The giant price appeared on the big screen.
Chenghuang Generation 1 Artificial Blood
Whole blood price: 210 yuan per liter
After a brief silence, the venue erupted, and applause rang out!
Several media outlets published their reports almost instantly. Song He and Xiang Xiaotong's phones vibrated at the same time. When they opened them, all they saw were news pop-ups. The reports contained only one short sentence: "Chenghuang Generation 1 Artificial Blood is priced at 210 yuan per liter."
A one-sentence news report seemed to have the feel of "the fewer the words, the bigger the story." Many netizens in the comments were busy asking whether the price was high or low. Song He found two particularly incisive comments.
"I'm a hematologist. What did 210 yuan for a unit of whole blood mean? It was equivalent to selling a 500-milliliter bottle of cola for two yuan, a bowl of Lanzhou ramen for four yuan, a decent new car for fifty thousand yuan, a bottle of Maotai for a thousand yuan, and a grilled sausage for ninety cents. In short, this price was undoubtedly a killing blow!"
"I'm a veteran stock investor. I went heavily into the leading blood-product companies nationwide. What did Chenghuang's whole blood at 210 yuan mean? It meant I could go straight to the rooftop! My mental state collapsed. I thought Chenghuang Artificial Blood would cost six or seven hundred yuan and drive up the stock prices of blood companies. I shouldn't have gambled!"
At the press conference, the sustained applause finally died down. Wei Liqun continued speaking with a beaming smile.
"Actually, with our current technology, the cost of Generation 1 Artificial Blood is 220 yuan. That's slightly higher than the selling price, but once sales are established and we begin mass production, we're confident we