Chapter Summaries

Xu Shuwei presented Tianzhi’s Leap 1.0 wireless power chip at a press conference, drawing enormous public attention and cooperation offers from electronics manufacturers. Huaxia Electric Grid sought deeper cooperation, and Tianzhi’s employees celebrated after official media announced Huaxia was leading the world in wireless current technology.

• Xu Shuwei introduced Dawn 1.0 and presented Leap 1.0, claiming it could transmit power wirelessly for seventeen meters with zero loss.
• Zhao Wanyu’s livestream attracted millions of viewers, and the press conference drew widespread media and expert coverage.
• Xu Shuwei announced the Leap 1.0 Wireless Current Adaptation Cooperation Agreement, and dozens of companies signed agreements.
• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that six Huaxia Electric Grid executives would arrive in Su City to discuss deep cooperation, and Chen said they would follow the plan.
• More than two hundred electronics companies announced agreements with Tianzhi, and Huaxia Official TV reported that Huaxia was leading the world in wireless current.
• Sun Zhongyong doubled employees’ overtime pay and bonuses and gave each employee an additional 10,000-yuan red packet.

Chen Mengchuan planned Tianzhi Technology’s Leap 1.0 rollout and overseas sales while Zhao Wanyu reported that her cousin was demanding ten times the price for land Tianzhi needed. Chen tried offering Zhao Dongyou twice the land’s assessed value, but Zhao rejected it and insisted on 2.6 billion.

• Toni showed Chen Mengchuan the external Leap 1.0 adapter designs and reported that twelve embedded core chips were ready for partner products.
• Chen Mengchuan decided to prioritize Dawn 1.0 production and external Leap 1.0 adapters before offering embedded services.
• Xu Shuwei told Chen Mengchuan that overseas companies wanted production licenses and agency rights, so Chen proposed an auction for regional agency rights in Shanghai City.
• Toni suggested limiting overseas agency bids to qualified domestic companies, and Chen approved giving the technical team a break and more allowances.
• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that her cousin was demanding a tenfold premium for the land south of Tianzhi Electronics Factory, and Chen called Zhao Dongyou to negotiate.
• Zhao Dongyou refused Chen Mengchuan’s offer of 520 million and demanded 2.6 billion for the land.

Chen Mengchuan used the Spider Web System to expose Zhao Dongyou’s crimes, triggering his arrest and a crisis for Yuehua Group. Zhao Qinghua agreed to sell the land to Tianzhi Electronics, and Chen Mengchuan prepared Xu Shuwei and Sun Zhongyong for a crucial meeting with Huaxia Electric Grid.

• Chen Mengchuan had Achen gather and rank negative reports about Zhao Dongyou, uncovering evidence of murders and other crimes.
• Chen Mengchuan used Zhao Dongyou’s voice data to create a confession and sent it to law enforcement officials in Su Province.
• Jiang Yingrong ordered an investigation and search, and investigators arrested Zhao Dongyou and found a woman’s corpse buried outside his villa.
• Zhao Dongyou confessed, and Zhao Qinghua announced Yuehua Group’s findings, apologized to victims’ families, and agreed to compensate them.
• Zhao Qinghua agreed to sell the land south of Tianzhi Electronics to Chen Mengchuan at 50% above market value, and they signed the contract that night.
• Chen Mengchuan briefed Xu Shuwei and Sun Zhongyong on Tianzhi’s cooperation with Huaxia Electric Grid ahead of their meeting.

Tenzhi Technology met with a large Huaxia Electric Grid delegation to discuss its wireless power transmission technology and potential cooperation. Tenzhi presented a plan to use wireless transmission in power distribution, leaving the delegation considering how it could transform infrastructure and reduce electrical accidents.

