As for Apple's decisive action, will this generation of iPhone 4s switch to antifreeze batteries?
Wang Yi had also thought about this question, and the possibility was not high.
Firstly, there was the production capacity issue for antifreeze batteries, which Apple would find difficult to obtain immediately.
Secondly, even if they acquired antifreeze batteries and replaced all subsequent iPhone 4s with them, how would they handle the twenty million iPhone 4s already sold?
Global recall? That's not realistic.
All free replacements? Over twenty million units, the cost wouldn't be low.
If not dealt with, it would be even worse.
Domestic existing users could defend their rights, and overseas existing users might directly protest and demonstrate, which would be enough trouble for Apple.
Plus, the next generation iPhone would be released in half a year.
According to the normal cycle, full production and stocking would have to begin two or three months later.
All supply chains, including batteries, would have to be finalized at present.
From any perspective, Apple would most likely choose to equip all of its next-generation new phones with antifreeze batteries.
In this way, they wouldn't have to bother with the old iPhone 4s users!
The saying "old users are treated worse than dogs" exists in many industries, especially the mobile phone industry.
New phone systems maintaining updates while old models stop updating is too common.
Apple would also do the same; the next generation iPhone 5 would definitely have antifreeze batteries.
In less than half a year, other competitors would also be able to research technical solutions for low-cost antifreeze batteries.
By then, even if BYD wasn't allowed to supply Apple, other brands would replace BYD to supply Apple.
Rather than that, it would be better to do a favor and let BYD directly win a big Apple order, earning a bit more.
With higher revenue for BYD, the shares in Wang Yi's hands would also be more valuable, and annual dividends would be higher.
Moreover, once a partnership with Apple is reached, BYD's stock price would definitely surge again, Wang Yi's BYD shares would also be more valuable, and partial divestment could cash out more!
It can be said that in this situation, Wang Yi is operating at a higher level.
No matter how Apple chooses, Wang Yi has won big!
Manager Wang was very touched:
"Thank you, Chairman Wang, for your understanding. Thank you. As for Apple, they indeed want to cooperate with us; it was agreed upon earlier. BYD will join the Apple supply chain this year, officially becoming one of Apple's suppliers. It's estimated that later, they will still need our antifreeze batteries. But it will probably be for the next generation iPhone."
"Okay, no problem."
Wang Yi smiled.
The impact of the next generation iPhone on xphone 1 would be much more limited.
He also finally understood why BYD's stock price surged in February in his previous life.
It was because BYD officially joined the Apple supply chain, becoming one of Apple's suppliers.
In this life, it was still the same.
Under three major positive factors, BYD's stock price was about to take off!
Apple and other competitors all suffered a sharp drop in sales due to the frozen shutdown issue, so xphone 1 was bound to sell like hotcakes.
BYD's OEM for xphone 1, OEM revenue surged, the first positive factor.
BYD's antifreeze battery sales skyrocketed, with major brands vying for cooperation, the second positive factor.
BYD becoming part of the Apple supply chain, revenue surged again, the third positive factor!
With three blessings arriving at once, it was natural for BYD's stock to soar.
And Wang Yi also took the opportunity to unload shares, partially divesting.
At the end of last month, he had already disclosed his divestment plan to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Now that BYD's stock price had surged, it was a good opportunity for partial divestment!
Wang Yi was in a great mood; this luck was truly unbeatable.
He could only say,
"Thank you, Apple, for letting me make a killing!"
Manager Wang then spoke:
"Oh, by the way, Chairman Wang, our next generation of low-cost antifreeze batteries is also under development. It can withstand minus twenty degrees Celsius. Once successfully developed, the first batch will still be exclusively supplied to Xingyi Technology as a priority!"
"Good, thank you."
Wang Yi said with a smile.
This was the treatment of a major shareholder!
All day long, brands like Apple, HTC, Samsung, Sony, and Nokia were engaged in a dog-eat-dog fight, constantly buying trending searches about each other's frozen shutdowns.
The best way for the entertainment industry to reduce its own negative publicity is to release more sensational dirt on other celebrities to divert public attention, thereby diluting their own negative publicity.
The simplest example is when a young female celebrity has negative news, dirt about another celebrity's "house collapsing" is released.
