Chapter 1090: Daily Life

Ah Gou had never felt so happy.

Yes, happy.

Ever since two crybabies joined the household, its dog life had finally entered a period of ease and comfort.

Gone were the daily sprints under the sun; now it just went out, wiggling its little butt, trotting leisurely for a few laps, peeing, pooping, and shaking its smooth fur. Then it would wander off on its own, gazing at the dew on grass tips, the azure clear sky, and the early-rising crowds; its dog life had never felt morning to be so beautiful.

Until the Great Demon King finished his two sets of boxing, whereupon it would wag its tail, bid farewell to this beautiful morning world in high spirits, and look forward to meeting again tomorrow...

Returning home, it first went upstairs to check on the two children, who were blinking their eyes there, stretching their arms and kicking their legs to entertain themselves.

Before going out in the morning, Wang Yan had changed the two little ones' diapers and fed them some milk, precisely to prevent them from crying and making a fuss. The two children did not disappoint his expectations; indeed, they neither cried nor made noise.

He casually picked up Ah Mao, who was lying quietly on the cabinet staring intently at the two little ones, brought it downstairs to stay with Ah Gou, and after washing up himself, Wang Yan set about making breakfast.

Today's breakfast was Chinese-style: corn porridge, pan-fried buns, boiled eggs, blanched choy sum, sauced beef, plus pickles brought by both sets of parents.

The tricky part was that the porridge needed to simmer long enough, and the pan-fried buns had to be wrapped fresh; the sauced beef had been braised long ago, as making that fresh would mean one couldn't eat it immediately...

Only because Wang Yan was quick on his feet and hands, and possessed ample patience; if this were his distant past, merely wrapping a batch of buns, kneading dough and mixing filling, he would likely be flustered and busy until noon before managing to get a bite.

While Wang Yan was busily focused on his tasks, he also glanced at his panel again.

Wang Yan

Attributes: Strength 35

Agility 35

Constitution 35

Spirit 131

Unallocated Points 5

This trip out had lasted another hundred-plus years; to be precise, one hundred and twenty-four years. This time also allowed him to test his lifespan limit, which was one hundred and forty-two years.

By the time he departed, he had already sensed death, or rather, spiritual transcendence; his bodily functions had completely reached their end, but his spirit was powerful, and with the protection of his Living Father, his consciousness remained quite clear even in his final moments.

Opening his eyes again, he returned to the real world; once more came the long-missed surge of strength and churning blood qi, the disappearance of age spots, elastic skin, a youthful face, a bladder he could control—a young body was truly the best.

This time he had once again played the Emperor in the Great Song, wielding power for a century; upon the mission's completion, he gained five more free attribute points, while of his previous four points, one had been added to Constitution to make a round number, and the remaining three added to Spirit.

As for skills, there was still little progress as usual; what he had mastered, he had mastered, and what he hadn't, he possessed general knowledge of; although there was still considerable room for improvement, there was no pressing necessity to advance, so he could simply take his time encountering them.

Simmering porridge meant breakfast wouldn't be ready too early, but Wei Lan had also been rising late recently; because she had recently begun restoring her figure, her exercise volume was gradually increasing, and she had also resumed work with many matters to handle, so the dual fatigue of mind and body naturally caused her to rise much later.

Wang Yan did not wait for Wei Lan; he went up, brought the two children down, prepared food and drink for Ah Mao and Ah Gou, and then began eating himself.

By the time he finished, Wei Lan came down wearing sports shorts and a tank top, tying up her hair while yawning.

"Morning."

"Morning," Wang Yan replied with a smile.

Wei Lan walked over, drank a glass of plain boiled water, then went to tease the children; she smiled and said, "Our children look better and better the more I look at them."

"They have opened up a bit; unlike when they were first born, all wrinkled like little fur-balls," Wang Yan responded as expected.

"Did you two hear that? Dad says you're little fur-balls; from now on, don't be good with Dad." Wei Lan handled the two children with her hands and feet, played with them briefly, felt thoroughly satisfied, then went to the balcony to go "hu-hu ha-hey" doing her morning exercises.

It was the Body-Strengthening Exercise Wang Yan had taught her; he had taught it before, but Wei Lan hadn't been interested; this time, to restore her figure, she had finally learned it seriously. Both sets of parents had also practiced and mastered it along with her, and everyone was maintaining it well.

