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Chapter 340 Lü Yao, You're Acting on Emotions (6k views, please subscribe)

After the press conference arranged by Lei Jun ended, Lei Jun and Lü Yao appeared together at the celebration banquet prepared by Lü Yao.

For this celebration banquet, CEO Lei chartered a plane to bring all the key members of the Geek Phone R&D Department. Even the staff of the Geek Phone project team who couldn't come, including those responsible for cleaning and logistics, received generous red envelopes.

When it comes to distributing money, Mr. Lei has a very generous spirit and is not stingy at all.

After all, the Geek Phone is only on sale now, and there's still some time before it's officially released.

When Lü Yao and CEO Lei arrived at the hotel where the celebration banquet was being held, Geek Phone's order volume had already exceeded 500,000. At this rate, Geek Phone's order volume might break one million in the next 24 hours.

Of course, this is a rather optimistic estimate.

Based on Lei Jun's experience with Xiaomi phones, the potential for order volume to be released takes at least 15 to 20 days. If orders are placed now and shipped immediately, then based on subsequent market feedback, the order volume will only truly explode on the fourth to fifth day after the release date.

Because users who get a new phone at that time will show it off, which will encourage others around them to make purchases. Therefore, the sales data in the first 72 hours is very important. If the product is good enough, each user who places an order and receives the phone within 72 hours can bring in three to five orders.

With this trend of rolling orders, the sales volume of mobile phones can be guaranteed.

So, in the latter half of the celebration banquet, a slightly tipsy Mr. Lei came to Lu Yao's side and said, "Mr. Lu, I want to discuss something with you."

Lei Jun was about to unleash his traditional skills again: "Mr. Lü, we have enough phones in stock right now. Why don't we arrange for delivery as soon as possible? The longer we delay, the more anxious the users will become, and they might realize they made an impulsive purchase."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "President Lei, you don't need to worry. I promised to ship the goods in three days so that users would have time to change their minds. Moreover, after this batch of goods is sold out, I will gradually release the next batch."

That's right.

Lü Yao is deliberately using scarcity marketing tactics.

It's not fair to say they're deliberately using scarcity marketing. The high-end components used in geek phones aren't easy to obtain, and product quality testing also takes a long time, so the production capacity of geek phones is definitely very low.

Although Geek Phone is a sub-brand of Xiaomi, it can use Xiaomi's name to place orders and negotiate with suppliers. However, it seems that Geek Phone is selling like hotcakes. But whether this is due to impulse buying, manipulation by competitors, or a high initial price followed by a decline, is hard to say.

Therefore, blindly expanding one's production line is certainly unwise.

So Lu Yao said with a smile, "President Lei, you can rest assured. What we need to do is build long-term brand power. Although short-term wins and losses are important, they are ultimately just fluctuations in the face of the overall trend."

Honestly, Lei couldn't understand why Lü Yao was so confident and unwilling to strike while the iron was hot.

Little did Lei Jun know that his foray into the mobile phone consumer market was partly to boost the profit growth of his own game company, and partly to secure a foothold in advance, as 2018 was fast approaching and the real big players in the mobile phone consumer market hadn't even arrived yet.

Therefore, no matter how well Geek Phones sells this year, it cannot stop their future rise.

This is the power of the prevailing trend.

Lei, having failed to utilize his traditional skills once again, was somewhat depressed. His usually invincible art of conversation, as well as his grasp of people's hearts and the market, seemed to have all failed in front of Lü Yao. Instead, his own mind began to be affected by Lü Yao's confidence.

But on what grounds?

What makes him so confident?

……

After the lively celebration banquet, Lü Yao was driven back to the villa by Lin Yongzhen.

When they got back, Lu Yao, who was still relatively sober despite being drunk, invited them, "It seems like you and Sister Shu haven't seen each other for a long time, right? Come in and have a seat."

Lin Yongzhen didn't hesitate: "Okay."

Lü Yao led Lin Yongzhen back to their current villa. He told Lin Yongzhen to make herself at home while he went to cook some hangover soup. Hearing the commotion, Wang Shu and Jian Xiaojie leaned out from the upstairs railing. Jian Xiaojie blurted out, "You brought guests back too."

When Wang Shu saw that the person sitting in the hall below was Lin Yongzhen, she couldn't help but feel happy: "It's Yongzhen!"

Soon, Wang Shu and Jian Xiaojie arrived downstairs together.

Since becoming pregnant, Wang Shu hadn't seen Lin Yongzhen for a long time, and Lin Yongzhen hadn't deliberately moved closer to Wang Shu.

As a result, people naturally reduced their contact with each other, just like other travelers they met by chance on their journey. Although they had a great time chatting together, when it was time to part ways, they didn't linger or even think about each other in the days that followed.

