45: Chapter 45: Let's just ban it.

"Of course... President Gao, are you interested in entering the film and television industry?"

"Not really. I filmed a sci-fi movie, not to make money, but primarily to promote Black Fish Technology. I'm currently looking for a distributor..."

Wang Dalin smiled. "A small matter. I'll put in a word. President Gao's film must be screened on the Universal Cinema Circuit... When the time comes, I'll go and show my support!"

"A small matter... Then it's settled!"

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The next day, Construction Insects made it onto the trending searches...

Many netizens didn't know what Construction Insects were at first, but after watching the video, they discovered that such marvelous things existed in the world...

It turned out that insects could become construction machines.

Many big influencers began to comment...

Jiuyuan Boge had previously posted an article criticizing Gao Yuan, only to be proven wrong. He had deleted that article afterward.

Now, seeing Gao Yuan on the trending searches...

He couldn't help but write another article.

What exactly is Gao Yuan's intention in releasing the 'Construction Insects'?

I analyzed Gao Yuan's experiences after his bankruptcy and found that he has become more pragmatic than before.

The emergence of the Photolithography Machine was like this. Now, the international semiconductor industry's eyes are on the Xia Nation. I thought Gao Yuan would continue to push in semiconductors, but unexpectedly, he turned around and created a heaven-defying technology like 'Construction Insects'.

The Xia Nation was already an 'infrastructure maniac,' and now with the support of Construction Insects, it will surely be like a tiger with wings...

And Gao Yuan will likely use 'Construction Insects' as a foundation to start his real estate empire. Currently, globally, the two industries that produce the most billionaires are none other than real estate and the internet.

However, the dividend period for the internet has passed; now is the era of capital.

Gao Yuan was previously in internet education and training, but for some reason, he went bankrupt...

Looking at his trend, he seems to have temporarily abandoned the internet to focus on his career.

Although Photolithography Machines are high-end, the demand isn't that large. Companies producing them are like younger brothers compared to real real estate and internet giants...

Gao Yuan saw this as well, so he didn't continue to push in Photolithography Machines, and he didn't even participate in hot products like 'chips'...

According to reliable sources, Xiawei has already applied to build a factory in the Muza Development Zone. Xiawei has only one goal: to follow Gao Yuan and share the spoils.

But Gao Yuan is clearly not interested in that kind of meat...

I'll make a bold prediction: next, Gao Yuan won't sell Construction Insects to the outside, but he will launch his own real estate kingdom!

Acquiring land everywhere, construction for Gao Yuan is just a show. His costs are much lower than other domestic real estate developers, so as long as his project prices are low, he will quickly occupy the market...

Perhaps in three, at most five years, Gao Yuan will become the largest real estate developer in the Xia Nation. Let's wait and see!

Under Jiuyuan Boge's article, many netizens began to leave comments...

"Boge is right. Gao Yuan showcasing the Construction Insects so high-profilely... that's the reason!"

"Didn't Boge get slapped in the face last time? Why is he predicting again?"

"What about the Constant Temperature Clothing? Isn't Black Fish Technology's main product the Constant Temperature Clothing?"

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The Black Fish Technology Industrial Park is under intense construction!

That day, Gao Yuan received a phone call.

"Is this Gao Yuan?"

"I'm in Muza. My name is Qin Tiejun!"

Qin Tiejun? Gao Yuan had no idea who that was...

So he asked, "Is there something I can help you with?"

"I'd like to talk to you..."

Gao Yuan sent Zhang Baiyi to pick the person up, only to find that this Qin Tiejun was definitely a big figure. He was accompanied by several people, one of whom was the Vice Mayor of Linzhou, yet he followed at the very back, carrying someone's bag...

Gao Yuan also saw the leaders of Jinghai County watching from a distance, not daring to approach...

Gao Yuan secretly had the robot Dandan look him up...

He immediately understood the identity of the middle-aged man before him...

Qin Tiejun was the Director of the Xia Nation Development and Reform Commission...

Gao Yuan knew that once the Construction Insects appeared, they would definitely alarm the higher-ups, but he hadn't expected a leader of this level to come in person...

"Director Qin, your presence brings light to my humble abode! Please, have a seat..."

Gao Yuan said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Qin Tiejun sized up Gao Yuan.

"You know me?"

"I've seen you on the news!" Gao Yuan said casually. This was, of course, just a polite remark; Gao Yuan hadn't seriously watched the news in who knows how long...