After twenty-odd minutes completing a set of Body-Strengthening Exercises, that wasn't the end; she still had to run clatter-clatter-clatter on the treadmill for half an hour, only then washing up to begin eating breakfast.

Wang Yan paid no attention; the food was still warm, and making another plate of vegetables was simple and convenient; their household never had leftovers, not a single bit went to waste...

He worked on his computer handling business matters; today was somewhat of an important day.

After more than two months, Long Teng's bank had been established and begun handling operations, while Long Teng's payment system had also been developed; since it had few flashy features, no separate App was released; instead, it was integrated into Long Teng's sole software, opening a payment port.

Speaking of which, he had wanted to call this payment system 'Long Pay,' but obviously that wouldn't do, as that belonged to China Construction Bank, so ultimately it became 'Long Teng Pay.'

In the past, Long Teng was truly a name full of controversy; but now, whether the state or the masses, most people felt the more it was said, the smoother it rolled off the tongue, and the more it was heard, the more comfortable it sounded.

This payment method was listed first in the payment arrangement for purchasing products on Shangcheng; second was bank card payment, followed by WeChat, Alipay, and other payment methods; he did not fold away the other payment options, as he still respected people's choices.

Moreover, although hundreds of thousands of orders of Sha Qiang Shen Wan were sold monthly, it could still be foreseen that those willing to register and bind cards to use Long Teng Pay would ultimately remain a minority; after all, both WeChat and Alipay possessed numerous payment scenarios, which Long Teng Pay could not match.

The main reason was that Wang Yan had no intention of promoting this payment product on a large scale; the reason he still obtained a payment license and developed the payment system was for the future Long Teng Central District, where rich payment scenarios would exist; using another company's product would not allow for seamless cooperation, so it was better to develop one himself for use within his own small patch of land.

For now, this was the situation; the largest number of users were still Long Teng company employees, since the payment function had also been integrated into Long Teng's office software.

The first transaction of Long Teng Bank upon opening was processing salary cards for Long Teng employees; it was also connected to the identity database, so when an employee joined on one side, a card was issued on the other; Long Teng employees generally chose to bind their salary cards to the payment system, which required little effort.

Because within the Long Teng employees' office application, they could see all their information: from position to salary, to social security, to resume, to categories of work previously completed, to honors obtained within the company, to activities organized by company branches they had participated in; even clicking into an activity would show relevant photos, precisely categorized to include that specific employee's photo; furthermore, there were even health reports from each of the employee's past medical examinations.

This was a company benefit; new employees received an entry medical examination, and additionally, there were two examinations annually at the beginning and middle of the year; the examination items were comprehensive, checking everything from inside to out; furthermore, utilizing the company's intelligent system for tracking and analysis, as the database samples grew richer, it could achieve predicting illnesses before they occurred.

The company's debt of over a trillion, combined with monthly cash income of thirty billion and rapidly increasing month by month, could be summed up in four words: rich and powerful...

Although netizens jokingly called Long Teng the seller of great strength pills, it was genuinely a technology company, and matters like employee information were certainly highly integrated and unified.

In the future, with its own various related venues, that would truly connect all links thoroughly.

Therefore, for employees to operate bank cards and bind Long Teng Pay, it took just two clicks; although this agreement could be signed when processing the salary card, Wang Yan felt that, by comparison, personal voluntary choice made people feel more comfortable.

But the employees had all bound their cards anyway, because joining the payment system meant the company's office software could now send red envelopes; whether it was private group chats between close colleagues, project team group chats, or even large department group chats, all were very active; it amounted to department managers sending red envelopes for testing, and everyone binding cards to grab them, making the whole process much more enjoyable.

Wang Yan even randomly sent a red envelope to all company employees, with a rather large amount, as a celebration.

Of course, in reality, company employees would have to bind sooner or later anyway, since after moving to the Long Teng District, the usage scenarios would become abundant; but doing it now like this felt more meaningful, and that feeling was very important.

As for the bank aspect, as mentioned earlier, it was mainly used to facilitate company accounting; after the company's establishment, all various company accounts were transferred to Long Teng Bank; funds borrowed from the bank were there, and profits from various projects were also there; calculating truly, the business of Long Teng alone was already sufficient to place Long Teng Bank among the top tier of domestic banks.

Besides revenue from Sha Qiang Shen Wan sales, the group's other income was actually quite substantial now.

Although Long Teng suffered much criticism for suing various people over insults and smears, on the other hand, it had also made quality deeply ingrained in people's hearts.

