Rebirth: Let's Talk About 1984

According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.

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Chapter 195 A Good Start

The idea is good, but it's quite risky.

This needs further consideration, including how to promote it.

When it comes to the outrageous actions of these big spenders—no, these nouveau riche guys—Xing Baohua has to personally step in.

Let's secure the orders for communication equipment first.

Besides educational machines, the wealthy started asking about prices. When buying pagers, Xing Baohua asked where the buyers were from.

I was so busy introducing the product that I didn't have time to find out who the other party was.

Upon asking, I learned that it came from some emirate in the Middle East.

He's a rich, powerful dog, no doubt about it.

Because Xing Baohua signed an agreement with Motorcycle, he could not sell the motorcycles anywhere except in the ZG region.

However, when signing the agreement with Motorola, Xing Baohua added a small condition: sales in non-patented regions.

I don't know why Motorola didn't refute this at the time; I guess they didn't take non-patented regions seriously.

These rich guys have only been around for a few decades, and they're still working themselves to the bone building in the desert. When it comes to money, nobody's richer than them; even the Americans are no match for them, mainly because they're not as generous.

Xing Baohua deliberately made up a story, saying that motorcycles are subject to patent restrictions in the region, so two-way paging is not currently being sold in the region.

The leader was the Minister of Commerce of the Emirate, who then turned to his legal advisor and asked if the motorcycle had been patented in their country.

The legal advisor craned his neck and thought for a while before saying, "Our country doesn't yet have a specific law to protect intellectual property rights."

Xing Baohua was immediately delighted. Just like in China, there was no awareness of patent protection.

This gives Xing Baohua room to maneuver. It's like seeing Middle Eastern tycoons waving greenbacks at him.

Xing Baohua exploited this loophole very well.

By the time Motorcycles realizes what's happening and starts making arrangements, it will probably be several years later.

Besides the learning machines and audio systems, all communication equipment are intended for orders of 100,000 each.

Wow, they didn't even bother to haggle, they just placed the order.

This guy's attitude of being a nouveau riche would be beneath him if he tried to bargain.

An order of intent is not a formal contract. A more detailed discussion is needed when negotiating the contract. This involves addressing some specific details.

This includes whether the price is ex-works price or FOB price, the delivery method, and so on.

It's just a preliminary order now, and it can be canceled at any time without paying a penalty.

The letter of intent follows a standardized contract format provided by the authorities. Once both parties sign it, this letter of intent becomes the quasi-contract.

It needs to be reported to the organizing committee.

Cassette recording telephone call: $55, includes one cassette tape. Casual tapes are sold separately at $2 each.

Cordless phone: $128.

Two-way pager, $3380.

A mobile phone/call integrated device, $4800.

The luxury version of the phone costs $5,800.

The stylish version of the phone is $5200.

The mega deal worth $200 million was revealed on the opening day.

Upon hearing this news, everyone thought to themselves, "Holy crap, is this for real?"

Which company is so awesome!

Many people are discussing this, saying that such large orders exceeding 100 million yuan are usually from state-owned giant enterprises, which has been common in the past.

It wasn't until the afternoon that news came that it was a small, unknown company, and a private enterprise at that.

Well, it was like a hot pot, everyone was talking about it, some were envious and some were jealous.

Many people feel envious, thinking that this kind of result is only achieved because superiors assigned orders.

Xing Baohua didn't care about other people's opinions and gossip; he could only relax after the contract was signed.

He's here to make money; the more he makes, the safer he feels.

Regardless of who tries to obstruct or disrupt your orders, first consider whether the relevant ministries are willing to accept it.

This is just the first one, and it's already worth 200 million. Who knows how many more will follow?

Instead of learning from Xing Baohua's good example, his neighbors adopted his model. They would yell and shout at any foreigner they saw passing by.

It's just like a vegetable market. The organizing committee's warnings are useless; this is all because of Xing Baohua's orders.

A few billion could be exchanged for two hundred million. I'd be happy to say a hundred things and get a million in return!

After receiving the information, the leader of the delegation from Shandong Province brought his people over to offer their condolences. Unfortunately, Xing Baohua accompanied his wealthy friend to the sound room to personally experience the audio system.

This guy, with his silver tongue, described the audio equipment in the most wonderful way imaginable.

Fortunately, I showed them the order from Petermont. Luckily, I kept things strictly business; otherwise, it would have been difficult to fool them.

These nouveau riche are indeed wealthy, but they lack the refinement of an aristocrat. They're essentially just upstarts, spending money everywhere to show off how rich they are.

It has nothing to do with refinement or anything like that. No matter how rich you are, you can't enter the Western aristocratic circle.

Therefore, one must cultivate good manners and character.

Listening to classical music or symphonies is also a way to cultivate one's character.

It can play high-quality music, which is in line with the style of these nouveau riche.

Upon hearing the price, I ignored the 20,000s and said I'd take 100 sets starting at 30,000s. What about 40,000s and 50,000s?

Two hundred sets, please! Well, another order worth tens of millions has been placed without batting an eye.

We agreed on a time to discuss the contract and delivery method in detail.

The Nigerian tycoons were enjoying music here before! I was really impressed by the Middle Eastern tycoons.

We both started out selling oil, so it's fair to say we're all competing! Only 100 sets. We need all models, a total of 500 sets.

Later, I heard that people from the emirate placed an order for 200 million. Only then did I ask them what they bought!

After figuring out what it was, they returned to the scene. By then, Xing Baohua had finished serving the wealthy Middle Eastern men.

I happen to have some free time to host a Nigerian tycoon.

Have the other party test the pager, watch the phone on the spot, and even turn it on and simulate it.

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