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Chapter 201 200 Million Units! Apple: You want me to learn from them?

The following morning, the top trending topic on Weibo was: Orange phones sold a whopping 136 million units!

The second story is about Liu Dong, an HR manager at Baidu, who became famous for a set of photos and was dubbed "Baidu Goddess" by netizens.

The third point is that the 12306 ticket booking system crashed, and migrant workers and college students eager to go home all passionately spoke out in the comments section, affectionately cursing the ancestors of the 12306 engineers.

Chen Yansen sat at his desk, glanced out the window. The sky was overcast, and snowflakes were falling in scattered drops.

打开廖威的工作报告，昨天共有6.4万台橙子C2手机和19.3万台橙子D1手机，在22点之前完成了配送。

In addition, Yunsu has also reached a pre-positioned warehouse cooperation plan with Pisen and Yoobo.

Before the Spring Festival, these two companies will put their best-selling power banks, phone cases, tempered glass screen protectors, phone stands and other accessories into Yunsu Express's central warehouse and terminal outlets in advance.

Once a user places an order on Pinduoduo, the courier can deliver the goods to the user within 12 hours.

Of course, this is just a preliminary attempt. Combining food delivery with forward warehouses is Chen Yansen's ideal business model.

However, KuaiPiao is just starting out and is in a stage of rapid development, so it simply doesn't have the extra capacity to run flash delivery.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

“Go in!” Chen Yansen replied casually.

The door was pushed open from the outside, and He Shuang, the administrative director of Orange Technology, walked in with a document in her hand.

"Boss, this is the annual meeting's agenda and prize budget list, which need your approval."

After He Shuang sat down, he pushed the documents in front of Chen Yansen.

She was originally the administrative director of NetEase, but she voluntarily switched jobs to Orange Technology for a higher salary and better benefits.

Chen Yansen nodded slightly and casually flipped through the book.

The event was held in the Sky Garden and consisted of an opening ceremony, performances, awards ceremonies, a raffle, and a banquet.

He glanced at the gift list: three grand prize winners, each receiving 100,000 yuan in cash; eighty-eight first prize winners, each receiving 30,000 yuan in cash; one hundred and eighty-eight second prize winners, each receiving 10,000 yuan in cash; and three hundred and eighty-eight third prize winners, each receiving 6666 yuan in cash.
Sunshine Award: One Orange C2 mobile phone (64GB).

It's simple and straightforward, primarily involving cash.

"Swish—"

Chen Yansen picked up a pen and began to modify the amounts above them: the grand prize became 200,000, the first prize 50,000, the second prize 30,000, and the third prize 10,000.

"Follow this version."

Chen Yansen handed the document to He Shuang and casually gave her instructions.

Orange Technology and Pinbei only offer quarterly bonuses four times a year, with no year-end bonus, so he significantly increased the prize money for the annual meeting's raffle.

“Okay, boss.” He Shuang took the documents and turned to find the finance department.

As his number of companies increased and the Spring Festival approached, Cao Dahua, Pei Yi, Liao Wei, and others sent him messages asking if he would attend the annual meeting.

Chen Yansen agreed to everything!
Only the tools and the names cannot be lent to others.

Chen Yansen understood this principle well. Even if it was a bit of a hassle, he had to show his face at the company's annual meeting. Otherwise, after a while, his subordinates might even forget who the boss was.

Thinking of this, he sent a message to Song Yuncheng: "Come with me to Shanghai on a business trip tomorrow."

"Visit the partner platform or the merchant?" Song Yuncheng replied quickly.

"Attending Yunsu Express's annual meeting," Chen Yansen said truthfully.

"Boss, I'm an employee of Pinduoduo."

"We won't deduct your salary."

"Chen the Skinflint!"

Song Yuncheng, her pretty face drooping, smiled helplessly and finally agreed.

at the same time.

Huang Zhang stood in the conference hall, coldly questioning Meizu's top executives: "I don't care what methods you use, if MX's monthly sales don't reach 50 units, you're all fired!"

The Meizu MX has sold 23.7 units in half a month since its launch, which is not bad, but compared with the Orange C2, it is completely crushed.

How could Huang Zhang possibly save face?
"Boss, the marketing department's analysis shows that online channels are accounting for an increasingly large proportion of the smartphone industry. Take Orange Technology for example, they have neither distributors nor offline stores, but they can still sell more than 10 units every day..."

Marketing Director Li Nan spoke slowly.

"Get to the point! Stop rambling on and on without getting to the main issue!" Huang Zhang snapped irritably.

"We will expand our online sales channels, opening stores simultaneously on Taobao, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Suning, and Gome Mall."

Li Nan was startled and quickly cut to the chase.

"Then let's get it done and get it online as soon as possible!" Huang Zhang waved his hand, signaling the meeting to adjourn.

Since the emergence of brands like Orange and Xiaomi in the domestic mobile phone industry, making money has become increasingly difficult.

In the past, when people held new product launches, they would focus on the functions of core components such as chips, screens, and cameras, while remaining tight-lipped about material costs and gross profit margins. However, the last Orange mobile phone new product launch broadened his horizons.

That bastard Wang Teng stood on the stage, in front of users, media, and competitors, and brazenly introduced the R&D, materials, production, transportation, sales, and after-sales costs of Orange phones.

They even shared what equipment and instruments are needed to purchase for an SMT production line.

Although Huang Zhang felt there was a lot of exaggeration involved, users saw Wang Teng's sincerity.

By buying an Orange phone, at least you'll know where your money went.

With the Orange D1 and Orange C2 selling so well, the sales of mobile phone manufacturers such as Meizu, Xiaomi, OPPO, and Coolpad have naturally declined.

