Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang looked at each other.

Ma Yang's mouth twitched slightly, "Brother Qian, leaving aside everything else, this name itself doesn't have a very good meaning... Is it implying that our logistics are particularly slow?"

Pei Qian shook his head. "Old Ma, that's what you get for not being cultured. The wind is strongest when you're heading against it, understand? Our name implies that we're about to take off!"

Zhang Yuan blinked, not saying a word.

He couldn't keep up with President Pei's train of thought at all!

Just now, Zhang Yuan was still trying to guess what President Pei's next goal was.

Was it to build up the remaining branches?

Or to focus on Moyu Takeout?

But it turned out to be neither; President Pei was expanding even further...

The two of them looked at Pei Qian expectantly.

Pei Qian cleared his throat. "I know that this plan may be a bit ambitious, and given our current funds, it may be a bit beyond our reach."

"However, I'm not in a hurry to establish a large-scale logistics company that covers the entire country, and I don't even plan to do same-city express delivery."

"We will only focus on Jingzhou City, focusing on solving the 'last mile' problem!"

In this world, there were already online shopping platforms, but they hadn't yet developed to the level of national online shopping craze that would come later.

As for logistics and express delivery, they had naturally already covered the entire country and had achieved good development.

However, most express delivery was still in a state of wild growth, with late deliveries, lost packages, and packages being thrown at self-pickup points for customers to pick up themselves being common occurrences.

In other words, delivery to the door was the exception rather than the rule.

In short, it was the "last mile" problem.

Even ten years later, this problem had not been well resolved. Except for a few conscientious express delivery companies such as SF Express and Jingdong, which would definitely deliver to the door, all other express deliveries were simply thrown at collection points.

Hive Box, Cainiao Yizhan, and others were all solutions proposed for the last mile problem, but the experience could be said to be very poor.

Ultimately, it came down to cost issues.

It was precisely because delivering each item from the local warehouse to the doorstep was an unrewarding task that most express deliveries chose to pass this cost on to the consumer.

Pei Qian's idea was simple: everyone was unwilling to do this dirty and hard work because they thought it wasn't profitable?

I don't mind!

Anyway, it was going to be a loss, so taking on this dirty and hard work would not only lead to losses but also provide some convenience to everyone. Why not?

"I've already decided that we'll start by opening a hundred Nifeng Yizhan (Against the Wind Stations) in Jingzhou City, covering most of the residential areas in Jingzhou City."

"At that time, we'll directly negotiate cooperation with various express delivery companies, so that their couriers can put all the nearby packages at our place, and then our couriers will deliver them."

In short, it was Cainiao Yizhan with delivery to the door.

But the problem was that Cainiao Yizhan made a profit.

The initial investment of Cainiao Yizhan was only about twenty to thirty thousand. You only needed to rent a one-story suite in a residential area, spend one to two thousand yuan a month on rent (considering the rent level in Jingzhou at this time), and spend another ten thousand or so on shelves, a front desk, computers, tables, cabinets, decoration, and other costs, and then you could start doing business.

Negotiating a price with the express delivery companies, charging between two and four mao per package, and receiving two to three hundred packages a day, you could earn about 3,000 yuan a month from express delivery collection.

Cainiao Yizhan usually had two people operating it, and other monetization methods included selling goods, advertising, and sending express deliveries on behalf of others.

Overall, Cainiao Yizhan was profitable, so many people would actively join and operate Cainiao Yizhan.

But the Nifeng Yizhan that Pei Qian was going to create was a completely different matter because it required actively delivering goods to the door!

On the one hand, it increased the pure cost of the couriers. At least one or two couriers would have to work hard to handle 300 packages a day, and these wages would all be paid by Pei Qian.

On the other hand, customers did not need to go to the station to pick up their packages themselves. With less traffic, the revenue from the station's merchandise sales and advertising would naturally plummet.

Maintaining such a station would require at least three people: a store manager and two couriers. Some residential areas with high traffic might require three couriers. Based on a standard of 3,000 yuan (base salary + commission), the pure monthly expense would be more than 9,000 yuan.

Based on 2,000 yuan for rent and 9,000 yuan for wages, the profit would barely reach three to four thousand yuan, resulting in a net loss of seven to eight thousand yuan.

Calculated in this way, the initial investment for 100 stations would be three million yuan, and the net monthly loss could reach seven to eight hundred thousand yuan.

Moreover, this was just the beginning. As Pei Qian's business grew larger and there were more and more employees, the losses would continue to increase.

The best part was that the loss of this thing could be roughly estimated and controlled!

For example, if Pei Qian estimated a month before the settlement that he still needed to spend one million yuan of system funds in a hurry, he could directly open more than 20 new Nifeng Yizhan at the speed of light. As long as he opened the stores a week before the system settlement, the funds would be successfully spent without delaying the settlement.

Nifeng Yizhan was not like Moyu Internet Cafe, which opened and closed quickly. It was a small boat that was easy to turn around, making it more suitable for spending money in a hurry.

Pei Qian had decided that he would definitely give priority to equipping Tengda, Fei Huang Studio, Moyu Internet Cafe, and his own home with Nifeng Yizhan.

At that time, whether he bought things online or his parents bought things online, they would not have to go to the pick-up point to pick them up themselves; everything would be delivered to their homes.

Anyway, it was all for the benefit of society, so it was definitely best to start benefiting from his own home first.

It was perfect for both completing the loss and doing good deeds!

After listening to Pei Qian's introduction, Zhang Yuan was completely convinced.

As expected, President Pei's ideas were always so unpredictable!

It seemed that this was another quite long-term plan.

Although Pei Qian didn't say it explicitly, Zhang Yuan could roughly guess the intention behind this move.

As long as the "last mile" problem was solved, people could gradually become dependent on Nifeng Logistics.

In the short term, it would indeed continue to lose money, but what about in the long term?

After getting used to Nifeng Logistics' door-to-door delivery service, people would naturally give priority to Nifeng Logistics when sending express deliveries in the future.

In the future, Nifeng Logistics would naturally continue to step into the field of same-city express delivery and even national express delivery...

However, this plan was too long-term, so long-term that most people would find it difficult to expect anything from it!

Perhaps in the next few years, Nifeng Logistics would continue to lose money, but once it succeeded, it might profoundly affect all aspects of people's lives.

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but admire Pei Qian.

Look, that's what you call vision!