March 9th, Wednesday …
The E1 cell phone was on sale for the second time!
Pei Qian specially came all the way to Otto Technologies' office to supervise the battle.
The cell phone would be on sale at 10 AM. Pei Qian arrived at 9.30 AM to give some advance notice.
After careful consideration, he decided to make a suggestion to Chang You.
"Boss Chang, I think from today onwards, we should create a pre-order function with a deposit. The deposit is 100 yuan. If you want to pre-order, you have to pay the deposit first. We will start production according to the quantity paid. "
Chang You looked troubled. "Boss Pei, of course, I know what you're talking about.
"Many cell phone manufacturers do this when they don't have much stock. However, we don't have that much money now. What if customers order 10,000 units? We don't have enough funds either …"
Pei Qian waved his hand. "It's alright. You can ask me if you don't have enough funds. It's not a problem to use some of Tengda's funds for turnover. They're all our own businesses.
"All in all, we have to guarantee supply so that every Tengda fan can use our cell phone!"
Pei Qian said it so righteously that Chang You was very touched.
However … Pei Qian was thinking about something else.
The reason why he proposed this reservation plan was mainly due to three considerations.
First, he wanted to continue to disgust the scalpers and increase the cost of pre-order. He wanted to drive away those who wanted to snatch the cell phone and resell it so that the cell phone could really fall into the hands of people who needed it.
Second, he wanted to roughly figure out how many people still wanted to buy this cell phone.
If there were five thousand people, Pei Qian could produce eight thousand units and store three thousand in the warehouse. Wouldn't that be a waste of money?
Finally, Pei Qian combined the current public opinion and feedback on the internet and judged that not many people would really pre-order this cell phone.
After all, this cell phone was too expensive. It was even more expensive than Shenhua and Pineapple's flagship cell phones. Those benefits looked good, but most of them could only be enjoyed in Jingzhou. Most people were still in a wait-and-see state.
The first few thousand people were basically Tengda fans living in Jingzhou. Pei Qian judged that the cell phone sales would definitely fall after these people's needs were met!
As for whether Boss Pei's judgment was accurate …
It would depend on today's performance.
Chang You had already arranged for his subordinates to do the pre-order function.
Pei Qian immediately whipped out his cell phone and paid attention to the panic buying of Otto Technologies' cell phones.
The expected situation of being sold out after one refresh did not happen. The number of remaining stocks decreased quite quickly at first, but then slowed down.
At the moment, many scalpers had already given up on speculating on this cell phone. That was because it was now bound to Tengda's game account and identity card. If they sold it at a higher price, the buyer would not be able to enjoy those special VIP identities. There would be no point in speculating on it.
Of course, he couldn't rule out the possibility that some scalpers could "place orders on behalf" or "purchase on behalf of others", but it was much better than the situation where there were no restrictions.
An hour later, there were still 1,100 phones left.
Pei Qian decided to have his meal at Otto Technologies. The remaining cell phones were sold until around 2 PM before they were all sold out!
Chang You and Pei Qian wiped the sweat off their foreheads at the same time when they saw the 'Sold Out' label.
The reason why Chang You was wiping his sweat was because they were finally sold out!
Boss Pei was supervising the work today. If the two thousand cell phones were not sold out and no one wanted them in the future, wouldn't that be a slap in the face to Boss Pei?
The reason why Pei Qian was wiping his sweat was because he had managed to persevere till 2 PM!
If it was sold out within seconds, it would be a huge problem.
Pei Qian felt more at ease.
The facts proved that his judgment was correct. Although this mobile phone was quite popular at the moment, many people did not buy it.
Even for Jingzhou's local consumers, most of them were limited by the speed at which news spread and their distrust of this new brand. Thus, they would not buy it so early.
The next step was to see how many people had ordered the phones on Sunday.
As long as the quantity was similar to Pei Qian's expectations, he could grit his teeth and restock decisively. He could spend as much money as he could and make a loss before settlement!
…
…
March 10th, Thursday.
Noon.
Pei Qian whipped out his cell phone and looked at Otto Technologies.
E1 cell phone's reservation status.
The programmers at Otto Technologies had already worked overtime to complete the reservation function for the website yesterday. Of course, Chang You had paid them enough overtime pay.
So far, more than 1,800 people had reserved the phone. Although the number was still increasing, it had slowed down significantly.
The stock for Sunday was 4,000 units.
Pei Qian thought about it. It was almost certain that there would be more than 4,000 reservations between now and Sunday. However, it would be difficult to exceed 5,000.
In other words, as long as more than 5,000 units were produced, the extra cell phones could only be stored in the warehouse.
The money earned from selling the cell phones could all be exchanged for more cell phones and stored in the warehouse …
Wouldn't that solve all the excess funds at Otto Technologies?
That sounded good.
Next, he just had to hope that everything would go smoothly …
Pei Qian's cell phone vibrated while he was thinking.
He picked up his cell phone and saw that it was He Desheng.
Pei Qian frowned immediately.
What was going on?! Could something have happened to the 'Top Student, Come Quick' app?
That couldn't be. It had just been bought a few days ago. Something could not have happened so quickly, right?
He quickly picked up the call.
"What happened to 'Top Student, Come Quick'?" Pei Qian looked like he was facing a formidable enemy.
He Desheng was stunned. "Er, Boss Pei, 'Top Student, Come Quick' is fine. Zhang Wang has something to report to you and came to Dream Realization Ventures. When are you free to come and meet him? If you really don't have time, you can give him a call. "
Pei Qian frowned.
Zhang Wang?
Wasn't he the 'sharing maniac' and 'grassroots inventor' who created the shared phone booths?
Pei Qian became furious the moment he heard that name.
