Chapter 416 National Tragedy
The company's annual report did not reflect much. It was not until he visited the laboratory of Gene Technology Company that Li Zetian truly felt the power of Gene Technology.
"Mr. Li, after the completion of the Human Genome Project, Gene Technology Company proposed the 'Earth Biological Genome Project', aiming to draw the genetic map of all living things on the earth! Currently, we are conducting research on corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, chicken, The genes of more than ten species including ducks, carps, cows, sheep, orangutans, mice, etc. were sequenced,”
George B. Dr. Rathmann paused and continued: "There are so many living things on the earth. We can only choose these as our targets at the moment, because these creatures are closely related to us humans, such as corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, chickens, and ducks. , carp, cattle, and sheep are all our food. Orangutans are genetically very similar to us humans, and mice are often used in experiments..."
Li Zetian couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.
Apparently, genetic technology companies are researching GMOs to find ways to increase food production!
As the global population increases, the food crisis becomes more and more serious. However, fewer and fewer people are engaged in agricultural production. Millions of people in the world die of hunger every year! In the future, agriculture will not only require agricultural automation and mechanization, but also work on the crop seeds themselves to increase food production.
The more food can be produced from one acre of land, the greater the need to meet the huge needs of the growing population.
Currently, the most famous genetically modified seed in the world is the American company Monsanto.
But when it comes to the strength of genetically modified technology, Monsanto cannot compare to genetic technology companies. However, Gene Technology companies have not yet officially entered the genetically modified seed market.
Are genetically modified foods harmful to humans? The jury is still out on this.
Gene Technology Company is analyzing a large amount of experimental data in a serious and responsible manner.
Some people may think, isn’t this just allowing Monsanto to become bigger and stronger?
In fact, Li Zetian is not worried at all about this. In his past life, genetically modified foods were boycotted by European and American countries. Monsanto struggled and was eventually acquired by other companies.
Therefore, even though Monsanto is doing well now, it will eventually be taken over by Gene Technology.
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In summer, the wind on the west coast of the United States is very cool.
After a period of treatment, Jobs was finally cured of pancreatic cancer. However, he was still a little weak after recovering from the serious illness, so he vacationed on the sunny beaches on the west coast of California.
When Li Zetian heard the news, he was relieved of his worries.
Now, Dongfang Yuqin's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and Li Zetian often stays with her at home after work. Li Zetian's parents also learned that Dongfang Yuqin was pregnant at this time, and rushed to the United States from Hong Kong. Li Chengzhi stayed for four or five days before returning to Hong Kong. There were still many things for him to deal with there, and he was completely unable to escape. Li Zetian's mother Xiao Zhixuan stayed at home to take care of Dongfang Yuqin.
On the afternoon of October 5th, bad news suddenly came from China. Mr. Deng passed away.
As soon as Li Zetian heard the news, his heart suddenly became heavy and he couldn't help but sigh.
A great man of a generation has finally left us.
After a while, Li Zetian's mood recovered.
After all, Mr. Deng was happier than in his previous life. He survived for a few more years and saw the return of Hong Kong with his own eyes.
The death of Mr. Deng was a top priority in China, and the whole country mourned.
Li Zetian's family flew to BJ that day to pay their respects in person.
At this moment, there were so many people coming to BJ to mourn Mr. Deng that the roads in BJ City were crowded for a while.
Mr. Deng’s life and deeds were reported all over the TV, and songs rang out in the streets.
"1979
that was a spring
An old man drew a circle on the South China Sea
Cities rise mythically
Miraculously, mountains of gold gathered together
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1992
It's spring again
An old man wrote a poem by the South China Sea
The spring tide surges between heaven and earth
Raising the mighty sails on the journey
The spring breeze blows green in Eastern China
The spring rain nourishes the Chinese hometown
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"
The song soared, and countless people shed tears upon hearing it.
On the day when Mr. Deng was sent away, Tiananmen Square was filled with people and the cries moved the heavens. It was so shocking!
