Then, the middlemen found that there were far more customers who wanted to buy low-priced phones than there were customers who wanted to buy the contract at a low price. This formed a scissors gap, causing the price of the contract to get cheaper and cheaper, and the price of the phone to get more and more expensive. The market was going to be chaotic.
Therefore, many people in telecommunications companies found a business opportunity in this. These people colluded and ordered a large number of phone5 contract phones. In the end, they didn't sign a contract and sold it for 15,000. Each phone made a net profit of 1,000 yuan.
These 15,000 phones were sold by e-commerce companies at a price of 16,000 yuan. They also made a net profit of 1,000 yuan. Then, there were many contract phones on the market that didn't require a contract.
As a result, a stable market was formed. There were also a large number of contract phones for sale on Taobao.
The amazing thing was that the Daqian, who firmly controlled Taobao, didn't seem to find these problems. They didn't ask about it. As a result, the 16000 mphone 5 ran rampant in the market. A large number of users bought the mphone 5 through Taobao. The sales of the original Guohang's mphone 5 were greatly affected.
Of course, if the overall sales volume was calculated, it would be found that since the contract phones were sold online at a low price, the sales of the Daqian's latest mobile phone had increased by more than one or two times compared to before. This could probably explain why the Daqian didn't ask about it and pretended not to know anything.
"Can these contract phones be used in the United States?" After understanding this situation, Musk found that he couldn't complain about the Daqian for this reason. After all, the Daqian was also a victim. It was just that the Daqian didn't seem to know about this situation.
So, Musk immediately began to investigate this problem.
Fortunately, Musk was lucky because he found that when he entered some of the Chinese community websites in the United States, he found that in these Chinese forums, there were tutorials on how to transform the mphone 5 contract phone into a phone that could be used in the United States.
The whole process was actually very simple. After attaching a card and deceiving the automatic identification system of the phone, the United States SIM phone card would be recognized as the corresponding carrier change, and it could be used.
These tutorials were originally for the convenience of students who came to the United States to study and continue to use their contract phones. However, Musk's eyes were red because he found that no one in the United States knew about the so-called Hua Xia contract phone, let alone the price of these Hua Xia contract phones.
Because Musk had obtained a passport and visa to Hua Xia a long time ago, he took a plane directly to Hua Xia and bought a contract phone 5 locally. After a series of verifications, he confirmed that it was indeed as the tutorials said. He only needed a special card to disguise the United States phone card as Hua Xia's phone. Then, he could use it as much as he wanted, and other functions would not be affected at all.
What made Musk even more excited was that there were still a large number of mphone 5 contract phones being sold at this time. After all, there were not many people who knew how to shop on Taobao these days. Most mobile phone users still chose to buy from physical stores, so there was a lot of space for contract phones.
Musk didn't say anything. He used all his connections and tried everything to borrow 5 million US dollars. Then, he converted all the 5 million US dollars into Renminbi and bought 2000 mphone 5 contract phones.
However, it was very difficult to bring these contract phones back to the United States, but Musk also had his own way, which was to mail them through the postal system.
At this time, the postal system of the United States was still very loose. A mobile phone only needed to be sent out in the name of a gift to a family member, and there would be no difficulties and it would be released directly.
Even if there was an inspection, the postal tariff was very low. Basically, one only needed to pay about one or two hundred dollars to legally pass through the customs and send it to a specific address.
The whole process was completely legal, and there was no problem of violating the law, so Musk immediately began to implement his plan without hesitation. When this batch of 2000 mobile phones were all sent to an address, Musk knew that he had succeeded.
In addition, Musk also had a major discovery. Because Hong Kong enjoyed the free trade agreement signed with the United States, and Hong Kong also enjoyed the tax exemption policy in China, the price of the mphone 5 was also very cheap. It could be bought for about 18000, and then sent directly to the United States without paying any tax.
Although the price of the mphone 5 would be more expensive, Hong Kong's route was safe and convenient, and it was fast. It could even fill a container directly.
Although the price would be more expensive, the legality was higher. It could even be said that it was completely legal. The laws of the two countries couldn't do anything to Musk.
However, all the mphone5's in Hong Kong were sold out. It was impossible for Elon to sell through Hong Kong's channels. He could only guard his 2,000 mphone5's anxiously. When his men reported that they had successfully passed through the border, he heaved a long sigh of relief. He immediately returned to the US and began to sell them in the country.
So, the next day, a large number of mphone 5 were sold on many flea websites.
Originally, the world's largest flea website was Amazon, but Amazon naturally wouldn't harm the Daqian's own interests, so Musk put it on many other flea websites for sale.
But this time, Musk didn't price it at 3,499 USD. Instead, he priced it at 3,299 USD. Then, he wrote that this was the "Hua Xia contract version" of the mphone 5 device. It could be used as normal. You just need to add a card to your SIM card.
As long as you buy his mphone 5, you will get a free mphone 5 card. At the same time, his shop will be responsible for technical guidance and so on.
So, in less than three days, Musk's mphone 5 was sold out. A total of 2000 phones were sold out, and the profit was more than 800,000 USD.
Musk finally made a lot of money, and this wasn't a one-time deal. As long as Hua Xia's contract version of the mphone 5 was still available, then Hua Xia's contract version of the mphone 5 could continuously enter the United States market for sale. This was a real long-term deal for Musk!
But the reality made Musk a little uncomfortable.
In September, the second batch of two million mphone 5 units began to be sold all over the world. After all, there weren't many people who could accept the price of 2,999 USD. Even in the United States, there were only so many people.
Therefore, the second batch of mphone 5 wasn't as popular as the first batch. Although it was sold out in three days, it was mainly because a large number of scalpers intervened, causing an artificial tense situation.
However, the scalpers didn't dare to sell it at 3,499 USD anymore. Instead, they lowered the price to 3,299 USD.
On the other hand, Musk's contract version of the phone was also reduced to 2,999 USD. As a result, the profit of his phone was very low.
What made Musk even more depressed was that he didn't know who reported him, and some people came to investigate him. Fortunately, these phones were taxed normally, so Musk was able to get away with it.
But with this investigation, Musk's mobile phone supply was also investigated clearly. Soon, Musk found that many people began to do the same business as him. A large number of mphone 5 contract versions were bought from Hua Xia, causing all the contract versions of the phone to be sold out at the original price on Taobao. Musk's supply was greatly affected for a while. At the same time, many scalpers also lowered the price to 2,999 USD.
Obviously, Musk's business was ruined by these scalpers.
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