People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

Tartaglia didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Previously, the ninth executive officer of the Fatui, "the rich man" Pantalone, had indeed booked the Goethe Hotel as the Fatui's base, but then the Sky Shield system and the Sentinel system came out, and those Fatui had to evacuate Mondstadt or return to Solstice's public base in Mondstadt. It was not a deliberate breach of contract.

"Okay, old man, I'll remember that." But what could he say to such an old man?

I can only, yes, yes, yes.

Tartaglia listened attentively to other people's conversation and found that they didn't know what Shen Qin was going to do this time, but since so many people were invited, they believed that there would be great business cooperation opportunities this time.

Everyone present represented major business forces and had long been coveting the cooperation between Shen Qin and Chenxi Winery. If there was a chance to cooperate with him, they would definitely not let it go.

Just as everyone was talking, the door of the conference room opened and Shen Qin, Diluk, Qin and Keqing walked in, followed by the Knights of the Order.

Chapter 120 I know you are anxious, but don’t be anxious yet

Seeing Shen Qin and the others coming in, everyone greeted them with a smile. They all knew that Shen Qin-Chenxi Winery-Knights was a whole interest group, so everyone here was worth winning over.

No one paid any attention to Keqing, the official representative of Liyue. She didn't care and went to sit next to Axu from Feiyun Chamber of Commerce.

"Master Yuhengxing." Ah Xu greeted her respectfully, and then asked, "Will the Liyue officials also participate in the cooperation with Shen Qin this time?"

"Not necessarily. I don't even know what today's meeting is about."

At this time, Shen Qin sat in the middle of the conference table. On both sides were Shen Qin and Albedo. Diluk and Qin sat in the two seats below. The rest of the people sat quite casually.

This conference room is the largest meeting room in the Knights. It is half the size of a basketball court and covers an area of ​​about 200 square meters. The conference table is in the shape of a U-shaped U and is very close to the surrounding walls, leaving a large open space in the middle.

"Ahem, everyone please be quiet and take your seats. The meeting will start soon." Shen Qin spoke into the microphone standing on the table, and continued speaking only after everyone was seated.

"Everyone, I am very glad that you have been invited to attend the first joint business investment conference."

"Many people will be curious - 'What exactly is this Chamber of Commerce for? Shen Qin only called us to attend the meeting, but he didn't say anything!' I know you are anxious, but don't worry."

"There are many well-informed people here. They should know that the Adventurer's Association issued a large number of commissions regarding the Wind Dragon Ruins some time ago. Almost all adventurers in Mondstadt went there, and I was the one who issued these commissions."

Those who had already dug up intelligence were fine, but there were also some people who had only heard about this matter but did not know that the person behind it was Shen Qin. They were very surprised and immediately began to think deeply about Shen Qin's purpose in issuing these commissions.

But Shen Qin kindly said that you don't need to bother, and directly announced the answer: "Let me announce one thing first - the Knights have leased the entire Wind Dragon Ruins to me for 50 years, and I have the right to use it!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. They looked at Qin in disbelief, as if wanting to get confirmation from her.

"Yes, the Knights have indeed leased the Wind Dragon Ruins to him for use." Qin nodded and operated the smart bracelet. A huge holographically projected lease certificate immediately appeared in the center of the conference room.

Everyone looked at the projection that suddenly appeared in the air, but they were not surprised. They had often seen the Knights using smart bracelets with virtual screens recently, and thought that this was just a virtual screen.

They were more concerned about the contents of the lease certificate, which clearly stated that Shen Qin had the right to use the entire Fenglong Ruins for fifty years, and all resources in the Fenglong Ruins belonged to him during this period. The document was also stamped with the seal of the Knights and the signature of Captain Qin, confirming its authenticity.

Everyone gasped, making a small contribution to the warming of Tewate.

The eyes of some people with a keen sense of smell have lit up. First, the Knights went out to clear out the monsters in the Wind Dragon Ruins, and then adventurers poured in to conduct a comprehensive exploration. Could it be that Shen Qin was planning to develop the rich resources inside?

That’s a big business!

There used to be a large number of monsters in the Wind Dragon Ruins, and almost no one dared to approach them. Even adventurers were reluctant to come here.

