Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 420: Strongmen Bearing the Coffin

Chen Yiyang went to the trouble of accessing foreign websites to check the comments there.

He found that the video of the robot combat competition was indeed quite a hot topic on foreign sites.

However, the responses from netizens of different countries were quite interesting.

Previously, Japan and South Korea had always belittled Huaxia’s technological development, but this time, they’ve unexpectedly started reflecting and berating their own companies.

In contrast, half of the comments from Europe and America praised it, while the other half thought it was a hoax.

Still, this competition proved that such games can indeed attract a lot of attention.

Although humanoid robots are not yet visually appealing due to technological constraints,

every competition or technology develops from scratch.

The earliest cars were slower than carriages, yet they eventually evolved.

"Mr. Chen, I think we should expand the scale of our competition."

Zheng Zhiming suggested, "Besides Yushu, there are many technology companies specializing in humanoid robots. We can invite them to send their robots to compete."

"That might be challenging," Chen Yiyang seemed skeptical.

"Competitions inevitably result in winners and losers, which shows who is stronger.

Companies whose technology is inferior to Yushu might find it embarrassing to compete, and it’s better not to participate. Those with similar tech won’t risk it as well.

After all, since Yushu is funding the competition, they might worry that Yushu would play tricks behind the scenes."

"It doesn’t matter if they come; what matters is our invitation."

Zheng Zhiming said, "Mr. Chen, do you know about ’Songs of Huaxia’ back then?"

"I know," Chen Yiyang said, though he wasn’t into rap music and had zero knowledge about rappers.

However, the show was so popular back then that Chen Yiyang passively received a lot of information, knowing about jokes like ’fire clouds billow across 800 miles’ and ’having freestyle’.

"Rap once had little standing in Huaxia and was an obscure culture known only within its own small circle.

That’s why when they wanted to organize a rap competition, only a few rap stars were willing to come, and some sent their underlings to participate.

The result was these underlings gained huge fame from these competitions, making a fortune in a short time.

Later, those well-known rap artists regretted so much that they eagerly participated in subsequent seasons."

"I get your point," Chen Yiyang understood what Zheng Zhiming was getting at.

Humanoid robots, like rap, are currently a niche sect.

Because the circle is small, the investors they can reach are mostly professional investment institutions, which strictly scrutinize and are stingy with funding.

But if Chen Yiyang manages to make the robot combat competition famous and well-known,

other humanoid robot companies, despite not winning the championship, might see a surge in popularity and attract significant investments.

As long as this phenomenon takes shape, those top-tier humanoid robot companies will join without fear.

After finalizing some details with Zheng Zhiming, Chen Yiyang personally chipped in with funds to sponsor the show and the competition,

cutting ties with Yushu on the surface to lure other tech companies to participate.

"Be careful. Don’t damage anything. Carefully carry it inside."

In the living room of his villa, Chen Yiyang instructed the workers he hired to cautiously carry a strangely-shaped sarcophagus into his collection room.

This sarcophagus was a relic Chen Yiyang recently acquired at a bargain.

Its former owner, an old farmer, thought the thing too ominous, yet was reluctant to discard it, so he hauled it to the market for sale.

Upon receiving intel about the bargain find, Chen Yiyang quickly bought it.

No wonder it hadn’t been sold; its design was so peculiar that people mistook it for a modern parody carving.

"What is this? A Black Coffin Dance?" The small accountant saw the workers carrying the sarcophagus, full of curiosity asking.

"This is the Liao Dynasty’s ’Strongmen Carrying Coffin’ sculpture," Chen Yiyang explained helplessly.

"But it really looks like the Black Coffin Dance," the small accountant still couldn’t quite believe it.

Because the sculpture’s design was indeed extremely peculiar, too similar to the once-popular online ’Black Coffin Dance’.

Liao Dynasty Strongmen Carrying Coffin sculpture.

After chatting a bit about the ’Strongmen Carrying Coffin’ relic with the small accountant, Chen Yiyang proceeded to handle some recent company matters.

Work that Chen Yiyang delayed until getting home was not urgent, but that doesn’t mean it’s unimportant; some were quite worrisome.

Starting with the food delivery and express delivery industries.

Since cooperating with Jindong, the orders and scale of food delivery and express delivery grew rapidly.

Chen Yiyang initially considered collaborating with Jindong partly for its name recognition and partly hoping Jindong’s cash reserves would deter the Ugly Group from easily starting a subsidy war.

But no major trend can be shifted by individual will.

As Chen Yiyang’s express and food delivery orders surged enough to threaten the Ugly Group,

the Ugly Group increased their subsidy efforts, entering into competition with Chen Yiyang.

Chen Yiyang was forced to respond.

Chen Yiyang funded half the subsidies, with Jindong covering the other half.

The ongoing subsidy battle has consumed all the money Chen Yiyang invested initially.

If not for a windfall from the Middle East and a few cash cows maintaining stable monthly revenue,

this subsidy battle might have collapsed everything.

Chen Yiyang didn’t want to engage in the subsidy war.

But once the Ugly Group initiated the challenge, he couldn’t stop it, only gradually increasing his investment.

Currently, the pricing for a cup of milk tea or coffee on delivery has dropped to two or three bucks per cup.

It’s even cheaper than buying it in-store.

Chen Yiyang could only comfort himself, noting that a portion of the subsidy was earned by his own Kuxing Coffee, which in a way came back to him.

After reviewing the recent related documents, Chen Yiyang called Liu Qiangxi.

"Brother Qiang, are we planning to go all the way with this subsidy war?"

"Since the Ugly Group wants war, we’ll gladly accept," Liu Qiangxi sounded confident.

"Once the battle starts, it doesn’t end easily. Fight as long as possible. If you don’t have cash, you can use Timely Express’s shares as collateral to borrow from Jindong."

"How could I be short of money?" Chen Yiyang replied instantly, "Don’t worry, as long as Jindong is willing to fight on, I’ll scrape cash even if it means selling the iron pots."

"Then it’s no problem," Liu Qiangxi added, "However, I recently heard rumors that the regulators are planning to meet with us and the Ugly Group."