In the end, all the real estate companies understood that if they wanted to increase the flow of people, they had to have a Daqian Center. This was just like in real-time strategy games. If they wanted to increase the population, they had to build houses.
Therefore, the first to go were all the commercial centers that were not doing well. They did not have to pay any cost to recruit the Daqian Center, so they immediately surrendered. They collectively signed a contract with the Daqian Center to provide the Daqian Center with free space for at least three years, allowing the Daqian Center to move in.
After the Daqian Center moved in, the nearby commercial centers that were originally popular found that their flow of people began to decrease. In order to maintain this flow of people, many commercial centers could only brace themselves and give the Daqian Center a place.
Gradually, the Daqian Center, which was originally treated as a joke by the real estate companies, was invited in by the real estate companies like a god. Although there were some centers that did not lack people, they still gritted their teeth and did not cooperate with the Daqian Center, but it did not matter. For the Daqian Center, as long as its sign was hung there, there would be no shortage of customers.
The commercial value of the Daqian Center was also completely recognized by the commercial real estate companies. The first task of countless commercial real estate companies after they were built was to invite the Daqian Center to come over and open a Daqian Center, the kind that would waive all fees.
And this kind of treatment also made all the business partners envious. Some business partners overestimated themselves and made the same request. As a result, these real estate companies immediately blew their beards and glared at them.
They had no choice but to agree to the Daqian Center, but the Daqian Center's strength was there, so they accepted it.
But you, a business partner, actually wanted to learn from the Daqian Center? Why don't you look in the mirror?
Not to mention that this kind of thing seriously violated the real estate company's logic and greatly damaged the pricing strategy of the commercial real estate company. They would never allow a second company like this to be born, so they rejected it much more strongly than the Daqian Center.
Those business partners thought about it and realized that they really did not have the ability of the Daqian Center. They could only give up and watch the Daqian Center enjoy such extraordinary treatment. They were so jealous that they almost went crazy.
Ahem, let's get back to the topic. When the mphone5 was released, the Daqian Center didn't have large complexes all over the country, but there were still 70% of them.
In other countries, the Daqian Centers were not as crazy as in China. However, the Daqian Centers did not care about these commercial complexes. At the same time, they were not willing to pay rent. They directly cooperated with the channel merchants in various countries and let the channel merchants take care of the problems of the stores. The Daqian Centers were only responsible for the supply of goods. This way, they would make a steady profit and not lose money. At the same time, they had a large number of Daqian Centers all over the world.
In 2009, there were more than 6,000 Daqian centers in the world, and they shared a total of 2 million units of the iPhone 5. On average, each company had a quota of more than 300 units of the iPhone 5.
Under normal circumstances, these 300 units would not be sold out within a month. However, on August 4th, with such a crazy number of people queuing, all 300 units were sold out in the morning. Many customers who had queued for more than a few hours could only find that they had queued for nothing.
Some quick-witted people immediately logged on to the web or used their personal terminals to open the Daqian Centers app and began to search for nearby stores that still had stock.
Then, those stores that were originally located in more remote locations were all swept out. In just one day, all 2 million units of the iPhone 5 were sold out worldwide. When the news came out, even Boss Jia himself was shocked.
This was a phone that cost 2,999 USD per unit, and it was sold out in just one day. Even the iPhone, the ancestor of personal terminals, did not have such a terrifying trend. Was the iPhone 5 really that awesome?
However, Boss Jia thought about it again. He had concentrated almost all the selling points from the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 10, except for wireless charging and full screen. If this phone did not sell out, then it would be unreasonable!
After all, in terms of functionality, the current iPhone 5 not only surpassed all the other phones in the same industry, but it was also an existence that had ascended to immortality. At the same time, after so many years of cultivation, personal terminals had completely replaced functional phones. Unless it was someone who had no need for a personal terminal, normal people would choose to buy a phone with a personal terminal. The entire personal terminal market had been completely opened.
Although the price of the iPhone 5 was now sky-high, it was actually only for Hua Xia people. In Europe and the United States, this price was actually about a month's salary. Many people could completely afford it.
For example, this time, although all the iPhone 5 units in China were sold out, they were actually sold out on the third day. However, overseas, they were all sold out within a day.
Not to mention, later on, the scalpers reacted and joined in the rush to buy. After all, scalpers were far more sensitive to the market than anyone else.
For example, in New York, the United States, there was a man named Elon. He immediately found a business opportunity and decided to take a gamble.
In fact, this Elon was also a miserable person. He was originally from a wealthy family. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double bachelor's degree in economics and physics. He was a proper scholar. Between 1995 and 2001, he had participated in three companies. Finally, he had invested in the then quite advanced payment tool "PayPal" and became one of the top tycoons.
Unfortunately, Elon's good luck ended there. This was because Amazon and Taobao, which were already two of the world's largest e-commerce companies, had their own payment tools: eBay and Alipay. As for eBay, it had been acquired by Amazon.
Therefore, "PayPal" couldn't get the support of these two large e-commerce companies. It could only seek cooperation with other small and medium-sized e-commerce companies. In his previous world, "PayPal" was acquired by eBay and had the opportunity to develop into one of the world's largest payment tools. However, in this world, "PayPal" wasn't so lucky. It could only survive under the pressure of eBay and Alipay. In 2004, as Amazon and Taobao completely dominated the world, "PayPal" announced its closure. Elon also went from a multi-millionaire to an unlucky person who lost all his wealth.
Therefore, Elon could only put his dream of landing on Mars in his heart and try to work for others to rebuild his capital.
However, with Elon's terrible personality, he was not suitable to work for others. He was soon fired by several companies, and gradually, he was despised by the entire industry. He was a hero of his generation, but in 2009, he actually fell to the point where he couldn't afford to eat.
However, a hero was a hero. Because the market was suppressed by the Daqian, Elon hated the Daqian very much. At the same time, he also knew the Daqian the best. In order to defeat the Daqian, Elon crazily studied everything related to the Daqian. Of course, he also watched the launch of the Mphone 5.
Then, Elon decided to take a gamble. He pledged his last asset, a family manor in South Africa, and took a loan of 300,000 US dollars. Then, he hired more than 30 people and brought them all to line up at the entrance of a Daqian Center.
Because Elon brought people to line up at 12 o 'clock in the morning on August 4th, other than a few perverts with tents in front of them, Elon's 30 people were the earliest to arrive. When the Daqian Center opened for business, there were already more than 200 people behind them in line.
Because of the Daqian restriction, a customer could only buy three Mphone 5s at most. Therefore, the 30 people finally got 90 Mphone 5s. Elon remembered that when Elon kept taking the Mphone 5s from his subordinates, the eyes of the people behind him almost turned green.
However, they did not dare to do anything to Elon because Elon had a police friend. This police friend of his brought more than a dozen police friends to patrol the area, and they stood next to Elon.
Well, in the United States, it was not rare to be killed by the police. Therefore, Elon safely put all the Mphone into the police car and hoarded it in his home.
In the end, Elon became a merchant in the Amazon flea market. The Mphone 5, which was originally priced at 2,999 US dollars, was now being sold cheaply for 3,499 US dollars.
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