Chapter 373: The artifact is in hand, I have it in the world
The Central Political Bureau held a lengthy meeting on whether to let Pandora's helmet into China. At the meeting, experts from both sides put forward their own opinions -- in fact, their opinions had already been compiled into written materials and distributed to the members of the political bureau attending the meeting in advance, so this meeting was more of a decision-making meeting than a discussion meeting, and the rest was a decision-making meeting after fully listening to their opinions, but rather a decision-making meeting of the balance of forces. Because the same thing that was sent to you was the production line construction plan that Pandora entrusted to Kasuga to hand over. They had a preliminary site selection that was submitted to the Chinese government for reference, and at the same time, the sales figures collected by the central government itself also tested the hearts of the members of the political bureau.
The above number clearly shows that in nearly a month, the number of Pandora's helmets sold worldwide reached 10 million, which is still the result of Pandora's restrictions on purchases because the production capacity cannot keep up. According to the most conservative estimates, there is at least about 200 million capacity in the world market, and according to Pandora's current production capacity, it will take them at least ten years or so to meet this market - this is simply impossible, everyone knows the speed of electronic product upgrading, so it is inevitable to expand production capacity. At the same time, Pandora's helmets purchased and smuggled into the mainland from Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and other places have been speculated to a high price of more than 50,000 yuan, ten times or eight times the original selling price, and there is no market. The academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering explained the technology of the Pandora helmet on the spot, and the entrained private goods are nothing more than possible in the realization of the real yàn room, but the realization of the function is one thing, and the related supporting facilities are another.
Logically speaking, China should not be closed off such equipment, but political considerations are such standards. When the political system is the highest standard, there are always some political voices: for example, this kind of helmet will have a bad effect on teenagers because it is too real, especially after the Pandora-style cavalry and infantry film of the Cosmic Infantry Film Production Zuò Declaration. You know, an ordinary movie is exciting enough, if it's a small movie in Pandora format. It seems to be more exciting than watching the game live. Besides, it's not that no one sees that the future development direction of this technology is the interface of online games, although I don't know when mature products will appear, but it is obvious that this kind of real visual effect is enough to kill other online games running on the computer, which is not only a heavy blow to the game industry, but even to the hardware (computer) production industry. Since you can use your eyes and virtual keys in your Pandora's helmet to perform void operations, who will touch the mouse and the real keyboard? You should know that the virtual button projection can be directly projected onto the table or into the void. This eliminates the need for peripherals.
The only thing that prevents the Pandora's helmet from now is probably the battery life, which can barely last less than an hour if the helmet is not plugged into the charging board at full effect, which limits the survival of those who walk on the street with the helmet and hit the pole. Push the helmet's own eyepatch display above the helmet, and it's a cool helmet, so you can see people wearing helmets on the street for a while.
The reason why this meeting was convened was largely due to the inertia of the bureaucratic system, which required the approval of domestic departments for game consoles and games. So this thing began to be marketed abroad, and the approval was not over. It was only when the world became so turbulent that the bureaucracy realized the severity of the problem, and the mainland became a high point of profit because it was not approved. Those equipment sold in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and other places enter Chinese mainland through various channels, earning more than ten times eight times the profit.
So the positive point of view is: it is better to open up as soon as possible, you can sell freely, and it would be better for Pandora to take the initiative to build a factory in China. It is also a new pillar of GDP growth. After opening up, the market can be exchanged for technology, and it is slow to follow the footsteps of others behind closed doors, who knows which step they can do in the next upgrade? And after coming in, the content of the sale is reviewed and supervised through guò can be controlled.
The voice of the opposing side was a little weaker. Coming and going is nothing more than a bad impact on spiritual civilization, a bad impact on children, a bad supervision, and the subsequent development is difficult to control, etc. But these reasons are not worth the market capacity of 200 million in the future, and the sales of hardware are close to 200 billion US dollars, driving the GDP of more than 2 trillion yuan, and all of them are US dollars. Even if China only has one production line, then a third is a number that is hard to refuse, and you must know that the bailout funds after the financial crisis do not add up to 1 trillion US dollars.
Of course, the opposing side's views also have a certain reference, but on the issue of Pandora's helmet, the Party Central Committee attaches great importance to it, and must not only hand over the approval authority to the Copyright Administration or the Ministry of Culture, but set up a special coordination department on top of this, led by the vice premier who is supervising the formation in the southwest region, because Pandora's production line is placed there. It is said that after the decision to open it to Pandora, Pandora's production line became fragrant. However, in the previous plan, Pandora had already explained the reason for choosing the southwest, where a supporting production chain of computer hardware had been established, which provided great convenience for the assembly of Pandora's equipment, and at the same time had abundant labor resources. The southeast and central regions are facing the problem of labor being too expensive or in short supply. The central government naturally also took into account that after the secretary was shuanggui, it was also necessary to strengthen the local economic strength for the sake of stabilizing the local shape, especially at this time when the vice premier was in charge and the level was very high. It was very convenient to arrange everything again, so they complied with Pandora's request and quickly approved the construction agreement. Then the mayor of the city in the southwest region took the initiative to contact the people of Kasuga and Pandora to discuss the specific plan for building the factory.
