Chapter 70: Chartering a Plane

In Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Japan, centered on the Chuo-dori on the west side of Akihabara Station, the street, which is 400 meters wide from east to west and 800 meters long from north to south, is called Akihabara.

Akihabara now hasn't become the paradise of anime and games in later generations. It is now mainly based on selling electrical appliances and electronic products and is Japan's first electrical appliance commercial street. Both sides of the street are densely packed with billboards, and 10% of Japan's annual electrical appliance transactions are concluded here!

However, since Japan was cleaned up by its suzerain three years ago, both the stock market and the property market have collapsed one after another, coupled with the suppression of semiconductors, even the electrical appliance industry that Japan is proud of has now suffered heavy losses.

Akihabara, which represents Japanese electrical appliances, has also appeared some changes. Manga stores, game stores, arcade halls, figure toy stores, etc., have started to appear here.

Wan Dai also has a store in Akihabara. In addition to selling Wan Dai's well-known toys and figures, there are also several large rows of gashapon machines, which is another money-sucking tool for Wan Dai. But no matter how powerful the money-sucking is, it can't withstand the loss of burning money to engage in game consoles!

In the past, Wan Dai could also attract many young people or tourists, but today there is a long queue here, stretching from the Wan Dai store to the street, and the number of people is still increasing!

If the electronic pet machine's test in Hong Kong was just a small bud, then in Japan, it has been completely detonated.

Ning's Trading reached a cooperation with Wan Dai, and through Wan Dai's sales channels, tried to put 150,000 electronic pet machines into major toy and electronic retail stores in Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka, and other places in Japan. For this product, Wan Dai actually didn't pay much attention to it.

If it weren't for the fact that Wan Dai is really not prosperous now, losing too miserably, game consoles suffered a crushing defeat, and toys and figures couldn't be sold, this time Wan Dai wouldn't necessarily look at this product. These 150,000 electronic pet machines, with a total value of over 2 million US dollars, were really just a test for Wan Dai.

If it weren't for this, Chi Zemiao wouldn't have thought that he would call Ning Wenkai again. In the past, those agents and distributors were all begging Wan Dai for supply!

But the electronic pet machine was really beyond the expectations of Chi Zemiao and Wan Dai's marketing department. The spread speed of the electronic pet machine was really too fast!

On the first day of putting the electronic pet machine in, it was lukewarm, but on the second day, in many middle schools and even universities in Japan, the electronic pet machine started to spread among a group of girls.

Facing the sales volume of the electronic pet machine, the malls and retail stores that sold it also started to try hanging posters and carrying out publicity. The sales volume of the electronic pet machine started to increase suddenly.

In less than a week, the electronic pet machine became the most popular electronic product among young people in many schools in Japan, or it could be said to be a social "credential."

People with electronic pet machines gathered together to play after class. Invisibly, people who played with electronic pet machines would also form a new social circle based on the electronic pet machine.

The electronic pet machine in Japan, led by Tokyo and centered on schools, spread rapidly to the surrounding areas. Many housewives and office workers also started to get into it.

When receiving continuous calls from retail stores urging for goods, knowing that the 150,000 electronic pet machines were all sold out, Chi Zemiao was also taken aback.

"Over here, we need 400,000 units. Some retail stores have run out of stock. Air freight directly to Tokyo, Wan Dai will bear the cost!"

After Chi Zemiao finished calling Ning Wenkai, a look of expectation couldn't help but appear on his face. Wan Dai's products are not selling well now, even in Japan, the sales volume has fallen frighteningly. As the supervisor of the marketing department, Chi Zemiao is also under great pressure.

If the electronic pet machine can really be a hit in Japan, then he, Chi Zemiao, can be considered to have made a great contribution to Wan Dai, and even if the sales volume of the electronic pet machine helps Wan Dai tide over the difficulties, then Chi Zemiao's status in Wan Dai will probably increase by a large margin.

Chi Zemiao wanted to report this matter to Yamashina Makoto, but after thinking about it, now the electronic pet machine is just a test of the first batch. If the subsequent sales volume is not good, then if he goes this time, wouldn't he be flattering the horse's leg? Thinking of this, he decided to wait a while and see the sales volume of the second batch of machines in Japan before going to report to Yamashina Makoto. Anyway, the credit is his, and it won't run away.

"40,000 electronic pet machines have been sold in Hong Kong!"

"The 60,000 put into Korea have all been sold out, and that side is in a state of being out of stock!"

"10,000 machines sold in Singapore!"

"In large cities in Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Malaysia, and other places, the total sales volume of electronic pet machines has also exceeded 50,000!"

At the Dongling High-Tech headquarters in Hanxi, Zhang Ao, the manager of the sales department, listened to his subordinates reporting the news one after another. He looked calm, but every time he heard the sales volume of a region, his fists couldn't help but clench a bit.

Previously, satellite dishes also had a period of big sales, but that earned RMB, which was completely different from the electronic pet machine that earned foreign exchange.

