Chapter 353 Sliding to the Knees, Distributor Gathering
Chapter 353 Sliding to the Knees, Distributor Gathering
After the press conference, Li Qing ran over excitedly, her face beaming with smiles.
"Boss, we've already received over 37000 orders. Entry-level items account for 60%, intermediate items for 30%, and luxury items for 10%."
Custom orders and individual item sales are still being tallied, but a rough estimate suggests that today's sales should exceed 30 billion.
Shen Fei nodded. Compared to the assets he had confiscated, 30 billion was still a drop in the bucket.
"We need to double the size of our after-sales team. With so many people buying, we can't keep them waiting too long."
Furthermore, it's impossible for problems to never arise; when problems do occur, they must be resolved immediately.
"Boss, don't worry, our marketing department has already coordinated with Mr. Wang's after-sales team."
The after-sales team has now expanded by 500 people, and they are currently undergoing training.
Shen Fei nodded and prepared to go home, but then his phone rang. It was Zhao Mingyuan calling.
"Mr. Shen, after these days of hard work, we have received news from the United States. They have withdrawn the executive order freezing assets."
And they even came up with a reason, saying there was insufficient legal basis, and that as the most democratic country in the world, they withdrew the relevant...
Before Zhao Mingyuan could finish speaking, Shen Fei smiled slightly.
"Giving up?"
"That's one way to put it. They found that the executive order freezing innovative assets caused panic in the Chinese business community, and Mr. Huang has also caused them a lot of trouble these past two days, and there has been constant pressure from below."
To prevent triggering a larger-scale countermeasure, they quietly withdrew.
No official announcement has been issued, but the document has now been withdrawn. A formal announcement may be released in a couple of days.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Fei still felt that the speed at which the United States slid down to its knees was a bit too fast...
Why not hold out for a few more days? After all, Huaxin Investment's smaller accounts are still reaping profits from some high-quality assets...
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While both America and Transsion kept a low profile, a clubhouse in South China was filled with smoke.
The large round table, which can seat 20 people, was filled with 15 people.
They are all dealers of white goods.
Gree, Midea, Haier, Hisense, Aux—all kinds of brands and regions are represented. It's not because any particular brand broke the rules, but because they share a common competitor: Transsion.
As the initiator of this meeting, Zhang Zhiqiang, the general agent for the South China region, sat in the main seat.
He is 56 years old this year and has been working in the home appliance industry for more than 30 years.
He started as a sales clerk in a state-owned department store, then worked his way up to managing a counter, opening his own specialty store, and eventually becoming the largest home appliance distributor in South China, bar none.
He has witnessed countless brands rise and fall, and countless new brands attempt to disrupt the industry.
But every time he felt those new brands wouldn't survive more than three years, but this time he wasn't so sure.
Transsion Smart Home's sales in South China have exceeded 800 million yuan in just five days since its launch.
This number isn't large; their monthly revenue can reach this target. But what's frightening is that Transsion doesn't go through distributors.
Order directly from the official website, and Transsion's own installation team will provide on-site service.
The distributors didn't even get a sip of soup.
They initially thought this was just a trick using telepathy to get them to visit in person and then lower the agency price...
As a result, after the first batch of users had finished installing the software, they had not yet received any messages from Transsion, but instead received news that their own engineers had been poached.
Seeing the various thoughts on everyone's mind in the meeting room, Zhang Zhiqiang stubbed out his cigar in the ashtray.
"Everyone, you should all know why we invited you here today."
Many people in the conference room coughed, their eyes once again gazing into the distance, remaining silent...
After all, a telepathic communication device is no ordinary opponent.
"There's no need for anyone to be afraid. He's a newcomer, so our advantage lies with him."
"I've heard about it."
They sold 70 billion yuan worth of goods in 5 days, all through online and offline stores.
Not a single drop of profit was gained here.
The person who answered was Chen Guoliang, the general manager of the Fujian region. He was over 50 years old, chubby, and had a gold chain hanging around his neck.
"Hundreds of my distributors called to ask if I could get the goods from Chuanying."
When I said I couldn't take it, they started cursing at me without going through our distributors, saying we were useless.
What the hell can I do? They don't want to play with me.
"It's not just you guys."
Sun Minghui, the general agent for the East China region, shrugged and handed his phone to everyone.
"We're doing alright here. In Shanghai, I think it's Nanjing, Suzhou, the installation volume of Chuanyun Home is increasing every day."
Our store's customer traffic has dropped significantly. Today, customers looked at Gree air conditioners and immediately took out their phones to search for Transsion.
They said the smart home next door was good and cheap, then turned around and left.
"That's against the rules!"
Liu Jianguo, the general manager of the Central China region, was so angry that he kept slamming his fist on the table.
"For decades, the home appliance industry has been characterized by manufacturers shipping products to distributors, who then sell them to consumers, and everyone making money together."
Chen Ying kicked the distributors out, reaping all the benefits herself, leaving us not even a sip.
"rule?"
Zhang Zhiqiang chuckled.
"Mr. Liu, who cares about rules these days? When we started making mobile phones, we didn't go through distributors, and now that we're making home appliances, of course we won't either. They don't care about us at all."
When the topic of mobile phones came up, everyone's temper flared up even more. As the kingpins who control downstream channels, they are actually all one family.
Of course, I also considered becoming a distributor for Transsion phones, but the result was...
Transsion is opening one self-developed store after another.
Chen Guoliang and the others exchanged glances and then smiled.
"Mr. Zhang, you must have a reason for calling us here."
"Tell me, what do you want to do? The brothers will definitely listen to you."
After saying that, they patted their chests and assured each other that they were really like brothers.
Zhang Zhiqiang leaned back in his chair and observed everyone's attitudes to prevent any internal traitors from emerging.
After confirming for a long time, he finally spoke: "We can't let them have it so easily?"
"Specifically? Is there any operational method? Just talking about it won't do any good!"
"This is indeed an important question, and I've been thinking about it a lot these past few days."
Zhang Zhiqiang lit his cigar again, took a deep drag, and then exhaled a smoke ring.
"I think we should start with what we do best."
No matter how well Transsion sells, it still needs installers. Their own installation team is small, and with so many orders across the country, they simply can't keep up.
They will definitely outsource it.
The owner of the largest installation outsourcing company in South China is my brother-in-law. I've already told him I won't be taking any more orders from Transsion.
Liu Jianguo's eyes lit up as well.
"The owner of the largest installation company in East China is my classmate, so I'll say hello to him."
Sun Minghui nodded as well.
"I can handle things in Central China as well."
Seeing everyone express their opinions, Zhang Zhiqiang smiled. Although he knew they all had their own ulterior motives, when faced with the prospect of mutual benefit...
We're all in the same boat.
If we join forces to allow Transsion to open up its offline channels, it'll be a simple matter.
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