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Dream Entertainment had released two pre-sales announcements consecutively. This was Shi Lei's way of making money!
Shi Lei estimated that he would sell one million sets of LIP Lens Information Processors. Each set would be priced at 10,000 USD. If all of them were sold, Mirui Technology Group would earn 10 billion USD in sales revenue.
As for the cost?
The cost of each set of LIP Lens Information Processors was divided into two parts.
The material cost was 2,800 Xia Xia dollars. The manufacturing and transportation cost was 200 Xia Xia dollars.
The total cost was 3,000 Xia dollars, which was equivalent to 375 USD.
Shi Lei dared to sell a mere 375 USD at a high price of 10,000 USD. One had to say that Shi Lei had a black conscience in the industry!
A simple calculation showed that the total cost of one million sets of LIP Lens Information Processors was 375 million USD, and the total sales was 10 billion USD. If anyone knew about this crazy profit, Mirui Technology Group would be severely punished.
Fortunately, in this day and age, anti-trust investigations were not strict.
In addition, Mirui Technology Group did not disclose any relevant information and was not a listed company, so there was no trouble for the time being.
The profit of the VR game set was also very high!
The total price of the three-piece set was 25,000 USD, and the total cost was 6,250 USD. The second-generation personal game server cost 5,500 USD, which accounted for most of the cost.
As AMD was a company that was split up, AMD's original team still had 10% of the shares.
In order to split the profits, the three-piece VR game set was sold for 25,000 USD to the public.
However, the internal bill was that the original price of 18,000 USD for the second-generation personal game server was reduced to 17,000 USD.
In other words, of the 25,000 USD sales price, 17,000 USD had to be recorded in AMD's sales revenue.
Moreover, they had to take out 10% of the profits and distribute it to AMD's original team.
The profit calculation of the 100,000 sets of VR game helmets was slightly more complicated. Of the 25,000 USD sales price, 8,000 USD would be directly credited to Mirui Technology Group's account.
10% of the profits generated from the second-generation personal game server would be paid to AMD's original management team's account.
This time, Shi Lei was prepared to distribute the profits directly. Not only did Mirui Technology Group need the money, but AMD's original team also needed the bonus to motivate them to do better work!
Through the three-piece VR game, Mirui Technology Group could earn the following profits.
One hundred thousand sets of VR gaming helmets and the second-generation free-body operating platform. The total sales revenue was eight hundred million USD. After deducting the cost of seventy-five million USD, it was pure profit.
The revenue of 100,000 second-generation personal game servers was 1.7 billion USD. Excluding the cost of 550 million USD, the actual profit was 1.15 billion USD.
In addition to the 10% that was given to the original management team of AMD, there was only 1.35 billion USD left.
If the two pre-sales plans arranged by Shi Lei were to sell all the products, then Mirui Technology Group would earn a total profit of 10,660,000,000 USD this time.
It was more than ten billion USD!
Of course, the premise was that the two pre-sold products had to be sold in order to earn so much profit.
However, whether it was the LIP lens-type information processor or the VR game set, could it not be sold?
"Izur, make the last announcement!"
Shi Lei yawned and ordered Izur to make the last announcement. He stood up and walked to the bathroom to wash up and sleep. Shi Lei was still not used to staying up late.
If it was not necessary, Shi Lei did not like to stay up late!
After two consecutive announcements were made on Dream Entertainment's official website, the third announcement was made one after another.
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"Announcement regarding some players stealing Mirui Technology Group's trade secrets!"
"Hello, players all over the world!"
"Some players have been leaking Mirui Technology Group's and Dream Entertainment's trade secrets on the official forums. We would like to express our serious protest."
"Now, we have decided to deal with the players who leaked the trade secrets as follows:
"1. The players who leaked the trade secrets will be permanently banned and their IP will be blocked as punishment."
"2. We have officially warned the players that if there are any more leaks, we reserve the right to sue."
"3. We declare that if there are any more leaks, we will not rule out using technical means to locate the players who leaked the trade secrets."
"4. We appeal to all players to not listen to rumors!"
"Finally, we wish all players a happy gaming experience."
"In addition, players who read this announcement and bought the LIP lens-type information processor or the VR game set can apply for a Hero's World Mystery Gift Pack on this page."
"Thank you for your support!"
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In the third announcement, Shi Lei expressed his attitude. The "mysterious game insider" was not an official. The officials still wanted to punish the "mysterious game insider".
At the same time, Shi Lei made use of this announcement to release a benefit.
The so-called Hero's World Mystery Gift Pack was just a Random Draw Treasure Chest.
If one was lucky enough, it was possible to get a Legendary item or even an Epic item fragment.
However, who could be sure about luck?
