I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

Ten days later, Sihai Intelligent released sales data for its humanoid robots.

83 male humanoid robots were sold, including 46 in the domestic market and 37 in overseas markets.

178 million female humanoid robots were sold, including 78 in the domestic market and 100 million in overseas markets.

These are the orders that have been fully paid and are awaiting shipment, or have already been shipped. Orders with only a deposit or initial payment are not included.

Sales data shows that there is a significantly higher demand for female humanoid robots, which may be related to the large number of single men.

On the other hand, Tesla's Catwoman robot has sold less than 10,000 units worldwide. If there were no comparison, this data could be used to hype things up and even boost the stock market. However, with Sihai Intelligent's sales data preceding them, they are embarrassed to bring up their less than 10,000 unit figure.

Netizens, always eager for drama, flooded the comment sections of Tesla's Weibo and other accounts with sarcastic and provocative messages.

"What's going on? Why did you announce the launch first, but then not dare to release a single sales figure?"

"As a listed company, you can't hide the sales data of such a key product. It will still have to be exposed in the interim report later. Why not just expose it openly now? That way, it shows you can afford to play along. Right?"

"I still prefer your previous criticism of Mr. Yang's arrogance and domineering attitude. Please restore it."

At this moment, Mattus, who was at the Tesla headquarters, was browsing comments from netizens around the world about him and Tesla. Seeing that everyone was mocking and provoking him, how could he, who was always arrogant, tolerate it?
Just then, the head of the Bald Eagles called him.

"Elon, get your Optimus Prime up here quickly. Global public opinion is very unfavorable to us right now. We must rely on Optimus Prime to turn the tide."

“I know, I know… but… before that, can we trust the CIA one more time? Let them thoroughly investigate whether any of Yang Chen’s companies have similar products? This time, we must urge them to investigate carefully and not make the same mistake as before.”

The leader of the White Eagles thought this made sense; figuring out whether Yang Chen had any hidden cards would give them more confidence in their strategy.

"Alright! I'll notify the CIA immediately. This time, they absolutely must find out the truth for us. If they dare to pass on any more false information, I will not let them get away with it!"

"Okay, okay. I'll continue preparing for Optimus Prime's launch event as planned. You should have the CIA do their utmost to investigate and get us accurate information."

After hanging up the phone, the head of the bald eagle immediately called CIA chief Statham.

“Statham, listen, I’m giving you one last chance. I don’t care what methods you use, you must find out if Yang Chen’s company has any super-large robots. This time, you can’t give us the wrong information like before; you must give us accurate information. If your information is wrong again this time, you might as well resign.”

Since his boss had spoken so seriously, Statham naturally knew how important this mission was to him.

"Understood! We will do everything in our power to get the most accurate intelligence. If the intelligence is still wrong this time, I will resign without you even having to say a word!"

"Okay, okay, I'm relieved to hear that. I believe you can get accurate information. Go ahead and get busy, I'll wait for your news."

After hanging up the phone, Statham immediately contacted the agents lurking in China to get things done.

He also conveyed the same message to the agents: if they failed to send back accurate intelligence this time, they would be dismissed, and if the consequences were serious, they would be held accountable, with some even losing their lives.

Statham believed that as long as the punishment was severe enough, the agents would take it seriously and send back the most accurate intelligence.

The more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes.

In order to obtain accurate intelligence, a female CIA agent simultaneously sought information from 100 men with whom she maintained close contact.

One of them was an employee at the Sihai Smart Canteen. In order to experience the feeling of being a foreign woman again, he risked going to the Sihai Smart Base to inquire about information. By sheer coincidence, he ran into Yang Chen, who was inspecting the work, and they bumped into each other.

Yang Chen instinctively used his mind-reading ability to read the thoughts of the stranger who suddenly appeared here.

Well, this reading revealed a big secret.

However, Yang Chen did not expose him, but simply signaled to the security guards to send the man away.

Then Yang Chen whispered in Huang Wei's ear, "Take out the initial version of Cheng Ying and let that person see it."

Huang Wei asked with a puzzled look, "Huh? Why? Is there something wrong with him?"

