Haoran Company was going all out to build its own ecosystem. Its chip production machines had already begun trial production, and the original virtual device designs had all been scrapped in favor of a new architecture using H-series chips. The test results were excellent.
How could they not be? Jiang Hao had brought over future technology, while Xiao Xin had calculated and designed the chip architecture, making it nearly perfect.
Haoran Company officially listed the product and began accepting reservations through its official website. The first batch was expected to ship in two months. The moment the news came out, countless people waited for sales to begin. Just seconds after reservations opened, ten thousand virtual pods had been snapped up.
It was madness.
Ten thousand machines, each costing over a hundred thousand yuan, sold out instantly.
Those who came later were stunned.
"I did the math. It took twenty-seven seconds in total, with sales reaching 1.5 billion. That's the Haoran speed."
"I hadn't even finished entering my information. How were they already gone?"
"Someone used bots to buy them! It's not fair! I want to reserve one too, ahhhhh~~~."
"Let me tell you, plenty of major corporations and big merchants are scrambling for them—Taobao, JD.com, Vipshop, Suning, Meituan, , all the major phone manufacturers, e-commerce stores, and huge companies. There are too many. They want to get the machines first and move into the Virtual Community ahead of everyone else, or they could end up being eliminated. They're professionals at grabbing orders. Ordinary people like us can't compete."
"They should be ordering directly from Boss Jiang. Why come steal our slots? Think about how many companies there are in China. Those people alone couldn't be satisfied without hundreds of thousands of units. How are we supposed to buy any?"
"Hundreds