As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 299 Half of the Country (asking for monthly tickets!)
No matter who comes, it would be difficult for them to remain true to themselves in the face of flattery from the bigwigs.

Not to mention the flattery from the big guys, even if I just got first in the class, I would be flattered for several days by the flattery from my classmates.

But artificial intelligence does not have human emotions.

The artificial intelligence that Zheng Li developed is at most on the verge of intermediate artificial intelligence, and is still a long way from possessing human emotions.

Therefore, Zheng Li, who was hosted by artificial intelligence, responded to the flattery of the big guys politely and with distance.

“I heard about Zheng Li among our group of people very late.

I didn’t hear about Zheng Li until the brain-computer interface with mobile phones came out.

At that time, I saw that brain-computer connection technology had actually been implemented, and at first I thought it was American technology.

At that time, I was impressed that American's brain-computer connection technology was so advanced. Are there any similar companies in our country working in this field?

If there is, I would also like to ask Yunfeng Fund to invest.

It turned out that this was a technology developed by our Chinese companies.

It is true that heroes emerge from youth.

Later, I scolded the person in charge of Yunfeng Capital. Why didn’t we participate in the B round of financing for such a good company? "

Yunfeng Capital is an angel investment institution under Ma Yun.

Internet companies like these will participate in the financial industry after reaching a certain scale.

Not just equity investments, but also bonds.

Therefore, the Internet entrepreneurs present here also serve as investors.

It's just the difference between doing it well or badly.

Tencent's investment department has received a lot of attention in the industry because of its good performance.

Since 2019, Yunfeng Capital has invested in many companies in the biopharmaceutical field.

When Cheng Gang participated in the investment in Abogen and Smibio, one of the two lead investment institutions was Yunfeng Capital.

After Ma Yun finished speaking, Zheng Li smiled and said, “At that time, Kechuang Bio was still an unknown company in the industry.

I don’t know that we are normal.”

Zhang Lei came out and said, “Let alone you, even we didn’t catch up with this project at that time.

I was on a business trip in New York, and our head of biopharmaceutical industry investments was in Neon.

During the A round of financing for Kechuang Biotechnology, the bidding was blind throughout the process.

At that time, the person who went there was a deputy, and he did not have enough authority.

Zheng Li produced clinical data on the role of endorphins in treating addiction.

This means that the actual value of scientific and technological innovation will have to be raised to at least one level higher.

The deputy had no say in the matter. He contacted us on the phone about how to estimate the estimate.

The time was too short and we missed this project.

I was very angry after I returned to China because we missed such a good project.

A biopharmaceutical company has a large molecule drug that has a very wide range of applications.

The valuation was less than 3 billion Euros at the time, and I really regret it.

At that time, I comforted myself by saying that there would be opportunities in the future, and I would definitely find a way to lead the investment in the B round of financing.

As a result, the only time Kechuang Bio raised funds from outside was that time, and then it went public directly.

Now the largest holdings of many of our funds are in CSOP Biopharmaceuticals.

Ke Chuang Bio has surpassed Moutai in my heart.

As long as Zheng Li is still in CStone Biotechnology, I will hold a large position in CStone Biotechnology.

Whenever Kechuang Biotech needs money to raise capital, I will definitely participate! "

Zhang Lei's tone was full of regret.

Compared to not knowing about this, it is obviously more regrettable to have an opportunity right in front of you but watch it slip away.

Shen Nanpeng raised his glass and said: "It is useless to regret the missed projects, we need to look forward.

Zhang Lei, let's have a drink. "

After drinking it, he continued, “I also regret missing out on Kechuang Biotech.

I was not in the country at that time.

Later, when Ke Chuang Future was established, I really wanted to invest in this project.

Brain-computer connection and VR, just looking at the three companies behind Ke Chuang Future, I know it will succeed.

I talked to Pony first, and then to Lei Jun.

But none of them were willing to give me a share.”

Sequoia Capital's investment areas are mainly divided into four aspects: biomedicine, advanced manufacturing, consumer media and technology.

Basically covering most industries, the companies invested by Sequoia Capital have one thing in common, which is that they are more in line with the "hard technology" proposed in recent years.

“The ones who are best at making money among us are Pony and Lao Ma.

Zhang Lei, Young and I are engaged in capital operations, mainly investing in projects.

