Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 336: Global Sensation, Attack on Xingyi Technology!

However, misfortunes never come singly. Just when Wang Hong was still hesitating whether to give up her HTC One x and get a full refund, even worse news came!
The marketing director looked pale as he read the message on his phone.

"What happened again?" Wang Hong frowned.

Fang Jin sighed: "Chairman, our HTC flagship store in Empire was robbed!"

"What? The flagship store was robbed?"

Wang Hong was stunned, and everyone else was also dumbfounded.

"How could this happen?" Wang Hong was speechless: "It's the 21st century, how can there still be such barbarians? Are you kidding me?"

Fang Jin was speechless: "It is said that the consumers who pre-ordered HTC One x in full wanted to get their money back, but the store said that it was a full-payment reservation and could not be refunded. The consumers started to defend their rights and made a scene, and more and more people gathered around. As a result, no one knew who was leading the scene, but a group of people rushed into the store and snatched away our display machines and new machines!"

Wang Hong's mouth twitched: "..."

The other senior executives also looked livid: "..."

This is a big loss.

A large flagship store was robbed and the losses were horrific.

"Have you called the police? What did the police say?" Wang Hong couldn't help but ask.

Fang Jin was helpless: "I called the police, but they couldn't do anything. First, there were too many people, and second, we were also at fault in this matter."

"This..." Wang Hong was silent, not knowing what to say.

Fang Jin continued, "This kind of thing is easy to happen in the Empire. We called the police, but the FBI can't do anything about it. We can only accept it."

Wang Hong: "..."

"More importantly, I'm worried that other people will follow suit and take over a few of our stores, and then we'll be finished."

"Yes, you are right, this is the most serious matter."

Wang Hong took a deep breath and said, "We can't let them continue to make trouble. Well, let's notify them that all the 150 million HTC One x pre-orders will be refunded! Oh!"

A sigh of helplessness.

It feels so uncomfortable to put meat in your mouth and then spit it out.

Some people couldn't help but say: "150 million units, a profit of more than billion, we can't give it up, Chairman!"

Wang Hong smiled coldly: "Not retreating? Then let them continue to rob?"

"This..." The man was speechless.

"Okay, let's do it this way. Refund first, and don't let this get out of hand."

"Yes!"

"Chairman, then our HTC One x production and purchase..."

Wang Hong sighed deeply, looking extremely sad:

"There is nothing we can do. Apple, Samsung, Nokia and other companies have filed patent lawsuits against us. In the future, HTC One x will be banned from sale in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea."

"It can be said that HTC One X can only be sold in regions where it is not banned, and sales will be greatly reduced, even to less than one in ten. Forget 50 million units, it would be good if it can sell 5 million."

"As for components? We should cut orders if possible to control costs. As for production, we should reduce production lines and produce while selling to prevent excessive inventory."

"The meeting is dismissed!"

"Yes!"

Everyone left one after another. Wang Hong was guarding the huge conference room, looking extremely unhappy:
“Before, I was thinking that HTC One x was selling well all over the world, crushing xphone 1pro and becoming the world’s number one!”

“But now they are facing prosecution, sales ban, and massive refunds… How ironic!”

"What a joke, oh!"

With a sigh, Wang Hong's expression became extremely gloomy.

What’s even more terrible is that the problem lies not only with the HTC One x, but also with HTC’s other best-selling phones and future new phones.

It can be said that as long as it is a mobile phone, it must have communications and involve a large number of communications patents.

Other patents are easy to circumvent, so let’s try another solution.

However, communication patents are difficult to circumvent, let alone circumvent completely!
This will lead to prosecution and sales ban.

As a result, HTC's future is truly uncertain.

Last year, HTC sold 4300 million units. This year, let alone making further progress, it is likely that the sales will be halved.

For a moment, Wang Hong looked gloomy, feeling that HTC was surrounded by enemies and the situation was hopeless.

But as a strong woman, she was still very strong. She quickly calmed down and studied new coping strategies.

The lanterns are on.

Wang Yi returned to Lin Shu's house, and as soon as he entered the door, the aroma of meat hit him.

Lin Shu came out of the kitchen carrying a rice cooker: "Wang Yi, I braised pig's trotters and pig's ears, come and try them!"

