Chapter 322: The Tianzhu expedition team was completely wiped out! Chen Yansen: What on earth is this guy dreaming about?
On October 1st, Orange Smart Life Center officially opened.
Zhou Shouzhi completed the first phase of layout in 32 core business districts, covering major cities such as Yanjing, Jinling, Luzhou, Hucheng, and Jiangcheng, radiating to more than 30 million consumers.
At 8:40 in the morning, the direct-operated store had not yet opened, but a long queue had formed at the door. Most of the people were young people, who gathered in twos and threes, chatting and laughing with friends while waiting.
"Sister Ling, there are so many people in front, let's go over and take a look."
Zhang Peng held his boss's hand and strolled along Jinling Road Pedestrian Street. When he saw the dense crowd ahead, the young man could no longer suppress his curiosity.
"Okay."
Chen Fengling smiled, feeling the warmth of the other person's palm, and her heart couldn't help but be moved.
She is ten years older than Zhang Peng, successful in her career, mature and intellectual, and with proper maintenance, she is still plump and charming. How can a young man who has just graduated from school resist the gentle charm of an older sister?
One was thirty years old and as fierce as a tiger, the other was twenty years old and as fierce as a wolf. After watching a movie together, they fell asleep in the same bed in a daze.
But Ping'an prohibits office romances, even if they belong to different departments. Therefore, the two of them have to work hard to play the roles of manager and subordinate in the company.
But after returning to the rental house, their relationship between the superior and the subordinate will immediately be reversed.
"Sister Ling, this is Orange Technology's offline store. It's open today. Let's go in and take a look?"
When Zhang Peng got closer, he discovered the Orange Smart Living Center at the front of the line.
"Don't you like the Moss smart speaker? Sister will buy you one." Chen Fengling nodded slightly and said proactively.
"Actually, I don't like it too much, Sister Ling. I can't always let you spend money." Zhang Peng scratched his head and declined awkwardly.
His sister is indeed sweet, thoughtful and considerate. She often buys him gaming laptops, sneakers and clothes. Even the rent, food and travel expenses are mostly covered by her.
"What if my sister wants to spend money on you?"
Chen Fengling put her ear close to Zhang Peng's and asked in a soft voice.
Zhang Peng's mouth curled up slightly. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with being a gigolo in his early twenties.
At nine o'clock, the employees of the direct-operated store slowly opened the glass door, and passers-by filed in. The two followed the team and walked into the store together.
On the brand new booth were displayed various products of Orange Technology, from mobile phones to speakers, earphones, mobile power supplies, and digital accessories. Although the varieties were few, each color of Orange mobile phone was arranged in an orderly manner according to the model.
Li Yunzhu stood in front of the maintenance table, looking at the crowded customers in the store, a bright smile appeared on his face.
Half a year ago, he worked in Shenzhen. After some hard work, he moved to Shanghai. Although he was still working, his salary changed dramatically.
"Moss." Zhang Peng approached a Moss smart speaker and shouted a welcome.
"Master, I'm here! What can I do for you?" Moss responded immediately.
"Will it rain in Shanghai tomorrow?" Zhang Peng tried it with great interest.
"Tomorrow's weather conditions in Shanghai are: light rain turning to cloudy, maximum temperature 24 degrees Celsius, minimum temperature 1 degree Celsius, relative humidity 60%, weakest ultraviolet rays, air quality 24, and a small amount of rain from 10 am to 1 pm. Please bring an umbrella when you go out."
After receiving the voice command, Moss converts it into text information, then uses AI algorithms to analyze the Lingxi search results, and finally feeds the answer back to the user through speech synthesis technology and speakers.
The process may seem long, but in actual operation, this "thinking" process only takes two or three seconds.
Seeing this, Chen Fengling called a staff member and asked him to get a brand new Moss smart speaker, which she intended to give to her boyfriend.
"The Orange C3 16GB version is priced at 2899 yuan. If you place an order now, you will get a Bluetooth headset worth 99 yuan for free. The number of gifts is limited, so first come first served!"
"Qingcheng D1S 8GB memory, priced at 999 yuan, place an order and get a free phone case and tempered glass film, only today!"
"Orange D1 4GB memory, priced at 799 yuan, a free phone case will be given with the order!"
“…”
In addition to the products, there are also promotional posters on the display stand. Although most of the gifts are not valuable, they at least give users a reason to buy on the spot.
"Give me a 64GB version of Orange C3. Can the Bluetooth headset be replaced with a mobile power bank?"
"I want a Qingcheng D1S!"
“Does the Moss smart speaker have a white version?”
The store manager Xu Hao and six shopping guides were instantly busy. Qingcheng D1S and Orange C3 were the best-selling products, and more than 100 units were sold in just one hour.
The Orange C1, which has been on sale for over a year and has dropped in price to 1,399 yuan, and the Orange C2, which has been on sale for over half a year and has dropped in price to 2,399 yuan, are still being snapped up by people.
