In the financial sector and many other sectors, risk and return are often matched.

China has always harbored the ambition to become number one in the world again.

To achieve such high returns, one must avoid risks, devise flawless strategies, plan meticulously, and make decisions from afar.

That's unrealistic.

Even the most brilliant strategies are developed through strategic moves; no matter how powerful a think tank is, it cannot predict what will happen five years from now.

Being able to predict three years in advance is already quite impressive.

Not to mention that the world is an incredibly complex system with many uncontrollable factors both internally and externally.

The biggest enemy that China currently faces is America.

The problem facing America is that they are unable to maintain the current global governance system, while at the same time they have not yet explored new mechanisms.

They don't want to step down from their current positions.

Once they step down from their current positions, they will no longer be able to exploit other countries at the first sign of a financial crisis, just as they did before.

Every previous transfer of global hegemony has occurred during a world war.

Moreover, China faced severe limitations because both England and America were maritime powers in the past.

However, China's naval strength is still far from being capable of global law enforcement.

On a side note, until 2016, Russia's economy was actually only equivalent to that of a province in China, and America's biggest hypothetical enemy remained Russia.

The underlying logic is that the American leadership embraced Mahan's theory of sea power and Mackinder's theory of the world island.

In the theory of the World Island, China is located on the periphery, just as the ancient Central Plains dynasties of China never regarded barbarians as a threat.

Simply put, geographical location makes it much more difficult for China to expand outwards than for Russia.

For China, this is a period of strategic accumulation.

The discussion among China's top officials on this issue lasted for three days.

For China, making this decision was extremely difficult.

Everyone will be affected.

The final decision was that Lei Jun and Academician Zhao would serve as the negotiating representatives, and the two of them would negotiate with Zheng Li on virtual reality technology.

The headquarters of Da Mi was originally in Yanjing, and Lei Jun spent most of his time in Yanjing, so he was quickly summoned.

"Mr. Lei, this is the whole story. What we need you to do is act as our representative in this negotiation."

Our primary goal is to promote virtual reality setups in a gentle and gradual manner.

Lei Jun was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information he received in a short period of time.

Although he had always known that Zheng Li was not an ordinary person, it was not the same concept as the extraordinary he knew today.

The Chinese government gave them very little time; they were told the whole story almost that same day, and then they had to fly to Suzhou that very evening.

Meanwhile, the local government in Suzhou has already made preparations.

This matter cannot be delayed; the longer it is delayed, the less likely it is to be kept a secret.

Once the outside world learns of this, China's hesitation does not mean that other countries will follow suit.

Especially in America.

China and America are completely different social systems.

The ruling class in America is essentially capitalist; they don't care about the country or how its people are doing.

If there are sufficient benefits to cooperating with aliens, they would be willing to cooperate with them.

Even if America becomes turbulent, capitalists can simply build a new Mexico in neighboring Mexico.

But China cannot do that. China must guarantee the basic interests of the vast majority of its people, which is their foundation.

America's core strength lies in capital.

The Chinese leadership knew they were racing against time.

Lei Jun is one of the most well-regarded entrepreneurs in China over the past thirty years, and there is no original sin in his rise to prominence.

What does the reputation of rice have to do with me, Lei Jun?

Moreover, as an entrepreneur who has remained successful through both the PC and mobile internet eras, Lei Jun is undoubtedly a master shrewd individual.

He had already sorted out his thoughts on the plane and roughly figured out what was going on.

He just hadn't figured out how to talk to Zheng Li.

"Professor Zhao, what kind of person do you think Zheng Li is?" Lei Jun asked Academician Zhao on the plane to Suzhou.

They all needed to exchange their opinions on Zheng Li as much as possible within a short two-hour period.

During negotiations, especially with unfamiliar targets, it is crucial to avoid strategic miscalculations; information, or intelligence, is of paramount importance.

Academician Zhao, who graduated from Jiangcheng University, had a good relationship with Lei Jun, and he even taught Lei Jun an elective course when he was still at Jiangcheng University.

Back in the 1980s, when other universities were still following a timetable, Jiangcheng University took the lead in implementing an elective course system, where you could graduate as long as you earned enough credits.

Even today, Lei Jun still respectfully addresses Academician Zhao as "teacher".

Academician Zhao began to gradually reduce his contact with the outside world about two or three years ago. He not only stopped teaching undergraduate students, but also stopped recruiting graduate students.

Lei Jun's relationship with Lei Jun naturally cooled down, and it wasn't until today that Lei Jun learned that the other party had become a mage and that the focus of his work had shifted.

"I don't know Zheng Li very well. I've only met him about ten times. I've always thought he's a very good young man."

He has an extraordinary talent for academics.

Now it seems that the other person is probably much older than me, and has gone much further than me on the path of science.

Lei Jun, you're not a mage, so you don't understand what it's like to be one. Becoming a mage provides very concrete benefits for scientific research.

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