Li Mu's 2.1 billion yuan material hoarding plan made Senior Brother Liu stunned.

He was not only surprised that Li Mu had to call 2.1 billion from the reserve fund pool as soon as he spoke, but also had several layers of concern.

The first concern is that he is afraid that his current storage capacity is insufficient;

If you buy electronic products or valuables for 2.1 billion, you may not have much storage capacity. However, the epidemic prevention materials that Li Mu needs to do are simply disinfectants, masks, alcohol, gloves and even some drugs.

If the epidemic really enters, the most demanding disinfectant on the market will inevitably be disinfectant. The retail price of ordinary 84 disinfectant is now sold for two or three yuan per bottle, and a bottle of about 450 to 500 ml;

If it is a large-scale purchase, the estimated price per liter is only about three yuan, and you can buy a cubic cube for 3,000 yuan. And this does not count the impact of packaging on the actual volume. If a cubic disinfectant is added, it will occupy 1.3 or even 1.5 cubic meters of space.

3,000 yuan is 1.5 cubic meters, and 30 million yuan is 15,000 cubic meters. If the height of a single product is calculated at 20 centimeters, stacking ten layers is already the load-bearing limit of the underlying goods. In this case, the storage area of ​​30 million yuan of goods is required to stack about 7,500 square meters;

If it is 300 million, it will be 75,000 square meters;

Six hundred million will cost 150,000 square meters;

What's more, warehousing has not been automated yet and there are no stacking tools. The labor cost of ten-layer stacking is very high and the operation is very difficult;

Such a large purchase volume is scary, not to mention that Taobao’s self-operated business itself occupies most of the storage capacity, so the storage allowance under the entire Taobao logistics company is not large. By then, the 2 billion yuan is estimated to be spent half of it, and Taobao’s warehousing will explode;

The second worry is that he is afraid that Li Mu will shudder. If Li Mu's judgment on the entire epidemic is too pessimistic and hoards more than 2 billion supplies with a pessimistic attitude, what if the matter is not as serious as he expected, how to deal with more than 2 billion supplies?

Although these materials are consumable products, the market has long been weak because they are not fast-moving consumer goods. Under normal circumstances, the market's production and sales are saturated or even oversupply. If you want to sell these 2 billion materials, it will be as difficult as the sky. By that time, it may be completely ruined in your own warehouse. At that time, Taobao will have to bear these costs by itself.

Senior Brother Liu expressed his two concerns, and Li Mu said to him: "2.1 billion is just an initial plan, and it is likely to be added in the later stage. However, the warehousing problem is easy to deal with. We immediately set up a team to find available warehousing resources at the locations of our seven major logistics bases. As long as there is, we must win it at any cost."

Taobao Logistics originally established six logistics distribution and warehousing bases, namely Yanjing, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Yangcheng, Chuandu, Hanjiang and Liaoshen. Later, because the electronic product transactions in Shenzhen were extremely popular, another new one was built in Shenzhen. These seven cities are important logistics hubs. Although Taobao Logistics does not have enough warehousing, there are many warehousing resources in society, and it can be completely solved through leasing;

Then, Li Mu said: "As for the issue of financial risk, Brother Liu, don't put it first for the time being. This time we should put social responsibility at the top. There are risks, but for Taobao, it is not a big risk. The worst result is that more than 2 billion materials are thrown into our hands, but the shelf life of these materials will not be short. If we have time to slowly digest them, we can still make up for some of the losses. There is no need to worry too much about the remaining part. Even if we really lose, we cannot touch our foundation."

Senior Brother Liu nodded gently and said, "I have no objection to what you said. I just want to find a way to avoid risks as much as possible. If you can't find it, then we will take risks and do this. I have the same attitude as you!"

Li Mu smiled with satisfaction and said, "This is great! Then I will start talking about some of my specific ideas now. Listen to it, Ziwei remember it, and interrupt me at any time if there is any problem."

The two nodded and said OK at the same time.

Li Mu immediately spoke: "First of all, we must send a business team to communicate with all the regular disinfectant manufacturers in the country, so that they can increase their production capacity in the future, burst out all production capacity, and produce sufficient disinfectant for us. However, we must be careful in the operation method. In order to be an offshore company, we bought a lot of shells in China, and then we will complete the procurement through these bottom-level shell companies to avoid too much target and attracting attention."

Senior Brother Liu immediately said, "Okay, I'll arrange this matter."

Li Mu also said: "The specifications of disinfectant must be considered. In principle, most of them are small specifications, that is, about 200 ml. One is to split out more single products in this way. Another is that most families do not use such high-intensity disinfection at all. 200 ml is theoretically enough for a long time, and the fewer the more you can make everyone understand the rational use."