The marketing and brand departments of Orange Technology contacted a group of bloggers in the digital, technology and Internet business circles in advance to build momentum for the launch of the Smart Life Center.
High-definition pictures of queuing, shopping and ordering scenes have been released on platforms such as Weibo, Youku and Toutiao, creating an atmosphere of hot sales.
Although this is true, good wine needs no bush, and increasing exposure is not a bad thing.
On the other hand, Lei Yijun, who had been busy for half a year, brought Xiaomi's founding team to Qiongdao for vacation.
At this moment, he was lying on a beach chair, enjoying the sea breeze.
"Mr. Lei, Orange Mobile has opened an offline direct store." At this time, Li Wanqiang, who was wearing flowered shorts and a small vest, suddenly spoke.
"Just open it. It should have been opened a long time ago." Lei Yijun replied nonchalantly.
As early as March, Xiaomi opened its first batch of Xiaomi Stores in Guanzhou, Xingsha, Youxi, Dongguan, Qizhou and Luda.
When it comes to making mobile phones, Xiaomi started one year earlier than Orange Technology, but Orange phones were launched online two weeks earlier than Xiaomi phones. Later, relying on DST's investment and supply chain resources, it became the number one mobile phone brand on the Internet.
In the domestic market, not to mention Xiaomi, OPPO and Meizu, even Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad and Lenovo are no match for Orange phones.
"Mr. Lei, Orange Technology's direct stores will definitely take away some of our offline orders." Li Wanqiang continued to remind.
"I know, but I can't stop Chen Yansen from opening an offline store." Lei Yijun shrugged and said helplessly.
"That's true!" Li Wanqiang sat down and leaned back in the recliner in a daze.
Some gangster tricks can be used on Zhou Hongyi, but not on Chen Yansen.
After all, in the industry, Chen Yansen is well-known for his "vindictiveness". When Meituan announced its entry into the food delivery market and competed with Kuaipao, Chen Yansen chased Wang Xin and beat him to death.
Meituan, which should have achieved profitability in the third quarter, suffered a loss of more than 60 million again due to its passive involvement in the subsidy war.
Even the title of number one in the industry was lost!
Under the "involution" of Kuaipao, more than half of the few group buying websites that were originally left have been eliminated. Now there are only Dianping, Meituan, Lashou and Kuaipao left. WoWotuan is half-dead, and the rest of the competing websites are in the countdown to death.
Li Wanqiang dared to scold Zhou Hongyi, but he didn't dare to stab Chen Yansen.
"By the way, when will the research report on the Tianzhu mobile phone market be compiled?"
Lei Yijun sat up suddenly, looked at Li Wanqiang and asked.
Hearing this, Li Wanqiang's face froze, and he said awkwardly: "Five colleagues from the marketing department who went on a business trip to Tianzhu, four were hospitalized with acute diarrhea, and the remaining one had food poisoning, so I found two third-party consulting agencies again. It is estimated that we will have to wait another week."
Acute diarrhea? Food poisoning?
Lei Yijun was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted: "Didn't I tell them to just stay and eat at the hotel?"
"They don't know what's going on either. Maybe it's hard to guard against." Li Wanqiang spread his hands and said with a wry smile.
"Mr. Lei, I have a friend who works for Micromax Mobile in Tianzhu. He introduced me to the general market structure of the local area, but the data is incomplete and may not be authentic."
Lin Bing, who had just walked back from the beach, spoke after hearing the conversation between the two.
"Tell me about it. I heard that the mobile phone market structure in Tianzhu is similar to that in our country."
Lei Yijun nodded in response, motioning Lin Bing to continue.
He had heard of Micromax, the largest local mobile phone manufacturer in India with a 9.1% market share.
"India has a total population of 1.23 billion, 840 million of which are mobile phone users, 29 million of which are smartphone users. The penetration rate is less than 3%, which is equivalent to the level in China three years ago. It is just starting out, and the upper limit of the market capacity is high."
Lin Bing sat on a beach chair and spoke slowly.
"29 million? It's less than 30 million!" Li Wanqiang was quite surprised.
"It only took two or three years for the domestic smartphone market to develop from nothing. If Xiaomi can successfully enter the Indian market, it may be able to become popular both inside and outside the country! In the first quarter of 2011, smartphone shipments in India were 2.6 million units, but in the third quarter of this year, the number has increased to 4.4 million units."
Lin Bing nodded and said.
The local mobile phone brands in India include Micromax, Karbonn and Spice, but their market shares are not high. More than 30% of the market share is in the hands of Shanxing, and brands such as Nokia and Sony can also occupy 5% to 10% of the market share.
In his opinion, India is like China two years ago, with great potential!
After listening to this, Lei Yijun couldn't help but reveal an interested look. In China, he was overwhelmed by Orange, Samsung, Apple and Huawei. Perhaps opening up overseas markets would be an important turning point in Xiaomi's development.
The three of them chatted at the beach until the sky darkened and the sea breeze turned cold.
