Chapter 180: A Hurricane

What does it feel like to count money until your hands go soft? What does it feel like to be a "ten-thousand-yuan household"? Although there are news reports in newspapers and media about some richest person having a net worth of billions, those are just media reports, and the general public just watches the excitement.

But today, Xie Zhichang experienced what it meant to be a "ten-thousand-yuan household." His small newsstand sold a "ten-thousand-yuan household" worth of goods in one day!

Today, the Feiyan A10 units at his newsstand were sold out completely. Whether it was the basic 78-yuan model or the 88-yuan and 98-yuan models, they were all sold out. Xie Zhichang even called the post office twice to order more, but it still wasn't enough to sell!

A total of 117 Feiyan A10 units were sold out. The total sales revenue of his small newsstand today actually reached 10,266 yuan.

The commission Xie Zhichang could get reached 1,117 yuan, and the money that ended up in his hands was a full 446 yuan, almost equivalent to the average monthly salary of a Yanjing worker. Earning a month's salary of others in one day made Xie Zhichang feel both excited and somewhat uneasy.

Xie Zhichang didn't know why so many people suddenly wanted to buy Feiyan radios. His small newsstand could actually sell out of units, especially near the end of the shift, after school ended and factories finished their shifts. More and more people came to ask for Feiyan radios. Having no more units to sell, he could only close the newsstand first.

Today, it wasn't just Xie Zhichang's newsstand; other newsstands in Yanjing were also sold out. The stores that Feiyan had previously bought from Dison Radio for sales and after-sales service also had long queues today, but in the end, they were also out of stock!

"The new generation mini personal portable radio Feiyan A10, pioneered and launched by Feiyan Technology Company, is on sale this week in Yanjing, Shanghai, Pengcheng, Rongcheng, Xiyuan, Hangzhou, and many other places. The Feiyan A10 has pioneered a new generation of radios, which may be one of the directions for the transformation of the radio industry!

Currently, multiple Feiyan radio retail outlets in Yanjing and other places have seen queuing phenomena. According to statistics, six days after the launch, the sales of the Feiyan A10 may have exceeded 250,000 units!"

*Radio* magazine, affiliated with the Post and Telecommunications Department, was once one of the largest magazines in the country. It was one of the earliest magazines founded in the country and had the largest circulation, with a cumulative circulation of over 200 million copies.

But with the gradual decline of radios and radio stations, the circulation and influence of this magazine also gradually began to weaken. By now, it had fallen out of the first tier of the magazine industry.

However, after all, the scale was there, and *Radio* magazine still had influence. When it began to report on the Feiyan A10 radio, a group of old domestic radio brands—Dison, Panda, Chunlei, Peony, Hongxing, Furi, and other former radio brand giants—all looked towards Feiyan with longing eyes.

Brands like Chunlei and Peony had long since lost their glory. For example, the manufacturer of the Chunlei brand, Shanghai Radio Factory No. 3, was listed as a struggling company last year.

The fact that the "sunset" industry of radios could have a day of hot sales again truly exceeded their expectations. How could the entire radio industry not pay attention to Feiyan Technology!

"Yanjing is out of stock!"

"The post office called and asked us to transfer a batch of units to Yanjing!"

"Shanghai is also out of stock!"

"Guangdong Province is out of stock across the board!"

Inside Feiyan Technology Company, phone rings were incessant. Agents and distributors selling Feiyan units in various places kept calling to urge for goods.

"Currently, the best-selling Feiyan radios are in Yanjing, Shanghai, and Xicheng, which have the most universities, as well as Guangdong Province, which has the most migrant workers. Over 90,000 units have been sold in Guangdong!"

Zhang Ao took out the data tallied by the marketing department and said to Li Dongling, Yao Luoying, Ren Yuefeng, and others.

The Feiyan A10 radio now has a trend of becoming a big hit. In cities like Yanjing and Shanghai, which have the strongest consumption power and the most schools, the target audience for the Feiyan A10 radio has begun to explode with purchasing power.

