Chapter 139 Stocking Up Again

March 13th, Sunday.

Pei Qian once again arrived at Otto Technologies to supervise the battle in person!

Although supervising the battle seemed to be of little use, Pei Qian still felt that coming to the scene to take a look would be more reassuring.

Today was Sunday, but the launch of the phone was of great importance, so he still worked overtime, of course, with full overtime pay.

For Chang You, there was some pressure.

President Pei's personal visit indicated that he attached great importance to the sales of the Otto E1 phone.

But it was absolutely impossible to sell out all the stock today!

The reservation data had only just reached 5,000 units, while they had stocked up 9,000 units.

Those consumers who had made reservations could pay the balance within the next two or three days, so they certainly wouldn't be in a hurry to buy.

There was even less reason for others to rush to buy, because those who were truly interested had already made reservations.

In short, the sales of the phone today would probably not be very good.

If President Pei got angry, the situation would probably become difficult to handle.

But things had come to this point, and Chang You had no other choice but to brace himself and wait for the phone to go on sale.

At 10:00 AM, the phone went on sale again!

The sales figures of the phone began to grow rapidly, but soon slowed down, obviously lacking momentum.

Pei Qian watched the sales figures in the product details change constantly, and the more he looked, the happier he became.

Not bad, it was completely consistent with his estimated situation, even better!

Many people who paid a deposit to make a reservation would not be so eager to buy, and there was also more stock this time, so the popularity was not as great as the first two waves.

An hour later, sales had just reached 4,100 units, and the growth rate was very slow.

Pei Qian felt that it was about right, even if those who had already made reservations remembered to pay in two hours, it would probably be difficult to break through 5,000 in sales today.

He had easily achieved the goal of stocking up four thousand units!

Seeing President Pei stand up, Chang You became very nervous.

He also knew that there was no point in continuing to watch the sales figures, so he quickly said to President Pei, "President Pei, don't worry, I will definitely continue to keep an eye on the phone sales and think of other ways! We will definitely solve the problem of overstocking!"

Chang You was thinking that he had to express his determination quickly.

Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly, "Think of other ways"?

Please, don't!

The current situation was perfect, no one wanted the phone anymore, so please don't toss them around anymore, wouldn't it be nice to let them lie in the warehouse and grow old together romantically?

Can you feel the pain of such a lovely phone being marketed back and forth? No, you can't, you only care about yourself!

Pei Qian shook his head, "There is no problem with our marketing strategy, your primary task now is not this, don't spend time and energy on marketing."

"Your primary task is still to focus on production!"

"Take all the money out again to stock up, and before Wednesday next week, I want to see 14,000 Otto phones in the warehouse!"

Chang You's mouth opened slightly, and he was speechless for a moment.

Stock up again?

It was already impossible to sell them!

Still 14,000 units, it would be good if we could sell the 4,000 units in hand now, it wouldn't be too late to stock up again then!

Seeing Chang You in a daze, Pei Qian asked, "Can you do it?"

Chang You instantly reacted and quickly replied, "Yes! No problem!"

...

Back in his apartment, Pei Qian felt much better.

The loss pressure for this cycle was greatly reduced!

Pei Qian had long discovered that the system's calculation of profit and loss was quite simple and crude, just calculating the changes in the system funds.

Converting money into physical or virtual assets would not be included in the system's financial statistics, only large real estate would be included, and even then only 10% would be counted.

Pei Qian even wanted to move all the excess funds from other places to stock up on Otto phones.

But he resisted the temptation, because he knew in his heart that this behavior also had risks, and the risks were great.

Just like the ROF assembly at the beginning, a big fire caused all the inventory to be bought away, earning him a bloody profit...

It was the same now, if half of these phones were sold for some inexplicable reason, then Pei Qian would have stocked up for nothing.

So, he planned to wait and see, and continue to stock up when he was sure that the phone side was absolutely safe.

After returning to his apartment, Pei Qian's first thing was to open the Dog Eye App to check the box office situation of *Journey of the Stars*.

First place, *Journey of the Stars*, with a box office of 16,493,000 by noon today.

Second place, *The Chaser*, with a box office of 3,217,000 by noon today.

Third place, *A Beautiful Tomorrow*, with a box office of 2,874,000 by noon today.

Three question marks instantly floated above Pei Qian's head, and his heart felt cold.

This situation was not right!

*Journey of the Stars*'s box office today should reach around 32 million, which was a bit higher than yesterday, but still in line with the Dog Eye App's box office expectations, even slightly lower.

In other words, this film would probably only get a box office of around 300 million in China, and that was still in RMB...

The Dog Eye App very strongly proved to Pei Qian that its predictions were very correct.

But next it was Pei Qian's turn to wonder.

For a big production, this was too weak, wasn't it?

If it really performed like this at the box office, this film would lose everything, and the global box office losses would be heading towards four or five hundred million dollars!

"Envy!"

"Oh well, it has nothing to do with me."

