Rebirth: Back to 1993 as the richest man

Chapter 353 Market Research

In a blink of an eye, November has passed.

On December [-]st.

A report quietly appeared on the page of Guangdong Commercial Daily.

"A new type of DVD player comes out - the rapid rise of Wanyan VCD!"

The headlines of the news are bold and black, which is particularly eye-catching.

It only took a few months from Wanyan's marketing to the product becoming popular in the market. The price Wanyan paid was not small. Part of the video disc copyright has produced a new type of disc that is different from the ld disc, the vcd disc.

Compared with LD discs that cost [-], [-] or even hundreds of dollars, the VCD discs produced by Wanyan only cost half the price.

Not only that, VCD discs are smaller and easier to carry. Once they came out, they suppressed the market for LD discs on a large scale.

In Guangdong Province, the first batch of Wanyan vcds arrived in department stores in Yangcheng and Shenzhen.

Shenzhen City, Dongmen Old Street, Luohu District.

This is also one of the earliest commercial streets in Shenzhen.

Even though it was already afternoon, the commercial street was still bustling with activity. The originally spacious street seemed crowded because of the stalls erected on both sides.

The road in the middle is less than four meters wide. Pedestrians and occasional motorcycles often make this road congested.

Children often get lost here because of the crowding, so the standard action of parents is to hold their children tightly with one hand.

With such an opportunity, almost all the children would take the opportunity to cry and make noises, and eat a bunch of candied haws as a matter of course.

"President Chu, what did you bring me here for?"

Wearing a suit and tie, Hu Zhibiao followed behind Chu Tianyao, looking at the scene in front of him with some curiosity.

Chu Tianyao suddenly said that he wanted to do some market research, so he called out Hu Zhibiao who was working in the factory.

Hu Zhibiao was still a little confused at first, but now that he saw the destination, he couldn't understand what Chu Tianyao was thinking.

Even for market research, going to a department store is better than going to a commercial street, right?

"Just follow me, and you will understand after a while."

Chu Tianyao made a fool of himself, and then strode towards the crowd.

In the crowded old commercial street, in front of a row of stalls selling various audio-visual products, Chu Tianyao led Hu Zhibiao to the stall owner and picked among a pile of pirated tapes and CDs.

"Big brother, you want to see new products!"

Seeing that Chu Tianyao was not satisfied with the selection for a long time, the boss immediately brought another box from the shelf and placed it in front of Chu Tianyao.

"Hey, these are all the latest vcd discs. There are several new Hong Kong and Taiwan movies. Tang Bohu ordered the bilingual version of Qiuxiang, and there are high-definition discs from east to west. A set of two discs only costs 20 yuan, which is comparable to other movies in the world. The ld disc is much cheaper!"

With a beer belly and eating with bowls and chopsticks in his hands, the middle-aged boss introduced Chu Tianyao and Hu Zhibiao like a treasure.

"Are these pirated VCD discs?"

Seeing hundreds of CDs in the box, Hu Zhibiao was stunned before Chu Tianyao could speak.

He never expected that not long after Wanyan's vcd came out, pirated discs have already flowed into the Shenzhen market.

"Hey, young man, look at what you said, why do you care so much about pirated and genuine copies, as long as you can watch them or not, now a vcd player is thousands of dollars a set, can you afford a set of tens of dollars? "

The middle-aged boss gave Hu Zhibiao a contemptuous look.

I have been shopping in this kind of commercial street, but I still want to buy genuine goods. Isn’t this a fork?

"Boss, he's still young and doesn't know how to do it."

Chu Tianyao smiled slightly, then picked out several sets of discs from the box, and took out a hundred-yuan bill from his bag.

At first sight of Chu Tianyao's generosity, the boss's expression suddenly changed.

"Boss, I just want to ask, how is your VCD business here?"

Chu Tianyao handed the money to the other party, but he didn't care how much the discs in his hand cost, he just asked aloud.

The boss quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks, reached out to take the banknotes, shook them, and glanced at the sun.

The banknotes were real, and the boss became even more enthusiastic, and replied without thinking: "The business is okay, and you can sell a box every day, but not many people can afford VCD players these days, and many people They all come here to watch movies.”

"Watching a movie?"

Chu Tianyao was also startled when he heard the words.

Maybe it was too happy, the boss seemed to have slipped his mouth for a moment.

"Hey... everyone knows the way, only the old buyers know the way. I think you should have a vcd at home, but we still have a lot of good ones at home."

Showing some eyes that men can understand, the boss moved closer to Chu Tianyao's ear, and whispered: "Ye Yuqing, Ye Zimei, Weng Hong...the new costume dramas in Hong Kong City this year, my store has all of them." Yes, how about it, does the boss want to go in and have a look?"

Hearing these familiar names, Chu Tianyao couldn't help being quite surprised.

The names of these Hong Kong female stars, not to mention Chu Tianyao, even in the mainland in the mid-to-late 90s, how many male compatriots have never heard of these few.

In the era when the Internet was not yet popular, Mr. Cang from the island country had not captured a lot of homeboys through the Internet. These female stars from Hong Kong City were the goddesses in the hearts of the majority of male compatriots.

Even Chu Tianyao had to envy a fat director named Wang Jing.

"Boss, our price is very affordable. It only costs ten yuan to watch a show!"

The middle-aged boss continued to speak, the voice suddenly awakened Chu Tianyao who was in deep thought.

"How many people can come to your family in a day?"

Chu Tianyao didn't answer, but asked again.

Looking up, I saw that in the alley behind the middle-aged boss, there was indeed a video studio with a sign called Pink Impression.

"Since getting these VCDs, there have been a lot more customers. There are always hundreds of people every day."

Although he didn't understand why Chu Tianyao had so many questions, the middle-aged boss still answered casually.

Hundreds of people a day!

Hearing this answer, Hu Zhibiao, who was silent on the side, was also a little surprised.

You know, there are at least seven or eight such informal video halls in this commercial street, not to mention the entire Shenzhen City.

Calculated in this way, there are far more potential users of vcd discs than he imagined!

"This is the charm of knowledge dissemination!"

Chu Tianyao couldn't help sighing.

In the 90s, one of the reasons why household vcd players were able to gain many users even though their prices remained high was because of the well-developed film industry in Hong Kong City.

Of course, erotic movies are movies too!

For the mainland, where the film industry was still in a backward and conservative stage at that time, the Hong Kong City movies with rich plots and sensory stimulation were almost dominant in the mainland.

That era is also known as the golden age of Hong Kong movies.