After four days, Gu Ao finished the show "Larikin Live" for the second time and left the studio with a haggard look on his face.

Shulhoff followed closely behind, praising the boss's humility and decent performance just now.

After walking out of the nn headquarters building, Gu Ao ordered: "Prepare a car for me and go to the airport."

Schulkhof was slightly surprised: "Boss, aren't you going back to the hotel? I will continue to negotiate with Sony and Motorola on the details of the cooperation tomorrow."

"There is no important matter behind it. The title of the great righteousness has been decided. Just talk to me for the rest. If they want to hold the first learning seminar, don't be busy setting the time and place, I will make a decision slowly." Gu Ao tidied up his sleeves and explained casually.

As a big boss, of course it is impossible to do everything yourself.

In fact, Motorola did not let the chairman come in person. Since that is the case, Gu Ao could not talk to him personally.

In addition, Sony's Akio Morita is just here today. The subsequent details will be left to the person in charge of the US company to avoid losing their value.

Big guys, just be responsible for the "alliance".

That being the case, Schulhoff would no longer have any trouble: "Okay, then be careful, where are you going to fly? Are the air tickets ready?"

"I have asked the secretary to book a phone call just now. I'll go back to Watsonton for a while. There's something wrong with you. Go to San Francisco to review the subsequent development projects." Gu Ao signaled that he didn't have to worry. He was also a person with the Yuntong gold card. He took a plane in the United States almost as long as there was a flight.

A team of rented Cadillacs immediately sent Gu Ao to the airport.

After all, a traditional American southern city like Atlanta may have no intersection with Gu Ao in the future. Tiankun cannot open any branches or dispatched agencies in Atlanta, so you can only rent a car to come to this city.

If it weren't for the show that he was on the NN headquarters, Gu Ao might have never come to Atlanta in his life.

The convoy walked slowly and arrived at the airport in a short while.

Because everyone is celebrating Independence Day, the whole nation is on vacation, and the road at night is not at all blocked.

Atlanta's airport is very close to the city center, and it is only ten kilometers away from the NN headquarters. The surrounding area of ​​the airport is not desolate at all. Instead, there are many commercial centers and wholesale distribution markets, which is also a unique scene in the city.

Because Atlanta's airport is the busiest in the world, it is the most important thing to pay attention to, no one.

In later generations, in 2016, this airport was the first airport in the world with an annual passenger volume of more than 100 million passengers, and took off and landed more than 1 million aircraft every year. Even in the 1980s, it was also the first airport on the earth to exceed 50 million passengers.

Many people who are not familiar with the United States may find it difficult to imagine: Atlanta is not a particularly awesome big city. It is just the central city of the southern states of the United States. Why are there so many people?

This has something to do with the economic structure of the United States.

The economic and geographical layout of the United States and China is exactly the opposite. When it comes to California on the west coast, the traditional economic map of the entire United States is rich in the north and poor in the south.

There are countless wealthy metropolises in the northeast of the United States. The Hudson River and the Great Lakes are like the Yangtze River/Pearl River Delta. Many cities have large airports that compete for passenger flow.

The southeast is mainly agricultural and tourist states in the south, which is equivalent to a poverty-stricken zone around it, and it relies entirely on the distribution of Atlanta, a central city.

Because Gu Ao has the Lunar Gold Card, his admission and check-in procedures are relatively easy.

Seeing that the flight back to Watsonton was about to take off at 9:30, he took his temporary bodyguard to go around the airport and have some midnight snacks.

Outside the airport, there are dense commercial centers next to each other, which is a bit like the suburban wholesale city of first-tier cities 20 years later, before China entered the era of online shopping.

When Gu Ao passed by, he saw an electronic city nearby, so he went to visit him on a private tour with a sandwich.

On the first floor of the market, he saw a dealer of a brand of Sony and other wholesale Walkman and Recorder.

Next door there is also a TV and Atari game console, which is Apple computer.

Atari's home appliance market still looks quite popular. Every once in a while, foreign distributors come to pick up the goods, and occasionally ordinary consumers come to the Electronic City to buy directly.

However, it is completely incomparable to the situation of Sony's store.

"God kills! Hank, you are so soulless! I promised to leave 100 units for me after the second batch arrives, and you actually sold them all locally in advance!"

"Hank! You deducted the first batch of us! I came from Auckland today to block you. If you don't vomit 50 units, I will not finish it with you! I will report you to the head office!"

A group of guys with red necks and hard beards, with a heavy southern accent, blocking the regional general dealer.

The guy who was called Hank, obviously didn't want to be smashed, explained at the top of his voice: "Ying Jing, Yin Jing, I didn't collect your payment in advance, what can I do if I don't have the goods? Besides, the quota I should give you will always be given, but it's only half a month later. The manufacturer in San Francisco has already said that the monthly production capacity of the country is only 300,000 units, and every half a month is issued, and I can't do it."

After years of steady development, the production capacity of Hanle Electronics has been greatly improved. If you build large color TVs, you can have a production capacity of more than 60,000 units per month and 800,000 yuan per year. If you switch to the production of handheld game consoles, it can be about five times more, so it is 300,000 units per month.

