As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 211 Antitrust Penalties

Academician Zhao was very frank and did not keep anyone in suspense.

Within the scope permitted by the above, he told Zheng Li everything he could reveal.

He even told Zheng Li some of his own speculations.

“Apple can get magic coins, and I believe your company can also get magic coins.”

“Once you get the magic coin, you need to think carefully before using it.”

"This may be a trap set by aliens. Anyone who uses the magic brain will be controlled."

"Merlin appears to be acting within the rules now, but it only appears so."

"No one can guarantee what the future will be like, but if the future changes after the injection, you can't get rid of the evil brain by yourself."

"Although young people are not immune to super powers, neither are older people."

"Everyone is curious about unknown things, and they are even more curious and eager about super powers."

"But I still have to remind you to think carefully before using magic coin."

"Aliens in science fiction usually start out wearing a veil of warmth and affection."

"We speculate that Merlin is most likely an alien individual who wandered to the Blue Planet. He is currently unable to connect or does not want to contact the planet where his original body is located."

"So he's willing to work with us, but the balance between us and Merlin is broken, and no one knows what will happen."

After Academician Zhao finished speaking, Zheng Li silently added in his heart, I know.

If the transmission of the trinity of soul, body and memory can be achieved, then there is no doubt that after contacting the Mage Alliance, the Mage Alliance will take over Blue Star in its entirety.

However, under the shackles of technology, the most the mage civilization can do is trade with Blue Star through technology, which is only a transaction at the technical level.

Invading Blue Star from a distance? Not to mention that the mage civilization cannot do it now, even if it can do it, it is not worth the loss.

Zheng Li: "I will seriously consider it, but why did you still use the magic brain?"

"The safety of the Demon Brain depends entirely on Merlin's personal integrity?"

Academician Zhao smiled and said, "At this age, I have already let go of life and death. I just hope to do more things at the end of my life."

"You're different. You're only in your twenties. The length of your life is completely different from us old guys."

What President Zhao didn’t say was that all of their R&D bases were located deep in the mountains, far away from the city.

This is so that if an accident happens, such as losing control of the body, it will not cause too much impact when China wants to eliminate it.

But if Zheng Li used it, he usually was in the city center of Gusu, and it was definitely impossible to carry out large-scale explosions in such a place.

"By the way, I am considered your senior. I graduated from Jiangcheng University, which was fifty years ago. Then I went to Yan University to study for a doctorate."

"When I was your age, the conditions were far less favorable than they are now. I didn't do any experiments when I graduated with my doctorate."

“It was only when I went abroad to study for my doctorate that I was educated in the modern scientific system.”

"I also contributed a lot to the preparation and construction of the medical polymer laboratory where you worked in college."

"Science Biotechnology, a giant in the field of brain-computer connection, was fined a huge amount by the Europa League for suspected monopoly
The latest news from the European Union's antitrust regulator is that it has fined Sinovation Biotech 7.6 million euros (52.83 billion RMB) for hindering its competitors from competing on an equal footing in the field of brain-computer connections.

Sinovation Biotech has the world's most advanced brain-computer connection technology. Previously, there have been reports that the Europa League will impose an antitrust fine on Sinovation Biotech. However, this news was previously denied by relevant officials of the Europa League.

Half a year ago, the European Union's antitrust agency began an antitrust investigation into Ke Chuang Bio.

This is the first time that a Chinese company has been fined for antitrust violations. Chinese companies have never been fined for this reason before.

The Europa League Commission stated that CStone Biotech abused its technological leadership and prohibited more advanced technologies from being open to companies other than CStone Future, and that this behavior seriously affected fairness at the market level.

At present, the reporter has asked the secretary of the board of directors of Kechuang Biotechnology about this matter, and will inform you as soon as there is further news.

The European Commission considers that Biotec’s exclusivity is an abuse of its dominant position.”

After the news broke, it quickly sparked heated discussions on Chinese social media.

"It's over. The market will open much lower tomorrow morning. The market value of 3 trillion is expected to evaporate by 100 to 200 billion."

"This fine is just a drop in the bucket for the 150 billion yuan net profit of Sinovation Biotechnology. Institutions can dump the stock as much as they want, and I will take over if they do.

I am waiting for the opportunity to buy the bottom of core assets such as Kechuang Biotechnology."

