As predicted by the NSA's "Metis" system, Jeremiah (Galen)'s Redeemlola Company has rapidly expanded, becoming one of the largest companies in the United States within just a few months. Jeremiah (Galen)'s personal wealth has also ballooned as a result.
During this process, Redeemlola Company acquired many companies and invested in many projects. One of the most notable was the acquisition of Wonderlyfe Technology Company. The acquisition attracted global attention and brought Jeremiah (Galen) into the public eye, becoming a rising star in the business world.
Wonderlyfe Technology Company was one of the largest tech giants in the world, whose cool tech products have changed the lives of a generation. Its founder, Tony Connor, was an entrepreneur admired and became famous.
However, in recent years, due to Conner's increasingly idealistic approach and insistence on investing in completely unrealistic tech projects despite opposition from other shareholders, Wonderlyfe Technology Company's funding chain was broken and it was on the brink of bankruptcy. Angry shareholders had to oust Conner from the company through the board of directors, but it was too late as the company's stock prices had continued to plummet and assets had significantly shrunk. Conner left in disappointment, earning him the moniker of "dreamer both in success and failure."
Just before Wonderlyfe Technology Company officially declared bankruptcy, Galen decided to step in and save the once idealistic company by acquiring it through Redeemlola Company. Jeremiah did not believe this was a wise decision, but considering that the acquisition of Wonderlyfe Technology Company would not bring too much burden to Redeemlola Company and that Wonderlyfe Technology Company did have many high-quality projects and assets, Jeremiah ultimately agreed to Galen's decision.
After the acquisition was completed, Jeremiah began to reorganize Wonderlyfe Technology Company's business to explore its asset value. During this period, Jeremiah accidentally discovered that Conner had sent someone to Japan to assist Kenichi Ito in fleeing to the United States. He was interested in this and learned the ins and outs of the whole event from the employees who knew about the project. From them, Jeremiah learned that Kenichi Ito held the key to the core of wormhole transportation technology.
Jeremiah knew the significance of wormhole transportation technology and intended to restart the rescue of Kenichi Ito. However, since this matter had already gone beyond commercial activities and was a dangerous adventure that could cause further casualties and tragedy, Jeremiah was somewhat indecisive about it. Furthermore, he himself was under the FBI's close surveillance. Once the FBI discovered his actions and discovered the existence of the wormhole transportation technology, the impact on the world would be unpredictable. This was another factor that weighed heavily on him.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Jeremiah decided to prepare sufficiently for the rescue of Kenichi Ito before taking any action. He could only hope that Kenichi Ito would not be found by the Asahi agaru-kai too early and fall into their hands.
On the other hand, as Redeemlola Company's reputation grows, its business model was becoming more and more well-known. Redeemlola Company was not simply a profit-driven company; it also had a charitable nature. In addition to earning substantial income from investing in and operating high-yield commercial projects, Redeemlola Company also invested a portion of its income into charitable causes, setting up various charitable foundations to assist the impoverished and promote the development of human technology.
As a result, gradually, more and more people in need came to apply for financial assistance from Redeemlola 's foundation.
Among these people, in addition to the poor who suffered hardship due to misfortune, a large number of them were researchers. For various reasons, their research projects could not be favored by commercial capital and government funds, so they had to seek funding from Redeemlola 's foundation.
These research projects seeking support were diverse and varied.
Among them, some projects themselves had very broad prospects, but were limited by ethical and moral considerations and had not received widespread support. For example, a professor at the School of Medicine at San Jose University of Science and Technology in the United States wanted to conduct clinical trials on a group of volunteer human test subjects, using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to edit and modify their genetic structure to enhance their resistance to certain diseases. However, this experiment was protested by multiple religious groups, and the original funders of the project had to suspend their support due to public pressure.
Other projects were chasing after some vague things, and in the end may be a fruitless waste of human and material resources, so that no investors were willing to invest. For example, a Romanov geologist claimed that, while conducting research in the Lap Nar area of the Walongge Country, he accidentally received mysterious signals, possibly sent by aliens, using a special device. He believed this is a major discovery and wanted to raise funds to form a professional team to study it further. This "search for aliens" project has aroused the interest of many people, but unfortunately, no one was willing to invest real money in it. After all, there were too many such projects, and so far, no one has found conclusive evidence of the existence of aliens.
There were also some projects that seem very exaggerated and had very low credibility. For example, a professor at a medical college in India claimed to have met a special humanoid boy with superpowers. Through his research, he found that this Indian boy could release powerful energy through nuclear fusion in his body. Moreover, this energy was also controlled by the boy's consciousness and could change its state and use according to the boy's will, enabling the boy to do many things that ordinary people cannot do. Currently, the boy has agreed to cooperate with him in the research, but on the condition that the life of the boy's sister, who was already in a state of brain death, be maintained. This required expensive fees that exceed his ability to bear, so he had to apply for funding assistance.
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Despite the enormous amount of work involved in reviewing, Galen and Jeremiah treated each research project seeking their support with the utmost patience, even if some projects seem bizarre and ridiculous. They believed that there may be unexpected "treasures" buried in these projects that were ignored by funders. Once these "treasures" are excavated, they can advance human technological and cultural progress. Therefore, they were willing to be such "treasure hunters."
