Chapter 1623 Doubt Pro Glasses

Monday, July 29th.

Tengda Group, President's Office.

The air conditioning was blasting, and Pei Qian was wrapped in a small blanket, reviewing the work of various departments and the online reputation and evaluations of some new industries.

Pei Qian's mood at this moment was like his perceived temperature.

Although it was sunny outside, with a clear sky, Pei Qian inexplicably felt a chill creeping up his spine.

It was a bit much!

This month could be described as a series of bad news. It started with Ouhou Technologies' new mobile phone and gaming router being a great success, followed by the Ghost House's "Stranger's Journey" project and the "Warm and Cold Self-Aware Animal Paradise".

At first, Pei Qian felt that the gaming router's success was already very difficult to understand, but now it seemed that this was just the beginning.

So far, the folding screen phone was still out of stock, and the phone cases had also sold quite well.

Pei Qian didn't have a good solution for the out-of-stock situation. He could only talk to Shenhua Group and ask them to continue increasing production while taking measures to curb scalpers.

The gaming router was also being produced with increased capacity, but the situation was much better than with the phone.

What Pei Qian found most unacceptable was that the Ghost House's "Stranger's Journey" project and the "Warm and Cold Self-Aware Animal Paradise" were also unexpectedly popular!

In Pei Qian's view, the "Stranger's Journey" project was similar to the Ghost House's other projects, full of malice, but it was inexplicably popular.

Why were so many people flocking to experience such a terrifying place? It didn't make sense!

The "Warm and Cold Self-Aware Animal Paradise" was even more outrageous. There were clearly no rare animals inside, and nothing particularly commendable, yet the tourists were very receptive and came in droves.

Pei Qian heard that the employees inside were very talented, and each performance was like a crosstalk show or a concert.

At first, he didn't believe it, but he searched for videos online and found that it was true.

This was very outrageous! Because Pei Qian hadn't inquired about the selection of employees, these employees were all found by Tan Xinzhang from who-knows-where. Even if the "Warm and Cold Self-Aware Animal Paradise" paid relatively high salaries, and the recruited employees basically had some bonus points, it shouldn't have become this popular, right?

It was simply incomprehensible!

Moreover, in the current state, the two new projects, "Stranger's Journey" and "Warm and Cold Self-Aware Animal Paradise", were probably both finished.

The only thing that made Pei Qian feel some comfort was that these two projects were both infrastructure projects, with particularly large investments. According to the current traffic, even if they continued to be popular, it would take a long time to recover the costs.

Of course, if the impact of these two projects on other projects in the Haunted House, as well as the entire commercial district, was taken into account, then there was no point in discussing it.

Pei Qian could only deceive himself and ignore that part of the revenue.

The past was in the past, and Pei Qian decided to look at the situation in the next two months.

There were relatively few things in August, only two in total. The first was Tengda's apparel brand, the Luxury apparel brand, and the VR game developed by Chili Workshop, which were about to be officially released.

The second thing was that the movie "The Future You Choose" had been filmed and was currently in the process of editing and post-production. The Venice Film Festival was at the end of August and the beginning of September, and Zhu Xiaoce had confirmed his participation.

Previously, "A Beautiful Tomorrow" only won the Jury Prize, which was second place, at the Cannes Film Festival, and did not win the Palme d'Or, which had always been a regret for all the crew members.

After such a long period of experience, whether it was director Zhu Xiaoce, lead actor Lu Zhiyao, or other crew members, they had made considerable progress compared to before.

This time, "The Future You Choose" was similar to "A Beautiful Tomorrow" in terms of subject matter, but it was even better in some of the plot details, so director Zhu Xiaoce hoped to use this film to compete for the highest award at the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion for Best Film.

Pei Qian had always been very supportive of this and had provided full funding.

Although winning the Golden Lion would definitely set off a craze for this film in China, Pei Qian felt that participating in the Venice Film Festival was not that important.

On the one hand, the judges of the three major international film festivals were all foreigners, who naturally lacked cultural identification with the films produced by Tengda. It was already somewhat surprising that "A Beautiful Tomorrow" was able to win an award. The intentions of "The Future You Choose" were even more obvious, and it was more straightforward than "A Beautiful Tomorrow", so foreigners might not like it.

The probability of winning the Golden Lion this time could be said to be very small. At most, it would win a Best Actor award, and it was likely that it wouldn't even win the Jury Prize, the Silver Lion.

On the other hand, even if it really won an award at the Venice Film Festival, it wouldn't necessarily have a significant impact on the domestic or even global box office.

Although some films that won the Golden Lion had explosive box office results, those were often very successful commercial films. Most award-winning films had completely flopped at the global box office.

