Chapter 1027: America: Why is it this damn person again?!
At the same time, on the other side.
In Shenzhen, in the headquarters building of Tencent Group, a small meeting of internal executives was being held.
The brain-computer interface chip technology and bionic intelligent prosthetic technology disclosed by Starlight Virtual Reality Technology Company are undoubtedly the themes of this conference.
Of course, what mainly attracts their attention is the brain-computer interface chip and the virtual reality technology behind it.
For Tencent Group, which uses social software as its core foundation, its huge user base is undoubtedly their most powerful moat.
The various businesses and products derived from more than 1.3 billion monthly active users are their money-making tools.
For example, various value-added businesses with the strongest profitability, including games, account for more than half of the entire group's total revenue.
For them, relying on their huge user base and ultra-high user switching costs can secure the top spot among domestic Internet companies.
No matter who comes, there is nothing they can do when faced with the Penguin Group, which has penetrated almost all aspects of society.
But the brain-computer interface chip technology launched by Starlight Technology clearly has the power to subvert the entire Internet.
As a technology that can establish a social platform in virtual space, allowing users to communicate and interact with others in a virtual environment, and increasing the reality of social experience, the impact of virtual reality technology on the modern Internet is like Mars hitting the earth.
Devastating.
Of course, for the development of society, or for the Internet, virtual reality technology is like the impact of electricity on the industrial revolution.
It is precisely because of the mastery of this cheap and widely applicable energy that humankind's industrialization process has developed rapidly, and factories and machines have been able to produce goods on a large scale, greatly improving production efficiency and output.
The development of communication technologies derived from it, such as telegraph, telephone, Internet, etc., has made information transmission and communication more convenient and faster, shortening the distance between people.
If modern Internet technology is compared to traditional chemical fuels such as oil and coal, then further virtual reality technology will occupy the ‘electric energy’ of the future!
This is the moment of the upcoming handover of old and new technologies, and virtual reality technology will update the entire Internet world.
This will give rise to countless huge markets related to it, and will also bury the original aging Internet world.
Keenly aware of the hidden crises and opportunities, the president of Penguin Group immediately convened an emergency meeting of internal executives.
“…can we acquire this Starlight VR technology company?”
In the office, after learning about the content of today's meeting, a senior executive frowned and suggested.
For Penguin, among other things, there is a lot of money. Businesses such as game advertising and the Internet can bring them hundreds of billions of profits every year.
As for previous competitors, they have never been stingy about directly using money to acquire them.
Sitting opposite the executive who wanted to acquire Starlight Technology, another middle-aged man in a suit smiled bitterly and said: "Lao Yu, do you want to see who owns this company before you say this?"
"who?"
The old man asked subconsciously, and then flipped through the meeting documents on the table.
When that familiar name came into view, his pupils suddenly shrank.
"Why is it him again?!"
Across the conference table, the middle-aged man who had interrupted before laughed and joked: "Acquisition? Even if he is willing to sell it to you, do you dare to buy it?"
Hearing this, Lao Yu's mouth moved. He was about to refute what he didn't dare to buy, but then he shut up his thoughts.
Not to mention whether that person will sell patents and product technologies related to virtual reality, even if he is willing, he may not be able to pass the national commercial inspection.
If this epoch-making product technology is really going to be sold, the review will probably take three to five years.
Moreover, since it is related to that person, the higher-ups will probably investigate them as soon as possible.
Sitting in the first place, Mr. Xiao Ma knocked on the table, drew everyone's attention, and said: "There is no need to think about acquisitions. What we need to think about now is how to get online with Starlight Technology.
Reach cooperation.”
After a slight pause, he added: "If possible, it is best to cooperate in all aspects. If not, we must at least obtain cooperation in the fields of social media and games."
In the conference room, several senior executives nodded in agreement.
If it is impossible to acquire virtual reality technology from the other party, then cooperation is necessary.
Virtual reality technology is really important to them. It is a technology that can shake the foundation of the entire group.
Speaking of this, the president of the group looked at Wang Juhong, the vice president in charge of Tencent's open source technology, and asked in a deep voice:
"Is it possible that we acquire another company that is developing virtual reality technology and then the group invests in research and development?"
He knew very well that it was impossible to acquire Starlight Technology's brain-computer interface chips and virtual reality technology. If others had mastered this technology, they could still try it.
But standing behind Starlight VR technology is Academician Xu, so forget about this idea.
Faced with that person, the Penguin Group had nothing to offer to attract the other party to make an exchange of equal value.
It would be even more impossible to throw money at it directly.
If you really want to compete with someone who has more money, maybe the entire Penguin Group's annual net profit may not be as much as the other person's annual income.
The exact amount of Professor Xu's assets is a mystery, but the 5% annual dividend of Fusion Energy Power Company alone is enough to rival their annual net profit.
Not to mention that the other party also controls many extremely profitable technical fields such as batteries, superconductivity, aerospace, carbon nanomaterials, etc.
That is to say, the major rich list cannot expose his wealth, otherwise the position of the world's richest man would have changed hands long ago.
In the conference room, Wang Juhong shook his head and said: "This is almost impossible."
"There are many companies developing virtual reality technology in various countries. China is not the first country. The United States is at the forefront of this field, such as Oculus VR acquired by Facebook, ImmersiON and Occipital, etc."
"But so far I have never heard of any company that has made a major breakthrough in this area, or that can achieve the level of Starlight Technology."
"but....."
