Replay 07: Opening the Temple of Learning

Chapter 319 The truth is thrown in the face

"Dear media friends, you seem to have something to ask, so go ahead." Wu Jun pointed at a media person whose face was red from holding back. It was obvious that he had a lot to say.

But since it wasn't the question-and-answer session, of course he couldn't speak.

Now that he had the opportunity to ask questions, he quickly stood up and asked the question that everyone was most concerned about: "Are graphene batteries really that durable?"

"It is true. Shenchuan has prepared more than just one prototype. We have produced 3999 units for trial use. Twenty people will be drawn on site today, and the remaining 300 units will be booked online for lottery. The price is 500 yuan. After it goes on the market, it will be - yuan more expensive, depending on the configuration."

"Wow!" There was an uproar at the scene, and everyone was eager to try it.

There were already about 800 people at the scene, including media people, colleagues, and a large number of electronics enthusiasts. Most of these people were backpackers from Shenzhen and computer stall owners.

800 people is the limit of this venue, not the limit of the number of people. There are still people outside the venue who want to come in to watch the fun, but they can't squeeze in.

Humans are such strange animals. At the beginning, when there were not many people at the exhibition, there were not many onlookers. When there were many people inside, the onlookers wanted to go in to see what was going on, and then attracted more people from the outside.

After the first media person finished asking questions, Wu Jun clicked on the next one.

"Hello, Mr. Wu! Can the production of graphene batteries keep up with the orders? How many such computers can be produced each month?"

"The current production volume is still unclear, and the details will depend on the arrangement of the production line." Wu Jun showed a meaningful smile on his face, without revealing a single truth, and in his heart he called this media person a good supporting actor. Today's press conference is waiting for this moment! For this dish of vinegar, I made a plate of dumplings.

“So when will K2 be available?”

"K2 will be available soon, but the graphene battery version will be available later. There will be a significant price difference between the two. Please pay attention to the detailed description of the product and don't buy the wrong one."

"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Wu."

"You're welcome, next one!"

"With such a high configuration, the cost of hardware upgrade is even higher than the increase in product price. Will Shenchuan's business be affected?"

"Thank you for your concern. It seems that Shenchuan and consumers are working together. With your care, Shenchuan will definitely get better and better."

The entire question-and-answer session was not long, only about ten minutes. All kinds of questions were asked, and Wu Jun answered them all, but he didn't tell the truth. Every sentence had a response, but nothing was answered.

After the press conference, some people were shocked and suspicious. This person was Wang Fu.

He had received the news a long time ago and sent people to attend the press conference upon invitation, originally thinking that it was just a pure new product launch.

What does the release of a new laptop computer have to do with the battery company? The orders haven’t changed anyway.

Unexpectedly, the focus of this press conference was graphene batteries, which made Wang Fu surprised and suspicious.

The most important thing is that Lu Shan just found Bidi to produce graphene batteries, and he immediately took out the finished product. You know, Bidi is still in the process of renovating the production line and debugging the equipment. Even if the leaders under Bidi did not make trouble, they should not have entered the trial production stage yet.

But Zemeng Energy has already installed graphene batteries in 100 laptops. What does this mean?

If you can’t figure it out, hold a meeting and let everyone think about it together.

The executives also got wind of this and rushed over. Everyone had different ideas and expressions.

Some people think that Lu Shan is bluffing. Such a small output is nothing. It may take only half a month to produce batteries for 100 computers.

Some said that we should not take it lightly. At least it proved that Lu Shan had a mature production process at hand, otherwise he would not be so confident when modifying the production line and debugging the equipment.

"You really should listen to what our technicians say. Zemeng Energy's people debug the equipment basically once, and even if there are mistakes, they are very small and they are corrected quickly."

The executive in charge of technology was already very unhappy with the messiness of his subordinates, and this time he directly expressed his concerns.

"Do you know what a mature production process means? It means that Zemeng Energy can set up a production line more easily. Maybe this time it was done in cooperation with others."

"Then why did Lu Shan come to us?" Some executives were not convinced.

