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Yunmeng attached great importance to this email.

Zhong Chang personally took action to organize the negotiation, and the location of the negotiation...

It's a bit outrageous to say, in the virtual world.

On the surface, Persia has issued a strict ban on Yunmeng's products.

Not to mention the mirage, even [Bafang] is not allowed to enter, only [Tiangong] and [Journey], the two simplest prosthetic products, can enter.

So in theory, even if there are some privately hidden Mirage hosts, they can only be used secretly in private.

Persia is even more wary of the virtual world than America.

——America’s smuggling industry is booming, with more than 10 million users in the virtual world, and no one is taking care of it.

But in Persia, the crackdown is really severe!

If you are caught smuggling or illegally selling such contraband, you will immediately be fined and jailed.

In this context, their Ministry of Commerce actually violated the law openly and chose to conduct cooperation negotiations in the virtual world.

Just highlight one outrageous thing.

But this is absolutely good news for Yunmeng.

Because this can prove that they are indeed in a hurry and are not even willing to wait any longer for the flight.

Zhong Chang led his team and happily started the first round of contact.

The game of planting flags on the world map has been played so far, and only Persia and America are prohibited from entering by Yunmeng. Now that he can "expand territory" again, Zhong Chang can't help but feel a little excited.

But the attitude shown by the other party in the meeting was completely different from his behavior.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin You got the brief minutes of the meeting, and saw the other party's ridiculously demanding requirements in the records:

First: The virtual reality games released by Yunmeng in Persia must pass the review before they can be released.

Second: Make [Virtual Babylon] as an online public world for Persian users, and restrict Persian users from accessing other public maps.

Third: All Persian users must wear “compliant” clothing when logging into the virtual world.

Fourth: The Mirage consoles sold by Yunmeng in Persia must be produced in Persia.

Fifth: Yunmeng can use the mecha to pay the tax payable on his behalf, and can enjoy certain tax benefits.

…

Sixteen requirements.

Lin You only saw half of it and crossed out the record.

How is this an attitude towards investment?

It’s basically a negotiation!

Throw out a bunch of demands first, then negotiate while making concessions to each other, and finally reach a consensus.

In the past, Lin You could see the guests off just by seeing these requests.

But now, he didn't feel angry at all.

Because the other party mentioned the mecha in the conditions, he realized something.

He asked Xiao Meng to help summarize the orders currently received by [Titan Manufacturing] and mark them on the world map in the form of images.

If you look at it this way, you can find an interesting thing:

In the Middle East, except for Persia, almost all the surrounding countries have placed orders with [Titan Manufacturing].

Even those who had not placed orders before, after the Kinshasa street mecha war, they all placed orders one after another, and most of them were medium-sized.

The smaller the mecha, the lower the price, so this choice is not surprising.

But only Persia was blank.

It’s not that they don’t want to do it, it’s that they can’t do it.

——Persia is not within the business scope of [Titan Manufacturing].

Technically America isn't here either.

But because the user base there is so large, and the players' demand for "mecha peripherals" is also very strong, Lin You can't let the users down, right?

So I reluctantly agreed.

But only for veteran players.

Don’t even think about it for non-Yunmeng users. New users also have to accumulate online time and brush up their achievements before they can qualify for purchase.

——The one from America's Army Department is not included. As we all know, it was "self-developed".

After reading this data chart, Lin You roughly knew what was going on:

Everyone else has it, especially the neighbors around me, but you don’t?

How can that be done? !

Lin You nodded clearly, clearing up the doubts in his mind.

so--

Let Zhong Chang and others talk slowly, and whoever is in a hurry will give in.

Of course, the ultimate goal of the negotiation is to bring Mirage to the users there. As long as this goal can be achieved, some harmless concessions are not unacceptable.

And compared to negotiations, if you want mirages to spread over a large area in Persia, there is a more troublesome problem that needs to be solved:

How can less wealthy people afford mirages?

The population of Persia is indeed huge, but the gap between rich and poor is also not small. In fact, the proportion of users who can buy Mirage consoles is probably far less than that in East Asia.

This is not just a Persian problem either.

There are poor people everywhere.

Even in Daxia, America and the European Union, not everyone is willing to buy it.

So, it’s time to use that move——

[installment]

Spending ahead of schedule is hardly a good thing. In addition, Yunmeng plays games frequently. Even if he buys one every other game, it will be a big expense in the future, so Lin You has never allowed him to do this before.

But now, the value that the virtual world can bring to users has far exceeded the hardware cost paid by users——

Global network interconnection, world-renowned modern cities and tourist cities, superb natural scenery, grand playgrounds, huge libraries, ecological animal reserves, real-time translation, making friends from all over the world...

There is so much mature and free content out there.

Not to mention that you will earn money if you buy it, and it is definitely worth the money!

so……

Win-win!

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Also on this afternoon, the voting on the name of the space station also reached the final step.

The most time-consuming thing is actually the first step - collecting the names submitted by players.

The subsequent review is actually very simple: take the 100 most popular names among the names submitted by players, eliminate the illegal, unethical and immoral ones, and the remaining 73 names will be the final names participating in the voting.

The final voting started at 9 a.m. yesterday and ended at 5 p.m. today, strictly adhering to Yunmeng's commuting hours.

For online voting, 34 hours is enough to cover users in all time zones, no matter what.

After all, the actual voting only requires moving your fingers, and even if you read all 73 options, it will not take more than 3 minutes.

This is indeed the case in actual implementation.

Yesterday afternoon, the gap between the various options had already widened. When the news about the mecha broke out this morning, the top three options had an irreparable gap with the other options.

Those spoof names such as "Dumbbell", "Macho Man", "AAA", "KKK", "Metropolitan Bathhouse Branch 36", etc. were quickly left behind by serious names after the voting officially began.

Obviously, although spoofs can easily gain popularity, when real users start voting, everyone is still very calm.

After all, no one wants to live in a space station called a "public bathhouse."

The ones that really stand out are the serious and positive names: "Outpost", "Qiming", "Xinghai", "Navigator", "Heavenly Capital", "Conqueror", "Battle Fortress"... and so on. .

Now, the names occupying the top three seem even a little unremarkable:

Third place: [Hope Space Station]

Second place: [Ark]

First place: [Space City]

This ranking was maintained until the voting deadline.