Super Rich: Starting the game by going back ten years to buy Bitcoin

three days later.

Li Yichen got up very early.

Before dawn, he was already standing in the workshop on the thirty-first floor.

In front of the console, three curved screens were lit up, and the data streams rolled silently.

Twenty Zhongqing robots stood quietly among the equipment, their indicator lights at the joints off, like dormant soldiers.

Two silver-gray metal boxes were neatly stacked on the floor in the center of the workshop.

The surface of the enclosure is printed with a logo of futuristic technology, and there is an LCD screen on the side that displays the internal temperature and humidity.

Li Yichen walked over, squatted down, and opened the box.

It is lined with black shock-absorbing foam, with grooves embedded in the foam.

In each groove lay a chip the size of a fingernail.

Silver-gray, smooth surface, and neatly cut edges.

Under the illumination of the workshop's overhead lights, it gleamed with a cold, hard metallic luster.

Li Yichen reached out and took one out of the box.

A cool sensation came from my fingertips.

It's very light.

Light as a feather.

He held the chip in his hand and examined it against the light for a while.

Then put it back and close the lid.

"Ling'er".

The phone screen lit up automatically.

A chibi-style character popped out.

"Brother, I'm here."

"Have you finished counting the quantities?"

"Counting complete." Ling'er's voice came through the phone speaker. "Two boxes, three thousand pieces each, a total of six thousand pieces. All have passed self-inspection."

Li Yichen nodded.

He picked up two boxes.

The boxes aren't heavy, weighing only about 20 kilograms in total.

But the contents inside are worth over 300 million.

He picked up his suitcase and turned to walk towards the elevator.

The elevator is going down.

The metal car was quiet, with only the slight hum of the motor.

Li Yichen watched the floor numbers jump up and down.

Twenty-eight.

Twenty-seven.

26.

……

First floor.

Ding.

The door opened.

He carried the suitcase and walked out.

The company lobby was empty. The cleaning lady was mopping the floor. When she saw Li Yichen come out, she was stunned for a moment and quickly moved aside.

Good morning, Mr. Li.

"morning."

Li Yichen nodded to her and walked straight towards the door.

The glass door slid open automatically.

The morning breeze carried a slight chill.

A black sedan was parked on the roadside outside the gate.

The car paint was very shiny, reflecting the morning light.

The license plate was white, and the first two characters were: Jun (军).

Li Yichen walked to the car.

The driver's side door opened, and a young man in casual clothes got out.

He had a buzz cut, stood ramrod straight, and had sharp eyes.

When he saw the box in Li Yichen's hand, he immediately took two steps forward and reached out to take it.

"Mr. Li, I'll take care of it."

Li Yichen handed the box over.

The young man took it, turned around, and put it in the trunk.

The movements were very steady.

After putting the suitcase away, he closed the car door, turned around, and faced Li Yichen.

stand at attention.

Raise your hand.

salute.

It's so perfect that there's not a single flaw.

Li Yichen waved his hand.

"No need to be so formal."

The young man put his hand down.

"Colonel Gu instructed that you must be treated with the utmost respect."

Li Yichen smiled.

"The goods have been delivered. Please give my regards to Colonel Gu."

"must."

The young man opened the car door and got into the driver's seat.

The car started.

The engine sound was very low, almost inaudible.

The black sedan slowly drove away, merging into the sparse traffic of the early morning, and soon disappeared around the street corner.

Li Yichen stood there and watched for a while.

Then he turned around and walked back to the company.

***

Twenty-eighth floor, CEO's office.

Ji Yanran is already here.

She sat behind her desk with a laptop in front of her, her fingers flying across the keyboard.

She looked up when she heard the door open.

"Boss."

"Um."

Li Yichen walked to his desk and sat down.

"The chips have been sent?"

"They've been seen off."

Ji Yanran closed her laptop, stood up, and walked to Li Yichen's desk.

"That batch of AI office software, Lingxi, was completed yesterday."

As she spoke, she turned the computer screen toward Li Yichen.

"Take a look."

Li Yichen took the computer.

The screen displays a simple interface.

The background is dark gray, with a function bar on the left and a work area on the right.

