As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 177 The Era of VR Booming (4000)

Zhong Ze, with excitement written all over his face, picked up the futureverse in his hand and showed it to the audience in front of the screen:

"First of all, Futureverse is an all-in-one device, so you don't need to draw a range like Vive, you can play it directly."

"At the same time, Futureverse's 4K display effect is much better than ordinary all-in-one computers, combining the advantages of visual effects and portability."

"Since the VR will not be officially released until tomorrow, Tencent's Hero Doom, which was developed specifically for brain-computer VR, can only experience the training mode and cannot compete with other players."

"Heroes' Doom" is a battle royale game specially developed by Tencent. Different from traditional gunfight battle royale games, the characters in "Heroes' Doom" are more animated.

Tencent has high hopes for this game, and Photon Studio, which developed the mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, has spent a lot of effort on promotion.

It can be said to be the flagship product of Tencent's brain-computer connected VR games.

The reason why it is called "Hero's Doom" is because if it were to take a similar name to zhuchang's "Naraka: Bladepoint", it would not be conducive to going overseas.

Tencent hopes that "Heroes' Doom" can become a globally popular game like League of Legends, and can create an e-sports ecosystem as mature as League of Legends.

As for why we didn’t make a VR version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, it’s because it’s not easy to pass the review, especially since VR games are all about realism, and it’s even harder to get a publishing license.

The reason why "Naraka: Bladepoint" was able to pass the review first of all takes into account that it was passed in September 2020, when the issuance of game licenses had been suspended for three months.

In addition, the theme of "Naraka: Bladepoint" was mainly martial arts when it passed the review, and martial arts games will receive certain preferential treatment in obtaining publishing licenses.

“Even if you only experience the training mode, Hero's End is very realistic. You can control the character's movement, even jumping, climbing trees, squatting, etc., just through your brain consciousness.”

“Compared to traditional VR, the control is much more convenient, and its steering does not require you to turn your body.”

"To put it more abstractly, because traditional VR requires your body's cooperation, you will feel the boundary between virtual and reality."

"Futureverse blurs the boundary between virtual and reality, and the sense of separation from the virtual world when pressing buttons is very weak."

"Ke Chuangwei's brain-computer connection VR even gives me the feeling of a prototype virtual reality helmet."

“The boundary between virtual and reality has been broken.”

“Compared to traditional VR, it is indeed more immersive, as Miaomiao always said.”

"Compared to Quest, Futureverse is more breathable and not as stuffy as Quest."

Anyone who has used VR knows that the face may feel airtight.

"Also, when I used Quest before, there was a facial kit sold separately, and this facial kit alone cost more than 200 RMB."

“The facial kit helps prevent light leakage, but Futureverse doesn’t need a special kit, and the lighting effect is also very good.”

"You can also see that the light in the room I'm in is quite bright, but when I'm using VR, I don't feel the impact of external light at all."

"In addition to experiencing the training mode of Hero's End, the first batch of blockbusters that landed on brain-computer VR included The Legend of Zelda, Assassin's Creed, Monster Hunter, etc."

"My expectations have been raised to the maximum. I will experience it slowly after I finish making the video."

"The experience is absolutely great, but the starting price of 9999 yuan may discourage many players."

"If you are a fan of games or digital products, I suggest you buy one. It is definitely worth the money."

"If you are just bored recently and need an entertainment product to kill time, then I suggest you don't rush to buy it. Wait until the first batch of collective feedback comes out before making a decision."

"After all, 10,000 RMB is a considerable expense for an average family."

“You can wait for the feedback from the pioneers, go to the offline experience store to experience it, and then make a decision.”

With the support of three giants, Kechuang Future has sufficient financial resources.

Xiaomi Mobile is very skilled in building offline channels.

Especially after 2019, Dami has spent a lot of effort to build its own offline channels.

However, since rice prices often drop significantly shortly after being released, it is not easy to run offline rice stores.

The starting price of Ke Chuang Future’s brain-computer connected VR is 9999 yuan, so its offline channels are mainly concentrated in the core business districts of first- and second-tier cities.

The flow of people in this kind of business district has the greatest overlap with its target customers.

On the day of the press conference, Ke Chuang Future’s offline store had already opened the user experience session.

Many digital product enthusiasts went to the Ke Chuang Future offline flagship store closest to their homes to experience it that night.

