Gu Fen is the office director and is used to seeing this kind of squeaking situation. Usually, people like this are filled with evil intentions.
She immediately reacted to Shang Rong: "The situation at the Canton Fair seems not to be right. Director Guo talks a lot, but when it comes to specific orders, he doesn't have a few."
"What the hell is he doing?" Shang Rong got angry, picked up the phone, and then put it down again: "I'll go there myself, that guy is a dog, Gong Fenghuang picked him up, and he reported Gong Fenghuang backhand, and now he's not He knows what he wants to do, but I can’t trust him.”
He also knew about Guo Yan's report on Gong Fenghuang. He was able to pick the fruit as soon as possible, so of course he was well-founded.
The next day, Shang Rong took Gu Fen to the Canton Fair.
There were quite a few people in front of Wuji Factory’s booth.
Guo Yan built a few sweeping robots and drove them there to perform on-site sanitation demonstrations. He brought melon seeds and sprinkled them on the ground, letting the robots suck them up. After they were sucked clean, they were thrown away.
Shang Rong and Gu Fen did not go over immediately. They watched for a while. Gu Fen said: "It seems to be okay. There are a lot of people asking."
Shang Rong nodded and walked over.
Guo Yan was introducing a product to a customer at the moment. The weather was a little hot. He was wearing a suit and tie, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
He spoke English and introduced himself very forcefully, but the customer finally shook his head and walked away.
Guo Yan looked a little disappointed. He took a bottle of water and drank half of it.
"Director Guo." Shang Rong walked over.
Guo Yan turned around and said, "Mr. Shang, why are you here?"
"Let me take a look." Shang Rong smiled kindly, showing concern: "Thank you for your hard work in such a hot day."
"It's okay." Guo Yan shook his head: "It should be."
"How's it going?" Shang Rong asked, "Orders are booming."
Speaking of this, Guo Yan's face froze, and he smiled reluctantly: "I can't say it will explode yet, but it has just begun. I am confident, Mr. Shang, you believe me."
"Of course I believe you." Shang Rong still had a smile on his face, but his heart became gloomy as he said, "Director Guo, tell me the truth, how many orders do you have now?"
"This, that." Guo Yan hesitated: "Mr. Shang, don't worry, it will definitely happen. Believe me, our product has advanced concepts and excellent brands. There will be absolutely no problems."
Shang Rong's face sank: "That is to say, there is no order yet."
Guo Yan glanced at him, a little panicked, and said: "It will happen. Believe me, Mr. Shang, you have to give me time. Many things need time to prove."
Shang Rong now completely believed that Guo Yan had indeed not received a single order.
His face suddenly darkened.
At this moment, there was a sudden scream from the side: "There's a fire, there's smoke."
Guo Yan turned his head and saw black smoke rising from a sweeping robot, emitting an unpleasant burnt smell.
"What's going on?" Guo Yan walked over hurriedly.
"It's him." The staff member he led pointed at a woman and said, "He put the child on the robot, and the robot started to smoke."
"How can you let a child sit on a robot?" Guo Yan shouted anxiously.
The woman was in her thirties, holding a little boy of three or four years old. She yelled at Guo Yan. She became anxious and said, "What's wrong with sitting down? This machine is moving around. Why can't I sit down? Those Pleasant Goats are lazy." Even sheep can sit on it.”
"This is not a children's toy in front of the supermarket." Guo Yan was annoyed.
"Bah." The woman simply said: "I think you are not as good as a toy, and you have a sweeping robot. After working like this for a long time, I have cleaned ten rooms. If you can ride it, I can still clean it." Buy one for my son to play with. He can’t even ride it, so I don’t want it.”
She said, hugged the child, twisted her plump butt and left.
"It's unreasonable." Guo Yan was so angry that his nose was filled with smoke.
"Director Guo, what should I do with this robot?" the staff asked.
"Put it aside and take out another one." Guo Yan shouted.
Shang Rong watched from the side and could only think of four words: incompetent and furious.
His face grew darker.
But the order for the sweeping robot from Wuji Factory was too important, and Shang Rong could only choose to trust Guo Yan for the time being.
He took Gufen with him and stayed at the exhibition for a whole day.
