A message detonated a mess

I have mortgaged my house and my car and raised money to pay my employees in arrears. "In the case of many attempts to contact the results, because the company" around the debt is difficult to maintain "and was passed" run "the Star of the morning rush of the founder Chen Ping on the afternoon of March 9, the initiative to" Huaxia Times "reporter calls.

Once, he is a very happy with the media to deal with the logistics industry star, despite the experience of ups and downs, but the impression is that there is an ideal, and has been adhering to. Now, Chen and his company have been labeled as "losers" overnight, and it is difficult to see the hope of "turning over".

A message detonated a mess

"Our company had a contract with the star early last year and was solely responsible for my business in the province, but a few days ago I heard news that the company had closed down." "A star who would not be identified," the regional agent March 7 in an interview with the reporter revealed, "immediately contact the company's Beijing headquarters and Chen Ping, but has not been able to contact, at that time a enlightenment, because there are some outstanding money and deposit do not know can get back. ”

Chaos Bureau began on March 4, around 11 o'clock in the evening, a Sina Weibo users posted a said to be from the star morning anxious founder Chen Ping to the industry's mobile phone message, content for "the company dissolved, Ali (Babaa) 70 million, my 50 million all lost." Now the customer's more than 20 million money franchisee illegal occupation, also can not return. More than 1400 employees have no wages for two months, I have gone bankrupt. Business has to pay for profits, now the company lost, I implore you to bear together, in this sincere to everyone to say: sorry. ”

After the message was sent by some logistics industry and industry media have been forwarded, like a butterfly effect as quickly as a huge impact.

On the night of 4th, this reporter to many logistics business executives and senior media to verify, but can not be confirmed, "although they have been known to do a lot of hard, but not to say that pour out." "One of the media in the logistics industry felt that it was a sudden, somewhat unbelievable, and it was in line with the judgment of a number of people in the industry."

However, as soon as the star morning is located in Beijing Changping District headquarters empty and many parts of the franchisee to reflect the goods can not be received, no answer to the service calls and the outside world can no longer contact the news from the various channels, the seriousness of the situation is revealed.

"Our company has been in the local logistics industry for more than 10 years, the prestige is very good, because feels the star morning to be able to give the company in the business structure and the network coverage to bring the bigger development space, therefore the big investment has contracted their entire business in the region, unexpectedly this has not been a year to have this kind of thing," The morning of the early star of the regional agents to the reporter said, "So we have decided to stop with the morning rush of business dealings, and from now on to clean up the accounts, regardless of whether we are occupied by their nearly millions of funds can be recovered, first of all, we have to avoid in the province of dozens of outlets of the deposit and should return the collection and other costs loss, This is the only thing we can do at the moment. ”

At the same time, the reporter from some local postal administration has been confirmed that the state Post office on March 6 issued a notice to require local authorities involved in the early morning emergency and do a good job. At present, all postal offices have been working to count the number of local franchisee margin, and the morning to the star of the headquarters issued a refund of the security requirements.

Chen Ping, who was "running away", also resumed contact with the outside world on the evening of March 6, and through several channels indicated that he had hired lawyers and related professional groups, and was prepared to resolve the issue of payment disputes with franchisees and partners through legal procedures.

At the end of last year, announced with the morning of the sudden merger of the domestic another private courier company Xin Feihong in this when the mouth announced renamed "Feihong Logistics", as if to the outside world to show it and the morning rush to draw a clear. "These two companies are nominally merged, but they have not completed the integration of assets, so they are operating independently." A courier industry veteran of the reporter said.

Alibaba's "protective clause"

and eager to clear the Xin Feihong and home urgent send compared to the domestic famous E-commerce enterprise Alibaba on the morning of the current situation of the urgent to remain silent is somewhat strange.

According to the previous two companies disclosed information, March 2010, Alibaba announced a stake in the morning rush, two times injected 70 million yuan.

However, the back of Alibaba this "tree" did not give the star morning anxious to bring better development, just two years time to go to the edge of the lost.

"Alibaba set a lot of protective clauses to ensure the safety of the funds when signing with the Morning Star." "An insider in the express industry, said the reporter," when the star was anxious to face financial difficulties, eager to get new funds injected, so there is not much room for bargaining, signed the ' Unequal Treaties '. ”

According to another senior logistics personage, Alibaba finally "did not Shang to invest how much true gold and silver, but made a lot of yell, this deal is quite a bargain".

Alibaba in the star morning nasty "accident" has not been publicly declared, reporters in many ways to contact Alibaba Group insiders, they are also very secretive.

"In fact, 70 million of this number is not too much," a former star in the morning rush to serve the senior management of the reporter said, "the funds are about 30 million, and then equipment input, converted down to the outside world." ”

But for Alibaba at this time to take the silent posture, said the express industry veteran Personage says, this time can say what? The money is not coming back.

Collecting money as a murderer

Star morning since the establishment of the sudden twists and turns, 2010 of years there will be express industry to our reporter burst into charge of the company's internal management confusion, capital chain critical, or even blunt the company "Carry On".

But in the middle of the year, Alibaba seems to ease the crisis, but the "cloud Express" concept and to join the expansion of the network of companies have been negative news has continued to appear, including its franchise system and the main business criticism of collecting money is most notable.

"A lot of private express companies are joining the system, why the star in a hurry and so many problems?" There is clearly a management flaw, "a senior observer in the express industry told our correspondent," because of management confusion, so the collection of money business has become a time bomb. ”

"Many franchisees are looking forward to the morning rush of the operation mode and Alibaba shares in the development potential of E-commerce, but in the actual operation of the process found that its business is far less than other private courier companies, so often will appear to the franchisee to collect money after the volume of the running situation, not only to the star morning nasty brand brings great negative impact , but also caused a lot of disputes in the accounts, "said the courier industry veteran of this reporter," This is from a side of the corporate management of the confusion, business processes and franchisee management confusion. ”

In the Senior Advisor to the electronic commerce, Wu Wuwei, the star morning rush from business planning and early development of the typical Chinese-style E-commerce company thinking, speculation concept, rapid expansion, burning money, unable to control and landing implementation. The "Cloud Logistics" concept, which is borrowed from cloud computing, has not been successfully practiced in the world. The so-called thousands of business shop, are basically franchisee, is entirely a business partnership. Collection of money business is not simpler than the simple move box, the need for information flow, logistics and capital flow of a high degree of integration, not a mature and efficient information system as the basis, only in transit funds to destroy the enterprise, more than 100 million of the investment can burn a year, already is a miracle.

And in the early morning of the star of the former executives look, the biggest problem is that Chen Ping is too impatient, the company's expansion too fast management can not keep up. And from the business structure, "If you do not do the collection of money business may not be able to sustain the present." ”