A few days after Mr. Deng left, Li Zetian's grandfather was old and overly sad, and suddenly fell ill.
Li Zetian's mood became increasingly heavy, and he sent his grandfather to the United States for treatment that day.
Unfortunately, the old man could not hold on and passed away a week later.
Li Zetian's parents were immediately heartbroken and cried in the hospital.
Li Zetian's mood is more stable than theirs, so he needs to handle the old man's funeral affairs.
China attaches great importance to returning fallen leaves to their roots, and funerals are also held in hometowns.
Not many days later, Li Zetian and his party returned to China from the United States.
The funeral of Grandpa Li Zetian was very grand. Many people came to pay homage, including leaders from Hangzhou, relatives and friends, and business partners.
At this moment, Li Zetian suddenly felt that life was short, life was so fragile and insignificant, and in the blink of an eye, people were gone.
Mr. Deng left.
Grandpa is gone too.
But there was nothing he could do...
They also claim to use technology to save mankind, but in the end nothing can be saved.
Li Zetian felt a little sad. He looked at his parents with haggard faces and gray hair, and his heart palpitated. He didn't feel it before, but now he suddenly discovered that his parents were also old...
Li Zetian's nose was sore and he was a little choked.
Three days later, my grandfather’s funeral was held and he was buried in Nanshan Cemetery in Hangzhou.
After taking care of his grandfather's funeral, Li Zetian did not return to the United States immediately, but stayed with his parents in his hometown for a while.
A locust tree in the yard is tall and large, with lush branches and leaves, like a giant green umbrella.
Li Chengzhi sat under this locust tree for a long time.
"Mom, dad, is he okay? He sits under the locust tree every day in a daze..." Li Zetian looked at Xiao Zhixuan and asked worriedly.
Xiao Zhixuan sighed slightly and said: "This locust tree was planted by your dad and your grandpa when he was young. Now that your grandpa is gone, this big locust tree is his spiritual sustenance!"
When Li Zetian heard this, he fell silent immediately. His eyes couldn't help but look towards the big locust tree, as if he could vaguely see the shadow of his grandfather.
In December, Li Zetian and his party returned to the United States.
Many people are preparing for Christmas, but Li Zetian's family has diluted the Christmas atmosphere because of his grandfather's funeral.
In a blink of an eye, 2001 has arrived.
Time really flies by.
On January 8th, the Christmas holiday ended, and people began to get into busy work again.
Dongfang Yuqin's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she is expected to give birth in less than two months. The work at hand has been completely handed over to Selena and Vanessa.
In addition to caring about Dongfang Yuqin's health, Li Zetian is now concerned about the situation of repurchasing shares of Internet companies.
On the morning of January 20, Selina compiled a report and handed it to Li Zetian, which listed the repurchase data of Internet technology company shares so far.
Li Zetian spent a few minutes reading it and was very satisfied.
Since the beginning of last year, Li Zetian has begun to repurchase shares. Apparently, he holds 20% of the shares of Internet technology companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, TripAdvisor, and Yahoo, but he secretly holds 35% to 45% of the shares of these companies, which is scattered. Among hundreds of accounts, it is difficult to find out how many shares Li Zetian holds in total.
At this time, Li Zetian put down the document and said: "Secretly, we will buy back shares in the name of major Internet technology companies to send a signal to the outside world: that we are optimistic about the development of the Internet! After more than two years of Internet winter, the stock market has It should be getting warmer!!!”
"Yes!" Selena responded.
Li Zetian looked at Vanessa and said: "Notify Google that I want to build at least 10 large data centers in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America!!! The investment budget for each large data center ranges from as little as 1 billion US dollars to as much as 50 One hundred million U.S. dollars!"
Vanessa was stunned when she heard this, obviously shocked by Li Zetian's words.
