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Chapter 97: Fight against scalpers, semiconductor giants catch moles!

Dragon Kingdom Hangzhou

There is heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou

This has been a prosperous place since ancient times, and it is also the favorite place in Jiangnan for literati.

After Longguo entered the Internet era, it was the Jiangnan city with the fastest transformation and was known as the e-commerce capital of Longguo.

In addition to online e-commerce, there are many”project teams” that focus on the Internet and speculate.”

In a three-story duplex villa in West Lake District, ten young people, probably in their early twenties, were concentrating on controlling computer software in a room similar to the layout of a”black Internet cafe”

“I paid everything here!”

Sudden!

A young man stood up and cheered

Then came the second, third, fourth and fifth people, ten people cheering and shouting in the small room.

“Calculate, how many units are there in total?”

“After careful calculation, we can retire after finishing this job!”

“I have 6742 units here!”

“I have 5521 units!”

When they were checking the quantity, a middle-aged man about forty years old walked into the room. His eyes were sunken and dark, and his eyes gave people a fierce look. His name was Hu Xiong, and his original occupation was reselling celebrity concert tickets. Scalper, he also made a lot of money from this

“Let’s count up how many brilliant X1 mobile phones we have in our hands now. We need to calculate the quantity of the regular version, the high-end version, and the top version. I can easily list it on a second-hand website for sale. By the way, I have to urge the customer service to hurry up and deliver it.”

As soon as Hu Xiong finished speaking, a young man put on a flattering face, rubbed his hands and said:”Brother Xiong, after this order is completed, each person will be divided into 5% of the profit, right?”

“Um”

Hu Xiong nodded, glanced around the crowd, and finally fixed his eyes on a thin and short young man and said:”You all have 5%, Jiang Ce can get 10% alone, because he is the one who made the batch ordering software and has the greatest credit.””

“Thank you, Brother Xiong! Thank you, Brother Xiong!”

“I never thought that I would be able to achieve financial freedom so soon, thank you Brother Xiong!”

“Haha, thank you Brother Xiong!”

The young people in the room thanked each other one after another. The 5% commission was quite a lot, enough for them to spend half their lives.

When everyone cheered, Jiang Ce, who was thin and less than 1.7 meters tall, seemed a little out of place.

After cheering, he looked at the software data and said:”We have calculated it all. There are 50,420 units of the brilliant X1 in total, 10,000 units of the regular version, 20,000 units of the high-end version, and 20,000 units of the top-end version. Brother Xiong will sell it as soon as possible. I need money urgently”

“Don’t worry, this will sell quickly.”

Hu Xiong smiled and joked:”And this time there are platform subsidies, so our profits are higher. The ideal situation is that everyone can share a few million to go home for the New Year.””

Divide into millions, which excites the young people. They completely believe it, because their studio has only been established for less than four months and can make millions every day.

The way they make money is also very simple, that is, buying and selling

Back in September, the Longxing X1 mobile phone sold well all over the Internet, and it was hard to find one. Many people bought it on second-hand websites at increased prices. Some even paid as much as 2,300 yuan, which is equivalent to a price increase of 600 to 700 to buy a brand new phone.

Hu Xiong, who often resells concert tickets on second-hand websites, was naturally attracted. He also tried reselling and contacted Jiang Ce, who makes software. The two hit it off and started reselling Longxing X1 mobile phones in large quantities. Less than half of the tickets were resold. In just one month, I made tens of millions

Later, they expanded the studio and set up a dedicated project team. Every time the Longxing X1 mobile phone was released at midnight, they could grab 10,000 to 30,000 units, and then put them on second-hand websites to sell new ones, making a lot of money every day.

Perhaps Chen Xing would not have thought that the Longxing X1 mobile phone had been targeted by scalpers early on, and he had made a lot of money from it.

but!

As the market demand for Longxing X1 decreases and the production capacity of the Guancheng factory increases, it becomes increasingly difficult to resell it.

Hu Xiong, who had already made a lot of money, wanted to disband the project team studio in January and enjoy the world. However, the release of the brilliant X1 mobile phone rekindled his hope of making money, and the platform also has a large number of users. He calculated the subsidy and found that each unit could earn at least 1,000 yuan, or even 2,500 yuan!

The reason is very simple. The regular version of the Cuican They can make a net profit of 1,000 yuan, and the ideal price is 2,500 yuan per unit. After completing this order, their profits can directly exceed 100 million yuan!

