Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 563 Travel and Driverless Taxi
Ancheng is located in the central inland region, belonging to the traditional Central Plains area. Due to its excellent history, its various cultural atmospheres are relatively prominent.

Xu Shenxue took Lin Yaxian and the three children to wander around Ancheng, visiting museums and some ancient sites, trying to feel the atmosphere of the ancients... although they didn't feel anything at all.

However, the purpose is not for myself to see anything, but more for the children to see, to let them feel the influence of traditional culture and the charm of a long history and civilization!
Many things need to be cultivated from a young age, especially fundamental principles!
Xu Shenxue hopes that his child, both in appearance and in spirit, will be a true Chinese, just like him!
this point is very important!

Because his child with Lin Yaxian is destined not to be an ordinary person in the future... As the child of the world's richest man, although Xu Shenxue may not be able to leave all of his family business to his child in the future, he will at least leave a small part of it.

They will inherit part of Xu Shenxue's assets, as well as his vast network and influence, thus gaining greater social influence than ordinary people... And a person with great social influence who cannot identify with his own nation and country from the bottom of his heart is doomed.

Other ordinary Chinese people may be selfish, worship foreign things, and idolize foreign things... but Xu Shenxue's children cannot be like that, otherwise they will harm themselves and others.

You never know when it might get hung from a streetlight!

As for leaving only a small portion of assets to his children, that's because the majority of Xu Shenxue's assets will ultimately belong to 1.4 billion people!

This has little to do with Xu Shenxue's personal wishes. Rather, it's because, apart from a small portion, the vast majority of Xu Shenxue's enormous personal assets have never truly belonged to him personally; he was merely a custodian...

As for the reason, there's nothing particularly special about it; it's simply because Xu Shenxue's personal assets are just too enormous!

Xu Shenxue doesn't even know how much money he has right now, but the shares of Zhiyun Group that he directly holds and indirectly holds through various fund companies are worth tens of trillions of yuan.

This doesn't even include the value of a whole host of large companies such as Hailan Auto, Yihai Technology, Weiku Electronics, Weiku Industry, Weiku Trading, and Fairy Mountain Holdings!
If you really include that, it's an astronomical figure!
Xu Shenxue's assets are so enormous that it's impossible for anyone other than the current Xu Shenxue to inherit them...

With assets worth hundreds of billions or trillions, someone with a thick skin could claim them as their own... But if Xu Shenxue were to claim assets worth tens or even hundreds of trillions as his own... that would be utter nonsense!

These personal assets, which far exceed the normal range, never belonged to Xu Shenxue; they belonged to all Chinese people, and Xu Shenxue was merely a custodian!
Although Xu Shenxue had a scientific research system and memories from his previous life, which enabled him to build such a massive enterprise, it also required a huge expenditure of social resources!
Xu Shenxue upgraded the industrial chain in many industries, promoted the development of high technology, and then conquered and reaped global benefits.

The reason he was able to succeed so smoothly is because he was never fighting alone; behind him stood 1.4 billion people…

If he relied solely on the scientific research system, Xu Shenxue would have been devoured by those conglomerates long ago, leaving not even a scrap.

Leaving aside the major issues, let's just talk about how a few years ago, Zhiyun Group was forcibly delisted from the US stock market, requiring it to raise more than $200 billion to repurchase its shares... That's more than $200 billion in cash, more than the foreign exchange reserves of most countries!

This money was provided by a consortium of banks at the time, and one can imagine the difficulties and risks involved in raising this sum of cash.

1.4 billion people have entrusted Xu Shenxue with a vast amount of resources to lead them in pursuing development in high-tech fields, boosting employment and tax revenue. However, just because these resources have been entrusted to Xu Shenxue, he cannot treat them as his own...

Xu Shenxue is well aware of his own limitations!

Therefore, his children are destined not to inherit most of his wealth in the future!
However, although he can't inherit most of it, inheriting a small portion is still not a problem... You still have to get paid when you work, right? Xu Shenxue works for 1.4 billion people, so it's normal for him to earn a little over 100 million.

