Chapter 215 It’s okay to just talk
The concept of takeout is not new, and is even a bit old.
In the plan that Li Yan saw just now, he directly traced the takeout back to the Song Dynasty... As long as it is a familiar shop, say hello to the shopkeeper, take a food box and hold a lantern and deliver it to your house. , that is, takeout.
After the popularity of mobile phones, many restaurants have also launched takeout services. Familiar customers can call and order a meal, and it will be delivered directly to you downstairs or even to the door.
But none of them can be done on a large scale. The lack of manpower is a flaw. It cannot be delivered if it is too far away. It cannot be done if there are too many. It is difficult to explain when there is a problem.
This matter has never reached a large scale. For diners, they can get hot food just by going downstairs, and there is no need to ask outside restaurants to deliver it.
“So, if you really want to expand the takeout business, the scale of 'community' is actually the right one. You can order food from one or two kilometers or even three, four, five or six kilometers away, and have it delivered without leaving your home. Only when you get to the door do you have the motivation to place an order - no one is willing to pay extra for delivery unless it's worth it."
Li Yan talked, and Li Kai frowned.
“All of your opinions are OK. I have thought about them all.”
Obviously, these college students don’t really recognize Li Yan at the moment.
"But there are many difficulties." Li Yan took over the words, "That's why I said that this matter is based on mobile networks. The premise of the discussion is the widespread popularity of smartphones. Everyone has one... Chuangzu W8, Pineapple 3 Such a mobile phone."
As he spoke, Li Yan showed off his mobile phone.
“Damn, he’s still a rich man!” The polo man is very exaggerated.
“Smartphones are becoming popular?” A man with elegant long hair sitting opposite Li Yan smiled, “With this price and production cost, it cannot be popularized. Mobile phones will definitely become polarized. Nokia’s compact functional phone It is an urgent need, and smart large bricks can only be toys for the rich.”
“It can be assumed that at least Chuangzu is hot in the market now. In the future, the supply chain will be improved and there will be more brands, so the price will be lowered. "Li Yan said tit for tat, "Besides, wouldn't it be good for your career to assume a possible future?"
The long-haired man rolled his eyes and nodded.
“Once it becomes popular, what happens next?” Li Kai thought very quickly, “I assume that computers become popular and everyone has a small computer. It’s the same thing. Many people in our dormitory have one. Computers are nothing more than ordering on the platform, there is no difference.”
“It’s very different, because not only customers have mobile phones, merchants also have mobile phones, and delivery people also have mobile phones. . ”
“Then what? ”
“GPS positioning can enlarge the ordering range. The customer knows where and how far away the merchant is, and the merchant also knows where to deliver the food. There is GPS navigation.”
"GPS?" The long-haired man answered, "There is this. I remember that Nokia had one. It was available a few years ago, but it was of no use."
"I think it's feasible. , for privacy reasons, I assume everything is sent downstairs." Li Kai quickly followed, "What about the money? The merchant sends it downstairs, and then pays for it with one hand."
"Mobile payment?" "
"Huh?" The college students were stunned, and the discussion at the next table stopped.
“A very small online shopping.”
Li Kai laughed out loud, "Junior high school students are junior high school students after all. Your point of view is very special, but things like mobile payment... are too difficult. I don't even talk about the food delivery platform, I just talk about this mobile payment platform. It’s so difficult to get official recognition! What about information security? What if the platform doesn’t pay the merchants?”
“It’s not like that. Make it." Li Yan regained his aura with one sentence, "Just think of it as a small online shopping with a small computer. The focus is to imagine how to build a new community food ecology when these conditions are met. "
Every time Li Yan brings up this topic, he can appease these college students, because they really have no confidence in this topic. Anyone who is willing to make suggestions and provide ideas for the topic must listen carefully.
"Say." Li Kai nodded to express his approval of this premise.
“If both of these are true, you can sit at home and order food several kilometers away, and because the platform holds the merchants’ money, it also has certain supervision capabilities. Wrong delivery and missed delivery These problems can be considered as having the main body to deal with them." Li Yan said eloquently, "You have already experienced the benefits of data processing on the platform. It is not difficult to process a large amount of information. In essence, the logic of the platform is the same. Between the terminal and the client, the merchant uploads the menu to receive the order, and the customer selects the dish and places the order in the integrated merchant information.”
