The richest man

Chapter 224 The magic machine was born, and eBay swept the world
Near 1994, Nokia Corporation, celebration banquet.President Hannah Maltz and the company's top executives were very happy. This quarter, the sales volume of Nokia's mobile phones has increased significantly, and it has already ranked first in the world, beating Legendary Technology and Motorola.

"Nokia has won the favor of the market by adhering to the principle of simplicity, practicality, high quality and low price. Today, we have become the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer!" Hannah Maltz excitedly said, "Come, let's hold a celebration!"

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

Hannah Maltz held a glass of champagne with the crowd.

Immediately, he said again: "However, we can't slack off. Everyone knows the strength of Legendary Technology. If you are not careful, they may overtake you again. Everyone must have seen the Hongmeng developed by Legendary Technology. Mobile phone, to be honest, this mobile phone is very amazing, and there are many things we can learn from, such as the Hongmeng mobile phone operating system. I think it is very necessary for us to invest in the development of a mobile phone operating system!"

"Maltz, what you said is reasonable. But if we invest in the development by ourselves, it will take time and effort, and it will be too slow. As far as I know, there is a ready-made company currently conducting research on mobile phone operating systems. , we can invest in it!" Vice President Maggie Kennedy said.

Hannah Maltz was overjoyed when he heard the words, and couldn't help saying: "Oh, that's really great! With our investment, we can develop the mobile phone system as soon as possible, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of our Nokia mobile phones! By the way, What is the name of this company?"

Maggie Kennedy replied with a smile: "Psion, founded in 1980, the main product is PDA handheld computer!"

PDA handheld computers are similar to tablet computers. In the early days, Apple also developed a handheld computer, but the sales were not good.

Psion company is committed to the development of handheld computers. The handheld computer system developed by this company has low power consumption and strong performance, which is very suitable for mobile phones.

Hannah Maltz thought that Psion Company is a company specializing in the development of PDAs, so he couldn't help but nodded and supported Maggie Kennedy's suggestion.

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Since the release of Hongmeng mobile phone, major mobile phone manufacturers around the world have conducted careful research on it. Among them, the Hongmeng mobile phone operating system has attracted their attention.

At this time, not only Nokia noticed the Psion company.

Motorola and Ericsson have also taken a fancy to Psion.

When Nokia sent someone to contact Psion, it happened that Motorola and Ericsson were also contacting Psion.

Ever since, the four companies decided to invest in the establishment of a company specializing in the development of mobile phone operating systems, which is Symbian.

The Symbian company was obviously a few years ahead of schedule. After Zhang Jun received the news, he frowned suddenly, feeling a surge of pressure.

Among the world's four major mobile phone manufacturers, the three major mobile phone manufacturers support Symbian, but Legend Technology supports the Hongmeng system. This is a [-]v[-]!More than that, most other mobile phone manufacturers will also choose Symbian.

In the end, Legendary Technologies was left alone.

Zhang Junduan sat on the office chair and meditated.

"Unless a real smartphone is developed, the advantages of a mobile operating system are not obvious!"

"However, limited by the hardware technical conditions of this era, if you want to develop an iPhone, it may not be possible in a short time."

"So, in the fight between mobile phones, we still have to learn from Nokia in the previous life. Only by being simple and practical, with good quality and high cost performance, can we win the favor of consumers. However, it is not impossible to increase the competitiveness of mobile phones, music and photography. These are two very practical functions!"

Zhang Jun thinks again and again that Hongmeng mobile phones are mainly used for technology accumulation, and if they want to make money, they still have to rely on the Honor mobile phone that focuses on the low-end market.

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"Ralph, I'm going to buy a mobile phone. Which brand of mobile phone do you think is better?" James asked his colleague Vida Ralph during lunch.

The two are employees of a candy company, and their income is average, with an annual income of only about $4.

Vida Ralph took out his mobile phone and said: "I bought a Nokia 2110, it is very easy to use, and the price is only 1299 US dollars! I recommend you to buy my mobile phone, the Nokia with the iconic Tune ringtone built in A cell phone that can send and receive SMS messages and can display 10 dialed, 10 received and 10 missed calls, and has a bigger screen..."

In fact, Nokia originally expected to sell 40 units, but unexpectedly, the 2110 has become a sensational product in the market, with sales of more than 1000 million units, crushing Hongmeng mobile phones.

James looked at this Nokia 2110, and liked it very much, and couldn't help but feel a little moved.

But before he could speak, another colleague next to him almost interrupted: "James, Legend Technology is about to release an entry-level low-end mobile phone with a cheap price. You might as well wait."

