As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 179 Selective Authorization

Kechuangbio's great success in the field of brain-computer connection has led to the emergence of many companies in the field of brain-computer connection in recent years.

In Huaguo before, perhaps only Shenhai and Hangcheng had start-ups engaged in brain-computer connection.

In the past few years, start-ups in the field of brain-computer connection have almost spread across first- and second-tier cities.

Coupled with the proven existence of the soul, many scientists believe that there is a close connection between the brain and the soul, which has led to the emergence of start-ups in the field of brain-computer connection.

Under the economic situation of stagflation, the gap between rich and poor is widening.

In order to prolong life, rich people believe that investing more in the soul level, the research results can make people prolong life.

Previously, it was the extension of life at the physical level. They believed that the combination of body and soul was the best way to extend life.

A team of dozens of people can get hundreds of millions of venture capital, which is a serious premium.

In contrast, neuralink has landed products at any rate, backed by Musk and Tesla, and the imagination space is still there.

Venture capital does not calculate current profits and revenues, it invests in expectations.

Zhu Xiaohu didn't vote for Byte back then, not only because he said that Zhang Yiming was not aggressive, but more because he didn't think Byte could grab market share from Goose Factory.

From the bottom of his heart, he is not optimistic about Byte's expectations.

Since Zhu Xiaohu has been an angel investor for many years, he can't openly say that his vision is not good, so he had to demote Zhang Yiming first and then praise Zhang Yiming.

It not only found a good reason for not investing in byte back then, but also exaggerated Zhang Yiming's wave.

(The above is just my personal speculation, purely subjective.)
Neuralink is the same investment logic. From the perspective of revenue and future, Neuralink is obviously not worth the price.

But from another point of view, American will have a brain-computer connection company that can replace Kechuangbio in any case.

From this point of view alone, Neuralink will definitely be able to go public, and the valuation of 500 billion yuan after listing is not expensive.

The genetically modified seeds of Huaguo Seed Industry Group have beaten the previous seed industry giants in the world.

Monsanto reported a loss for the first time in 2023.Even so, it is impossible for American to let Monsanto go down.

American's current three pillar industries are technology, energy and food.

Seed independence cannot be guaranteed, the seed pricing power will be handed over, and the strategic advantage of grain cannot form a closed loop.

There are many places in Huaguo that are backward in the field of grain, and the seed industry is only a small aspect.

However, breakthroughs in this area can drive the progress of the entire industrial chain upstream and downstream.

With the same logic as keeping Monsanto, investing in Neuralink is definitely profitable.

After careful consideration, Young decided to consider investing in Neuralink if there were no better investment projects on the market.

It's just that the price has to go down.

"Pico's sales this year are not optimistic. According to the survey of the marketing department, VR users would rather save money to buy Futureverse than to buy other VR products."

With the launch of Futureverse, the biggest impact is VR manufacturers.

They are direct competitors to brain-computer connected VR.

"Especially for users who have experienced brain-computer connected VR, their ideas are more determined. Or don't buy it, if you buy it, you must buy futureverse."

"Players who have experienced futureverse agree that: Compared with traditional VR, the biggest advantage of brain-computer connected VR lies in the sense of immersion."

"And the display effect of futureverse is better than pico visible to the naked eye."

There is a dark cloud inside Pico, and the situation is not optimistic.

Originally, Pico's market share in the domestic market has exceeded 50.00%, and it is moving towards a semi-monopoly market position.

As a result, Futureverse was born, telling pico that you will go back a little bit.

"If the price is set at 3000 yuan, differentiated competition can only barely keep the basic market."

"If we increase the investment in product costs and upgrade the display effect and processor in an all-round way, the price will definitely increase accordingly."

"If you want to achieve an effect close to the futureverse, the price must rise to at least 6000 yuan, which is too risky."

"The price difference from futureverse is only [-]. It is difficult to guarantee that users will buy it."

The person in charge of Pico's marketing department was very pessimistic when he made a work report.

After players of this level appear on the market, Pico's upper limit seems to be locked.

After Pico was acquired by Byte, its chairman is still Zhou Hongwei.

Zhou Hongwei is not as pessimistic as his subordinates, but he is full of confidence:
"The entry of science and technology biotechnology is not necessarily a bad thing, but I think it is a rare opportunity."

