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Chapter 867 Swept
"The second "Old Maozi Cube" game!
The production cost of "Happy Xiao Xiao Le" was less than one million dollars, and it went online for a week, raking in 750 million dollars. Game professionals estimate that "Happy Xiao Xiao Le" may set a new game record, mobile games and casual games Get spring, it might come! "

"Alcatel's mobile phone has been online for a week, and the global sales volume has exceeded 700 million. The P3 is out of stock. The price of the P3 on the eBay platform has soared to 650 dollars!

Alcatel mobile phone president Ertian had previously declared that P3 will never be out of stock! "

"Affected by Alcatel mobile phones, "Happy Xiaoxiaole" and other game hotlines, the concept stocks of American consumer electronics, Internet, telecommunications, entertainment, games and other industry sectors have continued to rise sharply in recent days. Some Wall Street analysts remind investors to pay attention to risks. ..."

Edgar Bronfman Jr., who has bought a mansion in San Jose, wakes up in the morning and is having breakfast under the service of servants and waiters. As soon as he turns on the TV and opens the newspaper, he hears about Al Carter's phone was flooded with reports.

Although the media used a "ridiculous" tone to report that before Elthian faced the media, he vowed that the production capacity of P3 is absolutely sufficient, and the scene when P1 and P2 mobile phones were just launched will never happen, and they will be sold out. , and then various scenes of scalpers and agents hoarding goods to drive up the price of the machine.

But the slap in the face came so quickly. Ertian, who was going to participate in the Symbian System Global Developers Conference today, was blocked by reporters at the door of the Alcatel mobile phone research and development base, and faced the media interview with embarrassment.

Ertian bluntly said that he would try his best to increase production capacity to meet the needs of users for P3 mobile phones, but when it will be fully supplied, this time Ertian did not dare to pat his chest and boast about it, because P3 is really popular. Evil door, not to mention the rush of users, there are also those scalpers who are bold and not afraid of dying at all. They are really hoarding goods. Ertian really doesn’t know if those scalpers are really not afraid of death and dare to hoard so much goods!

But the scalpers and the P3 mobile phone agents, dealers, and distributors who secretly hoarded the goods won the bet again, and even many gangs became scalpers. When the market is out of stock, a machine with a small price increase of 3 to [-] dollars, and a lot of [-] to [-] dollars can basically be sold whether it is auctioned on eBay or sold at the door of major retail stores. It's spotless.

As long as you can get a few thousand machines, you can earn 10,000+ US dollars once you sell them, and sell them in overseas markets that are more out of stock outside of America, sell them as parallel imports, and take certain routes without paying customs duties, etc. You can still earn Double it!
Selling this thing is much less risky than selling contraband, but the profit is not small at all. Many gangs in America have smelled it. This is not the first time. The first time Xueleshan released a new game, Some gangs started to play tricks, and Hollywood singers released records. If there were such hit records, the gangs would end up acting as scalpers.

Little Edgar Bronfman was annoyed when he heard the news on TV. Don’t look at the media making fun of Ertian, but he couldn’t see it. This is a compliment to the Alcatel P3 mobile phone. Tell users in a roundabout way that these things happen because P3 mobile phones are selling too hot!
To be honest, little Edgar didn't like the city of San Jose, because it was filled with the "taste" of Bruno Song.

Although Song Yang does not often appear in front of the media in San Jose, the media, TV stations, and news in San Jose never lack reports on Song Yang and the company in Song Yang's hands.

Families and residents of San Jose, as well as people who graduated from San Jose University, have entered numerous companies such as ICQ, Alcatel Mobile, PayPal, and Fortinet. In the past three years, the company in the hands of Song Yang has provided San Jose with at least 17 More than % of new jobs.

In addition, little Edgar also bought this mansion and found out that since Song Yang came to San Jose in the first year, he has been hoarding land and buying properties, whether it is residential land, manors, farms, etc. No, after a few years, most of the vacant land in San Jose was bought by Song Yang.

