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Chapter 1054 The myth is shattered?

In a residential building in Yangcheng, Cao Tai, a scalper, was looking at the 3 Feiyan MP players brought back by his younger brothers, frowning and smoking heavily.

Cao Taizheng is now somewhat famous in the Yangcheng yellow cattle community. This is not to say how strong he is, but that he is one of the "models" in the Yangcheng yellow cattle community.

He was penniless and started his business with his own hands. When Cao Taizheng started his business, he had only a few thousand yuan in his pocket. He gambled his entire fortune, borrowed money, and started hoarding goods and working as a scalper.

After a few years, this house in a mid- to high-end residential area in Yangcheng and the Toyota car downstairs all belong to Cao Taizheng.

Now there are a few scalpers following Cao Taizheng, and for Cao Taizheng, his next goal is to become a multi-millionaire!

Cao Taizheng's success is inseparable from Dongling Hi-Tech. Over the years, he has built up his wealth by stockpiling Dongling Hi-Tech's new products. He has never failed in stockpiling Dongling Hi-Tech's products.

But this time, looking at the Feiyan MP3 in front of him, Cao Taizheng felt a little headache.

"Brother Cao, should we continue to stock up on machines?"

The little yellow ox under his command asked Cao Taizheng cautiously.

Feiyan MP3 was "cold received" in Guangzhou. Scalpers had the most sensitive noses and rushed in as soon as Feiyan MP3 went on sale.

But when they saw that the Feiyan MP3 did not sell out as quickly as the previous new products of Dongling Hi-Tech did as soon as it went online, the scalpers immediately stopped their activities.

Today, there are more than 3 Feiyan MP players on the market in Guangdong Province, with a total value of more than million yuan. Small scalpers like Cao Zhengtai alone cannot consume such a large amount of goods.

Scalpers want to make a profit from the price difference, not to be the buyer. No one wants to do a business that will lose money!

Seeing that the Feiyan MP3 did not have the expected sales scenario and could be "bought at will", the scalpers began to feel guilty and immediately started to wait and see.

Cao Taizheng originally planned to make a big splash when Dongling Hi-Tech launched its new product. He was ready to take another gamble, and for this purpose he took out his savings and even mortgaged his house to borrow money from the bank, raising a total of 2 million RMB, which was all his net worth.

After smoking half a pack of cigarettes in a row, Cao Taizheng looked at the hundred Feiyan MP3 players on the table and finally made up his mind.

"purchase!"

"Exchange all this money for a Feiyan MP3 player!"

Cao Taizheng was thinking back to the first time he worked as a scalper, he was reselling Shenzhou electronic dictionaries. Now he was going to risk his entire fortune again.

"Brother Cao, isn't this too risky? Let's go to the mall counter. There aren't many buyers right now. And I heard that Dongling Hi-Tech has stocked up enough Feiyan MP3 players this time, so there's no shortage of stock at all!"

A scalper couldn't help but say to Cao Taizheng that he felt Cao Taizheng was taking too much of a risk and might lose everything if he went all in.

"Do you want a machine like this? I'm not talking about this as a scalper, but as a buyer!"

Cao Taizheng held up a Feiyan MP3 and asked Xiao Huangniu.

"want to!"

Xiao Huangniu swallowed. Which young person could resist such a trendy electronic product?

"It's just too expensive. One unit costs 3190 yuan. If you add Shenzhou memory cards, protective cases and other accessories, the price will be even more expensive!"

After hearing what the scalper said, Cao Taizheng continued to ask, "What if this machine is a gift to your girlfriend, or a gift between lovers?"

Xiao Huangniu showed a conflicted look on his face. The Feiyan MP3 was indeed expensive, but if it was given as a gift, he would probably grit his teeth and afford it.

Seeing the expression of the little yellow cow, Cao Taizheng already knew the answer.

Young people all want this product, which can be given to boyfriends and girlfriends as gifts. Even if it is expensive, will there be a market for it?
Without saying anything more, Cao Taizheng asked his three scalpers to start exchanging all their money for Feiyan MP3 players. Two million RMB could buy 627 players.

