Chapter 454 - Start Scattering Coins (1/2)
Chapter 454 Start Scattering Coins
“Sold out?
“We had over ten thousand cell phones. We’ve sold them all?
“In a single day?” At that moment, Pei Qian was finding it difficult to accept reality. He had thought that the stocks would last two or three days at least and that he would be able to reserve one for himself by calling Chang You directly.
However, he was still too late! Chang You quickly explained himself. “I’m sorry Boss Pei, I did not think about this either. It’s my fault!
“Other cell phone manufacturers would manufacture hundreds of thousands of pieces. Even newer cell phone manufacturers would prepare thirty to fifty thousand pieces. We only manufactured 14 thousand pieces, and yet they managed to last us an entire day. That’s not bad!” Pei Qian was speechless. “That’s not bad?! That’s not what you said two days ago! You kept saying that all of these stocks would just take up space in our warehouses!”
Chang You quickly apologized, “I’m sorry, Boss Pei. I was short-sighted. It looks like you were right to tell me to stock up as quickly as possible. Ten thousand cell phones were too little!” Pei Qian, “…” F*ck you! It’s not the time to show off! According to Chang You, GOG had been released at 8 AM this morning. The official games platform, Shenhua’s application store, and various other channels had given the game a good recommendation spot. Thus, the game became extremely popular since it had been released! The reviewing team had already completed the main bulk of their review. However, when they saw that GOG’s mobile game had been released, they had decided to test it out. Then, they attached the footage to the back of what they had already prepared. After a lot of rushing, they finally managed to upload their video onto Aili Island at noon.
As the video became increasingly popular and as GOG and Bloody Battle Song’s mobile versions kept recommending Otto E1, the cell phone’s sales volume naturally increased. At last, it peaked an hour ago, and all the stocks that Chang You had worked so hard to manufacture were finally sold out! All in all, the situation was completely different now. Although Pei Qian had already expected the sales volume to peak after the release of GOG’s mobile game, he had not expected it to happen so soon.
Hearing no response from Boss Pei, Chang You quickly said, “Rest assured, Boss Pei! I already told the manufacturer to keep manufacturing cell phones. Once the new stocks arrive, I’ll send one over to you!”
Pei Qian, “…Alright.” Pei Qian hung up reluctantly and then leaned back in his seat, falling into deep thought. Still, he regained his composure quickly. “How can I be defeated by such a small problem?! I have to hang in there, in case things have not become completely hopeless!” At that moment, Pei Qian felt like he had been renewed with encouragement. “According to what I understand about the System’s character-each time it closes a door while I wasn’t looking, it sneakily opens a window where I haven’t been paying attention. The more I earn, the more avenues the System would provide for me to spend money.
“Thus, I have to find a new avenue to get rid of all of this money!
“A threat can be transformed into an opportunity. It’s just like when ROF Computer-Installation became popular; I could use 1024 Digital Day to spend as much money as I could.
“Although this would create more problems for the next cycle, I can always start more loss-incurring businesses at the start of the next cycle. That’ll give me more ways to get rid of money… “That’s right! I’ll do that!” The success of GOG and the cell phone threatened to give Pei Qian a lot more funds. If Pei Qian sat back and did nothing about it, he was bound to end up with profits during the settlement. However, Pei Qian refused to give up. He believed that there was still something he could do!
“The real challenge has begun. If I want to lose money, I have to reduce inflow and increase outflow.
“Reducing inflow means minimizing the profits generated by GOG and the cell phone in the short-term. At the very least, this should last until after settlement.
“I can create a ‘delayed payment’ function in GOG. Gamers can pay one-tenth of the price for all the skins in the game, which would last them a month. “That way, I can get rid of ninety percent of GOG’s revenue… wait, that won’t do. People might start buying the skins with a vengeance. Perhaps only eighty percent of the revenue would be done away with after all. “Players can decide not to pay the remaining price for the skins if they don’t like it. It’ll be like they had spent one-tenth of the price to rent the skins for a month. If they like it, they can pay the remaining price at the end of that month.
“We might end up making more sales in the end, but at least the revenue would only be earned after this settlement.
“For the cell phones… most of the profit comes from the other departments. Once Otto Technologies takes care of cash flow, it can transfer those profits to the other departments, which can then take charge of spending them all…
“There’s strength in numbers after all.
“At the end of the day, I’ll give strict orders to all businesses to spend all the profits before the end of the month-not to leave a single cent untouched. Of course, they can only burn the money and not develop any new products. “Then, there’s increasing outflow.
“There are still slightly over two weeks to settlement. In other words, I have another week before I have to complete all my projects. Time is tight. It’ll be too late to ask Chang You to invest a huge sum into research and development now.
“Still, spending the money on rewards would still work!
“First of all, GOG could spend more money on expanding the game’s cloud server and bandwidth. That would give gamers a better online experience and minimize the risks of lagging. It’s reasonable spending, isn’t it? “On top of that, I can think of more ways to spend money on the cell phone. We could rent a cloud server for users to make use of free of charge. That could add storage space for photos or videos that they can upload onto Otto’s cloud. “For cell phones that are damaged due to no human fault, not only would we provide a free exchange, but we could also provide monetary compensation… “Lastly, we can set up a reward system in GOG. The first prize would be a hundred thousand yuan, the second to tenth prize would be fifty thousand yuan, 11th to 50th would be thirty thousand yuan, and 51st to 200th would be ten thousand yuan. “That would add up to 3.25 million yuan each time… that’s not enough. “I’ll give something to those who proudly place 201st to 500th as well. If I give them a thousand yuan each, it’ll only add up to three hundred thousand yuan… no, I’ll give them five thousand yuan each. That’ll add up to 1.5 million yuan.