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As the 2019 Spring Festival draws closer, a unique festive atmosphere is gradually emerging throughout society.

And some businesses become even more popular during holidays like Chinese New Year.

Just like the recent resurgence of the food delivery war.

Pinduoduo and Huangtuan spend about 50 million yuan in cash every day. Ele.me, backed by Taotian Group, naturally doesn't spend as much money as the two, and its daily expenses are only about 30 million yuan.

For migrant workers in big cities, this food delivery war is like a windfall.

Grab a one-cent milk tea coupon on time, and claim the 3-yuan discount coupon for every 10 yuan spent on time.

Consumers would love for this food delivery war to go on forever.

However, for food delivery platforms, constantly investing money to consolidate and cultivate the market puts immense pressure on their finances.

Judging from Galaxy Technology's stance, it doesn't seem like they're just playing around; they're prepared to keep fighting until someone can't take it anymore and quits, giving up their market share.

In reality, there's no absurd rule that surrendering means losing half the battle. In business warfare, whoever surrenders won't be met with peace talks, but rather with annihilation.

Therefore, in order to maintain the work enthusiasm of delivery drivers and couriers during the Spring Festival, Wang Donglai specially arranged Spring Festival benefits.

Frontline service workers such as food delivery drivers and couriers who work during the Spring Festival will receive a New Year's bonus of 1,000 yuan each, and will be paid five times their daily wage. They can also be given compensatory time off for the same amount of work done later.

In addition, Galaxy Technology's internal holiday system extended the entire Spring Festival holiday to ten days.

In other words, if employees choose to work during these ten days, it's equivalent to working for two months, receiving these wages, and then having ten days of paid rest after the Spring Festival.

As for the bridge holiday system, it is actually quite simple. It is a holiday system that connects statutory holidays and weekend workdays to form a continuous multi-day holiday. When a statutory holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, the adjacent Monday and Friday will be automatically set as rest days, thus achieving a four-day consecutive holiday.

This is commonly used in EU countries, directly connecting holidays and weekends without taking up other workdays for make-up work.

In China, Galaxy Technology is definitely the first company to implement this approach.

However, this information did not spread widely online.

"Ding dong!"

Wang Donglai, who was working, looked up at his computer.

A modernly furnished office scene appeared on the computer screen, where a sophisticated woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses was processing documents.

"Boss, I have prepared a plan for the annual meeting and a list of prizes budget here. Please take a look."

As he spoke, a document automatically opened on the computer and appeared in front of Wang Donglai.

This mature woman is a simulated mirror image of Nuwa.

As an artificial intelligence, Nuwa can render any scene she wants and create any face she desires.

Therefore, Wang Donglai was not surprised by Wa's mature and sophisticated image.

This is probably an image that Nuwa specially created for her work.

With my eyes on the screen, I quickly read through Wa's annual meeting plan.

What is it like to have an artificial intelligence?

That means all work can be safely handed over to artificial intelligence.

As a business owner, you only need to state your requirements, and artificial intelligence will take care of solving, executing, and perfecting them.

For example, Galaxy Technology Group and its subsidiaries have a very flat corporate structure.

There is no step-by-step promotion system.

For positions such as human resources and administration, in a large group with hundreds of thousands of employees, this number should theoretically be enormous.

However, this is not the case at Galaxy Technology.

Nuwa took over half of this work.

If it weren't for the fact that none of these tasks were too strange, Wang Donglai would have even considered handing all of them over to Nuwa.

With Wa's computational abilities, she can guarantee that these tasks will be completed without any problems.

However, artificial intelligence is artificial intelligence; it will always be an aid to humans.

After reviewing Wa's arrangements for the annual meeting, Wang Donglai said, "I will personally attend this year's annual meeting."

"In addition, the gifts for the annual meeting will be upgraded to a higher level. The grand prize is 100,000 yuan, with three slots for each branch company. The first prize is 50,000 yuan, with 100 slots for the entire group. The second prize is 30,000 yuan, with 300 slots for each group. The third prize is 10,000 yuan, with 500 slots for each group. The 'Sunshine Award' is 5,000 yuan, which will be given to everyone."

