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Chapter 419 The Great Battle of 1000-Yuan Phones! Zhang Chaoyang: You're so sweet-talking, I don't even want to talk to you!

Over the next three days, sales of the Orange E1 continued to climb, with daily sales exceeding 100,000 units.

However, the production capacity of the Orange Fan factory could not keep up with market demand at all, and spot goods were quickly converted into pre-sales, with the delivery cycle even extended to a month later.

Dai Zhanhong urgently purchased production lines and recruited front-line operators. It was the first time he had ever discovered that doing business was so simple.

The popularity of the Orange E1 far exceeded his expectations.

In fact, it's not hard to understand. With Chen Yansen's capabilities, the motor he personally designed, coupled with solid materials, excellent appearance design, and a strong sales network, it's quite normal for it to achieve this sales performance.

In its first week online, a total of 761,000 units were sold, generating sales of 12404.3 million yuan. The last order was scheduled to be shipped on June 25th.

Considering user experience, Chen Yansen proactively contacted Jin Junhua, the chairman of Luzhou Rongshida Electric Appliances.

The two had met briefly before at a banquet hosted by Xu Minggang in Luzhou Prefecture.

After hearing Chen Yansen's OEM needs, Jin Junhua readily agreed to take on some of the OEM orders for Orange Fan Factory.

Chen Yansen was also quite helpless: We can't really make users wait until July or August to receive their goods, after all, by then most of summer will have passed.

The user might be willing to wait, but he can't do that.

Rongshida Electric Appliances happens to have several production lines in Luzhou, which meet the production needs of Orange Electric Fans.

Jin Junhua would never have agreed to this with anyone else, but Chen Yansen was different.

Last year, Rongshida's online sales increased by 26% year-on-year, and he knew in his heart that it was all thanks to the 10 billion yuan subsidy channel of Pinbei Mall.

He could choose not to help, but Jin Junhua thought again that Chen Yansen was known for his vengeful nature. If the other party held a grudge, Rongshida would never be able to get extra traffic support on Pinduoduo in the future.

Therefore, behind Jin Junhua's seemingly generous nature lies both helplessness and calculation.

Chen Yansen sought him out because he thought Jin Junhua was easy to manipulate.

If you try to find brands like Midea, Gree, or Airmate, you might end up getting a cold shoulder.

at the same time.

Lei Yijun eagerly announced the date of Xiaomi's new product launch event on Weibo: May 28th, at the 798 Art Center.

十分钟后，周弘毅便放出了9张360 F1的高清大图，并附文道：“明天上午10点，360 F1将在360和拼呗商城举行限量发售活动，售价899元！”

The specific configuration parameters are shown in the ninth picture. It features a MediaTek MT6589 quad-core 1.2GHz processor and a PowerVR SGX544 GPU, which can meet the needs of light games such as Angry Birds and Temple Run.

It features 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM, supports MicroSD cards (expandable up to 32GB), a 4.7-inch IPS touchscreen, a 1300MP rear camera, and a 200MP front camera.

It features dual SIM dual standby, a polycarbonate back cover, and runs either the Aurora Future 1.0 system or Aurora OS 1.6.

Compared to the Qingcheng D2, the 360 ​​F1 has made some reductions but optimized the performance of the rear camera.

Of course, the price is 100 yuan higher, but the price of 899 yuan still attracted a lot of attention from users.

Set my alarm for tomorrow's shopping spree.

Although the Orange D2 offers better value for money, frankly speaking, Orange phones aren't gold or silver; they can't satisfy everyone.

The 360 ​​F1 naturally has its own space to exist.

Zhou Hongyi's words were highly provocative.

Lei Yijun opened the configuration introduction chart of the 360 ​​F1 and couldn't help but snort. Compared with his Redmi 1, the 360 ​​F1 was slightly inferior in terms of price and processor.

Except for its 1300-megapixel rear camera, the Redmi 1 is the clear winner.

For users of budget phones, a slightly inferior camera is acceptable, as long as the price is cheap.

Is the Redmi 1, priced at 799 yuan, afraid of losing to the 360 ​​F1?

Moreover, all Redmi 1 phones are equipped with the Aurora Future 1.0 system. Compared to Zhou Hongyi's "playing both sides," Lei Yijun has taken a big gamble this time, fully supporting Orange Technology's self-developed system.

Seeing that Lei Yijun was sensible, Chen Yansen reciprocated by using his position as a major shareholder of Dongfang and Desay Battery to help Lei Yijun reduce material costs to 520 yuan.

In fact, when production, transportation, after-sales service and sales costs are taken into account, Xiaomi doesn't even have a 5% gross profit margin on hardware.

Orange Technology pocketed the lion's share of the profits!
Lei Yijun knew this perfectly well, but there was nothing he could do. With Xiaomi's shipment volume, it was impossible for them to get Orange Technology's supply price.

