After dinner and making thorough preparations, Lu Feng finally returned home at 10 p.m., washed up briefly, and went straight to bed.
The next morning, the festive atmosphere was still strong in Guangzhou and Jiangsu. Traces of firecrackers could be seen on the streets and alleys. Some shops opened one after another, but they seemed rather deserted. In contrast, there were more people in front of Weipuda.
The best counter location right inside the entrance used to belong to Nokia, but it has now been given to Jiaxun Mobile. Whether it's the sign at the entrance or the huge Jiaxun Mobile logo on the wall inside, it all shows the unparalleled status of this mobile phone here.
Inside the store, seven or eight men in their thirties leaned against the counter, asking questions while holding Jiaxun mobile phones in their hands, each of them appearing somewhat hesitant.
A mobile phone is not a television set and is not a necessity for the vast majority of people nowadays. Moreover, the price of a mobile phone is significantly higher than that of a television set.
"What's the price?" one of the men asked.
"The price isn't clear yet; we'll have to ask the head office later. I think this is more cost-effective than foreign brands. It's a partnership with the Post and Telecommunications Group. Once you apply for network access, you can set the two numbers as 'close numbers' and make calls for free," the salesperson explained.
“I’ve never even heard of this brand. What if it breaks down and you run away? Where are we supposed to find it?” another man expressed his concern.
"Hey! You can rest assured, this is a big company, Jiafeng, you know? All the products in this store belong to them. Nokia is a big brand, right? We still cooperate." A woman who looked like a supervisor walked over and pointed to the repair and after-sales service booth in the store, saying, "Three-month warranty, don't worry."
Hearing this, the people next to him couldn't hold back any longer and said, "If it's under seven thousand, I'll buy it. I only have seven thousand left."
Just as the female supervisor was about to continue her sales pitch, she was called away by someone from the back room who said there was a phone call. She went in and came out a few minutes later with a smile, saying, "I have news, it'll sell for six thousand!"
The price of six thousand yuan undoubtedly surprised everyone present. The eldest brother, who had the strongest desire to buy, immediately bought one, while the others hesitated.
This scene was playing out at Jiafeng's various stores early in the morning.
Lu Feng didn't arrive at the company until almost noon. The first thing he did was call Zhu Lidong and Du Guoying over and ask, "How were the sales this morning?"
Du Guoying looked at Zhu Lidong with a hint of surprise and said, "President Zhu, please speak."
"It's not a huge number of data points, why do I need to tell you? The data that came back from various stores by phone this morning shows that sales were pretty good, 900 phones sold. We have 120 stores in 34 cities across two provinces, so each store sold an average of 7.5 phones. Some stores in less desirable locations didn't sell a single one. Compared to Motorola and Nokia's sales volume, this is already very high," Zhu Lidong replied.
"So, selling two thousand units today is no problem?" Lu Feng didn't show much emotion at the data. He stood there for a moment, stunned, and said, "Let the media promote it. We sold two thousand eight hundred phones this morning, with total sales exceeding sixteen million. We made four million in five hours."
“President Lu, we’re already operating at a loss. If we announce that we’ve made four million, won’t consumers think our products are cheap?” Du Guoying reminded him.
“I don’t care what consumers think. Right now, I just want people to think that making mobile phones is like making money off of nothing. After this report is published, Mr. Zhu, when you go to various events, tell everyone you meet that we can open up our entire production line for OEM manufacturing.” Lu Feng said to Zhu Lidong, “We can do everything from product quality and design to the built-in operating system, except for the communication chip. They can put whatever brand they want on it, and we can lower the barrier to entry so that we can start production with just a hundred units.”
"I understand!" Zhu Lidong nodded.
Communication chips have become Lu Feng's current pain point. If the lithography machine hadn't malfunctioned, he could have produced communication chips on his own within a few months.
At that time, Jiafeng would have become a company that frantically outputs finished mobile phones and accessories of all grades to the society, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.
Zhu Lidong's announcement of Jiaxun mobile phones quickly attracted widespread attention in the industry, and the sales volume of 2,800 units in just one morning truly surprised many people.
Many people estimated that Jiaxun phones would sell a few hundred units on the first day, which would be considered good, considering it was being sold in two provinces. But the current figures are making people wonder: are there really that many wealthy people in China?
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