Life at the Top

“I have a plan, Mr. Monty, but I don’t know if it’d work?” Valentine suddenly spoke.

Conrad had been very pleased with Valentine’s performance all this while so he was very willing to hear the other’s plan. He replied, “Go ahead.”

Valentine smiled craftily and spoke, “According to what you just described, I think we can wait until after JW Electronics has manufactured their products. We could invite them to a press conference, and as long as their product is an MP3 player, we’ll be able to expose them in front of the press.”

Conrad fell silent for a moment, deep in thought. He soon got up and walked two steps before suddenly looking up. “There are two benefits to that plan. One, we can use the media’s power to solidify the fact that Jasper pirated our product. And two, it’s also free advertisement for Melody!

“By then, Jasper will truly have no chance to turn it around!”

Conrad suddenly patted Valentine’s shoulder and laughed aloud. “Good job. After all of this is over, I’ll think about promoting you to president of the company.”

Valentine replied excitedly, “Thank you, Mr. Monty.”

…

and they managed to complete the

Jasper bought Elbert and his team airplane tickets so that they could directly instruct the factory

from Reed City. It

that was no bigger than half his palm and it now came with a screen, Jasper

tested it? What’s the passing rate for

“We’ve checked them already. In terms of sound and quality, it’s way better than what’s available on the market. We’ve also upgraded the storage card, so our product can save at least 50 tracks. Other products and even those from the States

song, its artist, and even lyrics. That alone has garnered many

now? But with further practice, the workers would be skilled enough to

Jasper smiled contentedly. “How about

like this perhaps cost around 480 Somer Dollars. But if we decide to scale up output, then the cost of raw materials like the screen and the circuit board should decrease as well. As for how much exactly our cost can be lowered, it depends on our ability to produce. As of now, I’d estimate around a 30% reduction

need to purposely lower the cost. It’d be foolish to risk quality just because we want the cost to be cheaper. You have to remember that our products are luxury items, so they can be more expensive. People who can afford the MP3 player may not care about