The public all goes to pay attention to the celebrity whose house collapsed, and no one cares about the young celebrity's minor negative news.
What surprised Wang Yi was that this group of international brands in the phone industry actually operated in the same way.
One can only say that while the fields are different, the fundamental behaviors are consistent.
As a result, almost all major brands were dragged into the fray, and hammered out news about competitors' frozen shutdowns.
Meanwhile, Xingyi Technology's xphone 1 stood out due to its antifreeze battery, winning handsomely.
Even at night, the buzz did not decrease at all.
No comparison, no harm.
With this comparison, as all competitors' phones froze and shut down, it naturally highlighted xphone 1's excellence and extraordinariness, and sales exploded!
In less than a day, xphone 1's single-day sales exceeded one million!
One can only say thank you to Apple for sacrificing itself and helping Xingyi Technology succeed!
At eight in the evening, Wang Yi received a Chat message with the note:
"Chairman Wang, I'm Taylor Swift."
Regarding endorsing Zhenyou, Taylor Swift readily agreed, but wanting to discuss it in person, she scheduled a video call for tonight.
What surprised Wang Yi was that Taylor Swift actually chose Chat for the video call, and even had her agent ask Jian Ziyan for Wang Yi's Chat ID!
One must know, Wang Yi had even prepared a VPN, but Taylor Swift chose Chat!
The video call connected, and Taylor Swift was very excited:
"Chairman Wang, you... you... you are so young, yet you built Xingyi Technology and became a tech magnate, it's truly incredible!"
Wang Yi smiled slightly:
"Taylor Swift is also very young, only in her twenties, yet she's already a Grammy queen, truly extraordinary!"
"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment!"
Taylor Swift gave a sweet smile, in a great mood:
"That's true, I was born in '89, you in '92, we're roughly the same age, considered peers, so our cooperation should be very pleasant."
"That's natural. In fact, there are many areas where we can cooperate, far beyond just Zhenyou cosmetics."
"Yes, I also want to endorse Zhenyou clothing. It's very beautiful, especially the Eastern silk 'pure desire' style, it's so beautiful, absolutely stunning! I wore it at my last concert, let me show you!"
As she spoke, Taylor Swift took out a live photo and showed it to Wang Yi.
Wang Yi took a quick look:
"It really is. This is one of the very beautiful silk styles from Zhenyou. Taylor Swift has good taste."
"Zhenyou's clothing not only has good material, beautiful styles, and is comfortable to wear, I really like it. I'm willing to endorse both, the 'more product, no extra charge' kind!"
"Okay, then you can be Zhenyou's full-brand endorser, currently mainly for clothing and cosmetics."
"No problem, just a friendly price, 2 million US dollars a year would be fine."
Taylor Swift readily agreed.
"Since Taylor Swift is so straightforward, I can't be stingy either. How about this: three million US dollars a year, and we cooperate for ten years!"
Wang Yi said with a smile.
"Three million US dollars a year, for ten years? Is this real?"
Taylor Swift got excited.
Although she was now a Grammy queen, she had only been popular for less than two years.
Her current status and influence could not compare to Leonardo DiCaprio, who had been famous for over ten years.
Therefore, her endorsement fee was only around two million US dollars.
Wang Yi offered three million US dollars, which was already a 50% premium.
This was a high contract Taylor Swift had never received before.
Not to mention it was for ten years at once, meaning she would get three million US dollars in endorsement fees from Wang Yi every year!
Naturally, she was incredibly excited.
"Of course it's real!"
Wang Yi smiled slightly.
"Yay!"
Taylor Swift was beaming with joy; after all, she was a girl in her twenties, with all her emotions written on her face.
"Thank you, Chairman Wang, thank you!"
"Love you!"
Wang Yi smiled, muttering to himself:
"Look at how unpromising you seem. Let alone three million US dollars, your net worth will be over five million in a few years!"
However, Wang Yi was not someone who only took advantage of others, and continued:
"Taylor Swift, our Xingyi Technology also owns Xingyi Media, which has music business. We can add a partnership and sign all the domestic copyrights for your current and future works."
"No problem, I completely agree!"
