Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 40: The next batch, 600,000 sets!

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Supervisors took turns to speak, and soon it was Henry’s turn.

Henry suppressed his inner anxiety and analyzed, “After all, it is a brand new console with impressive technology. Many netizens would buy it just for the sake of novelty or to join the hype, but this doesn’t mean Cloud Dream’s console can always maintain this popularity.”

“It’s possible,” the Marketing Department Director guessed, “Maybe Lincoln is worried about poor sales, and that’s why he set such a low price; even if he suffers a loss, he wants to have a good start, and then perhaps raise the price incrementally later on?”

Regardless, the price was really too low!

So low that it directly broke their lowest expectation!

In their previous discussions, the R&D Department estimated a cost range between 50,000 and 60,000, and based on that, the marketing department predicted that Cloud Dream would set the pricing for the equipment at 100,000 — a considerable amount!

Even if they tried to open sales channels and seize the market from the beginning, the price wouldn’t be lower than 80,000.

The reason was that there was no competition in the market, and they were the only ones with virtual reality devices. Why would they not make more money?

So when they saw the current price was only 10,000, their psychological expectations were completely shattered, and they felt somewhat uncertain.

“Should we lower the price of our equipment? If so, by how much?” This was the question that everyone was considering.

“No matter how good a device is, without quality content, even the best devices are of no use! As long as our game can always suppress Cloud Dream, their better device would be useless! Players will still have to buy our equipment if they want to play quality games!”

“That’s right! Speed up the efficiency of each game production team; we need more high-quality games to enhance the competitiveness of our equipment!” Richard immediately made a decision, “And Gary, spend all the money we have, use any means available. Whether it’s equipment, games, or personnel, never miss an opportunity to attack! We cannot give them a chance to rise!”

As Richard was arranging countermeasures, his assistant suddenly walked over and handed him a mobile phone. The others saw the young boss’s face change, his brows furrowing tightly.

But Richard didn’t say anything else, “Everyone go back, all departments should focus on improving work efficiency, now every second counts.”

After the executives left, Richard sat down, opened the file in his hand, and turned a page back.

The words “Organizational Structure Adjustment Plan” came into view.

This was something he had wanted to do for a long time. Since taking over, he felt that his father’s company, had been growing wildly, resulting in a very unreasonable organizational structure. The division of management levels was too flat, and every meeting had a bunch of department supervisors, making it

very difficult to command.

However, since that college student named Lincoln emerged, one thing after another happened, and this matter could only be indefinitely postponed.

He glanced at Lincoln’s latest post on his mobile phone, sighed, and closed the folder forcefully.

There wasn’t much they could do now; they could only do their own part and hope that “Traveler of the Wind” would continue to have low ratings after its trial version, and be rejected by the market, giving them an opportunity to step in.

“Thank you all for your favor on Cloud Dream Game Console, the first batch of 200,000 units has been sold out.

But players who like it don’t need to worry too much, it is expected that after a week, there will be an additional 600,000 sets to replenish.

And after that, every week will have a large number of replenishments, so please don’t worry!

Finally, thank you all for your support!

And to the players who have bought the Mirage, welcome to embark on the journey!”

“Ah! I got one! I’m so excited!” A netizen who successfully grabbed a console.

“I had to refresh Cloud Dream’s homepage ten times a day, and today when I logged in, I saw the console available! There were still 100,000 units when I bought it! I saw Lincoln’s post only after I bought it, hahahaha!”

“Ahhhhhhh! I’m going to refresh Cloud Dream’s homepage 100 times a day too!

Starting today, I’ll do as I say!”

“Alright, another one has gone crazy.”

“Does anyone know which anchor managed to buy one? I won’t be able to get one, but I’d still be happy to watch someone else playing it, anyone can guide

“@Camille Victoria, check her out! She has a thing with Cloud Dream’s boss Lincoln! She attended the closed beta last time, and she definitely has connections to buy it this time.”

“Pfft—that ‘with one leg’ comment, something sounds off about that… Is it what I think it means?”

“Quiet down! Camille Victoria started broadcasting early. Brothers, charge!”

“Using the word ‘charge’ does make one’s imagination run wild.”

“No lewd thoughts are allowed!”

Camille Victoria was undoubtedly among the first to buy the console. That’s because on the day the game was tested, Lincoln gave out a discount code that would allow each person to buy the console for 70% off.

Before it went on sale today, he asked Mavis to send notifications to everyone, telling them that their promo codes were activated.

Camille Victoria, who was still in bed, glanced at her mobile phone sleepily. Then, as if her butt were on fire, she leaped out of bed on one leg.

She didn’t have time to put on her prosthetic limb, let alone clothes, so she hopped to her computer in her sheer silk sleepwear, woke her computer, placed an order, entered the promo code, locked in a console, and paid as fast as she could.

Only then did she take a deep breath, pat her chest, and calm down.

During that whole ten-second ordeal, she felt her heart rate nearly reaching 300!

Although her mobile phone, tablet, and laptop were all within reach, she worried about network latency. Since she used the computer in her room for live streams, it had a dedicated line and was perfect for grabbing things quickly.

After getting dressed and putting on her favorite skirt, she put on her prosthetic limb, got ready, and then opened the live broadcast room, started streaming, and went live!

Whether Camille Victoria would catch fire today or not and if she’d have meat or vegetables in her future depends on this moment!

“Good morning, everyone! We’re starting the live stream earlier than usual today, and I’m sure you all know why!”

“You got it, didn’t you!”

‘Why couldn’t I get it? So sad!”

“Look at my level 15 fan badge, dear anchor! I’ve supported you for so long and never asked for anything. Today is the first time I’m asking; can you sell the console to me? It’s a once-in-a-lifetime request!”

“My level 23 badge hasn’t even spoken yet!”

“Ah, being an anchor with connections to Lincoln is fantastic, isn’t it?!”

Things were chaotic in the live broadcast room, and everyone was excitedly expressing their emotions.

Camille Victoria skillfully singled out a few responses: “Room Administrator, first ban the guy who said ‘with one leg.’ I suspect he’s implying something about me!”

“And then the level 15 fan badge guy, don’t think I don’t remember you! Wasn’t it you who last time asked to see me perform ‘Dragon Sucking Water’? The time before, didn’t you want to see me perform ‘Water Splashing’? I can’t be bothered to scold you, just show yourself out!”

After briefly enlivening the atmosphere in the live broadcast room, Camille Victoria smugly reached out her hand, took the silver-white headband from outside the camera’s view, and displayed it to the camera.

“Take a look at what this is!”

Without a doubt, the live broadcast room erupted into wailing and howling again.

“I previously guaranteed with my personal character that Lincoln’s ‘Traveler of the Wind’ is a revolutionary, super fun game! But many people didn’t believe me and even said my personal character isn’t worth anything. But at that time, I signed a confidentiality agreement and couldn’t reveal any game content, so I never addressed it. Today, though, I’m going to prove it to you all!” “Enough with the chitchat, let’s get started on ‘Traveler of the Wind’!”