“It’s not calculated that way. The Europa League imposed an antitrust fine on Sinovation Biotech, but it’s just a name.

Lithium battery technology is not open to foreign car companies. Does this count as a dragon egg? The Europa League will use this as an excuse to fine you again.

And will other countries impose fines on this ground, not just the Europa League? These are all potential risks.

A net profit of 50 billion is a lot, but we have to consider that the fine imposed by the Europa League this time is billion, and the potential subsequent fines may be close to billion.

Sinovation Biotech is still a good company and a good enterprise, but should its valuation change? "

"The Europa League is a real dog. It treats fines as a business. From Apple, Google to Sinovation Biotech, no company can escape fines. In the final analysis, it's because they are not Europa League companies."

"Can it drop below 700? As long as it drops below 700, I'll be waiting to buy at the bottom."

Kechuang Biopharma previously split its shares into 10 for 1.

"It is obvious that the fine was imposed under the pretext of antitrust. You should not regard the fine imposed by the Europa League in the name of antitrust as a fine, it is a tax.

But it still doesn’t make sense. Internet giants operate in the European Union, providing a small number of jobs and making huge profits, while paying very low taxes in various ways.

The Europa League is very dissatisfied with this situation, so it imposed a fine on the grounds of antitrust, which is equivalent to protection money for the giants.

Ke Chuang Biotechnology makes products, and its brain-computer interface VR has already paid taxes when it entered the European Union. This fine is different from the fines for the Internet.

This is like you making so much money from me, but not leaving me any jobs or investments.

It's still bandit logic after all.

Another very important point is that behind Ke Chuang Biotechnology there is Chinese private capital, state-owned capital, American capital, and even Singapore capital, but there is no European Union capital behind it.

Although the largest fund from the European Union has been buying shares in CStone Biotech since its listing, it is nothing compared to the 5% stake in CStone Biotech's Series B investment.

You don't provide any jobs for the European Union, and you don't have European capital behind you, so it would be strange if they didn't target you.

It’s not easy for Kechuang Bio to drag on for so long.”

This news can be considered both financial and social consultation, but compared to platforms such as Weibo and public accounts, the stock forum is much more objective.

After all, investment is linked to your real money, and the market will give the answer whether it makes sense or not.

At the same time, as the undisputed leader of the Science and Technology Innovation Board, the original price of Kechuang Bio was too high, making it impossible for retail investors to participate.

After the share capital was split, the price of one lot was pushed down to less than 100,000, and the difficulty of participation was greatly reduced. Most retail investors who opened the Science and Technology Innovation Board would buy a little more or less.

Therefore, after the news came out, discussions on platforms such as Guba and Xueqiu were extremely heated.

Among them, Duan Yongping has been active on Snowball for many years. He is the behind-the-scenes boss of OPPO and VIVO, and is also an investor in the primary and secondary markets. It is rumored that he holds 4% of Apple's shares.

After the news came out, Duan Yongping only commented on Xueqiu:
"The more the price of Sinovation Biopharmaceuticals falls, the more I buy. The valuation of 3 trillion RMB is far from the top of Sinovation Biopharmaceuticals. From a future perspective, now is the absolute bottom."

As soon as the big boss' words came out, the optimism in the hearts of retail investors took over their minds again, and the pessimism disappeared without a trace.

"Three trillion RMB? Three trillion USD is about right!"

"The VR ecosystem of Kechuang Biotechnology has been initially successfully built. This is the prototype of the future metaverse. It is no problem for its stock price to be comparable to Apple."

"The market value of Sinovation Biotechnology is similar to that of FB, but its potential is much higher than that of FB. The fine from the Europa League is just a small negative, not even a small negative."

There was a cheerful atmosphere below Duan Yongping's comments.

After the meeting on this matter at Kechuang Biotech, Li Miaomiao found Zheng Li to report on his work:
"The Europa League's fine is a complete fabrication. We intend to appeal to the League Court. At the same time, the legal department needs to introduce a group of lawyers with rich experience in international law."

“Although these lawyers now have impressive resumes, very few of them have real experience in international law. We plan to recruit people from Huawei’s legal department.”

"In addition, we need to open up lithium battery technology to the outside world, but only to other consumer electronics products."

