Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 659: The short drama portrays China as incredibly developed.

The report on Galaxy Security's operations in Africa quickly reached Xu Shenxue, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Galaxy Security encounters various enemies every year. In the early years, a large-scale conflict broke out in the semiconductor field. After Xu Shenxue reached a verbal settlement agreement with several American conglomerates, things calmed down for a few years. However, in the last two years, as the companies under Xu Shenxue's control have developed more rapidly, they have opened up and occupied many new businesses.

A range of intelligent electric vehicles, solid-state batteries, intelligent robots, virtual devices, and semiconductor computing chips, all powered by artificial intelligence, have aroused envy and resentment among many competitors.

Recently, Zhiyun Group released a superconducting quantum computer, completely ushering in the era of quantum computing.

Meanwhile, Galaxy Life developed the ARE78 drug. After several years of clinical trials proving its reliability and safety, the drug was made available to sponsors this spring... This has greatly stirred up the sensitive nerves of major conglomerates.

After seeing or even personally experiencing the significant improvement in bodily functions brought about by the ARE78 drug, many people can't help but wonder: what would it be like if they could control such a powerful weapon as the ARE78 drug?
After all, few elderly people can resist the temptation to regain their strength and health!

For elderly people who have experienced the difficulties of moving around and being out of breath after taking just a few steps, the feeling of regaining a healthy body with significantly restored bodily functions, even if it's just being able to walk on their own, is extremely intense.

This feeling is similar to a disabled person who was unable to walk being able to stand up and walk again; or a blind person regaining their sight!

Once you've tried it, you'll never tolerate reverting to an old and frail state!

This is especially true for the super-rich who have more money than they can spend and wield enormous influence in various fields, and even for the heads of conglomerates.

They wanted to have control over the ARE78 drug themselves... even if it was just to ensure they could use it.

After all, Xu Shenxue is not an easy person to talk to. Right now, they are allowed to use him, but who knows what will happen in the future, especially given that there are huge conflicts of interest between the two sides in many areas.

They didn't want Xu Shenxue to have leverage over them and use it to threaten them!
This is why Galactic Life has been frequently spyed on recently, and even the existence of the Eighth Research Institute has been uncovered, with mercenaries even attempting to kidnap scientists from the Eighth Research Institute.

They also wanted to obtain the ARE78 drug.

In response to this situation, Galaxy Security also launched a strong counterattack!
The counterattack launched by the Galaxy Security personnel stationed at the Eighth Research Institute was only part of a series of recent counterattacks by Galaxy Security.

Xu Shenxue must launch a strong counterattack against the hostile forces that have recently been spying on the ARE78 project from external forces, and tell them: all of this will be in vain, and you can forget about getting the secrets of the ARE78 project!
The ARE78 drug holds an extremely important strategic position in Xu Shenxue's strategic plan... Currently, it is open to all funders, in order to give them some incentive... If the ARE78 drug is to play a more significant role, at least these super-rich individuals and conglomerate leaders need to experience the effects of rejuvenation.

Otherwise, relying solely on clinical trials and various data and evidence is useless. People will only become dependent on it after they have used and experienced it!
In particular, ARE78 is not a one-time treatment. To maintain and improve bodily functions, it is necessary to take ARE78 continuously... and even adjust the medication every year according to the body's condition.

If a major conflict were to break out between a conglomerate and Xu Shenxue one day, it would be highly likely that Xu Shenxue would order the medication to be stopped immediately.

This is a strategic weapon that can coerce or even threaten most of the super-rich and the heads of conglomerates, and it is more effective than nuclear bombs... After all, nuclear bombs are just for show; unless someone is completely insane, they won't use them.

But if ARE78 is discontinued, then it's over...

This is far more effective than any industrial blockade or technological restrictions... No matter how fierce the industrial competition is, it will not affect the power and enjoyment of these conglomerate tycoons in the slightest!
Each conglomerate is a highly diversified behemoth with its tentacles reaching into every corner of society... Apart from war, it is virtually impossible to inflict any real damage on these conglomerates that are deeply rooted in society.

