Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 129 Suffocating for Dreams

Immediately, a European capital tycoon asked: "Mr. Xu, can you tell me in detail your thoughts on smart flying cars?"

Then a big shot from a sovereign fund of an oil-producing country also asked with expectation: "Are you planning to use anti-gravity technology? Does Mr. Xu have any ideas in this field? If so, everything will be easy..."

"Yes, there is also brain control technology and virtual reality technology. Does Zhiyun have a technical team working on this? Can it really achieve the level of immersive virtuality described in science fiction novels?"

"Also, Mr. Xu, do you have any plans to invest in research and development in the field of life sciences? If so, we are happy to pay for your dream!"

Xu Shenxue was speechless when listening to these people's words... It was obvious that you were not interested in Zhiyun Technology's core product, which is the "intelligent ecological business with mobile phones as the core", and then you hinted that I was bragging... Saying that I wanted to come up with some shocking ideas, and saying that I was suffocating for my dreams!
I just casually mentioned a few words about science fiction... and you guys took them seriously.

Am I fooling you, or are you fooling me?

But now that I've started talking about it, I'll just keep talking about it...

Xu Shenxue described his views on future transportation this way: "When technology reaches a certain level, such as the maturity of 5G or 6G communication technology with larger information transmission capacity and faster speed, and as chip manufacturing processes further develop, high-performance chips at the five-nanometer or even two-nanometer level will appear in the future, coupled with the continuous development and improvement of AI algorithms, perhaps in about ten years, we will be able to initially see the birth of a new AI!"

"Let's make a multi-rotor aircraft powered by a better battery or some other new energy source..."

"Then we will build a supercomputing center on the ground and deploy a highly intelligent traffic management super AI. At the same time, we will deploy countless sensors on the ground and a low-orbit satellite communication network in the sky, as well as a large number of sensors."

"Imagine what will happen then?"

“The entire city will enter a fantastic future world, with countless flying cars operating in an efficient and safe manner under the control of urban traffic management AI.”

"People can call an aerial car at home, and then get on the car outside the balcony dozens of stories high. The flying car will automatically plan all the driving track routes under the control of the on-board AI and the super AI in the control center, and accurately and quickly send passengers to the designated location."

"If flying taxis are like this, what about other fields? For example, in the field of freight transportation or long-distance passenger transportation?"

"As for the power of flying cars, anti-gravity technology is not very realistic. At this stage, I think electric drive can initially meet the power system of short-distance flying cars in the city, and in the future, we can imagine long-range drive that can meet the needs of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers!"

"In my opinion, we will be able to do this in the next ten or maybe twenty years... The transportation in the entire city will be highly intelligent, unmanned, efficient and safe!"

"In the future, drivers as a profession and driving as a skill will completely disappear from human society!"

"As for virtual reality, pure virtuality is still a long way off, but augmented reality technology already has a foundation for development. At the same time, through high-resolution glasses screens and universal joints, we have the possibility of realizing partial virtual technology in the short term. Creating a virtual world will be of great use in various fields, whether for social interaction, gaming, or virtual training."

"Life science is a field that I am very interested in. Although I don't have any plans in the short term, I should start research and development in the field of anti-aging in the next few years. I am optimistic about the technological progress in this area. The current and future scientific developments will be able to support a certain degree of life extension technology, initially extending life by ten or even twenty years."

"However, life sciences may require a large investment and a long payback period. I may set up a new company to specialize in anti-aging research. If you are interested, we can discuss it in detail later!"

As Xu Shenxue was speaking, the investors on the opposite side were drooling!

Especially for several elderly investors, their eyes lit up when they listened to Xu Shenxue’s talk about the possibilities of life sciences... When people get old, they are all afraid of death!

He immediately couldn't help but say, "Of course I'm interested. Anti-aging technology is for the health of all mankind. Of course I'm interested. As long as you enter this field, Mr. Xu, I'm willing to provide at least 100 million US dollars in initial funding!"

Then others also expressed their support for life sciences... Then Xu Shenxue found that his so-called life science company had not yet been established, so he just mentioned it casually, and then he received an angel round investment of more than one billion US dollars...

Moreover, the investors do not want many shares, because these investors do not care about shares at all, they just want results as soon as possible...

If there is really hope of succeeding, they even said they could sponsor a large amount of research and development funds for free!
The world of the rich is crazier than he imagined!
Leaving aside the rather special topic of life sciences, these investors are honestly a bit hesitant about other topics.

