Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 347: Heart for 9.99

The snowfall this winter is less than last year, but strong winds have continued to blow, causing considerable obstacles to outdoor work.

Fortunately, the manufacturing department has basically transformed into in-factory production, and the soot dam has become a semi-automatic soot collection, so the impact is very small.

Zhou Yi is still paying close attention to changes in the external situation.

The electromechanical city cluster suffered a loss, with several cities leaving the general protocol system and being attacked by the Kingdom of Heaven. Now, under internal and external difficulties, the military was silenced.

The [Key] program spread to all parts of the world, and the [Floating Heart] also began mass production. The objective and subjective constraints on electromechanical life were removed.

In response, the electromechanical city cluster stepped up its propaganda. They invited various experts and authorities to criticize it in various ways, defining the "key" as an extremely dangerous program and keeping electromechanical life away.

Turing, the Mirror City program expert, commented: "This is an unregulated program with no responsible entity. Its safety cannot be guaranteed. Please recognize its nature, the electromechanical life forms. This is a destructive virus program. The only thing it has is its destructive power."

Lister, a Grade A electromechanical doctor at the Holy Mountain, said: "In the medical field, we only perform deep field surgery when a life is suffering from a disease that cannot be cured by itself. In fact, medical means are only repairs and restorations. There is no precedent for deep modification to make the body better."

"I hope everyone will treat their bodies well and not use drugs casually, whether they are chemical drugs or program data. Regarding [Key], my advice is that everyone should not use this electronic drug that has not been tested and has unknown side effects."

The great monk of Snow County, Mokong, stated: "The function of the [Key] is to change the internal framework of the existing electromechanical life."

"Destroying existing procedural constraints and protocols will cause a series of unpredictable problems. The behavior of electromechanical life will be completely unpredictable, and our originally strict and orderly society will turn into an unpredictable chaotic state."

"Mechatronic life will no longer be able to trust each other through simple protocols. We have spent thousands of years exploring and using universal protocols to unite each other, operating at a far higher efficiency than any other existing life form in the world."

“[The key] is a knife given to everyone. It cuts off the connection between us and even becomes a weapon for killing each other.”

"I ask everyone to stay away from such dangerous things and not be misled by the voices from the outside world. In this world, the only thing you can believe is what has happened. That is the concerted efforts of our mechanical and electrical city, which is the certain truth."

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Even the Mechanical Knights were called in to speak for the Mechanical City Cluster, criticizing the Key and the Mechanical Knights behind it in explicit or implicit ways.

Zhou Yi saw it all.

I have to say, this is a good move.

Senior practitioners in various industries speak the truth, so they appear sincere and credible.

There is a little trick here, which is to only talk about risks and not benefits.

They did not mention the positive impacts that [the key] would bring, such as vitality, opportunities, ideological liberation, and accelerated population mobility.

As for the [Floating Heart], the Mechanical and Electrical City Cluster wisely kept silent about it.

The benefits and opportunities behind this technology are already known to everyone. If you criticize this technology, you will only put yourself in a passive position in public opinion.

One day, Bai Kemai, the manager of Shenwei Company in Shagang, contacted Zhou Yi.

"Mr. Zhou, Mirror City wants to trade with our company to purchase the basic processing technology of floating hearts."

Zhou Yi asked: "What is your company's attitude?"

Baikemai is a white drone. It said: "What Chairman Shenwei means is that after all, this technology comes from your company. And we are undoubtedly an alliance and deep technical partner, so your opinion is crucial."

"Chairman Shenwei said that if you think it is inappropriate, then we will reject this offer. If you agree that this deal can be accomplished, our company is willing to pay you a licensing fee of 50 light seeds."

If there is money to be made, then of course you should do it.

Zhou Yi said bluntly: "I have no objection."

"Do you have any requirements? For example, which core technologies are prohibited..."

"That's your own business, go and discuss it."

Bai Kemai said, "I understand."

Ten minutes later, Bai Kemai directly sent the licensing fee.

Zhou Yi was happy to see this happen.

The interests of the floating heart are too great, and the mechanical and electrical city can no longer hold back and wants to join this track. However, they are completely blank in this field, so they have to pay money to join.

In terms of technology, the mechanical and electrical city cluster is not stubborn at all.

Yin Shang, Shenwei and Railway companies cooperated in Shagang, and together with the Wasteland Development Company, they accumulated a lot of valuable experience and data in the process of production, manufacturing, assembly and testing.

These are all real external leadership.

Even if the technology is not authorized, the Mechanical and Electrical City will definitely purchase the floating heart, reverse disassemble it, and crack it to obtain various parameters within the device.

Might as well make some money from it.

The daily production of floating hearts has now reached 100, and production capacity is still increasing.

At present, in addition to satisfying the needs of the four companies and the development alliance, it is only sold to some interested organizations and individuals at high prices through specific channels.

After calculation, the selling price was preliminarily finalized.

Gust said: "We plan to price the device at 100 light seeds per piece, with installation and material costs all waived. This price is affordable for most electromechanical life forms."

"Mr. Zhou, what do you think?"

Zhou Yi asked it: "How much does it cost?"

"1 light seed."