Taylor Swift was even more excited; she would have another source of income.
As for music copyrights, naturally, the more they are sold, the higher the income.
"Furthermore, if you want to come to China for a concert, you can also contact Xingyi Media, and we will help you arrange it!"
"Oh, that's great! I've longed for China for a long time and always wanted to hold a concert in China!"
Taylor Swift was overjoyed.
China, with 1.4 billion people, is the world's largest market.
Anyone with common sense would not dare to give up such a market.
After all, once China is given up, it's equivalent to saying goodbye to one-fifth of the global market; the loss would be huge.
"Easily done. I'll have the head of Xingyi Media contact your management company to discuss the specific details."
Such concerts could increase Taylor Swift's popularity in China and also drive Zhenyou's sales and buzz.
Of course, Xingyi Media, as the initiator, investor, and even organizer of the concert, could also earn a lot.
Investing in other singers' concerts might result in losses, but investing in Taylor Swift's was just a matter of how much to earn; there was no possibility of loss.
In his previous life, Taylor Swift first came to China for a concert in 2014 for her Red World Tour held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Modu.
This time, however, with Wang Yi's involvement, she would probably come much earlier.
If slow, next year; if fast, in the second half of this year.
As for the exact timing, it would depend on the specific negotiations between both parties.
Afterward, the two talked a lot more, as if they were friends who had known each other for a long time.
"Chairman Wang, are you video calling me with an xphone 1? I'm also using an xphone 1! It's really good to use, the front-facing five-megapixel camera takes such clear pictures!"
Taylor Swift talked endlessly about xphone 1:
"Before, when I used an iPhone, I never realized the front camera could shoot so clearly. The iPhone's front camera is only 300,000 pixels, it's unusable, completely unusable!"
"Thank you, Taylor Swift, for liking the xphone 1, but I'm not using an xphone 1; I'm using a Xingyi xpad 1!"
"xpad 1? Xingyi Technology's unreleased tablet?"
Taylor Swift became interested:
"When will it be released? I want to go to China to buy it! xphone 1 is great in every way, but you can't buy it overseas."
"You don't have to worry this time; xpad 1 will be released at the end of February and launched globally."
"Really, it's launching this month? That's amazing!"
Taylor Swift was incredibly excited:
"Um... could you... could you show me?"
"No problem."
Wang Yi took out another xpad and showed it to Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift's eyes went wide, her sexy cherry lips formed an O shape:
"Wow, it's so beautiful, with such narrow bezels, it looks so classy. I want to buy it!"
"Easily done. When you come to the imperial capital for signing, I'll give you one!"
"Okay, I'll have my agent arrange my schedule right away, book flights, and fly straight over!"
Wang Yi: "..."
"Okay, welcome to the imperial capital."
Wang Yi and Taylor Swift finalized the cooperation agreement; subsequent matters would be handled by Gu Qing and Taylor Swift's agent.
Once everything was settled, Taylor Swift, like Leonardo DiCaprio, would fly to China, sign, shoot endorsement ads, and make official announcements...
Both parties were very satisfied with this cooperation, not only reaching an endorsement agreement but also finalizing a copyright partnership.
In the future, Taylor Swift's music copyrights would be exclusively monopolized by Xingyi Music, at which point competitors would suffer.
Just like QQ Music monopolizing Jay Chou's songs, NetEase Cloud Music became useless...
Similarly, Wang Yi monopolized Taylor Swift's music copyrights, and as Taylor Swift became more and more popular in the future, other competitors would have a headache.
In the following days, the frozen shutdown issue did not subside, but rather grew even more tumultuous.
It not only became extremely popular domestically but also caught fire overseas!
So much so that not only domestic users were frantically buying xphone 1, but many foreigners also wanted to buy xphone 1.
The issue of freezing and shutting down was also common overseas, especially in countries like Polar Bear, where it was even more severe, and xphone 1 was even more needed.
But unfortunately, xphone 1 was currently only sold domestically and not available overseas at all.
If they wanted to buy it, they either had to use a purchasing agent or come to China to buy it.
Some people even prepared to buy parallel imports!
But unfortunately, xphone 1 was a new brand, having only been launched for two months, and only this time did it truly become globally popular, so there were no parallel imports available either!