"Maybe the technology was not fully mature when they came to us. After the on-site inspection and transformation here, the finishing touch was completed, and Zemeng Energy has overcome this hurdle. In the future, there is no need to look for factories like our Bidi. Factories with much lower quality can achieve the same product performance!"

Everyone at the scene fell silent, and Wang Fu carefully considered the truth of this matter.

In the end he chose to believe it, a little panicked.

Wang Fu considered that even if Lu Shan did not have the strength to kick Bidi out now, his skills must be constantly improving. Even if his skills did not improve, Bidi's mess would chill Lu Shan's heart, and it would be a question of how many orders he could give to Bidi in the future.

Just as Wang Fu was still considering whether Lu Shan had mass-produced graphene batteries, the technical executive added another sentence.

"Think about it, if the technology of graphene batteries is not mature and stable, would Shenchuan launch the product so quickly for everyone to buy and use?"

Just like hitting a snake's weak spot with a stick, even the most stubborn BYD executives no longer question the development progress of graphene batteries.

Everyone looked at Wang Fu. Wang Fu had to make up his mind! Should he continue to do things and wait and see, or go all-in on this industry and get along well with Lu Shan? He had to make a decision immediately.

For a moment, Wang Fu felt tremendous pressure.

"If Zemeng Energy's production cannot keep up and the product is launched so early, the long-term shortage will definitely cause the reputation of Shenchuan K2 to collapse. At that time, it will be difficult for graphene batteries to progress smoothly. The interests that originally belonged to BYD will be damaged. No, we can't let this happen."

Adults don’t care about right or wrong, they only care about gains and losses.

Wang Fu quickly figured it out. No matter how much Lu Shan produced, or whether he cooperated with others or not, it was meaningless. The moment the new computer was launched, the era of graphene batteries had been forcibly opened.

If Biddi doesn't follow up, Biddi will be kicked out by the times without Lu Shan kicking him out.

"I'll think about this for a while and give you an answer in three days!" Wang Fu ended the meeting. There was too much information today. He needed to digest it and see how the market reacted. He would decide whether to follow up and how much to follow up based on various factors. What was the market's reaction like? It can be summed up in two words - explosion!
On the day of the press conference, 20 laptops were drawn on the spot. It was purely based on luck, not identity. Even if you were a colleague or partner, Shenchuan would not give you any.

Wu Jun wanted to give it as usual, but then he remembered how he was looked down upon before and suddenly felt uncomfortable. After thinking it over again and again, he decided not to give it. This time he was not acting on impulse, but out of deep consideration.

If you don’t give it away, you can keep it secret and the performance of your computer won’t be known directly. In this way, if you want to know the performance of your computer or the performance of the graphene battery, it depends on whether the user is interested in making it public.

The less a person can see clearly about something, the more he will use his imagination. Later, the strength of the divine ship depends entirely on everyone's imagination.

The fact proved that the effect was really good. Bidi did not receive the new notebook, which made Bidi doubt himself. He was the battery partner of Shenchuan, but they did not send one for research? Does it mean that Bidi was not that important in this link?
Wang Fu is waiting, and what he is most concerned about is the market's popularity. It would be even better if someone could publish their user experience.

Before any user experience article came out, the K2 equipped with a graphene battery had already sparked the curiosity of netizens, and it was normal for them to blast the official.

Bloggers on major platforms have been writing articles to do the analysis, and some of the hardcore ones have even gone as far as to analyze from a professional level, examining from a scientific perspective whether graphene batteries can be so powerful!

After analysis, it is indeed possible, and can be even more powerful, but the prerequisite is that the people on this planet must have this level of technology. The technical content of this thing is so high that it sounds like a scam, so everyone can only wait for users of the advance version to give feedback on their experience.

Fortunately, the wait was not too long. After the lucky ones got the computers, there was an update almost every hour.

"After five hours of use, the battery level only dropped by 1.4%. This is the first time I've seen a decimal value for battery level. Now I finally understand that with so many batteries, the measurement unit must be more precise."

"I played games all day and the battery level was only 5%. Graphene batteries are really durable!"

"I took it out to work, never shutting it down, and it only lost 6% of its battery. If I closed the laptop screen, the battery would probably drop even more slowly!"

