Chapter 1243

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Dream Entertainment was a world-renowned online entertainment company. Not only was it powerful, but the games it developed were also very popular. However, this did not mean that Dream Entertainment was perfect.

On the contrary, Dream Entertainment had some seriously flawed mechanisms!

For example, Dream Entertainment's products were repeatedly hyped by scalpers. Although the scalpers' hyping had nothing to do with Dream Entertainment, it still affected Dream Entertainment's normal operations.

This was especially true for players who really needed Dream Entertainment's products but did not have enough money. They could afford Dream Entertainment's products but could not afford the scalpers' products.

This time, Dream Entertainment announced that they would be selling the LIP Lens Information Processor and VR game set again. The scalpers' army sharpened their knives and prepared for a big fight.

Facing the scalpers' army, the players were obviously the weaker party. They could not fight against the scalpers' army. After all, the scalpers' army was very resourceful. Not only did they have a large number of people, but they also had professional purchasing software.

If normal players wanted to fight against the scalpers, Dream Entertainment would have to ban them. There was no way to stop the arrogant scalpers. However, even if Dream Entertainment was ruthless enough to kill off the scalpers, it would not have much effect.

This was not because Dream Entertainment's technology was not good enough. Dream Entertainment had Izur's advanced artificial intelligence system. It was impossible that they did not have sufficient technology. If Dream Entertainment wanted to ban the scalpers' purchasing software, they could definitely do it.

However, they still could not ban the scalpers!

The reason was that the scalpers who hyped Dream Entertainment's products were not ordinary scalpers!

Take Super Tycoon Storm as an example. This was Dream Entertainment's biggest scalper. They did not use the purchasing software. Instead, they hired a large number of people to buy one product each to promote the scalpers.

The last time the LIP Lens Information Processor was released, Super Tycoon Storm hired close to five hundred thousand people to stock up on the LIP Lens Information Processor. They earned a lot from it.

Dream Entertainment could implement technology to ban scalpers, but they couldn't ban players who bought the game normally, could they? After all, the scalpers would not carve words on their foreheads to show that they were scalpers.

Therefore, Dream Entertainment did not do a good job in restricting scalpers. Of course, there was also a reason why Shi Lei was deliberately indulgent.

Under normal circumstances, Shi Lei wouldn't indulge the scalpers. He would only indulge the scalpers when the players weren't reliable and didn't buy it. Then Shi Lei would indulge the scalpers.

Now, a large number of players in Dream Entertainment's official player forum were making a ruckus, strongly suggesting that Dream Entertainment ban scalpers. If Dream Entertainment didn't do anything, the players would be sad.

In the official player forum, there was a very sincere post.

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"A Loser's Complaint: Please Restrict Scalpers!"

Hello, executives of Dream Entertainment!

Please forgive me for communicating with you in this way. I can't contact you directly, and I can't express my thoughts. I can only express my thoughts on the official player forum.

First, let me introduce myself. I'm a player in the World of the Brave. I'm 79 years old this year. Perhaps my income is not bad among my peers. I earn about 65,555 Xia Xia yuan per month. However, this amount of income is nothing compared to Dream Entertainment's products.

After all, the official price of the LIP Lens Information Processor is 65,555 USD, which is about 35,555 Xia Xia yuan. Even if I don't eat or drink, it will take me eight months to buy it.

As for the VR game set, the high price is not in my consideration. I can only drool over it.

In order to buy the LIP Lens Information Processor, I have already withdrawn my fixed deposit from the bank and deposited it into Dream Entertainment's online payment system. This will allow me to buy the LIP Lens Information Processor at any time.

However, I just want to buy the LIP Lens Information Processor, but why is it so difficult, so difficult? There are scalpers everywhere. How can we, ordinary players, compete with them?

From the perspective of an ordinary player, as an ordinary loser, I implore Dream Entertainment to restrict the scalpers!

I implore Dream Entertainment to give us a bright future!

We just want to buy the LIP Lens Information Processor and VR game set without any price increase. Why can't we get what we want?

I'm begging the higher-ups of Dream Entertainment. I'm begging you to be more considerate of us normal players!

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This was a post made by an ordinary player, but it received the support of many other players. There were many similar posts on Dream Entertainment's official player forum.

