Chapter 574: Following the Trend

"What, there are no tickets left?"

When Chen Zuhan heard that the flight tickets from Yangcheng to Hanxi Provincial Capital had been snapped up, he instantly felt a bit of anger.

His assistant hurriedly said, "Boss, the tickets were indeed snapped up. Not only today, but tomorrow's flight tickets have also been snapped up. Should we buy the flight tickets for the day after tomorrow?!"

"The day after tomorrow?"

Hearing this, Chen Zuhan felt that his mouth was starting to get blisters from anxiety, and he couldn't help but curse, "Arriving in Hanxi the day after tomorrow, damn it, even if I eat shit, I won't catch up with the hot one!"

"Boss!"

The assistant looked at Chen Zuhan, who was furious. Since he joined the company, he hadn't seen Chen Zuhan get so angry.

The assistant pointed outside the office, signaling that there were quite a few female colleagues outside. Chen Zuhan had been cultivating his character in recent years, wanting to fade away that grass-roots atmosphere and build himself into a cultured person, wanting a Confucian businessman image.

This was the trend in recent years. Quite a few people had made a fortune in these years, but most were from grass-roots backgrounds, some were simply from farming backgrounds, and they didn't have many taboos in their actions, so they were often made into jokes by those cultured people and people in the film and television circles.

So now quite a few people who had made a fortune started to play "elegance." Coal bosses flooding into the entertainment industry actually had reasons for this aspect. With money, they yearned for circles with style.

After all, which big boss didn't want to be praised when going out, to be blown by the media? Who wanted to be despised, clearly having such a high net worth, but being treated as an upstart local tycoon.

But this time, the assistant's reminder didn't make Chen Zuhan's anger subside, but instead made him even more annoyed. "I don't care what method you use, flight tickets, trains, buses, I must arrive in Hanxi. If I can't arrive in Hanxi, you all get out!"

Hearing this, the assistant was stunned. He could hear that Chen Zuhan was for real and wasn't joking with him!

Holding his gums, which had swollen in just a few minutes from anxiety, Chen Zuhan couldn't help but curse those peers, "Damn you, one by one, you run so fast. I just drank an afternoon tea, and the tickets were damn snapped up!"

Four or five years ago, Chen Zuhan was still called "Millionaire Chen." At that time, he had a net worth of a million. Now? When they met, they all called him "Boss Chen." As for his net worth, the outside world speculated that Chen Zuhan's net worth was already nine digits.

In reality, how much it was, Chen Zuhan hadn't revealed to the outside world, but even if he hadn't entered the threshold of the 100-million-yuan club, it was almost the same.

As for how Chen Zuhan started, it was almost well-known in the Yangcheng electronic digital industry circle. Everything had to be traced back to the release of electronic pet machines in the country back then.

At that time, Chen Zuhan, known as Millionaire Chen, took out 830,000 RMB, almost emptying his family's savings, and borrowed a sum from the bank to win the only official agency right for electronic pet machines in Yangcheng!

And the things that followed, everyone knew. Electronic pet machines sold explosively in the country. On the day they were sold in Yangcheng, the sales volume was nearly 10 million. By acting as an agent for Dongling High-Tech's electronic pet machines, Chen Zuhan made a fortune.

In less than a few years, Chen Zuhan, relying on products like electronic pet machines, Shenzhou digital cordless phones, Xiaolingtong mobile phones, mini radios, Shenzhou U-disks, etc., one by one.

His net worth expanded visibly. Villas, luxury cars, and this office building of more than ten floors were all Chen Zuhan's.

If you look carefully, Chen Zuhan was a typical epitome of Dongling High-Tech's agents. Whether Dongling High-Tech's products sold well and whether the profits were high, just look at the days these agents lived!

Anyway, Chen Zuhan now had the ability to spread the products he acted as an agent for to shopping malls and retail stores of all sizes in Yangcheng. Saying that he had the widest sales channel in Yangcheng's electronic retail sector, no one could refute it!

In the first half of this year, Dongling High-Tech didn't have any big movements. Although it also launched upgraded versions of Xiaolingtong, Yindiao optical mice, and U-disks with larger memory, to be honest, there were no big moves.

So much so that agents like Chen Zuhan felt a bit slack, feeling that Dongling High-Tech probably wouldn't release any new products this year.

Not only did he think so, but the domestic and even Southeast Asian electronic industries also felt that Dongling High-Tech might not play any tricks this year.

But never expected that Dongling High-Tech would suddenly strike unexpectedly. It was almost the second half of the year, and it started to throw punches. This made Chen Zuhan careless, without flashing, and as a result, he couldn't even get a flight ticket to Hanxi!

From Chen Zuhan's company receiving a call from a familiar person in Dongling High-Tech's marketing department, notifying that Dongling High-Tech was going to release a new product, and then the company notifying Chen Zuhan, it was only about half an hour.

But in less than an hour, the news of Dongling High-Tech releasing a new product had already blown through Yangcheng, Pengcheng, and other places like the wind.

Quite a few agents and companies that wanted to try their luck set off directly after receiving the news, preparing to strike first!

Whether they could get the agency right for the new product in their local area from Dongling High-Tech was uncertain, but what if? What if they got the agency right?

Look at the days these agents of Dongling High-Tech products like Chen Zuhan lived. They drank XO and Remy Martin on weekdays, traveled in Crowns, lived in villas, and occasionally brought Southeast Asian models home. Who could not be jealous?!