According to the calculated sales volume, in the first week, excluding the sales volume in Japan, in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Siam, and other places, the electronic pet machine blasted out a sales volume of 160,000 units, with sales exceeding 2.4 million US dollars, equivalent to over 19 million RMB!

You have to know, this was just the beginning of the test. Large-scale advertising investment hadn't even started yet. Zhang Ao suppressed his excitement and asked the supervisor of the marketing department, "Ning's Trading Company hasn't calculated the sales volume in Japan yet?!"

"150,000 machines, all sold out in Japan, and that side wants us to air freight 400,000 machines over immediately!"

The staff member in charge of contacting Ning's Trading Company, holding the sales statistics table in his hand, ran toward Zhang Ao with excitement on his face.

"The machines in Japan are sold out?!"

"150,000 examples are all sold out?"

When Zhang Ao heard this news, his brain went "buzz." The sales volume of the electronic pet machine in one region of Japan was almost on par with other Southeast Asian regions. This purchasing power was truly a bit scary, making Zhang Ao unable to help but be stunned there for a while.

Picking up the sales statistics table and taking a look, Zhang Ao ran toward Li Dongling's office in a hurry.

"310,000 units!"

"The test sales statistics for the electronic pet machine have come out. A total of 310,000 units have been sold!"

As soon as the office door was pushed open, Zhang Ao finally couldn't help but shout to the people inside. Yao Luoying and Hu Zixian, who were in Li Dongling's office, heard this boy, and their expressions were about the same as Zhang Ao's just now. First, they felt unbelievable, and then they couldn't help but show joy.

If the Silver Mink mouse was famous, it was because of the lawsuit with Microsoft, but it didn't become a hit and couldn't directly bring huge revenue to Dongling High-Tech.

But the electronic pet machine was different. This could almost be considered the best-selling product since Dongling High-Tech was established, and it could bring huge cash flow to Dongling High-Tech!

Compared to Yao Luoying and Hu Zixian, Li Dongling finally let out a long sigh of relief. The electronic pet machine project was a project he came up with to solve the urgent need.

Dongling High-Tech needed to make up for the blank period before the digital cordless phone went on sale, needed to support the thousands of employees recruited from Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1, and needed to raise R&D funds for projects such as new generation mice, mini radios, car radios, and U-disks. If the electronic pet machine could sell well, these problems could all be solved!

Inside the Dongling High-Tech electronic industrial park, Tao Zhiliang, who managed a production line, only had one feeling: tired. Not to mention giving him a bed, if a mat was thrown on the ground, he could fall asleep.

During the training period, Tao Zhiliang was still worried about whether the electronic industrial park would have no work to do and finally dismiss them. Now he didn't have this worry at all. They couldn't finish it, they really couldn't finish it!

Now Tao Zhiliang and the others were working continuously. He should have changed shifts and gone back to rest, but because of the debugging of equipment for setting up new production lines, he was kept behind to help.

However, Tao Zhiliang wasn't working for nothing; there was overtime pay. Tao Zhiliang heard about this thing for the first time. He hadn't heard of it in the state-owned factory before. He calculated an account. If he worked overtime every day, then the overtime pay would be quite a bit higher than his salary in a month.

"Everyone worked hard today. After getting off work, everyone can receive a jin of meat. Canned food, orange powder, malted milk, and brown sugar can be chosen to take home!

Just received a notice from the headquarters, this month, all employees in the production department will receive double wages, and there will also be monthly bonuses..."

While Tao Zhiliang was busy, he saw Gao Peng walk in with a loudspeaker, followed by personnel pushing small carts. On the carts were pieces of meat that had been weighed and packed, and the rest were canned food, orange powder, brown sugar, etc., which were things that relatives would send when moving around during the New Year. Today, they were directly given a portion to each person.

Hearing this, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted in the workshop. This treatment and welfare, not to mention in Pingyang, even in the provincial capital, was unique. Just that bag of meat, canned food, malted milk, etc., added up to more than ten yuan!

Over at the warehouse of the electronic industrial park, it was also busy. Large trucks were already waiting there to load goods.

Accompanying them were ten burly men from the security department of Dongling High-Tech. There were two security personnel accompanying the driver on the large truck, and two small cars escorted the truck all the way to the provincial capital airport. Dongling High-Tech even coordinated with the Pingyang municipal government to have police cars clear the way. After arriving at the provincial capital, the provincial capital side would also take over!

They really had to guard against it. There were really people robbing the road on the way now. If there were few people, they really couldn't pass. Now in many places, there were banners hanging on the national highway saying "Robbing police cars is illegal," so they knew how bad the road was now.

And this truck of goods, totaling 600,000 electronic pet machines, was worth over 9 million US dollars. No matter how careful they were, it wouldn't be too much!

The staff at the provincial capital airport, seeing the electronic pet machines escorted with such a big battle, were also a bit surprised. Even if they had worked at this airport for many years, this was the first time they had seen chartering a plane and air freighting goods!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 71 =====