Zheng Li behaves quite differently from normal people most of the time.
He is emotionally weak and out of tune with the world. After spending time with Zheng Li for a long time, it is easy to sense the difference between him and ordinary people.
Even if you change your body, the uniqueness of your spirit and soul cannot be changed.
So Zheng Li did not choose to put the vest in the same place.
If Zheng Li had chosen a high-energy physics research institution in China at that time, it was possible that other mages would have perceived the similarities between the new vest and Zheng Li.
Although Zheng Li already has a certain ability to protect himself, he still doesn't want the outside world to discover that Zheng Li and Mei Lin are the same person.
There would be no similar risk here. The mages of the Europa League had never met Zheng Li.
In the foreseeable future, they will not go to China.
Zheng Li chose to maintain the distance of a friend with Kate to protect his vest so that it would not appear too strange.
Everyone has emotional needs.
It would be weird if you didn't.
Even otakus who don’t go out and interact with people will pin their emotions on virtual characters.
Zheng Li shook his head and said, "There are no crows around here."
The station includes the surrounding area, and the security level has been raised to the highest level in recent years.
State-of-the-art bird and animal repellers are installed around the perimeter.
There are almost no birds in the sky across the entire area.
Kate nodded and said, "Well, the sky I see every day is only blue sky and white clouds. This is also boring."
“Every time I go to Geneva, I feel like I’m still in Blue Star.
Except that the color of the soil is not fiery red, it often gives me the illusion of being on Mars. "
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"Zheng Li, did you watch yesterday's Nobel Prize Ceremony?" Li Miaomiao's face was full of excitement.
In front of outsiders, Li Miaomiao has no expression most of the time. Even if he has emotional fluctuations in his heart, he has to cover it up.
In China's traditional values, those in power are required to keep their emotions and anger a secret.
"Mountain Tai collapses in front but does not change its color; elk rises to the left but does not blink."
"Be calm in every big event"
Various traditional Chinese sayings build such collective requirements.
Therefore, Li Miaomiao would only show his appearance as a young man in his twenties in front of Zheng Li and his family.
Zheng Li replied: "I saw it on the news, it's a wonderful magic."
Li Miaomiao said with envy: "Yes, I guessed from the Internet that Dr. White is also a mage of the Merlin system.
Why are you and Dr. White, both Merlin mages, very brilliant in magic, but I only know the most basic spells?
This reminds me of the differences between people. "
Blue Star currently divides magic into two categories. Those who gain spellcasting abilities through Merlin's magi system are called Merlin mages.
Everyone in London only needs spells to release spells. This type of mage is called a London mage.
Because the Merlin mage had Merlin as the best example before, and later Alan followed.
The performance of two Merlin mages, who were thought to be different mages by the outside world, in public places made Merlin magic more advanced in the minds of the general public.
After Li Miaomiao finished speaking, she felt quite depressed.
Although there has never been a shortage of similar blows since childhood.
Li Xulin is a professor at Jiangcheng University. Among the children of her colleagues, there is a kind of learning talent that is beyond her reach.
In high school, others could get 150 points on the math test because the score was only 150 points, but she could only get 120 points despite trying her best.
Zheng Li replied: "Because magic is between idealism and materialism. At the same time, it requires you to have an objective and rational understanding of everything in the world, and at the same time, you need to use your will to leverage the real world.
It is up to you to achieve the organic unity of two contradictory things.
This is indeed not an easy task.
You've done very well. "
After Zheng Li said this, Li Miaomiao felt much better.
Especially Zheng Li's last words to comfort her.
Zheng Li continued: "After all, you haven't even studied topology and algebra, so it's difficult to understand how some magic at the spatial level is achieved."
Li Miaomiao felt relieved in her heart: She deserves to be Zheng Li, this is his style.
She quickly interrupted: "Okay, okay, there are a lot of things going on in the company recently, and I really don't have time to think about it.
High school math was hard enough for me.
Even though I now have the bonus of the Magic Brain, it is still a bit difficult for me to learn topology.
Moreover, there are security personnel, and I am staying in China and not going abroad, so there is no danger.
I think a little bit of life magic is enough for now.
