"That's a lot of people...... Dongsheng, you see that Xia Da is also there, the goddess in my heart! ”

"Restraint, restraint! Today's people are all big bulls, so let's make comics too......"

"Yes, I'm Chiba Komi, and this is Minako-sama, our company's manga master."

"Chiba is not allowed to talk nonsense. Hello Miss Shada, I read your "Zi Bu Yu" in Shueisha's magazine......"

"Miss Minako has won the award, and I also like your "Super Marines" ......"

"Mr. Feng, let me introduce you, this is Kong Zhengfei, the editor-in-chief of our Sparrow Micro Comics Channel......"

……

6 p.m., Shangri-La Hotel, Magic City.

At this moment, the hotel dining hall is brightly lit, and more than 100 invited cartoonists at home and abroad, the original and popular author team of Sparrow Micro Comics, and the exhibition staff of Xinghuo Animation gathered around, laughing and talking.

Among the crowd are both gray-haired old-timers and immature-looking rookies in the comic industry, and the youngest sparrow contract writer Zhu Zhu has just turned 18 this year.

She created the comic work "Seal", which is second only to Xu Dongsheng's team's "Steel World" in sales on the Sparrow Micro Comics Channel, and ranks second on the popular comic list.

At present, the animation copyright and physical distribution rights of the work have been bought out by the three-legged bird, and it is expected that the animation version and the physical version of the comic will be launched and distributed next year.

In addition, 12 works such as the popular comics "Steel World", "Heavenly Master Descending Demons", and "Monster in the Box" on the Sparrow platform have also been compiled into the ranks of future animation productions.

Among them, "Steel World" is close to "Super Energy" because of its theme painting style, and after the acquisition of "Steel Force", the three-legged bird decided to include "Steel" in the "parallel world" of "Super Marines". In order to expand and consolidate the background of the world view of "Super".

In the future, the protagonists and hero teams in these two works may be able to fight together against the evil forces in the parallel world. It's like the Marvel world.

……

Hotel gates.

In the midst of the chatter in the hall. A business Mercedes came to a slow stop. Kong Fei, assistant to the chairman of Xinghuo, and two hotel staff opened the door to greet them.

"Boss. Mr. Zhou...... The invited teachers from the manga industry have already communicated in the hall. The car door opened, and Kong Fei talked about the reception of personnel.

Zhang Fan nodded, talked with everyone and came to the dining hall on the third floor. On the way, I also met several "Super Energy" anime fans who were staying in the same hotel, and they inevitably signed a group photo.

"Thank you, Boss! By the way, Boss, will you be there tomorrow? A female college fan asked, holding her autograph. The classmates and friends of the girls around them are all from rich families.

"Absolutely." Zhou Yang smiled and turned his head and said, "Secretly tell you that tomorrow the boss plans to cosplay Ah Tian's brother Afan, so don't miss it!" ”

"Really, really?" Hear this. Several girls hugged each other excitedly, looking at Zhang Fan with shining eyes.

After a few jokes, Zhang Fan and others walked into the 'Animation Exchange Gala Hall'.

I saw that the hall was filled with a discussion atmosphere, and everyone gathered in groups to take pictures and talk about anime themes with each other.

The hustle and bustle made Zhou Yang a little excited, and said, "Boss, I plan to use my spare time to cultivate a hobby, what do you think of me learning anime?" Just now I pondered a theme, probably the super hero style......"

"President Zhang Fan!" As he was speaking of this, he suddenly heard Chiba Xiaomei's surprise voice, and the talk around him suddenly plummeted.

Minako glanced at Chiba reproachfully. smiled and stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Zhang, Xiaomei was too rude just now." ”

"It doesn't matter. It's not a business either. Zhang Fan looked at Xiaomei and said: "Listen to Miyazaki, you are now a popular novelist of our Japanese sparrow, which is amazing." ”

"Why! It's President Miyazaki who compliments him too much. Xiaomei clasped her hands and said excitedly: "There are many powerful novelists on the Sparrow Internet now......"

"Yes, tell me about ......?"

As he spoke, Zhang Fan chatted happily with Chiba, Minako and others, and after a while, other TAC exhibitors also came to visit, and many of them were fresh faces.

After that, Zhang Fan and Zhou Yang, under the recommendation of Kong Fei and others, shook hands and talked with the present domestic and foreign cartoonists and sparrow comic contract authors one by one, and the time unconsciously entered 7 o'clock in the evening.

After a short opening speech, the buffet dinner officially began with applause.

……

A corner of the living room.

Zhang Fan sat down with a plate of food and the beautiful cartoonist Xia Da, while Zhou Yang was learning comic skills with Minako, Xiaomei and others.

Xia Da smiled and said, "When did Mr. Zhang start practicing ballpoint pen drawing, I have recently been learning to draw with ballpoint pen, and I have also copied several of your works. But it's all bad. ”

"It's only started in the last six months."

Zhang Fan said while eating: "Actually, the paintings I paint are still sketch types, but the brushes I use are different. Miss Xia is a cartoonist, so she shouldn't pay much attention to the 'details of light and shadow', right? ”

"Well......" Xia Da took a sip of orange juice and chatted with Zhang Fan about the topic of personal comic drawing.

