Chapter 3227 Scarcity

The current Bluetooth headset market is mixed.

The prices are generally very low.

For example, Sony, a giant in the headset industry, has launched a total of 6 Bluetooth headsets in the past year, three of which are priced less than $30, and the most expensive one is only $150.

The price of this product made by Zhou Buqi must not be too low.

Because it has epoch-making attributes.

Unlike other Bluetooth headsets on the market, this is a smart Bluetooth headset. In addition to the Bluetooth chip, it also integrates many intelligent functions, such as automatic pairing and connection with mobile phones, such as protection of Bluetooth channels to ensure excellent sound effects.

These are not comparable to traditional Bluetooth headsets.

In the past few years, the reason why Bluetooth headsets are considered "unfair" by music lovers is mainly due to technical reasons. Because the data transmission volume of lossless music is large, and the bandwidth of Bluetooth is insufficient, the information transmission is not smooth, which then leads to the loss of some information and the distortion of sound.

Even Sony can't solve it.

This is really stupid.

They focused on the field of "Bluetooth", waiting for the upgrading of Bluetooth technology and the increase of Bluetooth channel transmission bandwidth... However, Bluetooth technology is being upgraded, and the effect of lossless music is also being upgraded.

The amount of information that Bluetooth can transmit is large, and the information that lossless music needs to transmit is also more.

There will always be information loss during the transmission process.

The solution is also simple.

Add an information protection chip to establish a better channel between the mobile phone and the headset to ensure that the transmitted data is not lost.

But this will increase the cost.

Moreover, it is already difficult to fit a Bluetooth module into such a small thing as the headset, so where is the space to add more chips?

This has become a difficult problem in product design.

Zhou Buqi's solution is also simple, to design a headset box.

Bluetooth headsets have no wires and are so small, how to keep them at ordinary times?

They must be placed in the headset box.

Every time the headset box is opened, the headset automatically connects to the mobile phone. And this automatic connection process requires chip calculation and control... In other words, the headset box has also become an integrated function.

The space for the earphones is too small to fit, but there is space in the earphone box.

The space in the earphone box is much larger than the earphones!

Once this product idea is understood and the earphone box is utilized, many wonderful ideas can appear for the design of Bluetooth earphones, and all the parts that realize many functions can be placed in the earphone box.

Zhou Buqi's product proposal can be said to have opened the eyes of the entire product team.

There is a feeling of opening the door to a new world.

The idea is there.

The subsequent execution is actually simple.

AsterPods is officially released.

Boss Zhou came to the stage and served as the product release officer as a product manager, and grandly launched this headset to the global media.

The basic model is priced at US$109, and the domestic price is 799 yuan.

The price is high.

But the function is powerful.

When Zhou Buqi demonstrated this Bluetooth headset, he also won a lot of applause.

The global sales of the product exceeded 1 million units within a week of its launch.

The scale is large.

But compared with the scale of the earphone market, this is nothing. The number of mobile phones sold worldwide each year can reach 300 million to 400 million. For every 1 percentage point of the global market, AsterPods can create $100 million in profits for Aster.

This is a big market.

The market feedback is very positive.

This undoubtedly creates a huge positive signal for Aster's subsequent listing.

In June, Aster was filled with a fiery atmosphere inside and outside.

The listing is imminent!

This will undoubtedly be another feast of capital wealth creation!

This actually attracted some people's concerns.

For example, Ma Pingshan in the Ten Schools Entrepreneurship Alliance.

In the recent bull market, the booming A-shares have also driven the Hong Kong stock market to soar, and major listed companies have taken the opportunity to launch cash-out plans.

Zhou Buqi has also made arrangements for this. Yuanwei Group, Taizun Real Estate, and Jieyu Media all have large-scale cash-out plans in Hong Kong stocks. Since October last year, the total cash-out amount has exceeded 22 billion Hong Kong dollars, of which 7 billion Hong Kong dollars have been allocated to Zhou Buqi. If we count the money that Senior Sister Zhen Yu and Bao Shan got, it definitely exceeded HKD 10 billion.

