Chapter 318 I think you are crazy, boss

When he was about to get off work, Lin You rarely remembered that he was Yunmeng's boss.

I took the time to open the office software created by Xiaomeng and took a look at the management's updates over the past week.

I browsed through it briefly and found basically nothing interesting.

Only Zhong Chang's itinerary and diary attracted his attention.

A row of izakayas, bars, custom shops, nightclubs...

It felt like living in Kabukicho, which made Lin You stunned.

He pulled the page to the top and made sure again: this was really the itinerary record submitted by Zhong Chang, not Fan Rui.

Lin You previously thought that Izumo's game company was difficult to deal with and it was difficult for Zhong Chang to start work, so he stayed with the team for a week.

Now it seems that I'm afraid it's not that Izumo's colleagues are not easy to deal with, but that they are easy to deal with and entertain them too well!

So that Zhong Chang is completely happy and forgets about Shu, right??!

It’s so unreliable!

Sure enough, for such an important job, subordinates should not be sent to do it at all, but the boss should do it himself!

"Sigh, I wonder what Fan Rui will think when he sees this itinerary?"

Lin You immediately wanted to take a screenshot and send it to Fan Rui in a private message.

However, considering that "John Wick" has reached the final stage and needs a strict and calm leader, in the end, I did not send it to stimulate him.

A closer look at the records reveals that Zhong Chang is actually not idle.

Izumo Game Company's back-up investigation went very smoothly, but it encountered some difficulties in acquiring IP.

There are many famous IP images here, but the ones that are easy to buy are not very famous.

The owners of the famous ones are not willing to sell, and the resistance to acquisition is very high.

This is the main reason why Zhong Chang has been delayed in Izumo.

However, according to his report log, if he still cannot achieve a breakthrough until this Sunday at most, he will leave half of his subordinates to continue trying, and he will take the other half to Baekje to conduct back-checks on potential cooperative companies.

Lin You opened the panel and checked Baekje's specialty industries, especially the places where their businessmen usually go to discuss business cooperation.

It turned out that basically no information could be found.

Based on this estimate, there are probably no special industries, so I decided not to go on a business trip to see the world... No, I thought of going on a business trip to enrich my sensory database.

After saying "Come on", Lin You closed the office software and happily planned to go home from get off work.

Just before going offline, he suddenly thought: Tomorrow, Mirage console sales will exceed 100 million units, and he will also launch [Phantom 2.0] accordingly.

It seems that such an important matter should be discussed with Zhong Chang, the head of the marketing department?

In any case, Zhong Chang is a professional, at least much more professional than him.

On such a critical matter, you should still listen to the opinions of professionals.

Lin You looked at the time and saw that there were still 15 minutes until get off work time, so he decisively dialed Zhong Chang's number.

"Du-du--"

After two rings, Zhong Chang answered the phone.

——This was also what Lin You expected. It was only 5 p.m., and the nightlife hadn't even started yet.

According to the schedule reported by Zhong Chang in recent days, work has probably not started yet.

"Hey, boss? What's the matter?" Zhong Chang asked confused.

Since he went on a business trip, he has been writing work reports carefully every day, but his boss has not even read them, let alone asking questions.

A week has passed and the work report on the first day is still in "unread" status.

This made him feel that he was not on a business trip with an important task for the company, but was being exiled.

Why did the boss suddenly change his gender today and think of us?

Lin You looked at the time and said straight to the point: "That's it. Tomorrow Mirage sales will exceed 100 million units. I plan to take advantage of such a good opportunity to launch the [Mirage 2.0] wireless version."

"Huh??" Zhong Chang was immediately stunned when he heard this and couldn't answer the question at all.

"When players see that the second-generation console is about to be launched, they may not be willing to continue buying the first-generation console. Then this batch of 15 million consoles may be unsaleable."

Lin You didn't pay attention to Zhong Chang's surprise and continued, "My idea is that we can sell it at a lower price. If the price is still unsaleable, then we can do some activities and sell it abroad, because the latest generation of consoles are likely to be sold domestically in the short term.

