"Calm down, I can't lose hope at any time.
"There must be a better solution!"
Pei Qian's brain worked quickly as he fell into deep thought.
There were only two ways to limit it. Either everyone relied on hand speed, which would be equivalent to surrendering to the scalpers. Pei Qian would rather earn money than let those maggots take advantage of it;
Or, he could use a setting similar to 'credit value' to allow Tengda's consumers to obtain higher purchasing authority. Moreover, once they bought it, they would be bound to the benefits and could not be resold.
However, Pei Qian had already tried this route when he was working on Ocean Stronghold. It could indeed avoid the influence of scalpers to a large extent, but it would not make less money. Instead, it would make consumers spend more in Tengda's other industries.
All in all, it did not seem to work!
Then, he could only mass-produce it. As long as there were always stocks, the scalpers would not be able to inflate the price. Naturally, it would collapse.
However, how could he mass-produce it to make as little money as possible?
Or was there a possibility that he would incur losses if he mass-produced it?
Pei Qian looked at Chang You. "I said before that the profit margin of the cell phone would not exceed 5% …"
Chang You quickly answered, "Yes, Boss Pei, it was completely according to this standard. It was because we could not achieve this by piling up materials that I worked with the other departments of Tengda to add various other benefits!"
Pei Qian: "…"
Alright, it seemed like so many additional benefits were also his fault.
However, it was obviously not the time to dwell on this point.
Since the profit margin of this cell phone was only 5%, it meant that these benefits were given to the other departments.
Overall, they were making profits, but not a lot.
At the moment, the 1,000 cell phones were sold out because there were too few stocks.
The biggest advantage of this cell phone was actually the various benefits of Tengda Corporation, which had a huge attraction to the locals of Jingzhou.
The people who came to this news conference were all locals of Jingzhou, and they were all customers of Tengda's other industries. These benefits were obviously very attractive to them, coupled with the news conference …
That was why it was sold out at the speed of light!
However, this cell phone did not seem to be very attractive to users who were not in Jingzhou. The various benefits of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Ming Yun Private Kitchen, and Upwind Logistics could not be enjoyed at all if they were not in Jingzhou and Lincheng, right?
Many people were desperately fighting for it because of the news conference and the fact that it was limited.
But once they calmed down, they would definitely regret buying such a heavy, expensive phone with a rather crude original system.
What's more, the media reviewers might not necessarily praise the phone too much. As long as the trend changed, the mass-produced phones would still be collecting dust in the warehouse …
Therefore, mass production had to be mass produced!
As long as the production speed is fast enough and the stock is sufficient, the profits won't be able to catch up to me!
What's more, once the market was saturated, and only a few ballers in Jingzhou had one, the others would gradually see the shortcomings of the cell phone. Naturally, they would not be able to sell their stocks. What's more, they had set a strategy of never lowering the price. These products could only rot in the warehouse!
Of course, Pei Qian was not overly optimistic. He was considering double insurance to ensure that they would not make any profits during this cycle.
Chang You and the others waited quietly for Boss Pei's orders.
Everyone knew that the next step was definitely mass production. This should be an answer that did not require too much thought. However, Boss Pei was deep in thought now. He must have thought of a level that no one else had thought of.
Thus, everyone was still waiting for 'Boss Pei' to come up with the perfect plan.
After some consideration, Pei Qian sighed melancholically. "Let's mass-produce them, then."
He looked at Chang You. "When will you be able to deliver the next batch of products?"
Chang You quickly answered, "Boss Pei, the production line of the OEM factory is very fast. Some large factories can produce 100,000 units a day without a problem. We don't have that many production lines, but the OEM factory can produce a few thousand units a day. "
Pei Qian: "…"
F * ck, so fast?
It was really unbearable.
It made sense on further thought. The cell phone's hunger marketing was to sell out more than 100,000 units in three minutes.
Otto Technologies' hunger marketing was to sell out 1,000 units in three minutes.
They were not on the same level at all …
Pei Qian thought for a moment. "Today is March 6th. We'll start mass production now.
"We'll sell them on Wednesdays and Sundays each week.
"You have to log in to your Tengda account and fill in your ID number when you purchase. Each person is limited to one unit. You have to show your ID when you deliver them to your doorstep to ensure that the order, ID, and person are the same before you can receive the goods. Otherwise, cancel the order and refund them.
"We'll sell 2,000 units next Wednesday, 4,000 units the next Sunday, 8,000 units the Wednesday after that. Once we sell them, we'll immediately use the money for production, and so on.
"Even if we don't sell them out, we'll use the funds on hand to replenish the stock.
"Tell me if you don't have working capital. Tengda has funds to pay for it."
Chang You quickly said, "But Boss Pei, the profits given to the other departments of Tengda …"
Pei Qian waved his hand. "Don't worry about it for now."
He knew very well that Otto Technologies' current selling price of 8,199 yuan was only slightly more than 4,000 yuan in raw materials. The other half of the price was supported by the other departments of Tengda.
According to Chang You's plan, these profits would be returned to the various departments after the cell phone was sold.
However, Pei Qian waved his hand now. The money would not be returned to the various departments for now. Instead, he would continue to stock up.
