Chapter Summaries

Wei Kang examined a system prize blueprint for a compact Portable Monitoring Device module that enabled dynamic ECG monitoring. He decided to approach domestic phone manufacturers about integrating it into their smartwatches, then scanned the design and locked the blueprint away.

• Wei Kang learned that the silver prize was a beginner-level Portable Monitoring Device module for dynamic ECG monitoring, with other functions available for upgrades using points.
• Wei Kang studied the compact module and considered how it could provide professional-grade heart monitoring when integrated into a smartwatch.
• Wei Kang decided not to establish a consumer electronics subsidiary and instead chose to seek partnerships with domestic phone manufacturers.
• Wei Kang scanned the blueprint into his computer, saved the electronic document, and locked the original in a safe.

Wei Kang built a team to develop and test a wearable ECG monitoring module that could be licensed to device manufacturers. After the first fitness-band prototypes arrived, division head Lu Tingfeng began testing one, but a sharp pain suddenly struck his shoulder as he headed to a meeting.

• Wei Kang patented the Portable Monitoring Module and formed an Electronics and Medical Devices Division to develop prototype hardware and software.
• Lu Tingfeng joined Sanqing Group to lead the division and recruited engineers to build and test the wearable monitoring project.
• The division received its first batch of fitness-band samples, and Lu Tingfeng told employees to wear them continuously and record ECG data.
• Lu Tingfeng put on a red band and went about his work, intending to bring a sample to Wei Kang for testing.
• As Lu Tingfeng reached the office entrance on his way to the meeting, a sharp pain shot through his shoulder and he cried out.

Lu Tingfeng’s fitness bracelet warned him that he might have a myocardial infarction, and a hospital ECG confirmed the diagnosis. As he faced urgent treatment, the doctor praised the bracelet and urged Sanqing Group to develop medical equipment that could challenge expensive imported devices.

• Lu Tingfeng dismissed his brief shoulder pain as fatigue, but Wei Kang noticed a warning light on his fitness bracelet and helped him recognize its myocardial-infarction alert.
• Wei Kang told Lu Tingfeng to go to the hospital immediately and ordered him not to return to work until a doctor approved.
• At the hospital, Lu Tingfeng demonstrated the bracelet to a cardiologist, who performed an 18-lead ECG after hearing about its warning.
• The doctor confirmed that Lu Tingfeng had a myocardial infarction and said he needed cardiac enzyme tests and immediate hospitalization.
• After learning the bracelet was a Sanqing Group sample, the doctor praised it and complained about hospitals’ reliance on expensive imported medical equipment.

After Lu Tingfeng’s wristband alerts him to a heart problem, he survives a myocardial infarction and his colleagues become convinced the device can save lives. Wei Kang orders wristbands for the whole company, then promises Jian Lianyun that Three Purities will eventually develop a surgical robot, though he privately doubts he can do so without help from the system.

• Lu Tingfeng’s subordinates learned he had been rushed to the emergency room, and doctors saved him by dissolving a blood clot before bringing him back to the ward.
• Lu Tingfeng’s colleagues credited the wristband’s early warning for getting him to the hospital in time and decided to work harder to bring the device to market.
• After hearing about Lu Tingfeng’s heart attack, Wei Kang ordered the Medical Device Division to obtain enough wristbands for every company employee and to supply samples for the AI Cardiac Diagnostic Algorithm.
• Employees discussed Lu Tingfeng’s rescue on the company forum, while Wei Kang saw their enthusiasm and began considering partnerships with wearable-device manufacturers.
• Wei Kang gave Jian Lianyun a wristband, and she praised its health-monitoring features before telling him about the expensive Da Vinci Surgical Robot at her hospital.
• Jian Lianyun urged Wei Kang to develop a domestic surgical robot, and he promised Three Purities would do so while privately wishing the system would let him draw one.

