“This must be due to the presence of Daxia’s military and official scientific research institutions, which led to this situation!
We can no longer rely on our own R&D capabilities! The military, Ivy League universities, world-class research institutes, and even the scientific research companies in Daxia should all be our help!
We can no longer rest on our laurels! We can no longer continue to dream of a closed ecological loop! "
What? Open ecosystem?
All the directors looked at each other and thought about how much risk and benefit Pingguo would bring to themselves if he took this step.
But Cuco can't control that much.
He opened a document and threw the sales data of this year's new Pingguo phones and previous models of mobile phones, tablets, etc. in front of a group of directors.
“In addition to mobile phones, the global sales of our new Mac Studio, iOS eco-display and other new products have dropped by at least 25% compared with the same period in the past, and by as much as more than 50%.
Even our overseas sales agents have reported that the products of Daxia Enterprises currently on the market are cheaper and have better performance than ours!
If the lack of technical capabilities is not enough to wake you up, let me tell you that even though we are lobbying the North American Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt the electronic driver's license equipped with Pingguo products, we have been pushed back for a long time.
Obviously, we have been gradually marginalized after the last drop in our stock price caused the U.S. stock market to collapse and the rescue efforts of the Federal Reserve and Wall Street to fail.
There is also our attitude towards overseas markets like Daxia, placing the data processing center in Daxia itself, which has made domestic intelligence agencies very dissatisfied with us. "
When Ku Ke said this, he put his hands on the table and looked at everyone in a low tone.
He clearly knows that most of these directors are people from Positive and Negative, Wall Street, and international capital, so what he says to them can be quickly passed on to those forces.
"Gentlemen, no one can find out how many research laboratories are in operation and how many factories are in operation at Jiuzhou Technology!
But what is certain is that Jiuzhou Technology will definitely use all the resources at hand to rush to the place where Lilan has the highest market and the largest market.
And in addition to Jiuzhou Technology, we also have to face challenges from companies such as Xiawei and Xiaxing. In addition to the mobile phone main business, it is also very difficult for us to get involved in the new energy vehicle field!
If we don’t open up global partners to join us, Pingguo’s future will be miserable. "
When the last word was spoken, Kuko closed his eyes and clasped his hands together as if he was being judged by God.
"May God bless Pingguo."
Although these directors did not say a word, they followed closely and prayed for Pingguo.
As for opening up?
No one thought this could be done.
Just like no one can clearly know how many products of intelligence agencies and research institutes are in Pingguo's industry chain.
Pingguo is not a Pingguo owned by Kuco alone, nor is it a company owned exclusively by the forces behind these directors.
As the backbone of the U.S. stock market, it involves too many factors.
And it is not that easy to make a large ship turn around and change its strategy in an instant.
Many people even wanted to help shovel an extra shovelful of coal into the boiler when the ship was about to hit the iceberg.
Because of the destruction of the existing economy, although it faces the risk of economic crisis, it can actually increase the benefits of vested interest groups several times in the short term.
The core technology industry is moving to Daxia, but the people of North America will not move.
North American consumers are feeling the pressure from rising prices for gasoline, food and even housing, so shoppers are choosing smaller packages of food and more canned food instead of fresh meat, vegetables and fruits.
But even so, they still have to consume.
The worse the economic environment, the wider the gap between rich and poor will be.
Moreover, consumption will only be downgraded by ordinary people and the middle class defined by capital. High-income consumers are not actually affected.
For example, this year, the sales of imported high-quality beer in North America are still increasing steadily, and the sales of luxury goods have once again broken new records. N-hand dealers who resell Taoyao, SR1 glasses, Lingjing lander, and Jiaolong mobile phones on the black market every month. Revenue was higher than the previous month.
Even some multinational trading companies are engaged in the business of reselling, focusing on reselling Jiuzhou Technology's products to those Guo Jiahe areas where the government has banned them.
Although Jiuzhou Technology's products always have so many activation restrictions, many of them are really vulnerable in the face of money.