At the very least, that's how Lin Yongzhen is.

She had long been accustomed to farewells and had seen countless "never to see you again" moments.

But Wang Shu was different. Wang Shu was obviously more concerned about Lin Yongzhen. She sat down next to Lin Yongzhen, took Lin Yongzhen's hand and said, "I have sent you a few messages and asked you out, but you have been too busy."

Lin Yongzhen smiled and said, "There's no way around it. Mr. Lü's business is growing bigger and bigger, and he has a lot of things to deal with every day. In particular, Mr. Lü is so fast and efficient. If I don't keep up, I definitely won't be able to keep up with Mr. Lü's pace."

Lu Yao, who had already started simmering the hangover soup over a low flame, called out from the open kitchen, "My ears are very sharp. I heard you talking badly about me. I'm not taking the blame for this. I've already assigned you a secretary's office and so many people under you. They should be able to share a lot of your workload."

Lin Yongzhen smiled helplessly. "Are you trying to sabotage me at this moment? I've always helped you so much, and you still do this to me?"
Wang Shu was such a gentle and understanding person. She could tell at a glance that Lin Yongzhen had concerns, but she didn't point it out. She still held Lin Yongzhen's hand and said, "Why don't you move in with us? Lü Yao and Xiao Jie are usually very busy. Sometimes they are not home for several days. During the day, I am all alone here. It's so boring."

Lin Yongzhen smiled but did not answer Wang Shu's question. Her gaze fell on Wang Shu's increasingly pregnant belly, her expression complex: "How much longer until you give birth?"

Wang Shu laughed and said, "I estimate it will be around February next year."

Lin Yongzhen nodded: "It will be soon, that's great."

Wang Shu seemed to realize something, and his eyes suddenly dimmed.

Lin Yongzhen said without any hesitation, "I will never be able to have a child of my own in this life, so I am quite envious of you, Sister Shu."

Wang Shu held rather conservative views on offspring and children, and children held an absolutely special meaning for her. Therefore, she valued her ability to have children very much, and thus, when she heard that Lin Yongzhen could not have children, her expression became complicated.

Feelings of pity, heartache, and guilt rushed in all at once.

At this point, Wang Shu roughly understood why Lin Yongzhen was unwilling to approach her. Seeing herself in this state, she must be feeling bad too.

Just then, Jian Xiaojie chimed in, "Damn! Isn't this a good thing? I just don't like kids, they're so annoying."

Before Wang Shu could roll her eyes at her, Jian Xiaojie immediately said, "Of course, your child is an exception. After all, I'm his yeast, so don't expect me to take care of the child. At most, I'll play a couple of games when I have free time."

In Jian Xiaojie's view, children should play as much as they can while they are at their most fun.

When children develop their own ideas and start doing things their own way, they become not only unfunny, but also very annoying.

Jian Xiaojie sneered and said, "I myself was once a brat, how could I not know what a brat is like?"

At this moment, Lü Yao came over with a plate of sliced ​​fruit and said, "Not all kids are as naughty as you."

Jian Xiaojie straightened her body, displaying her attractive figure, and asked, "So what?"

Wang Shu interrupted their argument, saying, "Alright, stop fooling around. Yongzhen is right, you've been working too fast lately, and there's just too much going on. You have to be responsible for so many things every day, you won't be able to handle it in time."

"The Geek Phone launch event is over, so we can leave the rest to the staff and go out and relax."

Lu Yao laughed and said, "National Day is almost here, and everywhere you go will be crowded. Besides, although the Geek Phone launch event is over, the marketing for Geek Phone is not over yet. We'll be busy for at least another two weeks, and it will be extremely busy."

Looking at Lü Yao's appearance, Wang Shu couldn't help but frown with worry.

But this time, Jian Xiaojie sided with Lü Yao and comforted Wang Shu, saying, "Okay, Sister Shu, don't worry about these things. Power and career are the elixir of life for men. I've only ever heard of big shots who suddenly get sick from having too much free time, never big shots who get overworked and collapse."

"Of course, Zhuge Liang is an exception. After all, he later had no capable people under his command. But when Zhuge Liang was young, he was always full of vigor and strength."

Wang Shu tilted his head.

No, is that how you make such an analogy?
Besides, your kind of personality is considered very unlucky.

Lü Yao also laughed and said, "In that case, after the National Day holiday, we can go on a team building trip together."

At that time, Wang Shu's condition will be relatively stable.

Wang Shu smiled and said, "That's a good deal then."

After the four of them chatted for a while, Lin Yongzhen got up to say goodbye. Lü Yao got up and saw Lin Yongzhen to the door, and asked the villa's driver to prepare to take Lin Yongzhen back.