Children who wish to inherit his vast wealth and influence must have sound values ​​and a strong sense of national identity and ethnicity; otherwise, Xu Shenxue would not allow them to inherit his wealth and influence.

Just give him some money he can never spend in a lifetime, then let him squander it and become a spendthrift, so as not to harm himself and others.

The cultivation of a child's values ​​must begin from a young age!
During this family trip in Ancheng after work, Xu Shenxue also took them to visit various traditional cultural sites. Although the children are still young and don't understand too much, there are some things they don't need to understand now... They can gradually learn about them now and understand them naturally when they get older.

In a museum, Lin Yaxian listened with a smile as Xu Shenxue told the children about the deeds of the martyrs.

Although she couldn't fully understand Xu Shenxue's inner thoughts, after being together for so many years, she still believed she knew her husband well...

She felt that the man in front of her was very traditional, even a bit old-fashioned, and believed in the outdated ideas of ancient scholars, emphasizing "when poor, one should cultivate one's own virtue; when successful, one should benefit all under heaven."

Even at home, when no one else is around, during his daily conversations with Lin Yaxian, he often talks about things like employment.

In an effort to boost employment, they launched unprofitable fast-running and food delivery businesses, pouring huge sums of money into them to squeeze out other competitors. Then, they turned these two businesses into public welfare initiatives: no IPO, no dividends, and no profit!

Sometimes they are arrogant, thinking they are great and can help people get more jobs and earn more income!

To build a supply chain, you also need to require supply chain companies to be legal and compliant, and workers' treatment to strictly comply with relevant labor laws.

It is clear that Mingyun Group's robotics technology is so advanced that it can even excel in the field of home robots. If applied to the industrial production field, it can largely replace humans in performing a considerable number of low-end manufacturing jobs.

However, Xu Shenxue told her privately that he would absolutely not use robots in China's labor-intensive industries in the short term, at least until the country completes large-scale industrial upgrading and achieves a highly developed economy...

Because a large number of low-income people in the country need ordinary jobs, the overly advanced industrial robots in the Zhiyun Group would lead to an extremely large wave of unemployment, which is not something he wants to see!

Advanced robotics technology is meant to serve people, not to take their jobs away!

This is a rather idealistic man!
And he's a bit naive, thinking all he does is play with spaceflight and lead humanity to the stars!

Of course, Xu Shenxue himself might not think that way... He just feels that he now has a scientific research system and countless riches, so he is now pursuing things that can satisfy his spiritual needs.

If he were just an ordinary person earning a few thousand yuan a month, he wouldn't do that either. Instead, he would be more rational and strive to create better conditions for himself and his family!

The problem is that Xu Shenxue doesn't earn a few thousand yuan a month; he's the world's richest man!
After leaving the museum, Xu Shenxue, Lin Yaxian, and their three children left by car... Of course, it wasn't just Xu Shenxue's family that left together; there was also a convoy of more than twenty vehicles, half of which belonged to security personnel.

Xu Shenxue was taking his family out for a trip, so security measures couldn't be relaxed; there were quite a few security personnel accompanying them.

In the morning, they visited a museum. In the afternoon, they went to a scenic area. The scenery there was quite nice, with mountains and water, and the overall atmosphere was very well done. Before coming, Xu Shenxue had heard from locals that the scenery here was very beautiful, so he came to see it.

However, since this is a public scenic area, it's not appropriate to offer paid private bookings or anything like that. Therefore, there are other tourists inside as well. Xu Shenxue's group was so large that it naturally attracted the attention of other tourists.

Soon, someone discovered that Xu Shenxue was among this group of people.

Many people tried to run over to watch, and some even took out their phones to take pictures... The security personnel simply formed a human wall to block the tourists' view.

Of course, even so, it doesn't stop a large number of people from shooting videos and even uploading them to the internet... However, most of these videos disappear without a trace after being uploaded to the internet and don't cause any ripples.

