Chapter Ninety-Nine: Stardust 2 - Electrochromic Edition
After all, netizens who often express their opinions on the Internet are only a small group, and many people often sigh why there are so many boxers in a certain social software? Is it all black and white in a certain video software?
But in reality, these people only account for a very small part, and the Internet truly achieves no distance, no estrangement, and no quality between people, and the good and bad are constantly updated every day.
People are always being washed away by all kinds of ideas, and after staying for a long time and seeing more of a certain point of view, they will gradually lean towards that side.
Anhe's gamepad design just reminded Chen Zifan that with the advent of the Internet era, entertainment will definitely be diversified, and Stardust Technology does not have enough products, but it can provide a variety of accessories.
Stardust gamepads are like this, not because gamers are very popular online, so they do it, and the buyers of Stardust gamepads and the most vocal ones may not be the same group.
This is the case for small products, and the same is true for large products, the Stardust 2 limited edition was so popular on the Internet some time ago, but the vote initiated by Chen Zifan is only in the early 100,000s now, and others don't pay attention to it at all.
Another example is the car review in the major video websites in the future, the people who can drive more than 300,000 cars and the people who watch the car review videos are almost completely different, the overlap ratio is very low, and there are millions of luxury cars per capita on the Internet.
In reality? There are too many kinds of things in reality, no matter how prosperous the world of the Internet is, people will eventually return to reality, the Internet and reality are related, but in fact, they are still two different worlds.
Of course, this is not to say that ordinary people do not have the potential to be promoted, everyone's potential is very large, and the present does not represent the future~ Especially in the Internet era, everyone has the possibility of turning over.
Many netizens in the Stardust community don't seem to approve of the price of the Stardust gamepad, and it doesn't matter, the Stardust game and the Stardust gamepad will still be on the shelves as scheduled, as for the sales volume~ It will definitely not be bad.
But it's not going to be much better, this kind of product is still too niche, Stardust mobile phone users feel expensive, Stardust tablet users have basically bought keyboard cases, and the rest have to be game lovers and not lack money...
Therefore, Chen Zifan estimates that he can sell all 100,000 game controllers within two years, and it has quickly received praise from many users after the Stardust game was put on the shelves, and the overall quality of the games in it is really good.
The only downside is that the game is a little less, and the most popular and stable game is still the mirage of the sea market, which is equivalent to a development game, just keep exploring and running the city race.
The bonus money earned went to buy a car, renovate a villa, expand the garage, and make all kinds of modifications to their cars, and when they heard that the online version would be updated soon, many heavy Sea City Phantom players collectively cheered:
"I've long wanted to show my modified Xinghan 01, I spent more than 300,000 bonuses on the modification fee alone, and even the spraying on it was drawn by hand, so I finally don't need to be a stand-alone machine anymore!"
"But... How is the online version of the villa divided? With so many players, how many villas are there in the floating city? Isn't it all a mess?"
"That's right~ All the bonuses I earned were bought in the game to buy a villa, and now I'm just a few sets away from collecting, and when I get all the money, I'll start buying cars, fill all my garages, and drive whichever car I want!"
", you bull break! Buying a villa all? Why do you buy all the villas in racing games? That thing doesn't usually live, hey, do you think your villa will be recycled after the online version is updated, and then redistributed?"
"That can't... I think the probability of a new map coming out of the online version will be relatively large, usually in a single-player state, if you want to go online, enter the new map!"
"I think that's the case..."
The speculation of these gamers is quite reliable, and the online version of Mirage will indeed introduce a new map, and players can enter the new map with the modified cars in the local map Floating City.
At the same time, more ways to play will be unlocked, and I am afraid that there will be another wave of small game fever at that time~
The original Haishi Phantom only had a brand store of Xinghan Zhixing
Support the modification of Xinghan and Xinghan 01, because Stardust will launch various modification services after it is listed, so it is naturally the same in the game.
Later, Xinghan became popular because of Xinghai Driving School, which stimulated many people's interest in the game, and the major domestic automobile manufacturers also learned it at a glance, so that the game project team also arranged modification functions for them.
Later, it even developed to the point where players can play freely, choose ready-made or self-created spray paint on the car, and some cars even have XX supermarket, XX hotel, XX hot pot and many other words.
