It had been five years since Cheng Yun Feng founded Rock Technologies. As a high-tech company, it was a success to be able to persist for five years.
Now, he had achieved some success. He was not even 40 years old, but he had a net worth of over 100 million and was enjoying a free life.
The cleaning robot developed by Rock Technologies had also evolved to the third generation. The user response was good, and the cumulative sales exceeded one million.
It had the second largest market share in the country.
The first was Da Mi's cleaning robot, which had a cumulative sales of over two million.
But in terms of profit, Da Mi, who adopted the strategy of "losing money with hardware and making money with software," only earned a net profit of tens of dollars per cleaning robot, which was less than one-tenth of Rock Technologies. They had snatched away a large chunk of the cleaning robot market.
But this market was not fully developed and had huge potential. The downfall of Da Mi did not seriously affect the sales of Rock Technologies. Instead, it attracted more people's interest in the cleaning robot, which promoted the growth of the market.
The Rock Technologies, which had a good reputation, also experienced a wave of growth.
Even so.
Cheng Yun Feng was still cursing in private, "Lei Xiao Hou! The mobile phone industry is about to be ruined by you. How many small companies have fallen because of you? Even the cleaning robot has to be involved. You produce at cost price and sell at cost price. Even if you don't make money, others have to! "
Cheng Yun Feng's attitude towards Lei Xiao Jun from Da Mi was one of anger and helplessness.
At the beginning of this year, Xing Hai Technologies, which rose at the speed of light, made him feel extreme fear and dread.
Its performance was one generation ahead.
Its price was about the same.
Its exploding reputation swept across the country.
This made Cheng Yun Feng restless. He often had nightmares and his back was soaked in cold sweat.
His dream of making Rock Technologies the second Da Jiang Technologies in Z country was on the verge of collapse.
Especially when he saw the Wa-wah robot selling hundreds of thousands and millions of units every time. The sales volume in two hours exceeded the sum of his efforts in the past five years.
The sales of Rock Technologies plummeted. Many users commented that the Wa-wah robot was better.
He knew that he had to do something!
Or rather, he had to struggle! He had to resist!
Otherwise, the Rock Technologies would not survive past the next year in the face of the rapidly expanding prehistoric beast.
So, he poached the technology developers!
Noticing the huge loophole in the supply chain, he immediately sent someone to Japan to inform them!
He said ecstatically, "The supply of the core components is insufficient, the goods can't be delivered, and the customers are complaining. Let's see how you explain this!"
After more than ten days, Yaskawa Electric and Fanuc Robots from Ri Nation called him one after another. "Mr. Cheng, Ling Feng Jing Mi Company did not come to sign the contract and did not accept our request to raise the price. Mr. Cheng, you caused us to lose an order worth three million. You must be responsible for our losses."
"No problem, I can take care of it. Rock Technology will sign the contract with you for 3 million!"
Cheng Yunfeng said. After Su You Jie and Wu Lei were poached by Manager Jiang from the Human Resource Department, Rock Technology's "Rock Robot" project was launched at the speed of light. The progress was extremely fast. Within a month at most, they would be able to launch a "Rock Robot" with similar performance to the Wa-wah robot. It would quickly fill the gap in the market due to the serious shortage of Wa-wah robots.
The representatives from the two Japanese companies said, "Sure, but we will increase the price of this order by 50%."
"No, no, that's too high. I can't accept it. You can only raise it by 5% at most!"
"I heard that a cleaning robot is becoming popular in your country, causing the demand for brushless motors and mechanical arms to increase by more than ten times. Our production is limited, so the price will increase by at least 30%."
"At most, I'll allow you to increase it by 10%!"
“30%！ If you don't accept it, we can only wait for a more daring buyer, "the other party said with a sinister smile.
"Fine!" Cheng Yunfeng gritted his teeth, his face livid.
…
A month passed.
The development of the Rock Robot was a success and was about to start mass production. The technical team of Rock Technology was in a state of jubilation.
Cheng Yunfeng was immersed in joy. At the celebration banquet, he drank heartily with the employees of the R&D department, looking forward to the beautiful success.
However —
A reaction from the sales department immediately froze his smile and furrowed his brows.
"Chief Cheng, during this period of time, there have been no abnormalities in the supply chain of Xing Hai Technologies. The Wa-wah robot is still being shipped as usual. There are tens of thousands of new comments on Taobao and Jingxi Mall every day. The users all say that the goods have arrived and give five-star reviews."
