I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

“Prince Holdan, if I may be so bold, do you know what an unmanned combat division means?” Yang Chen asked.

Holdan laughed heartily and said, "Of course I know, it means we'll have to spend 1000 billion Eagle Dollars. Right?"

Yang Chen: "..."

This……

How are we supposed to respond to that?
Holdan asked, "What, did I make a mistake? Please point out where I went wrong, Mr. Yang, and I will correct it according to your instructions."

Yang Chen: "..."

Yang Chen smiled a little embarrassedly.

“I think Mr. Holdan must have gotten full marks in every math exam when he was in school. Your calculations are very precise. But such a large-scale unmanned combat force must have very high maintenance costs. It requires at least 500 professionals to monitor the system every day and to regularly test its performance. These expenses are not small,” Yang Chen said with a smile.

Holdan immediately declared arrogantly, "Is 100 billion in annual maintenance fees enough?"

Yang Chen said very seriously, "100 billion dragon coins... um... should be..."

Holdan immediately interrupted, "Mr. Yang, you misunderstand. I was talking about Eagle Dollars. As you know, our currency has always been Eagle Dollars."

"Oh, Eagle Coins? I'm sorry, I misunderstood. I knew Holdan must have been a math whiz in school. This price is perfect, just enough to cover all maintenance costs and even allow our maintenance staff to eat well. I thank Mr. Holdan on behalf of our staff," Yang Chen said with a smile.

Holdan nodded and said, "Then there's no problem, right?"

Yang Chen shook his head and replied, "No problem. We've made things very clear. There are no questions. We can sign the cooperation agreement immediately."

Holdan immediately stood up, shook hands with Yang Chen, and said with a smile, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

Yang Chen nodded happily and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you!"

Both parties immediately put the agreed cooperation details into a written document, and Yang Chen and Holdan signed and stamped it on behalf of their respective parties.

However, the people of China always value legitimacy in doing things. They can launch an unmanned combat division, but they must have a legitimate reason for doing so.

Therefore, Yang Chen instructed that when the trade zones such as Holdan started construction, he should find a group of people to cause trouble and make the situation as big as possible, so that Yang Chen could legitimately send the unmanned combat division there.

The Sand Kingdom has been dealing with the Dragon Kingdom for so long that they know the Dragon Kingdom's way of doing things.

So Holdan agreed without hesitation and assured Yang Chen that he would do a great job.

Following the signing of the agreement, Sihai Group, Xingchen Group, and the government of the Sand Kingdom jointly issued an announcement.

"Following friendly consultations and after fully considering the opinions of both parties, our company has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the Saudi Arabian Republic. The Saudi Arabian Republic will allocate approximately 20 square kilometers of land in the northern area of ​​Riyadh International Airport to our company for the development of a trade zone. Once completed, the trade zone will primarily be used to showcase and sell our company's products, as well as products from other outstanding technology companies in China. This cooperation is purely a normal international trade activity, aiming to facilitate the sale of our goods and enable the Saudi Arabian Republic to make better purchases. Interested technology and industrial companies are welcome to contact us. Companies selected by us can accompany us to the trade zone to showcase their products."

Following this, Sihai Sports and the Sports Department of Sand Kingdom jointly issued an announcement.

"Our company has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the Sports Department of the Sand Kingdom. All sports in the Sand Kingdom will use jerseys and shoes produced by our company, as well as other high-tech products to be launched in the future."

Subsequently, Sihai Sports and the NBA jointly issued an announcement that the NBA will uniformly change jerseys and shoes, and use the Knicks' home arena as an experiment to build a high-tech basketball court.

Sihai Sports, together with football associations, FAs, basketball associations and other departments in various European countries, jointly issued an announcement that all football and basketball sports in European countries will adopt Star Sports jerseys and shoes.

Following the announcement of the cooperation between Sihai Sports and the two major leagues, Longguo Longchao and LBA, effective immediately, all professional players in Longguo will change to Xingchen jerseys and shoes, and all LBA stadiums will be handed over to Sihai Sports and Sihai Electronics to build high-tech basketball arenas.

