Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 219: Chapter 219: Major General!

Although giving up hosting the press conference just because of fearing trouble seems a bit absurd and inexplicable, when such a thing happens to Jiang Cheng, it becomes quite reasonable... This is somewhat laughable, but come to think of it, it’s really like that.

After all, when Jiang Cheng’s paper was initially rejected by the Technology Magazine, he turned around and acquired the magazine. Behavior and mindset like that are fundamentally different from normal people! Who knows what a genius thinks?

So, no matter how the outside world speculates or deduces, in the end, people and the media are still unable to definitively determine whether Jiang Cheng will host this press conference.

In fact, even those news media reporters are not too sure whether Jiang Cheng will attend this press conference...

Obviously, if Jiang Cheng doesn’t attend and host this press conference, it would make the entire event much less impressive!

Long before some related reports were made public, people already knew these things: first, the Transparent Phone was able to be developed ahead of its time because Jiang Cheng had solved a series of technical problems related to graphene, bringing modern graphene technology to a new height; second, the Transparent Phone was also a high-tech product solely created by Jiang Cheng.

As the first creator of the Virtual Reality Device, Jiang Cheng has long been hailed as the man who changed the world. There are even rumors spreading among the public that Jiang Cheng, who created Qing Tengsu to cure liver cancer and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, is the same person! Now, he has successfully improved graphene technology and created such a perfect Transparent Phone—if he doesn’t host this press conference, it would disappoint many who support him.

In summary, everyone is looking forward to Jiang Cheng’s appearance at this press conference.

Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company has not announced whether Jiang Cheng will host the press conference, but also has not denied the news; keeping it confidential—this tight-lipped response leaves the media somewhat helpless.

However, if Jiang Cheng does attend the press conference and hosts it, he should be preparing his speech and the event details right now...

However, contrary to what everyone thinks, although Jiang Cheng has decided to host this press conference, he doesn’t seem to have any intention of preparing.

He seems ready to go on stage just like that—this behavior leaves Zhang Manlin speechless. She looks at Jiang Cheng, who is about to go out, hesitates for a moment, and still asks, ”Chairman Jiang... the conference is today, aren’t you going to prepare? At least look at the speech we’ve prepared for you. Is it really okay to not prepare at all?”

Jiang Cheng shook his head indifferently and said, ”Whether it’s the Transparent Phone or the improved graphene technology, I created them. What do I need to prepare for? I can just say something random—besides, do you think I would waste time on such meaningless preparation?”

”What do you mean by meaningless preparation?” Zhang Manlin is quite speechless at Jiang Cheng’s words and finds it hard to retort. Although a genius like Jiang Cheng has the right to be willful, this is too casual and too willful.

”No need to say more, I know what to do.” Jiang Cheng looked at Zhang Manlin and said calmly.

”Alright...” Zhang Manlin nodded and said, ”I understand, since you’ve made up your mind, I can’t stop you.”

”Hmm.” Jiang Cheng nodded and said, ”Next, I need to meet with Major General Xiang Dong. Get the car and the related data ready for me.”

”Okay, I’ve already prepared the related data—” Zhang Manlin nodded and said, ”I’ll bring it to you shortly.”

Yesterday, after Jiang Cheng returned to the country, he first met with the country’s leaders to express his intentions, and then went to some graphene production factories—the graphite manufacturing plants that received Jiang Cheng’s new technology are naturally incomparable to the previous ones. Jiang Cheng required them to record all related data while producing graphene. He visited these factories yesterday to retrieve the data.

What he wanted to do was simple: to exchange this graphene technology with the country for something.

Many things in the world are completely locked, and you can’t buy them with money. Therefore, Jiang Cheng will inevitably have to compromise on some aspects to obtain opportunities to get those things.

Of course, if Jiang Cheng directly applies to the country, there’s an eight or nine chance that the country would agree to Jiang Cheng’s request and give him those things for free, but then, Jiang Cheng would owe the country a favor.

As the saying goes, a debt of gratitude is the hardest to repay. Jiang Cheng doesn’t want to owe anyone favors casually; he believes in equal exchange, so if the country gives him resources, he also wants to give the country something—for instance, the graphene technology he has mastered.

Originally, he decided to hand over these things to the country a year later, but since there’s been a change, handing them over in advance is not a problem.

The Major General Xiang Dong is the important figure coming to negotiate cooperation with Jiang Cheng this time—

Major General Xiang Dong.

Surname Xiang, given name Dong....

He can be said to be a well-established Major General, whether in the military or official channels, he is a top figure, with formidable connections behind, having intricate ties with the leaders at the top. Sending him over could just be a means to gild his reputation.

There is a lot of related data on graphene, which needs organizing. Yesterday, after Jiang Cheng brought these things back to the company, he handed them to Zhang Manlin and asked her to get someone to help organize them—it took the whole night to concentrate the most critical data, results repeatedly verified, together.

This crucial work is, of course, entrusted to the most trustworthy people.

These data quickly arrived in Jiang Cheng’s hands, although they had been streamlined a lot, there was still a thick stack, about several hundred pages.

Jiang Cheng opened his carry-on briefcase, opened the box, packed these things into the briefcase, and then closed it.

”I’m leaving,” Jiang Cheng waved his hand, bid farewell to Zhang Manlin, and prepared to meet the Major General sent over.

Zhang Manlin nodded, then continued to handle her own affairs.

Major General Xiang Dong’s name is quite simple and memorable; he has the face of a young man in his twenties, but in fact, he is already forty.

However, in the political circle, being in your forties is the golden age. Many officials’ political careers start in their forties! Without spending ten years or so, waiting until you’re in your forties, you generally don’t stand out—this is also the basic rule.

Major General Xiang Dong is such a person. Although he bears the title of Major General, he is merely a non-combat major general. While he is technically military, he leans more toward another direction.

This is actually not a good career trajectory—but for a person of his level, these things are simply unimportant.