Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

The atmosphere suddenly turned from lifeless to abnormally explosive. Pei Qian was completely stunned.

For a moment, he could not accept reality. He could not figure out how all of this had happened.

Fortunately, there were two professionals in front of him.

The interest of the two young men in front was obviously aroused. The older man instructed his subordinate to snatch the cell phone while sighing. "Tricks! The news conference of Otto Technologies is indeed full of tricks!"

"Develop different conference strategies for different persons-in-charge, I wonder if this was Jiang Yuan's idea or Boss Chang's? Or… Boss Pei's idea?"

"It's probably Boss Pei's idea!"

"I remember that Chang You had held some news conferences when he was working at the original company. However, his talent for crosstalk had yet to be activated. He therefore did not manage to do anything good."

"In other words, Boss Pei must have been secretly giving instructions to the product launch of Otto Technologies. That's why it was so effective!"

The underling lowered his head and operated on his cell phone. "Yes, that makes sense."

"Aye! I got it!"

"The stocks this time seem to be much more than the previous one. It's not that difficult to snatch. There are still stocks now."

"However, it might also be because there are fewer people paying attention on the internet this time. After all, they only said that this was a new technology exchange. No one knew that cell phones would be sold."

"However, it looks like this situation won't be able to last more than an hour once the news spreads."

"Aye, you're saying that Boss Pei was secretly giving advice? This news conference is full of tricks? What tricks? Why don't I feel anything?"

The slightly older man said, "Didn't you notice? This new person-in-charge, Jiang Yuan, is much worse than Chang You. He's not eloquent. He definitely can't use Chang You's method to hold a news conference."

"However, he made good use of his innate qualities to create another style!"

"Jiang Yuan gives people the feeling that he has stage fright and is not very confident. He is also very serious when talking about the new technology. It makes people sleepy. However, this will make the audience's psychological expectations especially low."

"If Boss Chang were to hold this news conference, everyone would be waiting for him to show off. Then, everyone would not be so shocked when the cell phone really comes out."

"That's why this is targeted at different products and different people in charge. They have to do different things at the news conference to maximize the audience's emotions!"

"Not only that, the pricing strategy of this cell phone is also worth pondering over. If I'm not wrong, the stocks of this cell phone should mainly be concentrated on the high-storage version and the custom-made Mission and Choice version. The ordinary version only plays the role of a price anchor, making everyone feel that the high-storage and custom-made version are especially worth it, thus increasing the sales of these two versions!"

"The difference is obvious compared to those cell phone manufacturers who sell their cell phones for more than gold!"

"They're all earning money the same way. Those manufacturers are disgusting. Spending less money on the low-storage version means consumers have to delete things every day if they don't have enough storage. However, consumers might only be able to buy tens of Gigabytes if they spent a few hundred more yuan if they want a larger storage space. Yet, they might still feel that it is a loss compared to the low-storage version."

"On the other hand, Otto Technologies' way of doing things makes consumers feel unconflicted. In fact, the cell phone's pricing might be the same, but consumers would feel very comfortable. That's too brilliant!"

"What's more, this cell phone has been exclusively optimized for Tengda's mobile game. It's even more attractive than other mobiles!"

"This cell phone… is probably more successful than E1…"

Pei Qian felt light-headed as he listened to the two brothers' discussion.

What the hell!

Why did it become 'Boss Pei's idea'? What had that got to do with him?!

Pei Qian might have listened intermittently and felt confused by many of the comments but he was certain that something unexpected had happened to the news conference that he had thought would be foolproof.

He had lost control! He had completely lost control!

However, that was not all.

Jiang Yuan finished introducing the cell phone's price, the unique features of the custom-made version of Mission and Choice, and the game optimization of Tengda's mobile games for G1 cell phones on stage. The news conference also entered its final stage.