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"Market experts estimate that the domestic sales of Feiyan MP3 this morning are around units, and the total sales for the day are around units.

This performance is acceptable for a new electronic product, but..."

The financial channel on TV is currently discussing the Feiyan MP3 player.

"For Dongling Hi-Tech and Feiyan Technology, this result is obviously not acceptable. A securities analyst estimated from Feiyan Technology's financial report that the research and development costs of Feiyan MP3 exceeded million US dollars!

If we add in the subsequent publicity and promotion costs, the cost of Feiyan MP3 may exceed million US dollars, which is already one of the electronic products with the largest R&D investment in the history of mainland science and technology! "

"Today, many domestic media, including Computer News, Science and Technology Daily, Yanjing Business Daily, and Hanxi Daily, all believe that Feiyan MP3 will replace Sony Walkman and become the next generation of music players.

Judging from the current performance of Feiyan MP3, I am afraid that users are not yet able to accept this change.”

"The performance of A-shares has already explained everything. Dongling Hi-Tech concept stocks all surged and then fell during the trading session today. It is obvious that the investment market has changed its optimistic attitude towards Feiyan MP3 to a wait-and-see attitude!"

On TV, the guest commentator came to talk on the show and his face was full of regret when he mentioned Feiyan MP3. He said that Feiyan MP3 was well received but not popular.

The media all believe that Feiyan MP3 is a top-level electronic product, but just like some movies, many people consider it a classic, such as A Chinese Odyssey, but it just can’t be sold at a high price!

"Should we sell off the Feiyan MP3s we have in stock?" Watching the financial program on TV, Shen Anming, a member of another group of scalpers, couldn't help but ask Xue Jingwu, the leader of their group of scalpers.

Compared to Cao Taizheng, a small scalper who works alone, scalpers like Xue Jingwu and Shen Anming are doing much bigger things.

Not only do they stock up machines domestically, they also have partners overseas in Southeast Asia. They can be said to be very powerful and it is not an exaggeration to call them international scalpers.

Before, Shen Anming and his gang of scalpers engaged in reverse export. They hired technicians to change the language versions of electronic dictionaries, PHS phones and other products that had been stockpiled in China, and then supplied them as parallel imports to scalpers in Korea, Japan, Singapore and other places. They could make several times the profit from just one phone!

In the past, they were all foreign products that were sold in China as parallel imports. Because they were not imported through formal channels, they were sold at relatively low prices.

Similarly, Xue Jingwu and his gang sold Dongling Hi-Tech's products as smuggled goods to Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places. Because there were no tariffs to pay, the prices in these regions were much cheaper, so they had no trouble selling them.

The performance of Feiyan MP3 on the first day of sale in China made scalpers such as Xue Jingwu and Shen Anming become cautious and refrain from making rash moves.

Hearing Shen Anming's words, Xue Jingwu did not panic. He just glanced at the TV, turned the Buddhist beads in his hand, and said lightly, "Why panic? If you believe these experts, you won't even be able to eat warm shit!"

"But today, the sales of Feiyan MP3 players in China have indeed not met expectations!" Shen Anming said with some concern.

Xue Jingwu glanced at Shen Anming. Now their group of people were becoming more and more valuable, but their courage was becoming smaller and smaller.

"This is not the first day you have been reselling Dongling Hi-Tech's products. You should also know that Dongling Hi-Tech's products cannot only be sold in the domestic market," said Xue Jingwu.

"Boss Xue, you mean that the Feiyan MP3 market is abroad..." Shen Anming couldn't help but ask excitedly.

"Hard to say!"

Xue Jingwu was not so optimistic. He pointed to the phone on the table and said, "We still have to wait and see what news there is in Hong Kong!"

As they were talking, the phone on the table rang. Xue Jingwu sat up straight after hearing the news coming from the phone, "Is the news confirmed?"

After putting down his phone, Xue Jingwu walked around his old nest for several times before finally making up his mind, "Start stocking up on MP3 players!"