“There’s definitely something wrong. Otherwise, why would someone from the cafeteria department come here? One of the company’s rules is that each department is not allowed to go to other departments’ work areas unless absolutely necessary, especially the research base, where unauthorized personnel are not allowed to approach. He must be here to gather information. Just show him our initial prototype, and they can report back home. Master can then confidently bring out his Optimus Prime to promote us,” Yang Chen explained.

Huang Wei immediately replied with a smile, "Understood! I'll get on it right away!"

The next day, the man came to the base to steal secrets again.

At Yang Chen's request, Huang Wei deliberately let the engineers arrange the first version of "Cheng Ying" where he could see it.

The first version of Cheng Ying was only two meters tall and had almost no functions, making it much worse than Master's robot. The current version is a behemoth that is five meters tall and comes in both human-capable and non-human-capable versions.

That evening, CIA chief Statham received the first draft of the "Cheng Ying" photo, which he immediately sent to his superiors.

After reviewing it, the head of the household sent it to Master, asking him to estimate the robot's performance.

Master burst into laughter when he saw the ugly and impractical robot in the photo.

"Haha... How dare you even make this kind of garbage? It's a complete waste of time and money," Master said confidently, then he called his boss. "Haha... It's a sure thing, a sure thing, we'll definitely win this time, guaranteed!" Master said confidently.

The leader laughed and said, "Very good, with your words I feel at ease. This time the CIA has finally done something worthwhile."

Master said, "As long as they guarantee that the intelligence they send back is true and valid, I guarantee we will win."

The leader said happily, "Then what are we waiting for? You can start over there. Since we... you, you're sure you can win, then make as much of a commotion as possible. This time, we must win no matter what."

Master immediately replied, "No problem! Just wait for the good news!"

Master really wanted to win this round, so he personally took charge of hosting the launch event for Optimus Prime's new product.

Furthermore, in order to promote this product, Tesla and the US advertising department spent a lot of money on advertising around the world. The first wave of advertising directly allocated 2 million US dollars, mainly to promote the product in countries and regions such as the US, China, Europe, Japan, and South Korea.

The effect of spending 2 million Eagle Dollars was indeed good. Take China for example, overnight, promotional posters for Optimus Prime were hung in subway stations in major cities.

This time, Mattus was full of confidence and no longer subtly belittled Yang Chen. Instead, he directly asked Yang Chen if there was a robot like Optimus Prime.

Chinese netizens, always eager for drama, flooded Yang Chen's Weibo comment section, urging him to "fight back."

"Mr. Yang, Mattus has brought out Optimus Prime again, specifically asking you to take him down. Do you have that kind of robot?"

"Master is really desperate after losing this round. He's been building up the Catwoman robot for so long, hyping it up for so long, and making such a big fuss, only to be defeated by Boss Yang. It's no wonder he's mentally broken. This time, he's pulled out Optimus Prime again. It looks like he has to win this round."

"Boss Yang has never lost. No matter how much the Bald Eagles make a fuss, they're just promoting Boss Yang. Just watch, Boss Yang will soon be able to bring out a mech even more awesome than Master's Optimus Prime."

"Master has really gone all out. Optimus Prime's promotional posters are plastered all over subway stations and major shopping malls, and the promotional video is playing on the giant screen in Times Square, New York, 24/7. That must have cost a fortune! And he hasn't hosted a press conference in a long time, but this time he's personally taking the stage. It's clear he really wants to win this. Hopefully, Mr. Yang can keep up the good work and defeat him again; he'll probably be completely devastated. Master is a key tech star being groomed by the Bald Eagle. If they can completely defeat him, the global leader in the tech industry will change hands."

Sihai Intelligent President Huang Wei reported to Yang Chen about the upcoming launch event for the Optimus Prime robot by Master and asked Yang Chen for instructions on how to respond.

Yang Chen said with a smile, "It's always such a coincidence. We launch a new product, and they launch a similar one. It's not like this is the first time we've faced this situation. Let's just follow the same routine as before, let them show off for a few days, and then officially announce our product when they all think we don't have any products to follow up."

Huang Wei nodded and replied, "Understood! Also, Starry Sky Military Industry informed me that Master has a next move. If we come up with a robot even better than his Optimus Prime, he will steer public opinion toward exploring Mars. He wants to compete with you in the space field."

