Chapter 1,122 The Concept of Smart City

Among all the technologies owned by the Future Man Group, it can be said that the one that China is most interested in right now is the maglev highway.

Three-dimensional transportation has a significant effect on releasing traffic pressure in high-density cities. Apart from anything else, the anti-human policy of limiting license plates and numbers can be completely abolished. When three-dimensional transportation is implemented, the carrying capacity of the city's transportation network will increase geometrically.

It is precisely because of this that China directly offered a sky-high price of 10 billion to ask Future Heavy Industries to help transform the maglev transportation network in the pilot city Shenzhen.

Of course Jiang Chen would not refuse. After all, this was a great opportunity to open up the overseas market for Rulka maglev cars. The higher the degree of electrification in China, the harder it will be to reject his global power grid plan, and the harder it will be to get rid of the new country's influence on it in the future...

Not satisfied with this, Jiang Chen took this opportunity to sell the concept of "smart city" to Ye Qinghua in a subtle way.

"The so-called smart city is to integrate all the city's public services such as logistics, transportation, communications, water and electricity, etc., and coordinate them with AI. Taking maglev technology as an example, we will connect every car Enter the traffic intranet, maintain a specific speed at a specific height, and keep vehicles at the same height relatively stationary, thereby completely eliminating traffic accidents caused by vehicle collisions..."

Listening to Jiang Chen's words, Ye Qinghua exchanged the hands holding the phone. His cloudy eyes flickered slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Although he didn't say anything, Jiang Chen's words had planted a seed in his heart.

It’s called Seeds of the Future.

…

At nine o'clock in the evening on July 29, a bright silver silhouette emerged from the horizon, and the Gulfstream G650 landed smoothly at the Koro City International Airport.

Sitting in the window seat, Elon Musk, who had not fully adjusted to the jet lag, opened his tired eyes and looked out through the porthole. He saw various types of aircraft, saw the runway retreating rapidly, and saw the brightly lit city in the distance...

The blue signal on one side of the runway flew backwards, like a long and radiant snake, gradually blurring his eyes.

At this moment, he felt someone tugging on his sleeve, so he blinked, moved his eyes away from the runway and looked at the people around him.

"Mr. Musk, we're here," his assistant whispered.

Elon Musk nodded,

He pressed his hands on the armrests, and the moment he stood up, his tired eyes regained their sharpness.

He is a person with extremely clear goals and is used to seeing the world from an engineer's perspective.

When he was in college, he often thought about what are the real problems facing the world and which ones will affect the future of mankind. He is bullish on the internet, sustainable energy and space exploration. Later, he entered these three fields as promised and dropped three blockbusters in PayPal, -Motors and SpaceX.

Although the latter two were defeated by Rulka and Starlink Trading respectively, neither Tesla nor SpaceX really fell. However, now, with the bankruptcy of the "Noah's Ark" fund, the $100 billion project has missed out on SpaceX, and now it is excluded from the Earth Defense Alliance's Earth Fleet plan.

If this continues, even if SpaceX inherits the advantages accumulated by NASA during the Cold War era, it will be left behind in this ever-changing era.

When thinking about this, Elon Musk's mood is not very good.

His first goal in going to the new country this time was to talk to Jiang Chen face to face. Although I didn’t have high hopes when I came here, how would you know if you don’t try it?

After getting off the plane, the airport staff came over and had a few words with his assistant. Soon, his assistant turned back, walked quickly to Elon Musk's side, and whispered.

"Mr. Musk, Futureman Group has arranged a special car for us outside the special passage at the airport."

"Future Man Group?" Elon Musk looked slightly surprised, "They already know that I'm coming?"

But come to think of it, not to mention that the international airport under his feet was funded and built by Star Ring Trading. Even the air defense of the new country was contracted by Star Ring Trading. I'm afraid they knew he was coming from the moment his plane took off from Los Angeles International Airport.

Although the feeling of his privacy being spied on made him a little uncomfortable, he didn't say anything about it. After all, he hoped to persuade Jiangchen.com to open up and separate politics from economic cooperation, giving SpaceX a fair opportunity to participate in market competition. Chance.

"Do you think? Are we taking a hotel car, or..." the assistant asked in a low voice.

"Let the hotel car go back, remember to bring my suitcase." With these words, Elon Musk walked towards the airport staff.

There was a black car parked at the exit of the special passage. After walking here, he finally understood why Jiang Chen sent a special car to pick him up, because at this moment, the airport entrance was already surrounded by a sea of ​​reporters.

It seems the news got out before he set off.

He even saw the shadow of the Los Angeles Times in the broadcast vans gathered at the entrance of the airport.

SpaceX lost the bid for the Earth Fleet program, and many people are waiting to see his joke. Especially those colleagues who are in the same industry are bound to get into trouble. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as he shows his face in front of the reporters at the airport gate, he will appear in the Los Angeles newspapers the next day and be labeled as a softie to Starring Trade.

Thinking of this, Elon couldn't help but have a wry smile on his face. The previous dissatisfaction caused by his privacy being spied on was gone, and he couldn't help but feel a little grateful to Jiang Chen in his heart.

After getting on the special car heading to the hotel and looking at the traffic passing through the window, Elon Musk sighed with emotion.

“Originally, I thought Silicon Valley was the future of the world, but I didn’t expect that Colo City had already entered the 22nd century ahead of schedule.”

"First time here? You will be even more surprised when you get to the city center." The maglev mode was activated. The man in charge of driving looked at Elon and grinned, "I wonder if you have ever seen a movie? Just a reminder, Bruce ·The one starring Willis."

"Starring Bruce Willis?" Elon Musk frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly a name came to mind, "The Fifth Element?"

"That's right, The Fifth Element. There are few sci-fi blockbusters you can watch in France." The driver laughed.

"I didn't expect that the American dream would be realized by the new country." Elon Musk said with emotion.

"It is the dream of all mankind." the driver said with pride in his words.

"Are you not a native of New Zealand?" Elon Musk suddenly asked.

"Being British, but what does it matter? I voted to leave the EU three years ago and then I moved here with my wife. You know what? It was the proudest decision of my life. If it wasn't for living here But you’d never realize how amazing the changes here are.”

Elon Musk looked at him deeply.

When a person has begun to be proud of his new nationality, then no matter where he was from, it has nothing to do with who he is now.

The new country's ability to assimilate has reached such a terrifying level. This kind of assimilation is not due to institutional or cultural charm, but simply due to pure technological advantages. People living here have developed a sense of superiority between civilized people and primitive people over people from other countries.

Yes, even the most prosperous city in California is a bit stretched compared to this city of the future.

At least none of the cars in California can fly on the road. (To be continued.) Activate new URL