"Oh?" Zhang Wenyi was ready to see Smith make a fool of himself. "A Chinese website just partnered with three e-commerce platforms for a promotion, and the transaction volume reached 200 million RMB in one hour, which is about 27 million USD."
"27 million!" Smith almost spat out his coffee, but then he thought about it. Although it was a lot, it was the combined amount from three platforms. Moreover, he had already witnessed China's consumption power several times at the end of last year, so although he was surprised, he didn't lose his composure.
Smith took another sip of coffee and said elegantly, "Not bad. This shows that China is a market with huge development potential. Why didn't you join them?"
Zhang Wenyi added, "Well, this promotion can only be participated in through the mobile app, but Amazon doesn't have a mobile app."
"puff……!"
Zhang Wenyi finally saw the scene he wanted to see.
"Hahahaha... Smith, I've finally seen you make a fool of yourself."
"Uh, cough cough, what did you just say? Only mobile app users can participate? Doesn't that mean only iOS and Android users can participate?"
Smith, no longer caring about Zhang Wenyi's mockery, asked in shock.
"Yes, only customers with smartphones can participate."
Is iPhone penetration in China really that high?
In Smith's memory, although Android can achieve the same functions as iOS, it has to be said that the current Android system's user experience is really not good. Therefore, in the United States, iPhone is basically synonymous with smartphone.
But iPhones are quite expensive, aren't they? Are you Chinese really that willing to spend money on mobile phones?
"No, no, no, a Chinese company released a new Android phone two months ago. The user experience is great, and it has become a hot seller. In just two months, the penetration rate of smartphones in China has at least doubled. Most importantly, its price is only about half that of an iPhone."
"Oh, by the way, the chief designer of this phone is the owner of the website I just mentioned that partners with the three major online shopping platforms."
"My God! This person must be a genius!"
"Indeed, the idea for our Black Friday shopping festival in China last year was his, but he has a rule that he charges a consulting fee of 5 million RMB every time he comes up with an idea."
Lin Chen: -_-|| No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense.
"Hehe, geniuses always have some weird little quirks. This idea for Black Friday in China is worth far more than 5 million, even 50 million would be more than worth it, and it directly boosted our Amazon global sales."
"Should Amazon also develop a mobile app?"
"I'll discuss it with the head of the technical department today before making a decision. By the way, what's this genius's name?"
"Lin Chen".
At this moment, there was another person beside Meidi, who was also muttering Lin Chen's name and holding a Xiaomi phone. This person's name was Steve Jobs.
"Steve, this Chinese phone is a blatant copy of our iPhone 4, we must sue this company!"
"No, no, no, you're wrong. This phone is different from the iPhone 4 in both size and button layout. How can you sue it? Are you going to tell the judge that it's because this phone looks a lot like our iPhone 4?"
"But……"
"Besides, this phone was released in April, while our iPhone 4 was released in June. We haven't even delivered the first batch of phones to customers yet, so how could they be copying us?"
"But our iPhone 4 design was completed last year. It's entirely possible that they stole our design."
"Where's the evidence?"
"……No!"
"So, the lawsuit is a joke. You should think about how to sell the iPhone 4 in the Chinese market instead."
"Sigh!" Apple's marketing director sighed and left Jobs' office helplessly. He knew that such a lawsuit was unlikely to succeed, but he still had to come up with a reason in advance for the significant decline in sales in the Chinese market.
Jobs continued examining the Xiaomi phone in his hand, muttering to himself, "Xiaomi, Lin Chen."
Meanwhile, Lin Chen, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, was unaware that these two big shots were paying attention to him. If he had known, he would have tried to get a photo with them.
At this moment, Lin Chen was fast asleep in his bed. The 618 shopping festival had gotten off to a very good start, and he hoped to push for another surge in transaction volume during the day on the 18th. He just didn't know how much he could ultimately achieve.
The next day, Lin Chen ate the jianbing guozi he had just bought as he arrived at the company.
Looking at the transaction volume curve, which was still steadily and slowly increasing, Lin Chen frowned: "Why is it growing so slowly? This is unreasonable."
Zhang Yiming explained, "President Lin, those who were supposed to place orders did so last night. There aren't any major promotions today, so this slow growth is normal."
"That won't do. If there aren't any events, we'll create some."
Lin Chen took a bite of the jianbing guozi and rolled his eyes.
"Got it! It's 9 o'clock now, Mr. Zhang. Go and retrieve the backend data. From the users who placed orders between midnight last night and 8 a.m. this morning, let's first select twenty users to receive free orders, then announce it. Also, explain that we will select ten users to receive free orders every four hours thereafter, until midnight."
"Mr. Lin, isn't this too much?"
"Not many, only 60 users who got free orders. On average, each person spent about 1,000 yuan, so that's only 60,000 yuan. Consider it advertising."
"OK."
Soon, Huasuan.com popped up an announcement, announcing the list of twenty users who won free orders, and stating that ten more users would be randomly selected to receive free orders every four hours until midnight.
The official Weibo account of Huasuan.com and Lin Chen's Weibo account also reposted it.
As soon as the event announcement was released, the 618 Mid-Year Shopping Festival once again became a trending topic.
"Damn, didn't Lin Gou say he'd give away ten free meals? How come it's suddenly twenty?"
"Don't call him Lin Gou anymore. From now on, he's my idol."
"No, I've done the math, there are sixty in total!"
"Ahhh, I didn't win anything last night. No way, I have to go buy some more things. I refuse to believe that I won't get even one out of sixty."
"Haha, upstairs, sorry, I won, but my order was only 300 yuan. I bought a pair of shoes last night. I'll place another order, maybe I can win again."
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