After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 206: America decides to retreat completely and devises both overt and covert schemes
"Xiaosha, sort out all the current projects and progress and prioritize them."

In the short half month since the winter press conference, including the Spring Festival, everything he came into contact with felt like a mess, even for someone as strong as Hao Cheng.

There must be a priority and focus.

[The first priority: mass production of new chips and research on micro-consciousness chips. Whether it is to analyze EEG data or use AI to replace brain decision-making to regulate body hormones, the current chips cannot ultimately meet the requirements.

[Using unconsciousness to change the brain requires the support of multi-dimensional data, and the basis of all this is advanced chips. ]

"Yeah!" Hao Cheng thought so too. To sum up, the new chip and Xiaosha's improved capabilities are the key to all current problems.

Moshu, medical treatment, EEG, five senses...

A bunch of things are piled up here, and the core problem is that the chip capabilities are not strong enough!
……

Just as Hao Cheng was planning his own and Baiju Technology's work arrangements for the first half of 2025, Xu Ziyang also came to his own company, Hangzhou Xinbian EEG Technology Co., Ltd., located in Shangcheng, Hangzhou.

The name of the company is also very interesting. Hangzhou is called Bianzhou, which is also the spiritual capital of Shannan people. Many people call it New Bianzhou. When the company was first established, many names were considered but none of them were accepted, so they used this homesick name.

But at this moment, the atmosphere in the office was not so good. Xu Ziyang had a gloomy face, and there was a lot of noise in the conference room.

"Have you grown wings? Do you think you have the capital? People who have signed contracts can go back on their word, but you can! You think Mr. Hao is kind and won't do anything to you, right?"

Xu Ziyang smiled: "But don't forget that my absolute supporters and I can hold more than 67% of the shares. Do you know what this means?

"It means I want this company to die. It can't survive! From today on, R&D work will be suspended, all R&D personnel will be dismissed, and they will be compensated 2N. Then all business will be suspended indefinitely. Just wait! Meeting adjourned!"

Xu Ziyang slammed the door and walked out with a "humph".

He knew what these small shareholders were thinking and who had approached them.

If they just want to negotiate the price, it's not impossible. In fact, he can make the decision himself because he holds the majority of the company's shares. At worst, he can compensate them with his own money.

However, an American company was involved in this, and I would not believe that there was nothing fishy going on.

……

In the conference room, everyone else looked stunned.

"Brother Liang, this reaction is wrong. He wouldn't really be willing to destroy the entire company, right?" Someone asked as they watched Xu Ziyang slam the door and walk out.

"Why did he work so hard for so many years to start a business? He owns more than half of the shares, which allows him to firmly control the company, but he will mess it up? Isn't he the one who suffers the most?
"After so many years of entrepreneurship, he finally made it to this point. Don't tell me he is willing to give up hundreds of millions of dollars? I know he wants to cling to Baiju Technology, but I don't believe he has the courage to do so!"

When Xu Ziyang started his business, he did not go through formal financing. The first batch of funds was his own savings. Later, when things were gradually getting better, several friends and their connections invested in him a part of the money, which was considered an angel round.

There are no large venture capital institutions or foreign companies among them.

This is also why he told Hao Cheng that because the shareholding structure is relatively simple, the investment has earned several times or even dozens of times the profit, and they have all agreed to sell the shares and the contract has been signed.

However, just after the Spring Festival, when people came back and heard that Baiju Technology was indeed interested in taking over, some people changed their minds and were unwilling to sell their shares.

If you want Baiju Technology to invest, you should sell 70% of its shares, and the remaining 30% will belong to the original shareholders and will never be diluted.

Bullshit, if you invest a little in Baiju Technology's capabilities and technology, its value will be equal to ten of Xinbian EEG Technologies.

These few people still want to hold shares, and 30% permanently, without even considering whether they deserve it.

These things were all explained very clearly before the New Year. To put forward such excessive conditions at this time obviously means that they are not trying to bargain, or someone is trying to interfere.

