Chapter 97: Press Conference
The event took place in the Colosseum in the west of the Magic City.
This arena is usually used for jousting competitions, and it is the most popular place in the City of Magic.
The grandstand in the arena has more than 70,000 seats and an open field of more than 100,000 square meters.
Zhou Ming asked people to arrange a large stage in the middle and rear of the arena, and three large PPT projection screens were placed behind the stage.
In the stands on both sides of the arena, two large PPT projection screens are also set up.
In the open space of the arena, more than 30,000 seats were placed.
Plus more than 70,000 seats in the stands.
The entire arena can accommodate 100,000 spectators.
And in order to prepare for this press conference, Zhou Ming spent a lot of money on the city radio of the Magic City, and placed advertisements for more than 1 month, not only some brainwashing advertising words, but also asked experts to reveal some details of the product every day and introduce the powerful functions of the product.
All kinds of marketing methods have whetted the appetite of the citizens.
And the price of tickets to participate in the press conference is not expensive, except for some good positions in the front to ask for money, more than 60,000 tickets are all distributed for free, so all 100,000 tickets are sold out.
So on the night of January 18th, how many people entered with tickets?
More than 88,000 people attended...... There are three races: Humans, Orcs, and Dwarves.
Zhou Ming found that there were about 30,000 orcs and occupied almost all the grandstand seats on the south side of the arena.
There are nearly 40,000 Terrans who occupy all the grandstand seats on the north side.
And the two sides are clearly distinguished, where the orcs are gathered, there is not a single human in sight, and where the humans are gathered, there is not a single orc.
The dwarves sat in the middle of the clearing, numbering more than 5,000 people.
There are also more than 10,000 VIP seats with the best view and closest to the stage, and most of them are the top of the Magic Association and the middle and upper class with a high quality of life...... In this upper class in the Magic City, the human race accounts for the vast majority, and the orc race and dwarf race are less than one percent.
In fact, in the Magic City, the population of orcs and dwarves is still quite large, accounting for about 40%, with a total of more than 400,000 people.
But at the top of the pyramid, they are less than one percent.
What causes this?
It has to do with the situation in the outside world.
Outside the Magic City, human beings are the land overlords, 28 powerful human empires, directly connected to the Magic City, and can import hundreds of top foreign talents to the Magic City every year, while the orcs and dwarves are all remote, and they are not very good at dealing with humans, so the number of talents imported by these two races every year is 0.
In this way, in the upper class, the gap between the three races has completely widened, and the Terrans have an absolute advantage and become the absolute dominant.
But Zhou Ming did not discriminate against orcs and dwarves because of this.
Both races have their own merits.
For example, orcs have great strength, bear hardships and stand hard work, have a simple personality, and are very united, loyal and brave, and very righteous, but the disadvantage is that their IQ is slightly insufficient.
The dwarves are short in stature and have a very honest personality, and have a unique racial talent for utensils, making tools, parts, and equipment, which are reliable and durable, and of good quality, but the disadvantage is that they are short-tempered and like to drink spirits...... But sometimes there are also iron men who are soft.
In Zhou Ming's 100-person technical team, although most of them are humans, there is also one orc and five dwarves...... In the development of the magic phone, they all made their contributions.
7 p.m.
The product launch officially began.
Zhou Ming, who was wearing a black crewneck shirt and blue gray jeans underneath, made a brief opening remark, and soon launched the product he led the team to develop - the magic mobile phone.
On the huge PPT projection screen, there is a product photo of a silver-black shell, a brick-shaped structure, a half-finger-long cylindrical antenna at the top of the upper right corner, a 2.5-inch capacitive screen on the top, and 28 buttons in 7 rows at the bottom.
And said its name:
"Its name is Nokia 001, and it is the first magic phone developed by our technical team......"
"It has a lot of functions, you can use it to make phone calls, set up contacts, send text messages, set alarms, use calculators, act as flashlights for lighting, play mini-games, receive wireless broadcasts, smash nuts and more than a dozen powerful functions!"
"Next, let's let our talented engineers show you these features one by one!"
Not bad!
Although the magic smartphone is good, Zhou Ming still hasn't given up on Nokia.
Indeed, in his eyes, Nokia is less functional and very rubbish, but for this world without mobile phones, the emergence of Nokia is completely an artifact!
What's more, Nokia phones are of good quality, have a long lifespan, and are so versatile to the world's natives that they are amazed.
The most important thing is that Nokia has low production costs and simple processes, which can ensure high profit margins.
Such a good product, if Zhou Ming doesn't bring it to the market, the partners who work with him will not agree, thinking that this is a violent thing!
So as early as two months ago, Zhou Ming established a production line, and after two months of continuous start-up, there is now a large number of Nokia 001 in stock in the warehouse.
And so for the next hour or so.
Regarding the various functions of the magic mobile phone Nokia 001, more than ten technical directors came to the stage one by one, combined with PPT pictures, videos and on-site displays, one after another, showing the technical principles and powerful functions of Nokia 001.
From the main calls, texting, and managing the address book to setting alarms, playing mini-games, listening to the radio, calculators, and ...... The introduction of each function can cause an exclamation from the audience.
In particular, games such as "Tetris" and "Snake" demonstrated by Babbitt, the head of the game department, attracted at least 300 viewers to try them on stage, and everyone found it very interesting!