A cell phone was sold for 8,199 yuan, and the production cost was only slightly more than 4,000 yuan. In other words, the number of cell phones sold each time could be doubled compared to before.
They would sell 1,000 units this time, and 2,000 units the next time. The number would grow rapidly.
There could only be two situations.
If everything went well, these cell phones would soon not be able to be sold as the market became saturated. There would be a large backlog of stocks, and the profits given to the other departments could not be repaid. Boss Pei would succeed in incurring losses.
If everything did not go well and the cell phones were sold out every week, the number of stocks would reach about a hundred thousand by the 30th of the month, which was the day before settlement.
At that time, a large batch of stocks would enter the warehouse. As long as they could not be sold out, they could earn less.
Of course, if they directly used the excess funds of the other departments to stock up, they could spend more money instantly. However, that was also a huge risk. After all, they could not not sell the products after they were produced. They might die on the spot during this cycle.
That way, the stock cycle would be extended to a month. At least, it could ensure that there would not be any major problems during this settlement cycle.
Chang You was deeply moved.
In Chang You's opinion, Boss Pei was temporarily transferring all the profits given to him by the other departments to ensure the funds and supply of Otto Technologies!
It looked like Otto Technologies was a very important part of the industrial chain in Boss Pei's eyes. That also meant that he was trusted!
Moreover, such a move was very good at restraining scalpers and taking care of the emotions of ordinary consumers.
Each person was limited to one unit. What's more, they had to show their identity documents to receive the goods. That greatly increased the cost of scalpers to resell the cell phones.
They would be sold every three days, and the quantity would be double that of before. Consumers would not be so anxious to buy from scalpers at a high price. They would rather wait for three more days.
"Boss Pei … I will not let down the expectations of all the departments in Tengda. I will guarantee the supply even if I have to personally screw the screws on the production line!"
Chang You was instantly full of motivation.
…
Pei Qian leaned back in his chair when he returned to the office, looking a little listless.
Terrible!
He might have thought of remedial measures, but the success of Otto Technologies' news conference still gave Boss Pei a heavy blow. It made him feel indescribably terrible.
He turned on his computer and flipped through the forum.
In the end, he saw another piece of bad news.
That puzzle had been solved by the players!
This string of passwords did not seem to have any pattern, but it was actually a natural code with double pinyin.
Double pinyin was a special typing method that assigned the vowels of Chinese characters to each key. That way, each Chinese character could be spelled out by only pressing two keys.
For example, F represented the vowel en. Pressing FF in the double pinyin input method was equivalent to spelling out Fen.
Thus, in the eyes of those who knew how to use the double pinyin input method, this line of password became: pingfendewangzhan!
This obviously pointed to the TPDb website.
Thus, a large number of players flooded into the TPDb website, looking at various sections and clicking on various buttons. However, they were stuck at this step. There was no way to find any useful information on the website.
"There might not be many people using the double pinyin input method, but there are still some. It's not surprising that they were discovered.
"This puzzle should be able to last until settlement, right?"
Pei Qian suddenly felt a little nervous.
…
…
March 8th, Tuesday …
Qiao Liang and his fans were fighting hard in Tengda's other games.
Before this, Qiao Liang had been searching for clues on the TPDb website like everyone else but to no avail.
Some players even went to other rating websites. Obviously, this was a completely wrong direction.
Based on Teacher Qiao's understanding of Boss Pei, it was impossible for him to link up with other messy games or websites.
Thus, the 'rating website' was definitely referring to the TPDb website.
However, why had so many people been searching for almost three days since Sunday and still not found any clues?
Was it because the clues were hidden too deeply on the website?
That was possible.
However, there was another possibility. The information on the 'rating website' was not complete enough!
Qiao Liang realized that everyone's attention had been focused on solving puzzles and the TPDb website ever since they found this clue in The Lonely Desert Road. No one went to Tengda's games to look for clues anymore.
Could this be a ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
Perhaps there was more than one clue hidden in Tengda's games?
Now, players were so obsessed with the TPDb website that they forgot to go back to the game to look for clues. They had fallen into a trap!
Thus, Qiao Liang decided to mobilize his fans to look for clues in Tengda's other games!
Although many people had looked for clues before, it was obvious that they did not look carefully. There must be many other places where clues were hidden.
Qiao Liang was now playing the previous stages in Ghost General. He wanted to see if there was any special information hidden in this old game.
At that moment, his fan group suddenly became lively.
"I found it! It's in Game Designer! "
Qiao Liang quickly looked at the screenshot sent by this fan.
The screenshot was the previous step of one of the endings of Game Designer. Qiao Liang had some impression of this ending. It was called 'losing everything'. That meant that after the game was released, the sales of the player's game plummeted, and no one cared about it. The player had no choice but to leave the game industry.
The scene on this screenshot was the previous step of this ending. It was the scene where the sales of the game were confirmed.
In this scene, there were disappointed fans, cursing players, reports of sales exploding, and criticism from the media …
There was a stack of documents on the ground in the corner of the room. There was an inconspicuous piece of paper with a long string of numbers written on it.
"Indeed! There are other clues in the game! I'm in the right direction!
"I knew it! I'm definitely Boss Pei's confidant!"
Qiao Liang could not help but feel excited.
This password seemed to be simpler than the previous one!
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