Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

On January 25, 2012, the third day of the Lunar New Year, more than 1 reporters blocked the entrance of the Capella Hotel in Singapore.

The press release was sent to all the companies' email addresses half an hour ago, with the title clearly stating: Aurora Group Pte. Ltd announces its official establishment.

Reporters huddled at the entrance, exchanging information with those they knew, chatting briefly with acquaintances, while others scrolled through their phones. Someone had already found Aurora Group's registration information on the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore's website: Pte. Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, registered in January 2012. The director's section only listed one name, Chen Yiran, with the rest blank.

When reporters tried calling Chase Bank's public relations department, they were met with nothing but official platitudes, such as "Please refer to the official press release."

The other companies are doing the same, each stating that everything is based on the information Chen Yiran released today, and there are no further updates for the time being.

Only three media outlets were allowed into the hotel.

David Ramli, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Asia; a middle-aged reporter from Xinhua News Agency's Singapore bureau; and a female reporter from The Straits Times. Each person was only allowed to bring one photographer, and before entering, they signed a pledge: no questions, no interviews, and the written transcripts would be provided by Aurora Group's public relations department after the photos were taken; the reporters themselves were not allowed to release any information before the press release was published.

The three reporters were led to a pavilion in the hotel's back garden, where everything had already been prepared.

The pavilion was small, with a long table, eight chairs, eight pens, and eight bound copies of the shareholders' agreement in English.

At 10 a.m., the representatives from all directions finally arrived and took their seats.

The agreements were signed starting with the shareholders with the smallest stakes. Zhao Guodong, representing Shougang Group, was the first to sign, followed by Liu Jincheng of EVE Energy, Takashi Hasegawa of Harmonic Drive, Bengt Jensen of Linac, Connolly of Bain Capital, Eddie Cue of Apple, and Grace Chau of Chase.

Chen Yiran, who holds 70% of the shares, was naturally the last one. Although the documents had been prepared in advance, Chen Yiran, like the others before him, pretended to casually flip through them.

Finally, on the last page, I wrote my name in the signature section.

Three photojournalists squatted on either side of the table and began taking pictures like crazy. This was the first time Chen Yiran had truly received external funding, and the company's valuation had already ballooned to hundreds of billions of US dollars.

Chase is a publicly traded company in the United States, and an investment of $50 billion is definitely a major event. They don't even need to wait for the quarterly financial report; according to regulations, they need to submit a current report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days after signing the agreement.

Therefore, Aurora's press release didn't hide anything, clearly listing the investments and stock percentages of the listed companies. Of course, the specific shareholdings of the other companies weren't specified, but business analysts aren't stupid; they can easily give a rough estimate.

People often compare Chen Yiran to Mark Zuckerberg, since they both achieved fame at a young age and started their careers at 20. However, it took Zuckerberg six years to build Facebook to its current size, and he only owns 3% of the company now.

Chen Yiran's achievements are clearly far greater, and reporters are eagerly awaiting the Forbes rich list to be released in March to see where Chen Yiran will be ranked. Will they dare to push her directly into the top three, or at least reasonably place her in the top five?

The signing process was quite short. Ten minutes later, after taking some photos with the three media outlets, the day's work was considered finished.

The Straits Times and Wall Street Journal staff quickly said their goodbyes; they needed to send back the exclusive photos as soon as possible. Although the press releases were the same, the exclusive photos would bring them considerable extra attention. Besides, such a big event would surely generate a lot of commentary.

The Xinhua News Agency staff remained calm. After questioning Chen Yiran, Shougang had already reported the entire situation two days prior. The headquarters had already reviewed it, and they stayed behind to take several more photos of Zhao Guodong and Chen Yiran together.

I also conducted a brief interview with Zhao Guodong and Ma Zhiqiang in a corner. The core message of the interview was that Shougang Group, as the global founding shareholder of Aurora Group, will continue to support China's high-end manufacturing to go global.

The people from Aurora Group did not leave afterward, but went to the hotel's large auditorium.

Since it was a major event, Chen Yiran still hosted a buffet lunch, even though he felt it was meaningless.

Important figures from all sides attended, and Chen Yiran also invited Wang Tao from DJI and the three founders of Universal Robots. They are all technical talents, even though their companies were sold to Chen Yiran. However, in order to retain them, Chen Yiran signed some stock incentive agreements with them.

The luncheon wasn't anything special, but there were some interesting things, such as Wang Tao being a complete vegetarian and earnestly telling Chen Yiran about his healthy lifestyle.

Chen Yiran listened attentively, then turned and picked up a ribeye steak.

While the luncheon was in progress, press releases sent to various companies had already made headlines.

The Bloomberg terminal displayed the message at 10:03 a.m. Singapore time, and then began pushing it to the world, starting from Singapore and moving westward.

The Nikkei Tokyo branch reacted the fastest because their time zones are only one hour apart. They released their first analysis before 11 a.m., with the title directly mentioning the names of Hamernako and Linak.

Because it was still Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, the response was delayed by half a day, but Caixin's duty editor still posted the commentary online before 2 p.m.

New York, the world's financial center, reacted even more swiftly. Although it was late at night, countless traders who dealt with cross-time zone transactions saw the news and immediately began calling their superiors.

Most people don't find the exaggerated valuation of 100 billion to be outrageous.

Wall Street harbors a longing for Chen Yiran that is unattainable, but Chen Yiran frequently shows off his achievements in the financial market online, clearly not the kind of tech freak who rejects financial operations.

However, he never accepts external funding, not even once. This forces Wall Street to only dabble in Chen Yiran's story from the margins, such as following Chen Yiran in shorting Google.

This time it's different. He has finally received external funding, which is a good thing. It's still possible for him to go public in the future and let everyone get a share of the profits.

Moreover, Chen Yiran acquired N companies this time, including electric push rods, harmonic reducers, collaborative robotic arms, batteries, and his own chip factory.

A magnificent scene unfolded before our eyes, and many traders had already begun discussing it online. Chen Yiran finally began to respond to the online memes with concrete actions.

He's going to lead his AI robots in a rebellion!

CNBC, which has a good relationship with Chen Yiran, quickly published a headline story, which can be said to have spoken for Wall Street.

Chen Yiran, with a company worth 100 billion US dollars, is about to start building the robotics market! All related industries and companies will usher in the biggest boom in decades.