How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 696

Assembling a Sea, Land, and Air Dinosaur Army?

Cao Wei immediately took Smith to the adjacent exhibition hall for a look. However, they were stopped by the staff, and the outside of the hall was blocked off with panels, as the interior was being decorated.

Cao Wei immediately inquired with the staff about the situation inside, but they refused to disclose any information, citing instructions from their superiors to maintain secrecy.

Cao Wei had no choice but to reassure Smith not to be too anxious, as they would find out tomorrow whether there was indeed a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Smith frowned deeply. This Velociraptor exhibition wasn’t just a simple display; more importantly, it was meant to prove to the people of Dragon Country that the United States remained the most technologically advanced nation.

However, with Yang Chen now unveiling a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Smith Laboratory’s Velociraptor exhibition would lose its significance.

Smith didn’t say a word, turned around, and quickly left the convention center.

He abandoned his original plan to go shopping and returned directly to his hotel room to call his colleagues, who were currently sleeping in the United States, to wake them up for a meeting.

After a heated discussion, they concluded that Dragon Country couldn’t possibly have produced a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Smith didn’t need to be so nervous and should proceed according to the original plan.

Just as this meeting ended, all official Weibo [Chinese microblogging website] and Douyin [Chinese version of TikTok] accounts of the Star Group companies released preview messages about the Tyrannosaurus Rex exhibition.

Subsequently, companies invested in by Yang Chen, such as Ali Gaba [Alibaba Group parody name] and Penguin [Tencent parody name], also very sensibly cooperated by forwarding related news.

With so many large companies creating momentum together, the news that Yang Chen’s company was exhibiting a Tyrannosaurus Rex quickly spread throughout the internet.

Netizens flocked to Yang Chen’s Weibo to leave comments.

“Boss Yang is awesome, quietly bringing out a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Can this technology be used on extinct creatures? Bring back the Javan tiger to deal with the Komodo dragon; that thing has no natural enemies, so we need to create one for it.”

“Boss Yang is truly a conscientious entrepreneur, providing free viewing for everyone. The scalper tickets for the Velociraptor in the United States are being scalped for 30,000 each. Comparing them, we can see who is a patriot and who is an outsider.”

“I admire Boss Yang’s awareness. If he wanted to make money, he could easily earn tens of billions from tickets and merchandise. Who wouldn’t want to see a Tyrannosaurus Rex? Even if a billion people watched, at 100 yuan [Chinese currency] per ticket, the ticket revenue alone would be 10 billion, and selling Tyrannosaurus Rex toys and other merchandise would earn even more.”

“Actually, I still hope there will be a charge, creating a bit of a barrier. With no barrier at all, many people will definitely repeatedly queue up to watch, which will lead to overcrowding every day, making it not only unsafe but also causing many people to miss the opportunity to see it.”

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Of course, Yang Chen could guess that some people would repeatedly queue up to watch, so he decided that each person could only enter once per month.

With a free Tyrannosaurus Rex to see, who would want to spend a high price to see a Velociraptor?

Those who had already bought Velociraptor tickets hurriedly applied for refunds overnight, but those who bought scalper tickets were miserable, having spent so much money on scalper tickets that couldn’t be returned.

In order to see the Tyrannosaurus Rex, residents who lived nearby brought benches and started queuing up in the middle of the night, hoping to be among the first to enter and watch the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

At eight o’clock in the morning, the Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus Rex exhibitions opened their doors to welcome guests simultaneously.

The visitors entering the Velociraptor exhibition hall were basically the unfortunate souls who had bought scalper tickets that couldn’t be refunded.

They should have been very happy to see dinosaurs, but the thought that they were the unlucky ones, with a free Tyrannosaurus Rex to see in the adjacent exhibition hall, left them with no enthusiasm at all.

“Is this the freaking Velociraptor? It’s almost like a lizard, so ugly.”

“Spent 30,000 yuan to see this big gecko?”

“What couldn’t I have bought with 30,000 yuan? I actually came to see this big lizard. I’m completely in a bad mood.”

…

With the visitors all having this kind of mentality, the atmosphere in the Velociraptor exhibition hall was naturally not good.

Although the tickets allowed them to stay until closing, most visitors only watched for a while before going to queue up to see the Tyrannosaurus Rex next door.

The photographers that Smith brought were ready to capture the lively scene, but the visitors were sparse, and the photographers didn’t know how to shoot.

Smith was depressed for most of the day and finally couldn’t help but join the crowd next door.

After some inquiries, Smith learned that the Tyrannosaurus Rex was created by Tianyang Embryo Company. He immediately took his team to Tianyang Embryo Company, where Jiang Tianyang personally led the team to receive them.

Smith asked Jiang Tianyang about the process of creating the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but Jiang Tianyang refused, citing technical secrets.

Smith was not discouraged and proposed to visit Tianyang Company’s laboratory but was once again rejected by Jiang Tianyang.