These updates were either posted through the platform’s account or by taking screenshots of Penguin’s updates. The lucky ones who got the advance version of K2 shared their joy, making everyone who wanted it jealous.

"It's only been one day, keep calm!" Wang Fu's subordinates naturally paid close attention to the development of the matter and reported to Wang Fu if there was any movement.

Jiyue website is also delivering traffic to this type of user experience, allowing more people to access it frequently.

By the way, Jiyue’s technology bloggers were quite dissatisfied this time - why not send it to them? Wouldn’t it be a good opportunity for testing and publicity after sending it?

Although they are dissatisfied, they just mentioned it. Jiyue said that it is better to have the first batch of users be random, so that the experience written by those who do not have much professional skills background will be the most in line with their actual feelings.

Giving testing to professionals may be too professional and sometimes feel empty, so it is better to let ordinary people describe it in their own words.

What you said is true, but ordinary people’s professional knowledge is indeed limited, and their vocabulary is also limited. Apart from “awesome” and “wow”, there seems to be no other words they can use.

Then we can only wait until professionals are lucky enough to buy K2 and then write more professional things, cross-read them and verify each other.

There are only 100 K2 graphene batteries available, and the whole internet is going crazy over them. Every day, someone is shouting that they want to pay more to buy them. I hope whoever buys them can make it happen. Money is really not a problem.

There are also many users who simply take the initiative to contact Shenchuan and ask them if they can pay to queue up, giving a deposit or full payment. As long as the goods arrive, they will be shipped in the order of the queue. It is better than drawing lots or grabbing them online!
Smart netizens have already foreseen the future sales situation. No one has absolute confidence in their hand speed and Internet speed. Come to think of it, it’s better to pay and queue up.

It’s not enough to queue up online. There are also a lot of people going to register at offline stores. The stores have been explaining that the production volume is unclear and they will not accept reservations.

Netizens had this idea, and so did dealers. They found Shenchuan's sales department and suggested queuing up for full payment, just like they did when they bought Companion Silicon memory sticks in the past.

Shenchuan politely rejected all suggestions, no matter which aspect they came from. The production volume of this thing hasn't been determined yet, so what's the point of taking other people's money?
Having so much money in hand would be a burden, so Lu Shan expressly prohibited the company from participating in any form of financial activities, including lending and real estate.

It is almost 2011, and the capital chain of private micro-financing is about to collapse.

Lu Shan has never liked these Ponzi scheme-like financial games. Industrial development is the real truth.

As for expanding production lines and conducting scientific research, Lu Shan has his own money, so he doesn't want to use other people's money.

But the dealers did not come in vain, they could still line up even if they did not charge, and they would consider this again when they were short of money in the future. Wu Jun is not an idealist, he is quite practical.

Lu Shan is not an idealist either, he just has confidence in his products and there will definitely be no shortage of funds.

Two days later, another 80 computers were delivered to the lucky ones. The lucky ones will receive them soon, while those in remote areas will have to wait.

They all go to the Shenchuan store to pick up the goods. The headquarters will send the goods to the nearest outlet of the customer and then notify them.

The packaging of the pilot version of K2 is naturally completely different from that of K1, and it is very conspicuous. Shenchuan does not intend to hide anything. Some people got K2 from Shenchuan stores. This is also a kind of publicity. At least it proves that Shenchuan has no backstage operation, and the laptops are actually won by lottery.

As soon as they go out, these lucky guys are immediately surrounded by scalpers.

"Brother! I'll buy this K2 at three times the price, do you think it's okay?"

"5 times!"

"Five times! Next time I buy one, I'll give you the same one, okay?"

"Don't roll! You're ruining the market!"

"Why not? I'm not a scalper! I bought it for myself!"

I almost forgot, in addition to scalpers squatting at Shenchuan outlets, there are naturally fanatical fans squatting at Shenchuan stores, and these two groups of people can't stand each other.

But both sides are destined to be disappointed. How lucky is it to win the lottery among so many people?

Users who got the K2 never thought about selling it and went home happily holding the computer.

The scalpers also underestimated people's interest in K2, so there is no point in waiting.

(End of this chapter)