Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 617 Does he think he's an ancient emperor?

After getting out of the car, Mrs. Xi was still a little dizzy standing in front of the villa gate... Her daughter had followed Xu Shenxue and in such a short time, she had already acquired assets worth 2 billion yuan.

To be honest, this was a bit beyond her comprehension.

She knew about rich people chasing girls. At the school where she used to work, a department head had been involved with several female students. But she heard that he only gave them a small allowance each month and helped them with their studies. Later, it was exposed and became a scandal, forcing the department head to resign.

She had heard of wealthy people to some extent, and at the very least, she had seen some opinions online. With the internet so developed now, there are all sorts of things to say, especially on short video or text-based social networking sites, where you can see many things that shatter your worldview.

A whole bunch of mistresses and lovers have come forward to give their own accounts of how they are treated.

However, this usually only means receiving some living expenses, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. It's much harder to get large assets. You have to go to great lengths to please the person in order to get a house, a car, etc. In most cases, you can live in the house and drive the car, but don't even think about transferring the ownership.

However, on Xi Wanqing's side... two billion yuan, part of which was given by Xu Shenxue's mother.

This doesn't look like a typical mistress at all!

It actually feels more like an ancient boudoir.

Meanwhile, Mr. Xi remained silent for a long time, barely glancing at the villa, his brows furrowed the entire time.

Xi Wanqing glanced at her parents, then stepped forward and took her mother's arm: "Mom, let's go inside. He should be back soon, and we'll see him in a bit!"

Upon entering the villa, one is greeted by a huge, open-plan living room. The modern decor, at first glance, lacks the ornate and elaborate style of traditional Chinese or European designs, appearing rather simple and even spacious, yet still exuding a sense of luxury!

too big……

At this moment, Xu Shenxue upstairs also received the report and learned that Xi Wanqing had returned with her parents. He immediately came down the stairs.

As he came downstairs, a gentle smile appeared on his face: "Uncle and Aunt are here!!"

This smile and even these movements were deliberately practiced by Xu Shenxue based on expert advice.

Primarily used when addressing subordinates at the grassroots level or in public settings, according to experts, this expression, gestures, and appropriate tone of voice can make him appear more approachable and create a better impression, while maintaining his authority.

This is a set of facial expressions and gestures specifically designed for those in positions of power...

Well, when you go out to inspect work, if you don't have dozens of people following you, it's best not to try it... You'll end up with a dog instead of a tiger!

When ordinary people hear you talk like that, they'll think: Who do you think you are, talking to me like that... Get lost.

Even if they don't say it out loud, the audience will feel disgusted or even contemptuous in their hearts.

But... Xu Shenxue's way of saying and doing things makes people feel a sense of friendliness and comfort... Look, even the world's richest man is very kind to me.

Now, Mr. and Mrs. Xi have this feeling... When they first saw Xu Shenxue, they felt that he was very easy-going and not as aloof as they had imagined.

They had initially assumed that someone like Xu Shenxue, the world's richest man with immense influence, would be aloof and disdainful of them.

After Xu Shenxue came down, he immediately started talking to him. Xu Shenxue could also clearly feel that Mr. and Mrs. Xi were a little reserved... This was normal. These days, apart from a few family members, most people would be quite reserved when they saw Xu Shenxue. Very few people could remain calm and composed in front of Xu Shenxue.

This is not to say that Xu Shenxue is difficult to get along with personally, but rather that his status and position are too special. When people come into contact with Xu Shenxue, the first thing that comes to mind is not Xu Shenxue himself, but his long list of titles!

Even if the other party is their own father-in-law and mother-in-law!
Xu Shenxue was already used to this... He had quite a few women and had met his in-laws many times. He had basically met all the parents of the women in Zhihai Garden!

While most people's reactions to him varied, some were better and some were worse, but essentially they were all similar: the other person would easily adopt a subordinate mentality.

The only exception was Lin Yaxian's parents from a few years ago... At that time, although Xu Shenxue had begun to rise to prominence, he hadn't reached the exaggerated level that came later.

Lin Yaxian's parents were also worth billions back then, and their assets were even more than Xu Shenxue's at the time.

Therefore, Lin Yaxian's parents were able to maintain a relatively balanced mindset when communicating with Xu Shenxue.

Of course, even Lin Yaxian's parents changed their attitude towards Xu Shenxue later on; they were no longer the same as before...

Although Mr. and Mrs. Xi were somewhat special, they are still within this category.

When the other party spoke to Xu Shenxue, they unconsciously adopted the mindset of a subordinate... This situation was actually noticed by Xi's father as well.