To put it simply, although the Zhiyun Group and some of its large subsidiaries seem to be locked in fierce competition, which has actually led to the poor management of many of their businesses, and even the bankruptcy of some, it does not affect their daily lives in the slightest...

The actual impact of this so-called business competition and industry competition on them personally is not even as great as the death of a dog he has raised for many years!

Moreover, if they operate well, they can short-sell the company before it goes bankrupt, and they can make even more money.

Money, once it reaches a certain level, doesn't really mean much to these conglomerate leaders... it's just a tool to extend their influence.

However, physical health can greatly affect his quality of life... which is much more important than hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars.

Therefore, the ARE78 drug holds immense strategic significance for a small group of people within the world's elite circles...

Xu Shenxue's current refusal to use ARE78 to threaten others does not mean he will not use ARE78 to threaten others in the future.

It's just a matter of whether the benefits are sufficient, whether the timing is right, and whether it's worthwhile for him to use this top trump card!

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Someone wanted to seize ARE78, but Xu Shenxue didn't want to give it up, which inevitably led to a series of conflicts surrounding the ARE78 drug.

Xu Shenxue also believed that Galaxy Security could ensure the confidentiality of ARE78's technology. After all, over the years, Galaxy Security had already established a mature set of countermeasures and had the manpower, money, and equipment to handle the situation.

It's common for there to be some playful fighting around at Galaxy Security, and Xu Shenxue doesn't interfere too much with their daily operations. So he just glances at the reports that come in and doesn't interfere further.

After reviewing Galaxy Security's report, Xu Shenxue busied himself with other matters.

There are a lot of documents today, and he needs to review them all... The things that are sent to him are all quite important, and there's no way to let anyone else handle them.

After reviewing the backlog of documents, Xu Shenxue took a short break and then went to the small conference room for a brief meeting.

The meeting participants were mainly from Yihai Technology Group, as well as the management of Kuaipao Technology. These two internet companies are the largest internet companies under Xu Shenxue's control.

Yihai Technology needs no introduction, while Kuaipao Technology is a rather unique company, with ride-hailing and food delivery as its core businesses, and also developing some community life-related businesses as a sideline.

The reason why Kuaipao Technology is considered special is because its domestic ride-hailing and food delivery businesses are public welfare-related businesses... As the company's boss, Xu Shenxue directly required that these two core businesses not be profit-oriented, but rather focused on providing temporary employment opportunities to the greatest extent possible.

Therefore, Kuaipao Technology's ride-hailing drivers and food delivery riders are relatively beginner-friendly, providing people with a temporary transitional job after graduation or unemployment. However, they are not very welcoming to do this job long-term. But if the other party wants to do it long-term, that's fine, but the income will not increase as you become more skilled or deliver more orders.

Once you exceed a certain number of orders, the system will restrict you from accepting high-quality orders and instead assign you some thankless and difficult orders.

Because under Xu Shenxue's leadership, these two major business segments of Kuaipao Technology were not intended to provide people with long-term jobs, but rather to serve as temporary employment opportunities.

If a middle-aged man loses his job and can't find a suitable job for a while, he can work as a ride-hailing driver for a year or two. During this period, he will have more orders, and the orders will be of higher quality, so his income will be decent enough to continue supporting his family's living expenses.

However, after a year, the system will gradually reduce his dispatch weight, reduce his income, and tell him: it's time to find a job, don't think about driving for ride-hailing services for the rest of your life...

As for why, it's because there's a whole bunch of newly unemployed, middle-aged people waiting for good orders to support their families.

The same applies to food delivery. If a recent graduate can't find a suitable job right away, Kuaipao Technology welcomes him to deliver food. He can come and work for us for three to five months, or even a year... But you can't keep doing it. If you keep doing it, the system will continuously lower the order weight, causing your income to drop continuously.

In the end, even if you work yourself to death delivering food for more than ten hours, and drive your electric scooter like crazy, you'll only earn four or five thousand yuan at most... The system won't give you any high-quality orders; all the high-quality orders will go to newcomers.

As for why, it's because every year there are tens of millions of new graduates with various academic qualifications, some of whom will not be able to find suitable jobs in a short period of time, or some who are unemployed and cannot find suitable jobs... These people need part-time, flexible jobs like food delivery more in the short term.

