Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3227 Scarcity

The current Bluetooth headset market is mixed.

The prices are generally low.

For example, Sony, a giant in the headphone industry, has launched a total of 6 Bluetooth headsets in the past year, three of which are priced less than US$30, and the most expensive one is only US$150.

The price of this product made by Zhou Buqi must not be too low.

Because it has epoch-making attributes.

Different from other Bluetooth headsets on the market, this is a smart Bluetooth headset. In addition to the Bluetooth chip, it also integrates many intelligent functions, such as automatic pairing and connection with mobile phones, and protection of Bluetooth channels to ensure excellent sound effects.

These are not comparable to traditional Bluetooth headsets.

In the past few years, the reason why Bluetooth headsets were considered "unfashionable" by music lovers was mainly due to technical reasons. Because the data transmission volume of lossless music is very large, and the bandwidth of Bluetooth is insufficient, the information transmission is not smooth, which in turn leads to the loss of some information and the distortion of sound.

Not even Sony can solve it.

This is so stupid.

They focus on the "Bluetooth" category, waiting for the Bluetooth technology to be updated and the Bluetooth channel transmission bandwidth to increase... However, the Bluetooth technology is being upgraded, and the effect of lossless music is also being upgraded.

The amount of information that Bluetooth can transmit is larger, while the amount of information that lossless music needs to transmit is also larger.

There will always be information loss during transmission.

The solution is also simple.

Just add an information protection chip to establish a better channel between the mobile phone and headphones to ensure that the transmitted data is not lost.

But this will increase costs.

Moreover, it is already difficult to install a Bluetooth module into something as small as headphones, so where is the space to add more chips?
This becomes a difficult problem in product design.

The solution Zhou Buqi proposed was also simple, which was to design a headphone box.

Bluetooth headphones have no wires and are so small, how do you keep them safe?

Must be placed in the headphone box.

Every time you open the earphone box, the earphones will automatically connect to the phone. This automatic connection process requires chip calculation and control... In other words, the earphone box has also become an integrated function.

The space is too small to fit the earphones, but there is space in the earphone case.

The space in the headphone box is much larger than the headphones!
Once this product idea is figured out and the earphone box is utilized, many creative ideas can be generated for the design of Bluetooth earphones, and all the components that realize many functions can be placed in the earphone box.

Zhou Buqi's product proposal can be said to have opened the eyes of the entire product team.

It feels like opening the door to a new world.

I have an idea.

The subsequent execution is simple.

AsterPods is officially released.

Boss Zhou came on stage and, as the product manager, served as the product launch officer and grandly launched the headset to the global media.

The basic model is priced at US$109 and the domestic price is 799 yuan.

The price is on the high side.

But powerful.

When Zhou Buqi demonstrated this Bluetooth headset, he won a lot of applause.

Within a week of the product’s launch, global sales exceeded 100 million units. It’s a huge scale.

But compared with the size of the headphone market, this is nothing. The number of mobile phones sold worldwide each year can reach 3 million to 4 million. For every 1% of the global market share, AsterPods can generate $1 million in profits for Aster.

This is a big market.

The market feedback is very positive.

This undoubtedly creates a huge positive signal for the upcoming listing of Astar.

As June begins, an enthusiastic atmosphere fills both inside and outside Estar.

Coming soon!

This will undoubtedly be another feast for capital wealth creation!

This actually caused some people to worry.

For example, Ma Pingshan from the Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance.

In the recent bull market, the booming A-shares have also driven the Hong Kong stocks to soar, and major listed companies have taken the opportunity to launch cash-out plans.

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Zhou Buqi had already made arrangements for this. Yuanwei Group, Taizun Real Estate, and Jieyu Media all had large cash-out plans in Hong Kong stocks. Since October last year, the total cash-out amount has exceeded HK$10 billion, of which HK$220 billion went to Zhou Buqi. If the cash-outs of Zhenyu and Baoshan are also included, it will definitely exceed HK$70 billion.

