Chapter 250: Apple's Doom

Li Hong on the stage smiled and did not object to the price. The reporters below also started to talk about it, and in their opinion, the price of this virtual helmet is almost this price.

The $1,000 price tag will neither seem too high for consumers to afford, nor will it appear cheap enough to make sweet potato technology unprofitable.

In the eyes of many reporters, this virtual helmet must be the crystallization of modern technology, and the cost is indispensable. It is undoubtedly very suitable to maintain a price of around $1,000.

It's a pity that just when everyone agrees with this. Li Hong on the stage moved, only to see him raise a finger and shake it gently.

"$1,000? No, no, no, I don't think it's a good fit! The virtual helmet is not an electronic product in your eyes, but a key to the future technology that can conquer the world! ”

The reporters in the audience were stunned, and it took a long time before they were in an uproar.

"God, this guy doesn't want to price $10,000, right?"

"He's crazy, isn't he? This kind of price is simply not affordable for ordinary people! ”

"Is this another rich man's toy?"

"Oh Shet, I knew these greedy guys wouldn't let go of this opportunity to make a lot of money!"

“……”

All kinds of cursing came from the stage, and Li Hong was not annoyed, and only after the noise was a little quieter, did he continue: "OK, I know what you want to say!" Ten thousand dollars? No, no, no, I think it's too high! ”

"Since the virtual era is coming, we, as a technology company that holds the key, naturally have to pay for it."

"So, our pricing is, 3999...... Renminbi! ”

The audience fell into a state of distraction.

"$3,999?"

"No, he seems to be talking about the yuan?"

"It can't be, right? 3999 RMB is only about 500 US dollars? That's impossible? ”

"Let's hope he's not joking!"

In the noise, Li Hong patted the microphone on his hand and emphasized again: "That's right, you heard it right, our price is always 3999 yuan!" Flat price abroad, starting at $599! ”

After talking about the pricing of the virtual helmet, Li Hong immediately announced the price of the virtual cabin.

"As our main product in the high-end market, the virtual cabin has a global uniform price of 100,000 yuan in this release, and personalized customization is acceptable!"

If the price of the virtual cabin had been announced first, perhaps the audience would have been much quieter. But before the epoch-making $599 of the virtual helmet, the audience was already boiling.

"Quick, call the editor-in-chief, tomorrow's headlines are here!"

"Hurry up and tell the president the news, we're going to finish!"

"Oh God, how is that possible!"

"Quick, post this news with a picture!"

The media have always been creatures with a keen sense of smell, and when they learned that the virtual helmet was priced at just $599, they instantly thought about what kind of shock would happen next!

It can be expected that under the impact of such epoch-making technology products as virtual helmets, all technology companies, including those Internet companies that like to sell concepts the most, will suffer unprecedented heavy blows.

After all, there is hardly any product on the market that can compete with virtual helmets in person. And most importantly, the price of this virtual helmet is far lower than the price of some high-end electronic products.

This is an unprecedented disaster for the electronics industry!

All the reporters thought of this terrible possibility, and they could already have a premonition that after the news spread, how many technology stocks would fall to the limit, or even go bankrupt.

No single product can be a match for virtual headsets, which is why virtual headsets will put an end to existing technology products. In the past, technology products were either sold to continue their lives, or they were transformed and upgraded.

Internet companies are no better, and now the facts are clear. The next frontier of the Internet is in the virtual world. Everything they have now will be wiped out by the impact of the virtual world.

This is an unprecedented disaster!

No technology company in the world, including Internet companies, can save itself in this wave.

……

In fact, the disaster was far worse than these journalists had imagined.

When the shocking price of virtual headsets spread around the world, the first to bear the brunt of the impact were those once glamorous smartphone manufacturers and supporting manufacturers.

Apple, the tech giant that has dominated the world for two decades, has suffered an unprecedented blow again after the stock market has recovered.

Within half an hour of the news, Apple's stock price plummeted by 50%, and its market value evaporated by hundreds of billions of dollars.

The last stock market shock also affected Apple, whose stock price has fallen a lot, and its market value can only be retained at $500 billion. But at the moment when the news broke, Apple's stock price plummeted by 50%, and by the time Cook reacted, their market value was only $250 billion.

"Is Apple only worth $250 billion?" Cook couldn't help but fall into deep thought after seeing the latest news on the stock market.

Apple's senior vice president of marketing was standing behind Cook, and when he heard Cook's question, he said helplessly: "Sir, if we don't react ourselves, I'm afraid we won't even be able to keep 250 billion!" ”

"Then do you think that if you keep letting him fall, what will happen to us Apple in the end?" Cook muttered to himself.

The vice president shook his head: "It can't fall anymore, it's the third time the board of directors has sent a warning." If we don't do anything, the board will immediately start the recall process, and we will all be kicked out of Apple. ”

"But what can we do now?" Cook held his head in despair, unable to hide the pain on his face.

He didn't think about struggling, but when he learned that the virtual helmet was selling for just $599, he had already lost confidence.

This price completely destroyed Cook's fighting spirit that he had so hard to accumulate. In the face of epoch-making technological advances, coupled with such a low price, Apple really has no chance of winning.

The vice president sighed for a while, and then said: "Actually, it's not time to despair, Congress has promised us that they will immediately initiate a ban on sales, and this virtual helmet will never appear on the U.S. market." ”

"Does self-deception work? Even if the whole world banned this thing, he couldn't die. The vast market of more than one billion yuan in China is enough for them to live a very nourishing life. Cook said, shaking his head.

"I also know that it is useless, even if their products are banned, people will not hesitate to smuggle them to get it. Unless, we can come up with a product similar to theirs, even if it is worse than theirs, but as long as we can have a product, then we can tide over the current crisis. Otherwise, Apple's decline is just around the corner. The vice president said very sincerely.