Chapter 69: Sales Promotion
"Huff~Huff" Baichuan Feng was sweating profusely from exhaustion.
"Do you want to take a break?" Asuka Kobayashi suggested considerately.
"No need... hold on a little longer."
five minutes later……
"Ah~" Baichuan Feng stopped tiredly.
He turned off the treadmill in front of him and slowly stopped walking. Shirakawa Feng took the towel handed over by Kobayashi Asuka and wiped his face roughly.
Then I unscrewed the bottle cap, looked up, and heard a ton of noise~
"Ha~" After drinking a bottle of mineral water, the hot body was soothed by a line of coolness.
"Why didn't I know before that Shirakawa-kun is actually a fitness expert?" Asuka Kobayashi couldn't understand why Shirakawa Kaede suddenly started going to the gym regularly recently.
I didn't seem to notice that he had this hobby before, but this guy always has some weird ideas.
Baichuan Feng looked at his body and found that he was much stronger and darker than before.
"I was forced to do it." Baichuan Feng sighed helplessly. That senior brother Kitano really had no martial ethics.
"Eh" Asuka Kobayashi found it hard to imagine that there was someone who could make Shirakawa Kaede feel so difficult. Could it be... a woman?
Shirakawa Kaede, unaware that Kobayashi Asuka had already started imagining the drama, waved his hand indifferently and said, "Go back first."
The gym here is near the Tama River, only ten minutes away from Shirakawa Electric. Shirakawa Kaede, who occasionally skips work, will come here to work out.
As an assistant, Kobayashi Asuka followed naturally, saying that she was always there to serve the president. In fact, she just wanted to skip work...
Back at Shirakawa Electric, Hiroshi Hasegawa was ready.
"President Shirakawa, we are going to Shinjuku today. There are many 3C stores there. In the past... Watanabe Electric also had several cooperative stores there."
Today, Shirakawa Kaede is going to conduct an on-site market investigation with Hasegawa Hiroshi. The Obsidian record player has completed the first batch of trial production in the past two days. The quantity is not large, only a few dozen units.
As Shirakawa Electric completely inherited the assets of Watanabe Electric, it naturally retained its original sales channels as well.
Even the personnel in charge of the market have not changed, so overall Shirakawa Electric can integrate into the market seamlessly.
However, due to the previous problems with the Blackstone record player, the process will definitely not be so smooth .
Hasegawa has been busy these past two days maintaining his previous sales channels, and only after much persuasion and promises of various benefits has there been a slight improvement in the situation.
Baichuan Feng also wanted to know the market prospects of his own products. No matter what, at least he had to keep Baichuan Electric running and not make a loss.
Shirakawa Kaede's goal is not high. After all, the market share of vinyl record players is basically fixed.
Giants such as Sony, Hitachi, Panasonic, Denon, and Tieshanjiao took the lion's share, and the rest was shared by small companies like Shirakawa Electric.
What Shirakawa Electric needs to do now is to restore Watanabe Electric's previous market share as soon as possible. In this way, the Obsidian record player can barely be considered profitable.
A dozen prototypes were loaded onto a white Suzuki minivan, with Hasegawa Hiroshi driving the car himself, Shirakawa Kaede sitting in the passenger seat, and Ohta following behind.
Several vans originally used as freight trucks by Watanabe Electric were also transferred to Shirakawa Electric.
The Daihatsu that Shirakawa Kaede originally bought also gloriously became a member of the freight fleet.
As for Ota, since , he would occasionally bring his younger brothers to help. Unloading and delivering goods was no problem.
It is said that Hasegawa had a deep impression of Ota, as it was he who led the trouble at Watanabe Electric.
When he first saw Ota at Shirakawa Electric, he was stunned.
There are many things that cannot be thought about too deeply. Besides, Shirakawa Electric has become a foregone conclusion, and it is too late to say anything now.
But he often reminded himself that the harmless President Shirakawa was far from being as simple as he seemed.
Shirakawa Feng saw through it but didn't say anything. He acquiesced to Ota's appearance. As the president, he couldn't just be kind. Invisible deterrence would make the company's management more stable.
Besides, Shirakawa Kaede didn't treat them unfairly. On the contrary, he was much better than Watanabe Denki before.
"Hasegawa-san, we can set off now." Shirakawa Kaede fastened his seat belt, told Ota behind him to be careful, and then signaled Hasegawa to start.
"Hai" Hasegawa is very familiar with all the streets in Tokyo, big and small. In just half an hour, he crossed Ota Ward, Shibuya Ward and reached Nishi-Shinjuku.
Not far from Shinjuku Station, there is a street full of various grocery stores.
Crowded crowds, dazzling signs, and a wide variety of goods displayed directly outside the store.
At first glance, it has the atmosphere of a Chinese small commodity market. This is the favorite place for young people and housewives to shop.
There are a wide variety of items at low prices. You can find almost everything you want to buy here, and many people even come here simply to experience the satisfaction of being surrounded by all kinds of goods.
There is neither the stiffness of a supermarket nor the restraint of a high-end shopping mall. Here you can be free, touch, look and choose whatever you like.
Hasegawa Hiroshi, Shirakawa Kaede and the others joined the crowded crowd and soon arrived at an electrical appliance store called "Big Hand".
Like other shops around, the door is filled with all kinds of electrical products, flashlights, watches, calculators...
As for the inside of the store, there is a display area for products such as televisions and radios. Shirakawa Feng even saw a Sony walkman.
"Hei Song-san, long time no see."
Hasegawa Hiroshi greeted a middle-aged man in the store from a distance. With such enthusiasm, those who didn't know him would think he was the owner and the middle-aged man in the store was a customer.
"Hasegawa, it's you." The middle-aged man named Kuromatsu raised his head and revealed a dark face. He called Hasegawa's last name very impolitely.
"You're just in time." Heisong stood up and walked out from behind the counter, opened a small warehouse in the inner room, and took out a machine.
"Look, all your Blackstone record players are defective. Half of the people who bought your products here chose to return them.
You can’t do business with Blackstone Record Player anymore. If I continue to do it, the reputation of my own store might even be ruined.”
Kuromatsu bluntly criticized Hasegawa, saying that although the shop was small, it still had to maintain its reputation.
This kind of small shop is not just a one-time business. Many ladies who live nearby bring their children here to shop almost every day.
Although the rebate share given by Blackstone Record Player is relatively optimistic, it cannot withstand the repeated complaints from customers.
After being scolded, Hasegawa Hiroshi's face was full of embarrassment. He only had time to say hello, and the rest was Kuromatsu's complaints.
"Kuromatsu-san, I'm Shirakawa Kaede, the president of Shirakawa Electric Co., Ltd. It's our first meeting, please take care of me."
Baichuan Feng stepped forward and handed over his business card with both hands, bowing slightly to the middle-aged man.
"Hey, Shirakawa Electric?" Kuromatsu took the business card in confusion. He glanced at Hasegawa Hiroshi and then at Shirakawa Kaede, "Isn't it Watanabe Electric?"
