The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

At night, Li Changan sneaked into the hotel where the team was staying.

Although the team had two days off to move freely due to the New Year's Day, he still felt uneasy after disappearing for a day and a night.

While he was waiting for the elevator, a familiar cough suddenly came from behind him. Li Changan shrank his neck as if by reflex, then slowly turned around with a stiff smile on his face, "Uncle, you just came back too?"

Lin Zhiyuan's facial expression was not very natural. He stared at Li Changan with a somewhat fierce look, "Where have you been?"

"Uncle, why don't you look so well? You seem pale. Do you want me to accompany you to see a doctor?" Li Changan avoided the question.

"Don't interrupt, answer my question." Lin Zhiyuan, who also disappeared for a day and a night, didn't have much confidence in his heart, but after all, he was the elder and leader, so he could criticize his subordinates unscrupulously.

"Well, uncle, Joe Jerry and I went to celebrate the New Year. Wasn't last night the Millennium Eve? Oh, and I met Madeline from McKinsey. Miss Madeline gave me a very useful suggestion. I was just about to go to your room to report to you!"

"Oh, then let's talk in my room!"

Lin Zhiyuan's words made Li Changan feel relieved and the danger was temporarily resolved.

The two took the elevator upstairs and came to Lin Zhiyuan's room.

Li Changan repeated Madeleine's words verbatim.

Lin Zhiyuan also agreed. "What Miss Madeline said makes sense. Music Garden should not be a shell company, but should play a greater role. I really overlooked this point before. Looking at the entire Dongtian Electronics, there is indeed no one who can take up the responsibility of Music Garden. It is necessary to find a professional manager who is familiar with the electronic product sales industry in the local area. How about this! Changan, you are familiar with New York, see if you can find such a person? It doesn't matter if the money is a little more, as long as this person is worth the money."

"Don't worry! Uncle, I promise to complete this task as soon as possible."

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Li Changan, who had lived in New York for many years, lived up to expectations. He soon found a professional manager familiar with electronic product sales, Mr. Philip, through other classmates.

Philip had worked for Kohl's, the third largest electronics chain in the United States, and had more than 15 years of work experience. He was also a mature and elegant white man. After meeting Lin Zhiyuan and Li Changan, both were quite satisfied with Philip. From the conversation, it could be heard that Philip had a lot of experience in the sales of electronic products, and he also had a deep network of contacts in this industry, which could help Music Garden open up sales in the United States in the shortest possible time.

Lin Zhiyuan decided to give Philip a chance and appointed him as the manager of Music Garden Company. He also set a three-month observation period for him in his mind. If Philip performed well during these three months, he would keep him.

Lin Zhiyuan called Yuan Zhilong, and after some discussion, the two decided to rent a small office in New York to officially start the Music Garden Company.

Philip was appointed as the manager and a local employee was hired. In addition, Lin Zhiyuan selected three people from the team members he brought with him to serve as Chinese employees of the Music Garden Company.

Philip’s ability was indeed good. In just three days, the Music Garden Company was up and running.

After the company was established, the first challenge it faced was negotiations with Best Buy.

Best Buy is the largest electronic chain store in the United States. It can be said that as long as the Music Garden player can enter Best Buy, it will be half successful. However, Best Buy's purchasing standards are very strict.

Currently, Music Garden only has a shell sample. Without actual products, it is impossible for Best Buy to sign any meaningful agreement with Music Garden.

Therefore, the negotiations could not proceed at all.

Even Lin Zhiyuan and Li Changan, who participated in the negotiations, believed that it would be impossible for Best Buy to sign any agreement with Music Garden before actual products were produced.

Now Lin Zhiyuan can only hope that the technical research team can work more efficiently and advance the release date of the first generation of Music Garden products as much as possible.

Fortunately, good news came from Dongsang Country. Zhan Daying, the leader of the team, just called Lin Zhiyuan. They just signed a supply agreement with Toshiba. The storage medium of Music Garden is supplied by Toshiba. The 1.8-inch hard disk produced by Toshiba is used as a storage medium. The capacity can reach 4-8gb, which can reach the world's leading level and fully meet the standards of Music Garden players.

This good news finally alleviated some of the worries about the negotiations with Best Buy not going forward.

"Forget it. I can understand Best Buy's concerns. After all, our actual products are not out yet. Let's wait a few months until the samples are out, and then we will talk to Best Buy." Lin Zhiyuan could only announce this helplessly.

But Philip obviously had a different opinion. His eyes kept turning. After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and looked at Lin Zhiyuan. "Lin, let me ask you a question. Are you really confident in your product? If the answer is yes, maybe I can find a way to get Best Buy to sit at the negotiation table."

Lin Zhiyuan answered without hesitation: "Of course, I have full confidence in Music Garden."

This statement is not groundless, Lin Zhiyuan has a factual basis. In the past, iPod created a marketing myth only three years after its launch, occupying more than 2001% of the digital music market, with revenue exceeding the total of Apple's personal computers, becoming the main force of Apple's profit growth. In three years, more than 2006 million units were sold. In the five years from 174 to 2021, Apple earned $710 billion in revenue from the sale of iPods. By 730, iPod sales will be roughly between $ billion and $ billion, which is an extremely terrifying number for a product.

"Lin, if you really have confidence in Music Garden, we can sign a bet agreement with Best Buy."

"Betting agreement?"

"That's right!" Philip nodded heavily. "We can take out a bait that Best Buy can't refuse and let them sign an agreement with us in advance. For example, within half a year, if the sales volume of Music Garden does not reach 10,000 units, we can increase the sales share ratio to 50% or even 60%, or even compensate them with a sum of money. On the contrary, if we meet this requirement, Best Buy must reduce the share ratio to 5%." Philip was very confident. "Sir, I have worked in this industry for 15 years. This kind of gambling agreement is what the stores are most happy to see. Whether it is Best Buy or Kohl's, they can't refuse such tempting conditions. Of course, the premise is that you must have 100% confidence in your products, otherwise just ignore what I said."

Lin Zhiyuan slammed the table and said, "Whatever you do, Philip, call them right away. No matter what the conditions are, I dare to bet with them."