The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 495: Harvest the World! Counterattack Domestically (asking for monthly tickets)
Xu Meng certainly noticed the stock market surge.

But he no longer worries about the same thing.

Anyway, he has already warned of the risks in advance, and all that remains is to respect the fate of others.

He is more concerned about:

The shockingly high payment rate is somewhat disproportionate to the overwhelming "criticism" against prices on the overseas Internet.

Even if it is the first time to use this technology, it is difficult to explain this payment rate because they are fascinated by the experience of regaining their youthful vitality.

In the United States alone, there are as many as 311 million people!

In other words, these two hours [6 to 8] alone generated $2 billion in revenue for DreamBuilding!
For the European market, this figure is 24 billion euros!
This is not the limit.

You should know that Xu Meng only provided this service to half of the registered users yesterday, and the dream machine is still in short supply.

If technology continues to advance, there will be an opportunity to provide longer services after 8 hours in the future.

Every time one of these "shortcomings" is addressed, the revenue of this business will be greatly increased.

If all of them can be made up, the revenue figures may be multiplied several times!
And this is just a single day’s revenue!
What is the silver economy?

This is called the silver economy!
Xu Meng even thought of another thing:

Is this what it feels like when the so-called developed countries reap the benefits of the world?
Create a technological gap, provide irresistible service, and then just sit back and collect the money!
Cool!
After making money, the next step is of course -

Spend hard!

Xu Meng took out his cell phone and called Wu Shuang.

"Hello? What's the matter, Chief Engineer Xu?" Wu Shuang immediately answered the phone.

She is still busy with the research and development of the photonic topology server array.

She deserves credit for Xu Meng's leisurely life.

"The [Rejuvenation] project made more than 500 billion yuan on the first day of commercialization."

Wu Shuang blinked, not surprised.

——The expert team has already analyzed it and estimated the approximate figure to be between 400 and 800 billion Xia yuan.

She had been shocked at the time, but now after hearing the specific numbers, she was able to remain calm.

She smiled and congratulated him: "Congratulations."

"?" Xu Meng was stunned for a moment, "I'm not here to show off."

"Really? What do you mean by that?"

"I plan to spend it all." Xu Meng said easily.

"Okay, how do you want to spend it? Do you need our help?" Wu Shuang was still calm.

With the current size of Dream Building, the scale of its financial flows is extremely huge, and the capital it mobilizes is often hundreds of billions.

——The total global sales of the first batch of dream machines alone exceeded 1.5 trillion.

In comparison, tens of billions are just a drop in the bucket.

Xu Meng has full control over the wealth created by Dream Building.

He is also a person with a head full of "strange ideas" and often spends money on inexplicable things.

But Wu Shuang not only would not advise him not to spend money recklessly, she would also strongly support him in spending!
Not to mention promoting consumption, she feels that many of Xu Meng's magical scientific research innovations benefited from this unconstrained and completely free lifestyle.

Even if it is just to ensure that his inspiration is not affected, we must absolutely support him!

But Xu Meng's next words still made her stunned -

“I plan to go to remote rural areas and open experience centers.”

"...Ah?" Wu Shuangke didn't expect this.

Opening experience centers in remote areas is an obvious anti-business behavior.

They were all acquaintances, and Xu Meng did not hesitate to explain her motives for her:
“I hope that the fruits of scientific and technological progress can be shared with everyone as fairly as possible.”

"But rural elderly people simply cannot afford this technology, which can greatly improve the quality of life of the elderly."

"Old people who only receive 100 or 200 yuan in pension subsidies cannot afford a dream machine, let alone paid 'youth'."

"Yesterday's data from the [Rejuvenation] project showed that less than one in 10,000 users live in rural areas."

"So my initial idea was to invest the money, set up a special production line, and give out dream machines to these poor elderly people for free."

Wu Shuang's heart immediately began to tighten.

"But then I thought about it carefully. Those poor old people would sell the Dream Machine if they got it. If they don't sell it, the younger generation in their family will take it away and they won't be able to use it at all."

"So I changed my mind: I plan to open a dream machine experience center in poor rural areas."

Wu Shuang's heart was lifted up, but then she calmed down again.

The cost of distributing dream machines to the elderly in rural areas across the country is really scary...

