Looking at the rows of data displayed in the background of the website, Yang Lin sighed faintly.

Yang Lin is the owner, manager, and maintainer of a small website called "Inception Geeks".

"Inception Geek" is a VR-themed forum community, which publishes some news related to VR technology, provides VR equipment enthusiasts to discuss, and also shares some VR games on various platforms, makes some VR equipment, and evaluates VR games......

When Yang Lin founded the website, it was a period when the popularity of VR technology soared and was in full swing and favored by capital.

He is also optimistic about the future development of VR technology, so he pressed all his belongings and founded one of the only VR-themed community forum websites in China, and is ready to take it as his life's work.

However, due to the lack of relevant technical strength in China, the products produced are often just a box for mobile phones, compared with Suo Dafa's PSVR or ham sausage's VIVE, it can be said that there is no technical content, and the competitiveness is even more different.

In addition, VR technology is still in the early stage of development, and the development is slow, and the cost of capital and time required is too huge, only a few high-tech companies in the world are engaged in the research and development of related technologies, and there is neither enough technology nor the soil for the development of technology in China, and even VR games have not been developed.

The investment cycle is long, the rate of return is low, and the competitiveness is weak...... The enthusiasm of the capital side was quickly eroded, the enthusiasm for this field quickly cooled down, funds began to tighten, and investment began to tend to be conservative.

As a result, this hot period only lasted for less than a year, and it quickly passed, and the entire domestic VR industry ushered in a cold winter.

Serious VR equipment production companies and development companies can't attract investment, let alone VR community websites as derivative products.

VR is a niche, the website traffic is already small, coupled with the poverty of related manufacturers, and it is difficult to accept advertising, Yang Lin's "Dream Geek" soon entered a state of survival.

"It's not a way to go on like this......" Yang Lin looked at the bleak data, thinking that there was not much money left, and his head turned white.

Do you want to transform? But what is the best thing to turn around? It's not easy to do any website now...... Moreover, there are at least so many loyal users on the website now, all of whom have been attracted little by little, wouldn't it be a pity if they just gave up?

But it's not a way to drag it out like this, and now there's not much money left, servers have to be rented, websites have to be maintained, and a certain amount of bandwidth has to be purchased...... It's all about money, and the ads can't be received, even if it lasts, it can only last for half a year at most.

"Mr. Yang?" Just when Yang Lin was frowning, Xiao Deng, one of his only two employees, stood up and called out to him.

"What's the matter?" Yang Lin raised his head and looked over.

"There's a company here that invites us to a new product launch." That little Deng was obviously clumsy and couldn't explain clearly.

"What company? What the hell? What products are being released? Is it VR? However, Yang Lin was obviously used to it, and he was not annoyed.

After looking at the screen again, Xiao Deng continued: "What is the name of Tianang Company, in Pengcheng, I didn't say what was released, but they said that they would reimburse the round-trip tickets and accommodation expenses within 5,000 yuan, and there are other red envelopes." ”

"Tianang Company?" Yang Lin frowned: "Why does it sound familiar......"

"Boss, you forgot, it's the developer of the "Jianghu Xing" game you played last time, and they also made the famous domestic 3A "Legend of Anti-Japanese Heroes". Another employee, Xiao Pan, hurriedly reminded.

"Oh, I remember." Yang Lin also thought about it: "It's the domestic stand-alone developer that cooperates with Penguin!" They're a big company......"

He touched his chin, "How did they invite us?" ”

In the past few years, when the concept of domestic VR equipment was the most popular, as one of the only few VR websites, their "Dream Geek" website naturally participated in several domestic manufacturers' VR equipment press conferences, and even pulled several advertisements and sponsorships from several manufacturers that were not bad at that time, but there is no need to mention it over the years, and it is all tears.

"They're a game development company, so it's probably a game launch." That little Pan was obviously flexible: "Maybe they're going to make a VR game?" ”

"It wouldn't be, would it?" Yang Lin frowned: "They are such a big company, and they have been cooperating with penguins all year round, so they are likely to make VR games?" In this environment, the number of VR equipment owned by Quanhua Guozheng is only 30,000 or 40,000, and making VR games is a sure loss. ”

"Shall we go?" Xiao Deng didn't understand what the boss meant.

"When does their press conference start?" Yang Lin asked again.

"April 1st." Glancing at the screen, Xiao Deng's face became strange.

"April 1st?" Yang Lin was a little uneasy: "Aren't they a liar?" Which Sabi company will be working on April 1st? ”

He waved his hand: "Didn't you say that the reimbursement was less than 5,000 yuan?" Tell them, pay the fare first, and we'll go!" ”

"Oh, good!" After speaking, Xiao Deng crackled and typed in front of the computer.

After five minutes, he looked up: "Old ...... Boss, they called the money......"

"It's not a liar...... Yang Lin touched his beard again: "Then let's go!" Xiao Pan, you go back early today to clean up, and we will leave tomorrow. Xiao Deng, you stay to maintain the website. ”

After all, there are only three people in the company now, and they can't all go, so someone has to stay and sit on the website, and Xiao Deng, who is not very articulate, has of course become the only candidate.

"There are still a few days left on April 1st, and we are not far from Pengcheng, so there is no need to go so early, right?" Xiao Pan over there expressed a different opinion.

"Hey, you also know the situation of the website now, it's getting more and more difficult." Yang Lin shrugged his shoulders and explained: "It just so happened that someone helped us solve the travel expenses, and we just happened to go to Pengcheng to try our luck, what if we got advertising sponsorship?" Although there are few VR in China now, there are some in Pengcheng after all, and we come to the door one by one, so I don't believe that a sponsorship can't be pulled. ”

The boss was motivated, and the employees naturally had to keep up, and early the next morning, the two got on the train and hit Pengcheng all the way.

After finding an ordinary hotel and settling down, the two began the arduous work of selling advertisements and soliciting sponsorship.

But it is clear that the work will not be easy. The overall downturn in the domestic VR industry, many VR manufacturers look for the past according to the address, but find that they have gone out of business, even if they have not gone out of business, most of them are now struggling, struggling with a sigh of relief, where is there spare money to advertise on a little-known website?

After a few days, the skin was tanned, and everyone lost a lot of weight, but the two still didn't get any grains.

Tired and slumped on the bed in the hotel, Yang Lin's eyes were full of helplessness: "Hey, it seems that VR is really not good...... Forget it, I'm going to the press conference tomorrow, and I'll go back after taking that red envelope, it's time to make a decision! ”