"I don't care how much you lose, you just need to suppress the box office of *A Beautiful Tomorrow* for me!"

Seeing that *Journey of the Stars* had become an unfathomable *adou* (a good-for-nothing), Pei Qian's expectations for it naturally decreased.

He originally hoped that it could squeeze out the screenings and box office during this period, but now it seemed impossible.

Looking at *The Chaser* again, Pei Qian was even more angry.

"What's wrong with you?"

"It's only been three days since you were released, and your box office has already dropped so much? Aren't you also a big production?"

"Too disappointing!"

Looking at *A Beautiful Tomorrow* again, the box office was even better than yesterday, rising against the trend!

It was even about to surpass *The Chaser* and kill its way back to second place.

Pei Qian was speechless.

"There's a problem, there's definitely a problem!"

"Even if *Journey of the Stars* is a bad movie, it's still a big American movie that was just released on its second day, and how could *A Beautiful Tomorrow*'s box office still rise, this is not scientific at all!"

There must be something fishy about this, Pei Qian quickly looked through various film forums and website discussions, wanting to find out the truth!

Finally, Pei Qian found the answer in a film review of *Journey of the Stars*.

*Journey of the Stars: The Feeling of Damp Sunflower Seeds*

"I heard that this film invested 170 million, adapted from a famous work, with a gathering of stars, and even crazily touched porcelain (copied) a series of foreign science fiction IPs before its release. I also went to buy tickets with excitement. After watching it, I only had one feeling, which was that it felt very magical!"

"The original work was born a full 100 years ago. I don't deny that the original work is indeed a classic, but looking at science fiction from 100 years ago from the perspective of modern people, it is already outdated and not the same flavor. If this film was made twenty or thirty years ago, I would not deny that it would be a classic that would go down in film history, but, it's 2011 now, big brother! We already watched *Avatar* last year, and you're showing us this now?"

"The protagonist travels to a planet where there are two factions of aliens who look like humans, and savages with green skin and four hands. These savages have no modern weapons at all but have not been wiped out, and these two factions of aliens obviously have high-tech weapons but are still interested in the protagonist, who is just a human from Earth who jumps a little higher, and even the alien princess falls in love with the protagonist at first sight, and the explanation of the film's traversal is also quite careless, and the conspiracy in the film is still at the level of children's intelligence..."

"Of course, I'm not criticizing the author of the original work, after all, he is an ancient person from a hundred years ago, but the director should already know that this film is no longer suitable to be filmed now."

"Recently, many people have been comparing *Journey of the Stars* with *A Beautiful Tomorrow*. Although I am suspected of boasting about domestic films, I still have to say that *A Beautiful Tomorrow*, although it also has many unreasonable aspects, is far superior to *Journey of the Stars* in terms of plot, worldview, details, and the flavor of science fiction!"

"For example, *Journey of the Stars* can be seen as putting a lot of good ingredients together and stewing them over high heat. The ingredients are all good, but the taste is all gone."

"And *A Beautiful Tomorrow* is more like using a lot of simple and common ingredients to make a delicacy that no one has ever tasted before. The ingredients don't seem complicated, but tasting them carefully is endlessly memorable."

"So, if anyone hasn't seen *A Beautiful Tomorrow* and thinks that *Journey of the Stars* is a bit spicy, I strongly recommend you go and see it. Of course, I have no objection to those who have already seen it going to watch it a second time to wash their eyes."

...

Pei Qian seemed to have found the problem.

He still didn't quite believe it, so he went to the forum for a stroll and completely believed it this time.

There were actually people who went to the cinema to watch *A Beautiful Tomorrow* because of the movie *Journey of the Stars*!

Those who hadn't seen *A Beautiful Tomorrow* before heard many people trampling on *Journey of the Stars* and praising *A Beautiful Tomorrow* and became curious and wanted to see it;

Many people who had seen *A Beautiful Tomorrow* before also wanted to go for a second viewing to wash their eyes.

But the most unlucky thing about this was not *Journey of the Stars*. After all, it was a big production with a gathering of stars, and the investment of 170 million dollars was there. Even if it seemed to have lost everything now, it was not something that other movies could bully.

The most unlucky one was *The Chaser*. When *Journey of the Stars* and *A Beautiful Tomorrow* quarreled, the popularity of both films increased, and the attendance rate and box office also increased. As a result, *The Chaser*'s screenings were squeezed out...

Pei Qian originally expected that the release of *Journey of the Stars* would be able to beat *A Beautiful Tomorrow* properly, reducing his burden a little before the movie was taken off the screen.

But now, the box office data of *A Beautiful Tomorrow* had risen against the trend!

Judging from the current situation, the box office of this film would continue to rise!

Pei Qian threw his phone aside, feeling a little hopeless.

The reinforcements from afar were too useless and were knocked down in one day.

Not only did it fail to hit the box office of *A Beautiful Tomorrow*, but it also had the opposite effect.

It was tough!!!