Super Island Tycoon

In fact, it is indeed the case.

No matter how these graphene factories try to salvage the situation.

In the end, they were still forced to face bankruptcy...

Across the world, except for a few companies that are not short on cash and continue to invest in what seems like a bottomless pit, hoping for a miraculous return one day, over ninety percent of graphene companies have begun to declare bankruptcy one after another.

Some are happy, some are worried.

Some graphene companies saw the possibility of cooperation when Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company announced the news, while others saw despair. They simply did not have the money or capability to cooperate with Jiang Cheng's company and thus went bankrupt very naturally!

The occurrence of this situation did not surprise Jiang Cheng, who directly instructed Zhang Manlin to acquire these bankrupt graphene factories and companies.

And for those well-funded graphene companies with strong backing, Jiang Cheng also agreed to cooperate.

However, Jiang Cheng would only provide graphene products and would not transfer the latest graphene technology to them, no matter the price.

Such technology, once leaked, could easily be copied by foreign countries and become worthless... Jiang Cheng is very clear about this, so his decision is quite wise.

By acquiring these bankrupt graphene companies, Jiang Cheng became the true dominator in the field of graphene materials.

Furthermore, representatives from the state soon arrived to discuss graphene matters with Jiang Cheng — faced with numerous government requests, Jiang Cheng agreed to them all. He would annually supply the state with substantial amounts of graphene, at the lowest price, merely at cost! However, the transfer of graphene technology would take at least another year, and this was non-negotiable.

Jiang Cheng's attitude cannot be considered poor, and government officials quickly agreed to Jiang Cheng's cooperation terms.

On the surface, it seemed Jiang Cheng suffered a great loss, for selling graphene could easily yield hundreds of billions in profit.

But...things cannot be viewed superficially.

Jiang Cheng treated the state with such sincerity, and naturally, the state would reciprocate favorably. Policies, taxation, and other aspects would be significantly favorable, with reductions and exemptions, and roads in all industries would be completely opened. Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company suddenly found itself with far fewer enemies...

With the state apparatus as a backing, who would dare to cross Cosmic Umbrella Technology Company? It's tantamount to seeking death?

After fully laying out the graphene industry chain, Jiang Cheng temporarily put the matter aside...

The graphene matter was also being handled by Zhang Manlin, with the integration of Virtual Reality Devices and graphene. Fearing for her quick demise if without caution, Jiang Cheng sternly warned her, prompting her to hire several trustworthy assistants,

to manage these matters. She also delegated some authority, which made her slightly more relaxed — now, by working 10 hours a day, she could handle everything.

Suddenly finding herself with free time, Zhang Manlin expressed feeling a bit unadapted... After sharing this with Jiang Cheng, it left Jiang Cheng speechless, who scolded Zhang Manlin for being a busybody and remarked that when the Transparent Phone launch and sales begin, she will once again become frantically busy! Just don't complain about being tired by then.

The Transparent Phone launch is scheduled for August 25th, with global sales commencing on September 1st, leaving a fairly long period of time.

Jiang Cheng cleared all company matters and continued to immerse himself in his research, of course, now understanding the need to balance work and rest as this body is not as strong as the one from his past life, and over-exertion could prove disastrous.

That truly would be akin to entrepreneurship collapsing halfway!

No, to be precise, it should be termed as a creation faltering midway, not entrepreneurship...

On this day, after finishing his research, Jiang Cheng came to his computer, and Lucy immediately popped up, conveying a piece of news.

"Master, your paper has been rejected," Lucy said. "My paper was rejected?" Jiang Cheng was stunned momentarily, then asked, "Which paper are you referring to?"

Since entering Hua Country, Jiang Cheng has been focusing on collecting scientific and technological patents. Though the time was not long, he had published quite a number of patents and documents involving various industries and fields.

The publication of these patents and documents better equipped his enterprises for intellectual property protection.

Up to now, Jiang Cheng has written and submitted many papers and has been dedicated to the development of the world, yet his paper still got rejected? It's simply ridiculous!

"It's the paper titled 'The Real Application of Intelligence - Human Computational Misunderstandings.'" Lucy said.

"Huh?" Jiang Cheng exclaimed somewhat irrationally, "Why would this paper be rejected? It's a bit incomprehensible, why?"

"I'm not sure why either, the response given was that the paper was too absurd, did not comply with basic rules, and the errors were too apparent, hence it was rejected," Lucy explained, spreading her hands to show a very helpless expression.

Jiang Cheng, somewhat amused, said, "Too absurd? I'm trying to step by step advance the application of intelligence in this world, in correcting some of the world's common-sense errors, and yet it got rejected? And they call me absurd? Truly incomprehensible! Too incomprehensible!

"It is indeed quite incomprehensible, yet thinking it over carefully, it's also very reasonable," Lucy smiled and said, "Master's paper is too advanced, with strong criticism and targeting, so not giving it approval is also reasonable. I had already calculated the probability of rejection, even considering your fame, it only stood at fifty percent, so this outcome was within Lucy's expectations!"

Jiang Cheng shook his head somewhat helplessly, opened the lengthy paper and carefully went through it, indeed the wording was a bit extreme, but what's wrong with thoroughly correcting false fundamental common-sense ideas? Isn't this quite normal?

It can only be said, that many self-proclaimed experts in this world have too much trust in their perceived knowledge, treating it as common knowledge, and any other theories are immediately refuted and forcefully rejected!!

This sort of situation, even today, will happen anytime!

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "But according to my plan, this paper must be published."

"Master, I understand your feelings, but there's nothing that can be done about it, this era has its limitations, your paper has completely surpassed this era, and forcefully corrected all errors, so strong rejection is only to be expected," Lucy said.