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Zheng Xiwen's uncertain future is exactly what Richard is looking forward to.

Or rather, he has never looked forward to the future as much as he does now.

Richard was still allowed to work as a welder on the Huaxia construction site, but he only worked half a day each day.

After all, he has an even more important job every day—to show his face on the internet.

Interacting with his fans and reinforcing their impression of him is important to him.

After all, compared to the other two factions, Richard not only lacked political experience but also lacked party support.

Qiao Yu had no intention of having him join either the donkey or the elephant faction; instead, he wanted him to compete for the right to live in the white house as an independent and free individual.

This also means that he is unlikely to receive support from traditional media.

This is where the importance of the internet becomes apparent.

Moreover, at this time, the documentary "Richard's Family" had already become a global hit.

It's truly a global phenomenon, not just at Xida University. Different people can have different feelings watching this documentary.

For the local residents of Western University, especially those living in the Rust Belt like Richard, watching this documentary not only allows them to see their own lives reflected, but also to see hope for the future.

For people from other countries besides the Western University, they can see the real lives of the working class in the American Rust Belt and understand their true thoughts.

Of course, the most important reason for its popularity is the massive push notifications across all platforms.

Influence often feels like an intangible thing, but more often than not, it's quite real.

This probably depends on whether the influential organization or individual has a firm determination to realize that influence.

Clearly, Qiao Yu's Fine Rain Technology has never lacked this kind of determination. Or rather, Fine Rain Technology's style of doing things is not so much like that of China, but more like that of Xida ten years ago.

Totally unreasonable.

In particular, they wield the big stick of sanctions without any mercy, and if they say they will impose a technology ban, then they will impose a technology ban.

Even better. Even if the contract doesn't expire for three years, if Party A does something that displeases Party B during the contract's term, Party B will not hesitate to cut off the technology supply directly.

But abroad, no one dares to say that Xiyu Technology is arrogant. On the contrary, many people believe that Xiyu Technology is acting entirely in accordance with the contract.

After all, after dealing with such matters, Xiyu Technology always publishes the details of the incident on its official website and also discloses the terms of the other party's breach of contract.

Actually, these contracts are quite unfair.

After all, it's hard to imagine that, according to the contract, the right to interpret certain things lies with Party B.

But what to say...

FineRain Technology is a purely B2B company. Simply put, FineRain Technology never deals directly with consumers; its business is all about technology licensing.

Moreover, the partners are all large companies with significant global influence.

Without a doubt, these companies would never audit money in the legal department.

Moreover, negotiations for this level of technology licensing must involve the personal participation of senior company executives, and ultimately, it only becomes effective with the signature of the company's top executive.

Therefore, the fact that the company is willing to sign the contract means that the entire company has accepted the contents of the rights and responsibilities agreement.

Therefore, FineRain Technology acted in accordance with the contract without any problems.

Yes, the saying "After entering the pass, great Confucian scholars will debate the classics for me" has reached its historical peak in this era.

It's not that no one has considered launching an antitrust lawsuit against Xiyu Technology.

But most of these cases end without resolution. After all, China also has laws, and there's always a legal basis for litigation before any lawsuit can be filed.

Exclusive sexual behavior?
No, really no!

FineRain Technology has never used its dominant position to restrict other companies from entering its research field.

However, the patented technologies provided by FineRain Technology are mostly high-end, and research on them globally is still in its early stages...

Licensing technology and charging a small patent fee is one of the most important profit-generating methods for large global technology companies.

We can't stop Xiyu Technology from doing this, can we?

Bundled sales?
No, absolutely not! FineRain Technology never bundles any other services. Our motto is: buy what you want, or leave.

Overpriced?

Yes, the price isn't cheap. But with no competitors and such high technological content, it's hard to say how to price it reasonably.

For example, many patented technologies in quantum simulation computing are directly related to global financial security.