Now there is even a business of bringing people around Daxia, then traveling into Daxia, activating Kyushu technology products in Daxia, and then sending them back to the mainland.
Although the charges are a bit expensive, they actually provide a variety of high-quality services and "drive the development of the surrounding economy." Guo Jia in the surrounding areas of Daxia just turns a blind eye to Hanhu, and sometimes even Will help these people "travel" to Daxia.
November is an extremely busy month.
The reduced version of the mecha is still under development and will be launched in December.
The robotics project that is being vigorously developed by the aerospace project is also looking to the mecha project to "learn lessons" during research and development. After all, our projects overlap in many fields.
Although this experience was pulled directly over, it still gained something.
In this scene of the struggle between steel and industry, Gu Qing learned a piece of good news about future food.
The first batch of seeds sent into space by Jiuzhou Technology have taken root in the experimental fields of Xinke District.
Although the family is well-off in this life, how can a pig farmer not go to the fields to grow vegetables?
Therefore, Gu Qing is not a scholar who has his feet wet in the mud. Strictly speaking, he is also a person who came out of the village.
Xinke District was a suburb within the suburbs of Chengdu back then, so when this district was designated, except for the large number of residents around Jiuzhou Science and Technology Community, the rest of the area was basically plain farmland and Tianfu granary. Due to many restrictions, commercial real estate development is also not allowed.
After the zoning, Jiuzhou Technology, as a consulting company for the new district planning, also "recommended" not to develop real estate, so many fields were reserved.
Some of these fields are used as experimental fields, and there are dedicated personnel and Jiuzhou security personnel in charge to prevent uncles and aunts from taking advantage of the experimental results.
In the aerospace breeding corn base, a row of corn germplasm material with a plant height of about 1.2 meters is particularly distinctive, because the corn plants surrounding it that look the same are all about 1.6 meters tall.
In November, can this thing still grow?
Yes, as long as the temperature and fertilization are properly controlled, you can eat the freshest watermelon in the coldest winter.
Zhang Quanhai, the vice president of the Jiuzhou Institute of Science and Technology Biotechnology, was hunched over in front of the row of low corn plants, pointing with both hands, and introduced to Gu Qing with excitement on his face as if he had found a treasure: "Mr. Gu, this is a corn plant. Corn seeds mutated in the space station, and now one seed has grown into a plant, and one plant has multiplied into an ear row.
After two rounds of careful selection and testing, we found that its growth rate has been greatly improved, and at the same time, it has large fruit sticks, a compact plant shape and is resistant to dense planting.
Moreover, they have strong disease resistance and lodging resistance, and the accumulated temperature required is not as high as that of other corn species. This means that if these seeds encounter a season with many continuous rainy days, the leaves will not be easily infected with rust and stem rot, which can at least reduce the number of growers. More than thirty percent loss. "
Gu Qing nodded. Although he looked happy, he did not touch the plants. He was even afraid that he would step too hard and trample the soil tightly, which would adversely affect the roots of the plants, so he just leaned forward and looked at them.
Food is the most important thing for the people. Even scientists, engineers, royal families and nobles must eat food.
Therefore, Gu Qing has always attached great importance to space breeding.
Space breeding, also known as space breeding, is also called space mutation breeding. It is the comprehensive mutagenesis of crop seeds or test tube seedlings by carrying returnable spacecraft or space capsules, using special environments such as cosmic rays, microgravity, and high vacuum in space. , causing the organisms themselves to generate genetic mutations, and then return to the land, where they will be screened and cultivated by scientific researchers for many generations to form new varieties with stable characteristics.
"I sent so many seeds, and finally some results came out." Gu Qing sighed with emotion.
Zhang Quanhai sighed: "Yes, so many seeds were sent, but not every seed will necessarily change. What can be changed may only be a few thousandths or even a few thousandths.
If it were not for special equipment like nuclear track plates, which can be used to detect whether seeds are hit by cosmic particles, the time and resources we need to consume will increase geometrically. "
"Besides corn, how many space seeds do we have that have benign mutations?" Gu Qing suddenly asked.