Chen Zuhan had cooperated with Dongling High-Tech for so long and felt that he shouldn't be kicked away by Dongling High-Tech, but he was also afraid. Even if Dongling High-Tech still gave the Yangcheng agency right for the new product to him, if it wasn't an exclusive agency right, then everything would be in vain!

When hearing the news brought back by the assistant that there were train tickets passing through Pingyang, but they were standing tickets, without even a seat, Chen Zuhan still didn't hesitate, called a few strong young people in the company, went straight to the bank to take out a few sacks of money, and then rushed to the train station.

Standing was tiring, but if this crime wasn't suffered, the loss might be tens of millions, or even more. Chen Zuhan could distinguish the big and small kings!

……

Yanjing, the headquarters building of Focus Media. This was a building bought by Focus Media itself. Although Focus Media hadn't been established for long, it didn't mean that Focus Media earned little.

Refer to how profitable live streaming and bringing goods were in the previous life. In one year, a live streaming room could have revenue of over 10 billion. If you were a bit more unscrupulous, you would earn even more.

Focus Media's TV shopping, although not as super-profitable as the live streaming and bringing goods in the internet era, its monthly sales volume was still rolling and doubling!

Not to mention that Focus Media had more than just TV shopping business; there were also SMS advertising, elevator advertising, outdoor advertising, variety show copyright programs, etc. Focus Media had become one of the companies that paid the most taxes in Yanjing this year.

Just after noon, the reception hall of Focus Media was full of people, and even outside the main gate, there were people queuing up. These were merchants who wanted to cooperate with Focus Media.

Now the number of TV shopping platform companies was quite a few, and there were latecomers like Oak Pacific, but if possible, these merchants still hoped to cooperate with Focus Media.

Because Focus Media could not only sell goods in the country, but this year it also sold goods to Korea, Japan, Siam, Hong Kong, and other places, starting to earn foreign exchange.

And the most critical point was that when Focus Media was established, Focus Media General Manager Li Yan once boasted that Focus Media wanted to cultivate and incubate 100 well-known brands, and even... it might be incubating a listed company.

But this bragging, by this year, might have become awesome, because media reported news that Diweis, which was the first to be incubated by Focus Media and also known as the country's number one underwear brand, was seeking to go public. Once it went public successfully, then Focus Media would truly be a little cow sitting on a train—awesome to the sky. The bragging back then was turning into reality!

Following other TV shopping platform companies, at most, you could sell some goods and earn some black-hearted money, but following Focus Media, you had the opportunity to earn foreign exchange, and damn it, you had the opportunity to go public. Ask yourself, which one would you choose as a merchant?

Even if Focus Media's TV shopping selection became stricter and stricter, the after-sales rules became more and more, and there were quite a few "harsh" conditions, there were still merchants as numerous as crossing the river rushing to cooperate with Focus Media.

"General Manager Li, the A-share market in the country is still a bit unclear about whether Diweis can go public. If it can't go public in the country, then Diweis will have to go public in Hong Kong."

"I also hope you can say a few words for Diweis on Li Ge's side. I went to Hong Kong this time and heard that Li Ge has a quite good relationship with Baifumin, the largest securities institution in Hong Kong!"

Hu Yujun, the founder of Diweis, who was also the general manager and marketing director, said to Focus Media General Manager Li Yan. The Li Ge he spoke of naturally referred to Li Dongling.

Diweis' revenue last year approached 300 million RMB. In the first half of this year, revenue broke 200 million. That underwear thing sold brand, and the profit was quite high, even much higher than the profit of general listed companies.

Diweis wanted to take advantage of the good market to sprint to go public. After all, this was what countless companies in the country dreamed of. Don't you take advantage of the good market to go public, and wait until you can't sell goods to go public?

But Diweis, this kind of company, had never appeared in A-shares before. What it would become in the future, no one knew. The domestic securities industry was also a bit hesitant about whether to let Diweis go public. The domestic road didn't work, so Hu Yujun wanted to go to Hong Kong to go public. Anyway, where wasn't it circling money?

"Going public is not a matter of urgency. Diweis cannot be too anxious. Recently, Focus Media has received quite a few after-sales calls complaining about Diweis' quality!" Li Yan pointed at Hu Yujun.

Just after saying a few words, the phone on Li Yan's desk rang. After answering the phone, Li Yan's face became serious. "I know. I'm going to the airport now!"

When he was about to walk to the door, Li Yan looked back at Hu Yujun, who was a bit at a loss. "You come with me to Hanxi!"

……

"This afternoon, the Dongling High-Tech concept stock sector in A-shares rose across the board. The stock prices of many Dongling High-Tech component industrial chain companies, as well as media, advertising, transportation, and other concept stock companies, hit the daily limit."

"Sources revealed that Dongling High-Tech might have new products starting trial production. Some Dongling High-Tech component industrial chain companies have already received new component orders, but as of our station's press time, no company has confirmed this news."

"Experts remind investors to be blind and follow the trend; investment needs to be cautious!"

Looking at the report on the financial channel of the central media, Duan, the boss of BBK, had to sigh at Dongling High-Tech's influence. Just a rumor that caught the wind and grasped the shadow could stir the technology industry and investment industry to be restless. ===== CHAPTER 575 =====