In response, many foreign users expressed disappointment.
But many businessmen saw business opportunities!
So many foreigners wanted to buy xphone 1, but it wasn't on sale overseas, and there weren't even parallel imports—a completely blank market!
As long as they found a way to import a batch and sold it at double the price, it would be absolutely no problem!
Businessmen in the communications industry all had their own channels and could all handle parallel imports.
But before, they only dealt with iPhones.
The first batch of iPhones launched in October, only in a few countries and regions, with other countries having launch dates delayed by one, two, or even three months.
For example, mainland China was among the last batch, launching on January 13th.
In these regions and countries with later launches, users who wanted to get their iPhone 4s earlier could only buy parallel imports.
Similarly, now that xphone 1 was only launched domestically and not overseas, it could also be widely sold as parallel imports.
Especially with the frozen shutdown incident, which ignited globally, making it popular even overseas, it became even more profitable!
With xphone 1's current popularity and the blank overseas market, it could completely be sold for more than an iPhone, earning more.
Xingyi Technology officially couldn't get involved in such matters personally, but smugglers and parallel import channels could completely handle it.
Thus, many foreign businessmen saw the business opportunity and quickly called their domestic partners.
Ogura Ichiro from Japan was one of them:
"Boss Wei Qiang, I have a big order I'd like to cooperate on, are you interested?"
"Big order? Not interested!"
Wei Qiang decisively refused:
"Now iPhone 4s has been rendered useless by xphone 1. Official products aren't selling domestically, and your imported parallel iPhone 4s, even if discounted by five hundred, no one wants it. I'm almost losing my shirt, damn it! No matter how low your price is this time, I don't want it! Not even one! It won't sell, it's a loss!"
Wei Qiang had been having a terrible time recently.
As a mobile phone channel dealer, since October last year, he had been bringing parallel import iPhone 4s from Japan to sell domestically.
Initially, when the iPhone 4s hadn't launched in mainland China, Wei Qiang's parallel imports sold very, very well.
Not just sales volume, but also price.
For example, in October, the cost of parallel import iPhone 4s was only five thousand, he resold it for ten thousand, and it still sold very well.
By November, the purchase price dropped to over four thousand, he resold it for nine thousand, and it still sold very well, netting a double profit.
But by December, xphone 1 burst onto the scene, and parallel import iPhone 4s stopped selling.
Let alone nine thousand, even seven thousand wouldn't sell, later dropping to six thousand, and it still didn't sell well.
With official products about to launch, Wei Qiang could only sell them at the original price of 5000, which finally moved them.
In previous years, December could see sales of ten thousand!
This year, having been "sniped" by xphone 1, he could only sell at the original price.
By January, the domestic version of iPhone 4s was also released.
His parallel imports could only be discounted by five hundred, selling for 4500, making no money at all.
If they sold, that would be fine; the problem was that even without making a profit, they wouldn't sell.
Completely ruined.
The goods Wei Qiang had stockpiled were all stuck in his hands, suffering heavy losses.
"Damn it, if I deal in parallel import iPhone 4s again, I'm a dog! They just don't sell."
Ogura Ichiro gave an awkward laugh:
"Ahem, this iPhone 4s Waterloo was indeed unexpected, but the big business I'm looking for you to do isn't iPhone 4s, nor is it for you to import my goods, but for me to import your goods!"
"Not iPhone 4s? You import my goods?"
Wei Qiang was bewildered:
"What do you mean?"
"It's like this, Xingyi xphone 1 has exploded in popularity in your country, China, and it also has high popularity here in Japan, with many users needing it. But xphone 1 hasn't launched in Japan..."
Wei Qiang suddenly realized:
"So you want to reverse import, to import a batch of xphone 1 from me and smuggle it to Japan to sell?"
"Exactly, that's what I mean!"
"..."
Wei Qiang fell silent:
"This can be operated this way too?"
"Of course! xphone 1 is globally popular now, it's definitely promising!"
Ogura Ichiro said with a smile:
"Don't worry, Boss Wei Qiang, we've cooperated for many years, I won't let you suffer a loss."
