2024-03-22 07:08:00
Apple’s Shanghai store opened with great success, and a large number of “Apple fans” flocked to the store. An old woman at the scene angrily accused the “Apple fans” of worshiping foreign countries. (Video screenshot)
[The Epoch Times, March 22, 2024](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Fang Xiao) On the evening of March 21, the Apple Shanghai Jing’an store, the world’s second largest Apple retail store, opened. A large number of “apple fans” flocked in, and some even arrived in advance. Waited all night long. Apple CEO (CEO) Cook was also present to interact with customers. At the scene, a video of an old lady angrily scolding “fruit fans” for admiring foreigners went viral.
Apple fans queued up all night for the opening of Apple’s Shanghai Jing’an store
According to comprehensive mainland media reports, at 7 p.m. on March 21, Apple’s Shanghai Jing’an store, located next to the landmark Jing’an Temple, officially opened. Apple CEO Cook appeared at the new store to open the door and interact with customers. Apple prepared a special free gift box for the opening of the Jing’an store, which was sought after by many “Apple fans”. This gift box was sold for 399 yuan (RMB, the same below) on the second-hand market.
In order to enter the store as soon as it opened, many customers queued up a day in advance. Nearly 20 hours after the opening, dozens of “fruit fans” from all over the country were already waiting at the scene. The scalpers are also out.
Before noon on the 21st, nearly 400 people had already lined up. The scene was crowded and popular, exceeding the popularity of the previous Apple store openings. At around 12 noon, there was no longer a queue at Jing’an Temple Square, and the police temporarily closed the access to the sunken square of Jing’an Temple. In addition to a large number of consumers waiting in line in the sunken square, some of them also queued on the ground floor of the square. The entire sunken square and the streets outside the store were crowded with people queuing up.
The on-site security personnel pulled up the guardrail and put up a “queuing end” sign, and dozens of security guards reminded the new influx of people that “no more queuing.” Inside the guardrail, among the hundreds of consumers who have successfully qualified for admission, about half are middle-aged and elderly people, and many people are sitting or lying on the mats they carry.
According to security personnel, only consumers who have qualified to queue can enter the Apple Jing’an store. The queue has closed around 12 noon that day, and no outsiders can enter.
Outside the closed guardrail, there were some people gathered who were not allowed to enter because they were late. Some people decided to squat and observe for a while.
Until about 2 p.m., the number of waiting people had hardly diminished. Some “fruit fans” took out their portable chairs and sat down, preparing to wait until 7 o’clock for the opening, while others said they were prepared to wait and see until 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon before deciding whether to continue waiting.
At 5 pm that day, a large crowd gathered outside the Apple store. At around 6:58 pm, many cheers erupted in Jing’an Temple Square.
Because of the opening of Apple’s Jing’an store, the passenger flow at Jing’an Temple subway station has increased. Exit 15 of Jing’an Temple Station has adopted temporary traffic restriction measures based on passenger flow conditions, and Exit 15 is temporarily closed.
It’s not without regrets that foreigners fly to Shanghai specially.
According to The Paper, Mr. Zhou, an “Apple fan”, specially booked a high-speed train from Nantong to Shanghai on the morning of the 21st in order to catch up with the opening of Apple’s Jing’an store. However, when he arrived at the scene, it was already past 12 noon and the queue had closed. He felt very sorry that he could not enter the Jing’an store.
Mr. Sun went to Shanghai immediately after a business trip from Hangzhou. He took Apple headphones, computers, mobile phones and other products with him. The purpose of this trip was mainly to meet Cook and experience Apple’s new VR glasses product, but he missed it Entry time.
“Many office workers can’t queue up in the morning. Some people from out of town come all the way here. They are suddenly informed at noon that they are not allowed to queue up. I think this is unreasonable. If we want to ban everyone from queuing up, we should inform them in advance of the start of queuing up.” and deadline,” Mr. Sun said.
Mr. Sun said that at about 16:40 that day, he was still waiting in line outside the railing. “There were more people queuing outside than in the morning. It is expected that there will be another peak after get off work.”
Ms. Zhao is a white-collar worker who works near Jing’an Temple. She arrived at Jing’an Temple Square around 1 pm on the 21st and saw that the square was surrounded by crowds and the queues had stopped. She felt sorry.
However, on Weibo, the comment section under the above report was blocked.
The old lady at the scene angrily criticized the “fruit fans” for worshiping foreigners and being foreign, which made people laugh.
A video of an old lady at the queue that day angrily accusing “fruit fans” of worshiping foreigners went viral.
In the video, the old lady pointed at “Apple fans” several times and loudly rebuked those who favored foreign countries. Someone responded, “Do you know how many jobs Apple brings to China every year?” The old lady responded loudly: No need, we have our own Huawei, and the scene burst into laughter.
Meng Wanzhou and Ren Zhengfei are both “fruit fans”
According to public reports, Huawei Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou also uses mobile phones, tablets and iPads from rival Apple.
Huawei President Ren Zhengfei was also exposed to using Apple products. Ren Zhengfei once told the media that Apple is Huawei’s teacher. He often explores why Apple does well. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an “Apple fan”.
Last year, Huawei Mate 60 series was launched, and there were videos on the Internet showing that Huawei’s offline stores were crowded. Some experts and analysts said that the Mate 60 series will reduce iPhone sales by 10 million units. But a large number of “fruit fans” expressed disbelief.
Later, the iPhone 15 series products were officially launched in mainland China, and their popularity can be described as “hard to find”. There are long queues outside Apple stores in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, and there are “Apple fans” waiting outside the stores at 5 a.m. Scalpers at the scene said that iPhone 15 Pro Max is the best seller, and the price increase can be as high as 700 to 1,500 yuan, “one price per hour.” Some consumers said frankly: “Even if the Huawei Mate 60 series becomes more popular, those who should use iPhone will still use it. “
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