Chapter 1391

"I do have a plan." Zhou Andong nodded: "I intend to do it around the National Day."

Seeing Jian Qiu's eyes lit up: "I think we should start doing it now; what we need is to occupy the market as quickly as possible, and other things can be left for later."

"Don't be like Wan Yan, pricing so high and still struggling to hold on. I reckon the days for Hearing Lao Meng and Lao Sun definitely aren't easy right now."

Zhou Andong grabbed Seeing Jian Qiu's finger and scratched his head: "What's strange to me is that Hearing Lao Meng hasn't come to me; I reckon he can hold on for a few more days, but after the New Year, he should be lowering the price."

Seeing Jian Qiu said: "Wan Yan has a certain level of brand awareness and market share; if they lower the price, it will definitely bring a wave of sales. But it depends on how much the price drops; if it's about the same as Yuzhou's pricing, I reckon they won't escape being squeezed by those international brands like Sony."

Zhou Andong smiled and said: "I actually hope Wan Yan goes under quickly, so we can bring Hearing Lao Meng and Lao Sun over, and we can start the major appliance project."

Seeing Jian Qiu rolled her eyes at him: "By the way, how is the construction of the VCD assembly base in Shencheng going?"

In July, an explosion occurred in Shencheng, and Zhou Andong and Seeing Jian Qiu were just returning from abroad and happened to catch it.

After participating in the rescue, the two had Fang Qiao personally go to Shencheng to donate two million.

It was mainly to talk to the Shencheng government about building the VCD assembly base, preparing for the launch of major appliances later on.

"I actually haven't asked about this." Zhou Andong said: "Fang Qiao came back a long time ago; it should be no problem, otherwise Huilin would have reported it to me."

Seeing Jian Qiu just remembered and asked about it; she didn't press for more details either.

"Tell me, how are we going to promote our VCD?"

"Didn't I say it? Promotion is just a disguised price cut." Zhou Andong shook his head: "This method has too much of an impact on our building of a high-end brand."

Seeing Jian Qiu didn't speak, just lowered her head and looked at Zhou Andong, her eyes full of curiosity.

Zhou Andong said helplessly: "Promotion won't work, but we can offer subsidies."

"Subsidies?" Seeing Jian Qiu didn't react for a moment: "Is there any difference between subsidies and promotion?"

"Of course there is." Zhou Andong said: "Promotion is aimed at everyone, but those who can afford a VCD are actually a specific group of people."

Seeing Jian Qiu understood immediately: "Subsidies are targeted at a specific group, not the general public; it really does look different from promotion and won't give people the illusion of a price cut."

"Right!" Zhou Andong said: "Those who can afford a VCD now, besides those who got rich first, are the well-off enterprises and public institutions."

"Our subsidies are targeted at the people in these enterprises and institutions. But this isn't something just anyone can get; it's only for Party members."

Seeing Jian Qiu frowned: "If that's the case, the restrictions are too high."

Zhou Andong smiled: "What restrictions? If someone wants to buy one, who can't borrow a Party member's card to buy it? Even if an ordinary person wants to get the subsidy, if they find someone from an enterprise or institution to help them buy it, are we not going to sell it to them?"

"If that's the case, then there's no problem." Seeing Jian Qiu also smiled: "It goes on sale tomorrow; shouldn't you hurry up and call Lao Liu to give the instructions?"

"I'm just destined for a life of toil."

Zhou Andong sighed, sat up, walked to the desk, picked up the phone, and called Liu Qingjun.

"Lao Liu, there's an important matter you need to handle immediately."

Liu Qingjun asked suspiciously: "What matter?"

"Regarding the VCD subsidy." Zhou Andong explained in detail: "The subsidy price is between six hundred and eight hundred; you all need to hold a meeting to discuss and study it immediately, and you must notify every sales outlet tonight."

"Understood!" Liu Qingjun hung up the phone and immediately notified the management to hold a meeting.

Everyone felt very surprised as to why the Chairman suddenly announced this plan the day before the launch.

But surprise aside, they had no doubts about Zhou Andong's decision; the only controversy was the subsidy price.

Some said six hundred was too little, others said eight hundred was too much, and some even said the number seven hundred was a bit unlucky.

In the end, Liu Qingjun made the final decision: since the Chairman gave the maximum subsidy price of eight hundred, then it would be set at eight hundred.

In this way, the price of the VCD was brought down to under three thousand.

Liu Qingjun had absolute confidence in competing with giants like Sony in the VCD market.

Night arrived quietly, and without knowing when, snowflakes began to drift down from the sky.

Seeing Jian Qiu walked arm-in-arm with Zhou Andong, heading back after finishing dinner at Zhou Anlei's place.

"This morning, Mom called me and said it snowed in Jingcheng again, and it was very heavy."

She looked up at the sky: "I didn't expect it to snow in Jiangzhou tonight too."

"Didn't you watch the weather forecast?" Zhou Andong said: "There is snow in the North China and Northeast regions, with local areas expecting heavy to blizzard-level snowfall."

Seeing Jian Qiu said worriedly: "It really might be as you said, some places will suffer from snow disasters."

Zhou Andong asked: "Once I'm done with these two days, I need to ask how the material reserves are doing."

The two returned to the dormitory, took a shower, and went to sleep.

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The next day, Zhou Andong was woken up by the urge to urinate; he got up, took a leak, and then went to the hallway to smoke a cigarette.

Entering the living room, he pulled back the curtains; outside was already a white expanse.

Fortunately, the snow had already stopped, otherwise Comrade Lao Jian definitely wouldn't have been able to make it down.

At this time, Seeing Jian Qiu also got up, pressed against Zhou Andong's back, and hugged his waist.

"Why are you up so early?"

Zhou Andong said: "My father-in-law is coming, I'm too excited to sleep."

"Ha!"

Seeing Jian Qiu laughed: "You stinky shameless person, don't you feel guilty saying that?"

Zhou Andong said with dissatisfaction: "This is my true feeling, why would I feel guilty?"

Seeing Jian Qiu snorted: "You think I don't know? You were woken up by the urge to pee."

Zhou Andong rubbed his nose and changed the subject: "With such heavy snow, the roads definitely won't be easy to travel; I reckon they won't get here until the afternoon."

Seeing Jian Qiu pressed comfortably against Zhou Andong's back: "The workers are all on holiday, and no one is sweeping the snow in the factory area."

"It doesn't matter for one day." Zhou Andong patted Seeing Jian Qiu's hand: "Alright, hurry up and brush your teeth and wash your face; the city leaders will be here around nine o'clock."

Seeing Jian Qiu joked: "If they come so early, we'll have to provide them with a meal at noon."

The two washed their faces and brushed their teeth, then went out for breakfast; when they returned to the factory headquarters.

Wu Huilin, Gu Bing, Qian Zhen, Du Chunlai, Man Hongshan, and the entire Gu Qing Group board of directors had already arrived.

After nine o'clock, Cheng Zhanjun and Deng Zhangli, along with several city leaders, also arrived.

When they arrived, they felt something was a bit off in the factory, but they couldn't figure out what.

Then everyone went to the conference room, sat there until noon, and Zhou Andong arranged lunch.

By the time Jian Zhengxue arrived, it was already past two in the afternoon.

He didn't stop at the old factory, but went directly to the new factory in the industrial park.