Chapter Ninety-Five: A Different World
Earth, Asia, Taipei.
Product department of a household goods company......
"Wang Yi, Wang Yi?!" Xiao Zhang, who had just gone to work, threw away the bag and sat down next to the young man he had just greeted him. In this era, because interstellar colonization takes up a lot of manpower, the price of human resources is unprecedentedly high. At the same time, because of the high level of education for everyone, enterprises only need to hire a few percent of the original personnel to meet the requirements, and there will never be a grand situation when a large enterprise hired tens of thousands, or even tens of millions.
Like theirs, a medium-sized, youth-oriented household goods company, in terms of product planning, there are only two young people, Wang Yi and Xiao Zhang.
"You know what? I bought a novel last night and ended up falling asleep while reading it...... And then guess what I dreamed about? The scene in the novel, the preamble, is a non-sensible novel. I dreamed of wheat fields, endless and big! Xiao Zhang said as he took out a chip from his bag and pushed it in front of Wang Yi. A natural landscape was printed on the chip, with a few Chinese characters simply written "My 2O Century".
"It's the scene described in this book, and it talks about a lot of interesting things...... Let people look at it, and I can't really go back to that era to see! ”
His colleague Wang Yi was still stunned. Xiao Zhang knew that Wang Yi was a talented person, and he often came up with some whimsical ideas after staying for a long time. Therefore, Xiao Zhang was already surprised by his appearance, and continued to talk indifferently. "It was an autumn wheat field, and the golden color spread over the field, and the wheat waves slowly rose and fell with the wind...... It's outstanding. In my dreams I have been running in the wheat field......"
"You're not tired after running for a night?" Wang Yi suddenly raised his head and interjected. He not only heard it, but also looked for a bug.
"Oh......" Xiao Zhang was caught off guard by this question, and he thought about it. "I just feel like my hands are sore......"
"That's your answer...... There are too many slots! I'm too lazy to complain......" Wang Yi returned to the table weakly. "I've just had a big setback in my life, don't bother me now."
"Huh. Is it a new product of Zhaomin Cultural Cloth again? Xiao Zhang said half-ridiculously and half-self-deprecatingly, the two of them can be said to love and hate Zhaomin culture!
If you look closely at their work room, you can see it. The whole room is placed up and down, almost all of them are products of Zhaomin culture! In addition to the ones on the display shelves, there are many that have been dismantled on the table - even Xiao Zhang himself, although he already has a fully functional universal tool, he still likes to use the fruit straight mobile phone produced by "Zhaomin Culture".
The emergence of the enterprise Zhaomin Culture is like a fierce beast rushing into the home furnishing market, wielding the machete called "nostalgia" to stir up the entire market. Zhaomin culture is famous for accurately reproducing the culture of the 17th-21st centuries. I don't know how, I won the favor of the market. Their products are instantly recognizable – the highly restored rough processing technology, combined with the extremely precise retro cultural style, is almost impossible to imitate!
And don't look at the high price of Zhaomin Culture's products, but buyers really don't feel expensive at all!
Let's take Xiao Zhang's fruit mobile phone as an example - the case is disassembled, and every part inside is completely in line with the characteristics of that era, and the structure is as beautiful as a work of art! Especially the chip produced by the ancient eight-micron processing technology - your sister's! Just for the sake of millions of sales, in order to create a chip that meets the level of science and technology at that time, can you open a new classical wafer production line? !
Anything that involves mass production will not cost cheaply - so it seems. Zhaomin Culture's ability to waste money is still on top of their products!
There are also people who suspect that behind the Zhaomin culture. Is there a planet that has not yet been uncivilized? They have a human-like civilization, and then naturally produce those products - this speculation is almost close to the truth!
But this speculation was completely rejected by an Asari's research room!
Their analysis is very convincing - the product of the Zhaomin culture, the level of civilization spanning four centuries of the earth! And there is a discontinuity in the middle - from vacuum tube technology to miniaturized nuclear fuel cells, there are several leaps and bounds in the process - and the lack of scientific generation difference in this is at least 2oo years! Who could have evolved like this?! Isn't that crippled?! (Oh - the scientists of the Dawn collectively bowed their heads and pretended to be ostriches, and every qiē was the fault of huàn...... )
"Actually, we don't have to worry about Zhaomin culture. They take the retro route, artificially limit the level of technology application, and lack competitiveness in technology products......" Xiao Zhang's reason was just halfway through when he saw Zhang Yi speechlessly stretching out his finger and pointing at the fruit mobile phone he was holding. I can only stop in a sneering way. "I'm ...... Handicraft...... You know, to be able to get on the buoy net. I specially installed a 4G analog module! After speaking, Xiao Zhang felt that he couldn't go on. It can only be changed to another topic.
