Chapter 199: A Wasteland

Chapter 199: A Wasteland

Chapter 199 A Wasteland

Several dealers who came to pick up goods were talking unscrupulously at the factory gate.

There was regret in his words.

I feel that selling the album "Sleepless Night" only makes a few percent profit, which is almost like "losing money to gain publicity."

They were used to buying goods from counterfeit dens and reselling them for huge profits, so it was very uncomfortable for them to bite the bullet and wholesale genuine albums.

Only 2005 years.

The protection of intellectual property rights is very inadequate. In the early years, people were used to using them as they were. Since joining the WTO and starting to implement the agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights, the situation has improved slightly.

Although the situation has improved somewhat in reality, the Internet is still flooded with "freely shared" resources.

For example, various music websites use cheap music to attract users to click, and then make money from advertising space. Penguin Music, which pays record companies and singers, seems to be more alternative.

There are many people like them these days.

The profit margin of the business that only wholesales genuine products is low. The real profit margin is to use the retail channels at hand to sell counterfeit and pirated discs, as well as foreign DVDs and adult love action films that cannot pass the review.

Not only can the return on investment be 200% or 300%, but the entire transaction is done in cash, and one can also find ways to avoid supervision by the tax department.

With ready-made sales channels at hand, the cost of breaking the law is relatively low.

Faced with the benefits of working for a few years, which could amount to hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, most people would find it difficult to resist the temptation.

It is because Fan Wumian is famous, has a large number of fans, and his albums are extremely popular that he has the opportunity to compete with counterfeit dens and illegal dealers.

They are afraid of missing out on the best sales opportunity, and worry that if they wait a little longer, they will lose the market to others, so they have no choice but to bite the bullet and buy at a high price.

If it were any other second-rate or third-rate singer, these general agents and distributors would not be in a hurry. At most, they would wait a few more days and then go find a counterfeit den to buy the goods at a low price.
The album "Sleepless Night" is now available for public sale.

The official release date has been set at June 6th, and today is the 16th.

Lan Li was still in charge of the factory business. When she saw Fan Wumian, she smiled brightly and introduced him:
"On the night of the 15th, there were trucks lined up outside the factory. There were more than a hundred trucks. As soon as midnight came, they lined up to ship and load the goods according to the order."

"Some local distributors in Shenzhen distributed your new album to various retailers overnight and started selling it early in the morning on the 16th. Many people from other surrounding cities also came. They found that the sales were too good and called us to deliver it quickly. We simply couldn't spare any manpower."

"After the work the day before yesterday and yesterday, we have shipped out more than 640 million albums. There are still more than one million left in the warehouse. I don't know how many distributors will place orders yet."

640 million albums were released at one time, instantly filling the initial market gap.

Sales take time, and retail data cannot be counted in real time. Blueori is a little worried that it has too much inventory, which will result in the remaining approximately 160 million albums in stock being left in its hands.

Fan Wumian was calm and said with a smile:
"It doesn't matter. With so many tickets sold, the company is already making a profit. At worst, we can just sell them off at a low price to make back the production costs. Then, we will make sure that the counterfeiters can't sell their products and screw them over."

"The mainland market is huge. My last album, That Girl, sold about 1800 million copies, including legitimate and pirated copies. This time, the sales should be higher, not lower. After all, so many people have heard my ringtones, and they are all potential buyers."

"There is basically no problem in digesting 800 million tickets. It's just a matter of profit. If a dealer places an order and asks for a discount, I will sell it to them as long as the price is reasonable."

As a manufacturer engaged in wholesale to foreign countries.

This time, Fan Wumian earned the upstream profits and put them in the pocket in advance.

All we need to do now is think of ways to continue to boost album sales.

The production line has been shut down. From the beginning, the plan was to mass-produce only 800 million sheets. Even if there is a gap, the scale is not too large.

In a few days, it will face competition from countless copycat albums.

Even if a few dens are closed down, there will still be hundreds or thousands of dens. With Fan Wumian's strength, he will definitely not be able to clear them all. There is no need to waste energy on this.

Release the news in advance and publicize it through the media.

His fans have been eagerly waiting for the new album "Sleepless Night".

As soon as they heard that the album was on the market, many loyal fans immediately rushed to the streets to look for music stores. Since counterfeit stores were unable to supply the goods, the genuine album almost monopolized the entire market and the sales volume was very impressive.

Unfortunately, this grand occasion could not last long.

Many bases have been working overtime for two days, and now they have probably started shipping the products.

Fortunately, just like the release of a new movie, the first few days after an album is released are often the days with the highest sales.

In fact.

From its release on the 16th to now, taking into account the delay in transportation to various parts of the country, the new album "Sleepless Night" has sold a total of more than 310 million copies in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao. In front of many audio and video stores, consumers are still queuing up to pay and frantically buying them.