A large number of ordinary players could afford the LIP Lens Information Processor and the VR game set at the official price, but they couldn't afford it and needed to increase the price!

On the 86st of December, just after nine o 'clock in the morning, Shi Lei woke up very early. Compared to the usual 65 am, 4 am should be considered early, right?

"Good morning, Sir!" Izur greeted him first.

"Izur, after the ticket-skipping announcement, did the players have any heated discussions?" Shi Lei asked.

"Sir, according to the information collected by the Information Retrieval Device, a small number of players publicly announced that if 'Doomsday War' was released, they would jump off a building as a demonstration," Izur replied to Shi Lei.

Shi Lei felt a headache coming on!

Shi Lei didn't know whether to laugh or cry at these fanatical fans. Fanatical fans were like fanatics. They were a group of incomprehensible existences.

"Damn! Izur, did we include a disclaimer in the announcement? "Shi Lei asked gloomily.

The so-called disclaimer was to ask the players to restrain themselves and not do anything extreme. If the players did anything unscientific, it would have nothing to do with Dream Entertainment.

"Sir, don't worry. When we released the ticket-skipping announcement, we included a disclaimer in the remarks." Izur replied to Shi Lei, "Sir, in the official forum, there are more than 655,555 posts calling for us to ban the scalpers. Should we respond?"

Shi Lei thought about it seriously. Shi Lei didn't hate or like the scalpers' attitude. He could only say that the existence of the scalpers was beneficial to Dream Entertainment.

After thinking for a while, Shi Lei put on the LIP Lens Information Processor and personally checked the situation on Dream Entertainment's official forum.

Just like what Izur had reported, there were many posts calling for Dream Entertainment to ban the scalpers on Dream Entertainment's official forum.

"Scalpers, it seems like we have to restrict them this time!" Shi Lei seemed to be talking to himself as he made the final decision. However, just like what he had analyzed previously, it wasn't easy for Dream Entertainment to ban the scalpers.

After all, the scalpers didn't act like the normal scalpers. They acted like real players.

"Izur, do you have any suggestions if we want to ban the scalpers?" Shi Lei asked Izur. He wanted Izur to provide a solution to the problem.

Izur didn't have the ability to create a solution. He couldn't create a solution on his own. He could only use what he had used before.

"Sir, the main system is checking the sales of the LIP Lens Information Processor for the first time. It is extracting the identity data of the pre-ordered users. After comparing the identity data of the current users, the main system found that 48.68% of the LIP Lens Information Processors didn't match the identity of the pre-ordered users. That is, 48.68% of the pre-ordered users of the LIP Lens Information Processor have sold the LIP Lens Information Processor. " Izur reported the data first. The LIP Lens Information Processor's virtual transparent screen displayed the corresponding data histogram.

"Sir, the main system continued to check the identity data of the pre-ordered users of the VR game set and the current users. It confirmed that 39.71% of the identities don't match. From this, the main system deduced the simplest solution. Lock the LIP Lens Information Processor and the VR game set's identity authentication. Only the pre-ordered users are allowed to use it and not resell it. This will stop the scalpers. "Izur's solution was simple but effective.

Once Dream Entertainment implemented the binding plan, they would be able to stop the scalpers. However, Shi Lei didn't want to ban the scalpers completely.

The scalpers had a reason to exist!

If the scalpers were banned, what if the LIP Lens Information Processor and the VR game set couldn't be sold? Wouldn't that be a tragedy?

For example, a certain cellphone company had never rejected scalpers and allowed them to participate. As a result, their cellphone products were always in demand and were always popular.

Although Shi Lei didn't want to be like the cellphone company, Shi Lei didn't want to ban the scalpers completely.

"Izur, activate the account of the mysterious game insider, [True]. Since the players want us to ban the scalpers, we can't disappoint them!" Shi Lei said with a smile.

Dream Entertainment could quickly become the world's number one online entertainment company because of the players' support. Even if Dream Entertainment ignored the players' opinions most of the time, they couldn't ignore the players' opinions during crucial moments.

Shi Lei used the mysterious game insider, [True]'s account on Dream Entertainment's official forum to post an explosive post based on the players' opinions.

