The end of technology.

Chapter 195 I am a century behind you

According to the schedule of this forum, everyone will move to the lecture hall to start the meeting in the afternoon.But obviously this is an ideal estimate, and finally allowed the on-site scholars to observe the anti-gravity materials on site until night fell.

Yes, the end result is an entire day spent on the playground.This means that although the materials can be fused, the material is actually extremely hard, otherwise a few grams may have to be taken away.

Of course, pampering is only for this afternoon.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the staff began to take further measures to dissuade all the scholars from the field, and then the heavily armed convoy drove into the playground again to transport the materials away.Until the convoy carrying important goods disappeared from the field of vision of the scholars, these people were finally able to go to the Ningyuan Canteen to enjoy the dinner that had been prepared.

On the way to Ningyuan, more than 100 scholars were also divided into small groups of twos and threes.But it can be seen that the vast majority of people are discussing something solemnly, and a small number of people seem extremely excited or worried.Only no one can keep calm.

In fact, most people would rather be able to communicate directly with Ning Zi, but this young man had already left the stage when he announced that they could observe the materials in an orderly manner.

……

On the way to Ningyuan, Colin Drost, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked Tim Cook beside him, "Tim, why did Ning Zi think of inviting you to this meeting?"

"Huh?" Tim Cook, who was obviously distracted, glanced at Colin beside him with an inquiring look.

"Why did Ning Zi invite you?" Colin Droste repeated the question just now.

"Oh, I came to visit him because of business issues, and then he invited me to stay for a few more days, why? What do you think?" Tim Cook responded casually, not as detailed as he said.

"I just think that if Ning intends to include Apple in this project in the future, maybe we can have a chance to cooperate." Colin Droste said sincerely.

"Oh? So, Colin, what do you think this project means for Apple?"

"It may not make sense now, but it may determine whether the world still needs apples in a few decades or hundreds of years, or whether apples can still exist." Colin Droste gave a meaningful opinion .

Tim Cook turned his head and took another deep look at Colin Drost, then nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Mr. Drost, I will seriously consider your proposal."

Discussion of this issue was subsequently discontinued.

They are all people who stand at the top of the pyramid in their respective fields, and they are all very assertive.

Shock is the same, but the perspective of thinking is definitely different.

In general, business logic and academic logic are incompatible in many cases. It seems that scientists often have conflicts with the funders who provide them with funds.Demand deviation always exists, and how to deal with it is a matter of opinion.

In fact, Tim Cook didn't really think about why Tong Ningzi asked him to watch the forum at this time.

It was true that he was greatly shocked, but he didn't think Ning Zi's character and style of doing things would allow Apple to take a share in this field with infinite possibilities.

Yes, Apple has money, but not so rich that it can really participate in the development of space tracks.

If Ning Zi is willing to sell, Tim Cook really doesn’t mind using 80.00% of Apple’s cash flow to buy back the materials displayed by Ning Zi today, and he is sure that this business will not lose money, and even make a lot of money big.It's a pity that people who can achieve this kind of achievement cannot be so short-sighted.

So, what does Ning Zi want to do?
……

Tim Cook is obviously not alone in thinking this way.

At the buffet buffet meeting in Ningyuan Restaurant, when he saw Ning Zi, he was already surrounded by people.

At this time, Tim Cook didn't join in the fun, but quietly watched the scene of the group of people discussing around Ning Zi from a distance.

At the bottom of her heart, she was still silently thinking about what Ning Zi would talk to him about.

Until someone interrupted his thoughts.

"Hi, Mr. Cook."

Tim Cook turned his head and saw Ning Zi's sister and wife standing beside him.

The one who greeted her was Ning Zi's younger sister, who was very eccentric and impressed him very much.In fact, Ning Zi's wife has a similar temperament, but it seems that her English skills are not very good.

"Hi, hello." Tim Cook greeted the two with a smile.

"It's like this. My brother has a few words that I want my sister-in-law to bring to you, but my sister-in-law's English is not very good, so I'll come here as a guest translator. By the way, what do you think of my current English level?" Ning Yulin asked a question.

"It's pretty good, at least I can understand every sentence." Tim Cook didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Then I watched the two young women laughing and biting their ears for a long time, and finally Ning Yulin said, "Thank you for your recognition. Well, my sister-in-law asked me to ask you first, what do you think about what you saw today?" How do you feel about everything?"

Tim Cook raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and then seriously replied: "It's amazing. Although I don't quite understand what Ning said, I know it represents something very new. This world It is likely that because of Ning’s discovery, it will become completely different from what it is now, and I think that what I have seen today will bring about changes to mankind as a whole, even greater than the first appearance of the steam engine in this world.”

After answering, Tim Cook saw Ning Yulin turned his head and said a few words in Chinese to the young woman beside him. Seeing the two smiling, he always felt that his answer was too formal...

Fortunately, he soon waited for the second question.

"My sister-in-law said that my brother will be very satisfied with your answer, but my brother also said that you should not look at what others say, but how they do anything. If my brother asks my sister-in-law to take it, it is to let you advance Think about it, whether you are willing to let Apple help him build a stable global industrial chain, so as to ensure that the space industry with new materials as the core can quickly complete the global layout in the future.

