Intent

At 10 a.m. the next day, people across the global tech industry turned their attention to the pre-sale of Corona Technology Company's Explorer 1. While the price of 8,999 was a little expensive for most people, it was only the cost of two phones, and buying one would also give them access to many functions.

At the press conference, Liu Qiuya had told everyone that this Virtual Reality Helmet technology would gain a major feature in the near future.

That feature was real-time online multiplayer chatting—Virtual Family.

What was Virtual Family? Travelers far from home who could not return home could only communicate through letters in ancient times, while nowadays they could communicate through video calls.

However, there were always certain shortcomings to that. Virtual Family could completely solve this problem. As long as you had a Virtual Reality Helmet and put it on, you could simulate a room in virtual reality, and every family member wearing a Virtual Reality Helmet would appear in that room.

Combined with the immersive experience of the Virtual Reality Helmet, it would feel as though everyone was truly in the same room. Imagine coming home from work after drifting alone in a big city, finding your home empty and deserted, then opening virtual reality and entering this Virtual Family, only to discover your parents sitting at the coffee table watching television. What kind of scene would that be?

Parents would also be able to see their son's every movement and communicate with him. Other than being unable to touch each other, everything could be achieved through Virtual Family.

The most discussed topic online was this Virtual Family. For many people, it was an extremely practical feature.

That was precisely why so many people bought it. Corona Technology Company's official website was hit with a massive surge of traffic almost instantly. Fortunately, they had prepared enough servers; otherwise, such enormous traffic would definitely have crashed the site.

Corona Technology Company did not have many employees. Most were frontline workers, while Liu Qiuya, Chen Feng, several technical workers, and the relevant supervisors numbered only around ten. The ten of them watched the pre-sale count together.

"The pre-sale has started."

The pre-sale count immediately jumped to 100, and then, about an hour later, it had already risen to 10,000.

Only at this moment did Chen Feng realize just how profitable digital products could be. The pre-sale count had now reached 10,000. At a transaction price of 8,999 per unit, after deducting the 2,500 cost, he had earned 65 million in just this hour. Of course, this was only a pre-sale. Prices might fluctuate afterward, and some people who pre-ordered might not actually buy.

But that did not matter, because the 10,000 pre-sales were still climbing. That meant the number could very likely break through 20,000, 30,000, or even more in a short period of time.

His goal was to earn 100 million, and now there were already signs that he could achieve it. Once he completed the task, he would be able to obtain new technology.

However, Chen Feng had no time to think about that right now. All he cared about was whether his pre-sale payments had arrived. Reserving a spot required a deposit—100 yuan per person. With 10,000 pre-orders, his deposits had already reached 1 million. He had earned 1 million in just one hour.

With this 1 million, he could expand his production lines and do many things. Moreover, the number of pre-orders was still rising, so the deposits would likely reach 2 million, 3 million, or even more.

Liu Qiuya was also somewhat excited. To her, those constantly jumping numbers represented her company's future valuation rising higher and higher. Her own net worth would rise along with it.

"Boss, now that we have this working capital, what should we do next? I think we should expand our production lines. After all, our production capacity is struggling to keep up. If we can't provide enough products within the promised time frame, some people may decide to cancel their orders. The market share we lose then may be difficult for us to accept."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng nodded directly, then said to Liu Qiuya, the other technical staff, and the relevant people in charge.

"Everyone knows that Corona Technology Company is an emerging company. We've had an excellent start, and now we need to consolidate the territory we've won. Go prepare everything immediately and finish building the second production line as soon as possible. Then build the third and fourth lines, and finally leave space for one more production line. Its specifications must be exactly the same as the first four."

After hearing this, everyone immediately sprang into action. Seeing how fired up they were, Chen Feng was also very pleased.

He was happy because he had finally become a wealthy man in name and reality. In China, having 1 million in savings did not make someone particularly rich; at most, they could be considered middle class. Most truly wealthy people had at least tens of millions in savings.

He had now entered the ranks of the wealthy. Of course, Chen Feng was not proud because of this, since he knew his sights could not be limited to such a small point. His gaze was set on the stars and the sea. All of this was merely laying the foundation for his future.

Corona Technology Company would definitely grow into a global technology hegemon in the future. It might then attract the covetous eyes of many people, but he was confident he had the ability to handle it all.

Just then, Chen Feng received a call. It was from Cao Deming.

"Uncle Cao? What is it?"

"President Chen, you really are a busy man. First, let me congratulate you—Corona Technology Company has broken through 10,000 pre-orders."

"Thank you for the congratulations, Uncle Cao."

Chen Feng did not know why Cao Deming had called, but after chatting with him for a while, he understood what medicine was sold in the gourd.

"You want to talk things over with me? No problem. Find a time and come to Ning City. I really can't get away from here."

"No problem. Since you're in Ning City, I'll fly over right away. We can meet this afternoon. I know your company's address too, so let's meet this afternoon."

After hanging up, Chen Feng sneered. Cao Deming had definitely been sent by Goose Factory to talk with him. He knew he would inevitably draw the attention of these giant companies, so he did not think too much about it. He would adapt to the situation when the time came.

It was not impossible to rely on Goose Factory to build an ecosystem for him, but he had already dismissed that idea. With Elementary Artificial Intelligence supporting him, building an ecosystem was basically no problem at all. He alone was an entire ecosystem-building team.