Finally, Sihai Sports released the sales data for the Starry Night jerseys and shoes in the five days since their launch.

Domestic sales of basketball jerseys exceeded 50 sets, and overseas sales exceeded 100 million sets.

Domestic sales of football jerseys exceeded 40 sets, and overseas sales exceeded 300 million sets.

Domestic sales of basketball shoes exceeded 60 pairs, while overseas sales exceeded 180 million pairs.

Domestic sales of football boots exceeded 30 pairs, while overseas sales exceeded 200 million pairs.

With the NBA and European football teams all switching to Stars jerseys and shoes, their sales are sure to surge.

As expected, Sihai Sports' stock price hit the daily limit again at the opening of the A-share market, reaching 98.56 Dragon Coins and a market value of 34496 trillion.

At this moment, in the Sihai Sports stock commentary section.

"Is a market capitalization of 3 trillion yuan high? Not at all! I think 5 trillion yuan would be more reasonable."

"Damn it, I dare not buy in now. I blame myself for not being born to make money. If I had known, I would have bought in when it was over 80. I shouldn't have doubted Mr. Yang's abilities."

"Brothers, let's give it our all! We must make sure Sihai Sports' stock price breaks 100 yuan tomorrow. Mr. Yang has done everything he could; now it's up to us. We must let the whole world know that Mr. Yang's company is worth just that much."

"Damn! Are the fiercely competitive Chinese going to push Sihai Sports' market value to number one in the world? I think we should save our resources for Sihai Intelligent and Sihai Electronics when they go public. Those two companies have high technological content and are fully capable of competing with Nvidia for the highest market value in the world."

……

At this time, both the NBA and LBA were in their off-season. Engineers from Sihai Sports, Sihai Electronics' LED business unit, and Sihai Intelligent were extremely busy. They were upgrading and renovating all the LBA stadiums and the NBA Knicks' home arena, striving to complete all the work before the new season began.

Yang Chen's high welfare finally came to fruition, as Sihai Intelligent launched a groundbreaking new product – Sihai Super VR.

In the simplest terms, this product would be described as follows:

Users take a 3D photo of themselves with their mobile phone and upload it to the system. The system will then create a model based on the user's photo. After a series of operations, the user can put on VR glasses and watch the VR TV launched by Sihai Smart and Sihai Electronics. The user can then choose any character to replace their appearance.

for example.

After completing their own model, users can put on Sihai VR glasses and watch "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality" on Sihai VR TV. They can then replace the protagonist Han Li's appearance with their own, so that users can see themselves in the anime as a powerful and decisive warrior.

For example, if a user enjoys watching NBA games, they can use the same method to replace a player with their own model, and through VR glasses, they will see themselves looking dashing on the NBA court.

If some users are a little more lewd, they might even make themselves the male lead in a Japanese adult film.

If parents are strict, they can replace the online teacher with their child's teacher, which will make it easier for the child to focus on learning.

Yang Chen was very interested after listening to the engineers' descriptions, and he immediately decided to try it out for himself.

The engineer took a full-body photo of him and uploaded it to the system. The system automatically completed the modeling. Then, Yang Chen put on VR glasses and selected a compilation clip of Jiao Enjun's version of Li Xunhuan. The next second, Li Xunhuan, played by Jiao Enjun, transformed into Yang Chen's appearance, with a curly hairstyle, and slowly descended from the sky in a spinning motion.

"Haha...this is so much fun! Holy crap, I could play this for a year. I'll specifically choose the best movies and TV shows I watched as a kid and replace myself with them to watch them again. Come on, find me the Zhao Wenzhuo version of 'The Storm Riders,' I want to become Nie Feng and try out what it feels like to wield a forty-meter-long cleaver." Yang Chen said happily.

