As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 260

In 2025, the technology gap between developed countries and developing countries will widen.

The gap is wider than in turbulent times decades ago.

The main reason is that the first-mover advantage in the semiconductor field is too obvious. Not all countries have the same resources and mobilization capabilities as Huaguo, and can invest hundreds of billions of national resources in industries with unclear rates of return.

It can be said that only Huaguo can do it.

In other countries, even if they have this economic strength, due to the fact that political parties come to power in turn, the policy lacks coherence.

It is impossible for governments ruled by different political parties to invest in catching up with projects such as semiconductors and consume their own resources to cultivate industries and economies for the next generation.

In addition, Huaguo caught up with the great shift in the world supply chain at the end of the 21th century and the beginning of the [-]st century.

Opportunities like this are rare.

Originally, countries such as Southeast Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe had the opportunity to catch up with this round of global supply chain restructuring.

However, technology is developing too fast, and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and industrial automation may bring this round of global supply chain adjustments to an abrupt end.

This round is at best an adjustment, unlike Huaguo’s supply chain redistribution after entering the WTO, which was a reorganization—the reorganization of the global supply chain.

Zheng imagined it was the same, he asked: "How about the smell sensor made by the goose factory?

It seems to be called Black Shark, right?They also sent me some samples, I remember. "

"Black Shark is the name of the company, a company under Goose Factory that specializes in hardware.

Before, it was specialized in making game phones and some game-related hardware devices.

Later, after Goose Factory became a shareholder of Kechuang Future, it was equivalent to having hardware, and the brain-computer connection VR was almost a monopoly business, and the Black Shark mobile phone was half dead at that time.

Therefore, Goose Factory later transformed Black Shark. After the transformation, it specializes in brain-computer connection VR-related hardware, which can be regarded as an alternative peripheral.

Their product is not called Black Shark.

Their first flagship product is an olfactory device, called Sniff.

At that time, when they were not on the market, they sent a sample to each of the executives of Kechuang Biology and Kechuang Future.

The user experience is not bad. After the launch of Xixiu, it is especially welcomed by female users.

As a female user, to be honest, the scope of use is a bit narrow.

That is to say, users whose brains and computers are connected to VR have relatively strong spending power.

Users with weak spending power are rarely willing to spend more than 1000 yuan to buy a special smell hardware. "

This is the same as when Apple's official mobile phone case sells for 398 and some people pay for it, and Huawei's official mobile phone case sells for 258, which will be considered expensive by users.

If Dami dares to price the official mobile phone case at more than two hundred, Dami will be sprayed to death by rice fans.

This is related to the initial brand positioning and consensus building.

Apple's sense of technology and high-end image are so successful that a piece of polishing cloth can be sold for more than 100 yuan, and some people really buy it.

However, rice and cost-effectiveness are deeply tied together, making it impossible to get rid of this label. From rice mobile phones to rice cars, this label has been firmly following rice.

The futureverse brand under Kechuangfuture has been quite successful, and the sense of technology and high-end brand image have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Consumers are willing to pay a certain premium for the product.

For example, after the second generation of futureverse comes out, users in Huaguo and even the world are willing to pay a price that is several hundred to one thousand higher than the original price, and get the product as soon as possible.

Affected by the successful creation of the futureverse brand image, Black Shark made it so easy to drink soup.

Li Miaomiao continued: "The Goose Factory is too good at business operations.

Their sense of smell for products is indeed the strongest in the industry. "

Many years ago, there were rumors about the products of Goose Factory, the operation of Ali and the technology of Qiandu.

Roughly speaking, Goose Factory focuses on products, Ali focuses on operations, and Qiandu focuses on technology.

Li Miaomiao agrees with the first paragraph of this sentence after she really understands the understanding and application of the products of Goose Factory.

Goose Factory not only has a strong ability to learn from, but its own product innovation ability is indeed considered to be the top in Huaguo.

Li Miaomiao continued: "Not long ago, a few months before the listing of Sniff, Goose Factory fully acquired Black Shark.

Previously, Goose Factory only had a 46.44% stake in Black Shark, which they bought from Rice in 2022.

But it is only a relative controlling stake. Not long ago, Goose Factory negotiated with other small shareholders and bought the remaining shares at a premium.

