At this moment, in the center of the city of L.

A strange phenomenon attracted the attention of many people around, only to see that the door of an Internet café was crowded, and there were many empty machines, but the counter was still crowded with people crowded with black pressure.

Some people thought that this was making trouble, but when they got closer, they found that these people entered the Internet café and came directly to the front desk, and then shouted loudly: "Network administrator, help me open the virtual mirror helmet!" ”

"I'm sorry sir, the only five virtual mirror helmets in the store are already in use." The waiter at the front desk said in a somewhat hoarse voice.

Today is probably the day she repeats this sentence the most, until the door opens until now, within two hours, she has repeated the same phrase at least a hundred times.

"What? Already full? The man's eyes widened, "Oh no, why do you only have five here?" ”

This set of rhetoric obviously failed to satisfy the man, and if it weren't for the fact that the waiter's little sister was a beautiful woman, he couldn't help but scold.

As a big fan of Source Technology, he has been keeping an eye on the official website of Free Fantasy, looking forward to the promotional short film that will be updated every other month.

In addition, those streamer players who were selected to participate in the closed beta were also clicked on by him.

Although these streamers are often silent about the content of the game, when it comes to whether the game is fun or not, even some streamers with facial paralysis show the smile of an Internet addicted teenager.

It's been almost half a year since the official website was launched, and now that he can finally get started, how can he not be anxious?

So as soon as he saw the experience store news pushed by the baby, he immediately put down what he was doing, locked the nearest cooperative Internet café on the map and rushed over.

But now, the people in the Internet café actually tell others that it is full? What are you kidding, it's the largest Internet café in the neighborhood, and there are only five virtual mirror helmets?

"How long will it take?" The man said impatiently.

Looking at the man's unkind face, the new waitress girl was almost about to cry.

"Yes, get in line."

"Of course I know about the queue, I just asked how long it will take?" The man asked aggressively.

I couldn't stand it anymore, and the manager, who was busy with the things at hand, immediately pulled the newcomer to the back, and then went into battle in person and said politely.

"Sir, do you need to be on the computer normally or experience the virtual reality service, if you want to experience the virtual reality service, please register and queue on our computer."

"Queue? How long is the queue! I've been asking how long the queue is! The man asked, yelling.

"By the way, there are 104 players in the queue in front of you, please come in 208 hours to experience it, when we will remind you by text message five hours in advance, and if you have time in the evening, you can also choose to join the night queue, there are currently 54 players who choose the night ......"

As soon as he heard that the queue would have to be queued for more than 200 hours, the man immediately exploded, patted the counter table and shouted: "Grass, what a shabby Internet café, you have to queue up on the Internet, believe it or not, labor and management smashed your Internet café!" ”

Despite this, the man did not leave, but glared at the manager, waiting for him to show a compromised expression.

However, the manager just looked at him with a smile, not showing any dew.

Seeing that this person had been stuck in the line and not moving, the people behind him had already begun to be dissatisfied.

"Can you hurry up in front of you, don't you play and get out of here? Delay a fart. ”

"That's it, don't grind, like a TM sissy."

Hearing the sound from behind, the man blushed for a while and wanted to leave, but looking at the long line behind him, he was afraid that he would not have a chance to experience it when he left.

"Who, who said I don't play, just rank, how much!"

"Isn't that what you said?" There was a boo from behind, but the man was clearly planning to ignore it.

If you love it, let's say it, Lao Tzu is thick-skinned enough.

"$6 an hour." The waiter smiled and pointed to the sign at the door.

The price was not expensive, and the man felt a little more comfortable in his heart, and then reported his name.

However, he is also going to try other Internet cafes, and he can't hang himself from a tree, right?

Depending on the consumption and tax rate of each country, the experience pricing of the helmet varies. For example, the price of Internet cafes in China is 6 yuan an hour, while in the United States it is almost 2 dollars, and in Europe it is basically 2 euros.

Half of the fees charged go to the Internet café, and the other half goes to the source technology.

After 2 months, the Internet café can also buy the helmet at a price of 2,000 US dollars, and there is no need to share the revenue with the source technology, and at that time, all players' accounts will be linked to the iris information, and can be bound to the baby account.

And in order to make the game accessible to everyone, Source Technology also has a clear limit on the experience time of each person.

That is, each person can only play for a maximum of 2 hours at a time, and can only log in once within 72 hours.

The same thing as this Internet café is that this same scene also happened in various cities across the country, and a few days later, even the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, and other countries have also appeared in the figure of the phantom helmet.