Wang Yi was very surprised: "Xiao Shu, you can also braise these?"

"I didn't know how to make it before. You said you liked to eat it when you were a kid, so I learned how to make it during the winter vacation. I also got some secret recipes for stewed food. How about trying it?"

As he spoke, Lin Shu picked up a big pig's trotter and put it in Wang Yi's bowl.

After washing his hands, Wang Yi looked at the pig's trotters in the bowl and said with a smile, "This is of very good quality, not much worse than the ones sold in Luweizhai."

Then he tasted it again: "Mm, delicious! Xiao Shu, you can open a stall with this level of cooking!"

"Really?" Lin Shu was in a good mood, her eyes were like water: "As long as you like it, it's good. It's a pity that I didn't buy the secret recipe of Luweizhai. They keep it very secret."

"It's okay, it's already delicious. Remember, get some pig tails next time."

"Pig tail, you like to eat this? Good!"

Wang Yi nodded and fell into reminiscence: "I loved eating it when I was a child. At that time, there was an uncle in my hometown village who rode a motorcycle with cooked meat and sold it in the village."

"My grandma knows I like to eat it, so she always asks him to leave me a pig's tail."

"Although there's not much meat, it tastes really good. I haven't eaten it for years."

Wang Yi was filled with emotion.

Maybe I don’t really like eating pig tails now, but I just miss the feeling from my childhood.

Carefree and without worries, a pig's tail can make you happy for most of the day.

That period was the happiest time for Wang Yi, but it was also a time that he could never go back to.

Even though we are more wealthy and financially powerful now, we no longer have the same state of mind as we did back then.

If you want to buy sweet-scented osmanthus with wine, it doesn't seem like you are a teenager.

Lin Shu held Wang Yi's hand and said gently, "Okay, next time I will braise the pig's tail. If it tastes good, we will make more and bring it back to grandma, grandpa and grandma!"

"Good!" Wang Yi was in a good mood: "Xiao Shu, it's great to have you."

"Hehe, it's better to have a brother." Lin Shu said and kissed him gently.

After dinner, Lin Shu leaned on Wang Yi, swinging her long legs and browsing her phone:

"HTC announced that all HTC One x pre-orders that have paid in full can be refunded unconditionally!"

"Xiaoyi, all HTC One xs have been refunded."

"It's as expected." Wang Yi said calmly, knowing in his heart that HTC One x was finished and would no longer have any impact on xphone 1pro.

This was the case with HTC in its previous life. It launched many popular models, but they all failed for various reasons.

For example, HTC G7 sold so well that it overshadowed Samsung's flagship, so Samsung directly cut off the supply of G7 screens on the grounds of insufficient production capacity.

Without the screen, the G7 is finished, and no matter how popular it is, there is no one to buy it.

The same thing is happening to HTC One x today. It has been sued by major giants and is facing a large-scale sales ban.

Lin Shu finished reading the report and understood the process: "So that's it. They were sued for patent issues and banned from sale! Patents are really a big problem. That's why our Xphone 1 and Xphone 1 Pro are only sold in China, right?"

Wang Yi nodded. "That's right. Without sufficient patents, if it is released, it will be sued and banned from sale. It will also require apologies and compensation, which is equivalent to making money for Apple, Samsung, and Nokia. It's meaningless."

Lin Shu suddenly understood, but he was even more curious: "Because of insufficient patents and fear of being sued, Xingyi mobile phones are only sold in China. But doesn't HTC understand this? Why don't they sell in China when they clearly don't have enough patents? Why do they have to go abroad? Why do they have to be sued?"

Isn't this a disease?

Wang Yi laughed. Lin Shu's words were actually what many people were thinking:

"Xiao Shu, you have to know that many decision makers in companies have limitations. If they make mistakes in positioning and decision making, they will ruin their companies."

"For example, HTC, from the chairman Wang Hong to the marketing director, all are optimistic about the European, American, Japanese and Korean markets. Instead, they think that the domestic market is poor and has little market potential. Therefore, they leave the huge domestic market undeveloped and insist on investing huge amounts of money and taking huge risks to develop the European, American, Japanese and Korean markets. So..."

