You are a black technology boss, you didn't say it sooner!

From the outflow of news of the standard summit on October 10, discussions on this series of time have not stopped on the Internet.At that time, people still didn't quite understand how this summit was aimed at deep space, thinking that it was a normal industry progress conference.

By October 10, news came that Deep Space had been included in the "Entity List," and the crowd was in an uproar.Not only at home, most people abroad, even the Americans themselves, are very puzzled by this decision.Deep Space is a software company with terrifying research and development capabilities. It can develop its own basic framework and does not rely on other people's technology at all, let alone import and export with the United States.It is really unreasonable to include deep space technology in the entity list.

Later, when they heard that Deep Space was going to enter the hardware field, people understood that the decision to include it in the Entity List was a precautionary measure.

But understanding is understanding, and Americans are becoming more and more unacceptable: People have not officially entered the hardware field, but they just released a piece of news, which scares you like this. Are you ashamed?

Unlike the usual large-scale support, this time, people's attitude towards this incident is ridicule. Twitter has already become a sea of ​​ridicule, as fierce as seeing their own team lose a game.

"My God, is fire the new age Voldemort?"

"Yes, this group of people were scared to death with just one look from the fire."

"I'm only waiting for one sentence in the next election. If anyone can say 'we are not afraid of fire', ok, you got my vote."

Later, the video of Lou Qingyan’s interview came out, and people linked the summit and the entity list together, and fully understood that this was a crowding out that only targeted deep space.As a result, public opinion became more heated, and the mainland Internet was full of worries and maintenance about deep space.

All of this came just in time, and Deep Space Wonderland immediately seized the opportunity to start promoting the new headset.

This head-mounted display is named Taixuan mirror, corresponding to its virtual display and lightweight features.

I don't know who chose the name "Taixuan mirror", and it passed the vote mysteriously. It was only discovered when the commercial was filmed that the name was enough for the second grade, and it was so difficult to put up a commercial.

When the product promotion was first released, netizens said one after another: "Hhhhh what a bad name is the unreal mirror, the mysterious earthy flavor is cute 23333"

"The deep space is taking the heat of our traditional culture again! I just want to say to this, please continue to work hard, don't be sympathetic~"

Someone else joked: "According to the naming rules of deep space, if a heavyweight headset is released in the future, shouldn't it be called 'Mountain River Sheji Map'?"

This time, Deep Space did not spare the advertising expenses at all, and the publicity was huge, and more physical advertisements were placed than online advertisements.At first, it was moderate and gradual, but when the video of Lou Qingyan's interview was released, Chen Man looked at the overwhelming public opinion and immediately detonated the propaganda offensive.

As a result, Taixuanjing's advertisements captured the whole country overnight, from subways to elevators, commercial large screens to movie theaters, almost all places where there are screens are broadcast.

"Life Is Elsewhere" also took advantage of the situation to start publicity, but the initial publicity did not cost much resources. The promotional highlight of this program should be after the official broadcast.

More and more people know that Deep Space is about to launch a VR headset. This headset is very light and cheap, and the screen definition is sky-high. It can be connected to a mobile phone and computer, and it can also use the eyeball as a mouse. The price-performance ratio is super high.

People are very optimistic about the Taixuan mirror. After all, it is the first hardware product in deep space. It also condenses black technology such as eye tracking, and the price is so conscientious. It is obviously a reserve for explosive models.

In addition, the recent public opinion environment is too kind to deep space. No matter what you catch, you have to brag about it, and you have almost formed the habit of brainlessly bragging about deep space.

Therefore, the masses are very enthusiastic about Taixuan mirror, even if they don't plan to buy it, they are always paying attention to it.

But inside Deep Space Wonderland Company, Chen Man poured cold water on the employees every day.

"Don't get carried away. Look at this pre-sale. The channel has been open for so long, and the pre-sale has just passed [-]. Don't believe such a bleak figure.

"We must be steady, we must be steady, our victory lies in the rear."

In fact, Chen Man's heart was always in a state of turmoil, because the outside world's flattery and the bleak reality were really two different worlds, and she was very afraid that the public opinion would come back.

She didn't know how to contact fire, so she asked all the people she knew in the company. When she asked Shen Le, the former general manager of Deep Space Wonderland, the other party said, "Want to find fire? Go find Lou Qingyan. "

Chen Man thought this meant that only Lou Qingyan could contact Fire, so she had to call.

Lou Qingyan was still cosplaying the ancients in Zhongnan Mountain at this time. Hearing her worries, he said: "What are you afraid of? Glasses won't sell badly. Even if they don't sell well, it's only temporary. You can't handle it for the time being." A little gossip?"