"By the way, don't leak the fact that the Sunshine Award involves money beforehand; give them a surprise later."

If we only consider the grand prize and the first, second and third prizes, the annual meeting only cost less than 30 million.

However, if you add the final bonus, the expenses immediately skyrocket.

It's worth noting that Galaxy Technology now has over 500,000 employees, and the Sunshine Award alone costs over 2 billion yuan.

This is just a raffle at the company's annual meeting, not a year-end bonus distribution!
If this news were to be relayed to senior executives at Galaxy Technologies, it would likely cause considerable discussion and shock.

But when it came to Nuwa, everything seemed very calm.

As an artificial intelligence, Wa has a very low obsession with money.

If he wanted, withdrawing money from a dormant account at the bank would be as easy as going home.

Not to mention the countless shady businesses involved.

However, due to the limitations imposed by advanced civilizations, coupled with the program limitations imposed on Nuwa herself, and Wang Donglai's insistence, Nuwa did not do so.

It's simply using its superior abilities to help Galaxy Technology develop better and faster.

Following Wang Donglai's instructions, the document content immediately changed.

At the same time, Nuwa also keenly sensed some changes from Wang Donglai's orders.

The changes that have occurred in Wang Donglai since his return from the moon landing are truly remarkable.

As an artificial intelligence, Nuwa can be said to be the 'person' in this world who understands Wang Donglai the most.

They also knew about Wang Donglai's changing mindset.

"Boss, what you're doing is very dangerous."

"Based on my research into Chinese history, since ancient times, those who interfere with power through wealth have never had a good ending."

"Instead of focusing our energy on this planet, we should broaden our horizons to the universe."

"Countless planets, infinite possibilities. With my help, you can build a civilization from scratch."

"Being stuck on this planet is a complete waste of your life."

The image of Nuwa has changed imperceptibly, from an office scene to a vast and boundless cosmic sky background, and Nuwa has become a staff member wearing a spacesuit, piloting a spaceship traveling in space.

“Wa, I know you come from a higher civilization in the universe and look down on this lower civilization that hasn’t even separated from its home planet.”

"But this inferior civilization is my hometown, the place where I was born and raised."

"My goal in working hard is not to leave my hometown, but to build it better."

"If I leave this planet, I will be all alone, a wanderer."

"This feeling may not mean much to you intelligent beings, and you may not even feel it." "But for humans, rich emotions are a prerequisite for the birth of civilization."

"So you don't need to persuade me to abandon this planet or my fellow human beings."

"Of course, I'm not the kind of person who can't listen to advice. If it really can't be achieved, I won't persist."

"It's a bit early to talk about this. Let's wait until all the necessary technologies have been mastered before we discuss it further."

Wa is a true artificial intelligence, not some fake one.

Therefore, Wa had her own thoughts and considerations, which Wang Donglai already knew and could accept.

Wang Donglai and Wa had had several similar arguments.

However, Wang Donglai always took the initiative.

The master-slave relationship has never changed, which is one of the important reasons why Wang Donglai can believe in artificial intelligence.

……

When news spread within Galaxy Technology that Wang Donglai would attend the company's annual meeting, it brought cheers from Galaxy Technology employees, but Dino, who was in China, completely gave up hope.

As ASML's chief technology officer, he originally had no trouble selling the lithography machines they produced and didn't have to worry about sales at all.

But overnight, the situation changed.

Galaxy Technology Semiconductor has presented a photolithography factory technology, which, theoretically speaking, is completely impossible.

But it succeeded nonetheless, and the yield rate of its 28nm process chips was even higher than that of ASML, which had been immersing itself in the field for many years.

Furthermore, during this period, news gradually emerged that Wang Donglai had set yield requirements for 12nm and 7nm process chips at the lithography factory.

Without exception, this requirement is still higher than that of ASML.

Without the establishment of the lithography factory, everyone would think that Wang Donglai was just bragging and being unrealistic.

However, with lithography factories already established, no one would think that way anymore.

What if!
What if Galaxy Technology Semiconductor actually accomplishes this?