But before getting on the bus, Lü Yao asked, "Sister Yongzhen, are you moving here? That way we can see each other more often and have someone to look after us."

Lin Yongzhen leaned against the car, her hands behind her back. She looked at Lü Yao with a half-smile, her beautiful eyes sparkling as if they held countless stories. Lin Yongzhen asked, "Is this an order?"

Lu Yao paused for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "Of course not, it's just a request 'between friends'."

Lin Yongzhen tilted her head, and her mature demeanor was suddenly replaced by a strong sense of youthful girlishness. With a slight smile, she said, "Then I don't want to."

As she spoke, Lin Yongzhen took a small step forward, almost face to face with Lü Yao. She said, "Sister, I finally have my freedom, and I don't want to move from one cage to another. I want to go wherever I want. The reason I moved to your apartment was because I wanted to move there too!"

As she spoke, Lin Yongzhen grabbed Lü Yao's collar with both hands and pulled him down to look down...

Lin Yongzhen's lips gently brushed against Lü Yao's lips, leaving Lü Yao with endless fantasies.

After doing all this, Lin Yongzhen turned around, got into the car, and waved to Lü Yao without looking back.

Watching the car disappear into the distance, Lü Yao subconsciously touched his lips and then smiled.

She's truly a remarkable woman.

Even a seasoned womanizer like Lü Yao had his heart racing a little with Lin Yongzhen.

Just then, Jian Xiaojie appeared like a ghost, clicking her tongue in amazement: "Wow, this woman is amazing. She's really good at those things in the brothel."

Lu Yao turned to look at Jian Xiaojie and said with a speechless smile, "When did you become so elusive?"

Jian Xiaojie rolled her eyes: "I have received proper special agent training, okay? Otherwise, how do you think I've managed to escape unscathed after all these years of braving wind and rain?"

As she spoke, she took out a cigarette and offered it to Lü Yao: "Want one?"

Without being polite, Lü Yao took out a cigarette and lit it for himself.

Since Wang Shu became pregnant, Lu Yao and Jian Xiaojie, the two heavy smokers, have been extra careful and can no longer smoke as recklessly as before. They can only smoke in secluded places.

The two leaned against the wall in front of their villa, chatting idly. Jian Xiaojie said, "I actually investigated Lin Yongzhen behind the scenes. Did you know that she had a chance to leave Shangnan and disappear from the world completely?"

Lu Yao suddenly remembered the scene when Lin Yongzhen came to find him.

At that time, Lin Yongzhen said that although she and her forces, especially the domestic part, had been dismantled, a centipede with a hundred legs does not die easily. A traitor like her would not become safer; on the contrary, her situation would become more dangerous.

Therefore, Lin Yongzhen chose to stay in the dark and follow Lu Yao, as this would ensure her safety.

As for the fact that Lin Yongzhen had a chance to completely escape and disappear... Lü Yao really didn't know, so he shook his head.

Jian Xiaojie laughed: "So you didn't know. What do you think a woman as capable as Lin Yongzhen would want to stay in Shangnan and by your side? I guarantee she's not short of money, and she doesn't even have that much personal safety in danger."

As they talked, the atmosphere between Lü Yao and Jian Xiaojie became increasingly strange, even heavy.

Jian Xiaojie deliberately asked, "I remember she presented a very impressive 'pledge of allegiance' back then, right?"

Lü Yao did not answer.

Jian Xiaojie continued her attack, relentlessly striking at his ego: "Tell me, is there any possibility...?"

Lu Yao interrupted Jian Xiaojie: "What do you plan to do with her?"

Seeing Lü Yao's darkened face, Jian Xiaojie, the usually cheerful one, became even more excited: "Oh my, you're getting anxious now, aren't you? You actually worry about a woman like this? Do you feel so sorry for her?"

Jian Xiaojie's mocking smile gradually turned cold: "Or do you really trust her that much? Lü Yao, when did you become so naive?"

Lü Yao remained silent.

Jian Xiaojie finished her cigarette in one gulp, then flicked the butt away with a cold face. The still-burning butt still glowed with a dark red light, as if it were struggling to die. As the butt traced an arc, Jian Xiaojie said, "Young man, you're acting on emotion."

The cigarette butt landed silently, rolled twice, and then came to a complete stop.

Lu Yao stubbed out his cigarette, which was barely hanging on, and stood by the roadside. He tilted his head and thought for a moment before asking, "Lin Yongzhen just said that she wants to go anywhere she wants. Where do you think she wants to go?"

This time, it was Jian Xiaojie's turn to remain silent.

Lu Yao strolled back, saying, "Besides, what dirt do I have on me? My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror."

