"I'm so stupid that I just set the price to the end! This is it!"
"Just now I was thinking of buying one for my sister for 1,299, and two more for my parents for 999, but now it's 799..."
"I feel like I'm at a loss. I can buy three Guci 2s now."
"It's a loss. The youth version only loses money. It's almost the same as Azolla at twice the price."
"The Youth Edition processor should be better, but 799 doesn't say anything. The Luoshen system alone is worth it."
"Same feeling! 799's Luoshen system!"
"At this moment, I have only one thought: Mr. Wei is awesome!"
"Mr. Wei is mighty! I will give birth to a monkey for you."
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The live broadcast room almost exploded. The low-key and boring press conference before that had all become a foreshadowing for this moment.
Although after two years of development by Guci Mobile, smartphones are still synonymous with "high-end" in China. The price of Guci Mobile in 1999 is very cost-effective compared to the configuration.
But with that kind of configuration, it is a high-end mobile phone in itself!
The price of 1999 also has nothing to do with the general public!
With the rapid expansion of smartphones in the country in the past two years, more people have begun to know the concept of smartphones, but overall smartphones still represent expensive and have a very high threshold.
Xiaomi Youth Edition 1299 has caused heated discussions on the Internet because this phone has lowered the threshold for smartphones.
Before that, this threshold was guarded by Guci Mobile Youth Edition.
Under this, the world is dominated by copycat phones.
As for "China Kulian", which has started offering packages and free mobile phones in operator business halls in the second half of this year, it is no different from copycat phones.
For consumers, this is undoubtedly great news.
For colleagues in the industry, this was a real bolt from the blue.
In the Xiaomi company not far away, Lei Jun's heart had completely sunk, and at the same time, a feeling of irritability and powerlessness was brewing.
799!
The Redmi mobile phone they are preparing is currently priced at 799!
This Wei Qingfan always seems to be walking in front of him, and every step he takes is almost the same as him... The same is true for Guci Mobile 1999, and the same is true for Manjianghong's 799.
This made him a little frustrated, and he felt a sense of despair when he met someone even more awesome despite being already very good. He deeply understood the mood of Zhou Yu's words before his death in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "How can you be bright when you are born with Yu".
At the same time, he felt a little proud for no reason.
"Wei Qingfan also did this, which at least shows that what he did was right, a very wise and correct decision..."
He thought like this, and it took him a while to slowly get rid of such frustration and regain his fighting spirit.
Xiaomi is small and cannot compete head-on with GushiCi. However, it takes time to iterate mobile phone products. I can’t compete head-on with you, so why not stagger the time?
You are releasing Manjianghong now, and I will release Redmi next year, half a year later than you!
In half a year, the price of components will definitely drop a lot. By then, even if the phone is small, Redmi phones will be available at the same favorable price.
I can make the allocation a little higher and the profit a little lower... You make a hundred, I make sixty or even thirty, that's alright, right?
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Although Xiaomi has just started and is being pressured by the ancient poetry company, as the first one to “follow the trend” after the rise of the ancient poetry company, it now also has considerable influence on the Chinese Internet.
The release of Azolla has a huge impact on Xiaomi, but it can still be dealt with and supported.
But for those genuine copycat mobile phone manufacturers, it is a real bolt from the blue and catastrophe!
Xiamen, Yuyuan Villa.
Gao Chenghai was in the study room looking at the computer screen in a daze.
He is the father of Gao Shuxin. Li Wanyi lived in the villa next door when she was studying at Xiamen University. His wife Wei Ning has a good relationship with Li Wanyi. He also has a small friendship with Wei Qingfan, who has never been so successful.
If you really think about it, Zhang Yuanping, now a senior figure in the ancient poetry company, was "introduced" to Wei Qingfan by him.
He has been working hard for many years and has several businesses. He was initially engaged in aquatic products, and then he seized the opportunity to engage in mobile phone parts. In the past few years, he tried to make copycat mobile phones, with some success.