The other partners cashed in at least HK$10 billion, and Xu Baihui cashed in the most, reaching HK$45 billion.

The honest man Ma Pingshan sighed again and again, "This money is too unreal."

Meng Houkun felt at ease and said with a smile: "This is the power of capital."

Guo Pengfei also shook his head. "It's not certain whether it's a good thing or not. This is a leveraged bull market. Once the bubble bursts and those super leverages collapse, it will be too dangerous. The domestic stock market is a retail stock market. It's already 5000 points, and I see there are still many people rushing in! Many experts are clamoring that it can reach 1 points. I really..."

Meng Houkun said unhappily, "We have finally gathered together, don't try to play tricks on me."

Zhen Yu said softly: "Capital is not a bad thing. Many things in the country are actually due to too little capital. Creating capital and wealth has great value in social terms."

Ma Pingshan said: "In the past few years, listed companies have emerged one after another, creating one wealth myth after another. Public opinion is mixed. Many people are working hard to make a living and live on the poverty line. They contribute the most efforts, but they don't share any of the fruits of capital."

“This is essentially the tendency of labor-capital disputes.”

Zhen Yu has lived in the United States for many years, and has attended many team board meetings as Zhou Buqi's representative.

This kind of thing is all too common in American sports leagues.

Zhen Yu said, "The NBA always has labor disputes. Recently, the American Baseball League also launched a round of labor disputes. Because the copyright prices of sports events are getting higher and higher, the management has made a lot of money, but the players' salaries have not increased. So the players went on strike and wanted to talk to the management."

Ma Pingshan shook his head. “That’s America.”

"No, no, the logic of economics is the same." Zhen Yu gave a simple explanation. "In a market economy, scarcity makes things valuable. The revenue from sports events is getting higher and higher, which means there is more and more capital, and labor has become scarce. This will inevitably lead to the compromise of capital and the victory of the players. If the economy is in a downturn and the revenue from sports events is not good, the loss of capital will lead to capital becoming a scarce commodity, and the players will have to compromise and reduce their salaries. Labor-capital disputes are not about who is strong, but who is scarce."

"Uh……"

Ma Pingshan didn't quite understand what he meant.

Zhou Buqi further said: "It is just like many developed countries in Europe, which are very rich and have a lot of capital. In labor disputes, capital is the abundant party and workers are the scarce party. So you can see that European workers can fight for the best salary and benefits and can constantly challenge capital. The tax rate for the rich in Nordic countries has even reached 70% and 80%, because there are enough capital and too few workers."

Zhen Yu said softly, "Well, whether it's domestic retail investors or ordinary people who just make ends meet, they are all the same kind of people, the labor side. The labor side is the majority, and capital is a scarce commodity. In labor-capital disputes, the tide will inevitably turn on capital."

Zhou Buqi said: "It's not that there is too much capital in the country, but too little. Capital has always been scarce. Workers have low salaries and benefits, and the bottom people suffer a lot. This is reality. But don't forget that the average lifespan of domestic companies is only 3 years. Ordinary people create so much social wealth, which should be deprived and squeezed by companies. Companies should be very rich. But the average survival period of a company is even shorter than a job for a worker. This leads to the scarcity of capital, which further worsens the workplace environment for ordinary people."

Meng Houkun said with the same feeling: "Yes, that's right. In the past few years, a large number of companies have indeed gone public, creating one enviable capital feast after another. But in a country like ours, these few dramas are nothing. They can all be ignored."

Ma Pingshan sighed, "It's better not to do this kind of thing. I've been playing around with finance for too long and I feel like I've become too arrogant. When we run our business, we still have to keep our feet on the ground."

Zhou Buqi nodded and said, "So we must make plans to study abroad. In the past few years, we have been too successful and have made money too easily. Look at Meng Houkun, his tail is so high. We are still too young, and we need to take some time to adjust our mentality. After we adjust, we can set off again."