The next day, Huawei sent back news saying that Mr. Ren would be back in the afternoon.

Zhou Buqi and Shi Jinglin seized the time and went to the branch of Xiaonei.com in the morning. They were mainly responsible for contacting major cosmetics agents and manufacturers.

The person in charge is Zhao Ying, who used to be the fashion editor of Southern Metropolis Daily.

From the beginning to the end, no one was sent from the headquarters, it was all handled by her. She is a media person, has many connections, and has worked here for so many years, so she is quite familiar with it.

However, this is still against the rules.

The reason why Zhou Buqi was able to approve it was mainly because of Shi Jinglin's suggestion. She called Zhao Ying Sister Zhao, as they were sisters who had grown up together when they were children. There was nothing much to say.

Coupled with the fact that cosmetics group buying became so outstanding later, no one mentioned it.

We talked all morning, but nothing serious was said.

Just two sisters reminiscing about their old friendship.

At the end, Zhao Ying said something serious.

"The current delivery method is too wasteful of costs."

"What's going on?"

"Most of the domestic cosmetics manufacturers are in eastern Guangdong Province, and the agents of foreign brands are basically here. After getting the goods, they have to be shipped to the capital, and then logistics and distribution are carried out in the capital. The route is mostly repeated.

China."

Shi Jinglin nodded.

That's for sure.

The cosmetics are loaded onto large trucks in eastern Guangdong and sent to the Jingdong warehouse in the capital. Then they are connected to the data on the school network, contacted with STO, and sent by express delivery.

Maybe some orders come from universities in eastern Guangdong Province, and they have to send the goods back.

The reason for this operation is that it is more stable and less prone to errors.

This is the same as a stand-alone structured database and a distributed database.

In a stand-alone structure like Oracle, if one program runs 100% of the process on one machine, it will be very stable; if it is a distributed structure, assuming that one program runs on 4 machines and each machine completes 25%,

Efficiency and speed have improved. However, the technical difficulty of multi-machine collaboration is very high, and the risk of errors greatly increases.

The future must be distributed.

Develop higher technologies, maximize multi-machine collaboration, and minimize risks through technical and intelligent means...

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Don't worry, Jingdong is doing it. It made a statement at the board of directors at the beginning of the year that it will build two large, three small and five logistics centers in North China, East China, Central China, South China and Southwest China. I estimate there will be one next year."

Part of it is ready for use.”

Zhao Ying asked: "Is there any effect?"

Shi Jinglin rushed to say: "In the future, we don't need to send all the goods to the capital, and distribute them directly to the five warehousing centers. Universities in East China will all receive goods from East China, and universities in Southwest China will all receive goods from East China."

Shipping from the southwest will save efficiency."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Yes, it is equivalent to distributed."

Zhao Ying was a little surprised, "Can it be done by dividing it into so many pieces? I thought...my initial idea was to ship goods to the whole country directly from eastern Guangdong. It's not that the post office and postal company have to

Is there a separation? The spring of the domestic express delivery industry is here, and it’s no problem to hand over the business to SF Express.”

By shipping goods directly in eastern Guangdong, there is no need to transport all the goods all the way to the capital. It can be done just as well by moving the model from the capital over and cooperating with SF Express.

Of course Zhou Buqi couldn't agree, "STO has cooperated with Xiaonei.com for so long, how can we just abandon it? With JD.com's ability, it may not be able to handle too many divisions in a short period of time. I will discuss it with him later, okay

In the capital, Modu and Pengcheng will start first. Capital and Modu will continue to cooperate with STO. In the south, if you have a good relationship with SF Express, you can go to them."

Zhao Ying was delighted, but then hesitated, "If we operate in a decentralized manner, we are afraid of making mistakes. Once the data is confused and North China, East China and South China are not coordinated well, there will be missed orders, wrong orders, and even duplicate shipments."

Shi Jinglin nodded lightly, "It's really hard to judge in some border areas. It's feasible to send from North China, and it's also feasible to send from East China. This requires particularly careful data processing and distribution. Once an error occurs, it will be a big problem. Moreover, if

If the goods in North China are not enough, they need to be reissued from East China, and special care must be taken during the information docking process."

Zhou Buqi said: "It is indeed not easy to build a complete collaboration network. I don't know if JD.com can do it. I guess it will have to be checked manually. There is no rush in advance. Just do it according to the old model and don't change it easily.

I'll discuss it later with JD.com."

JD Logistics is definitely no problem.

After it is completed, the efficiency will be the first in the world, and Amazon Logistics will only be ranked second.

