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Chapter 179 East Africa Booms, a Guiding Light for the Investment World! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
After handling the customer complaints, Pinbei's daily active users not only did not decline, but instead experienced a surge.

at the same time.

Zhou Jinling and others, who were far away in Asberba, finally received the second batch of Orange F1 mobile phones from the Shenzhen factory, with an inventory of up to 100,000 units.

In addition, there are 30,000 Orange F2 phones, an improvement on the Orange C1, priced at $299.

Cao Dahua said: The price given to distributors can be adjusted by giving up an additional 10-20 US dollars in profit, depending on the sales volume of the partner.

The Orange F2's chip has been changed from the Snapdragon MSM8260 dual-core processor to the cheaper, slightly less powerful MSM7225, and the screen has also been downgraded accordingly.

However, improvements to the speaker volume, number of card slots, and battery capacity have made its design more suitable for the African market.

"Brother Zhou, are we going to start selling tomorrow?" Jin Xu asked with a smile as he carried the goods into the warehouse.

Their station was allocated 5000 Orange F1 units and 1500 Orange F2 units, which, based on the original sales progress, should have been enough for them to sell for at least a month and a half.

"No rush. I've arranged to meet with more than a dozen digital store owners from the neighborhood at Kategna Restaurant to discuss collaborations."

Zhou Jinling changed into a suit, regaining some of his former style.

Kategna Restaurant is a restaurant in the nearby business district that serves local cuisine, with dishes mainly consisting of hylo (hummus stew), tibus (fried meat), and injera (wraps).

Jin Xu and Qi Liang exchanged a glance, and a wry smile appeared on their faces.

Because local food is cheap, the three of them often eat this kind of stuff and have long been fed up with it.

"The company will reimburse you, so eat more at lunch." Zhou Jinling straightened his tie, patted the two men on the shoulders, and joked with a smile.

He didn't want to eat local food, but the restaurant owners he invited were all locals, so it wouldn't be appropriate to eat at a Chinese restaurant.

Moreover, the prices on the menus of Chinese restaurants in Asberba are comparable to those of French or Italian restaurants, and are more expensive than one can imagine.

"Brother Zhou, how about we go to a Chinese restaurant and let these black guys experience our food culture?" Jin Xu said with a grin.

Qi Liang nodded in agreement. Although the Chinese restaurants in Asberba had made some changes to the flavors, the chefs would still cook according to the tastes in China as long as the customers were Chinese.

The taste is actually not bad!
"Stop talking nonsense. These local bosses, who can stomach the spicy blood curd, braised pork intestines, and braised ribbonfish that you two like?"

Zhou Jinling rolled her eyes and said irritably.

"Hehe, that's true." Qi Liang sighed and replied with a dry laugh.

"It's getting late. Let's take two samples and set off!"

Zhou Jinling gave instructions to the two men, then led the way outside.

The three walked along Old Ambo Road for about fifteen minutes before they saw the sign for Kategna Restaurant.

As soon as Zhou Jinling stepped inside, he was surrounded by three dark-skinned local business owners and led to a table.

After all, the person who had communicated with them before was Zhou Jinling.

Although Jin Xu and Qi Liang were also wearing shirts, their demeanor was noticeably inferior to Zhou Jinling's, and they were treated as his followers.

At this time, there were already about ten people sitting at the table, most of them black, except for one woman wearing a long dress, whose skin was slightly lighter and looked more like a Southeast Asian.

Zhou Jinling knew that the other party was of mixed race and ran a digital specialty store near the Sheraton Hotel on Bolai Road.

It's a fairly large business, specializing in selling mobile phones from brands like Apple, Samsung, and Nokia.

Abyssinia has a population of over 90 million, and although most of them can only afford a feature phone for around 34 US dollars, there are still over 10 million people with extremely strong purchasing power.

Not to mention the $299 Orange F2, even the $799 Apple 4 is a bestseller in the area, which shows the spending power of local tycoons.

"Mr. Zhou, can we take a look at the goods first?" Elita asked.

She is the only female boss among these distributors, and also the most powerful one in the nearby business district.

"No problem at all."

Zhou Jinling smiled, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Jin Xu, who was standing to the side, put the bag he was holding on the table and took out a small mobile phone box from it.

