Chapter 75 A Bet is a Bet
The board members nodded frequently, expressing their agreement with Skyview's remarks.
"Employees want to provide quality service, but they can't do that if they aren't paid enough. Generally, if they're paid enough, they'll be more likely to meet the company's demands. You can't expect to pay employees a few hundred dollars a month and have them provide a service worth ten hundred dollars. That's impossible!
"But everyone knows that Lakeview Express's revenue is dismal. It's impossible to pay employees enough to provide high-quality service. In fact, all courier companies were similar, except for some large ones like Swift Delivery. Even though large companies like Swift Delivery are praised by customers, they are losing money. Lakeview Express can't imitate them, nor can it afford to," Skyview said.
"Therefore, prices can't be lowered, and service is hard to improve!" Skyview added. He hit the nail on the head regarding why Lakeview Express lacked competitiveness.
"To be honest, before I luckily inherited the money, I worked at the grassroots level at Lakeview Express. I have my own ideas about Lakeview Express!" Skyview said slowly, "Since we can't engage in a price war and can't do much about employee service, I've thought it over and decided that the only way is to improve efficiency! Currently, the most efficient courier is Swift Delivery, but they have warehouses everywhere, and such high costs are something we can't afford!"
"Since we can't afford warehouses, so why not use lockers instead?
"You have to understand that modern society is very busy. Everyone is busy, and couriers can't always reach people, which leads to low delivery efficiency!
"So I thought, there are so many idle lands around densely populated neighborhoods and residential communities. We can build some sturdy lockers to store packages. We can communicate with customers who find it inconvenient to receive packages and let them pick up their packages from nearby lockers by scanning a code! This way, our couriers can be more efficient, and customers can pick up their packages at their convenience. It's a win-win!
"I call this model 'shared lockers.' Once we establish shared lockers and link them with Lakeview Express Company, it will greatly promote the development of Lakeview Express. Erin sees potential in me, and I believe it's because she sees potential in this shared locker model! Although Erin is not involved in the logistics industry, she has the same thoughts. MarketPulse is the largest e-commerce platform in the country and is closely related to logistics!
"Erin has lost a lot of business to Henry Garcia of Swift Delivery due to logistics gaps. Our shared lockers can make up for Erin's shortcomings, so Erin must be interested in our shared lockers.
"In fact, before Erin, the city's real estate tycoon Skyler was already very optimistic about my shared locker model and invested 20 million dollars! This time, Heavencrest Bank gave me a one hundred million dollar low-interest loan. I estimate that Erin will invest in Lakeview Express after this. With Erin's investment, I can take advantage of the booming sharing economy and take the companypublic as soon as possible!
"Working hard to make money by delivering packages? That's too slow and inefficient! Going public is the fastest way to make money, understand? Hilda."
After Skyview finished his speech, he looked at Hilda, who was already stunned, and gave a contemptuous sneer.
Hilda did not refute Skyview. He was already overwhelmed by Skyview's miraculous business tactics. With Skyview's operations, backed by the Twin Group, Skyler, and Erin, Lakeview Express seemed to achieve growth and expansion for sure. Once it went public and made another round of money, the performance would be way too surprising!
"Amazing, combining Swift Delivery's distribution system with the sharing economy and courier services to create a new business model. No wonder even Erin is impressed!"
"Lakeview Express now has a great development prospect. I still have some Lakeview Express stock. I need to buy more! Once Lakeview Express goes public, I'll make a fortune!"
"Mr. Scott is truly amazing!"
These board members were smart people and immediately understood the brilliance of Skyview's tactics.
'Skyview is not just playing with business. He is playing with capital!'
'Skyview is simply a born capitalist!'
They thought to themselves.
"Incredible! Skyview, I admit defeat. Your operations not only allow Lakeview Express to survive but also give it a bright future!" John sighed in frustration. "I accept my loss!"
"Okay then, please hand over 20 million dollars!" Skyview laughed triumphantly. "I can never have too much money! Lily, go collect the money! Collect from Mr. Davis!"
Lily smiled lightly and approached John, asking him to fulfill his bet.
20 million dollars was no small amount, but John couldn't ruin his decades-long reputation over it. Although it pained him to transfer the money, John still transferred it to Skyview.
Seeing the money in his account, Skyview smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you, Mr. Davis, for your generous contribution! If you want to bet again in the future, I am in."
"Skyview, I hope we have another chance to do it," John said viciously and then stood up with red eyes. "Everyone, I'm not feeling well, so I'll take my leave!"
Having lost 20 million dollars and failed in his attempt to frame Skyview, John needed lots of time to recover.
Hilda also lowered his head, completely losing his earlier confidence and looking very dejected.
Following John, Hilda hurriedly left.
In this round of competition, Skyview won a complete victory!
"Well done!" Hekka looked at Skyview with admiration. "Even I didn't expect you to be this outstanding!"
Skyview narcissistically said, "Not big deal, you will be more awed in the future."
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