"I'll prepay all the payment for the goods to you. You just need to help me buy a large quantity of xphone 1, and then use our channels to ship them out for me, that's all!"
Wei Qiang thought for a moment; there was no trick in this matter:
"This is possible, but the price won't be cheap. As you know, xphone 1's price control is very strict, and it sells well. Not to mention agents don't dare to lower prices, even franchisees don't dare to mess around."
"No problem, I'll buy at market price. I'll take as many as you have. As for your purchase price, that's your problem; any extra is your profit!"
"Alright, that works!"
Wei Qiang smiled.
The market retail price of the 16G version of xphone 1 was 3299, but the franchisee's purchase price was only 3099, earning 200 yuan per xphone 1!
If it was an agent, the purchase price would be even lower, only 2999, earning 300 yuan per xphone 1.
Don't look at the low profit per unit, only two or three hundred, but xphone 1 sold well, with high sales volume, the total profit was even more astounding.
Wei Qiang calculated in his mind:
"I've been making phones since the feature phone era, and I know countless agents. I'll directly purchase at 3099, ask for a bit more at once, and then sell it to the devils for 3299!"
"The agent earns 100, I can earn 200! This business is perfectly doable!"
Thinking this, Wei Qiang sighed:
"This can be done, but the profit per unit isn't high. To be honest, xphone 1's price control is very strict, I have to get goods from franchisees."
"Franchisees buy at 3099. They have to earn at least a hundred, so they'll sell it to me for 3199. Then I'll send it to you, selling it to you for 3299, only making a hundred yuan. There's really not much profit, you'll have to place more orders! Otherwise, this business won't work!"
'Can't get goods from agents? I don't believe a word you say!'
Ogura Ichiro muttered to himself inwardly, but said with a smile:
"No problem, Boss Wei Qiang, I am absolutely generous. How about this, for the first batch, I won't ask for too many, let's say one hundred thousand units."
"???"
Wei Qiang was startled:
"How many?"
"One hundred thousand units?"
Ogura Ichiro said with a smile:
"What, too few? How about one hundred fifty thousand units?"
"No, damn it, are you serious? One hundred fifty thousand units? Are you sure?"
Wei Qiang was dazed.
Previously, when he smuggled iPhone 4s, he only dared to deal with twenty or thirty thousand units at a time.
He only considered the next batch after the previous one was sold out.
Unlike Ogura Ichiro, who directly ordered one hundred fifty thousand units!
A true big spender.
"Of course I'm serious. You can send them to me in three batches, fifty thousand units each time! I'll transfer the payment for the first batch to you first, please send them as soon as possible!"
"Okay, okay! Fifty thousand units for the first batch is no small number either; I'll contact agents and franchisees to acquire the goods right away!"
"Waiting for your good news!"
After hanging up the phone, Wei Qiang was in a great mood.
Earning 200 yuan from each xphone 1 sold to the Japanese, 150,000 units means 30 million!
Earning this money was damn exciting!
Wait.
For the 32G version of xphone 1, the agent's purchase price was only 3399, he'd sell it for 3499, and sell it to the Japanese for 3799, earning 300 yuan per unit!
For the 64G version of xphone 1, the agent's purchase price was only 3799, he'd sell it for 3899, and sell it to the Japanese for 4299, earning 400 yuan per unit!
If he sent all 32G versions to the Japanese, earning 300 per unit, 150,000 units would earn 45 million!
If he sent all 64G versions to the Japanese, earning 400 per unit, 150,000 units would earn 60 million!
Damn! It's like robbing money!
Isn't this much better than losing money messing with parallel import iPhones?
Thinking this, Wei Qiang was in a great mood, decisively using all his connections, making call after call, frantically placing orders.
"Boss Sun Rui, hello, hello, how many xphone 1s do you still have in your store?"
"What version? Doesn't matter. I've secured a big client, I want as many as you have."
"Boss Wu Kai, I need to acquire a batch of xphone 1s, adding one hundred, cash settlement!"
"Boss Zhou Feng, you only have five hundred units? That's petty. I'll let you earn up to 70 per unit. If you transfer three thousand units to me, I'll let you earn 100 per unit!"
"What? Old Zheng, you just got five thousand units? Quickly transfer them all to me, and then order another five thousand units, no, ten thousand units!"
