Chapter 78 Running into Cyberpunk Form

Chen Yuanguang saw that the audience was talking a lot. The discussion of more than a thousand people was still a bit noisy even though they were speaking in low voices.

He thought the price was too high and people were not buying it.
"Musk participated in this round of financing. He invested 100% of the shares, which was $ billion."

Now everyone is more enthusiastic. When Guangjia Technology goes public, it will be full of hype. It has human hibernation technology, the world's richest man has invested in it, and it can also be related to going to Mars.

Everyone writes down their strengths on paper.

"If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them. We have reserved an hour for you to answer questions this time."

The Goldman Sachs representative responded quickly and was the first to raise his hand. The service staff handed him the microphone:
"Hello, Dr. Chen, I'm Newt, a representative from Goldman Sachs, and I have a few questions for you."

Newt's Chinese is very good and you can hardly hear any foreign accent.

“Are Mr. Musk’s shares among the 15% of shares sold in this round?”

"No."

"Does that mean that a total of 20% of the shares will be sold in this round of financing?"

"Yes."

"We have noticed that The Lancet published an article on the principles of human hibernation technology. According to the news, international giants such as Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Bayer have all initiated projects on human hibernation technology.

How long do you think the technological advantage of Light Armor Technology will last?"

"At least two years. The Lancet result was made with mice. Mice are completely different from humans. Humans have many more neural areas than mice. Ultrasound that works for mice is not suitable for humans."

"After the clinical trials are passed and human hibernation technology is rolled out on a large scale, what if they reverse engineer it?"

"We are currently registering a patent to avoid this risk."

Chen Yuanguang further explained: "The technology we have registered for patent will have a wider scope than the principle of real human hibernation technology. First, they cannot crack it, and second, they cannot directly replicate it."

"Thank you, Dr. Chen. I have finished my questions."

Seeing that Chen Yuanguang answered almost every question, the representatives of first-tier foreign investors in the audience all raised their hands:
"Dr. Chen, what do you think is the market share of human hibernation?"

"The initial estimate is in the tens of billions, and if it is global, it will be around 200 billion US dollars."

"How do you plan to respond to potential antitrust lawsuits?"

“First file a lawsuit and resolve the issue through legal means.

I don’t think there is a monopoly because there are traditional medicines for the application of human hibernation. We have consulted with a law firm and they believe that this does not constitute a monopoly.”

"In Europe, this is not a legal issue but a political issue of industrial protection. Apple, Google, and Facebook have to pay huge fines in Europe every year. Guangjia Technology is trying to circumvent it from a legal perspective, but it is not optimistic."

"Then pay the fine. As long as the revenue is large enough, I think an appropriate fine will be a luxury tax."

Faced with these tricky questions from foreigners, Chen Yuanguang handled them with ease on the stage.

After everyone finished writing, during the intermission, Newt, the representative of Goldman Sachs, and Guo Hanjiang, the representative of Sequoia, sat together:
"How much have you written?" Guo Hanjiang asked, obviously considering Goldman Sachs, a globally powerful company, to be their biggest competitor.

"100 billion, Wright's meaning is very clear, this round of financing is not about money, but about what you can provide for Guangjia Technology's global business development.

Unfortunately, this is what Goldman Sachs is best at." Newt was very proud: "We can help Light Armor Technology open up the Southeast Asian market, enter the European market, and even convince Washington to let Light Armor Technology come in first.

Human hibernation is better than abusing painkillers.”

He was referring to Americans' abuse of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller. Americans have even accused China of maliciously exporting fentanyl.

Guo Hanjiang thought, I didn't expect you to be so right-leaning, "Yes, human hibernation technology can make the world a better place, and we need to promote it to replace traditional drugs. Fentanyl is addictive, but sleeping is not addictive."

Newt, who was well-informed, knew that Sequoia participated in the first round of financing recommendation meeting and offended Guangjia Technology. Their previous partner was even imprisoned. Therefore, he did not regard Sequoia as a competitor:

“That’s not necessarily true. In Africa, people can even become addicted to shoe glue, so it’s not impossible that people can become addicted to hibernation.

Just like how China's short videos have made people all over the world addicted, it may be a silent side effect.

It is not impossible that people wake up for one day and hibernate for three days in order to avoid the troubles of the real world.

You're right, you reminded me!

Maybe the White House will offer free hibernation services to energetic drug addicts.

Is there any lower way of management than this?
All the troublemakers at the bottom of the society who buy for free have been sent to the community hibernation center, and America will soon calm down.

As for illegal immigrants, they can also be put into hibernation under the pretext of appeasing their uneasy emotions.

This is a genius idea that will make America great again!"

Newt felt that everything was stable. With the human hibernation technology, many social problems in America could be alleviated.

Society has become divided, so the lower classes should just hibernate. You are dissatisfied with society anyway, so you won't be dissatisfied if you fall asleep.

It's drug abuse, right? Just go hibernate and stop being obsessed and causing trouble.

There are more and more people in prisons, and the prison guards are too busy to handle it, so they simply transformed it into a hibernation center, allowing the prisoners to wake up in batches to reduce management costs.

For the first time, Newt felt that the direction he had previously thought was too narrow. If fentanyl can be abused, why can't human hibernation technology?

This would cause much less harm to society.

Chen Yuanguang had never expected that the technology he developed would allow America to run into an advanced cyberpunk form.

"Excuse me, waiter, can I have my paper back? I want to rewrite something on it." Newt asked the waiter.

"I'll apply for you."

"Thank you."

Guo Hanjiang was puzzled: "You want to write down these uses?"

Newt put his finger to his lips. "Shh! It's a secret."

Guo Hanjiang called to the waiter: "I want to rewrite it too."

He thought, If you can rewrite it, so can I.

After obtaining permission, Newt returned to the conference room from the banquet hall where he had a tea break and sat in a corner, writing furiously.

He was not sure that what he had written before would convince American regulators to allow human hibernation technology to enter America.

Now he is absolutely sure that both the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party will be happy to see this scene.

Relying on technology to bridge social divisions will make both sides happy.

Newt felt that they could not only convince the White House to allow the technology in, but also convince the White House to pay for the technology, buy equipment for free for everyone to use, and include it in public medical insurance.

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