On the evening of January 22, 2044, a plane landed on the runway of Beiping Daxing International Airport. After a while, Xiang Shan and another old man left from the exit.
Xiangshan restarted the AR smart glasses hanging in his chest pocket. Soon, the glasses searched for the target location among the crowd and displayed a prompt icon.
This locking system is said to have been created by top external game designers hired by this generation's R&D team, and it is in line with human instincts to a certain extent. With the help of his glasses, Xiangshan locked the assistant who came to pick him up from the crowd - the logistics staff.
This should be his first meeting. But he doesn’t need to be familiar with this subordinate. The APP on the assistant’s phone is linked to Xiangshan’s AR smart glasses.
The company sends the task to the assistant's mobile phone. As long as he stands at the airport pick-up port, Xiang Shan's glasses will show his presence.
It can be said that this system has, to a certain extent, replaced the facial recognition mechanism of Xiangshan's brain to build another kind of interpersonal relationship.
"Boss, you are really inhumane." The old man said: "After all, they are staff members that we often come into contact with. It is not difficult to remember their personal situations a little bit."
"It is a very evil thing to win over employees with feelings that go beyond the labor contract." Xiangshan said as he waved to the employee. The employee also saw the two of them and raised his hands in the air.
Another assistant was responsible for picking up the luggage of both of them. Under the leadership of the assistant, Xiangshan and the old man got into an extended commercial car. This car has been specially treated and can shield the inside and outside when necessary.
Electromagnetic waves are transmitted to form a relatively private space to prevent eavesdropping. The driver's seat is also isolated from the back seat, and sound insulation is also provided in the middle. The back seat of this car is composed of four seats facing each other, with a partition in the middle.
A small coffee table.
It's just that Xiangshan and the old man didn't intend to discuss any business secrets, so they didn't activate those advanced functions.
The assistant employee asked through the intercom in the car: "Mr. Xiang, do you want to go back to the company or go directly to your home?"
"Company." There was a hint of exhaustion in Xiang Shan's tone.
"Aren't you going home? Boss." The old man was a little surprised: "Today is the Lunar New Year's Eve of the Republic. I thought you were in a hurry to return home just to reunite with your family."
"My home is in Peiping, and I usually have no shortage of time to get together." Xiang Shan said: "And now that I'm home, there's no dinner prepared for me at home."
The commercial vehicle slowly left the airport. The old man skillfully took out a bottle of sweet sherry from the small refrigerator below and poured himself a small glass. He raised the other empty glass to signal to Xiang Shan. Xiang Shan shook his head.
"What a waste. We thought that you can't appreciate the sour, astringent, and bitter wine, so we put a bunch of sweet wine here." The old man put the wine bottle back, and then slowly drank half the glass. He put down the wine glass.
, looking at the Peking City getting closer and closer on the side of the highway, and said: "Hey, I didn't expect that after seeing this scene, I felt a sense of 'relief' - obviously I have just returned from my motherland.
I suspect that if I go to the United States a few more times, I will become a public enemy."
"How is that possible?" Xiang Shan smiled.
"Sometimes I suspect that you never go online, boss." The old man took another sip of wine: "What image do I have over there now? The devil's spokesperson, the careerist who destroys the world, the destroyer of the medical industry... If
When I appear in public with a dignitary, I even risk having eggs thrown at me!”
"That's just a small group of extremists." Xiang Shan didn't care: "Here, I am an officially recognized pillar of the country. There are still a group of idiots who greet my family online every day, saying that I intend to pollute the human bloodline.
', they are the 'big sinners of the nation'. A minority."
"Things are really different. There are so many idiots out there - you can't forget those guys in Silicon Valley who are throwing rocks at us, can you?"
Xiang Shan smiled: "Yes, but you summoned a whole team of riot police with just one phone call. I think the other side is more pitiful."
"Hey... you really are..." The old man shook his head again: "Once again, I advise you to pay more attention to your business reputation and corporate image..."
"Our company is centered on R&D. All activities exist to support R&D institutions." Xiangshan blocked the old man's words.
The old man's name was Bernard Dubois. In the Republic, he gave himself a localized name, "Dubois". Sometimes Xiangshan also called him "Lao Di".
