Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 369: Warring States Period Hardware Parts
"Whoever offers better terms, I’ll sell to them."
"Oh."
Liu Qiangxi responded with an "oh" and didn’t continue the conversation.
Chen Yiyang understood Liu Qiangxi’s dilemma too.
Jindong was still dealing with a public relations crisis, and Liu Qiangxi hadn’t made up his mind about entering a new field.
A few days ago, Chen Yiyang could only use the same old arguments to persuade Liu Qiangxi.
But after talking with the people from Baoleme recently,
Chen Yiyang found that their theory was quite convincing and could be used directly to persuade Liu Qiangxi.
If instant retail and e-commerce are combined, it could provide e-commerce with a continuous influx of new users and traffic entry points.
So Chen Yiyang directly said, "Suppose, just suppose.
If we sold our instant retail to Ugly Group and they created a direct entry page for instant retail in their software.
Whenever those ordering takeout want to buy things like headphones, mice, cosmetics, and daily necessities, will they not check this page after ordering their takeout?
Then they’ll find they can purchase many items here that they previously could only find on Jindong or Taobao.
Moreover, these items can be delivered to their homes within a few hours, several days faster than regular delivery.
In the long run, will users stop logging into e-commerce platforms, and instead first open their takeout app to see if they can buy what they need, only turning to e-commerce platforms if they can’t find it?"
"You mean?" Liu Qiangxi’s eyes suddenly turned sharp.
"This is the essence of instant retail. Jindong can deliver goods in one to two days because they have warehouses in major cities.
But once instant retail is online, it can directly collaborate with many flash warehouses and small merchants, equivalent to instantly having hundreds or thousands of small warehouses in a city.
So as long as a product isn’t too slow-moving, these merchants will stock up a lot in their shops and warehouses."
"Then in the future, customers will only choose shopping platforms like Jindong when buying less common items."
"Exactly." Chen Yiyang nodded directly.
Actually, the reason Liu Qiangxi came to see Chen Yiyang this time was because of this instant retail platform.
But before coming, he hadn’t made a firm decision, he was just a bit uneasy because of Ugly Group’s moves, so he came to take a look.
As a result, after hearing what Chen Yiyang said, Liu Qiangxi quickly realized the impact that a widespread rollout of instant retail would have on e-commerce.
"How much are you planning to sell your instant retail for?" Liu Qiangxi asked directly.
"I’m not selling it, I never intended to sell it from the start." Chen Yiyang laid it all out to Liu Qiangxi.
"I’d accept Jindong taking a stake, and then my instant retail could be featured in a section on Jindong’s main page."
"And then?" Liu Qiangxi asked, puzzled.
"Then, as long as my instant retail continuously attracts new users, it’s like Jindong also gains a new user.
Not only will I do instant retail, I’ll also do takeout. Tell me, are there more people shopping online or ordering takeout these days?"
The answer was simple, there are definitely more people ordering takeout.
Otherwise, Ali wouldn’t have gone to great lengths to acquire Baoleme back then. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Though Baoleme had a rough time under Ali, it still provided Ali with a considerable amount of traffic.
If Jindong could have its own Baoleme, even if it couldn’t defeat Ugly Group, the number of users drawn in would be enough to keep Jindong prosperous.
"I’ll go back and discuss it with the management." Liu Qiangxi said.
"Alright." Chen Yiyang, having waited so many days, wasn’t in a hurry for another day or two.
Whether it was due to the good luck brought by this ’Strong Brother’ Liu Qiangxi,
The next morning, Chen Yiyang’s rare find alert struck gold with another antique intelligence tip.
Today’s tip: Gear from the Warring States period is being sold at a market in the rural area around Lin’an City. You can immediately snatch it up by going to buy it now.
Related locations and item images are attached on page two.
Warring States period relics not being sold at a stall or antique shop, but at a rural market stall?
Looking at today’s intelligence, Chen Yiyang was surprised.
He was curious about what kind of relics would end up on a rural market stall.
Since Liu Qiangxi was still deliberating, Chen Yiyang had nothing else to do today.
So after having a meal, he dressed in simple sportswear, disguised himself as a young guy fresh out of school, and rode an electric scooter to the location mentioned in the rare find intelligence.
The rural market had the characteristic of selling anything and everything.
You could see stalls selling all kinds of things here.
Vegetables, meat, live poultry, and even donkeys being led out for sale.
Of course, there were also elderly grandpas with chess stalls, offering a hundred unit reward to solve the endgames.
Chen Yiyang was curious; if someone played chess with a mobile phone here, wouldn’t they win easily?
Chess AI has developed to the point where it can defeat grandmasters using just a phone’s AI.
However, considering the chaos here, Chen Yiyang decided to snatch the item first and then explore later, so he followed the directions given by the rare find intelligence.
Unexpectedly, upon arrival, Chen Yiyang found that the place was a hardware stall.
The vendor had a long line of stalls, selling locks, faucets, showerheads, and other hardware items.
Antiques here?
After squatting at the stall for a while, Chen Yiyang finally found the Warring States period relic mentioned in the rare find intelligence.
"How much for these parts?" Chen Yiyang asked the vendor, holding some gears in his hand.
"These are sold by weight," the vendor said directly after a glance. "But just to let you know, these parts aren’t good quality, I’m not sure which company made them. I’m selling them for recycling purposes within the industry; you can’t return them if you buy."
"No returns," Chen Yiyang immediately said.
"Five bucks a pound, just pick whatever you want," the vendor said.
To avoid arousing suspicion, Chen Yiyang picked a whole plastic bag full of parts.
After leaving the stall, Chen Yiyang took out the parts marked in the rare find intelligence, photographed them, and sent the pictures to the Historian he had chatted with last time.
"Professor Shi, I found some items said to be relics from the Warring States period, could you take a look?"
"Aren’t these ratchets? They do seem to be from the Warring States period,"
Professor Shi replied instantly.
"But I can’t be sure just from pictures. How about you bring the items to the museum for an evaluation?"
"Sure." Chen Yiyang nodded immediately.
Warring States period ratchet picture.
