At noon, the head office received the news and urgently delivered 500 pagers to each branch, finally relieving the immediate crisis.

In the afternoon, as soon as the Tsim Sha Tsui store opened, customers flocked in, afraid that they would miss out if they arrived late.

The first customer, wearing a thick gold chain, was incredibly wealthy; he simply tossed his card onto the table.

"Miss, could you please? I need two pagers, and I'd also like to top up each with a year's worth of service fees. Please swipe my card, thank you!"

"I'm sorry, sir, due to a severe shortage of stock, in order to accommodate other customers, our store is implementing a purchase limit; each person can only buy one unit."

"Miss, are you kidding me? I'm not short of money, why won't you sell it to me?"

"I'm sorry, sir, this is a company policy. Please understand."

Despite the salesperson's repeated explanations, the customer could only say regretfully, "One is better than nothing."

In fact, he was a scalper. Based on his observations that morning, he was absolutely certain that as long as he managed to grab one, he would make a profit.

Meanwhile, other branches were also experiencing a surge in business.

In short, pagers continue to sell well...

Around 3 p.m., Mr. Fok was leisurely enjoying afternoon tea in a luxury villa in Happy Valley.

At this moment, Young Master Huo rushed in from outside, not even having time to catch his breath, and said...

"Daddy, good news! Pagers are selling like hotcakes! Quickly call the mainland and ask them to send tens of thousands more over. Be fast!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Huo frowned, somewhat displeased with his son's behavior.

"Sit down, calm down. How many units did you sell? Give me an exact number first."

"Daddy, the exact number is not clear yet, but the inventory is almost half gone."

"What?"

Shocked, Mr. Huo asked no further questions and got up to go to his study…

When Young Master Huo saw the old man running so fast, he couldn't help but curl his lip.

Thinking to myself, "They just complained that I was too impulsive, but I'm no different."

...

As evening approached and it was almost time to leave work, Sun Zhengguo began to gather up the blueprints.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Strange, who could be calling at this hour?"

Without thinking twice, Sun Zhengguo picked up the phone. Before he could even introduce himself, he heard Director Yu's voice on the other end.

"Comrade Zhengguo! This is Yu Changyuan. There is an emergency."

"Director Yu, please speak."

"We just received news from Hong Kong that pagers are selling like hotcakes, and they urgently need more. I wonder how much stock you have left?"

"in stock?"

Sun Zhengguo recalled that the inventory here should not be much, at most a few thousand units. The southern branch factory may have some stock, but he did not know the exact quantity.

"Director Yu, please don't worry. The northern branch factory doesn't have much stock, but the southern branch factory should still have some. Let me check first."

"Okay, you check first, I'll go to the research institute now."

After hanging up the phone, Sun Zhengguo immediately called Chen Zhonghua and asked him to notify the branch factory to suspend get off work hours and for several leaders to come over.

Then he dialed the Shanghai branch factory number and found Zhang Yucheng...

Soon, Li Shengli and his two companions arrived at the office. "Director Sun, what's going on?"

"Oh! Please have a seat. Director Yu will be coming over in a bit. I heard he's urging us to ship the pagers because they're selling like hotcakes!"

Upon hearing this news, Li Shengli and the other two couldn't help but smile.

"That's good news, hahaha! Have a seat." Zhang Huaibei breathed a sigh of relief, as long as nothing went wrong.

After the three sat down, Sun Zhengguo began to check the inventory.

"Weimin, how many pagers are left in stock?"

"Director, we had a little surplus from the previous period, and with the production during this period, we have a total of more than 5,000 units."

As expected, the number was not much different from what Sun Zhengguo had imagined.

If we include the southern branch factory, we can only produce a little over 20,000 units now.

This small amount of stock is definitely not enough; it seems we'll have to work overtime.

The group had been sitting for a short while when Director Yu arrived in a hurry.

"Director Yu."

Seeing the group stand up to greet him, Director Yu pressed his hands down to indicate, "Everyone, please don't stand on ceremony, sit down and let's talk."

"Let me give you an update. Sales in Hong Kong just started today, and we didn't expect to sell nearly 5,000 units in less than a day, generating over HK$17 million in sales. We can say that this has been a great success."

"What?"

As soon as Director Yu finished speaking, the people in the room stood up again, their faces flushed with excitement.

"Is this real? That's amazing!"

"Comrades, let's give a round of applause to celebrate our great sales of pagers."

"Clap clap clap!"

After the excitement subsided, Sun Zhengguo had a question: "Director Yu, how could only five thousand units sell for so much money?"

"Hahaha!" Director Yu laughed loudly.

"Comrade Zhengguo! I had the same question at first, but then I heard from the comrades at Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong that everyone who bought a pager prepaid a year's service fee, and here it is!"

"I see."

Sun Zhengguo couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "It seems that the people of Hong Kong really are rich!"

It's worth noting that the service fee for this year has already exceeded the price of the pager itself; it seems they'll be making money hand over fist in the future.

Next, the group held a meeting to discuss inventory and production issues.

It was finally agreed that all existing inventory would be urgently sent to Hong Kong Island.

In addition, the North and South branches opened an extra production line, and the workers worked overtime, showing the spirit of hard work, and worked hard for three months.

The next day, as soon as he arrived at work, Sun Zhengguo summoned Section Chief Cai and Section Chief Yao from the branch factory's publicity department.

"Section Chief Cai, Section Chief Yao, the reason I called you here today is to ask your two departments to work together to develop a 100-day production plan and publicity. I hope you can work together to complete it."

"Director, I guarantee I will complete the mission."

Because Section Chief Cai was one rank higher, he took the initiative to stand up and reply.

After he finished speaking, Section Chief Yao continued, "Director, we will definitely cooperate with Section Chief Cai to complete this mission successfully."

"Hmm~"

Sun Zhengguo nodded, then took out a document and handed it to Section Chief Cai.

"Remember, slogans are good, but we can't just make empty promises. Here are some incentive plans we've drafted, and you should make sure to promote them."

This includes overtime pay, meal allowances, and corresponding rewards for outstanding individuals and work teams; we can't afford to let the workers harbor any complaints.

Section Chief Cai took the documents, looked at them carefully, and then smiled broadly.

"Director, this reward is amazing! It makes me want to work overtime. For us in publicity, it puts absolutely no pressure on us."

As he spoke, Section Chief Cai handed the document to Section Chief Yao, who was standing next to him.

Section Chief Yao took the documents and looked at them. After a moment, his expression was similar to that of Section Chief Cai.

No wonder!