The only way to deal with the current frustration and unpopularity of VR companies is to get the product out of the air - and that will have to wait until CES next January. Although Meng Qian is not happy to ridicule and hack his media, he can't make an appointment with those editors, right? He could only ignore outside voices.

Of course, it's not all VR companies that are incompetent. Soon after, the company's management spoke out on social networks: naming the media and people who had the most trouble and belittled the VR company in this incident, and invited them to participate in and comment on the company's products to be launched in January next year.

It's a good counterattack, and it's not without losing the atmosphere. It expresses: You can hack me now, I don't mind, but when the product is launched next year, I will prove it to you first, what do you say then?

The VR company's hand has finally moved back to the situation, and it also makes the people who join in the fun think: they are so sure, is there still a hole card?

And then consider David. The success of Meng's previous investments, as well as the effect in the promotional video, seems to be a bit premature to make a conclusion now.

However, there are also people who are hard-mouthed to the end, a technology website and social celebrity John. Kulin, who expressed his willingness to try it, gave a horizontal evaluation of the same product.

Kulin is quite ruthless in his reviews of digital products, has a loyal following, and his evaluation results have also influenced the marketing strategies of many manufacturers.

It can be said that he is a standard for the quality of a product.

Someone makes a move, someone takes it, and the Internet is lively! The public's attention to VR companies has finally shifted from ridicule to curiosity and research.

Things are on the right track, and Meng Qian, who is a guest in Malibu, also has the idea of selecting a few people who can provoke the company's pillars, and don't do everything they can. Like this social networking response from the top of the hierarchy. It seems to be called John. Yuan's, Chinese? He's doing pretty well.

Two days later, Meng Qian was ready to take his leave.

After Erica learned that Meng Qian would often come and go to Los Angeles in the future, and it was inconvenient to always stay in a hotel, she asked the housekeeper to help him arrange a residence: "Located in the wealthy area of Beverly Hills, it is our old house. It is easily accessible and suitable for young people who like nightlife. ”

Meng Qian doubted: "You don't need it?" ”

She smiled, "We haven't lived in it for a long time. It had been renovated and renovated and planned to be sold, but it was ignored for more than a year, and then Tiger changed his mind and was idle until now. If you like it, make it a Los Angeles destination. ”

"That place is fabulous." Sandra said, "The party was a great place when we were younger. ”

Erica was attentive: "But I guess you'll like it, in terms of rent...... Just make up the property tax. ”

What Meng Qian wanted to talk about was exactly the issue of rent, although they had a good relationship. But what should be calculated still has to be calculated, otherwise it will be awkward for the host and guests.

"The specific butler will help you take care of it." Erica added.

"I will, thank you, ma'am." Meng Qian saved the effort of looking for a house in person.

Tiger takes him to the garage - his parking garage to be exact, three stories high, with the top floor for helicopters and the bottom three floors for various collections.

As a fan of cars, Meng Qian saw those rare and rare brands at a glance.

Ferrari's 250GTO, F40, ENZO, Carrera GT. McLaren's F1, P1, Saleen's S7...... Just a quick glance. So many artifacts were found.

"That's amazing!" Meng Qianzan.

Seeing that he liked it, Tiger said, "With the collection accumulated over the years, which one do you like?" ”

"Let me take a closer look." Meng Qian's mind was already on it, he was envious, jealous and hateful, and even had the idea of moving the entire parking building away.

Of course, it was only YY, but Tiger said coldly: "You can pick one." It's inconvenient to have no car in Los Angeles. ”

"Really?" Meng Qian turned around.

"I can see that you like cars." Tiger nodded, and looked at its collections again: "It's no better than when I was younger, and I haven't opened them for a long time." ”

After Meng Qian turned around, he didn't hesitate: "Reventon, I like it!" ”

The Reventon is a limited edition model launched by Lamborghini in 2008. Yacht grey is the car's unique colour, and the fighter-like design elements are the most prominent feature. Again, it is very rare, with only 21 cars in the hardtop version worldwide.

"Visionary." Tiger nodded approvingly, went to the wall next to him and pulled out a key, and threw it to him: "Take it as a gift from my friend." ”

"Sent to me?" Meng Qian was surprised and surprised: "I knew that I just wanted that 250GTO!" I don't have to work after the auction is successful. ”

"Repentance is invalid." Tiger knew he was joking.

"Try it now?" Meng Qian smiled, and knew that he owed favors, and the other party intended to win him over, but Tiger, a friend, was worth making a deep friendship.

So Meng Qian was not polite, opened the door and got into the car.

The full LCD central control screen in the style of a fighter jet, the speed display is similar to that of an aviation instrument, and the values are scrolling.

Starting it, the 6.5-liter, V12 engine is still powerful, with a speed of 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 340 kilometers per hour. In the mood to touch the artifact, he slowly drove the car out.

"How?" Tiger asked him.

"Super cool!" Meng Qian was very satisfied.

After going around in a circle, I said goodbye to the Stone family and set off.