"In addition to most small-sized packaging, we also need a small number of large-sized packaging, such as two-liter and five-liter packaging. Such large packaging can be used to solve the disinfection needs of schools, kindergartens, and enterprises."

Senior Brother Liu said in agreement: "This consideration is very detailed. I think for most people, if 200 ml of disinfectant is used for 20 days, then 500 ml is probably only 20 days. The more you have, the less you will be very careful to control the dosage!"

Li Mu continued: "Secondly, it is best to purchase n95-level masks with breathing valves around the world, and it is best to have 3m. First, let's understand the cost of purchasing such masks in a very large amount. If they are less than five yuan, then prepare at least 200 million."

Senior Brother Liu was almost scared: "What does n95 mean? In addition, 200 million masks? Brother, the urban population in the country is almost the same number!"

Li Mu said seriously: "Masks have a lifespan. After reaching a certain level, the protection ability will decrease. A mask is probably only 10 or 8 days. If it is used very frequently, the lifespan will be shorter, so we must make good reserves. Our citizens do not pay enough attention to masks. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can use yy to promote it with everyone."

Even Senior Brother Liu doesn’t know what the n95 mask is. But if junior high school students were in 2016, they would probably know what the n95 mask means, because at that time, haze and pm2.5 had become the key words that people cannot live without in their lives. At that time, everyone knew the difference between professional-grade protective masks and ordinary disposable masks. Almost most people would specifically choose n95 masks to fight haze.

At present, most people may still stay in any disposable medical mask to isolate dust, bacteria and viruses. Even some medical staff do not realize that they need to use n95 or even higher-level protective masks. They are even using double-layer disposable mask solutions, even thickened cotton masks that basically have no protective capabilities.

In addition, there are so many migrant workers who suffer from pneumoconiosis every year because they do not wear masks, lose their labor force in their thirties, and die in their forties. In fact, they only need to wear a level n95 protective mask at work to greatly avoid the danger of pneumoconiosis. However, no one popularizes them with these. They can only earn low salaries every day while conserving the fatal threat of industrial dust.

What Li Mu is thinking now is that once SARS is made public, he must make the purpose and importance of protective masks popular science across the network, and he can even invest some money to do offline science popularization, so that people must pay attention to daily life and respiratory protection during special operations during epidemics. Therefore, even if the 200 million masks cannot be sold, Li Mu is willing to give them all to workers in the mines, stones, woods and hazardous chemical processing industries. Taobao now has such a large plate, and this social responsibility can still be fully withstanded.

Senior Brother Liu knew Li Mu's routine of doing things. Although he didn't understand it very much, he did not object. Instead, he immediately said, "I'll do this."

Li Mu hurriedly said: "I'll do this. 3m and Honeywell are all professional protective equipment manufacturers from the United States, and their sales in China are not high at present, so I won't grab inventory in the Chinese market. In that way, it will squeeze the domestic supply. It's better to plunder it from overseas. It's best to purchase directly from the United States."

As he said that, Li Mu said again: "We are familiar with the United States, and there are many acquaintances. The key is that I am a person with some industry and influence in the United States. By the way, do you still remember the Elon Musk who came to China to find me to mess with the car?"

Senior Brother Liu nodded: "Remember, that guy is quite a terrible guy, he looks very terrified."

Li Mu smiled and said, "He looks like an Internet person on the surface, and he is a fantastic science fantasy in his flesh, but he is actually a bragging broker at heart. This person has a wide range of social relationships and has a wider range of knowledge. He should be able to get online when he finds him. What's more, I not only need their masks, but also their top-level protective equipment. If he can be replaced with yy's resources, it would be great!"

3m and Honeywell are basically the two most famous mask brands in the later stage of anti-smog. In that era, the mask industry ushered in a hot spot. Everyone claimed that they could really protect against pm2.5 masks. However, after real monitoring, most of the products on the market were false propaganda. Many products were not as reliable as brands like 3m, so they turned to the appearance and gimmicks. Masks were more beautiful than the other, and their functions were more fancy. But in the final analysis, the best protection and the most reliable quality were world-class brands like 3m.

Finally, Li Mu arranged: "There are some drugs that may temporarily increase their prices. Let's directly contact pharmaceutical companies to add a batch of isatis root and disinfect daily medicines such as alcohol in case of emergencies."

Senior Brother Liu nodded and reminded him: "But we do not have the qualifications to sell medicines, so I have to remind you this."

Li Mu waved his hand: "Hi, it doesn't matter. We are not allowed to sell, but we didn't say we are not allowed to buy. We have to let go of this kind of thing and do it in an unconventional way. We buy it first and stock it up. If we don't let us sell it in a critical moment, at worst, we can give it to local CDCs. It is better than being stocked up by those unscrupulous merchants and making money from the national crisis!"
Chapter completed!