Cosmic Trading System

Chapter 225: Chapter 210: The Lion's Big Demand (3rd update!)

"Mr. Lin, your asking price is outrageously high. Adding up all our mobile phone brands, we sell over two hundred million units a year. Granted, you mentioned the wholesale price of your Qingyun power banks is just for branding, but I am quite sure you're not selling them at a loss.

In other words, a mobile phone battery with a capacity of 30000 mAh likely costs you only fifty yuan, but you sell it to us for a hundred and eighty yuan, making at least a hundred and thirty yuan profit per unit. If we sell two hundred million units a year, your profit would amount to over twenty-six billion..."

A man stood up, shaking his head slightly.

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"An annual profit of over twenty-six billion..."

Upon hearing this man's analysis, many people's faces changed drastically.

This high profit margin was on par with the few super corporations in Huaxia.

And that's just for mobile phone batteries.

They knew many more businesses were lining up to collaborate with Lin Yun as well.

This included all sorts of industries related to energy.

Like laptops, electric cars, and so on.

However, in response to this, they quickly became quite outraged.

Earning a profit of a hundred thirty yuan from a phone battery sold wholesale at a hundred eighty yuan was exploitation.

Earning over twenty-six billion a year from just one battery was a bit too ambitious.

How much could their mobile phone companies possibly earn from a phone with such a high price?

The man was right, Lin Yun's price was indeed exorbitant.

"The price for the phone batteries is not negotiable. You can take some time to consider it. However, if you believe this won't work, I have another proposal," Lin Yun said.

"What proposal?" several people asked simultaneously.

In fact, compared to the mobile batteries they are currently using and their wholesale prices, Lin Yun's mobile batteries are not expensive, especially considering that the charging speed of Lin Yun's batteries is incomparable to others on the market.

They were just reluctant to admit that Lin Yun was making such a large profit.

"Before that, I have a question for you," Lin Yun said.

"Please go ahead, Mr. Lin," some of them replied.

"How much profit do you make from selling one phone?" Lin Yun asked.

"Well..." On hearing Lin Yun's question, they were momentarily taken aback, then hesitated.

This was their companies' trade secret, how could they just divulge it?

"Mr. Lin, my position in my company does not involve this area, so I don't know this information..." one representative said.

"I'm not sure either..." another representative said.

"A phone makes a profit of around a hundred to three hundred... some new models might be more profitable, but cheaper phones make even less, sometimes only tens of yuan after all the expenses are deducted. Therefore, Mr. Lin, you should realize just how audacious your pricing is..." then, a representative spoke with a grave voice.

Lin Yun nodded subtly.

He was aware that the man was understating the profits slightly, but it shouldn't be far off. After all, there were many overheads to consider, and the prices of some cheap phones were not likely to yield high profits. They were merely sold in large volumes.

"My proposal is that you help sell our mobile phones. After deducting all expenses, I'll provide a profit margin of three to five hundred yuan per phone," Lin Yun said.

"What?"

"Mr. Lin, you must be joking!"

"Getting our company to sell your phones is out of the question!"

Several people gasped, then started shaking their heads.

They had not envisaged that Qingyun power banks were planning to enter the mobile phone market. From the sound of it, Lin Yun had already manufactured a large number of phones.

But building a phone brand isn't easy. Getting them to sell Lin Yun's phones would be counterproductive. What would happen to their brands?

If Lin Yun's phones were good and ended up outstripping their brands, their losses would be enormous.

If Lin Yun's phones were subpar and didn't make much profit, that wouldn't work either. It was not merely a matter of how much profit they could make from each phone sold that mattered. Their brands were essential to their companies.

Neither scenario seemed to offer an acceptable solution.

"Mr. Lin, let's talk about custom-making mobile phone batteries again. I believe we can negotiate your asking price further..." a representative suggested.

"The price of the mobile phone batteries is not negotiable. I only have these two proposals. You can think about it. If you agree, we will cooperate. If you don't agree, I won't insist," Lin Yun replied, indifferent.

Then, Lin Yun stood up, ready to leave.

If these people chose to sell his phones, he would make even more profit.

However, he knew this wouldn't be an easy sell.

So, he had also proposed the custom battery option for them.

This would allow him to achieve his profits more quickly.

However, this wasn't a huge profit that he would prioritize.

As that man had mentioned earlier, their annual sales could very well exceed two hundred million... taking it as two hundred million, he'd only be making over thirty billion in profits a year.

It was not that he didn't care about that profit.

It was just that he could do many other things to earn that profit and didn't need to cooperate with these companies specifically.

For example, he could produce his phones. In this era of the Internet, he had powerful networking technology to back him up, and the phones he produced were certainly not ordinary.

The combination of excellent quality and powerful advertising capabilities made for a potent mix.

The profit gained in this way would also be immense, just a bit more troublesome.

So, if any company present chose to help sell his phones, it would be a significant opportunity.

A profit of three to five hundred per phone wasn't small. These companies selling their phones wouldn't be earning much more at most.

With his exceptional quality phones and these companies' existing distribution channels, the future of these companies would only look brighter.

One could say that as long as he didn't ditch them in the end, the future success of these companies would be guaranteed.

Mobile phones were just one of the items he could profit from.

He wouldn't resort to dumping them at the end.

"Mr. Lin, I'm a representative from Xinyuan Automobiles, I would like to discuss with you about the batteries for electric cars..."

Seeing Lin Yun stand up and about to leave, a man stood up and said.

"Mr. Lin, I represent the Diling Group, I also want to discuss the matter of electric car batteries with you..."

Then another man stood up and spoke.

"Mr. Lin, I am..."

One after another, people stood up.

It was clear these people had either discussed in advance or had a tacit understanding, as all of them who stood up this time were from car companies. This included even the universally recognized Diling Group.