Boss, customizing electric bikes will be very difficult. Our riders are not on fixed employment contracts, giving us limited control over them, and the total number of riders nationwide has already exceeded 400,000. If we were to equip all these riders with customized electric bikes, it would require a massive amount of capital, not to mention our inability to guarantee the safety of these custom bikes. What if the riders just take the electric bikes away?
Are you stupid? Is this problem that hard to solve? You can simply ask all riders to pay a deposit. After handing over the electric bikes to the riders, they must return them intact and fully functional, otherwise their deposit will be deducted based on the extent of damage! Wouldn't that solve the problem?
But Boss, the procurement cost of a custom electric bicycle is at least around 3,000 yuan. This would mean riders have to pay a deposit of 3,000 yuan at once. I estimate that many riders will be dissatisfied with this policy, and we might lose a significant number of riders!
He certainly could think of simple solutions like a deposit, but a deposit would lead to more issues, which he didn't have the courage to decide.
This... Chen Hu also felt the difficulty of the problem. After a moment of thought, he said, "Then, let's not mandate that all riders use our customized electric bikes for now. However, for riders using non-customized electric bicycles, a safety deposit of 0.1 yuan per order will be mandatory."
Ah! The subordinate was stunned, completely failing to understand the origin of this safety deposit.
Are you stupid! Seeing the subordinate's expression, Chen Hu became even more displeased. Our customized electric bicycles are specifically developed for delivery personnel and have functions to ensure their safety. If delivery riders ride their own electric bikes, they are very prone to traffic accidents.
Once an accident occurs, it will inevitably lead to delayed orders, which will damage the company's reputation. The company will have to compensate users with subsidy vouchers for these delays, and these losses should naturally be borne by the delivery personnel.
Therefore, they have to pay a safety deposit of 0.1 yuan per order. This money is intended to compensate for the company's losses in the event of an accident!
Don't worry, this policy won't have a significant impact. After all, it's only one cent per order. Most riders will default to agreeing to it. And once they are deducted several cents in safety deposits daily, they will naturally understand the benefits of the company's customized electric bikes and be willing to pay a deposit to use them.
Oh, and when promoting this policy, do not mention company losses. Say it's collected for the riders' safety. Otherwise, if there's any public outcry, you'll be the first one to be held accountable!
Yes... The subordinate, while fearful, felt his admiration for Chen Hu growing infinitely. To come up with such a justifiable reason for such a matter, President Chen is truly invincible.
However, just as the issue of electric bikes for delivery was resolved, another subordinate rushed in.
Boss, the task of producing delivery-specific packaging boxes will likely be difficult to complete in the short term! This subordinate reported cautiously.
Isn't it just a packaging box issue? Can't you just find a packaging box manufacturer? What's the problem with that? Chen Hu said, slapping the table in anger.
Yes, we've already approached several manufacturers, but our legal advisor suddenly told me that several of the packaging box designs we requested have already been patented by someone else. We cannot use packaging boxes with these designs, as it would be an infringement and we would be sued! the subordinate said.
Design patents? Chen Hu was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the various types of packaging boxes clearly marked with the "E Bu Pa" logo in front of him. You mean to say that "E Bu Pa" has actually applied for patents for these packaging boxes!
Yes, these patents were applied for recently. Furthermore, our legal department has found that "E Bu Pa" has applied for a total of 482 design patents for delivery packaging boxes, covering almost all special-shaped delivery packaging boxes. It is very difficult for us to bypass these designs, as "E Bu Pa" has blocked almost all design directions! the subordinate said.
Zhao Yao, that guy is really ruthless! Chen Hu was speechless. In fact, some employees of Dida Delivery had proposed designing delivery-specific packaging boxes a long time ago, but because it would increase costs significantly, Chen Hu had never paid attention to the issue.
He never imagined that "E Bu Pa" would patent them all now.
And it wasn't until they investigated that they were shocked to find that "E Bu Pa" had applied for thousands of patents related to various delivery technologies and products.
So these guys think of themselves as a technology company! Chen Hu grumbled, and finally pointed at the subordinate's nose, ordering him to find a solution to the problem immediately.