Lao Ma collects taxes and sets up a big supermarket to collect taxes.

Pony makes money from others through various means.

My wife also followed the trend and bought a unit in the Huanyu-Pengcheng project you guys launched recently.

At nearly two million, even I feel it’s expensive for a house near Shenzhen Bay.

But when I went to Huanyu Pengcheng to experience it, I also took a look at the hot second-hand housing market.

I then realized that some of my ideas were no longer in line with the times.

Pony and I are about the same age, and he is at the forefront of the times.”

Pony quickly took over the conversation: "Thank you sister-in-law for your support.

Neil, if you had told me earlier, I would have given you one.

Huanyu Pengcheng was created by my subordinates, I didn't do any work on it.

I definitely can’t think of such a product, I only think about making games.

I only learned about concepts like NFT when my subordinates reported them to me.

Huanyu Pengcheng is also the brainchild of Tencent people.”

“Pony, don’t blame me for being harsh, I’m very interested in the Metaverse and cryptocurrency.

I have also had a deep experience of Huanyu Pengcheng myself.

The houses in virtual real estate are purely speculative. I think they are worthless, or not worth the current price.

What is truly valuable in virtual real estate is commercial real estate, such as shops and office buildings.

These are the things that are truly valuable.”

Zhang Yiming didn't mean to cause trouble for Pony Ma, he really meant it.

He stopped there and didn't say anything more.

Because ByteDance also plans to create a virtual world and sell virtual real estate.

If they say too much now, it would not be good if their ideas were copied by Tencent.

Tencent already had the first-mover advantage.

In Zhang Yiming's vision, ByteDance's virtual city will undergo a cyberpunk transformation on a certain basis.

At the same time, the price of virtual real estate will be set very low, but the price of shops and office buildings will be consistent with that of Huanyu Pengcheng. In addition to Pony Ma and Zhang Yiming, Ali also plans to build a virtual city.

They have reached a relevant cooperation agreement with Hangzhou.

“In fact, the value of virtual real estate lies in consensus. I admit that there are great differences in the functions of homes in virtual real estate compared to real homes.

That is why we created the Universal City of Pengcheng instead of just making up a random city.

In the world of Pengcheng, the value of virtual real estate is highly tied to the real world of Pengcheng.

As long as the value in reality exists, the value of Pengcheng in the universe also exists." Pony retorted.

Pony and Zhang Yiming are old rivals, but their competition in the business world does not affect the harmony on the scene.

Shen Nanpeng tried to smooth things over by saying, "Yiming's view is based on practicality, while Pony's view is based on economics.

What everyone said makes sense.”

Li Yanhong is the type who enjoys watching the fun:

“I also agree with Yiming’s point of view that there is essentially no difference between commercial real estate in the virtual world and commercial real estate in the real world.

In my real shop, I also display goods and complete transactions.

I can also put goods on the shops in the virtual world, and if consumers place an order, they can have the goods delivered online.

At the same time, my office in the virtual world can hold meetings and work remotely, which is also meaningful.

But what about virtual homes?
Could I really live in it?
Unless virtual reality technology becomes a reality, I will be able to have the same feelings living in the virtual world and the real world.

Then I agree with this price.

The current price is indeed a bit high.

Speaking of Pony, when will the store start selling to the public?
Let me know when it goes on sale, and I’ll be there.”

Li Yanhong first criticized and then praised, and he still affirmed the value of virtual real estate.

Ma Yun also said: "I also think that virtual homes only have hype value, but no actual value."

Pony felt unhappy, but he didn't have any good reasons to refute it.

He said openly: "We don't need to argue too much about this issue today, let the market witness whether virtual homes are valuable.

In addition, by the end of this year, commercial real estate in Huanyu Pengcheng will play a new role.

The virtual office building will be on sale to the public at the end of this year, and everyone is welcome to join us.

Our virtual office can simulate the same effect as a real office.

You can experience it then.”

Everyone present was at least a corporate executive, and when they heard Pony speak so confidently, they suddenly became interested.

At this time, Lei Jun said: "I know what the product is. Pony and I have discussed it many times, and it can indeed achieve an effect very close to that of real office work.

I think remote work will become mainstream in the future with the help of this product.

This will save you a lot of money.”

Zhang Chaoyang became nervous and asked quickly, "What product is it?"