Afterwards, as soon as Lei Yijun returned to the hotel, he held an impromptu video conference and prepared to transfer a group of people from the marketing, operations and technology departments to Tianzhu to open up overseas markets.
at the same time.
It is still noon in Oslo, the northernmost city in the Northern Hemisphere.
In an executive suite on the top floor of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Chen Yansen sat on the sofa, looking at the Royal Palace and the National Gallery of Oslo not far away, thinking about the afternoon's itinerary in his mind.
It took a whole day to get from Shanghai to Copenhagen and then transfer to Oslo.
He didn't feel anything, but Song Yuncheng fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.
It is autumn outside the window. The maple leaves and ginkgo leaves on the roadside are intertwined, and the sight is filled with golden and fiery red colors.
The scenery in this broken place is nice, but there are really few people.
Even though the Radisson Blu Hotel is located in the city center of Oslo, there are very few passers-by.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz—!”
The cell phone on the coffee table suddenly rang.
Chen Yansen picked it up and saw that it was Liu Zhiping from Penguin.
"Martin, what's the matter?" Chen Yansen asked.
As the two's wealth, status and industry influence changed, his private way of addressing Liu Zhiping changed from 'Mr. Liu' and 'Brother Martin' to 'Martin'.
“WeChat is about to start developing a payment function and may learn from Orange Pay in terms of function design and operation promotion.”
Liu Zhiping said very tactfully.
In view of the good cooperative relationship between Penguin and Senlian Capital, Ma Wenteng decided to say hello to Chen Yansen before starting to copy.
If it were any other company, Ma Wenteng would not be polite and would just copy it first.
"It doesn't matter. I was also inspired by Ma Liyun anyway."
Chen Yansen said lightly.
"I knew Mr. Chen wouldn't mind." Liu Zhiping breathed a sigh of relief and flattered with a smile.
If I mind, why don't you copy it?
Chen Yansen sneered. They were all adults, and the penguins didn't want to fall out, so they chose a more decent way of competing. There was no need for him to expose the truth.
Otherwise, it will be awkward for both of you.
After all, Kuaidi Dache’s Series C financing and Kuaipao’s Series B financing plan both rely on Penguin’s financial support.
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and when Liu Zhiping learned that Chen Yansen was planning to visit Spotify's headquarters, he immediately patted his chest and said that he had a good relationship with CEO Daniel Ek and would introduce him to Chen Yansen.
Chen Yansen smiled and did not reject the other party's kindness.
In fact, the cooperation between Orange Technology and Spotify is no less than that between Penguin Music and Spotify.
Alexa smart speakers have sold nearly 3 million units in the European and American markets, which is equivalent to adding 3 million paying users to Spotify, which undoubtedly provided great help to Spotify's financing.
After receiving the news of Chen Yansen's visit, Daniel Ek immediately rushed back to the Stockholm headquarters from the Lighthouse Country.
The Nordic market is too small. In order to enter the music streaming market in the Beacon Country, Daniel Ek focused on Europe and the United States as early as two years ago and usually resides in Manhattan, New York.
This shows the importance of Alexa smart speakers to Spotify.
At this time, it has been eight months since Spotify received its last round of financing.
Daniel Ek urgently needs additional funds to purchase copyrights from music companies and compete for market share with iTunes and Pandora.
Therefore, the ecological licensing cooperation with Orange Technology is particularly important. Once a long-term contract is signed, Daniel Ek can take the opportunity to raise Spotify's valuation and obtain more funds from investors.
Ten minutes later, Chen Yansen hung up the phone.
"Chen Yansen, be good and call me mommy!"
Song Yuncheng, who was lying on the bed, suddenly spoke something in his sleep in a very soft voice.
Ordinary people couldn't hear it clearly at all, but Chen Yansen's hearing was so good that he didn't miss a single word.
His face was dark, and he thought to himself: "What on earth is this guy dreaming about?"
On the first day they arrived in Norway, Chen Yansen read books to pass the time while Song Yuncheng lay on the bed and slept soundly.
It was not until 7:30 in the evening that Song Yuncheng opened his eyes sleepily.
"Are you dreaming?" Chen Yansen asked with a smile as he sat on the edge of the bed.
"How did you know?" Song Yuncheng asked in surprise.
"You talked in your sleep the whole afternoon and called me dad 17 times." Chen Yansen had a serious look on his face, but he was talking nonsense in his heart.
"Hehe, you just like to talk nonsense. It was obviously you who called me..." Song Yuncheng reacted instantly and shut up quickly.
"What did I call you?" Chen Yansen asked with a smile.
"Nothing, I forgot everything! I used to remember it, but I can't remember it anymore once you started talking." Song Yuncheng's earlobes turned slightly red as he made a random excuse.
Chen Yansen smiled and didn't ask any further questions.
After having dinner at the hotel, the two drove to the nearby Sognsvann Lake to watch the aurora.
At the same time, after receiving OTPP’s 400 million USD investment, Liu Qiangdong began to actively prepare for the Double 11 promotion of Dongfang, hoping to regain the second place in e-commerce! (End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