After recovering, Lu Tingfeng returned to work and helped Wei Kang decide to register the Longtu APP as standalone medical-device software, letting smart wearable manufacturers avoid registering their hardware. Three Purities’ employee fitness bands drew attention online after detecting serious health conditions, and Sanqing Group announced the Longtu APP’s health-monitoring functions, though the product was not yet available to buy.

• Lu Tingfeng returned from the hospital and discussed medical-device registration with Wei Kang, who chose to apply for the Longtu APP as standalone software.
• Lu Tingfeng’s team submitted the mobile and wearable versions of the Longtu APP to the provincial Drug Administration Bureau as Class II medical devices.
• Three Purities employees posted accounts of their fitness bands detecting conditions such as Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation, and hundreds of employees and relatives reportedly received alerts.
• Netizens debated the bands’ accuracy and asked when they could buy them, while many doubted that medical-device approval would come soon.
• Sanqing Group announced that it had developed the Portable Monitoring Device module and the Longtu APP’s health-monitoring functions.

Sanqing clarified that it planned to supply health-monitoring hardware and software rather than make smart wearables, then released impressive wristband test results. Huawei, Rice, OPPO, and VIVO quickly sought cooperation, leaving Wei Kang eager to work with them.

• Sanqing announced that it would focus on supplying wearable hardware and software, and reported high accuracy for its wristband ECG monitoring and heart-disease diagnosis tests.
• Yu Dong showed the results to Cai Peng, and Huawei's executives decided to contact Sanqing about integrating the ECG function into their smartwatches.
• Le Jun judged Sanqing's employee wristband cases to be convincing evidence of its capabilities and called Rice executives to discuss buying a ready-made solution.
• OPPO and VIVO also contacted Sanqing, joining Huawei and Rice in seeking cooperation.
• Wei Kang welcomed the approaches and looked forward to working with the four phone manufacturers.

Four major phone manufacturers evaluated Sanqing Group’s ECG wristband and negotiated access to its technology. They left Sanqing Headquarters after reaching preliminary cooperation agreements, with customized product plans underway.

• Three days later, representatives from four phone manufacturers gathered at Sanqing Headquarters to review Sanqing’s ECG technology.
• Lu Tingfeng demonstrated the wristband and Dragon Map APP, and the representatives tested its ECG monitoring and AI heart diagnosis features.
• Lu Tingfeng explained the medical-device registration requirements and offered manufacturers a combined software-and-hardware solution that let Sanqing assume medical liability.
• Cai Peng asked whether Dragon Map’s diagnostic results could be integrated into Huawei’s health software, and Lu Tingfeng agreed to share basic results while reserving advanced features for Dragon Map.
• The four manufacturers developed customized product plans, with Huawei seeking a high-end integration and Rice adapting Sanqing’s wristband solution for its own products.
• After a week of negotiations, the representatives left Sanqing Headquarters with preliminary cooperation agreements.

Cook sent Kevin to China to negotiate with Sanqing Group for its ECG monitoring hardware, while Huawei prepared a feature-rich smartwatch using the technology. At a subway station, Cai Peng used the watch to identify the cause of an unconscious girl's fainting, astonishing the bystanders.

• Cook reviewed Sanqing Group's ECG sensor reports and sent Kevin to China to negotiate a partnership.
• Kevin tested Sanqing's sample wristband, praised its ECG module, and agreed that Apple would buy the hardware and data interface without Sanqing's software.
• Huawei completed smartwatch samples featuring Sanqing's health-detection technology, and Cai Peng proudly wore one.
• Cai Peng found an unconscious girl on a subway platform and used his smartwatch to check her condition.
• The watch diagnosed the girl with Supraventricular Paroxysmal Tachycardia, and bystanders searched the condition and marveled at the result.

Cai Peng’s Huawei GT4 wristband helped revive a woman who fainted in a subway station, attracting a crowd eager to buy it. Meanwhile, Apple’s Kevin blamed Three Purities’ ECG sensor for inaccurate test results and ordered his team to demand improvements and compensation.

