Normally speaking, the Ministry of Commerce would never agree to such a merger.
No matter how much a country pursued free trade, it was impossible for a foreign company to borrow tens of billions of US dollars from a domestic bank, and then use the money to acquire a company in its own country.
If this kind of merger was successful, it would mean the outflow of a series of assets, including technology, talent, market share, etc., and the people of the country would not benefit at all.
Not to mention that SubCom itself stood in a monopoly position in the industry. Allowing such a company to be acquired by an overseas company was an idiot.
However, the current situation was obviously not normal.
East Asia Communications' acquisition of SubCom was not purely a business deal. It was the result of a political compromise.
If the acquisition failed, SubCom did not have the technology and ability to lay quantum optical cables. In the end, bankruptcy would be the only outcome waiting for them.
If the acquisition was successful, not only would it mean that East Asia Communications' optical cables would be able to enter North America faster, but it also meant that SubCom would have a chance to enter the global submarine quantum optical cable project.
Even if East Asia Communications was unlikely to transfer the quantum submarine optical cable technology to them, they could still buy equipment from China's factories and engage in slightly lower-level pipeline laying work …
Jinling Kaixin Technology Park.
Star Sky Technology headquarters building.
After reading the report sent by the investment management department manager, Chen Yushan nodded with satisfaction. After signing her name on it, she put it aside.
"… I understand the basic situation, let's go with this financing plan."
Star Sky Technology held 30% of East Asia Communications' shares. Even though they did not interfere with the specific operations, this kind of large-scale financing plan must be signed by Star Sky Technology.
The manager picked up the signed document from the table. After taking two steps back, he suddenly thought of something and spoke.
"Oh yeah, there's one more thing …"
Chen Yushan: "Go ahead."
The strategic investment manager said, "… Why don't we take this opportunity to borrow more dollars from JPMorgan Bank? This is a good opportunity to short the US stock market. We can take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money."
"It's too late. The previous negative news has been completely released, and the US stock market is now at a relatively low value. Also … "Chen Yushan shook her head and paused for a second. She said," This is not the best time to borrow dollars. "
The manager subconsciously asked, "Why?"
Chen Yushan: "After this wave of financial turmoil, Manhattan is gradually losing its status as the world's financial center. In order to prevent the outflow of domestic assets, the Federal Reserve may release more dollars into the market by lowering reserves and interest rates."
"You mean … the Federal Reserve may adopt a devaluation strategy?"
Chen Yushan nodded. "That's right, and it's a one-time, massive depreciation."
Although the Federal Reserve's control over the exchange rate was not as strong as China's central bank, it was still possible to manipulate the exchange rate indirectly, and it would be more secretive.
By actively devaluing the currency at one time, it can effectively prevent the outflow of foreign capital.
However, this kind of behavior was very risky, and it was even like drinking poison to quench one's thirst.
Active devaluation could prevent capital from leaving the country in the short term, but in the long term, it would weaken the credibility and competitiveness of the domestic currency in the international market.
Especially when the economic situation is difficult to improve in the future, it will be a hidden danger for large-scale foreign capital flight.
After all, no one was stupid.
If the future was bleak, no one would be willing to stay …
Chen Yushan looked at the strategic investment manager who still had something to say, so she continued.
"Don't think too much about it, we're a technology company, not an investment bank. We can just hold low-risk bonds with our idle funds. There's no need to get involved."
"… I understand."
After the strategic investment manager left, the office became quiet again.
Chen Yushan spun the ballpoint pen in her hand and was about to continue her unfinished work.
However, she suddenly remembered the things that the pilot development zone called her in the morning, so she looked at the phone on the corner of the table.
Chen Yushan stared at the phone on the table for a while. Suddenly, it was like she was practicing speaking. She muttered a few words to herself like "Hey" and "What are you doing".
Finally, under her efforts, the voice sounded a little softer.
A faint smile appeared on her face. She picked up her phone and dialed a number. After the call connected, she spoke.
"Hey? What are you doing? "
Lu Zhou was standing in a laboratory at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was holding his phone as he looked at the string of characters on the computer screen in front of him.
"… I'm doing an interesting experiment, why?"
Interesting experiment?
Even though she was curious about what it was, since he was busy, she didn't want to disturb him. Therefore, she went straight to the point.
"Star Voyage One is going to be completed in a few days. The pilot development zone management committee invited you to cut the ribbon. Do you have time to go?"
Cut the ribbon?
After hearing these words, Lu Zhou thought for a while and spoke.
"I should be … free."
Lu Zhou didn't know if he had time, but he had to go to Shanghai soon.
