My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 394 - 267: All Have Become Me Now

Chapter 394: Chapter 267: All Have Become Me Now

"The technical information and ideas I provided were wrong?"

When Meng Lang saw the message sent by Gao Yuan, his expression was also somewhat astonished.

It’s true that anyone is entitled to question a new technology that has not yet come to market.

But...

A mere modern person actually questioning the feasibility of future technology?

Should I doubt my own judgment in selecting talent, or should I applaud your courage to challenge authority?

Although in Professor Zheng’s eyes, it’s modern medicine that is the authority.

But in Meng Lang’s eyes, is it possible for modern medicine to surpass future medicine?

Meng Lang opened his notebook and found the list of technologies.

"Peripheral Blood Neuronal-Derived Exosomes Synaptosome Proteins Predicting the Asymptomatic Phase of Alzheimer’s Disease Technology".

From "The Old Man and the Sea," the latest medical paper in 2038, authored by Lin Xiaoyu.

Alright! Written by our own number one leading expert, and it’s still 20 years ahead of the world...

Even in human history, cases of technological regression mostly occur during the tragic times of war and chaos.

Moreover, "Alzheimer’s," this threat is second only to that of the Night Demon Clan – would I bring out a piece of unverified, erroneous technology to sabotage myself?

It just doesn’t seem possible!

"Could it be that it’s too advanced and hence unpopular?"

Meng Lang ultimately could only attribute the cause to the 20 years that changed too many things...

After all, even the "heliocentric theory" was not accepted by the world until 300 years after Copernicus’s death.

In the field of science and technology, if you’re a step ahead, you’re a unicorn, but if you’re a hundred steps ahead, you’re a heretic!

He didn’t take this matter too seriously, after all, time will tell the world the truth...

"Zero, how’s the development of the quantitative trading model going?" Meng Lang asked.

["Multifactor Combined Investment Strategy" V1.0 basic version has been developed.

As per your request, it has been provisionally set to trade several of the world’s largest commodities in terms of volume.

These include crude oil, steel, copper, iron ore, gold, silver, and various rare metals.

We are currently collecting historical price data from related futures markets to refine the system.

Due to the many market variables, to ensure the effectiveness of use, it’s recommended to conduct at least a week of simulation trading tests before actual use.

Continuous optimization according to market changes will also be necessary.]

A week, huh?

It should also take Gao Yuan some time to set up the investment department and prepare for investment, so there’s no rush.

That’s right, Meng Lang plans to put the quantitative trading model developed by Zero to the test in the international futures market first...

The reason for choosing futures is that, according to analysis, financial derivatives like futures offer more natural soil for "quantitative investment" than stocks and securities do.

This includes attributes like intraday funds being reusable, approximately 10 times leverage, and exceeding the trading volume of stocks and securities...

Futures naturally carry a high volume and frequency of transactions.

Of course, you might say the foreign exchange market is the largest financial market in the world and offers even higher financial leverage.

But Meng Lang did not choose forex for the reasons it has much larger fluctuations and higher risks, and also because the domestic investment environment is not robust.

As for why to choose the international futures market...

First, the international market has a larger trading volume, making it easier to hide capital.

Second, being in Country Hua, if you make too much noise and crash the financial market domestically, police officers will invite you for tea within minutes.

It’s different abroad – the bigger the noise, the bigger the international dispute.

The identity of a Country Hua citizen is a powerful invisible protection for both Meng Lang and Gao Yuan...

Meng Lang understands through Hua Wei’s future encounters that the international environment is far from calm as it appears to the common people.

Any individual or company that carelessly gets involved in competition between great powers could be crushed to smithereens.

Wealthy people should realize that a strong homeland is their most solid backup!

The wealthier you are, the more this holds true.

As for the notion that "private property is sacred and inviolable," anyone who believes that is a fool...

True, Meng Lang has tried a few times to use national power against the Night Demon Clan, but the outcomes have not been pretty.

You might be shot unexpectedly or think of lying low only to find the world turned to nuclear rubble...

It’s just as one of the fellows said.

Fate does not accept the surrender of ants...

Only you yourself can pull you out of the abyss.

This has also led him to be extremely cautious about releasing intelligence and letting situations spiral out of control.

In front of this vast national machine, one can only become a pawn manipulated by fate.

And not the chess player who dictates fate.

But being cautious does not mean stopping.

What about creating a community of shared interests, what about forming a research alliance?

In a world without a grand unification, your own homeland is the biggest community of interests right in front of you!

How to develop the country’s terrifying potential, while ensuring safety first, is the subject of Meng Lang’s current research.

Befriending Wang Zhao Ping, saving the soldier Chu Tian, providing the Apple device vulnerability for free...

These are all tentative attempts.

Gao Yuan is the agent he has supported, and as her power grows, whether they like it or not, they will increasingly bind with the interests of Country Hua.

Enhancing national prestige is not only a necessity to make use of national resources but also a need to protect oneself.

"Excluding the shares of Wanwu Holding held via Gao Yuan... I currently have about 17 million US dollars in liquid assets."

Meng Lang was evaluating his financial situation.

To date, Meng Lang’s biggest source of funds is still the 59 million US dollars generously provided by Brother Biao.

Of that, 50 million US dollars was given to Gao Yuan to short Chang Chun Biological, and the funds are still growing.