Xu Shenxue himself doesn't care much about netizens posting his videos online, after all, he is a public figure and his name appears in various news reports every few days.

However, Xu Shenxue takes good care of protecting the privacy of his family members, especially his younger children!
Some female tourists were quite daring and playful, shouting things like "Chairman Xu, I want to have your baby" outside, which made many people laugh... Even Lin Yaxian laughed when she heard it.

However, with so many people watching and some shouting outside, the younger children were a little frightened... Xu Shenxue did not stay in the public scenic area and quickly left with his family.

"Let's just book the next few scenic spots for a fee to avoid trouble. We won't go to the ones that don't accept paid bookings!" Xu Shenxue instructed.

This is the trouble Xu Shenxue faces when traveling: he easily attracts attention!

Although Xu Shenxue is relatively low-key, he can't really stay low-key no matter what. There are news about him online every day, and he is very well-known, even though he never intended to become so famous... When he appears in public, he easily attracts attention!
This can be considered one of the costs of pursuing a career; he is destined to never live like an ordinary person.

Subsequent sightseeing was relatively simple. Liuhe Investment's logistics department was well-funded and directly contacted those scenic spots to book the entire venue... This made sightseeing much less troublesome. At most, staff members could observe from a distance and take a few more glances, but there were no large crowds of tourists gathering to watch.

After spending a few days in Ancheng, Xu Shenxue ended his trip there. Next, he was going to fly to Shanghai to inspect the city's R&D center and the newly started semiconductor base.

Lin Yaxian and her three children will continue to follow along. Xu Shenxue will still take his family around Shanghai to take a look.

During this business trip, Xu Shenxue visited many places. It was just a routine itinerary... Xu Shenxue would visit various subsidiaries and manufacturing bases in other places every now and then. What he saw with his own eyes was more intuitive than the reports.

Moreover, Xu Shenxue also likes to personally visit these subsidiaries and sit down with the management and scientists of the technical teams to have a better understanding of the technology research and development and the operation of specific businesses.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue travels quite frequently for business trips and inspections!

But since Lin Yaxian brought her child, it's now a combination of work and family trip, which doesn't really matter...

After all, he's not an employee; he doesn't have to follow anyone's arrangements when he goes on business trips, and his schedule is very flexible.

That evening, two Airbus business jets belonging to Zhiyun Aviation landed at Shanghai Airport one after the other!

These two business jets are new aircraft purchased by Zhiyun Aviation. The reason why two large business jets are needed is because Xu Shenxue has a large number of people accompanying him when he travels.

There are dozens of security personnel alone!

Then there were senior executives of the group, and some logistics staff from Liuhe Investment, etc.

Basically, when I go on a business trip to another city, I have more than a hundred people with me. With so many people, even a regular business jet can't accommodate them all.

Previously, Xu Shenxue would travel on Zhiyun Airlines' own business jet, while others would charter commercial airliners to accompany him. Later, because Xu Shenxue traveled more frequently for business, and chartering planes was inconvenient, Zhiyun Airlines simply purchased two Airbus aircraft.

One of them serves as Xu Shenxue's private jet, while the other acts as his accompanying business jet when he travels. When Xu Shenxue is not on a business trip, the other jet is used by the group's other senior executives.

Executives at Zhiyun Group frequently travel by private jet, often with a large team when going abroad, thus requiring the use of such large private jets.

However, after getting off the plane, Xu Shenxue looked back at the two Airbus planes and then thought of the other Gulfstream business jets in Zhiyun Aviation... Although other people's planes are good, it is never so pleasant to fly with them.

From now on, I'll still have to fly on my own plane.

Unfortunately, the domestic civil aviation aircraft industry is still relatively underdeveloped and has not yet reached the stage of large-scale commercial delivery, so Xu Shenxue has money but no way to use it.