Currently, its core business of smart home, with its product line constantly enriching and cooperative brands continuously joining, had incorporated everything found in a house into its smart core.

From small items like light bulbs and power strips to large ones like refrigerators, televisions, and kitchen stoves, products existed for all; basically, every notable furniture and home appliance brand had cooperation agreements.

The initial goal of positioning as a smart solution provider had already been achieved.

Within this, many items with low technical content now had their own products; of course, all were OEM-produced; but whether in aesthetics or quality control, standards were quite strict; most importantly, of course, was the smoothness of control by its proprietary artificial intelligence and various specially developed functions; high prices had always stemmed from the software.

The business scope was also vast; anything found in a house could be made; now it had even expanded into renovation business, after all, to truly achieve a good smart home experience, pipelines must be laid properly from the initial stage, so renovation was a natural progression.

They specifically integrated suppliers for various renovation materials, listed renovation budgets for different areas and material grades, provided references for several renovation styles, and issued approximate price lists.

Benefiting from Long Teng's good reputation, those inclined to choose smart home solutions, after visiting the Long Teng official website, truly opted for Long Teng to handle the renovation work and the configuration of various smart home products, belonging to the all-inclusive type.

A good reputation is certainly not spoken into existence but built through action. Facing consumers, providing solid after-sales protection is what truly constitutes good service.

The Artificial Intelligence Company established after-sales service points in provincial capitals and major cities across the country, staffing them according to the population of each province and city. This was done to resolve various after-sales issues; after all, things cannot avoid breaking down, and problems will always arise. Even if nothing breaks, there are still those who cause trouble through intentional damage.

Whether replacing units, swapping parts, or directly refunding a portion of the money, and so on. In short, up to now, aside from those intentionally causing trouble, customer feedback has been quite positive, and people are willing to trust this brand that has only recently emerged.

With all these various businesses added together, the Artificial Intelligence Company's performance is very good, generating six or seven hundred million in revenue, with actual profits also exceeding one hundred million.

Additionally, the 'Yi Yi' team, now expanded to over ten people, although working together, has separately established its own company for this project group; the output value of these ten individuals is remarkably high.

Because the current Yi Yi is extremely capable, user growth has been rapid worldwide, all meeting professional requirements. Even, if users grant permissions, it can now achieve access to real-time calls.

This means that while making a phone call, translation occurs in real-time; spoken words can be directly replied to within the call, basically achieving barrier-free communication. This function is quite awesome.

However, it has been banned in most regions abroad, accused of openly stealing confidential information.

Of course, the foreign devils wanted to ban the software, but they couldn't, and indeed many people were using it, so it turned into banning just this function, at least saving some face for themselves.

Revenue from this sector is now heading toward one hundred million per month. It involves setting different membership fees for different languages, allowing various permutations and combinations, as well as selecting some advanced functions, all charged as extras. It's just that it has been on the market for too short a time, and many people may not yet know about it.

The world people live in is an isolated island; perhaps some matters are temporary hot topics surrounding one's own island, making people think these are things everyone around them should know. But in reality, that is not the case; there are still many who have never heard of them.

The revenue from these two businesses is formidable when presented externally, and there is still very high room for growth.

These are all artificial intelligence businesses; if taken public, the stock would skyrocket, and reaching a market valuation of ten trillion would not be a difficult matter. Of course, that assumes Wang Yan releases artificial intelligence products similar to those currently on the market, meaning the intelligent assistants used by Wang Yan and others themselves, tools for improving productivity such as helping retrieve and read literature, drawing diagrams, and so on. He would also need sufficient computing resources and perfected technology for various application scenarios.

Energy, currently speaking, is not too much of a problem because in the Long Teng Zone, there is direct supply from nuclear power.

Of course, it is impossible for Wang Yan to go public anyway.

However, because permissions were previously granted to Zhao Fu, allowing him to experience what 'silky smooth' truly meant, he reported upward, whereby some laboratories purchased Long Teng's services for application in scientific research endeavors.

Wang Yan also dispatched additional personnel to further optimize for different industries and has also begun contacting some military-industrial projects.

This is actually quite fitting because Wang Yan's technology can achieve the manipulation of unmanned fighter jets with various flexible controls. In other words, if trusted, air force pilots could become unemployed; it is that powerful. Other tactics like drone swarm warfare and precise decapitation strikes are effortless.

