The great success of Kechuang Biotechnology in the field of brain-computer connection has led to the emergence of many companies in the field of brain-computer connection in recent years.
In the past, China may only have start-ups engaged in brain-computer connection in Shenhai and Hangcheng.
In recent years, start-ups in the field of brain-computer connection have almost spread across first- and second-tier cities.
Coupled with the fact that the soul has been confirmed to exist, many scientists believe that there is some kind of close connection between the brain and the soul, which has led to more start-ups in the field of brain-computer connection springing up like mushrooms after rain.
Under the stagflation economic situation, the gap between rich and poor is widening.
In order to prolong life, rich people believe that investing more in the soul level and research results can extend people's life.
Previously, life extension was done at the physical level. They believed that combining the body with the soul was the best way to extend life.
A team of dozens of people can get hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital, at a serious premium.
In contrast, neuralink has a product that has been launched, and with the backing of Musk and Tesla, there is still room for imagination.
Venture capital does not calculate current profits and revenue, venture capital invests in expectations.
Zhu Xiaohu did not invest in Byte back then, not only because he felt that Zhang Yiming was not aggressive, but also because he did not believe that Byte could capture market share from Goose Factory.
From the bottom of his heart, he was not optimistic about Byte's expectations.
Since Zhu Xiaohu had been an angel investor for many years, he could not publicly say that he had poor vision, so he had to first demote Zhang Yiming and then praise him.
Not only did he find a good reason for not investing in Byte, but he also exaggerated Zhang Yiming.
(The above is just my personal speculation and purely subjective.)
Neuralink has the same investment logic. From the perspective of revenue and future, Neuralink is obviously not worth the price.
But from another perspective, Ameliken will have a brain-computer connection company that can replace Kechuang Biotech no matter what.
From this perspective alone, Neuralink will definitely be able to go public, and its valuation of 50 billion yuan after the listing is not expensive.
Huaguo Seed Industry Group's genetically modified seeds have been losing ground to previous seed industry giants around the world.
Monsanto's 2023 financial report posted a loss for the first time. Even so, Amerikan cannot let Monsanto collapse.
Americen's current three pillar industries are technology, energy and food.
Seed independence cannot be guaranteed, seed pricing power will be handed over, and the strategic advantage of grain cannot form a closed loop.
China is lagging behind in many areas in the food field, and the seed industry is only a small aspect.
But breakthroughs in this area can drive progress upstream and downstream of the entire industry chain.
With the same logic as keeping Monsanto, investing in neurolink is definitely profitable.
After careful consideration, Young decided to consider investing in Neuralink if there is no better investment project on the market.
It’s just that the price has to go down.
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"Pico's sales this year are not optimistic. According to a survey by the marketing department, VR users would rather save money to buy Futureverse than other VR products."
The launch of Futureverse has impacted VR manufacturers the most.
They are direct competitors to brain-computer connected VR.
"Especially for users who have experienced brain-computer connected VR, their ideas are even more firm. Either they don't buy it, or they must buy futureverse."
"Players who have experienced futureverse agree that the biggest advantage of brain-computer connected VR compared with traditional VR is the sense of immersion."
"And the display effect of futureverse is better than that visible to the naked eye on pico."
There is a dark cloud inside Pico, and the situation is not optimistic.
Originally, Pico's market share in the domestic market has exceeded 50%, moving towards a semi-monopoly market position.
As a result, Futureverse was born, telling pico that you should go back a little bit.
"If the price is set at 3,000 yuan, differentiated competition can barely maintain the basic market."
"If we increase investment in product costs and fully upgrade display effects, processors, etc., the price will definitely increase accordingly."
"If you want to achieve an effect close to the futureverse, the price must rise to at least 6,000 yuan. In this case, the risk is too high."
“The price difference between the price and futureverse is only 4,000, so it’s hard to guarantee that users will buy it.”
The head of Pico's marketing department was very pessimistic when giving a work report.
With players of this level appearing on the market, Pico's upper limit seems to be locked.
After Pico was acquired by Byte, its chairman is still Zhou Hongwei.
Zhou Hongwei was not as pessimistic as his subordinates. Instead, he was full of confidence:
"The entry of Science and Technology Biotechnology is not necessarily a bad thing, but I think it is a rare opportunity."
"The joint entry of Kechuang Biotech, Goose Factory and Rice was discussed internally many times at that time. This was a rare opportunity and meant that the VR market was about to mature."