"What?!"
Cheng Yunfeng flatly denied, "This is impossible!" A trace of cold sweat seeped out of his back.
Then, his face turned pale and cold sweat seeped out of his forehead. He pointed at the sales manager and shouted, "Why did you only report such an important situation to me now?!"
The sales manager felt wronged. "Chief Cheng, you've been staying in the R&D department all this time. I told you not to disturb you if there's nothing important …"
"You, pack up your things and get lost immediately!"
Although this sales manager was a distant relative of his, someone had to take responsibility for such a major mistake.
Then, he transferred personnel to conduct an investigation. He requested that they find out why there were no problems in the supply chain of Xing Hai Technologies within three days!
The next day, the investigators bought two of the latest Wa-wah robots from the scalpers at the price of $10,000 each. They disassembled the robots.
They finally found the reason.
"There's no manufacturer's name, no product batch number, no quality certification … Chief Cheng, the core components that they used to replace are two types of parts that have no quality."
"Are these counterfeit components produced by domestic factories?"
The nervous expression on Cheng Yunfeng's face relaxed.
The worry in his heart disappeared in an instant.
He could not help but laugh. "There's really no other way. This is the only way, right? But it's not wrong. If it were me, I'm afraid that I can only use this method to solve this predicament. "
"But it's still a dead end!"
"What's the lifespan of the imported Japanese components? Don't you know the lifespan of the domestically-produced counterfeit components? "
"Trying to pass off shoddy goods as quality goods, deceiving consumers, and using inferior knock-off parts to replace imported genuine parts — Hua Yao has done this before! After that, they used all their public relations efforts to suppress it, but their brand image still took a huge hit. "
"How big are you guys? How many days have you been established? You actually have the guts to do this. I'm impressed! "
"But are the consumers fools? Can they accept a product that breaks down after three to five days of use after spending a few thousand dollars? "
"It's been a month now. It seems that many counterfeit products have been sold by you guys. It seems that the outbreak of large-scale quality problems will happen during this period of time."
However, after getting someone to check on the internet, they found that there were no posts about the quality problems of the Wa-wah robots. More than 99% of the posts were positive reviews.
"Could it be … the shelf life of the inferior components in the Wa-wah robot is two months? Or maybe someone exposed the quality problems, but it was quickly resolved by the public relations department of Xing Hai Technologies … "
"No!"
Cheng Yunfeng stomped his feet. "No matter what the situation is, Rock Technologies must not sit idly by! We have the obligation to disclose to the public that the Wa-wah robot has serious quality problems. We must take the initiative to expose it. This is something that we must do as a socially responsible enterprise. It cannot be delayed! "
He immediately set up an exposure team and requested that the team use various online channels to publicize the quality problems of the Wa-wah robot in the shortest time possible. The more people who knew about it, the better!
"Xing Hai Technologies, I want you to know that in this day and age, only death awaits those who still produce counterfeit products in Z country!"
Cheng Yunfeng said with a face of righteousness.
As for the two counterfeit components on the table, he did not even take a second look at them. He did not even let anyone test them. Was there a need to test fake and inferior products?
…
25th.
Chen Jin was having lunch at home when he suddenly received a phone call.
It was from Liang Ying, the vice president of the company.
"President Chen, bad news! Since last night, a large number of posts have appeared on the internet, saying that our company's Wa-wah robot uses counterfeit and inferior components, has serious quality problems, and is deceiving the consumers. It has caused a huge uproar on the internet, and now it is the number one trending topic on Baidu! President Chen, what should we do? "
"Oh …"
Chen Jin put down his chopsticks and slowly raised his head.
Not only was there no panic on his face, but there was also a smile on his face.
He comforted Liang Ying and told her not to worry. After saying that he had a solution, he hung up the phone.
"Is it here?"
An evil smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He muttered to himself, "Is it the opportunity to advertise for the company?"
"My colleague who tried to sabotage Xing Hai Technologies from behind the scenes, your identity should have been exposed by now. I should be able to know your identity, right?"
Hehe, an exciting show was about to begin!
…
"Ah!"
At the dining table, Su Yun, who was sitting opposite him and eating quietly, noticed the evil smile at the corner of his mouth. She felt as if she had been electrocuted. She was stunned for a moment, then her heartbeat sped up. Her pretty face quickly turned red. After she reacted, she quickly lowered her head, but her heartbeat showed no signs of slowing down.
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