The engineer quickly found Zhao Wenzhuo's version of Nie Feng and replaced Yang Chen's model with Zhao Wenzhuo's. Then Yang Chen saw the scene of him chasing after Xiong Ba with a forty-meter-long cleaver.

"Haha...this is so interesting. Can any role really be replaced?" Yang Chen asked.

The chief engineer immediately replied, "Yes, Chairman Yang. If needed, we can also replace the male lead in the adult film."

"Haha... no need for that. There are too many people today. I'll try it when I'm alone later," Yang Chen joked.

"Haha..." The whole audience burst into laughter.

Yang Chen took off the VR glasses and said with a smile, "This is really good, it has potential. Can this replace the game protagonist? For example, if I play an NBA game, can I replace LeBron James with myself?"

The chief engineer immediately replied, "Of course. The key products of this technology are three main items: VR glasses, OLED TVs, and a modeling system. They have nothing to do with the content to be replaced. Users can replace whatever they want. Even Sakura's adult films can be replaced, let alone games!"

Yang Chen nodded and said, "Okay, prepare three sets of equipment. Send one set to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, one set to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and one set to FIBA ​​President. Let me know when they receive them, and I'll call them to discuss it."

The chief engineer asked, "Chairman Yang, do you want to collaborate with them to develop basketball and soccer games, allowing players to control themselves running and competing on the field?"

Yang Chen nodded and said, "That's right."

"That's unnecessary. Users can achieve this function simply by buying our equipment. There's no need to cooperate with the NBA and FIFA, and even have to share some of their money for nothing," the chief engineer said.

Yang Chen smiled and said, "Giving them a small share of the profits will motivate them to promote our business tirelessly. It also adds a sports gaming business to Sihai Sports, so it's definitely worthwhile." The chief engineer immediately said, "Oh, I see. I understand. I was just too inexperienced to understand what Chairman Yang meant. I'll make preparations immediately. I'll report to the president when the package arrives, and the president will then report to Chairman Yang."

Yang Chen nodded and said, "Okay. I'll wait for your news."

At this point, Huang Wei, president of Sihai Intelligent, asked, "When will the new product be launched? Do we have to wait until you've discussed it with them before releasing it?"

Yang Chen shook his head and said, "No need, you can just publish it directly. Sihai Sports' business will not affect your operations and management."

Huang Wei nodded and said, "Understood. Let's release it during the peak summer season."

"You can decide for yourselves; you don't need to ask me for permission for this," Yang Chen said.

Sihai Smart and Sihai Electronics jointly announced the launch of Sihai VR TV.

Do you still remember your childhood dreams of martial arts? Do you still remember your youthful aspirations to dominate the arena? Have you ever imagined yourself as a game protagonist conquering the world? Have you ever dreamed of "acting" in a classic film or television drama with your favorite star? These dreams, once unattainable, can now become a reality. The new product jointly developed by Sihai Smart and Sihai Electronics—the Sihai VR TV—will be launched globally tonight at midnight. The Sihai VR TV will immerse you in the wonders of television. Below is a detailed introduction and practical guide to this product, along with a video demonstration for your reference. The complete set has a unified retail price of 5999 Dragon Coins in China and 2999 Eagle Coins overseas. Interested friends can visit a Sihai Smart or Sihai Electronics experience store after midnight tonight to experience it. Each store will offer limited-edition gifts, while supplies last. Whether you buy or not is fine; just give us your honest feedback!

Yang Chen then forwarded the announcement and added a comment.

"I've personally experienced this product, and it was such a pleasant surprise. Previous unmanned equipment was so impressive, but it didn't really impress me. This product, however, made me feel like a childhood dream had come true. I experienced Nie Feng wielding his 40-meter-long broadsword, Li Xunhuan spun and descended from the sky, and Han Li battling three demons to obtain the Wind and Thunder Wings—it was absolutely amazing! Whether you buy it or not, promise me you'll go to a physical store to experience it. I really want to share my experience with everyone. After you've tried it, remember to share your thoughts!"