You shouldn't ask me to participate in any secret operations, right? "
Li Miaomiao looked at Zheng Li with scrutinizing eyes.
Zheng Li shook his head and said: "No, you just need to help me manage Kechuang Biotech well."
It was only when Zheng Li first came to Blue Star that he needed some social resources, so he founded Kechuang Bio.
As of now, the importance of science and technology to him is decreasing.
In addition, artificial intelligence can actually take over all matters of science and technology in Zheng Li's own name.
But because Li Miaomiao had been following him from the first day he arrived at Blue Star, Zheng Lili gave Li Miaomiao some social resources that were insignificant to him.
Money, fame, power, knowledge, appearance, etc. are all social resources.
Li Miaomiao took over: "That's right, so I don't need to master too advanced magic.
After this period of study, I discovered that I am not Hermione, I am just a Muggle with no talent who accidentally broke into the magical world. "
Zheng Li explained: “Every individual has his or her own talents.
Not everyone is suitable to be a mage. "
At this time, Zheng Li remembered that in the Mage Alliance, those who could become mages were definitely a minority among the minority.
Most people have received basic education, and most of them are just magic apprentices.
Due to the complete welfare mechanism, many people become addicted to the virtual world after graduating from school and entering the society. Magic can only use life-based magic.
During the hundreds of years of war between the Mage Alliance and the Empire, the Empire also had some understanding of the social structure of the Mage Alliance.
The Empire believed that the Alliance was wasting resources and did not make good use of the strength of each individual.
However, in Zheng Li’s view, based on the established mechanism, the virtual world provides each individual with enough choice space, while respecting individual choices.
This is the source of motivation for the Mage Alliance's everlasting prosperity.
After coming to Blue Star and seeing so many countries, in his opinion, there is currently no country with similar mechanisms in Blue Star.
Because cultivating every individual in this way is simply not possible with Blue Star’s current productivity level.
Li Miaomiao nodded and said, "Yes, everyone has their own talents.
It's just that for the vast majority of people, they don't have the opportunity to try different directions and realize their talents.
There is a cost to trying, which is the so-called trial and error cost.
A small number of families that can afford the opportunity for trial and error for their children can at most afford the cost of trial and error once or twice. However, it is difficult to find what they really want to do after just one or two attempts.
The reason why I was able to start a business with you back then was that my parents were able to provide me with trial and error costs. It was also a very important factor.
And many people don't have such an opportunity. "
Zheng Li added: “Virtual reality can reduce the cost of trial and error and provide richer education.”
Li Miaomiao nodded and said: “In three months, our global shipments of Pico Future exceeded 50 million units.
The current global shipments of brain-computer connected VR officially exceeded 100 million units yesterday.
The online education track has become a popular track again after the double reduction policy that year.
Countless companies are pouring in.
At present, except for the major Internet companies such as Goose Factory, Byte, and Zhuchang, the companies are doing relatively well.
There are also traditional online education manufacturers such as New Oriental and TAL, which are also very vocal.
Among them, Ali recently took a partial stake in TAL.
JD.com also wants to enter the online education industry. "
TAL’s predecessor was Xueersi, and had a good relationship with Ahri.
Many years ago, Ali acquired an AI education company called Xiance Intelligence, a subsidiary of TAL.
Later, when BabyTree was listed on the Hong Kong stock market, in addition to the founder's family, the shareholders behind it were Ahri, Fuxingxing and TAL.
Fosun is well-known in China for Fosun Pharma, which has been engaged in mergers and acquisitions for many years, and its capital operation strength is far greater than its R&D strength.
Of course, Fosun Pharma is still much better than Zhifei Biotech. Fosun Pharma has an annual revenue of 30 billion and invests 3 billion in R&D.
In 2020, Zhifei Biotech earned RMB 15 billion from selling vaccines and invested RMB 300 million in R&D. In 2021, it earned RMB 30 billion from buying vaccines and invested RMB 500 million in R&D.
In this era of bad times, Fosun Pharma is considered a relatively good company.
However, when compared internationally, the revenue to R&D investment ratio of the top ten biopharmaceutical giants in the world fluctuates around 5:1, and the minimum R&D to revenue ratio will not exceed 15%.
