System: Master Your Life

Chapter 971 - 251: Xu Lin’s Vision (Career) (Part 2)

Actually, Xu Lin wants to place it in Qionghai.

But strictly speaking, in terms of infrastructure, top-tier cities like Jiangdu are better, and Qionghai is indeed inconvenient.

Xu Lin: "The company’s matters can only be decided next year."

"Young Master Xu, what are your specific plans for the company? Can you share them with us?"

Both Kyoto and Pengcheng have their eyes on Young Master Xu, how can Sun Guotao not pay attention?

As long as Xu Lin stays, Sun Guotao is confident in making a big move and raising Jiangdu to a new level.

Intelligent life is epoch-making.

The first and second industrial revolutions evolved the European countries into great powers.

Now, with the true artificial intelligence revolution, Huaxia has the opportunity to lead, and Jiangdu has the chance to be at the forefront of Huaxia’s major cities.

Intelligent life isn’t what’s important; what’s important is keeping Xu Lin.

If Xu Lin’s company doesn’t settle in Jiangdu, Sun Guotao thought he wouldn’t be able to sleep well.

Xu Lin: "Regarding the company, I plan to open two, one headquarters and one branch. The headquarters will stay domestically, and the branch will be abroad. I need complete autonomy, and at that time, the company’s affairs will be managed by my wife, while I handle some behind-the-scenes work, such as important decisions."

"And who is Young Master Xu’s wife?"

"Pei Bojun’s granddaughter, you know Pei Bojun, right?"

Pei Danqing’s great-grandfather is called Pei Dinghai, his eldest son is Pei Bojun, who is also Pei Danqing’s grandfather.

"Pei Bojun? His younger son Pei Lingyun’s daughter?"

"Yes."

Actually, at Sun Guotao’s age, Xu Lin should be calling him grandpa, but given Xu Lin’s current status, Sun Guotao allows him to call him uncle; calling him grandpa would make Xu Lin seem too junior.

"Pei Bojun’s granddaughter is your wife?"

"One of them, actually."

"One of them, actually?"

"Yes."

"Haha... I also have a granddaughter, want to include her too?"

"Wouldn’t that be inappropriate?"

"Haha, you probably wouldn’t even fancy her. I’ve seen Pei Bojun’s granddaughter, she’s very beautiful with great charm, my granddaughter pales in comparison."

Sun Guotao couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret.

Wealthy people have a kind of moral exemption. For example, when a wealthy person has a group of women, people call it debonair, and ordinary men don’t find it disagreeable, they merely envy. But if ordinary men have several women, without saying more, the men around them will first ostracize them; when people can’t even get married, having several women seems downright abnormal.

But for the wealthy, it doesn’t matter.

Someone like Xu Lin is no exception.

He’s so exceptional that even Sun Guotao wants to introduce his granddaughter to him.

Sun Guotao asked again, "And the overseas one?"

"I am initially planning to place it in Hawaii, managed by my other wife."

"You have Pei Bojun’s granddaughter as a wife, so who is this other one? She can’t be lacking, can she?"

"Chi Lingri, I don’t know if you know him. His granddaughter is my other wife."

"Have met him a few times; he’s much older than me."

Sun Guotao patted his thigh, "This bunch of old folks, they’ve all rushed to invest first!"

There’s no second young person at Xu Lin’s level in the world, even with a tenfold difference, it might still be hard to find.

So, as a son-in-law to Xu Lin, all the big shots want him.

In ancient times, during the imperial examinations, those high-ranking officials were fixated on that small group of top scorers, trying to find an ideal son-in-law among them.

"Young Master Xu, Jiangdu shouldn’t be lacking, the number one economic metropolis domestically, sixth in the world for tech clusters, along with Suzhou next to it, ranking fifth globally in overall terms. It shouldn’t be bad."

Sun Guotao was quite enthused, "What do you think about setting up the company in Jiangdu?"

"It’s still too early to say."