And the reason why Guangdong Province can have such strong purchasing power is the key that now thousands of people are going to Pengcheng to venture out, and countless people in the country are working in factories in Yangcheng, Guancheng, and other places. In recent years, factories in Guangdong and Qiantang have blossomed everywhere, attracting countless workers.

Working on factory assembly lines, there are not many entertainment activities. Basically, it's a two-point line between the dormitory and the factory. Before mobile phones emerged and there were no televisions in the dormitories, the appearance of the Feiyan A10 almost immediately took over the entertainment activities of these people, allowing them to wear headphones and listen to A10 broadcasts to enter dreamland after finishing a day of busy physical labor. It is almost a matter of course that the Feiyan A10 is sold out in Guangdong!

"Currently, the sales of the Feiyan A10 have exceeded 260,000 units, and the total sales revenue has reached 23.4 million yuan. However, the sales of the Dolphin radio are not ideal. Only some radio enthusiasts and the Hanxi Emergency Management Department have purchased 1,000 Dolphin radios, totaling about 1,300 units sold!"

Yao Luoying said, both happy and somewhat helpless. The sales of the Feiyan A10 have begun to increase continuously, and there is no stock in the warehouse now.

But the Dolphin radio, which was placed with high hopes, did not sell well in the country, with only over 1,000 units sold in total, and the sales revenue was over 1.5 million yuan. The 1,000 units purchased by the Hanxi Emergency Management Department were mostly for the sake of Dongling High-Tech, a large taxpayer, to show support. The key is that the price of 1,200 yuan for a Dolphin radio is really too expensive for domestic users.

"Continue to follow the previously planned promotion method, cooperate with domestic and overseas magazines and radio stations, and notify Duan Youli to immediately increase the production capacity of the A10!"

Li Dongling said to the group of people. At this time, he could only continue to promote it, first increase the production capacity of the Feiyan A10, and then promote the Dolphin radio.

After the first round of advertisements, seeing that publishing advertisements did not affect the reputation and circulation of the magazines, but instead, because of the appearance of advertising sponsors, the cost of the magazines was reduced, the price was reduced, and more users were attracted to buy, magazines like *Reader*, *Zhiyin*, *Family*, and *National Geographic* all began to publish advertisements for Feiyan Technology across the board!

And major radio stations in the country also began to promote Feiyan radios across the board. After a week of precipitation, the sales of Feiyan began to gradually enter an explosion period!

"The spring breeze doesn't understand the style, blowing the boy's heart!"

"Everyone has their own forest. There will always be people who break into this forest and meet us. Some people wait a lifetime for that person to arrive..."

Tian Yun, who returned from working overtime at the garment factory, dragged her exhausted body, fetched a basin of water, washed up, and then burrowed into the quilt. Then she put on headphones, turned on the newly bought Feiyan A10 radio, and listened to the "emotional" radio station.

Like countless young men and women, she was still ignorant. Last year, she followed her fellow villagers to work here, but the longing and passion when she came were slowly washed away by endless overtime, sewing machines, and assembly lines, leaving only numbness in the end.

What supports Tian Yun and the others to stay here is the monthly salary of several hundred yuan here. Opportunities to work like this in the hometown are not easy to find now.

But Tian Yun and the others are now at the age where young girls are full of expectations for love. When a coworker in their garment factory bought a Feiyan A10 radio, and Tian Fang heard the emotional radio station talk about "love" for the first time, that numb heart couldn't help but jump.

In this day and age, people are very conservative about love, intimate relationships between men and women, and the matter of the bed. Few people talk about it, and it is even treated as a taboo. There are even couples who graduated from the physics department who think that if the two hug together, they don't need to do anything else, and they can get pregnant by molecular vibration. One can imagine what the atmosphere is like now...

Tian Yun heard the emotional radio station talk about love and the feelings between men and women for the first time, which made her shy and full of expectations. Two days ago, after work, she took out money and bought a Feiyan A10 radio. Now, listening to the radio in the quilt after work every day to fall asleep is the thing she looks forward to most every day.

