"Brother Shuang, now the mobile phone has been sold to a price of 12,000 yuan. Are we going to ship it? Two hundred customers have already placed orders for us."
"Twelve thousand, this price is okay, but don't release the goods at once. How much inventory do we have now?"
"Currently there are 130 American versions, 200 European versions, 500 Hong Kong versions, and 300 Japanese versions. The total adds up to more than 1,100."
"More than 1,100 copies will be shipped together in this way. One American version will be paired with two Hong Kong versions, and one Japanese version will be paired with one Japanese version. The price difference of each version is 500 yuan."
Li Shuang estimated that these more than a thousand mobile phones had already spent all his savings, and even borrowed a lot of money from China. But when all these mobile phones are shipped, they can bring him no less than 500 yuan.
Thousands of profits.
In less than a month, the profit doubled, which is already a terrifying profit.
Anyone who has done business knows that if you have 10,000 yuan, it is not difficult to double it to 20,000 yuan a month, but the larger the base, the smaller the profit ratio. If you double it to 1 million yuan a month,
, is already terrifying, let alone millions.
Li Shuang has even thought about the next few years. Every year when Apple phones are released, he can stock up on them and raise the price. Just making this profit every year is enough.
If you give him five years, it won't be difficult to make a fortune worth hundreds of millions.
"Okay, Brother Shuang, I'll make arrangements right now."
"Go ahead."
After arranging everything, Li Shuang decided to go out and relax. He didn't have a good rest in the past half month. Now he can finally have a good rest. Well, there seem to be a lot of people coming to the foot washing shop not far from the company.
New girl, it’s quite nice to go and soak your feet while singing and drinking.
Just when Li Shuang was thinking about how to feel comfortable at night, the employee who had left his office earlier came in again. Seeing his employee's reckless appearance, Li Shuang frowned and was quite dissatisfied.
"Brother Shuang, something happened."
"If anything happens, just talk to me calmly and don't make a fuss over the slightest thing."
Li Shuang glared at his employee angrily. Some people just have a bad mentality and become panicked over the smallest things. What else could happen now?
When doing this business, the biggest fear is that your mobile phone will be seized by the customs. But now that all the mobile phones have been safely transported, there is no need to worry at all.
"Brother Shuang, Apple has made an official announcement!"
"Is there an official announcement from Apple?"
Li Shuang glanced at his employee in confusion, and then opened Apple's official website on his computer. The moment the website opened, a pop-up box popped up.
“Apple China’s official website is open, click to browse.”
After pressing the click button, after reading the Apple China official website, Li Shuang's face turned pale and there was no trace of human color at all.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Li Shuang came to his senses and immediately shouted to the employees: "Quick, before most of them get the news, ship the goods immediately and sell all the goods in our hands."
"Brother Shuang, it's useless. There are advertisements on Fanfou.com and Kaixin.com, and they are also hung on the subways and some shopping mall advertising screens in first-tier cities. The news spread quickly, and everyone became popular on Fanfou.com.
Searched."
"how so?"
Li Shuang was completely stunned. The mouse clicked randomly in front of the computer for a while. After a while, he slumped back and fell limply on the chair.
"Where are the customers who placed orders?" Li Shuang asked, holding on to his last bit of determination.
"These customers are asking for returns."
"Return it. It's impossible to return it. Tell them that if you don't buy it, you won't get the deposit."
"I have said it, but some customers said they would rather not have a deposit."
Li Shuang's face turned pale. He could understand why these customers who had paid a deposit did not want to make a deposit, because the deposit was one thousand yuan, and the current price on the official website was only over five thousand. Even with the deposit, it was only about six thousand, which was far higher than the price.
It's much more cost-effective to buy from yourself.
"Brother Shuang, what should we do now?"
Hearing the employee's inquiry, Li Shuang was furious. How could he have hired such stupid employees? What else could he do? Naturally, he would ship the goods at the normal price. It would still take a week or two to make reservations on the official website.
, and they have it in stock and can sell it to more impatient customers to recover losses.
Otherwise, when the official website distributes the goods, it will be difficult to sell the goods in their hands. Compared with the foreign versions, where is the domestic version that is suitable for domestic use?
"Okay, I'll go now."
Seeing his employees running out of the office in a panic, Li Shuang had a helpless smile on his face. He originally thought of making a fortune by hyping up the Apple mobile phone, but he didn't expect that he would be incurring losses this time.
The market price of these more than 1,000 mobile phones is 5.3 million, and he spent 6 million to get them. In addition, the publicity and hype and employee expenses are close to 1 million. Now, it is estimated that they can be sold at most.
Five million, which means that he conservatively estimates that he will lose two million.