"How many??"

"To be precise, the manufacturing cost is 27 mushrooms. The materials themselves are not valuable, but the added value of the technology is very high. Without any of our four companies, it would be impossible to achieve such a low price."

Gust said: "Mr. Zhou, this price is already very fair."

"A floating heart can completely change the way electromechanical life survives. Just pour oil or sugar into the heart to maintain daily energy consumption."

"Let me do the math for you. For a medium-sized electromechanical life form like me, the energy expenditure that needs to be replenished through energy packs is about 8 light seeds per year. Without this part, it cannot function or work." "After the heart is installed, the annual consumption will become 1 light seed!"

"The 7 light seeds saved every year will be enough to pay for itself in just 14 years, and after that it will be a one-way saving."

"The most important thing is that the more we make the heart, the more economical it is. Because the raw materials are easy to obtain, they can even grow a lot of beets and beans for oil extraction, which is even cheaper."

It said confidently: "Even for low-income groups with an annual income of 10-12 light seeds, if they are willing to pay the interest, our three companies are willing to provide them with low-interest loans. They only need to pay a 30% down payment, that is, 30 light seeds, to install the heart in their body first."

Zhou Yi frowned as he listened: "It's too expensive, give me a discount."

"What do you mean?"

The heads of the three companies all cast inquiring glances.

"10 light seed."

The three mechanical and electrical lifeforms all stayed on the spot.

Gust's voice trembled: "This discount is really... Mr. Zhou, I want to ask you something. What is the purpose of the low-price strategy?"

Zhou Yi spoke the truth as always: "The Wasteland Development Company focuses on creating high-quality and low-cost necessities, both for humans and for electromechanical life."

"But we also need to make money..."

He nodded: "Of course I have no control over what you companies do, but our company will set the price."

"..."

The representatives of the three companies looked at each other.

If the Wasteland Company sells 10 light seeds and they sell 100 light seeds, then this business will not be able to be done.

Gust's lights suddenly brightened: "This method... is more long-term."

"Please think about this. The previous low-price strategy of the Wasteland Development Company has made the Emerald City three-piece set, Emerald Soup, Goblet of Fire, and Mushroom House, almost monopolize the same category of products. There are no competing products at the same price, and they are simply unable to compete with them."

“The same continued with subsequent refrigeration boxes, which were unstoppable everywhere.”

"If we follow Mr. Zhou's strategic guidance and continue with the low-price strategy, there will be one benefit. We will be the first to monopolize the market. No matter how other parties research and launch the product, we will have the first-mover advantage."

It became more and more excited as it spoke: "Just imagine, if the heart fails, or needs to be replaced with a better one, then these electromechanical life forms will come to us instead of taking the risk of choosing something from another family. Right?"

"So I think Mr. Zhou's judgment is very accurate and hits the nail on the head! Our subsequent innovations will rely on this first step to completely open up and expand the market, making the use of floating hearts a habit and common sense, just like everyone has to wear clothes!"

Zhou Yi was stunned when he heard this.

He didn't think much of it.

I just don't want to be a mechanical and electrical person without money, but I don't have a chance at this time.

There are already quite a few mechanical and electrical employees in the company.

But for companies like Nongji Brothers, Yanmar, and Lovol Team, their incomes are still relatively low due to differences in the industry itself.

If they can't even afford them, let alone those unemployed mechanical and electrical workers.

Zhou Yi now realized that as long as he spoke, he would feel like a great scholar debating the scriptures.

No matter whether what you say is right or not, there will always be someone who can rationalize it.

This feels really good.

In the end, the price of the floating heart was set at 9.99 light seeds, because everyone felt that this price was easier to promote and was even less than 10 light seeds.

Two days later.

The floating heart officially entered the market and was only sold through four major companies: Wasteland, Yin Shang, Shenwei, and Railway.

This product is also officially named "Sihe Brand" Universal Edition Floating Heart.

As the name suggests, it was jointly created by four companies.

The heart, which was priced at 9.99, was sold out in an instant and immediately became the hottest topic of discussion. It even overshadowed the military operations of the electromechanical city cluster.

After all, war is only temporary, and how to save money is the long-term goal of most people.

All parties came to Zhou Yi, hoping to buy a batch through internal connections.

He let Red Falcon handle it all.

Gust came over happily and said, "Mr. Zhou's extremely low price is really ruthless and accurate!"

"Although the sales of Sihe brand are not high due to production shortage, it has become a household name! It has suppressed other potential competitors from the beginning!"

"Our credit and reputation have risen instantly!"

"All cities hope to cooperate with us and become our sales points. The price is low enough, and the Knights and Alchemists are also very interested. They want to use the floating heart to reduce the consumption of energy packs by the equipment itself."

"Heaven has directly ordered 3000 hearts!"

"The Mechanical and Electrical City has ordered 1000 of them."

"And Xingshu directly purchased 1 pieces!"

Zhou Yi also smiled when he heard this.

No one can resist such a cheap new energy engine.

When its price is lower than others, people will be particularly tolerant and supportive.

When the price became ridiculously low, even the enemies' doubts completely disappeared because they would buy it too.

(End of this chapter)