When he was on the expressway, Guo Tao asked Zhou Liwen why he suddenly remembered to go back to Huacheng in advance. In order to avoid Guo Tao's thoughts, Zhou Liwen did not tell him about the possible changes in the group and his real plans, but only talked about the situation of the Li family's logistics project.

"This is a good thing!" Guo Tao was excited when he heard this and patted his thigh and laughed. If he could win the Li family's logistics project, Guo's business volume would at least double, which is what any logistics company dreams of.

"I will discuss with Lao Zhang when I go back to the company and come up with a plan as soon as possible!" Guo Tao was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Before he could even turn his horoscope, he turned his fingers to calculate how much business volume he could have and how much profit he could create for the company.

"It's not that simple." Zhou Liwen was afraid that he would be hot, so he deliberately poured cold water: "This project will have to be publicly tendered in April. Due to the bidding reasons, the profit will definitely not be as good as the one I have in my hands now. But fortunately, the project volume is large, and the overall profit is still good. If it can be won, it will be very beneficial to Guo's future development."

"How could it not be taken down?" Guo Tao smiled without any worries: "With this kid Ah Hao helping him privately, coupled with your Xiaoya and the Li family, this project is basically guaranteed. By the way, I'm surprised. Ah Hao seems to have mentioned that he has put a part of their logistics business to us before? Didn't you refuse at the beginning? Why is it so concerned this time?"

"One code is one code." Zhou Liwen then continued Guo Tao to help him lit a cigarette, holding the steering wheel with his left hand, pointing to his head with his right hand: "Do you think I didn't want to do it at the beginning, but if you really agreed to him, even if you do business based on your relationship, it would be only a small part. How much money can you make in such a small amount of business? How can you make this money? Why do you have to owe someone a favor because of this? It's different now. Since the Li family has decided to outsource all logistics, as long as we have the service in place, the transportation capacity is satisfied, and the quotation is moderate, this is business! There is a saying abroad that makes sense. How can I say it... business is business, it's almost that."

"You guy..." Guo Tao laughed in silence, thinking that Zhou Liwen paid too much attention to these things. According to his opinion, what kind of business and friendship are, China is not abroad, so how can we distinguish between business and human relationships? Besides, foreigners are also humans. This is what it means, but what if he knows how to do it? He doesn't believe that foreigners do business and don't talk about relationships.

Guo Tao looked dissatisfied, and Zhou Liwen just smiled and didn't explain much, but he still planned to take the formal bidding as an opportunity to directly win the cooperation of the Li family's logistics project and try to put the friendship aside. Of course, Zhou Liwen also understood in his heart that in the final selection of the logistics company, the Li family company would definitely take care of the Guo family, which is inevitable, but no matter what, these are still two natures. This is probably not just what Zhou Liwen thinks, but also the potential intention of the Li family, otherwise Lin Sen would not specifically remind him of the tendering issue.

The transportation capacity is easy to solve, and the old wizard Zhang Zhen of Zhou Liwen is also relieved. However, there is one thing he still needs to implement as soon as possible in Guo Tao, that is, a large part of this logistics project involves international transportation, and Guo has not yet started this business, so he must prepare for sea and air transportation before the bidding. In addition, the transportation of container trailers must also be launched as soon as possible.

"I'm not familiar with this!" When Zhou Liwen proposed this consideration, Guo Tao was a little stunned. After thinking about it, he took out the phone and planned to call Zhang Zhen and asked him if he had any channels for international transportation.

"Stop hitting, I've thought about it."

"Do you have a channel?" Guo Tao asked strangely.

"There is no channel but it's related. Do you still remember when we went to the port area before?"

"Section Chief Wang!" Guo Tao flashed with inspiration, raised his hand and patted his head and smiled, "Yes, yes! Why did I forget him? I'm still here for his business card. I'll talk to him immediately when I go back."

Zhou Liwen reminded him a few key points when talking to Section Chief Wang, pointing out that Section Chief Wang only needs to deal with the issues of the customs inspection department and the port warehouse. As for the other things, don’t talk more about the other things. Regarding the shipping business, Zhou Liwen guided Guo Tao to contact the shipping company’s ship agent, and first connect, and wait until he gets the box volume plan data of the Li family’s export business, then directly negotiate the price with the shipping company based on the box volume. If you can get the internal price or the agreed price, it is best. As long as these two links are done, everything else will not be a problem.

In 2000, the profits of international logistics were still good. It was not until five or six years later, as the threshold for international logistics was lowered, freight forwarding companies of all sizes rose like mushrooms after a rain. The disorderly price competition caused the profits of sea freight to drop sharply. When the U.S. second-generation crisis broke out, the international market began to decline, and the international logistics industry was hit later. After 2010, the RMB continued to appreciate foreign value-added exchange, and international logistics used US dollar foreign exchange to settle profits, which further compressed profits. The country then began to implement logistics value-added tax, which further suppressed the development of international logistics, thus turning the former gold industry into yesterday's yellow flowers.

However, these are things in the future. The freight forwarding industry will still have a good investment in at least a few years, especially freight companies that hold a large amount of import and export business, which are the targets that all shipping companies are eager to win over. Zhou Liwen values ​​the Li family's logistics projects, and another main point is that he is interested in these large amounts of import and export goods. If Guo can win the project, he will complete his initial development goals for Guo, thus making Guo a full-process supply chain service from packaging warehouses - road transportation - container shipping (air transportation) - toshore customs clearance - inland trailers - destination factories (warehouses).

If this can be achieved, Guo will have the strength to undertake some large-scale logistics projects. According to Zhou Liwen's knowledge, in the next decade, the country has invested hundreds of billions of construction projects in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, Africa and other places every year. These projects have high transportation requirements, complicated links but extremely rich profits...

With Zhou Liwen's description of the industry prospects, if it weren't for being in the car, Guo Tao would be happy and even want to dance. Until he was having dinner at the highway service station, Guo Tao still asked excitedly.

After driving for a whole morning, Zhou Liwen felt a little tired, so he handed over the right to control the steering wheel to Guo Tao in the afternoon. After dinner, he took a short rest. As soon as Zhou Liwen got in the car, she put on the safety belt when the phone in her pocket suddenly rang.

"Mr. Zhou! Happy New Year! Congratulations on making a fortune! I am Lao Sha!"

"Lao Sha? Boss Shazi Haosha? Haha, you have a happy new year, congratulations on making a fortune!"

"Yes, yes! That's me..." Sha Zihao's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone. He laughed and wished the New Year first, and then told Zhou Liwen that he had returned to Goose City. In a few days, friends from Taiwan would come. On the one hand, they called Zhou Liwen to wish Zhou Liwen a New Year, and on the other hand, they asked if there were any problems in asking Zhou Liwen Group for distribution before. Finally, they invited Zhou Liwen to Goose City as a guest.
Chapter completed!