The three troublemakers—Japan, England, and Australia—had no basis for mutual trust to get together.

England and Australia are in a slightly better position, since England is Australia's suzerain state. However, this relationship is very weak, merely nominal.

Australia gained full independence in 1931, but the nominal supreme leader remained the Queen.

As for Japan and these two Anglo-Saxon countries, there is absolutely no basis for mutual trust between them.

The Europa Union is at least economically and tradely unified, and its residents have been able to move freely within it for many years. The two big brothers, France and Germany, each receive one magic coin. Although I'm unhappy about it, I don't want to oppose it.

Germany and France made significant concessions for these two magic coins, including a package of debt from economically struggling countries that the Eurozone would have to foot the bill.

For various reasons, the economies of some European countries have been very sluggish in the past two years, so they came up with the idea of ​​issuing government bonds and having the European Union foot the bill.

This idea wasn't limited to small countries; it also included some countries that had previously enjoyed good economic conditions. The Europa Union was initially determined not to agree to this.

This is because it's equivalent to Germany and France using their own income to pay for other countries' expenses.

However, due to the existence of the magic coin, Germany and France had no choice but to agree in order to obtain it.

On the other hand, both Japan and England are neither short of money nor willing to compromise.

As mining progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that finding a planet that meets the requirements is becoming more and more difficult.

Since the two sides couldn't reach an agreement, the Japanese suggested that we simply use both magic coins, with each side using one.

England thought it was acceptable, but Australia disagreed. They said they wouldn't object to the two of you sharing if only one was being used, but if both were to be used, why should the two of you have one while I don't?

People are not worried about scarcity, but about inequality.

Therefore, Japan, England, and Australia, who are to receive two magic coins, have been unable to reach an agreement for a long time.

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After its brain-computer interface phone, developed by the Science and Technology Innovation Bio-English Department, was launched in the European and American markets, it received widespread acclaim. Samsung's high-end models sold very well again, and the market share in America surpassed that of Apple.

This led Apple to move its iPhone 14 launch event to August.

Before the launch of the new iPhone, Musk's Neuralink, based on research and development data from Sci-Tech Biotechnology, launched its first brain-computer interface chip.

To avoid suspicion, even though Neuralink's Chinese-language brain-computer interface recognition accuracy can reach 95%, it had to first launch the English-language brain-computer interface technology with a recognition accuracy of only 80%.

The contrast between the 80% brain-computer interface recognition rate and the 99% rate of Kechuang Bio is too stark.

So much so that Apple, not wanting to be tied to a single supplier, couldn't find a reason to support Neuralink.

Musk personally led a team to talk to Cook, saying, "We cannot be held hostage by science and technology innovation!"

"The licensing fee for the brain-computer interface technology of the Chinese-speaking department of Kechuang Bio is only 200 RMB, but for the English-speaking department they need to pay 500 RMB. If Apple does not curb this behavior, their next price increase will be even more outrageous."

Cook was equally helpless; he certainly wanted to give Neuralink a chance.

"If your recognition accuracy can reach 95%, I am willing to give you a chance."

"But your recognition accuracy is only 80%, and users can clearly feel the difference."

“We compared the differences between Neuralink and Kechuang Bio’s brain-computer interface technology in the lab, and these differences cannot be concealed by animation effects.”

Why do users feel that iOS is smoother than Android? On the one hand, iOS and Apple's self-developed chips complement each other. On the other hand, Apple's animation effects are well optimized, and even when there is lag, it is very smooth, unlike Android which has frame drops.

Musk blushed slightly. He knew his request didn't make business sense, but some things transcended business logic:

“If you don’t support Neuralink, then the field of brain-computer interfaces will forever be monopolized by Chinese companies, just like our industries need to rely on Chinese companies.”

“Neuralink needs an opportunity so that our brain-computer interface chip doesn’t have to be on the iPhone Pro and iPhone Pro Max.”

“But Neuralink’s brain-computer interface technology can be used on the iPhone mini and iPhone, and you were originally going to differentiate these four models.”

Musk's keen business acumen did not surprise Cook, who praised the other party's proposal, saying:

"What a brilliant idea!"

"However, we are an iPhone, and the iPhone and iPhone mini are both iPhones. Neuralink's brain-computer interface recognition accuracy is only 80%, which is an accuracy that we cannot tolerate even on the iPhone mini."

Musk's proposal has been discussed internally at Apple, but it's clearly not a worthwhile deal to ruin Apple's reputation just to support a supplier.

Musk still tried to argue: "If the iPhone 13 series can omit the high refresh rate function from the Mine and 13, why can't the 14?"

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