"Hey, Wang Yi, what do you think of that wheat field?"
"How's that?" Wang Yi was a little confused.
"Virtual image!" Wang Yi jumped up and said, "Why have you become so sluggish!" What a bedside ornament this is...... Every night, it's like sleeping in a wheat field, looking up at the starry sky overhead, and then falling asleep to the undulating sound of wheat waves...... That must be comfortable to death! ”
"Bedside ornaments?" Wang Yimumu repeated it again, still looking very unenergetic.
"What's wrong with you? You're worried about copyright, aren't you?! No problem, the book is text-only and doesn't have any copyright issues with the images. And let me tell you, the villages mentioned here are like heavy rain villages, plateaus and snow-capped mountains, deep nights and wide seas, and bright lakes and moons...... This author is an interesting guy who especially likes to write about these small landscapes! We can do it differently, and the idea must be fine! ”
"Yes......" Wang Yi raised his head blankly, "but what you don't know is that it is said that a genius designer who is only thirteen years old has entered Zhaomin Cultural Enterprise. Yesterday was the day when her solo work came out, and the new products of Zhaomin Culture were launched simultaneously, and the main feature was the bedside ornaments! He tugged through his backpack and pulled out a transparent cube and placed it in the center of the table. From now on, the market for bedside ornaments ...... It's over! Your idea for that virtual image. Let's change it to a smart sleep project. ”
"Only thirteen?! This Nima ...... It's not a children's market...... "Xiao Zhang almost burst into foul language!
But he finally held back - speaking of which, the two young people are actually brain-dead fans of Zhaomin culture. Whenever a new product comes out, they rely on their own company funds. It's all about buying, buying, buying! Of course, some are too personal. Also pay out of your own pocket. It's said that I bought it for reference and provided inspiration, but in fact...... Zhaomin Culture's products are "high-end" enough, so that similar products on the market are all low-end imitations.
The same goes for them – specifically to fill the lower end of the market!
For example, transistor radios, Zhaomin Culture's "Peony" brand radios, a total of more than 140 parts! In order to listen to the buoy network, you have to use another more expensive mod! But such a bulky device with electronic noise. It's cool to use! It's broken when you turn around, take it apart and take a look, alas, oh my god! It's the capacitor that's burning! Then, under the guidance of the universal tool, the user repairs it by himself, and he is happy to do it - the products of Zhaomin Culture are so interesting! That's how meticulous it is!
Look at those imitations again, the shell is only slightly different from the original, but take it apart...... Nima: A shrunken multi-tool communicator is hidden inside! It can't be bad in 500 years...... It's a real pain in the ass!
Xiao Zhang stopped his gaze on the crystalline cube on the table - the object is a product of Zhaomin Culture at first glance, without any big trademark, but the combination of large reflective planes, inorganic materials, accurate geometric lines and mechanical principles - this is a typical "old science fiction" style, a fantasy of the future of people in the 21st century. In the movies of that time. This kind of cold and hard "high-tech" material abounds.
"Exactly, too accurate!" Xiao Zhang has been cultivated for a long time, and he is already a relatively high-grade category in nostalgic cultural aesthetics. He often writes explanatory articles on the Internet. The analysis of retro culture has been sought after by many people.
"But this ornament ...... It's too cheesy too! This is not produced by Zhaomin Culture! Looking at the tumbling gold coin in the middle of the crystal, Xiao Zhang's negative words finally blurted out! This is full of mob atmosphere! Zhaomin Culture - Where is the good culture?!
"What do you say?" Wang Yi smiled helplessly, he clicked on the crystal, and turned on the holographic scene projected above the lens - this is also one of the characteristics of Zhaomin culture, their products are matched with very rich background knowledge, and even have extremely high restoration images of that era! (Sure enough, it's a ...... to sell culture.) That's the root cause of the popularity of the product.