...
That day, Wei Qiang went crazy, collecting xphone 1s everywhere.
For orders under one thousand units, he'd pay 70 above the purchase price.
For one thousand to two thousand units, he'd pay eighty above the purchase price.
For over three thousand units, he'd directly add one hundred to the purchase price!
As many as available, he wanted them all.
Payment for goods cleared, settled on the spot.
For a time, Wei Qiang almost bought up all the xphone 1 stock in Huaqiangbei!
There was no other way; the blank market in Japan had huge demand, and Ogura Ichiro had already transferred the prepayment for the first batch of fifty thousand units, he had no choice but to frantically buy, buy, buy!
Similar scenes were happening all over the country.
And the big clients making purchases included Japanese, as well as Imperial (German), Seedeans, French, Swedes...
Of course, the first to make a move was Singapore!
Even earlier, the two Meiyou and Zhenyou agents in Singapore had already arranged for their subordinates to do this.
It can be said that when Ogura Ichiro just made his move, there were already many xphone 1s being sold in the Singapore market.
It was just that xphone 1 wasn't too popular in Singapore at first, with limited recognition.
Until a few days ago, Leonardo DiCaprio endorsed Xingyi Technology and xphone 1, which greatly boosted xphone 1's reputation, and only then did parallel import sales of xphone 1 begin to surge in Singapore.
And recently, with xphone 1's antifreeze capability, not shutting down even at minus fifteen degrees Celsius, it crushed international brands like Apple, Samsung, HTC, LG, and Sony, causing xphone 1's sales to rapidly soar again.
As a result, in just two days, over eighty percent of the stockpiled xphone 1 parallel imports had already been sold, and all at double the price!
It was simply crazy profitable.
Without any surprise, the two major agents decisively contacted domestic suppliers and franchisees again, continuing to frantically import goods.
Such smuggled parallel imports were difficult to investigate.
Those who could do this business all had their own channels, connections, and networks.
Moreover, smuggling mobile phones was a relatively gray area.
If iPhones could be smuggled globally and parallel imports sold well, then xphone 1 naturally could too!
For a time, xphone 1's offline sales began to skyrocket.
The inventory of many phone stores was ordered all at once, directly running out of stock; it was terrifyingly unusual.
And new orders in the inventory management system were also rapidly surging.
What was even more alarming was that many were large orders; a small franchise store ordering ten thousand units at once, and selling out in a few days!
A small agent ordering one hundred thousand units at once, and ordering another one hundred thousand units in a few days!
Unreasonable, completely unreasonable!
This strange situation quickly caught the attention of Zhu Changlin.
Then he approached Wang Yi:
"Chairman, there's a problem with xphone 1's offline agents and franchisees; there have been many large-scale, massive orders. What used to be half a month's or even a month's worth of orders now sells out in just a few days! It feels as if they're dumping goods."
"Half a month's or a month's sales, gone in a few days? Dumping goods?"
Wang Yi smiled:
"It is indeed dumping goods, but I guess they're all dumped overseas, right?"
"Chairman, are you saying they're using certain channels to smuggle xphone 1 out of the country?"
Wang Yi smiled slightly:
"Who knows? But as long as it doesn't disrupt domestic normal retail prices, it's fine. Anyway, they place orders and pay the agents first, and only then do agents ship the goods. No matter what, it won't have a bad impact on us."
"That's right, it doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat!"
Zhu Changlin smiled:
"In this way, xphone 1's sales can reach another level."
Originally, xphone 1 could only be sold domestically, and its sales ceiling wasn't particularly high, so Wang Yi didn't dare to set a high price or sell it for five thousand.
It could only be priced from 3299 to 4299, focusing on volume and market share.
But now, with Leonardo DiCaprio's endorsement and the antifreeze controversy, xphone 1 became globally popular, which also made the parallel import market hot.
It was also a case of "unintended good fortune"!
Wang Yi smiled slightly:
"Don't publicize this matter and don't investigate it. As long as the agents' orders are normal orders and payments are normal, we will accept them all and ship them all. Give them as much as they want."
"Understood!"
Zhu Changlin nodded:
"I'll also inform the Market Supervision Department to not blindly investigate what shouldn't be investigated!"
