Lin Jia drove as Chen Yuanguang recounted everything he had just experienced inside. Although he had signed a nondisclosure agreement, Chen Yuanguang considered that agreement to apply only to outsiders. Lin Jia did not count as one.
After listening, the sports car's distinctive force pressing him back into the seat reminded Chen Yuanguang that Lin Jia had just slammed on the accelerator. She rolled down the window, savoring the autumn breeze pouring in, then burst into loud laughter.
Chen Yuanguang shouted, "Lin Jia, have you lost your mind?"
After rolling down the window, Lin Jia calmed down. The faint smile on her face completely lacked her usual cool, aloof air. "With investment and endorsement from a state-owned investment fund, Guangjia Technology's future development will be smooth sailing.
Whether it's obtaining pharmaceutical approval or eventually going public, it'll all be ridiculously easy.
And since we're going onto the Export Control List anyway, investments from Sequoia Capital and JPMorgan Chase are worthless to Guangjia Technology. I'm happy, for one thing, but I'm also somewhat uneasy.
They're saying it can be used for civilian purposes now. They're saying that verbally now, but what about the future?
From a conspiratorial perspective, they're saying civilian use is fine because it's still in the laboratory stage. It will take time before it can be implemented, and human trials haven't even begun.
They need you to be enthusiastic enough to keep advancing research on this project, so naturally they'll say civilian use isn't a problem.
Once there are real results and the technology is put into practice—especially if it proves to be a field worth digging deeper into, going from Short-term Hibernation to Long-term Hibernation and then Human Cryopreservation—will civilian use still be allowed?
And if humans can hibernate, could immortality be possible? Immortality may be impossible,