Yang Chen laughed and said, "Let him continue with his Martian gimmicks to speculate on stocks. We'll proceed step by step and send people to the moon first. We don't need to pay attention to him."

Huang Wei immediately replied, "Okay, I know what to do. You go ahead and do your work, I'm going back now."

Master's Mars colonization plan is just a gimmick; Mars is simply not suitable for human habitation. If one day humans really have the ability to terraform Mars to make it habitable, it would be better to just terraform Earth, which is much easier.

Back when China didn't have the capability to land on the moon, they hyped it up. Later, when China did have the capability, they started hyping it up for Mars. And now that China can land on Mars, they'll be hyping it up for landing on even more distant planets.

Most people just don't see through this. They only think Master is amazing. Chinese entrepreneurs are doing community group buying, food delivery, and finance, while Master is working hard to help humans colonize Mars. That's the difference.

However, the entrepreneurs in the Dragon Kingdom that they claim are not as good as Master are actually making the country better, making people's lives more convenient, and allowing everyone to enjoy real benefits, instead of making empty promises and telling stories to inflate stock prices.

Therefore, Yang Chen will not follow Master's lead in hyping up things like immigrating to Mars. Right now, he only wants to manage Earth well and then look to the moon. Even if there is a possible extraterrestrial civilization, he will first try to protect Earth before thinking about how to leave Earth.

For thousands of years, the Chinese people have maintained their leading position in the world for most of the time by being down-to-earth and taking one step at a time. Being ambitious but unrealistic has never been a quality of the Chinese people.

Although the current version of "Cheng Ying" can already easily defeat Master's Optimus Prime, Yang Chen wants it to be even more perfect. That is, the manned version of "Cheng Ying" can be fully launched, and the enemy's particle cannons and other weapons can be absorbed and converted into energy sources for its own particle cannons, electromagnetic cannons, etc., and then a plasma shield device can be installed. That would be truly a combination of offense and defense with unlimited endurance, making it invincible!

In order to overcome these difficulties as soon as possible, Yang Chen even lived and worked with the research team, racing against time to test materials and data, and solved the manned and transformation problems at several times the usual work efficiency.

Meanwhile, Master's Optimus Prime had been officially on the market for half a month. Some countries had placed orders under the coercion and enticement of the United States. The total sales volume had exceeded 5000 sets. Based on the price of 200 million Eagle Dollars per set, this had already generated 100 billion Eagle Dollars in sales, with a net profit of 68 billion Eagle Dollars.

Previously, the Catwoman robot's major defeat caused Tesla's stock price to plummet. In order to save the stock price, Master decided to release the interim report ahead of schedule and included Optimus Prime's sales of 100 billion Eagle Dollars and net profit of 68 billion Eagle Dollars in the financial report.

Normally, listed companies wouldn't do this, since these orders haven't been completed yet and there are still uncertainties. If they're included in the financial statements at this point, what if the customer cancels the order later?
But Master couldn't care less about that now; the pressure from shareholders was immense, and he desperately needed a reason to save the stock price.

What Master did even more ruthlessly?

They actually released the first version of "Cheng Ying" photos and had the media hype it up, claiming it was the large robot currently being developed by Sihai Intelligent, a product not even in the same league as Optimus Prime, and that people should stop having any hope for Sihai Intelligent.

The indomitable Chinese people naturally couldn't stand Master's actions. They condemned him for sending spies to steal Sihai Intelligence's trade secrets in the comment sections of Master's personal and Tesla's social media accounts.

However, this condemnation had no effect on Master, and with foreigners collectively speaking up for Truss, the voices of Chinese netizens were quickly drowned out.

The proud and strong-willed people of China couldn't swallow this insult, and they flocked to Yang Chen's Weibo comment section to ask him to take action against Master.

"Mr. Yang, Master stole your secrets, deal with him!"

"Boss Yang, I really can't stand their arrogance anymore. Can you come up with a better robot than his right away?"

"Mr. Yang, there's a mole in your company. You absolutely must investigate this thoroughly. If you don't find the mole, who knows what kind of core secrets they might steal from you in the future." (End of Chapter)