Chapter 142: Pre-sales Break 200,000, Single-Day Sales Reach 400 Million (Requesting Monthly Votes)

"1999 yuan? Good heavens, they're not leaving any room for competitors to survive!"

"With the same specs, HTC and Shanxing dare to sell for 3999 yuan, or even 4999 yuan!"

"Judging by Mr. Chen's words, it seems he's still not satisfied with the 1999 yuan price?"

The media, AuroraOS fans, and suppliers in the audience instinctively began discussing in hushed tones.

After hearing Chen Yansen's product introduction and combining it with the audience's expected price, everyone had assumed Sister Chengzi's phone would be priced around 2999 yuan.

Never in their wildest dreams did they expect Chen Yansen's answer to be so unexpected.

On top of the audience's expected price, he slashed it by 1000 yuan outright!

The reporters felt that the press conference finally had its first hot topic!

"1999 yuan is still expensive, but considering the material, R&D, manufacturing, and sales costs per phone, and ensuring that both Sister Chengzi Technology and the phone factory employees receive compensation matching their efforts, I have decided to set the price of the Sister Chengzi phone at 1999 yuan!"

"However, buyers can purchase through the Super Rebate channel on Fox Tao. F1 and F2 level users get an additional 10 yuan rebate; F3 and F4 level users get an additional 30 yuan rebate; F5 Diamond level users get an additional 80 yuan rebate."

As soon as Chen Yansen spoke the first half of his sentence, the competitors in the audience breathed a slight sigh of relief, while the invited fans felt a bit disappointed.

But as soon as he finished the second half, everyone present was utterly shocked.

The lowest price is 1919 yuan!

Although there are purchase restrictions, F1 level and above users on Fox Tao account for over 50% of daily active users, totaling at least 2 million users nationwide.

For the initial production capacity of Sister Chengzi Technology, this is merely a drop in the bucket!

Lei Yi frowned tightly upon hearing this, glanced at Li Wanqiang, and his mind was in turmoil.

Chen Yansen still set the official selling price of the Sister Chengzi phone at 1999 yuan.

The channel price is as low as 1919 yuan!

Facing such an opponent, Lei Yi instantly felt it was a thorny problem.

"At 12 o'clock today, the Sister Chengzi Shangcheng will release 200 engineering unit samples from inventory; we hope for your support!"

Finally, Chen Yansen announced the release time for the first batch of prototype units, bowed, and expressed his gratitude.

"Did you capture it? The last shot of the lens is great; taking it back could make a perfect cover!"

A reporter from the Hui'an Youth Daily asked his colleague.

"No problem! Just look at the effect!" The photographer switched to the album and handed the candid photo to his colleague.

In the picture, Chen Yansen, dressed in a suit, bowed slightly, his eyes sincere and bright.

A flagship smartphone priced at 1999 yuan, even with the bold adoption of full-screen gesture controls that many users found difficult to adapt to immediately, still had a large number of fans eager to buy it right away.

This price, this configuration—it's simply too good!

After Chen Yansen left the stage, the host announced the start of the lunch banquet.

Before he could even take his seat, Huang Zhang from Meizu approached, speaking in an unfriendly tone: "Mr. Chen, the materials alone for the Sister Chengzi phone must cost over 1000 yuan, right? Adding R&D, production, and marketing costs, how much profit can you make selling it for 1999 yuan?"

"Mr. Huang is indeed a senior in the industry; just by looking at the core components, you've calculated the material costs to be spot on. Impressive!"

Chen Yansen raised his thumb and praised him with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, by selling at 1999 yuan, you are forcing your peers into a dead end. What good does that do anyone?"

At this moment, Chen Yongming from OPPO also walked over, his face full of anger and helplessness.

"Mr. Chen, you are being too harsh. I am simply aiming for high volume with low margins. OPPO will focus on the high-end market, leaving the mid-to-low-end market to Sister Chengzi."

Chen Yansen smiled and said casually.

Damn it!

With specs at 1999 yuan that match flagship phones, who would still buy OPPO phones for 2999 or 3999 yuan?

With Chen Yansen as this disruptor, both Huang Zhang and Chen Yongming were calculating that they would need to re-adjust the pricing for their Autumn new arrivals.

But such an adjustment would result in a loss of profits amounting to hundreds of millions of yuan!

Chen Yansen glanced at the two with their grim expressions, smiled lightly, apologized, and walked straight toward Lei Yi.