Of course, currently speaking, this is still impossible, because intelligent programs cannot be fully trusted to completely control fighter jets; if a single error occurs, the consequences would likely be unbearable.

But assisting pilots in decision-making, controlling accompanying unmanned drones, and so on, this is completely effortless.

There are simply too many things Wang Yan has not yet revealed...

Hearing Wang Yan end the video conference, Wei Lan, having finished her run, combed her sweat-dampened hair.

"Went online?"

"Yes," Wang Yan immediately said. "No need to pay too much attention; as long as the money doesn't go astray and the services don't crash, we're fine. Right now, it's just a matter of gradual perfection; we will only fully unleash the applications after we move to Suizhong."

"What about the bank side?"

"Everything is normal. Zhao Fu is quite capable; with only one office in total, it's mainly about various qualifications and permissions, no major problems."

Wei Lan grunted while stretching her muscles, sighing, "Time flies so fast, but our group is developing even faster."

"The state is holding up the ceiling; otherwise, don't even think about it."

"Hey, husband, you've set up so many project groups; it's been over half a year, hundreds of billions poured in, and still not a single result?"

"How could that be? You just haven't been paying much attention," Wang Yan said, shaking his head with a smile. "The pharmaceutical factory we bought has a laboratory over there that has already extracted quite a few effective ingredients; the Body-Strengthening Capsule is expected to enter assembly line production in another half year or so. But before that, we must first transform the pharmaceutical factory into a smart factory to ensure the secret formula doesn't leak; progress there is currently good."

"The Balanced Ternary project group, borrowing data purchased from Russia, has already perfected the theory. They are currently constructing a prototype; this is relatively complex, involving materials, physics, and multiple other aspects. But progress is also quite good."

"As for photonic and quantum computers, we are cooperating with national laboratories and have hired several researchers in these fields; walking on the shoulders of giants, development is also going well... New materials... Rockets... Satellites... Batteries... Nuclear research... Chips..."

"If we're talking about those who have directly produced results, it's the group researching screens. Last month I offered some suggestions, and when they reported to me a few days ago, they said results were imminent. If this succeeds, our screen issues for mobile phones and computers will be resolved, and we can additionally sell monitors for now; once the software for the TV side is ready, we can sell televisions too."

"On the optics side, more than ten project groups... let's say their assigned projects have made progress, but there are no proper results yet. However, utilizing accidentally obtained results, they made camera lenses. They emailed me last night saying the sharpness is ample, the bokeh is creamy, very flavorful, and they want to send them over for me to try..."

Listening to Wang Yan counting on his fingers, talking endlessly, Wei Lan waved her hands repeatedly: "Stop, stop! You have over a hundred project groups; how long would it take to list them all? I was just asking casually; why go into such detail?"

"Just to keep you informed."

"I'm informed enough already."

Just then, the eldest daughter suddenly started crying with a loud 'Wah'.

Wei Lan gave a start, took two steps over to check the situation: "Aiyo, why is my precious Miss crying? Let Mommy see. Oh, you've pooped! This job is for Daddy. You say it, Daddy."

Wei Lan's soothing, spoken in a pinched voice, failed to alleviate the eldest daughter's crying; the second son beside her also started crying along.

"Wah..."

Wei Lan felt somewhat numb, her hands and feet in a flurry. Because from the children's birth until now, the times she displayed maternal love were either breastfeeding them or, to display more maternal love, playing with them until they cried.

These two little things were truly raised by Wang Yan through every bit of shit and urine. It wasn't that Wang Yan felt sorry for Wei Lan or anything; it was just that he was proficient in raising children, could easily settle matters, and there was no need for Wei Lan to add to the chaos. If he didn't have time to care for them, that would be one thing, but since he could, he didn't find raising children tedious. He has always been very patient, plus these are his own flesh and blood, in the real world, holding great significance.

Wang Yan stood up with a smile: "Go wash up; I'll handle this."

"Love you..." Wei Lan sent a flying kiss, not forgetting to pinch the small cheeks of her crying son and daughter and make a funny face to slightly scare them before leaving.

Wang Yan walked over, wiped the eldest daughter's bottom, changed a diaper, then stuffed milk bottles into the hands of both the brother and sister for them to suckle, and then they became quiet.

The two little things grunted softly, sticking up their white-with-a-hint-of-red feet, gazing with blurry eyes at the kind giant they couldn't see clearly; he was smiling...