The old butler led the way, driving south along Highway 1 to Los Angeles, arriving at the famous Beverly Hills, climbing all the way up the hill and finally stopping at a modern house at the top of the hill, which was once listed for sale for $26 million.

It occupies a smaller area than Meng Qian's house in the Bay Area, but the price has doubled. It's no wonder, after all, that this is Beverly Hills, the prime area for Hollywood's celebrities. Community + location is an incomparable advantage in other areas, and the high price is a matter of course.

The house is built on the hill, two and a half stories high, and the bottom floor is attached to the mountainside, only half of it. The walls of the house, the staircase and the rooms are glazed to let in natural light. Facing the city with its back to the mountain, the glass wall fully exerts the advantages of the mountaintop, and the view is excellent.

After turning around, Meng Qian couldn't find anything to be picky.

The price is 20,000 per month - there is no semicolon for friendship price. According to this location and location, the market is generally around $60,000. Charging only $20,000 is indeed in terms of offsetting property taxes. So he didn't hesitate, and signed a check for a year's house money in one go.

The housekeeper accepted the cheque and arranged for the accompanying helper to clean the room. At the same time, he told him about the use of matters, such as the password of the house alarm system and the use of the Mercedes-Benz SUV in the garage, which were all details, and he also recorded them in the memo. It was handed over to Meng Qian together.

"Have a great weekend." Before the butler leaves.

"You too, Mr. Green." Meng Qian shook hands with him.

Back in the living room, the house has been cleaned by the four maids brought by the housekeeper just now, and they can move in with their bags. Then he called Rachel, who was still in the Bay Area, and asked her to come over. Because of the research of artificial intelligence and the development of VR games, he needs to stay for a while.

Putting down the phone, he thought about the company again.

The product launch is imminent, and the company's managers must find it quickly; The content should also be improved.

In response to the scarcity of VR game content, he needed a dedicated game development company. It can be a joint venture with a holographic entertainment company; In response to the current burning of money by VR companies, and the outbreak next year - he must let those people who look down on him taste the taste of slapping his face.

But the VR company is too big, and the lack of money has become a problem. The previous investment of 150 million yuan, just the production of VR software has spent nearly 20 million US dollars, and the patent fee for the use of brainwave remote control has also been advanced 5 million, and the rest is various research and development expenditures.

He had to raise hundreds of millions. Prepare for next year.

Selling stocks? Onyx Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of more than $120 billion, and they have two more patented drugs on the market next year. Values are bound to go up. The stocks in his hand, which were originally worth 2.5 billion, will soar to 3 billion or more sooner or later, and it is not worth it at this time.

In the end, he still took a fancy to the loan.

It had to be a loan of a large sum of money, and he wanted about $500 million.

The bank's doubts about this loan amount are also quite large, unless it is a large enterprise and the business situation is very good. Otherwise, the bank will not take this risk.

But Meng Qian finally joined the consortium, dragged Tiger into the water, and vouched for himself...... Feeling like he was about to owe a favor again, he called anyway.

None of the other party had any questions: "How much?" ”

Meng Qian said: "About 500 million US dollars, or less. I need more than 300 million. ”

"I'll say hello to you and have someone talk to you." Although Tiger is not engaged in finance, he can't stand many friends and has a big background.

……

Meng Qian talked twice with friends in the financial industry of the consortium, and they were willing to provide special help to their partners. Stone face. Therefore, a total of 400 million US dollars of loans were obtained from a number of banks, and the interest rate was lower than that of the market for three years.

After this loan is confirmed, VR companies are no longer held back by funds and can develop boldly.

The banks that provided the loans also intended to help the VR company build momentum, and shook the news out: many banks and analysts are optimistic about the future of the VR company, and have happily provided huge loans of up to $400 million. As soon as this news came out, the media, which had sprayed very coolly, had a bad premonition.

Banks are definitely not stupid, and if they dare to give such a large amount of money to a company, they must rely on it.

What do VR companies rely on?

Obviously, they were playing with VR equipment, and they previously claimed to be a "second generation" product, and then many people thought that the cowhide was blown and ridiculed.

But now it seems that they may have been wrong, wildly wrong.

Big banks are willing to lend large sums of money, but analysts are still optimistic? Either the financial ones are stupid, or the media and editors are stupid.

But many people want to believe that the latter is definitely stupid.

So all eyes were on the previous week, the "opposition" editor John Brown, who dared to fight. Mr. Coolin, mixed moods. There are those who are glad that they sprayed but did not participate in the bet; There is also schadenfreude, I have long seen that you are unhappy and now you are slapped in the face, right?

How to feel the specific feelings, I'm afraid only the person concerned knows.

On the Internet and in the media, more and more impartial media have begun to pay attention to VR companies and their products, analyze and comment; Does the VR company have real materials? From the initial skepticism, it slowly transitioned to calm, and most people began to wait and see the situation.

At this time, if you speak out rashly, you may shoot yourself in the foot. The smart people are hiding, and depending on the effect - there are still two months to go. When the time comes, if VR companies can't come up with evidence of the "second generation", it will not be too late for them to ridicule them; And if it does, it turns to praise. (To be continued.) )