Fans left numerous comments.

"It's clear that this product is really powerful. This is the first time Mr. Yang has promoted his product like this."

"Does that mean that after wearing VR glasses, I can become the main character in a movie or TV series? Can I become Kato Taka?"

"I just finished reading the introduction. You can become more than just Kato Taka. If you want, you can become Yuan Daying. Even NBA stars will have to learn a move or two from you."

"If it were really like this, that would be true immersion, because you would be the protagonist. At this moment, a handsome guy quietly opened the treasured instructional videos on his E drive. It's time to truly collaborate with all the teachers."

……

Yang Chen's Weibo post was more effective than a few seconds of advertising during prime time on the Spring Festival Gala. After dinner, many people lined up at the offline stores of Sihai Intelligent and Sihai Electronics to experience the products.

At midnight, all stores across the country opened on time, and customers who had been queuing for a long time rushed in, vying to experience the Sihai VR TV.

The first wave of positive reviews for the trial game started circulating online early the next morning.

"Haha... I tried out Nie Feng's 40-meter-long broadsword as Mr. Yang suggested, and I also experienced Liu Tianxian's version of the dragon knight. It really felt like I was the one controlling it. It was so awesome."

"I watched some Jordan highlights, then replaced Jordan with myself, and with the AR glasses on, it felt like I was dunking on those big black guys. If there weren't so many people, I'd like to try out Teacher Xu's invincible whirlwind. But there were so many people around, I was too embarrassed to do it. Hehe..."

"This is amazing! Replacing the protagonist with my own appearance feels completely natural. I've already bought a set and interacted with my mentors in Japan. Haha... You can't experience that feeling from my description. You have to buy a set and experience it for yourself to know how wonderful it is."

"Mr. Yang's products are getting more and more futuristic. I hope they can continue to evolve in the future. It would be possible to achieve this effect with just a tiny chip attached to the eyeball. Wearing VR glasses is still a bit inconvenient. To support Mr. Yang's continued research and development, I bought the whole package. Keep it up, Mr. Yang."

……

Because delivery takes time, there is no word-of-mouth feedback yet in overseas markets.

However, the presidents of the NBA, FIFA, and FIBA ​​all received VR TVs sent by Sihai Intelligent.

After receiving the report, Yang Chen first called Xiao Hua.

"Mr. Xiao Hua, have you figured out how to use the new product I sent you?" Yang Chen asked.

Xiao Hua immediately replied, "Haha... Thank you, Mr. Yang, for sharing the new product. I'm taking photos and uploading them to the system to create a model, following the instructions. I watched the video introduction, and it's truly amazing!"

Yang Chen smiled and asked, "Use it to watch NBA games, play some NBA games, and then we'll talk. Bye."

As a shrewd businessman, Adam Silver immediately understood that Yang Chen hadn't sent him the equipment for nothing; rather, he wanted to collaborate with the NBA on games and video games.

As a profit-driven businessman, Xiao Hua instantly became incredibly excited, as if he had been injected with adrenaline.

"Hurry, hurry, speed it up! I want to experience NBA games and games right now, I don't want to wait even a second longer," Adam Silver said excitedly.

Yang Chen continued to call FIFA President Ifantino and FIBA ​​President Asani, asking them to experience it firsthand before discussing further.

More than an hour later, Xiao Hua called Yang Chen first.

"Haha... Mr. Yang, your product is truly amazing! We can't stop playing with it," Xiao Hua said happily.

Yang Chen asked, "Mr. Xiao Hua, do you think it's worthwhile if viewers could replace the star players with their own models while watching a game or playing games?"

Xiao Hua was overjoyed; just as he had expected.

"Haha...that's really exciting! Mr. Yang, just tell me what you want to do, and I'll listen to you," Xiao Hua said excitedly.

Yang Chen replied, "What I mean is to have my Sihai Sports collaborate with the NBA again to develop NBA 2K, so that players can experience the fun of playing NBA games themselves. I've already contacted FIBA, and I'm just waiting for your approval."