And because the ruins of Old Mondstadt are difficult to deal with, the Knights have not carried out any large-scale development on it.

Over the years, a large amount of minerals, animals, plants and other resources have accumulated in the Fenglong ruins, but no one has paid attention to them. If they were developed, it would be a huge fortune!

Now the Fenglong Ruins belong to Shen Qin. If they want to obtain these resources, they must cooperate with him!

Therefore, they turned their burning eyes to Shen Qin again.

Facing their gazes, Shen Qin calmly asked them to keep quiet and said, "I know you must have a lot of questions now, but before I answer them, please watch a VCR first... watch a holographic projection we made."

Holographic projection? Some people were keenly aware of this unfamiliar word in his words.

Shen Qin operated the smart bracelet and saw that all the curtains in the conference room were automatically drawn, completely blocking the light outside the window. At the same time, the lights in the conference room gradually dimmed until they were completely turned off.

In the darkness, everyone was rustling around uncomfortably, but with a melodious tune, a holographic projection of the entire Wind Dragon Ruins appeared in the center of the conference room, and all the sounds they made disappeared instantly.

With the dim light from the holographic projection, one could see that everyone was staring at the center of the conference room with their eyes wide open.

This is not a picture that appears on a flat surface like a virtual screen, but a three-dimensional projection. It seems to exist in reality, and different pictures can be seen from different angles.

This is a holographic projection? !

But they soon shifted their focus from the technology to the content of the projection.

The Fenglong ruins shown in the projection were completely different from the Fenglong ruins they knew. They could only be vaguely distinguished from the topography of the basin, and its surface was covered with thick ice and snow.

As time passed, a tall tower was erected in the center of the basin. The ice and snow in the basin melted. The camera kept switching, and ancient-style buildings and aerial corridors rose from the ground.

Everyone understood that this was the history of Old Mondstadt, when King Diekarapian built a tall tower and used a wind wall to block the wind and snow outside, providing shelter for the people of Old Mondstadt.

The melody became more passionate at this time, and more and more buildings were built in the basin. Old Mond became visibly prosperous, and the emotions of the people became excited. The real holographic projection before their eyes made them feel as if they had experienced that ancient history firsthand.

At this time, drums sounded, and six illusory figures raised their arms and shouted. Then everyone seemed to hear the shouts of the rebels, and fires broke out everywhere in Old Mondstadt.

The gradually increasing drum beats and increasingly passionate melody brought everyone's emotions to a climax, but with a loud "boom", the tower shattered and all the sounds disappeared.

The rebels overthrew the rule of the lonely king, and all the people of Old Mondstadt left Old Mondstadt and returned to the free sky.

The sun and the moon rotate, the stars move, sad music sounds, the buildings of Old Mond collapse one after another, sky corridors fall from the sky, shaking up large amounts of dust, and Old Mond, which was once the home of mankind, is gradually invaded by plants and animals.

Soon, it turned into the familiar Wind Dragon Ruins.

In the projection, the current appearance of the Wind Dragon Ruins was vividly displayed before them, but they began to wonder.

This projection perfectly restored the historical changes of the Fenglong ruins over 3,000 years in a very intuitive way. They also enjoyed watching it, but what does this have to do with today's Chamber of Commerce?

Chapter 121: The Eternal Fate of the Vending Machine

Looking at the reactions of the crowd, Shen Qin smiled. This projection was made by him, Albedo and Sucrose at the beginning. It was just for practice. It was put here to let them get used to the way of watching the projection. The main film would come next.

At this time, the projection was of the broken central tower. Intensive and short drum beats were heard in the music, and the drum beats were gradually getting louder. I saw lines of light outlining the outlines of bricks and stones in the broken parts of the tower, and then bricks and stones filled the broken parts of the tower.

The camera zooms out, and a sharp guitar sound comes in, replacing the dense and short drum beats, playing an exciting melody. (Reference BGM: Cyberpunk 2077 "Spoiler")

Two circles of tall skywalks were restored, still using the retro design of old Mond, but soon skyscrapers that exceeded everyone's imagination rose from the ground. The lowest of them had more than 20 floors, and the tallest had more than 100 floors, densely rooted in the ground.

