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Xinghuo's method of achieving theft prevention is somewhat unique.

This uniqueness is evident in the packaging.

Other collectible trading cards often have their packaging printed by the same printing company as XXX Printing Factory.

Xinghuo's "Xinghuo Collection" is located at the printing factory.

It prominently displays the name "Shanghai Printing Factory".

When people think of a banknote printing plant, their first impression is of a heavily guarded facility, with guards every three steps and sentries every five steps.

But in reality, a banknote printing plant is essentially a specialized printing enterprise.

It's just that the money printing plant is separate and under stricter management.

But this doesn't prevent these banknote printing plants from taking on other business as well.

For example, stamps, or passports.

So why don't any private enterprises hire printing plants to print things?

It's very simple, there's no need for that.

On the one hand, the Shanghai Printing and Minting Factory is a state-owned enterprise, and dealing with state-owned enterprises naturally incurs more communication costs. On the other hand, special printing is also relatively expensive, and even the most basic anti-counterfeiting features require additional costs.

There's really no need to waste that effort.

However, Spark has always been a company that strives for excellence in everything it does, and it is never afraid to spend money as long as something is useful.

So when the "Spark Collection" project was launched, Spark approached the Shanghai Printing Factory.

This is why many Spark players are so fond of the [Spark Collection] cards, especially since the printing manufacturer on the outer packaging is: [Shanghai Printing Factory].

Behind these words lies a certain degree of trust endorsement and prestige.

A quick search on Baidu for "Spark Collection" or "Spark Cards" reveals players' curiosity about this approach, as searching these keywords yields results for things like...

"Is the 'Shanghai Printing Factory' on the Xinghuo Xiangji packaging actually a banknote printing factory?"

Is it illegal to print counterfeit banknotes with the banknote printing factory label?

Does Spark Collection really use the anti-counterfeiting technology found on banknotes?

Chapter 444 Are there really people born with knowledge?

In fact.

Xinghuo didn't use many anti-counterfeiting technologies on banknotes; they only chose one, and it was a relatively inexpensive technology.

However, using the Shanghai Printing Factory as a tactic did indeed solve the piracy problem of "Spark Collection".

It's not that there's no piracy anymore.

In fact, by June, PDD was full of pirated content.

The problem is that even if they sell pirated goods, the pirate manufacturers don't dare to retaliate.

They will clearly state in the title that it is a counterfeit or not a genuine product, for display purposes only.

These pirated copies were selling well in early June.

However, after the first batch of pirated cards arrived, their poor quality deterred many people.

The reason they are of poor quality is...

The main reason is that the profit margin of the "Spark Collection" created by Spark is not high, since the purpose is not to sell cards, but to sell merchandise.

The method of giving away card packs with a certain amount has significantly boosted the sales of Xinghuo merchandise. Currently, on the official second-hand card trading platform of Xinghuo Collection, a bag of unopened cards is selling for 15 to 20 yuan.

In other words.

Spark actually uses the money from card collectors to give discounts to users who buy merchandise.

And so it goes.

Spark was originally positioned as a cost-effective brand, so its cost-effectiveness is even higher.

Starting in June, global sales of Spark's merchandise increased by nearly 50%, and the new co-branded phone set a sales record by including 10 card holders.

but.

As sales increased, card packs were released in large quantities. Apart from the popular cards, a bag of unopened cards has dropped to around 8 yuan.

So during this period.

Spark has scaled back its activities, waiting for the market to absorb the impact.

Panji is in charge of the entire operation.

