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Chapter 31 Pineapple shows its decline, Longxing production line is completed
"Boss, the dealers can't bear it anymore. They said that if we lower the price again, they will have to return all the goods."

Pineapple Company.

Office of the Chairman.

The marketing manager was trembling and reported the market situation in a panic-stricken tone.

Nowadays, the Pineapple mobile phone can be said to be attacked from both sides. It cannot compete with technology or cost-effectiveness. The blind price reduction has even caused a wave of returns among users.

Just imagine, the mobile phone you bought for 3000 yuan today, two days later, it became 2000 yuan, and two days later, it became [-] yuan. What would you do?
Without a doubt, ask customer service for an explanation!
Because even if a mobile phone depreciates quickly, it is impossible for it to depreciate so quickly.

Who wants to see the price of something they bought suddenly dropped significantly after just a few days of use, and the price continues to drop? If the user is not stupid, he must know that there is a problem with Pineapple Company.

The previous efforts to help prospective college students upgrade to new phones were just an excuse to lower prices!

Dealers and online shopping platforms have seen a wave of returns and refunds. Some users who bought the product for 2999 yuan even directly greeted Xu Jinshui's parents, and they were already furious.

The marketing manager is still reporting data: "Taowu.com returned [-] units without any reason within seven days, Wangdong platform returned [-] units without any reason, and offline dealers recycled [-] units. Users are urgently returning and refunding. , what should we do now?"

Stop loss, they must stop loss immediately, but how to stop it?
Xu Jinshui, who was slumped in his office chair, looked haggard and his eyes were dull. Only now did he understand what core technology was.

He once believed that mobile phone price reduction was the strongest trump card.

But now, he was really wrong, or he finally understood why Longxing Technology, Kunpeng Company, and Rice Company worked hard to engage in technology research and development.

If you think of the summer vacation as playing Landlords, then Longxing Technology Company is equivalent to getting the big king, and Apple Mobile is getting the little king, and the biggest card of his Pineapple Company is just a J. When the other two players play their cards, Even if it was only 10 points, he could only use the biggest J card and could not compete with the other two.

Now how to do?
Xu Jinshui was a little at a loss.

At the factory, he still has 2000 million yuan left to settle, and the parts supplier's balance is over 7000 million yuan, and he still owes the bank [-] million yuan. If they all press him for payment, the Pineapple Company's capital chain will be broken instantly, and even the workers' wages will be broken. It may not be possible to send it out.

Internal worries, no core technology, foreign aggression, double blow from Longxing Technology and Apple, what should he do now?
The marketing manager looked at Xu Jinshui's dejected look and vaguely realized the seriousness of the matter. Perhaps he should also consider how to get out safely and maximize his profits.

……

Apple's Dragon Kingdom Division.

CEO's office.

Wang Feng put on his gold-rimmed glasses and carefully checked the seven-day market report. There was a cup of hot coffee beside the table.

"40 units were sold in seven days, far exceeding the expectation of 30 units. It seems that the marketing strategy of high-end mobile phones is right. Let you fight for the sinking market. The more fierce the fight, the better. It is best to play with yourself." die."

He murmured to himself, gracefully picked up the coffee and took a sip.

Different from the low-price coverage of Longxing Technology Company, Apple's marketing strategy in Longguo is to make the brand high-end.

What's the difference between the two?
The most intuitive thing is that the audience groups are different.

Users of high-end brands don’t care about performance. They only want to show off their products and enjoy the sense of superiority brought by the brand value. To put it bluntly, they can show off.

As for users with low-price coverage, they care more about cost-effectiveness. They don't care about the so-called face. They only care about the performance of the mobile phone and what kind of experience it can bring them.

Adopting a low-price strategy can quickly attract a large number of users and seize the market. Adopting a high-end strategy can accumulate brand value and allow users to voluntarily pay for the premium.

