105: Chapter 105 Bleeding Connection!

"Now, for the most important part."

Big Mouth Yu walked to the center of the stage; there were no PPTs, no teleprompters.

"How much does this phone cost?"

A string of numbers appeared on the big screen, starting from 2999 and scrolling down, decreasing by 100 every second.

2499, 2299, 2199.

People in the venue started shouting: "1999! 1999!"

Big Mouth Yu did not stop.

1999, 1899, 1799.

The voices grew louder and louder; even the media in the front row joined in the bidding.

Lei Jun watched the constantly changing prices, suddenly feeling like he was about to faint.

They wouldn't play it this big, would they? They wouldn't really sell the phones at a loss, would they?

Big Mouth Yu suddenly raised his hand.

The whole venue went quiet.

On the big screen, the numbers stopped with a 1 at the beginning, followed by three question marks.

"This price..." Big Mouth Yu's voice was somewhat low, "We agonized over it for three weeks."

He paused for a moment, clearly not quite accustomed to this rhythm, but remembering what he had prepared to say, he continued his performance.

"After the first version of the BOM cost came out, Finance said, 'CEO Yu, if we sell it at 1999, we lose 200 yuan per unit.'

'We prepared 1.5 million units for the first batch, which is 300 million; the money we made from the Mate is just about that much.'"

The venue was silent, but soon it became excited.

1.5 million units in the first batch meant sufficient inventory; grabbing one should be relatively easy.

It's impossible that we wouldn't be able to grab one out of 1.5 million!

Aside from the server crashing, they couldn't think of any other reason.

But some smart people in the online live stream had already downloaded the Huawei terminal, and those with time had already headed to the offline China Unicom business outlets.

After all, an insider had revealed a couple of days ago that Apple's entry into China had seen mediocre sales, and China Unicom was under great pressure in the second half of the year... This launch event had already given everyone the answer.

Going to China Unicom is definitely the right choice!

On site, Big Mouth Yu rubbed the corner of his eye and continued, sounding like he was selling misery: "I asked, can we cut the configuration?

'Change the 5-inch screen to 4.3 inches, we can save 18 yuan; change the 3-megapixel lens to 2 megapixels, save 12 yuan; change the battery to 2000mAh, and we can save another 9 yuan.'"

He fell silent on stage for a moment again.

"Later, CEO Shen, the boss of Transsion Technology, called and asked me: 'CEO Yu, who are you making this phone for?'"

Big Mouth Yu suddenly smiled.

"I said, 'To sell to myself 20 years ago. Back then, many people around me scrimped and saved just to buy a mobile phone.'"

He raised his head.

"CEO Shen said, 'Then don't cut it.'"

The numbers on the big screen, the three question marks, suddenly disappeared, and 1999 appeared, then suddenly enlarged to occupy the entire screen.

"We are using half of the funds from Huaxin Investment to subsidize this deal.

500,000 units, a loss of 100 million. 1 million units, a loss of 200 million."

Big Mouth Yu's voice trembled slightly once again.

"If the honor play can sell 10 million units, we will lose 2 billion."

Looking at the long string of numbers on the big screen, he paused for a long time.

"But that is a matter for the future."

He looked toward a corner off-stage.

"Standing here today, I only want to say to that young person who left a comment under my Weibo post."

He paused again: "The phone that you don't have to save three months' wages for, it's here.

We will also continue to fulfill our responsibility of making technology accessible to all, ensuring that no high-tech product remains out of reach."

The atmosphere at the launch event was completely ignited.

The prices for each version also appeared on the big screen: 256MB+4GB: 1999.

256MB+8GB: 2199.

512MB+16GB: 2499.

After the prices for all three versions were released, the media in the front row quickly stood up to take pictures, and some tech bloggers had already started writing their speeches.

This product is going to be a hit!

Big Mouth Yu stood there without stopping them, nor did he deliberately control his expression; he just stood there watching, with a full smile on his face.

But Lei Jun's mood had dropped to freezing point at this moment... These were all his lines!

Who was it?

But just then, Big Mouth Yu said one last sentence: "I just said that Honor's goal is to make technology no longer out of reach, but to serve the people, so during the initial launch period, we are dropping the price by another 100 yuan, with the lowest price being only 1899.

At the same time, I am very grateful to our strategic partner, China Unicom. Because of them, this launch event could be so successful. Let me share another piece of good news with everyone.

After multiple rounds of negotiations between us, we have successfully driven down 3G tariffs.

Let us welcome Chairman Wang Jianzhou of China Unicom Group with applause to announce more benefits for everyone."

In the online live stream, some people revealed expectant gazes after seeing the China Unicom chairman take the stage.

There's more surprise.

The Huawei mall, which had been open, was also temporarily closed.

Amidst the applause at the venue, Wang Jianzhou walked up quickly with a smile.

After hugging Big Mouth Yu, he spoke decisively:

"Thank you, CEO Yu, for this opportunity. Time is precious. I know everyone wants to get the new phone as soon as possible, and I also know that everyone doesn't like listening to us talk nonsense.

So let's just drop the benefits directly, shall we?"

The audience in the seats quickly shouted: "Okay."

The applause was even more enthusiastic!

"Everyone knows that the 3G network has just been launched, and current tariffs are still quite expensive. There is even a joke online that if you stream video for one night using data, your house will belong to us the next day.

I want to state here that I don't know about other companies.

But for us at China Unicom, from now on, that is just a rumor."

"Haha!" Big Mouth Yu, standing beside him, laughed in a supportive way, and applauded again, "CEO Wang, hurry up and drop the benefits for everyone!"

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, some discount plans appeared on the big screen.

China Unicom Honor Card: Fee 66 yuan. Plan contents: 800MB + 150 minutes of talk time + 20 video calls + 240 text messages.

Purchase of Honor phone subsidized by 300 yuan.

China Unicom Super God Card: Fee 99 yuan.

Plan contents: 1300MB + 200 minutes of talk time + 50 minutes of video calls + 240 text messages.

Purchase of Honor phone additionally subsidized by 600 yuan.

China Unicom Supreme Card: Fee 159 yuan.

Plan contents: 3GB data + 300 minutes of talk time + 50 minutes of video calls + 300 text messages.

Purchase of phone additionally subsidized by 1000 yuan.

Of course, there was a line of small print below the plans: All plans require a commitment to stay on the network for three years to enjoy the corresponding benefits and phone purchase subsidies. (Only applicable to Honor and Mate series!)

When these plans were announced, many people online showed confused expressions. If it wasn't the China Unicom chairman standing there, they would have thought someone was just messing around.

Nowadays, even for an internet card, 1GB of data costs 80 yuan, and regular phone cards are even more expensive!

Now...

"Chairman Wang, this price is even better than what we initially discussed!" Big Mouth Yu said with a surprised look on his face.

"This is all thanks to CEO Yu. During the initial negotiations, that one sentence you said completely woke me up: if we're going to explode, we have to explode with full benefits.

Buy an Honor phone, sticking with China Unicom is definitely the right choice."