In recent years, brain-computer connected mobile phones have accumulated enough favorability among users.

Compared with traditional finger operation, brain-computer connection to operate mobile phones is much more convenient, especially for heavy browsing enthusiasts.

This time, Chinese consumers also have high expectations for brain-computer connected VR.

Before Futureverse was officially released, domestic listed suppliers of the product had already started a stir.

Among the specialized science and technology bio-concept stocks, futureverse suppliers are prominently listed.

Basically, it starts with at least two daily limit increases.

China's stock market will have a full registration system by the end of 2023. The fundamental logic of the secondary market has changed.

Companies with good performance and good expectations are more likely to be sought after.

Futureverse suppliers fall into this category.

Cheng Gang naturally made a lot of profit from capital operations.

As the general manager of Kechuang Biotechnology, he is one of the first people to know about the news related to Kechuang Biotechnology.

He cooperated with institutions and used his own information channels to gain success in the secondary market.

All the losses from investing in Abogen and Smibio have been recovered, and I even made a lot of money.

Before the Futureverse conference, Zheng Li went directly to Cheng Gang:
"Old Cheng, we have been working together for quite some time, you can probably step back now."

"You can stay in this position for a while longer, hand over the work at hand during this time, and then slowly retire."

"If you still have feelings for Kechuang Biotechnology, I can give you an honorary title."

Cheng Gang was shocked and terrified because it happened so suddenly.

He had just held a board meeting as the general manager of Ke Chuang Bio the day before, and today Zheng Li came to him and asked him to hand over his power.

Only when you have held power can you know how valuable it is, and only then will you be reluctant to let it go.

As a company with a market value of nearly 3 trillion RMB, the power of its general manager is comparable to that of Tencent.

By the same token, Ke Chuang Biotechnology is where it is today entirely because of the dimensionality reduction attack that the technology brought by Zheng Li has brought to the fields involved.

The absolute technological leadership makes Kechuang Bio far ahead of other biopharmaceutical companies in terms of both revenue and net profit.

Cheng Gang naturally made contributions to the establishment of Kechuang Bio, but his contributions were not enough to support him as the general manager of Kechuang Bio.

Simply put, he is not worthy of his position.

The most important revenue for a company comes from the inventions of its founders.

Cheng Gang knew this very well, but he thought Zheng Li was a person who didn't like power and only cared about his own research.

But I still have some concerns in my heart. What if he is no longer the general manager of Ke Chuang Bio?
It is precisely because of this that Cheng Gang leaked the news to the institutions and made huge profits for himself in the capital market. When this day really comes, he will still be very unwilling.

As for the struggle, Cheng Gang holds less than 1% of the shares, and all the other people combined hold less than Zheng Li.

Not to mention, it is impossible for him to win over the small shareholders of Ke Chuang Bio.

At least Bocom International will definitely not stand on his side.

Cheng Gang is just a manager, while Zheng Li is the future of China's scientific research community and a top scientist in the field of biology.

The status of the two at the national level is completely incomparable.
Cheng Gang had absolutely nothing to rely on to support his fight with Zheng Li.

Therefore, after listening to Zheng Li's words, the idea of ​​resistance only flashed in Cheng Gang's mind for a moment and then quickly disappeared.

He knew that Zheng Li would push forward once he made a decision, no matter what difficulties and obstacles there were.

Therefore, Cheng Gang just asked: "Mr. Zheng, I have made no contributions to Kechuang Bio, but I have worked hard."

"There have been no problems with the operation of the business recently. Why did you suddenly replace me when everything was normal?"

“I’m only a few years away from retirement.”

The subtext of the last sentence is to plead, can you please wait until he retires and then let her give up her position naturally.

Zheng Li was helpless:

"Old Cheng, I know your contribution to Kechuang Biotechnology, but the contribution cannot be a shield for everything."

"You have been leaking company secrets to external organizations. They may not be confidential, but at least a lot of information was leaked from you."

"From the very beginning when we acquired SecondMind, you leaked it to IDG Capital and Goldman Sachs."

"Later, you leaked all the information about lithium metal cathode materials, including the supplier of Futureverse this time, to Gaoyi Capital."

"A company with Gaoyi Capital and your sister as legal persons jointly established a private equity fund company."

"This private equity firm has used your information channels to make huge profits in the capital market over the years."