Not only Tian Yun, but nearly half of the female workers in the garment factory where she is located have bought A10 radios. The rest didn't buy them, not because they didn't want to, but because they were out of stock!

The Dongling High-Tech Electronic Industrial Park and the production base in Yangcheng began to explode the production capacity of Feiyan radios, pulling the 30,000 units per day to 50,000 units, but when put into the market, it still didn't cause any waves.

The radio, which is regarded as a sunset industry, is now like a bottomless pit. No matter how many radios Feiyan Technology puts in, they disappear without a trace immediately.

"Feiyan A10, the current shipment volume has exceeded one million units, and the revenue has exceeded the 90 million yuan mark!"

*Industrial and Commercial News* suddenly reported the news of Feiyan radios on its layout. As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the domestic electronic and electrical appliance industry.

Previously, *Radio* magazine had reported on Feiyan radios once, but at that time, it only attracted the attention of radio enthusiasts. But now, the report of *Industrial and Commercial News* completely made Feiyan radios appear in front of mainstream media.

And starting from this day, domestic media began to focus on Feiyan Technology, and more news was reported by various media.

"Feiyan A10 radio continues to be out of stock in Yanjing, Pengcheng, Yangcheng, and many other places!"

"Leading the new trend of electronic consumption, Feiyan A10 has entered universities, parks, factories, and other places, becoming the most popular electronic consumer product for young people and the elderly!"

"A product that transcends time and space, Feiyan A10 connects the elderly with the new generation of young people for the first time!"

As more and more media paid attention to the Feiyan A10 radio, there were more and more news reports. This spontaneous publicity made the popularity of Feiyan radios increase linearly.

Especially in the newspapers, when pictures of many people queuing to buy Feiyan radios at Feiyan retail stores, newsstands, and supply and marketing cooperatives were printed, people's herd mentality began to explode, and the sales of Feiyan radios also began to soar!

Under the overwhelming reports of the media, young people working in schools, factories, and units began to set off a trend of buying Feiyan A10 as a trend. Every day, they gathered together to talk about the emotional radio station, the family husband and wife relationship radio station, and gender science popularization of the Feiyan A10 radio at night. Even if it was just the most basic scientific knowledge, it still made countless men and women blush.

And the old men and women in the park began to have a Feiyan A10 on their waists, listening to opera, storytelling, health and wellness, etc. If any old man or woman went out without a Feiyan A10 on their waist, their children and grandchildren would be secretly accused of being unfilial.

This made it so that for a while, it was no longer popular to send health supplements, nor was it popular to send cigarettes, alcohol, and tea, but instead, it was changed to send Feiyan mini radios to elders.

Coupled with the surge in demand in a short period of time, the production capacity could not be increased so quickly for a while, leaving many places in a state of out of stock, which made the Feiyan A10 appear more "scarce," attracting scalpers to start entering the market to grab them.

"Single-day sales exceeded 90,000 units, Feiyan A10 radio created a miracle, becoming the best single-day sales in history for radios!"

"Thirteen days after the launch, Feiyan radio exceeded 1.5 million units in sales, and the sales revenue exceeded 130 million yuan!"

"European electrical appliance giant Wanjia Electrical Appliance City announced that it has obtained the overseas agency rights for Feiyan radios, and Feiyan will officially export to European countries!"

*Industrial and Commercial News*, *Guangming Daily*, *Yangcheng Evening News*, *Yanjing Business Daily*, *Mainland Entrepreneur News*, *Economic News*, and other media are continuing to report on the sales of Feiyan radios.

After all, the hot sales of the Feiyan A10 made the media a little surprised. An industry that had already been considered abandoned by history could actually be rejuvenated, which was really too amazing.

When a product has speculative attributes, it won't stop until everyone has one and everyone is tired of it.

