A strong technological nation starts with repairing mobile phones

Chapter 66 Why should I take the blame?

"By the way, the first batch of orders for your A and K series have been completed, and the free upgrade for the first batch has ended! If you want us to supply this glass panel again in the future, you will have to pay more!"

Chen Jinghong ignored Huang Qifan's thoughts at the time and directly told the other party that if he wanted to use the product again after placing an order, he would have to pay more.

Global mobile phone manufacturers, regardless of size, almost all produce according to sales plans, but some will set production plans based on last month's sales, while some smaller manufacturers will customize according to weekly situations. The better ones handle it like futures and will wait for the quantity ordered by consumers or channel dealers to produce.

Most of OOPP's mid- and low-end mobile phones are sold offline, and sales have been stable, so each production plan is customized according to one month.

Although OOPP has decided to entrust both series of glass panels to Tiansheng Optics, these orders are also signed again on a month-by-month basis.

Huang Qifan really didn't expect that Chen Jinghong was still waiting for him here, but it's not a big problem. As mid-range product lines, the A and K series will not be affected whether this panel is used in the future.

"I see. So how much more will the price of this glass panel increase compared to the original price?"

"Not high. After all, OOPP is our shareholder. The price only needs to increase by 20%!" Chen Jinghong said slowly.

When Tiansheng Optics' first product was produced, Chen Jinghong deliberately lowered the quality and various parameters to make it inferior to Corning. At that time, he directly referred to the price system of Zhao Bo's period and sold the counterfeit screen merchants about six yuan per piece.

The glass panels ordered by OOPP this time have been upgraded in many aspects, so the price has increased a bit, nearly eight dollars per piece.

Now with the addition of anti-reflection, the price will increase by another 20%, so the price per piece will reach 9.5 yuan, almost 10 yuan. This price accounts for less than 1% of the total cost of the A and K series product lines.

"Forget about these two series. Let's continue cooperating according to the original contract!"

Although the price of 9.5 yuan is not high, Huang Qifan initially planned to agree to the price increase request, but then he changed his mind after thinking about it.

The reason for his change of mind was not the price, but the issue of the mid-to-high-end product line.

In fact, some things on many high-end machines currently have very low costs, but in order to differentiate between the two product lines, these manufacturers will not consider using them on mid-range machines even if the cost is very low.

For example, regarding the anti-reflective panel this time, from the perspective of purchasing cost, can the A and K series be equipped with it?
Yes, their cost control department will nod and say yes without hesitation, but when the question comes to the product department and marketing department, they will reject it without hesitation.

You can tell at a glance that this function is standard on high-end phones. So if it is used on mid-range phones, wouldn’t it lower the quality of this thing? How can it highlight the flagship phone?

"Okay, I'll notify the production department later!" Although Chen Jinghong didn't know where the problem occurred, he didn't act too nervous.

"Don't think too much. I just considered that this thing is not suitable for these two product lines!" Huang Qifan probably thought Chen Jinghong would misunderstand and immediately explained: "It just so happens that our new flagship model is about to start mass production. You should be prepared. Our purchasing department will contact you tomorrow!"

After saying this, Huang Qifan hung up the phone without continuing the conversation.

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Among these domestic mobile phone companies, OOPP Group has indeed done a very good job in public opinion and advertising.

Less than 24 hours after the incident happened, Geek Bay's announcement department responded immediately. The official announcement released by OOPP quickly became a hot topic, and the content of the announcement was also very well done.

At the beginning, OOPP didn’t show off anything or brag about how awesome the panel was.

Instead, they came up and apologized directly, saying that this batch of mobile phones equipped with anti-reflection technology was caused by negligence of the purchasing and production departments when communicating with Tiansheng Optics.

Originally, this function was prepared for the latest flagship mobile phone. Due to communication problems, Tiansheng Optics produced a batch of these two models and sent them to the production department for production.

There is not a single word in this announcement saying how rare or awesome this feature is, but anyone can see the intention of showing off. It also reveals that the next generation of flagship phones will be equipped with this technology to directly detonate the market, and many people are beginning to look forward to it.

What's even more rare is that as soon as the announcement came out, the K5 and A57, two mobile phones that may use this panel, triggered a buying spree on the same day. Mobile phones that were originally priced at RMB can now be sold out in seconds with a price increase of RMB as long as they are confirmed to be equipped with Tiansheng Optics' anti-reflective glass panel.

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"It seems that our group has indeed missed a great opportunity to make money this time!"

Fang Chengguang from VVII Group said calmly while looking at the K5 in his hand.

"It's a miss, but it's hard to say whether it's a big profit or a small profit!" A middle-aged man sitting opposite Fang Chengguang suddenly said, "OOPP just announced that this batch of mobile phones was just an accident, and subsequent products will not use this glass panel.

This glass panel has not been supplied to any other models except for these two models, and now it has been announced that it will no longer be supplied in the future.

So is it possible that this product has not really been mass-produced? They can only produce in small batches, so will the production cost be very high?
Is this just a hype by Tiansheng Optics? Is it just for the sake of other subsequent actions? "

Fang Chengguang shook his head and said, "Your speculations are meaningless. After all, even if what you said is true, does that mean Tiansheng Optics is not worth 8 billion? Besides, even if we can't achieve mass production now, can we achieve it later? After all, the finished product has already come out.

No matter how many excuses we find now, we cannot cover up the fact that our decision to withdraw from investing in Tiansheng Optics last time was indeed a mistake, and a major one at that! "

Jiang Zhengwei had no choice but to nod in agreement. As the group's CEO, he played a very important role in withdrawing from Tiansheng Optics' first round of financing.

Now it is proven that he cannot avoid his responsibility in any way.

"Last time, Tiansheng Optics did not have us and Dami investing in the first round. Chen Jinghong only gave up 8% of the shares, and the money raised was not enough. I think the other party will conduct a second round of financing soon. I think it won't be too late for us to get on board then!" Jiang Zhengwei knew that Fang Chengguang was probably very dissatisfied with him, so he could only speak quickly.

But at this moment he felt very aggrieved. After all, it was Fang Chengguang who made the final decision to give up the investment. Why should he put the blame on himself now that problems have arisen?

"Okay! You should pay more attention to them recently. As long as we are sure that there is no problem with their company and they want to raise funds again, we can't miss this opportunity again! Fang Chengguang waved his hand after speaking.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhengwei tactfully stood up and left!

(End of this chapter)