Cheng Gang looked worried. He thought Zheng Li was in Lion City and these things would not be exposed.

As a result, the other party even clearly stated which organization he was cooperating with and how they were cooperating.

Cheng Gang still wanted to argue: "Mr. Zheng, I didn't mean to do that to SecondMind. I just wanted to ask Young from IDG Capital if they had any channels that could help us contact SecondMind directly."

"In the following matters, I never betrayed the interests of the company."

Zheng Li said directly: "I didn't sell it out because the benefits were not big enough."

"If Kechuang Biotech later finds any clues about the coordinates of Magic Coin, and you leak it, Magic Coin will be poached by other companies first."

“It is precisely because of the increased importance of Magic Coin in the company that I cannot tolerate you continuing in your current position.”

"It's up to you to make yourself look respectable, or for me to make you look respectable."

Cheng Gang didn't say anything, he knew where the root of the problem lay.

Once trust is gone, it is almost impossible to rebuild it.

The value of magic coin is far beyond the reach of capital, in case scientific and technological innovation discovers the possibility of the existence of intelligent planets in a certain galaxy.

Cheng Gang then leaked the information to foreign financial institutions, who then mined the magic coins in advance.

If it were him, he wouldn't be able to bear it either.

Cheng Gang knew that he had underestimated Zheng Li. Although Zheng Li was young and devoted himself to research, his control over Ke Chuang Bio was not affected at all.

But Cheng Gang didn’t know that magic coin was just an excuse.

The right to issue magic coin lies in Zheng Li’s hands.

Cheng Gang: "I will be handing over the work soon. Miaomiao is more suitable among the vice presidents. After all, she has been in the company since its establishment."

"Don't worry about what you do."

Zheng Li nodded and said, "Okay, you can hand over your work to Miaomiao. You can still serve as the nominal general manager until you find a suitable excuse to resign."

"Let's part ways in peace."

Zheng Li thought he had done his best and Cheng Gang couldn't cause any trouble.

When a company is growing rapidly, the founder has the strongest control over the company.

In the first week after Futureverse was officially released, more than 100 million units were sold worldwide, of which about units were sold in the domestic market.

Although Da Mi is one of the shareholders of Ke Chuang Future, Ke Chuang Future has no intention of learning Da Mi's hunger marketing.

Futureverse is positioned as high-end VR, and its benchmark is against Apple in mobile phones.

Products that focus on cost-effectiveness can be out of stock, but high-end brands cannot be out of stock.

Even if the product is really out of stock, this out-of-stock situation should not make users feel that you are playing tricks on them.

Operations like releasing 10,000 units every day for users to grab may be fine once, but doing it every year is unacceptable to users.

Although Ke Chuang Future had sufficient stock, the sales volume of one million in a week still shocked all the relevant practitioners.

Including within Kechuang Future, their expectation is to sell one million units in a month.

"If the goods are out of stock, we have to pay the supply chain more money and pay the front-line employees extra overtime to ensure that the supply is sufficient."

"In addition, since Futureverse offers 180-day no-reason returns and -day no-reason exchanges, the supply chain cost calculation in this regard must be well controlled."

"Maintain communication with Tencent, appropriately reduce advertising efforts, and increase the inducement of fission marketing to users."

“The VR system development team needs to be on standby at all times, and be able to fix any problems as soon as possible, and avoid major problems through iterative versions.”

Players in the domestic VR field were even more shocked.

You should know that Pico was the leader in the Chinese domestic market before.

ByteDance's pico is priced at around 3000 yuan, and their target for 2023 is only 150 million units.

Futureverse is priced three times as high as his, and its sales in one week reached one-third of its annual sales.

That is to say, the sales of both parties have become equal, and the sales in one week is equal to the sales in one year of Pico.

This is just the data within Futureverse.

Pico only sells well in China. It is no match for Quest overseas and only sells a few units.

The emergence of industry hits will bring about the vigorous development of the entire industry. This is a very simple truth.

Since 2016, people have said that it is the first year of VR, but truly groundbreaking VR products have never appeared.

Even Pico and Quest are only popular in certain areas, and their influence is not as great as that of game consoles such as PS5, Xbox, and NS.

Futureverse’s sales have led the industry to unanimously agree that the era of VR’s booming development is about to arrive.

(End of this chapter)