As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 296 Huaguotong

“When brain-computer interface technology came out, I paid attention to you.

After using a phone with brain-computer connection technology, I think it is a genius invention.

It is exactly the same effect that I want to achieve by connecting the brain-computer to the mobile phone.

Later, Kechuang Biotechnology launched a composite positive electrode material of lithium metal and graphene.

This directly led to the birth of the super lithium battery, which is hailed as an explosive invention in the new energy industry.

But why is super lithium battery technology not open to overseas car companies?
I don't believe it's because of limited production capacity, which I think is the official statement.

Because you will make brain-computer connection technology public, there is no distinction between insiders and outsiders when it comes to brain-computer connection phones, and I don’t think you are a nationalist. "

Musk asked, looking at Zheng Li with burning eyes.

He had indeed been keeping an eye on Zheng Li, just as he said. Not to mention that he had obtained Kechuang Bio's brain-computer connection technology through some underhand means.

Questions like this are a bit complicated for Zheng Li.

He simply asked artificial intelligence to answer the question for him.

Given his personality, he couldn't give a very sharp reply, but the AI ​​was able to refute the other party with arguments and evidence:

"Science Biotechnology has many technologies, and it is normal business practice to license the technologies to others in a graded manner.

This is simply a business operation.

Just like you license Tesla's technology to others, but you never license SpaceX's technology to others."

All of Tesla's patented technologies are licensed free of charge, and the most cited technologies are energy generation and storage, and battery technology.

Few domestic car companies use Tesla's technology. Is it because Tesla's free technology is not useful?
Obviously not, but Tesla has special requirements for the disclosure of its technology, which are quite demanding.

Tesla requires that companies that accept Tesla's free and open patent policy cannot sue Tesla based on any patent or intellectual property rights after using Tesla's patents.

In other words, all intellectual property rights of automobile companies, not just those in the new energy field, are exempted for Tesla.

Musk actually has very good reasons to refute Zheng Li.

He is only the founder and head of SpaceX in name only. In fact, most of SpaceX's technology comes from American officials.

This is a secret that everyone knows but cannot be said openly.

Musk argued: "Because rocket launches and missile launches are similar in terms of underlying logic.

There is a certain degree of sensitivity to SpaceX's technology.

So it is not convenient for us to open up to the outside world.”

Zheng Li replied: "By the same token, super lithium batteries can give drones a much longer endurance.

With the addition of super lithium batteries, the operating radius and endurance of drones will be greatly improved.”

Most drones used as weapons use polymer lithium batteries.

The polymer here mainly refers to the electrolyte, and the lithium battery technology that Zheng Li brought out is mainly the new positive electrode material.

Seeing that Musk was a little overwhelmed, the host on the scene quickly jumped out to ease the atmosphere and said:
“Both of you here have your own understanding of the field of technology licensing.

But this topic is a bit far from the theme of our Internet conference.

I would like to ask you two, what do you think of the Industrial Internet?

I listened to Mr. Zheng’s speech at the opening ceremony this morning. It was very exciting and down-to-earth. I hope to take this opportunity to hear more valuable insights.

Then, Mr. Zheng will first explain his views and opinions on the Industrial Internet?"

Zheng Li nodded and said: "It is still the same as before. The current technology can only support large enterprises to carry out industrial Internet.

Although the Industrial Internet was first mentioned more than a decade ago, it was still more of a concept at that time.”

Ten years before 2026 was 2016, not 2006.

From 2006 to 2016, the speed of technological development seems to have never been faster than in the past decade.

Zheng Li continued: "Even if there were so-called industrial Internet projects at that time.

These are mostly concepts, or similar projects are not economically viable.

Innovation purely for the sake of conceptual innovation.

It was not until recent years that artificial intelligence technology began to mature gradually and people's understanding of data entered a new stage.

Take an English company that we wanted to invest in before. They mainly use engine test data to train artificial intelligence.