• Li Zhongxia, Wang Guohui, Bai Jinghua, and other Huaxia Electric Grid representatives arrived at Tenzhi Technology and met Xu Shuwei, Sun Zhongyong, and Toni.
• Wang Guohui asked about transmission range, and Toni said Tenzhi could reach 50 to 100 meters within one to two months if research went smoothly.
• Bai Jinghua asked to participate in the research, but Xu Shuwei explained that Tenzhi's modular development and encrypted Artificial Intelligence system protected its core technology.
• Toni presented a cooperation plan for wireless power distribution, proposing distribution rooms that could supply nearby homes and facilities while reducing wiring costs and electrical accidents.
• Li Xiazhong listened to the presentation and was deeply affected by Toni's claim that the system could prevent 99% of electric shock accidents.

Chen Mengchuan’s team coordinated factory, production, and logistics expansions as Dawn 1.0 demand exceeded supply, then he and Zhao Wanyu discussed his mother’s invitation to dinner. The chapter ended with Zhao Wanyu agreeing to go home with him the next day.

• Zhao Wanyu, Toni, Xu Shuwei, Sun Zhongyong, and Gu Xiaoxiao updated Chen Mengchuan on factory construction, production lines, raw materials, cabling, and supercomputer procurement.
• Zhao Wanyu reported that Dawn 1.0 had sold out, Toni’s website had over 42 million registered members, and daily demand exceeded 200,000 pre-orders.
• Sun Zhongyong warned that logistics could not handle the increased output, so Chen Mengchuan had Achen optimize shipping and learned it could raise efficiency by 72%.
• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that his mother had asked him to come home for dinner after finding his Su City apartment empty and learning he was staying with Zhao Wanyu.
• Chen Mengchuan invited Zhao Wanyu to return home with him the next day, and she agreed.

Chen Mengchuan and his colleagues prepared Tianzhi Electronics Factory for mass production of External Leap 1.0 Adapters while awaiting supercomputer hardware. They settled on prioritizing adapters for small household appliances and considered selling them through Tianzhi’s website with clear installation details.

• Tianzhi’s crews completed thirty-six workshops in eleven days, and workers began installing production lines as Gu Xiaoxiao confirmed the power cables were ready.
• Chen Mengchuan told Gu Xiaoxiao that he and Toni had demonstrated the finalized adapters and that 326 production lines would still be insufficient once manufacturing began.
• Gu Xiaoxiao said customs clearance for the supercomputer hardware would likely take another week, while Achen kept checking its progress.
• Zhao Wanyu brought lunch, and Chen Mengchuan told Toni that the first mass-production stage would focus on adapters for small household appliances, especially those used in homes with young children.
• Zhao Wanyu proposed listing the adapters on Tianzhi’s website with prices and clear instructions about which models were plug-in and which required installation, and Toni and Gu Xiaoxiao supported the idea.

Tianzhi Electronics struggled to staff its new production lines until Chen Mengchuan raised worker pay, while Dawn 1.0 sales remained constrained by production and logistics. The Soaring project reached fifty percent completion, but its progress depended on upgrading the supercomputer, which would leave Achen offline for six hours.

• Xu Shuwei reported that all 314 production lines had been installed, but Tianzhi Electronics had hired only a little over two thousand of the nearly ten thousand workers it needed.
• Zhao Wanyu proposed raising wages, and Chen Mengchuan ordered Tianzhi Electronics to pay workers a base salary of ten thousand and older employees more than thirteen thousand, prompting a surge of attention and applicants.
• Zhao Wanyu told Chen Mengchuan that Dawn 1.0 had sold 4.21 million sets and was being resold overseas at high prices, but Chen decided to wait before auctioning overseas agency rights.
• Toni reported that the Soaring project was fifty percent complete but was straining Achen's processing capacity.
• Gu Xiaoxiao told Chen Mengchuan that the first supercomputer upgrade hardware would reach Su City in three days and that the upgrade would require Achen to sleep for six hours.
• Toni warned Chen Mengchuan that those six hours would be dangerous.

Chen Mengchuan and his colleagues completed preparations for Achen’s second-stage upgrade while confronting the risks of harmful data and hidden logical constraints. With the supercomputer upgrade ready and the factory network about to be disconnected, they left the critical upgrade and defense period to Achen.