"Gao Yuan, not bad... You were the one who developed the Photolithography Machine, and now you've come up with the Construction Insects! And the Constant Temperature Clothing! By the way, someone asked me to thank you..."

"Who?"

"The Xia Nation Fire Bureau. Didn't your Black Fish Technology contact the Fire Bureau about donating Constant Temperature Clothing to all the firefighters in the country?"

Gao Yuan smiled. "That's right. It's just that they haven't been mass-produced yet, so we still need to wait a bit... However, in a month at most, I guarantee all the donations will be in place!"

"No rush. I just came to see you, to find out how miraculous Gao Yuan really is, to have developed so many black technologies in succession..."

"Director Qin, you flatter me! It's all thanks to the research team; I'm just the one being pushed to the forefront!"

Qin Tiejun had an extraordinary bearing and a steady tone.

"Gao Yuan, I've come this time to talk to you about something!"

Gao Yuan asked, "Is it about the Construction Insects?"

"That's a small matter. Let's talk about the Constant Temperature Clothing—the coating on its surface, the built-in flexible battery, and the chips... Are all these technologies yours?"

Gao Yuan was taken aback...

He hadn't looked into the Constant Temperature Clothing in detail because it was too common in the Future World—so common that even those at the bottom of society didn't like it!

How was Gao Yuan to know that there was so much black technology inside, and more importantly, that the state had seen through it...

But isn't this Qin Tiejun from the Development and Reform Commission? How does he also understand technology?

Qin Tiejun saw Gao Yuan's somewhat stunned expression...

He reached out to reassure him. "Each of these technologies is epoch-making, yet you've quietly built them into a piece of clothing... I'm not saying the Constant Temperature Clothing isn't good; on the contrary, it's excellent. If this clothing is promoted, there will be no more extreme cold or heat in the world! However, more can actually be done!"

Do more?

Gao Yuan looked at Qin Tiejun. "Director Qin, these technologies are insignificant. We at Black Fish Technology don't have such great ambitions!"

Qin Tiejun laughed upon hearing this. "No ambition? The coating on the surface of the Constant Temperature Clothing could overturn current new energy technology! The batteries could reform the global battery landscape! And the chips... Even Xiawei saw through your Photolithography Machine, that you were hiding your true strength! Now there are the Construction Insects... and you say Black Fish Technology has small ambitions? Furthermore, your next business venture is smart devices, right? A new type of mobile phone?"

Gao Yuan was stunned...

As expected, an ordinary person has no secrets before the state!

Gao Yuan said with a bitter smile, "Director Qin... You should have seen my profile. I don't come from a technical background..."

"I know, but the robots under you have technical backgrounds!"

These words made Gao Yuan break into a cold sweat...

Robots?

How did Qin Tiejun know that those around him were all robots?

What else did the state know? They couldn't possibly know about the Space-Time Gate too, could they?

Gao Yuan looked shocked and stared at Qin Tiejun. "What else do you know?"

"I know that you've developed true artificial intelligence. These technologies are just the tip of the iceberg. New technologies will constantly emerge from the research of artificial intelligence, right?"

"Uh..."

"Alright, I'm not here to expose you. I just want to talk about a cooperation! Some technologies are quite sensitive... Before I came, the higher-ups spoke with me..."

The higher-ups? Gao Yuan was stunned. Qin Tiejun was already the head of a ministry; if he spoke of higher-ups, it meant the real higher-ups...

"Actually, the higher-ups have only one point: the technology in your hands cannot be leaked! Understand? At least not for ten years... You can use it yourself, you can sell products, but you cannot sell the technology..."

"Understood..."

"Also, the core of the Construction Insect technology is gene editing and a biological quantum computer system, right?"

Qin Tiejun asked...

Gao Yuan asked in return, "Director Qin, you wouldn't happen to be the Director of the Development and Reform Commission on the surface, but actually the President of the Academy of Sciences, would you?"

Qin Tiejun was amused. "You rascal... By the way, I've brought some good news for you!"

"What is it?"

"Two special appointment positions. You might need them in the future! The higher-ups originally wanted to send people to protect you, but they were afraid you'd misunderstand! Besides, you have robots, so security shouldn't be an issue!"

Gao Yuan asked, "What positions? And why protect me?"

"What do you think?" Qin Tiejun glared at Gao Yuan. "You are currently a fountain of new technology. Isn't protecting you only natural?"

Gao Yuan was truly surprised...

It seemed that this visit wasn't Qin Tiejun's own idea at all, but the result of the higher-ups' comprehensive consideration...

