Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 538 High-tech Products
In Yangcheng, in an office building located in the city center, there is a sign of "Dongsheng Investment" hanging on the door of a medium-sized office.
In the past year, Dongsheng Investment has completed several investments, and several projects have begun to show initial results, putting the fledgling Dongsheng Investment on the right track.
This also directly made this fledgling investment company well-known in the capital circle. Of course, the main reason still came from the personal fame brought by the boss Zhou Dongsheng.
In this respect, it is similar to Principal Wang’s Pusi Investment.
In the past year, Lu Sifang and others can be said to have made some contributions, but they have worked hard, although Zhou Dongsheng played a key role in several major investments of the company.
However, as a hands-off boss, the subsequent cleanup and aftermath work was basically completed entirely by Lu Sifang's team.
Of course, Lu Sifang's team also played a role in winning the two investments in shared bicycles. Zhou Dongsheng was very satisfied with his role as a tool man.
Therefore, Dongsheng was not stingy with the year-end bonus last week, allowing Lu Sifang's team to have a good year.
Just after the Chinese New Year, Lu Sifang received instructions from Zhou Dongsheng again and led the team to devote themselves to work again.
Although I don’t know why the boss changed his taste this time, from investing in game companies to sharing economy, the gap between the two is not that big. After all, it still falls within the scope of the Internet.
But this time, has it set its sights on the catering industry?
Although food is the most important thing for people, the catering industry has always been a long-lasting industry. From large-scale catering chains to small family-run shops, it can be found everywhere. It can be said to be a popular industry with extremely high upper and lower limits.
It is precisely because of this that there are countless investments in the catering industry in the investment circle, but the span from the Internet to the catering industry is really large.
Could this be a signal that the boss's investment focus has shifted from the Internet to real industry?
In this regard, Lu Sifang only pondered it in his heart, but in fact he still faithfully and diligently completed Zhou Dongsheng's instructions.
Although Lu Sifang left a big investment bank and wanted to prove himself, but...
The boss gave so much!
It’s better to just work honestly for your boss.
After some hard research, Lu Sifang was surprised to find that this milk tea shop, which had already started chain expansion, did have many unique features.
I have to say that the boss's investment vision has always been so mysterious. I don't know how the boss noticed this milk tea shop...
Just when Lu Sifang was about to send the relevant information to Zhou Dongsheng for reporting, he received photos and messages sent by Hu Weiwei.
When Lu Sifang clicked on the photo, his eyes lit up. The silver structure and bright orange rims gave off a unique sense of technology.
There is a kind of sexy aura all over the body, which makes people can't wait to ride it.
Lu Sifang: Mr. Hu, your bicycle is so beautiful. Judging from its appearance alone, I think it is already a successful shared bicycle product.
Hu Weiwei: Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Lu. Let me briefly report to you the technical parameters of this product.
This is the first mass-produced bicycle that we have carefully developed. We regard it as a classic model of Mobike. Its body is made of all-aluminum material. Aluminum material is not only rust-proof and beautiful, but also has a safety factor twice that of ordinary frames.
At the same time, considering the most important practicality of shared bicycles and the trouble of subsequent maintenance, we used solid tires to eliminate the trouble of tire blowouts.
Secondly, it adopts shaft drive and single swing arm. Without chain, there is no trouble of chain falling off.
The use of innovative technologies such as the one-piece body molding process has comprehensively improved the performance and durability of the bicycle, ensuring that with high-frequency use, the service life can reach more than 5 years even without manual maintenance.
She said it was a simple introduction, but when talking about her proudest work, Hu Weiwei was like an old mother, tirelessly promoting her own child.
After all, as an entrepreneur, only Hu Weiwei knows how many ups and downs the product went through in the process of developing it. Now that the finished product is finally available, Hu Weiwei feels like all the hard work has paid off.
The most important thing is that we did not let down the investors who came to our aid in times of need, so Hu Weiwei was the first to report the good news.
Lu Sifang: Mr. Hu’s persistence made me truly understand that technology is the core productivity. I believe that once such a product is launched on the market, it will definitely be sought after by consumers. Even I can’t wait to experience it...
After the businessmen had praised each other for some time, Lu Sifang changed the subject and asked about the key point. Only after he had clarified the matter could he report to Zhou Dongsheng later.
Lu Sifang: By the way, Mr. Hu, how much does the product cost? Are you planning to launch it in Beijing? How many bicycles do you want to launch in the first batch?
Compared with the technical highlights of the product, the issues that Lu Sifang cares about are obviously more to the point.
After all, no matter how good a product is, if it is not put on the market and has not undergone market testing, it is obviously just talk.
Although the best thing at the capital table is storytelling, no matter how good the story is, it will eventually come back to the essential issue.
That is to make money, as much money as possible.
If you don't expect anything in return, why not do charity?
After hearing Lu Sifang's question, Hu Weiwei was also a little embarrassed, and replied unconvincedly: Well, because a lot of technology is integrated, the cost is a little bit high...
At present, it is estimated that the factory price of each bicycle is more than 4,000 yuan. However, according to our estimated service life, it only takes one year to recover the cost after it is put on the market, so profitability is definitely not a problem...
After finishing speaking, Hu Weiwei felt a little nervous, fearing that she might have upset the investors.
After all, there is no such thing as having the best of both worlds in this world. In order to realize Hu Weiwei's ideal positioning of shared bicycles as much as possible, too many high-tech means are used in this product.
Whether it is GPS global positioning, solar charging, integrated explosion-proof tires, shaft drive, or all-aluminum body, these are all real costs. It can be said that this full sense of technology is not an adjective, but is exchanged for a high cost.
As the saying goes, there is no good thing at a cheap price, and expensive things often have only one disadvantage, which is that they are expensive!
When Lu Sifang heard the price, his mouth suddenly became dry. The cost of 4,000 yuan alone might not seem very high, but you have to know that this is a shared bicycle!
Such product positioning requires large-scale deployment to allow users to get an all-round convenient experience. If there are only three or five vehicles, the sharing effect cannot be .
At this price, wouldn’t 1,000 bicycles cost 4 million?
And 1,000 bicycles are just a drop in the bucket for the huge market. This is not a sharing economy, it is simply a bottomless pit!
Compared with the development path of another shared bicycle company, they are simply two extremes.
But after being surprised, Lu Sifang quickly calmed down.
Lu Sifang: Okay, I've understood the situation. I'll report it to my boss right away!
Hehe, anyway, he doesn’t need to make the final decision, he just needs to report to the boss.
I wonder how the boss will react when he hears this price?