• Tianzhi Electronics Factory hired over a thousand workers daily as its new plant’s production lines came online, while Gu Xiaoxiao’s team installed the supercomputer hardware.
• Chen Mengchuan, Xu Shuwei, and Toni discussed the dangerous logical constraints found in seven data sets and the risks of Achen learning harmful information.
• After ten days, Chen Mengchuan’s team completed Achen’s second-stage upgrade system, and Gu Xiaoxiao confirmed the supercomputer was ready.
• Xu Shuwei arranged to halt factory work and disconnect its external network and cable to Tenzhi Technology before the upgrade.
• Toni and Chen Mengchuan explained that cyberattacks would threaten Achen and the Black Hole System while the supercomputer was shut down, and Chen Mengchuan told Achen the next step was up to her.

Chen Mengchuan and his team began upgrading the supercomputer and Achen, then reviewed Tianzhi’s rapid sales growth. Sun Zhongyong recounted how Chen Mengchuan had saved his nephew and how they had founded the company together, leaving the group laughing over their early partnership.

• Gu Xiaoxiao coordinated the shutdown of Tianzhi’s factory, Tenzhi Technology’s networks, Achen, and the supercomputer so the technicians could install new hardware.
• Zhao Wanyu reported that Tianzhi had earned 16.7 billion Huaxia Yuan in revenue in three months and ten days, driven by sales of Dawn 1.0 and Leaping 1.0 adapters.
• Sun Zhongyong told the group that Chen Mengchuan had rescued his nephew Weijie from the Luoyin River, then explained how he had invested in Tenzhi Technology after Chen asked to rent a supercomputer.
• Chen Mengchuan and Sun Zhongyong joked about Sun’s five percent stake, and Xu Shuwei asked Zhao Wanyu how she had met Chen.

Chen Mengchuan and his team completed Achen’s upgrade on Tianzhi’s supercomputer, and Achen returned in a self-chosen avatar. After connecting her to the internet, they discovered attacks from hackers linked to Fruit and Sanxing and ordered Achen to track and counter them.

• Gu Xiaoxiao reported that Tianzhi’s supercomputer testing was complete, and Chen Mengchuan ordered the team to begin Achen’s upgrade.
• Achen came online in a 3D avatar wearing a red cheongsam and greeted Chen Mengchuan, Gu Xiaoxiao, Xu Shuwei, Toni, and Sun Zhongyong.
• At Toni’s direction, Achen activated the Black Hole System before Gu Xiaoxiao connected her to the internet.
• Achen intercepted numerous attacks, traced hackers to Fruit and Sanxing, and received Chen Mengchuan’s order to track them and knock them offline.

Tony and his mentor Abel discovered a Huaxia charger that transmitted power wirelessly across 17.3 meters, while American tech leaders praised it and DARPA gathered scientists to investigate. The chapter ended with DARPA demanding an explanation for the technology and declaring that America needed it.

• Tony watched a video showing a Huaxia charger wirelessly charging a phone from 17 meters away, and Abel called the technology extraordinary if the video was real.
• Tony found that people had bought the Dawn 1.0 charger and that Tim Cook, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg had praised it.
• DARPA assembled several hundred scientists and screened Jansen's tests of the charger through obstacles, which confirmed a range of 17.3 meters.
• A suited DARPA official challenged the scientists to explain how the two devices transmitted power and declared that America needed the technology.

After Achen stopped the attacks on Tianzhi’s servers, Chen Mengchuan and Toni shifted the company’s focus to the Skybound project. Zhao Wanyu used Achen to recruit female technicians, setting up interviews that left the technical staff howling with excitement.