The other friends got at least HKD 1 billion, and Xu Baihui cashed out the most, reaching HKD 4.5 billion.

The honest man Ma Pingshan sighed again and again, "This money is too unreal."

Meng Houkun felt at ease and said with a smile, "This is the power of capital."

Guo Pengfei also shook his head, "It's not certain whether it's a good thing or not. This is a leveraged bull. Once the bubble bursts and those super leverages collapse, it will be too dangerous. The domestic stock market is retail stocks. It's already 5,000 points, and I see that many people are rushing in! Many experts are clamoring that it can reach 12,000 points. I really..."

Meng Houkun said unhappily, "We all got together so hard, don't give me that."

Zhen Yu whispered, "Capital is not a bad thing. Many things in China are actually because there is too little capital. Creating capital and wealth has great value in social significance."

Ma Pingshan said: "In the past few years, one wave after another of listed companies has created one wealth myth after another. Public opinions are mixed. Many people are working hard to make a living and live in subsistence. Online, they have contributed the most efforts, but they have not shared the fruits of capital.”

"This is essentially the tendency of labor disputes."

Zhen Yu lives in the United States all year round, especially as Zhou Buqi's representative on many team boards of directors.

This kind of thing is all too common in American sports leagues.

Zhen Yu said: "There will always be labor disputes in the NBA. Recently, the American Baseball League also launched a round of labor disputes. Because the copyright price of sports events is getting higher and higher, the management has made a lot of money, but the players' salaries have not increased. So the players went on strike and wanted to talk to the management.”

Ma Pingshan shook his head, "That's the United States."

"No, no, the logic of economics is the same." Zhen Yu gave a simple explanation, "In a market economy, things must be rare and valuable. The benefits of sports events are getting higher and higher, which means that capital is getting more and more expensive. The more there is, the more labor becomes scarce. This is bound to happen. This will lead to the compromise of the management and the victory of the players. If the economy is down and the income from sports events is no longer good, the loss of capital will cause the management to become a scarce product, and the players will have to compromise and reduce their wages. The labor dispute is not about who is stronger, but about who is stronger. It depends on who is scarce.”

"Well……"

Ma Pingshan didn't quite understand what he meant.

Zhou Buqi further said: "Just like many developed countries in Europe, they are very rich and have a lot of capital. In labor disputes, capital is the party with more capital, and workers are the scarce party. So you can see , European labor can strive for the best wages and benefits, and can constantly challenge capital. The tax rate for the wealthy in Nordic countries has even reached 70% or 80%, because there are enough employers and too few labor.”

Zhen Yu said softly: "Well, whether it is domestic retail investors or ordinary people who have enough food and clothing, they are all the same type of people. They are all workers. Workers make up the majority, and capital is a scarce commodity. In labor disputes, then It will inevitably tilt towards capital.”

Zhou Buqi said: "The domestic capital is not too much, but too little. Capital has always been scarce. Workers have low wages and low benefits, and the people at the bottom are suffering. This is a reality. But don't forget, The average life span of domestic enterprises is only 3 years, and the social wealth created by ordinary people is only 3 years. So much, logically, they should be expropriated and exploited by enterprises. Enterprises should be very rich. However, the average survival period of enterprises is even shorter than that of workers. This leads to the collapse of capital. Scarcity further worsens the workplace environment for ordinary people.”

Meng Houkun said with great sympathy: "Yes, that's it. In the past few years, a large number of companies have indeed gone public, creating one enviable capital feast after another. But looking at a country like ours, just a few Drama, what does it matter? It can be ignored.”

Ma Pingshan sighed, "This kind of thing should be rare. If you play too much in finance, you feel like you are floating. When we do business, we still need to be down-to-earth."

Zhou Buqi nodded and said: "So we must make plans to study abroad. In the past few years, we people have been too successful and making money has been too easy. Look at Meng Houkun, his tail is raised to the sky. We It’s still too young, we need to take some time to repair and adjust our mentality before we start.”