When the first player reluctantly put down the virtual helmet and excitedly picked up his mobile phone to share his shock with netizens, it had already announced the beginning of the first intimate contact between human civilization and the virtual world.

At this moment, the pot has exploded on the Internet, and many post bars, Weibo, Zhihu, and other social software have been swiped by the keyword "virtual real mirror helmet", and those players who are fortunate enough to experience it first have expressed their shock in their hearts with words.

"It's an immersive virtual headset! The previous rumors turned out to be true! I can't believe that I can experience this kind of scene in my lifetime! ”

"It's incredible, I can't imagine that my body doesn't have any movement, but my soul is like traveling to another world!"

“……”

Words alone are no longer enough to describe the excitement of the players.

However, not only the players, but also the scientific community were shocked by the achievements of the source technology.

Even the Nobel Committee has sent an email to Source Technology, asking about the technical difficulties in the exchange of neural and electrical signals in the development of virtual real-lens helmets, hoping to nominate him as the next Nobel Prize candidate.

It's just that when Nie Shuying asked Xu Yuan for this person's name, Xu Yuan rejected the Nobel Prize sent to the door with a heavy heart.

Even if he says that he developed it himself, I'm afraid no one will believe it. With his life style and personal experience, he is completely incompatible with rigorous scientists.

This technology is destined to not be listed on the Nobel Prize.

"The patent office has sent someone here again, hoping that we can provide complete information to register the patent, so as to avoid the patent being preemptively registered by other companies and prevent possible professional disputes in the future."

"Reply to them, and the head office will seriously consider their proposal, the next one."

"The goose factory wanted to cooperate with us in the field of virtual reality, and the negotiators sent by the other side said that if we can do it in neural access technology-"

"Next."

At this moment, Xu Yuan was sitting at his desk, his legs crossed on the table, using his laptop to make a video call with Nie Shuying.

Perhaps because he feels good about himself, he always has the illusion that the emperor is in the early dynasty at this moment.

"Okay, although I'm basically on the same page as you, can't you just let me finish the report properly?"

In response to Xu Yuan's continuous interruptions to her speech, Nie Shuying put down the document in her hand and said with a helpless sigh.

However, judging from the slightly raised corners of her mouth, she should be in a very happy mood at the moment.

As a woman whose dedication is not inferior to that of men, Yuan Technology is like her child, watching it grow into the towering tree it is today, and the sense of accomplishment in her heart is not inferior to Xu Yuan.

Referring to the highest quotation of venture capital companies, the current market value of Source Technology has been estimated at 150 billion US dollars, which is 10 times higher than last year's valuation of 10 billion.

And Nie Shuying, CEO of Source Technology, who holds 5% of the shares, has also soared to $5 billion, which she couldn't have imagined a year ago.

She still remembers the words that Xu Yuan said with unreasonable confidence that night: Do you want to create a myth with me?

Nie Shuying still remembers how suspicious she was that night.

But looking back now, his self-confidence has indeed succeeded, and it has only taken one year since the establishment of Source Technology, and it has become a complete mythical company!

"Anything else to report?" Leaning back in the boss's chair, Xu Yuan asked leisurely.

After sorting out the documents, Nie Shuying continued: "At present, 500,000 pre-sale places for helmets have been released on the official website, and all of them are sold out within 3 minutes, and many players who have not bought them have expressed their hope that another 500,000 places can be released. ”

"Then open another 500,000." Xu Yuan said with great interest, this is all money, no one will not be used to money!

Nie Shuying smiled and said: "I suggest opening 500,000 places at the beginning of each month, the intensive opening of pre-sale places will reduce the psychological price of products in users, only the hungry market is the most dynamic market." ”

After listening to what Nie Shuying said, Xu Yuan was obviously stunned.

"Is there anything wrong with what I said?" Seeing that Xu Yuan didn't speak, Nie Shuying couldn't help frowning slightly.

Shaking his head, Xu Yuan smiled nonchalantly: "It's nothing, it just feels good to have you." ”

This time, Nie Shuying was stunned.

After a long time, Nie Shuying came back to her senses, and at this moment, she seemed to feel that her face was burning red!

When she looked up and saw the playful expression on Xu Yuan's face, she immediately blushed and directly reached out to turn off the camera.

As a result, the rest of the meeting took place on a black screen.

Although Xu Yuan proposed to turn on the camera several times, he was rejected by Nie Shuying on the grounds of interfering with work.

She couldn't look at him, and she didn't let him look at herself.

This is too explicit and too embarrassing.