Returning to the online education industry, Ali and TAL have a very close relationship because of their cooperation in capital operations in the past few years.
Not only capital operations at the official level, but also private relationships.
The founder and chairman of TAL is Zhang Bangxin, a second-term student of Hupan University. Hupan University is the university run by Ma Yun, which has been closed in recent years.
Zhang Bangxin was the only education industry representative at Hupan University at that time.
The public capital operation and private communication make the relationship between TAL and Ahri beyond the imagination of the outside world.
After the advent of brain-computer connected VR, Goose Factory increased its investment in online education, and Ali showed no mercy.
First, it invested heavily in TAL, and at the same time fully supported TAL’s online education in the VR industry.
“The top five companies currently in the market are Goose Factory, Byte, New Oriental, TAL and Pig Factory.”
"However, MiHoYo and Bilibili have emerged very quickly in this field. By using people in 2D leather jackets to serve as VR online education teachers, it is easier to win the love of parents and adults."
In 2026, children born in the 1990s and even those born in the 1995s will begin to become the main customer group of online education.
Therefore, it cannot be said that they accept the second dimension, but it is a preference.
“There are also some startups, and angel investment institutions such as IDG, Sequoia, and Hillhouse have invested in some online education startups.
Cheng Gang had previously come to help connect one of the online education companies called Temple Education.
That company claims to narrow the distance between geniuses and ordinary people through their efforts, so it is called Temple Education.
Cheng Gang probably also has shares in it. He hopes that we can buy shares in Temple Education and is willing to transfer the shares to us at a very low price.
I guess I’ll let it go and talk about it again. Temple Education can be free of money. It only needs the shareholders behind it to add the four words "Science and Innovation Biotechnology". It will not be too easy for them to attract venture capital in the future. "
After Cheng Gang left Kechuang Biotechnology, he took a break and started doing things again.
Relying on the original accumulation completed in Kechuang Biotech and the reputation of the former general manager of Kechuang Biotech, his angel investment company can still receive some good projects.
Among them, Temple Education was the company Cheng Gang invested in, which he felt had the most potential. It had the potential to be worth spending the contacts he had accumulated in Kechuang Biotechnology.
Li Miaomiao continued: “The biggest advantage of Temple Investment is that most of the founding team comes from top American universities such as Harvard and Yale, and all of them have PhD degrees.
Because of this, the team of teachers they recruited are very good at academic qualifications.
At the same time, because one teacher in VR education can be responsible for many students, the cost can be spread evenly based on volume.
Therefore, Temple Education can be regarded as a start-up company that is doing well in online education.
At present, the angel round has received investment from IDG Capital and an investment company under the name of Cheng Gang. I heard from Cheng Gang that Series A financing will be launched soon. "
Kechuang Biotech is even underestimated if it is described as a giant in China.
The market value of one company, Ke Chuang Biology, exceeds the sum of all other companies on the Science and Technology Innovation Board.
If Temple Education can obtain shares from Kechuang Biotechnology, their subsequent financing path will be waiting to be counted.
Li Miaomiao continued: "I have declined Cheng Gang, we will not participate in the war of specific applications.
Just like Apple will not operate its own apps other than the built-in apps for iOS, there is no need for us to be both referees and players. "
Zheng Li nodded and said, "You can just decide these things."
Before the college entrance examination is changed, it is unrealistic to reduce the burden on children. Because as long as there are parents who know how to teach children, if you don’t follow your children, you will fall behind in primary and secondary school.
Especially now that it is impossible to re-study, falling behind, especially when the probability of transitioning from junior high school to high school is only 50%, has serious consequences.
Therefore, policies cannot prevent parents from voluntarily raising chicken babies through various means.
The Chinese government, which has been very stuck in offline training and online education in recent years, has left a hole in VR online education.
Because the front-facing camera of a VR device can easily perform face recognition, China stipulates that children cannot use VR devices for more than an hour.
For an hour a day, if your parents miss the baby, they can only get one more hour at most.
After an hour, it will be automatically locked after face recognition and can no longer be used.
Therefore, in this context, the quality of services provided by online education institutions is crucial.
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Sorry, I was scratched by the cat at home yesterday, which caused my palms to bleed. I had a day off yesterday.
