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Chapter 1317 One trick, and you're set for life
Feiyan Technology has just held a product launch event and has not yet started selling its products, but both Wall Street institutions and securities companies in the A-share market have begun to cheer for Feiyan Technology and Dongling High-Tech concept stocks in advance!
The reason these organizations went to such lengths for Feiyan Technology is simply because their interests are dictated by their own positions!
Feiyan Technology is listed on Nasdaq. If the stock price rises, Wall Street institutions will definitely make a fortune, so they will naturally praise it.

As for Dongling High-Tech concept stocks in the A-share market, there's no need to mention them. Dongling High-Tech concept stocks have almost become the stocks that major A-share investors such as securities companies, foundations, trust funds, and insurance companies hold together.

The Dongling High-Tech concept stocks in the A-share market also supply components for Feiyan MP3 players. Once Feiyan MP3 players sell well, the performance of these Dongling High-Tech concept stocks will soar, and their stock prices will naturally rise.

The major companies that rallied around Dongling High-Tech concept stocks naturally made a fortune and were eager to promote them, since who would turn down money?

No one expected that the first to praise Feiyan MP3 would start from the financial sector.

Following the financial circles, the electronics industry, as well as internet platforms such as China.com and Tianya Forum, have also begun to promote Feiyan MP3 players.

"At an electronics retail store in Times Square, New York, there is currently a queue of nearly 100 people waiting to buy Feiyan MP3 players!"

A news report from Fox News America showed a crowd queuing up in front of a store, with some even bringing tents, clearly intending to queue overnight to buy the Feiyan 2nd Generation MP3 player.

This news was widely reported by many American media outlets, and the popularity of Feiyan MP3 in America seems to have been somewhat unexpected.

Subsequently, news also emerged in Paris, London, Tokyo, port cities, and other regions that people were queuing overnight with tents to buy Feiyan MP3 players.

These news reports were disseminated to various regions, including Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, and of course, the Greater China market as well.

If you pay attention, you'll notice that the regions where these news reports appeared seem to coincide too much with the markets where Feiyan MP3 was launched globally.

In reality, these news stories were fabricated by Dongling Hi-Tech and Feiyan Technology as part of a publicity strategy, and the people queuing up were obviously shills.

If we don't create some news about Feiyan MP3 players being snapped up and give users a sense of scarcity marketing, how can we stimulate their desire to buy?

Regardless of whether the tactic is old or not, as long as it works, that's enough. Dongling Hi-Tech plans to use this tactic for another ten years or so!

If this fake show becomes real, and it happens a few times a year, users will probably not be used to it if Dongling Hi-Tech's new product launches don't have this kind of entertainment effect!
Most users around the world are still quite naive; those who haven't been bothered by various marketing tactics are simply numb to them.

When news broke that Feiyan MP3 players were being snapped up in many parts of the world, it immediately set off an uproar on Tianya Forum.

Even before its official release, there were already rave reviews about the Feiyan 2nd Generation MP3 player on Tianya Forum.

After all, seeing is believing. So many news reports have covered it, with people all over the world lining up to buy Feiyan MP3 players. How could it be fake?
The reactions were not limited to mainland China; other regions also reacted similarly. The emergence of this news was quite shocking to countless users.

As news reports have surfaced, the number of people queuing in front of electronics retail stores in many regions has increased dramatically.

If the people queuing up before were shills, now it's a mix of tech enthusiasts and scalpers.

The former is simply out of love and passion. As an electronics enthusiast, if I don't get my hands on the latest gadgets as soon as they're available, I feel incredibly uncomfortable—it's like having obsessive-compulsive disorder or a germaphobia...

Scalpers, on the other hand, are simply in it for the money. As long as they get in line first and get the Feiyan MP3 player, they can resell it and make a fortune!

Even in America, there are still a large group of scalpers. These people know no borders, have an incredibly keen sense of smell, and have extensive connections. As long as there is profit to be made, they are extremely audacious.

Over the years, Cao Taizheng, who had become a big scalper by reselling Dongling High-Tech products, had built a villa and a car. That night, he sent all his underlings out to snap up Feiyan MP3 players!

Whether the release of the Feiyan MP3 is a grand event for the electronics industry is debatable, but for scalpers around the world, it is a feast!
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"President Nobuyuki Idei, General Manager Ando, ​​I believe that Sony must enter the MP3 market!"

At this moment, Sony is also holding a conference call, initiated by Hiroo Yoshida, General Manager of Sony Electronics China, who attended the launch event for the Feiyan MP3 player.

