152: Chapter 152 Even doubling the price couldn't buy it? He broke the global record.

What does this mean?

It means these one million people had copied their ID numbers to their clipboards in advance, opened their front-facing cameras in advance, and set their payment passwords to fingerprint payment in advance.

They prepared for this moment all night long, just like preparing for the college entrance exam.

Then, they used every bit of hand speed they had cultivated over thirty years of being single.

And the rest—tens of millions of faces staring at the words "Sold Out," their eyes rimmed with red.

The internet exploded instantly.

"My hand speed is at two gigabit network speeds! I didn't manage to snatch one?! God, are you kidding me?!"

"One million units! A medium-sized country could have one for every person! How could they be gone in an instant? There must be something shady going on!"

"To the person above, you don't understand Guanghui Technology's anti-scalper mechanism. Clicking purchase requires your ID number plus facial recognition. Anyone who can complete this process in 1.56 seconds is a real person, and a hardcore one at that."

"I even registered my mom's face, but when she went to scan it, she sneezed, and the recognition failed... I'm opening the window now, thinking about elbow-dropping the concrete floor. Do you think I can win?"

"Don't try to stop me; I'm worse off than you. I reached the payment page, but my bank card had insufficient funds... I was short by two hundred yuan... Two hundred yuan!!! If I had known, I would have checked beforehand. I would have even gone on Douyin to open my mouth and nod for money!"

"Someone has already listed it on a second-hand platform, marked up by thirty thousand, and even noted, 'Local pickup only, take it or leave it.'"

"Thirty thousand? Refresh your page; the markup is now fifty thousand, and someone is already paying the deposit."

Guanghui Technology's official customer service line was completely paralyzed a few minutes after the online sale began.

It wasn't that the system crashed; the physical lines were overwhelmed—the volume of simultaneous calls exceeded the capacity of the telecom operator's switchboards.

As for those who didn't manage to snatch one, half of them flooded Guanghui Technology's official Weibo, and the other half flooded major social media platforms.

The topic #Magical Generation Sold Out in 1.56 Seconds# surged to the number one spot on the trending list at 12:15 AM.

Ten minutes later, the view count for this topic exceeded two billion.

That wasn't the cumulative total for a day.

It was ten minutes.

Editors from the tech channels of major media outlets were dragged out of bed by their editors-in-chief with a single phone call to rush out articles overnight.

The official account of CCTV News rarely posted a flash report in the middle of the night. The wording was extremely restrained, but every word was trembling—

"After the first batch of 1 million Guanghui Technology Virtual Helmets went online at 12:00, they were completely sold out within 1.56 seconds, breaking the launch sales record for consumer electronics in China and even globally."

Breaking a record?

No.

This record didn't exist at all before 1.56 seconds ago.

Because before this, no product had ever been able to make all of humanity scramble for it in such a way.

...

The next day, at noon.

The sun was high, and sunlight spread across the floor through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Su Qingxue sat in the president's office at Guanghui Technology headquarters, with the sales report and global public opinion analysis that Secretary Wang Qiuge had compiled overnight in front of her.

1 million units online, 1.56 seconds, cleared out.

The 1 million units reserved for offline sales were distributed to over three hundred flagship stores nationwide, with an average of over five thousand people lining up in front of each store.

Sales officially started at 8:00 AM, and in less than an hour, all stores were running low on stock.

Countless people who had lined up all night but returned empty-handed blocked the store entrances, refusing to leave. Some had eyes reddened on the spot, some got into conflicts with security guards, and in the end, a large number of security personnel had to be deployed to maintain order.

The price in the scalper market soared from a markup of thirty thousand at midnight to a markup of eighty thousand by noon.

A sixty-thousand-yuan Virtual Helmet was being hyped up to a second-hand price of one hundred and forty thousand.

And it was still rising.

"President Su..."

Secretary Wang Qiuge stood opposite the office desk, her voice trembling.

She had worked at Guanghui Technology for three years; what kind of big scenes hadn't she seen?

But the numbers on this report made her lips quiver when she read them out.

"We have created history."

Su Qingxue took the report and flipped through it page by page.

Her expression was very calm.

But only she knew that when she turned to the third page, her fingertips were slightly numb.

It wasn't nervousness.

It was a huge sense of fulfillment that welled up from the depths of her heart, almost lifting her entire being.

These numbers.

These people waiting in long lines.

These ordinary people willing to spend sixty thousand yuan to purchase "another life."

They weren't buying Guanghui Technology's product.

They were buying Lu Li's brain, Lu Li's hard work, the technology Lu Li had traded his life for in his previous life.

Su Qingxue pinched the edge of the report, her gaze lingering on the number "1.56 seconds" for a long time.

One million people.

They had prepared their ID numbers in advance, opened their cameras in advance, and set their fingerprint payments in advance.

They waited for that button to light up as if they were waiting for destiny to arrive.

Then, within 1.56 seconds, they poured everything they had into snatching it.

They were snatching something her husband had made.

That kind of pride was too hot.

It was so hot that her nose felt sour.

Su Qingxue picked up her coffee and took a sip, using the rim of the cup to hide her face as she quietly suppressed the moisture in her eyes.

Dad.

Do you see this?

You said back then that you wanted to let Chinese technology stand at the highest place in the world.

Your son-in-law is doing it for you.

And the way he is doing it is ten thousand times crazier than you imagined.

She put down the coffee cup and tapped her fingertips on the desk twice.

"Secretary Wang Qiuge, when can the second batch of production capacity keep up?"

"The factory is already working in three shifts; it is expected that another five hundred thousand units can be produced within two weeks."

"Not enough." Su Qingxue's tone was decisive. "Talk to the supply chain; triple the production capacity target. I will approve the costs."

"Also, notify the public relations department to issue a statement before this afternoon, telling all consumers—"

"The pre-sale channel for the second batch will open in seven days, and this time the stock quantity is three times that of the first batch."

"Let everyone know that Guanghui Technology will not let anyone who wants to enter the virtual world be blocked outside the door."

Secretary Wang Qiuge nodded vigorously and turned to walk out.

She was called back by Su Qingxue just as she reached the door.

"And one more thing—"

"Make a separate poster for that 1.56-second data and hang it on the homepage of the official website."

The corners of Su Qingxue's mouth curled up slightly.

"No need to add any copy."

"Just put the number plus the two words 'Sold Out'."

"1.56 Seconds Sold Out."

Secretary Wang Qiuge was stunned for a second, then smiled.

This was more ruthless than any advertising slogan.

A single number was the best way to show off.

...

However, just less than five minutes after Secretary Wang Qiuge walked out of the office—

Su Qingxue's phone rang.

It was an internal line from the front desk downstairs.

"President Su, there is... there is a guest here to visit, saying they want to see Mr. Lu Li."

The voice of the receptionist girl was clearly trembling.

Su Qingxue frowned.

Lu Li didn't come to the company today; he seemed to be at home trying out some treasure.

"Who is it?"

There was silence on the other end of the line for two seconds, then the receptionist girl lowered her voice and blurted out a name at a rapid speed—

"Ma Huateng."