Lao Di is an authentic American, a standard "old white man" - that is, old, white, male. Just like Japan also has a homeless man named "Fujiwara", there are also "old white men"
There will be poor lower-class people. However, a wealthy old white man like Bernard means deep-rooted social relationships and broad network resources.
Bernard is a professional manager who was hired to join Xiangshan's company two years ago and became one of several senior managers in the company. Prior to that, he served as a senior executive in many of his high-tech companies and has a
Rich working experience.
However, few people know that Bernard is another identity - a political broker. He has personal relationships with many politicians and knows which institutions have close ties with government officials in the United States. He knows how to use "donations" correctly to sustain himself
Friendly relations between the company and the political forces of the United States.
Although it sounds a bit "mere", it is actually an advanced art. After all, it is also a knowledge to spend money reasonably, legally and efficiently. Even on Wall Street, there are a large number of people who do not understand this.
There are all kinds of managers out there, and companies that have been kicked out of the free market because they don’t understand these things.
For most of the past 43 years, he has been traveling around the United States for companies owned by Xiang Shan and others, seeking bills or policies that are more beneficial to this company.
In addition, he is responsible for acquiring equity stakes in specific technology companies for the enterprise.
According to Bernard's understanding, the R&D team headed by Yawgmoth is working on a huge project. This project has many "pre-requisite technologies" - and what is more embarrassing is that some of these pre-requisite technologies
It has been developed and patented.
There are some companies that are so confident in their confidentiality that they do not even apply for patents, but use them in the production process secretly.
However, what Bernard can't understand is that Xiangshan's team seems to have a perverted obsession with this matter. They do not intend to purchase a license, nor do they intend to sign a sharing agreement in the form of "technical equity participation".
Xiangshan's idea seemed to the manager to be absurd and unreasonable.
This man either buys the patent he likes and then licenses it to the world for free.
Or, it is possible to first acquire all the patent holder's companies through compulsory acquisition, and then license the patent to the world for free.
Of course, the company's financial resources are not endless. Therefore, Bernard has the opportunity to appear.
Bernard's task is to push for legislation to limit the revenue that patents for medical prostheses can bring.
To put it simply, it is to use legislation to set an upper limit on the profit margin of medical prostheses, or even to lower the upper limit as much as possible.
For Xiangshan, this legislation means that some medical technology companies' expected income will be reduced. He can lower the price as much as possible during negotiations for patent acquisitions or forced equity acquisitions.
Of course, there are also supporting policies. For example, high subsidies are given to some medical prosthetic companies to compensate them for their research and development expenses.
However, from the perspective of discerning practitioners, this is just a "soft knife". After all, the uncertainty of "subsidy objects" and "subsidy scope" is too great - far greater than their behavior of analyzing demand through market research and creating demand.
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In the eyes of conservatives, this idea is simply unreasonable. They believe that this behavior will undoubtedly affect the enthusiasm of R&D personnel for the medical industry and hinder the progress of medical technology.
It is precisely because of this that Bernard, who was working secretly, was discovered by conservative reporters and branded the "Satan of the Medical Industry."
"Believers in the free market." Xiangshan didn't care: "Ignore them. And as a researcher, I have to tell you the truth. This approach will not hinder the enthusiasm of researchers to improve medical technology. It will only hinder capitalists.
Investment related industries.”
"Although it doesn't sound very 'liberal', it leans very much towards 'equality'. You said it yourself. With a little searching, you can find a lot of politicians in the Donkey Party who hope to achieve political achievements on this matter.
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"Boss, I can hear a little bit of sarcasm in your tone." Bernard sighed: "Do you know how the Kingdom of France completely lost the competition with the Empire of Brita in the early 18th century?"
"Huh? Now is it time to discuss historical topics?"
Lao Laodi shook his head: "The kingdom established a 'Mississippi Company' to compete with the empire's 'East India Company'. However, the French king did not respect the objective laws of finance at all and blew up a huge bubble within his own country.
.This resulted in France being in a state of decay throughout the eighteenth century, missing an entire century - and then the Great Revolution that everyone knows."
"Their opponents, on the other hand, respect the general laws of economics."
"Your respected Mr. Carr believes that economics is a very objective law. It is foolish to challenge the laws of nature. Although our company's R&D team is the greatest in the world, it should not transcend objective laws.
.You have to respect a little bit of objective law. If you insist on destroying it, you will definitely be beaten to death one day."