What's more, the promotional logo and slogan of Stardust Express were painted on Xinghan, and it directly became a live express car, fortunately, the mirage of the sea market can't be connected now, otherwise I don't know how many advertisements there are.
This is also a good thing, at least when Xinghan was launched, you can find a lot of unique modification solutions from the game and use them in reality.
The matter of Stardust Game and Stardust Gamepad is over, but just when Chen Zifan was about to go to the Changhe project team to prepare for the next start-up test, the new director of the Stardust Marketing Department contacted him:
"Dong Chen, the vote for the Stardust 2 limited edition has risen to 360,000 in one day, more than one-third!"
Chen Zifan: ???
Oh, what's the situation?
Got a bug? Or is the backend attacked?
Impossible!
"Why is it going up so much?"
"Our new ad is on major official channels, and a small easter egg is left at the end of the ad, and the content of the easter egg is Stardust 2 limited edition voting."
Chen Zifan: ......
"Who did that?"
"Oh, it's a new advertisement shot by Director Wang."
It turned out to be Wang Jinli, so it was okay.
"Director Wang said: If this trend continues, it won't take half a month for the Stardust 2 limited edition to reach the standard, so you have to prepare the materials as soon as possible..."
"Alright, I got it."
What else? Do it! Chen Zifan believed in Wang Jinli's judgment, and it is estimated that Wang Jinli didn't understand what he meant, thinking that it was a new way of hype, so he wanted to boost a wave, but in fact he didn't want to do it at all.
It is not excluded that Wang Jinli deliberately wanted to use this way to boost another wave of popularity for Stardust Technology, squeeze out the full potential of Stardust 2, and use the limited edition of Stardust 2 not to give other manufacturers a chance to turn around.
No matter what the case is, in short, it will not be unfavorable to Stardust Technology, so prepare in advance, according to Chen Zifan's plan, after the 1 million votes of the Stardust 2 limited edition are passed, there will be a blind booking activity.
100,000 units of Stardust 2 limited edition, 20,000 units will participate in blind booking, and will be directly delivered to the order address of blind subscribers through Stardust Express the day before they are put on the shelves.
Only when 20,000 people blindly book online, the Stardust 2 limited edition project will be officially launched, but after experiencing the Stardust 1 Bamboo Rhyme Edition, Chen Zifan also understands that with the current level of Stardust Technology, 100,000 blind orders can be sold.
Regarding the specific plan of the Stardust 2 limited edition, although it is only a version with a replacement back cover, Chen Zifan also has two different options, and he is currently struggling with these two options, because each is very good.
One is the same as the Stardust 1 bamboo rhyme version, a more advanced and luxurious ebony version, the ebony back cover of the Eight Classics, and the processing method used in the bamboo rhyme version is also very similar, but the overall style will be more business-oriented.
The second is the technology derived from the Xinghan 01 variable canopy that has been studied in the core area of the Stardust Factory: electrochromic glass, which can control the color of the glass through the current and present different colors.
The general principle is that when an electrochromic layer is added to the glass back cover, when a positive DC voltage is introduced to the conductive layer, the ions of the ion storage layer are then withdrawn into the electrochromic layer, causing the discoloration of the chromic layer.
Otherwise, the voltage in the opposite direction is added.
The specific effect is that the positive voltage will show layers of blue scales on the electrochromic glass, and each piece of this scale armor is very large, a bit like a patchwork of diamond-shaped armor pieces.
The voltage in the opposite direction will be in the electricity
The chromic glass presents layers of silver-gray scale armor, which is a relatively light gray, with the feeling of ancient silver armor.
The blue and silver-gray colors in the glass can also be replaced with any color, but for electrochromic glass, a color that is too bright is not necessarily good.
The final effect of these two schemes is also completely different, the cost of the back cover is actually about the same, but the ebony is not at risk of breaking, and the electrochromic glass is really broken if it is broken.
Only go to the Stardust after-sales center to replace, if you are lucky, you may still have the back cover in stock, and if you are unlucky...
Then it can only be replaced with an ordinary back cover, and the limited edition becomes an ordinary model, and no one can accept this kind of difference, although the price is the same.