Let future artificial intelligence test and tune the engine.

It takes more than ten years of data accumulation to achieve a relatively good result, which is better than human engineers tuning the engine based on experience.

This is the charm of data accumulation.

Similarly, the increasingly widespread use of autonomous trucks in the logistics sector in the past two years is also the result of previously accumulated data slowly starting to take effect.

Therefore, in my opinion, the next ten years or so will be a period of explosive growth for industrial Internet technology.

During this period, the integration between manufacturing and the Internet will become more and more common.

At the beginning, only large enterprises can afford this cost and can afford to do this, using the industrial Internet to achieve certain economic benefits and higher comparative advantages than traditional manual labor.

But as this integration process progresses, technology will sink.

Sooner or later, the industrial Internet will penetrate into small and medium-sized enterprises, which will develop more down-to-earth applications.

This is just like when online shopping was mostly done in cities. As online shopping became more popular, Pinduoduo brought online shopping to counties and rural areas.

Although consumption and manufacturing are two different fields, their underlying logic is consistent.”

It is definitely difficult for Zheng Li to say this himself. What does an alien wizard like him know about the industrial Internet?

Artificial intelligence can read all the papers on the industrial Internet on Blue Planet in less than a second.

Naturally, it can be combined with the situation in China, so that it can be both down-to-earth and look up to the stars.

After listening to this, Li Miaomiao was thinking that Zheng Li actually had such an understanding. He was worthy of being the one who could make her look at him with admiration at critical moments.

Since the time they were still in school, Zheng Li had brought her so many surprises.

Or rather, she often had the feeling that she had never really understood Zheng Li.

Although I can meet Zheng Li every day, there seems to be a huge gap between us.

The host stepped out appropriately to answer the question: “It is clear from what Mr. Zheng said that he has a deep understanding of the Industrial Internet.

I can clearly hear from Mr. Zheng’s speech the future development path of the industrial Internet in China and even the world.

So what does Mr. Musk know about the Industrial Internet? "

Musk boasted: "I think the Industrial Internet will completely change the global supply chain landscape.

The global supply chain will become more specialized.

On the basis of the original supply chain division, the strong will always be strong.

For example, China will consume more than 90% of the world's photovoltaic production capacity and more than 90% of the world's steel production capacity, while Korea and Taiwan will gather most of the world's semiconductor production capacity.

Under such expectations, it will become very difficult for China to achieve a breakthrough in semiconductors.

As for the vast majority of developing countries, they will face the situation where the relocated manufacturing capacity will gradually return, and they can only develop tourism, service industries, agriculture and mining in the future.

Because when the industrial Internet gradually replaces manual labor, the biggest comparative advantage of these developing countries, namely labor costs, will disappear.

Moreover, with the development of communication technology and brain-computer connection VR, the land cost of manufacturing will no longer exist.

For example, in a factory 50 kilometers away from the city, communication technology can achieve near zero latency.

Senior engineers are able to use industrial VR to handle work dozens of kilometers away from their own homes in their own cities.

Land costs will no longer exist in third world countries.

Not to mention that they don't have an advantage in large-scale hydropower.

In the future when the industrial Internet develops on a large scale, energy will play an increasingly important role.”

Musk likes to make shocking statements and he will take things to extremes.

Because only in this way can he attract other people's attention and focus on him.

Especially during the face-to-face conversation with Zheng Li, if he didn’t say something special, he wouldn’t be Musk.

The host lamented: “Such a future is bad news for developing countries.

China is also a developing country.

What do you think we need to do to escape this possible future?"

Musk opened his eyes wide: “No, China considers itself a developing country.

In other words, China is so big that some places are developed countries, some places are developing countries, and even some places are underdeveloped countries.

About seven or eight years ago, Tesla was planning to build a super factory in China.

When selecting the site, our Greater China team did a lot of field research, and I also read a lot of local surveys and studies on China.

In fact, places like the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are no longer developing countries, and their industrial chains are quite complete.

