Chapter five hundred and thirty eight high-tech products
Yangcheng is located in an office building in the center of the city. There is a signboard of "Dongsheng Investment" hanging at the door of a medium-sized office.
In the past year, Dongsheng Investment has completed several investments, and several projects have begun to bear fruit, putting the fledgling Dongsheng Investment on the right track.
This has directly made this fledgling investment company famous in the capital circle. Of course, the main reason is the personal fame bonus brought by the boss Zhou Dongsheng.
In this regard, it is quite similar to Principal Wang’s Pus Investment.
In the past year, Lu Sifang and others have worked hard without any credit, even though Zhou Dong played a key role in several major investments of the company.
However, as the hands-off shopkeeper, the subsequent wiping and aftermath work was basically completed by Lu Sifang's team.
Of course, Lu Sifang’s team also played a role in securing the two investments in shared bicycles. Zhou Dongsheng was very satisfied with his tool-man attributes.
Therefore, Zhou Dongsheng was not stingy with the year-end bonus, allowing the people of Lu Sifang’s team to have a good year.
Just after the New Year, Lu Sifang received instructions from Zhou Dongsheng again and led his team to devote themselves to work again.
Although I don’t know why the boss changed his taste this time, from investing in game companies to sharing economy, the span between the two is not big, after all, it still falls within the scope of the Internet.
But this time, have you already set your sights on the catering industry?
Although food is the most important thing for the people, the catering industry has always been a prosperous industry, ranging from large catering chains to mom-and-pop shops. It can be said to be a popular industry with extremely high upper and lower limits.
It is precisely because of this that in the investment circle, there are countless investments in the catering industry, but the span from the Internet to catering is really wide enough.
Could it be that this is a signal that the boss’s investment focus has shifted from the Internet to industry?
In this regard, Lu Sifang only thought about it in his heart, but actually fulfilled Zhou Dongsheng's instructions loyally and conscientiously.
Although Lu Sifang left a big investment bank and wanted to prove himself, but...
The boss gave me too much!
It's better to do your best for the boss honestly.
After some painstaking research, Lu Sifang was surprised to find that this milk tea shop, which had begun to expand its chain, indeed had many unique features.
I have to say that the boss's investment vision has always been so mysterious. I don't know how the boss noticed this milk tea shop...
Just when Lu Sifang was about to send relevant information to Zhou Dongsheng for reporting, he happened to receive photos and information from Hu Weiwei.
When Lu Sifang clicked on the photo, his eyes lit up. The silver structure and bright orange wheels gave him a unique sense of technology.
There is a sense of sultryness all over the body, making people have the urge to ride it.
Lu Sifang: Mr. Hu, your bicycle is so beautiful. Judging from its appearance, I think this is already a successful shared bicycle product.
Hu Weiwei: Mr. Lu is very impressed. Let me briefly report to you the technical parameters of this product.
This is the first mass-produced bicycle we have carefully developed. We regard it as a classic model of Mobike. Its body is made of all-aluminum material. The aluminum material not only achieves rust-proof and beautiful effects, but also has twice the performance of ordinary bicycles.
The safety factor of the rack.
At the same time, taking into account the most important practicality of shared bicycles and the trouble of subsequent maintenance, we use solid tires to eliminate the trouble of tire blowouts.
Secondly, it adopts shaft transmission and single swing arm. Without the chain, there is no trouble of losing the chain.
The support of innovative technologies such as the one-piece body molding process has comprehensively improved the performance and durability of the bicycle, ensuring that under high-frequency use, it can achieve a service life of more than 5 years even without manual maintenance.
He said it was a brief introduction, but when it came to his proud works, Hu Weiwei was like an old mother, tirelessly promoting her children.
After all, as an entrepreneur, only Hu Weiwei knows how many ups and downs he went through in the process of developing this product. Now that the finished product is finally available, Hu Weiwei feels that all the hard work has been rewarded.
The most important thing is that he did not let down the investors who came to help him in times of need, so no, Hu Weiwei came to report the good news immediately.
Lu Sifang: Mr. Hu’s persistence made me truly understand that technology is the core productivity. I believe that once such a product is launched, it will be highly sought after by consumers. Even I can’t wait to experience it.
The impulse...
After the businessmen exchanged compliments, Lu Sifang changed the topic and asked about the key point. After asking him clearly, it took him a while to report with Zhou Dongsheng.
Lu Sifang: By the way, Mr. Hu, how much does the product cost? Is the current plan to launch it in Beijing? How many bicycles do you want to launch in the first batch...
Compared with the technical highlights of the product, Lu Sifang's concerns are obviously more to the point.
After all, no matter how good a product is, if it is not released to the market and has not gone through the market testing process, it will obviously be just talk on paper.
Although the best thing at the capital poker table is telling stories, no matter how good the story is, it must ultimately return to the essential issues.
That is to make money, to make as much money as possible.
If you don't ask for anything in return, why not do charity?
After hearing Lu Sifang's question, Hu Weiwei also felt a little embarrassed and replied without confidence: Well, because a lot of technology has been integrated, the cost is a little bit high...
It is currently estimated that the ex-factory price of each bicycle is more than 4,000 yuan. However, according to our estimated service life, it will only take one year to recover the cost after being put on the market. Profitability is definitely not a problem...
After finishing speaking, Hu Weiwei felt slightly uneasy, for fear of irritating investors.
After all, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds. In order to achieve Hu Weiwei's positioning of shared bicycles as much as possible, too many high-tech means were used in this product.
Whether it is GPS global positioning, solar charging, integrated run-proof tires, shaft drive, or all-aluminum body, these are all real costs. It can be said that this full sense of technology is indeed not an adjective, but is paid for by the high cost.
As the saying goes, nothing good is cheap, and expensive things often have only one drawback: they are expensive!
When Lu Sifang heard the price, his mouth went dry. The cost of 4,000 yuan didn't seem very high, but you must know that this is a shared bicycle!
Such product positioning requires large-scale deployment so that users can have a comprehensive and convenient experience. If there are only three or five vehicles, the sharing effect will not be reflected at all.
At this price, wouldn’t 1,000 bicycles cost 4 million?
And 1,000 bicycles are just a drop in the bucket for a huge market. This is not a sharing economy, it is simply a bottomless pit!
Compared with the development route of other shared bicycle companies, they are simply two extremes.
However, after being surprised, Lu Sifang quickly calmed down.
Lu Sifang: I understand the good situation and I will report it to my boss right now!
Hehe, he doesn't need to make a decision anyway, he just needs to report it to the boss.
I wonder how the boss will react when he hears this price?
