165: Chapter 165 This wave of unprecedented wealth has reached Beining City.

It was a silver-white vehicle with a sleek exterior, sitting somewhere between a traditional bus and a futuristic city shuttle. The sides of the vehicle lacked the obvious structure of a traditional driver's seat, and the front windshield was almost an entire continuous curved screen.

After the doors opened, the interior seat layout, display system, station interaction, and passenger recognition interface all carried a strong sense of the future.

"This is..."

The official in charge of transportation in Beining City stepped forward, their eyes having completely changed.

"The base prototype for Chengbei District's first batch of unmanned shuttle buses."

Su Qingxue replied.

"It can link with the Guanghui Technology Skynet system, urban road perception nodes, and real-time passenger flow models."

"To put it simply—"

Lu Li interjected, "It can judge for itself which roads are congested, which stops have many people, and which time periods require additional vehicles; it even understands when to brake better than most human drivers."

The transportation official's breathing grew heavier upon hearing this.

"Can it go on the road?"

"On closed roads and in demonstration zones, it can go anytime."

Lu Li took a sip of iced coffee, his tone calm, "Rolling it out across the entire city will take time, but the demonstration lines can be set up quickly."

Having watched the whole way, the group had originally held the mindset of "let's see what big move Guanghui Technology is planning again."

But seeing this now, their thoughts had completely changed.

Because these things were no longer high-floating concepts.

They were tangible prototypes that could be seen, eaten, sat in, and used.

The future was no longer just a PowerPoint presentation.

It was a row of machine storefronts and transportation units placed right in front of you, capable of making money on their own.

When they reached the final exhibition area, the executive vice mayor finally stopped and turned to look at Lu Li.

"President Lu."

"You didn't just call us here today to show off technology, right?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Li smiled.

"Of course not."

"I hate it most when something is only shown but never implemented."

As he spoke, he handed his iced coffee to Number 18 behind him and stopped in front of a large screen that had already lit up nearby.

On the screen was the overall planning map for Chengbei District.

Densely packed functional nodes were marked with light points of different colors.

Lu Li raised his hand and tapped on one of the areas.

"Chengbei District."

"I plan to use this place as the first-stage prototype for the smart city."

"But there is a prerequisite—"

"I don't want to do it alone."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone present shifted slightly.

The executive vice mayor of Beining City narrowed his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Lu Li glanced at him, his tone casual, yet he made his meaning extremely clear.

"Developing a city district is not like creating a single product."

"If I do it alone, it will be very tiring and troublesome."

"I don't like being tired, and I don't like trouble."

Su Qingxue listened from the side, a barely perceptible smile flashing in her eyes.

This was truly like Lu Li.

He was probably the only person in the world who could describe "building a smart city prototype," a task significant enough to be written into the history of urban development, as "too much trouble, so I don't want to do it all by myself."

Lu Li continued:

"So, I plan to establish a new company."

"Jointly held by the Beining City government platform and Guanghui Technology."

"This company won't be a shell or just about concepts."

"It will be specifically responsible for the smart life services, demonstration transportation, automated commercial facilities, and underlying urban node deployment for the first stage of Chengbei District."

A local retail business owner couldn't help but ask:

"Then how can we enterprises participate?"

"Simple."

Lu Li looked up at him, "You either invest money, invest scenarios, or invest supply chains and local channels."

"Whoever can truly handle these things gets to come in and take a slice."

"If you can't handle it, then just watch others make money."

The words were blunt.

But precisely because they were blunt, it made people even more tempted.

Because everyone understood—

This was not empty talk.

This was Lu Li putting the first ticket to the future on the table.

The executive vice mayor pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled.

"President Lu."

"You are planning to use Chengbei District as a true experimental field for a future city district."

"Yes."

Lu Li nodded, his tone excessively calm.

"First, put out a row of the future."

"Let everyone see it first, then decide whether to follow."

The room went quiet for a few seconds.

Then, the owner of the Chinese group meal business was the first to raise their hand.

"President Lu, I'll invest."

"I want to discuss the automated fast-food segment."

Immediately after, the person in charge of the pizza chain also spoke up:

"I'm also interested in the pizza shop model."

"If the data and equipment are stable, I'm willing to use thirty stores to test it first."

"For the unmanned shuttle buses, our transportation group is willing to provide routes and pilot qualifications." The official from Beining City also expressed their stance on the spot.

"I can provide venues and chain property interfaces." Another commercial real estate official immediately followed up.

The atmosphere instantly heated up.

It was originally just a demonstration.

But in just a few sentences, Lu Li had turned it into an actual investment promotion meeting on the spot.

Su Qingxue stood to the side, watching this scene, a soft and proud light involuntarily rising in her eyes.

This man, who usually finds even getting out of bed troublesome.

But once he really wants to do something—

He doesn't even need to exert much effort.

As long as he gently places the future in front of the crowd, everyone will chase after the light themselves.

Meanwhile, Lu Li looked at this group of people who had instantly become excited, and sighed silently in his heart.

It's over.

Sure enough, there were more things to do.

He knew it.

His so-called lying flat would likely be postponed again.

However—

If he could first revitalize the Chengbei District of Beining City, many things later would be much easier to handle.

Automated fast food, automated pizza, unmanned shuttle buses, community service Robot, Skynet nodes, virtual-reality fusion gateways...

The entire capillary network of the smart city could start growing from this piece of land.

Thinking of this, the bit of laziness in Lu Li's eyes finally became a bit more serious.

He reached out and gently tapped the center of Chengbei District on the screen.

"Alright."

"Then let's start from here."

"First, give this city—"

"A row of the future."