"The joint entry of Kechuang Biology, Goose Factory and Rice, we discussed many times internally at that time, this is a rare opportunity, which means that the VR market is about to mature."

"VR is bound to usher in explosive growth this year. When the market is discussing VR, not everyone can afford the futureverse with a starting price of 1 yuan."

"This is our chance."

"We can cannibalize the low-end market."

"What we need to do now is to add mid-end products with a target price of around 5000 yuan, and then maintain the current low-end products at 3000 yuan."

"In addition, Kechuangbio will not open the VR brain-computer connection technology to the outside world, but it does not mean that they will never open it"

"We can now cooperate with Neuralink to jointly develop brain-computer connected VR."

"When Neuralink's technology is close to maturity, Kechuangbio will inevitably open its technology patents to the outside world."

"Another very important point, I want to see the game "The Last Hero" of Goose Factory ported to our platform."

The subordinate explained: "I am afraid that the Goose Factory will not authorize it. A few days ago, our colleagues from the Ministry of Commerce had already talked to the Goose Factory, and the other party refused."

Zhou Hongwei gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, we have to talk. You should keep in touch with each other first. I'll talk to Boss Zhang."

It's a pity that Goose Factory can't port the game to Pico.

Byte and Goose Factory are mortal enemies, and the competition between the two parties is a zero-sum game.

Pico, as a VR company under Byte, cannot obtain the resources of Goose Factory.

This is a battle to the death.

"The joint moon landing plan between China and Russia will be carried out this week, and this moon landing is an unmanned moon landing test.

The unmanned Chang'e-10 spacecraft will fly into orbit around the moon and lower its lunar module to within [-] kilometers of the moon's surface. "

Huaguo plans to make the first manned attempt to land on the moon in early 2024.

First unmanned test, and then manned to the moon.

After the successful moon landing, Huaguo will build a long-term space station in lunar orbit.

Prepare for the next step to build a base on the moon.

After the appearance of Merlin, people can finally understand why countries are vying for talents in the departments of mathematics and astronomy.

Popular science videos about magic coin have been flying all over the sky. Some people even split the Haibo algorithm into more than ten two-hour video courses on station B.

Those who care about the development of the aerospace industry will find that the aerospace industry of American and Huaguo seems to have pressed the accelerator button in the past two years.

The officials within NASA have basically changed from top to bottom.

The problem of internal embezzlement of funds was too serious before.

Huaguo, on the other hand, has increased its investment in aviation and the treatment of talents in the aviation field.

Originally, everyone thought that the 2025 moon landing was just an expectation, and whether it can be realized is still open to debate.

But looking at the current posture, it seems that the moon landing is just around the corner.

With the development of the country, the people don't need big country projects to cultivate national self-esteem, so the attention of the aerospace industry is decreasing.

In the past two years, the three astronauts in space even came back to the blue star, and it was only a hot search.

But the significance of landing on the moon is still great. The moon symbolizes too much in Chinese myths and legends.

The successful manned moon landing also means that Huaguo has become another country that has successfully landed on the moon after American.Although it is in cooperation with Russia.

American's lunar orbiting space station has been successfully launched.

Blue Star's International Space Station will be ignored, and the lunar space station will be launched first.

They plan to build a base on the moon first to realize the long-term normal operation of the moon base.

Then consider the plan to land on Mars.

The plans of Huaguo and American are similar, and the difficulty of landing on Mars is not the same as that of landing on the moon.

You can't be too cautious.

Even the Europa Alliance has formulated its own plan to land on the moon and land on Mars, and it is advancing according to the plan.

At this time, Da Ying is very sad. I want to go back to the Europa League, but the Europa League disagrees.

Although they cooperated with Neon and Kangaroo Kingdom, Da Ying did not disclose the magic forum to Neon and Kangaroo Kingdom.

If you want to build a base on Mars by yourself, next century.

But if the moon landing and the moon landing rewards are revealed to Neon and Kangaroo Kingdom, if they know about the magic forum, then you will really be an orphan.

You must know that although they have obtained the right to use a magic coin, the ownership is still in the hands of Kangaroo and Neon.

Therefore, Daying intends to find another way. They think they have industrial advantages in the field of artificial intelligence.

Da Ying intends to put treasure on artificial intelligence, and Wiles will personally lead the team to carry out the research and development of artificial intelligence.