Now Black Shark is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goose Factory, and has been integrated into Goose Factory's Internet business group, which is the business group managed by Ren Yu.

At that time, when they acquired Black Shark, they came to ask us if we wanted to buy it with them. Goose Factory expressed that it was willing to sell some shares of Black Shark to us.

It's just that I think we have enough branches now, and we don't have enough middle-level cadres and high-level managers trained internally. What we need is precipitation rather than expansion.

At present, a large number of executives of Kechuang Bio and Kechuang Future rely on other Internet companies. I hope that the Guan Peisheng recruited by my school can be gradually cultivated. "

Li Miaomiao's business philosophy is to build a competitive and cohesive team. She wants to change the current situation that all executives are recruited from outside.

"Returning to the topic just now, after the goose factory launched the olfactory equipment, they launched two VR system environments: Wonderland Garden and Yunhai Waterfall.

Among them, Fairyland Garden and Yunhai Waterfall can smell the corresponding smell under the function of olfactory peripherals.

Among them, Fairyland Garden mainly smells of flowers and forests, while Yunhai Waterfall mainly smells of mountain water.

The effect is mediocre in terms of smell, but Goose Factory has done a very delicate job in the system environment.

Goose Factory also claimed that it will launch more attractive VR environments based on the comprehensive consideration of smell and vision in the future.

The price of Xixiu is more than 1000, and the price of each of the two VR environments is 198.

But when you buy Xxixiu, you will get one of these two VR environments for you to choose.

Therefore, Sniff is extremely popular after it goes on the market, and almost all female consumers are willing to buy. "

In China, women's spending power is much greater than that of men. A woman with a monthly salary of [-] may have a stronger spending power than a man with a monthly salary of [-].

(The above represents only personal observation and is very subjective.)
"In terms of pure products, the olfactory peripherals they make, I can distinguish the difference between the sensor and the real smell.

But this is normal, after all, this is a new product. "

The olfactory peripherals launched by Goose Factory are similar in size to Bluetooth speakers. They need to be connected to VR devices via Bluetooth and placed by your side.

The strength of a smell is inversely proportional to its distance from the user.

Zheng Li nodded and said: "This commercial benefit is not what the Goose Factory values ​​most.

What the goose factory values ​​most is the technology and data accumulation on the olfactory sensor.

In the future, if we want to create a metaverse, the sense of smell, one of the five senses, must be done.

At that time, Goose Factory, which holds a large amount of olfactory analysis data and user usage data, can take the opportunity to negotiate prices with us.

This is the real purpose of the goose factory. "

Zheng Li has stayed in Bluestar for so long, although he has not directly participated in the operation and management of the company, but he needs to participate in the company's weekly reports and related meetings and make final decisions.

Therefore, Zheng Li already has his own set of methodologies in business.

Li Miaomiao suddenly realized: "I vaguely feel that something is wrong, so it turns out that the goose factory has such thoughts.

I always feel that Goose Factory attaches too much importance to Black Shark.

You must know that in 2022, Goose Factory almost did not acquire the shares of Black Shark from Rice.

Now according to the information I know, not only is Ren Yu directly in charge of Black Shark in Goose Factory, he also serves as the chairman of Black Shark, and Brother Xiaoma listens to Black Shark's work report and progress every week.

It turned out to be such a plan.

In this case, I regret that I didn't agree to Ren Yu's share sale at that time. "

Zheng Li comforted: "It's okay, even if we want to get to the point of smelling, it will take time.

Besides, there is nothing to be determined based on this, Kechuang Future has shares in the hands of Goose Factory.

The goose factory can only choose to cooperate with us, but it needs to make a certain setback when the time comes, but this is not important.

We also need to start research on sensation now, and the Lion City side said that we should start with the feeling of vertigo.

According to my judgment, the research and development of vertigo should be very fast.

That is to say, we will soon be able to launch official hardware peripherals that feel relevant. "

In the Mage Alliance before, what was really expensive was knowledge, and the more cutting-edge knowledge was, the more expensive it was.Materials are not expensive, and mages can basically be said to have achieved complete material freedom.

Let alone talk about God.

After coming to Blue Star, Zheng Li found that the knowledge here is not expensive, even the HowNet of Huaguo is only tens of yuan per paper, and foreign periodicals are also very cheap.

