I was born again with 100 million

Chapter 264 Make a Big Deal!
After Li Yanhong was dealt with and the Baidu matter was settled, Lin Xiao finally had time to meet Dong Meilan.

"Manager Dong, how do you feel about reminiscing with your colleagues?"

Sitting in the office, Lin Xiao asked Dong Meilan with a smile.

"It's good. Although I've only been abroad for a few months, it seems like I've been away for a long time." Dong Meilan replied with a smile.

"Last night, I had a dinner appointment with Xiaowen and the others."

After hearing this, Lin Xiao patted his forehead lightly and said, "I was negligent. In fact, I should treat you to a meal. I will ask Ren Xiaowen to order a meal right away."

"Boss Lin, don't bother." Dong Meilan said hastily.

"I'm thinking of giving a brief report to Mr. Lin this morning, and then leaving in the afternoon."

After hearing this, Lin Xiao asked a little strangely: "Are you in such a hurry to leave? It will be New Year's Day in two days. You don't want to leave after celebrating New Year's Day in China."

When Lin Xiao said this, he suddenly remembered that Dong Meilan's lover was also in the Silicon Valley of the United States, so he said with a smile: "It's true, this New Year's Day is a bit special. It's better to spend it with family members across the century."

"Thank you Mr. Lin for your understanding." Dong Meilan continued: "On the other hand, the Silicon Valley R&D Center has reached a critical moment. If I leave for too long at this time, I'm afraid it will affect the mentality of the R&D center personnel."

Lin Xiao nodded, and then asked Dong Meilan, "I see the emails sent to me by Viewer every week. The recent progress in the R&D center is pretty smooth."

"It went well. Mr. Lin, you went there last time and told them about the reward plan. This group of people is very motivated. Recently, I often hear news that they have broken through a certain key link."

As Dong Meilan said, she took out two things wrapped in foam from her bag and handed them to Lin Xiao.

"Fadell said that it will take some time to complete a mature product. He made two samples, but these two samples cannot be turned on and used. The main reason is to let you confirm the shape again."

After hearing this, Lin Xiao took apart the sample Dong Meilan handed over.

Just glanced at it, and Lin Xiao immediately gave a secret compliment in his heart... It's ok, that's what it tastes like!

The shape of the entire MP3 is basically similar to the iPod in Lin Xiao's impression, especially the screen at the top of the middle, and the circular roulette below the screen, which is slightly concave, just to facilitate finger sliding, exactly the same as Lin Xiao remembers.

In fact, this design is still in use until 20 years later, and smart speakers in later generations use a similar design to adjust the volume.

The color of the sample is also the white that Lin Xiao wants, not very bright, but it looks very comfortable.

Except for the letters on the four buttons around the front roulette, the only different color is the G logo on the back of the product.

This is basically the same as Lin Xiao's previous requirements when designing the USB flash drive.

After holding it in his hand and turning it around twice, Lin Xiao said to Dong Meilan: "Okay, I basically don't have much opinion on the shape here, you can send a message to Fadell and ask him to continue to do a good job in the research and development of other aspects of the product. Looking forward to seeing his truly mature product."

"Okay, Mr. Lin, I will take the message to Fadell." Dong Meilan stood up after speaking.

"Mr. Lin, if there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Okay, thanks for your hard work." Lin Xiao sent Dong Meilan out of the office.

After seeing Dong Meilan, Lin Xiao immediately called Yang Guanbin into the office.

While showing the MP3 sample to Yang Guanbin, Lin Xiao said, "Look at this".

"This is the MP3 we researched in the Silicon Valley R&D center?"

Yang Guanbin curiously picked up this hand-held music player, which was completely different from the market, and looked it up curiously.

Although Yang Guanbin can also receive emails from Fadell every week, this is the first time he has seen the appearance of the entire MP3 player.

Lin Xiao nodded, and said with a smile: "This gadget can hold 1000 songs. Unfortunately, this sample is mainly due to its appearance, and it can't be turned on. But according to their current progress, it shouldn't take long."

"The company will soon have another subversive product!" Yang Guanbin said with emotion.

Lin Xiao smiled. If this MP3 player is launched, it will greatly boost the reputation of Eternal Technology. After all, it will be about a year since the U disk is officially launched. Two consecutive subversive products are enough to make The ancient technology is remembered by many people.

"Senior Brother Yang, I actually called you here because I mainly have an idea."

Lin Xiao said to Yang Guanbin, "I plan to build a direct retail store in Wangfujing."

"Directly-operated retail store?" Yang Guanbin was a little puzzled, literally he could understand what kind of store it was, but he didn't really understand why Lin Xiao made such a decision.

"Yes." Lin Xiao nodded, "This store is under the unified management of the company, not only in Yanjing, but also in other cities after that."

After listening, Yang Guanbin asked puzzledly: "But, we have already cooperated with many urban sales agents. Is it necessary to do retail by ourselves?"

"Yes!" Lin Xiao said firmly.

"We need to give users a place to experience the product. Before, our U disk was more practical, but MP3 is different. Listening to music is a matter of experience."

"Plus, when this MP3 comes out, the price will be very high. Many people will be very hesitant to buy it if they haven't experienced it. If you go to the sales agent, there is a high probability that you won't let the experience last long."

Lin Xiao said to Yang Guanbin: "The greater role of this retail store is actually a product display center and an experience center. If we can have such an experience center on the most prosperous street in Yanjing, it will have a huge role in promoting the brand. "

"Of course, it's not just Yanjing. My idea is that Pearl will also build one at the same time."

After listening to Yang Guanbin, he finally understood Lin Xiao's intention to build such a retail store, and he raised a second doubt at this time.

"If it's a retail store, we only have USB flash drives and MP3 players. Maybe there are too few products, so we can only use a smaller space."

"Indeed there are few." Lin Xiao said with a smile: "However, the scale of this retail store cannot be small. Our product positioning is relatively high-end. The first impression that the store is too small is that the company's product layout is not large enough.

As for the lack of products, we need to work hard on experience. "

"For example, we can divide different experience areas and set up different scenes according to different music types, so that music lovers can feel that MP3 playback of different music types has a very good experience."

After hearing this, Yang Guanbin shouted excitedly: "This is good! In this way, people can ignore the relatively simple shortcomings of our products."

Seeing that Yang Guanbin understood what he meant, Lin Xiao said to the other party:

"The MP3 will probably be developed in a short time, and then it will be officially put into production. So we have to solve two things now. One is to find a suitable store. The area of ​​the store must be large enough and the location must be very conspicuous. The other It’s about finding the right designer.”

Yang Guanbin nodded to show that he understood, and said: "If we follow different experience areas, we can indeed rent a larger shop."

"No need to rent, find the right one, and buy it directly!" Lin Xiao said immediately.

Yanjing Wangfujing's store, what kind of increase will it have in the future? If you don't buy it now, the rent in the next year will be higher than the price you buy now.

Yang Guanbin was stunned after hearing this, and then said to Lin Xiao with a smile: "Boss Lin, you are going to make a big deal!"

"That's right, let's make a big deal out of him!" Lin Xiaohao said full of enthusiasm.

(End of this chapter)