The pure white design looks extremely exquisite.

The front is printed with the words 'Orange F2'.

Elita picked it up without hesitation, tore open the plastic packaging, and a phone with an ultra-narrow bezel and an ultra-thin body was revealed to everyone.

Elita turned on her phone, connected to the restaurant's Wi-Fi, and started playing the game as if no one else was around.

In Abyssinia in 2011, the internet infrastructure was relatively underdeveloped, but as the capital, Jasberba typically offered Wi-Fi service in upscale restaurants, cafes, hotels, and business centers.

Zhou Jinling didn't mind and leisurely sipped his tea.

While the Orange F2 has simplified its specifications, it has optimized the speaker, card slot, and shooting algorithms. Moreover, with a price of only $299, it will definitely be a hot commodity in the local market if the marketing is done well.

"Crack!"

Elita tried the camera function again. Although the image quality was not as good as Apple's, her face in the photo was obviously brightened and optimized.

This shows that Orange Technology values ​​the Abyssinian user experience more than companies like Apple and Samsung.

"Mr. Zhou, I need 100 units of this model." Elita was quite satisfied and immediately asked for 100 units.

“No problem.” Zhou Jinling hadn’t expected that he would secure the most capable distributor before even starting the meal.

"Miss Elita, please let me take a look." The digital store owner next to her, seeing how much Elita liked the product, immediately requested.

Elita handed over the phone.

Seeing this, Zhou Jinling was in a great mood and called over a waiter to order food.

The group ate and chatted, and an hour later, the owners of more than a dozen digital stores who came to keep the appointment all ordered a batch of goods, more or less.

Anyway, Zhou Jinling promised that if it couldn't be sold, it could be returned to him at any time.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Zhou Jinling led them back to the Orange Mobile Phone Store.

The two parties exchanged money and goods simultaneously.

In just over ten minutes, Zhou Jinling pre-sold 1700 Orange F1 units and 480 Orange F2 units.

This success is the result of his nearly two weeks of communication with various companies. While waiting for the factory to ship the goods, Zhou Jinling worked on wall advertisements and explored marketing methods suitable for the local area.

In Abyssinia, where e-commerce is underdeveloped, the offline channel expansion approach that Euron originally used is more suitable.

"Brother Zhou, it has to be you! In just a short while, you've sold a month's worth of our stock," Qi Liang said, flattering him.

"It's just a pre-sale. Whether it can be sold out depends on how hard these people work and whether our previous wall advertisements are effective."

Zhou Jinling did not appear too optimistic.

"I think it's fine. The prototype of the Orange F1 sold 1000 million units in China."

Jin Xu used domestic sales figures to encourage the two of them.

"Open the door! Welcome our guests!"

Zhou Jinling nodded slightly, forced a smile, and shouted loudly.

A dozen buyers had already lined up outside the door. Long before Elita and the others left after picking up their goods, these people had seen the display case full of mobile phones through the crack in the door.

After a month of fermentation, Orange F1 has become quite well-known locally.

For just $99, you can get a smartphone with a 3.7-inch screen, quad SIM cards, dual batteries, and 8GB of RAM, instantly becoming a fashionable item for young people.

For half a month, the store was always marked as sold out, which was very disappointing.

This unintentional scarcity marketing strategy has secretly accumulated a large number of potential buyers.

Jin Xu and Qi Liang glanced outside the door; the line of customers was growing longer and longer.

The two quickly opened the door, stood in front of the counter, and resumed business.

一下午就卖了47台橙子F1和12台橙子F2，两者的价格毕竟差了三倍，F2的销量难免就差了一点。

Other Orange Mobile phone marketing teams also achieved impressive sales figures, and there were quite a few people like Zhou Jinling who had built up basic distribution networks.

In just three days, Abyssinia absorbed 2.7 Orange F1 cars and 6000 Orange F2 cars.

Sales are gradually picking up!
Compared to October and November, Orange Phone has finally gained a foothold in East Africa and won over users with its excellent photography features, long battery life, and multi-SIM card slot design.

the other side.

After finalizing the cooperation with Suning and Vancl, Chen Yansen decided to hold Pinbei's first investment promotion conference on December 28.

