193: Are you worried that I can't afford it?

The Wucaicheng store in the Imperial Capital was the first self-operated store built by Red Star after its reorganization, and also its largest store in the Imperial Capital.

The entire store covered an area of over 1000 square meters, and a specialized designer was hired for its layout, resulting in a very high-end decoration.

In Zhang Jianhui's words, this store was the face of Red Star, so it naturally had to be made into a landmark.

After opening at 9 AM, the store welcomed an endless stream of customers.

Store manager Fang Haoge had been experiencing a bittersweet feeling recently. As the manager of Red Star's largest direct-operated store in the Imperial Capital, he had dozens of Red Star X units in stock, but they couldn't possibly satisfy the demand of so many customers.

Not only customers, but even the shopping mall'sperson in charge came to greet him, implying if he could get a Red Star X for them.

He had to give them face, right?

There were also classmates, and even his old mother called him, saying the village chief asked for help to see if he could reserve a Red Star X, which left Fang Haoge dumbfounded.

Now, all the allocations in his hands were basically given out. He even recognized the few people who rushed into the store first every day; they were all 'Brother Niu' types.

"Hello, I'll take ten of this, this, this, and this, please pack them all for me."

At noon, the crowd in the store finally thinned out a bit. Just as Fang Haoge was about to rest, a young man wearing a white robe and a white cloth on his head, accompanied by several burly men, entered the store as if on a shopping spree, asking for ten units right away.

The way he entered the store was completely different from ordinary people; he didn't need any introduction from the staff. He just pointed at the various samples displayed and asked for ten of each.

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Many foreign customers were received in the store, so the staff's English proficiency was not low, and fluent conversation was a basic requirement. However, Fang Haoge had never seen such an extravagant foreign customer before.

As the manager of Red Star's largest direct-operated store, Fang Haoge naturally understood that he had probably encountered a legendary dog tycoon today.

"Hello, sir, I am the manager of this store. How may I help you?" Fang Haoge dared not neglect him and personally stepped forward to assist.

He was stopped by several strong men when he was still more than two meters away from Abdullah. Seeing this, Fang Haoge understood. This young man was probably a member of a royal family among the dog tycoons, perhaps even related to the king who recently visited China.

Fang Haoge's guess was correct. Abdullah was a prince of the most powerful Abdullah family in the Middle East, and this time he came to China with his father for a visit where river crabs appeared.

(Several sentences were 'river crabbed') Abdullah, having nothing to do, went out for a stroll after getting approval from above.

Fang Haoge stood on tiptoes and saw Abdullah standing in front of the Red Star X demo unit, repeatedly experiencing it, muttering incomprehensible Arabic words.

"Mr. Fang, our prince would like to ask you to introduce the product he's holding. Prince Abdullah says he likes it very much."

"Hello, sir, this product is our Red Star Company's latest mobile phone, officially called the Red Star X Full-Screen Display Concept Phone. What would you like to know about it?"

The translator babbled, trying to translate it to the prince, but Fang Haoge directly repeated it in Arabic.

Abdullah's eyes lit up. He pulled the translator aside and asked Fang Haoge, "Excuse me, where is the front camera on this phone? Have you abandoned the front camera?"

"Hello, sir, we haven't abandoned the front lens. It's hidden inside the phone body, like this." Fang Haoge picked up another demo unit, opened the camera, and with a cool mecha sound effect, the front lens popped out directly from the top.

Abdullah muttered words that Fang Haoge couldn't quite understand, roughly meaning exclamations like 'awesome' and 'shocking.' Under Fang Haoge's demonstration, he also opened the front camera of the Red Star X in his hand, extending and retracting it, having a great time.

"I see the casing of this phone doesn't seem to be glass. It feels very smooth to the touch. Is this a new type of material?"

"Yes, sir, the casing of this phone uses our traditional Chinese material: ceramic."

"This material has a history of thousands of years in China. Our Red Star is the first to apply it to mobile phones, combining traditional Chinese craftsmanship with modern technology," Fang Haoge replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"China!" Abdullah's eyes widened, and he blurted out. This time, Fang Haoge understood, as the original meaning of the word 'China,' representing China, was porcelain.

"I really like Chinese porcelain. You Chinese people are so creative to use porcelain to make mobile phones."

Abdullah picked up another white Red Star X placed on a wireless charger. As a member of the Saudi royal family, Abdullah used a custom Fruit phone, crafted with gold, sapphire, and diamonds. But after seeing this pure white ceramic Red Star X, he instantly felt that the custom phone in his hand didn't seem so good-looking anymore.

"Give me ten white ones."

"No, 30 units. I want to take them back as gifts for my younger brothers and sisters from China. I think they'll definitely like them."

"This, this, and this, I want 30 units of each."

Listening to Abdullah, Fang Haoge's face almost turned into a bitter gourd. A dog tycoon was indeed a dog tycoon, asking for 30 units right away.

The problem was, where could the store get so much stock?

Fang Haoge now only had 6 units left; there wasn't enough stock to give Abdullah.

"Um, sir, I'm afraid we can't fulfill your request at the moment."

"Many technologies in our Red Star X phone are being used for the first time globally."

"For example, the ceramic body of the phone needs to be fired in high temperatures of several thousand degrees for seven days and seven nights, and the yield rate of finished products is even less than 10%."

"Especially the white silk you are holding; even a tiny flaw makes it a defective product and unusable."

Abdullah nodded. The Chinese porcelain he had seen was all exquisite, and firing it was naturally very difficult. Applying it to mobile phones would certainly be even more challenging.

Fang Haoge continued to talk to Abdullah about how advanced the phone's technology was, while subtly winking at the deputy store manager, signaling him to quickly contact headquarters.

This was an important opportunity for Red Star to move into the high-end market.

If even Middle Eastern dog tycoons, who often had phones inlaid with jewels and gold, used Red Star X, then who else would dare say this phone wasn't high-end?

"Sir, this phone has the world's fastest charging, fully charging the entire phone in just 30 minutes. It's also the world's fastest wireless charging phone."

"Its processor is the strongest mobile phone processor globally, and..."

"I understand, so it's very expensive, right? Are you worried I can't afford it?" Abdullah interrupted Fang Haoge.