Sohu's US stock market value is about 6 million US dollars. The market value of the pig factory, which was established at the same time as it, is as high as billion US dollars, which is times that of Sohu.

Since failing in many fields, it is not an exaggeration to describe Zhang Chaoyang and Sohu as lying flat.

Sohu's income in recent years mainly comes from two sources. One is the game Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils N years ago, and the other is the rental income from Sohu Network Building.

If technology makes remote work mainstream, the rental income of Sohu Network Building will drop sharply.

Zhang Chaoyang thought that if the product made by the other party was really promising, then he might have to consider selling Sohu Network Building.

Seeing that he had successfully changed the subject, Pony said, “Science Future will launch AR glasses based on brain-computer connection technology in the second half of this year.

We will launch an AR glasses version of WeChat for Business on AR glasses.

With the help of this enterprise WeChat and the office buildings in Huanyu Pengcheng, remote work will achieve the same effect as real work. "

Pony also didn't say much. You should know that Ma Yun, who is present here, owns DingTalk, and Zhang Yiming owns Feishu.

They are all old rivals in the enterprise office field.

He doesn't want Tencent's ideas to be copied. I can do this to others, but others can't do this to me.

Plagiarism of ideas is difficult to define from a legal perspective and can only be condemned from a moral perspective.

The problem is that Pony Ma himself doesn't care about moral condemnation, and doesn't think that possible condemnation can prevent direct competitors from copying Tencent's ideas.

Tencent plans to use WeChat for Business as the basis, and users will be able to wear AR glasses to work and see colleagues on the left and right of their workstations.

At the same time, whoever you want to communicate with can have their virtual 3D image appear simultaneously.

Moreover, everyone’s Huanyu Pengcheng account and AR enterprise WeChat account will be bundled together.

When users work remotely in front of their computers, their virtual 3D images will appear synchronously at their workstations in the Huanyu Pengcheng office building.

In other words, it is possible to observe everyone's work status, whether they are using the computer or communicating with employees.

This will avoid the situation where you don't know what your employees are doing when they are working remotely.

At the same time, the camera of AR glasses performs OCR recognition on the user's perspective to determine whether the other party is using a computer.

When a meeting is needed, you can use AR glasses or brain-computer connected VR to hold a meeting in the office building of Huanyu Pengcheng.

Tencent is currently perfecting this entire set of remote working solutions.

"Actually, I've always been curious about what magic is like. Can Zheng Li tell us a little bit about it, these retired or semi-retired people?" Ding Lei is most interested in magic.

Like Zhang Chaoyang, he has always been "unemployed". He is well-known for raising pigs himself, and he is doing well.

However, Ding Lei is a person who runs his business well even though he is not doing his job properly.

Even in the era of mobile Internet, several excellent games have been released, and good products such as NetEase Cloud Music have also been produced.

Compared with Sohu which has no sound at all, it is much better.

After Ding Lei finished his question, everyone at the table fell silent, looking at Zheng Li, waiting to hear his answer.

No one is not interested in magic.

“Magic is magic, and it is different from what you see in movies and TV shows, but it also has similarities.

Due to confidentiality constraints, I am not in a position to reveal more details.

To express our apologies, please have a drink together."

After he finished speaking, the Moutai wine on the table automatically flowed upstream from the bottle and accurately entered everyone's cup.

Filled up everyone.

There is no requirement to finish the meal at a dinner party, and the amount of wine left in each person's glass is uneven.

Zheng Li's precise magic skills left everyone in the room dumbfounded.

At the same time, he became more enthusiastic towards Zheng Li.

After the dinner, everyone went for tea and continued chatting.

They communicated their views and opinions on various aspects including the industry, products, and macroeconomic situation.

Of course, there are also teasing between each other, such as Dongzi’s ignorance of his wife’s beauty, which is a regular feature of the teasing every year.

After the event, Ding Lei organized a group, invited everyone at the dinner to join the group, and then posted the group photo to the group.

One person posted on WeChat Moments: "Today's dinner was very enjoyable and I benefited a lot from everyone's opinions."

Later, a big V took a screenshot of this circle of friends and posted it on Weibo, with the text: "Half of China's Internet."

To be honest, I have never attended a dinner party of this level, so I can only write about it casually.

It’s the end of the month and I’m asking for your monthly vote!
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(End of this chapter)