"Regarding the stock of G1 cell phones this time…"

"First, I would like to make it clear to everyone that Otto Technologies has always dealt with scalpers harshly. This can be seen from the various regulations set by E1 when it was released."

"There was a shortage of stocks for E1 cell phones when they were released because we were still a small company at that time. We did not have much cash flow so we could only stock them in batches;"

"However, even though our capital chain is much healthier now, the pressure on the supply chain is greater because G1 cell phones use many new technologies. Therefore, we still cannot stock them on a large scale like other large factories."

"Don't be anxious if the cell phones are out of stock. We will take the time to mass-produce the cell phones like we did with E1. We will strictly restrict the scalpers. You will definitely be able to obtain the cell phones as long as you wait patiently."

"In addition, we have also distributed a portion of our shares to our offline store. We welcome everyone to the offline stores to experience the phone in real life and make an appointment to purchase it. The address and location of the store are on the big screen."

"This is the entire contents of this news conference. Once again, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone!"

"Please leave the venue in an orderly manner. You can collect free gifts at the entrance."

Jiang Yuan could not help but heave a sigh of relief after he finished speaking.

He had completed his mission!

There might only be one cell phone news conference a year for only about one hour each time, but to Jiang Yuan, this was obviously the most challenging segment of his work.

It was a good thing that Boss Pei was there to take care of everything. Everything was finally over!

The news conference was over, but everyone's enthusiasm had not subsided.

Pei Qian had intended to leave, but he stopped after hearing Jiang Yuan's last sentence. He looked at the big screen in disbelief.

There was the address and location of the shop. Obviously, it was the store where Tian Mo was at!

Boss Pei had set up a sales department and opened a new Tengda store in the shopping mall. That was no secret within the company.

The E1 cell phones were placed in the shop all year round. These cell phones were obviously sent over by Otto Technologies. Jiang Yuan naturally knew the location of the shop.

It was natural to send some prototypes to the offline store for customers to visit and experience after the G1 cell phone was officially released.

Everything seemed fine, but Pei Qian felt like he had been struck by lightning.

"No!!"

"Tian Heiquan, you have to hold out against them!"

Pei Qian could no longer remain calm. He immediately left the venue of the news conference and rushed towards Tian Mo's shop!

…

At the same time, Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong were playing games in the shop.

Tian Mo was on the sofa outside, and Zhuang Dong was inside the Experience Zone. They were playing different games but their expressions were equally serious and focused.

The key was that they had nothing else to do other than play games.

There were no flies or mosquitoes in the shopping mall.

In fact, the traffic was quite good when the shop was first opened. Many people entered by mistake, but they basically did not sell anything.

It was still the same reason: Young people who were interested had basically bought the products online. People who were originally not interested had basically lost the nature of buying after being dissuaded.

Of course, there were also special ones. They had heard of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine before. Now that they saw the real thing, they felt that it was not bad and insisted on buying one. Tian Mo dissuaded them for a long time but they refused to listen. They could only sell it to him.

However, such people were rare.

The shop might have broken the record of having zero sales, but there was no need to report to Boss Pei if they only sold a few items.

Customers would not come again if they came once and realized that there was nothing to buy.

On top of that, today was the first working day after the holidays. There were not many people in the shopping mall and it looked deserted. There were even fewer customers in the store.

Thus, Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong did not have anything else to do. They could only play the game seriously like Boss Pei had instructed them to. They wanted to clear all the games in the shop as soon as possible.

Suddenly, footsteps came from outside.

Tian Mo put down the controller and looked up. He saw two young men from Upwind Logistics pushing two large boxes on a cart to the entrance of the shop.

"This is…?" Tian Mo was confused.

The young man said, "Oh, this is the new cell phone from Otto Technologies. We just shipped it over from the storeroom. They said that they put some display sets in the store for customers to experience. Of course, some of them can be sold directly."

Tian Mo nodded and helped the young man unload the goods. Then, he selected a few cell phones as prototypes and placed the remaining unopened cell phones in the storage area.

