Song Xiaogang's depressed thing was the same as Xia Yu guessed.

After joining Polestar for more than half a month, he has never had any decent tasks on his hands, except for a while on a business trip to test and negotiate headphones.

The popularity of the Polaris K1 launch, coupled with the deployment of some actions, made everyone see the huge potential of Polestar Electronics, including him. However, the design of the next generation of products is mainly done by Fiberhome, and there is nothing to do with the R&D department, which is not worthy of its name.

It made him feel very bad. He seems to be a useless person.

When Xia Yu arrived at the company, it was almost half past six.

It was supposed to leave work at six o'clock, but most of the people hadn't left yet. In the office, Zhang Mei started to make tea for Song Xiaogang, and first reported the new situation of the company to Xia Yu.

From August 4th to 9th, Polaris K1 has set off a small peak in the erupting MP3 market. It's not like the rush to buy like Xiaomi in later generations, but it has broken the previous sales records one after another.

In the past five days, the sales volume of Polaris K1 has officially exceeded 10,000 units!

Since yesterday, the sales figure has begun to drop below 2,000, this is because most of the people who often go online and have purchase needs in these areas have already started, and the outbreak of word-of-mouth will take a long time.

In addition, Xia Yu also got the sales figure of Patriot CH1 through some channels, 5,200 units.

This is the power of the brand, although it is completely inferior in terms of sound quality and reputation, but with brand appeal and large distribution volume, it can be regarded as maintaining a good number.

Liu Mei is also Xia Yu's administrative assistant, and after she reported a circle, she asked: "Brother Liu went out in the afternoon and no longer has the company, has he reported to you about the door-to-door visits of retailers in other regions?"

Xia Yu nodded: "I received a call from him in the morning, I asked him to discuss it with my uncle, don't worry about this." ”

At present, the production capacity of the Polestar factory has not yet reached 800 units, and the renovation project of the new and old Mingde factory has just begun. From the start of mass production on July 17 to the present 22 days, the total assembly volume of the Polaris K1 is only 17,000 units, of which 12,000 have been shipped, and the inventory is only 5,000.

As a result of Xia Yu's discussion with Xia Mingde, the dozen or so retailers in other regions who went directly to Yangcheng to buy goods were each given 200 units in full so that they would not return empty-handed, and at the same time signed a retailer partner contract with Polestar Electronics according to their needs.

Among them, two companies from Yanjing directly plan to give 500 units to initially test the water of this largest independent market.

As a result, Polestar's inventory will be emptied again.

After Zhang Mei left, Song Xiaogang couldn't hold back any longer, and asked directly: "Mr. Xia, you can also tell me about my work here." ”

Xia Yu thought it was quite interesting to see him anxious, and asked him, "Oh, what have you been doing these days?"

Song Xiaogang touched his head: "I don't have anything to do in the factory, I think I have nothing to do, I think Polestar's next-generation MP3 function can't be so simple, just study and see how to control the mode, sound effects and other ......."

Xia Yu's eyes lit up, this kid really has spirituality! Then he asked, "Is there any progress?"

"Not yet, I have a machine from the factory when I was OEM before, and I went to a few stores to see the situation of other stores, and I have just started ......"

"Huh, you're going to someone else's store to do research?"

"It's just to see, and I don't disassemble the machine, but it doesn't seem to be able to study anything, I mainly learn from the ......"

As soon as he got busy, he forgot about it, Xia Yu couldn't wait to slap the two of them!

I gave Song Xiaogang the title of R&D manager, but he didn't allocate a penny of equipment at all, this kid is a shy introvert, and he didn't talk to himself!

"It's my fault!" Xia Yu thought about it in his heart and said to him: "In this way, you write an application, what equipment and how many machines are used to do these researches, make a report to Mingsheng, I will greet him and let him approve it." You can buy one or two mainstream MP3s on the market. ”

"Ah, great! I've thought about this for a long time, but I estimate that it will cost forty or fifty thousand ......."

"Don't, I'll give you a budget of 100,000 yuan, just a lot and not a little!"

"I don't need so much ......"