In order to prepare for this flash sale, the eleven of them invested all the money they earned from the Longxing X1 mobile phone.

As the person in charge, Hu Xiong even used the money he earned from reselling concert tickets to his house and car, and even asked other scalpers to borrow money, just to do this big job.

Now it seems

they did succeed

Fifty thousand units of the brilliant X1, with a total value exceeding 300 million

They were able to spend so much money thanks to the Longxing X1 mobile phone, which made them a lot of money in the first three months.

“Ahem…”

Jiang Ce coughed weakly, looked at Hu Xiong and said,”I’ll leave it to you.””

“Don’t worry, brother, after this job is done, everyone will be a multi-millionaire. When it’s time to be cool and unrestrained, go pick up girls when it’s time to pick up girls. Now you are all transformed into users to remind you when the goods will be shipped.”

Hu Xiong greeted

Making tens of millions of dollars in more than three months is simply unimaginable for ordinary people. The young people are also very motivated. They sit back in front of the computer one after another and act as users to ask about shipments.

the other side

Longxing Technology Company Marketing Department

After encountering scalpers, Chen Xing ordered the address to be screened

If you don’t check, you won’t know. When you check, you will be shocked. The address where you placed an order for 50,000 units has placed an order for over a million units of Longxing X1 mobile phones in the past three months.

On the highest day, 80,000 units were sold, and this address accounted for 50,000 units. This inevitably made Chen Xing a little unhappy. Neither the after-sales department nor the factory supply side noticed anything unusual?

Fifty thousand units a day, even if they only make 100, it’s still 5 million. How much did they make?

If they are reselling tickets, these people may have violated the law, because Article 52 of the Public Security Punishment Law clearly stipulates that tickets cannot be sold at an increased price, but digital products are like speculating on sneakers, and there is no reference law for punishment at all.

“President, now they are urging shipments, what should we do? Do you want to ship 50,000 units of the brilliant X1 mobile phone?”

Yao Nana asked for instructions

The atmosphere in the marketing department has dropped to the extreme. No one would have expected such a thing to happen.

“Yes, do you want to postpone the shipment?”

Someone tremblingly suggested

Some people also suggested that they should refund the money directly and not sell to them.

“If the scalpers prey on us, they must lose all their money.”Chen Xing narrowed his eyes. He was really angry.

He worked hard on research and development, and for a few taels of silver he was walking on thin ice in the business world. You scalpers made more money than me by buying and selling? If not, who will?

How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

The words”lost everything” and the harsh tone made Yao Nana and others shudder.

horrible!

This man is angry!

No one in the marketing department dared to speak, they were all waiting for Chen Xing’s decision.

After thinking for a moment and organizing his words, Chen Xing said in a deep voice:”The delivery of the brilliant X1 mobile phone has been postponed for one week. The reason is to check the inventory and stabilize them first. I am going to Hangzhou on a business trip. When the time is up, it will be shipped normally.”

Since you want to kill the scalpers, the most direct way is to let the mobile phones rot in their hands, and the easiest way is to start a price war.

But high-end brands are not suitable for price reduction because it will damage the brand image, so Chen Xing thought of a compromise.

Continue to join forces with online shopping platforms to carry out discount marketing activities!

Whether it is Taowu.com or Wangdong Platform, let them come forward to continue to subsidize, and privately Chen Xing will also contribute a part. This way, the price can be quietly lowered without affecting the brand image, and the scalpers’ backlog will be reduced. Inventory is rotten in hand

Chen Xing also wanted them to see what it means to be shaken by a small worm and a tree without overestimating one’s own capabilities.

After giving instructions to the marketing department, he returned to the president’s office and immediately called the person in charge of Long Guo of each parts supplier to urge the parts for the next production cycle to arrive as soon as possible, and promised to settle the balance within fifteen days.

Chen Xing doesn’t need to worry about the capital chain at all. The Longxing X1 mobile phone is still stable, and he also has bank loans.

With the current development potential of Longxing Technology, borrowing is very easy.

The suppliers did not refuse. They all saw the potential of the Cancan X1 mobile phone. It was sold out in five minutes. What reason do they have for not continuing to supply it?

In addition to order supply, the Guancheng factory is also busy producing the brilliant X1 mobile phone. The remaining parts are expected to produce 10,000 units.

This night is destined to be restless

……

Early the next morning, Chen Xing took a flight to Hangzhou and made an appointment with Jack Ma for a meeting.