He still has the cheek to come and see me!
I agreed to invest in the shared phone booths, but what did you end up creating?
Yes, it would make sense if you insisted that there were phones in the shared phone booths, but you were too good at making money!
After being stabbed in the back by Zhang Wang and Ruan Guangjian, Pei Qian had completely lost confidence in Zhang Wang and the shared phone booths project. Basically, he left Zhang Wang to fend for himself.
Pei Qian asked Zhang Wang to use the money he earned to create more shared phone booths. After that, he did not care about it anymore.
He had been troubled by the movie and did not know how the shared phone booths were doing.
Pei Qian calmed himself down and asked, "Is he beside you now?"
He Desheng, "Yes, Boss Pei."
"Alright, let him answer the phone. I'll ask him about the shared phone booths," said Pei Qian.
"Alright."
A moment later, Zhang Wang's excited voice came from the other end of the line. "Boss Pei!"
Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional when he heard that voice.
How did such a reliable person and such a reliable project earn so much money out of nowhere?
Ai, what a pity!
"Yes, what's the matter?" Pei Qian asked.
Zhang Wang, "Boss Pei, my focus will not be on the shared phone booths in the future! I'll only maintain the most basic operating staff for this project and let it develop freely. "
Pei Qian's eyes lit up when he heard that.
"Eh? What's wrong? Are you not managing it well? "
Pei Qian's tone was filled with joy.
Zhang Wang chuckled. "That's hard to say. It's just that the shared phone booths are all over Jingzhou's shopping malls. Even if we set up shared phone booths in other places, we would not be able to earn money. The business in Jingzhou has reached a bottleneck. That's why I plan to take a break and find other interests. "
Pei Qian became even more excited when he heard that.
Alright, rest well. That's a wise choice!
Indeed, my previous judgment was right!
The shared phone booths could only be profitable if they were set up in densely populated areas such as shopping malls. There were only so many shopping malls in Jingzhou. If every shopping mall had one or two shared phone booths, the market would soon be saturated.
Once the market was saturated and many people lost interest in the shared phone booths' entertainment facilities, the business in Jingzhou would come to an end.
Of course, Pei Qian really wanted to ask why Zhang Wang did not expand the business to Luzhou, Lincheng, or even Beijing or Shanghai. Wasn't there a market there?
However, Pei Qian held back.
All in all, Zhang Wang had turned around in time. Congratulations!
Pei Qian nodded, pleased. "Yes, that's good."
Zhang Wang asked, "Then, Boss Pei, if I have other dreams to realize in the future, can I continue to look for you to invest?"
Pei Qian, "…"
"Sure, but I'll evaluate the project carefully."
Pei Qian had wanted to reject him directly, but he could not bring himself to do so. Thus, he had to be polite.
Of course, considering Zhang Wang's glorious achievements, Pei Qian felt that he would never invest in his projects again in this lifetime.
Pei Qian would only consider it if there was a god-level project that looked like it would lose everything.
"Alright, I won't disturb your work anymore. Goodbye, Boss Pei!"
Zhang Wang handed the phone back to He Desheng.
"Is there anything else?" Pei Qian asked.
He Desheng, "There's nothing else, Boss Pei. However … I have something to remind you about. How should we spend the twenty million yuan in our account? Have you thought about it? "
Pei Qian recalled that he had indeed instructed He Desheng to remind him about the money in Dream Realization Ventures' account every once in a while.
He could not forget about this sum of money. If he did not spend it until settlement, there would be a serious problem.
Where should he spend the twenty million yuan …?
Eh?
Twenty million yuan?
Pei Qian suddenly realized that this number did not seem right!
Dream Realization Ventures had spent five million yuan on 'Top Student, Come Quick'. There should be less than ten million yuan left in the account, right?
What the hell was twenty million yuan?
"Wait, where did the twenty million yuan come from?" Pei Qian immediately realized that something was wrong.
He Desheng said matter-of-factly, "From the shared phone booth project."
A question mark floated above Pei Qian's head.
What the hell?
Didn't they say that the shared phone booth project had reached its peak in Jingzhou?
Didn't Zhang Wang plan to temporarily withdraw from the shared phone booth project to rest?
How could he earn ten million in such a short period of time???
Pei Qian was confused. He forced himself to calm down. "The shared phone booth project can earn ten million yuan from Jingzhou alone?"
He Desheng smiled. "Ah, Boss Pei, you don't know yet?
"Of course, we wouldn't be able to earn ten million yuan from Jingzhou's business alone. Just as you said, each phone booth doesn't earn much every day. We also invested a lot of money in the beginning. The money we earned was basically invested into the production and expansion. We didn't save much money.
"However, after the Jingzhou market was saturated, Zhang Wang had already considered future development. That was why he thought of another way to earn money: to find agents to join!
"We won't keep an eye on the shared phone booths in other cities. We'll contact the major shopping malls online and show them our business model.
"If these shopping malls think that the shared phone booths can earn money, we'll sell the shared phone booths to them. They'll be responsible for maintaining and maintaining the shared phone booths. We'll just hang a sign, earn money from the shared phone booths, and take a cut.
"That way, our costs will be minimized. We won't have to hire professionals to maintain the shared phone booths, and we won't have to worry about whether the shared phone booths are profitable or not. We'll just wait to sell the phone booths and take a cut! From the looks of it, this model is definitely profitable!
"Therefore, we only need to hire a few people to maintain the project, accept orders, and maintain the normal operations of the company. Naturally, Zhang Wang wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.
"Didn't we earn another ten million yuan from selling the shared phone booths? He handed it over as soon as possible.
"Boss Pei, how are we going to spend the twenty million yuan?
"Boss Pei?
"Boss Pei?
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