The function bar lists more than a dozen icons: document processing, data analysis, meeting minutes, workflow automation, intelligent decision support...

He clicked on "Document Processing".

The interface redirects.

An editor similar to Word pops up, but it's simpler, with only a few basic buttons on the toolbar.

Li Yichen typed a line of text casually.

"test."

Then click "Smart Optimization" in the upper right corner.

Almost simultaneously.

Below that line of text, a coherent paragraph was automatically generated, with clear logic and accurate word choice.

He then clicked on "Data Analysis".

I imported a financial statement from the company last month.

Three seconds later.

A dozen charts popped up on the screen: line charts, bar charts, pie charts, and a summary text.

"Last month's revenue increased by 70% month-on-month, with the main growth coming from Thunderobot battery licensing fees..."

Li Yichen read through them one by one.

That's a very good summary.

"Where are the meeting minutes?"

"This is even simpler." Ji Yanran leaned closer and swiped her finger across the touchpad. "As long as you connect a microphone, it can transcribe in real time, automatically identify the speaker, extract key points, and generate meeting minutes."

She clicked on a demo video.

In the video, several people are having a meeting.

Lingxi's interface displays each person's message in real time, marked with different colors.

End of the meeting.

A complete summary is automatically generated, with key points highlighted in bold and to-do items listed at the end.

"How is it?" Ji Yanran asked.

Li Yichen pushed the computer back.

"good."

"Even a complete computer novice can easily get started."

Ji Yanran smiled.

"Of course, Ling'er made it."

She sat back down in her chair.

"What's the next step? Should we launch it directly?"

Li Yichen thought about it.

"Free for three months first."

"Free?" Ji Yanran was taken aback. "Then aren't we losing out?"

"We won't lose money," Li Yichen said. "We'll offer it for free initially to attract users and cultivate their habits."

"What about three months from now?"

"It's not free," Li Yichen said. "Ten yuan a month, ninety-nine yuan a year."

Ji Yanran opened her mouth.

"Ten dollars? Ninety-nine?"

"Boss, isn't this price too low?"

"The cheapest similar software on the market costs at least thirty yuan a month."

"Our features are so much better than theirs, yet we're selling it at this price..."

"That's enough," Li Yichen interrupted her.

He leaned back in his chair.

"Lingxi was originally a subsidiary product of the company."

"We don't expect to make much money from it."

"Consider it a service that benefits the people."

Ji Yanran fell silent.

She looked at Li Yichen for a few seconds.

Then he nodded.

"Okay, whatever you say."

She turned her computer back on and started typing.

"I'll make the arrangements, it'll be online next week."

"Um."

Li Yichen took a document out of the drawer and pushed it in front of Ji Yanran.

"Take a look at this."

Ji Yanran stopped typing and took the document.

Turn it over.

The first page is the cover.

Due diligence report of Lantian Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd.

She glanced up at Li Yichen, then looked down and continued flipping through the pages.

The second page is the company overview.

Establishment date, registered capital, main business, equity structure...

The third page contains financial data.

The company has had negative net profits for four consecutive years.

Total liabilities amount to 8.32 billion.

Employees' wages are two months in arrears.

……

Ji Yanran turned the pages one by one.

The more he flipped through the pages, the more his brow furrowed.

She turned to the last page and closed the document.

Raise your head.

"Boss, what's going on...?"

"Are you interested in getting involved in the rocket and aerospace field?" she asked. "Or are you planning to invest in this company?"

Li Yichen looked at her.

"Full acquisition".

Ji Yanran dropped the pen from her hand onto the table.

"Acquisition?"

Her voice rose a notch.

"Are you crazy?"

"This company has been losing money for years, with debts of over 8 billion yuan, and it can't even pay its employees' salaries."

"Why would you acquire it?"

Li Yichen did not respond.

He picked up the document from the table and turned to the last page.

He tapped his finger on the words "sea launch platform".

"Because of this."

Ji Yanran leaned closer to take a look.

"A sea-based launch platform?"

"That's right," Li Yichen said. "Among domestic private rocket companies, this is the only one with a sea-based launch platform."