However, Xu Shenxue recalled a report he had seen some time ago, which stated that many of Fairy Mountain Holdings' subsidiaries had participated in the technological research and development of domestic civil aircraft, with the core task of providing various materials, which greatly accelerated the progress of domestically produced aircraft.

Xu Shenxue estimated that in another three to five years, he would have the opportunity to fly on a domestically produced business jet.

There's nothing we can do now but fly with someone else.

After getting off the plane and leaving the airport, Xu Shenxue got into his own Blue SLC and finally felt comfortable and stood up.

It's always more comfortable to use things made in our own home!

The Blue SLC he was sitting in was a new generation of bulletproof sedan built for him by Blue Auto. The vehicle's other structure and design were the same as the previous bulletproof Blue SLC specially designed and manufactured for Xu Shenxue, with a body made of a large amount of advanced materials and excellent bulletproof and explosion-proof design.

The biggest difference is the use of a new type of solid-state battery...

Even bulletproof cars, despite their heavy weight, can accommodate a large number of batteries due to their large size, especially given the massive capacity of solid-state batteries.

Therefore, the vehicle's range can still reach a massive 1,200 kilometers.

Furthermore, solid-state batteries are safer; they will not catch fire even in the event of an accident, significantly improving safety.

Furthermore, the level of autonomous driving has been improved. This customized Ocean Blue SLC armored sedan is equipped with the latest Ocean Blue 4.2 driver assistance system... which is the second-generation L4 level autonomous driving technology in Ocean Blue cars!
This second-generation L4T autonomous driving technology represents a significant improvement over the first-generation L4 level driving technology.

Its performance can even be described as science fiction!

Hailan Auto believes that its second-generation L4 level autonomous driving system can achieve fully driverless operation, and can even remove driving equipment such as the steering wheel, so that the driver is not needed and can completely hand over the driving to the artificial intelligence autonomous driving system.

This level of technology is already capable of being deployed on a large scale in the ride-hailing or taxi industry... However, as the saying goes, advanced technology is not necessarily good.

If the performance is just average, then it can be launched on the market anyway, since the impact won't be too great... But Hailan Auto's L4-level autonomous driving technology is too good, so it's not easy to launch it on the market.

Because its performance is so good, it's hard to say it completely replaces drivers, but it can already significantly replace them... This will lead to a large number of ride-hailing drivers losing their jobs!

This doesn't mean a few thousand or tens of thousands of ride-hailing drivers will lose their jobs, but millions of active ride-hailing drivers will lose their jobs. This means that millions of families and tens of millions of people will be affected... The negative impact will be enormous.

So over the years, Hailan Auto has been conducting tests on driverless and autonomous taxis, but it has always been limited to a relatively small scale, with no more than a thousand vehicles deployed in total!
The main purpose is to continuously collect autonomous driving data, rather than to actually expand operations!

If it were to be fully rolled out, Xu Shenxue wouldn't allow this to happen, and Hailan Auto's management wouldn't dare either...

However, some overseas regions are quite interested in Hailan's driverless taxis and want to try it out... For example, in Japan, where there is a severe shortage of drivers, many taxi companies are very interested in Hailan's driverless taxis.

Some European companies are also very interested.

Hylan Automotive and some local European consortia have already begun small-scale testing in Europe... but the resistance is very strong.

Some European conglomerates have had enough of the so-called drivers who strike at the drop of a hat. They want driverless taxis to replace human drivers and then expand their businesses.

However, it is very difficult to implement.

At the same time, there will be a large number of legal licensing issues that are difficult to resolve!

So although the technology is in place, there is still a long way to go before driverless taxis are widely used in these countries.

In response, Hailan Auto's attitude towards the driverless taxi industry in overseas countries is: do whatever you want.

Anyway, I'm just a supplier... If you buy a car from me, I'll sell it; if you don't, it's fine with me. Even if it's a driverless taxi, don't expect me to take any legal responsibility. You can resolve it yourselves!
(End of this chapter)