"The second generation of graphene coating manufacturing equipment can be launched on the market."

Previously, the first generation of graphene coating equipment launched by Kechuang Biotechnology could only work on lithium metal positive electrodes of a specific shape.

Therefore, the battery cannot be used in consumer electronic products such as mobile phones and tablets.

The second-generation graphene coating equipment has more functions and can customize the coating shape.

"Firstly, now is the right time to upgrade the product, and secondly, to avoid possible antitrust fines in the future."

"We keep our automotive-grade batteries closed to the outside world, but we open up our consumer-grade battery technology."

The idea of ​​CStone Bio's executives is to use this to avoid accusations of monopoly.

Previously, Kechuang Bio's lithium battery technology was only open to domestic car companies in China, which has been criticized by many foreign media.

Attacks at the public opinion level are not powerful, but antitrust fines are still very powerful.

Moreover, in their view, brain-computer connection technology and endorphins are open to the outside world, and it is completely possible to license lithium battery technology to the outside world at the consumer electronics level.

Consumer electronics batteries are a market that is no less important than that of new energy vehicles.

Relying on consumer electronics, the revenue and profits of Kechuang Bio's new energy sector will double this year.

After listening to this, Zheng Li said: "In fact, whether we have a monopoly or not is up to the other party to decide."

"Even if we open up, the Europa League will still find reasons to fine us."

Li Miaomiao nodded and said, "Yes, we did only what we could do."

Cheng Gang retired internally due to age reasons. When he left, Zheng Li happened to return to China and held a resignation ceremony for him in the country.

After Cheng Gang left, Li Miaomiao became the general manager of Kechuang Bio, with the suffix "interim" behind him.

If she is capable of doing the job, she will naturally do it, but if not, we will have to find someone else.

"But the current situation means that many things cannot be changed by personal will."

"We need to sell our products all over the world, and our technology cannot be limited to the Chinese market."

"The fine imposed by the Europa League is within our tolerance range. So far, our revenue within the Europa League has exceeded 100 billion RMB."

"A fine of five billion is expensive, but compared to what we have gained, it seems worth it for now."

The longer Li Miaomiao worked as a senior executive in a manufacturing and R&D-related conglomerate, the more rational he became.

If she were just in college, she would definitely think it would be better not to enter this market.

But when she really has to take responsibility for the company and consider tens of thousands of employees, she cannot act on her emotions.

“We cannot survive without the global market.”

"It is impossible to build a complete ecosystem just by relying on the Chinese market."

“Unless we are like Tencent, which only wants to be the leader in the country.”

“The VR ecosystem is becoming increasingly complete, and we may become an indispensable component in the next information age.”

“So there needs to be a proper compromise.”

Li Miaomiao heard the dissatisfaction in Zheng Li's tone and comforted him.

Zheng Li: "These are within your authority, you can decide for yourself."

"Also, I went to study at the Chinese Academy of Sciences some time ago, and I got a lot of inspiration. You need to pay more attention to the company's affairs."

The cloned version of Zheng Li in Suzhou is now completely controlled by the advanced artificial intelligence in the Pacific.

He is more rational than people think they are.

After analyzing this matter, artificial intelligence concluded that it is better to give up fantasy because the appeal will definitely be rejected.

It would be better to pay the fine directly and increase the patent royalties of the Europa League after the endorphin manufacturing patent license expires.

Wouldn't it be better to just go directly to the companies in the European Alliance to recover the losses?

Why bother to struggle for nothing?

Brain-computer connected VR is sold at a premium. It’s not excessive to add a bit of price to a monopoly product.

The argument is that raw materials are rising in price and prices need to be raised appropriately.

Endorphins and morphine-like substances can serve as substitutes, but there is no substitute for brain-computer connection VR.

Batteries for consumer electronics can also be sold at a higher price when sold to European companies.

How can we recover the losses and how can we do it without affecting the enterprise itself?

AI analysis should not be used to fight on the enemy’s battlefield, but to drag them into areas that are familiar to you.

At the opening of the next day, Kechuang Bio opened sharply lower, but the decline narrowed to less than 2 points at the close.

Today, Ma was really awesome. He deliberately threw a smoke bomb to make Alibaba’s stock price open significantly lower, and then he refuted the rumor, narrowing the decline.

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