While delivering food or driving for ride-hailing services, people are also looking for other jobs... This is the message that Kuaipao Technology is sending to all ride-hailing drivers and food delivery workers, rather than encouraging them to deliver food or drive for ride-hailing services for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, Kuaipao Technology emphasizes 'temporary employment positions,' which is somewhat like providing emergency relief but not long-term support...

Of course, if no more unemployed people join a region, the system will naturally allocate better orders to existing experienced delivery drivers and ride-hailing drivers. However, if there are many new people joining, the system will favor the newcomers.

Kuaipao Technology's two core businesses in China lean towards public welfare and are not profit-driven, but that doesn't mean they don't make money... in fact, they do.

For example, ride-hailing and food delivery services overseas don't focus on public welfare or temporary employment; they operate purely as a business model, and in some countries with high market share, their profitability is quite considerable.

In addition, Kuaipao Technology also uses its two core businesses, ride-hailing and food delivery, to attract users and then develop community life services, such as community e-commerce, home appliance repair, recruitment, and second-hand goods trading, which are all quite profitable.

However, overall, Kuaipao Technology is mainly focused on public welfare and does not pursue profits. The boss, Xu Shenxue, has said that Kuaipao Technology will not go public or distribute dividends... It is enough to continue to provide these temporary jobs.

If other capital wants to enter the ride-hailing and food delivery industries to make money... Xu Shenxue will show them what real capital is!

From the very beginning until now, there have always been other investors trying to make money in these two industries, but they have almost all ended up losing everything.

Kuaipao Technology can operate without making money, and even continue to lose money, because its boss is Xu Shenxue. Other competitors, however, cannot. Even if they want to admit defeat and sell their companies to Kuaipao Technology in the end, Xu Shenxue will not take over their businesses, and they will not be able to get back a single penny of their investment.

Kuaipao Technology is a manifestation of Xu Shenxue's commitment to social responsibility...

Yihai Technology Group also plays a core role under Xu Shenxue, namely controlling advertising and promotion channels, as well as carrying out some cultural exports... Oh, and they also get involved in cross-border e-commerce, helping domestic small and medium-sized enterprises to export their products.

As for the other businesses within Yihai Technology Group, including the virtual game business that some of Yihai Technology Group's senior management cares about, as well as traditional mobile games, PC games, and other game businesses, Xu Shenxue considers them all incidental and doesn't care much about them.

After all, even without a massive virtual game like 'Mortal', there will still be other virtual games like Magic Blade and so on, so it won't affect the development of virtual devices or the virtual content ecosystem.

The purpose of calling together some senior management from these two internet companies today is not to discuss revenue or profits, but to talk about some of the core tasks undertaken by these two companies.

The CEO of Kuaipao Technology mainly reported on how many temporary jobs were created in the first three months of the year, how many graduates were hired, and how many unemployed middle-aged people were absorbed.

Huang Jianian of Yihai Technology avoided discussing core revenue streams such as games and advertising, instead focusing on the cultural and entertainment industry under Yihai Technology in the past few months, highlighting how many cultural products and phenomena have been exported to various parts of the world through TikTok, a global video platform.

One minute they're talking about high-quality positive content from within China, how many people around the world have watched it, and how many likes and comments it has garnered.

Then they talked about how, starting last year, the short dramas produced under the company's leadership have developed extremely rapidly in some overseas markets, saying that modern urban and science-themed dramas are very popular, and so on...

Yihai Technology's short dramas have never been for making money, but for promotion... A typical example is that a series of short dramas led by Yihai Technology for the overseas market, whether they are filmed domestically or by domestic teams overseas, are all based on modern urban backgrounds and never do anything like period dramas or other messy things!

Because these period dramas and similar themes are not set in modern cities, they cannot be promoted... As for so-called traditional culture, Xu Shenxue has never been interested in promoting traditional culture!
After all, promoting the beauty of Hanfu, the deliciousness of Chinese food, and the awesomeness of kung fu in period dramas won't convince overseas consumers to buy Zhiyun Group's high-tech products...

However, if you present potential overseas consumers with highly developed modern Chinese cities and cutting-edge technology, the effect will be different.

