Starting Sign-In from a Billionaire God Chapter 1528 1527

Under Wei Tiansheng's insistence, Wangu's press conference was held as scheduled.

Not only did Wei Tiansheng personally attend, but the owner of Black Iron Group, Zhou Yiwei, was also present. According to the original plan, besides live broadcasting, journalists from various media outlets were invited, and press releases were arranged, preparing for extensive reporting.

However, this press conference didn't stir much attention!

It hardly caught much attention from the outside world.

Compared to the scene of Mortal Group's surge in popularity yesterday, it was simply too quiet.

Even with Wangu's intense publicity, it only garnered some outside interest, but when people compared Wangu's plan with Mortal's, they immediately scoffed at Wangu.

"Compared to Mortal, can this even be called the Metaverse?"

"Are they treating everyone like fools?"

"Haha, so quick to follow the trend, it's like Dong Shi imitating Xi Shi!"

"What a leech, Mortal just announced yesterday, and they immediately followed suit."

"Despite their commendable courage, it's a bit embarrassing..."

People ridiculed Wangu's Metaverse plan non-stop.

It's not the public's fault because the difference is too obvious. With Lin Fan's gem coming first, Wangu seemed childish.

According to the original plan, Wangu announced their entry into the Metaverse and released the first product of the Metaverse plan, named "Ancient Soil."

Ancient Soil is a virtual world where people can enter using VR equipment, giving them an immersive experience.

It sounds intriguing, but in reality, it's just achievable with current technology, nothing novel.

This is vastly different from the brain-computer virtual world Lin Fan depicted.

According to Lin Fan's ambitious plan, to create a virtual world accessible through a brain-computer interface, where consciousness traverses into the virtual world just like entering the real world, the experience is identical to the real world.

But what Wangu has built with Ancient Soil is essentially just the stereoscopic sensation brought by VR equipment. You can see and hear, and even move in a small area, but there's no tactile sense, no smell, far from the experience of entering a virtual world as a real person.

After all, with the current level of technology, it's impossible to achieve the scenario Lin Fan described in his ambitious plan.

However, since Lin Fan laid out his ambitious plan first and made it convincing, Wangu following suit seemed trivial in comparison.

It's like Lin Fan announcing plans to build an airplane, then Wei Tiansheng coming out to say he's making a cart, the gap is simply too vast.

Wei Tiansheng arrogantly thought he could go head-to-head with Lin Fan, but he only hurt himself in the process, rather than affecting Lin Fan. In fact, people became more eager for Lin Fan's plans due to the stark contrast.

The press conference ended.

Looking at people's comments, Wei Tiansheng was so angry that he puffed out his beard and glared.

"I'm not following Lin Fan's lead; my plan was long prepared!"

"Who cares about leeching off Lin Fan!"

"I'm so angry I could die!"

Among numerous comments, Wei Tiansheng could hardly find a positive remark, which infuriated him to no end.

He realized Zhou Yiwei might have been right; he shouldn't have held the press conference today, perhaps it really should have been delayed.

Mortal was just too prominent, like a storm, while his plan, in front of Mortal, was like a pitiful small boat, struggling to survive!

Watching his father rage, Wei Jiansheng hung his head, afraid to speak.

He had foreseen this outcome, but he didn't expect the situation to be even worse than anticipated.

On the same day, Wangu Group's stock price fell!

When Mortal announced the Metaverse plan, the stock price soared.

When Wangu announced their Metaverse plan, the stock price not only failed to rise but fell instead...

Looking at the plummeting stock price, Wei Tiansheng couldn't hold it any longer and spat a mouthful of blood, his vision darkened, and he swayed unsteadily.

They originally thought they could boost the stock price with a new project, but who knew it would drop instead of rise, the blow was just too great, the higher the expectations, the harder the fall.

"Father!"

Wei Jiansheng was shocked and quickly rushed to support Wei Tiansheng.

He couldn't help but feel regret; if he had known it would be like this, he would have tried to persuade his father against it yesterday.

"Help me sit down," Wei Tiansheng said.

Wei Jiansheng helped Wei Tiansheng sit down.

"Jiansheng, tell me, is our first place in Jiangnan slipping away?" Wei Tiansheng asked.

Wei Jiansheng wanted to answer truthfully, perhaps yes, even if Wangu's stock price doesn't drop, with Mortal's momentum, surpassing Wangu is just a matter of time. Moreover, Wangu's stock price has fallen...

But he didn't dare speak these words to provoke his father, saying, "No, father, Lin Fan may just be painting a pie in the sky, not practical, people will eventually see through it, while our plan is practical and stable."

Wei Tiansheng replied with a bitter smile, "To paint such an ambitious picture and make everyone believe it, to have the market favor him, I can't compare to Lin Fan!"

Wei Jiansheng said, "How could that be, Father might not compare to Lin Fan, but rest assured, we are Jiangnan's number one, always will be Jiangnan's number one."

Wei Tiansheng asked, "Jiansheng, tell me, what can we do next?"

His Metaverse plan was practically ruined. What's next, how can they make the stock price rise?

Wei Jiansheng said, "Well..."

Wei Jiansheng was at a loss; even his father couldn't take on Lin Fan, it would be difficult for him to deal with Lin Fan.

Wei Tiansheng thought of something and asked, "Did you still keep Cui Wenwen?"

Wei Jiansheng said, "Um,"

Wei Tiansheng's eyes flashed with malice, "Didn't Lin Fan announce that Li Zixia is in charge of the Metaverse project! We'll start with her, arrange for me to meet Cui Wenwen!"

Wei Jiansheng curiously asked, "What does father mean?"

Wei Tiansheng said, "Cui Wenwen probably knows a lot about Li Zixia's past, knows Li Zixia's dirty history, I want to see if there's anything we can make use of."

Wei Jiansheng understood; his father was planning to trip up Lin Fan again.

Strengthening oneself was hard, but tripping others was Wei Tiansheng's specialty, and at the moment, there was no better way.

They decided to target Li Zixia, by smearing her to tarnish Mortal's Metaverse plan, ruin the reputation, and make it hard for Mortal's stock price not to fall.

While they were scheming their conspiracy.

Lin Fan had already completed his mission in Hang City and was ready to return to Yun City.

These days, Lin Fan had been busy; regarding the Metaverse plan, he had already made his plans, and the next step was to execute them according to the plan.

Lin Fan handed over this project to Li Zixia, while the Golden Jade Group would remain in Hang City, meaning that the Metaverse headquarters would be in Hang City.

According to Lin Fan's plan, Mortal Group's market would eventually spread across the world, with the first step being nationwide expansion, and Hang City was Lin Fan's first stop for expansion.

Li Zixia would continue to stay in Hang City in the future.

On the day of departure, Lin Fan said to Li Zixia, "I want to take you somewhere before I leave."

Li Zixia curiously asked, "Where?"

Lin Fan smiled slightly, "You'll know when we get there."