285: Chapter 284 Unexpected Turn of Events?

Morning, 8:35 AM.

Wang Shuo, who had been supervising Han Xiaoxin all night, woke up from a nap. He picked up his phone, intending to clear his head while brushing his teeth and washing his face, when a push notification caught his eye. He clicked on it subconsciously.

"Late last night, a serious car accident occurred on the Hanzhong City airport expressway."

"A runaway heavy truck crashed into a taxi parked on the side of the road, resulting in one death and damage to both vehicles. It is understood that the deceased was named Tanaka Hidekazu, a Japanese national, who was on his way to the airport in a taxi when the incident occurred..."

"Tanaka Hidekazu was a partner at Japan's W Company and a famous engineer. The W Company he founded remains a leading enterprise in the manufacturing industry, occupying seventy percent of the market share for Tool Presetter."

"After the accident, the police department arrived on the scene and secured it. The taxi driver has not yet been found."

...

Wang Shuo was somewhat surprised. He looked at the photo above repeatedly and was very certain that this was the Japanese man, Tanaka, whom he had met.

"He died?"

That was truly quite sudden.

Silently lamenting the fragility of life, Wang Shuo decided to be more responsible for his own life.

Clicking his tongue twice, Wang Shuo swiped past this news and checked the next one.

Tanaka Hidekazu was dead, and he died in Hanzhong City, only tens of kilometers away from him.

But what did that have to do with him?

Tanaka was a celebrity, causing a huge sensation on the internet, but what did that have to do with him?

He had met him once and spoken to him, that was all. It was far from reaching the level where Wang Shuo would mourn him.

Walking out of the lounge and into the third-floor office, The Figure was sitting in front of the computer.

A pair of dark circles around his eyes were silently accusing him; the light seemed to have faded from his eyes, and he was staring at the computer screen with a somewhat dazed expression.

"Alright, stop watching, the market on the other side has already closed."

Han Xiaoxin turned his head somewhat blankly.

Wang Shuo felt a little embarrassed. To cover his awkwardness, he continued to ask: "How is the situation tonight?"

Without speaking, Han Xiaoxin silently handed a list to Wang Shuo, stood up in silence, and slowly walked out of the office, like a remote-controlled device about to run out of energy.

Wang Shuo touched his nose and lowered his head to check the list.

This was the buy-and-sell details recorded by Han Xiaoxin, clearly marking the entry and exit amounts, time, price, difference, rise and fall margins, etc., all at a glance.

Wang Shuo sighed slightly. These guys, ever since they came under the management of Sister Liu, had become much more reliable in doing things.

This table was made quite well.

According to the content on the table, the downward trend of US Artificial Intelligence stocks was continuing, and it had a tendency to intensify.

This was highly likely related to the announcements from Vangi and Samsung over the past two days.

In fact, ever since Vangi and Samsung jointly released the blacklist announcement, the stock of Chen Group had already plummeted in response.

This was strange, but when thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem strange either.

To the outside world, Frontier Technology was backed by Chen Group. Since Frontier Technology was not listed and its stocks could not be purchased, anxiety had to be vented on the stocks of Chen Group.

The result of this was that the Chen Group stock, which Chen Zhongxuan had managed to pull up with great difficulty, hit the limit down for two consecutive days, falling back to the 110 billion level, a decline of nearly twenty percent.

The sudden shrinkage of cash flow was also one of the reasons why Chen Zhongxuan was hesitant about investing in the Chip.

He wanted to take this opportunity to completely separate Chen Group from Frontier Technology and draw a clear line.

Wang Shuo felt all of this and understood it very well, so he didn't say anything.

And the impact caused by this announcement went far beyond that.

After the announcement was released, not only did the stock of Chen Group drop significantly, but the Artificial Intelligence sector stocks also fell rapidly, with the decline once exceeding ten percent, a magnitude unprecedented.

Many people went bankrupt overnight, and there was wailing all over the internet.

Regarding this, Wang Shuo could only sigh at the vast ocean.

After investing 200 million abroad, he had no spare money left to invest in the domestic market.

Moreover, for things like bottom-fishing, it was better to do it abroad; domestic was better left alone, as it was easy to be targeted by relevant departments.

After reading the list, Wang Shuo placed it gently on the table, reached out to grab the mouse, opened the browser, and browsed the posts from the last two days.

Sure enough, just after entering the browsing page, Wang Shuo was attracted by the words "Frontier Technology" and clicked on it.

A Middle-aged man with disheveled hair appeared on the screen. A pair of black wide-rimmed glasses made him look a bit flamboyant in his uninhibited style.

"Friends, welcome to today's 'Xiaogang Has Words', I am Gao Xiaogang."

"Today we won't talk about anything else, let's talk about the radiant and smug Artificial Intelligence dark horse of these past few days — zero egg, and the company behind it — Frontier Technology."