There was a smile on Li Zetian's lips. Yes, anyone who hears this will be shocked and stunned. However, Li Zetian thought carefully about it. It is beneficial to build so many data centers. Firstly, it can improve Google's search speed and accuracy; secondly, it can provide big data and cloud services, such as cloud storage, cloud computing, etc. In the future, the Internet There is no need to purchase a server for a start-up, just use Google's cloud service. Individual users do not need a USB flash drive, they can also use Google's cloud storage service. Thirdly, to develop artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence requires huge computing power and data support. The data center is the brain of artificial intelligence.
Establishing a data center requires a large number of servers and network equipment, which can promote the development of Internet-related industries. This is bound to increase the stock prices of Internet technology companies and detonate Internet concept stocks again!
Vanessa thought for a while and understood a little bit of Li Zetian's intention.
"Okay, Mr. Li, I understand!"
"Um!"
Li Zetian suddenly thought of something again and said, "Oh, by the way, let's arrange our schedule for tomorrow. I'm going to go to Space-X."
"yes!"
Selena and Vanessa then picked up the phone and began to make arrangements according to Li Zetian's instructions.
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The CEO of Google is Larry Page. This genius from Stanford University was specially promoted by Lee. At the same time, his good friend Sergey Brin also became an important member of Google. However, Robin Li, who joined the company earlier than the two of them, was sent to China by Li Zetian to develop and establish Baidu search engine company.
Li Zetian wants to develop Google into the world-shattering high-tech company it was in his previous life, so he doesn't dare to let Robin Li serve as Google's CEO. In addition, Robin Li has always planned to start his own business, so Li Zetian thought, "It's better to block it than to open it up. Since you want to start a business, well, I'll invest!"
When the Internet bubble burst, others were not optimistic about the Internet, but Robin Li was optimistic about it. He resolutely chose to return to China to start a business. Li Zetian invested US$10 million in him and obtained 60% of the shares. What Li Zetian did was also a double insurance. He invested in both Google and Baidu. If Google failed to survive in China due to various reasons like in his previous life, wouldn't there be Baidu? We can't put our eggs in one basket, right?
China's Internet search market is highly competitive. In addition to Google, there are also many search engines such as 3721. Baidu's US$10 million has not been burned at all, and it will still need financing before long.
Speaking of 3721, I have to mention that Google was originally the dominant player in the Chinese market, but it forced the 3721 search engine to break through.
The founder of 3721 is Zhou Hongyi, the former CEO of Yahoo 360. Not only did he have a "3B war" with Robin Li's Baidu, but he also started a "3Q war" with Tencent.
The reason why 3721 can rise so quickly is the secret magic weapon and playing rogue!
Zhou Hongyi is nicknamed "the father of rogue software". Chinese netizens have suffered greatly from it. 3721 installation prompts always appear frequently on the Internet. In addition to the traditional installation through browser implantation and direct download and installation, he has also pioneered the use of certain shareware software. Install it bundled with free software. Later, a new bundled installation method appeared. Although there are installation options, for users who are accustomed to the "all the way and enter method" to install software, there is a high possibility that it will be installed into the system smoothly.
Its "one to three" installation method is even more unbearable!
If the Internet Assistant is installed, it is not actually the Internet Assistant program that is implanted into the system at the same time, but two independent programs, "Address Bar Search" and "Search Assistant", are silently implanted at the same time. When uninstalling Internet Assistant, the two additional installed programs will not be uninstalled; when uninstalling each program, an option to retain other modules is added to the uninstall dialog box to achieve self-cross-repair in the case of unintentional uninstallation.
In short, if you haven’t installed 3721, it will keep harassing you. If you have installed 3721, don’t even think about uninstalling it cleanly!
Li Zetian has so many things to deal with every day, and he pays attention to big things. He is like an ancient emperor. Li Zetian will read whatever the ministers hand him. How could he pay attention to a company as small as 3721? ! Unexpectedly, 3721 quickly rose to prominence at an alarming rate. Later, Li Zetian could only ask people to develop anti-virus software to specifically detect and kill 3721's small advertisements.
PS: I’m a little busy these days. Can I break it down for you in a few days?