Xu Lin laughed, "However, Jiangdu is definitely a priority for me, I have deep feelings for Jiangdu."

"Haha, I’m relieved to hear you say that!"

"But if my company is set up in Jiangdu, I need complete autonomy."

"Everything can be negotiated."

The two talked for more than two hours here.

The topics involved not just the company, but also the AI Center and AI-related applications.

Jiangdu is already economically and technologically advanced, the number one domestically.

It means that in this city, development in many fields can be at the forefront of the nation and even the world.

Xu Lin chatted with him about these topics.

Quite advanced topics, something only those in the know would understand.

Put simply, Xu Lin has been preemptively invested in.

Actually, for Xu Lin, AI is just one aspect of his research.

He’s only 20 years old; the future is still very long.

He believes, barring accidents, he can live to at least 80, meaning he has another 60 years.

According to human creativity peaks, his creativity will remain at its peak before the age of 35.

This is in theory.

So, what will he do for the next 15 years? Will he deeply focus on AI?

Impossible.

Intelligent life has already reached its peak and doesn’t need Xu Lin to continue refining it.

Regarding company management, it will all be handled by Pei Danqing and the others, and he personally won’t manage the company.

More of his energy will be devoted to research in other fields.

Such as energy, similar to the arc reactor in Iron Man.

Xu Lin thinks realizing such technology might not be very realistic, but something less advanced could be possible.

Or diseases.

What are the world’s top five incurable diseases?

A more common saying is ALS, cancer, AIDS, leukemia, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Xu Lin might research cancer and then tackle this thing, creating a truly effective drug.

But he’s not saying he wants to be some kind of savior, nor is he interested in being one, he just wants to challenge himself.

Or maybe he’ll succeed?

Of course, if he does, saving people would just be a side effect.

Xu Lin is somewhat idealistic, he thinks that eventually, cancer will be conquered, just like smallpox, tossed into the dustbin of history.

But Xu Lin is also a bit pessimistic because after cancer is conquered, there will certainly be new diseases emerging.

Human society can never overcome the problem of self-serving nature, it’s like a tumor that always accompanies mankind.

After all, any disease involves huge interests; chronic illnesses can generate continuous revenue.

Scum are always present throughout human history.

What comes after cancer?

Xu Lin once had a fleeting thought about researching the field of delaying aging.

However, Xu Lin isn’t trying to extend human lifespan, he just wants those around him to age a bit slower, beyond that, he hasn’t thought too much, at least not now.

He has read the "Twenty-Four Histories," which gives him a deep understanding of history and society.

The entire history can be summed up in one sentence: "What have the six dynasties done, all in private calculations."

In other words, people like Xu Lin shouldn’t live too long.

Ordinary people living to 200 years is nothing, as they wouldn’t consume much in the first place. The upper world casually throwing down some scraps would be enough to feed countless people for ten years.

But if someone like Xu Lin lives too long, then there’s a big problem.

So, Xu Lin is both optimistic and pessimistic.

"Forget it, take it one step at a time, when the car reaches the mountain, there will be a road. Besides, I’m only 20 years old, there’s no need to think too far ahead."

Xu Lin went to a 4S store; he hadn’t bought a new car in over a year. The day before yesterday, Xu Lin bought a new car, and today he officially picked it up.

Maybach S680, 4matic6 Midnight Edition, costing over four million on the road.

This price is nothing to Xu Lin today, just pocket change.

Once the money was in place, all the procedures were quickly completed.

And the car didn’t make Xu Lin wait long; it was done in two days.

He bought the Panamera almost two years ago, picking it up at the end of ’25, and now it’s almost the end of ’27.

It comes in an understated black color.

In the afternoon, Xu Lin drove to the school gate.

School was dismissed on Friday, and Rong Xiyi soon came out.

"Xu Lin, you bought a new car?"

Once in the car, she couldn’t help but remark.

"Yes, just changing to a new one."

Xu Lin: "Fasten your seatbelt, we’re going to pick up Yaoyao."

"Oh, okay."