"Also, find some skilled and tight-lipped engineers, and have them change the Chinese language of Feiyan MP3 to Japanese, Korean, Siamese, Russian, and other language versions as soon as possible!"

.......
"How can the light of fireflies compete with the bright moon?"

“I would like to advise some domestic companies not to be too ambitious and face up to the gap between them and foreign companies. How can we catch up with the century-old craftsmanship in a day or a night?
Sony's Walkman is a product created with craftsmanship and innovation spirit. It will not be outdated in the next ten years. In mainland China, I am afraid that there will be no domestic products that can match Sony's Walkman in the next fifty years.

Some companies think they have developed an electronic product and dare to claim that it can replace Sony's Walkman. If this gets out to overseas, they will probably be laughed at by the whole world!

It is not a shame to be down-to-earth and admit the gap. It is a shame to be arrogant and ignorant! "

Yan Lixiang, who had written a great article, dried his pen and ink, and read this thought-provoking article. He felt quite satisfied.

Although Yan Lixiang, as a media commentator, has suffered repeated setbacks in the past few years, he has the support of the Japanese Benyeyi Culture Company.

It was with the support of Zhang Muye that Yan Lixiang was able to publish a book and appear in the media again, and now he has become a social opinion figure.

Regarding the Feiyan MP3, Zhang Muye has not contacted Yan Lixiang yet. However, seeing the media reports that have begun to appear in China, Yan Lixiang feels that the Feiyan MP3 is already a failed product.

In addition, Feiyan MP3 dares to challenge Sony Walkman, so he must speak out for justice. In Yan Lixiang's eyes, Sony's products have represented the highest level of technology in Asia in the past ten years. Feiyan Technology just talks about developing products that surpass Sony Walkman. In Yan Lixiang's eyes, what else can this be but bullshit?
Yan Lixiang called Yeyi Culture Company and assigned him an assistant. He asked the assistant to send this great article to newspaper media and start publishing it tomorrow.

……

"Flying Goose MP3 sold 9214 units in mainland China on the first day!"

"The Feiyan MP3 project may face a disastrous failure and become the project with the highest loss in mainland China's technological history. The cost of nearly million US dollars may be difficult to recover!"

"Some media critics criticized Feiyan Technology, saying that the Feiyan MP3 was a complete failure of electronic junk products and could not be compared with the Sony Walkman at all!"

On the third day of the Feiyan MP3 going on sale, Feng Miaoyu, who was still in Pingyang, couldn't help but feel a little doubtful while looking at the newspaper in her hand. Could it be that she really had made a mistake? Was the Feiyan MP3 really a product that was favored by the media but not accepted by users?
Feng Miaoyu originally stayed in Pingyang because she wanted to ask Yanjing Business Daily to do more behind-the-scenes interviews after the Feiyan MP3 was released and get more insider information on transactions. But if Feiyan MP3 failed miserably, what would be the use of these interviews?

"Editor-in-Chief Feng, this is the phone number from the Yanjing headquarters!"

Just when Feng Miaoyu was feeling a little annoyed, a staff member from Yanjing Business Daily came running over in a hurry.

After Feng Miaoyu answered the phone, she was stunned to hear the news from the Yanjing Business Daily headquarters. She couldn't help but ask, "Is this true?"

"Hong Kong media and Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao have already started reporting on the incident. Domestic media should be reporting on it soon. Editor-in-Chief Feng, find a way to get an exclusive interview with Feiyan Technology's executives!"

Just as the domestic media began to discuss the possible failure of the Feiyan MP3 and the inability to recover the huge R&D costs, and some media were even preparing to seriously discuss the gains and losses of the Feiyan MP project and the lessons for the domestic technology industry, news suddenly came back from the mainland, causing an uproar in the entire domestic technology and media industry.

"Feiyan MP3 sold over units in Hong Kong in a single day!"

"All Baodao Feiyan MP3 players are sold out. Many Baodao electronics companies are seeking Feiyan Technology patent authorization!"

"According to the Wall Street Journal, Feiyan MP3 has sold over 6.1 units in North American markets including America and Canada!"

(End of this chapter)