"Oh, Legendary Technology is planning to release an entry-level low-end mobile phone?!" James was taken aback when he heard this, thought for a while, and nodded: "Well, it's okay to wait, I still like the products of Legendary Technology. It’s just that their products are too expensive, and I hope the price of this entry-level low-end mobile phone can be cheaper.”

Legend Technology has long announced the news that it will release an entry-level low-end mobile phone. Recently, many people who are planning to buy a mobile phone, like James, decided to wait for this mobile phone to be released before making a decision.

On December 1994, 12, Legend Technology held a product launch conference and officially released the Honor 16.

The $999 price stunned everyone.

Countless consumers all over the world can't help but be moved by it.

"Honor 1100 is really too cheap, love, Legend Technology is really very conscientious this time!"

"Honor 1100 meets all my needs. The functions are too useful, and the call quality is good. It is much more cost-effective than Hongmeng mobile phones!"

"Haha, Legendary Technology did not disappoint me, it was worth waiting for so long! Honor 1100, here I come!"

"..."

After the press conference, many consumers flocked to the legendary store.

With such a cheap mobile phone, even if you are saving food and money, you still have to raise money to buy one!

Honor 1100 has won the favor of consumers. On the day of its release, it sold 50 units, which stunned Zhang Jun and the executives of Legend Technology.

Zhang Jun looked at the report, and couldn't help feeling: "The high-quality and cheap things are really what everyone likes the most..."

"Boss, I really didn't expect that the sales of Honor 1100 would explode like this. We only prepared 1000 million units, which is not enough. I'm going to urge the factory to work overtime now!" Shangguan Muye said excitedly.

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Boss, how much do you estimate the total sales of Honor 1100 will be?" Shangguan Muye asked.

this?
Zhang Jun thought about it. The Honor 1100 is modeled after the Nokia 1100. As far as the charm of this product is concerned, it will not become obsolete after several years of selling.In the previous life, the total sales volume of Nokia 1100 was as high as 2.5 million.

Honor 1100 should not be much different.

"About 2 million units!" Zhang Jun replied lightly.

How many? 2? !

Shangguan Muye was dumbfounded.

It's simply too difficult.

There are not so many mobile phone users in the world combined.

"Boss, is this too exaggerated?"

"It's no exaggeration, the Honor 1100 has a very long lifespan. Even after 2000, it will still be a bestseller!" Zhang Jun said with a determined expression.

Shangguan Muye was speechless, so he nodded and said, "Maybe, then I will urge the factory to produce 5000 million units of Honor 1100 first."

"Well, yes!"

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At this moment, the major mobile phone manufacturers around the world are collectively in the dark. The Honor 1100 is coming. Everyone has expected it, but it is too strong. It sold more than 50 units on the first day, and the data is extremely terrifying!
Everyone couldn't help but feel comforted, maybe there were too many fans of Legendary Technology, and they all caught up with them all at once, which caused the sales to be too astonishing.Slowly, the heat fades, and the sales of Honor 1100 will decline as severely as Hongmeng mobile phones.

Unfortunately, Honor 1100 has an excellent reputation, and many people are full of praise.

On the second day, more consumers went to buy the Honor 1100, and Legend Technology sold 90 phones.

In the past week, the sales of Honor 1100 reached 400 million units.

Then came Christmas.

During Christmas, when everyone is shopping, the Honor 1100 has undoubtedly become the first choice for gift giving. On this day alone, the sales volume of the Honor 1100 reached 220 million units.

The New York Times reported: "This Christmas, the Honor 1100 has become the best-selling and most popular product. Consumers snapped up the Honor 1100 like crazy. Legend Technology once again established its dominance in the mobile phone industry!"

"Los Angeles Times": "This Christmas, there is no product that is as popular as the Honor 1100. It is the undisputed king of mobile phones!"

Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson were all overshadowed.

The total sales of mobile phones of the three of them are not as good as the Honor 1100.

When the news came out, the people were extremely surprised and talked a lot.

As the news spread, many people who didn't know about Honor 1100 now know about it.

"Damn it, I just saw the news now that Legend Technology has released a new phone, and it's so cheap that it almost crushes other mobile phone manufacturers. It's only $999, and I'm going to buy one right away!"

"Honor 1100 is really good and cheap, and the price is very high. I want to buy one too!"

"..."

As a result, after Christmas, the sales of Honor 1100 did not drop too much.

At this time, no one questioned the status of the legendary technology company's mobile phone hegemony.

Seeing the popularity of the Honor 1100, companies such as Motorola and Nokia began to imitate it and plan to launch entry-level low-end mobile phones.