You say they are stupid, but they are definitely not stupid. They actually know in their hearts that Xu Shenxue is probably trying to fool them with the content of a science fiction novel.

But the problem is, the last time this man fooled them, he turned the trick into reality!
As a man who has fulfilled all his boasts, even if Xu Shenxue said today that this pile of shit is edible, these investors have to carefully analyze whether this pile of shit is really edible.

Then there will definitely be some investors who will take a bite to taste it, even if the taste is not right, they will continue to endure and eat it to see if there will be any changes in the future. For example, if one day everyone starts eating shit, and you eat it first, you will have the first-mover advantage...

This happened before. Xu Shenxue took out a simple design concept map of the S9 mobile phone, and then boasted about it, and a group of investors invested in it on impulse.

The most important thing is that Xu Shenxue has really made this thing... Well, although it's still a little lacking, such as the lack of fingerprint recognition, but Xu Shenxue has already shown them the fingerprint recognition technology, and it will most likely be used next year.

The complete S9 mobile phone actually has some sci-fi attributes in modern times...at least it looks that way.

This made them think that even if Xu Shenxue was exaggerating, even if he could only achieve 1% of his goal in the future, he would still make a fortune...

For example, smart flying cars are not very reliable, so what about ground unmanned vehicles?
Just the idea of ​​unmanned vehicles makes for a huge race track.

Moreover, listening to what Xu Shenxue said about communication technology, various sensors, and multi-rotor aircraft, it seems that they are not very difficult to understand. 4G is already being developed, related technologies are also available, and companies have also begun to develop 5G.

There are all kinds of sensors.

Multi-rotor aircraft is not a difficult thing to do, and related technologies have already appeared.

Then there is AI. It sounds a bit mysterious, but semiconductor technology is still following Moore's Law. This means that computer computing power will become extremely exaggerated in ten years. Who dares to say that AI will not appear by then?

Although it seems very difficult to integrate everything, what if it succeeds?
Investing is all about heartbeats...

And the man in front of them has never let them down!

Therefore, a big capital from an American consortium present said: Those ordinary investors have no courage and vision, so we will ignore them and continue to play by ourselves. You want support of hundreds of billions of dollars, so don’t talk about round B or round C... Just do a targeted share issuance before listing, and we will solve it for you directly.

Let’s calculate based on a valuation of 150 billion US dollars.

Take the money and go work on your black technologies...

We don’t count on self-driving cars, but you have to make me one!

Then, in principle, we agree with your plan to transfer part of your shares to cash out, but the amount must be limited. Of course, if it is too little, we will seem petty. In this way, we will give you a cash-out share of 5 billion US dollars, and the transferred shares will be shared among us.

A middle-aged man who was the head of a petroleum fund and glowing with US dollars looked at it and immediately said, "We have no problem. It only adds up to 15 billion US dollars... It's no big deal. If other institutions are short of funds, we can take on the shortfall!"

Then another European consortium hesitated for half a minute and then said, "We will follow suit. We hope that when Mr. Xu launches a plan for autonomous flying cars or other autonomous vehicles in the future, he can first come to our European region for testing or even trial use. I've had enough of those termites who go on strike at the slightest provocation!"

All these big guys expressed their agreement, and then a group of so-called famous investment institutions that seemed to be very rich also said they agreed with their eyes closed!
Anyway, this is a gamble. Since the big guys dare to take the opportunity to win a future...

They are even more daring...it's not their own money being spent anyway!

Xu Shenxue listened and smiled... Although he himself didn't really believe in the boasting he made, it was enough as long as the investors believed in it.

I don’t know when it started, but Zhiyun Technology’s strategic investors like to listen to Xu Shenxue’s talk. Just listening to it sounds unreliable…

But since they are willing to pay, that is naturally a good thing!
Therefore, the negotiations to introduce strategic investors before Zhiyun Technology's listing finally reached an agreement. If nothing unexpected happens, this will also be Zhiyun Technology's last large-scale financing and Xu Shenxue's cashing out plan.

Because the company will be listed directly after this round of financing, and in the early stages of listing, Xu Shenxue, as the actual controller and major shareholder, is subject to certain restrictions on share sales. It does not mean that the company can directly cash out by selling shares after listing.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue needs to solve the cash-out problem before listing.

(End of this chapter)