March 13th, Sunday.
Pei Qian once again arrived at OTTO Technology to supervise operations in person!
Although supervision seemed rather pointless, Pei Qian still felt more at ease seeing things with his own eyes.
Today was Sunday, but since the phone launch was a major event, they were working overtime—with ample overtime pay, of course.
For Chang You, the pressure was immense.
Mr. Pei coming in person indicated how seriously he took the OTTO E1 phone’s sales situation.
But there was no way they could sell out all their inventory today!
The reservation numbers had only just reached 5,000 units, while they had stocked 9,000 units.
Those consumers who had made reservations could pay the remaining balance within the next two or three days, so they certainly wouldn’t be in a rush to purchase.
Other people had even less reason to hurry, since anyone truly interested had already made a reservation.
In short, today’s phone sales figures would probably not look very good.
If Mr. Pei got angry, the situation might become difficult to manage.
But at this point, Chang You had no other options but to grit his teeth and wait for the sales to begin.
At 10 AM, the phones went on sale again!
The sales numbers began to rise rapidly, but soon slowed down, clearly lacking momentum.
Pei Qian watched the changing sales figures on the product details page, growing happier by the minute.
Not bad! The situation aligned perfectly with his predictions, even better than expected!
Many people who had paid deposits and made reservations weren’t in such a hurry to purchase, and with the increased inventory this time, the frenzy couldn’t compare to the first two waves.
After an hour, sales had barely reached 4,100 units, and the rate had slowed considerably.
Pei Qian felt this was good enough. Even if the remaining people who had made reservations remembered to pay in the next couple of hours, today’s sales would struggle to exceed 5,000 units.
The goal of holding back 4,000 units of inventory had been easily achieved!
Seeing Mr. Pei stand up, Chang You became very nervous.
He also knew that watching the sales figures any longer was pointless, so he quickly said to Mr. Pei, “Mr. Pei, don’t worry, I’ll continue to keep a close eye on phone sales and think of other methods! I’ll solve the inventory problem!”
Chang You figured he should quickly express his determination.
Pei Qian’s mouth twitched slightly. “Think of other methods”?
Please, I beg you, don’t!
The current situation was perfect—nobody wanted the phones anymore. Why not just let them lie peacefully in the warehouse and romantically age together?
Could you feel the pain of these adorable phones being marketed back and forth? No, you couldn’t. You only cared about yourself!
Pei Qian shook his head. “Our marketing strategy is not the problem. That’s not your primary task right now, don’t waste time and energy on marketing.”
“Your primary task is still to increase production!”
“Take out all the money again for inventory. Before next Wednesday, I want to see 14,000 OTTO phones in the warehouse!”
Chang You’s mouth fell slightly open, momentarily speechless.
More inventory?
They already couldn’t sell what they had!
And 14,000 units? It would be a miracle if they could sell the current 4,000 units. They could restock later if needed!
Seeing Chang You frozen in shock, Pei Qian asked, “Can you do it?”
Chang You instantly snapped back to reality and quickly answered, “Yes! No problem!”
…
Back at his residence, Pei Qian felt much more at ease.
The pressure of losses for this cycle had greatly decreased!
Pei Qian had long discovered that the system’s calculation of profits and losses was extremely simple and crude, only accounting for changes in system funds.
Converting money into physical or virtual assets wouldn’t be counted in the system fund statistics. Only large real estate properties would be counted, and even then, only at 10%.
Pei Qian was even tempted to move excess funds from other places to stock up on OTTO phones.
But he resisted the temptation, knowing clearly that such behavior also carried risks, significant ones.
Just like what happened with ROF computer assemblies before—one big fire, and all the inventory was bought up, resulting in unwanted profits…
The situation was the same now. If half of these phones sold for some inexplicable reason, then Pei Qian would have stockpiled for nothing.
So, he planned to wait and observe a bit longer, making sure the phone situation was secure before continuing to increase inventory.
After returning to his residence, Pei Qian’s first action was to open the Dog’s Eye APP to check the box office performance of “Journey to the Flying Star.”
Number one: “Journey to the Flying Star,” 16.493 million yuan in daily box office as of noon.
Number two: “The Pursuer,” 3.217 million yuan in daily box office as of noon.