Only then did Chen Man feel relieved, and only after she hung up the phone did she realize that she was planning to contact Fire for advice.

We all know that the VR landscape of deep space is facing challenges. From the perspective of outsiders, the release of the headset is a major event for deep space, and no matter how important it is, it cannot be overemphasized.

Who would have thought that fire would not be involved in such a big event, and President Deng would not intervene, allowing a subsidiary to torment, and even sending an unlearned and inexperienced employee who only knew how to do extra work for them to squeeze them until they complained to the sky? The general manager who ran out to play.

The huge burden fell on her, a little-known little director. She didn't deserve the credit for doing a good job, but she had to take the blame for messing it up.

Chen Man: It's too difficult for me.

Fortunately, Chen Man has been working hard in the workplace for many years, and she has already had a rough skin and thick flesh. Even if she is tired and anxious, she can still maintain her excellent work quality.

On November 11st, Lou Qingyan was still enjoying life leisurely in the mountains, and the Taixuan Mirror was officially released with great fanfare.

At midnight on this day, as soon as the online sales channel opened, the inventory figure decreased by [-] overnight.

After dawn, after the whole day's fermentation, the inventory figure decreased by [-] again.

Deep space is the first to get involved in hardware. The new generation of VR headsets was released within 24 hours, and [-] units were sold in online sales alone.

This is a hit that is sure to happen. Before the major media had time to publish articles to celebrate, the situation took a turn for the worse the next day.

The next day, the number of online sales was barely five thousand.

On the third day, less than a thousand.

Just three days after the headset went on sale, online sales have stalled.

What about offline sales?

On the third day, the offline sales figures were calculated, less than [-] pieces.

A week later, although the Deep Space official did not announce any figures, there are still special statistical agencies to calculate the sales and announce them.

The first-week sales volume of Too Unreal Mirror was [-] pieces.

Faced with such a figure that people really can't boast about, the media hurriedly found excuses to whitewash it.

"Actually, this number is not that bad. The best-selling VR glasses in China only shipped 20 pieces a month, and the first [-] pieces of Deep Space glasses already belonged to the middle and upper reaches. It has not failed."

Yep, that sales figure didn't fail.

It's just too ordinary.

Compared with the legendary deeds of fire in the past, this sudden "ordinary", just like Waterloo, has become a "failure" that cannot be ignored.

After this incident, many people suddenly woke up: "It turns out that fire also has such an ordinary side, and it turns out that fire doesn't create legends every time."

"It turns out... will the legend end one day?"

It was at this juncture that the first global VR standard formulation summit formally sent out invitations to technology companies all over the world.

Deep Space naturally received this invitation letter, which stated the date of the summit: February 2022, 2.

As soon as the date came out, there was an uproar and fury.

why?

Because today is New Year's Day.

It means that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, many domestic technology companies had to give up the moment of family reunion and send teams to Geneva to participate in the one-month standard-setting summit.

Is it okay not to participate?

No, who in this era can break away from globalization and become a whole?Participation can at least gain a little right to speak, and if you don't participate, you won't even have a chance to speak.

There were some domestic voices mocking the sales of Taixuan mirror, but after this news appeared, they were all suppressed.

Deep Space is the leader in the VR industry in the mainland. Other companies, even BAT or other technology giants, are very weak in VR, and even if they participated in the conference, they could not say a few words.

So this regulation is essentially aimed at deep space.

Netizens also secretly thought that the deep space is too miserable, and that the VR glasses are not selling well, so let’s say as little as possible.

Misfortunes never come singly, within a few days, another news spread.

After the US cut off the supply, Samsung, LGG and other companies announced that they would cut off the supply of oled screens for deep space.

There are still defects in domestic oled, and the lack of high-end oled resources means that deep space will never be able to produce high-end VR products.

As the public opinion fueled the flames on the surface, gossip was also spreading around secretly.

It is said that the deep space VR hardware laboratory has been shut down because they need to adjust the technical solution according to the new screen solution.

It is said that the four major laboratories of the Deep Space Corporation suddenly began to frantically search for talents.

It is said that the outside world has already been so full of wind and rain, but fire is not in the company.

……

These gossips are all true.

The VR lab in Deep Space really took a week off, and other labs also suspended work to engage in recruiting activities.Deng Jianian, Xia Huai, and Xie Jin did not express any views on recent events.Facing the dismal performance, Deep Space Wonderland did not spread pessimism. Under the leadership of Chen Man and Lu Xiaochan, they devoted themselves to work silently and steadily.

They are waiting for one to come back.