Damn it, I'm clearly the father-in-law... Even though my daughter is a mistress, she's still a mistress.

Why does he sound like he's talking to a school leader when he speaks like this... No, even the school leaders haven't put this much pressure on him.

Xu Shenxue spoke in a very good manner, with a very friendly tone and very casual conversation.

But this feeling is very strange.

It felt a bit like a high-ranking official coming to inspect the area and having a casual chat with you... which was very unusual.

So the whole chat scene seemed very strange... It didn't feel like the parents-in-law coming to question you, but rather like a subordinate reporting to work!

After a brief chat, Xu Shenxue noticed that they were a bit reserved, so he made an excuse that he had some things to take care of in his study and told them to continue chatting before going back upstairs.

After Xu Shenxue went upstairs, it was obvious that Mr. and Mrs. Xi breathed a sigh of relief... Xu Shenxue had been putting a lot of pressure on them when he was there.

Although Xu Shenxue appeared very easygoing, he still couldn't help but repeatedly consider his words when speaking to Xi's father and mother, not daring to say anything carelessly.

Now that Xu Shenxue has left, they are relieved.

Xu's mother glanced at the stairs and, seeing Xu Shenxue's figure disappear behind them, lowered her voice and said, "He's always like this. His aura is even greater than our principal's!"

Mr. Xi then said, "In terms of presence, our principal is far inferior to him!"

Xi Wanqing had more or less guessed what Xu Shenxue was doing. He was obviously trying to put some pressure on her parents, something he wouldn't do when they were together normally!
However, she still said, "He's always like this, there's nothing wrong with him, I think it's fine!"

Mrs. Xi muttered, "What's so good about it? It just makes me feel pressured!"

"But this person is impeccable in every way. He's good-looking, mature and steady, and his abilities are top-notch. Now I understand why you're with him. It's hard not to be tempted when someone like that is around!"

"But... well, it's too late to say anything now. You've always been a smart and independent child. You like him, and he treats you well. What else can I say?"

Mr. Xi, standing to the side, said, "Since his mother has approved and his wife has acknowledged it, I won't say anything more. Anyway, I don't know much about the affairs of these super-rich people. Maybe it's just that our ordinary families are different!"

"But one thing you must never suffer injustice. If you are unhappy or feel wronged, just bring your child back home. Your parents will always be your support!"

Upon hearing this, Xi Wanqing immediately smiled and said, "You agree? Thank you, Mom and Dad. Don't worry, I won't suffer any grievances. I'm not going to Zhihai Garden; I live here all by myself!"

"They're just like any other couple on a normal day!"

Zhihai Garden? After hearing this, Mrs. Xi asked a few more questions... and then learned from Xi Wanqing that Zhihai Garden was a large villa community developed by Xu Shenxue. Part of the area was the villa residence of senior management of Zhiyun Group, and another part was the residence of Xu's family.

Not only did Xu Shenxue and his wife, Xu's mother, and Xu Weiwei's family live there, but Xu Shenxue's other women who had given birth to children also lived there.

Then Mr. and Mrs. Xi's worldview was shattered... They had previously thought that their daughter was Xu Shenxue's first mistress, but they never expected that she was just one of more than a dozen mistresses.

There are actually more than a dozen mistresses living in Zhihai Garden!
Xi Wanqing's father was silent for a while: "Does he think he's an ancient emperor? Having multiple wives and concubines?"

Xi Wanqing's mother didn't care. Anyway, her daughter had already followed Xu Shenxue, which was a fait accompli, so what was the point of saying anything?

She was quite curious: "They all live together, so many women, won't they have conflicts or even fights?"

Xi Wanqing wasn't really sure either. Before she went to Zhihai Garden, she often did so, but it was always for work-related matters. She only saw Secretary Li and others a few times.

After following Xu Shenxue, she only went there once during the Chinese New Year to get to know the people there. She didn't really know what life was like for those women in Zhihai Garden, or how they got along.

However, she was very clear about one thing: "There are many houses in Zhihai Garden. They just live in a villa area. They each live in a separate villa with their children. They only get together during holidays."

"I probably don't see them on ordinary days!"

Xi Wanqing was wrong about this. In fact, the women in Zhihai Garden also make friends with each other, otherwise it would be very boring to stay there alone. So some of them who are close friends would get together to play mahjong or do other things on weekdays.

Most importantly, all the women who can live in Zhihai Garden are smart women, none of them are fools... There may be some scheming and backstabbing in private, but there are very few arguments, let alone fights.

