The livestream audience erupted in cheers, almost spilling out of the screen.
Meng Hao blinked.
He immediately motioned for Qin Muyan to aim the camera at him.
"Everyone,"
"You've already seen the relevant performance of this powered mecha."
He paused slightly.
Then, he gestured for Qin Muyan to give the mecha another 360-degree panoramic shot.
"Next, I'll introduce Huarong Industries' latest product!"
"The Phantom mecha, an internal trade version at a huge discount. Each unit is only 1 million Great Xia coins. It's really not expensive, a bone-crushing, blood-spilling sale. We're not seeking profit, just making friends..."
Huh?
Qin Muyan was taken aback by Meng Hao's sudden change in attitude.
He was going to start selling products directly while the livestream was popular?
Wait.
She was the livestream sales host for Huarong Industries.
Was Brother Hao stealing her job?
He had even thought of a name for the mecha in advance. It seemed Meng Hao had always planned to launch this new product from Huarong Industries when the popularity was at its peak.
Phantom... like a ghost, leaving no trace... the mecha's name was quite fitting.
While Qin Muyan was still marveling in surprise,
Meng Hao's sales pitch became even more fervent—
"If you want to buy, place your order quickly!"
"Supplies are limited! A powered mecha that takes 5 days to produce one unit. Besides the first 10 units sold to the Bear Country, we're also offering 10 units domestically!"
"Of course, the powered mechas sold domestically require various data to be recorded... Each mecha can have personal identity information for up to 5 control pilots recorded... Priced at one million Great Xia coins, it won't wait for those who hesitate."
"Naturally, in addition to the 10 units promised to be delivered within two months, we will also expand production capacity and offer unlimited pre-orders!"
Huh?
This was riding the wave of popularity and using a hunger marketing strategy!
Brother Hao had just been so righteous, but in the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a vulgar merchant skillfully employing marketing tactics!
Meng Hao saw Qin Muyan's bewildered expression and couldn't help but curl his lips.
"On matters of great importance, we must be clear-headed..."
"For instance, being defeated by the sugar-coated bullets of the US military, transferring core mecha parameters, and assisting the US in converting mechas into military robots – these are things we absolutely will not do..."
"Not causing trouble for the country and safeguarding national security is the responsibility and obligation that every Great Xia citizen must fulfill..."
After righteously stating his stance, Meng Hao's expression immediately changed, resembling that of a cunning merchant.
"But, we are businessmen, and we naturally pursue maximum profit..."
"As civilian exoskeleton powered mechas, our product is so good, there's no problem with employing hunger marketing..."
"Selling domestically for 1 million Great Xia coins and abroad for 1 million US dollars is already the biggest concession to our domestic customers. Requiring domestic buyers to input personal data and bind operator identity is not excessive..."
"If countries like the US and other Western allies want to buy our export version, that's fine too. After all, we won't transfer the core data or underlying logic, so they can't modify it..."
"All export versions have undergone core encryption. If weapons are added, the system will automatically shut down. Even the best hackers can't crack it..."
While ensuring national righteousness, personal integrity, and national security.
Pursuing maximum profit is indeed not unreasonable.
After all, businessmen are driven by profit.
If there's no profit, who will conduct research, development, production, and manufacturing?
Businessmen are not philanthropists!
Meng Hao was very open about this in the livestream, not hiding anything from the audience.
Moreover, Meng Hao's words did not elicit any negative reactions.
On the contrary, the livestream was filled with a frenzy of people clamoring to buy.
"Brother Hao, give me one."
"Brother Hao, I'm willing to pay extra!"
"Brother Hao, purely for your patriotic heart, I must support you."
"Brother Hao, I declare you the Light of National Products!"
"..."
Damn it.
Qin Muyan was nearly dumbfounded.
Since when did the livestream have so many wealthy patrons?
This was a powered mecha costing a million per unit.
That was enough to buy a house outright in a third-tier city.
Seeing over a hundred people scrambling for the 10 available mecha slots, with the highest bid reaching over ten million, Qin Muyan's heart could barely take it.
Rich people are truly abundant.
She had originally thought Meng Hao was going to play the "highest bidder wins" game.
Unexpectedly,
He once again exceeded Qin Muyan's expectations.
"Everyone, we're not playing games, no bidding sales!"
"Later, I'll have Mecha Ji list 10 pre-order slots for delivery within two months on the livestream. Each slot requires a 100,000 deposit, first come, first served..."
"The first person to pay will receive the first unit off the assembly line that I have here, as a spot delivery!"
"Of course, for those who don't manage to grab the first 10 slots, you can place a pre-order. Huarong Industries guarantees delivery within one year, according to the order of reservation. The deposit is also 100,000..."
"3, 2, 1, go live..."
Good heavens.
Within three seconds,
All 10 pre-order slots for powered mechas to be delivered within two months were snapped up.
And the pre-order slots for delivery within one year also jumped to 137, and were still slowly increasing.
100,000 deposit.
137,000,000 in deposits.
Damn it.
Just the pre-sale deposits alone reached 14,700,000.
Once all deliveries were complete, that would be an income of 147,000,000.
And this was without any fake sales or inflated numbers.
In just one minute, a sales figure of 147,000,000 was enough to overshadow all the top streamers on the entire internet.
...
Meng Hao's strategy of striking while the iron was hot and using hunger marketing was in full swing, creating a heated atmosphere.
Some people in the livestream were unhappy.
Gudov, a Major General of military procurement from Bear Country who frequented the Great Xia network and occasionally popped into Mecha Ji's livestream, expressed his dissatisfaction with protest messages.
Well.
Unfortunately.
The wall of bullet messages completely drowned out his words.
Helplessly.
He had to resort to private messages.
"Brother Hao, this is a bit unfair of you!"
"We understand production is tight, but why aren't you supplying us first!"
"The price we offered is 1 million US dollars per unit, which is 6 million Great Xia coins more than the domestic version!"
"If production efficiency is insufficient, we understand wanting to increase the price, but why are you also supplying the domestic version at a price that is only one-seventh of ours?!"
It was clear.
Gudov was not concerned about the money.
He just wanted to get his hands on the first batch of 100 units he had ordered as soon as possible!
Uh.
The big spender was protesting?
And it was a Major General of military procurement from Bear Country, a country with extremely close ties to Great Xia.
As his first customer, and the largest source of funding.
Upon seeing the private message, Meng Hao still chose to patiently appease him.