In some cities far from Shenzhen, before the album arrived, some fans couldn't wait to pay and pre-order the new album, asking their bosses to reserve it for them. Seeing that "Sleepless Night" was selling well, the media reported the news, which attracted more people to buy it, further pushing up sales.

Some dealers with sufficient funds paid the balance when they picked up the goods.

Some dealers only prepay a portion of the money, and keep the rest on account for the time being. They have to wait until they receive the payment from the terminal retailers before they can settle the balance.

Anyway, the costs have been recovered, and even if someone really chooses to run away, the loss is within an acceptable range.

There is no way to open a business without risks.

Lan Li accompanied Fan Wumian on a tour of the closed factory area and continued:
"After we started shipping goods, the factory was reopened that day, and many people couldn't wait to go home. I'm calculating their wages."

"In the past two days, the accounting department has received a total of more than 2480 million yuan in payments for goods, and there is still a balance of several million yuan that will take some time to collect. I don't think I have heard of any singer who can make so much money from selling albums in recent years."

"There are several companies that want us to help them produce albums. I estimate that we can make a profit of two or three cents per album. If the quantity is large, this business seems to be quite good. What do you think, boss?"

"Anyway, the owners of the several OEM factories that we cooperate with are all quite interested. These large record companies have previously had fixed cooperative factories and will not easily give orders to others. The supervision during production is not so strict, and there are often jokes that pirated products are put on the market before the genuine ones, causing huge losses."

Wait for her to finish.

Fan Wumian shook his head decisively:
"It's just a small business to do OEM for others. Besides, other record processing factories will learn from our experience and improve their OEM model soon. Once the situation gets serious, the profit of OEM will only get lower and lower. It's a waste of time and there's no need to bother."

"What do you mean by rolled up?"

"It's just a bunch of people trying to grab orders. You could make 2 cents, but I only make 1 cents, and others only want to make 5 cents. In recent years, the sales of audio and video products have continued to decline, and there are fewer orders and more companies. I don't want to do this kind of business."

Fan Wumian changed the subject and asked:

"Are you familiar with Deep City Bay? If you have nothing to do, would you like to go for a walk with me now?"

Lanli said blankly:
"There are only some rotten mudflats. What do you want to see, Mr. Fan? You can also see the sea from the port city."

Given the mainland's population base, many businesses actually have a huge market, but having a market and being able to make money are two different things.

As for Huiwen Daily, before the first physical book of "Emperor of the Wilderness" was released, the physical book had already appeared on the market. They were even very considerate and helped to produce illustrations and included a poster of Fan Wumian.

The main reason for the delay in launching Tudou.com was the concern that there were too many free resources on the Internet and that it would not be cost-effective to invest a large amount of money in the early stages. There was no fertile soil for incubating video websites yet and acting too early would easily result in half the effort and twice the results.

Like the novel website mentioned to Zuo Ziyan, Fan Wumian also did not dare to have too high expectations. He felt that it was only suitable to invest a small amount of money and contribute some copyrights suitable for adaptation to film and television companies.

If it takes hundreds of millions of RMB to support a novel website, it would obviously be better to invest the money elsewhere and just sit back and wait for the outcome to be a win.

Look at it from another angle.

You will find that mobile phone ringtones, theater movies, TV series, and concerts are relatively good businesses in today's entertainment industry because they cannot be copied for free.

After battling wits and courage with the counterfeit dens, we could only win part of the battle and finally won the sales market in the first week of the new album's release.

But considering that other singers and record companies are in a worse situation, the sales ratio of genuine and counterfeit albums sometimes even exceeds 1:10, which can actually be called a great victory.

Taking Blue Li with him, Fan Wumian took a car to Shencheng Bay.

Most of the coastal areas in the Bay Area are still tidal flats, or even if they have been reclaimed from the sea, they are overgrown with weeds and no buildings can be found.

With reference to the map he bought on the road, Fan Wumian quickly found the approximate location of the Chunsun Building in the future. In his eyes, the surrounding area was a good place, even more attractive than No. 12 Mount Kellett Road.

Looking at Pu Jiajing, he asked:

"I feel like the scenery here is quite valuable. Your father has a stable job, could you ask him to find out what the price of land nearby is?"

"Is it valuable? I can't see anything. It's just a wasteland."

While Pu Jiajing was speaking, she called her father.

Got a reply very quickly.

Her father told her that he had contacted an acquaintance in the land management department and that someone would be sent over to meet him and accompany him on an on-site inspection and introduction.

This made Fan Wumian feel overwhelmed, and he said speechlessly:
"I really just came here today to take a look and find out the price of the land nearby. It would be too formal to ask someone to meet and introduce it to me. If I ask but don't buy, it would be a waste of time."

Pu Jiajing said indifferently:

"It's okay. My dad entertains and inspects people all day long. There aren't many investment projects that can actually be negotiated. They've gotten used to it. Maybe they'll even arrange a meal for you at noon."

(End of this chapter)