Chapter 238: Xinghai Technology Dissolves
“Today is Galactic Calendar year 9420. I believe that everyone present, after experiencing these hundred years, should no longer be too unfamiliar with this new timeline.”
Fan Ren sighed as he gave the opening remarks, which was necessary for him to speak first.
The venue was completely quiet.
“100 years ago, to be precise, 116 years ago, when Xinghai Technology was established.
At that time, Great Xia was still focusing its technological vision on the 14-nanometer process of lithography machines, investing countless funds for it.
We went from having nothing to spending 70 years to achieve it back then.
But since the establishment of Xinghai Technology, these technologies have been successively overcome one after another.
We developed solid-state battery technology, graphene chips, and even nuclear fusion technology.
What I want to say is that as the founder of Xinghai, the breakthroughs in these technologies for Xinghai actually could not be separated from the support of Great Xia’s industrial system back then.
Even more so, without Great Xia’s protection, Xinghai would have had no ability to safeguard these technologies.
Everyone present should have some understanding of that history.
Obviously, in the few years after Xinghai was established, external forces were not friendly toward us.
But under such circumstances, with Great Xia’s full assistance, Xinghai proceeded to space without any worries, set foot on the Moon, applied the invaluable tri-titanium alloy to the industrial domain, and completed a major revolutionary breakthrough in Great Xia’s industrial domain.
After that, the establishment of the space elevator further reduced the cost of ground-to-space transport.
From then on, our space development has far surpassed that of countries around the world.
After a hundred years, we possess two large legions, each with a fleet of 20,000 space battleship spaceships under our command.
I say this not to take credit.
What I mean is that without the all-out support and assistance from Elder Ye and various departments of Great Xia, Xinghai Technology could not have achieved what it has today.
Xinghai in relation to Great Xia is a fundamental issue of logic and principle.
Therefore, as the founder of Xinghai Technology today, and its sole shareholder.
I decide to merge the entire research and development department of Xinghai Technology into the Science and Technology Department.
That is to say.
From today onward, there is no more Xinghai Technology.
Only the Science and Technology Department.
This is the first gift I, as the chairman of the first Human Civilization Committee, present to this new organization.
At the same time, the various industries under Xinghai will be incorporated into the various departments according to their divisions.
The main purpose is to facilitate unified management and other related matters thereafter.
Another purpose is that Xinghai’s current scale has completely exceeded what a civilian enterprise should have.
In fact, this hinders our career development.
For this reason, I decide to make the above changes.”
As Fan Ren’s words fell, everyone in the venue, including Vice Chairman Liu Shengzhan and Jin Qiaoying from the Ministry of Trade, all showed shocked expressions on their faces.
Fan Ren had not mentioned these decisions to any of them beforehand.
At this special conference today, Fan Ren nakedly threw out this earth-shattering major change.
Over these hundred years, Xinghai Technology has long permeated the hearts of people in various domains and strata.
There was once a satirical joke on Blue Star about the South Island Country.
South Island Country people, from birth to studying, working, and being buried, their entire lives are inseparable from the infiltration of one enterprise.
San Xin Group.
And now, compared to the San Xin Group back then, Xinghai Technology has even deeper and irreplaceable penetration into various aspects of human life.
For this reason, after leaving the overall management and operation of the company to A’dai, Fan Ren has clearly noticed that his energy cannot cover this area.
Moreover, because of his lack of energy in this regard, a clear unhealthy trend has emerged within the company today.
Xinghai’s engineers, scientists, and even ordinary employees have begun to show an aloof attitude toward ordinary strata of Great Xia.
Of course, most of this is a mindset of pride and self-esteem.
But this is a huge hindrance to the development of all humanity.
Imagine, when everyone takes pride in entering Xinghai Technology, it naturally loses a certain prestige.
For this reason, Fan Ren helplessly made this somewhat reluctant decision.
After all, Xinghai was founded by him single-handedly, and it took a hundred years to reach its current state.
Now, because of his one decision, Xinghai will cease to exist hereafter.
No one knows who started it, but the people in the venue gradually burst into extremely enthusiastic applause from their shocked state.
The intensity of this applause even surpassed the moment when Fan Ren was elected chairman with a high vote earlier.
Starting today, Xinghai Technology will disband into parts, truly infiltrating every corner and continuing to shine.
A long time passed, as if no one in the venue could feel pain in their palms, the applause continued with sustained enthusiasm.
A trace of emotion flashed in Fan Ren’s heart, and he quickly raised his hand and pressed downward.
Following his action, the prolonged applause finally showed signs of stopping.
Fan Ren smiled and, after the applause fully stopped, took a deep breath and said:
“Thank you all for your support. That was the first point; we’ll skip this issue. Next, I want to talk about the current situation.”
His expression gradually became serious.
“We are in an era of great change. In 100 years, we can say we have gained the strength to stand in space.
But what I want to say is that our situation is actually not safe.
Using a 10 light year range as a standard, there are 7 tier 2 civilizations nearby.
These civilizations have armies of a scale comparable to ours.
Unfortunately, based on the information I have received, these civilizations are currently all in a state on the verge of eruption.
Resources, population, and economy constitute the main factors of civilizations today.
Unfortunately, after hundreds of years of development, most of these civilizations have nearly depleted the minerals and other usable resources in their home star systems.
For example, the Hans Civilization 9 light years away; 45 years ago, they dispatched a fleet consisting of 500 battleships under one small aircraft carrier flagship, launching an expedition against us.
But very coincidentally, this fleet was completely annihilated in interstellar space 2 light years away from us for some reason we do not know.
And civilizations on the scale of the Hans Civilization, there are still six around us.
This is also one of the main reasons I must decide to go to the Galactic Alliance to register the existence of Human Civilization.
The environment we are in is not safe!”
