Chapter 378: Northwestern High-Tech Center
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The law of the development of all things in this world was somewhat similar to a board game called Jungle. Elephants were on a higher tier compared to lions, and that applied down the chain from lions to tigers, tigers to leopards, leopards to wolves, wolves to cats and cats to mice. Mice, however, were able to devour elephants.
State-of-the-art aircraft missiles could not easily triumph in guerilla warfare. So was it too with high-tech industries. They simply could not develop in big cities. Even the real estate industry, which had almost no technical content, could suffocate the high-tech industry.
There were many other similar examples.
This was the balance in the law of nature. Nothing could exist invincibly. If one desired to maintain compet.i.tiveness and never weaken, one could only constantly adjust themselves to be able to perpetually lodge in a comfortable environment.
This was the case for the Tech Cities in the deserts. By moving company research inst.i.tutions to the Tech Cities in the desert, it was possible to cut down on a plethora of operational costs and only then could a company develop healthily and move steadily forward.
The presence of Xing Hai Technologies in the desert alone was not enough. Chen Jin wished to transform the northwestern Desert Transformation Zone into a high-tech center. He wanted to ama.s.s all the top-ranking companies to form a large industrial cl.u.s.ter. Some of them, including chip foundry giant Zhong Xin International and storage chip giant Purple Ray Technologies, had already s.h.i.+fted some of their production capacity to the Tech Cities.
Now, Chen Jin was eyeing tech giants such as Hua Yao and Ali Corporation, persuading them to join the ranks within the Tech Cities. He believed that these companies would accept his invitation and gather around Xing Hai Technologies.
Many wondered about Chen Jin’s motives, and discussed their ideas online.
It is obviously for the sake of advanced technology.
No matter how high land values are, in the face of technology and the truth itself, they will always seem worthless.
Truth is priceless. With enough truth at hand, one can acquire an infinite amount of resources.
Once humans have stepped out of Earth and hover towards the sea of stars, unfathomable land and wealth will be presented before us all.
But if one cashed in a house in a first-tier city, they won’t have to dream about the sea of stars any longer. They should just keep on earning their honest pennies.
A house, a family and similar things could easily become the killers of dreams that make us tumble into the mire of reality.
It is too easy for one to indulge in the prosperous life within bustling cities with a million temptations. One would have long forgotten the starry sky above their heads as they would have settled down in their current state over time.
Someone must lead the dream. Someone must blow the trumpet and someone must unfold the curtains of the dawn of a ma.s.sive era.
Without a doubt, such a leader would naturally be Xing Hai Technologies, but their strength alone was not enough. They would need teammates and helpers. Another ulterior motive was to lay down the foundation for development over on Planet Haierfa.
According to AI Nuwa’s calculations, with the development speed over on Earth, Earth’s overall technological level would be almost at a similar level to that of planet Haierfa in approximately 30 years. By that time, as Earth continued to advance, its path would be equivalent to the one Planet Haierfa would have taken had their civilization not been destroyed. Earth would be embracing a bright future. Until then, Earth could nurture planet Haierfa, which had completed an environmental transformation and been freed from destruction.
This would bring forth ma.s.sive benefits for both worlds.
Once most of the local high-tech enterprises surrounded Xing Hai Technologies, they would be tantamount to the most advanced scientific and technological achievements. If Xing Hai Technologies needed something, acquiring the corresponding technology would not be difficult. Establis.h.i.+ng such a cooperation would be difficult, however, if the two parties remained distant and did not establish fair, mutually beneficial bonds.
As long as the top domestic high-tech enterprises were gathered together, Chen Jin would have a plan at hand to establish an in-depth cooperative relations.h.i.+p with them.
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The Next Day
Chen Jin received a phone call from Yu Dazhui.
“Mr. Chen, I’ve discussed with my company’s leaders.h.i.+p and they think that what you said is very reasonable. Big cities have their advantages, as they are equipped with complete facilities and great convenience in living, but they are indeed not suitable for business operations. We have conducted simulations with supercomputers. Even with Hua Yao’s annual revenue of nearly 2 trillion dollars, if we encounter a major crisis, it would only take us three to five years before we possibly vanished into thin air and became history.”
Yu Dazhui’s voice was steady.
“Even if our development is stable, as long as our revenue capacity remains stagnated or increases meagerly by a one or two percentage points, Hua Yao will still fall into crisis in 10 years. The inflation, in many aspects driven by rising house prices, is nearly 10% every year and it is hard for our revenue growth to reach that amount.”
As he continued, Yu Dazhui’s voice grew more optimistic.
“Moving to the Tech Cities in the desert is a very good alternative. After the transfer is completed in its entirety, we will save almost 200 billion dollars a year. All that money could be used in research and development. Hua Yao’s compet.i.tiveness will never weaken. We can last for fifty or even a hundred years without declining! Mr. Chen, we hope for you to hasten things at your end. Hua Yao intends to s.h.i.+ft to the Tech Cities as soon as possible.”
Chen Jin was instantly struck by delight.
“No problem, I’ll ask my men over at Tech City No. 2 to prepare things for you.”
Hua Yao had been settled.
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Hua Yao stuck their heads in the desert, following Xing Hai Technologies’s footsteps. After the news had spread, the topic was hotly debated by the public. Netizens began to rant.
Even our Hua Yao has gone into the desert. Can first-tier cities truly not retain any outstanding enterprises?
Could it be that we will have to go the deserts thousands of miles away for a good high-income job? Who’d be willing to go work at a place so far out?
What is Xing Hai Technologies trying to do? Are they so lonely that they are persuading other companies to go over for their company? We don’t want to work in such a remote location!
I think that this is pretty good. In many professions nowadays, one can work at home via the remote office system. It is not necessary to be physically present at an office. Besides, high-tech enterprises are under immense operational pressure. The cost of staying in a big city is enormous. Moving to areas with a lower cost of operation is a choice that must be made.
I think that Xing Hai Technologies is just asking for it. Their game is getting bigger and bigger. There must be some terrifying conspiracies behind what they’re doing. They are exploiting the state from all aspects. They must be held down!
Exploiting? Ha, you must be oblivious about how much our local industries have hollowed out. In the past few years, more than half of our low-end manufacturing industries have transferred themselves to other countries, so have quite a notable amount of mid-end manufacturing industries. If this goes on, we will be left with only a few high-end industries in the end! Xing Hai Technologies is helping to solve the hollowing out problem. It is better for those industries to move to the northwestern deserts than to go overseas. This is to keep the goodies within the family. Got it?
Yep, that’s what it is. Manufacturing is not at all profitable, but it must not be forsaken, or it will be like losing a limb.
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Hua Yao was just the beginning. After a few more days, Ali, Tencent, Da Mi, Lands.p.a.ce, Chery, Biyadi Batteries and up to a hundred tech enterprises answered to Xing Hai Technologies’ invitation. Some decided to move a portion of their scientific research inst.i.tutions while others moved their entire organization into the Tech Cities within the northwestern Desert Transformation Zone.
The remote and deserted northwestern desert was about to emerge as a highly antic.i.p.ated high-tech center.