Chapter 561 - Help Boss Pei Publicize (1/2)
June 24th, Friday… At Dream Realization Ventures…
He Desheng looked at his watch; Boss Pei was about to arrive in less than 10 minutes.
He Desheng could not help but hold his forehead with a slight headache, looking at the slightly anxious Zhang Wang who did not realize the true seriousness of the problem… then at Ma Yang again, who was having fun with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine.
He did not know what came over Boss Pei today to have given advanced notice to head over to Dream Realization Ventures to understand the progress with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine.
Therefore, He Desheng called Zhang Wang and Ma Yang over to give a joint update.
That was because He Desheng did not know how to give an update!
Up to now, thousands of Fully-Automated Bickering Machines had been produced. There might still be a gap between what was currently produced and the final goal of 20,000 stocks, but any idiot could see that the situation was not good.
These few thousand Fully-Automated Bickering Machines were all in the warehouse, unable to be sold!
During this time, He Desheng and Zhang Wang had also thought about some publicity methods. For example, publishing them in online shops, advertising appropriately, and selling to some handicraft shops.
However, all of them without exceptiongave them the cold shoulder!
He tried to advertise, but the conversion rate was horribly low. In layman’s terms, many people watched the advertisement, but no one bought it at all!
He Desheng sighed helplessly even though he knew this would be the result. In fact, He Desheng felt it was impossible when Zhang Wang first brought this project up.
The shared phone booth previously was useful after all. It could serve as a resting spot, a place to sing, and as a landmark building in the city. It had a completely profitable case.
However, there was absolutely no practical use for this Fully-Automated Bickering Machine!
Moreover, it was too expensive-completely out of the affordability of most consumers if it was to be a handicraft or a sand sculpture toy.
The sales figures were in double digits until now; many of them even returned their goods. They probably felt bored after playing with it for a day and immediately regretted spending 500 yuan on it.
In short, it was terrible. He Desheng was frantic now because Boss Pei would be there soon.
If He Desheng gave the report himself, he would definitely advise Boss Pei to stop the production and try to sell the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine at a reduced price to stop the loss in time.
However, if he were to do that, he would certainly not be immune to criticism.
Therefore, He Desheng called Zhang Wang and Ma Yang here to throw the responsibility to them. Anyway, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was a project strongly requested by these two people.
He looked at Ma Yang, having a great time with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, and could not help but wonder if Boss Ma really blocked an atomic bomb for Boss Pei. He would be able to know the correct answer today.
Boss Pei arrived as He Desheng was still fretting over it.
He quickly stood up and welcomed him, “Boss
Pei!”
Ma Yang reluctantly put down the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine until the ‘continuous bar-lifting’ status number disappeared. He then came to the conference table and greeted Pei Qian.
“Brother Qian!” Ma Yang had no shred of worry on his face.
Pei Qian’s eyes swept across to see Ma Yang, Zhang Wang, and He Desheng’s expressions. He realized that their anxiety was of a good proportion, which gave him instant relief.
It should be rather stable then!
“When is DGE Esports Club going to start?” Pei Qian asked Ma Yang a relatively irrelevant question first.
Ma Yang replied, “Next week. Brother Qian, it is not that we are not active. It takes time for the club to form teams and to try out players.”
Pei Qian nodded. “Ok, I understand. Right, let’s go into the main topic. How is the progress of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine project?”
Ma Yang answered immediately, “Very smoothly! So far, thousands of units have been mass-produced. The stocks are very sufficient, and all of them have been carefully inspected. Individual defective goods have all been returned for repair!”
He Desheng could not help but to give a thumbs-up in his heart. You can do it, Boss Ma!
How dare you report good news rather than the bad in front of Boss Pei. Do you treat Boss Pei as a three-year-old, easy to fool? Pei Qian coughed lightly as expected. “What about the sales then?” Zhang Wang stood up. “Boss Pei, I’m willing to bear the responsibility of the poor sales results. It has nothing to do with Boss Ma!”
Pei Qian raised his hand. “Don’t make haste. Tell me a specific number of units sold first.” Zhang Wang pursed his lips. “Thirty units.”
Pei Qian was stunned for two seconds. He nearly blurted out: How could so many units be sold?
There were actually thirty-one idiots who spent 500 yuan to buy this rubbish? The world was filled with all sorts of people!
Zhang Wang paused before adding on. “One of them was delivered to your residence, seven more were returned to us…
“Boss Pei, I’m the one mainly responsible for the loss this time. I’m willing to pay out of my own pocket to bear part of the loss…” Zhang Wang became less confident as he spoke. Obviously, as a great inventor, he was hit hard to find that his invention was so unpopular.
Moreover, even though Zhang Wang had a lot of shares in the shared phone booth project, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to the eight million yuan investment.