148: Chapter 148 Landing in the American Market

In September of the same year, as Huayao established a firm foothold in the Africa market, the European market, and India, Huayao's name appeared frequently at the forefront of global mobile phone shipment quarterly reports and financial statements.

But this was not enough.

Bai Jingqing felt the time was right, and finally, he decided to enter the hardest market to crack in the entire world—a tough nut to crack—the American continent!

The American mobile phone market was definitely not easy to capture; basically everyone used Apple phones.

Although Apple sold its products at relatively high prices in other countries around the world, because Apple was a local American manufacturer, the price was still quite cheap.

According to statistics, residents of Eagle Country only needed to work for an average of one week to buy an iPhone.

The same data showed that in the Dragon Country, it required an average of one month's salary!

This was just the situation for the My OS system. On the android side, Eagle Country also had the world's top technology companies, Microsoft and Google. Although the phones they released, along with Windows Phone, did not occupy a large market share compared to Apple.

But after all, these were local mobile phone manufacturers in Eagle Country. Relatively speaking, the residents of Eagle Country were more willing to use phones produced by their own country.

For mobile phones from other countries to gain a foothold here and win the recognition of the people of Eagle Country, it was truly not easy.

If the people of Eagle Country were to choose, they would certainly choose phones from big companies in their own country rather than easily choosing miscellaneous brands from other countries. This was a kind of confidence that the people of Eagle Country had in their own products as citizens of the world's leading nation in science and technology.

This time, entering the Americas, even Bai Jingqing had to carefully consider his strategy.

This place was not like Europe or Africa, where one could succeed with just a few small tricks.

At first, Huayao's entry into the American market did not cause any stir.

They followed local laws and regulations, completed various formalities, established a company, registered copyrights, and began preparing the first batch of mobile phones for sale.

Bai Jingqing thought of many strategies, but in the end, he decided to adopt the simplest one: the cost-performance route!

After all, only by winning the hearts of the people could one win the future!

And the hearts of the people had to be won through cost-effective products!

No matter how strong the science and technology of Eagle Country was, or how developed its economy was, what did that have to do with the average person?

They just wanted to live their own lives well.

They had to spend a week's wages to buy an Apple phone, which, although considered very little compared to other countries in the world, if the phone Bai Jingqing sold them only required three days' wages to buy, while the experience was basically no different from the original, or even an upgrade, wouldn't it be great to spend the four days' wages they saved on getting together with friends, eating, drinking, and spending it elsewhere?

After making up his mind, Bai Jingqing set the price of the mobile phones about to be released on the American continent very low, even lower than in the domestic market!

For example, the xiaomi 6 was priced at only 299 USD.

This price converted to RMB was only a little over two thousand, while the xiaomi 6 sold for 3999 in the Dragon Country, and was even more expensive in the European market.

The reason for setting this price was that Bai Jingqing had investigated the income situation of the residents of Eagle Country.

A regular post office employee had a daily wage of about 151 USD, which meant he only needed to work for two days to get a xiaomi 6.

And the daily wage of retail staff in large supermarkets was about 80 USD, requiring four days of work.

A construction worker had a daily wage of 120 USD, needing only two days of work.

Other jobs were more or less the same; basically, it only took three or four days of work to get a xiaomi 6.

(PS. This data was found online. If their daily wages were converted to RMB, it would indeed be very high, but looking at specific numbers is meaningless. After all, they earn in Eagle Country and spend in Eagle Country, so it is more meaningful to look at purchasing power. Of course, our country's purchasing power is not necessarily stronger than theirs.)

Huayao Communications in Eagle Country certainly could not be hidden from some well-informed people in the country. Under the propaganda of some people with ulterior motives, it turned into Bai Jingqing being unpatriotic, supplying phones to Eagle Country that were much cheaper while the configuration was not much different from those in the domestic market.

"Currently, the xiaomi 7 has not yet been released, and the xiaomi 6 is still the top-tier phone of Huayao Communications, still selling for 3999 in the Dragon Country.

But in the Eagle Country market, you can buy it for as little as 299 USD, which is just over two thousand!

Many people must say that comparing this is meaningless and one should look at purchasing power. So let's convert it to the local purchasing power of the people of Eagle Country. Their average daily wage is about 60 ~ 70 USD. The situation in each region is different, but it is more or less the same, which means they only need to work for three or four days to buy a brand new xiaomi 6!

How long do we need to work in our country to buy a xiaomi 6? I don't need to say more about this number, right?

Boss Bai's attitude toward the American market is really intriguing."

With many marketing accounts setting the narrative, many people were puzzled, confused, and angry.

They felt that Bai Jingqing's reputation had collapsed, and his image in their minds suddenly became less great.

In this era, those public intellectuals and running dogs had just faded from the scene after poisoning the public for a long time. The public was very angry at these traitors and had a very low tolerance for them. Yet, Bai Jingqing did this at such a time, which led to the current public sentiment being very agitated.

Bai Jingqing had no way to explain this. If he stood up publicly at this moment and stated that this was all part of the plan, it might help his rapidly declining reputation. However, if his plan were to reach Eagle Country, it would certainly have a great impact on the sales of Huayao Phone.

So he did not stand up to clarify it himself but could only hire many internet trolls to speak for him in the comment section, stating that this was just a helpless move to gain a foothold in Eagle Country. Once Huayao Phone occupied a certain market share in Eagle Country in the future, it would definitely raise prices and earn back all the money lost now.

This argument had some validity, but the public did not buy it.

The public is easily incited; they often only see what is in front of them. Many people felt that those who defended him were just loyal dogs of Bai Jingqing, arguing with them in the comment section.

Under these circumstances, Bai Jingqing understood that saying more was useless and that he could only prove himself with actual actions.

The xiaomi 6 could be said to be an absolute legendary machine, whether viewed from its aesthetics and usability, or from its price.

Coupled with the fact that Bai Jingqing was indeed willing to spend money on advertising and marketing, this led to the Huayao xiaomi 6 having incredible sales in the American region, even being universally praised. In the end, almost one in every three people in Eagle Country used a xiaomi 6.

After all, it wasn't expensive, and even if they just bought it to try it out, they were willing.