When the two met, Jack Ma smiled happily and welcomed him like an old friend:”Mr. Chen, congratulations, you sold 100,000 units in five minutes. Longxing Technology is booming and the future is promising.”

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“It’s just a small business, far inferior to Mr. Ma’s Taowu.com. In just one day of the Double Twelve Shopping Carnival, sales exceeded 100 billion. It is worthy of being a leading shopping platform company.”

Chen Xing also praised him a lot

“How can there be no leader but no leader? It’s just a fluke that we are leading now.”

“Now that you are ahead, you are also ahead. Mr. Ma, please stop being humble. Who doesn’t know that you are the number one e-commerce person in Longguo?”

“Mr. Chen is also being modest, isn’t he? Starlight fast charging, Kaitian baseband chip, and Qingzhou processor are all far ahead of your peers. You are a rising star in the business circle.”

After the two exchanged business blows for a few minutes, Jack Ma poured Chen Xing a cup of tea and said straight to the point:”Mr. Chen came to see me this time, not just as a guest, right?”

Seeing that the other party got straight to the point, Chen Xing did not hide anything, but told the story of the scalpers.

Jack Ma frowned and fell into deep thought. He did not expect that something like this would happen to his platform. He suddenly felt ashamed. At the same time, he was also afraid of losing the Longxing Technology store.

During the Double Twelve Shopping Carnival last night, the response in the digital field was very good, with a year-on-year increase of 14%. The users attracted by the brilliant X1 series made him more than one billion.

He attached great importance to this issue and began to ask Chen Xing about his needs:”What do you want us to do, return the product directly to the original route for a refund?”

“No!”

Chen Xing shook his head and said calmly:”I hope Mr. Ma, your Taowu.com will come forward and continue to sell the brilliant X1 mobile phone at a discount in the name of the platform. I will make up for the price difference. In addition, I have another request.”

“What request?”

Jack Ma listens carefully

He can sit in this position because his vision and ability are unique.

As the hottest company in the digital and technology circles, Longxing Technology is very optimistic about Chen Xing’s future achievements.

It is better to provide help in times of need now than to add icing on the cake later.

Chen Xing’s tone dropped a few degrees, and he said in a deep voice:”Their second-hand trading platform is from Ali. I want you to ban the second-hand trading of the brilliant X1 mobile phone and solve their sales channels from the root.””

Jack Ma’s eyes lit up, and he marveled that Chen Xing did it quickly, ruthlessly, and decisively. At the same time, he couldn’t help but feel sorry for those scalpers. He had offended someone he shouldn’t have.

“no problem”

Jackma nodded, and then said what he was thinking:”Since this happened on my platform, I have an obligation to help you fight against this group of scalpers.””

“How about this, you pay half of the discount and I pay half. On the second-hand trading website, if you tell me when to close it, I will close it immediately. As for other second-hand websites, I will also tell you about it.”

Despite his amiable appearance and ability to climb to the top of the Internet, there are corpses at his feet.

Compassion does not control soldiers, and justice does not control wealth. A boss who can build a business empire will only use quick, accurate and ruthless methods, and will not hesitate.

“Thank you Mr. Ma”

Chen Xing said thank you

The scalpers have no sales channels. This is equivalent to cutting off their escape route and selling the Brilliant X1 mobile phone at a price lower than theirs. This creates a two-sided attack and the scalpers will definitely be defeated.

……

While Chen Xing was still dealing with scalpers, a real-life version of werewolf killing was being staged at the TSMC headquarters far away in the island.

“The analysis results of the Qingzhou chip came out. It is indeed a 14-nanometer level ten-core chip. Chen Xing did not lie.”

TSMC CEO Zhang Miao took the data and put it directly on the table

Opposite him, Gaotong CEO Mollenkopf’s eyes narrowed and he was the first to speak:”Longxing Technology has chip design capabilities. The KT-001 baseband chip has proven that they can design a 14nm ten-core chip. I’m not surprised anymore.” , now the question is who made it?”

“You also visited the factory and saw our company’s order. It is true that TSMC did not accept this order.”

Zhang Mu took the lead in clearing up the relationship

At this time, UMC CEO Cao Xingcheng also quickly clarified the relationship:”Our EUV lithography machine is still on the way to shipping, and there is no situation of producing chips for Longxing Technology.”

“So where did the Qingzhou chip come from?”Apple CEO Puke asked, glancing around the conference table at the CEO.

“Currently, there are only three companies that are capable of OEM, TSMC, UMC and GF. GLOBALFOUNDRIES is an American company and cannot OEM. Since you all said that there is no OEM, could someone secretly sell EUV lithography machines?”

