Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 832 - 284: Terrifying Rehearsal (Part 2)
Once the financial report was released and investors discovered the ban had been lifted, yet the business growth in Huaxia was much less than expected, the stock price, which had finally risen, naturally began to fall back again.
This was not only a blow to NVIDIA but also a massive blow to all the high-tech companies at West University observing the situation.
What Huaxia used to strive for is now something Huaxia no longer cares about.
As a result, it’s natural that the scientists dispatched to Huaxia by various companies for learning purposes began to feel increased pressure.
Initially, the inquiries were monthly, but later developed into weekly, and later there were even different executives calling every day...
Those with strong stress resistance fared better, but those with slightly less resilience truly found it hard to endure. This led to dissatisfaction.
After all, the contracts signed by the companies stipulated that these scientists came to Huaxia to learn the relevant theories. The Qiao Yu Modal Space itself is a complex theoretical system. If it could progress daily, that would be truly immortal.
Conflicts arose in this situation as well.
Just as Qiao Yu had envisioned, many scientists who intended to focus on learning the relevant theories very decisively resigned from their original companies once they had no worries.
Of course, being worry-free was mainly due to approval from Yanbei University, which made it more awkward for those high-tech companies at West University.
Yet cooperation could not stop. After all, they received feedback that the teaching in Huaxia was indeed quite serious.
Starting from theoretical learning is slow, but it presents an opportunity for them to catch up later.
If they truly tear things apart, the difficulty of catching up to Huaxia in quantum projects will inevitably be greater.
In this situation, for over half a year, even the executives dared not pressure the scientists studying abroad.
What if the pressure made these scientists leave for real?
Everyone hoped these scientists would quickly learn successfully. Plus, it was almost time for the first batch of assigned scientists to finish their studies and return to conduct research.
The contract was signed for a four-year cycle, to cultivate a batch of scientists and engineering personnel capable of independently conducting quantum simulation calculation research.
Who would have thought that before their own dispatched scientists and engineers even returned to work, they received intelligence that the Huaxia Quantum Simulation Computing Alliance had already begun fully stocking up.
While the upper levels of various technology companies on the west side were still analyzing the authenticity of this news, Huaxia had already started massively promoting the inaugural general quantum simulation computer product launch, set for New Year’s Day 2032.
Although the official promotional video did not reveal details of the product, rumors spread all over the internet.
For instance, the new computer was named the Tai Chi Series, and it was said that the new quantum simulation computer had the capability to outperform all current computers on the market, and that Huaxia’s new computer seamlessly integrated AI...
The most absurd rumor was someone released a video claiming the new computer was actually a robot that could run alongside humans. Though the video seemed AI-created, people believed it, and the rumor spread wider...
Overall, the Huaxia internet was flooded with both true and false information, leaving people feeling bewildered. These messages quickly leapt over the wall and spread to external applications around the world...
Like X, International Tiktok, Ins, Facebook... everywhere. It’s becoming more frightening now.
Honestly, the public has almost gotten used to the continual downward trend in US stock prices over the years.
The bigwigs in the White House had long provided a comprehensive theoretical explanation, summed up in one sentence: This is the pain that reform must go through.
Through tax increases and restrictions on technology transfer, they ensured a pessimistic atmosphere in the investment community, which could then burst the stock market bubble.
When US stocks finally began to fall, they could proactively initiate a controlled economic crisis.
During this time, there could indeed be some trouble, such as rapid devaluation of the US Dollar, intensified depreciation of US Dollar assets, and even a period when inflation couldn’t be alleviated...
But it wasn’t all bad.
For example, the devaluation of the US Dollar might not sound good news, but you must remember they still owe nearly forty trillion in national debt.
When the currency starts rapidly devaluing, it essentially means the debt burden eases, after all, the US Dollar isn’t worth much, so the debt isn’t heavy either.
Theoretically, if the US Dollar devalued to a trillion for an egg, forty eggs could theoretically pay off all national debt...
Furthermore, such maneuver has a significant advantage. Why hasn’t the U.S. manufacturing industry developed?
Because the developed financial industry kept siphoning off profits! To the broad midwestern entrepreneurs, although they hold production materials, it doesn’t matter!
Because they can’t make money from what they produce? Why? Because those in the finance sector on the East Coast earn enormous profits without doing anything, directly driving up prices.
High prices, in turn, force entrepreneurs to offer higher wages, raising production costs. Products naturally lose competitiveness.
Moreover, if speculating stocks is more lucrative than doing real business, how many would be willing to conscientiously engage in real industry? This is why the masses struggle to find jobs and earn money, and why they can’t update infrastructure!
What? You say it’s nonsense? The examples are right there.
You all love watching Huaxia’s videos, envy Huaxia’s infrastructure and low prices, right? Then you should also look at their stock market!
So many powerful companies, not mentioning the total market capitalization, even though the US’s market value has dropped drastically in years, the Huaxia stock market still appreciates, with major indices still less than one-eighth of US stocks!
Therefore, everyone must understand, to make a country great again, pain is inevitable, and temporary stock market drop isn’t a big issue.
So there’s no need to panic, whether you believe it or not, as long as manufacturing returns to this land, everything can be good again!
Honestly, this theory, to some extent, indeed alleviated the pressure of stock price decline for these major tech companies.
After all, those capitalists behind the scenes are busy refuting the White House’s fallacies, can’t really let those irresponsible guys brainwash everyone, right?
Because honestly speaking, capitalists don’t have very high confidence in the cognitive abilities of people educated by fun learning, what if they really get fooled.
So everyone managed to sit still for a while. But now when Huaxia really announces the quantum simulation computer, they can’t sit still.
While having accepted that their market value has already fallen by forty percent compared to the peak, they truly couldn’t accept that Huaxia could develop a highly completed general computer product in such a short time.
Not to mention this computer might have many unique features!
Because this implies a world-wide product iteration! It further means if Huaxia’s product truly opens up its market, their products might not sell in the next decade.
If it truly reaches that point, it’s not just about the stock price falling, their situation might be company bankruptcy, brands being acquired by other companies, then gradually vanishing from the historical tapestry.
This isn’t just alarmism, even in their short history, many examples can be found. Like the once monumental Nokia and Motorola...
Back in the 1990s, in terms of mobile market share, Samsung wasn’t even fit to shine Nokia’s or Motorola’s shoes.
Especially Nokia, in that era, it was the benchmark for phones. Yet due to missing the technology cusp, when Apple 4 came out, within a few years, this brand was beaten visibly out of existence.
By the current generation, many haven’t even heard of this brand, at most in a few decades, these once-grand brands will be completely forgotten...
This is terrifying!