And it is not just the mid- and low-end industrial chains.

Therefore, China does not need to worry about this problem. "

The host asked back: "Didn't you just say that some areas in China are still developing or even underdeveloped?"

Musk asked in return: “Isn’t China’s economic strategy to focus on developing core urban areas?
You will also concentrate your efforts on developing the four core urban areas, while other places will mainly focus on low-end and low-value-added manufacturing industries to ensure employment.

I have a deep feeling that China is very similar to the European Union, just like Eastern Europe is a supplier of talent, resources and markets to Western Europe.

The situation in China is similar. There are no tariff barriers between provinces, and natural resources are allocated uniformly by the central government, which then subsidizes local governments through transfer payments.

This in itself is gradually marginalizing some places from the manufacturing landscape.

In my opinion, China has been doing this all along, but the industrial Internet will naturally accelerate this process in the future.”

The four major urban agglomerations mentioned by Musk are the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and Chengdu-Chongqing.

The most important reason why Chengdu and Chongqing need to develop is that China needs to have sufficient depth.

During World War II, the army retreated to Chongqing at most. The large amount of fiscal transfer payments between Chengdu and Chongqing each year are mainly due to strategic considerations.

Musk knows China very well. Since he made up his mind to invest and build a factory in China in 2018, he has had an in-depth understanding of this country.

Later, Tesla's Shenhai Super Factory had a production capacity accounting for half of Tesla's annual global deliveries.

It can be said that he made great contributions to the soaring market value of Tesla in those years.

Musk once tweeted: "There are so many talented and hardworking people in China who believe in manufacturing."

“They don’t just stay up all night, they’ll work until three in the morning, they won’t even leave the factory, and in America, people are trying to avoid working.”

As the production capacity of Tesla's China factory has expanded over the years, Musk's understanding of China has been improving.

He himself also frequently participates in various summits organized by China and frequently travels to China.

The host wanted to change the subject quickly because what Musk said was very sensitive.

As a CCTV host, she knows exactly what sensitive content is.

"What do you think, Mr. Zheng?"

Here is Zheng Li’s own answer: “I think Mr. Musk’s answer carries a sense of fatalism and absolute belief.

He was only talking about a possibility.

There are other possibilities.

I believe that the development of the industrial Internet will bring material abundance.

If we can achieve breakthroughs in controlled nuclear fusion and energy storage, photovoltaics and other materials, we will be able to see the realization of a high-welfare society on a global scale in our lifetime.”

Zheng Li was in the Mage Alliance before, and he was more in favor of a high welfare society rather than Communism.

Because even if material things could satisfy your desires and give you everything you want, you can't do that.

The consequence of doing this is that not even one percent of individuals can overcome their instincts to work or conduct scientific research.

The host mentioned: "You two are talking about the end point.

That is, it is a relatively complete form after the industrial Internet has developed for a long time.”

“I would like to ask you two, will the Industrial Internet lead to large-scale unemployment in the meantime?

Because I had thought about this question before I came here, and I even went to look up some information.

According to official data, China's manufacturing workforce accounts for 18% of the employed population, second only to agriculture at 20%.

Musk responded: “Definitely.

The development of the industrial Internet can eliminate at least 90 percent of manufacturing jobs.

Take autonomous driving as an example. Amazon previously outsourced 7.5 truck drivers.

Now the number is 3000.

These 3,000 people are no longer working as truck drivers, but are doing some cargo sorting and local delivery.

More than 95 percent of them were laid off.

These 70,000 truck drivers have caused a lot of trouble in California.

Most of them work as Uber drivers or food deliverymen.

Truck drivers still working for Amazon have seen their income drop by 50 percent due to job changes.

Previously their annual income exceeded 100,000 Mi Yuan, but now the figure is 50,000 Mi Yuan.

The impact of the Industrial Internet on individuals is so dramatic and unexpected.”

(End of this chapter)