"Just half a month ago, I suddenly discovered some strange videos appearing online. These videos all had one common feature, which was demonstrating a new smart device. I curiously searched for it, and I'm pasting the picture on the screen. Friends who don't know about it can take a look."

"According to the news I received, this thing is called zero egg, launched by a company that has been established for only a little over a month. It claims to be the world's first fully autonomous Artificial Intelligence. Whatever you can imagine, it can do. Any Artificial Intelligence you can imagine can be embodied in it. Very perfect? Isn't it?"

"For such a perfect thing, of course, I had to try it out, so I wanted to get one of the same devices. The problem came, friends, I found that this device is currently out of stock on the entire network and can only be reserved through their official website. And this screenshot is the reservation interface of this company. Did you notice, friends? The pre-sale price is 13888, and it is a full-payment reservation."

The fat Middle-aged man on the screen took a deep breath with feigned nonchalance and said with disbelief: "Honestly, this is the first time I've seen a pre-sale item that requires full payment, and the time isn't even fixed. Some people who reserved a bit later are even scheduled for a month later. This already explains the production capacity of this company."

"Let's not talk about these, let's talk about the smart part of this Artificial Intelligence."

"Friends, everyone knows that I attended Shuimu University. Although I dropped out, my learning ability is unquestionable. I have also stayed in the United States, and I have a good relationship with friends from some high-tech companies there. They have taken me to see the most advanced Artificial Intelligence in the United States. To be honest, I really couldn't imagine that thing was an Artificial Intelligence."

It seemed to touch on some confidential content, the fat Middle-aged man suddenly stopped talking, chuckled and said: "I have signed a non-disclosure agreement for the specifics, so I can't go into detail. Let's continue talking about zero egg."

"By comparison, this zero egg is much rougher."

"The most interesting thing is, just this morning, I received news that Vangi Semiconductor Company and Samsung Semiconductor on Taiwan Island simultaneously announced the termination of business cooperation with Frontier Technology Company. What does this mean, friends? It means that this Frontier Technology will never be able to get any Chip from Vangi and Samsung, and these Chips, unsurprisingly, are important accessories used to manufacture zero egg."

The fat Middle-aged man sighed, looking a bit regretful: "So I say, friends, our Huaxia has indeed made great progress in recent years, but in some key areas, we are still far behind the West. Just like this Frontier Technology Company that produces zero egg, although I don't know where they got the original code of the Artificial Intelligence, and how much they added to this original code themselves, but without mastering core technology, relying on others will never work."

"Enterprises still need to have their own core technology to survive better."

"Alright, that's all for today's 'Xiaogang Has Words'. Welcome everyone to follow, see you next time."

After watching the video, Wang Shuo frowned.

He continued to flip through the pages. The more he looked, the more speechless Wang Shuo became, and finally, he simply closed the computer screen.

Out of sight, out of mind.

"Zero."

Wang Shuo asked: "From yesterday to today, how many people have cancelled their orders for zero egg?"

"Sir, as of now, no one has cancelled their order for zero egg."

"None?"

Wang Shuo was stunned for a moment.

With such public indignation online, there should have been some confused people returning the goods. How could there be not a single person?

"Verify the data again."

Wang Shuo said calmly.

"Sir, the data verification is correct. No cancellation requests have been received at this time."

Indeed, there were none.

Wang Shuo nodded with some relief. These loyal users of zero egg seemed to have grown up and already had the ability to think independently.

No cancellation meant that the amount of funds on the books had not changed, which was good news.

However, the money on the books was far from enough; he still needed more funds.

Thinking of money, a beautiful figure suddenly flashed through his mind.

No, no, Wang Shuo hurriedly shook his head. Her father had just agreed to give him one billion, and now he had probably squeezed out the family assets and couldn't come up with more money without using company assets.

Moreover, why was his first thought to ask Chen Xin for money whenever he thought of money now?

Wang Shuo, oh Wang Shuo, you have fallen!

After secretly reflecting for a while, Wang Shuo thought of Sister Liu.

Sister Liu had arrived on Taiwan Island by plane yesterday afternoon, but she hadn't provided any feedback on the negotiations until now. It seemed that this negotiation was not going very smoothly.

Thinking of this, Wang Shuo ordered directly: "Zero, contact Sister Liu."

The video connected quickly.

Wang Shuo looked at the background behind Sister Liu, the empty hall was deserted, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Sister Liu, have you finished the negotiation?"

"No." Sister Liu shook her head slightly, looking a bit tired, and said softly: "General Manager Wang, I may have let you down this time."

Wang Shuo's eyes sank slightly.

"What happened?"

Sister Liu's voice came out softly.

"The negotiation hasn't started yet."