With the cheers of the American people, America's vacuum high-speed maglev railway project officially commenced. Because the United States United Super Vacuum Pipeline Railway Company announced the transfer of purchase for one dollar, this time, despite using Chinese technology, the self-esteem of the American people was not greatly harmed, and they widely believed they had made a huge profit.
Surprisingly, not many Chinese people were harmed either. Instead, they felt very proud, as the final wish of the Old Empress Dowager was finally realized: Chinese people were teaching Americans to build railways.
Of course, people and media on both sides showed no interest in reviewing the detailed contracts. Even though these contracts clearly stated that the United States United Super Vacuum Pipeline Railway Company would need to procure over 500 billion US dollars in various equipment and materials from China.
And the good news for Americans didn't stop there. Two months later, a research center from Harvard excitedly announced to the American media that they had also successfully developed a quintillion-based chip. In the future, they would cooperate with Apple and Qualcomm to jointly produce quintillion-based chips for terminals, thereby completely breaking Jiangnan Group's monopoly in this area.
This news did not cause much of a stir globally, as most people were indifferent. Only Jiangnan Group was in a state of uproar.
Boss Huang, upon hearing the news, directly smashed several items. He intended to question Yang Yunhe, but he reasoned that if Yang Yunhe could still send technology to the other party under his strict surveillance, then he shouldn't blame Yang Yunhe; it was his own incompetence.
"But how did the Americans figure out the formula? Didn't Tong He say that unless they were as lucky as him, it would take at least 20 years to accidentally discover Black Gold?" Boss Huang scratched his head, feeling very troubled.
It seemed he had made a mistake by handing over the preparation method for graphene to the other party, intending to use it as a pawn with Yang Yunhe. He hadn't expected that the other side would also have a genius who cracked the formula for Black Gold.
This was an extremely fatal blow to Jiangnan Group, as it meant that their biggest technological barrier had been breached by the Americans. One could imagine how frustrated Boss Huang must have been.
Fortunately, Black Gold technology was only a part of the picture. The Americans would still find it very difficult to get their hands on the further derivative technologies of Black Gold.
Furthermore, Jiangnan Group's technology in quintillion-based chip manufacturing had already undergone several iterations. Although Black Gold naturally formed an attached crystalline structure on the surface of objects, Jiangnan Group, through various recipe improvements and complex technical means, had successfully elevated the precision of the crystalline structure by another level.
From the previous highest of 0.5 nanometers, it had now reached a maximum of 0.05 nanometers. Therefore, as long as Jiangnan Group was willing, they could increase the performance of existing terminal chips by ten times, thus completely widening the performance gap with their competitors.
"Since that's the case, we must quickly establish an absolute generational gap!" Boss Huang muttered to himself, then issued an order stating that he would be moving directly into Jiangnan Group's Optoelectronic Research Institute to fully assist the researchers in developing the next generation of quintillion-based chips. At the same time, he also ordered the terminal department to unseal several secret technologies.
These technologies were originally intended to be gradually incorporated into terminals, generation by generation, to realize the pleasant vision of users wanting to upgrade their terminals every year. However, it seemed that Boss Huang wanted to accelerate the process now.
One had to admit that the Americans' single public announcement had given their Boss Huang quite a headache.
However, before Boss Huang had even spent a week there, he was called out by an invitation.
This invitation came from the Great Food Kingdom, inviting Boss Huang to attend the unveiling ceremony of their national treasure. This national treasure was naturally Pangu Homeland, which Boss Huang had sold to them.
Even though Pangu Homeland's price was astronomical, compared to the business with the United States United Super Vacuum Pipeline Railway Company, it was considered a mere trifle.
Therefore, in theory, Boss Huang should not and could not attend this unveiling ceremony. Although the Great Food Kingdom was one of the few countries in the entire Middle East without US troops and military bases, many surrounding countries had a US presence. If any dangerous situation were to arise, Boss Huang would be walking right into a trap.
However, the Great Food Kingdom had also gifted Boss Huang a piece of the Emerald Islands. Attending the opening ceremony this time also involved matters of enfeoffing Boss Huang as the Chieftain of the Emerald Islands of the Great Food Kingdom. If Boss Huang didn't go, these vast islands would be lost.