After about a few minutes, a call suddenly came into Zhang Fan's mobile phone, and the caller: Ji Jianguo.

"At this time, is there a problem with production?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan and Xia Da said 'sorry...... and walked quickly to a quiet place to connect the phone.

"What is the founding of the country?"

Ji Jianguo said: "That's the boss, the Japanese battery supplier called just now. said that there was a strict safety accident at their Indian factory...... In addition, there were some delays in fighting the fire, which caused a large explosion in the battery warehouse. ”

"It is not expected that we will be able to provide the original batteries in the next month or two. However, the Japanese side said that they would find a reliable foundry to supply us, and if we were unwilling to use the batteries produced by the OEM, they would be willing to pay us liquidated damages. ”

……

Hearing this, Zhang Fan fell into deep thought.

Temporary replacement of hardware products can be a disaster for any company that manufactures mobile phones. Because hardware is not just replaced, but also the compatibility between hardware.

Especially in terms of battery, it is not only related to product compatibility, but also the safety of mobile phones to users.

When the S1 product was first developed last year. It happened because of battery problems. Problems such as flashbacks and high heat generation in the guide.

"How much battery stock do you have now?" Zhang Fan asked.

Ji Jianguo said without thinking: "I just asked, there are only 850,000 yuan. Probably only enough for us to use in August. If there is no product supply in September, our S1 will be out of stock. ”

Zhang Fan frowned and said to himself: "It's too late to say that. Even if you find a new supplier, you don't have to do the testing process...... It also takes some time for the supplier to set up a production line for us...... At that time, we will not be able to keep up with our product supply. ”

"And in such a hurry, there will definitely be a lot of hidden product ......"

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan asked, "How is the preparation of the tablet?" ”

"The hardware stock of 1 million units has been completed, and production has just started today." Ji Jianguo replied.

After hearing this, Zhang Fan thought for a moment and said, "In the past two days, you have been in contact with the company's hardware, software, and procurement. Re-select a reliable battery supplier. ”

"Don't be too anxious to keep up with the progress, it's really not okay to run out of stock, and you can't go through the motions hastily. In case of a problem with the new supply, the impact on the company and the brand impact are more terrible than the out-of-stock. ”

The other side of the phone. Ji Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Okay boss." We will take good care of the quality. ”

"Hmm."

……

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Yang walked from behind and said with a smile: "Why, it's only been a day since I left, my sister-in-law is like you." ”

"It's not Xuejun, it's something wrong with the production supply chain." Saying that, Zhang Fan told Zhou Yang about the matter.

"Damn, then didn't we let the little devils trap?"

Zhou Yang frowned and said: "According to the total sales of S1 in July, 850,000 units will last until the end of the month at most, even if everything is smooth, we will have to wait at least 10 months to resume production of FùS1, and there is no inventory, and it is impossible to guarantee a large number of goods during the golden period of November......"

"In this way, we will miss the peak of sales in September and the golden period in October...... This time we will make more than a billion less. The most important thing is that we are out of stock. It is equivalent to giving Xiaomi a chance, and the media will follow suit......"

"And September and October are the time when Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ai are all big foreign manufacturers of mobile phones. If we miss this stage of competition, it will have a great impact on the entire 'high-end brand layout of Dabai mobile phones'. ”

"Hmm. That's what I'm most concerned about. ”

Zhang Fan took a slight breath, picked up a glass of champagne and talked with Zhou Yang as he walked:

"Now the Android smartphone market is equivalent to a growing sapling. Everyone is trying to grow and compete for the market. If we are out of stock for 2 months, it is equivalent to giving other manufacturers an opportunity to take advantage of it......"

"Users who can't wait will turn to other brands and add more smartphone products to the market...... When we resume supply, the Dabai market may shrink by about 10%. ”

"In addition, the resumption of production around November is very detrimental to our S1 sales in the next few months. Because then consumers will definitely look forward to the S2 ...... more"

Zhou Yang nodded, walked a few steps and asked, "Is there any way for the boss to maintain our current market popularity?" Otherwise, first release some S2 information to maintain the popularity of our Dabai brand, and then sell it in limited quantities? ”

"That would be worse."

Zhang Fan drank the remaining champagne in one go and said: "Releasing S2 information at this time is equivalent to invisibly reducing everyone's consumption of S1**." We also sell as much as we sell after the production is restored, and the market loss will be even greater at that time. ”

"By the time we launch the S2 next year, those competitors will already know our market layout and will definitely launch new products with better cost performance first. Our market will shrink even more. ”

……

Pengcheng, No. 28, Xishan Villa District, Zhangjia.

While Zhang Fan and Zhou Yang were thinking about countermeasures, Zhang Zhi was answering a call from his assistant, or a surprise.

"Very good, you send the news link private message to my Sparrow Space, and from now on keep an eye on Xinghuo's moves."

As he spoke, Zhang Zhi hung up the phone and said to his parents who were eating and returned to his bedroom.

As soon as he logged in to Sparrow.com, Zhang Zhi saw a news address sent by his assistant Sun Yannan.

…… (To be continued......)