Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 193 Rubik's Cube Generation

"Director Li, what are your plans for the future?"

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"Director Li, when is the next movie going to be filmed? Don't forget me then!"

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"Director Li, let's work together sometime."

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"Director Li, if your next movie is going to be released, just contact me directly. I can definitely secure the maximum benefit for you."

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Li Boda greeted each of these people before the celebration banquet came to an end.

After the celebration banquet ended, Li Boda didn't immediately think about making any movies.

Next, Li Boda will be busy with the launch event for the 'Magic Cube Generation' mobile phone.

The Rubik's Cube phone was successfully developed a long time ago, but it took a lot of time to find a factory to manufacture various hardware components. Meanwhile, the publicity department has been promoting the 'Rubik's Cube Generation 1' phone. Thanks to the popularity of the movie 'Night Shop', the publicity work for the 'Rubik's Cube Generation 1' phone has been quite successful.

With the promotion in place, the 'Cube Generation 1' phone was naturally ready for release.

To launch this phone, Li Boda even held a special phone launch event.

At the mobile phone launch event, Li Boda invited many people to attend. Among them, many were people working in the electronics and digital industry. In addition to these people, there were also some ordinary people who were lucky enough to grab a spot at the launch event.

There were over a thousand people at the mobile phone launch event; the crowd below was dense and overwhelming.

Originally, Li Boda did not plan to attend the mobile phone launch event; no, he did not plan to stand on the stage.

However, 'Cube Technology' believes that at this time, it is most appropriate for Li Boda to stand in the spotlight, because Li Boda is famous and his presence in the spotlight will have a much stronger effect than that of others.

So, in the end, Li Boda stood on the stage, under the spotlight.

Accompanied by music, Li Boda made his entrance.

The designated person led the applause, which then inspired everyone in the room to join in.

Li Boda smiled, clasped his hands together, and bowed once. Only then did the applause slowly fade away.

"Welcome everyone to the launch event for the 'Magic Cube Generation 1' mobile phone..." Li Boda stood on the stage and began to speak.

First, he welcomed everyone to the phone launch event, then talked about the chaos in the mobile phone market, then about the Silly Girl mobile phone system, and then took out the 'Magic Cube Generation 1' phone, connecting it to the large screen behind him so that when operating the phone, everyone in the audience could see it on the large screen behind them.

"...As you can see, our phones run very smoothly..."

"When we were making our phone, it was tailor-made for the Silly Girl system, truly achieving a result where 1+1 is greater than 2..."

"The CPU in our phones was painstakingly developed by our researchers over several years, and it's completely different from Qualcomm Snapdragon..."

"The screens used in our phones are..."

"These are the specific specifications of our phone. In fact, this phone can completely outperform most of our competitors..."

Li Boda stood on the stage, talking non-stop. His sentences were fluent and his pronunciation was clear. What he said seemed to have a magical power, directly imprinting itself into the minds of everyone present, making them realize that this 'Rubik's Cube Generation' phone was truly amazing.

After Li Boda finished speaking, many people at the scene immediately wanted to buy the 'Magic Cube Generation 1' phone.

Next, the "Magic Cube Generation 1" phone began to be sold in major cities, with prices starting at two thousand, and ranging from two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, to four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.

Its main focus is on being a mid-to-high-end brand.

After all, the phone's quality speaks for itself, and its CPU and other hardware were all developed under Li Boda's leadership.

Developing and building hardware is no easy task, and it's certainly not a low- or low-cost endeavor.

In other words, Li Boda himself was very capable, and under his leadership, the researchers in the lab did not spend too much time and energy, nor wasted too much money.

But Li Boda's abilities aren't free either. Why should his skills not be considered valuable?

This should also be factored into the cost.

It's fair to say that, considering the cost of Li Boda himself, plus the solid materials used in the phone, the production cost of this phone already exceeds one thousand. Selling it for two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine is already considered relatively inexpensive.

Moreover, the quality of his phones in the 2,000 yuan price range is comparable to that of other major brands in the 4,000 yuan range. Another point is that the current mobile phone market is quite chaotic, so he doesn't need to deliberately lower prices to capture market share.

Of course, this price will inevitably have some impact on the sales volume of mobile phones.

After all, these days, many mobile phones cost only a few hundred yuan, or even cheaper ones; you can buy a no-name brand phone for three hundred yuan.