This group of people really overestimate themselves. Once they are instigated, they can't tell the directions. Do they think Baiju Technology must take over Xinbian?
"If he hadn't taken the initiative to come to us, Mr. Hao wouldn't have known about this company!" Xu Yang shook his head: "Gao Liang, what on earth does he want to do?"

……

"Baiju Technology will definitely acquire this company because we are the strongest in related research in China, and Baiju Technology is known for its speed. I want to ask, is there anyone who can be faster than me to acquire us directly?
"Since the outcome is predetermined, the longer we persist, the greater the rewards will be. You should understand this principle, right? Maybe we can really keep some shares. Wouldn't that make us rich?"

Gao Liang tempted this group of people and refused to sell it.

The purpose is very simple, which is to delay the progress of Baiju Technology's related research.

Someone promised him that his shares would be bought at ten times the price, so he could get hundreds of millions in the end. If you calculate it this way, he would get not much less than Xu Ziyang.

"He will definitely accept it!" Gao Liang said this at last, walked away, and then went to report his work to the person behind him.

……

At the same time, an American Airlines Boeing 787 flying directly from Shanghai to Dallas was slowly landing over Fort Worth International Airport.

"Hey, the air is so sweet!"

Several Asian faces walked down from the plane. The leader was named Wang Bin. As soon as he stepped down the gangway, he couldn't wait to open his live broadcast:
"Look, this is America, blue sky, white clouds, sea breeze, beach, even the air is sweet, why don't you hurry up and give me gifts? It will be too late to curry favor with me when I become rich!"

After a pause, he said proudly: "I will be one of the first humans to have the chip implanted, ha ha ha!"

"Oh my god, this idiot, he's not evil, he's just stupid, he actually went there!"

"You have to be more careful. I heard it's a mess over there!"

"Oh, what a pity!"

……

Originally, many people gnashed their teeth when they mentioned Wang Bin, because he had been questioning Baiju Technology and Hao Cheng, and instigating netizens who did not know the truth to sign an agreement to do the first batch of brain chip implants. Everyone used to think he was a bad guy.

But when we actually saw him at the Fort Worth airport, we all realized that he wasn't bad, he was just really stupid!

Many people felt sorry for him for a while, after all, he was a Chinese with yellow skin and black eyes like them. "Haha, trying to persuade me? Today I will show you the night view of Davos live, so you can see what the real America looks like!"

Wang Bin walked out while laughing, and said with a sober attitude: "The videos you usually see are all deliberately synthesized by people with ulterior motives. I don't believe that it's wrong to follow the rich. Shootings every day, that's all nonsense..."

"Bang!" Before Wang Bin could finish his words, he heard a "bang" and a bloody hole appeared on the chest of a person in front of him on the left, and he fell down.

"Light...Light!" Wang Bin still said the word "Light" and repeated it twice. However, he couldn't close his mouth at all.

"Attack!" I don't know if it was just a coincidence or if this place is really like this every day, but Wang Bin just left the airport and encountered an attack.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!" Six hits in a row, six people fell down!

Wang Bin opened his mouth wide, trembling all over, unable to take a single step - he had never seen anything like this in China. Suddenly, his left trouser leg felt hot, and he didn't know what liquid came out. He howled in a flash, "Mom, Mom... I want to... go... home!"

There were quite a few people in Wang Bin’s live broadcast room. At first, everyone wanted to scold him, but now they were all laughing: Isn’t this a typical negative example!
"They say shootings happen every day, but that doesn't mean it happens every day. Besides, America is such a big place, the probability of encountering one anywhere is still very small, especially on the first day. In a sense, he can be considered a chosen one."

"Then... let us congratulate him on his great honor?"

"You guys are really mean... But I like it, why don't you give him a flower? The Lantern Festival hasn't passed yet, but I have some in stock at home!"

……

A group of people were laughing and enjoying the fun.

However, the good times did not last long. Within three minutes, the live broadcast room was closed due to violent violations, which made people lose interest.

"It's boring. What's so violent about this? This scene can be broadcast on the news for seven days, so why can't TikTok be broadcast?"

"Let's consider the brain implant. Baiju Technology hasn't responded yet."

"Why should Baiju Technology respond? What does this Baiju Technology have to do with?"