Speaking of this, the senior vice president of Tencent Open Source Technology looked through the report documents, thought for a while and then said: "Perhaps in addition to cooperation, we may also participate in the research and development of virtual reality technology by Starlight Technology.
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Hearing this, everyone present looked over.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Juhong picked up the report document on the table and continued: "Judging from the information currently revealed by Starlight Virtual Reality Technology, the person responsible for this research should not be Academician Xu himself."
"Maybe he provided a lot of help inside, but the real person in charge of Starlight Technology is his sister, Ms. Xu Xiao."
"Of course, what's important is not this, but their current research and development progress on virtual reality technology."
"Judging from the clinical medical videos published on the official website of Starlight Technology, their technology research and development in the field of brain-computer interface chips has been very mature."
"At least it has been possible to smoothly control bionic mechanical prosthetics through smart chips."
"But mature brain-computer interface chips do not represent mature virtual reality technology. The former is definitely still a long way from the latter. Otherwise, what Starlight Technology will launch will not be brain-computer interface chip technology, but virtual reality."
technology."
"Of course, I'm not very clear on how long the research and development road is. After all, I'm not an expert in the field of neural information."
"I suggest consulting with insiders, and then find ways to use the group's advantages to participate in Starlight Technology's subsequent research and development of virtual reality technology, and strive to become a shareholder!"
After a slight pause, he looked at the person sitting in front and continued: "If I remember correctly, the group has cooperation in the aerospace field with the Xinghai Research Institute led by Academician Xu."
At the top of the list, Mr. Ma from the Penguin Group nodded and said, "I will find a solution on this matter. Do you have any other opinions?"
At the conference table, Zhang Wei, the vice president in charge of the game sector, said: "In addition to cooperation and research and development, I suggest that we make arrangements in the field of virtual reality technology in advance."
"Social networking and games are our two most important areas, and they are also areas closely related to virtual reality technology."
"Especially the latter, I believe everyone knows the advantages of virtual reality technology in the gaming field. It is absolutely incomparable to traditional electronic devices."
"It is foreseeable that in the next ten or twenty years, the market related to virtual reality games will definitely explode. If we do not want to lose the opportunity, we need to make arrangements in these fields in advance."
"Of course, if possible, there are also e-commerce, artistic creation, film and television, etc., we can try them all."
"Perhaps the emergence of virtual reality technology is our opportunity to enter these areas that we have not been able to enter before."
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While Penguin Group was holding an internal meeting, on the other side.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, United States.
In a group of white buildings, a similar meeting was being held urgently.
The sudden emergence of brain-computer interface chip technology and bionic mechanical prosthetic technology has caused confusion among all related high-tech companies in the United States.
No one expected that in this technical field where they had always been far ahead, Hua suddenly overtook Biu in a corner and ran directly in front of them.
However, when everyone saw the people behind Starlight Technology, they all suddenly understood, leaving only confusion and curses.
Xu Chuan!
Why is it this damn person again?!
In the White Room, in the Presidential Conference Room, a certain gentleman with a cool hairstyle was staring at his subordinates with a furious look on his face. The roar could be heard clearly through the corridor with a thick door.
"Can anyone tell me? What happened to the tens of billions of dollars invested in the past year?"
"Why did brain-computer interface chip technology appear in China instead of ours!"
"Can anyone tell me why this is?"
"Shit! Shit, are you a bunch of trash?"
Looking at the angry Mr. President, several people standing in the office lowered their heads and kept silent, for fear that they would attract attention without paying attention.
In particular, Eric Randall, director of the OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy, looked even more embarrassed, his face almost covered with spittle.
Damn it, how did he know that China suddenly broke out in virtual reality technology?
It is clear that the United States is the leader in this field. Just like the chip field, it originally had a huge gap with other countries, but if it was not careful, it completely collapsed.
No!
Maybe this isn't their problem.
After a transaction quickly flashed through his mind, Eric Randall took a deep breath and stood up to explain.
"Perhaps this question should be asked to the businessman."
In the office, Chief Business Officer Howard Lutnick, who was huddled aside and trying to reduce his presence, was suddenly stunned when a scapegoat was thrown at his head.
He stared at Director Eric Randall with an unkind look on his face and said, "Business people have never led the research and development of technology. What does this have to do with us?"
"Of course it does matter."
Eric Randall said calmly: "Do you remember the deal with Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface Company?"
"If I remember correctly, the predecessor of Starlight Virtual Reality Technology Company in China today is Musk's Neuralink brain-computer interface company."
"This kind of corporate acquisition in the high-tech field that should have been impossible to pass has been passed. Isn't the businessman's responsibility not enough?"
"And more importantly, I have noticed that among the patents disclosed by Starlight Virtual Reality Technology Company, many of them belong to the original Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface Company."
"Perhaps it is the patents and technology of Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface Company that promoted the explosion of Starlight Technology's brain-computer interface technology."
Hearing this, Chief T, who was sitting at the head of the table, quickly fixed his gaze on Howard Lutnick, the head of business affairs. The dark circles under his eyes that no matter how thick the foundation could cover showed his fatigue and anger.
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"Is this happening?"
Suddenly being blamed, Howard Lutnick felt a big headache.
However, he knew that this was not the time to explain, but to find a way to solve the matter.
The thoughts in his head turned quickly for several times. He took a deep breath and said: "This transaction is not in my hands. It was approved by the previous Chief of Commerce."
"Perhaps there are some operations that may not be so legal. I suggest that an investigation into the acquisition of Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface Company be launched now."
"If it is confirmed that there is a problem, then we are fully capable of getting back what belongs to us!"