Chapter 1225: Chapter 1112 [Space city]_1 Chapter 1225: Chapter 1112 [Space city]_1 Cloud Dream attached a high importance to this email.
Jero took the initiative, organizing the negotiations, and the location of the negotiations…
This may sound a little preposterous, but it happened in the virtual world.
On the surface, Persians nationwide had imposed a strict ban on Cloud Dream’s products.
Not to ntion the Mirage Consoles, even [Bafang] was not allowed to enter, and only [Heavenly Craft] and [Journey], the two most simple prosthetic products, could be imported.
So theoretically, even if there were so privately stashed Mirage consoles, they should only be covertly used.
The Persian’s wariness against the virtual world was even stronger than that of Arica.
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——With the flourishing smuggling industry in Arica, the number of virtual world users had already exceeded ten million, completely unregulated.
But in Persia, there was brutal crackdown!
The smuggling and illegal sale of banned goods, once caught, would imdiately result in fines and imprisonnt.
Against such a background, their Ministry of Comrce actually blatantly violated the law and chose to negotiate in the virtual world, in broad daylight.
This is astonishingly outrageous.
However, for Cloud Dream, this was undeniably good news.
Because this could prove: they were indeed extrely anxious and did not even want to wait for the ti it would take to travel by airplane.
Jero, with his team, started the first round of negotiations in high spirits.
In the ga of staking claims on the world map that was being played, only Persia and Arica had forbidden Cloud Dream to step foot in their territory.
Now with the opportunity to once again “expand their territory” right before his eyes, Jero couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.
However, the attitude displayed in the eting by the other party was drastically different from their previous actions.
By 3 pm, Lincoln had received a brief eting record, and in the record, he saw the absurdly harsh demands from the other side:
First: Virtual reality gas of Cloud Dream to be sold in Persia, need to pass a review before they can be sold.
Second: To create [Virtual Babylon], as an online public world for Persian users, and to limit Persian users’ access to other public maps.
Third: All Persian users, when logging into the virtual world, must wear “compliant” clothing.
Fourth: The Mirage Consoles sold by Cloud Dream in Persia, must be produced dostically in Persia.
Fifth: Cloud Dream can pay the payable taxes using chs as paynt, and can enjoy certain tax benefits.
…
A good sixteen demands were presented.
Lincoln abandoned the record after only reading half of it.
Is this the attitude for attracting investnts?
It is totally a negotiation!
First, throw out a bunch of demands, then negotiate and make concessions on both sides until a consensus is reached.
In the past, upon seeing these demands, Lincoln would imdiately have asked them to leave.
But now, he did not feel angry at all.
Because the issue of ch ntioned in their conditions made him realize sothing.
He asked Mavis to help summarize the orders received by [Titan Manufacturing] so far, and marked them on the world map in image form.
By looking at it this way, an interesting fact could be discovered:
In the Middle Eastern Region, except for Persia, nearly all the surrounding countries had placed orders with [Titan Manufacturing].
Even those who had not placed orders before, had all placed orders after the Kinshasa Street ch Battles, mostly preferring the middle-sized models.
The smaller the ch model, the cheaper the price, so this choice was not surprising.
But for Persia, it was the only exception.
It was not that they did not want to order; they simply cannot do so.
——Persia was not within the operating range of [Titan Manufacturing].
Theoretically, Arica was not within the range either.
But because the user base there was so large and the players’ demand for “ch peripherals” was extrely high, Lincoln couldn’t disappoint the users, right?
So he reluctantly agreed.
However, this only applies to veteran players.
Non-Cloud Dream users shouldn’t even entertain the thought, while new users must accumulate so online ti and brush up so achievents in order to be eligible for purchase.
— That one from the Arican Army Departnt doesn’t count, as it is universally acknowledged that it’s their own “self-developed” model.
After seeing this data map, Lincoln generally understood what was happening:
Everyone has it, especially the neighbors around him, but he doesn’t have it himself?
How could that be?!
Lincoln nodded in understanding, resolving the question in his mind.
So—
Just let Jero proceed with the negotiations slowly.
Whoever is in a hurry will have to give in.
Certainly, the ultimate goal of the negotiation is still to get Mirage to their users.
As long as that is achieved, a bit of harmless concession is not unacceptable.
Moreover, compared to negotiation, there is another more troubleso issue regarding spreading Mirage throughout Persia on a large scale:
How to make Mirage affordable even for those who are less affluent?
Persia boasts a large population, but …
the disparity between rich and poor is also considerable.
In reality, the number of users who can afford Mirage consoles are likely much less when compared to those in East Asia.
This is not just a problem in Persia.
There are poor people everywhere.
Even in Daxia, Arica, and the European Union, it’s a stretch to say that every household is willing to buy.
Therefore, it’s ti to play that move—
[Installnt paynt]
Overspending in advance can hardly be considered a good thing.
Coupled with the frequent release of Cloud Dream Gas, even if users were to buy every other ga, it still adds up to a substantial amount of expenditure.
So Lincoln has refrained from promoting this option until now.
However, the value that the virtual world can bring to users now far outweighs the hardware costs that users have to bear—
Global internet connection, famous modern cities and tourist cities around the world, unparalleled natural scenery, magnificent amusent parks, massive libraries, ecological animal protection zones, real-ti translation, gaining friends from around the globe…
There are just so many mature and free content.
It isn’t claiming too much to say that the purchase is well worth what is paid, to a profitable extent!
Therefore…
It’s a win-win!
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On the sa afternoon, the voting on the na for the space station also moved to its final stage.
The most ti-consuming was the first step— collecting nas suggested by players.
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The following verification process was actually quite simple: choose the 100 most popular nas submitted by the players, weed out the ones that are illegal, unconventional, or immoral.
The remaining 73 are the final nas for the vote.
The final voting, from yesterday at 9am to today at 5pm, strictly adhered to Cloud Dream’s working hours.
For online voting, 34 hours fully covers users across all ti zones and is more than enough.
After all, actual voting only requires a few clicks.
Even if to go through all 73 options, it wouldn’t take more than three minutes.
Indeed, it turned out just as expected.
By yesterday afternoon, there had already been a gap between the different options.
By the morning, when the news about the chs broke out, the top three had pulled a gap from the others which was practically insurmountable.
Those prank nas like “Dumbbell”, “Muscular Man”, “AAA”, “KKK”, “tropolis Bathhouse Branch 36” …
quickly trailed behind serious nas after the official start of the voting.
Clearly, although pranks can easily spark interest, when real users begin voting, they remain rational.
After all, no one wants to live on a Space Station nad “Public Bathhouse”.
The nas that really stood out were those that were serious and positive: “Outpost”, “Enlightennt”, “Star Ocean”, “Navigator”, “Sky City”, “Conqueror”, “Space Fort”…
and so on.
By now, the top three nas seed to be sowhat ordinary:
Third place: [Hope Space Station]
Second place: [Ark]
First place: [Space City]
This ranking remained till the end of the voting.
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