It must be said that this pragmatic and direct attitude is very much in line with Nick. Anderson's appetite, and the Chinese government's timely announcement of the Pandora helmet to be listed on the mainland and the progress of Pandora's construction of factories in China are also expected in Western countries, after all, it is impossible for the world to ignore the Chinese market. Of course, the US government is a little disappointed, but they also know that it is impossible for the United States to outperform China's conditions in terms of taxes. As a result, the scalper business was severely hit, and the price of Pandora helmets on the mainland dropped to 30,000. But soon word broke that the Pandora helmet had to be censored by the Chinese government, and many of its functions had to be castrated. So the price went up again. Pandora issued a statement saying that there is no such thing, Pandora will strictly abide by the laws and regulations of Chinese mainland, and the Chinese government only requires the filing of Pandora's hardware functions, and does not propose modifications. However, they also admit that random software and movies released in China must comply with mainland laws and regulations in terms of content, so it is impossible for movies that violate mainland laws and regulations to be released in Pandora format.
This is basically the norm. Only Hong Kongers and Taiwanese proudly say that they can see small films in Pandora format and the mainland side cannot, and this is the power of liberal democracy. In this way, liberal democracy seems to be somewhat cheap. At the same time, the software integrated into the Pandora helmet system, Pandora, uses an adapted version of the Linux system, and some specialized software such as Facebook and Twitter are also facing the situation that they cannot be used in China. However, the Pandora helmet was specially customized for China's exclusive Renren and Sina Weibo - this is after receiving money from Renren and Sina Weibo, after all, according to the original idea, it will not be pre-installed. Even so, Renren and Sina Weibo are still a little dissatisfied, because the helmet system is set to delete these two software.
In a sense, the Pandora helmet is a nightmare for all hardware and software vendors. This can be seen in the fact that it uses a Linux system architecture, although his own custom Linux system is completely closed in a certain way. In addition to the impact on the hardware of the computer, Microsoft's system software has naturally begun to face this threat, and even mobile phone manufacturers feel that they are facing a huge threat. You know, it's easy to add a communication module inside the helmet, and there's nothing inconvenient about making phone calls through the built-in headphones and microphones. Before Pandora went public, everyone's vigilance was not so high. But when he went public, it ignited a hot sales market. Suddenly all the industries that may be involved have a sense of tension.
At this time, the move of preparing to build a production line in the mainland made Pandora stand on the cusp. But not only that, soon Pandora opened stores in several first-tier key cities in the mainland, and the first batch of 100,000 Pandora helmets will be sold at a price of 5,888 yuan each, and the set (including the six-part "Magic Apprentice" series) will be sold at a price of 6,888 yuan. This price is much higher than the price in Europe, the United States and Japan, but compared with the price of other channels, it can be said that it is quite conscientious. As a result, in just three days, 100,000 helmets were sold out, and the prepared Pandora-format film was also sold out. To the surprise of users on the mainland. They were even able to buy a large number of old Pandora movies, such as "Mine Warfare", "Tunnel Warfare", "Southern Expedition and Northern War" and so on.
Of course, the origin of the matter is that Kasuga bought the overseas rights of these films from major domestic studios Tong Guò China Film Company, and since the contract did not prohibit Kasuga from selling DVDs and related formats of the films, after opening the mainland market, Kasuga directly used the film rights in his hands to publish the Pandora format of these films. Because it is a remastered version, the Pandora format is even in color, which has sparked another wave of old movies in the mainland. All of a sudden, not only young people, but also old people were full of praise for the movie viewing of Pandora's helmet. China Film Company and domestic film companies also have new ideas at a time when they are drooling and regretting.
Of course, not only mainland studios, but also several major studios in Hong Kong, and even several major Hollywood studios are salivating over the sales of the so-called Pandora format. Especially in China, the popularity of old films has greatly increased the awareness of Hollywood and Hong Kong studios about the value of their own film libraries. And the release of Pandora and Kasuga in China by Pandora and Kasuga in China also pleased the Chinese government. You must know that most of these old movies are black and white, and if they are not transformed, just watching the ordinary version will definitely not have such a good effect. This unexpectedly made the Pandora helmet gain acceptance among the people. Even the public who have heard the Pandora version of the Japanese small movie is dialectically aware that the Pandora helmet is just a tool, just like a computer, which has a formal purpose and is also used to play games and watch small movies, and the role they play depends entirely on how the user uses it.
The production line in the southwest region has also announced that it has entered the construction stage, and it is expected to be able to produce after a year, and the production scale can reach the scale of assembling 30 million units a year, which is equivalent to the production line after the expansion of production capacity in the United States, the media estimates that the production capacity of the production line in the United States before the expansion of production capacity is only 10 million units per year, but compared to the cost, the production line in the United States is 30% higher, so this is one of the reasons why Nick Anderson refuses to put all the production lines in the United States, no matter what the US government appeals, However, he reluctantly agreed to expand the production line in the United States.
One production line fell to China, and the other production line fell into competition, not to mention the United States, other countries such as Japan, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, it seems that the cost of each country is similar to that of the United States, and the preferential conditions cannot catch up with China in any case, and even because of the relationship between many competitors, Pandora's expansion of production capacity has even been resisted.
After a round trip, the survey found that in Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, etc., the cost is very low, but other conditions cannot keep up. In addition to being depressed, the vice premier and secretary of the municipal party committee of the southwest said: Why don't you open another production line in China? I can also give you the same offer.
For political reasons, this cannot be agreed to at the moment, even if Nick. Anderson is an American. However, he is ready to expand the production capacity of the production line in China. And just as Nick Anderson was busy with his own production line, Angela. While Mason and Mitsumi Fukuda were busy transcribing the movie, the first part of Shen Zhenghui's "Magic Apprentice" prequel had been completed quietly. (To be continued......)