Chapter 732: Chapter 732: The World is a Giant Replica

From yesterday to now, the number of pre-orders for Fruit phones has actually reached five hundred thousand.

Moreover, they also adopted a deposit-based pre-order system.

The deposit is non-refundable.

So the value is completely different from those where anyone can just click to preorder.

This made Jiang Xu feel some sense of crisis.

But not much.

Still, he had to deal with it.

He couldn’t give the rival a chance to rise.

After filling his stomach, Jiang Xu went to the company.

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Gossip group.

Zhou Qingyue@An Nuonuo: Bullfrog bullfrog, shocked me for a hundred years.

Bai Xiaoya@An Nuonuo: Who would have thought such a tycoon had such a story.

Jiang Xiaoyan@An Nuonuo: Well done, you deserve a reward.

Chu Youwei@An Nuonuo: Since everyone is tagging you, it seems a bit out of place not to join in.

An Nuonuo: …

Jiang Xiaoyan@An Nuonuo: In the future, wind some pillow talk into Jiang Xu’s ear more often and bring over more gossip.

Starting now, I appoint you as the captain of the Gossip Vanguard.

An Nuonuo: I…

Jiang Xiaoyan: What are you waiting for, aren’t you going to thank your benefactor?

Zhou Qingyue: What are you waiting for, aren’t you going to thank your benefactor?

Bai Xiaoya: What are you waiting for, aren’t you going to thank your benefactor?

Chu Youwei: What are you waiting for, aren’t you going to thank your benefactor?

The world is a giant copy.

…

The next day, the news of the influencer’s resignation spread.

With the product just launched, the sudden resignation of the CEO led to all sorts of speculation from the outside world.

This had a significant impact on both the stock price of the Fruit company and their new product.

In contrast, over at Mei Zhu.

They had started shipping their new product from eight o’clock the evening after their product launch event.

The one million smartphones they had in reserve were shipped out all at once, greatly easing their own pressure.

At this point, Wang Zhang flattered Jiang Xu in all sorts of ways.

He considered Jiang Xu’s previous actions very wise.

If they hadn’t prepared inventory in advance, facing a sudden demand to ship three or four million units now would have been a lot of pressure.

Additionally, it was highly likely that some customers, unwilling to wait, might have turned to buy Fruit phones.

Now, they had given a lot of customers confidence.

The factories were now operating 24 hours in three shifts, manufacturing like crazy.

Even though the Fruit phone side was releasing a new celebrity or singer every day, which indeed attracted many people to watch the performances,

it did not seem to be a significant boost to their sales.

After all, it still came down to product capability.

One was using a 14-nanometer process chip now.

The other was still using a 48-nanometer process chip.

One had a battery life of five to six thousand milliamp-hours.

The other had only two thousand milliamp-hours.

One featured a 6.x-inch ultra-high-definition screen, while the other still had a small 3.5-inch screen.

One already had 3D facial recognition, while the other was still using the oldest first-generation fingerprint unlock.

The gap between the two was like the contrast between feature phones and smartphones of the past.

Moreover, not many people now felt that using a Fruit phone made them superior or gave them face.

On the contrary, Mei Zhu had become the top phone manufacturer with the highest recognition.

Shortly afterwards, online leaks suggested that the pre-order numbers for the Fruit phone in the country were fake.

They were inflated by their internal team for the sake of reputation.

In reality, the actual number of pre-orders was only a little over seven thousand.

Moreover, an internal data chart was leaked.

This undoubtedly smacked them right in the face.

The fruit official urgently took the stage to debunk the rumor, saying it was fake, that the image was Photoshopped.

However, many people didn’t believe it, and a large number of netizens started mocking them online; their reputation was in free fall.

Jiang Xu smiled when he saw the news.

He put down his phone, only to see An Nuonuo staring at her own device.

At that moment, they were sitting in the car, preparing to go to school.

Today was the start of the semester.

Next semester, both of them would be juniors.

An Nuonuo stared at her phone, her eyes occasionally widening, and at times sparkling.

Jiang Xu leaned in curiously, “What are you looking at?”

An Nuonuo reflexively tucked her phone away and vigorously shook her head, “Nothing, nothing at all.”

Jiang Xu ‘glared menacingly’ at An Nuonuo.

Immediately, An Nuonuo cowered and said weakly, “It’s just a group Sister Xiao Yan started.

Everyone shares some juicy updates or gossip there.

But you can’t see it; it’s girl talk…”

Jiang Xu’s curiosity was piqued, “Let me see…”

“No~”

“Just a peek~”

“No way, these are for girls only.”

Jiang Xu pinched his voice, “Sis, I’m a girl too~”

An Nuonuo giggled, “Brother Xu, you’d go this far to see the gossip?”

Jiang Xu pursed his lips, striking a pose, “Yes, darling, so why don’t you show me now?”

An Nuonuo: “…”

An Nuonuo was defeated on the spot.

She had no choice but to obediently hand over her phone.

But still not quite reassured, she added, “Don’t tell the sisters that I let you see this.

Otherwise, they’ll criticize me, and they might even kick me out.”

“Sure, sure, sure…”

Jiang Xu took the phone from An Nuonuo’s hands.

He was so engrossed that he didn’t even notice they had arrived at the school gate.

It was only when An Nuonuo shook Jiang Xu’s arm that he snapped back to reality.

He looked at a slightly embarrassed An Nuonuo, her cheeks reddening, and whistled in wonder:

“I didn’t expect you girls to talk about such open topics. You should leave the group; I don’t want you led astray.”

An Nuonuo pursed her lips, “I’ve already been corrupted by you, Brother Xu.”

Jiang Xu: “Huh???”

An Nuonuo pinched him, “Don’t pretend. I was innocent before, but after being with you, I just… I just…”

She couldn’t finish her sentence.

“Hehehe.” Jiang Xu wore a mischievous grin: “In that case, why not let me lead you even further astray?”

“What do you want to do?” An Nuonuo looked wary, “I’m… I’m going to see my cousin tonight.”

Jiang Xu jokingly suggested, “Fine, the three of us can get together.”

Then a deep set of teeth marks appeared on his right arm.

Jiang Xu grimaced in pain.

An Nuonuo hadn’t bitten him in a long time, but her ‘skills’ had apparently deepened.

This made Jiang Xu recall the first time An Nuonuo had bitten him.

The memory was fresh.

“I’m going to tell my cousin that you’re lusting after her,” An Nuonuo huffed.

“I was wrong,” Jiang Xu raised his hands in surrender, “Let’s go, we need to hurry or we’ll be late.”

The two of them dawdled off the car.

As far as the eye could see, there were various long white legs, black stockings, white stockings, jk uniforms, and the like.

Although the weather was still a bit cold, it couldn’t stop many girls from expressing themselves.

Moreover, in the past two years, many girls’ dressing styles had become increasingly fashionable and bold.

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