Chapter 213: Rampant Scalpers

At 12 o'clock that night, Li Yue opened the server of "Call of Duty Online" on time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info At the game show, when Li Yue released the news. NETIZENS DIDN'T FEEL MUCH AT FIRST, BUT WHEN THE VIDEO OF THE TRIAL AT THE GAME SHOW WAS UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE, NETIZENS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THEIR ATTITUDE 180 DEGREES.

Li Yue didn't open Vice City right away, because there are still very few computers on the market that can play Call of Duty Online. If Vice City is released at the same time, the number of players will be diverted. When the number of computers does not rise to a certain amount, Li Yue will not release "Vice City".

WHILE MANY PLAYERS HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEIR HANDS ON A COMPUTER YET, THEY'VE BEEN TEMPTED BY THE YOUTUBE VIDEO TO SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT FIRST! IN JUST TWO HOURS, CALL OF DUTY OL HAS MORE THAN 1 MILLION REGISTERED PLAYERS.

Li Yue will not charge for the game in the short term, and the right is regarded as a test. But that doesn't mean you just want everyone to play for nothing. In order to promote Momo to internationalization, Li Yue forcibly launched Momo social software in the name of the game this time. And only Momo accounts can be logged in, even if you register an account, there is a game time limit.

In the game, each player can have 2 hours of free time per day. After that, even if you want to spend money on time, you don't have to sell it. If you want to get more playtime, you'll have to gather your friends. Friends in Momo social software, how long they play in the game, you can get 50% of your friends' game time. As a result, in order to play Call of Duty Online, they have to add crazy friends to play with and friends they meet in the game. Only then will they be able to get more time in the game. Although it is a bit forced, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Until the game is not officially charged, they can only get playtime in this way.

The offerings of HP, DELL, IBM caused a stir in the market, and technology stocks in the U.S. stock market ushered in a rare surge on the same day. This is also a pent-up skyrocket. Investors bought their shares early on the day they stood in line with these three companies. Their stock has been going up these days, but it's just a lot up today.

Driven by the frenzy of the stock market, the media also rarely had a positive report on Li Yue. For the first time, they reported positively on the benefits of technological advances. It's just that when the media used Li Yue's mobile phone to talk about things, the media returned to the old path of black Li Yue.

"Such a high-definition, such portable photographic rig. How should people's privacy be guaranteed in the future?" the media is waving the banner of protecting privacy! But at this time, most people's eyes are attracted to the stock market, games, and new computers, and only a small number of people are focusing on the mobile phones of the future.

And in this small group of people, Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson and other companies are restless. They had received the news a long time ago, but they never got the real hardware, and everyone didn't believe the rumors were true. Directly Li Yue took his mobile phone and asked the media to take the above photos. These traditional and old manufacturers are convinced!

"What an ambitious young man! One person dominates so many industries!" At this time, Bush's desk was filled with all kinds of materials on Li Yue. Because of the Li Yue shooting, Congress is now holding the matter to express dissatisfaction with the White House.

After 911, the U.S. military began operations in Afghanistan. However, there have been a series of shootings in China, and this time the global media are following up and reporting it. The country's security services also want to take advantage of this to get more budget from Congress. So all departments and parties are more or less taking Li Yue to talk about things. Bush has also mentioned Li Yue's name almost every two hours these days. Because there are too many incidents about Li Yue to talk to him.

The National Communications Network Security Committee approached the White House to try to get the White House to intervene and prevent government departments from purchasing personal computers made by Li Yue. At this time, their various analyses were on Bush's presidential desk.

"Does their company have a backdoor program for the CPUs they produce? I want to hear the truth?" Bush rubbed his head and asked his technology adviser and network security consultant.

"Intel's lab replied to me that it had not found any abnormalities in his CPU for the time being. But it is not ruled out that they will not do this in the future after they occupy the global market!" said the cybersecurity consultant helplessly.

Bush looked at the people in the oval office of the White House and said helplessly: "That is gone? Since there is no evidence, how can we issue a ban! At the same price, if we have to use backward things, will the taxpayers believe that we are doing this for national security? They will think that our government is subsidizing Intel and AMD in disguise, so that they can tide over the cold winter smoothly!" Bush is under considerable pressure, and although his approval rating has skyrocketed after 911, it does not mean that he can do whatever he wants. As soon as he did order the government to refuse to procure, Bush was very sure that his public approval ratings would begin to decline. Once there is a gap on the battlefield in Afghanistan in the future, his approval rating will plummet. He can't take this risk for the time being, but it's still okay to let out a rumor to test public opinion.