After all, no one wants to cause trouble and then be disliked by Xu Shenxue. Downstairs, Xi Wanqing continued chatting with her parents, mostly about Xu Shenxue and his family.

Although they were still a little uncomfortable, Xi Wanqing's parents had accepted the current situation. Anyway, it was already like this, and there was no way to change it. What else could they do? They couldn't really disown their daughter.

Besides, Xu Shenxue is not an ordinary rich man... If an ordinary rich man wanted his daughter to be his mistress, Xi's parents would have thrown a tantrum on the spot.

But this is Xu Shenxue, not just a rich man.

His social status, reputation, and influence have long surpassed the level of a super-rich person... Even today, very few people would consider Xu Shenxue as simply a super-rich person.

Given Xu Shenxue's unique circumstances, it seems quite normal that he has more female companions...

Especially since her own daughter, although a mistress, had gained the approval of Xu Shenxue's mother and the acknowledgment of Xu Shenxue's wife... This was vastly different from the mistresses of ordinary wealthy people.

If I had to give it a specific definition, it would be somewhat similar to a concubine in modern times or a mistress in ancient times.

It's not too shameful for one's own daughter to become a concubine of a top figure like Xu Shenxue!
Of course... the most important thing is that their daughter has her eye on Xu Shenxue, and she even got pregnant before reporting it to the authorities... they don't have any other options.

Ultimately, they still loved Xi Wanqing, and since their daughter liked it, they let her be.

Therefore, their current focus is on how the two of them get along and their future life together.

But all things considered, there doesn't seem to be anything to worry about... Although Xu Shenxue has many women and a legal wife at home, Xi Wanqing doesn't live in Zhihai Garden and doesn't usually meet with them.

This directly reduces potential conflicts by more than half.

Many of the conflicts that occur in everyday relationships between couples and spouses do not exist in the lives of Xu Shenxue and Xi Wanqing.

Most marital conflicts are caused by money; after all, poverty makes life miserable for couples!
Most of the conflicts in a couple's daily life can actually be resolved with money. For example, housework can be largely solved by hiring a housekeeper.

And if one isn't enough, just hire two, so you don't have to worry about housework at all.

The same goes for childcare; hiring a postpartum nanny, a babysitter, or even a professional childcare worker can solve most childcare problems.

With money, there's no need for parents to help take care of the children, allowing the young couple to live on their own and avoid conflicts with their mother-in-law.

Not to mention daily expenses, and even things like the sense of ritual and attitude that many women talk about, ultimately come down to money.

If you want a sense of ceremony, just have your assistant prepare gifts and romantic occasions, or even have an event planning company plan it... You don't even need to remember the important events yourself; your secretary will remind you and arrange everything in advance.

Once you have that sense of ritual, you'll naturally develop the right attitude.

While money can't solve all problems in a marriage, it can at least resolve 90% of everyday issues.

Money? No one on this planet is richer than Xu Shenxue... Xi Wanqing receives several million yuan a month in living expenses from the trust, not even counting the assets given to her investment company and shopping mall.

Without the conflicts caused by these daily trivialities, Xu Shenxue and Xi Wanqing's daily interactions would be simple and easy.

So, after talking to Xi Wanqing for a long time, Xi's mother realized that almost all the problems she was worried about did not exist... She had worried for nothing.

However, since these problems didn't exist, Xi's mother still took Xi Wanqing to look at the house, using the excuse of a walk to have a private chat with her daughter. This left Xi's father alone, lost in thought on the large sofa in the living room.

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The next day, Xu Shenxue went to work as usual, while Xi Wanqing stayed at home chatting with her parents.

When they saw that the convoy consisted of seven or eight cars, Xi's parents were slightly shocked. They also noticed that Xu Shenxue's bodyguard was carrying a gun on his waist...

They had all seen rumors online that Xu Shenxue's bodyguards were armed, but now they finally saw it with their own eyes...

After Xu Shenxue got into the car, the convoy continued on its way and arrived at the company headquarters about half an hour later.

After arriving at the company, Xu Shenxue first handled some routine documents, and then, around 10 o'clock, attended and chaired an expanded meeting of the Virtual Equipment Business Unit.

In these expanded meetings, Xu Shenxue generally doesn't talk about actual business matters... those are things to be discussed in small-scale high-level meetings, and it's not appropriate to talk about them in front of a group of middle managers.

Xu Shenxue talked more about strategy and corporate culture at the meeting, such as emphasizing the need to maintain a research and development orientation and to make key breakthroughs in several areas, especially the research and development of non-invasive brain-computer interface projects, which should be given high priority.