Tracks are interspersed between the tall buildings. The maglev trains on the tracks are moving rapidly along the tracks. At the same time, floating cars are flying in an orderly manner between the tall buildings, landing and taking off from the landing platforms on each floor of the tall buildings from time to time.

The camera zooms out and the scene switches to night. The night view of the entire inner city is fully displayed in front of everyone. Every window of the high-rise buildings is lit up, and there are holographic projection advertisements on the top of some buildings that reach into the sky. The colorful lights illuminate the night sky of the entire city and the stunned expressions of everyone.

But they didn't notice each other's ugly expressions, their eyes were all fixed on the projection.

Is this a fucking city? Shen Qin wants to turn the Wind Dragon Ruins into a city they have never seen before? !

The high-rise buildings with advanced designs, the never-before-seen maglev trains and floating cars, and the colorful light pollution constantly shocked their hearts.

At this time, the camera zooms out again, presenting the panoramic view of the entire Fenglong ruins to everyone. Eight huge aerial corridors connect the inner city with the outermost circle of super-large aerial corridors in the ruins.

Then all the images were reduced to the virtual screen of a smart bracelet. A man turned off the screen, turned around and climbed onto the huge Mingguan transport truck. The behemoth increased its speed to the limit on the uneven dirt road, and then drove onto a wide and flat highway.

As the transport truck drove onto the road, a large loudspeaker beside the road repeatedly played an emotionless announcement.

“There are thousands of roads, but safety comes first. If you don’t drive properly, your loved ones will shed tears.”

With the size of a human as a reference, everyone could quickly tell how huge the Mingguan transport vehicle and the road were.

But they had no time to be surprised because the projection continued.

They saw a man operating a huge mechanical arm and easily scooping up a bucket of soil that was enough to crush a house.

The huge shield machine easily dug a smooth tunnel in the middle of a mountain.

The rocket, emitting a high-temperature tail flame, soared into the sky until it became a black dot that was invisible to the naked eye.

Finally the scene returns to the city.

A girl was sleeping quietly in bed. The alarm clock rang at 7:30 in the morning. The girl opened her eyes, put on the smart bracelet on the bedside, and the lights in the room lit up automatically.

She waved at the curtains, and they opened automatically, letting the sunlight from outside into the room.

She connected the bionic prosthesis beside the bed to her thigh and went into the bathroom to wash up.

The camera switches, and she walks out of the room wearing a pair of glasses and carrying a backpack. The clothes she wears are very different from the style of Teyvat. The combination of denim hot pants and leather jacket shows her invincible youthfulness.

But they didn't know what that thing on her head that covered her ears was.

But the next scene immediately explained it to them. The girl clicked the frame of her glasses with her finger to call out the virtual screen. She used hand gestures to operate in the air, opened the music player software, and clicked play.

Here is a close-up of the headphones, and at the same time, cheerful music starts playing, and everyone suddenly realizes that it can be used to play music. These rich people have expensive record players at home, so they can understand it quickly, but they are still a little surprised by such a small "record player".

To the sound of cheerful music, the girl walked to the elevator and a prompt immediately popped up on the virtual screen, asking if she wanted to take the elevator. After she set the elevator to the ground floor, the elevator arrived immediately.

At this time, the camera switches to the entire building, but the building is translucent, and you can see the girl taking the elevator quickly to the bottom floor.

So is this the way to go up and down stairs in such a tall building?

As everyone was amazed, the girl had already reached the ground floor of the building. She walked to a vending machine and ordered a bottle of milk and a bag of bread. A deduction notification popped up on the virtual screen, but no goods fell from the vending machine's pickup port.

The girl kicked the vending machine with a flying kick. With a "bang", even the background music was stopped, which scared everyone.

The girl took out the bread and milk that had just fallen at the delivery port, stepped on the flying skateboard onto the skateboard lane, and the music continued to play.

The camera zooms out to capture the neat, flat, and criss-crossing transportation network.

The camera switches, and the girl quickly arrives at the maglev station. She also does not make any movement when passing through the turnstile, only a notification pops up on the virtual screen.

While she was waiting for the bus, a cylindrical cleaning robot was cleaning up the garbage on the platform. She swallowed the last bite of bread and waved to the cleaning robot. It immediately came over and opened a gap on its head.