The subsequent 200 million dollars for movie investments will also be drawn from this financial pool.

The remaining 9 million US dollars, meanwhile, made 8 million US dollars in a single day through the Bitcoin market.

The 17 million US dollars combined was all the liquid assets he had on hand, just about enough for a modest goal.

Oh right, there was also the 500,000 from Yan Weiwei, the 250,000 from Lin Haitang, and the 200,000 from Duan Xiaoyi...

Plus the little more than a million already in his account.

That is to say, there was an inconsequential 2 million RMB in his personal account...

"It seems like a lot, but it also burns through quickly..."

Meng Lang calculated how to make money breed money, to improve the sustainability of the funds.

Once Zheng Dalu, the technical talent, was in place, Changqing Biological would become his own center for technological research and development.

When it comes to scientific research, there’s never enough money.

To accelerate incubation, all he could do was go as far as possible in making money...

Moreover, Changqing Biological would not only be responsible for turning each suitable piece of future technology he possessed into reality.

It also had to continuously expand and strengthen its own scientific research capabilities, laying both the hardware and software foundations for his brothers to make bold advances into the field of research and achieve new technological breakthroughs.

Every piece of technology in Meng Lang’s hands seemed simple to come by, with nothing more than flipping through some books.

But each and every technological breakthrough had accumulated slowly over ten, twenty years.

He could live off previous accomplishments, but his brothers had to step by step, earnestly, push forward the progress of technology.

The more fertile the soil of Changqing Biological was, the sweeter the fruit it might bear under the meticulous care of his brothers...

After clarifying his thoughts, he asked another question.

"Zero, how’s the ’Small Town Strategist’ plan going?"

"[Currently, the number of satellites found with control vulnerabilities has reached three, all of which are Fusang’s small commercial low-orbit satellites.

We are currently using these satellites for chain intrusion.

As for military spy satellites, due to complex encryption systems and scant open-source technology, finding their vulnerabilities is more challenging, and we are still attempting it.]

"Three satellites in one day, huh..."

Meng Lang expressed satisfaction with the speed.

The characters in yesterday’s ’Classic of Mountains and Seas’ died too quickly and suddenly, perhaps lacking any truly impressive future technologies.

So, what came with it was a future project proposal, codenamed—’Small Town Strategist’!

The book also included a few control vulnerabilities of open-source system satellites.

It must be the unexpected gains from Zero’s survival over more than half a year.

That’s right... He set his sights on those satellites drifting in the sky...

Regardless of a satellite’s purpose, its functionality dictates the reality that its control can be altered by cyber-attacks.

Automated malicious code can enter from a private IT system into a ground station, and from there to space components.

Things like patches, system configuration errors, among many other factors, can become exploitable vulnerabilities for cyber attackers.

Relatively speaking, commercial satellites that use cheaper hardware, open-source software, and run in low orbits are particularly vulnerable in this regard.

For Zero, compared to manually controlled and better-defended ground equipment, satellites operating in remote orbits are more isolated and helpless.

They are like wanderers far from home, facing Zero the bully, they really have no heaven to call upon, no earth to appeal to.

Unless they are shot down by orbital weapons, once Zero gains control, the hope of regaining it is almost none, given the disparity in technological generations.

Strategy starts with intelligence.

Intercepting communication signals, centimeter-level satellite imagery...

Such a powerful tool, once controlled, undeniably grants a tremendous advantage in intelligence.

Once the ’Small Town Strategist’ plan succeeds, even places as far away as Damascus would no longer be out of reach.

And the reason for choosing Fusang Country only...

There are many reasons.

For instance, offending one country has a smaller impact than offending a bunch.

The lingering feud from the cultural relics robber case.

Over 200 satellites making it fourth in the world, a moderate power perfect for practice.

Even if the attacks are traced back, it’s easy to be dismissed as the work of nationalist hackers or official actions.

Nationalist sentiments...

Yes! With so many reasons, who else should be sheared if not you?

In the interests of caution, for now this plan is only tentative in searching for vulnerabilities, not initiating any substantive attacks.

Such high-risk ventures naturally require the brothers to be fully prepared and validated first.

At the very least, he needed to see if the opponent’s reaction might compromise his own safety before proceeding.

But... That’s a weapon of a nation!

A slight mistake could easily stir up a hornet’s nest...

Not long ago, he was a firm believer in keeping a low profile.

And yet, seeing such an exhilarating plan, he himself was daring enough to give it a try...

Meng Lang also found that his courage seemed to be growing recently.

Many things that were once unthinkable and undareable, now seem not so repugnant to him anymore.

He seemed to have a greater tolerance for a certain level of risk.

Was it because he had become too arrogant recently, or was it the insidious influence of those lawless brothers who would even dare to blow up the Earth?

The id is safety first, but the ego says you have to be a little crazy to truly live.

Meng Lang felt it clearly.

The conservatives and radicals seemed to be fiercely contesting for the "thought high ground" of this body...

The gifts of fate, indeed, are not without cost.

Fortunately, the brothers were still restrained; for now, the impact was there, but it hadn’t reached the point of drastic changes in temperament.

Meng Lang sighed.

Am I still the same person I was yesterday?

Who would have thought that one day I’d be forced to consider such mind-boggling philosophical questions...

All he could do was lament.

All that has been sown yesterday, makes me who I am today...