Moreover, after accumulating so much research work over a long period, even large companies with much lower prices don't feel comfortable using it themselves.

Or perhaps it restricts innovation?
No, absolutely not! In fact, FineRain Technology has always encouraged global innovation. They've even offered huge rewards, hoping that global technology companies can create stronger products in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum hardware.

Therefore, even if you want to file an antitrust lawsuit, it's difficult to write the necessary documents.

Fabricating stories or making baseless accusations are certainly acceptable, but at least they must be based on a balance of power.

China now has a lunar base.

Moreover, since the opening of lunar tourism, people on Earth have been able to see that the lunar bases undergo significant changes almost every so often.

This kind of space construction capability will probably only make ordinary people marvel at how powerful China's infrastructure capabilities are.

But for those in high positions, what they saw was the possibility of militarizing the lunar base…

The Sky Shield system can still be cracked. After all, the Sky Shield system can only protect against high-altitude targets; even if it detects low-altitude targets, it is completely helpless against them.

Therefore, in recent years, major powers have been focusing their efforts on developing various low-altitude delivery technologies.

But if China had a large base on the moon, it would be a completely different story.

This means that if war were to break out, China would be virtually invincible.

The lunar base, coupled with the SkyShield system which has almost global coverage, means that China has the capability to send spacecraft from the moon to strike a target on Earth at any time.

It is obviously unlikely that a satellite could be equipped with a billion-pixel sensor and optical system.

After all, this thing is too big and extremely heavy, and heat dissipation is also a problem.

But with a lunar base, these are obviously no longer problems.

Not to mention the lasers on the SkyShield attack satellites, any player who has played war games knows how terrifying the advantage of having full map vision is.

This thing is like having a cheat code.

Not to mention the psychological advantage of having a vast rear area of ​​over 380,000 kilometers.

Qiao Yu still holds the title of chief commander of the lunar landing project.

His company, FineRain Technology, not only controlled the lifeline of a number of technology companies, but also the lifeline of the financial sector.

In this situation, it would be good if all the clients could unite. But unfortunately, they can't.

Moreover, everyone's bottom line can be lowered. After all, survival is the most important issue facing these tech company giants.

So forget about helping promote a documentary; even getting these tech companies to support Richard in the future is impossible. Even those in positions of power clearly understand that documentaries like "Richard's Family" are a form of cultural invasion.

But at this point, who cares about these things anymore?

It's clear to anyone with eyes to see that the empire is already at its last gasp.

Turning the tide when things are already falling, or saving a collapsing edifice? That's impossible.

At least from the capitalists' perspective, it's unnecessary.

Empires are nothing more than tools they use to leech off others.

The empire has fallen; it can just leech off another host.

In any case, this world is either one where the East Wind prevails over the West Wind, or the West Wind prevails over the East Wind.

The East is currently stronger, so admitting defeat and focusing on survival is the best course of action.

As for things like national pride...

Xida University is a world-class university, what business is it of theirs?

As long as social classes exist in this world, there will always be room for their development.

Not to mention that being backed by the University of Tokyo has many advantages.

Although China is a large country, and any industry there is only importing and not exporting, it is unlikely that it can develop a global industrial chain like Xida, but this is not a big problem.

China's exploration of the moon has shown these large capitalists another possibility.

Since humanity can build a base on the moon, it means that in the future, we can build more bases on more planets.

Of course, these are not just simple bases, but also countless resource deposits.

China has now begun sending geologists to the moon to explore for minerals.

Of course, it's impossible for China to mine these minerals and transport them to Earth in the short term.

After all, that would be too costly.

However, it is said that the moon has been found to have extremely rich reserves of oxygen, iron, titanium, silicon, aluminum and rare earth elements.

Once these resources can be mined, it means that humans can undertake large-scale construction on the moon.

For example, oxygen could be extracted from minerals to support human life on the moon and to develop heavy industry.

