Product Review 1

The next day, at 5:30 AM, Ning Yifan woke up from his sleep as usual.

"I learn well in my dreams!"

He shouted and got out of bed. Ning Yifan changed his clothes and, full of energy, headed out.

It was still the same ten-kilometer run every morning, a fixed routine. After breakfast at home and washing up, he entered work mode.

Cold air flowed gently from the air conditioner vent, bringing coolness to the hot summer. In his study, Ning Yifan first browsed the order website. His luck was good, and he casually accepted an outsourcing job worth four thousand yuan.

After spending half an hour to complete it, the time was past 8 AM.

He opened his phone. The content creators he had contacted yesterday were also replying one after another. Under Ning Yifan's financial offensive, most content creators didn't mind making a review video. After all, they could get a free product and make a video out of it, not to mention a thousand yuan for charging.

A small portion of content creators declined for various reasons, such as being busy with their own affairs or feeling the money was too little. Ning Yifan didn't mind.

In the end, out of the ten content creators he contacted, six agreed to review the projector.

He sent out six of the ten machines he had prepared and didn't bother looking for other content creators to review them.

"That's good enough. Gold will always shine!"

Ning Yifan had great confidence in the projectors he produced. With reviews and recommendations from these content creators with two to three hundred thousand followers, it should be enough to attract some viewers to buy.

At 10 AM, after replying to the last content creator, Ning Yifan contacted an SF Express delivery driver and chose the door-to-door pickup service.

In less than half an hour, the delivery driver arrived. For the six machines, including packaging and shipping insurance, Ning Yifan spent nearly three hundred yuan. The express delivery would go by air cargo, with the fastest expected to arrive that afternoon, and the slower ones usually the next day.

Watching the delivery driver carefully pick up the well-packaged parcels, Ning Yifan instructed, "Be careful, actually, let me carry half!"

Seeing the six projectors, the SF Express staff member, who had originally planned to make two trips, thanked him, "Thank you!"

Carrying three projectors, Ning Yifan helped the delivery driver load the goods onto the delivery tricycle. He watched the driver drive away before returning to his rented room to continue his work.

There were still many parts left from yesterday that could be assembled. Besides that, he also had to continue taking on outsourcing jobs online. Before earning a large sum of money, those outsourcing jobs online that paid several thousand yuan per order were still quite good. Without much effort, he could earn a few thousand yuan. Why not?

Time flew by rapidly amidst Ning Yifan's intense and busy schedule.

Night fell.

Ning Yifan's luck was quite good today. He accepted three outsourcing jobs in total. Besides the first one worth four thousand yuan, the second was three thousand yuan, and the third was even more impressive, a full eight thousand yuan. However, it was expensive for a reason. Ning Yifan spent two full hours to complete this eight-thousand-yuan outsourcing job.

Thus, Ning Yifan's total income for the day was fifteen thousand yuan. His expenses included the cost of six projectors, each costing two thousand yuan, totaling twelve thousand yuan. Add the three hundred yuan for express delivery, and other miscellaneous costs like food, takeout, and rent, his total expenses were about twelve thousand five hundred yuan. This left him with a net profit of two thousand five hundred yuan.

Throughout the day, his Taobao store and JD.com flagship store, as expected, had no buyers. Not even a single inquiry, they were completely dead.

However, this was also normal. After all, no one could find the projector, which was so deeply hidden. Moreover, Ning Yifan's retail price of four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan per unit would deter a considerable number of people.

A projector from an unknown small brand with a relatively high price. These two points alone made it almost impossible for anyone to buy. Furthermore, if Ning Yifan searched for "projector" directly, he would have to scroll down for about ten minutes through hundreds or thousands of products to find his own.

It's quite difficult for customers to seek us out!

"I hope things will improve in a couple of days."

With expectations for the projector product to sell well, Ning Yifan entered the system space. It was still the Technology Tree that recorded the automatic processing robotic arm. Ning Yifan found a dim star, grasped it, and entered a learning state.

At 10:30 PM, while Ning Yifan was in sleep-learning mode, for many people, only half of the day had passed. Late at night was the time to catch up on progress. Xue Lei was one such night owl.

As a content creator, Xue Lei often stayed up late editing videos, which had even become a habit.

He would stay up until three or four in the morning every day, then sleep until noon to eat breakfast. This was completely normal for Xue Lei.

Today was also a day of working overtime late into the night. He had spent the day filming a review video of a router that had recently garnered a lot of attention online. After a short break in the evening, he played some games. By then, it was already 10:30 PM.

Just as Xue Lei was about to start editing the video, he suddenly remembered that he had a SF Express delivery arrive in the evening.

Looking at the package box placed in his studio, Xue Lei thought, "Is it for reviewing a projector?"

"I only chatted with the operations manager of Shenma Technology Company last night, and I didn't expect them to send the product over the next day!" Xue Lei couldn't help but marvel at their efficiency.

After all, he had paid a thousand yuan. Although he wasn't very interested in products from such a small manufacturer that he had never even heard of, and he didn't have high hopes, he still prepared everything for the sake of the money.