Xiao Hua immediately said, "That's great, I'd definitely like it. But the problem is that the development rights for 2K are currently held by Take-Two Interactive, and we need their approval before we can cooperate."

Yang Chen smiled and said, "That's no problem. I've looked into this company. They're under a lot of pressure and just did a large-scale layoff. Plus, their stock price is high. I'll talk to their CEO and ask them to sell the development rights to me."

Xiao Hua laughed heartily and said, "I thought Mr. Yang would say he would ask them to agree to your joining, but I didn't expect you to be so efficient and decisive, directly getting them to sell the development rights to you."

"Haha... They've already laid off staff, which means they're under immense operational pressure. Acquiring their business can help them recover some losses. You don't need to worry about anything else; just tell me if you want to cooperate with me," Yang Chen said with a smile.

Xiao Hua immediately said, "Cooperation! I'm definitely willing to cooperate with Mr. Yang! I'm just waiting for Mr. Yang's good news."

"Haha... Okay, then wait for my news." Yang Chen said with a laugh, and then hung up the phone.

Not long after, FIBA ​​President Asani and FIFA President Ifantino called Yang Chen respectively, and Yang Chen persuaded them to cooperate using the same excuse.

The NBA 2K game will include an international competition component, with FIBA ​​distributing revenue to member national teams after FIBA ​​has already done so.

Sihai Sports and FIFA are jointly developing a new football game that will include international matches, as well as matches between participating clubs from the European Championship, Asian Cup, and Copa America.

Similarly, FIFA participates in the profit sharing, then FIFA distributes the profits to all member countries, and then the member countries distribute the profits to the clubs.

After dealing with them, Yang Chen called Perkins, the president of the game developer Interactive Software.

"Mr. Perkins, hello, I am Yang Chen, chairman of Dragon Kingdom Four Seas Group and Star Group. I'd like to discuss a collaboration with you," Yang Chen said, getting straight to the point.

Perkins tensed up. How could Yang Chen be cooperating with them? Could it be that he had his eye on some of their business?
Perkins immediately smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Yang. It's an honor to speak with you, and I thank you for the opportunity to cooperate. In what areas would you like to collaborate with us?"

Yang Chen replied, "I'd like to purchase the development rights to an NBA game, and I hope Mr. Perkins can grant my request. The price is negotiable; I'm sure it will satisfy you. Is that alright?"

Perkins thought to himself, "Fuck! I knew he must be after some business with us, otherwise he wouldn't have made this call! This is really a dilemma. Should I agree or refuse? I'm reluctant to agree, but I'm afraid to refuse. What should I do?"

Yang Chen asked with a smile, "Is it because my eagle language skills have deteriorated and I couldn't express myself clearly?"

Perkins quickly said, "No, no, Mr. Yang, please don't misunderstand. I'm just thinking about how to reply to you."

“Hmm, that makes sense. We need to think carefully about how much money we need. How about I give you a number for reference? 5 million Eagle Dollars, is that reasonable?” Yang Chen said.

Perkins quickly added, "Mr. Yang's offer is indeed very favorable, but it's just a discount. The annual in-app purchase fee for NBA 2K19 is 3.5 million Eagle Coins. If it were you, would you be willing to sell this business for 5 million Eagle Coins?"

NBA 2K19 was the most profitable season, and Perkins's use of this as a point of contention is not representative.

However, Yang Chen didn't mind paying a little more money, as long as they were willing to sell the development rights.

"That's a lot! But as far as I know, you'll be giving a large portion of that revenue to the NBA. After deducting costs, your profit margin won't be much. The 5 million Eagle Dollars I'm giving you is pure profit; it would take you many years to earn that much with this game. I'm a very easy person to talk to. If you think 5 million Eagle Dollars is too little, I'll add a little more, 7 million Eagle Dollars. That's my bottom line; I can't go any more. Think about it carefully," Yang Chen said. (End of Chapter)