Cyber Heroes

On the evening of January 22, 2044, a plane landed on the runway of Beiping Daxing International Airport. After a while, Xiangshan and another old man left from the exit.

Xiangshan restarted the AR smart glasses hanging in his breast pocket. Soon, the glasses searched for the target location among the crowd and displayed a prompt icon.

This locking system is said to have been created by top external game designers hired by this generation's R\u0026D team, and it is in line with human instinct to a considerable extent. With the help of his glasses, Xiangshan identified the assistant who came to pick him up from the crowd - this was probably the first time he saw this logistics worker. But he doesn't need to be familiar with this subordinate. The APP on the assistant’s phone is linked to Xiangshan’s AR smart glasses.

The company sends the task to the assistant's phone. As long as he stood at the airport, Xiang Shan's glasses would show his presence.

It can be said that this system has, to a certain extent, replaced the facial recognition mechanism of Xiangshan's brain to build another kind of interpersonal relationship.

"Boss, you are really inhumane." The old man said: "After all, they are also staff members who have frequent contact. It is not difficult to remember their personal situations a little bit."

"It is a very evil thing to win over employees with feelings that go beyond the labor contract." Xiangshan said, waving to the employee. The employee also saw the two of them and raised his hands in the air.

Other assistants were responsible for picking up their luggage. Under the leadership of the assistant employee, Xiangshan and the old man got into an extended commercial vehicle. This car has had special treatment. When necessary, the electromagnetic wave transmission inside and outside can be shielded to form a relatively private space to prevent eavesdropping. The driver's seat and the rear seat are also separated, and sound insulation is also provided in the middle. The back seat of this car has four seats facing each other, with a small coffee table in the middle.

It's just that Xiangshan and the old man didn't intend to discuss any business secrets, so they didn't activate those advanced functions.

The assistant employee asked through the intercom in the car: "Mr. Xiang, do you want to go back to the company or go directly to your home?"

"Company." There was a hint of exhaustion in Xiang Shan's tone.

"Aren't you going home? Boss." The old man was a little surprised: "Today is the Lunar New Year's Eve of the Republic. I thought you were anxious to return home just to reunite with your family."

"My home is in Peiping, and I usually have no shortage of time to get together." Xiang Shan said, "And now that I'm home, there's no dinner prepared for me at home."

The commercial vehicle slowly left the airport. The old man skillfully took out a bottle of sweet sherry from the small freezer below and poured himself a small glass. He raised another empty cup and gestured towards the mountain. Xiang Shan shook his head.

"What a waste. We thought that you wouldn't be able to appreciate the sour, astringent, and bitter wine, so we put a bunch of sweet wine here." The old man put the wine bottle back and slowly drank half the glass. He put down his wine glass and looked at the approaching Beiping City on the side of the highway, saying: "Hey, I didn't expect that after seeing this scene, I felt a sense of 'relief' - obviously I have just returned from my motherland. Come back. I suspect if I go to the United States a few more times, I will become a public enemy."

"How is that possible?" Xiang Shan smiled.

"Sometimes I suspect that you never go online, boss." The old man took another sip of wine: "What image do I have over there now? The devil's spokesperson, the careerist who destroys the world, the destroyer of the medical industry... If I appeared in public with a dignitary and even risked having eggs thrown at me!"

"That's just a small group of extremists." Xiang Shan didn't take it seriously: "Here, I am an officially recognized pillar of the country. There are still a group of idiots who greet my family online every day, saying that I intend to pollute the human bloodline. ', they are the 'big sinners of the nation'. A minority."

"It's really different. There's so many idiots out there - you're not forgetting those guys in Silicon Valley who are throwing rocks at us, are you?"

Xiangshan smiled: "Yes, but you summoned a whole team of riot police with just one phone call. I think the other side is more pitiful."

"Hey... you really are..." The old man shook his head again: "Once again, I advise you to pay more attention to your business reputation and corporate image..."

"Our company is centered on R\u0026D. All activities exist to support R\u0026D institutions." Xiangshan blocked the old man's words.

The old man's name was Bernard Dubois. In the Republic, he gave himself a localized name, "Debner". Sometimes Xiangshan also calls him "Lao Di".

