Chapter 298 The cold storage group of millions of tons was officially put into use
In May 2014, two super-large cold storage groups invested by Liu Xiahui were completed one after another and could be officially put into use.
There is actually a difference between this cold storage and a cold storage. The biggest difference is the temperature of the cold storage. The general cold storage temperature is minus 18 degrees Celsius, while the two cold storage groups invested by Liu Xiahui are all below minus 55 degrees Celsius.
As we all know, the lower the temperature of the cold storage, the more expensive the equipment required, which is proportional.
And correspondingly, the lower the temperature, the longer the storage time will be, which is undoubtedly true.
Especially those high-end seafood, if you want to maintain the best taste, you must store it at ultra-low temperature.
After the cold storage was built, although there were still three or four years before the outbreak of swine fever in 2018, Liu Xiahui still ordered to prepare for storing pork from now on.
This cold storage actually has a very big effect. It can sell high and buy low like stocks. This is also a very effective way for many large catering companies to reduce costs.
Take pork as an example. For example, in the past year, the price of pork cannot be stable at a certain number, but the price is constantly adjusted with supply and demand, and the fluctuation of this price is quite large.
At this time, large catering companies with cold storage have a place to use it. When the price of pork is low, they can purchase a large amount of goods and store the pork.
When the pork price rises, use the pork that was stored before.
When the pork price fell again, it continued to purchase and store.
By repeating the round trip like this, you can keep the pork at the lowest price.
When this cost decreases, the competitiveness of the company will naturally increase.
The same is true for other ingredients, and they use this method of selling high and buying low to reduce costs.
This is the advantage of large catering companies. Originally, the purchase volume is large, so the price is much cheaper. In addition, the price is at the lowest price all year round. How can these small catering companies compare with this competitiveness?
As the largest catering company in China, Laoliu Catering has been using cold storage to store various ingredients before. However, because the self-built cold storage was relatively small and could not keep up with the development speed of Laoliu Catering, it was basically rented by others to use it in the later stage.
Nowadays, two super-large cold storage groups that can store millions of tons have been built, and from then on, there is no need to worry that cold storage will not keep up with the development speed of Laoliu Catering.
Of course, because the two cold storage groups of Liu Xiahui are too big, they can accommodate millions of tons of pork, it is not easy to fill the cold storage group with the lowest price.
After all, the annual pork production in Guizhou Province is only more than two million tons, and what Liu Xiahui wants to store is the pork production in more than one province, and the impact is still very big.
Fortunately, it can be stored in batches instead of one-time, otherwise it will definitely cause intense turmoil in the price of pork.
Besides, there are still three or four years left before the arrival of swine fever, and Liu Xiahui is not in a hurry to fill the cold storage group. He first lets his subordinates watch the operation, sell high and buy low, and let the cold storage group run. It will be too late to fill the cold storage group in 2017.
The main reason for this is that frozen pork also has a retention period.
In normal cold storage, the pork retention period is one year.
The cold storage group invested by Liuxiahui is willing to pay for the cost and the storage temperature is extremely low. The shelf life can be appropriately extended, but at most it will be extended for a few months. It is impossible to store for three or four years.
Therefore, these two super large cold storage groups can only be used for their own use for the time being, not only for storing pork, but also for beef, mutton, chicken, duck, goose, seafood, and various ingredients that can be stored, so that costs can be greatly reduced.
The cost saved by this is enough to support the operation and daily maintenance of cold storage.
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Recently, Lao Liu Takeout has developed extremely rapidly. The traffic from more than one billion registered users has caused Lao Liu Takeout not only to rub the early Ele.me on the ground, but even Meituan, which has just received US$300 million in the C round of financing and a valuation of more than US$3 billion, has to be deficient in the takeout field.
Nowadays, Lao Liu Takeout is the well-deserved number one in the takeout field, occupying more than half of the market share of the takeout market.
Of course, Meituan and Ele.me are the two major takeaway overlords in their previous lives, and their competitiveness is still very strong, especially Meituan, because it involves all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation, its potential is really not to be underestimated.
Anyway, Liu Xiahui never thought about unifying the takeaway market. As long as Lao Liu takesaway does not make a fool of himself, it will be extremely difficult for him to surpass it in the takeaway field, whether it is Ele.me or Meituan.
