jdhmnovel Chapter 213: Got hit on the head with a stick!
Chapter 213: Got hit on the head with a stick!
In fact, Norio Ohga is really excited now.
There is also a store downstairs from Sony headquarters.
Now Norio Ohga, who was standing at the window of the conference room early, was looking at the long line of people downstairs.
A sense of heroism suddenly arises.
"Our VCD sales are sure to hit a new high today. Even though our store hasn't officially opened for sales yet, our electronics department has already received over a thousand calls.
We estimate that our sales today will be at least 200,000 units.
President, I feel like we were too cautious before and didn't stock enough!"
Behind Norio Ohga, a senior executive from Sony spoke with a smile.
Ohga Norio turned around and said with a smile, "Takeda-kun, there may be more than 200,000 units sold today. You know, our market has been warming up for so long, and our people have been looking forward to VCDs for a long time.
The call volume today is sure to explode.
However, our stock should be sufficient. After all, telephone shopping will not be the same every day in the future.
We currently have a million units in stock, and I estimate we can sell 500,000 units within three days.”
“Five hundred thousand in three days, that’s an exaggerated sales volume!
"China's Tang Xionghua is a genius. He came up with the idea of using telephone shopping, which cuts out the middleman, increases profits, and also brings in explosive orders. President, I propose that all of our Sony products be sold online and offline in this way!"
"I agree with Xia Shujun's opinion. This method is indeed a good solution for us!"
"Yes!" Ohga Norio nodded heavily: "We can consider this, but we don't care about it now.
Gentlemen, let’s take a look at our battle situation today.
I suggested that we go down and take a look together.
Here, you are standing too high and cannot enjoy the enthusiasm of our people! "
Norio Ohga is now truly full of vigor and ambition.
Sony has been in a slump for a long time and has continued to make negative profits in recent years. From top to bottom, people at Sony rarely smile.
Today, I can finally stand up again thanks to VCD!
He saw the dawn of victory.
After the shipment reaches 500,000 in the next two or three days, he will immediately start expanding production capacity and then make every effort to seize the international market.
There is still a one- to two-month window period. As far as they know, domestic VCD brands such as Panasonic and even South Korean brands such as Samsung need to prepare sufficient production capacity before they can be put on the market, which will take at least until early February.
In other words, if they operate properly, they will have at least one month to seize the territory.
The market is a battlefield, and although Wanhua had prepared for it nearly a year in advance, he didn't care about the bulky and unattractive black box of Wanhua VCD.
What is Wanhua?
A factory that rose to prominence thanks to a VCD.
There is no history or background at all.
Tang Xionghua is too young, and Wanhua is too young too.
The capital market is very cruel!
Norio Ohga stood not far from the headquarters building, looking at the long queues of stores stretching for one or two hundred meters, his thoughts racing.
However, his embarrassment did not last long.
At around ten o'clock, a senior executive suddenly received a phone call and his expression changed. His originally smiling face turned pale in an instant. He walked to the side of Ohga Norio, who was beaming with joy, and whispered something in his ear.
"Bagadong!"
Ohga Norio's expression changed instantly, and the other executives around him looked at him with confusion.
But now Norio Ohga is in no mood to say anything here.
He turned around and walked back towards the headquarters building.
"Let's go back to the meeting!"
The senior executives were all startled, feeling that something bad was going to happen, but now they had no choice but to follow.
In the meeting.
There was a deathly silence. Everyone was kneeling and no one dared to look up.
Because the man who had just whispered in Ohga Norio's ear downstairs came into the meeting room and, at Ohga Norio's instruction, revealed what he had just whispered to Ohga Norio.
Someone at the TV station informed them.
Wanhua contacted several domestic radio stations that cooperated with Xiaobenzi and changed the commercials.
It is no longer Michael Jackson, but an idol female singer from the island country who is endorsing the product.
They haven't seen the advertising footage yet, because the TV station staff's disclosure would be a violation of the confidentiality agreement.
Moreover, there was no way to send the advertisement replica now. But it didn't matter. They knew from the Gaomi person that the second generation of Wanhua VCD was coming.
It’s more beautiful than the first generation and more beautiful than Sony’s, and the price is also announced at the end of the advertisement.
Thirty-nine thousand nine hundred yen, a price that would make all the Sony executives present change their expressions.
They don't know what to do now.
Panic.
Wanhua’s advertisement will be online tomorrow.
Although they are a consortium, they are unable to prevent Wanhua Advertising, which is backed by international investment banks such as IDG and Carlyle, from launching in China.
"Price adjustment, notice issued. To repay the public's enthusiasm, we at Sony have decided to reduce the price to 39,000 yen. Those who have already paid and received the product can return and get a refund for the difference!"
When Ohga Norio said this, his heart was bleeding.
I was already worried that Wanhua VCD would lower its price, so I gritted my teeth and lowered the price to this level.
But now?
The hot sales situation just made up for the hurt of not making much profit because of the low price, but now they have to cut their own sword and lower the price again. This is like scraping his bones and cutting his flesh with a knife!
Sony is not in a good situation now and urgently needs to recover its profitable business. Its profits are being squeezed, and it will have to pay patent fees to Wanhua in the future.
It can be said that although they still have profits in this wave, these profits have really become hard-earned money, rather than capital business...
"Chairman, Sony just announced a price reduction to 39,000 yen. Someone must have leaked the information. They know about our second-generation release!"
During the transoceanic call, the general manager in charge of the small region spoke urgently on the phone.
There was a sudden outrage at the board meeting.
"Asshole, they must be from the TV station. In order to conceal this news, we still have the second-generation products sitting in customs and haven't shipped them yet. We plan to put the ad online tomorrow, and we're actually only accepting pre-orders in the store.
In this case, it can be basically concluded that the person who leaked the information was from Xiaobenzi TV Station.
After all, our people have all signed astronomical confidentiality contracts, and we all supervise each other.”
"I will ask them for an explanation!
Carlyle's men were even more furious.
Little Notebook is like a son to them. Now that he, as a father, is following the rules with them, he didn't expect that these sons would dare to break the rules.
He won't let this go easily.
Tang Xionghua's face was also full of seriousness, but when he heard what the people from Carlyle said, he immediately nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you."
Well, I will definitely make them give an explanation!"