Merciful Meng Hao.
Finally paused his brainwashing endeavor.
Officially moved on to the sales phase.
"The base price for each lithography machine is 600 million... Honestly, I feel like a conscientious seller. This is purely the cost price."
On this point.
Meng Hao wasn't lying.
The expensive raw materials alone already cost upwards of 300 million.
Then.
Technological added value.
And Meng Hao's labor fees.
Charging an extra 300 million isn't excessive, is it?
"Of course, there's a cap, the highest being 1.5 billion. The customer who bids 1.5 billion first gets priority!"
"Also, a solemn declaration: the lithography machines produced by this company are exclusively for domestic customers in Da Xia. If any foreign customers inquire, I regret to inform you that we will not ship."
"After purchase, I will need to verify qualifications. If any foreign background is detected, not only will we not deliver, but we will also deduct ten percent for handling fees and compensation for wasted time."
"Currently, there are only four units in stock. Those who are quick get them, those who are slow miss out!"
Damn it.
A cap of 1.5 billion per unit.
The total combined price would be 6 billion.
Son of a gun.
Meng Hao's lithography machines were purchased for forty million US dollars, which converted to about 300 million in Da Xia currency... even with various modified parts, it would be 1.2 billion.
Selling them for a 20-fold increase, raking in a profit of 4.5 billion.
As expected.
Technology is the primary productive force.
Meng Hao smacked his lips, a little excited.
This was a massive order worth 4.5 billion. Even if it didn't break Da Xia's online sales record, it was likely a rare occurrence.
"Ji Jia Ji, prepare to go live in thirty seconds... Huh? What's going on?"
Just as Meng Hao finished speaking.
Millions of people instantly flooded into the livestream.
And almost all of them were newly registered small accounts.
"Hao Ge, did you buy traffic?"
"That's not right."
"Hao Ge's livestream is so popular, there's no need to do something as demeaning as buying traffic!"
"Could it be some trolls causing trouble again... Millions of small accounts, what kind of trolls have such terrifying capabilities?!"
"Who knows what's going on!"
"..."
The thirty-second countdown ended.
I thought only a few wealthy buyers would bid.
Never expected.
Tens of millions of bullet comments appeared almost simultaneously.
"1.5 billion, the cap price, Hua Wei company wants it!"
"1.5 billion, the cap price, Blue Green Mobile wants it!!"
"1.5 billion, the cap price, Xia Xin International wants it!"
"1.5 billion, the cap price..."
In an instant.
The livestream lagged.
Followed by a sudden black screen.
Damn it.
The server of the network company providing services for the livestream had crashed.
According to the common rules of online livestreaming auctions.
When purchasing bulk goods, a deposit must be paid.
Meng Hao set the entry threshold for the deposit at 10,000 yuan.
If the product was not purchased, the deposit would be refunded. If the product was purchased but not paid for, the deposit would be automatically transferred to the streamer's account.
In other words.
These millions of newly registered small accounts all had the qualification to bid for the lithography machines, having paid the deposit.
In other words.
Within the last thirty seconds, or even minutes.
Over a hundred billion yuan was deposited as earnest money into the account of the company providing network services for Meng Hao.
Even if this was just a deposit that needed to be returned later, it was still over a hundred billion!
What terrifying capital.
An astronomical sum that ordinary people couldn't even imagine.
Well.
A hundred billion yuan was an incredibly terrifying amount for ordinary people, and even for Meng Hao.
However.
For behemoths like Hua Wei, Lan Lü Factory, Chao Mi Technology, and Xia Xin International, with market values in the trillions, tens of trillions.
It was not a big deal at all.
But.
Whether it was Meng Hao's Hua Rong Technology.
Or the company providing network services for Hua Rong Technology.
This hundred billion yuan, coupled with tens of millions of simultaneous bids.
Would immediately put immense strain on the network servers... leading to a crash and a black screen!
Several minutes later.
The network company restarted the servers.
Fortunately.
The previous data was not lost.
Otherwise, if tens of millions of people had to bid simultaneously again, it would have crashed again.
The viewers were dumbfounded.
"By the way."
"What happened?"
"Why did the livestream suddenly go black?"
"Nonsense, with tens of millions of users paying a ten-thousand-yuan deposit and bidding simultaneously, with such a massive flow of capital in and out and information aggregation, how could the server not crash?"
"This company's servers are quite robust. If it were a smaller company, it might take three to five days for the servers to recover!"
Soon.
The viewers' attention shifted.
"Let's not worry about the server crash and the hundred billion yuan flowing in and out."
"Hasn't anyone noticed that tens of millions of people directly bid the cap price of 1.5 billion?"
"Holy crap, what about the auction? It jumped straight from 300 million to 1.5 billion, is that how extravagant people are?"
"..."
As the viewers were discussing, Meng Hao's list was released.
"Uh."
"I have to say, everyone's enthusiasm is a bit terrifying... it scared me."
"Next, based on the data recorded by the system, we will announce the top four users who purchased the lithography machines."
Four users, without even custom usernames, just default registration IDs composed of numbers and letters, were announced by Meng Hao.
For the sake of fairness.
Meng Hao also simultaneously released the names and times of the top one hundred bidders.
Something incredibly terrifying appeared again.
The bidding times for these rankings differed by mere nanoseconds, or even two nanoseconds.
What is 1 nanosecond?
It's equivalent to the time it takes for a personal computer to process an instruction.
Or, the time it takes for light to travel 0.3 meters in a vacuum.
Or, one fifty-millionth of the 0.2 seconds it takes for a human to blink.
Such a frenzied competitive intensity... truly terrifying!
...
"Hehe."
"The first and second place are ours!"
A familiar ID popped out.
Military, Lieutenant, Zhang Xijin.
This girl.
She jumped out with the demeanor of a child snatching a beloved toy, her words filled with playful laughter.
"Holy crap."
"It's the military again."
"Hao Ge, although you might start spamming 'civilian' again... I have to emphasize one thing, it seems your Hua Rong Technology has connected with the military again."
Meng Hao was a bit bewildered.
It had been a while since he had interacted closely with Zhang Xijin since the Kun Kun incident concluded over a month ago.
Mainly, he was busy with livestreaming the research and development of lithography machines every day, and didn't have time to pay attention to Zhang Xijin, who sent him strange photos every few days.
"How did you do it?"
"How did you gather these millions of users??"
"Why do you have such terrifying bidding speeds???"
Even Meng Hao.
Couldn't help but ask the three soul-piercing questions!