In the Hero's World, the probability of getting an Epic item fragment from a Random Draw Treasure Chest was definitely lower than the jackpot of the welfare lottery in the real world.
After this announcement was released, the "mysterious game insider" account was officially deleted by Izur on Dream Entertainment's official player forum. The related posts posted by this account were also deleted.
Some players who read the announcement tried to search for "mysterious game insider" on the official player forum and chose to follow or browse the person's personal page. However, the system notified them that they could not find the player.
This notification indicated that the account did not exist.
Some players with bad taste registered the "mysterious game insider" nickname again. Although the registration was approved, they received a warning from the system when they logged into the official player forum. It indicated that the nickname was controversial and that the players should use it carefully.
The players who registered the "mysterious game insider" account tried to post on the official player forum. Although the post was published successfully, the main system gave a clear introduction that this account was not the one that leaked the trade secrets. It was just an account with the same name.
Most players expressed their regret that the officials had dealt with the "mysterious game insider" account.
This was because they had lost a channel to obtain information.
In the official player forum, many players were still waiting for more information from the "mysterious game insider"!
For example, the second round of release of the LIP lens-type information processor and the sale price.
The promotional video for the LIP lens-type information processor was very good, and Mirui Technology Group had also expressed that they would accept players' applications to experience the LIP lens-type information processor.
However, the price of the LIP lens-type information processor was as high as 10,000 USD. This was not a small number!
Even high-end users in the Hero's World were hesitant. They did not know if they should buy the LIP lens-type information processor.
High-end users were waiting for players who applied to experience the LIP lens-type information processor to post feedback on the official player forum.
Once the players who applied to try it out received praise, the LIP lens-type information processor would sell like hotcakes.
As for now?
The pre-sales system of the LIP lens-type information processor had only sold less than 1,000 sets of data.
Most players still did not believe in the LIP lens-type information processor!
On the other hand, the pre-sales data for the three-piece VR game set was very gratifying!
In just ten minutes, 100,000 sets of the three-piece VR game set were all reserved.
It was as if 25,000 USD was not money at all. It could not stop the players' enthusiasm at all.
When the three-piece VR game set was announced to be sold out, some players immediately posted complaints on the official player forum, saying that there was a serious rule loophole in the pre-sales of the three-piece VR game set. A large number of scalpers took the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole and snatch a lot of reservations.
A player called "SuperG" from Lijian Province posted on the official player forum and listed more than ten pictures as evidence, saying that Dream Entertainment's three-piece VR game pre-sales system was unreasonable.
In the pictures listed by the player SuperG, a large number of similar accounts had consecutively reserved the three-piece VR game set at the same time.
These data came from Dream Entertainment's official website. There was a reservation inquiry function on the reservation page. All players who reserved could check it.
Dream Entertainment announced the list of reserved players' nicknames to further reflect fairness. It showed that the data was transparent and there was no under-the-table manipulation. There was also no problem of the pre-sales number being false.
SuperG's post attracted a lot of support from players.
Just as Shi Lei had predicted, a mere 100,000 sets of the three-piece VR game set could not satisfy the tens of millions of players around the world.
The players seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. They demanded that Dream Entertainment investigate the scalpers thoroughly and cancel their reservation rights.
Shi Lei was already asleep. How could he have seen this request?
Therefore, Dream Entertainment's official website did not make any response to the scalpers.
Due to Dream Entertainment's official website's attitude, the scalpers hiding in the dark heaved a sigh of relief.
The scalpers were really afraid that Dream Entertainment would cancel their reservation rights!
This time, most of the scalpers who bought the three-piece VR game set came from the Xia Continent.
Dream Entertainment's announcement was made at night in the Xia Continent. It was morning in most overseas regions. Most players did not log into Dream Entertainment and Brave World.
Therefore, they missed the pre-sales of the three-piece VR game set. By the time they received the notification, the reservation system had already shown that it was sold out. How could they have a share?
After the scalpers from the Xia Continent obtained the right to purchase the three-piece VR game set, they immediately announced the sale in a high-profile manner on the official forums.
In the past, these scalpers would always rush to buy goods from overseas regions and return to the Xia Continent to sell them.
Now, the situation was reversed. They were rushing to buy goods from the Xia Continent and sell them overseas.
This feeling made the scalpers very happy!
However, the scalpers from the Xia Continent brazenly sold the right to purchase the three-piece VR game set on the official forums and the official virtual item trading system. This angered the players who really needed the three-piece VR game set.
The players who really needed the three-piece VR game set quickly formed a united front. They resolutely resisted the scalpers' increase in price and waited for Dream Entertainment to deal with it.
Whether it was the scalpers or the players who really needed the three-piece VR game set, they were all betting on whether Dream Entertainment would deal with the scalpers.
Would they deal with it or not?
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