As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 351 Deterrence
Li Miaomiao was very curious about what Gao Li was planning.

You should know that after Zheng Li's true identity was exposed, many people who wanted to see Zheng Li were turned away.

Many people expressed their willingness to come to Gusu to meet Zheng Li.

Among them, Singapore is the most enthusiastic.

Lion City boasts that it has a deep connection with Zheng Li. Whether it is the Series A financing of Kechuang Biotechnology, Lion City’s national sovereign fund Temasek participated.

Or later Zheng Li stayed in Singapore for more than two years.

All of this made the Singaporean side have hope and a certain urgency in winning over Zheng Li.

The news of the upcoming virtual reality will not only affect Goryeo, but Singapore, as a small country with only one city, will also be greatly affected.

The shrinking global real economy alone, without the Strait of Malacca, would be enough to cause trouble for Singapore.

However, Lion City also enjoyed certain benefits. For example, global asset indicators fluctuated sharply, and as the financial center of Asia, Lion City reaped the benefits.

The financial center is mainly equivalent to earning transaction fees. The sharp fluctuations in asset values ​​lead to frequent transactions of capital, and the market naturally makes money.

Just like the money China earns from stamp duty has long exceeded the deed tax on house transactions.

You should know that in 2021, the stamp duty was about half of the house transaction deed tax. By the first half of 2022, the difference between the stamp duty and the house transaction deed tax was less than %.

Of course, this is also related to the sharp decline in second-hand housing transactions. Compared with the first half of 2021, the deed tax on second-hand housing transactions in the first half of 2022 decreased by 28%, while the stamp duty increased by 11.3%.

Stamp duty increased by 2021% in the first half of 47.3.

Through this example, we can imagine how much money Lion City made when the market fluctuated violently.

But as a transit point for international trade, with physical demand shrinking, how can they make money?

Relying solely on finance is very risky, and if physical trade does not transit through you, your status as a financial center will be shaky.

Although the manufacturing industry in developed countries has been shrinking in recent years, global trade is still flowing.

Products manufactured in developed countries still need to be sold to other countries, and resources from other countries also need to be transported by sea.

Products including those from China are still being supplied to the world.

Therefore, the impact on Lion City is not significant.

Just because the impact was not significant before does not mean that the impact of virtual reality will not be significant.

Lion City’s appetite is much bigger than Korea’s. It hopes to relocate Kechuang Biotechnology as a whole to Lion City, or at least become a Lion City citizen like the wealthy Chinese.

They have full confidence in this regard. From Ali executives in the Internet industry to the boss of Haidilao in the catering industry, there are countless wealthy Chinese who become citizens of Singapore every year.

Why? In fact, there is nothing superior about the system in Singapore. It is nominally elected but in reality hereditary.

The most important thing about Lion City that attracts wealthy Chinese is taxation. There is no inheritance tax, and all income earned by Lion City citizens in countries outside of Lion City is tax-free.

Lion City is a tax haven for the wealthy with even more relaxed policies than Switzerland.

As a result, Lion City has been raising the threshold for investment immigration year after year, from 500 million Singapore dollars to 2000 million Singapore dollars, and now to 5000 million Singapore dollars.

However, what Lion City tried to attract Zheng Li was not the traditional tax policy that attracted wealthy Chinese people, but something else.

“The Goryeo leader just mentioned that they are willing to make up the difference, right?
That means they want to undercut our pricing and try to get VR to everyone.”

Zheng Li nodded: "Yes, the other party asked for compensation for the price difference."

Li Miaomiao fell into deep thought. She knew much more about Goryeo than Zheng Li.

Kechuang Bio faces direct competition with Korean companies in many areas.

For example, Samsung is competing with Samsung in the field of brain-computer interface VR, and Samsung's biopharmaceuticals are also strong in the field of biomedicine.

Since Samsung entered the biopharmaceutical field in 2015, its revenue has maintained a compound growth rate of more than % for many years.

The momentum is fierce.

When Li Miaomiao was taking MBA classes, Samsung was the focus of the teachers' lectures.

In the field of batteries, LG has visited many times, trying to obtain patent authorization for lithium metal positive electrode materials and manufacturing equipment for graphene coatings.