It wouldn't take long anyway, so he might as well go to the ribbon cutting.
Chen Yushan: "Okay then, I'll arrange it for you."
"Okay, thanks."
The phone call ended.
Chen Yushan threw her phone on the table and took a deep breath. She then fanned her face with her hand.
"Who turned up the temperature of the air conditioner so high? It's so hot."
Chen Yushan muttered to herself. She took out the remote control from her desk drawer and lowered the temperature of the central air conditioner by two degrees.
The temperature in the office gradually cooled down. She took a deep breath and patted her cheeks. She returned to her normal working state and continued to deal with the work at hand …
…
Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhou looked at the strange-looking device again.
At this time, a string of words popped up on the screen of the phone in his hand.
Xiao Ai: [Master! The program debugging is completely OK, you can start it at any time. ()】
Lu Zhou nodded.
"Then let's start."
Xiao Ai: [Roger that! ()】
The moment the command was issued, the signal lights on the surface of the strange-looking device lit up. Soon, the white silver ring at the top lit up with a pale blue arc of light amidst the slight tremors of the earthquake.
After that, a vertical beam of light bloomed upward, and a string of light particles appeared in the air, intertwining according to a specific pattern.
The combination of these light particles first formed a 3X3X3 Rubik's cube, then it turned into a model of Starlight, constantly changing its shape.
At this moment, even a layman who knew nothing about the principles of imaging would exclaim the name of this device.
Holographic projection!
And it's the kind that can't be seen!
This thing was inspired by the "wearable facial holographic projection system" that Lu Zhou obtained from the lucky draw last time. He then developed it based on some research results from the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study in recent years.
Honestly, when Lu Zhou first came into contact with this thing, he thought it was some kind of amazing technology. However, after in-depth research, he found out that it was nothing special.
The specific principle was very simple. Through high-frequency vibration, water droplets with a diameter of 1 to 100 nm were actively stimulated into the air, forming a sol state in a space with air as the dispersion medium. Then, according to the Tyndall effect, beams of specific wavelengths were emitted from multiple angles, using the light scattering characteristics of the sol to produce a three-dimensional image.
At first, Lu Zhou thought this was an optical problem.
In fact, it was.
However, after in-depth research, he found out that this was actually a programming problem.
After the accuracy of the emitted light, the diameter of the dispersed particles, and the concentration of the gaseous phase sol met the required standards, the remaining problem was how to program each beam of light to enter the sol region at a specific angle and intensity to form the image he needed.
This involved a very complicated programming problem.
Even with Xiao Ai's help, it took him a long time to complete.
Ten minutes went by.
After 20 sets of preset images, the entire device successfully completed all the project tests. As a prototype in the laboratory, its performance had already met the expectations of a researcher.
All that was left was to continue debugging.
"Not bad."
As the light particles gradually dissipated, Lu Zhou nodded, but then he shook his head gently.
"Unfortunate.
"It's not perfect."
Because of the sensitivity of the device, the image was distorted during the switching. Especially for some complex holographic structures, it was difficult to accurately display them.
At least, there was a big gap between this and the holographic projection technology that he imagined.
Maybe when the technology matured a little, the situation might be better.
As for interactive holographic technology …
I'll have to wait for a while.
Xiao Ai: [But Xiao Ai thinks it's already very good. (; ′ ́ `)]
Lu Zhou: "Maybe … What is this?"
The experimental device didn't turn off. The light particles floating on the disk drew a realistic figure about the height of an adult's forearm in the air …
A beautiful girl figurine?
Floating in the mist, it really gave off a feeling of being in a hazy fairyland.
However, Lu Zhou still didn't quite understand what this guy was doing.
As if seeing through his confusion, the elf-like virtual horn mischievously turned around in the air. While facing him, a translucent dialog box appeared next to the hair.
[Based on the face modeling data of 320,000 players in the Calan Empire, the most popular face and body ratio parameters were analyzed through a fuzzy calculation method. There was no doubt that this would be the most popular character in a movie! ()】
Because of gameplay reasons, the character played by the player in the Calan Empire could customize the skin color. After all, when it came to blue skin, it was fine to look at it as if it was exotic, but if he himself was also blue, it would more or less make him less immersive.
In addition, there were some minor optimizations.
In short, the characters that the players played were like 3D characters that had been beautified. They didn't seem out of place with the style of the game, but they also had aesthetic habits.
However …
Lu Zhou composed himself and asked.
"So?"
Xiao Ai: [It's me! (> ω < *)]
Lu Zhou: "…"
This guy …
Is there something wrong with his brain? '
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