Mollenkopf looked at the corner of the conference table. Peter Wennink, the CEO of the Dutch company ASML, was surprised. Why were everyone at the conference table looking at him? Was he the one being interrogated in this meeting?

“I…I didn’t sell it. After the purchase restriction order was issued, I recently sold a 20nm process DUV lithography machine to Loongson International. If you don’t believe me, you can come back to the Netherlands with me to check the records.”

Peter Wennink quickly denied

Mollenkopf was unyielding and asked:”During the Double Twelve Dragon Country Shopping Festival, 100,000 units of the Brilliant X1 mobile phone and 100,000 Qingzhou processor chips were sold. We all look at the production records of TSMC, UMC and GlobalFoundries. Yes, no chips are provided. If you don’t sell EUV lithography machines, how do they get their chips?”

“I do not know either……”

Peter Wennink looked at Zhang Miao and Cao Xingcheng, and quickly said:”The production records can be deleted, maybe they secretly supplied them, and then wanted to frame me!”

“My EUV lithography machine has not arrived yet!”

Cao Xingcheng replied quickly

A few days ago, he complained that the EUV lithography machine had not arrived for hundreds of years. Now he is grateful that it has not arrived and can easily remove the suspicion.

If the accused goes to the big boss, they will be in trouble

Cao Xingcheng was cleared of suspicion, and all eyes at the conference table were focused on Zhang Miao. The latter took out another piece of data and said:

“Except for the KT-001 baseband chip, Chen Xingzhen did not ask me to OEM the 14nm chip. This is the order flow between me and Longxing Technology. You can identify it by yourself.”

“If you really don’t believe it, go check the factory cameras!”

He was so convinced!

Where did the Qingzhou chip come from?

Falling from the sky?

Digging it out of the ground?

Or does it come with charging phone bills?

Mollenkopf took the order, nodded slightly and said:”There is really no problem. Let’s go back to the original question. If Longxing Technology can produce its own Qingzhou processor chips, it must have an EUV lithography machine.”

Peter Wennink:”……”

He really wants to strangle Molenkov to death now. This is obviously saying that he secretly sold EUV lithography machines to Longxing Technology!

Pou Ke also agreed. He looked at Peter Wennink and said,”The Qingzhou chip cannot appear for no reason. Peter, please be honest. Did you sell an EUV lithography machine to Chen Xing?””

“I……”

Just as Peter Wennink was about to speak, Kenji Fujiwara, the CEO of Asahi Kasei Corporation who came from the neon island country and was responsible for the photoresist field, spoke.

“If you want to produce 14nm chips or ten-core microarchitecture, ordinary DUV lithography machines are simply not accurate enough. Only your exclusively assembled 13.5nm extreme ultraviolet light source EUV lithography machine can produce canoe chips.”

“There is only one truth, Mr. Peter Wennink, you broke the restriction without permission and sold an EUV lithography machine to Longguo”

Chip production is inseparable from photolithography machines. Photolithography machines are also the key to chip production. EUV photolithography machines must be used for 14 nanometers. These three factors are superimposed. The”insider” points to Peter Wennink, the CEO of Dutch ASML company.

“Take it back in time and still have room for maneuver”

A word of caution, Puke

During this Double 12 Shopping Festival, Apple mobile phone sales dropped significantly, and the brilliant X1 mobile phone has posed a threat to the high-end market

Now all the doubtful eyes at the conference table were cast on Peter Wennink, which made him feel a little broken inside.

“I… really don’t!”

His defense is very weak

“Let me show you the order record!”

Order records can be deleted. He mentioned it himself just now. This explanation is still very weak. The eyes of more than a dozen giant CEOs in the semiconductor field at the conference table seemed to say:

Not you?

The only Dutch company in the world, ASML, can assemble 13.5nm extreme ultraviolet light EUV lithography machines!

Who else could it be if not you?

Is it possible that Chen Xing can’t rub the photolithography machine by hand?

Peter Wennink is on the verge of tears, and he can’t wash himself away by jumping into the Pacific Ocean. If Chen Xing were here, he would really want to hug his thighs and beg to tell him where the 14-nanometer canoe chip came from.

Even if it is said to be free of charge for phone calls, caught by fishing, or dug out of the soil, he will believe it unswervingly.

Because he really is! No! Sell EUV lithography machines to Longxing Technology Company!!!

(End of this chapter)