Now Feiyan radios have speculative attributes, which also exceeded the expectations of Feiyan Technology. Previous analysis believed that there was a demand and market for mini radios, but I didn't expect it to be so fanatical!

First, it was hot-selling in major cities like Yanjing and Shanghai, and then under the promotion of the post office and supply and marketing cooperatives, the Feiyan A10 officially entered markets such as county-level, village towns, and remote mountainous areas. The reason for being so hard-working is naturally because there are commissions to earn. Staff of the post office and supply and marketing cooperatives have commissions to earn. Selling a Feiyan A10, the staff of the post office and supply and marketing cooperatives can share a 10-yuan commission with the unit!

As long as you sell ten or so units a day, dozens of yuan will be in your pocket, which is higher than the salary, so how can you not be active.

And in places like county towns, village towns, and remote mountainous areas, the demand for mini radios that can be carried around is much higher than in big cities, which makes Feiyan A10 radios sell even hotter in these places than in big cities like Yanjing!

"The A10 radio recently launched by the famous brand Feiyan in our province has been sold to many places in the country. The current total sales have exceeded 2.3 million units, and the total revenue has exceeded 200 million yuan!

Provincial government leaders, provincial industrial department, provincial industrial and commercial department, and other leaders inspected Feiyan Technology to guide the work today..."

In Pingyang, Xu Yongjin, who was eating with his family, looked up at the TV from time to time, and then picked some vegetables for his grandson.

At this time, the news played on the TV made Xu Yongjin's chopsticks hang in mid-air. He recognized every word on the TV, but when connected together, it made Xu Yongjin feel his brain was empty.

How long has it been, Feiyan radios have actually sold more than 2 million units, and the total sales revenue has exceeded 200 million. Feiyan was once the brand of Xicheng Radio Factory No. 1, but it was sold out in Xu Yongjin's hands.

When Feiyan was in the hands of Xicheng Radio Factory No. 1, no one cared about it, and basically couldn't sell a single radio. But when it reached Dongling High-Tech, it is now selling wildly. This contrast is simply too strong. Now the more Feiyan radios sell, the hotter Xu Yongjin's face feels, and he feels a burst of burning pain.

Looking at the news on the TV with an empty brain, Xu Yongjin was a little dejected for a while. Seeing this, the Xu family members were about to get up and turn off the TV, fearing that another stimulation would send him back to the hospital.

Previously, Xu Yongjin was the factory director of Xicheng Radio Factory No. 1 and could live in a special care ward without the Xu family paying, but now Xu Yongjin has retired, and Xicheng Radio Factory No. 1 has also gone bankrupt. Xu Yongjin no longer has those special treatments.

"No need to turn it off!"

Stopping the Xu family members who were about to turn off the TV, Xu Yongjin looked at the busy Feiyan Technology Company on the TV, boxes of radios were loaded onto trucks and taken away, and the vehicles pulling the goods could not be seen at a glance.

"The Feiyan brand in the hands of Dongling High-Tech may be the best choice!"

After Xu Yongjin finished speaking, he got up dejectedly and returned to the room. In just a few steps, Xu Yongjin seemed to be decades older, and his waist bent down. From the moment he saw Feiyan selling well again, Xu Yongjin knew that the era of their generation had completely passed. What was old was not only the body, but also the concepts, experience, technology, etc., which were all outdated.

In Pingyang Prison, this is the time for reading newspapers. Pingyang Prison uniformly purchases newspapers for the people inside to read. Everyone is watching, and there is only the sound of flipping newspapers and books.

"Ah!"

A bald man couldn't help but scream when he saw the *Pingyang Daily* in his hand, which made many people look at him.

"No loud noise allowed. Liu Jiande, do you want to be locked in solitary confinement again!" The prison management personnel who watched this group of people scolded loudly. The man who just screamed was Liu Jiande, the former general manager of Xicheng Radio Factory No. 1, who was once infinitely glorious!

But now Liu Jiande looks more than ten years older than before he went to prison, and his eyes are still bruised. Obviously, life here is not easy.

