The series of magic-related mechanisms spearheaded by Zheng Li have an impact on Blue Star that is not only overt but also includes many hidden influences.

If it were simply magic itself, the various countries of Earth might not have reacted so strongly.

Merlin's publicly displayed abilities are based on a fundamental logic that goes beyond scientifically inexplicable applications; rather, they represent a complete technological system distinct from Earth's.

Moreover, this different technological system is clearly much more advanced than the technology of Earth.

According to estimates within China, it is at least fifty years ahead of Bluestar Technology.

The Americanians, having obtained more inside information, predicted that the magical civilization's technological lead was over a hundred years.

Because of the Stockholm incident last year, which involved America directly, they had access to far more intelligence than China. Earth's technology was already facing stagnation, and the next technological breakthrough seemed a long way off; it was unclear when it would arrive.

Now, conveniently, a ready-made reference point has appeared.

Not to mention Merlin proactively provided an entire magic-related trading system that included Earth.

You're given a ready-made stone to touch; the Chinese will touch it, and so will those abroad.

Germany, America, and Russia all followed the experience of their predecessors to transform from agricultural countries into industrial nations.

Even alien rocks are still rocks.

Zheng Li didn't respond to Li Miaomiao's words, but instead said to her:

"I have made a new research breakthrough regarding brain-computer interfaces."

"It is expected that by the end of this year, the new brain-computer interface technology, combined with a controller, will be able to enable most major movements in the virtual world." The brain-computer interface technology previously used by Kechuang Future could only recognize neural signals of movement.

Therefore, actions such as jumping, climbing, squatting, and lying down cannot be accurately identified.

Zheng Li continued, "Even the handles will be turned into gloves."

"By combining new brain-computer interface technology with gloves, the next generation of brain-computer interface VR can be said to be half of virtual reality technology."

"Once we can convert electrical signals into neural signals that the human brain can recognize, virtual reality technology will be close to being implemented."

Li Miaomiao was very excited after hearing this, as it meant that Futureverse's market share would further increase.

Currently in the high-end market, HTC's Vive has been completely outmatched.

HTC's Vive is priced at over 10,000 yuan, and its market share has now fallen to less than one percent. There have been calls within HTC to cut this product line.

They either have to cut their entire VR product line or actively target the low-end market.

HTC's VR business is struggling to survive.

If all real-world actions could be realized, the playability and operability of VR would reach a new level.

After realizing what was happening, Li Miaomiao suggested:

"If the technology can advance again, then our cooperation agreements with Tencent and DaMi will need to be renegotiated."

"The shareholding ratio of Kechuang Future needs to be re-divided."

"Our shareholding should increase, to at least 50%, and both Da Mi and Goose should each give up 5%."

Rice has had a much better time in the last two years.

Although Xiaomi phones still don't perform well in the high-end market, they can only rely on cost-effectiveness to compete with other mobile phone manufacturers in the mid-range market.

However, Dami Auto and Kechuang Future performed well.

As the first mobile phone brand in China to start manufacturing cars, Dami has carved out a significant share of the domestic new energy vehicle market by leveraging corporate group purchases and its previously established brand recognition.

Because DaMi Auto still focuses on cost-effectiveness, its profit margin is not high. Not to mention compared to Tesla's gross profit margin of over 20%, it is also slightly lower than Xiaopeng's gross profit margin of 13%.

Despite being a rising star and a manufacturing giant, DaMi Auto survived as long as it gained consumer recognition, even with low profit margins and financial support from its parent company.

As for the future of science and technology innovation, the annual revenue will exceed RMB 300 billion and the profit will exceed RMB 50 billion.

The future revenue of Kechuang will not only come from hardware equipment, but also from a 30% tax on the brain-computer interface VR ecosystem.

As a VR ecosystem with tens of millions of users, the revenue from taxes alone is comparable to that from hardware sales.

From the perspective of the capital market, the 20% stake in Kechuang Future held by DaMi is much more profitable than DaMi Auto.

Rice Motors requires continuous investment in research and development and production costs, and it also needs to compete with countless manufacturers at home and abroad.

This business is not easy.

Following the success of rice-based car manufacturing, Apple and Sony's new energy vehicles will be officially launched in 2025, and OV has also announced through unofficial channels that it will enter the new energy vehicle market.

Brain-computer interface VR is a monopoly business; there is no better business in the world than a monopoly.

With two positive factors at play, the market value of rice has successfully surpassed its previous high.

Li Miaomiao continued, "Tencent makes far more money than we do in brain-computer interface VR."

"Tencent's VRRNFT platform is dedicated to creating 3D NFFT characters, such as personal avatars, main interfaces, and pet avatars, which has made them very wealthy."

"For example, the collaboration with Pokémon to release the 3D virtual Pikachu character NFT, a limited edition of 1,000 units, priced at 10,000 US dollars each, sold out in 30 seconds."

"More importantly, the sale of such virtual avatars is a transaction, which can avoid the 30% tax on VR systems."

"There are also steampunk-style personal home screens. If you put them under the NFT name, they dare to ask for tens of thousands of yuan. I remember that the price of steampunk in China has been inflated to almost 100,000 yuan."

"When it comes to making money, we are far behind Tencent."

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