The two marketing strategies correspond to the upper and lower levels of the market respectively. If you use them well, you can make a lot of money.

The current market situation seems to be three companies competing for hegemony, but in fact there are only two fighting for it. Apple mobile phones are firmly in the high-end market, and only Longxing Technology and Pineapple Company are competing for the market.

but!

Chen Xing didn't want to keep offering low prices.

Longxing X1 is just a stepping stone for him in the market. Whether it is the sinking market or the high-end market, he wants them all!
Because if you only operate in lower-tier markets, your brand image will be fixed.

For example, the actor Xing Ye is famous for his nonsensical comedies. The audience wants to laugh when they see him. If he stars in a drama about a domineering president and has a life-or-death relationship with the heroine, will the audience and fans pay for it?The answer is, no!
Let alone overbearing president dramas, no one would ask him to star in even fairy tale dramas. This is a stereotype of his image.

Similarly, if Longxing Technology's mobile phones continue to be marketed at low prices, they will be highly tied to the sinking market, and it will be very difficult to become a high-end brand in the future.

Therefore, in order not to be fixed by the image, the next mobile phone must be in the mid-to-high-end market and rob Apple of its interests.

In addition to sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers and tigers, Wang Feng also has to always be wary of whether Chen Xing will suddenly enter the high-end market.

If he breaks into the enemy, he must detect it immediately and formulate a strategy to deal with the enemy.

……

While Xu Jinshui and Wang Feng were keeping an eye on the market, Chen Xing did not pay too much attention. Instead, he had been busy purchasing equipment and laying assembly production lines at the Guancheng factory.

Because he is confident enough in Longxing X1, he will not pay attention to it all the time.

He really couldn't think of any cell phone that cost less than 2000 yuan that could make calls.

Even if Gaotong has resumed the supply of Snapdragon 801 processors, no other manufacturer dares to compete for share. They are all avoiding its edge and waiting for the situation to stabilize.

The market is sinking to compete with Longxing X1.

The high-end market competes with Apple 6.

What can CEOs of other manufacturers do?

All they can do is wait and see what happens. Instead, it has become the consensus of the CEOs of other manufacturers.

"Mr. Chen, 20 equipment production lines have been installed. We provide a 2-year warranty. When will the final payment be settled?"

After the production equipment supplier Lin Jiafeng installed the production line, he also stepped forward to inquire about the final payment of the order.

Chen Xing did not have the habit of deliberately delaying payment, so he gave an accurate time and said: "I need to test the production performance of this batch of equipment within two months at the latest. If there is no problem, I will arrange payment as soon as possible."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, please test it first. If there are any equipment quality problems within half a year, we will not repair it and will directly replace it with the original factory for you."

Lin Jiafeng patted his chest and promised.

He is very confident in his own equipment. Although the workmanship quality is not as high as that of imported products from Germany and island countries, they are still ranked high among domestic production equipment. Even the factories of Kunpeng Company are using their equipment for production. Assemble.

After hearing his guarantee, Chen Xing smiled lightly and said, "With your words, I feel relieved. I hope we can continue to cooperate in the future."

"Okay, then I'll go back."

"Walk slowly."

Lin Jiafeng did not stay and drove directly out of the industrial park.

Chen Xing arranged manpower to test the assembly efficiency of the new production line.

These twenty production lines all use the most advanced domestic equipment. The installation price of a single production line is 300 million, and the total cost of twenty production lines is 6000 million.

Chen Xing only paid 2000 million, and the remaining 4000 million order balance was agreed upon and would be paid two months later.

Although the equipment is slightly expensive, the supplier promises that the minimum production capacity of a single production line is [-] units per day, and the installation of [-] production lines will have a production capacity of [-] units.

The daily supply of [-] units is sufficient to meet current market demand.

Even if the holidays are over and Rice and Hammer take back the factory, Longxing X1's production and supply chain will not be suddenly interrupted.

(End of this chapter)