Chapter 393: Sale (3)
Ye Dongqing wore a mask, and the bodyguards also wore civilian clothes as a disguise.
The richer he is, the more he spares his life, and doing business will inevitably provoke some opponents, so now the number of bodyguards around him has increased to twelve, and if he goes abroad and goes to the activities that leak the itinerary in advance, he has to increase a few more, or even double.
The cost of security alone, last year, was nearly 16 million US dollars, this part of the money was paid by Tamsui Investment Group, including the tax deduction money, in fact, it is not so high, a team of more than 40 people, specifically responsible for his security work, 24 hours a day.
This time is no exception.
He stood on the busy street, inspecting the sales, and the bodyguards around him looked around, watching the movements of every pedestrian who passed by the boss.
A young man suddenly approached Ye Dongqing's side, and a bodyguard just wanted to stop it, but when he saw that the other party didn't make any moves, he instantly calmed down again, just approached a little closer to prevent accidents.
The strange white man whispered: "Don't look at it, you can't buy it, there are more than a dozen people in the team who are my friends, give me a hundred dollars to let you cut the line, give another hundred dollars, I guarantee that you can get iTouch later, it is estimated that you don't have to worry about sales, it is estimated that you will have to wait another two weeks if you miss the opportunity from me, I don't think you will miss the first opportunity to get it, right?"
The New York version of the scalper.
The tone was calm, after all, neither stealing nor robbing, even if someone wanted to buy it, it was all voluntary, but others paid the time to queue up, and took the risk that the thing might be smashed in their own hands.
Although it is not high, it does have the risk of being smashed in your hands.
Ye Dongqing really wanted to say that this thing was produced by his own company, and he got the first batch of prototypes more than two months ago.
Out of curiosity, Ye Dongqing asked at this moment: "I'm really interested, but I want to know something first, many people are paying attention to Apple's products this time?"
"Of course! Our dormitory, as well as the dormitory next door, has specially installed wireless equipment for it, and now we are just waiting to get this new product, and the laptop can also use wireless network, but the transmission speed is not as fast as the network cable!"
The young white scalper said and watched, probably looking for potential customers like Ye Dongqing, he and his friends were standing here at five o'clock in the morning Eastern time, not even daring to go to the toilet, the position was quite high, and they would definitely be able to buy it.
As a major shareholder, I am naturally happy to hear that my company's products are being noticed by others.
In the sales process, Ye Dongqing didn't ask much, and continued to say: "Are you sure you can buy it, right, how many units can each person buy?"
“…… Ten parts. ”
After hearing this question, the other party's eyes were vigilant, probably worried that Ye Dongqing would be a middleman like them, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely, the price of the low-profile version was as high as 799 US dollars, and the price of buying ten copies at a time was not small, and he felt that it was almost impossible to affect their "big business".
Seeing that Ye Dongqing just nodded, not knowing what he was thinking, the young white man was a little impatient, and asked again: "Then do you buy it or not?" Don't waste my time!"
Take out an iTouch from your pocket and shake it in front of the other party, the screen lights up after pressing the button, and the icon shape is exactly the same as those on the Mac-OS desktop operating system, the young scalper's eyes are about to pop out when he sees it, and he blurts out: "Is there something that has been released in advance!? Do you have relatives in Apple retail stores?"
Already seen pretty much the same.
Ye Dongqing smiled and took off his mask, everything was silent, and then quickly put it on, put his hands in his pockets and followed the crowd forward, and a group of people quickly surrounded him, trying to separate him from the crowd around him.
The young scalper stood stupidly in place, not composing for a while, thinking that he had actually spoken to Leo Yeh, the third richest man in the world and the richest man in New York.
waited until Ye Dongqing walked away, then he excitedly ran to his companions and told him that he had been here just now, and then he was almost beaten, because he didn't even call them to chat together......
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When the time comes, it will be released simultaneously worldwide.
Unexpectedly, within half an hour, all 200,000 iTouches were sold out.
I didn't have much confidence before, but after inspecting the two directly-operated stores, Ye Dongqing had almost guessed the result, and made a phone call to Mr. Jobs to discuss the specific details of the next release, such as limiting each user to only buy one or two, increasing the number of sales, and so on.
Previously, he conservatively planned the production quantity, thinking that selling eight million units a year was already very good, but now depending on the situation, maybe he could be more ambitious, Jobs was also excited, and dropped a sentence urging Foxconn to seize the time to assemble and produce, and then hung up Ye Dongqing's phone.
How to put it, it's a relatively good result.
What makes Ye Dongqing even happier is that from today onwards, the fool-like operating system will probably gradually withdraw from the stage of history, and the development process of human society has been pushed forward by him by a small step, and he is also happy that he has invested in so many companies in advance, and most of them can make a small fortune in the future.
I slept late last night and woke up early today.
After dozing off at McDonald's, I rushed back to the idle apartment in Puchuan Building to catch up on sleep, and didn't wake up again until early twelve.
Recently, with the expansion of business, the contact with Wall Street financial institutions is also increasing, and he can receive seventy or eighty calls a day when he is busy, which makes him doubt that he will be tired to sudden death at a young age, and has begun to plan to gradually retreat to the second line, send more tasks to the assistant team, and arrange a personal assistant or something, to save himself from complicated affairs.
Unexpectedly, in a pile of phone calls, he found the number of the dean of Harvard Business School, and after calling back and being connected, he asked with a smile, "Hey, Mr. Smith, is there something wrong with me?"
"Have you forgotten what month it is, when will your graduation thesis be handed in? ”
“…… Do you still have to write a thesis?"
Ye Dongqing was a little worried, and he didn't prepare at all in advance.
The small life is too comfortable, often forgetting that I am still a student, the year before last in the school to enjoy it, after making up for the regrets of the previous life, I feel that it is a waste of time to stay any longer, so I have never been back, more than a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
"Of course I have to write it, but ...... It's hard to imagine me saying something like that, but as long as there's a good paper, I'm not going to ask if you wrote it yourself, or if someone else gave you a reference, those conventions don't work for you, do they......"