Lao Di is an authentic American, a standard "old white man" - that is, old, white, and male. Just like there are homeless people with the surname "Fujiwara" in Japan, there are also poor lower-class people among the "old white men". However, a wealthy old white man like Bernard means deep-rooted social relationships and broad network resources.

Bernard, a professional manager, was hired to join Xiangshan's company two years ago and became one of several senior managers in the company. Prior to this, he served as a senior executive in many high-tech companies and has rich industry experience.

However, few people know that Bernard is another political broker. He had personal relationships with numerous politicians and knew which institutions had close ties to those in the U.S. government. He knows how to use "donations" correctly to maintain friendly relations between his company and the political forces in the United States.

Although it may sound a bit "cheesy", it is actually an advanced art. After all, it is also a science to spend money reasonably, legally and efficiently. Even on Wall Street, there are a large number of managers who do not understand this, and companies that do not understand these principles have been swept out of the free market.

For most of the past 43 years, he has been traveling around the United States for companies owned by Xiang Shan and others, fighting for bills or policies that are more beneficial to this company.

Among other things, he is responsible for acquiring equity stakes in specific technology companies for the business.

According to Bernard's understanding, the R\u0026D team headed by Yawgmoth is working on a huge project. This project has many "pre-technologies" - and what is embarrassing is that some of these pre-technologies have already been developed and patented.

There are some companies that are so confident in their confidentiality that they do not even apply for a patent, but use it in the production process secretly.

However, what Bernard couldn't understand was that Xiangshan's team seemed to have a perverted obsession with this matter. They do not intend to purchase licenses, nor do they intend to sign a sharing agreement in the form of "technical equity participation".

Xiangshan's idea seemed to the manager to be absurd and unreasonable.

This man either buys the patent he likes and then licenses it to the world for free.

Or, first, through compulsory acquisition, all the companies of the patent holders will be acquired, and then the patents will be licensed to the whole world for free.

Of course, the financial resources of enterprises are not unlimited. Therefore, this is Bernard's chance to play.

Bernard's task is to promote legislation to limit the revenue that patents for medical prostheses can bring.

To put it simply, it is to use legislation to set an upper limit on the profit margin of medical prostheses, and even lower the upper limit as low as possible.

For Xiangshan, this legislation means that some medical technology companies are expected to reduce their income. He can lower the price as much as possible during negotiations for patent acquisition or forced equity acquisition.

Of course, there are also supporting policies. For example, some medical prosthetic companies are given high subsidies to compensate for their research and development expenses.

However, from the perspective of discerning practitioners, this is just a "soft knife." After all, the uncertainty of "subsidy objects" and "subsidy scope" is too great - far greater than their behavior of analyzing demand and creating demand through market research.

From the perspective of conservatives, this idea is simply unreasonable. They believe that this behavior will undoubtedly affect the enthusiasm of R\u0026D personnel for the medical industry and hinder the progress of medical technology.

It is precisely because of this that Bernard, who was working secretly, was discovered by conservative reporters and branded the "Satan of the Medical Industry."

"Believers in the free market." Xiangshan didn't care: "Ignore them. And as a researcher, I have to tell you the truth. This approach will not hinder the enthusiasm of researchers to improve medical technology. It will only hinder capitalists. Investment related industries.”

"Although it doesn't sound very 'liberal,' it is very much in favor of 'equality.' You said it yourself. If you search a little, you can find a lot of politicians in the Donkey Party who hope to achieve political achievements on this matter. .”

"Boss, I can hear a little bit of sarcasm in your tone." Bernard sighed: "Do you know how the Kingdom of France completely lost the competition with the Empire of Brita in the early 18th century?"

"Huh? Now is it time to discuss historical topics?"

Lao Laodi shook his head: "The kingdom established a 'Mississippi Company' to compete with the empire's 'East India Company'. However, the French king did not respect the objective laws of finance at all and blew up a huge bubble within his own country. . This resulted in France being in a state of decay throughout the eighteenth century, missing an entire century - and then the Great Revolution that everyone knows."

"Their opponents, on the other hand, respect the general laws of economics."

"Your respected Mr. Carr believes that economics is a very objective law. It is foolish to challenge the laws of nature. Although our company's R\u0026D team is the greatest in the world, it should not transcend objective laws. . You have to respect a little bit of objective laws. If you insist on destroying it, you will definitely be beaten to death one day."

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