Gao Yuan took the two certificates handed over by Qin Tiejun...

The first one's cover was the Xia Academy of Sciences, and the position inside was Chief Scientific Consultant.

The other was the Honorary Dean of the School of Science and Technology at Qinjing University!

Gao Yuan looked at the certificates. "Director Qin, these aren't fake IDs, are they?"

"Would I give you fakes?"

Gao Yuan, of course, didn't think they were fake, but did special appointments not even require one to go in person anymore?

"Director Qin, I don't have to go to work, do I?"

"You don't need to go to work! Of course, if you want to go, they would certainly welcome you! The top management of the Academy of Sciences and Qinjing University approached me themselves for these special appointments! Don't overthink it! By the way, hand over the Construction Insect technology, will you?"

Gao Yuan was stunned. "Director Qin, you're just demanding it? You come here, give me two unpaid jobs, and then want to take my technology? At least give me some policies, like interest-free loans or something..."

"What kind of policy support does your technology need? Are you short on cash flow? However, you're right. If I don't give you something, I'll seem too overbearing! How about this: since I see you're hunkered down here and don't want to leave, I'll specially grant you the entire Daqing Mountain Range, stretching for three hundred miles..."

"The state has great use for the Construction Insects! Remember, never leak it... especially the control system!"

Gao Yuan hadn't yet recovered from the shock of being granted the Daqing Mountain Range...

"Director Qin, the entire Daqing Mountain? Three hundred miles?"

"What? You don't dare take it?"

"I'll take it, of course I'll take it!"

...

After Qin Tiejun left...

Gao Yuan put away the certificates. He really didn't know when these things might come in handy.

...

At this time, Pan Baiyi's reputation was truly ruined...

He already had a bad reputation and intended to step on Gao Yuan to build a persona of being outspoken, but he hadn't expected Gao Yuan to play such a trump card.

Once the Construction Insects appeared...

There was simply no way to attack him.

This thing is truly impressive! Pan Baiyi sat in his office, completely dazed...

He wanted to hire internet trolls to claim the livestream video was fake, but that would be too naive. Wang Dalin, Lei Jianjun, and Xu Daheng were all there. If it were fake, wouldn't that mean they were also cooperating with Gao Yuan's hype?

Pan Baiyi used to be Gao Yuan's landlord and had a psychological advantage, but he felt much smaller when facing Wang Dalin...

He didn't dare to question it...

Knowing he had failed this time, he simply acted like a turtle hiding in its shell. Let them say what they wanted—curse him or mock him—he would just hide at home, staying silent and out of sight...

A week later...

The Black Fish Technology Industrial Park was completed!

The ten-thousand-acre Black Fish Technology Industrial Park was inaugurated. Many local leaders and business tycoons came to cut the ribbon for Gao Yuan.

However, to Gao Yuan's surprise, many uninvited guests also arrived.

The technical consultant for Yinte from the United States, the Greater Xia Region President of Yuandian from Taiwan Island, and the Greater Xia Region Executive President of Nine Stars from the Three Hans...

Executives from almost all the world's semiconductor leaders had come...

Some time ago, when rumors spread that the Xia Nation had a 5nm process Photolithography Machine with mature technology, these corporate executives had all, without exception, scoffed at it...

Later, when Xiawei held a press conference, they were skeptical...

Now that Xiawei's high-end chips could be produced and supplied internally, and they had released their flagship phone for the second half of the year, equipped with the Azure Dragon A9000+ chip...

Only then did these companies believe it...

They all wanted to see what kind of company Black Fish Technology, which produced the Photolithography Machine, really was. Their arrival happened to coincide with the completion of the Black Fish Technology Industrial Park...

As soon as they arrived at the technology park, Bicker, an executive from Yinte in the United States, looked at the massive complex before him. "It's truly unbelievable. Just a week ago, this was still mountain villages and wasteland..."

"Yeah, it's incredible. When I saw the video, I thought it was an animation... Later, after seeing many versions, I realized it was actually real..."

"Gao is a great scientist! I didn't believe it at first... but with such miraculous construction technology, it seems the Photolithography Machine is nothing much..."

The Greater Xia Region President of Yuandian said worriedly, "We must stop Gao Yuan; otherwise, our market will be completely taken over by the Xia Nation people in the future..."

The Nine Stars executive said, "That's you. Our Nine Stars has a wide range of businesses, so the impact on us isn't actually that big!"

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