Free Web NovelChapter 1180: Chapter 574: What’s Foreign, Will Always Be Foreign!_2
It’s hard to say!
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The movements of Star Billion Investment Company were, of course, directly related to Zhao Yi.
At the beginning of his overseas stock market investments, he planned to keep investing for about ten years, selling off when the market reached its highest point he remembered.
The current levels were still far from the highest point.
The peak stock price of that new energy vehicle manufacturing company even exceeded one thousand U.S. dollars, and now it was only about twenty-something dollars, with up to fifty times the profit to pursue. Other tech stocks might not have as much as tens of times the potential but could still hope to double or more.
But the situation had changed.
Because of his own involvement, the world had been greatly altered, and it was difficult to say whether overseas tech stocks would continue to perform well, and the future became full of uncertainty.
Under these circumstances, Zhao Yi decided to sell off most of the tech stocks, only retaining the shares of the new energy vehicle enterprise, and shifting funds to domestic materials and manufacturing sectors, which were about to boom.
As for why?
Of course, it was to support domestic development, and what does it matter if it caused a loss!
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A month later, as Zhao Yi was engrossed in unraveling the mysteries of space, he received an invitation to a technology development conference.
Interestingly, this time he was invited in the capacity of the head of Star Billion Group.
"Group leader?"
"Company representative?"
"Interesting. Since my research has hit a bottleneck, it could be good to attend."
Zhao Yi decided to go.
Similar conference invitations went out to heads of well-known domestic enterprises, and each attendee could be described as a top-tier tycoon; it almost felt like a gathering of the wealthy, except that it was an upper-tier organized platform aimed at discussing the direction of technological advancement and establishing a framework for development.
However, there was definitely a reason behind the conference. The main one was the anti-gravity technology that had been traded for many high-tech product sales licenses abroad.
Domestically, high-tech products that were previously unattainable became available, and related materials and manufacturing technology thus experienced rapid development.
In simple terms, it was a process of imitation, research, and breakthrough. However, imitation was crucial. With technology to imitate, progress could be made more quickly without the slow and painstaking exploration, which could also meet patent right crises.
All the attendees were aware of the conference’s theme, but many still paid attention to unrelated internet tech companies before the event.
Because of money.
Although high-end manufacturing and materials industries also had models to imitate and required gradual accumulation of expertise, internet technology was an industry known for its rapid explosion and cash magnetism. This was true internationally, and even more so domestically. freēwebnovel.com
Because there were lots of people.
This was another form of ’population dividend’, like with a celebrity.
If a celebrity in a small O Continent country was exceptionally talented or beautiful, their commercial value would be significantly limited by the small population of their country and consequently their limited number of fans.
With over a billion people, if only one percent of the population in China liked a certain celebrity, their fanbase would easily surpass ten million, which naturally meant a different level of commercial value.
The internet technology industry was the same. If only one percent of the population used a certain software, the user base could break through the ten-million mark, bringing in massive traffic and generating substantial revenue.
Zhao Yi was also a celebrity, and moreover, a superstar. He too felt the benefit of this ’dividend’.
For example, when he casually posted on Weibo.
Once the reward function was enabled on Weibo, many people would give rewards.
Zhao Yi occasionally noticed that a single Weibo post could attract rewards from thousands of people, with total income amounting to hundreds of thousands, and some even vied for what was known as ’rank one’.
This...
Zhao Yi was sure that those who rewarded him certainly were not wealthier than him, yet they still gave him rewards. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
"Is this what they call poor people helping out the rich?"
"I’m quite wealthy already, and you still give me rewards, what sort of society is this now!"
Looking at it made Zhao Yi somewhat angry. He lamented over the distorted nature of society and even felt a bit of rage as he transferred the money to his account while lamenting the fast pace of change in the world and the erosion of traditional values.
"Alas!"
His feelings ultimately transformed into a sigh.
On the day of the conference, Zhao Yi arrived somewhat tardily, as most others had come quite early to network with others.
It was a good social setting.
When Zhao Yi got to the venue, the conference was about to start, but he still attracted a lot of attention. Several heads of top domestic companies eagerly approached to shake hands.
"Academician Zhao has arrived!"
"Academician Zhao, it was quite a wait for you. Knowing you would come, I arrived more than an hour early."
"Academician Zhao..."
"Academician Zhao..."
One handshake after another, words of greeting exchanged.
Zhao Yi smiled politely at each person and exchanged a few words with everyone who came over. He saw many familiar faces, as they often appeared in media reports.
After a round of greetings, the conference was ready to begin.
Everyone took their seats.
The reporters on-site turned on their cameras, ready to capture the conference, and the camera lenses frequently swept over the more notable attendees, with Zhao Yi being a particular focus. He was seated next to the head of a top internet company.
This person’s name was Zhou Jun, a household name within the country.
