Chapter 437 Thirty million is not the end
Li Yan doesn't care much about the website.

This thing is too unchallenging for him.

If he needs to personally create an official website just for display purposes, then what’s the point of having a company with hundreds of people?
But this doesn't mean Li Yan has no requirements.

With so many technical talents gathered together, it would definitely not be a good look if the website crashed at the critical moment when it was being used.

However, the jam at this moment means that there are more people than the carrying capacity who have performed the same operation in a short period of time.

pre order.

At 12:15 in the morning, Shang Jie rushed back with two engineers, and was stunned when he saw the number of pre-orders was about to exceed 10 million.

"It got stuck at first, but it recovered after a few minutes and is functioning normally now," a colleague from the Publicity Department explained to Shang Jie.

"Is there any missing information during the crash period?" Shang Jie asked, and then went directly to the backend of the web page. "Eh? Is there any colleague from our operation and maintenance department on duty?"

"No." An engineer replied, "See if there is any need for modification..."

"Wait." Shang Jie suddenly reacted, "Boss Li, have you come back to the company?"

"Yes. One of our colleagues has seen him."

"Damn..." Shang Jie slapped his head. He didn't expect that the first basket actually belonged to him.

It was already past twelve o'clock, and it was not clear whether I should look for Li Yan or not. After much hesitation, I decided to ask two engineers to check it first while I sent a message to Li Yan while walking towards the office.

Before he even got there, Li Yan sent him a message: "Go back and have a rest. You can't find fault with the changes I made."

That's not what I meant, Mr. Li!
Finally, after turning left and right, Shang Jie sighed and went home.

Even when he got home, he still hadn't realized what it meant to get more than nine million reservations in just fifteen minutes.

Li Yan was actually not angry with Shang Jie.

Even he did not dare to estimate the amount of registration information of nearly 10 million in such a short period of time.

Although pre-ordering does not mean that the product will be purchased in the end - especially for free pre-orders that are popular outside the circle, the conversion rate is always a mystery.

But popularity is always an important reference.

Being popular doesn’t mean it will eventually sell well, but without popularity it will definitely fail.

Li Yan is well aware of this.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

People are so interesting. Li Yan couldn't fall asleep when his mind was full of thoughts about getting a good sleep. Now he feels that the data will be constantly refreshed to keep him stimulated, so when he can't fall asleep, he becomes more and more sleepy.

It's already past midnight, and it will only grow steadily after the first wave.

The numbers look exciting at the beginning, and the continued growth is also refreshing to see, but after a few times, you will become numb.

The main thought quickly changed from "it's going to be a big explosion" to "it's just an expected number anyway". The excitement gradually disappeared, and it became boring before 1 a.m.

So when the number stopped at 14 million, Li Yan fell asleep in a daze.

When he got up the next day, he didn't even turn on the computer to check the data in time. Instead, he followed the normal procedure, glanced at the time - eight o'clock, sighed "It seems that I was a little tired last night" and then washed up.

Suddenly his cell phone rang. He never liked answering the phone when it was inconvenient for him, but when he saw that the caller was Wei Yili, he answered it anyway.

"Boss Wei, I'm brushing my teeth, wait a moment."

Wei Yili's prepared emotions were interrupted. After listening to Li Yan quickly rinse her mouth, she wanted to prepare her emotions again but felt that something was wrong. She could only shake her head and said:
"You kid, it's fine if you're calm, but do you think others are as calm as well?"

"Ah?" Li Yan's question confused Wei Yili.

"In your eyes, 20 million pre-order purchases are so worthless? Even before everyone wakes up, I dare not imagine where the number will be after the May Day holiday, and how high it will grow before the phone is released."

It was rare for Li Yan to hear excitement in Wei Yili's voice.

"Twenty million?"

"...How could you not know?"

"I just woke up and haven't watched it yet."

"Li Yan," Wei Yili's tone became inexplicably serious, "Last year, Pineapple sold a total of 3750 million smartphones worldwide, which is already very exaggerated. For domestic mobile phone companies, even if they rely on low-end phones to sell volume, it is already a remarkable achievement to sell more than million smartphones in a year."

A magical memory suddenly popped up in Li Yan’s mind – “Pineapple Company sold a total of 2010 million smartphones in 4660.”