After all, Lao Liu Takeout has the strong support of WeChat. You can operate it without registering and authorizing WeChat to log in. Moreover, it is extremely convenient to pay with WeChat. This is the advantage of Lao Liu Takeout, which is not comparable to Ele.me and Meituan.
But then again, for the takeaway industry, takeaway guys are very important. If the takeaway guys are not managed properly, there will be a takeaway scandal like the previous life, which will have a great impact on the company's reputation.
For example, in a news that Liu Xiahui had read in his previous life, a delivery guy opened the customer's meal while delivering the meal, ate two bites and spit it in it, and then delivered it normally.
All this was recorded by the elevator monitoring and posted online.
The so-called rat shit ruins a pot of porridge. This is what it means. The personal behavior of a delivery guy has greatly affected the company's reputation.
Liu Xiahui naturally didn't want Lao Liu Takeaway, which he founded, to encounter such disgusting things. He prepared for the future, so he issued an order to the design department to design a special takeaway lunch box.
The person in charge of the design department asked: "Boss, what are your requirements for this takeaway lunch box?"
"Of course, there are requirements. It is best to use a one-time design for this takeaway lunch box. Except for users, no one else can close the lunch box intact again if anyone opens it."
Liu Xiahui said: "For example, if you want to get a safe deduction, users can check the integrity of the safety deduction before signing for it to determine whether the takeaway has been opened during transportation!"
The head of the design department nodded and said, "I understand what you mean by boss. Please give me half a month. I will definitely design a perfect takeaway lunch box for boss!"
Liu Xiahui nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll wait for the good news!"
In fact, Liu Xiahui learned from Ele.me in his previous life. Ele.me in his previous life promoted such disposable lunch boxes in 2018. If the safety buckle of the takeaway lunch box delivered by the delivery guy has broken, the user has the right to refuse to receive the goods and complain to the platform.
The lid of this takeaway box uses double-layer snap buckles, and the ordinary disposable plastic lunch box only has one snap buckle. The soup leaks due to bumps during delivery.
The double-layer snap-on design of this safe lunch box greatly enhances the overall sealing of the lunch box.
Not to mention anything else, at least with the existence of this safe lunch box, some mentally abnormal delivery guys can avoid making any monsters during the delivery process, which will affect the company's reputation.
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Because my sister-in-law and sister-in-law got pregnant and gave birth, after the baby was born, Liu Xiaxue was not in a hurry to return to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the base camp of Tang's family, but chose to stay.
Anyway, my younger brother also gave her a luxury house, which was quite convenient to live here.
Tang Zicheng is now his main task to accompany his wife and children. As for work, his mother and elder brother and sister-in-law are basically responsible for it.
It is quite interesting to grow up with Tang Yipin and Liu Xiaoshuai, the two cousins.
As the saying goes, sitting, crawling, and growing teeth. Now both little guys are eight months old, and they are at the age of learning to crawl. At this time, Tang Xiaomin and Liu Xiaxue, the sister-in-law, are teasing the two little guys.
"Xiaoshuai, come to your mom's place!"
"Yipin, mom is here, you crawl over!"
Seeing the sweet smiles on Tang Xiaomin and Liu Xiaxue's faces, Liu Xiahui suddenly remembered his previous life again. He often remembered some things in his previous life.
Tang Xiaomin in his previous life almost cut off his relationship with his parents, and his husband owed more than 100,000 yuan in online loans, so his whole family was shaky and cried all day long, and he was almost depressed.
Sister Liu was not much better than Xuexue. Because she was injured in love, although she came out with the companionship of her best friend, she kept her love away from her ever since. Until Liu Xiahui was reborn, Liu Xiaxue, who was almost forty years old, was still alone and had no plans to get married.
In this life, the fate of this pair of sister-in-law has been completely changed due to Liu Xiahui's rebirth.
Therefore, seeing the sweet smiles on their faces, Liu Xiahui felt indescribable satisfaction.
When the two little guys were tired of crawling, when Tang Xiaomin and Liu Xiaxue were carrying them over, Liu Xiahui said: "Sister, Xiaomin, I'm idle recently, why don't you go out for a trip together?"