He had already heard the news from his daughter and Zhang Yuanping that Gushici Company was going to launch a smartphone worth less than 1,000 yuan, and both of them advised him to give up copycat phones.
Because in the face of Azolla, these domestic smartphone manufacturers, one by one, are all garbage!
There is no competitive one!
There is no way to survive!
In this case, it is better to focus on the supply of components and enter the supply system of Gushici Company, and at least get a bite of the meat along with it.
He was unwilling to give in before. After seeing the configuration specifications introduced at the press conference, he was already in despair. He still held on to the last unrealistic hope, hoping that the price would be higher.
As soon as the price of 799 came out, he finally gave up.
Starting from today, domestic copycat mobile phone manufacturers cannot be said to be dead. There will always be some leftovers, but at least more than 70% of the copycat mobile phone manufacturers in the entire market will be finished.
After all, China Cool Alliance is also eyeing this piece of meat. After being divided up by these companies, how many drops of soup will be left?
"Concentrate on component supply..."
He sighed and made a decision secretly. Just as he was judging how much friendship was left from the previous encounters, the door suddenly opened and his wife walked in. She glanced at him and asked strangely: "What's the matter? You're frowning."
of?"
"nothing."
Gao Chenghai sighed and asked again: "By the way, do you still have contact with that Li Wanyi? She's the girl next door."
"this……"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wei Ning was a little strange, "I haven't contacted you for a long time. Didn't she go to the capital to find Mr. Wei? She hasn't come back recently... Why are you asking this?
Well?"
"I guess I'll have to find a way to make a living off of others... I'll go back and ask Shu Xin."
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At the press conference, the applause and cheers stopped after a while. Wei Qingfan stood on the podium without stopping or rushing to speak.
After everyone's emotions were vented, he smiled and said: "It seems that everyone is surprised by the price and very satisfied..."
"satisfy!"
Someone below yelled at the top of their lungs and added, "Mr. Wei is awesome!"
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and at the same time, some people were shouting, "Mr. Wei is awesome."
Wei Qingfan smiled and continued: "In 2007, Steve Jobs released the first-generation iPhone. During the summer vacation of the same year, I came into contact with the iPhone through a classmate... I believe this phone will change the lives of people all over the world.
Life.
"A few years have passed, and I have seen smartphones develop, with more and more powerful functions, more and more software, and more and more things that can be done...
"At the same time, I also discovered that the prices of iPhones in China are different from those in China. They are much more expensive in China!"
"Then I went to find out more and found that not only the iPhone, but all mobile phones are more expensive in China! Not only are they more expensive, but they are also worse!"
"We have to use a more expensive price to buy a worse mobile phone..."
"I wanted to change this, so I came up with the idea of making a mobile phone."
When Wei Qingfan said this, he paused for a moment. The scene became silent as everyone listened to his story. The press conference felt like it had inexplicably turned into a speech.
“When we made the first-generation Guci mobile phone, we thought about setting the price lower, but we didn’t have the ability at the time, and the price of 1999 was already the limit.
"Fortunately, after more than a year of hard work and the hard work of colleagues in various departments of our company, we finally did it!"
When he talked about this, he really felt a little emotional. Among the ancient poetry employees at the scene, some people were also inexplicably moved, because it is really easy to make money working in the ancient poetry company, and the work is really difficult!
Moreover, some people noticed Wei Qingfan’s choice of words. He always said “we”, including his description of the press conference, which was all about us, not me.
“Our Guci mobile phone is very easy to use and the price of 1999 is very value for money!
“However, in our country, there are many people who are reluctant to spend 1,999 to buy a mobile phone!
"It has been more than a year since the Guci mobile phone was released. I have seen that more domestic mobile phone brands have emerged, providing more competitive products, giving our country's consumers more choices...
"I'm very happy, really. I hope everyone can have more choices when buying things.
