Luke smiled: "Are they starting to spread rumors now?"
Ginny groaned, "That... is not a rumor."
Luke was stunned: "What?"
Ginny: "The managers of two branches in New York have been found to have colluded with scalpers and made tens of thousands of dollars for themselves."
Luke was surprised: "How many mobile phones did they resell? Thousands?"
The shipment volume of the Titanium mobile phone in August was only 50,000 units, and most branches only had a few thousand units in stock. Thousands of them were resold, which is a huge mistake.
Ginny: "No. They directly mark up the price of the phones they sell to scalpers by $150 to $300. The two store managers have sold more than 200 phones from the New York store in total."
Luke had a toothache: "Are you kidding me? How can the scalpers make money?"
Jinni: "According to my investigation, scalpers have already started bidding. The 1g standard version is basically sold for 600 US dollars, and the 2g top-end version of the phone is sold for 1,000 US dollars or more."
“Holyshxt!” Hearing these two prices, even someone like Luke who doesn’t care much about money couldn’t help but curse: “Don’t the store manager and scalpers make more money than us?”
Ginny smiled bitterly: "That's it. Okay, I admit my mistake. The sales plan I made at the beginning was too conservative. You warned me a long time ago."
Luke didn't care too much. He smiled and comforted her: "Who can be so predictable and never make mistakes in business? You are now the youngest and most beautiful business woman in the United States. If you never make mistakes, I will be very stressed."
"Dear, you are so sweet." Ginny: "That's what I want to hear you say to me."
Luke smiled. "Don't be too nervous. Nervousness will make it easier to make mistakes. In the next one or two years, mobile phone companies will be in a period of rapid growth. The faster the company grows, the more stable you have to be. The company can hire more people... By the way, I've asked Bobby to come back. When he finishes handing over the gold mine business, he will come back to help you with background checks on job applicants."
Ginny felt relieved after hearing this.
Luke had said that Bobby was a very professional "psychoanalyst", which was demonstrated when he accompanied her in various negotiations.
Although it may seem strange for a PR manager to have poor communication skills, a good PR manager is one who can detect the mood of his or her negotiating counterpart.
Bobby was indeed useful for mobile phone companies to build a solid foundation.
After agreeing to this, Ginny returned to the topic: "What about the sales plan?"
Luke: "You decide. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to sell a million titanium phones before the end of the year, right?"
"Honey, you are so encouraging." Ginny didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Only this person can talk so lightly about making hundreds of millions of dollars in profit in his first business venture.
But her thoughts were confirmed, and she relaxed. She spoke a few words quickly and hung up the phone.
She had been so busy with so many things recently that she only talked to Luke for so long.
Her transformation during this period has been amazing.
Before Weiland raised funds and acquired shares, Ginny also gradually withdrew her own assets from the financial management project and reinvested the 20 million yuan in the mobile phone company.
She used this opportunity to increase her financing offer to Weyland, and after Weyland acquired the shares, she also maintained her stake in the mobile phone company at a little over 5%.
Now, if a mobile phone company offers a price of three to five billion, someone will take it over immediately.
Ginny invested a total of 25 million, and now the amount has increased five to ten times.
Someone had told her a long time ago that they should start a company and try to make her assets more than her father's.
She thought he was joking at the time and didn't take it seriously at all.
She accepted the secretary position offered by Luke, hoping to run the business for more than a decade and build a company with assets of over 100 million yuan, which would be enough for her to get rid of her weak position in front of her father.
According to the development trend of the mobile phone company, perhaps by the end of this year, the valuation of the shares she owns in the mobile phone company will be equal to her father's entire wealth.
And this huge life change happened less than a year after someone made those joking words.
Therefore, even though more and more people outside were respectful, fawning, and flattering her, what she wanted most was Luke's recognition.
Every time she talked to Luke, her originally fluttering heart would quickly calm down.
Just think about the fact that Luke, who is three years younger than her, holds nearly 80% of the shares of Titanium Mobile Phone Company and has assets calculated in billions, but speaks and acts the same as always, without any arrogance at all.
How could Ginny, whose assets are only worth hundreds of millions, be so arrogant
Luke also gave her a general description of the future direction of the company's development.
Within ten years, Titanium Mobile Phone Company and the software company that is already in preparation will develop into a huge group spanning entertainment, social networking and daily applications.
And she will be the founder of this group.
But Ginny wanted to laugh when she thought that in the beginning, someone just wanted to sell a navigation software, but couldn't sell the software, so he chose to make it into a mobile phone for his own use.
It's like someone who is planning to open a restaurant can't order eggs, so he just opens his own chicken farm. As a result, the restaurant hasn't made any money yet, but the chicken farm is already making a lot of money.
Fortunately, the result of this matter is good. Selling mobile phones and operating software is more interesting than selling navigation software.
Of course Ginny would not forget that when Luke first took out his cell phone and various apps, he looked nonchalant.
She also knew that someone had more ideas and technologies, but had no plans to make money from them for the time being.
She is very interested in these ideas and technologies, and can do a lot of interesting things by following him.
Therefore, she positioned herself very well.
She is just the operator of the company, but Luke is the foundation of the company's existence.
Luke could still succeed without her.
And without Luke, she couldn't easily achieve such great success.
He is capable, yet he is not the one who pretends to know everything and gives orders blindly. There is no more perfect partner than him.
She will accompany him all the way and see more beautiful scenery in the world together.
…
As time entered the hottest month of September, the two men's daily investigations slowed down somewhat.
After the earthquake and the Ainsworth incident, Los Angeles prisons were already full.
It is sunny almost every day in Los Angeles. After getting home on time at 4 o'clock every afternoon, a sunbather can still bask in the sun for an hour in the backyard.
When Luke returned home, he still acted like a tech geek, basically working in a workshop that never sees day. Occasionally, he would lament that he was destined to be a hard worker.
At this time, Luke finally got the legendary police academy graduation certificate and became a qualified policeman.
Dustin arranged a detective exam for him and Selina almost immediately.
But Nugget No. 2 was on a national tour with Claire, and Selina had very little confidence in the test.
Luke smiled without saying anything and handed her a pair of plain glasses.
After operating for a while under his guidance, the woman suddenly felt relieved. She held her head high and pulled Luke to take the exam.