He wasn't their biological father; what did it matter to him if they died or not?

"Mr. Chen, congratulations! The Sister Chengzi phone is more perfect than I imagined!" Lei Yi let out a bitter smile and continued: "To be honest with you, Xiaomi's original pricing was also 1999 yuan!"

"Then Mr. Lei should thank me; I've blocked a lot of the fire for you."

After Chen Yansen sat down, he gestured with a pout for Lei Yi to look at the competitors' side, where everyone was staring at Chen Yansen with full hostility.

"Haha, you are bold enough. Aren't you afraid they will unite to boycott you?"

Lei Yi smiled and shook his head, teasing softly.

He actually wished the person being hostile was himself, but Chen Yansen had beaten him to it; Xiaomi's subsequent pricing and press conference content would all have to be re-planned.

"I have my own sales channels, and my relationship with Taobao and JD is not bad. What can they use to boycott me? If they try to cut off supplies from vendors, do they have the power to do that?"

Chen Yansen pouted, looking utterly disdainful.

Just as he said, companies like OPPO, Meizu, and Ku Sect could only engage in verbal sparring with him and buy some press releases to smear Sister Chengzi Technology.

Beyond that, they were powerless.

"Xiaomi is holding its new product launch on the 16th. Will you attend, Mr. Chen?"

Lei Yi fell silent for a moment, then extended an invitation.

"If Mr. Lei welcomes me, I will certainly be there." Chen Yansen narrowed his eyes, his words carrying hidden meaning.

"With 1.4 billion people in the country, calculating a phone replacement frequency of once every three years, the annual market capacity is 500 million phones. The market is huge; Xiaomi just needs to take a slice of the pie."

Lei Yi smiled faintly, projecting an air of not fighting for anything.

Chen Yansen raised his wine glass: "Then let us wish that both Sister Chengzi and Xiaomi phones sell like hotcakes!"

Whether sincere or insincere, at least in terms of surface-level etiquette, Lei Yi handled the situation with perfect propriety.

Unlike OPPO and Meizu; if it weren't for the media present, they probably wouldn't have been able to finish this meal and would have likely turned and left.

Lei Yi raised his glass to clink, looking at the spirited Chen Yansen, and only at this moment did he understand what 'youthful vigor' truly meant.

Unafraid of isolation or boycotts from rival companies, and utterly confident in himself.

In Chen Yansen's eyes, Lei Yi's army showed not a shred of worry or concern, as if certain the Chengzi phone would sell like hotcakes.

Meanwhile.

After a week of warm-up, the Chengzi phone finally revealed its price of 1999 yuan on both the Chengzi Mall and Fox Tao; users jumping from Fox Tao to Chengzi Mall could also receive cashback ranging from 10 to 80 yuan.

This caused users preparing to snap up the phones to guard the Fox Tao event page early, refreshing the page the moment the clock struck twelve.

But many didn't expect that the moment the purchase button lit up and they jumped to Chengzi Mall, the 200 units in stock were already sold out.

Those with quick wits had long noticed that jumping from Super Cashback to Chengzi Mall wasted one to two seconds, making it not worth it for a few dozen yuan in cashback.

When he returned to the Entrepreneurship Park, he learned that of the 200 units in stock, only 37 had gone through the Fox Tao cashback link, with sales totaling merely 74,000 yuan.

However, with only 200 units in stock total, no real effect could be judged.

What he cared about was the pre-sale link: from noon at 12:00 until 17:00 in the afternoon, 81,000 units were sold in five hours.

This proved the Chengzi phone's trial run was a success!

The next step was to wait and collect user feedback from these two days!

"Hey! Chen Yansen, congratulations! I saw the pre-sale page sales hit 173,000!"

That evening, Meng Jie called.

She had wanted to stay at school to keep Chen Yansen company, but Meng Meng Zhenguo wouldn't allow it; upon learning the Chengzi phone was a huge success, she couldn't help but call to congratulate him.

"Thanks, thanks. How are things at home?"

Chen Yansen held the phone and asked casually.

"My dad found me an internship at a company; days are quite fulfilling. A master craftsman is guiding me, and I've been learning to make budgets recently..."

Meng Jie lay on her bed, wearing a loose pajama set, resting her chin on her arms, whispering softly.

Since the two confirmed their relationship, this was the first time they had been apart for so long.

