Tang Xuanzong's Song Lyrics

Chen Zhao's report was brief, mainly making a few points:

1: Only I can develop immortality technology, so don't even think about it.

2: The technology will take a long time to mature. Do your best to live a couple more years and try your luck.

3: A dramatic increase in human lifespan will inevitably bring unprecedented social changes. Please be prepared, though no amount of preparation will ever be enough.

4: The preliminary plan is to raise the human life expectancy to over 280 years within this century. As for even longer lifespans, that will depend on future technological progress.

5: Before immortality technology is fully mature, there may be other, watered-down forms of immortality technology. Such as brain cultivation, consciousness preservation, and so on.

Just minutes after Chen Zhao began his report, stock markets around the world started soaring.

Companies related to health preservation and wellness in particular went completely insane, their stock-price charts shooting upward like rockets.

The stock prices of medical-related companies initially plummeted. Many people instinctively felt that with lifespans increasing by so much, Chen Zhao would be taking away their medical profits. After all, many people went to the hospital just to prolong their lives.

Immediately afterward, however, the plunge turned into a surge. Everyone came to their senses: even if lifespans increased, people would still need medicine when they got sick!

And because people would live longer, the odds of developing serious illnesses and all sorts of strange diseases would also rise. They would actually spend even more on medicine!

Thus, stock prices shot up.

Massive amounts of hot money flooded into the stock market, mirroring the excitement of ordinary people around the world.

Who wouldn't be happy about living longer?

After the meeting ended, several security guards came over as usual, preparing