Although some people may question it, and some may refuse to believe it, thinking that this is just Chinese people bragging... it can still influence a portion of the population, giving them the impression that modern Chinese technology is very impressive, and that the products of top Chinese companies such as Zhiyun Group and Hailan Automotive Group are even more impressive.

Gradually change overseas consumers' impression that Chinese products are all inferior, counterfeit, and cheap goods.

Therefore, within the cultural and entertainment division of Yihai Technology Group, both self-produced and invested works share some common characteristics:
For example, the car of a domineering CEO must be an Aquamarine SLC.

And the beautiful assistant next to the domineering CEO always uses a Zhiyun tablet to take notes.

The high-end mobile phones used by the characters in the show must be from the Zhiyun S series.

In the homes of various characters, there will always be intelligent robots, which have replaced the role of nannies.

The background of the scenes is always a glamorous, modern, high-tech city: skyscrapers, wide roads, polite queues, the villas and apartments where the protagonist lives, the luxury cars he drives, and the various top-of-the-line high-tech products he uses!

Furthermore, a wide range of modern domestic technological facilities will emerge, such as mobile payment and drone applications.

After watching one of these short dramas, besides being deeply impressed by the melodramatic plot and wanting to curse, viewers will also form an impression that, although never explicitly stated, is implied everywhere: Modern China is truly damn advanced...

Even many overseas housewives, after watching these short dramas, felt: "China is so developed! The cities there are beautiful, the air is fresh, the people are very civilized, and they are really rich. Even ordinary workers can afford to live in large apartments, drive luxury cars, and use robots..."

So much so that after watching these short dramas, some people would go to social media platforms to ask: "China looks so developed in these short dramas, is it real? Is China really that developed?"
Well, there really are such amazing urban corners in China, and such amazing technological products.

But you can't completely trust movies and TV shows...

It doesn't matter if many people overseas question or disbelieve these cultural exports.

As long as these impressions are consistently conveyed year after year, even if it can't change the stubborn minds of the older generation overseas, it's relatively easy to change the minds of their teenagers... When they grow up in an environment surrounded by China, they will naturally form the impression that Chinese products are awesome.

When I was planning to treat myself to a flagship phone after graduating and starting work, the first thing that came to mind was the Zhiyun S series phone...

When I finally save up enough money to buy a new car, the first thing that comes to mind is Hailan Auto, or at the very least, Ella Auto.

When I don't want to do housework, the first thing that comes to mind is the intelligent robot from Zhiyun Group.

When I want to play games, the first thing that comes to mind is to buy Zhiyun's virtual equipment to play virtual games.

Yihai Technology Group has been focusing on cultural export for over a decade, and now it's time to reap the rewards...

Not only have overseas product sales increased, but also, due to the sustained and long-term influence of cultural exports, there are more overseas tourists visiting China.

Everyone says China is so developed, I have to go and see for myself.

When they arrived, they mostly landed in one of China's first-tier cities, and they were immediately awestruck by those cities...

Foreign tourists, especially those visiting Shenzhen for the first time, often feel as if they have suddenly traveled to a futuristic sci-fi city, and may even feel apprehensive, similar to Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden... because Shenzhen, with its top companies like Zhuyun Group, is already too developed for them!

Why do so many films and TV series, especially short dramas, like to film on location in Shenzhen, particularly in the Qian Shan area where the headquarters of Zhiyun Group is located? Because this place is really developed!
After seeing these real-life scenes, one might even think that the China they see in movies and TV dramas is not as good as the China in reality...

It's understandable that they have this idea; this area is home to countless top companies, boasts the highest output value globally, and is at the forefront of global technology.

Furthermore, the area where the Zhiyun Group headquarters is located has such a large amount of money that the infrastructure development is somewhat overly advanced...

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Yihai Technology Group's core mission is to instill in overseas consumers and potential consumers the impression that modern China is highly developed, Chinese technology is amazing, and Zhiyun products are even more amazing.

Huang Jianian has always done very well in this field... He's not only good at making games, but also at creating cultural products.

Xu Shenxue also expressed his approval of Huang Jianian's work performance!
(End of this chapter)