Moreover, the Great Food Kingdom itself held significant political importance. Not attending would undoubtedly mean losing the friendship of the royal family. Therefore, after careful consideration, Boss Huang decided to take the risk and go.
Firstly, the prince of the Great Food Kingdom swore to him in the name of the gods that the entire military of the Great Food Kingdom was under his control. Even if the Americans wanted to take action, it would take them several days.
The most important point was that Boss Huang believed there was no reason for the United States to move against him now.
After all, the China Vacuum High-speed Pipeline was still under construction, and the interests of those American directors had not yet been realized. If they decided to target him, would they still want to gain access to those trillions of dollars in massive profits?
That was out of the question.
Therefore, Boss Huang, in a rare display of resolve, after much deliberation, replied to the prince of the Great Food Kingdom stating that he was feeling unwell and would not be able to attend the unveiling ceremony, for which he expressed his deep regret.
This news naturally reached the ears of many people around the prince. As for this outcome, everyone had long expected it. After all, Boss Huang had been timid for so long, it was unlikely he would break his pattern for such a matter. Did he really think the prince's influence was that great?
It wasn't until the day before the ceremony that the prince was meticulously reviewing the plan for the next day's celebration when one of his aides rushed in with a phone, whispering a few words into the prince's ear.
The prince immediately put down the celebration plan in his hands and hurried to the airport. At a reception ceremony that was not particularly grand but attended by the prince himself, he received our Boss Huang into his car.
"You said you weren't coming?" the prince asked, astonished after his excitement.
"You know, my situation is a bit special. On my last two outings, fighter jets were specifically deployed to accompany me, which made me feel very uneasy. To avoid causing such a big fuss this time, it's better to keep a low profile," Huang He said with a smile.
"I understand!" the prince quickly nodded. "Today, everyone who knows this news is my absolute confidant. No one will leak today's events!"
"That's not really necessary!" Huang He smiled. "After all, I will still be attending the unveiling ceremony tomorrow. At that time, no matter what, I won't be able to avoid all eyes. It's better to be open about it, so you can also arrange for protection, right?"
"Hahaha, Mr. Huang, you are too clever!" the prince laughed heartily. "I understand. I will directly place my guards near your palace. Even if that Mr. President of the United States comes, they won't let him in!"
"Palace?" Huang He was slightly taken aback. "There's no need for that. I can stay at a hotel!"
"Alas, how can a hotel accommodate my entire guard? There are twenty tanks there. Which hotel can accommodate such a configuration!" the prince laughed heartily. "We have many palaces in the Great Food Kingdom, many of which are vacant. Your stay would be an honor to these palaces. After all, the opportunity for the world's richest man to stay in them is far less than the opportunity for me, a prince, to do so!"
"Since you have come, you should listen to me, your host, and stay as I arrange. With twenty tanks surrounding you outside, your safety is guaranteed!" Under the prince's enthusiastic and repeated invitations, our Boss Huang couldn't resist and moved into this vacant palace.
Well, this palace wasn't too big, only a few hundred rooms in front and back, far from the Forbidden City.
Although the prince wanted to spend more time with our Boss Huang, with the ceremony tomorrow, he had too many matters to attend to. After a few pleasantries, he left in a hurry. However, before leaving, he mentioned that he would arrange for one of his relatives, likely another prince, to entertain Huang He.
After all, in the Great Food Kingdom, if there's one thing they have in abundance besides other things, it's princes. It is said that there are as many as over 200 officially titled princes in the Great Food Kingdom. Picking one out to entertain our Boss Huang was indeed not a problem. Then Boss Huang met someone driving a Hummer, wearing a military jacket and jeans, covered in various chains. If you added a large floral tattoo on his arm, he would be a standard member of the "Funeral Love" family, a young princess.
"You are the world's richest man that Big Brother asked me to entertain?" this person said to Huang He in a sharp voice. "After thinking about it, I don't think there's anything here that you, as the world's richest man, can't experience as entertainment. So, how about we go hunting together?"