• Cai Peng showed bystanders the wristband’s rescue instructions, and a middle-aged woman used one to revive the unconscious girl by stimulating her throat.
• The girl said she had fainted after eating little and drinking coffee, thanked Cai Peng and the woman, and agreed to go to the hospital.
• Bystanders crowded around Cai Peng with questions about the Huawei GT4, and he said it was still in testing and would likely launch in several months.
• Subway staff dispersed the crowd, and Cai Peng realized he was late for an exhibition and hurried onto a train.
• Kevin and Apple’s R&D staff compared the ECG sensor’s readings with a professional monitor, blamed Three Purities for the discrepancies, and extended their tests.
• After several more days of testing still failed to meet Apple’s requirements, Kevin ordered his team to demand improvements and compensation from Three Purities.

A viral subway rescue made the public eager for smartwatches with medical features, while major manufacturers announced products using Sanqing technology. At Sanqing headquarters, Apple engineers investigated a measurement discrepancy and learned that Sanqing’s ECG hardware outperformed their expectations, though its diagnostic algorithm remained proprietary.

• A video showed a Huawei smartwatch guiding passersby through reviving a collapsed woman, sending the rescue viral and making Huawei’s watch the top trending topic.
• Le Jun announced Rice’s medical-grade fitness bracelet, and OPPO and VIVO soon promoted their own smartwatches with ECG monitoring and heart-diagnosis features.
• Netizens concluded that the four manufacturers were using technology supplied by Three Purities, then argued over which watch they would buy.
• Lu Tingfeng received a complaint from Apple, and Apple engineers visited Sanqing headquarters to investigate discrepancies in ECG readings.
• Wang Dali explained that Apple’s software needed adjustment for Sanqing’s more accurate monitoring module and demonstrated its results against an 18-lead ECG machine.
• Apple’s engineers accepted the hardware’s accuracy but could not obtain Sanqing’s proprietary heart-diagnosis algorithm.

Cai Peng and Yu Dong agreed to develop a cold-resistant, long-lasting Huawei smartwatch for Li Chaoyang’s Mount Everest expedition, where it could monitor climbers’ health. After Huawei delivered the custom watches, Li announced his climb online, and attention shifted to whether he could break the record as the oldest person to summit.

• Cai Peng met Li Chaoyang, who asked Huawei to customize smartwatches for an Everest climb with older entrepreneurs.
• Cai Peng proposed low-temperature batteries, waterproofing, longer standby time, group alerts, and medical monitoring, and Yu Dong approved the project.
• More than half a month later, Huawei delivered watches that worked at minus forty degrees Celsius, and Li Chaoyang and the other climbers put them on in Nepal.
• Li Chaoyang arrived at Everest’s foot with the expedition and aimed to break the record for the oldest person to summit.
• Li Chaoyang announced the climb online and posted photos of the smartwatch, prompting widespread discussion about the device, the expedition, and his chances of breaking the record.

Zhang Jun followed Li Chaoyang’s livestream as he climbed Mount Everest with a team using customized Huawei smartwatches to monitor their health and location. After Li Chaoyang fainted from oxygen deprivation at Camp One, he recovered with oxygen, and Zhang Jun and his girlfriend watched as he resumed acclimatization training.

• Zhang Jun discovered Li Chaoyang’s Mount Everest livestream and watched him demonstrate the customized smartwatch’s team-monitoring features.
• Li Chaoyang led viewers through Everest Base Camp and explained the team’s fatigue and low-oxygen readings before climbing toward Camp One.
• Li Chaoyang’s smartwatch alarmed when his heart rate and blood oxygen reached dangerous levels, and he collapsed as the livestream went dark.
• Li Chaoyang’s teammates gave him oxygen and said he had fainted from oxygen deprivation, while viewers praised the watch and Zhang Jun resolved to buy one.
• Zhang Jun watched the next day with his girlfriend as Li Chaoyang recovered at camp and began acclimatization training.