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"Victory for the players! Dream Entertainment might be able to stop the scalpers! "

Hello, everyone!

It's me, it's me again. That's right!

Today, I'll continue to bring you a piece of breaking news!

Dream Entertainment might be able to stop the scalpers and wipe them out completely. This is definitely good news for the majority of the players.

However, the scalpers are probably going to be depressed, right?

Rumor has it that Dream Entertainment's biggest scalper, the super players and tycoons of Lijian Province, earned more than five hundred million USD from the previous scalper hype of the LIP Lens Information Processor!

Were you scared stiff? The scalpers have such an income? Without such an income, how could the d * mn scalpers stay in Dream Entertainment?

Perhaps some players think that no matter how powerful the scalpers are, according to Dream Entertainment's public sales rules, even if there are scalpers, you can still buy the products from Dream Entertainment, right?

Let's talk about hypothetically. If Dream Entertainment's second round of sales is the same as the first round, that is, one million LIP Lens Information Processors and one million VR game sets.

With one million USD, as long as your luck isn't too bad, you can buy it, right?

If you have such thoughts, I have to regretfully tell you that you're too naive! When Dream Entertainment first released the LIP Lens Information Processor, there were very few scalpers who hyped it.

However, dear friends, do you know how many scalpers there are this time?

According to reliable data, there are more than two million scalpers in the world who have gathered on Dream Entertainment's official forum. This number is rising rapidly.

Some scalpers in traditional industries, as well as amateur scalpers, also joined the army. According to the data he had obtained, the number of scalpers was very likely to exceed three million before noon today in Xia Country time!

Three million scalpers!

Even if Dream Entertainment sold one million LIP Lens Information Processors and VR game sets, so what? The scalpers' army alone is three times the number of scalpers.

If ordinary players are included, the purchase ratio will reach ten to one. In other words, if ten users were to purchase one LIP Lens Information Processor, the purchase success rate would only be ten percent.

This is not a high number!

Not to mention, the scalpers' army might use the purchase software to cheat. If Dream Entertainment doesn't ban scalpers, ordinary players won't be able to compete with the scalpers' army.

Fortunately, I have very reliable information. The top management of Dream Entertainment and its parent company, Mirui Technology Group, have made a decision to ban scalpers and protect the interests of ordinary players.

As for Dream Entertainment's plan to ban scalpers, let's wait and see.

Due to the scalpers' power, Dream Entertainment has no effective plan to ban scalpers. Even if they were to ban the purchase software, they would not be able to ban scalpers who operate like ordinary players. Therefore, Dream Entertainment might come up with a one-size-fits-all plan to ban scalpers.

That is, Dream Entertainment might bind the LIP Lens Information Processor and VR game sets to the user's authority. In other words, once a user pre-ordered the LIP Lens Information Processor or VR game sets, Dream Entertainment would lock the user's authority. Only the pre-ordered user could use it. The user's authority could not be changed.

If Dream Entertainment used such an extreme method, it would not only be a blow to scalpers, but it would also be a restrictive measure for ordinary players. After all, they would not be able to resell the equipment, which would reduce the equipment's residual value.

However, the pros outweighed the cons. Let's wait for Dream Entertainment's final decision!

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Due to the mysterious game insider's previous post, Dream Entertainment confirmed it. Therefore, this post quickly received a large number of responses from the players.

Especially the scalpers!

In fact, the scalpers' army did not number more than two million. In fact, it was more than that!

All the scalpers in the world knew the value of the LIP Lens Information Processor and VR game sets. As scalpers who pursued profits, how could they let go of this opportunity?

On the other hand, Super Tycoon Storm, who had profited a lot, announced on the official forum that he would not participate in the LIP Lens Information Processor and VR game sets.

Super Tycoon Storm was very accurate. He knew when to create hype and when to avoid the limelight. Previously, when the LIP Lens Information Processor was released, the players did not buy it. The pre-orders were limited and Dream Entertainment was not happy about it. Naturally, that was the best time to create hype. Dream Entertainment did not deal with it. Instead, they supported it secretly.

However, it was different this time!

Dream Entertainment's LIP Lens Information Processor did not have to worry about sales. How could Dream Entertainment allow scalpers to create trouble?