Moreover, speaking of which, Zhaomin Culture's level of virtual image technology is first-class in the galaxy! So. Although the products of Zhaomin Culture have the failure rate ranking first in the whole galaxy! But it didn't have any negative impact. The market generally believes that this is a "four haves" company with culture, persistence, technology and feelings!
The image begins with a battle of sail warships - a battle against more than two dozen ships under a stormy and desolate sky. In the end, with the help of the tsunami, the lone hero achieved a Jedi reversal! -- This kind of war drama, which is no less than a space war, makes the blood of the two young people boil! (The clips played are different depending on the user.) )
Then there is a long text and image introduction. "This is a gold coin from a shipwreck from the 16th century of the Earth, when pirates were rampant in the Caribbean. At that time, the Spanish crown carried out a large-scale plunder of the Americas, and sent a new colonial governor, LeBlan...... "With the introduction, about the varieties of European gold coins in the sixteenth century, exhibitions, the transfer of coinage rights and financial centers, the treasure fleet, etc., we will tell you all about it!"
The most amazing thing is the gold content of this gold coin - because the Indians used natural gold ore and smelted it in the most primitive way, the gold content of this gold coin is only 8o%! When zoomed in, you can see that there are some air holes scattered on the uneven surface of the gold coin...... The craftsmanship is absolutely primitive – so no matter how many times you zoom in, you won't find the cutting marks left by modern machining tools!
"Although the gold coin has been specially cleaned, due to the high impurities that leak into the air, the surface will quickly oxidize and turn green......"
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The video was played for half an hour, and the two of them sat there stunned, motionless for half an hour! Even Wang Yi, who has already seen it, has watched it again. After the introduction is played, look at the gold coins in this ornament...... Xiao Zhang's vision has turned into an appreciation for artworks......
In fact, Comrade Xiao Zhang, a senior Zhaomin cultural expert, is right, and it does not match the overall style of the company very well - because this time, some "new technologies" are used. This is absolutely not seen in the past products of Zhaomin Culture.
In the transparent crystal cube, twelve tiny mass effect generators are built-in, so that the sealed gold coins in the box are completely weightless. In this way, with a slight shake, the gold coin will automatically jump, like a perfect golden elf, jumping and rolling on the six walls, and making cute ...... such as "bang, bang", "ding, ding, dang No! It's the voice of evil!
Xiao Zhang was fascinated, and he stretched out a hand from the side and took the crystal cube over.
"You give me ......" Xiao Zhang reached out to grab it angrily, and only realized halfway through that the person who took it was Wang Yi, and he was the owner of this thing! Suddenly there was some stagnation......
As a result, Wang Yi didn't have any intention of blaming, and patted him on the shoulder understandingly, "I understand, but it's for your good to take it away...... This thing simply can't be watched for too long! That gold coin spun and turned, like hypnosis! TMD, this kind of thing is a crime at all when it comes to market!
You know—children can't hold it when they see it! I sue you, according to a survey on the Internet...... Anyone who has been staring at it for a minute will buy it if they go bankrupt! What a demonic design product......"
Speaking of this, Wang Yi recovered his depressed appearance with a heavy heart, and after a while, he muttered and added, "Don't say it, I'll still find a way to repay the loan first......
Bo Li Lingmeng, a young designer who has just joined Zhaomin Culture, brought her creative design - "Caribbean Dream".
As soon as the new ornaments were launched, they sparked a shopping frenzy, with gold, silver, and bronze levels, as well as ornaments with the characteristics of various races, such as shells and zero element crystals, which were indiscriminately sold to all races in the galaxy - countless trade barriers collapsed under the magic of shining gold coins! It is said that the Waller, who are the most stingy in consumption, ranks first in the whole galaxy in terms of purchases!
This young girl, who is only thirteen years old, has pushed the market value of Zhaomin Cultural Enterprise by 2o percentage points in one fell swoop!
The name of the genius designer Hakuri Reimu, shining on the planet Iriem!
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PS: Lao Lei sometimes can't help but want to write about these side details, instead of the battle - the interval of the battle - the next battle.
Because this is not the touch dialogue of RPGs, nor is it the kind of "butterfly effect" that is completely pushed to the logical chain. Here, 6 Yuan and his companions are imperceptibly influencing all aspects of the whole world! - "The world is different because of you" is no longer a word of love.
ps2: In the book review area, book friend Ouyang Yu (artichoke?) The rereading notes are very well written and loving. (To be continued)
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