In this way, the busy time flew by, and soon it was the height of summer.
Exactly seven months have passed since the day Jeremiah appeared.
Although Jeremiah and Galen's life has become more and more harmonious, whenever late at night Jeremiah wakes up from Galen's sleep, he always unintentionally thinks about some questions. These questions linger in his mind and cannot be answered.
"Why did I appear in this world? Is it really just a coincidence?"
In Jeremiah's heart, he always feels that he was born for a certain mission. He thought this mission was to make Galen happy. However, as time goes by, he increasingly doubts this answer. What is waiting for him seems to be a grander mission. But what could it be? He pondered for a long time and had no clue.
One night, as usual, Jeremiah woke up in the middle of the night. After waking up, he was bored and turned on the TV to watch a documentary on the history channel.
The TV was showing a documentary about deciphering the philosophy contained in the I Ching, an ancient book of the East.
Jeremiah was quite interested in this documentary and sat on the sofa to watch it carefully, putting aside his distractions.
The narrator's voice in the documentary spoke in a deep and infectious tone, "The I Ching is one of the oldest and profound classics of Chinese civilization. It is said to have been created by the ancient creation god Fuxi and passed down to humanity. It is a book full of mystery and has had a profound impact on Chinese civilization for thousands of years. Throughout the ages, countless people have studied it and attempted to uncover its mysteries. People have made various interpretations from different perspectives based on their own understanding. Historians think it is just an ancient book of divination used by the ancestors to predict the future and protect themselves from harm. Mathematicians believe it is the ancient ancestor of binary and electronic computers. Politicians see it as a reference for governing the country and its people, and cultivating oneself. Philosophers believe it reveals the ultimate law of the universe and all things.
So today, our show will explore the secrets hidden in The I Ching from a philosophical perspective.
The main content of The I Ching is sixty-four symbolic symbols called "Gua", as well as the names and texts corresponding to each "Gua". Therefore, the essence of The I Ching is the eight trigrams formed by the "Gua". In the eyes of the ancients, the eight trigrams symbolized the changes and cycles of the world, and all things in the world could be classified into the eight trigrams. They often used the eight trigrams to explain various phenomena and things encountered in life. It can be said that in the "universe" they can understand, the eight trigrams are the mark of the entire "universe", reflecting the laws of the operation of the "universe".
In fact, this kind of thinking of the ancients is not groundless, but has a mature theory. The core idea of this theory comes from a sentence in Confucius's work " Yizhuan " (a book that annotates The I Ching) which states: "The Yi has the Taiji (the Supreme Ultimate), which engenders two forms (Yin and Yang). These two forms engender four images, and the four images engender the eight trigrams." This sentence means that at the beginning of the universe, it was in a state of extreme chaos, which was called "Taiji". Later, this state changed and produced two basic elements, "Yin" and "Yang", which are called "two forms". These two elements are not only opposed to each other, but also dependent on each other, and transform each other, thus combining to derive everything in the universe and governing the changes of the universe. That is to say, everything we encounter in the world, every event we experience, is influenced and controlled by "Yin" and "Yang". Therefore, the ancients believed that as long as they could understand the laws of the changes of "Yin" and "Yang", they could unlock all the mysteries of the world. The eight trigrams use simple symbolic imagery to illustrate the entire process of the changes between "Yin" and "Yang", which is the key to finding this "Yin-Yang" law.
Corresponding to the above theory, we can see that the entire eight trigrams are composed of two basic symbols. These two symbols are called "Yin and Yang lines", which respectively represent "Yin" and "Yang". The "Qian" trigram composed of three "Yang lines" is the starting point of the eight trigrams, representing the extreme of "Yang". Then, the power of "Yang" gradually fades and the power of "Yin" gradually increases, gradually evolving into the "Dui", "Li", and "Zhen" trigrams, which are composed of "Yang lines" and "Yin lines" intertwined. Then, the power of "Yang" completely disappears, reaching the extreme of "Yin", that is, the "Kun" trigram composed of three "Yin lines". Then, it is the turn of the power of "Yin" to gradually decrease and the power of "Yang" to gradually increase, gradually evolving into the "Gen", "Kan", and "Xun" trigrams, which are composed of "Yin lines" and "Yang lines" intertwined. Finally, the power of "Yin" disappears completely, reaching the extreme of "Yang" and returning to the starting point "Qian" trigram. Therefore, the whole process forms a closed cycle, endless, without beginning and no end......
Upon seeing this, Jeremiah suddenly had an epiphany. In an instant, a multitude of things, which seemed unrelated and chaotic, flashed through his mind. Yet, somehow, there seemed to be a common thread that connected them all, leading to a significant "event." However, Jeremiah could only capture a vague outline of this "event."
So, Jeremiah closed his eyes, focused his mind, and tried to see this "significant event" more clearly. Suddenly, a flood of information and thoughts rushed into his head like a bursting dam, overwhelming him and causing his head to ache. He writhed in pain on the ground, the pain in his head growing worse. Eventually, he could no longer bear the agony and passed out.
But in that split second before he lost consciousness, he finally untangled all his complicated thoughts and glimpsed the entirety of the "significant event." Moreover, he realized his true mission for appearing in this world. For him, all the mysteries had been solved.