In fact, Shendun's current profitability was already very strong. Whether it was Aegis Automobiles, Aegis Technology, Aegis Creature, or Aegis Aerospace, their annual profits were comparable to the world's top 500 companies, and they were ranked at the top. Even Aegis Movie had a profit of tens of billions of US dollars just from the box office of Dark Knight, so Chen Mo was not short of money at all.
Now, in addition to continuing to develop Shendun and achieving some of his goals, Chen Mo also wanted to do more things for the world, and supporting Sea Shepherd was one of them.
Previously, Aegis Creature launched a new anti-cancer drug, saving countless cancer patients and hundreds of millions of lives.
After that, Aegis Creature also launched some other special drugs for AIDS, high blood pressure, diabetes, hepatitis B, pneumonia, arthritis, and other diseases. Although these drugs were not as powerful as anti-cancer drugs, their effects were much stronger than other drugs available in the real world.
Compared to the high price of similar drugs from other pharmaceutical companies, Aegis Biotech still adhered to the consistent purpose of making it affordable for all patients, and it would not cause too much of a burden on their lives and make them bankrupt in order to treat the disease.
In the eyes of many patients and people, Aegis Creature was completely different from those pharmaceutical companies that squeezed patients' blood and sweat for money without any bottom line. In their view, Aegis Creature was more like a charity organization.
Their drugs were more effective, but the price was very low, which made them worried that Aegis Creature would lose money.
Chen Mo's original intention was to benefit humans in the real world. Compared with the huge profits of other pharmaceutical companies, Aegis Creature's profit margin was indeed much lower, but this did not mean that they would lose money.
First of all, because these drug technologies were all taken by Chen Mo from the Life Foundation in the Venom World, it directly saved Aegis Creature a huge amount of research and development costs.
In addition, the sky-high prices of drugs from other pharmaceutical companies sucked up the family assets of many patients, and also killed many ordinary patients who couldn't afford these sky-high prices. Those patients whose family assets were sucked up would soon die of illness after they couldn't afford the drugs. It was simply a one-off business.
On the other hand, although the price of SHIELD Biotech's new anti-cancer drug was lower, it was a long-term benefit. Hundreds of millions of cancer patients around the world continued to take this drug. Many a little makes an ocean, and the profits were actually more than those desperate pharmaceutical companies.
This time, Chen Mo asked Bradley to develop a mechanical prosthesis, but he was inspired by the disabled soldiers under Killian who were transformed by Extremis in the Avengers world.
In every country, there were many disabled people who were injured for various reasons, amputated, or congenitally handicapped.
The proportion of people with disabilities in the world was as high as 10%, and the proportion of people with physical disabilities was the highest at 35%. This meant that there were more than 200 million people with physical disabilities in the world!
Although they had the help of various artificial limbs, their lives were still very inconvenient.
These artificial limbs were mostly for aesthetic purposes. The actual functions of the limbs were very weak or even nonexistent, especially when it came to arm movements.
Although some artificial limb manufacturing companies have also developed some mechanical artificial limbs and bionic artificial limbs with certain auxiliary functions, the role they can play in actual use is very limited. They are far less flexible than real limbs, and it is difficult to pick up a cup, let alone use it to drink water.
These cutting-edge artificial limb manufacturing companies use sensors to collect muscle nerve signals or brainwaves to control mechanical artificial limbs, but on the one hand, the accuracy of the signals collected is limited, and the control of mechanical artificial limbs is relatively slow and stiff. On the other hand, only unilateral control of mechanical artificial limbs can be carried out. The user can't feel the touch of the object, and can't effectively control and adjust the movement like a real limb, so there are often situations where the object is crushed or not grasped firmly.
Taking eggs, unscrewing bottle caps, and tying shoelaces, these seemingly simple actions can't be completed by today's mechanical artificial limbs.
The neural connection technology of the Pacific Rim world can perfectly solve this problem.
A hunter mecha pilot's control of the mecha was not just one-sided, but could also clearly feel the feedback of the mecha's movements. The body's position, speed, resistance, and so on would all be directly fed back to the mecha pilot's brain. To them, the hunter mecha was equivalent to a second body.
The mechanical artificial limbs made using the neural connection technology of the Mech were not just artificial limbs to the user, but they can really replace their broken limbs, allowing them to feel again.
Moreover, with the mechanical hand technology mastered by Shield Machinery, the mechanical artificial limbs created will be much more flexible than other mechanical artificial limbs. Combined with the neural connection technology of the Mech, this mechanical artificial limb can achieve the function and feeling of a real arm.
Bradley also attached great importance to this task given by Chen Mo. He could feel Chen Mo's importance to the mechanical artificial limb project, and he also understood Chen Mo's purpose in doing so.
Unlike Wade and Agent Zero, although Bradley was also a member of Team X, he was not a qualified warrior. He was not decisive enough to kill, and was often soft-hearted. When he was in Team X, he was usually in charge of supporting work. After carrying out so many missions, he had not killed a single person.
Bradley also never thought of himself as a warrior. Although he had a powerful mutant ability, compared to fighting and killing, Bradley preferred to use his ability to do scientific research. Chen Mo handing over the Shield Technology to him was exactly what he wanted. He completed the development of the holographic smartphone and portable projection equipment very well, and this time, he also put a lot of effort into the mechanical artificial limb.
In this regard, Bradley and Chen Mo were the same. Being able to use his ability to help those in need made him very happy, and he was very motivated to work. After Chen Mo handed over the neural connection technology of the Mech to him, he directly plunged into the laboratory and led the researchers under him to work.
All the companies in Shendun were busy, and the Shield movie was no exception.
"The Dark Knight" was still being released, and its popularity had not decreased at all, making the major film companies anxious.
The emergence of this kind of more realistic and exciting 3D holographic movie had a huge impact on the traditional movie industry. Although this was the only new 3D movie released so far, which couldn't fully satisfy all the movie audiences' needs, after watching this kind of immersive 3D holographic movie, the traditional 2D and 3D movies brought to people's viewing experience greatly declined.
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