Boss, the only way forward is either to temporarily shelve the packaging box matter and let the R&D department focus on developing new designs, or to pay a patent licensing fee first...
You want me to pay "E Bu Pa"? Chen Hu shot him a look, and the subordinate was almost scared to death, so the suggestion of paying to use patents naturally came to naught. Despite his anger, Chen Hu could only put the matter of delivery-specific packaging boxes on hold for now.
With these two issues alone, other matters naturally did not proceed smoothly.
The only smooth progress was probably with the consumer food safety assurance fund, as it only involved paying money, so it was very smooth. Nothing else went as planned. xxs壹贰
However, under Chen Hu's strong suppression, these policies were soon implemented.
But Chen Hu overlooked one problem: for a company, what is most important is not the policies, but the people within the company.
An ancient saying goes, "Oranges grown south of the Huai River are oranges, but those grown north of the Huai River are trifoliate oranges," implying that the same type of seed will produce two fruits with vastly different flavors due to differences in soil and climate.
If the environment and story of a company's growth are different, the results will also be different. This situation quickly became apparent at Dida Delivery.
First, regarding the electric bike policy, the policy Chen Hu formulated was actually quite reasonable. Although the method of collecting a safety deposit was somewhat unscrupulous, it did have an effect.
Well, not because of the pressure of this policy, riders rushed to pay deposits to use specialized delivery electric bikes, but rather Dida Delivery's revenue increased.
After all, with over 10 million orders daily, collecting a mere 0.1 yuan as a deposit per order allowed Dida Delivery to earn over 1 million yuan more in profit.
However, more than 200,000 specialized electric bikes that Dida Delivery had customized were all abandoned at Dida Delivery's work sites in various cities. Many work sites' open spaces were even blocked by these specialized electric bikes, making it difficult to find space to even step.
Chen Hu overlooked a critical issue: no matter how good his planned policies were, they still depended on the actual employees to implement them.
Chen Hu's requirement was to pay a deposit equivalent to the cost price of the specialized delivery electric bikes, which was around 3,000 yuan.
However, when the lower levels began to implement it, the situation became entirely different.
First, when this order reached the provincial branch companies, the required deposit became 3,600 yuan.
Of course, the company's regulations clearly stated that the deposit itself was 3,000 yuan, and this could not be changed. But the problem was that transporting these electric bikes to the branch companies in various provinces required a large amount of transportation costs.
After all, the manufacturers of these electric bikes could not directly deliver the electric bikes to the points in various cities. At most, they would deliver them to the provincial capitals, and Dida Delivery would be responsible for the transfer.
So, Dida Delivery's provincial branch companies naturally announced an additional transportation fee of 600 yuan per specialized delivery electric bike.
What? You say a transportation fee of 600 yuan per vehicle is too expensive? It's enough to rent a truck, dedicated for exclusive use?
Please, don't spread rumors here. I have invoices from the transportation company. Each invoice clearly states the total transportation costs, so why can't I collect 600 yuan at home?
Alright, at the provincial level, the deposit is still 3,600 yuan. This price is actually quite cheap, as the ex-factory price of 3,000 yuan, if sold retail elsewhere, could fetch four or five thousand yuan, which is quite normal.
But when these electric bikes reached the municipal branch companies, the deposit became 4,500 yuan. As for the extra 900 yuan, it was also legitimate and clearly accounted for, as this fee was for license plate registration.
In this world, China's management of electric bicycles was implemented much earlier. From 2010 onwards, almost all electric bikes were required to be licensed before they could be ridden on the road.
The customized electric bikes for delivery companies were naturally the same, and each vehicle had to be licensed by Dida Delivery. Therefore, it was natural for me to charge a license plate registration fee of 900 yuan per vehicle.
What? You say that registering electric bikes with the normal traffic management authority only costs 20 yuan for administrative fees and license plate production costs?
Are you kidding me? Do you know how difficult it is to register specialized delivery electric bikes? Do you know how deep the water is? Do you know how many things are understood by those who understand?
You know nothing, yet you dare to question my charging of 900 yuan? Get lost!