"Wait a minute," Li Kai interrupted, raising his hand high, "You skipped a very, very important link, who will deliver it?"
"Specialized delivery person."
< br>"Huh?" The group of college students were stunned again, and this time even the people at the next table stopped discussing.
“I don’t quite understand this. Who will support the dedicated delivery staff?” “Takeaway platform.” Li Yan said, “As long as it becomes a scale, delivery will be an independent part. Merchants can prepare meals and call for delivery. The delivery person receives the order and delivers it and earns delivery fees.”
"How do the delivery people deliver it?"
"That's what GPS does. They also have mobile phones." Li Yan said with a smile.
Li Kai also smiled, "You have ignored two important issues this time."
The Polo man also followed the train of thought and nodded frequently.
“One is how to ensure the timeliness of delivery, no one wants to eat cold food; the other is that if the delivery fee is one or two yuan, the delivery person cannot make any money at all. If they also want to make money, then order takeout It will be much more expensive than going to the store, so there is no point.”
Li Kai and the polo man looked at each other, "Since you have thought of it..."
"Then I will naturally respond. The issue of timeliness is actually how to let the delivery staff accept orders within a certain small area, and Calculate a relatively smooth route and let the platform dispatch orders to them."
"This is not just talk, it is very complicated and requires a powerful algorithm...Forget it, I know what you are going to say, that's all. Think of it as such an algorithm.”
“No.” Li Yan shook his head, “I think that Senior Li’s research is just a precious sample that can be used as an experiment for the algorithm. Data. Of course, it is not something that can be achieved overnight. All the problems discovered during this research process are paving the way for subsequent work and are very forward-looking. "
"You kid, you talk the same thing. You are very talkative." Li Kai said this with a happy expression.
"As long as you can achieve your goal, you can just talk. The other problem is actually very simple. Businesses give profits."
"This is not simple at all," said the fitness guy next to the long-haired man who has been looking at the computer. The senior said, "In my opinion, if you talk about the whole process, the most difficult point is for merchants to give up profits."
"They give up profits in order to make more. To join the platform, you must give up profits and give room for delivery costs. But it is an eternal truth to expand the scope of your business and make small profits but quick turnover. It can also be regarded as giving a chance to various small shops with insufficient area and manpower for on-site service, and they will agree. ”
bite!
[Economics +1, level 3 skills, total 23]
Li Yan has long understood the principle of small profits but quick turnover. Is this the first time that he has considered it from a practical perspective and is it considered a breakthrough?
In any case, extra points are good.
Having said this, Li Kai’s team, who had been asking questions, all showed thoughtful expressions.
A bespectacled senior from the project team next door turned her head frequently, her eyes full of curiosity about Li Yan.
"Li Yan..." Li Kai bared his teeth and knocked his head, "Are you a junior high school student?"
"First grade of junior high school."
Everyone present was in an uproar.
"It's such a waste of time, Brother Kai." The polo man smiled and stretched out his hand to Li Yan, "It's amazing. You are young and promising. My name is He Bo, deputy team leader."
Li Kai also began to introduce the team members one by one.
“I have been working on this project for two years. In fact, I have also thought about making the project bigger, but I always feel that some things cannot be solved.” Li Kai sighed, “I didn’t expect that a junior high school student would make my blood boil. .”
"Have you regained your youthful energy, Brother Kai?"
"Hey, he is a real boy, and a hero comes from a boy." Li Kai waved his hand, "Let's just light it up."
That's considered recognition. Me, right? Li Yan sighed imperceptibly. He was still counting on various data from this study, so his efforts were not in vain.
There was a sudden soft touch, like being propped against a large pillow with weight.
Senior Sister Hu Xinyue took Li Yan in her arms and said to the team members with a smile: "Have you really never heard of this younger brother's name?"
Li Yan suddenly got goosebumps, damn woman, let me go!
(End of this chapter)