For Pei Qian, being able to win an award was the long-cherished wish of Zhu Xiaoce and all the members of Feihuang Studio. Although the chances of success were not high, it was worth encouraging.

Give them more funding so they can have fun and enjoy themselves in Europe.

At the current stage, Pei Qian was still focusing more on Luxury apparel.

After thinking about it, Pei Qian felt a little uneasy, so he decided to take a trip to Chili Workshop to see what the VR game had become.

…

"President Pei, this way please."

Cai Jiadong was already waiting at the company entrance. After picking up Pei Qian, he led him directly to the experience area of Chili Workshop.

Then, he began to enthusiastically introduce the new game and the new VR glasses to Pei Qian.

Pei Qian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "New VR glasses? They've already been made?"

Cai Jiadong nodded: "Yes, President Pei. Our studio isn't just developing games, we're also updating VR glasses. But this time, the VR glasses haven't undergone major modifications. Overall, they still continue the previous design, so we haven't discussed it extensively."

"Overall, they still retain the previous shape, but some small details have been changed."

"The main thing is that the performance and resolution have been improved to a certain extent. After all, hardware technology is developing very fast now, it can be said to be changing with each passing day. Mobile phones and computers are updated very quickly, and VR glasses certainly can't fall behind."

Pei Qian was silent.

He had a very ominous premonition.

Updated hardware levels certainly meant that some parameters had been improved.

In fact, the old Doubt VR glasses were already excellent in terms of parameters, completely surpassing most VR glasses on the market. For most players, although there was still a certain degree of screen-door effect, looking like large pixels, they were considered very high-definition compared to other VR glasses.

And this time, the hardware had been updated again, wouldn't that mean that the resolution would be further improved?

Since the VR glasses from Chili Workshop could be said to be the most popular, the chances of success were very high, and there weren't many competitive rivals on the market.

This undoubtedly laid a good foundation for Chili Workshop's new game, reducing Pei Qian's chances of losing money by a few points.

Pei Qian said helplessly: "Let me take a look at these new glasses first."

After taking them from Cai Jiadong's hand, Pei Qian carefully examined them.

He found that the overall shape of the glasses was very similar to the previous version: the iconic crescent-shaped forehead rest and the flat hexagonal shape, and the raised Chili Workshop logo were retained. There were no major changes in the overall appearance.

However, many edges and corners used different colors, making them look more trendy and cool overall, and it was also possible to distinguish the new model from the old model at a glance.

As for the handle, there was no major change, and it was completely compatible with the old handle.

Cai Jiadong explained: "We plan to name these VR glasses Doubt Pro, which is a high-end version."

"Compared with the old model, the main configuration improvement is in the resolution. This time, we have arranged 8K screens above 800 ppi, and the refresh rate has also been increased to 144 Hz. We used new battery technology, the battery volume is reduced, but the capacity has been slightly improved, but considering the improvement of other hardware configurations, it can still only be played for two hours."

"The glasses use the latest mobile phone chip, but it is obviously impossible to bring up this resolution with just one mobile phone chip, so most games will run in low configuration in all-in-one mode."

"If you want to fully utilize this screen, you need at least a high-end desktop computer worth more than 10,000. But for those true VR game enthusiasts, this shouldn't be a big problem."

"The price is a bit more expensive than the old model, priced at 6499, which is less than 2,000 yuan more expensive than before."

"Although this price increase is a bit high, it is the result of stacking materials. What's more, customers who can spend money to buy high-end desktop computers worth more than 10,000 yuan shouldn't care about spending 6,000 yuan to buy a VR glasses for the ultimate gaming experience."

"Of course, we will also slightly adjust the previous games and add a high-configuration version for the new glasses."

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, the development and progress of technology is really changing with each passing day, which is amazing.

Moreover, according to Cai Jiadong, this technology is not something that only appeared in the last two days, it has been around for a long time. However, most VR glasses manufacturers can't use it, because they can't support such a high premium.

A VR glasses worth more than 6,000 yuan, how many copies do you have to sell to get back the cost? If the output is not reached, there is no way to get a preferential ex-factory price from the supplier, and the cost cannot be reduced, so naturally there is no way to commercialize it.

However, the Doubt VR glasses are now selling relatively well, and both individual users and corporate users such as Xingniao Interactive Entertainment Experience Hall and Moyu Internet Cafe will purchase them in large quantities.

This huge user base allows Chili Workshop to dare to boldly stack materials on the glasses without worrying about accumulating inventory and not being able to sell them.

Pei Qian silently put on the new VR glasses. He also wanted to see what the effect would be like after the VR glasses were forcibly stacked with materials and turned into ultra-high-definition resolution.