While consolidating existing merchants, we will introduce more brands and source factories to enhance Pinduoduo's influence in the industry and seek new cooperation opportunities and business models.

Although Pinbei has only been online for a little over a month, it has attracted a large number of merchants to participate thanks to its outstanding sales performance.

Upon learning of the situation, the business leaders of the virtual city immediately arranged two teams of inspectors to ensure the smooth running of the investment promotion conference.

It's important to know that in 2011, Xucheng was just a major agricultural city, with its pillar industries relying entirely on forestry, coal and electricity, and light textile and food industries.

Ten years later, the automotive parts, photovoltaic energy, cloud computing, big data, and new materials industries are virtually nonexistent, except for cloud computing, which has just begun to be developed.

This demonstrates the importance that Orange Technology and Pinbei Technology receive in the above context.

The day before December 28th, people began to arrive in the virtual city.

To Chen Yansen's surprise, Zhang Jindong from Suning personally visited him with his team.

Don't be fooled by Suning's online sales of less than 100 billion yuan in 2011. Suning's real strength lies in its offline presence, with 1500 chain stores nationwide, firmly holding the top position among China's home appliance chains.

With a net worth of 30 to 40 billion, and ranking in the top ten of the Forbes rich list, he was riding high on his success.

Chen Yansen was well aware of the power of this local tyrant in Nanjing. Although he was not afraid, he would not turn away business that came to him.

In business, having one more friend is far better than having one more enemy.

Moreover, bringing in Suning will give Pinbei another option before it can perfect its merchant system.

"Mr. Chen, you are young and promising. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

When they met, Zhang Jindong extended his hand proactively, showing great enthusiasm.

Zhang Jindong, nearing fifty, wearing a royal blue bespoke suit, with a tuft of white hair on his forehead and a ruddy complexion, stepped out of the back seat of a Bentley with the license plate "66999".

He was followed by assistants and bodyguards, exuding an air of grandeur.

The career path he set for his son was similar to that of Chen Yansen. If Kang Yang hadn't been studying at university in Pennsylvania, Zhang Jindong would have really wanted to bring his son to meet Chen Yansen.

"Mr. Zhang, you flatter me. Please come in."

Chen Yansen stepped forward with a smile, shook hands, and exchanged pleasantries.

Looking at Zhang Jindong, he couldn't help but sigh. A businessman who can't keep up with the times will find it hard to hold onto his wealth.

Zhang Jindong made two wrong moves in a row. First, he failed to successfully transform the business, and Suning's online business lost to JD.com. Second, he made reckless investments, acquiring Inter Milan, Wanda Department Store, and Carrefour, and investing in Jia Yueting and Evergrande, losing 40 to 50 billion yuan in one go.

It can be described as a guiding light for the investment world!

Zhang Jindong looked at Chen Yansen with satisfaction. Logically speaking, someone of his status wouldn't need to attend a trade fair of this level, but he just wanted to see Chen Yansen.

Before he was even twenty, he had already made a name for himself in the e-commerce and mobile phone industries, amassing a fortune of billions.

At this time, Zhang Jindong had the same idea as Ma Wenteng and Ma Liyun: knowing it was impossible, he still wanted to recruit Chen Yansen.

The two walked and talked as they headed toward the lobby of Building 6.

Inside and outside the building, in addition to the security guards responsible for patrolling, there is also a team of inspection personnel.

The ground-level parking spaces were filled with luxury cars. After all, the merchants invited to the investment conference were at least B-class brands or owned a processing plant with a considerable production capacity. BBA (BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi) cars were commonplace, with more than a dozen Maybachs, Bentleys, Porsches, and Land Rovers parked there.

Chen Yansen led Zhang Jindong to sit down in the first row of the conference hall on the 8th floor.

However, as soon as Zhang Jindong sat down, his expression turned cold, because three seats away was the head of the Di Dong sect.

The two men, both from the same hometown, engaged in fierce competition in the digital home appliance industry.

"Mr. Zhang, I didn't expect to run into you at an industry exchange conference of this caliber."

Liu Qiangdong spoke with a smile, his words carrying a hint of teasing.

(End of this chapter)