Chapter 458: The Ultimate in Marketing
As soon as the New Year's benefit of 1,000 kWh per person came out, some people immediately couldn't sit still. "How do I join the Prometheus energy network?"
"It's very simple, just log on to the Atlantis website and write an online application, and our engineering team will start laying the cross-sea cable from Atlantis to the designated country for free, with a total construction period of no more than one month at any location in the world.
As long as the cables are connected to the national main grid, all registered citizens will be able to enjoy the energy services provided by Atlantis! Chu Xiaoxiao replied.
"Shhh There was another gasp.
Within a month, the world was connected to the Internet for free, and the service and engineering speed really scared a lot of people.
"What about the cost of energy use?" Someone else asked.
"The unlimited coin pricing model is still adopted, and users who exceed the per capita free quota will be charged 50,000 kilowatt hours and 1 point of unlimited coins for energy use!"
Can 1 point of unlimited coins buy 50,000,000,000 hours of energy? What's the difference between this and giving it away for nothing? The crowd was so shocked that they didn't have the strength to breathe.
The face of the prime minister of Saudi Arabia is already a look of despair, and a number of energy stakeholders are also mourning.
If the other side fights a price war, even if the current energy price is reduced by ten times, they are confident that they can use their huge resources and influence to fight a long-term war with the other party and force the other side to cede some of their benefits.
But they clearly miscalculated the cost line of Project Prometheus, because that would be almost zero cost!
In this situation, just by looking at the red eyes and thick necks of the people around you, you can know that playing some small tricks will not help at all.
Others are using almost free energy supplies, but they are paying high electricity bills, even the voters of the United States may not agree, right?
"I'm against it! You are engaging in monopoly dumping, which is a serious violation of international anti-monopoly law! Seeing that something was wrong, the country's energy minister hurriedly stood up to oppose it.
Chu Xiaoxiao looked at him with a hint of pity in her eyes. "Mr. Minister, I'm talking to you about the development of civilization for all mankind, but you're talking to me about monopoly?"
That tone and look showed a complete chain of contempt for the energy minister's intelligence, emotional intelligence, vision, and even moral level......
Ignoring the Minister of Energy, who had already blackened his face, Chu Xiaoxiao waved her hand slightly, and charts appeared in front of everyone.
"According to statistics, fossil energy represented by oil, natural gas and coal accounts for more than 85% of the world's primary energy consumption, while nuclear energy and renewable energy account for a relatively small proportion.
Even with the rapid development of science and technology on the earth recently, this energy structure cannot be changed in the short term. Speaking of this, Chu Xiaoxiao paused slightly, and glanced at several countries led by the United States, making their faces slightly unnatural.
Atlantis' intelligence network is almost pervasive, and she knows that the energy system has been so slow to change over the past few decades because of these vested interests behind it.
Among them, several great inventions that are enough to change the existing energy structure have been quietly and inexplicably "disappeared" because they touched the cake of these groups.
The water in the energy sector is much deeper than the average person thinks.
"The large amount of fossil fuels is not only inefficient in energy conversion, but also causes great environmental problems, such as disorderly mining, greenhouse gases, water pollution and smog!
Not only that, but the high energy price also restricts the development of the earth's civilization!
According to our estimates, once connected to the energy network of the Prometheus Project, the country's industrial development rate will increase by 5~10 percentage points by using efficient, clean and cheap energy!
The production cost of enterprises is reduced by 20 percentage points on average!
Spending on scientific research will fall by 30 percentage points......"
Chu Xiaoxiao used the same data and cases to show all countries the huge benefits that energy upgrading will bring.
As Chu Xiaoxiao spoke with facts and figures, many people fell into deep thought and began to think about the pros and cons that handing over the energy supply rights to Atlantis would bring to the entire country.
As a strategic resource, energy is in the hands of others, which is naturally dangerous, and it is also a harm to the energy companies of the country.
But the temptation for Atlantis' energy services is too great!
For many pure energy-importing countries, this is even more pie in the sky.
The energy lifeline is already controlled by people, so does it make a difference who controls it? At least Atlantis has never interfered in the internal affairs of other countries!
On the other hand, if you don't accept it, others will develop faster than you, and the cost of what they produce will be lower than yours, so how can you increase exports and reduce deficits?