"I see." Lin Shu understood:

"If this continues, HTC will probably be finished. The sales in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea are banned, and HTC has lost the European, American, Japanese and Korean markets. As a last resort, it wants to return to the domestic market, but the domestic market has been taken by Xingyi mobile phones, and Apple and Samsung are also taking the lead. Where is the chance for HTC?"

Wang Yi nodded: "That's right. Wang Hong's arrogance and disdain for the mainland market ruined HTC's future."

This was the case with HTC in its past life. It was banned from sale and did not look down upon the mainland market.

Finally, when it was difficult to make any progress overseas, it began to pay attention to the mainland market and wanted to return. However, the mainland already had China Cool Alliance, Meizu, Xiaomi, OV... There was no room for HTC to survive at all.

If HTC lowers its profile, positions itself as an international brand, and reduces the price to two or three thousand to engage in a price war, it will still be able to win.

But unfortunately, instead of lowering its status and reducing prices for promotions, HTC launched a low-spec version exclusively for China, which is disgusting.

The high-end version is sold for 5000 yuan abroad, and the low-end special version in China is also 5000 yuan!

They are completely treating domestic users as fools, so naturally no one will buy it.

As a result, HTC, which was the world's third largest smartphone brand in 2011, became obsolete in just a few years. As a result, many people born in the 00s and even 95s don't even know that such a brand exists!
All I can say is that those who seek death will die.

Wang Yi was curious about who gave them the courage to ignore the mainland market!

It is conceivable that HTC’s ending in this life is no different from that in the previous life.

Just because of the emergence of Xingyi Technology, the mobile phone industry has gained a new giant, and HTC will only die faster!

However, Wang Yi didn't have time to worry about these things as he was too busy with Xingyi Technology's own affairs.

There is no other reason. By stepping on Apple and HTC, Xingyi Technology became famous overnight and its products are selling well all over the world.

Not only did the sales of Xbuds Bluetooth headphones surge, but even the parallel imported xphone 1 was selling like hot cakes.

Similarly, the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro released globally are selling out across the board!
Taking into account global sales, the sales volume of Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro will be much higher than domestic sales alone.

After all, the products of other competitors are too bad. Even the second generation of iPad is rubbish in terms of design and configuration. Once the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro are released, they will definitely sell well.

Therefore, Wang Yi directly prepared 200 million Xingyi Tablet X1s and 1 million Xingyi Tablet Xpros in stock. Even if they are sold globally, they will be hot-selling for a while.

However, the sales of Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro were so popular that only a few were left in four days.

There are xphone 1 and xphone 1pro in China, but the sales volume of Xingyi tablet in China is not particularly high, accounting for only about a quarter of the global total sales.

Since xphone 1 and xphone 1pro are not available overseas, people can only buy Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro, so the tablet sales overseas are three times that of domestic sales!
Such terrifying overseas sales far exceeded expectations and caught Wang Yi off guard.

The two or three million in stock are simply not enough and they will soon be out of stock.

Even though BYD increased a lot of orders and supplied quickly, they were still out of stock.

With no other options, Wang Yi could only call Shopkeeper Wang again:
"Mr. Wang, the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro are out of stock again. Please increase the production line as soon as possible. The Xingyi Tablet X1 will be produced at a monthly output of 1 million, and the Xingyi Tablet Xpro will be produced at a monthly output of million."

"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, leave it to me. We at BYD have multiple foundries, and we will stop accepting orders from other companies and give priority to the production of Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro. Once they are off the production line, we will arrange for them to be shipped to Europe and the United States as soon as possible to ensure the highest efficiency!"

"That's great!" Wang Yi was in a good mood.

BYD’s reputation as a foundry is not as good as Foxconn and Flextronics, but it has great potential.

Shopkeeper Wang is a man of great courage. As long as he is given orders, he will dare to add more production lines and factories crazily.

In its previous life, BYD became the world's second largest OEM factory and almost overturned Foxconn's skull!
There is also DM-i technology, which consumes less than three liters of fuel per 2000 kilometers when the battery is low. With one tank of oil + electricity, it can travel more than kilometers, which is simply insane.