The supply exceeds the demand. What do you think?"

What do I think? I think you are crazy, boss!

Zhong Chang felt very broken inside.

"Boss, think twice!"

"What's wrong?" Lin You was confused.

"Just a few months after buying it, the console was upgraded directly. The first-generation console immediately depreciated in value, and the players would rebel!" Zhong Chang didn't want to ask Lin You why he was in such a hurry to release the second-generation console.

Anyway, there is a high probability that it will not be due to commercial considerations.

So he skipped this useless stage and directly explained the pros and cons to Lin You.

"Is it a problem of depreciation? This is simple. According to the price guarantee measures, wouldn't it be enough to refund them the price difference?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhong Chang opened his mouth. He really wanted to ask: Boss, have you calculated how much money this will cost?

100 million units, even if the price difference is 100 yuan, 10 billion will still be refunded!

That’s outrageous!

What’s even scarier is: Lin You probably won’t be so cheap.

"Boss, have you ever calculated how much money you need to refund?"

"I plan to reduce the price to 9,000 yuan. Then I will refund 1,000 yuan for one unit, and 110 million units will be 110 billion. Hiss——"

After coming to the conclusion of 110 billion, Lin You immediately took a breath of cold air.

He really hasn't thought about it carefully, but now that he thinks about it, it's a bit scary!

Even Lin You, who regards money less and less, can't help but feel a little heartache.

Hearing the sound of Lin You sucking in the air-conditioning, Zhong Chang breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, there is still hope for him if he knows he can't bear it.

"I have a few ideas for your reference, boss." Zhong Chang skillfully came up with some methods commonly used in the market.

"The first one is, don't refund the price difference in cash, but exchange it for the balance of Yunmeng account, and use future game income to offset this part of the expenditure. And 1,000 yuan is indeed too much, it is best to have less, for a masterpiece

The selling price should be enough.”

"Second, we can consider a trade-in policy, so that players can use the first-generation console and add some money to buy a second-generation console. The collected console can be resold at a discount or resold abroad."

These two suggestions are based on Lin You's idea of ​​"lowering prices", but his own thoughts are actually more inclined not to lower prices——

"But boss, my suggestion is not to lower the price of the first-generation consoles, and to increase the prices appropriately for the second-generation consoles. As long as the prices are not lowered, players will not have such a strong sense of loss of interests, and the need to be compensated will be weaker."

"When a newer console means a more expensive price, then intuitively, players will not feel that their console has depreciated, but will think that there is a more expensive and better new device. And this is actually normal.

Players should already be used to business logic in their daily lives."

After speaking, he tactfully comforted Lin You: "Boss, I know you want to be better to the players, but you can't always be so honest in business. Sometimes if you do less, you will really have less trouble."

"Even if you want to lower the price, you can do it after a while. Not so fast, let alone at this juncture."

After listening to Zhong Chang's series of suggestions, Lin You also fell into thinking.

He had to admit that Zhong Chang was indeed professional and much more comprehensive than he thought.

And no matter which suggestion he made, it seemed smarter and more rigorous than what he had come up with.

"Okay, your suggestions are very good. I understand what you mean."

After hanging up the phone, Zhong Chang breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that having such a boss at the stall was really uneasy.

But at least I was persuaded to stop.

After Lin You hung up the phone, he did seriously consider Zhong Chang's proposal and perfected his plan.

Regarding the reasonable suggestions given by Zhong Chang, Lin You decided——

I want them all!

The price of the first-generation console will not be reduced, but the price of the second-generation console will increase by 2,000 yuan!

But the new second-generation console has a special first-month discount of 2,000 yuan!

——After the first month’s special offer has passed, there will be another second month’s special offer!

The next month's special offer is over, and there are still special offers for the first quarter of sale!

Anyway, in Lin You's plan, the increased price is just for viewing.

Moreover, all players who purchase a first-generation console will also receive a Yunmeng account balance equivalent to 500 yuan in cash.
To be continued...