The appearance of the sweeping robot and its ability to move on its own are quite attractive, but after looking at it for a long time and asking about the price, many customers basically only have one action: turn around and leave.
Shang Rong realized something was wrong and said to Guo Yan: "Director Guo, this new product is not well known among customers. Can the price be lowered?"
"This price is the best price we calculated based on the cost." Guo Yan shook his head: "We can lower it a little, but that won't make any money."
“Try lowering the price a little, and we’ll decide how much we’ll get after placing a few orders.”
Shang Rong and Guo Yan have different ideas.
As a producer, Guo Yan needs to make money.
However, as an investor, especially if it is a state-owned asset, making money is not the most important thing for Shangrong. We must also pay attention to other impacts, such as jobs.
If Wuji Factory can have an order of hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and can provide hundreds or thousands of jobs, even if it doesn't make money, he can still explain it to his superiors.
I don’t make money, but I provide jobs, right?
I don’t make money, but the industry chain makes money, right?
There are no orders at all and work cannot be started. That is the most terrible thing.
Guo Yan was actually more anxious than him, so he agreed and dropped the price by 300 yuan.
But compared to the selling price of nearly 3,000 yuan after the price reduction, the price reduction of 300 yuan is actually useless. There are still many people looking at it, but no one placing an order.
Shang Rong didn't give up, booked a hotel, and stayed there for a week. He even used his connections to bring in a few government logistics personnel, but when they asked about the price, they immediately shook their heads.
These people almost unanimously agreed: "Three thousand yuan to buy a sweeping robot is crazy. How much does it cost to hire a cleaner? Is eight hundred yuan okay? And you don't save labor, and you don't need a cleaner to operate it." "
Even if they did not place the order for the sake of acquaintances, they would not dare to place it because the unit leaders would not approve it.
Shang Rong stayed at the venue for a week, but failed to get an order for the sweeping robot. One of them bought one and returned it on the third day. He said that the robot was very difficult to use, from making too much noise to not being able to clean cleanly. , so stupid that it is inconvenient to empty the ashes, the design is unreasonable, and there are a lot of faults.
In a word, return it.
Guo Yan quarreled with him.
Seeing Guo Yan with red face and red ears and foaming at the mouth, Shang Rong's face was so dark that it looked like it was dripping with water. He took Gu Fen and turned around to leave.
The Canton Fair runs from October 15th to November 4th, a total of 20 days.
On the night of the 4th, Gu Fen called Guo Yan. She questioned Guo Yan very sternly: "Director Guo, Mr. Shang said that he doesn't want to listen to anything else. He only wants to hear one thing, the order, how much did you get?" Order."
Guo Yan was silent there for a long time before he said: "No."
"asshole."
Gu Fen reported to Shang Rong, and Shang Rong slammed the table in anger.
Gu Fen thought for a while and said: "Actually, it is not necessarily Director Guo's responsibility. He still worked hard."
Shang Rong looked at her thoughtfully: "You are saying that this product itself is not suitable, but hasn't Gong Fenghuang been bragging that this sweeping robot has advanced concepts and will lead international trends?"
"Mr. Gong." Gu Fen shook his head slightly: "She likes to be dazzling, ostentatious, and attention-grabbing. Her style is good for building momentum, but when it comes to making products, it may not be suitable. The time is right.”
"She is so ambitious." Shang Rong snorted coldly: "I really thought that this sweeping robot would lead the world and become a big hit product, but the co-author gave her a fool."
"Actually, this is better." Gu Fen said with a smile: "She is overconfident, and her superiors have always believed in her. Now that the myth has been broken, even if she comes out, she will not be able to stay."
"That's true." Shang Rong thought about it, and it made sense. He smiled at the corner of his eyes, and then frowned: "But here..."
"It's okay." Gu Fen said: "The motor can't run. An order of 220 million yuan has a super high profit of 120 million yuan. Even if the inorganic factory does not make sweeping robots, but only supplies motors, it will still be What a cash cow.”
"Yes, yes." Shang Rong finally figured it out. He hugged Gu Fen and kissed her hard: "You are really my female Zhuge."
Staying in a hotel for a week, he wanted to, and so did Gufen, so they got out of bed.
This is his advantage as a man. No matter how caring Gong Fenghuang is to Gu Fen, he is not as good as Shang Rong in this regard.