Including when communicating with other entrepreneurs, I have heard a lot about Korean business practices and rumors.

“I think this Goryeo government is going to make a big move.

It is very likely that they are trying to provide virtual reality entertainment to everyone and then rely on national finances to provide basic survival guarantees.

Then we will take action against the chaebols.”

There has always been a misunderstanding about Goryeo in China, as if the chaebols in Goryeo are the biggest and they can do whatever they want.

In fact, the chaebols are still a long way from being omnipotent.

They are simply above the law, not above the government.

Moreover, the power and status of the chaebols have been constantly shaken over the years, and they are getting further and further away from being omnipotent.

For example, before Moon stepped down, the chaebols collectively put pressure on him, trying to get him to release Samsung's imprisoned chairman Lee Jae-yong.

First, the heads of Korea's four major groups, Samsung, LG, Hyundai and SK, told Moon that Lee Jae-yong was crucial to maintaining Korea's semiconductor competitiveness and hoped that he could be pardoned.

Later, the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea came out to lobby in person: As one of the world's largest chip companies, if Samsung does not actively support Biden's plans on chip issues, South Korea's status as a strategic partner of the United States will be threatened.

Even under such pressure, Moon finally withstood the pressure and refused to pardon Lee Jae-yong before leaving office.

It was not until the next leader came to power that Lee Jae-yong was pardoned on the occasion of Liberation Day.

To the lower classes of Goryeo, the power of the chaebols seemed to have no boundaries, but in reality they were still subject to restrictions.

That same year, the Korean chaebol groups, led by Samsung and Lotte, joined forces to put forward a wish list, including reducing corporate income tax and inheritance tax, increasing the work week to 52 hours, and watering down the Serious Accident Penalty Act.

In fact, the illusion that chaebols are omnipotent was almost entirely created by Lee Myung-bak. As soon as he came to power, he pardoned Samsung's chairman Lee Kun-hee and then relaxed restrictions on companies entering the financial industry.

Let the chaebols become increasingly powerful.

By 2031, Goryeo is only one step away from taking action against the chaebols.

Li Miaomiao was not very clear about this level of details. She just inferred what the other party wanted to do based on his demands.

Plus, the Justice Party is an extreme left faction.

Li Miaomiao often sees in the news that the current Goryeo government is taking action against the chaebols again.

"But whether they can succeed is still a question. The chaebols have Wall Street capital behind them, so it's not that easy to deal with them."

An important reason why the chaebols are above the law is that they are managers who make money for Wall Street.

Taking Samsung as an example, the shareholding ratio of foreign investors has remained stable, fluctuating around 50%.

In the past decade, Samsung has repeatedly issued overseas bonds in its own name, and used the funds raised from overseas bonds to expand the production capacity of its factories in America.

It's the master's job.

“It is estimated that we will be able to see the results of their game in the next six months.

There are so many things going on lately, with all the cooperation agreements, I feel like even if I were divided into ten people, it wouldn't be enough. I finally understand why you gave me the Magic Brain. With this level of work intensity, if I hadn't used the Magic Brain, I would have died suddenly."

Zheng Li smiled and said, "I will assign some AI authority to you. You can let AI review some administrative tasks. It is less likely to make mistakes than you."

Li Miaomiao never knew that Zheng Li also had artificial intelligence. She asked curiously, "Artificial intelligence? To what extent can it be achieved?"
Compared with the artificial intelligence currently on the market?
The one I use the most is WPS's manual proofreading AI, which can even give contract advice from a legal perspective.

I feel like our corporate legal staff are not far from being unemployed.”

In recent years, the development of artificial intelligence has not only been limited to the B-side, but has also been developing rapidly on the C-side.

Since the concept of artificial intelligence became popular in 2016, many large companies have launched their own artificial intelligence, and the functions have mainly focused on conversation and chat.

Like Microsoft Xiaobing, Apple's Siri, Qiandu's Xiaodu, etc., some applications gradually began to appear, and Qiandu launched an artificial intelligence that can automatically write manuscripts.

By the 1930s of the 21st century, the application of artificial intelligence became more extensive and popular.

So much so that teachers repeatedly emphasized that artificial intelligence should not be used to help you write essays.