She wanted to go to school to find Chen Yansen, but Meng Meng Zhenguo stopped her: "Chen Yansen is now a big boss worth hundreds of millions. If you don't study, the gap between you and him will only grow wider. How about this: I'll find you a mentor, and next semester try to get you into Chengzi Technology starting in finance; otherwise, you two will break up sooner or later."

Meng Meng Zhenguo was a man, and one who had been there before.

He knew very well how many temptations a young man under twenty like Chen Yansen faced every day.

When dating a man, you must either enter his life or enter his work; companionship is the core.

After hearing this, Meng Jie froze and gave up the idea of going to school.

Chen Yansen was too outstanding; although she herself studied quite hard, was an excellent student, and won a first-class scholarship, compared to Chen Yansen's achievements, it was nothing.

She felt her father was right.

Now that Chen Yansen was busy all day with work and study, she would enter his company and stay by his side.

"Study hard; later I'll have Old Gao guide you. He's a Bachelor of Accounting from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, proficient in commercial law and corporate law. Hiss..."

As Chen Yansen was speaking, his tone suddenly halted, and he sucked in a sharp breath.

"What's wrong?"

Hearing the odd sound in his voice, Meng Jie asked curiously.

"Nothing. After school starts, go directly to the Finance Department to report."

After finishing, Chen Yansen hung up the phone in a hurry.

"Chen Zong treats his girlfriend so well; only in his second year, he already has a finance director from Hong Kong as a teacher."

Song Yuncheng beneath him, clutching Little Chen Yansen, spoke with a sour tone.

"I'm offering to be your master, and you're still not satisfied?" Chen Yansen's lips curled upward in a wicked smile.

"Not satisfied! I want you to be my son, haha..."

Song Yuncheng wrapped her arms around Chen Yansen's waist, her cheeks flushing red, teasing with a grin.

"So perverted! You're actually this kind of person!" Chen Yansen looked utterly disgusted.

"You don't want to?" Song Yuncheng asked again.

"Smack, smack, smack—!"

Chen Yansen gave her a few stern lessons, then warned, "Don't even think about it in this lifetime; if anything, you should call me Dad!"

"Dream on!" Song Yuncheng rolled her eyes.

"Then you have no choice." Chen Yansen chuckled, pulled Song Yuncheng into the blanket, and started examining the newly bought glow-in-the-dark watch.

"The internet says lasting too long might be an illness!"

After an unknown amount of time, Song Yuncheng let out a long sigh and said leisurely.

"Nonsense! They're just jealous!"

Chen Yansen immediately refuted.

On the other side.

Back at the company, Lei Yi urgently convened a senior management meeting to re-discuss the Xiaomi phone pricing.

OPPO, Meizu, and the Ku Sect, among others, were taking similar actions.

The business sections of the three major portals featured headlines like "Is 1999 yuan worth it? Chengzi phone teardown analysis!", "The first phone for young people, the king of cost-performance—the Chengzi phone", and "This man took brand flash sales to the mobile phone industry".

Clicking in, it was all reports on the Chengzi phone and Chen Yansen.

The Hui'an Daily, the Hui'an Youth Daily, and the First Time program team also provided comprehensive coverage of the Chengzi phone launch event.

They even made a special trip to Chunshen to interview Chen Yansen's high school homeroom teacher and subject teachers.

"I have a deep impression of Chen Yansen; his personality is straightforward, he is warm-hearted, and he often mingles well with classmates."

The Chinese teacher pushed up his glasses in the video and offered simple praise.

After all, chasing several classmates while holding a table leg—how could that not count as mingling well?

Homeroom teacher Zhang Li said with a smile, "Chen Yansen is the most unconventional student I have ever taught."

After all, which student would think of having their teacher become their stepmother? This is not merely being unconventional; it is simply shocking to the world!

In an instant, Chen Yansen's fame rose once again in Chunshen and even throughout Anhui Province, and Sister Chengzi Mobile received even more attention.

Apple, Shanxing, Huawei, and HTC all received the news and secretly began to assess the impact Sister Chengzi Mobile would have on themselves.

Beneath the surging undercurrents, Sister Chengzi Mobile, by its own power, forced these mobile phone manufacturers to adjust their pricing strategies for the domestic market.

Early the next morning, the hot news related to Sister Chengzi Technology became: On the day of the launch, pre-sales exceeded 200,000!

(End of this chapter)