Li Chaoyang reached the summit of Mount Everest for a second time with his team, then watched as a smartwatch helped doctors remotely treat the unconscious Boss Duan during their descent. The rescue went viral and drew more attention than Li Chaoyang’s summit record, leaving remote medical care at the center of public discussion.

• Li Chaoyang reached the Hillary Step and described the final push to his livestream audience before climbing toward the summit.
• Li Chaoyang and his teammates reached the summit, took photos, and began descending after their watches showed that their conditions were nearing critical levels.
• At the 6,500-meter camp, Boss Duan lost consciousness, and Captain Huang contacted a base-camp doctor while sending the patient’s smartwatch data and video.
• The doctor guided the team through emergency treatment remotely, and Boss Duan regained consciousness.
• A recording of the rescue spread online, and discussion of the smartwatch’s remote medical capabilities overshadowed Li Chaoyang’s summit achievement.

After the Mount Everest livestream boosted interest in health-monitoring smartwatches, Huawei unveiled its GT4 lineup and detailed its features and prices. Yu Dong predicted Huawei’s watches would become number one worldwide, while Zhang Jun decided to buy the black ceramic GT4 Pro.

• Li Chaoyang and the others recovered after descending Mount Everest, and the expedition’s livestream brought widespread attention and commercial interest to the watches that had monitored the climbers’ health.
• On May 27, Zhang Jun watched Yu Dong introduce Huawei’s GT4 lineup and Sanqing Group’s ECG monitoring and AI Heart Diagnosis technology.
• Yu Dong used a humorous story about a friend taking his watch to illustrate its usefulness during a marathon, drawing laughter from the audience and livestream viewers.
• Yu Dong presented the five watch models, their features, and their prices, with sales scheduled to begin on June 1.
• Yu Dong declared that Huawei’s smartwatches would sell their way to number one worldwide, and Zhang Jun resolved to buy the black ceramic GT4 Pro.

Huawei’s GT4 launch drew overwhelming demand, and Yu Dong prioritized domestic supply while celebrating Apple’s decision not to use Sanqing Group’s AI diagnosis software. As Xiaomi, OPPO, and VIVO followed with their own health-monitoring wearables, Wang Guiqing tested a Huawei GT4 Pro and prepared to distribute the watches to special users.

• Netizens quickly exhausted Huawei’s watch stock, and Cai Peng told Yu Dong that reservations had topped one million in three hours; Yu Dong prioritized domestic orders and delayed overseas sales if necessary.
• Yu Dong and Cai Peng discussed whether Sanqing Group could supply enough ECG modules and mocked Apple for passing on the Dragon Map App software.
• Huawei sold more than one million watches on its first night and shipped over three million within days, while Xiaomi launched affordable health-monitoring bracelets and other brands scheduled wearable launches throughout June.
• The launches brought widespread attention to Sanqing Group’s ECG technology, while Apple users complained that Apple lacked a comparable iWatch and some bought Huawei watches despite reduced compatibility with iPhones.
• Wang Guiqing received a box of Huawei watches for special users, tested his GT4 Pro, and praised the ECG diagnosis results before preparing to distribute the watches.

Apple CEO Cook gave Kevin three months to improve the iWatch’s heart-diagnosis technology before transferring him to the struggling electric-vehicle department. Meanwhile, Huawei’s GT4 drew acclaim overseas, and Mabus praised its health monitoring on Twitter while imagining wearing it on a spaceflight; FDA chief Davis anticipated pressure to approve the watch.

• Cook told Kevin that iWatch sales had plunged and gave him three months to make progress before assigning him to Apple’s electric-vehicle department.
• Kevin explained that Apple lacked the specialist expertise and software needed to match Three Purities’ continuous, detailed ECG diagnosis, so Cook ordered him to poach a professional ECG team.
• Overseas media and tech bloggers praised Huawei’s GT4, especially its performance during the Mount Everest summit ascent, and eager buyers began seeking the watch.
• Mabus bought a Huawei GT4 Pro Extreme through an agent, praised its health-monitoring features on Twitter, and said he hoped to wear it into space.
• Davis noticed that the Huawei watch’s ECG function lacked FDA approval for use in Eagle Country but expected influential customers to push for a faster approval process.

