As soon as the time arrived, the "Duocai Duoyi" (Abundant Wealth) card in Ding Yun's hand immediately projected a virtual screen.
The virtual screen then cast a beam of white light.
Scanning Ding Yun's entire body.
[Bound individual's current physical and mental health are normal. All one hundred billion funds have been consumed. No violations occurred. Evaluation successful. Card fully activated!]
[Ultimate Mission: The owner of the "Duocai Duoyi" card absolutely cannot be merely a small tycoon or content with modest wealth. Every bound individual must achieve the ultimate goal, which is to become the world's richest person, possessing wealth that can rival a nation.
Mission deadline: Twenty years in total!]
[Mission accomplished: The "Duocai Duoyi" card will automatically unbind, and all assets will belong to the bound individual. Mission not accomplished or expired: All assets will belong to the "Duocai Duoyi" card.]
[Note: Wealth Mall activated!]
"What is this thing? The requirements are too harsh. Is it that easy to be the world's richest person? And the phrase 'wealth that can rival a nation' is ambiguous. Which nation is it supposed to rival? If it means rivaling some small countries, that might be manageable, but if it means rivaling the top one or two global economic powers...
Isn't that just daydreaming?"
Having just finished reading the new content on the screen, Ding Yun already felt a headache. This so-called ultimate mission was far too difficult, and the wording of the mission requirements was also very imprecise.
It's unclear which country's wealth it's supposed to rival?
And being the world's richest person is also uncertain.
Because there's the publicly recognized world's richest person and those who are secretly richer but haven't revealed it.
Some hold the top spot based on personal assets, while others do so based on family assets. Who exactly is the benchmark?
What if she misunderstands and even achieves it?
Won't all her assets still go to the "Duocai Duoyi" card?
It feels like it's not designed to help people succeed, but rather to find a cheap laborer to make money for it.
Thinking this, Ding Yun immediately questioned the card about the specific standards for "world's richest person" and "wealth that can rival a nation." However, the "Duocai Duoyi" card seemed devoid of intelligence, refusing to answer and remaining silent.
Thus, Ding Yun had no other recourse.
She could only accept it for now and deal with it as it comes.
Then, she continued to explore what other new functions this card had. It couldn't just let her struggle to become the world's richest person on her own. If her memory hadn't been sealed when she arrived, she might have had confidence, but now most of her advanced memory and knowledge were sealed.
Aside from her logical thinking abilities.
Her knowledge level wasn't much higher than the original owner's.
Relying on herself to become the richest person was truly hopeless.
After some exploration, Ding Yun finally found the Wealth Mall based on the previous remark.
In the furthest corner of the "Duocai Duoyi" card.
Four barely visible characters to the naked eye.
That was the so-called Wealth Mall mentioned in the note.
Clicking on it revealed another screen, displaying a shopping platform. The platform was quite simple, filled with various high-tech products or technologies, with their specific prices listed below.
For example, a complete set of 2nm lithography machine technology.
The listed price was eighty billion wealth points.
Looking at the exchange rate of wealth points: 1:1.
Meaning one yuan could be exchanged for one wealth point.
Besides that, all sorts of other high-end technologies were available, even technologies like planetary engines and Dyson spheres could be found in this mall.
Of course, the prices were also breathtaking.
They were basically in units of billions.
Ding Yun almost felt like she had suddenly switched countries, to a place where billions were the standard currency for commercial and financial interactions.
Compared to the prices of the items here.
What were her existing properties worth?
Even the debts she owed were insignificant.
But the key was that most of these technologies had little to do with her current main business in real estate.
Even if there were connections, they wouldn't generate much profit.
For instance, the new type of strong, corrosion-resistant cement was good.
It could withstand acid rain and hurricanes, with a strength ten times that of existing cement. But even if Ding Yun redeemed this technology, what use would it be? Housing prices were already so high. Even with extensive promotion, could it raise housing prices by another three to five times?
As for the new space-opening technology, it was quite good.
It could create an internal area a hundred times larger than the apparent cubic meter within a space that looked like a single cubic meter. However, selling space rings using this technology was too outlandish, and selling houses would be even more so.
The cost of its implementation would also be unaffordable for most.
"This won't do. To become the world's richest person, to have wealth that rivals a nation, one definitely cannot engage in real estate. Real estate might seem profitable, but in reality, it's not that profitable. The money is mostly made by banks.
Buyers need to take out loans from banks to purchase houses, and the extra interest is naturally earned by the banks.
We real estate developers also mostly rely on loans for acquiring land and building houses, so the profits are also earned by banks.
We'll definitely make a profit by building and selling what we can.
But the key issue is the current inventory backlog.
No wonder other major real estate groups are actively exploring other avenues for profit. It seems I need to follow suit. The cosmetics industry should be decent; even without effectiveness, large-scale advertising can generate tens to hundreds of billions in profits. With effectiveness, it's even more so. Also, the pharmaceutical industry might be promising, but the review process is a bit slow, so it will take time!
Actually, manufacturing chips might be even more profitable.
But the complete set of lithography machine technology is too expensive, and I don't have enough cash on hand. So, let's start with the relatively less expensive cosmetics industry first."
After a period of contemplation and mumbling, Ding Yun finally decided to start developing a diversified group business in the relatively inexpensive and likely profitable cosmetics and skincare industry.
Next, of course, was to mobilize funds.
And select related technologies for purchase.
Ding Yun wasn't as conflicted about this aspect. She quickly identified several technologies that she believed would be absolutely popular if they were effective. For example, hair growth and hair loss treatments, blackhead removal and pore shrinking, acne treatment, skin whitening and hydration, and spot removal.
Healthy weight loss and body shaping products were also added to the shopping cart.
These technologies were quite affordable, with a dozen or so items totaling just over ten billion. She certainly couldn't come up with that much cash. Therefore, she specifically coordinated with the remaining directors of the group and held several meetings before deciding to allocate this sum to establish a daily chemical company under the group and purchase the relevant technology patents.
Then, of course, Ding Yun paid for the technologies.
And began to attend to the matters of the new daily chemical company.
Company location, production lines, raw material supply, relevant approvals, and even the final packaging, design, and promotion of skincare products were all things that needed to be managed.
Although Ding Yun didn't have to personally handle these tasks.
Overseeing them was still quite energy-consuming.