"I have nothing to be afraid of."

Lu Yao walked past Jian Xiaojie with a carefree and unrestrained gait, showing no sign of being influenced by Jian Xiaojie.

Watching Lü Yao's swaggering gait, Jian Xiaojie laughed: "Damn, are you trying to kill yourself by looking so cool?"

……

Following the Geek Phone launch event, as netizens placed orders, a flood of comments about the phone appeared online.

However, unlike previous mobile phone manufacturers who would give away the phones as part of their "travel expenses" to review bloggers after the press conference, Geek Phone did not invest in this aspect of marketing. After the press conference, Geek Phone, with an inclusive and open attitude, allowed all digital bloggers to conduct reviews.

Therefore, after the press conference but before shipping, online reviews of the Geek Phone were truly mixed.

Many tech bloggers are offering seemingly objective, but actually biased, evaluations of tech-focused phones:

"Whether Geek Phone is really as powerful and stylish as Mr. Lü Yao claims, we don't know. What we do know is that Mr. Lü is not a senior professional in the mobile phone industry, and even Xiaomi Group, which he has a deep partnership with, is a newcomer to mobile phone manufacturing."

"As Mr. Lü is making his first mobile phone, can his product withstand the test of the market? I am not very optimistic about it - Ziru Digital Review."

This view has also garnered considerable support online.

Meanwhile, other bloggers also voiced their criticisms.

"In today's mobile phone consumer market, the emergence of the Geek Generation 1 is indeed unique. Since we have not yet experienced the actual device, we have no way to judge its performance. But just from the appearance design of the Geek Generation 1 phone, it is a complete monster."

"A massive triple-camera setup, an incredibly heavy phone, and an outrageously large size... it doesn't seem like a product from the future; it's more like a man-made monster."

"Here, I can't help but ask, who exactly is paying for such monstrous products?"

Another blogger asked: "Who exactly is the target audience for all these weird and wonderful colors that tech-savvy phones are coming up with? Midnight Purple, Azure Green, Champagne Gold... what kind of non-mainstream names are these? They're all flashy and useless!"

This was a very blunt statement. The criticism of the design of the first-generation Geek Phone made many fashion-conscious tech enthusiasts wary of it.

Lü Yao had certainly seen these online comments, but unlike many conflicted netizens, he simply took them as entertainment.

When it comes to the claim that this was Lü Yao's first time making a mobile phone, Lü Yao himself has no way to refute it.

But what kills you isn't your peers, but competitors from other industries. This is nothing new in the internet world today, but people don't seem to be very accepting of "non-professional" tech entrepreneurs.

As for the black exterior...

This Lü Yao really wanted to laugh.

It's unclear whether this is genuine disdain for domestic products or paid shills hired by other companies, but Lu Yao's geek phone is a one-to-one replica of the Apple 14 Pro Max. As a long-time Apple user, Lu Yao only needs to hold it once to know that this phone is exactly the same as the 14pm he used.

Even Apple's most prized feature, its smooth operating system, has been made as fluid as current Apple devices thanks to Lü Yao's "money power."

When it comes to copying future Apple phones, Lü Yao is arguably unmatched in the world!

—Even if others wanted to copy it, they wouldn't have anything to copy.

Even though this design is entirely from Apple's future, it still drew considerable criticism from tech bloggers online.

Looking at the recently launched Apple 7 series phones, as an upgrade to the previous generation, there aren't many improvements in either appearance or performance, let alone any innovative new Apple phones, yet they have received a lot of praise online.

Lü Yao sometimes wonders whether this is something that domestic digital bloggers do voluntarily or whether they are being paid to do it.
It’s so hard to guess.

Lu Yao doesn't have time to engage in online banter right now. Since the press conference, he has been frantically "practicing his signature," intending to give the current marketing world a lesson from the future on the day the new phone is launched.

Lü Yao learned this future marketing department from his current partner.

The afternoon of the day after the release of the first generation of Geek Phone.

Those who had already ordered the Geek Phone and hadn't cancelled their orders all received a text message:
"Dear Geek Phone user, this is the official Geek Phone brand. As you are one of the first 1,000 Geek Phone customers to order a phone, to thank you for your patronage and support, Geek Phone would like to invite you to Shangnan. Our CEO, Mr. Lü Yao, will personally present you with the phone you ordered."

"All expenses incurred during the trip to Shangnan, including lost wages, will be fully covered by Geek Mobile."

"Thank you again for your love and support of Geek Phone. We sincerely look forward to your visit."

When the first batch of pre-ordered mobile phone users received the news, they were overjoyed and posted screenshots online, briefly plunging the internet into a frenzy after the launch event.

again!

Fuck!
Let it boil!
(End of this chapter)