Lu Feng gave a very ambitious figure: ten years from now, the R&D company will have no fewer than 50,000 R&D professionals worldwide.
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As soon as the Motorola store opened, the first scalper rushed up and asked for 500 units. According to his estimate, the store only had a maximum of 1,000 units. If he bought half of them, the remaining scalpers wouldn't be able to buy many. He would then sell them to them at a markup of 50 yuan.
"Five hundred units!" the teller shouted towards the warehouse at the back.
Five hundred units filled ten large crates, which looked quite impressive when they were piled up to the side. The people behind them got anxious when they saw this and started cursing.
The man emptied his bag of money; he knew that the bag might not be big enough to hold it all later.
The people in line behind them rushed in, shouting, "I want a hundred of them!"
Actually, he wanted to buy 500 units at once, but he was short of money. Without hundreds of thousands or millions of yuan in cash, it would be difficult to do this scalping business.
"One hundred units!" the teller shouted calmly.
Then another hundred units, then seventy units, then two hundred units. It seemed like there was an endless supply in the warehouse. There was only one exclusive store in the entire Shenzhen. Yesterday's supply was already excessive, and today it felt like an even greater supply.
After three thousand units were shipped, the first guy who bought five hundred was dumbfounded. He couldn't help but step forward and ask, "How many units did you get?"
"A Steyr came yesterday, what's wrong?"
"A Steyr?" the man exclaimed.
In an instant, all the scalpers were dumbfounded. Scarcity drives up prices, and they couldn't afford to buy a truckload of goods. The scalpers in the queue behind them were already hesitant. If users could buy it for 3,990 yuan, who would still buy from them at a markup?
"Is this how you do things? Huh! Are you even human? Is this how you sell things?"
"Who gave you permission to sell like this? Didn't you say you'd sell hundreds or even a thousand units a day?"
"Return! Return!"
"What are you yelling about?" the clerk snapped, "You complained when you couldn't buy it, and now that you have too much stock, you're complaining about having too much, huh? No refunds, no way! Go return it wherever you want!"
The oversupply caught everyone off guard, and soon there was a constant stream of curses outside the store. The guy who bought 500 units didn't dare to linger and quickly found a car. He was going to take the goods directly to another city to sell them off at a low price that day.
Motorola stores in first- and second-tier cities across the country have increased their supply. The new pagers that could only be bought from scalpers at inflated prices can now be obtained at stores for less than 4,000 yuan.
People flocked to the store immediately, and sales were booming.
Meanwhile, Bird's advertisements began bombarding various local TV stations. At lunchtime, Lu Feng was eating in a private room. In the corner of the room was a Wepuda TV, which happened to be broadcasting Guangzhou TV.
"Waveguide pager, your good helper! This pager, manufactured in Ningbo, is inexpensive, reliable, and has a good signal. It also has a Chinese character display function, and it's only 2,999 yuan. Waveguide pager, great!!!"
The image shows a middle-aged man wearing a white suit jacket, holding a pager and giving an introduction, with a production workshop in the background.
The room was unusually quiet because everyone knew that President Lu had filmed a ridiculous advertisement, which, in their minds, was the standard advertising template.
Kevin remained silent for a while. He was no longer so eager to leave. After all, Lu Feng still had some personal charm. He cleared his throat and was the first to speak, "How about we reshoot? We can postpone it for a few more days. It's still possible, since we've already postponed it anyway."
Lu Feng glanced at everyone and asked, "Why isn't anyone saying anything? You just overheard one thing and you think my ad is bad?"
Zhu Lidong was the first to react, saying with a slight Beijing accent, "The advertisement shot by President Lu is great!!"
"Advertisements directed by President Lu must be excellent!!" Du Guoying chimed in with flattery.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Seeing their disbelief, Lu Feng said, "Let's eat. You'll see when it's on TV!"
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Tomorrow marks the start of the high-level communications forum. Today, planes are landing one after another, and corporate executives from all over the country have arrived in Shenzhen. Tomorrow is destined to be a heated debate, and all of this is happening against the backdrop of Motorola's impending market dominance over Bird!
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