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Chapter 623

When Ertian mentions this now, he feels a little rich and powerful, and he is no longer like the angry little daughter-in-law before the Alcatel mobile phone was acquired.

The sales volume of Alcatel P1 has brought confidence to Ertian. Since its launch to today, the global sales volume of Alcatel P1 has exceeded 500 million units. Even now other mobile phone manufacturers are also launching mobile phones with functions similar to P1 , but the monthly sales volume of P1 is still maintained at more than one million units, and the monthly turnover exceeds [-] million US dollars!

As for Alcatel's mobile phone business, it's not just selling mobile phones, it's making money every day, and what it brings to Ertian is naturally full of confidence.

"When the time is right, I want to build Alcatel Mobile's headquarters building in the industrial park..."

When he said this, Ertian's eyes were carefully placed on Song Yang, wanting to see Song Yang's reaction when he heard this, but after hearing this, Song Yang's face remained calm as usual, making him Ertian was a little uncertain about Song Yang's thoughts.

Although the construction of the headquarters can be regarded as a facade project, if Alcatel Mobile wants to become a giant, a headquarters building is indispensable, and it must be built with a lot of money.

The headquarters building, to a certain extent, represents the brand image, and the new headquarters built by Apple in later generations is actually the meaning of this aspect.

If Alcatel Mobile wants to build a new headquarters building, it will definitely cost a lot of money to build, and it needs to be approved by Song Yang.

For Ertian's proposal, Song Yang didn't agree or object, but just nodded calmly.

Ertian put his mind away, "In the future, other facilities will be introduced around the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park, including many American supply chain manufacturers, who will move here to jointly develop products with Alcatel Mobile!"

It is not uncommon for parts supplier manufacturers to relocate their companies to the vicinity of the sponsor. On the one hand, they can get orders in advance because they are close to the water, and on the other hand, they also maintain their relationship with the sponsor.

Most of Alcatel mobile phone component suppliers also have this kind of thinking. Seeing that Alcatel mobile phone has become a new star in the mobile phone industry, there is a faint feeling of challenging Nokia and Motorola. There are not a few who want to hug Alcatel mobile phone thighs !

Song Yang entered the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park. Compared with before, there are obviously more people in the industrial park. The popularity of P1 has made Alcatel mobile phone recruit more people, and more people have poured into the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park.

The mobile phone production department is not large. After all, the main production is done by Yanjing, and Alcatel mobile phone is in San Jose, mainly Symbian system, software development, mobile phone design department, component research and development department, etc.

After the design of the appearance, function, and structure of the entire mobile phone is completed in San Jose, the parts requirements of the mobile phone are sent to the parts suppliers. After passing the verification and verification of the Alcatel mobile phone technology department, mass production begins. The industrial park in Beijing completed the assembly.

In addition to the mobile phone department, Panda TV, PA semiconductor, MP3 project, TV set-top box, Fortinet hardware firewall, etc., the research and development or production related to hardware products are all placed here.

This is also the reason why Elthian is eager to build a new R&D center. There is really no room for people. After the second half of the year, or next year, after products such as Panda TV, MP3, and TV set-top boxes are on sale, the required personnel will be available. More, there are not so many places in the entire mobile phone industrial park.

"It is expected that by next month, the global sales of Alcatel P1 mobile phones will exceed 700 million units, and by Christmas, the global sales volume will reach 900 million units. However, in the second half of the year, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Ericsson and other brands will release new mobile phones. , I am afraid that the sales of P1 will further decline, and the goal of Alcatel mobile phones this year is to break through the sales volume of 1000 million units!"

After entering the office, Ertian immediately placed several documents in front of Song Yang. This is the sales volume of Alcatel P1 mobile phones this year, which can be said to be a big explosion.

This sales volume can be said to be quite dazzling, far exceeding the expectations of Wall Street institutions, and some good people have begun to put the title of "Mobile King" on the P1 mobile phone.

Originally, according to Wall Street analysts' prediction, Alcatel P1 could sell 500 million units this year, which would be regarded as the completion of the target. Song Yang's acquisition of Alcatel's mobile phone project has already been a great success.

The reorganized Alcatel mobile phone is well-known in the world of mobile phones and can gain a foothold. But what surprised Wall Street is that the sales of P1 mobile phones seem to be just like its slogan. Sales in America began to decline, but overseas, sales continued to boom, and the sales volume of one million units in a single month was abruptly maintained!
Song Yang was not surprised by the sales of P1. As P1 is a replica of Nokia 3310, not to mention selling 2000 million units, it must be possible to sell [-] million units. Isn't the name of the emperor too worthless.