The current virtual device model combining VR glasses and omnidirectional treadmills is still in a relatively primitive stage, and its usage is quite limited.

Otherwise, a top-notch virtual reality game like "Battle Royale" wouldn't have been critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful; it's because the game is too tiring and difficult to play.

Why is it so tiring to play? It's because all the character's actions still require the player to do them themselves... The character's actions in the game are actually a feedback of the player's actions in real life.

This limitation also exists in other virtual games, but other virtual games do not pursue such extreme realism. Instead, they make many clever designs, such as directly designing a flight mode or a teleportation mode... Players can change scenes directly while standing or sitting, making the game easier.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the current virtual devices are still too primitive and far from reaching the level of virtual games that Xu Shenxue desires, which exist in many science fiction works.

To achieve the level of virtual games depicted in science fiction, non-invasive brain-computer interfaces are an indispensable core technology.

This is also a key project for the Virtual Devices Business Unit of Zhiyun Group, with annual R&D investment reaching several billion US dollars.

Non-invasive brain-computer interface technology carries the future market potential of truly virtual devices for the Zhiyun Group, and its importance is self-evident.

At today's meeting, Xu Shenxue emphasized the importance of the project.

Then there are some seemingly general suggestions about company culture... These things may seem useless, but when a company is as large as Zhiyun Group, then things like company culture, which may seem intangible, become quite important.

In many of Xu Shenxue's internal expanded meetings, he actually talked about these rather abstract things... Leading the company's strategic direction and cultural development are actually Xu Shenxue's main daily work.

Having reached the level of success in his career, Xu Shenxue rarely handles specific business matters directly in his daily work. Instead, he focuses more on the company's strategic development, as well as dealing with senior management, rules and regulations, and the building of company culture.

The specific business development is the business of the senior vice presidents and vice presidents.

What Xu Shenxue needs to do is select the right people and put them in the right positions, and let them move forward in the direction he wants to see.

After a mid-level expanded meeting of the Virtual Business Unit, Xu Shenxue sat down for a brief chat with several vice presidents and above of the Virtual Business Unit to learn about the progress of the virtual device business.

After the meeting, Xu Shenxue also met with the heads of two subsidiaries and listened to their performance reports.

Around noon, Xu Shenxue attended a business banquet. Today, senior representatives from out of town were visiting and inspecting the headquarters of Zhiyun Group. Although Xu Shenxue didn't need to accompany them on the specific itinerary, he still had to show his face during the meal.

Of course, in every such occasion, I inevitably get pressured to invest... there's no way to avoid that.

Faced with this situation, Xu Shenxue would assess the circumstances, taking into account local conditions, industrial layout, and the business operations of his numerous subsidiaries, and then arrange a small project to be located there...

As for truly large-scale projects... such as Zhiyun Microelectronics' large semiconductor factory, Weiku Industry's super-large foundry base, and Hailan Auto's large automobile manufacturing base, these kinds of large projects need to be considered based on the overall strategy and cannot be given out casually.

These days, setting up a 3-nanometer or 5-nanometer semiconductor factory requires a huge investment of two or three hundred billion US dollars. Even Zhuyun Microelectronics is very cautious when undertaking such projects, and needs to weigh the options repeatedly before making a decision.

However, in most cases, it's useless to try... because only Tongcheng, Shenzhen, and Jiangcheng have a complete semiconductor supply chain. Below these three cities, Shanghai and Beijing can also be considered to have one.

As for other places, don't expect to get semiconductor projects worth one or two hundred billion US dollars... The supporting facilities and supply chains can't support them.

After a business lunch, Xu Shenxue rested for a short time before returning to work.

Around 3 p.m., he arrived at the Smart Cloud Computing Center in another area of ​​the company headquarters and saw a rather unique computing center system.

What makes it special is that it is the first integrated computing power system developed by Zhiyun Group based on a superconducting quantum computer, an APO graphics card, and a neuromorphic computer.

Although it was just a small-scale experimental system for demonstration purposes, Xu Shenxue was still very interested and even made a special trip to see the prototype in person.

This integrated computing power system represents not only Zhiyun Group, but also the most advanced computing power system currently available to humankind.

This system features low power consumption and combines ultra-high precision computing with good low-precision computing capabilities.

Professor Lin Andong of the AI ​​Research Institute at Zhiyun Group is hoping to use this new generation of integrated computing power system to train the next generation of artificial intelligence.

(End of this chapter)