Chapter 829: The Myth of Getting Rich Quickly
The media in the Bald Eagle Country keenly seized on the high price of the second-generation Panda computer at $4,999 and made a big fuss about it.
"Panda Computer is no longer the original Panda Computer. Their second-generation computer is actually priced at $4,999!"
"This is a lie of Panda Computer. I think they will suffer the same failure as Apple!"
"The things that Panda Computer advertised before were all fake and deceptive. Why didn't they grab it at $4,999!"
The reason why there was such a big reaction in society was that the second-generation Panda Computer did not disclose the specific parameters and configurations.
This was also the marketing plan decided by Liu Hai, because Liu Hai knew that if this price was announced, it would definitely be brought up by those who opposed it, and then it would cause a sensation in society.
Now these people think that $4,999 is very expensive, but after the configuration is made public, these people will think that Panda Computer is too conscientious.
In addition, these media are now adding fuel to the fire and fanning the flames by saying that it is expensive, which will make potential buyers think that it is very expensive. Once the configuration is announced later, these potential buyers will think that they have picked up a great bargain.
When IBM saw that the Panda computer was going to sell for $4,999, it immediately announced that its own computer with a 386 chip would only sell for $3,999.
Apple also announced that it would release a new generation of computers on Christmas Day, and the price would be $3,899.
For a time, under the advocacy of the media and experts, IBM and Apple became conscientious companies in the computer industry again.
Even many people in Europe felt that IBM and Apple were beginning to be conscientious again.
As Christmas approached, people in newspapers and media said that Panda computers were too expensive and that Panda computers were no longer conscientious computers.
On December 20, 1987, the Panda Computer Experience Center opened again.
Although many people said that the second generation of Panda computers was very expensive, there were still many people queuing up to experience it.
The people in the queue first received a brochure!
On the brochure was Po the panda, holding a red banner with the words "Merry Christmas" written in English.
Below was a line of words: Panda Computer, Professional! Focused! Conscience!
Many people were a little skeptical when they saw the brochure. Is $4999 a good price?
However, when they opened the brochure and saw the specific configuration, many people widened their eyes.
The second-generation Panda computer is equipped with a fourth-generation Loongson chip + a Black Warrior graphics card equipped with a third-generation Loongson chip, two memory cards, and a 50-megabyte hard drive!
This configuration is definitely not available in the Bald Eagle, but some countries in the East can get it.
The following is the Plants vs. Zombies game, the CS game, the latest generation of Windows operating system, and the new generation of office software. What new features have been added to these office software?
What made many office workers' eyes light up was that the office software also added a timed storage function, which means that you can set a time and store the edited content in the hard drive according to the time node, so that if you encounter some accidents or power outages, the previous work will not be in vain.
The first batch of players who entered the Panda Computer Experience Store have already started to play the CS game.
There are staff members next to them to introduce how to operate it.
This thing is actually not very troublesome. The staff directed everyone to play a game, and everyone understood it.
Not long after, a loud shout rang out in the experience center: "Middle Gate, Middle Gate."
"Don't come to Gate B, don't come to Gate B!"
"There is another gangster in my hometown, there is another gangster in my hometown."
Then there was the sound of the game, that is, the sound of gunfire, and the sound of throwing grenades.
There are grenades, flash bombs, and smoke bombs.
Although the picture is rough, you can only see the outline of a person, and then distinguish the police and the gangsters by the color of their clothes.
In 2020, pixel games can be popular, let alone now.
"Brother, it's my turn!" Everyone in the Panda Computer Experience Center has the same experience time. The buddy waiting in line behind looked at the noob in front of him, who was always beaten to death by others, and patted his shoulder and asked him to give up his seat.
"Let me play another round, let me play another round." The rookie sitting in the seat was beaten to death every time, but he still wanted to play.
"You should leave quickly, you always die first, you are noob and love to charge!" The buddy next to him couldn't stand it anymore and said.
"I'm going to buy a computer right now to play at home!" The rookie was not happy.
