Writing economic commentary in China is a very difficult task. First of all, you can't write too bluntly.
Because there is clearly a visible hand behind China's economic policies, and this visible hand does not want everyone to know what it is going to do or where the future opportunities lie.
If you write something too technical, it will become too sophisticated and unpopular, and no one will read it.
A certain securities firm's macroeconomic framework research includes weekly analysis of various global macroeconomic indices, but it receives very little attention.
Frankly speaking, serious and insightful economic commentary has no market; many domestic financial media outlets simply copy and paste information. Many domestic securities firms' research reports even cite data from marketing accounts.
The economic commentators mentioned above can only secure a place in the era of self-media by developing their careers in popular literature.
The discussion sparked by life-extending drugs has spread to all levels of society.
The human desire to live is something that young people can hardly imagine.
The recent trend of not having children and resolving issues on one's own at a certain age is a one-sided view expressed by people who have never experienced real life and death.
Even among elderly people facing the most difficult circumstances, only a minority truly have the courage to face death peacefully.
Not to mention the young people who have benefited from China's rapid economic development over the past forty years and enjoy both a rich material life and a relatively rich spiritual life.
The idea that one will resolve the issue naturally at a certain age is nothing more than a subjective argument used to support one's own points on social media.
Discussions in economic media have largely focused on the revenue and profits of the life-extending drug. Few have connected this issue to the restructuring of the global supply chain.
The public's perception of Blue Star's technological development entering a new fast track is not yet clearly conscious; after all, only a minority can see this.
Subconsciously, the confidence that this instilled in the people of Earth regarding investment did exist.
Only technological advancements can truly bring about progress in productivity and liberate production relations. Positive expectations about technological progress foster optimism about the future, further encouraging people to consume, invest, and start businesses.
If the outlook for the future is pessimistic, the economy will fall into stagflation and then depression. However, the virtuous cycle created by the changes brought about by magic has postponed the stagflation that should have occurred on Earth.
The arrival of Zheng Li, or rather Merlin, as an image of a mage who at least followed the rules, made people accept the arrival of magic very quickly.
Of course, this is also related to the global influence of Hollywood culture in recent years; people crave superpowers and are tired of the monotony of daily life, even if magic is far removed from their lives.
Like Luo Shu trapped in the apple, even though it was almost impossible for him to become a magician, he still felt that the blue planet with magic was much better than before magic existed.
At least there is hope.
The academic community is more concerned with life-extending drugs.
The next issue of The Lancet, which will be published soon, is hailed by the academic community as the most anticipated issue of The Lancet to date.
The question that scientists are most concerned about is how clinical trials are designed.
Extending lifespan is a very difficult concept to prove.
Most of the methods humans have previously developed to extend lifespan have only focused on a single indicator and were based on their own assumptions about extending lifespan.
Or it could simply be about improving physical health.
For example, telomeres. Scientists have discovered that telomeres shorten during cell division. But does slowing down or even stopping telomere shortening mean extending lifespan?
That's not the case, because lifespan is not determined by telomeres alone, and even shortened telomeres do not necessarily mean a shorter lifespan.
In the internet age, researchers have traced back over a century, building databases spanning hundreds of years, and discovered that advancements in medical techniques, behavioral changes, and environmental improvements can effectively extend lifespan.
This discovery dates back to a study funded by the American National Institute on Aging in 1996.
Almost thirty years have passed since then.
Progress in this area has been far slower than expected.
Moreover, the life extension research conducted back then was, in a sense, merely fulfilling the expected lifespan.
Therefore, countless researchers in the field of biology are looking forward to a new definition of the fundamental concepts behind life-extending drugs.
As the global scientific community eagerly awaited news, Li Wanqing contacted Zheng Li via remote VR video conferencing.
When Zheng Li was in Singapore, he could see Zheng Li almost every day and ask him questions about scientific research directly.
Zheng Li always manages to provide just the right answer or a good line of reasoning.
From Li Wanqing's perspective, the period when he worked with Zheng Li in the same place was the time when he made the most progress in scientific research.
After Zheng Li left, although I could still ask him questions via email, email was ultimately less efficient and less effective than face-to-face communication.
As for remote video communication or VR communication via brain-computer interface, Zheng Li almost never has the time to answer his questions individually.
Therefore, since Zheng Li left Singapore and returned to China, Li Wanqing has been rather disheartened.
He had always been the R&D director of Kechuang Bio in Singapore. After Zheng Li returned to China, Li Miaomiao asked Li Wanqing whether he wanted to serve as the president of Kechuang Future's Singapore branch.
This is equivalent to transitioning from the research department to management.
However, Li Wanqing refused.
Because Singapore not only has the R&D center of Sci-Tech Biotech, but also a branch of Sci-Tech Future.
The Singapore branch of TechFuture is primarily responsible for sales and promotion throughout Southeast Asia and even further afield in Australia.
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