Wang Yi's Mercedes-Benz, which has 9 liters of grease, even began to doubt his life.

It is for this reason that Wang Yi directly gave up Foxconn and Flextronics and chose BYD as his partner.

There is no other reason. Foxconn and Flextronics are unreliable. Once sanctions are imposed, both companies will run away.

The only reliable one is BYD!

Of course, we cannot give up our own factory.

The mobile phone factory that Jeju gave to Wang Yi has an annual production capacity of 50 million and will be delivered by the end of the year. There will be no major problem with mobile phone production capacity next year.

But if you buy a thousand-yuan phone, it won’t be enough.

After all, a thousand-yuan phone can sell for more than 5000 million yuan, and even flagship phones still need to be outsourced.

By then, the Xingyi mobile phone factory will produce flagship products, which will facilitate quality control and confidentiality.

The thousand-yuan phones are outsourced to BYD.

However, the flat-panel factory built in Jeju is small, with a production capacity of only tens of millions. Isn't this a scam?
The annual sales volume of Xingyi Tablet X1 is more than million.

There’s no way. Let alone Jeju, Wang Yi couldn’t have imagined that the Xingyi tablet would sell so well.

In this case, I have to find time to go back to Jeju and find Director Hong again to expand the flat-panel factory, at least to an annual output of 30 million, or even 40 million!

As for the TV factory, there is no big problem. The production capacity of tens of millions is enough.

After all, television is not like a mobile phone, which is a must-have for everyone and needs to be replaced every one or two years.

On the contrary, a family of three or four can watch one TV for several years.

The next day, Wang Yi came to Xingyi Technology Park.

Jian Ziyan came up immediately and said, "Chairman, last night, the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro were out of stock, and the marketing department opened pre-sales for full payment."

Last night in Xia Country was daytime in Europe and America.

Therefore, the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro sold out again last night and were out of stock again!
Wang Yi nodded. "Okay, then we'll pre-sell in full and ship in the order of payment. I've asked BYD to place an order, and it will be available soon."

"Yes!" Jian Ziyan took out a document: "Chairman, this is the sales data for the first week. Now we are all sold out. Do we still need to publish it?"

"Announce it, it must be announced!"

Wang Yi said decisively: "If we don't announce it, people will think we don't have the strength!"

Jian Ziyan was a little puzzled: "But they are all out of stock. Once the sales volume is announced, more people will buy it. Wouldn't it be more stressful?"

Wang Yi waved his hand: "That's not a problem. Don't forget that Apple is about to release the third-generation iPad, which has a significant upgrade in configuration. Although it is still not as good as the Xingyi Tablet X1 and X1pro, it is a big improvement over the second-generation iPad and will have a certain impact on us. We must show our muscles and give the iPad a blow!"

"I see. The chairman is really thoughtful."

"That's right, learn more." As he said that, Wang Yi tapped Jian Ziyan's forehead.

"It hurts!" Jian Ziyan rolled her eyes. "I'm not smart enough to begin with, and if I make you stupid again, you won't be responsible."

"Don't worry, the more you play, the smarter you will become!" Wang Yi joked.

That night, one piece of news hit the hot search:

[Witness the times! Xingyi Tablet X1's first-week sales exceeded 300 million units, and Xingyi Tablet X1pro's first-week sales exceeded 400 million units, both breaking the historical record set by iPad and becoming the new tablet overlord! ]

[Xingyi Tablet is hot-selling all over the world. Xingyi Tablet X1/Xingyi Tablet X1pro are all sold out. We have to open full payment reservations! 】

[Xingyi tablet sold millions in the first week, BYD OEM factory placed orders crazily, iPad is doomed! ]

……

Instantly, the world was shocked and public opinion exploded:
"Tablets can sell so many? Crazy, really crazy!"

"What's the big deal? Don't forget that the Xingyi tablet is sold worldwide and is a global best-seller."

"That's right. In China, the X1pro tablet only sold one million units in the first week, and sold three million overseas. The overseas market is huge."

"It's still a powerful product. Its appearance, configuration, split-screen experience, battery life, etc. are all better than the iPad. There is no reason not to buy the Xingyi tablet."