Eh?
Memories from past lives?
Li Yan's first reaction was, how could she remember such numbers in her previous life...

The sales volume lost by nearly 4 million units... Is it because he held the press conference before the Pineapple Phone ?

The epoch-making and stunning debut of Pineapple 4 was completely ruined.

"...and you have to know," Wei Yili even sounded a bit persuasive, "These companies often have multiple mobile phones and have accumulated enough brands. In China, it is considered a good result if a flagship smartphone can sell more than one million units. It has only been less than half a day since the pre-order was opened, and the sales volume is already in the level of 20 million. You have to know what this means!"

"Boss Wei," Li Yan was a little confused, "Are you telling me...how awesome I am?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean." Wei Yili said firmly, "I know you have a strong inner drive and lofty ambitions, but you must also understand how great what you have done is. This can nourish your confidence."

"I was so excited at the beginning of last night that I couldn't sleep. I fell asleep last night because I was tired from watching."

“…Oh ahahahahaha, that’s right!”

“Although the 20 million will not all be converted, the people who come to the website to click on the pre-order in the middle of the night probably cannot represent the ‘majority’.” Li Yan said, “How can I not be happy if I show off? Moreover, this kind of thing will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. People who have pre-ordered will always use it as a publicity stunt, so the number still has great potential to grow.”

"Very good." Wei Yili laughed, "Then it seems that my investment can be recovered?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "Boss Wei, your expectation is just to get your money back?"

“Some investments are not for making money.”

"That is?"

"I'm not actually investing in the Jiaolong mobile phone project." Wei Yili's tone returned to a relaxed state. "Otherwise, you can't get any shares at all, and you want me to give you 20 or 30 billion?"

That’s enough for now. It would be bad to explain it too clearly.

"Then you can expect to double your money."

"Wow, I've doubled my money, you must be worth 10 billion."

“I’ve always believed that.”

On May 1st Labor Day, many employees of Future Technology were actually working.

This surprised Li Yan.

After all, for most people, if Future Technology phones sell well, it will just give them more bragging rights and make more money.

Going out to play during the holidays or going home to spend time with family is obviously more important than paying attention to the situation of Jiaolong’s mobile phone.

The ministers and some middle-level managers are more motivated, and Li Yan can understand that no one can resist money. The better the mobile phones sell, the more they earn, so they are naturally motivated.

But for Li Yan, it was truly a wonder that those who received basic wages were all willing to work overtime.

Triple wages are inevitable, and this group of people probably didn’t come here for triple wages. We can only understand that everyone has found the realization of their self-worth on the road of witnessing history.

This stuff is addictive.

The next task for Future Technology is very simple. It is nothing more than starting the production line, beginning to stock up, continuing to follow up on the various contents that need to be optimized and upgraded, and major platforms continuing to make arrangements to prepare for welcoming the first batch of users.

It is very complicated. No one can predict what kind of data impact will be experienced on May 5th.

Just the current data of 20 million and steadily increasing - you have to know that many people have not yet woken up, so no matter what, the production of mobile phones will have to be more than tens of millions to meet the demand, right?

Tens of millions of units. Even if all the factories of the Chuang clan work at full capacity, how can they be produced in twenty days?
How to ensure quality and quality control after speeding up as much as possible?

How should those software platforms respond if they are directly impacted by tens of millions of data during operation?

Linjiang may be okay, but now the influence has obviously spread to the whole country. How to set up sites and roll out platforms in other regions all require decision-making.

Decision-making means risk.

If we roll it out now and the sales volume falls far short of expectations, all the sales will be ruined.

And once any quality problem occurs, it will have a devastating impact.

Opportunities are always accompanied by risks. The more passionate the emotions are, the more someone needs to be able to calm down.

Sun Miao knew that this calm person must be Li Yan, who convened the work arrangement meeting.

At this moment, Li Yan was sitting at one end of the conference table, appearing very confident and calm, giving others a strong sense of security.

When Sun Miao was a child, he liked to read historical stories, so he had a question: "From a personal perspective, where does power come from?"

He couldn't understand why some emperors, though incompetent, were still able to control the life and death of some ministers and still possess supreme power.

This sparked his interest in studying history, and as he grew older he understood various reasons.

The divine right of kings, interest groups, the desire for order... there are too many reasons.