The benefit that Apple can get is that your product will be the only non-Chinese product that is authorized to access signals and can be used in space in the future.As for the rest, they are all trivial benefits.My brother also said that Apple is not the only choice. Firstly, we choose Apple because we have a basis for cooperation, and secondly, because this set of Apple is very mature and has great appeal in the world.

If the two parties cooperate, Apple can save him about two years of time.However, both my sister-in-law and I feel that the two-year wait is actually affordable, after all, my brother is still so young.In short, I bring you a message to let you think about it first, so that you will have a basis when you talk, and you won’t waste too much time. Well, I’m clear enough, right? "

Tim Cook nodded, it was indeed clear enough.

He even thanked this little girl for being able to speak these words so clearly.

Otherwise, he would have to guess what Ning Zi was thinking for a long time.

At this moment, he also came to a sudden, no wonder when he was talking to Ning Zi two days ago, this guy talked to him about Apple's global industrial chain laying, so he was thinking about this issue.Really counts every second.

Of course, Tim Cook still has concerns about this cooperation model. Of course, he doesn’t think it’s useful to directly tell the two girls in front of him about these concerns, so he just politely said: “Thank you, I will definitely consider it carefully and carefully. .”

"Huh? Don't you have any doubts? This doesn't seem like an attitude that really wants to cooperate. Are you thinking that my sister-in-law and I are too young, so you just deal with us casually?" Ning Yulin blinked her big eyes and said.

Tim Cook spread his hands, then smiled wryly.

Well, this girl...

"In fact, there are problems, such as mutual trust between the two parties. I don't know how Ning can solve this problem. I don't think he will directly control the supply chain system in Apple's hands, so he will definitely have more demands on Apple. , I just don't know what he's going to ask for, maybe it'll be after we talk."

Tim Cook casually mentioned a direction of worry.

"Haha, my brother also said that you must have doubts in this regard. He said that Huaxia has actually started to lay out, and has the ability to produce an anti-gravity flight platform in the atmosphere in a short period of time. But if you want to build a real space operation platform, There are still many difficulties to overcome. If we can introduce foreign supply chains, especially Western supply chains, the preparation time will be greatly shortened.

So in fact, you don't have to worry about him worrying about Apple's control of the supply system.After all, it is you who advance the money, and the most loss to the space platform is that it will be launched a while later.But you have more to lose.My brother said that you are a smart person, so he very much believes that you will definitely not do a loss-making business that hurts two hundred and loses one thousand.

In Huaxia, it may be said that it is not good to say it first.By the way, I am quite satisfied with the gift you gave that day, so if you cooperate, I will ask my sister-in-law to speak well for you.But then again, the most important thing in cooperation is honesty.The ancestral motto of our Ning family is that whoever treats us well, we will treat him well, and whoever wants to plot against us, we will... bang. "

Speaking of which, Ning Yulin raised both hands, and in conjunction with the onomatopoeia in his mouth, made a big explosion gesture. Not only did it not look deterrent, but it also gave people a very cute feeling.

If it was Ning Zi who said these words, the meaning of warning and threat would undoubtedly be much heavier, and it would even make people feel very uncomfortable.Therefore, Ning Yulin's remarks under Lu Xiaoya's platform can actually attract people's attention, and the feeling of rejection is much less.

"Oh, of course, I believe that when dealing with your brother, no one in this world would think of using dirty tricks to gain benefits. Some people have done it before, and their ending was not so good." Tim Cook smiled wryly replied.

"My brother is right, you are indeed a smart person. Well, please enjoy the food. Oh, by the way, at 09:30 in the evening, he will meet you in the office on the fifth floor. Well, you go straight up when the time comes, Just show your identity to the staff. Oh, no, in fact, your appearance is your passport!" Ning Yulin waved his hand.

"Thank you." Tim Cook couldn't help but express his thanks, and then watched the two little women wave to him, then happily left arm in arm, and went to the seafood area to have a feast.

Subconsciously, he glanced at Ning Zi, who was still surrounded by a group of scholars not far away, and Tim Cook suddenly felt enlightened.

……

The news actually passed far faster than expected.

After all, this is an academic forum with no confidential nature, and visiting scholars are not allowed to use various communication products including mobile phones at any stage.The queuing observation that lasted for a whole day also gave these scholars enough time to spread the news.

Be it intentional or not.

In fact, when seeing an incredible achievement, it is an instinctive reaction of researchers to share it with the same field.

This also caused many professionals to stay up all night, regretting not being able to participate in this forum, otherwise they would be able to see or even touch the legendary negative mass matter at this time.

Some scholars even directly posted the video of the demonstration session on Facebook, or used Twitter to praise this great discovery. The harvest probably made many people sleepless.

The day that Huaxia just passed was a night in the Western world.

Many Western scholars who came to this conference received many phone calls asking for confirmation.With excitement, these scholars fed back this discovery in various exaggerated and shocking tones.