"Get a few members of Congress and ask them to take the lead. Let Congress form an investigative committee to investigate whether there is a problem with the CPU?" Although Bush already has the answer, it is still necessary to go through the process. In this way, if something happens in the future, it will not be counted on your own head.

Just when Bush was calculating to deal with the pressure of Congress while protecting himself. The computers of the three companies have been sold out, and they have not set up any levels. Anyone can buy it, and as a result, a lot of scalpers smell this business opportunity. Who said that there are no scalpers in the United States, they are counting the bills excitedly at this time.

"It's too dark!I5 processor, 8G memory, dual graphics cards crossfire. The original price was $2,000, but now you are directly increasing the price by $1,000!" At the subway station, a white girl was haggling with several middle-aged uncles.

Seeing that the girl in front of them was dissatisfied, these scalpers were not angry, and said with a smile: "Don't be too expensive, I heard that those three companies are about to sell out." You don't want 3000 now, it is estimated that this configuration can be 3500 or even 4000 in less than a week. ”

"What?4000? You guys want to go crazy for money! That Li Yue said that his dual-socket I7, 16G memory, dual graphics card firefight, water-cooling suit, backlit mouse and keyboard are only 4500 US dollars. You still want 4,000 HP in your hand." The little girl didn't have that much money, but she wanted the computer. She contacted many merchants, but they were all sold out. Later, she saw the scalper's markup on the Internet, but the 2500 that she said was good, and after she arrived, they had sold it for 2800. And the other one was even more ruthless, the two people were only a block apart, and when the little girl arrived with the money, the scalper had already increased the price by 200 yuan, and 2900 was sold again. This time, I finally met another one who had the goods on hand, but $3,000 was too expensive.

"Hey, it's for me. I5, 8G, dual graphics card. 3500! I'm in the subway station, okay, I'll wait for you!" Just as the little girl and the scalper were lowering the price, they received another phone call.

"You hear me? 3,000 you don't want, 3,500 I'll sell it right away. The scalper shook the mobile phone in his hand at the little girl proudly.

"I don't believe that anyone will buy this configuration for 3500!" The scalper's trick is nothing more than finding a way to raise the price, she understands! When I bought concert tickets before, I didn't see it less. But after waiting for more than ten minutes, three young people walked out of the subway, and the scalper asked the other party to inspect the computer behind him. After reading it, the other party directly ordered $3,500 and handed it to the scalper.

The little girl watched the three young men leave with their computers in their arms, looked at the young people with a look of surprise, and then looked at the scalper.

"Do you have a computer in your hand? I'll take it, I'll take it for any configuration!" The scalper sold 3 computers today. The speed of this money is much faster than selling X hemp money on weekdays. There is no risk, not to mention, the seller pays very refreshingly. However, although the money came quickly, it was too difficult to get the goods. Now not to mention that there is a shortage in the market, even the manufacturer has no stock! There is no second way except to increase the price. Theft, the risk is too high, and it is safe to make money like this, and there is no risk. These scalpers obviously knew that it was more cost-effective.

Next time I see the goods, I will shoot them early. It's too late to regret it now!" It turns out that there is more than one scalper around him who buys a computer, but none of them have that much money. The little girl had 3,000 on her, but at the time she thought it was a sky-high price, how could anyone buy it. Now I want to buy it, and I sold it for 3500!

And this small scalper incident is just a small microcosm of the major cities in the United States. Those IT supermarkets and computer monopoly places are even more out of stock. The three manufacturers' own stores were not well fed, and they had extra computers for them. Even in order to maintain everyone's cooperative relationship, only a very small number of products are given, and they are all the minimum configuration of I3!

At this time, outside the stores of the three companies, there were already people lining up with tents. The prices of the computers of the three companies have not increased, as long as they buy it, they can earn $1,000 after the transfer, why not line up such a team. Lots and lots of homeless people, as well as college students, joined the queue. College students may use it for themselves, but the homeless are hired, and as long as they buy a computer, they can get $300 as soon as they leave the store, and they can also take care of the tent, so they are very happy to take it.