Alexei Filippenko is a professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley, where he has taught for forty years.
He is also the head of the Katzman Automated Imaging Telescope project in America.
As a leading expert in the field of astronomy, Alexei was one of the few experts who was not summoned by the American authorities while he was away.
"Specifically responsible for the excavation of magoin."
"As is well known, magoin contains an extremely sophisticated and perfect system."
"You need to find a planet that may have life, then calculate its cosmic coordinate system, and then the cosmic coordinate system, after being calculated using the Haber algorithm, needs to be equal to the Haber constant."
"This process is extremely difficult. There are countless planets in the universe, and the only planet we can confirm the existence of life on is the blue planet beneath my feet."
"But everyone knows that Blue Star corresponds to one magoin, so Blue Star's magoin has long been redeemed."
"Apple's official research team spent more than two years calculating the cosmic coordinates of more than two thousand suspected planets."
"Finally, a planet that satisfies the Hayfel algorithm was found in the Andromeda Galaxy, which is 2.54 million light-years away from Earth."
"At the same time, we obtained the naming rights for this planet from the International Astronomical Union."
"This is the best demonstration of Apple's technological strength. Apple will continue to provide everyone with the most advanced technological products and user experience in the future."
"Next, let's watch a video."
The video shows an empty room, with only white background and lights.
Then, a test tube appeared out of thin air on the table in the white room and was firmly fixed in the center of the table.
This video is only fifteen seconds long.
Cook reappeared after the video finished playing:
"It's amazing, isn't it? When I first saw it, I also thought it was a computer-generated special effects video."
"But it's true, shot with the camera of the unreleased Apple 16 Pro, without any editing."
"Although teleportation seems magical and incredible, it really happened."
"I witnessed this scene firsthand."
"Also, you guessed right, the blue liquid in this test tube is the Demon Brain, Merlin's Demon Brain."
“Creations not belonging to this world will be transported to our designated location via Merlin Space.”
"A creation unknown to humankind, a means of teleportation known to humankind but impossible to achieve."
"After being injected with the magic brain, you can gain magic. You can have magic like Merlin."
"This is not just a press conference, but also a recruitment invitation from Apple to ambitious people around the world."
"Blue Star cordially invites scientists from all over the world: if you wish to acquire magic, please send your resume to Apple's official email address."
"If you pass the resume screening, you will proceed to the next stage. The person who is ultimately selected will receive the Magic Brain and become Apple's chief scientist."
"We're waiting for you here."
Apple's previous chief scientist was Larry Tesler, who passed away in 2020, and Apple has not had a successor since.
There's only one Demon Brain, it's too difficult to distinguish.
Cook is just a professional manager; he doesn't have that authority.
The American authorities, who know the inside story, would not allow Cook to use the Demon Brain.
America's officials are very interested in this demonic brain.
If it weren't Apple, but another company that wasn't as large or well-known, the American authorities would have simply levied the tax.
Apple won't work.
Apple is backed by Silicon Valley elites on the West Coast and Wall Street giants on the East Coast, and these people won't just stand by and watch this magoin be snatched away by the American government.
In their view, this is essential for balancing the power dynamics in Washington.
It can't be just the bigwigs in Washington controlling the mind games and sorcerers. If the future truly is an age of magic, Silicon Valley and Wall Street must also have a voice.
As for the right to use this magoin, Apple's shareholders have already made their choices.
Cook's remarks at the press conference were just a pretext; the real purpose was for Apple and its home country, America, to attract top scientists from around the world.
Because scientists at a certain level, regardless of their major, even those specializing in biochemistry, environmental science, and materials science in China, can earn enough to meet their material needs.
What others cannot provide is the best bargaining chip.
"Magic Brain" was the best advertisement Apple ever gave itself, with over 100 million people watching the live stream that day.
After the press conference, the video was uploaded to YouTube, and similar videos have accumulated over 500 million views.
The whole world is talking about this first magoin.
Less than an hour after the press conference ended, someone on the dark web offered a bounty of 10,000 BTC, which is equivalent to 1 billion USD.
The next day, when Nasdaq opened, Apple's stock price surged by more than 16% in pre-market trading, officially crossing the three trillion US dollar mark in market capitalization.
The most popular question on Zhihu that day was: "How do you evaluate Apple's announcement that it had unearthed the first publicly disclosed maginin, while its market value exceeded three trillion US dollars?"
"Thank you for the invitation. As an employee of a major domestic internet company, I feel ashamed."
I wonder how many people still remember the stock market crash two years ago. At that time, a picture circulated in China.
In 2020, Apple's market capitalization was equivalent to the combined market capitalization of Chinese internet companies such as Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan, JD.com, and Pinduoduo, minus 19.27 billion US dollars.
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