Liu Xiaxue smiled and said, "Yes, where do you want to travel?"
Tang Xiaomin said: "I haven't gone out for a trip since I was pregnant with this little guy, so it's good to go out for a walk!"
Liu Xiahui said: "I went to Wuzhen to attend the World Internet Conference last year. I feel that Wuzhen is quite good, and Wuzhen is only one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan. Why don't we go to the six ancient towns in Jiangnan this time?"
Liu Xiaxue nodded and said, "Then let's go and visit these six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River to see how different the living environment of ancient people are from our modern times!"
Tang Xiaomin smiled and said, "Sister, in this era, unless you go to a remote mountainous area that is isolated from the world, it is too difficult to find a place that is completely antique and has no modern atmosphere!"
Liu Xiaxue shook her head and smiled, "Just go and see the ancient buildings there, as well as humanities and history!"
Next, the three of them began to discuss how to go, whether to take a helicopter or take a luxury RV to play all the way?
There are also many people who need to go there, and the bodyguards must go there, and the number is not small. There are also nannies who take care of two children. In addition, family doctors who provide safety guarantees and chefs who cook outdoors must bring them.
After all, there were more than 20 people.
Finally, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law discussed and decided to play with the luxury RV.
When it comes to traveling, it is the most boring to take a quick look. If you want to leave, you can stop. This is how fun it is.
Because it will take more than half a month before Liu Xiaoxian will have a holiday, Liu’s father and mother will not go there for the time being, but stay to pick up and drop off Liu Xiaoxian. When the summer vacation is over, they will take Liu Xiaoxian over to meet with Liu Xiahui and the others.
After the discussion, everyone made some preparations and the large army set off in two days.
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The six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River refer to Zhouzhuang, Tongli, Luzhi, Xitang, Wuzhen and Nanxun Ancient Towns. These are the most representative towns in the Jiangnan water town style in China. They are unique in the world and are famous both at home and abroad with their profound historical and cultural heritage, their beautiful and graceful water town styles, and their simple Wu-nong soft-speaking folk customs.
Among these six ancient towns, Xitang, Wuzhen and Nanxun belong to Zhejiang Province. Zhouzhuang, Tongli, and Luzhi belong to Suzhou Province, and they are all under the jurisdiction of Suzhou City. This shows that Suzhou and Hangzhou were really not a false reputation at that time.
Although the destination is these six ancient towns in Jiangnan, Liu Xiahui and others will not miss the scenery along the way, so they will not keep rushing, but will stop as they go, highlighting the one who can do whatever they want.
Liu Xiahui and others used three top-level RVs for this operation. Each RV is customized, with two functions of "house" and "car". It is a movable luxury RV with basic facilities that are essential for home.
The home facilities on the car include: bedding, stove, refrigerator, cabinet, sofa, dining table and chairs, toilet facilities, air conditioning, TV, audio and other furniture and appliances.
It can be divided into driving area, living area, bedroom area, sanitary area, kitchen area, etc.
The RV where Liu Xiahui and others are located is the top RV among the top RVs. Not only are there all bedrooms and bars, but the entire vehicle also has floor heating supply. Its luxury can refresh the imagination of the losers.
The three top RVs are all extended versions, which can accommodate more than 20 people.
Along the way, the return rate of the three top RVs was really 100%. Many drivers even drove hundreds of kilometers in the car to watch for a while, almost making Liu Xiahui's bodyguards listed as terrorists.
Three days later, Liu Xiahui and others appeared in Hangzhou.
In Hangzhou, Liu Xiahui only came here once in his previous life, but he has been there many times in this life.
Of course, it was the first time that I came to visit with my family seriously.
This is Mr. Ma's base camp. At this time, Alibaba is making final preparations for listing. If no changes occur, Alibaba will be officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange in September.
Moreover, if Liu Xiahui remembers correctly, Alibaba's listing has created the largest IPO record in history.
At this time, if you can buy Alibaba's original shares, you will definitely make a fortune.
When he was traveling to West Lake with his family at night, Liu Xiahui was wondering if it was possible to buy some original shares from other Alibaba shareholders, even if the premium was ten times or even dozens of times, he could make a big profit!
Chapter completed!