There were some display sets on the counter previously, but they were all E1 cell phones. Tian Mo only kept a small portion. He changed all the prototypes into new cell phones and changed the price tags.

"Eh, this cell phone looks quite nice. Why is the screen so big?"

"But it's really expensive!"

"It costs 10,000 yuan each. This is unbelievable…"

"Most people probably can't afford it. We have to wait for the whales."

Tian Mo played with it for a while but did not pay much attention to it.

The E1 cell phones had been in the shop for so long and not a single one had been sold after all. Recently, the traffic in the shop has been so cold. Tian Mo felt that not many people would look at them even if they were to be displayed. The price was so high. He did not know when they would be able to sell them all.

Tian Mo sat back on the sofa and picked up the controller to play the game again.

After some time, footsteps came from outside.

However, the footsteps sounded much more hurried this time.

Tian Mo was a little surprised. He turned around and saw two brothers walking towards the door one after another. They looked up and confirmed Tengda's logo. Then, they immediately said, "Boss! Do you have Otto's new cell phone here? Give me one!"

Eh? Guests!

Tian Mo quickly stood up. "The display sets are on the counter. You can try it out before making a decision."

The two brothers saw the display sets but they had no intention of playing with it at all. Instead, they were in a hurry to pay. "No need. I want to pay now! Do I scan the QR code or pay by card?"

Tian Mo was shocked. So urgent?

However, that would not do. That would not be in line with our work ethic!

Tian Mo revealed a very kind smile. "Please allow me to introduce the problems of this cell phone to you…"

The two brothers could not take it anymore. "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up, we'll each get one. We know the shortcomings very well from the news conference. Give us our cell phones! We want the custom-made versions!"

Tian Mo did not know what to say at that moment. Boss Pei might have emphasized that he had to tell the customers the shortcomings of the product but the customers had already said so much. What else could he say as a salesperson?

Tian Mo could only take out two unopened cell phones. They were both custom-made Mission and Choice versions. He handed them over.

The custom-made Mission and Choice version was larger than the ordinary version. Its appearance was also completely different and very recognizable.

The two brothers were overjoyed. They immediately paid with their cards and left happily, as if they had found a treasure.

Tian Mo had wanted to take the opportunity to talk about the cell phone's shortcomings, but he did not have the chance to.

He shook his head and was about to sit down when he heard hurried footsteps outside.

"Boss, do you still have the G1 cell phone?"

"I want a custom-made version. If there's no custom-made version, I want the high-storage version!"

Tian Mo was confused.

He tried his best to go through the process at first. However, these customers were obviously in a hurry. They could not wait for him to finish the process at all. They could not wait to take the POS machine and swipe their cards.

All of them looked hostile.

What? You, the branch manager, wants me to think twice before I act?

Are you going to take responsibility if the cell phone was sold out because I think twice?!

The first batch of people requested for the custom-made and high-storage versions. There might be more of them than the ordinary versions but they were sold out very quickly.

The customers who came later could only ask for the ordinary version. However, the ordinary version was also sold out very quickly!

The customers had already bought all the cell phones before Tian Mo could say much!

Every customer who received the new cell phone was overjoyed. They did not have any intention to stay any longer and turned to leave.

A few customers who came late and did not manage to buy it were so angry that they beat their chests and stomped their feet. They insisted on buying the display sets on the table. Tian Mo tried his best to dissuade them and promised to give them priority when the next batch of cell phones arrived. Only then did he finally manage to dissuade them.

The customers that came later queued up to register, hoping to get the goods as soon as possible.

There were also customers who reluctantly went to the counter to play with the display sets after they were told that there was no stock. However, the more they played with it, , the more regretful they became. Why didn't they come a few minutes earlier?

Tian Mo felt confused as he recorded.

Why did the previously deserted shop become so crowded suddenly?

What was going on?

I didn't do anything at all!