"Let's get this over with quickly. It's just a review video that no one will pay much attention to anyway."

At his dedicated workstation, Xue Lei adjusted the angle of the camera and the lighting. He picked up the package box, ready to start. He had made up his mind that if the product was really terrible, he would just do a perfunctory job.

Besides, when he agreed to the review, he had made it clear to them that he would only give his review based on the actual situation.

Video quality was the foundation of a content creator's livelihood!

Xue Lei didn't want to ruin the reputation of his hard-earned account for a little bit of money.

He confirmed that the camera and lights were on and that everything was ready. Standing in front of the camera, Xue Lei waved at it and said with a smile.

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the Thunderbolt Digital Channel. I'm your host, Little Lei."

"Today, I'll be bringing you a projector product from a small domestic brand, the Phantom Type One Projector, produced by Shenma Technology Company. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about this projector."

Facing the camera, Xue Lei spoke fluently and confidently, even without a prepared script.

"First, I've never even heard of the manufacturer, Shenma Technology Company. They have no experience in producing projectors. I also checked the company, and it was just established a few days ago."

"Second, the price is a bit on the high side, 4,999 yuan. For over 4,900 yuan, or simply put, 5,000 yuan, you can already buy a 75-inch domestic LCD TV at the current market price. Even if you want a projector, there are many established brands to choose from."

"Third, in terms of actual use, current projector technology still can't compare to TVs, especially in daily use. Problems like insufficient brightness and dull colors are difficult to solve."

"Honestly, if I had to choose, I would definitely not choose this 4,999 yuan projector."

"As for why I'm doing this review today, it's because they paid me, hahaha!"

"Also, this product was sent for review, so I didn't have to spend my own money."

A smile spread across his face, Xue Lei continued.

"Alright, enough with the nonsense. Let's take a look at the product's actual performance. Can it live up to its price of four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine?"

"Unboxing time!"

Taking out his specialized unboxing knife, Xue Lei swiftly sliced open the thick express box.

Inside the box was tightly packed bubble wrap, completely encasing the product.

"SF Express is indeed the big boss of domestic express delivery. This express package uses plenty of materials." While talking to the imaginary audience, Xue Lei peeled off layer after layer of cushioning bubble wrap, finally revealing the star of the show this time.

"The Phantom Type One projector produced by Shenma Technology Company. Looking at the outer packaging alone, I can only say it's mediocre, just average." Holding the projector in its colorful cardboard packaging, Xue Lei spoke eloquently, rotating the product in his hands to fully display it to the camera lens. At the same time, he described what he was seeing to the audience from his perspective.

"The packaging design is very simple. It's a colorful cardboard box. The top left corner of the front has the Shenma Technology Company name and a cartoon horse company logo. The center has the product name and model number of this projector. 'Phantom' is the name of this projector. Other than that, there's nothing else on the front."

"To put it nicely, it's simple. To put it bluntly, the packaging is crude."

"On the side of the cardboard packaging are some of the projector's performance parameters."

"First is the brightness, Six Thousand Lumens."

Seeing this brightness data, Xue Lei paused for a moment before continuing, "This brightness? Those who know, know. For those who don't, I can't say too much!" With a knowing look, Xue Lei gave a profound smile.

"It seems this product is another one of those that never loses in specs but never wins in performance. Six Thousand Lumens brightness, very good, excellent! This already meets the standards of most projectors costing ten thousand, or even over a hundred thousand yuan."

"Okay, let's look at the next parameter, resolution 8K. This is a bit exaggerated, isn't it? With a price of four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, if you say it has 8K resolution, people might actually believe it!"

"The third parameter, maximum projection size two hundred inches. This data is fine. After all, as long as the projection distance is far enough, any projector can cast a two-hundred-inch screen, or even larger. It's just that the picture quality will turn into a mosaic, and the brightness will be hard to see."

"Next parameter, One Hundred Percent RGB Color Gamut? Are you treating this like a monitor, with a One Hundred Percent RGB Color Gamut!"

Xue Lei became more and more speechless as he read, complaining continuously.

"Next parameter, supports a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz. What was this manufacturer thinking? Are they bragging without paying taxes? Do they just pick whatever specs sound impressive and slap them onto their product?"

"The Six Thousand Lumens brightness and 8K resolution from earlier, while still outrageous, are at least projector-related attributes. I suspect the manufacturer saw the specs of other projectors and just applied them to their own, with a bit of exaggeration. But what's with this refresh rate and color gamut?"

A helpless smile appeared on his face, and Xue Lei said, "Perhaps they saw monitor specs, thought they sounded impressive, and just used them."

Shaking his head, Xue Lei said, "The last parameter, One Millisecond Professional Esports Grade Response Speed."

"Brothers, we can just look at these specs for fun, but don't take them seriously!"

"Even though the specs feel like pure bragging, since we're here, let's take a look at the product."

Already somewhat speechless from the exaggerated data, Xue Lei stopped complaining about the various parameters on the packaging and directly opened the box.