This is a very difficult topic.

The good thing is that China has a wealth of experience in dealing with this issue.

Even though these experiences are all about dealing with regional real estate bubble bursts, they don't have experience in dealing with global real estate bubble bursts.

But it's still experience, after all.

The real world is a constant process of compromise, breaking the old balance and achieving a new one.

For Zheng Li, the only way to succeed is to eliminate all decision-makers who don't act according to his wishes, one by one.

Relying on the technological gap in information security and communications, he eliminates or threatens all those who are unwilling to act according to his will and who have decision-making power.

However, doing so is not in line with Zheng Li's personality, and there is also the hidden danger that it will cause collective rejection from the Blue Star society.

Based on Zheng Li's previous conduct, he or Mei Lin had a very positive image among the public, and even among the higher-ups, the majority supported cooperating with him.

If Zheng Li were to engage in this kind of magical horror, it would essentially be tantamount to abandoning cooperation, and many overt collaborations would be hindered.

(The most important reason is that writing it this way will get it taken down...)

As for China, it can completely ignore Zheng Li and simply not promote the new technology in order to reduce its impact on society.

It's important to understand that virtual reality technology directly forced the Chinese government to address the real estate bubble from a technological standpoint.

For them, this will affect all industries.

Just like the vast majority of Chinese people previously believed that the shared area system and the pre-sale housing system needed to be reformed.

Apart from a few experts who have come forward to support these two systems and spread nonsense such as that canceling the shared area is not feasible or that canceling the shared area would affect the interests of homebuyers.

The vast majority of people want to get rid of these two systems.

The practice of selling off-plan properties still has some merit, as the practice of allocating common areas is no longer common in Hong Kong; it's still prevalent in mainland China.

Why not abolish it? Because changing it would require a new system, and at the same time, it would need to balance the interests of homebuyers, real estate companies, and local governments, which would disrupt the existing balance. They haven't figured out how to change it.

However, China feels constrained and unwilling to make changes in these two areas that have such a small impact on real estate.

Why is China willing to loosen its control over virtual reality technology, which affects real estate in all cities, with the impact being greater in larger cities?

If they really wanted to regulate it, China could simply stop Zheng Li's companies from shipping goods.

The essence is still the difference in cultural value. As a visitor from a different civilization, Zheng Li possesses cultural value that is unique to the entire planet Earth.

Zheng Li possesses an unknown amount of technology, and a solid foundation for cooperation is essential before discussing further developments.

Both China and Zheng Li need to make compromises.

The most valuable thing Zheng Li possesses for Blue Star is the life-extending potion.

What he presented was only a watered-down version; the full version could extend lifespan by about twenty years, and if magical plants could be successfully cultivated, it could extend it to fifty years.

If a real life-extending drug were to be made available, China might be able to resist the temptation thanks to its established mechanisms, but none of the elderly in Western countries could resist the allure.

(The specific mechanisms will not be elaborated upon here.)

......

"Hello everyone, I am Li Miaomiao. This fall, Kechuang Bio will release a groundbreaking product."

From the first generation of brain-computer interface VR to the third generation of brain-computer interface VR, Kechuang Future has consistently brought users the most cutting-edge virtual world experience.

This time, we will be launching our latest generation of virtual reality products—Future—for the first time under the name of Kechuang Biotechnology.

This will bring you an unprecedented experience; it's the most exciting product Kechuang Bio has ever produced.

In the video, Li Miaomiao holds up a white virtual reality organism in her hands and continues:

"This is the future."

The video abruptly ended.

After the video was released, it instantly went viral online with the help of official channels.

Virtual reality? Did I hear that right?

What is she saying?

"The future? This time, Kechuang Bio's new product has completely removed VR, and it's directly named after China."

"Could it really be a virtual reality device?"

"I never expected that virtual reality would be the first technology to be realized, before controlled nuclear fusion."

I'm not even at the end of my life yet, and I'm already seeing virtual reality technology.

"Real virtual reality devices, fake virtual reality devices."

Netizens compared the white sphere in Li Miaomiao's hand with the third-generation brain-computer interface VR device previously released by Kechuang Future.

"I just want to know how they did it? I always felt that this technology was far beyond our reach."

"Even if you put the information in front of you, you still wouldn't understand it."

"Oh no, I just bought the top-of-the-line Futureverse, and now I've wasted my money. Can I get a refund?"

"Now Microsoft, Sony, Meta, and other big companies are dumbfounded. They just got to master brain-computer interface VR, and Kechuang Bio has already pulled out a virtual reality device."

"It's most likely a gimmick, or a new technology released based on a breakthrough in brain-computer interface technology."

It's unlikely to be a virtual reality device from a movie or TV show.

That technology is too far removed from our reality. It might not be possible to achieve it in fifty, or even a hundred years. Systemic technological breakthroughs are not so easily attainable.

"If Kechuang Bio were to release a virtual reality device with only 50% realism, the entire internet industry would be revolutionized."

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