“This is how the market should be. Only with competition can there be vitality, and only then can consumers buy more affordable and better-used products!
“But at the same time, I have also seen that most of these good products are concentrated in the price range above 1,000 yuan, and there are not enough good products in the market below 1,000 yuan.
"Smartphones are one of the most high-tech manifestations of our current human beings. Such high-tech products and such useful things should not be something that can only be enjoyed in part!
"So, the Azumi mobile phone is here!
"So, we set a price of 799 with almost no room for profit!"
"I hope this phone can bring more people into contact with smartphones, so that more people can enjoy the changes in life brought by technology and enjoy the fun brought by technology..."
Along with Wei Qingfan's words, the slogan appeared on the big screen at the back, with eye-catching red characters:
Let more people enjoy the fun of technology
"Hua Hua Hua"
"Hua Hua Hua"
Warm applause swept quickly and kept getting more and more enthusiastic for a long time.
Wei Qingfan waited quietly, and then continued to speak, and the applause stopped with his voice: "Here, I would like to thank all supplier partners for providing high-quality, reliable, high-quality and low-price components!
At the same time, we would like to thank the mobile company for its cooperation and support with us...
"Guci Manjianghong mobile phone will open for reservations on December 9th! You can make reservations online, on our Guci mobile phone official website and in the mall. At the same time, I also announce here that on December 9th, Guci mobile phone will officially enter Taobao Mall.
, you can also make an appointment on Taobao Mall. It will be officially sold at 10:8 am on December 16th!
“In addition to online, you can also go to offline mobile business halls or our official after-sales store of Guci Mobile to make reservations for Manjianghong mobile phones.
"In addition, we also provide five different colors of back shells for the Manjiang Red mobile phone, priced at 69 yuan. You can buy them according to your preferences."
"Today's press conference of Azumi mobile phone ends here. Thank you for your support and love. We will continue to work hard to bring you more and better products...Thank you everyone!"
After Wei Qingfan finished speaking, he bowed to express his thanks, and the press conference officially ended.
From this moment on, or to be more precise, from the announcement of the price of 799, the name "Manjianghong" spread through the Internet and through people-to-people communication even more exaggeratedly than the original 1999 Guci mobile phone.
It quickly spread in all directions on the ancient land of China.
The difference is that the last time the Guci mobile phone sold for 1999 was shocking, it was only limited to digital enthusiasts, young people in college, white-collar workers in the city...these people who have the ability to consume and pursue better life enjoyment.
But this time, the name Manjianghong began to spread to more corners of society, to people who had never received attention during the development of smartphones - at least not yet.
This speed is not fast, it is very slow, because for many people, 799 is not cheap either.
However, these people began to know because of their children, because of someone around them, or even because of the recommendation of the roadside shop owner.
They began to know that the screen of mobile phones can be so big, that mobile phones can have no buttons, that mobile phones can make calls and send text messages for free, that they can start videos through mobile phones, and that they can see family members they rarely see a few times throughout the year...
This coincided with the news that Lingxi officially announced the launch of the "Lingxi Official Account" that night. In both the hardware and software dimensions, it jointly promoted changes in society - at least in Chinese society, and people's lifestyle changes.
Two days later, on December 9, a few months earlier than originally planned, Alipay launched the “Scan QR Code to Pay” function;
On the same day, the media reported that "Lingxi" had obtained a "payment license" and officially began to enter mobile payment;
In mid-March, China’s earliest mobile taxi-hailing software “Kuaidi” was officially launched in Hangzhou;
In the second half of the year, Zhang Yiming, who felt the advent of the mobile Internet trend, resigned from his position as CEO of Jiujiufang earlier than ever before. After receiving active investment from Wei Qingfan, he started his fifth business venture.
The company's name is "ByteDance", and the first product they will launch is called "Today's Toutiao".
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Similar changes and transformations are spread across this ancient and vibrant vast land.