To prevent malicious price cutting, malicious price increases, and market disruption, Xingyi Technology specifically established a Market Supervision Department to conduct covert investigations everywhere.
Once agents or franchisees were found engaging in malicious price cutting, price increases, and other behaviors, evidence would be immediately collected, reported, and fined, or even their agency authorization would be revoked.
If these people investigated the parallel imports, that would be ruined, delaying Xingyi Technology from making money.
Of course, people with common sense could see the tricks and naturally pretended not to know.
But some people were single-minded, digging to the bottom of things, even if it meant the company earned less, they had to investigate thoroughly...
Such "talents" needed to be warned, or even "optimized"...
Wang Yi was in a great mood.
With parallel import channels, xphone 1 was also equivalent to an "indirect 'internationalization attempt'," and estimated annual sales would also increase significantly.
As for BYD, orders would have to be increased again.
Next month, the production capacity of the Xingyi phone factory would all have to be used to produce xphone 1 Pro.
BYD's side would only have a monthly production capacity of 3 million, which might not even be enough for domestic sales alone.
But with overseas parallel imports, it would be even harder.
Wang Yi checked xphone 1's sales for the past few days, and it was indeed so.
Originally, xphone 1's daily sales were only over one hundred thousand units, but after Leonardo DiCaprio's endorsement, they briefly rose to a daily sales of one million.
But soon they dropped back to around two hundred thousand.
But the average sales in the past few days were all above three hundred thousand units, a full fifty percent increase!
Over two million additional units could be sold in a month!
There was no doubt; xphone 1 was very competitive domestically, crushing Apple.
It was equally unbeatable overseas and could also "rub iPhone 4s on the ground" (meaning utterly defeat it).
Moreover, xphone 1's price overseas, even if doubled, would start at just over six thousand RMB, not much more expensive than iPhone 4s!
Similar prices, better experience, foreigners naturally had no pressure to buy.
Especially in developed countries, it was just a week's salary.
Moreover, foreigners were very curious and liked to try new products.
Not to mention it was endorsed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
"The moon is rounder abroad; it turns out this saying also applies abroad!"
Wang Yi was filled with emotion.
Now, xphone 1 overseas belonged to the category of 'foreign moon'.
It was also the 'moon that killed iPhone', the 'moon that attracted widespread foreign acclaim!'
Wang Yi pulled up the backend data and analyzed it carefully:
"Overseas xphone 1 user growth is terrifying, more terrifying than domestically. If this continues, current production capacity will be completely insufficient, with a shortfall of almost one million units per month."
Thinking this, Wang Yi once again called Manager Wang:
"Chairman Wang, xphone 1 production capacity is critical; please increase monthly production capacity by another one million units!"
"Okay, Chairman Wang, I will immediately increase xphone 1's monthly production capacity to 4 million units!"
Wang Yi nodded.
This should be enough for sales now, right?
This month, Xingyi phone factory + BYD OEM can produce at least 5.5 million units, which should be enough for sales.
Next month, BYD OEM will produce 4 million units, 3 million for domestic consumption, and 1 million smuggled overseas.
And the Xingyi phone factory's capacity can fully produce xphone 1 Pro, stocking 2.1 million units.
Before its launch in April, with 3 million units in stock, it should be almost enough for sales.
After all, xphone 1 Pro's price was one thousand yuan more expensive, starting at 4299, almost catching up to Apple; it wouldn't be as frantically sold as xphone 1.
As for Xingyi Pad's pricing strategy, Wang Yi hadn't finalized it yet.
It would basically also be a combination of high and low prices.
iPad 3 would only launch in March, while Xingyi Pad would be released before the Mobile World Congress at the end of February, which could be considered a head-on clash!
In 2012, Android tablets were quite weak, and iPad could account for over sixty percent of global tablet sales.
Therefore, Xingyi Pad's only competitor was iPad!
As long as it could defeat the iPad, then Xingyi Pad's sales wouldn't be bad.
For this reason, the pricing also had to be reasonable, and competitive while being profitable.
After all, it was the first-generation product, so even if it earned a little less, it had to make a name for itself and become an instant hit!
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