Except for the strange behavior of the five permanent members except Daying, other countries are very sensitive.

Could it be that there are new discoveries on the moon that we don't know about?

But any medium-sized country with a certain amount of energy knows that Blue Star must have had no magic before.

Merlin came out of nowhere.

Wuchang's behavior made them suspect that Merlin was an alien visitor, and the spacecraft from Blue Star was discovered by a big country on the moon.

So everyone wants to go to the moon first and find Merlin's spaceship.

But the problem is that landing on the moon is a systematic project, without technology accumulation, it is unrealistic to suddenly think about it.

Huaguo's aerospace engineering has a clear technical context, and has never given up investment in aerospace, even in the most difficult economic period.

Originally, I was about to give up, but the Neon related personnel came to the door by themselves:

"Both American and Huaguo are increasing their investment in spaceflight. We suspect that they have received any news. Do you have any news?"

Da Ying thought to himself, he couldn't find a reason to be worried, and catching the neon was just a meal, and if he didn't do it, he wouldn't do it:

"It is said that according to the news we have received from American, there are new discoveries about magic on Mars."

"So now both American and Huaguo are organizing pre-research for landing on Mars."

Neon was also fooled. They wanted to confirm the news with American, but the problem was that American didn't tell them anything about magic.

Huaguo and Russia are even more impossible.

The only possible Europa League did not disclose information at all because of the mixing of neon and big buzz.

So the only option is to be fooled by the big bang.

Neon, Daying and Kangaroo Kingdom have communicated many times, and they are also determined to land on Mars.

Can I not talk about it first, I have to put on a gesture.

Domestically produced new energy vehicles equipped with a new generation of lithium battery technology have been wildly sought after by users after their launch.

Compared with electric vehicles of foreign brands, it has obvious advantages in battery life and charging.

After the launch of domestic new energy vehicles equipped with new lithium battery technology, the sales of electric vehicles of foreign brands such as Tesla, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz have declined significantly.

"We are long-term and stable partners. I would like to ask when we can provide us with brand new lithium batteries? We need stable production capacity."

"I'm sorry that the graphene printing equipment used in the new lithium battery technology is limited, and the annual production capacity is only so much, all of which have been booked by Weilai and Xiaopeng."

"How did I hear that before signing the patent licensing agreement with you, Kechuang Bio had a clear stipulation that it cannot supply foreign brands of car companies?"

It is impossible to keep this kind of information secret, and the range of people involved is too wide.

It's just that this kind of clause will not be directly written into the contract, and if it is written into the contract, there will be a lot of trouble waiting for you.

"There is such a saying, but it is only a soft requirement."

"The problem is that we are a joint venture, and Huaguo Capital is more than 70.00% five, why can't we supply?"

He slandered inwardly: You also know that you are a Huaguo enterprise, and the after-tax price of the same product American is only two-thirds of the Huaguo pre-tax price.

On the surface, he is very polite: "The main reason is that NIO and Xiaopeng signed a supply agreement in advance.

Our current production capacity can only meet the needs of these two companies. After the production capacity is expanded, we can cooperate completely. "

Huaguo's local car companies have squeezed out the living space of joint venture car companies and overseas car companies.

Among them, the most important one is Volkswagen, whose Huaguo market provides them with more than [-]% of their revenue.

Volkswagen can be said to be the best joint venture brand sold by Huaguo.The focus of their transformation over the years has also been on new energy.

In the five-year plan formulated in 2021, Volkswagen plans to invest 900 billion euros in research and development in the field of new energy.

Super lithium batteries are not supplied to the public, which has a huge impact on its sales.

The sales of transformed new energy vehicles have fallen off a cliff.

The person in charge of the public directly approached Kechuang Biology, and after a fruitless communication, the other party said directly:

"If Kechuangbio still takes advantage of its technological advantages to implement differentiated treatment in the market, then Kechuangbio will face administrative measures to limit your selective authorization of technology."

Kechuang Biology may not be as good as the public in terms of revenue, but there is no need to care about the threat of the public. Cheng Gang said directly: "We are not selective licensing or differentiated treatment."

"We are only biased towards domestic suppliers and hope to cultivate domestic companies. The public will also give priority to German companies in this regard. Everyone's approach is the same, and you have no right to criticize us."

"As for who should authorize the technology, this is a matter within our company, and you don't need to dictate."

(End of this chapter)