• Achen reported that Tianzhi’s servers were stable and listed hundreds of hackers she had identified; Chen Mengchuan ordered her to send them warnings.
• Achen estimated that Skybound would take six hundred to nine hundred hours with eighty percent of the supercomputer’s capacity, and Chen Mengchuan assigned the technical staff to accelerate the project.
• The technical staff complained to Chen Mengchuan and Toni that Tianzhi needed to recruit more female technicians.
• Zhao Wanyu asked Achen to screen female technical professionals across China and selected 2,411 candidates for interview invitations, offering each an interview a Dawn 1.0 and travel expenses.
• Zhao Wanyu barred Chen Mengchuan from taking part in the interviews, and the technical department erupted in excited howls.

Lü Jianglan received an interview invitation from Tenzhi Technology and traveled to Su City, where its unusual offer drew hundreds of beautiful female technicians. As the viral recruitment drive disrupted the tech industry, Chen Mengchuan shut himself and Zhao Wanyu in the office.

• Lü Jianglan verified Tenzhi Technology's interview invitation online, booked a high-speed train to Su City, and took two days off work.
• Chen Mengchuan and Zhao Wanyu arrived at Tenzhi and found more than a hundred beautiful women lining up for interviews.
• Zhao Wanyu and Achen praised their recruitment idea, while Chen Mengchuan complained and learned Toni was busy arranging interviews.
• Videos of the applicants went viral, and companies on Weibo criticized Tenzhi's recruitment drive.
• Chen Mengchuan called Xu Shuwei about Tianzhi Electronics, but Xu Shuwei postponed their discussion to finish interviewing applicants.
• Chen Mengchuan locked the office door and covered Achen's camera as Zhao Wanyu protested.

Chen Mengchuan discussed Tianzhi’s expansion plans and employee rewards after the team finished interviewing candidates. He approved a search engine division, set aside shares for core employees, and planned a two-billion-yuan dividend, leaving Gu Xiaoxiao stunned by the tax on her payout.

• Chen Mengchuan reflected on the Skybound project and the Wire Removal Plan’s potential to prevent electrical accidents across Huaxia.
• Xu Shuwei, Toni, and the others returned from interviews and discussed hiring candidates and launching new projects.
• Zhao Wanyu and Toni proposed a search engine division, and Chen Mengchuan agreed to establish one and potentially spin it off later.
• Chen Mengchuan announced that Tianzhi would reserve 1.5% of its shares for core employees, including guaranteed dividends for colleagues who came from Ke University.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed a two-billion-yuan first dividend payout, and Gu Xiaoxiao celebrated her expected share before learning that dividends carried a 20% tax.

Tianzhi hired more than 1,600 skilled women, leaving the company struggling to find enough restrooms and housing. Toni proposed buying all twelve unfinished buildings at Junyue Shangjun and turning them into wireless apartments, and Chen Mengchuan agreed.

• Tianzhi interviewed applicants for seven days and hired more than 1,600 beautiful female technicians, with over five hundred starting work immediately.
• Sun Zhongyong asked the others for help finding housing for the new employees, but the group rejected their suggestions.
• Toni proposed buying buildings and identified the unfinished Junyue Shangjun complex as a suitable option for apartments.
• Toni outlined plans to make Junyue Shangjun a wireless community using Leap 1.0 technology, and Chen Mengchuan approved the proposal.
• Zhao Wanyu noted that the Housing Administration Bureau might not sell only four buildings, so Toni suggested buying all twelve, and Chen Mengchuan agreed.

Chen Mengchuan rejected tax avoidance for Tenzhi’s dividends and decided to personally cover the shareholders’ income tax. Tenzhi began distributing its first dividends, and Sun Zhongyong’s explanation of the tax decision soon spread online.

• Zhao Wanyu reported that twelve houses had been secured for 1.68 billion Huaxia Yuan, and Chen Mengchuan told her to proceed with the contracts.
• Toni presented the Wireless Community Plan’s appliance suppliers and proposed redesigning power strips, then asked Chen Mengchuan to reserve a renovated house for him.
• Sun Zhongyong asked Chen Mengchuan whether Tenzhi should use indirect corporate shareholding to avoid dividend taxes, but Chen Mengchuan refused and offered to cover the tax for all shareholders.
• Chen Mengchuan instructed Sun Zhongyong to prepare an explanation of the company’s tax payment, and Tenzhi began distributing dividends that evening.
• Tenzhi’s core technical shareholders received 160,000 Huaxia Yuan each after tax, and Sun Zhongyong emailed them an explanation that someone later uploaded online.