Chen Zifan himself was inclined to the first option, but when he held a high-level meeting, many high-level executives of Stardust Technology were all inclined to the second option.
The reason they give is also very simple:
"Ebony, I don't dare to use ebony on the desk in my office, the original positioning of Stardust 2 is lower than Stardust 3, it is better to use the ebony back cover in a higher specification and more atmospheric Stardust 3+, which is more compatible."
"That's right, Chen Dong, this is a technology company! Just give them a little bit of tech to do the work! The effect of the electrochromic glass back cover is so suitable for young people! It's really beautiful when you take it out!"
"76% of our users are young people aged 20~30, Ebony is too mature and stable, too commercial, it is better to use it in Stardust 3+, I dare to guarantee that Stardust 3+ can become our milestone product!"
"Chen Dong, I'm different from this group of duplicitous guys, I'm more direct: I support Ebony on Stardust 3+ for only one reason, I want to use it to pretend to be B, and to pretend to be B on various wine venues!"
"Me too! This is in line with our steady temperament! 4G + Ebony, who doesn't like it?"
Chen Zifan: ......
"Ahem, it doesn't have to be so straightforward..."
He didn't see that these high-level executives were stable, and as some high-level executives said, Ebony is more suitable for higher-end flagship machines, and at the price of 5999, people are not thinking more about configuration.
Because at this price, as long as the brand added value or advertising added value is too large, the configuration will not be bad, of course, the brand power can not be too bad, the rest of the design, texture is the most important factor.
Needless to say, the texture is natural, and the design... The design of Stardust 3+ has a lot of high-level knowledge in advance, in terms of back cover, the back cover of two different materials is good, but compared with ebony, they choose ebony.
"The plan for Stardust 3+ has been determined before, with two different material back covers, if you change it now, you have to replace one of them, I won't rub it in, plain leather and ebony, you can choose one of the two."
Chen Zifan said this and agreed, and wanted to use electrochromic glass for the Stardust 2 limited edition, and then replace the plain leather material of Stardust 3+, because the other material is real glazed ceramic.
The back cover of the Stardust mobile phone has always pursued the two styles of smooth surface + rough surface, which can provide more choices, which is why the back cover of Stardust 1 and Stardust 2 has both glossy glass and frosted glass.
If Chen Zifan has to install the ebony on the Stardust 2 limited edition, these high-level people can't do it, but all things considered, maybe electrochromic glass is the best choice, just put the ebony on Stardust 3+.
As soon as they heard that they were going to change the plain leather material, these high-level faces suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, but there was no way, there was something to give, so they could only endure the pain and cut their love:
"Plain leather is not durable and easy to wear out, but ebony will look more advanced and more durable..."
"Choose Ebon!"
"Same!"
「……」
The plan for the Stardust 2 Limited Edition was determined, and the original Stardust 3+ plan was changed, and Chen Zifan arranged a new round of work for these high-level executives by the way, including the production of color-changing glass and so on.
The manufacturers of the Stardust Ecological Chain Project also do not have the ability to produce electrochromic glass, so this part has to be done by the Stardust factory, putting aside the natural loss, Star
The dust factory is expected to produce 120,000 tinted glass back covers.
These back covers will also come out with a single line to connect to the lithium battery of Stardust 2, and the design team of Stardust OS is also required to make a special electrochromic theme, and by the way, put the button that controls color change on the desktop.
This part of the work was very small, and the design team only divided into a team of seven people, which took less than a day to complete, and the theme was also made blue, silver and gray, and a wave of adaptation by the way.
At the same time as controlling the electro-induced glass discoloration, the theme color of Stardust OS will also be changed, which is not a too high-tech thing in itself, but when the theme, control, and glass discoloration are combined...
It will form a strong sense of scientific and technological atmosphere, which is indeed something that the ebony back cover cannot have.
As soon as Chen Zifan's electrolyzed glass back cover was ready to produce samples, the vote for the Stardust 2 limited edition in the Stardust community reached (1000000/1000000), which was a little faster than Wang Jinli's expected progress.
I have to say that the advertisement of the official channel is really ruthless, and it also shows that the base of Stardust users is really very large.