"VR is bound to see explosive growth this year. When the market is discussing VR, not everyone can afford Futureverse, which starts at 10,000 yuan."
"This is our opportunity."
"We can cannibalize the mid- to low-end market."
"What we need to do now is to add mid-range products with a target price of around 5,000 yuan, and then keep the current low-end products at 3,000 yuan unchanged."
“In addition, Kechuang Biotechnology will not open VR’s brain-computer connection technology to the outside world now, but it does not mean that they will never open it up.”
"We can now cooperate with neuralink to jointly develop brain-computer connected VR."
"When neuralink's technology is close to maturity, Science and Technology Innovation will inevitably open its technology patents to the outside world."
"Another very important point is that I want to see Goose Factory's game "The End of Heroes" ported to our platform."
The subordinate explained: "I'm afraid Goose Factory will not authorize it. Our colleagues from the Ministry of Commerce have talked to Goose Factory a few days ago, and the other party refused."
Zhou Hongwei gritted his teeth and said, "We have to talk no matter what. You keep in touch with each other first, and I'll talk to Boss Zhang."
Unfortunately, it is impossible for Goose Factory to port the game to Pico.
Byte and Goose Factory are mortal enemies, and the competition between the two parties is a zero-sum game.
As a VR company owned by Byte, Pico cannot obtain the resources of Goose Factory.
This is a life and death battle.
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"The joint moon landing plan between China and Russia will be carried out this week. This moon landing is an unmanned moon landing test.
The Chang'e-7 unmanned spacecraft will fly into lunar orbit and lower its lunar module to within 10 kilometers of the lunar surface. "
China plans to conduct its first manned lunar landing attempt in early 2024.
First unmanned testing, then manned landing on the moon.
After successfully landing on the moon, China plans to build a long-term space station in lunar orbit.
Prepare for the next step of building a base on the moon.
After Merlin appeared, people can finally understand why countries are vigorously competing for talents in the mathematics and astronomy departments.
Popular science videos about magic coin are all over the place. Someone even split the Heber algorithm into more than ten two-hour video courses on Station B.
If you are concerned about the development of the aerospace industry, you will find that the aerospace industry of America and China has pressed the accelerator button in the past two years.
The officials within NASA have basically changed from top to bottom.
The problem of internal embezzlement of funds was too serious before.
China, on the other hand, has increased its investment in aviation and the treatment of talents in the aviation field.
Originally, everyone thought that the moon landing in 2025 was just an expectation, and it was still unclear whether it could be realized.
But looking at the current situation, it seems that the moon landing is just around the corner.
With the development of the country, people no longer need great power projects to cultivate national self-esteem, so the attention of the aerospace industry is decreasing.
In the past two years, three astronauts in space were even on the verge of returning to Blue Star before they became a hot search topic.
But the significance of the moon landing is still great. The moon symbolizes too much in Chinese myths and legends.
The successful manned moon landing also means that China has become the other country to successfully land on the moon after America. Although it is cooperation with Russia.
Amerikan's lunar orbiting space station has been successfully launched.
Blue Star’s International Space Station was ignored and the lunar space station was launched first.
They plan to build a base on the moon first to achieve long-term normal operation of the lunar base.
Then consider plans to land on Mars.
The plans of China and Amerikan are similar. The difficulty of landing on Mars is different from that of landing on the moon.
You can never be too cautious.
Even the Europa Alliance has formulated its own plans for landing on the moon and Mars, and is progressing according to the plan.
At this time, Daying is very sad. He wants to return to the Europa League, but the Europa League does not agree.
Although they cooperated with Neon and Kangaroo Country, Daying did not leak the information about the Magic Forum to Neon and Kangaroo Country.
If you want to build a base on Mars on your own, it will take the next century.
But if the moon landing and moon landing rewards are disclosed to Neon and Kangaroo Kingdom, if they find out about the magic forum, then Daying will really become an orphan.
You must know that although they have obtained the right to use a magic coin, the ownership is still in the hands of Kangaroo Country and Neon.
Therefore, Daying plans to find another way. They believe that they have industrial advantages in the field of artificial intelligence.
Daying plans to put its treasure on artificial intelligence, and Wiles will personally lead the team to conduct artificial intelligence research and development.
Except for Da Ying, the weird behavior of the five permanent members has made other countries very sensitive.