But judging from what Xu Meng said, he really wanted to do this!
He really does want to turn all the elderly people in rural areas across the country into Dream Builder users!

It was only because the conditions were not ripe that we chose to "settle for the second best" and build an experience center.

Although building an experience center is also very expensive, it is at least much more reliable than directly sending equipment...

Xu Meng's story continues:
"Nowadays, all experience centers around the world are opened in cities, and the more prosperous the city, the more there are."

“There are only a dozen or so in poor and remote areas.” “This is not enough!”

“I hope to enable as many people as possible to enjoy the most cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements—especially those who have suffered all their lives.”

Wu Shuang completely understood his thoughts.

Just remind him: "If you want to do it, then do it. We can help you organize it. But there is one thing you need to be mentally prepared for."

"What's the matter?" Xu Meng asked.

"There will definitely be a lot of netizens who don't understand and will question why you don't just give the money directly."

"Oh, this is easy." Xu Meng didn't care at all.

"Simple?" Wu Shuang was puzzled.

"Yes." Xu Meng nodded, "Because I do plan to give out money."

"???"

Xu Meng then talked about the second thing -

“I plan to give money to rural elderly people who receive the minimum pension in the country.”

"Everyone, send it all!"

According to public data, there are about 1.3 million people receiving rural pensions in Xiaguo, and the minimum standard of expenditure is 143 yuan per person per month.

The total expenditure for the whole year is approximately 2230 billion.

Based on today’s revenue from [Rejuvenation], that’s less than 5 days of revenue.

Of course, if the server costs of Dream Building are deducted, this figure will shrink by nearly half - because the price that Xu Meng offers to domestic elderly people is not the cost price, but a "loss-making price"!
This was also designed from the beginning: using overseas revenue to subsidize domestic revenue.

After all, the basic foundation for building dreams is here.

But even if it shrinks by half, it is only half a month's revenue.

According to Xu Meng's idea, the pension for rural elderly people who can only receive the minimum standard pension can be doubled to 286 yuan, without any pressure.

Even doubling it, getting 500 or 600 yuan wouldn't be a problem.

But things have to be done step by step.

First try it out with a relatively small investment to see how it works, and then decide whether to increase the investment.

——In case of unexpected "losses", it depends on the situation whether to do the whole big job domestically or change the way of spending money.

Anyway, the first batch of trial-produced photonic chips have already left the factory, and the deployment of the photonic topology server array is on the way.

By then, the cost of building dreams will drop dramatically, and it will be even less stressful to do it.

After hearing Xu Meng's bold idea, Wu Shuang subconsciously asked back: "Are you sure? That's an investment of hundreds of billions."

"I'm sure." Xu Meng's tone was firm, "It's annoying to see the money lying in the account."

Wu Shuang was speechless.

Of course she knew that wasn't the real reason.

After a few seconds of silence on the phone, Xu Meng's voice rang out again: "The rich will help the poor!"

Xu Meng's words completely silenced Wu Shuang.

There is no shortage of idealists in Xia State.

But if an idealist can spend hundreds of billions of dollars without any pressure, how much energy can he unleash?

The answer is: enough to change the fate of hundreds of millions of people in a country.

She had a lot of contact with Xu Meng and could clearly feel Xu Meng's sincerity and determination at the moment.

He wasn't even trying to go down in history.

——Because he was destined to go down in history!

He will definitely do this, even without official support.

But how could it not be supported?

"No problem, I will report it to my superiors right away." Wu Shuang said confidently, "It will be no problem!"

At this moment, the fire in her heart was ignited by Xu Meng!
She even thought of what to say in case someone tried to stop her.

"You don't allow Xu Meng to give money to his own people, do you want him to give money to Americans, Europeans, or Izumo people?!"

Now the whole world is eager to recruit Xu Meng!
With the technology and equipment in Xu Meng's hands, if he is determined to disappear from the face of the earth, who can be sure that they can stop him?
Wu Shuang hung up the phone with high morale and started to get busy.

……

Xu Meng, on his side, glanced at the bustling crowd downstairs and began to think about how to deal with another matter.

Previously, he made a prank at an April Fools' Day press conference, saying that he would make realistic robots for the characters of "Project Frost".

He was just playing an April Fool's joke on everyone.

But the ridiculous thing is: some people took it seriously.

And a lot!

(End of this chapter)