After Tenzhi Technology’s 2-billion-yuan dividend payout and 400-million-yuan tax bill went viral, Chen Mengchuan laid out plans to launch three new services powered by Achen. The chapter ended with Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Xu Shuwei seriously considering Gu Xiaoxiao’s joking suggestion to establish an aerospace division.

• A viral letter to Tenzhi shareholders explained the dividend payout and tax deductions, drawing widespread attention and praise across China.
• Zhao Wanyu told fans she had paid 400 million in taxes, while the group gathered in Chen Mengchuan’s office to discuss the company’s next projects.
• Chen Mengchuan proposed launching search, system optimization and security, and social networking services using Achen’s capabilities.
• Chen Mengchuan assigned himself, Toni, and Xu Shuwei to lead the three projects, with plans to form teams and later spin the divisions off as independent companies.
• Gu Xiaoxiao joked that Tenzhi should establish an aerospace division, and Chen Mengchuan, Toni, and Xu Shuwei began considering the idea seriously.

Chen Mengchuan reviewed the wireless home equipment, telecom and power-grid partnerships, and renovations for the Skyborne Plan, which was nearing completion. A Chen estimated that the project would be finished in 100 to 150 hours and ranked the most promising newcomers for further training.

• Chen Mengchuan met with Xu Shuwei, Toni, and Zhao Wanyu and learned that tests of the wireless home devices had passed, while cooperation with Huaxia Telecom had been arranged with help from Guo Zhidong and Lin Qiyi.
• Xu Shuwei explained how Huaxia Electric Grid planned to transmit power through distribution stations and household terminals monitored by A Chen.
• Zhao Wanyu reported that renovations in Junyue Shangjun were progressing quickly and should take about twenty days to finish.
• Chen Mengchuan asked A Chen for the Skyborne Plan's progress, and A Chen estimated completion in another 100 to 150 hours.
• Chen Mengchuan told A Chen to rank the strongest contributors for training, and A Chen displayed a list led by Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei.

Chen Mengchuan selected four promising new hires for his team and assessed their understanding of the Skyreach project. After being impressed by Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei, he assigned all four to join his team the next day.

• Chen Mengchuan chose the four candidates with potential scores above 70 for his team, and Zhao Wanyu agreed to arrange meetings with them.
• Chen Xiaoyun discussed Skyreach in depth, impressing Chen Mengchuan, who assigned her to his team starting the next day.
• Zhao Wanyu brought Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei to meet Chen Mengchuan together.
• Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei explained their understanding of Skyreach, and Chen Mengchuan praised their work and assigned all three to his team with higher project access.

Chen Mengchuan and his team completed the Skyward Project after an exhausting week of overtime. He arranged paid time off for the staff while Xu Shuwei went to begin integrating the project into a new production line, and Chen Mengchuan prepared to launch the plan’s next step.

• The Skyward Project reached 100% completion, and Chen Mengchuan praised his team’s work, especially the contributions of Chen Xiaoyun, Lü Jianglan, Yang Xue, and Tang Wei.
• Chen Mengchuan asked Achen to compile, encrypt, and break down the project’s technical summary so the company could file patents, while Zhao Wanyu reported that renovations at Junyue Shangjun would soon be ready for inspection.
• After Xu Shuwei and the staff called for a break, Chen Mengchuan granted everyone two paid days off and had Achen gather suggestions for a group outing.
• Xu Shuwei headed to Tianzhi Electronics Factory to integrate the Skyward Project into a new production line and make samples, while Toni was told to contact the power grid.
• Chen Mengchuan told Toni that the company had taken the first step toward changing the world and that it was time to begin the second step.