jobs" as soon as possible. He wondered how "Hongluan" was doing, if it was ready to take off. He should ask the person in charge of Nandou as soon as possible.
*
Soon, Taoxun launched a new slogan: [Taoxun Self-Operated, Delivered Next Day!]
From the day after tomorrow to the next day, although it was only a one-day acceleration, it still generated considerable buzz online.
[Taoxun is lying again! Where is this next-day delivery? I bought something in the morning and it arrived in the afternoon. Are you afraid I'll return it?]
[Taoxun is really too stable. If this were a website on the verge of bankruptcy, it would dare to boast about next-day delivery even if it took a week!]
[Hahaha, sisters, it's not illegal to mention the name Qianbai! I'll say it, Qianbai is garbage, hurry up and go bankrupt!]
...
The popularity of Taoxun caused many people to directly criticize and praise. If it were in the past, Ou Minghan would have surely thrown things and cursed, but now he couldn't afford to.
He had already moved out the goods that Taoxun didn't want.
However, he didn't want to benefit Ye Zhi, but he didn't have many good channels to deal with these things.
After all, most of these were near-expiry or even expired items, which even larger supermarkets wouldn't accept.
Ou Minghan didn't want to rent another warehouse to store these things. Coincidentally, Qianbai Self-Operated was closed, and the positions responsible for self-operated business were no longer needed. Ou Minghan gave some of the items to those employees at the original price as 'severance pay.'
As for the rest, Ou Minghan allocated them all as quotas to Qianbai's employees, asking them to sell them for the company. Those who refused to sell had to use these items to offset their wages.
Qianbai's employees felt as if they had eaten shit, regretting that they hadn't resigned sooner. Internal turmoil within Qianbai led many of the remaining employees to resign voluntarily.
However, Ou Minghan couldn't care less. Qianbai had no value to him anymore; he just wanted to get rid of this burden.
He had approached many people, hoping to sell Qianbai at a low price, but who would be willing to take over Qianbai, which was now almost an empty shell?
Besides selling Qianbai, he was also thinking of attracting new investment and catching the next wave of trends to start a new venture, but now, no one was willing to invest money in him anymore.
He had also approached Ou Tiantian. Ou Tiantian was willing, but he would hesitate each time.
After running back and forth for more than half a month, Ou Minghan had even begun to doubt life.
He had even seriously considered Ou Tiantian's suggestion to sell everything in China and go abroad with her.
Abroad, no one would recognize him, and he could use his identity as the founder of Qianbai to attract investment from people abroad. However, he hadn't made a final decision on whether to leave.
*
At Daxing Airport, Ye Qin Ya stood in the bustling airport hall, biting her lip fiercely.
She was back.
She had changed; she was no longer the person she used to be.
She had a new identity and had finally returned here.
She wanted revenge, revenge on Ou Minghan! She wanted Ou Minghan to know that she no longer loved him, and she wanted him to regret losing someone who had loved him so deeply and was willing to sacrifice everything for him!
She also wanted revenge on the Ye family. It was the Ye family's neglect that had caused her so much suffering, and she would not let the Ye family off! She wanted the Ye family to taste the suffering she had endured!
A staff member walked past her, looked at her a couple of times, and suddenly stopped.
"Ma'am, may I ask if your name is Ye Qin Ya?" the staff member asked curiously.
Ye Qin Ya was startled. She asked in a sharp voice, "How do you know... No! I am not Ye Qin Ya, my name is not that, and I don't know the person you're talking about!"
The staff member said nothing. Ye Qin Ya grabbed her suitcase and left directly.
However, as soon as Ye Qin Ya left the airport, a police car stopped in front of her.