Li Boda has not yet set his sights on this market.

Most importantly, by selling the phone at a very low price from the start, it gives people the impression that the phone is cheap.

With low-priced phones, sales take off. But when you try to sell high-end phones later, even a slight increase in price will attract a barrage of criticism.

Even when they produced and sold high-end phones, very few people bought them.

Because in the public's eyes, your phone is a low-end phone, and this perception is deeply ingrained. It will take at least ten years, or even longer, to subtly change this impression. (Xiaomi deserves special mention here.)
The current mobile phone market is very chaotic. There is no need to use price advantages to win over users. Simply relying on the quality of the mobile phone itself is enough to open up the market.

Not to mention that the 'Silly Girl System' mobile operating system has been recognized and accepted by the public, which makes it easier for the 'Magic Cube Generation 1' product to open up the market.

Although Li Boda has abandoned the low-end mobile phone market.

Even so, after the 'Magic Cube Generation 1' phone went on sale, the daily sales were still very impressive.

In major cities like Shanghai and Beijing, or even first- and second-tier cities, daily mobile phone sales can easily exceed ten thousand units, although this number gradually decreases over time. However, monthly sales can still reach over one hundred thousand units.

Even if the price of a single mobile phone is not high, even if it's three thousand or one hundred thousand phones, the total sales revenue would still reach an astonishing three hundred million.

Three small goals! Three small goals for 09.

Each mobile phone can bring 'Magic Cube Technology' at least two thousand yuan in profit. Even if we don't go for a high estimate, after deducting transportation, storage, and other costs, the profit from one mobile phone is still about one thousand five hundred yuan.

In other words, in just one month, the 'Magic Cube Generation 1' brought Magic Cube Technology a net profit of 1.5 million yuan.

And high-tech companies like these, which enjoy tax-free policies, have truly made Li Boda incredibly wealthy.

It makes countless people and companies green with envy.

After the phone's release, Li Boda gradually stopped paying attention to it and began to focus his energy on filming his next movie.

Li Boda now has two choices.

Filming "Infinite Terror," or perhaps filming another low-budget comedy.

Ultimately, the reason there are two choices is all about money.

Even if it's just the first film of "Infinite Terror," Li Boda plans to purchase the rights to "Resident Evil" and "Alien," and also invite Hollywood actors and handle special effects.

With this series of events, the first movie in the "Infinite Terror" franchise simply couldn't have been made without an investment of three to five hundred million yuan.

Despite the huge success of Li Boda's "Magic Cube Generation" mobile phone, which earned him a lot of money, it was still a long way from filming "Infinite Terror".

Moreover, Li Boda cannot withdraw all of 'Magic Cube Technology's' funds to make movies.

At this point, external investment is needed.

but!

Despite all the big bosses and influential figures who approached Li Boda at the [Nightclub] celebration party, saying they wanted to invest in his second film, if Li Boda were to actually produce "Infinite Terror," nine out of ten of them would refuse to invest.

Because Li Boda has never proven that he has the ability to shoot blockbusters, not to mention that the investment in this blockbuster is much higher than that of all other blockbusters in China.

While "Night Shop" did well at the box office, ultimately, the film was too simple and easy to make, and it didn't really demonstrate Li Boda's abilities.

So Li Boda hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to temporarily give up filming "Infinite Terror".

He planned to make two more low-budget films, achieve high box office returns, and prove his abilities. Then, when Li Boda presented his novel "Infinite Terror" as a potential film, he believed investors would be willing to invest in him.

Of course, Li Boda could also wait until the sales of the 'Magic Cube Generation 1' phone increase, and then directly earn three to five small fortunes.

At that time, Li Boda didn't need to worry about whether others would invest in his films. He directly got 'Magic Cube Technology' to invest in his films, thus achieving complete independence.

As for whether adapting the novel "Infinite Terror" into a movie would result in a loss due to its high production cost, Li Boda wasn't actually too worried about that.

The fact that the novel "Infinite Terror" has achieved such good subscription results shows that this genre has a large audience. Even if the domestic market is not big enough, he can definitely take it abroad.

After all, the background of "Infinite Terror" is that it takes you into the worlds of "Resident Evil" and "Alien," both of which are foreign blockbusters.

(End of this chapter)