"So what?" Ji Yanran asked, puzzled. "Is this thing really that valuable?"

"It's valuable," Li Yichen said. "And very important."

He put down the documents.

"Rocket launches have very high requirements for the site."

"Land-based launch sites need to be far away from residential areas, the airspace needs to be clean, and the landing area of ​​rocket debris also needs to be considered."

"There are no such restrictions when launching from the sea."

"Once the platform is deployed to international waters, it can attack wherever it wants."

Ji Yanran understood.

But she still shook her head.

Even so, there's no need to acquire it.

"You can partner with them and rent their platform."

"It's different," Li Yichen said. "In cooperation, the power of speech is in the hands of others."

"I have the power to decide on the acquisition."

He paused.

"And what I need is not just a launch platform."

"What I want is the entire industry chain."

"From rocket design to manufacturing, testing, and launch."

"Hold it all in your own hands."

Ji Yanran fell silent.

She stared at Li Yichen for a long time.

Then he opened his mouth.

"Boss, are you trying to emulate Elon Musk?"

"The Starlink project? Or space colonization?"

Li Yichen smiled.

"You're like a tapeworm in my stomach."

"I guessed it right away."

Ji Yanran rolled her eyes at him.

"You're the one who's a tapeworm."

She picked up the document again and flipped through it once more.

"But is this company... really worth acquiring?"

"We have over 8 billion yuan in debt. Our technical team is okay, but we haven't made any groundbreaking achievements."

"Buying it is like taking over a mess."

"It's worth it," Li Yichen said.

He stood up and walked to the window.

Outside the window, the buildings of Lujiazui stand tall in the morning light.

The glass curtain wall reflected golden light.

"Yanran".

He spoke with his back to her.

Do you think that the current scale of technology is sufficient for the future?

Ji Yanran was stunned for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is," Li Yichen turned around, "batteries, chips, artificial intelligence."

"Is this enough?"

Ji Yanran did not answer.

She didn't know how to answer.

Li Yichen didn't need her to answer.

He walked back to his desk and sat down again.

"not enough."

"Not nearly enough."

"Batteries and chips are the only things that make money."

Artificial intelligence can only provide assistance.

"Rocket……"

He paused.

"It is the key to space."

"With rockets, I can build the world's first privately owned space station."

"We can go to the moon, to Mars. The resources in space are far superior to those on Earth, especially minerals..."

After listening to Li Yichen's words, Ji Yanran nodded as if she understood but not quite.

She looked at Li Yichen.

Look at this man sitting behind his desk.

But those eyes were very bright.

It's frighteningly bright.

"So," Ji Yanran asked, "what are you planning to do?"

"Five days later," Li Yichen said, "I will personally go and acquire this company."

"Over the next five days, you should first try to get in touch with their boss."

"Let's sound them out."

"Let's find out the bottom line."

Ji Yanran sighed.

"Boss, you really treat me like a beast of burden."

"I've been looking for a chance to take a day off these past few days."

Li Yichen smiled.

"rest assured."

"Once we successfully acquire Blue Sky Aerospace, I'll give you two days off."

"real?"

"real."

Ji Yanran stared at him for three seconds.

Then he pouted.

"You're kidding me."

"Damn capitalists."

"I don't believe you're really going to give me a day off."

Li Yichen's smile froze for a moment.

He recalled the several times he had promised Ji Yanran a break, but each time it was delayed due to various reasons.

They are indeed somewhat in the wrong.

"This time, definitely," he said.

"must?"

"must."

Ji Yanran still didn't believe it.

But she didn't say anything more.

Pick up the document and stand up.

"Alright."

"I'll arrange it."

She walked to the door and opened it.

It stopped again.

Look back.

"Boss."

"Um?"

"If you really want to build rockets."

"Be prepared to burn through money."

"If this thing explodes even once, billions of dollars will be wasted."

Li Yichen nodded.

"I know that."

Do you think your boss, me, is short of money right now?

Ji Yanran glanced at him.

Indeed, Li Yichen is not short of money; the company currently has over 100 billion yuan in cash on its books! That's real cash.

Then Ji Yanran opened the door and went out.