Of course, the cheapness here is cheap for Zheng Li, and it is cheap compared with the knowledge charging standard of the Mage Alliance.

Therefore, after Zheng Li came to Blue Star, he never minded sharing benefits with others.

As long as the other party can show the corresponding value.

For example, Goose Factory can spend a lot of money to hire cutting-edge R&D teams related to smell and sensors, and then spend money on commercialization.

The performance of the goose factory made Zheng Li willing to give up some of his benefits in future talks.

"This time, you have become a man of the school. During the time you were in a coma, everyone was frantically looking for me, wanting to get first-hand information about you."

"The cheerleader, the head of the dance club, the most beautiful girl in our class, etc., they are all asking me for your contact information.

Their subtext is that they are willing to date you and have a romantic date together.

Going back to Manchester will be great for you boy.

Why wasn't I on stage at the time, and I was drawn just one number away. "Herman's tone was both teasing and envious.

The fat on his excited face trembled.

Lawrence spread out on the hospital bed, and stretched out his finger to his head, which was wrapped into a rice dumpling, "I don't have the heart to go on a date like this."

"Besides, why do they want to date me, don't you know?"

"Nobody's interested in a weirdo like me."

Both Herman and Lawrence belonged to the unwelcome objects in the school, and they belonged to the marginalized newspaper group to keep warm.

Even Herman was a little better than Lawrence.A humorous fat guy is more popular in Western universities than a geek buried in a pile of books.

It's not right to say that Herman and Lawrence hugged each other for warmth, because they had known each other since childhood.

Herman smiled strangely: "Of course I know."

“They want to date you just to be popular on Tik Tok.

You have to know that you are showing your face all over the world now. At the futureverse press conference, the scene of you taking off your helmet on the stage in a daze, and then being knocked down by the water element has been watched by at least one billion people.

Do you know what nickname you got on school forums? "

Herman started laughing before he finished speaking, and Lawrence read a hint of malice on his face.

Lawrence had slept through the whole night since he fainted, and just woke up.

After waking up, he could see his old friend beside him, and Lawrence was quite relieved about their friendship.

But now Herman's gloating appearance made Lawrence want to punch him twice: "What?
Unlucky boy? "

Lawrence shook his head, "No.

You're now known as Helmet Man on school forums hahaha. "

Seeing that something was wrong with Lawrence's face, Herman restrained himself a little, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and then added:
"And this nickname is gradually spreading, and the Manchester Evening News is now calling you Helmet Man."

Lawrence screamed, "Does that mean my parents saw my ugliness?"

"Oh no! I'm sure going to be laughed at by my parents and my damn sister when I get home."

Lawrence had a bitter look on his face. Before he could recover from his helplessness, Herman held the mobile phone in his hand and handed it to him to give him a knife.

"Here, look."

Lawrence saw on the screen, he took off his helmet, stared blankly at the water element, and then put on his glasses in a panic.

In the end, he fell to the ground as soon as he ate the water element, and the photographer "maliciously" shot the scene of him fainting on the ground from directly above him.

Lawrence buried his head in the white quilt unique to hospital wards: "Destroy!"

Herman reminded: "Look at the playback volume."

Lawrence's head got out of the quilt and took a look, then retracted again: "I don't want to live anymore."

More than 2000 million plays on youtube platform.

Herman continued to make up the knife: "This video of yours, especially the scene of you fainting at the end with shattered glasses, has become a popular material on Tik Tok.

In other words, there are far more than 2000 million people who saw your last look. "

Lawrence was completely speechless, paralyzed on the bed: "Maybe this is fate.

No wonder they want to date me, it's no wonder I don't use such good 'material'. "

Herman nodded and said, "It's really good of you to think so."

"I was still worrying about how to persuade you to make good use of this wave of enthusiasm and come to do self-media together."

"My Tik Tok followers have been stuck in four digits, and with your popularity, I am sure to become a blogger with millions of fans on Tik Tok."

"We'll share the profits from the account [-]-[-]!" Herman's small eyes were shining like a money fan.

　My monthly pass has been stable at [-] before, but today it is almost [-].
　　I hope everyone who has a monthly pass can vote for me two!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)