Liu Jiande was sent in by Luo Junwu, who had just been transferred to the provincial capital. It would be strange if he could have a good life in the cell. Whether it was the management personnel or those prisoners, they all cleaned him up a lot. Coupled with the fact that he had been pampered for so many years, how could he endure the rules inside, so he was cleaned up a lot for this.

But Liu Jiande, who heard the scolding at this moment, turned a deaf ear, just staring blankly at the *Pingyang Daily* in his hand.

"Hanxi Feiyan soars in the sky again!

Our newspaper exclusively interviewed Feiyan Technology Company. Yao Luoying, general manager of Feiyan Technology, claimed that due to production capacity, it is expected that the Feiyan A10 mini radio will still be in short supply in the short term. Currently, the Feiyan A10 radio has become the most popular electronic product in the country this month!"

As a local media, *Pingyang Daily* naturally tries its best to praise Feiyan radios. If Feiyan Technology can become a large taxpayer, *Pingyang Daily* will definitely benefit a lot. In the future, it can get more appropriations, and Feiyan Technology can also place more advertisements in the newspaper.

Liu Jiande saw that the Feiyan A10 radio in *Pingyang Daily* attracted users in big cities like Yanjing to scramble to buy it. How long has it been since it was launched, and it has sold more than 2 million units, and the sales revenue has exceeded 200 million!

Seeing this news, Liu Jiande was angry and envious, and full of injustice. He hated a little, why didn't he create the Feiyan A10 project when he was the general manager before, otherwise he wouldn't have been in prison at this time.

Looking at Feiyan Technology in the newspaper, and then looking at the prison uniform on his body, Liu Jiande suddenly couldn't help laughing, and then began to cry bitterly. The huge contrast finally broke his psychological defense...

"Quiet for me!"

Without the management personnel speaking, the prison boss with a scar on his face sitting on the side came over and slapped Liu Jiande, "What are you crazy about!"

Liu Jiande, who was slapped, looked at the prison boss with grievance, but didn't dare to make a sound again. This person really dared to clean him up, just looking at the newspaper in his hand, and then thinking about the years he still had to squat here, Liu Jiande really wanted to cry.

Just when the sales of Feiyan A10 hit new highs, the former radio giant Dison Radio Company announced its collapse on this day and began to issue severance pay to employees.

Dison's executives also saw the news about Feiyan radios in the media, but at this time, their hearts could only be mixed.

Feiyan's sales and after-sales stores in Rongcheng and other places were sold to Feiyan by Dison, and a large number of Feiyan's R&D personnel also came from Dison. As a result, Feiyan Technology's machines are now selling hotly, but Dison has collapsed, and even the production lines have been sold long ago. There is no chance to regret it.

Feiyan Technology Company is busy at this time, but the hot sales of A10 made Yao Luoying feel relieved for the time being.

"The current sales, the R&D costs of Feiyan A10 and Dolphin have basically been recovered. According to the current sales trend, starting next month, Feiyan Technology will officially enter the profit period!"

In the office, Yao Luoying was eating the light meal brought by Li Dongling and said to Li Dongling.

Li Dongling smiled and nodded, poured a glass of water for Yao Luoying. Feiyan invested a lot of funds in the radio project, but when the sales of A10 exceeded 1.5 million units, the R&D costs had actually been recovered, which was much faster than expected.

"Now, it depends on the performance of A10 after going to sea, and whether the Dolphin radio can get orders overseas!"

For the launch of the Dolphin radio in the country, Yao Luoying no longer has any hope. The domestic A10 radio is sold out, and it can't drive the Dolphin radio, which means that in the country, it really doesn't welcome this radio with a price of 1,200 yuan.

Li Dongling just wanted to speak, the phone on the table suddenly rang. After Li Dongling answered the phone, a look of surprise appeared on his face, "Director Gu, there is an overseas company that wants to order 50,000 Dolphin radios?!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 181 =====