He knew what it meant when he said those words: that Sony was crippling itself, abandoning its dominant position in the Walkman and MD player market, and instead trying to steal a share of the MP3 market.

If this displeases the bigwigs at Sony headquarters, Hiroo Yoshida could very well be ousted.

Upon hearing Yoshida Hiroo's words, Sony headquarters on the other end of the phone fell silent for a moment.

"continue!"

Then, a faint voice came through, its tone unreadable, but Yoshida Hiroo recognized it as the voice of Sony President Nobuyuki Idei. "I know I shouldn't comment on a competitor's voice like that, but the Flying Goose 2nd Generation MP3 player is absolutely a groundbreaking product."

It might even redefine the music player!

As soon as Hiroo Yoshida finished speaking, a dissatisfied voice appeared, "You mean, Sony Walkmans have completely fallen behind the competition?"

The voice belonged to Ando, ​​the manager of the electronics business division at Sony headquarters and Hiroo Yoshida's boss.

If the Sony Walkman is outdated and a product of the previous era, wouldn't that mean that Ando, ​​the general manager of Sony's electronics division, is just a useless person?

When it comes to his position at Sony, Ando is naturally unwilling to back down. He's not fighting for whether Sony's Walkman is outdated, but for his position as general manager.

Ando didn't want to take the blame for Sony losing its position as the leader in music players; that was too much of a burden for him to bear.

"That's not what I meant, but users might prefer MP3s."

Sony still has sufficient influence and user support in the media player industry. If it can transform into an MP3 player manufacturer, it has a great chance to surpass Feiyan Technology and become the leader in the MP3 player industry!

All of Feiyan Technology's efforts were in vain, benefiting Sony instead!

Hiroo Yoshida spoke excitedly about his plan. He didn't intend to overthrow Ando's position, but after watching today's press conference, he knew that if Sony didn't take some action soon, it might really lose its position as the world's leading music player manufacturer.

With Sony's current dominant influence and the support of countless Sony devotees, it might be able to turn the tide if it enters the MP3 market.

They even directly replaced Feiyan Technology, playing a substitution game to become the leader in the MP3 market.

It must be said that Hiroo Yoshida's idea was very bold. If successful, Sony would have overtaken its competitors in the music player industry, and all its disadvantages would have disappeared without a trace.

But faced with Yoshida Hiroo's proposal, Sony's headquarters executives fell silent for a moment. Changing course sounds easy, but it's not that simple.
What if it fails?
If Sony fails in the MP3 industry, it will lose its advantage in the portable music player industry and fail to become the leader in the MP3 industry. In that case, it will truly become a second-rate brand in the music player industry!

Just as things were quiet at the headquarters of Nippon Sony, Nobuyuki Idei's voice came through the phone again.

"Yoshida Hiroo, do you think the Flying Goose MP3 player will replace the Sony Walkman?" Idei Nobuyuki asked directly, wanting to know exactly where the music player industry was at.

"Yes!"

After a long silence, Hiroo Yoshida gritted his teeth and said, "Not only is the music player industry changing, but the record industry is also in a period of transition. Internet digital music is replacing cassette tapes and CDs and becoming the first choice for music users!"

Hiroo Yoshida's words were nothing short of earth-shattering; he practically gave Sony Walkman, and even the Sony manufacturer, a "critical condition notice," indicating that it was almost beyond saving.

"A call from America!"

"President Thomas has something important to report!"

Hiroo Yoshida heard some noise on the other end of the phone, and a few minutes later, Nobuyuki Idei's voice came through.

"Sony has started developing MP3 players and must release its own MP3 player this year!"

"Products such as Walkmans and MD players... still need to be developed."

Nobuyuki Idei ultimately did not give up on the Walkman, but decided to have Sony start developing MP3 players. After saying this, Nobuyuki Idei hurriedly ended the conference call.

Later, Hiroo Yoshida found out why Nobuyuki Idei's attitude had changed so drastically: Warner Music president Michael Fuchs had been fired by Warner Music Group!

Feiyan Technology's press conference directly brought down the head of one of the world's five major record labels. This news is truly earth-shattering!
The Flying Goose 2nd Generation MP3 player hasn't even officially gone on sale yet, but just one launch event was enough to get Michael Fuchs fired—that's terrifying...

Feiyan Technology claims that this new MP3 player is a product that will change the times, and its current performance seems to be proving that all of this is true!

The day after the launch event, the Feiyan 2nd Generation MP3 was officially launched simultaneously in fourteen regions around the world, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, America, Canada, and Europe!
(End of this chapter)