The traditional express delivery model is to concentrate on a certain unit and ship to the whole country. In this process, there will be too many repeated routes.

JD Logistics and Amazon Logistics adopt distributed collaborative thinking, activating multiple units at the same time to do one thing. That is, through intelligent calculation, predict the user's purchase volume, and distribute the goods in advance to ABCDEFG without repeated routes, etc.

Different unit points, and then deliver the goods nearby during the distribution process, which is fast, efficient and low cost.

"Huh? Collaboration?"

An idea flashed in Zhou Buqi's mind, as if he suddenly thought of something.

I feel like I have some insights into the purpose of Ziweixing.

In the era of information explosion, it is difficult for traditional databases to process massive amounts of information, which requires distributed thinking for collaborative processing; in the era of e-commerce explosion, hundreds of millions of express delivery items are delivered every day, which must be processed through collaborative networks.

Distribute express delivery.

In the agricultural era, the economic paradigm of self-sufficiency and simple exchange within the village community can be described as "points"; in the industrial era, countless points formed a "line", and the classic economic paradigms were assembly lines, supply chains, and industrial chains.

What about the future?

It is to combine "threads" into "networks", that is, to use the synergy effect of the Internet to integrate complex social and commercial relationships simply and efficiently, improve social efficiency, reduce social costs, and build a more civilized social ecology.

Even before Zhou Buqi was reborn, this process was still at a very early stage.

But this does not prevent him from making some judgments about the future.

If one day, autonomous driving becomes common, just like in a science fiction movie, all the cars running on the streets will be autonomous vehicles. How can such a large project be maintained? It must be multi-level collaboration of higher technologies.

Even if it is not that far away, it can at least solve the problem of inefficiency of traffic lights and greatly improve the situation of urban traffic congestion. And all of this must be inseparable from calculations that are precise to the millimeter, and the accumulation of massive data required behind it.

To get a little closer, let’s talk about the matter at hand. Using Internet technology to bring into play the network synergy effect can also make more and more work online, software-based, and network-based, and can also greatly improve work efficiency.

For example, Yuanwei milk tea chain store.

It is still operated offline. The daily accounts of each store manager are summarized. The amount of cups and fruits shipped, as well as the average loss rate, are used to calculate whether the store manager has engaged in corrupt behavior. There is still too much room for fraud. It is necessary to

The regional manager sends secret visits from time to time.

This is the traditional way.

However, if an online and offline management system can be developed, each cup of milk tea sold will be recorded with a ticket, and all milk tea shops across the country can be integrated, saving the regional manager's time for offline business handovers, and management efficiency will be greatly improved.

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You can make a ranking, update it in real time, and eliminate it at the end, which can stimulate store managers to pursue crazy performance; you can also give online lectures to teach store managers good store opening strategies...

Through online management, costs are reduced while improving the efficiency and enthusiasm of the organization.

What is Ziweixing going to do?

Social? E-commerce? Search?

It doesn't feel like enough.

As his level rises, Zhou Buqi's ambitions become bigger and bigger.

He has the advantage of foresight and can avoid almost all minefields, step on all windfalls, and even create windfalls.

Regardless of whether you can achieve it or not, you might as well set a high goal.

…

Zhou Buqi felt like he was enlightened.

However, this matter was too complicated and he still didn't quite understand it. He would have to study it for a few months after returning and find more people to discuss it with.

In the afternoon, I went to Huawei.

Yesterday I had lunch outside.

Zhou Buqi went to the Huawei campus for the first time.

Ho!

A big company!

More impressive than any other company in the capital.

You have to take a shuttle bus, and there is a route map, just like a bus, there are stops. Gardens, lakes, pavilions, beautiful scenery, birds singing and flowers fragrant. The more you look at it, the less it looks like a company and more like a park.

Passing by the artificial lake, you can also see the black swans chasing the white ducks inside.

It can be seen that Huawei plays an important role, and it is like playing with it, with no end in sight. Such a giant company is still unknown, and no one knows about it. This shows how low-key it has become.

A large group of office buildings.

Mr. Ren is in the administration building. After entering the door, the elegance and beauty from the outside are gone, serious and depressing.

Entering the door is like entering a subway station, you have to swipe your card to pass.

There is a sign on the dress code for Huawei employees next to it. The requirements are very strict. For example, you are not allowed to wear suspenders, vests, backless clothes, waistless clothes, shorts, short skirts, tight and see-through clothes, and sandals in the company.
To be continued...