A live stream of someone hand-making a giant white robot attracted the attention of the government,

That curse, choked with sobs, faded into the empty laboratory.

Su Wanqing put down her hand that was rubbing her eyes. The tears in her red eyes were forcibly suppressed, leaving only a clear mind and an unprecedented determination.

She looked at the screen again.

The strategic plan, which was once called "Homework," was no longer cold words in her eyes, but a sword and a shield handed over by that bastard.

"asshole……"

She repeated it again in a low voice, but this time, there was no anger in her tone, only a helpless indulgence that she herself did not realize.

Instead of turning off her computer, she took out her phone and carefully photographed each page of the strategic plan.

Just then, a bold financial news notification popped up at the top of the phone screen.

At 9:30 AM Eastern Time, US stock markets opened, and the stock price of Tianxing Automotive (TXAG) plummeted instantly, triggering the first level of circuit breaker. Within three minutes, its market capitalization evaporated by over $80 billion!

Su Wanqing's fingertip stopped on the screen.

it has started.

She stared quietly at the headline, the words "inevitable outcome" from Bai Che's plan coldly flashing through her mind.

……

New York, Wall Street.

In the trading hall, on the huge electronic screen, the K-line behind the code "TXAG" of Tianxing Motors plunged into the abyss at a suicidal vertical angle.

The red numbers were flashing wildly, and with each flash, hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth vanished into thin air.

"Sell! Clear all positions in Tianxing! NOW!"

"FUCK! We're trapped! The trading system crashed!"

"God! This is the Last Judgment!"

The screams and roars of countless traders echoed throughout the hall, and cries of agony filled the air.

Within just fifteen minutes of the market opening, Tianxing Auto's stock price plummeted by over 30%, wiping out nearly 30 billion US dollars, and the downward trend showed no signs of abating!

This is just the beginning.

Panic, like the T-virus, spread instantly across the globe via the internet.

Tesla shares plunge 15%!

Panasonic, Toyota, LG Chem... all the giants related to new energy were affected, with their stock prices plummeting across the board, turning a deep green!

The entire Nasdaq index was dragged into a quagmire by this mysterious force from the East!

Faced with this sea of ​​red, Bloomberg's financial analysts hastily coined a new term.

"Zero-Boundary Shockwave".

This phrase is used to describe the global market panic and systemic collapse of the industrial chain triggered by a small battery from a Chinese company.

Faced with Zero Boundary Technology's absolute devastating impact, the trillion-dollar new energy empire built over the past decade is as fragile as a joke.

At the eye of the storm, the headquarters of Tianxing Motors.

Lei Dong was "invited" out of the chairman's office, where he had spent ten years, by several expressionless security guards.

He was crestfallen, clutching a cardboard box. The board of directors didn't even give him a shred of dignity; in an online meeting, the angry shareholders ruthlessly kicked him out of the empire they had built from scratch.

"Mr. Lei, the battery's cooled down, time to eat!"

"Thank you, Mr. Lei, for contributing to the building of integrity in our country!"

"We're so excited! Lei Jun's win this time is a reverse win, everyone's exhausted!"

In the company lobby, the hushed giggles and whispers of the young employees pierced his ears like needles.

He was once a god in their eyes, but now he has become the biggest clown on the entire internet.

……

At the same time, at the University of Science and Technology of China, in the male dormitory building.

"Hahaha! He quit! He got fired! Dinner's ready!"

Holding his phone, Wang Tao excitedly jumped up and down in the narrow stairwell, his chubby face flushed red, looking like he had won five million.

The news headline on his phone, "Lei Dong, Chairman of Tianxing Motors, resigns to take responsibility," made him feel incredibly comfortable.

Brother Che is awesome! Sister-in-law is awesome!

This is a hundred times more satisfying than getting a perfect score on your own!

In his excitement, he rushed back to his dormitory, found an electronic firecracker he had bought for the Chinese New Year, turned it on, and ran out.

"Crackling~ Crackling~"

The jarring yet comical electronic sound effects instantly echoed throughout the entire floor, startling countless heads that popped out from behind the doors.

"Holy crap, Fatty Wang, are you out of your mind?"

"Going clubbing in the middle of the night?"

Wang Tao, with one hand on his hip and the other holding the still-screaming electronic firecracker high, announced triumphantly:

"To celebrate Lei the Electric Eel's resignation, and to congratulate my Che-ge! To congratulate my CEO Su! Tonight, I, Wang, will cover the entire building's late-night snacks!"

No sooner had the boastful words fallen than a powerful roar came from the stairwell.

"Wang Tao! You little brat! What trouble are you causing now! Stop right there!"

The dormitory supervisor, carrying a feather duster, rushed up menacingly.

Wang Tao was so frightened that he turned and ran away, leaving behind a series of cheerful "crackling" sound effects and the dormitory supervisor's angry curses, which echoed in the corridor for a long time.

……

Girls' dormitory.

Su Wanqing returned to her excessively tidy single dormitory room.

She closed the door, shutting out the noise from the outside world.

Her phone had been vibrating incessantly since just now.

On the screen, one after another, well-known names flashed by in the caller ID.

Sequoia Capital, Hillhouse Capital, IDG Capital... and even a few unfamiliar numbers from Wall Street.

These usually aloof financial giants are now trying to contact her, the newly appointed, mysterious CEO, in the most humble way possible.

Su Wanqing glanced at it calmly and then pressed mute.

She walked to the window and looked at the dazzling night view of Hefei. The city lights in her clear eyes converged into a sea of ​​stars.

Bai Che's contingency plan contained only one instruction.

"Build high walls, store up plenty of grain, and delay declaring yourself king."

Before establishing absolute barriers, any contact with capital is like inviting a wolf into the house.

Holding the now-cold can of cola, she truly felt for the first time how terrifying, yet how alluring, the power in her hands was.

She, Su Wanqing, twenty-one years old, possesses the power to make the world tremble tonight.

And at this moment, what is the man who gave her all of this doing?

……

Inside the school, a secret workshop converted from an underground parking garage.

Bai Che yawned widely and rubbed his sore eyes.

On the virtual screen in front of him, the outline of a round, chubby white robot had already taken shape.

He was meticulously adjusting the cartoon smiley face on the robot's chest UI.

[System Task: Manually Build a Prototype of "Big White"]

[Current progress: Infrastructure (100%), Appearance and User Interface (37%)]

"Hmm, wouldn't adjusting the curve of this smiley face make it look a little more healing?"

He stroked his chin, lost in thought that only tech geeks could understand.

As for the world outside the window, how much turmoil his little discus had stirred up, and how many people had lost sleep because of it...

Too much trouble.

Nothing beats the fun of customizing your character's face.

Bai Che yawned again, picked up the Coke on the table and took a sip, then continued to enthusiastically modify his smiley face UI.

For him, this was far more interesting than all the stock markets in the world combined.