As the vice president of the Jiuzhou Institute of Science and Technology Biotechnology, Zhang Quanhai replied almost without thinking: "There are three varieties of wheat, four varieties of soybeans, three varieties of rice, two varieties of potatoes, and pumpkin, There are two sweet potatoes each.
There are currently thirteen varieties on the space station, with a total of 1,300 seeds undergoing the baptism of the universe.
Moreover, going to space is only the first step. After landing, we still need to observe whether the seed genes have changed, and then go through breeding, multi-point testing and cross-breeding.
If nothing unexpected happens, stable and qualified space agricultural products will be produced in three years. Of course, it is only for our agricultural products for commercial and civilian use.
As for our progress on the lunar base, it depends on how much lunar soil the company can provide in the future and how many seeds can be sent to the base in the first wave. What our institute can guarantee is that we will be able to provide safe and high-quality edible space food within two years. Produce for astronauts! "
What Zhang Quanhai said was categorical, but Gu Qing did not agree.
He shook his head and said: "For commercial and civilian seeds, we still follow official regulations. The seeds are mature enough and the risks borne by the growers are small. Our company is not one of those seed companies and does not need to rely on space seeds to make profits.
Although I am not an expert in this field, I have also learned that it will take at least 8-10 years to cultivate more mature space varieties. Breeding requires four to five years of mutation screening, and three years of regional variety trials and production trials.
People's dining tables must not be careless. For the lunar base, we will ensure the supply of food and drinking water for the astronauts in the early stage, so there is no need for your research institute to take a big step to conduct experiments.
Anyway, there is only one principle, and that is stability and security. Our future is destined to be in the sea of stars. When we go out in the future, it will not be easy for us to eat the food on the Blue Star, so we must cherish every seed as a child and don't act too hastily. "
Worried that the other party would misunderstand the meaning, Gu Qing also emphasized: "You don't have to worry about the funding and the quota for sending seeds to the sky for experiments. Our company has always had a close relationship with the authorities. If you have any needs, you can report them. There are also matters about the experimental site." , we have good cooperative relations with Anxi Province, the three northeastern provinces, and some provinces in the coastal areas, so if you want a test site, just apply boldly.
Anyway, the principle is one, to ensure the safety and health of seeds, followed by the pursuit of yield, nutrition, and disease resistance. "
Hearing Gu Qing's words, Zhang Quanhai sniffed.
Looking at it, there are so many companies in the industry, even those with summer-funded enterprises, and none of them would treat this space breeding project in this way.
After all, transgenics, which artificially introduce genes for certain excellent traits into plants to change their comprehensive traits, is currently the most widely used and "cheapest" technology in the world that can produce results.
Space breeding, a technology that uses the space environment to accelerate the genetic mutation of seeds, expand their scope, and increase their frequency, costs too much and takes too long. Although it is a cutting-edge technology, the benefits created are not as fast as those of genetic modification. , earn more.
Gu Qing chatted a lot with other researchers from the Kyushu Institute of Science and Technology Biotechnology in the experimental field, and even had a lunch that was said to be a doctoral thesis of a certain person in charge.
Well, papers in agriculture-related majors generally refer to plants and organisms such as fruits, grapes, chickens, ducks, and fish.
During the dinner, an old man from the Institute of Biotechnology looked at the crops outside the window and said with his thoughts far away: "I still remember that in the 1950s and 1960s, scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union began to use various spacecrafts to Hundreds of plant-carrying experiments have been carried out, and some have completed their entire life cycle in space, producing some fresh food supplies.
And we are still on the ground, digging for food in the ground.
Decades have passed in a blink of an eye. I heard that the International Space Station has a lot of problems, and some astronauts even deliberately damaged the equipment of the space station. What a waste. "
After Gu Qing cleaned the chicken legs in his mouth, he wiped his mouth with a paper towel, and then said to the old man: "Now our Tiangong in Daxia is much better than the International Space Station. The astronauts can also grow their own lettuce." .
In a few years, our space station will be built in orbit, and you will always be able to watch our company’s astronauts eat the food we cultivated. "
