9: If you're a brother, come and chop me up!

After successfully placing his order, Liu Qi immediately sent the link to his college dorm group chat.

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"Brothers, look what I found!"

"Red Star actually made a phone with such high value for money!"

"Dual-core 1.4GHz processor + 1G RAM!"

At this time, everyone had just graduated, and their friendship was still very warm.

Instantly, the QQ group became lively.

Eldest Son: I say, Old Liu, just let me go. I've already helped you slash once; now I want to vomit whenever I see this 'slash a price' link!

Liu Qi: "I just wanted to share it, I didn't ask you to slash a price..."

Liu Qi's old face turned red. A couple of days ago, he had mobilized his classmates and friends to help him slash the price for a pair of slippers; it took dozens of people to finally succeed.

Second Son: "Holy crap, Brother Liu, the value for money on this phone is great! Only 749! I'll buy one too once I get my salary this month."

Third Son: "You two are really something. Red Star is almost bankrupt and you still dare to buy their phones? Plus dual-core and 1G RAM? If this phone is actually usable, I'll hump an electric fan on level five!"

"Screenshot taken."

"Screenshot taken."

Sun Lei: "????"

Chen Chen was very concerned about the situation of this Shine mobile phone. Since it was listed on Pinduoduo, he had been staying in the department responsible for the online store.

It had been almost half an hour since it was listed, and there was still no movement at all.

This couldn't help but make Chen Chen a bit anxious.

Whether they could stage a comeback depended entirely on this one phone.

Finally, waiting until evening, the customer service account received its first purchase notification.

However, with the first one, Pinduoduo's method of dissemination is chain-like; soon there was a second, a third, a hundredth.

Phew... By the time Chen Chen went back after ten o'clock, over two thousand units had already been sold in the Pinduoduo store.

"Over two thousand units is a good start. I wonder if sales will see a big increase after the news ferments."

"It seems I still need to push the progress of the self-built mall. Offline channels can't be completely abandoned either. Giving up now is easy, but rebuilding them later will be difficult."

Lu Weibing, who had also just finished work, saw that Chen Chen was actually busy until ten o'clock before leaving, and he couldn't help but nod.

As long as he has truly changed for the better.

It wasn't in vain that he had struggled to support this company for the past year.

Early the next morning, the first thing Chen Chen did when he arrived at the company was to check the sales of the shining 1 on Pinduoduo.

"President Chen, as of 8:00 AM this morning, we have sold a cumulative total of 12,000 units of the shining 1, with over 8,000 units sold on Pinduoduo."

Hearing that they had sold over ten thousand units overnight, Chen Chen was also very happy. He waved his hand and said directly to the few people in the office:

"Good work. All of you will receive bonuses this month."

Hearing about bonuses, Xiao Zhang, who was in charge of the online store, instantly perked up. Over the past year, the company had even been irregular with paying salaries. Bonuses? He hadn't even thought about it.

"Thank you, President Chen."

"Thank you, President Chen!"

Several people in the office made sounds of pleasant surprise.

Everyone hadn't received a bonus in a long time.

Beijing

Juanshi Tiandi Building

Xiaomi headquarters.

Just as Lei Juns nickname arrived at the office, Xiaomi's president, Lin Bin, rushed in holding a phone.

"President Lei, Red Star listed a 799 phone last night that actually features a dual-core 1.4GHz processor and 1G of RAM!"

"What? 1G RAM?"

Lei Jun was greatly shocked. He wasn't shocked by the 1G RAM and dual-core processor, but by the price of 799.

He had worked himself to the bone negotiating with suppliers and OEMs, even risking earthquakes and nuclear leaks to go to Japan to negotiate for screens. The overall procurement cost of materials exceeded 1400. Adding in miscellaneous assembly fees, logistics costs, and taxes, he felt that his planned price of 1999 would already wash the mobile phone industry in blood.

He never expected Red Star to go straight for 799!

However, after looking at the overall configuration, Lei Juns nickname also breathed a sigh of relief. This product was not on the same level as his own.

What could this MediaTek 1.4GHz processor even do? At most, make a phone call or get on QQ.

It was nowhere near as powerful as the Qualcomm processor he had procured.

It wasn't worth making a fuss over.

"President Lei, I'm not talking about their configuration and price, but rather I sense the integration and negotiation capabilities of these old-brand mobile phone companies."

"If we at Xiaomi were to negotiate for this phone, we could never achieve a price of 799. I suspect Red Star isn't planning to make money on this phone at all; it might even be sold at a loss."

Lei Juns nickname thought about it for a moment and realized it was true. Right now, component suppliers weren't even willing to supply Xiaomi, let alone negotiate prices.

"We, Xiaomi, are an internet company. Extreme efficiency is our magic weapon for victory. Although these old-brand companies have these integration and negotiation capabilities, they are unwilling to give up profits and unwilling to change. That's why I say we, Xiaomi, will definitely succeed."

Extreme, focus, efficiency, fast!

These were the seven-word secrets of the internet summarized by Lei Juns nickname.

How could an old-brand mobile phone company understand the essence of the internet?

Thinking of this, Lei Juns nickname opened his computer and specifically searched for information on this Chen Chen.

Lei Juns nickname knew that the Red Star boss, Chen Yunlong, had passed away last year. Then, for a year, Red Star had basically released no new models.

When they finally brought out a flagship, it was completely behind the market as soon as it was launched.

This was enough to see that Red Star as a whole was mired in chaos.

Soon, the video of Chen Chen releasing the Shine 1 was found by Lei Juns nickname.

After watching the whole thing, Lei Jun pondered. This kid didn't look like a profligate son of a wealthy family, and his apology at the press conference seemed quite sincere.

But the previous news didn't seem fake either—things like entering and leaving hotels with young models, buying limited-edition sports cars, and paying the bill for the entire bar.

Thinking about it, Chen Yunlong was not even 50 when he passed away. Suddenly handing such a large company over to a young man in his 20s, it wasn't hard to understand why he would do such things.

Look at himself in his twenties!

He finished four years of college credits in two years, the programs he wrote were included in textbooks, he was the general manager of Kingsoft at 28, and he personally led Kingsoft to its IPO.

This kid is far behind compared to me!

As time passed.

The sales of the shining 1 rose rapidly on Pinduoduo and Tmall and JD. In just one month, the combined sales across all platforms reached over 500,000 units.

Of course, the Pinduoduo platform accounted for the largest number.

Because Guan Yushi had successfully brought Red Star onto the platform, he was promoted one level and became the actual regional manager of the Beijing.

Although Pinduoduo lost 50 yuan for every shining 1 Red Star sold, the faces of the founders still bloomed like flowers.

It was the investors' money being burned, but the paying users gained belonged to Pinduoduo itself.