The difference in bargaining power between purchasing millions of items a year and purchasing tens of millions of items a year is significant.

Let Zhou Hongyi gloat for a few more days!
Once the Redmi 1 is released, I'll slap him hard across the face!

Lei Yijun squinted, pondering to himself.

Seeing that Lei Yijun had no reaction, netizens couldn't help but ask in his comment section: "Mr. Lei, Zhou Dapao has launched a new phone, don't you have anything to say?"

"Mr. Lei, can Xiaomi win this time?"

"Say something! If you don't respond, Master Zhou's one-man show can't go on." There are plenty of people stirring things up.

I used to find it a bit cloying to watch the two of them arguing online.

Now that the two have stopped arguing, netizens have started to miss them.

Lei Yijun didn't even bother to read the comments section; he would remain completely silent until the Redmi 1 was launched.

the other side.

When Zhou Hongyi saw that Lei Yijun was not responding, he became suspicious. Based on his understanding of Lei Yijun, he would never swallow his anger. Could it be that he was editing a long article?

Thinking about this, Lao Zhou was very excited, and he was thinking about how to respond in order to generate more buzz.

To his surprise, Lei Yijun's Weibo and Toutiao accounts remained silent until midnight.

After his plan fell through, Zhou Hongyi pondered for a moment and then called out by name, "President Lei, are you no longer competing on sales? Are you scared?"

He then waited for another half hour, but Lei Yijun still did not respond, and even Li Wanqiang, who was always hot-tempered, did not react at all.

Could it be that he's really chickened out?
Zhou Hongyi asked, puzzled.

He was unfamiliar with Xiaomi's new products.

But he knew that Chen Yansen was definitely aware of the situation. Zhou Hongyi had tried to probe, but Chen Yansen hadn't revealed a single word.

Old Zhou was not angry at all; on the contrary, he was very happy.

This means that Chen Yansen is a man of composure and clear judgment; since the other party is unwilling to disclose Xiaomi's product information, he naturally will not disclose 360 ​​Mobile's business information to Xiaomi either.

Zhou Hongyi was very satisfied with this.

The following day, May 26th, the 360 ​​F1 went on sale as scheduled. The first batch of 5 units sold out in just over 9 hours.

This includes 10,000 360 F1 units with Aurora Future OS.

The success of the 360 ​​F1 once again proves a point: smartphones costing a few hundred yuan can gain market favor as long as they have a large screen, clear photos, smooth operation, and no lag.

Simple and straightforward, no need for too many fancy techniques.

At 8 p.m. that evening, the 360 ​​F1 was taken down from the in-stock link, but less than a minute later, the pre-sale link was put back online.

Users placed orders like crazy, and a total of 14.4 units were sold on the first day of launch. Although it can't compare with the Qingcheng D2, this sales volume is enough to make 360 ​​Mobile easily rank among the top ten smartphones shipped nationwide in 2013.

The following morning, Chen Yansen led Gao Weilin, Meng Yun, Song Yuncheng, and others to Yanjing to attend the 2013 Global Mobile Internet Conference and, incidentally, to participate in Xiaomi's new product launch.

After all, the Redmi 1 was the world's second smartphone to be fully equipped with the Aurora OS system. In order to build the ecosystem of his own products, Chen Yansen had to stand up for Lei Yijun.

As for Zhou Hongyi's thoughts, he didn't care.

Every time Lao Zhou boasts online that "Chen Yansen is my close friend," Chen Yansen has never denied it, but he has never admitted it directly either.

In his view, if measured by Lao Zhou's standards, he must have at least 480 close friends in the industry, if not 500.

Of course, if the 360 ​​F1 and Redmi 1 both use the Aurora Future OS system, it wouldn't be impossible for them to have an online interaction with Zhou Hongyi.

At 2:30 p.m., shortly after the plane landed, Zhang Chaoyang picked up Chen Yansen and took him to his private jet. They then headed straight to Tianjin Harbor, where the group went sea fishing by boat.

"I've made all the arrangements for tonight. We'll catch a few sea fish first, then head to the Jingzhao Prefecture, and then to the bar..."

Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile.

Chen Yansen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement with no choice.

His journey was seamless.

From the virtual city to the Bohai Bay, my feet barely touched the ground.

"We've been going a bit too far lately, haven't the higher-ups had any objections?" Chen Yansen asked casually.

"Do you understand now? Once you become too big, someone will want to suppress you. Baidu is a prime example of this," Zhang Chaoyang said meaningfully.

"So, Sohu has never been able to succeed? Is it because you don't want to?"

Chen Yansen asked back.

Zhang Chaoyang's face froze, and he turned his head away awkwardly, clearly not wanting to talk to Chen Yansen.

Is it that I don't want to?
You might think I haven't tried, but Sohu has done terribly in the social media and e-commerce sectors.

He desperately wanted someone to suppress Sohu, but nobody cared!

(End of this chapter)