……

On the simplified Chinese Internet, the two groups started arguing again.

But no matter how they quarrel, it has no impact on Baiju Technology. Hao Cheng is carrying out his plan step by step.

On the other hand, the same thing happened to America.

Somewhere, Musk was arranging for the first batch of mice to arrive in America: "Confiscate and destroy their passports, cut off all contact with the outside world, and transport them to Experimental Island 150, approximately 4 nautical miles southeast of Charleston."

After that, he added: "At the same time, strengthen vigilance and directly cut off all signals in the nearby waters. Only rely on the single-line optical cable we have laid!"

In addition to updating all communications networks in the United States to a new protocol, key areas also set up one-to-one single-line optical cables, which were laid in the country at no cost. Moreover, all personnel who came into contact were not allowed to bring any personal communication devices.

This is done to prevent the small sand from penetrating any holes.

As for satellites, they are completely useless in military and special fields, and are treated as if they do not exist. The reason is that they are really scared by Baiju Technology.

At the same time, they also took the second step: "Brain-computer interface, whether invasive or non-invasive, Baiju Technology will 100% intervene, or at least choose one of them.

"We estimate that it is most likely non-invasive EEG and terminal sensing. This is determined by their laws and human nature. So, in this regard, we have the upper hand."

Musk had said this at the last emergency meeting, and now he just repeated it again: "Their robots are very capable and are likely to make some achievements in related fields.

"In this area, we can say that we each have our own advantages. Therefore, we must launch a blocking attack at all costs."

A gentleman can deceive others with tricks. On the one hand, Baiju Technology is not a country, but just a company. No matter how powerful it is, it cannot mobilize resources, especially military resources.

As for satellites, they fall into the category of cyber warfare. The original military satellites have been lost, leaving only a bunch of Starlink satellites that are of no use and are essentially for civilian use.

America has decided that satellites and the public Internet cannot compete with you, so it will not play with you and will retreat completely. At least on its own soil, it will never use public networks and satellite communications.

At the same time, they are secretly increasing their research on genes, viruses, etc., and openly increasing their research on brain implant chips.

Musk went on to say: “We acknowledge the strength of Baiju Technology, but at the same time, we must clearly realize that it is just a company with less than 10,000 employees and a small amount of capital.

"It is strong but not big, and that is our opportunity. The Chinese are wise. In history, they have a tactic in war called 'fortifying the city and clearing the fields', which means defending the city but clearing out all the food in the villages around the city. If it cannot be cleared out, burn it.

"The enemy will automatically retreat because they have no food. Today, our strategy is more similar. If Baiju Technology wants to enter the brain-computer interface market, it will definitely not start from scratch. Acquiring a complete architecture is the fastest way.

"There are not many relevant enterprises in China that have achieved real results, not counting universities and research institutes, and there are only a dozen or so.

"Then, at all costs, we will strangle these dozen companies. As long as they are willing to sell, we will directly offer five or ten times the price to block Baiju Technology from the battlefield and force them to start from scratch!
"These things are more about hardware. So, starting from scratch, it's impossible to be fast! As long as it slows down, our chance will come!"

America finally realized that its arrogant competition with Baiju Technology in AI was a major strategic mistake, and it must change direction and compete in a staggered manner.

There is no point in gritting your teeth. You are just not as strong as others and all you can do is retreat.

This cannot be said to be wrong, but once the heart of the strong is broken, one step back will lead to steps back. Not all countries have the same resilience as the Chinese nation.

……

At this time, Hao Cheng was receiving a call from Xu Ziyang: "Have you really decided to do this?"

"It's decided!" Xu Ziyang said solemnly: "My promise remains unchanged, the rest is my business!"

"Okay! As soon as possible!" Hao Cheng nodded and didn't pay too much attention to his side. For him, the most important thing now is not a certain project, but the chip.

Shanghai Microelectronics, SMIC, Huawei, Tsinghua Unigroup, Loongson and Zhaoxin, Cambrian and even Kunlun Core and Pingtou Ge, the AI chip design subsidiaries of Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and other companies, all received invitations from Baiju Technology at the same time, and a week later, they discussed important matters together!
(End of this chapter)