You seem to have resisted the temptation and chose to work your own, but more than ten or twenty years later, when everyone else has been fully electrified, you are still burning coal to generate electricity?
Without competitiveness, what's the use of just shouting "let's suffocate our dreams"? Do you sell feelings?
The national strategy is not incompromising, the key depends on whether your chips are enough!
Moreover, each country also has strategic energy reserves, and even if Atlantis were to be entrusted with its daily energy supply, the other party would not be able to completely cut off their energy supply.
It's a big deal to leave a backup energy network!
The matter ...... Seems promising?
Most of the people around looked moved, and even the energy minister of the United States began to hesitate, after all, energy is only one of the advantageous areas of the United States.
Seeing that the situation has taken a turn for the worse, the prime minister of Saudi Arabia can no longer sit still, their country is all supported by energy, once the energy is upgraded, they will undoubtedly be directly pumped out of the backbone!
"No matter what you say, it still can't change the fact that Atlantis intends to monopolize global energy.
Once the traditional energy industry collapses, you can raise prices arbitrarily, and then we will not be just lambs to be slaughtered? ”
The words of the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia did cause many people to worry, but Chu Xiaoxiao smiled indifferently.
"Huh! If you're just worried about us making a profit, then rest assured, on behalf of Atlantis, I'm committed to a price of 10,000 kWh per pip of unlimited coins...... 100 years unchanged! ”
"Shhh The audience once again burst into inhalation.
100 years?!
No company has ever dared to promise such an astonishing price span of time!
Are you sure this isn't the 100 years in "100 years of hanging on the hook"?
What to do if there is an energy crisis? What if it's inflationary? There are just too many surprises.
Aren't you afraid of losing money?
Robotic Bug: "......" (Where's Ben?) )
(Ben: "Who's looking for me?") ”)
Without waiting for everyone to fully digest the information in it, Chu Xiaoxiao spoke again.
"Money, for our chairman, Mr. Captain Ghost, is just a number, and he doesn't even know how many zeros he has on his books.
Unless you think he can make a wish to himself with the money he printed......"
Chu Xiaoxiao's little joke caused everyone present to burst into a burst of good-natured laughter.
Oh, yes! The infinite coin is issued by his family, and the money printing machines are all in his hands, so he can print it directly if he wants to make money, but this is completely meaningless.
Could it be that the New Year's benefits ...... It's true?
"You...... You're confusing concepts! You are not in it for money, but also for power, for us to be kept at the mercy of others! This is naked economic aggression and strategic monopoly! The Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia said angrily.
The supermarket is on sale, Ma Yun sends out red envelopes, saying that it is a New Year's benefit, when I don't know that this is all a routine?
No matter what you say, I don't believe in a punctuation mark anyway!
As for what he said about being controlled by people, it's a bit far-fetched, Captain Ghost's naval guns are floating overhead, and it seems to be the same as the truth, and we are a little embarrassed to say it......
"Ahem! As a Special Adviser on Earth Development and as a ...... Well! A socially responsible company, Atlantis is committed to advancing the progress of civilization for all. ”
Chu Xiaoxiao's face was slightly red when she said this, and the faces of the audience below were also a little strange.
A socially responsible company?
Who doesn't know that Atlantis has a "limited liability system......
It seems that he also feels that he is a little quick to say this, and Chu Xiaoxiao hurriedly entered the topic after the scene.
"So we decided that all the profits generated by the Prometheus project will be used to set up the 'Earth Development Public Welfare Fund', which will be returned to the local government for energy networks and other infrastructure construction free of charge!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, and the prime minister of Saudi Arabia was even more completely stunned.
it!
Others talk to you about monopoly, and you talk to others about human progress and civilization development.
I talk to you about money and power, but you actually talk to me about public welfare and feelings?
On this day...... Can we continue to talk?!
Everyone has done their part, can you point to a person who does charity and public welfare and say that he has a monopoly?
There is no such thing in the international anti-monopoly law!
As soon as this plan comes out, I am afraid that except for a few countries, no one will be able to refuse such tempting conditions.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Atlantis' energy promotion plan is ...... Unstoppable anymore!
It turns out that the red envelopes or something, all of them are weak!
The ultimate ...... of marketing Is it actually a public welfare......
The Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia was defeated, but unfortunately, what a painful realization......