Hong Kong Tycoon: Starting from Delivering Dongfeng Express

Chapter 33 Dongfeng Express

"Delivering a package?"

When everyone at the table heard this, they were all surprised.

The fifth uncle asked, "Ah Sheng, are you planning to apply for a job as a postman at the post office?"

Ye Dongsheng smiled and shook his head: "I want to open my own express delivery company."

"Start your own company!" Many people looked at each other in confusion.

Xianxia coughed and said, "Ah Sheng, although I don't know much about this business, it seems that running an express delivery company is not something that ordinary people can do."

While eating silently, Long Jiajun gave Xianxia a thumbs up in his heart.

Although Long Jiajun is known as the eldest son, he is no playboy. After his father passed away, he took over the multi-billion-dollar Long Group for a few years, and was able to stabilize the foundation and manage it in an orderly manner. He is a well-known and promising person in Hong Kong.

Long Jiajun knows very well that the express delivery industry is indeed not something that ordinary people can handle.

At this time, the largest express delivery company or express delivery business in Hong Kong Island is undoubtedly the Hong Kong Island Post Office. At the same time, some international express delivery companies such as DHL and FedEx have also started business in Hong Kong Island.

Whether it's human resources, material resources, or capital, small companies can't compete with these giants and can only pick up scraps, unless they choose a very niche segment and specialize in it.

However, Long Jiajun shook his head secretly. How could he, a good brother from the mainland, have such a brain?

It wasn't that Long Jiajun looked down on him, but he thought Ye Dongsheng had barely lived in Hong Kong, had no contact with the local community, and barely understood the local market. How could he possibly discover something? How could he possibly specialize in something? How could he possibly start a company?

Ye Dongsheng also noticed the hesitation and confusion in everyone's eyes. He didn't explain anything, but smiled and asked, "Do you know how long it takes to send something from Hong Kong Island to the mainland now?"

Almost no one present had ever sent anything to the mainland, so the fifth uncle guessed, "One month?"

Xianxia shook his head: "Probably not, 20 days at the fastest?"

"10 days!"

Hearing this voice, Ye Dongsheng looked at Long Jiajun: "Ajun, how did you know?"

Seeing everyone looking at him, Long Jiajun repeatedly shook his hands and said, "It's not me. I heard from my relatives that he's a businessman!"

Ye Dongsheng nodded. "10 days! Express Mail Service, or EMS."

There are currently two ways to send mail from Hong Kong Island to the mainland.

If you are not in a hurry, you can use regular mail, which can take two to three months or three to four weeks depending on the route. If you need something faster, you can use EMS, which can take as little as 3 days.

This time was shortened to 1992 days after the Southern Tour in 5. That is to say, after 92, the fastest time to mail something from Hong Kong Island to the mainland was 5 days.

Yes, it was that slow, because Hong Kong had not yet returned to China, and the border crossing was so troublesome. In addition, the postal service was subject to management and certain complicated procedures, so the efficiency was far less than that of later generations. The fastest speed was just this. This is why SF Express was able to rise!
"Cousin, is there any problem with 10 days?" Moonlight asked curiously.

Ye Dongsheng, who was used to the efficiency of the later generations, sighed:
"Of course there are problems. Don't you think this time is too long? Many people can't accept it!"

"Can't accept it?" Everyone present still didn't understand. They didn't think there was anything wrong. Wasn't it supposed to be this way?
Only Long Jiajun had a vague idea of ​​what was going on in his mind and understood Ye Dongsheng's train of thought.

"After the Sino-British Joint Declaration last year, many Hong Kong businessmen chose to invest and open factories in mainland China, right?"

Everyone nodded. Everyone knew that labor costs in mainland China were low. Ye Dongsheng stretched out his hand and gestured:

"Let me give you an example. If I'm a Hong Kong business owner who owns a textile factory in mainland China, and I suddenly need to urgently deliver a document to the mainland factory—a contract, a customs declaration, some materials, or even a newly designed sample—could I afford the 10-day wait?"

Moonlight immediately shook his head.

"So what should we do now? We can only send our employees to personally carry the goods through customs, or even the boss himself can make the trip to deliver them.

Now, I've opened a courier company that specializes in courier services for these companies. Instead of taking 10 days, I only take one day. How much do you think these bosses are willing to pay?"

Long Jiajun was completely attracted by Ye Dongsheng's idea and couldn't help muttering:
"An employee who crosses the border to go to Jinghai in mainland China receives an additional subsidy of 100 yuan per day, which is 200 yuan for an overnight stay. The round-trip transportation fee is at least 150 yuan, and the accommodation and food expenses are 200 yuan. I have to give him at least 550 yuan for each trip before he is willing to do it!"

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of Hong Kong Islanders, mainland China is now a barbaric place, poor and backward, just like how China viewed India in later generations. If you want to send employees on a business trip to mainland China, how many of them would be willing to go if you don't pay them enough?
Ye Dongsheng laughed loudly:
"That's right, 550 yuan! This is the minimum cost a boss would pay for his employees to deliver something to the mainland!
Now, I don't want 550 yuan, I only want 200 yuan, and it will be delivered within 24 hours. Do you think these bosses and companies will be willing to pay?"

Long Jiajun was stunned: "Then I want to line up to find you to deliver it..."

Ye Dongsheng then picked up another newspaper and pointed at a piece of news. Long Jiajun quickly came over. It was a copy of the Hong Kong Commercial Daily:
"According to statistics from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong businesses have established over 4 factories in mainland China to date..."

Long Jiajun started calculating again: "For 4 factories, if each factory delivers once a month on average, at 1 yuan per order, that's 200 million yuan a year. If they deliver twice a month, that's 9600 million yuan!"

Everyone present was stunned by this number!

Ye Dongsheng raised the corner of his mouth. There were only 4 companies. If they knew that this number had increased tenfold in 10 years, they would be shocked.

Many people in later generations only know that SF Express is doing well, but they have no idea how SF Express got started.

In 1993, Wang Wei founded SF Express in Hong Kong Island, which adopted this cross-border express delivery model. It only operated one route from Hong Kong Island to Shunde. With only 6 employees, it earned 1 million yuan a year and over 700 million yuan in three years. Subsequently, the business was expanded to the whole of Guangdong. By 2000, it had almost monopolized the express delivery from Hong Kong Island to the Pearl River Delta.

What does he rely on?
Is it his intelligence? Is it his boldness? These are not the main reasons!
It’s the overwhelming trend! It’s the tide of the times!

是92年南巡之后，1年之间港商对大陆投了8万家工厂！是截至96年港商在华南地区开设了40万家工厂！

This is an opportunity brought about by the large-scale relocation of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry to the mainland, using the mainland's cheap labor market as a production base and Hong Kong Island as a sales base through the "front shop and back factory" model!

It can be said that the line from Hong Kong Island to the mainland is the lifeblood of SF Express and the absolute lifeline that supports SF Express's development and growth!

If Wang Wei can do it, why can't Ye Dongsheng do it?

SF Express founded in 93 is gone, and from now on there is only Dongfeng Express founded in 85!

From now on, he wants the line from Hong Kong Island to the mainland to be named after Ye!
PS: Jinghai is sz, also known as Pengcheng, everyone should know where it is.

The title of the book has been changed to "Hong Kong Island Warlord: Starting from Delivering Dongfeng Express", which corresponds exactly to this chapter.

Data from "The Changing Economic Status of Hong Kong Since 1980" (with attached image)

The author of the failed book asked the book list boss to help promote it, as it seems that the book is not attracting much attention.

　I guess no one has written about the express delivery method before, right?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)