Could it be that there are some new discoveries on the moon that we don’t know about?
Any medium-sized country with a certain amount of energy knows that Blue Star must have had no magic before.
Merlin appeared out of nowhere.
Wuchang's behavior made them suspect that Merlin was an alien visitor whose spacecraft to Blue Star was discovered by great powers on the moon.
So everyone wants to be the first to land on the moon and find Merlin's spaceship.
But the problem is that landing on the moon is a systematic project. Without technical accumulation, it is unrealistic to suddenly think about it.
China's aerospace engineering has a clear technical lineage, and it has never given up investment in aerospace, even in the most difficult economic times.
Originally Da Ying was about to give up, but Neon related personnel came to the door themselves:
"Both Amerikan and China are increasing their investment in aerospace. We doubt they have any news. Do you have any news?"
Da Ying thought to himself, Zheng was worried that he couldn't find a reason. If he caught Neon, he would just pinch it. If he didn't, it would be nothing:
"It is said that according to the news we received from Amerikan, there are new discoveries about magic on Mars."
"So now both Amerikan and China are organizing preparatory research for landing on Mars."
Neon was also deceived and wanted to confirm the news with American. The problem was that American didn't tell them any news about magic.
China and Russia are even less likely.
The only possible Europa League also did not disclose information at all because Neon and Daying were mixed together.
So the only option is to be fooled by Da Ying.
After many communications between Neon, Dayang and Kangaroo Country, they also made up their minds to land on Mars.
Can I not say it yet? I have to put on some kind of gesture.
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Domestic new energy vehicles equipped with a new generation of lithium battery technology have been highly sought after by users since they were launched on the market.
Compared with electric vehicles of foreign brands, they have obvious advantages in battery life and charging.
After the successive launch of domestic new energy vehicles equipped with new lithium battery technology, the sales of electric vehicles of foreign brands such as Tesla, BMW and Mercedes-Benz have declined significantly.
"We are a long-term and stable partner. I would like to ask when we can provide us with new lithium batteries? We need stable production capacity."
"Sorry, the graphene printing equipment used in the new lithium battery technology is limited. The annual production capacity is only so much, and all of them are booked by NIO and Xiaopeng."
"Why did I hear that Kechuang Biotechnology clearly stipulates that it cannot supply to foreign brand car companies before signing a patent licensing agreement with you?"
It is impossible to keep this kind of information secret, as the range of people involved is too wide.
It's just that this kind of clause will not be written directly into the contract. If it is written into the contract, there will be a lot of trouble waiting for you.
"There is such a statement, but it is only a soft request."
"The problem is that we are a joint venture, and China's capital exceeds 75%, so why can't we supply it?"
He cursed in his heart: You also know that you are a Chinese company, and the after-tax price of the same product Amerikan is only two-thirds of the Chinese pre-tax price.
On the surface, he is very polite: “The main reason is because Weilai and Xiaopeng signed a supply agreement in advance.
Our current production capacity can only meet the needs of these two companies, and we can fully cooperate after the production capacity is expanded. "
China's local car companies have squeezed out the living space of joint venture car companies and overseas car companies.
The most important among them is Volkswagen, whose Chinese market provides them with more than 40% of their revenue.
Volkswagen can be said to be the best-selling joint venture brand in China. Their transformation focus in recent years has also been on new energy.
In the five-year plan formulated in 2021, Volkswagen plans to invest 90 billion euros in research and development expenses in the new energy field.
Super lithium batteries are not supplied to the public, which has a huge impact on its sales.
Sales of transformed new energy vehicles plummeted.
The person in charge of Volkswagen directly approached Kechuang Biotechnology. After a fruitless communication, the other party directly said in a cryptic way:
"If Kechuang Biotech still uses its technological advantages to implement market differentiation, then Kechuang Biotech will face administrative measures to restrict your selective authorization of technology."
Kechuang Biotechnology may not be as good as Volkswagen in terms of revenue, but it doesn’t need to worry about the threat from Volkswagen. Cheng Gang said directly: “We are not selective in licensing or differentiated treatment.”
"We just prefer domestic suppliers and hope to cultivate domestic companies. Volkswagen will also give priority to German companies in this regard. Everyone's approach is consistent, and you have no right to blame us."
"As for whom the technology should be licensed to, this is an internal matter within our company, and we don't need you to dictate."