After all, the market is only so big; if Orange Technology takes a bigger bite, they take a smaller bite.

In a short time, second-tier domestic mobile phone manufacturers launched their online channel expansion plans one after another.

Manufacturers like Huawei and ZTE, with their strong capabilities and extensive distribution channels, are still feigning modesty, believing they should firmly control their online sales channels and have no intention of joining third-party platforms. Meanwhile, at Apple's headquarters across the ocean...

Tim is meeting with executives, and his idea is to remove the Home button from the next generation of products.

He saw the growing trend of global gesture operation behind the success of the Orange phone.

Coricchio, as Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, strongly opposed Tim's proposal.

Are you kidding me?
As a leader in the mobile phone industry, should we learn from a regional mobile phone brand in Asia?
Richio was disdainful. On the one hand, he felt that Tim's unauthorized modification of Apple's core design was disrespectful to Jobs. On the other hand, he believed that the Home button was one of Apple's product hallmarks and should not be easily changed.

Tim sneered inwardly at Ridcio's direct rejection, while his mind raced, trying to figure out how to get rid of him from Apple's core team.

1 a.m. the following day.

According to the official Weibo account of Orange Mobile, the Orange D1 sold 48 units on its second day of launch, and the Orange D2 sold 17 units.

Compared to the day of its initial release, the decline was quite significant.

In the past two days, the cumulative sales volume exceeded 201 million units, with a sales revenue of 30.1 billion yuan.

The reason for such a large drop is that all Orange phones across all channels have switched to a pre-sale model, which naturally reduces users' willingness to buy.

The No. 3 factory in Shenzhen is not yet in operation, but yesterday's sales alone accounted for half of the factory's monthly production capacity.

Cao Dahua hadn't expected that Orange C2 and Orange D1 would sell so well, but he was powerless to do anything about it. He could only urge Zuo Hongyu and Zhang Jing every day to speed up the equipment debugging, recruitment and training of new employees as much as possible.

"Brother Zhu, are you going home for the Chinese New Year?"

In an employee dormitory at the Orange Mobile Phone Factory, a worker, unable to sleep, asked Li Yunzhu across the room.

“No way! According to our factory’s production schedule, we’ll definitely have a full schedule of overtime during the Spring Festival. Only a fool would go back.”

Li Yunzhu felt extremely excited at the thought of triple pay.

He could earn at least 3000 yuan in seven days. Since the factory provided food and lodging, he wasn't afraid of being alone; his only fear was not having enough money.

"Actually, I wanted to stay and work overtime, but I haven't seen my child for a year. Last year when I went home, my child had just learned to walk. Last time, my mom said that he could run around now, so I have to go back home..."

The coworker kept talking incessantly.

Li Yunzhu drifted off to sleep, and in his dream he saw Cao Dahua standing on the podium in the center of the factory, waving his hand and saying, "Starting tomorrow, the hourly wage will be raised to 25 yuan."

The thought of his 3000 yuan overtime pay suddenly turning into nearly 4000 yuan made Li Yunzhu chuckle in his dreams.

……

……

The next morning.

Chen Yansen picked a young man from the company's security team who could drive and kept his mouth shut, and took Song Yuncheng with him, heading towards Shanghai.

At 3:30 p.m., the car stopped in front of the Yunjin Villa District.

Chen Yansen and Song Yuncheng got out of the car and walked straight into the residential area.

Xiao Li, who was in charge of driving, turned around and went to a nearby hotel to check in and rest.

Chen Yansen had lived here for more than three years in his previous life, so he knew the way well. He arrived at number 116 and opened the copper-clad pine door.

A lush, green courtyard comes into view.

The garden, spanning over 200 square meters, features not only an octagonal pavilion, a pond, a Podocarpus macrophyllus tree, sofas, and lounge chairs, but also a barbecue area and a dining area.

"Huh? The courtyard was empty when I came last time." Song Yuncheng said with a curious look.

"I found a design company and made some minor modifications. Let's go inside and take a look."

Chen Yansen pointed to the living room and suggested with a smile.

Song Yuncheng stepped inside. The living room had a high ceiling of seven or eight meters and was ridiculously large, more than enough space to play badminton.

"what!"

suddenly!

Song Yuncheng exclaimed in surprise and collapsed onto the sofa, thrashing about wildly.

After finally managing to get up, she asked angrily, "What kind of sofa is this? No one can sit on it at all."

"This sofa costs 26 yuan. It's filled with water, and when you turn on a switch, the water flows inside, making it feel like sitting in the ocean."

Chen Yansen grinned mischievously, found the remote control, and pressed the start button.

The soft sofa undulated like ocean waves.

"260,000?" Song Yuncheng opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. She now earns over 100,000 a month and has nearly two million in savings.

But she still felt that spending 26 yuan to buy this thing was simply insane.

"You'll soon find out that this 26 is absolutely worth every penny."

Chen Yansen took Song Yuncheng's small hand and said with a light laugh.

"Stop fooling around, we have to attend the annual party tonight." Song Yuncheng's cheeks flushed slightly.

"It won't affect anything, there's plenty of time."

After Chen Yansen finished speaking, he and Song Yuncheng sat down on the sofa.

The gentle flow of water within the sofa propelled it forward, rising and falling even without Chen Yansen exerting any effort.

Two hours later, the two slowly sat up, then went into the bathroom together, washed up briefly, changed into new clothes, and walked out the door.

Meanwhile, Xiao Li received a message from Chen Yansen and immediately drove to the entrance of the villa area.

(End of this chapter)