But when he started working, he had new doubts.

When it comes to a company or even a team, where does the final decision-making power of a "leader" come from?

Especially when he was working in the Huaxia branch of Win Company, he was absolutely the best in terms of ability, much better than the team leader and the department manager.

In various meetings on technical difficulties, Sun Miao has always been the one who is relied upon and counted, and he has made many brilliant decisions against all odds.

But no matter what, the one who is called to attend the team leaders' meeting is always the team leader who is more incompetent than him; and the one who can truly be called the "minister" of the leadership is a person who is even weaker than the team leader. Every time he makes a decision, it is contrary to the opinions of the team leaders. However, the final report is a collection of the strengths of all parties. It seems that he has a deep self-awareness of his own low professional level.

But they are still the leaders, and no matter how efficiently Sun Mao works, he can't see any chance of success.

This is also the reason why he came to Future Technology.

As he watched Li Yan conquer people, including him, with his extraordinary abilities time and time again, he began to wonder:

Why is it that in Li Yan's case, technology that is strong enough can become a source of power?
Until today, he suddenly realized something.

Not everyone has the courage to make decisions.

Just like what Li Yan is facing today, everyone at the conference table can speak freely and everyone can give some ideas.

In the final analysis, it is just the difference between radical strategy and conservative strategy.

There is a lot of room for messy discussion between extreme radicalism and extreme conservatism.

Most discussions are like this, just talking about possibilities and tendencies, and everyone can make sense of it.

Because there is no standard answer, everything has two sides, and every problem can be viewed dialectically.

If you go to the street and pull a beggar over and ask him what to do next with Jiaolong mobile phone, he might be able to give you some suggestions.

But giving advice is completely different from making decisions, and the pressures decision makers face are often not understood.

Everyone always thinks that "what I think is right". If it turns out to be right in the future, then it is because they are very good at predicting things and the decision maker is no different. If it is wrong, then... they can't remember it and it never happened.

But if the decision makers are wrong...the entire team will quickly disappear into the torrent of history.

Including Li Yan today.

"We will start production with full force today, but we still need to do the necessary quality inspection procedures." Li Yan said lightly.

Everyone in the audience was stunned.

Sun Miao was the first to react: "Mr. Li, the assembly line... should still be in the debugging stage? We have only completed a few prototypes. Will it be possible to put it into production directly..."

“It’s enough to complete the prototype.”

Sun Miao glanced at Zhou Yang and found that Zhou Yang had put away his surprised expression.

"But Mr. Li, prototypes are just prototypes after all. They still have room for error. The test of mass-produced finished products on the assembly line is different..."

"The prototype is the same as the full-size product, but it's just a little less." Li Yan said, "Engineer Sun, there is no 'room for error' in the prototype either."

"I still recommend testing and trying it out first, be cautious, and get insurance."

"Sun Miao, I optimized the assembly line, there is no problem."

Having said that, Sun Miao must be crazy to say anything else.

Li Yan was too lazy to explain what "If I think it's okay, then it must be okay", so she quickly made the next request:
"For software platform-related matters, we will first strive to do a good job in Linjiang Province, and ensure the user experience of Linjiang is the top priority."

This request surprised Sun Miao again - and it seemed that he was not the only one who felt surprised.

From what Li Yan said earlier, I thought he was prepared to be aggressive to the end and was absolutely confident in the sales of his mobile phones.

I didn’t expect that the software platform would not be fully rolled out.

"Also, according to the backend data, in provinces where the number of reservations exceeds one million, we will open a specialty store in the provincial capital. We will try to find a model for rapid implementation in the next few days. Engineer Cao, you take the lead and report to me when you are ready."

"I understand!" Cao Haibin answered straightforwardly.

Now that the general direction has been determined, the division of labor still needs to be more detailed.

As we were talking, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

Li Yan was feeling dry mouth and was about to drink some water, but he saw someone at the door preparing to report with excitement.

"Come in, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Li, the number of reservations, oh no, the number of pre-orders, has exceeded 30 million!"

It is a number that we expect to reach but we dare not imagine it will actually be reached, so everyone's emotions are a bit subtle.

"Well, 30 million is not the end. Let's keep working hard."

Li Yan was very calm, as if all this was so natural.

(End of this chapter)