Xia Yu waved his hand and said, "You listen to me." I'll tell you the bottom,The MP3 market is so stirred up by our Polaris K1,Follow the trend and the price reduction will definitely come faster,We must do our best to produce new products,And other functions have to keep up。 The next-generation solution on the Fiberhome side is a new framework, and it takes a long time, so I can't wait. We're going to release a generation of K2 ahead of schedule and improve the functionality on the basis of K1, and it's up to you!"

When Song Xiaogang heard this, he didn't feel a lot of pressure, but was full of energy, and said anxiously: "K2 is an upgraded version of K1?

Xia Yu was very satisfied with his state, this Song Xiaogang had a "silly" aura, and said with a smile: "It's mainly about sound effect improvement, BBE, SRS or something can be, you can try to contact the next authorization." Then there is the control system, which adds some common functions to the original Philips chip, and you can look at and study other functions yourself. ”

"Okay, I've been working on sound effects lately, it would be nice if I could buy a power amplifier tester! By the way, I may also need a high-end computer to install test software ......," Song Xiaogang muttered.

"It's all right, you can't spend it without saving your budget!"

Xia Yu looked at him and felt really interesting, and added: "I have two conditions: one is that I want to see the results within a month, and the results that can be applied, and the other is that in addition to the sound effect and control system, other small technologies such as FM radio and screen brightness optimization must also be taken into account." I hope the Polaris K2 will be launched in October!"

"Huh?" Song Xiaogang was a little stunned, which are the two conditions, why are there so many tasks at once!

Xia Yu said calmly: "Don't worry, you can find Ming Sheng for basic testing research and ask him to arrange someone to help, or you can ask for help from Beacon Fire!

He called Liu Qin from the personnel department and explained it one by one.

When Song Xiaogang left, his eyes were shining!

It's not too early, Xia Yu packed his things and planned to go home, when Xiao Wenjing suddenly broke in.

She was wearing a black suit today, with high heels, her hair coiled, and after pushing open the door, she stared straight at Xia Yu: "Boss, the Seine!"

Xia Yu spread his hands: "I don't have a salary, you know this." ”

Because Polestar Electronics didn't make a profit last month, there wasn't much after paying the wages of workers and employees, and Xia Yu didn't pay his salary. I have money in my account this month, but it's not the end of the month.

Xiao Wenjing's eyes instantly became fierce: "You want to repay the debt, don't you!

"No, no, I will pay my salary next month, and I will be the first to invite Xiao Da Beauty to eat well, okay!"

"What do you mean, right, this girl forced you?"

"No, it's my pleasure to invite a beautiful woman to dinner!"

"Hmph, that's pretty much it!"

It was already past seven o'clock when I got home, and I missed the normal dinner time. As soon as Xia Yu entered the door, he found that his uncle was coming and chatting with his father in the living room.

Uncle Lin Chusheng also graduated from graduate school and then entered the public service system. However, at that time, I studied business administration, and was later transferred to Yangcheng Science City.

Science City is the core park of Yangcheng High-tech Zone, focusing on the research and development, production and manufacturing of high-tech industries, such as microelectronics, computers, communications, electromechanical optoelectronics, biotechnology and other industrial companies, and is a fertile land for Yangcheng economy.

It was only officially planned and built in 1998. This time is very late, but it also has more financial resources and experience, so the specifications are very high, and the supporting information, warehousing, finance, commercial and residential, cultural, sports and entertainment and environmental protection facilities are relatively sound, and the development is very fast. The most attractive thing is that it retains 14 small peaks, part of the ecological woodland and farmland according to the original topographical conditions, which is quite humane.

Lin Chusheng's current position is the section chief of the Strategic Development Research Office under the Yangcheng Science City Management Committee, and he is at the department level. Because of the good resources, the gold content of this Zhengke is not even much lower than that of typical "fat yamen" such as transportation and finance.

According to the development trajectory of his previous life, Xia Yu remembered that his uncle should have been transferred to the Nanyue Provincial Department of Science and Technology in the background, and he was directly promoted to the competent unit, and he couldn't remember exactly where he was.