Smith simply didn’t believe that a commercial company in Dragon Country could have such strength, so he really wanted to know how Tianyang Company created the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Yang Chen had instructed Jiang Tianyang in advance not to disclose any information to outsiders, so no matter how Smith asked, Jiang Tianyang would use technical secrets as an excuse to prevaricate.

Smith left Tianyang Company with his team, feeling very dejected.

Originally, he planned to stay in Dragon Country for a few more days to introduce Smith Laboratory and how powerful American technology was to the people of Dragon Country.

Now he simply didn’t have the mood for it and immediately asked his assistant to reschedule his flight back home.

The plan to show off had failed, and he could only find other ways to prove that American technology was still the best in the world.

Soon, the news that Yang Chen’s company had created a Tyrannosaurus Rex swept the country and quickly spread abroad.

The people of Dragon Country naturally praised Yang Chen again, but foreigners were greatly dismayed, especially the United States and some countries that followed the United States’ lead, and they became envious.

For example, some netizens posted videos of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor on YouTube, and netizens from various countries flocked to leave comments.

American netizen Chris: I don’t believe this is true. How could the people of Dragon Country create a Tyrannosaurus Rex? Has their technology advanced to this point? I heard that Smith Laboratory extracted Velociraptor genes from the blood in the belly of a mosquito in amber, and after a lot of complex experiments, they finally created the Velociraptor. How did Dragon Country create the Tyrannosaurus Rex? Do they also have amber, and does the blood in the belly of a mosquito in the amber have Tyrannosaurus Rex genes? But do they have the extraction and cloning technology?

Indian netizen Samit: The Velociraptor in the United States must be real, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Dragon Country must be fake. The most developed city in Dragon Country, Hai City, is called Little Mumbai. We don’t even have this technology, so how could they have it? The people of Dragon Country like fabricating and saving face. Just watch it and don’t believe it.

Korean netizen Park Jun-hee: The Velociraptor must be real, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex is a product of computer synthesis. I specialize in special effects, so can’t I tell?

American netizen Smith: You idiots, the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Dragon Country is real. Can you stop using your idiotic remarks to deny Dragon Country? F*ck, I was already full of anger, and seeing your idiotic comments makes me even angrier.

Japanese netizen Aoi Yuna: At first glance, that American netizen named Smith is speaking really harshly, but after clicking on his homepage introduction, I saw that he is actually the owner of the American Smith Laboratory, so it’s okay. I’ll help you scold them together. They are indeed idiots who can’t stand Dragon Country being stronger than them.

Even the owner of Smith Laboratory has come forward to speak, so the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Dragon Country must be real.

The Indian and Korean netizens instantly fell silent. People from these two countries can’t stand Dragon Country being good.

So-called laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway.

Netizens are just talking nonsense, and what they say doesn’t really matter.

But those experts are discussing what it means for Dragon Country to create a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

“The most important thing now is to figure out how the Dragon Country side created the Tyrannosaurus Rex. If they have such powerful gene extraction, editing, and cloning technology, can they create other extinct creatures? Does this mean that in the near future, Dragon Country will have extinct creatures?”

“My God, if they create a dinosaur army composed of three types of dinosaurs—sea, land, and air—with bombs installed in each dinosaur’s body, how terrifying would that be?”

“I think what you’re saying is too outrageous. Even if Dragon Country has this technology, it’s impossible to mass-produce Tyrannosaurus Rex and other extinct creatures. Optimistically, they may need many years to create just a pair.”

“Yang Chen is too scary. He keeps shocking the world, from quantum chips to room-temperature superconductors to the current Tyrannosaurus Rex. The research coverage of his companies is too broad. Such a person is not an American, which makes people feel very uneasy. I think it’s time to take some necessary measures against Yang Chen, but I’m afraid he’ll come up with some disruptive research results and then use those results to threaten the United States to admit its mistakes to him, which would be too embarrassing.”

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Early in the morning, Yang Chen was still diligently driving. After dropping off three customers, he received a call from an unfamiliar number.

The other party claimed to be Li Wanhe, the director of the Dragon Country Gene Weapons Research Institute, and he wanted Yang Chen to tell him how he created the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Isn’t this nonsense?

Just a phone call and he wants to inquire about Yang Chen’s trade secrets? How is that possible?

“Sorry, I haven’t met you in person, so I can’t confirm your identity, and I can’t tell you these things. If you want to know, come see me in person, and we’ll talk face to face. Also, you need to bring materials that can prove your identity. I definitely need to verify your identity before I can tell you the truth. Do you understand what I mean?” Yang Chen said very directly.

Li Wanhe laughed and said, “Mr. Yang is right, I was abrupt and presumptuous. How about this, where are you now? I’ll come find you now.”

“Then go to Prince Gong’s Mansion [a historical site in Beijing]. I’ll go back to Prince Gong’s Mansion and wait for you. We’ll talk there,” Yang Chen replied.

Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen immediately rushed back to Prince Gong’s Mansion to wait for Li Wanhe’s arrival.

About an hour later, Li Wanhe arrived with his team.

Yang Chen greeted them with a smile, and they sat down and began to chat in detail.