In addition, in the introduction of the "calculator" function, the organizer selected 30 masters who considered themselves "strong arithmetic ability" from the scene, and held a man-machine battle, preparing a total of ten more complex addition and subtraction arithmetic problems, whoever exceeds the speed of the "calculator", will be directly rewarded with a Nokia 001 magic mobile phone!
As a result, after 10 rounds of man-machine battles, only one human player won by chance and got a Nokia 001.
There are also flashlights, wireless broadcasting and other functions in the back, all of which are exactly as introduced on the PPT, without any false publicity!
The most exclamation from the audience was the quality demonstration of Nokia 001, when Wallock Tiezhu, the head of the quality department, held a sledgehammer in his left hand and a "stone fruit" that is said to be the hardest in the world in his right hand, placed it on the rear case cover of Nokia 001, and smashed it down with a hammer.
The orc stands in the south suddenly erupted in thunderous cheers!
"Wallock Iron Pillar!"
"Wallock Iron Pillar!"
"Wallock Iron Pillar!"
It turned out that the director of the quality department appointed by Zhou Ming, Wallock Tiezhu, was a young and sturdy orc, he was very talented, but at the age of 28, he had the strength of a great swordsman, and he was quite popular among the orcs, plus he worked hard and was very motivated and smart, so Zhou Ming promoted him to be the head of the quality department.
But he didn't expect that as soon as Wallock Iron Pillar came to power, it caused such a big noise, and even made the orcs stand up collectively and chant his name together, as if he was regarded as a big hero among the orcs.
From this action alone, Zhou Ming saw the unity of the orcs.
Naturally, when the hammer of the Wallock Iron Pillar went down, the stone fruit must have been shattered, but what about the Nokia mobile phone?
Pick it up and take a look.
Intact!
There was not even a hint of noticeable deformation.
After a few more uses, all the functions still work!
Suddenly, there was even more cheering below!
"Wow~!"
"Great, this thing is simply amazing!"
"I want to buy one, I want to buy one!"
"I want to play the little games in it the most!"
"The quality of this thing called a mobile phone is so good, I want to buy a unit and go back to smash the stone fruit!"
"This ...... This kid did it, he did it?"
In the VIP seating area, the elder wolf of the Magic Association, who was sitting in the middle of the first row, was extremely shocked in his heart at this moment!
Unlike other viewers who think it is "magical", "interesting", and "fun", his feeling at the moment is shock!
With so many practical and convenient functions concentrated in a palm-sized mobile phone, ordinary people don't think it's impossible, and they won't even imagine it!
Because that's simply not possible!
The old wolf was one of those who felt impossible.
But that kid really made things, more than a dozen functions that should be there, and one by one was integrated into what he called "mobile phone"!
In only half a year, the "impossible" has become a product in front of us!
At this moment, even the old wolf himself realized that after the launch of the magic phone, the magic phone that the Magic Association had used for millions of years would be eliminated!
Because it's him, if someone asks him whether he chooses a "magic phone" or a "magic phone", he will choose a magic phone 100%!
Because the convenience brought by this thing is too much.
He sighed even more in his heart: This kid has created another miracle that I can't imagine.
"So, when it comes to the question that everyone is most concerned about, how much does this Nokia 001 brand magic phone cost?"
The press conference on stage continued, and Zhou Ming returned to the stage to preside.
Hearing the price, the scene fell silent instantly, and everyone pricked up their ears to hear the price of the mobile phone and see if it was expensive or not.
The old wolf also pricked up his ears and muttered in his heart: Such a powerful mobile phone shouldn't be cheap.
"It's not expensive. ”
Zhou Ming stretched out a finger, "The price of this mobile phone is not expensive, 100 contribution points, you can buy it." ”
"Of course, if the contribution points are not enough, you can also buy it with purple gold coins, and you can also buy this mobile phone with 500 purple gold coins. ”
"If you don't have enough purple gold coins, you can also choose a hybrid payment method, such as taking out 50 contribution points and 250 purple gold coins, and you can also buy this mobile phone. ”
"Of course, for people with relatively difficult families, whether it is 100 contribution points or 500 purple gold coins, it may not be a decimal, and our original intention of making this mobile phone is to make Nokia mobile phones affordable for everyone in the world. ”
"That's why we've launched a special promotion, and all the attendees who attended the press conference tonight will be 50% off if they go to buy a Nokia phone with the admission ticket in hand. ”
Zhou Ming stretched out five fingers: "Yes, you heard it right! Buy with tickets, all 50% off, all 50% off, please take good care of the tickets in your hands!"
Wow~
There was a commotion at the scene, and some people solemnly folded the tickets in their hands and put them in the innermost pockets of their clothes.
"Where's my ticket? Can you help me find my ticket?" and the one who threw the ticket away, looking for the ticket he had discarded in a panic.
"So after a 50% discount, the Nokia magic mobile phone that costs only 50 contribution points or 250 purple gold coins is still expensive?" Zhou Ming asked in a raised voice.
"It's not expensive!" replied many voices.
"It's not expensive, I doubt you can make a penny!" The old wolf shook his head, such a good magic phone, this kid actually sells cabbage for the price?
"Can anyone afford it?"
"Afford it!!"
"Okay!" Zhou Ming nodded and said, "Then let's start releasing our second magic phone and the first high-end magic smartphone - Love Crazy 1 Generation." ”
What?
The audience was stunned.
And a magic phone?