With oxygen, water can be produced. As long as the problems of water and electricity are solved, and given the abundance of rare earth elements on the moon, the entire rare earth industry chain can be relocated to the moon.

After all, the entire rare earth refining industry is very damaging to the Earth's environment and may pollute water and air.

The abundant metal deposits will provide resources for various aspects of lunar construction...

Just think about it, how much investment and output could be absorbed by developing an entire planet?

How many people will embrace this concept?
In fact, the entire aviation industry in China has already begun to attract the attention of capital.

Listed companies in related industries have seen their stock prices rise for more than three consecutive months.

It even caused construction companies in China to surge in value.

After all, developing the moon would require building all sorts of houses there. Furthermore, with the popularity of "Richard's Family," more and more people are taking to the streets, demanding that state officials open up their local infrastructure projects.

With the Chinese undertaking large-scale construction projects, the empire has begun to seriously consider expanding from the initial three pilot states to the entire empire.

Qiao Yu has achieved half of his goal.

After all, ordinary people who struggle to even put food on the table can't see that far ahead.

Moreover, when they saw on television that Richard John, who might not have been as successful as them, had his life completely transformed by a relocation and the employment opportunities provided by China, their minds naturally began to wander.

It's probably that "I could do it too" mentality.

Of course, if the entire market were truly opened up, and countless people were eager to flock to the Chinese construction sites to find work, let alone whether they could endure hardship like Richard, just competing with others would likely be enough to give them a hard time.

After all, once people start to get caught up in the involution, there's really no point in arguing with them.

If a job that originally paid $2,000 a week is offered for $1,000 by someone who does it well, then the real price of the job is only $1,000.

In this respect, Richard was truly lucky; he stepped forward when China needed a representative the most, and was then chosen…

Of course, this is also related to his hard work and perseverance.

After all, not every student at Xida University can persevere like him, working as a laborer on a construction site for a whole year, doing manual labor under the sun and wind every day.

In fact, he wasn't the only person from Fish Town who went to Huaxia Company to find work and make a living back then; it's just that few of the others persevered with hard work and dedication.

In short, the popularity of the TV series "Richard's Family" not only led to a loosening of Western University's policies, but also made Richard John a household name at Western University.

He has become a celebrity in Fishtown. He also has countless fans online.

Now, I stream every day, sharing my life journey with everyone, and I receive many virtual gifts.

Of course, he cannot directly control this money for the time being; it has all been deposited into a special account, which will serve as his initial capital for the future.

After all, so many people serve him, and they need to be paid wages, and the prices are quite high.

Although Qiao Yu's Fine Rain Technology covered a large portion of the costs through various means, he also had to find ways to raise some funds himself.

Otherwise, it won't withstand various scrutiny in the future.

Of course, in addition to receiving many gifts, you will also receive countless private messages every day.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to deal with these private messages. After all, if he were a paid employee, his team would naturally handle them perfectly for him.

In short, everything he experienced after returning to Xida from China made him increasingly confident that he would one day bring his family to live in a white house.

This is no longer an unattainable dream, but will become the story of an ordinary person's struggle.

The rest of the live stream time will be used for classes.

For a novice like him, there is so much to learn and understand, even just entering the state legislature.

From the distribution of power in Pennsylvania, to which factions each legislator represents, to the views of the leaders of each city and county.

From the current international situation to the latest news and developments in various countries and regions...

They might even need to brush up on their economics knowledge and learn to view social and economic issues from a higher perspective...

Fortunately, Richard enjoyed it.

After all, he was a man with his original aspirations, and Richard felt that he was different from those high-ranking officials and nobles.

He wanted to seize this opportunity to reach a higher position, not for his own personal gain.

He genuinely wanted to give ordinary students like himself at Xida University a brighter future, so they could also enjoy the pleasures of life...

At this moment, he was even more convinced that as long as he had China's backing, this goal could definitely be achieved. (End of Chapter)