"Don't stop the production line of P1, wait until next year, P1 will start to reduce its price, and it will be sold in new regions. I hope that P1 can set a new mobile phone sales record for Alcatel mobile phones!"

Song Yang said to Ertian, this is basically the routine of Nokia, Motorola and other brands. After releasing a mobile phone, it will be screened in various regions in turn. For example, the mobile phone sold to Yanjing may take half a year, or even a year. The old models released years ago, with the idea of ​​clearing the inventory, are still expensive to sell.

The release of Alcatel's P1, to a certain extent, can be regarded as stimulating the domestic mobile phone market, so that Nokia and Motorola dare not sell all rubbish gadgets in the past. Much bigger.

But the routine still needs to be learned. P1 is first sold in America, North America, Europe, China and other places. After the sales decline, the price is lowered and then sold to places where the economy is not so good. It continues to be sold round after round. The mass production has already reduced the cost to the lowest level, even if it sells a machine for a hundred dollars in the end, it will be profitable to sell one more!
Ertian smiled. He is not unfamiliar with this kind of routine. Mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola have also played the same game. Relying on this method, they can establish a sales volume of the king of mobile phones for publicity and tell the outside world that their brand of mobile phones , is the most users in the world!

Otherwise, where do the phones with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of sales come from? It is actually the same reason to extend the release cycle of movie theaters to boost the box office.

"In addition to the sales of mobile phones, Alcatel mobile phones have also sold 150 million batteries, more than 340 million sets of universal chargers, and the maintenance of other screens, mobile phone casings and other parts. There is also the income from maintenance, which is more than 5000 million U.S. dollars!"

The universal charger can sell so hotly, which Ertian did not expect. Since its launch, it has sold more than 200 million sets.

You know, all major brands of mobile phones now have chargers. At first glance, the universal mobile phone charger seems to be a tasteless one, but the fact is that it makes people dumbfounded. Alcatel mobile phone universal chargers are extremely popular.

Even other users who did not purchase Alcatel mobile phones, there were some who went to America Telecom's retail stores, or purchased them on Amazon, eBay and other platforms.

Alcatel mobile phones are not prepared to make black-hearted money, but mobile phone parts and maintenance costs are still inevitable, so Alcatel mobile phones have made a lot of money.

Even Ertian discovered that selling mobile phone parts seems to be a bit more profitable than selling mobile phones, just like a universal charger, just a piece of plastic plus a few iron sensors, the cost is only a few dollars, Al The official sale of Carter mobile phone is 35 US dollars, and selling a universal charger, Alcatel mobile phone earns at least 23 US dollars, which is excluding the cost of dealers, salespersons, advertisements, etc., otherwise the earning will be even more!

"In terms of software, the Symbian system is not profitable yet, but the Firefox browser, the mobile games developed by Sierra for P1, and some paid software launched can bring more than 400 million US dollars to Alcatel mobile phones every month. revenue."

The Symbian system is still in the promotion stage, and it is licensed to major mobile phone manufacturers for free. For the sake of user experience, they dare not launch advertisements at will, which makes the Symbian system still a money-losing product.

"This year, Alcatel's mobile phone revenue is expected to reach about 53 billion US dollars, and the profit will exceed 18 billion US dollars!"

Ertian said that this is already the best achievement for the Alcatel mobile phone brand since its appearance. Although the revenue may only be a quarter of Nokia's, for a new mobile phone brand, such The results have surpassed a large group of technology companies.

Even Motorola's revenue is much higher than that of Alcatel's mobile phone. Motorola's revenue is similar to that of Nokia. It can earn more than 200 billion US dollars a year, but the ones that can really be stuffed into the pocket are blown away by Alcatel mobile phones. , Alcatel mobile phone holds the entire industry chain in its own hands!
Most importantly, this is only the first year after Alcatel's mobile phone reorganization, and P1 is only the first product released. Who dares to say that next year, P2 mobile phones will not surpass Motorola's sales? !

"You and the people at Alcatel Mobile have worked hard this year!"

Song Yang put down those reports, and said to Elthian, there is no credit but hard work, so that the reorganized Alcatel mobile phone can quickly start designing new mobile phones, and then start production, as well as publicity and promotion, etc. Take a look at Just look at the white hair on Altian's head, and you can tell how his life is going this year, "When the Alcatel Mobile Board of Directors is held at the end of the year, all the staff will be rewarded!"

"P2 mobile phone, how are the preparations going now!"

(End of this chapter)