The first batch of goods arrived in the United States around June 20, and then the distribution began. The second batch was originally a little later, but considering the Americans' National Day holiday, it was rushed to speed up.

It also happened to ensure that Gu Ao was on the show and hyped. After the advertisement was followed, once the first batch was sold out, it would slightly attract consumers' appetite for three or four days, and new products would be added.

Hunger marketing also requires a sense of responsibility. Just raise your psychological expectations by being a little hungry. You cannot really starve potential consumers to death.

The goods arrived yesterday in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and Atlanta was only one day late, which was very impressive. This is the first batch of goods to arrive in the entire southern United States, and other cities have to wait for Atlanta to continue to be distributed.

Now that the door is blocked, it seems that the first batch of shipments was not very good.

Gu Ao watched coldly for a while, then put on a pair of big sunglasses and a cowboy hat, and then patted a little boss who looked angry and watched.

"Hey, work, what's going on here? Why are you here to Atlanta to block the supply of goods?"

The guy was indeed very jealous. He caught Gu Ao and complained: "You are also in this industry? Yankees! We are in the south, but we can't grab it. Last time, we shipped 100,000 units in the United States, and Hank had 20,000 units. According to Sony's practice in previous years, he kept at most 3,000 units, and the rest were all sent to distributors in various cities in the south.

As a result, he sold too well locally and made excuses us for the shortage of goods. They all said that they were taken away by the extra money from other cities. Later, we all combined it and found that the total amount of goods we received was not 12,000. At least an additional 5,000 units were sold by him in local retail! This is all our money!"

Gu Ao nodded in disguise and pointed out: "But he was also the distributor of this city. At most, he would only earn his retail profit in advance. You should not delay it later."

"Why don't you delay!" The red-necked uncle was indignant, "The sooner you get the goods, the higher the price. There are scalpers on the market. We only bought the sales price of $99 per unit. The normal retail channel will not exceed $120. However, those who have obtained it earlier may be able to sell at $150, as long as it is the first two batches."

"Is this impossible? Sony's channel management is very strict and will not allow dealers to raise prices without authorization to speculate."

"It can be sold to a scalper who has friendship first, and then turn it over. Who can find out?"

"That's no evidence."

"Even if there is no evidence, we are still being cheated. Today, I saw some hardcore players from Orlando and Memphis. They all found out that Atlanta was restocked first when the first batch was out of stock, so they drove here for two hundred miles to travel and rush to buy.

Isn’t this equivalent to dealers selling goods? He sold the machine directly to ordinary citizens in Memphis and Orlando. Did Memphis and Orlando lose sales soon? How do dealers’ rebates calculated at the end of the year?”

"Driving for two hundred miles, I ran to Atlanta to buy a bunch of game consoles?" Gu Ao was slightly surprised when he heard this.

He didn't expect that ordinary American consumers were so eager to follow the trend.

If this is true, Akio Morita should be asked to tighten the review of dealers to avoid making a splash, which is also for the long-term benefit of the brand.

Gu Ao had something to do in his heart, so he comforted the distributor who was being fed with goods in a few words and then got out.

He observed again and noticed that several young men who were obviously wearing punks, carrying a bunch of game consoles, and were not driving a truck, so he followed and chatted with each other before closing the car door.

"Hey, work plan. Why are you buying so many play-boxes? I'm here to buy them too. There's no goods anymore. Why don't I add more money and give me one?" Gu Ao designed the investigation with the mentality of an undercover investigation.

"No, this is what my classmate asked me to take. If I take one less back, Bill and Joey will have to turn against me." The other party refused.

"I'll pay $150." Gu Ao continued to tease.

"This is not a matter of money, I also paid $150."

"Do you really think the game here is fun?"

"Of course it's fun, I won't talk about the bomber, I can also play in the game hall, including Snake and American Cubes. Since we all took turns playing in Rooney's turn last week, whoever scores are better can show off in front of the girls in the class. Whoever is willing to lend the machine will of course have to practice secretly by themselves."

Gu Ao was disappointed and pretended to give up.

He suddenly realized a problem: handheld computers are indeed easier to compare than desktop computers...

After you score a high score at home on desktop computers, you must at least call your friends to your home to show off.

Only boys can go to the same-sex home without defense to play. It is difficult for girls to invite them to watch the records on the game console at their homes.

But the handheld machine is different. This thing can be taken secretly to the school. If the score is high, you can just shake it in front of the girl. This original model of "sharing to friends" is really too harmful to American children.

It seems that American consumers' pursuit of play-box has steadily transformed from the beginning and hot topics to the real thought that this game console is fun.

"Boss, you will take off in half an hour. You must board the plane." The secretary and bodyguard around you reminded privately, and Gu Ao quickly ended the secret investigation and quickly passed the VIP security check.

An hour and a half later, Gu Ao returned to Watsonton, a short 800-kilometer voyage, and arrived with just stretched his legs.

It was still time, so he drove to the embassy area immediately.
Chapter completed!