The guy in the queue didn't tolerate him and picked him up and threw him out, then sat down.
The rookie who was thrown out stood by and watched again. The guy in the queue didn't quit the game at all and continued to play.
However, the staff had to clear the field because the entire experience center was overcrowded.
In the end, all the gamers reached a consensus, that is, the row on the computer side was full of policemen, and the other side was full of gangsters.
Because there are always guys who talk too much, and they will leak the address when they see the police next to them.
When the Panda Computer Experience Center closed at night, there was still a group of people who didn't want to leave, and would rather pay money than leave!
However, they were expelled by the staff without any expression, and then the staff sat in their seats and played by themselves.
The reputation of Panda Computer suddenly turned around.
That night, most TV channels in Europe were broadcasting news about the Panda Computer Experience Center.
The TV station of Gallic Rooster is broadcasting an interview report, a young man who just came out of the Panda Computer Experience Center!
Host: What do you think of the second generation of Panda computers?
The young man who came out: I have a big opinion of them. They should prepare enough spot goods. I have paid the money now, but it will take half a month for the goods to be delivered to my home.
The young man complained with the payment receipt in his hand.
"What is $5999?" The host was also shocked when he saw the amount on the receipt!
"It's optional. I chose a larger memory card and a larger hard drive!" The young man pointed to the detailed list on the list and said.
"So what do you think of the second generation of Panda computers?"
"Panda computers are the most conscientious computers I have ever seen."
80% of the people who came out of the Panda Computer Experience Center held purchase receipts, and most of them were optional, all exceeding the standard price of $4999.
The reason why Panda computers were delivered to customers half a month later was because the entire network hardware system was upgraded, including servers, etc.
Liu Hai directly made CS into two versions, one is the network version and the other is the stand-alone version.
If you want to run CS in the network version, you need to upgrade the relevant equipment so that you can play the game smoothly.
The stand-alone version is mainly a local area network.
The next day, the newspaper reported that Panda Computer is the most conscientious computer equipped with two chips and two memory cards for only $4,999.
And this news has also been passed on to those customers of Bald Eagle who have reserved IBM computers. Looking at the configuration of Panda Computer and then looking at the configuration of the computer they bought, they instantly feel that they are a big sucker.
As for Apple Computer, it was instantly depressed because they were preparing to release it on Christmas.
Now it seems to be a cold rhythm again, but the two computers immediately started public relations in newspapers and media.
Then the saying that high-performance computers are useless instantly spread in Bald Eagle.
These experts also criticized Panda Computer for using Loongson 3rd generation chips as graphics cards, which is a waste and they want to take money out of consumers' pockets.
They also said that Loongson 4th generation chips are useless because the performance of such chips is too much higher now, whether it is office or game.
The entire Bald Eagle domestic media is full of this kind of statement, which makes many buyers who feel that they are being cheated feel that what they say is reasonable.
Europe treats these things reported by the Bald Eagle domestic media as a joke.
The domestic newspaper media in Niu Niu even publicly ridiculed the Bald Eagle: What the Bald Eagle experts said makes sense, because they don’t have the Internet, so they will never need high-performance computers!
Bald Eagle is doing unfree things under the banner of freedom, and they have successfully excluded the citizens of Bald Eagle from the world.
The Gallic media also publicly ridiculed the Bald Eagle: What the Bald Eagle media said is right, their computer performance does not need to be too high, and they don’t even need to buy new computers!
In just three days, the number of orders for the second-generation Panda computers has exceeded 10,000 units, which means that in three days, Panda Computer Company has earned more than 49.99 million US dollars at the lowest price, which makes Panda Computer dealers laugh so hard that they can’t close their mouths, because it’s only been three days.
At the same time, Fenghuo Technology announced the split of several companies, and these companies are ready to raise funds, and all of these companies have moved to London!
Sotu search engine company!
Hao123 navigation page company!
QQ chat and dating company!
World of Warcraft text game interactive company!