However, Legendary Technology Company lacked the opposite at this time. Instead of working hard on entry-level mobile phones, it continued to work hard to overcome various technologies, and still wanted to develop in the direction of high-end mobile phones.

Huge investment in music, photography, multi-touch, mobile phone operating system, mobile phone chips, mobile phone communications and other aspects of research and development efforts.

Now is the new year of 1995, Zhang Jun plans to officially launch the world's first 2004G smart phone before 3!

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Amazon.com performed very well during this Christmas season, and 1100% of the sales of Honor 20 came from online sales.

Such a shocking achievement can't help but make countless manufacturers feel excited, so they contact Amazon.com one after another, hoping to open a store on Amazon.com.

"Hello, there is no problem with opening a store on Amazon. I will send you an email later with some requirements for applying to open a store. By the way, our company will also launch an eBay e-commerce website. If you are interested If so, you can find out that opening a store on eBay is currently free, and we also have an auction function on eBay..." The customer department staff strongly recommended eBay to the manufacturer on the phone.

At present, Amazon.com is mainly self-operated, and there are also shopping malls, which invite manufacturers to settle in, but the review is relatively strict. Generally, only relatively well-known large companies can open stores in the Amazon mall, and there is a fee.

Like Taobao, eBay is easy to review. Individuals can open a store on eBay, and everyone is encouraged to open a store. Everyone can have their own eBay store. The store is designed to be a regular store, selling all kinds of goods.

It doesn't cost much to open a store on eBay. Why not do it with one more sales channel?What's more, eBay is the main website promoted by Legend Technology Company, so are you afraid of lack of traffic?

Many companies, once invited by Legendary Technology to open a store on the eBay website, immediately agreed.

The founding of eBay can be described as smooth sailing.

At 1995 o'clock in the evening on January 1, 20, eBay was officially launched.

Yahoo website is fully draining.

IE browser pop-up ads.

The publicity is very strong, as long as users surf the Internet, they can see the advertisements on the eBay website.

eBay has a lot of stores, a complete range of products, and an auction function. Once the website is launched, it is very popular among users.

In just three days, eBay registered users exceeded 50.

Breaking through 100 million in a week.

Half a month later, eBay had 240 million registered users.

However, Zhang Jun is not satisfied with only 240 million users.

Soon, the marketing promotion plan planned by him began to be implemented.

A soft article titled "A Paperclip for a Villa" quickly spread wildly on the Internet.

The Yahoo BBS forum is about to explode.

"Damn it! I got a villa with a paperclip, is it real!? I don't believe it at all!"

"I read the article. The so-called exchange of villas is actually just a 100-day residency right in the villa, but even so, it is shocking enough! You know, a paper clip is only a few cents, and 100 days How much is the right to live in the villa worth, you can figure it out yourself."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!!!"

"Yes, I also think it's impossible, it must be fake news!"

"It's not fake, I think it should be true. Every time someone trades, the value of the things they get increases significantly, and in the end they can really be exchanged for 100 days of residence rights in the villa!"

"..."

The uproar spread on the Internet caused a sensation in countless media.

Moreover, the topic of "replacing a paperclip for a villa" is too much of a gimmick. In order to attract attention, countless media have listed this matter as the headline news.

"Really exchanged paper clips for a villa? eBay is so good???" For a while, even many people who had never surfed the Internet couldn't help being curious about the eBay website.

The flow of people on the eBay website has skyrocketed, and there is a faint trend of surpassing the Amazon website.

Countless users began to try to shop on the eBay website, or auction products that they didn't use in their homes.

In just one or two months, eBay's global users exceeded 1000 million, which shocked the industry and investment circles.

Moreover, the transaction volume of the eBay website platform is no less than that of the Amazon website, and it is obviously another retail giant.

"The development potential of the Internet is really too great!!!"

"Yeah, it's a pity that Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, ie, and PayPal don't accept our investment. The legendary technology company is really disgusting!"

"It doesn't matter, we invest in their competitors. In addition, there are many Internet startups worthy of our investment..."

The venture capital world is on the move.

Any Internet company with a good idea is extremely easy to attract investment.

Every day, Silicon Valley reports how much a certain company is valued and how much investment it has received.

For example, a supermarket salesperson resigned to start a business and opened an Internet company on the Midnight Lonely Forum, which received more than 200 million US dollars in angel investment. Even Zhang Jun was envious when he saw it.

The venture capital world is going crazy, daring to invest in anything.

This can't help but remind Zhang Jun of the Internet bubble, of cutting leeks...

(End of this chapter)