Chapter 218: You’re Really ‘Cute’
But now that this price of 6666 has come out, everyone is in disbelief.
Not only that, but after a brief silence, comments online suddenly exploded.
Ye Zi: "Wow! I'm a fan! Hurry and launch it, I want to place an order!"
The melon seeds don't taste good anymore: "Hurry up and put it on the shelves! I've got my money ready!"
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At the scene, the first row.
Initially smiling at the corners of his mouth, OP Chen became completely stiff after this price was announced.
The smile on his face disappeared at some unknown point.
He stared unblinkingly at Mr. Lin, not knowing what he was thinking.
In contrast, Mi Lei, upon hearing the news, just forced a bitter smile but felt quite relieved inside.
He was extremely grateful he had already stated his stance earlier.
As a result, among all the phone manufacturers present, he was the most relaxed.
However, compared to the excitement of netizens and the despair of phone manufacturers, some people present were quite angry.
Just as Mr. Lin was about to end this topic, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed female journalist suddenly stood up:
"Sorry, I have to interrupt, I'm Siri, a journalist from New York Weekly. Mr. Lin, could you please explain why the phones sold to us cost thirty thousand, yet in your country they only cost over six thousand! Is this some kind of hostility towards us?"
The sudden question drew everyone's attention to this female reporter.
Upon hearing this not-so-fluent Chinese question, the live stream immediately switched to patriotic mode.
At the same time, a variety of schadenfreude voices rang out.
However, Mr. Lin smiled and nodded at her, then said with a grin:
"Hello, 'Siri', I hope you signal by raising your hand before asking questions. Judging by your look, you haven't just arrived in Huaxia, right? I hope you can quickly learn our most basic etiquettes."
This immediately made the audience in the live stream burst into laughter.
Mr. Lin directly roasted her for being from a place with no manners.
Instantly, the screen was filled with various 666s.
Of course, some comments wanting to engage in deep conversations with this "foreign beauty" were directly censored into asterisks.
Before she could speak again, Mr. Lin continued:
"Alright, as a nation of etiquette, although it's not yet the journalist's question segment, I can answer your question first.
I previously mentioned that because our international versions need to include foreign languages, the cost has increased.
That's the reason. Do you understand now?"
Clearly, the journalist was not satisfied with this answer.
The female journalist shrugged and shook her head somewhat excitedly, saying:
"Oh no, that's definitely not the real reason. Adding a language doesn't cost that much. Moreover, thirty thousand is already a fivefold increase in price! We demand fairness! We hope Mr. Lin can sell to us at the same price!"
As soon as the word "fairness" was mentioned, Mr. Lin laughed.
And as he laughed, everyone present also laughed.
The live stream was instantly filled with ridicule.
It's really amusing how these people from that country are actually asking for fairness. How laughable.
After a round of laughter, Mr. Lin looked directly at her, nodded slightly and indifferently said:
"Haha, you're really quite 'cute', alright, let's move on."
After speaking, he didn't glance at her again, instead turned to the audience and continued:
"Since we're on this topic, let me explain. Do not even think about buying our Huaxia version phones and selling them abroad.
Because our domestic Core phones do not support English functionality.
Additionally, once outside Huaxia, you must apply for permission in the Nuclear Creation Community, specify your time abroad, and it will be tracked in real-time. If the phone isn't reapplied for within the time frame, it will go into sleep mode.
However, don't worry, once the device returns to Huaxia, it will automatically power back on."
At this, the other foreign journalists present, who had various motives, were dumbfounded.
They originally thought of buying directly in Huaxia and then selling back in their own country, thinking they could make a small profit.
But now, Mr. Lin had just blocked this route altogether.
Of course, they didn't completely lose hope, as reflashing the phone back in their own country wasn't impossible.
But that's for later discussion.
As Mr. Lin finished speaking, the Nuclear Creation Community's Core Creation Mall immediately listed 5000 overseas versions and 100,000 Huaxia versions of the Kernel 1 phone.
The prices were indeed 30,096 and 6666 yuan respectively.
Because the Nuclear Creation Community is controlled by a supercomputer, the numbers do not decrease in intervals but are shown in real-time as each unit is sold.
And as the products went on sale, in the next second, the figure of 100,000 started to rapidly decrease before our eyes.
[To be continued....]