The End of Technology

Tim Cook left in a daze, and did not put forward his own ideas until the end. Because compared to Ning Zi's request, his thoughts were irrelevant. We can wait until the dispute is resolved.

Before that, there were many things he needed to decide.

In particular, Apple is known for its large cash reserves.

Theoretically speaking, getting this news from Ning Jue in advance would be worth hundreds or even hundreds of billions to Apple. If this is unavoidable, he will have to consider how to reallocate Apple's cash reserves during the short window before the news has spread.

Huge funds are often a huge burden at this time, but Tim Cook, who has seen a lot of information with his own eyes, does not dare to gamble.

So Ning Zi and a kitten were left alone in the office.

"Meow, it's impolite to scare an old man. If you talk like this, it will lower his quality of life and increase his blood pressure for the rest of his life."

I have to say that March knows how to chat, especially for an artificial intelligence product, this chat ability is unparalleled.

"There's no way, that's how it is in the country across the street. If you want to take their money, it's best to let them know that you have the ability to kill someone without paying any price. Otherwise, you have to put into practice what I said. Practice. That would be too much of a loss, and interstellar exploration outside the solar system requires enough people."

"Meow, I can't be scared. According to mathematical modeling analysis, Western group characteristics will only become gentle and civilized after the group is clearly aware of its weakness, and its civilization will be infinitely higher. The power of words is often not that effective." March. He commented very seriously.

"So you have to take action next. The sea storm drill seems to be about to begin." Ning Zi shrugged.

Asking Tim Cook to deliver a few words would certainly not be that useful. But with the cooperation of March, it can be very useful, and it has always been like this, with no disadvantages.

"Meow, I suggest you just watch quietly. That's what I did before."

"You have been authorized. It's up to you how to operate it. Don't tell me. I don't know and I don't want to know."

"Meow……"

…

A building in Arlington, Alexandria, Washington, D.C., USA, looks plain and simple from the outside, but its interior decoration is staggeringly luxurious.

The various decorations in the indoor hall are almost fully covered. The four walls are carefully designed with different images and decorative patterns. Even the roof and all corners are inlaid with gorgeous and plump patterns. The crystal chandelier on the roof hangs directly from the top floor. It is said that it is more than 20 meters in total and is composed of more than 100,000 uniform crystals.

The reception desk in the lobby has a sign saying Grand Havana Room.

Yes, it’s a place called the Havana Cigar Club.

You can probably tell this from the wooden boxes behind the lobby that contain well-known cigar brands from around the world.

Of course, for the rich who have access to this place, tasting cigars is only the most basic enjoyment. As long as the amount written on the check is sufficient, all kinds of extreme services that normal or abnormal people can imagine can also be arranged.

To paraphrase businessmen, there is no shortcoming here except that it is expensive enough. But for 99% of ordinary people in this world, this shortcoming is undoubtedly extremely fatal. Fortunately, the merchant's marketing targets are also very accurate, and they only serve the one percent of people in the world.

In the club's box, two well-dressed middle-aged men were puffing away at the moment.

Upmann Connoisseur No. 1 from Cuba has a unique fragrance when lit, and each fragrance has a unique charm.

For those who like this, it is an irreplaceable enjoyment.

Nissen Mountbatten took another shallow puff of the cigar in his hand, then put the cigar on the shelf next to him, and looked at the man opposite him through the diffuse smoke.

Sitting across from him was Stephen Schwartz, the founder and helmsman of Blackstone Group.

Blackstone Group is known as the King of Global Private Equity in the financial circle. You can imagine how huge the scale of funds it controls is, but in addition, the boss in front of you is also one of the largest financial backers behind Nissen Mountbatten’s party.

Under normal circumstances, members like Nissen Mountbatten, who had just been elected and had no foundation in Congress, were actually ignored by the person opposite. But Stephen Schwartz is willing to sit next to Nissen Mountbatten, and he certainly has his reasons.

But no one has trouble with money.

Nissen Mountbatten gave him several consecutive suggestions, allowing him to accurately follow the market rhythm and earn huge profits. This was enough to make Neeson Mountbatten's face huge with him. So when Neeson Mountbatten extended an invitation to him, he agreed without hesitation.

At least in Stephen Schwartz's opinion, Nissen Mountbatten was definitely not an ordinary parliamentarian. Of course, what's unusual here is not because of his messy beliefs.

Stephen Schwartz wasn't interested in fancy stuff, but he was interested in money. The world of the rich is so simple and boring. Having such a common hobby can make each other the closest friends.

"Stephen, there is news. If you do it properly, you can double your wealth in half a year. As for the long term, if you have a clear attitude, even if you can double your wealth tenfold or a hundredfold, it is not a delusion."

When Nissen Mountbatten's leisurely words reached Stephen Schwartz's ears, the head of the Blackstone Group narrowed his eyes instantly. The hormones in his body began to secrete crazily, so much so that all the cells in his body began to jump with excitement at this moment.

What a beautiful statement.

You must know that after wealth has accumulated to a certain base, let alone doubling it, it is already very difficult to keep up with the rate of inflation every year. Guaranteed 10% growth is already very successful. If If you can maintain an annualized rate of return of 20% every year...that's Buffett.

As for the doubling of wealth in half a year and the long-term continuous doubling...

"What? There's going to be a big war?" Stephen Schwartz suppressed his excitement and asked casually.

Yes, other than that, he couldn't think of any way to double his wealth in half a year. After all, the wealth he holds is too huge, and without new profit growth points, it is almost impossible to double it in a short period of time.

The reason is simple. Without a black swan event, it would be difficult to find such a large opponent standing there to be slaughtered.