Not only land, San Jose's local natural gas, water plants, power plants, food processing plants, the largest private hospital, etc., have all been invested or acquired by Song Yang, even the local security business in San Jose, including hotels, hospitals, communities, schools Wait, they were all contracted by Blackwater Security.

When he thought that the water, electricity, natural gas, and community security used by his current mansion were all provided by Song Yang, little Edgar felt a shock in his heart, that is, the TV programs and broadband network of this mansion were supplied by ICQ Yes, let little Edgar talk for solace.

The reason why he bought this mansion was not that Edgar Jr. liked it so much, but because of the management rights of ICQ. San Jose is the headquarters of ICQ. You have to come here, otherwise, how can you win over the management personnel of ICQ after hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

However, thinking of American Telecom, little Edgar couldn't help but feel a little worried. Since the last time ICQ's board of directors was defeated, Irene has been somewhat "ignoring the government" during this period of time. She is a little ignorant of ICQ's daily management. I don’t mean to ask, I’m on vacation now, and I heard recently that I’m very close to a small company called Google.

After Irene let go of the management rights of ICQ, Edgar Bronfman Jr. got a large part of the management rights of ICQ, and Immelt also secretly supported him in fighting for power. Edgar Jr. felt that another year would pass In half a year, he might be able to get the management power of ICQ, even faster!
But there are also things that make little Edgar feel uncomfortable. The power of Song Yang and Irene in ICQ is a bit "defeated", but as one of the biggest hills in ICQ, American Telecom has never fallen to Xiao Edgar. On the side of Degas and Immelt, even though he promised huge profits and promised higher order, more salary, and dividends to America Telecom President Eiger, Eiger remained unmoved.

Eiger's recalcitrant attitude made little Edgar's teeth itchy with anger, but there was nothing he could do about it. Neither he nor Immelt could move Eiger now, and everything had to be attributed to the thunder that Song Yang planted at the beginning. .

Little Edgar didn't know how much Song Yang had buried in ICQ, but according to the agreement signed after the merger between ICQ and America Telecom, America Telecom was operated independently, whether it was management or finance, it was ICQ's responsibility. Resources, America Telecom does not need to cooperate with ICQ, and even before the end of Iger's term, ICQ's board of directors cannot drive Iger away at will.

Of course, there are still ways to move Eiger, but the price is too high. If you do it, your reputation will be ruined, and it will be difficult to recruit top professional managers in the future...

But generally speaking, the alliance formed by Edgar Jr. and Immelt is constantly taking over the management of ICQ, which allows Edgar Jr. to tolerate staying in San Jose, which makes him uncomfortable, and ICQ's bad things. !

Turning off the TV, little Edgar complained in a low voice about the food in San Jose, and wanted to airlift his chef team from Canada to serve him. He is now a hero of the Bronfman family.

The big sale of Alcatel mobile phones has also caused ICQ's stock price to soar. It has only taken a long time for the stocks that Edgar bought for the Bronfman family, and now they have increased in value by more than 40 billion dollars. Who dares to say that he is spendthrift? !
Opening the newspaper, little Edgar saw that the newspapers in San Jose and San Francisco also praised the Alcatel mobile phone, and there was also a discussion on the game "Happy Match".

This made little Edgar panic for a while, and he completely lost the idea of ​​watching it. Isn't it just a broken game with a small cost? "Fate" and so on, he might take a second look, but this casual, time-wasting little game really made it hard for little Edgar to understand why some people would like to play it, even on top of it.

He also tried it for a while, and he didn't feel anything special at all. Apart from seeing the ICQ staff playing during breaks, lunch breaks, and fishing time at work, which delayed work efficiency, he didn't see anything special about this game. In particular, if it wasn't difficult to turn against Song Yang now, he would have wanted to ban ICQ staff from going to work to fish and play "Happy Xiao Xiao Le".

But whether little Edgar likes it or not, "Happy Match" is like Tetris back then, following the Alcatel P3 mobile phone all the way to conquer cities and lands, and began to sweep the world.

(End of this chapter)