"That's right, consumers vote with their money. Xingyi Technology has won this time, and Apple is getting worse and worse."

"That may not be the case. Apple is about to release a new tablet, the third generation iPad. There may be some surprises."

"What's the surprise? Can they also have a quad-core processor like the Xingyi Tablet X1pro? 2GB RAM? million pixels on both the front and back? A mAh antifreeze battery? Or a beauty algorithm? Split-screen function?"

"This……"

Apple fans are silent.

The Xingyi Tablet X1pro has achieved so many breakthroughs that it is natural that it sold four million units in the first week.

Seeing this news, Apple headquarters was gloomy.

Cook sighed repeatedly, his expression extremely solemn:
"Last year, the second generation of iPad only sold 100 million units in the first week, while the Xingyi Tablet X1 sold 300 million units in the first week, which is three times ours. The Xingyi Tablet X1pro sold 400 million units in the first week, which is four times ours!"

"Such horrific sales not only completely crushed our iPad 2, but also gave us a wake-up call for the iPad 3!"

"At the very least, the iPad 1rd generation won't have such good sales, not to mention compared with the Xingyi Tablet X1 Pro, it can't even compare with the Xingyi Tablet X!"

Everyone sighed and didn't want to admit it, but they had to admit it.

In fact, the tablet market exploded in 2012, with first-day sales of the third generation of iPads reaching one million units, and first-week sales reaching three million units!

But unfortunately, this time, with the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro taking the lead and winning 700 million potential users, the sales of iPad have become much worse.

In any industry, the first person to try something new makes a fortune.

Wang Yi is well aware of this, which is why he chose to launch the product before Apple.

Xphone 1 was launched in China one and a half months earlier than iPhone 4s, directly attracting eight million users.

Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro were launched 20 days earlier than the third generation iPad, directly snatching away a large number of customers!

What's more, the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro are so excellent that they will attract a large number of customers in the future.

Cook frowned and said, "Let's all think about what to do. We only released it on the 8th and put it on the market on the 16th. Our product strength is not as good as the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro, and we are also at a disadvantage in terms of sales time. The future is unpredictable! Let's all think about how to turn the situation around!"

After a short silence, the head of the marketing department spoke first: "Chairman, I suggest that we launch the product ahead of schedule. It would be best if we launch the product as soon as it is released, just like Xingyi Technology. This way, we can launch the product one week in advance and narrow the gap with Xingyi tablets."

Hearing this, other executives also spoke up:
"Yes, we have to start selling them in advance. If we delay for a week, the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1 Pro will sell millions more, and our iPad rd generation will not be able to catch up with the popularity."

"I also support the launch on the 8th."

"It must be listed on the 8th."

But Woods, the production supervisor, shook his head and said, "On the 8th? That's easy for you to say. We originally planned to launch it on the 16th, but the day after tomorrow is the 8th. The goods are still being transported, so how can we launch it?"

Everyone was silent: "..."

It was scheduled to be released on the 16th, but on the 8th, many iPads were still on the way and had not arrived at the terminal, so there was no way to release them.

Cook nodded: "Woods is right. We can't launch the No. 8 tablet ahead of schedule because the product is still on the way. The launch time cannot be changed and we can only follow the original plan. Now we should consider how to kill the Xingyi tablet before it goes on the market, and it would be best if we can ruin the Xingyi tablet's reputation!"

"Like the HTC One x before, a wave of patent lawsuits and sales bans ruined the reputation of the HTC One x, and its global sales came to an abrupt end. If we can make the Xingyi tablet a bad brand, that would be great. Think about it."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. This was a good idea.

The way to defeat your opponent is not only to have superior product strength, but also to use all possible means of business warfare!
The former is overwhelmingly powerful, and the latter is hard to defend against!
The success of the Xingyi Tablet X1 and Xingyi Tablet X1pro is a groundbreaking product that directly beats and crushes the iPad!

HTC One x was defeated by a rival company through commercial warfare!
After a long while, the supervisor Jesse smiled coldly: "The best-selling tablet at the moment is the Xingyi Tablet X1pro, and we can do something about the Xingyi Tablet X1pro!"

(End of this chapter)