This also ensures that all these mobile phones can be sold. If one of them is not sold, he will be in debt for 5,000 yuan. Thinking of this, Li Shuang's heart is bleeding, and at the same time he is extremely cursing the Chinese company that represents Apple products.
company.
How can an agency like this not promote its products or even announce them to the public when they are launched? When it is suddenly exposed, this... it seems like they are deliberately trying to trick scalpers like them.
"Is it intentional, just to deceive us scalpers?"
This idea appeared in Li Shuang's mind for a few seconds, but he quickly rejected it because he thought it was impossible.
As Apple's agent in China, it should be eager for their scalpers to speculate, because the better the hype, first of all, the popularity will increase, and secondly, the price will be high, and the price can be raised internally.
Even if Apple has requirements not to allow price increases, this thing has too much room for manipulation. For example, if the number of mobile phones released is limited, and then privately sold at a higher price through other methods, you can make a lot more money.
The purpose of starting a company is to make money, so Li Shuang feels that the other party is definitely not targeting scalpers like them. The most likely reason is that this company may have just won the agency rights and did not have time to publicize it immediately.
The more I think about it, the more Li Shuang realizes that this possibility is very high. Apple’s new mobile phone is very popular around the world. It is normal for domestic big bosses to see business opportunities and negotiate cooperation with Apple. After all, as long as Apple does not seek death, the sales volume of several mobile phones in the future will be
It won't be bad.
What's more, in addition to mobile phones, Apple also has some other products, which are also very popular.
"No, I'm not the only one who died anyway, everyone is equally dead."
Li Shuang felt a little better when he thought that he was not the only one who was engaged in the scalping business of Apple mobile phones. He was not the only one who was unlucky this time. Although his losses were also huge, almost all of his savings over the years were lost.
But people have this kind of mentality. If I am unlucky alone, I will feel uncomfortable. If everyone is unlucky together, I will feel better.
…
"General Assistant Gao, the number of pre-orders currently on the waiting list is 6,000 units. If we continue at this rate, we estimate that 30,000 units can be shipped a month."
Six thousand units on the first day, only 30,000 units a month. Some people may doubt this estimate, but in fact there is nothing wrong with this estimate. People who will buy a five thousand yuan mobile phone are those who have money.
People have learned about it in advance, so they naturally want to buy it as soon as possible, and fewer people will buy it later. Multiplying this number five times is already considered a very good data.
Of course, if the later publicity is in place and the number of buyers increases, this is another situation.
…
"Mr. Zhang, it's not good!"
At the Dianping headquarters, Zhang Tao watched the head of the finance department walk in with a look of dissatisfaction on his face. His company had just raised funds and there was so much money on the company's books. Other departments might have problems, but the finance department was having the most difficult time during this period.
Comfortable.
"Mr. Zhang, look at this phone!"
Zhang Tao became even more annoyed when he looked at the brand-new mobile phone that the person in charge of finance took out. Of course I know that this is the latest Apple mobile phone and it is very popular on the market, but do you need to show it off in front of me?
"Mr. Zhang, I didn't make it clear. Look at the app store on this Apple phone."
After taking the phone, Zhang Tao glanced at the screen. After seeing clearly what was displayed on the screen, his pupils shrank and the expression on his face became serious. He asked: "What's going on? What's wrong with Meituan?"
It’ll be up here.”
"I don't know. This phone was purchased by an employee of my department. It just arrived today. When he was trying out this phone, he asked him to open the app store and found that the recommended download app interface popped up, which is Meituan.
This software."
"Pre-installed software!"
Zhang Tao's face turned ugly. Smartphones have begun to enter the domestic market, and it is not uncommon for mobile phones to have some software pre-installed. But the key point is that most of them are Android phones, and Apple phones have not yet appeared. According to the rules of Apple phones
, and they will not pre-install software from other companies.
Although Meituan is not pre-installed on mobile phones, once this recommendation page comes out, many Apple users will definitely download it. This means that Meituan will seize the Apple mobile phone user market one step ahead.
"Mr. Zhang, Apple mobile phone users are all high-quality users. If Meituan takes them away, it will be very detrimental to our competition."
Zhang Tao glanced at his financial manager, did he still need to remind him of this?
In an era when most mobile phones on the market cost RMB 2,000 to RMB 3,000, those who can buy a mobile phone for RMB 5,000 to RMB 6,000 must have good economic conditions, and these people are precisely the high-quality users that Meituan and Meituan compete with.
If you don’t have a lot of money, how can you download Dianping to choose delicious food and find nearby entertainment places? Therefore, in comparison, Apple users are high-quality users.