Don't think that it was a Qingshui Yamen, the number of people involved in the corruption cases investigated and handled by this department was not less than that of the others, and it could even rank among the top five! Because it was in charge of the approval, management, and implementation of almost all major scientific and technological projects in Nanyue, a major economic and scientific and technological province, as well as countless small projects related to scientific research and high-tech research institutes.

When he saw Xia Yu enter the door, he opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Xiao Yu, you Polestar Electronics, you can make me miserable!"

"Ah, how could it be?" Xia Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the smiling expression on his face and understood, and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't bring such a play, you are the only 'big official' in our family, I can't offend you anything!"

As the only one of the Xia and Lin families who works hard in the officialdom, Lin Chufang has been ridiculed a lot, especially his sister Lin Xingmei, who works in the media. Hearing what Xia Yu really said, he suddenly feigned anger and said, "You kid dare to talk to me like this!"

Xia Yu turned his face sideways: "Why don't you dare, whoever lets you in the door will scare me!"

"Who asked me for help last time and promised to come and play with Lingling?"

"Aren't you busy forgetting me......"

Xia Mingshun smiled and watched the two of them bickering over there, and felt very interesting.

Xia Yu, this child, has been very sensible since he was a child.

He wasn't as naughty as the average boy, he liked to study electronic circuits on his own, and he could spend a day in his room with a magazine and a small motor in his arms in elementary school. But it's not like some children who become introverted when they immerse themselves in their own world, and their peers have always been good and pleasing to adults.

It turned out that Lin Chusheng received a call from Wang Jianye, and he opened his mouth to ask for the collector's version of tea sent by Boss Song!

"Boss Song", formerly known as Song Chengxiong, was his top boss and deputy director of the Nanyue Communications Bureau when he just graduated from graduate school, and took good care of him. When he was transferred to Science City, he also gave him two bags of treasured red robes and encouraged him to work hard.

After asking, I realized that it was Wang Jianye who knew that Xia Yu and their Polaris K1 were selling well, and thought that Lin Chusheng had secretly invested in them, half-jokingly threatening.

He gritted his teeth and divided a piece of tea cake, and then went to the eldest sister's house to inquire about the situation.

Xia Yu didn't hide it from him, and briefly talked about the situation of Polestar Electronics and the sales figures in the past few days.

"What, sell 10,000 units in five days!" Lin Chusheng is in this position, and he knows a little about these electronics industry companies in Yangcheng, and the more so, the more shocked he is by this number.

This number is not OEM, it is brand sales!

He sighed: "No wonder, Wang Jianye's kid pleaded with me to treat him, this Polestar Electronics is indeed a dark horse!"

Xia Mingshun is not too sensitive to this number, but he also knows that it is not easy to look at his brother-in-law's watch, and he is also curious in his heart, and asks: "This MP3, what is the profit of one unit?"

Xia Yu replied: "Our production cost is 448 yuan, the ex-factory price is 510, the retail sale is 599, and all channels are cut to go directly to sales, so the gross profit of a unit is 62 yuan." However, management and operating costs have changed greatly, and Polestar is still expanding, so it is difficult to calculate the net profit of a single product. ”

Lin Chusheng added: "That can't stand the large number of shipments! This Polestar has just been established for a month?"

Xia Yu nodded: "It's been more than a month." ”

According to this momentum, it is no problem for Polaris K1 shipments to exceed 100,000, but how much more depends on other domestic brands to follow up. As long as the quality is improved a little and the price is lower, coupled with the traditional channels, brands and functional advantages, it will definitely form a big impact.

This is also the reason why Xia Yu wants to upgrade to K2 as much as possible.

Lin Chusheng thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Xiaoyu, you go back and ask Mingde, are you willing to expand production? There is still room here in Science City." ”

"Hey, isn't Science City keen on high-tech industries? Assembly doesn't count, right?"

"Of course pure assembly is not good, you won't build a real room R&D center or something! Besides, the planning scope of the third phase is very large, and it has reached the foot of Nanshan, and the place is a little biased. I can take care of you too. ”

Even in the policy-supported development zones, the local administrative force is still extremely strong. Someone to take care of it is definitely not the same as smearing a door-to-door treatment.

"When will this be decided?"

"There's no hurry, just set it at the end of October. ”

"Well, I'll discuss it with my uncle. ”