In their previous lives, these two were just ordinary people, but as the saying goes, "times create heroes," and in this timeline, they have become outstanding figures who can be evaluated on Zhihu (a Chinese Q&A website).

~~~

Lin Li led the two to ByteDance, and it was already 2 p.m.

The three split up, with Pan Ji and Li Qi preparing documents for the upcoming meeting.

Lin Li, on the other hand, arrived at the reception hall on the top floor of the ByteDance building.

it's here.

Lin Li met with ByteDance's CEO, Zhang Ming.

"President Lin! Over here!"

Zhang Ming was sitting on the sofa next to the reception room when Lin Li arrived, and he stood up enthusiastically.

In fact.

Zhang Ming has been sitting for a while.

Even the ByteDance executives passing by had started sharing gossip in the group chat, and soon, with Lin Li's arrival, the gossip became even more lively.

The photo of Zhang Ming and Lin Li shaking hands quickly spread to the group chat.

"Who is this person?"

"I don't know, but Mr. Zhang has been waiting for him at the door for a long time."

This thing, which is similar to a Soviet joke, has actually happened to ByteDance.

However, Lin Li is someone who frequently appears on the internet.

So soon an employee stepped forward to decipher the secret.

"You don't recognize this person? This is CEO Lin from Xinghuo!?"

"Huh? Then why did Mr. Zhang go to greet him?"

As soon as one secret is revealed, another one follows.

The group fell into silence.

Finally, a question and a joke broke the awkward silence.

"I saw Mr. Lin downstairs just now, but he didn't greet me. Should we go and apologize during the meeting later?"

"I suggest you go directly to the HR office to resign."

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In fact, there wasn't much ulterior motive behind Zhang Ming's high regard for Lin Li's arrival.

On the one hand, he and Lin Li were quite familiar with each other.

On the other hand, Zhang Ming was feeling somewhat panicked.

This panic isn't due to poor performance, but rather because the business is too good. Since the beginning of 18, Douyin has entered an extremely exaggerated period of explosive growth.

The data was rising almost every day, to the point that Zhang Ming was starting to panic.

This kind of panic is actually quite strange. If you say it out loud, people will think you're showing off, and outsiders will hardly understand it, but Zhang Ming himself can clearly feel that feeling.

It's like being suddenly thrown high into the air, your whole body is in the clouds, and you're still flying upwards.

But the higher we flew, the more uneasy I felt looking at the empty sky.

No one can alleviate this feeling; it can only be gradually overcome with time.

"What? Is your heart already feeling like it can't take it?"

"If I told you that one day ByteDance's revenue could surpass Tencent's, wouldn't you be furious?"

Lin Li sat down with a smile.

"Hey, I'm talking to you about serious business, why are you always teasing me?"

Zhang Ming ordered two coffees and then sat down.

For Lin Li.

Although we didn't communicate much with Zhang Ming, he left a particularly deep impression on me.

The first impression I got was because of Lin Li's confidence in Douyin.

It is no exaggeration to say that among all the investors Zhang Ming had met, Lin Li's confidence in Douyin was so high that even Zhang Ming couldn't quite understand it.

At every meeting, Lin Li's optimism about Douyin always exceeded everyone else's expectations.

Even now, Lin Li is always willing to sell his Douyin shares to anyone in the investment community, and he will accept any offer.

Lin Li's confidence even led other investors to suspect that he was a shill hired by ByteDance to inflate Douyin's valuation.

Regardless, Lin Li's confidence and open-minded attitude indirectly boosted Douyin's valuation during its October funding round.

Besides having confidence in TikTok.

Another impression Lin Li gave Zhang Ming was that he greatly admired Lin Li's vision and development plans.

Yes..

It's admiration.

Zhang Ming rarely uses this word to describe a person.

But that was the feeling Lin Li gave him.

I first got this feeling after a shareholders' meeting when Zhang Ming and Lin Li were talking about why they had so much confidence in Douyin and ByteDance.

I thought Lin Li would say some polite words.

After all, Lin Li works in the gaming industry and may not understand the internet.

But after Lin Li earnestly explained the reasons for Douyin's success, including big data analysis, how to control traffic entry points, and even its global layout, he was met with a rude awakening.

Zhang Ming was shocked.

Some of the things Lin Li mentioned were things he had already figured out, while others were things that even he was still unclear about.

But because it's blurry.

Therefore, Zhang Ming could sense that this person seemed to be right.

This shocked Zhang Ming even more.

Since then, Zhang Ming has consulted Lin Li on almost every matter he is unsure about regarding the future, and he always gets an almost certain answer.

These are the answers.

Zhang Ming included some of them in the implementation as a reference, while others felt wrong and were not used as a reference.

But eventually it came time to conduct a post-mortem review.

Zhang Ming discovered that almost everything Lin Li said and the suggestions he gave were the optimal solutions at the time.

Chapter 445 Project Starlight

this..

That's a bit too scary.