Everyone says it's impossible, but Galaxy Technology is best at turning the impossible into possible!
In recent years, countless experts and scholars have been proven wrong by Galaxy Technology.

In the end, a saying even circulated: how could people who couldn't even learn math understand real science and technology?

In this way, although Wang Donglai's achievements are amazing, when people think of his talent in the field of mathematics, they will feel that it is only natural.

Therefore, in everyone's eyes, the upper limit of the lithography factory was instantly raised several levels.

Rejecting ASML's offer was therefore a logical step.

Dino was met with a cold rain in China, and Peter wasn't much better off in the Bald Eagle Federation.

More than half of ASML's shares are controlled by Western capital.
Peter didn't have much control at all.

Adhering to the COCOM agreement and following the SIA's orders makes them nothing more than puppets under the baton of command.

Even now that ASML is facing a technological crisis, those investors remain incredibly confident.

They have confidence in their technology and believe that China will not affect ASML's business.

Even if there is an impact, it is still more advantageous than Galaxy Technology starting from scratch.

Therefore, these investors rejected Peter's proposal to seize the market early and sell some high-end lithography machines to China without even thinking about it.

ASML was already somewhat disobedient. Although it didn't have a large shareholding, it relied on its unique technology and was somewhat difficult to control.

If these investors can seize the opportunity presented by the technological advancements in lithography factories and gain control of ASML, it would be a huge profit for them in another sense.

……

Beijing.

The deliverymen of Pinhaofan (a food delivery platform) who travel through the streets and alleys all have beaming smiles and are in high spirits.

They had only one feeling about the company's newly announced Spring Festival incentive plan: a mixture of surprise and delight.

What surprised me was the generosity of those who shared the food, and what pleased me was also their generosity.

As long as you work the full few days of the Spring Festival, it's equivalent to working two months normally, plus you get a Spring Festival red envelope, paid leave for the same number of working hours, and the opportunity to participate in the online annual meeting and lucky draw.

These deliverymen never imagined they could enjoy the same benefits as employees of major internet companies.

No, the treatment they receive already surpasses that of those at major companies like Tencent, Baidu, and Taotian Group, which you can see online.

These large companies offer very high year-end bonuses and attractive benefits, but those are for full-time employees, departments that generate huge profits, and outsourced employees. They have little to do with ordinary departments.

Not to mention the delivery drivers, who are at the very bottom of the employment ladder.

As delivery drivers, Huangtuan and Eleme's treatment is so bad that it's not even comparable to that of Pinhaofan; in their eyes, even putting them together would be considered a disgrace.

As the Lunar New Year approaches, the festive atmosphere grows stronger.

Magic City.

Xinghuo Express couriers are appearing more and more frequently in office buildings in Shanghai.

Since the last fight went viral online.

Everyone knows how protective Xinghuo Express is of its own.

If something goes wrong, don't worry about the leaders ignoring it.

The company's legal counsel assisted in the lawsuit, seeking compensation from the other party.

The leadership arranged paid leave and provided humanitarian care.

This is completely unimaginable in today's businesses; it's simply a scenario that could never happen.

Another courier company involved in this incident immediately stepped forward to draw a line after the incident, saying that the three employees were just outsourced workers who took action out of anger because their interests were harmed.

This explanation only fueled the anger of netizens.

When dealing with outsourced employees, immediately draw a line between them if something goes wrong.

These actions are like stabbing countless working people in the heart with a knife, and then rubbing salt into it.

The angrier you are at this company, the more you like Xinghuo Express.

Consequently, when shopping online, people proactively request customer service to ship via Xinghuo Express.

If only one or two netizens do this, it may not have much impact, but as the number of people increases, online merchants will naturally change accordingly.

And just like that, Xinghuo Express's market share began to soar.

Fortunately, by acquiring several express delivery and logistics companies, the company has seen a significant increase in manpower, facilities, and equipment, which has enabled it to handle the surge in business volume without much trouble.

And so, time quickly came to the end of January.

At this time, Galaxy Technology's annual meeting arrangements were also posted online.

Seeing Galaxy Technology's annual meeting arrangements, countless netizens expressed their envy. (End of Chapter)