Therefore, Storm tactfully announced that he would not participate in the scalpers' hype. He did not want Dream Entertainment to be annoyed and create trouble for himself.

Storm's high-profile announcement that he would not be part of the scalpers' team made some players heave a sigh of relief. After all, Storm was too powerful. If Storm were to participate, it would be too stressful for ordinary players!

Shi Lei saw Storm's announcement and smiled satisfactorily. Shi Lei was satisfied with Storm's decision.

"I have to say, Storm's ability to judge the situation is not bad!" Shi Lei praised.

"Sir, a large number of posts appeared on the official forum. They are objecting to our actions of forcefully binding the user's permissions," Izur reminded Shi Lei.

"Hahaha!" Shi Lei laughed. "These scalpers are hilarious!" Shi Lei saw through the mastermind behind the posts. It was definitely the scalpers' doing.

At this time, only the scalpers would object to the preset user's permissions. There were very few ordinary players who objected to this measure. Even if this measure would indeed affect the second sale of the LIP lens-type information processor, under normal circumstances, which ordinary user would buy the LIP lens-type information processor and immediately sell it?

"Sir, these users' objections cited Xia's Consumer Protection Law. According to the law, we cannot forcefully restrict the user's permissions of the LIP Lens Information Processor and the VR gaming set, "Izur reminded Shi Lei.

Shi Lei rubbed his eyebrows. Dream Entertainment did not have a good relationship with the Online Entertainment Review Department. If the Online Entertainment Review Department wanted to target Dream Entertainment, it would be a tragedy.

Even if Shi Lei had a good relationship with Rongcheng Military District, there was no superior-subordinate relationship between them. Rongcheng Military District could not influence the decision of the Online Entertainment Review Department.

Therefore, if the Online Entertainment Review Department joined forces with the Consumer Protection Association and the Business Administration Department to attack Dream Entertainment, Dream Entertainment would not be able to do anything!

"Damn it!" Shi Lei was frustrated. He had to admit that the Consumer Protection Law was useless most of the time. However, it would become a chokehold at critical times.

The scalpers had grasped the opportunity well. They had seized on the conflict between the Online Entertainment Review Department and Dream Entertainment and purposely brought up the Consumer Protection Law. They were indeed choking Dream Entertainment.

Shi Lei thought to himself. If he could not bind the user's permissions, how could he effectively restrict the scalpers?

Initially, Shi Lei did not want to completely restrict the scalpers. Even if Dream Entertainment wanted to set the user's permissions, they would not completely eliminate the scalpers. However, the scalpers' method of taking drastic measures made Shi Lei very unhappy.

Shi Lei decided to teach the scalpers a lesson!

He wanted to let those scalpers know what they should do and what they shouldn't do!

At the Online Entertainment Review Department.

Since the Online Entertainment Review Department and Dream Entertainment had a feud, Dream Entertainment had become the focus of the Online Entertainment Review Department.

Once Dream Entertainment made the slightest mistake, the Online Entertainment Review Department would jump out and cause trouble for Dream Entertainment.

Now, the mysterious gaming insider, 'True', had released a rumor that Dream Entertainment was very likely to restrict the user's permissions. The staff of the Online Entertainment Review Department often waited at Dream Entertainment. They were the first to receive this news.

Regarding this news, the Online Entertainment Review Department directly published the Online Entertainment Review Department's guidance on Dream Entertainment's official forum.

According to the guidance, Dream Entertainment could not set the user's permissions for the LIP Lens Information Processor and VR gaming helmet. Once the user purchased the LIP Lens Information Processor or VR gaming helmet, they would become the player's personal property. The player had the right to do anything with their personal property, including selling it a second time!

The Online Entertainment Review Department's guidance instantly became a treasure trove for the scalpers. The scalpers kept posting it, causing the guidance to become a hot topic.

However, at this moment, Shi Lei was no longer in the mood to pay attention to it!

This was because Raphael, who was far away in Lijian Province, suddenly contacted Shi Lei. Shi Lei looked at Raphael's name on the screen with a strange expression.

Raphael, why are you suddenly contacting Shi Lei? What's the matter?

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