Juwai smartwatches detected serious health problems in users in China and overseas, helping them seek treatment before their conditions became fatal. The stories spread online and in a popular report, driving another surge in Chinese smartwatch sales.

• Li Juan's coworker used a Juwai smartwatch to identify her fulminant myocarditis, and Li Juan survived after emergency treatment and a week of recovery.
• Li Juan's coworker posted the story online, prompting netizens to share other smartwatch-assisted emergencies and encouraging more people to buy watches.
• Juwai watches launched overseas and sold out on Amazon in Eagle Country within a day as international users praised their design and health features.
• Short followed his wife's advice to get checked after his watch warned of a high heart rate and possible hypothyroidism, and a doctor confirmed his condition was serious.
• Jason sought medical care after his Juwai GT4 repeatedly warned him of possible arterial blockage, and treatment eventually restored his health.
• A report titled "Lives Saved by Smartwatches" went viral, and sales of Chinese smartwatches soared.

Wei Kang reviewed smart-watch data showing the scale of sudden death and how alerts had helped many users seek treatment, then reflected on the danger faced by young people. After Academician Xie and Fang Heng proposed using Sanqing’s watches for astronauts and developing a portable universal patient monitor, Wei Kang agreed to cooperate with the Aerospace Center, beginning with space tests of the ECG function.

• Wei Kang studied Longtu APP statistics on sudden death, noting both the high incidence among young people and the many users whose watch alerts prompted them to seek care.
• Wei Kang spoke with Academician Xie, who introduced Fang Heng from the Aerospace Center and their plan to have astronauts wear smart watches on the Space Station.
• Fang Heng described the need for real-time astronaut health monitoring and proposed a portable device that could track six vital signs in demanding environments.
• Wei Kang agreed that Sanqing Group and the Aerospace Center would jointly develop the device, starting by testing the watch’s ECG function in space.

Huawei’s smartwatch sales surged to the top of the global market, while Samsung and Apple struggled to obtain or develop the Three Purities’ ECG technology. The chapter ended with Cook ordering Apple to acquire a leading cardiac-monitoring company after the Three Purities rejected its customization demands.

• A tech influencer reported that Huawei sold more smartwatches in three months than the entire global market shipped, and Yu Dong confirmed sales of 30.89 million units, mostly in China.
• A tech blogger compared Huawei’s sales with industry shipments and highlighted the scale of Huawei’s lead, prompting widespread celebration online.
• Lee Jae-yong ordered Samsung to seek the Three Purities’ ECG technology, but the Three Purities rejected the request again, leaving him to consider developing or buying it elsewhere.
• Kevin told Cook that Apple’s independent diagnostic-software development had failed, so Cook agreed to adopt the Three Purities’ software while continuing Apple’s own research.
• The Three Purities rejected Apple’s demands for expanded data access and customization, so Cook ordered Kevin to acquire the best cardiac-monitoring company and its technology.

Wei Kang learned that Chen Yiqing’s team had developed a drug to activate dormant neural stem cells, raising hopes of repairing brain damage and treating severe neurodegenerative diseases. He then faced a dispute between Tang Que and Wenren Long over competing plans to develop a complete cure for HIV.

• Chen Yiqing explained how Sanqing’s three years of research had produced a drug that activated dormant neural stem cells and succeeded in mouse experiments.
• Wei Kang praised Chen Yiqing’s breakthrough and urged him to publish the research and continue toward clinical trials.
• Chen Yiqing left to return to work, while Wei Kang reviewed the competing proposals for the HIV Infection Complete Cure Plan.
• Wei Kang recalled that Tang Que and Wenren Long had clashed over which approach to targeting CCR5 could best cure HIV, and prepared to hear their plans before making the final decision.