Essentially, if you do not consider the beautiful vision of finance and only consider transactions in the financial derivatives market, it is a standard zero-sum game. To put it simply, if he wants to make one trillion yuan, he must have an opponent who can lose one trillion yuan.

It's almost impossible, no one is going to stand there and be slaughtered.

Unless you grab it.

"Haha, haha...ahem..."

Neeson Mountbatten laughed violently, and then he coughed violently. Fortunately, he stopped coughing quickly and sighed: "Hey, it's best not to have such expectations, Stephen, if you really want to If there is a war, I’m afraid your assets will be reduced to zero.”

"Neeson, you really know how to joke."

"No, Stephen, not really. You must not believe that there is already such a thing as an anti-gravity aircraft carrier in this world. Coupled with robotic technology... In addition, the network we are so proud of may have no secrets at all. It's like... …Stephen, your investment decision-making committee is currently considering the acquisition of a large-scale Asian logistics park. If there are no surprises, you will cooperate with UniCredit Bank for this acquisition. It will still be the same high-leverage model as always. You are planning to issue 30 billion bonds to complete it. In this acquisition, the size of the shares acquired is between 60% and 90%, right?”

Stephen Schwartz was stunned by Neeson Mountbatten’s words.

Although as the company's CEO, he cannot personally handle all investment matters, he will still pay attention to tens of billions of investments. The project that Nissen Mountbatten casually reported is the biggest move Blackstone Group is currently planning in the first quarter of next year.

However, it is still in the internal review and analysis stage, and no final decision has been made. In other words, this project is still a trade secret of the company, at least for now. After all, such a large-scale investment is impossible to disclose to the outside world before a formal decision is made. Otherwise, it will easily lead to a series of chain reactions.

But now Neeson Mountbatten said it directly and easily.

Stephen Schwartz suddenly understood why the guy in front of him could always easily follow the market rhythm.

With this kind of intelligence gathering ability, even a pig can play smoothly in the market.

Of course, this was not enough to double his wealth in half a year.

The reason is also very simple. The market is dynamic. Even if you know a certain inside story, it is limited by the funding scale of the project and the related market size.

But this was enough to make Stephen Schwartz more vigilant, so the big money owner put down the cigar in his hand, looked at Nissen Mountbatten seriously, and said, "What do you mean?"

“On January 1 next year, the School of Computer Science of Huaxia Yanbei University of Sport, which has mastered the turbulence algorithm and faster-related patents, will propose that all settlement currencies for patent authorization be changed to Huaxia legal currency. At the same time, the R\u0026D base of Huaxia Yanbei University will officially begin to open to the outside world. For the pre-sale of anti-gravity aircraft named Fengming series, the settlement currency must also use Chinese legal currency. By the way, it also includes the behemoth of the faster platform. One world, two currency systems, but there is not much time left for fossil energy. too much."

Stephen Schwartz was completely shocked and asked again after a long time: "What do you mean?"

"It's no fun, Stephen!"

Neeson Mountbatten's expression suddenly became serious, and then he replied: "Don't make any decisions today. After all, there is still one and a half months before the official announcement of all this. In ten days, we will still be here in ten days. Let's talk again."

"What will happen in ten days?"

"You'll know in ten days."

Stephen Schwartz looked at the old god Nissen Mountbatten with suspicion, and suddenly felt that this guy's temperament really matched the magic stick.

…

Ten days later, on the high seas in the Atlantic Ocean near the Strait of Gibraltar, a fleet of more than ten countries had sailed to a predetermined area.

The rare good weather on the sea is calm, with only a few clouds in the sky over the sea. The sun shines gently on the sea, which is enough to make sailors who have been floating at sea for many days feel happy.

Of course, the weather at sea changes very quickly. It may be sunny one second and dark clouds the next. But for sailors who stay on the ship all year round, these are already used to it. It's worth it if you can enjoy the warm sunshine more at this time.

Next is a step-by-step exercise.

Things that have been gathering dust have to be taken out and put to use. We all know that many people are observing it in various ways, but they have become accustomed to it.

To put it bluntly, the exercise is just for everyone to see.

Only when someone pays attention can the significance of the exercise be highlighted. If no one watches it, it will be boring.

Everything was going smoothly until a passerby sailor on the deck who did not deserve his name accidentally looked up and saw a black spot drifting toward the fleet at a 40-degree angle from the sun.

"Hey, Coleman, what do you think that is?" the sailor called, then raised his hand and pointed to the black spot.

His companion is holding a telescope. Because he wants to see the effect of some products being smashed, a telescope is naturally indispensable.

"What?" The companion subconsciously looked back at the sailor, and then glanced in the direction of the finger.

At first, he didn't take it seriously, just felt a little curious.

It has reached a visual distance, and it is very close over there. If there is a threat, the radar should have issued a warning long ago.

The control tower was extremely calm, indicating that there was no big problem. However, to the naked eye it does not look like our own aircraft.

So he raised his telescope...

"Fuck! What the hell is this?"

…

"What's this?"

Apparently this is a general problem.

Because soon the sirens started to sound, and countless telescopes were also pointed at the direction in which this crap thing was flying.

Various radio devices also began to get busy. After all, when the exercise began, the sky above here was already a no-fly zone. There was an inexplicable intrusion, and no warning was given. This situation was obviously wrong.

The deck began to get busy. Several aircraft were urgently moved out of the hangar and hurriedly ejected.

But it didn't affect anything. Soon the wretched thing had flown over the fleet, revealing the lineup, and then hovered there, not even paying attention to the little flies swirling around it.

When many people stood blankly on the deck, raising their heads to look at the big thing visible to the naked eye floating below the clouds, the radio device of the control tower finally received a reply: "You are busy, we were just passing by and saw It’s quite lively here, so come and take a look.”