Because when it comes to topical essays, artificial intelligence can write better than ordinary students.

The sense of crisis felt by Qidian's full-time online writers does not come from their peers, but from artificial intelligence. Everyone is guessing when artificial intelligence that can write online articles will be born.

The document proofreading artificial intelligence launched by WPS is based on the previously available document proofreading function, using artificial intelligence-related algorithms and combined with WPS's massive data feed.

As for why they don’t use Office, it’s mainly because WPS directly set up their system in Ke Chuang Bio’s data center.

It is also deeply nested into the office system of Ke Chuang Biotechnology.

That is to say, any data generated by Kechuang Biotechnology using WPS will be saved in their local server and will not be transmitted to Kingsoft's database.

The larger the enterprise, the higher the requirements for confidentiality and information security.

This is just a general situation. It is not ruled out that the management of a few large enterprises is also like a makeshift team.

“You can think of it as a real secretary. I will ask it to add your WeChat account, and then you can send your work directly to it on WeChat.

It will help you deal with it. "Zheng Li explained.

Li Miaomiao asked: "Real person?
From small things like making reservations at restaurants, finding restaurants that satisfy me based on my description, to big things like writing speeches, can he do it? "

The artificial intelligence assistant that Zheng Li gave me makes me excited just thinking about it.

Li Miaomiao wanted to ask as clearly as possible.

Zheng Li nodded and said, “That’s right.

For example, when it comes to speech drafts, you have to show him your previous speeches so that he can have a basic understanding of your speaking style.

Then there will definitely be no problem with booking a seat.

But it is impossible to be 100% satisfied.”

Li Miaomiao: “I was just joking.

I'll go experience it first.

Although I have a whole team of secretaries, many tasks are difficult to assign to them because they involve confidential documents.

Now that we have artificial intelligence, I can get rid of most of the clerical work.”

Li Miaomiao never worried that Tencent would dare to read her chat records.

Because when she accidentally communicated with people from China, she learned that the chat history between her and Zheng Li could not be found in the database of WeChat background.

Li Miaomiao knew that this must be Zheng Li's operation, so when communicating with artificial intelligence, there must be similar information security measures to support it.

After some thought, Zheng Li raised his own question:
"I could clearly feel that the Korean official who just met me did not want virtual reality technology to be born.

Why didn't they resort to violence against me, like assassination?

I can see on the Internet that many people, from organizations to individuals, are resentful of virtual reality.

They believe that it has affected their lives and caused their wealth to shrink seriously.

When our brain-computer interface phone was first launched, someone tried to hack into our R&D center in Singapore.

Why doesn't anyone do this anymore?

From my observation of Blue Star’s history, Blue Star people have never shied away from using violence.”

Li Miaomiao thought for a moment and replied, "Because the risk and benefit are not proportional.

First of all, you are a mage, a real mage, different from other mages on Blue Star.

No one knows what means are needed to kill you.

And whether it can actually kill you physically.

For example, at the Nobel Prize ceremony before, it was obvious that you were parasitic on that person and then left.

No one knows whether Zheng Li is your real identity.

Or everyone thinks that there is a 99% chance that Zheng Li is not your real identity.

As for where your true body is, no one knows.

And you are a threat to everyone.

The risks involved are extremely high and the benefits are completely unknown.

No organization with a bit of common sense would do such a thankless task.

As for the desperate criminals who dare to take action, they cannot enter China.

Another very important reason is that, in the eyes of other countries, you and China have reached a cooperative relationship to some extent.

Even America cannot afford the risk of offending China and a wizard whose exact capabilities are unknown at the same time.

With their example, no one dared to follow suit. "

Li Miaomiao continued: "To put it bluntly, it's deterrence. Your deterrence is here.

If the people they send to do the dirty work fail to kill you, they themselves will be killed.

Those in power will not take such risks.

Your attack transcends spatial dimensions."

Because of this, even though American knew Zheng Li's true identity, he only dared to obtain the life-extending potion through negotiation.

Even though they are extremely eager to prolong their lifespan.

That’s the benefit of successful deterrence.

Deterrence means making others feel truly afraid, not just verbal threats.

(End of this chapter)