After these companies became independent, they officially started the first round of financing.
Among them, the most sought-after by capital is the World of Warcraft text game interactive company, and the valuation of the first round of financing exceeded 1 billion US dollars, because now the World of Warcraft text game interactive company has reached 600,000 paying users, and the monthly paid income is more than 6 million US dollars, and the annual income is more than 70 million US dollars!
The reason for such a high valuation is that with the development of the Internet, there will be more and more paying users.
According to relevant experts, the number of Internet users in Europe will exceed 2 million in a short time.
Now that the number of Internet users has reached 1.1 million, the number of paying users of World of Warcraft text interactive games has reached 600,000. When the number of Internet users reaches 2 million, the number of paying users is likely to exceed 1 million.
At that time, the company's monthly revenue will reach 10 million US dollars, and the annual revenue will reach 120 million US dollars.
As soon as this valuation came out, all the relevant practitioners were excited, especially the European Panda Technical Service Center. Liu Hai wrote a war chess game about the Holy War for them, which was installed on the second-generation Panda computer.
As for the previous war chess game, Rome, it died halfway because of the different historical records of various countries!
The dealers were even more grinning because they had shares in this Warcraft Continent text interactive game.
As for the other companies, they were not optimistic about them for the time being because they did not see the direction of profit.
However, all this changed the day before Christmas.
When people opened the navigation page, they found two small texts on the navigation page.
One text showed: Transformers theme park crazy discount, please call for details:
Another text message shows: A certain mall will offer a big discount from X to X days. For details, please call:
These two advertisements are not charged according to the number of advertisements, but according to the number of calls for consultation.
Because there is no click technology software now, there is no way to count how many people click.
And this calculation method can make merchants willing to give it a try.
Then the above two calls were blown up, anyway, it was just a call to find out.
And after some people called and the line was busy, they felt that the discount of this mall must be very good, so so many people called.
The next day, the chat and dating software sent Christmas cards to each user.
The profit model of the chat and dating software was not brought out by Liu Hai first. This company is losing money like this, and it doesn’t matter whether it raises funds or not, and it can wait for listing or not.
As for the search engine, no company is optimistic about it for the time being, because this is a software that can only be installed on the second-generation Panda computer.
On Christmas Day, the mall that advertised on the navigation page was crowded with people, and other people saw so many people queuing in this mall, and they all ran over.
All the goods prepared by this mall for the Christmas holiday were almost sold out on the same day, leaving only some items that were not easy to sell.
Later, the newspaper reported that the two advertisements on the navigation page brought hao123 navigation page company $19,000 in revenue, just for one day.
And the biggest reason for limiting this revenue was the shortage of operators in the two companies.
On Christmas Day, other businesses advertised. Without exception, as long as they advertised on the navigation page, the consultation calls were all over the place, even if the businesses had made preparations in advance.
Hao123 company was instantly sought after.
Hao123 company said that nearly 1 million people would browse our navigation page every day.
At this time, these investors ignorantly discovered that Internet companies only look at data and profit directions.
Based on this data of 1 million people browsing every day, the relevant institutions gave a valuation of 100 million US dollars!
The myth of Internet wealth began to spread.
This made many people in the relevant research direction of the Bald Eagle family rush to Europe.
Because there are a large group of capitalists in Europe waving money and wanting to get rich on the Internet.
Software companies were established one after another, and more than half of them were preparing to make games, and some were preparing to make some other websites.
Because hao123 is just a website, it is now valued at $100 million. It is foreseeable that as hao123's advertising revenue increases, more people will pay attention to this website, and then its valuation will be higher.
Now the advertisement of hao123 website has reached a quotation of $20,000 per day, which means that hao123 website can earn $40,000 a day, and $1.2 million a month, and this kind of website is too simple to build!
This has led to the further loss of relevant talents in Bald Eagle. As for Apple's new computer, there is no relevant news in the news, because Europe, as the world's Internet center, does not bother to report these losers.