The girl threw the garbage into the gap, and a holographic projection of an emoticon with Bennett's thumbs up (Vulcan's affirmation) immediately appeared above the cleaning robot's head.

Serius couldn't help laughing.

The long maglev train soon arrived at the station, the girl got on the train, and the train sped along the track.

Next, the shots inside the car switched, with some people watching videos on a virtual screen, some people having remote video chats with others, and some people watching the news on the screen.

The maglev train arrived at the station. After leaving the station, the girl stepped on the flying skateboard again and flew into the "Tower Alchemy Academy-Science and Technology Campus" located under the high tower.

The next shot is in the classroom, where the teacher shows a holographic projection of the electromagnetic gun to the students, and the girl is one of the students.

The camera then quickly zoomed out until the entire Wind Dragon ruins after the transformation appeared in the projection. A passage of words was also suspended in the projection - a sample display of the experimental academy city construction plan. The sample is for reference only. Please refer to the actual object.

After the projection ended, the lights in the conference room came back on and the curtains opened automatically, but everyone was still immersed in the scene they had just seen and did not react at all.

The shock brought to them by the sample film was no less than the shock that the people on Earth felt when faced with the Three-Body Technology, and no less than the shock that ancient people felt when they saw modern skyscrapers, airplanes, and ships.

This is a dimensionality reduction attack on civilization and technology.

Qin was the first to react. She looked at Shen Qin with a wry smile and said, "I thought you just wanted to build a research base and some factories, but I didn't expect you to directly build a city!"

Chapter 122 There May Be a Billion Difficulties

"Mr. Shen Qin, can the building in the sample video you just showed really be built?"

"We are very interested in the glasses that can generate virtual screens. Can you cooperate with us?"

"Why didn't I see Mora from beginning to end? Mora should have been the one to give the milk and bread, and she should have been the one to give the car..."

"That steel monster is a car, right? It doesn't use human or animal power, it uses magical energy like a flying skateboard!"

Everyone surrounded Shen Qin with fiery eyes. Even though he said that he would answer all their questions in detail later and asked them to go back to their seats first, no one listened, as if they were afraid that his business would be snatched away by others. In the end, Albedo used elemental power to rescue Shen Qin from the crowd.

He straightened his clothes and asked Sato to distribute the preliminary plan to everyone. After they finished reading it, he came to the open space in the middle of the conference room and answered their questions with the help of holographic projection, explaining every project that would be gradually carried out in the experimental Academy City.

"I can send you an invitation to prove that everyone here is someone I want to cooperate with. If you are willing to cooperate with me according to the plan I give you, I can guarantee that everyone can earn a lot of Mora!"

"First, I plan to set up a business group to be responsible for the management, construction, production, and operation of Academy City. In this group, I will invest in the Wind Dragon Ruins and technology, accounting for 51% of the shares, Albedo and Sugar will invest in technology, accounting for 3% of the shares each, Dawn Winery will invest in 80 billion Mora, accounting for 10% of the shares, and the Knights of Favonius will invest in 40 billion Mora, accounting for half of the shares."

"I will distribute all the remaining shares. How many shares you can get depends on how much Mora you can pay. You can also pay with other resources of equal value. But I want to remind you that the maximum number of shares held by each person cannot exceed half."

"Take the plan back and think about it carefully, or report it to your leader. Master Diluk will be here waiting for your decision at the same time tomorrow morning. He will be in charge of the group's investment and shareholding work."

"By the way, after you leave the Knights, you'd better not tell anyone about this. If someone else comes to us and wants to invest, we might accept it."

Shen Qin's final meaningful words made everyone alert. Only 28% of the shares were left to them. Theoretically, only six people could divide up all the remaining shares.

But fortunately, not everyone has so much Mora.

Only Liyue officials, the Fatui, and Feiyun Chamber of Commerce present have the ability to get half of the shares. After they take 15% of the shares, there are only 13% of the shares left. Is it enough for only them?

If other people get involved, I'm afraid they will get even fewer shares.

Everyone left the Knights with their thoughts on their minds. Shen Qin breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his chair tiredly.