Of course, these feedbacks and influences are still only concentrated in a small area, and it is difficult for scientific progress to resonate with ordinary people in the first place.The threshold is too high, and it is a headache to understand those obscure concepts.

Not to mention that scientific theories always subtly and gradually affect people's lives, just like when people use the Internet to obtain various information, they don't need to care about the logic of the Internet's operation, let alone who invented it.

But for that small group of relevant researchers or intelligence personnel, this news is undoubtedly another bolt from the blue.

Apart from other things, the discovery of anti-gravity materials means that humans have discovered a truly green and adaptable power system.Not to mention that Ning Zi also demonstrated on the spot that this material also has a fusion effect.These two points alone are enough to show that this special material possesses various physical properties that cannot be understood in the world at present.

What these physical properties can do has been explained in many science fiction novels.Even if there is no science fiction, many basic researchers can list a bunch of applications.This in turn extends the influence into deeper directions.

For example, in the future, there will suddenly be many airports that can move for a long time, and the emergence of anti-gravity aircraft will affect the situation in the world?This is sure to be a good topic for an internal report or dissertation.

It's just that while all of this is still waiting for confirmation, these emotions can only be brewed silently for the time being, and they are far from comparable to the emotions on the scene.

……

After the dinner, Tim Cook first returned to his room on the fourth floor, made a few phone calls, and walked out of the room at 25:[-].

Did not choose the elevator, went directly to the fifth floor from the stairs in the center of the building.

Sure enough, a staff member appeared, and after a brief exchange, he was taken to the door of Room 501 on the left side of the building.

The staff knocked on the door, and someone answered. After the door opened, Tim Cook found that although he came on time, it was still a bit early, and there were two other people in Ning Zi's office.

Seeing his arrival, the young man in a suit stood up, greeted him, and looked at Ning Zi.

After the two spoke a few more words in Chinese that he didn't understand, the young man in a suit left with another young man who looked ordinary, leaving the office to them.

"Sorry, I might have been a little early."

"It's okay. Mr. Zhang came here just now. It was not planned. He asked me to talk about security upgrades. I still hope that there will be 24-hour personal protection by my side. By the way, Tim, by your side Are there bodyguards?"

"Of course, the company spends about $70 a year on my personal security, but it's not personal protection, but they will provide a complete set of services when needed. If you want to talk about further security services, I think you should ask Zuckerberg, he is more concerned about security, spending about $500 million a year on personal protection, including the cost of 24-hour personal protection. Of course, some intelligence services are also included.”

Tim Cook spread his hands and said.

After hearing this description, Ning Zi sighed with emotion: "More than 500 million US dollars, huh...he is indeed a rich man. Fortunately, Mr. Zhang said that all the services he provided for me are free."

This made Tim Cook smile, and replied: "Someone has to pay."

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Ning Zi waved his hand and asked, "Tea or coffee?"

"No, thank you. I just finished two cups of coffee, Ning, is it a serious suggestion that you asked your sister to bring me?" Tim Cook took the lead in making today's conversation more formal.

Ning Zi nodded, and replied: "Of course, there are two considerations. In addition to the reasons she should have mentioned to you, Apple's status can also be a good lubricant, so that some of our next The development caused misunderstandings. In fact, I don’t care much about these, but there are always people who are too sensitive. Although the misunderstanding can definitely be resolved, I don’t want to waste time on it. For me, it’s important to hurry up.”

Tim Cook looked at Ning Zi with a complicated look, and asked again: "Okay, so if we get involved in this matter, and someone asks Apple to provide information on the entire supply chain and it is inconvenient for us to refuse, can we Do you provide this information?"

"Of course, I don't think the supply chain information will cause any trouble to the next development plan. In fact, I will not put all eggs in one basket. As long as the cooperation is good, the supply chain mastered by Apple can allow us to develop in the short term. In the long run, there will naturally be a set of independent internal circulation supply chain construction.”

"So, you don't have to worry about reverse research revealing some business or core technology chain secrets?"

"Haha, Tim, I dare to release the material for everyone to see on this occasion today. Of course I am not afraid of it. There may be a saying that hurts, but it is true. In this direction of research, the entire Western Canada It seems to be at least a century behind us. That’s right, the building you are in, this school, and everything you see here belong to that century.”

　Push the book, "Are you mentally ill?"This is a horror world! ".

　　On this day, He Xuan, a critically ill patient in Qingshan Mental Hospital, entered the world of horror.

　　While others are struggling...

　　He Xuan, who thought he was a doctor, was giving injections to the girl in red: "Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for the disease, not to mention that I didn't make your mouth bitter."

　　While others are running for their lives...

　　He Xuan, who thought he was a police officer, put a pair of handcuffs on the chainsaw: "I'm sorry, I'm a police officer."

　　While others are dying...

　　He Xuan, who thought he was a cultivator of immortals, began to use cunning to make alchemy: "I'm sorry, my elixir of immortality just needs your medicine."

　　After seeing He Xuan's various outrageous operations, everyone was stunned.

　　"Brother! Are you mentally ill? This is a horror world! How are you playing around here?"

　　"Shh, be careful he twists your head."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)