Chapter 451 New Era (1)

The first year of Xinghe.

June 2nd.

As soon as the North American stock market opened, it was all red and hot.

However, this kind of red is definitely not what Wall Street financial groups and North American investors want to see.

Because the European and American stock markets are rising in the green and falling in the red.

The Dow Jones index fell 7.3% as soon as the market opened, and the circuit breaker mechanism was triggered instantly.

Even Buffett, known as the stock god, suffered heavy losses at this time. Medical and pharmaceutical stocks, insurance stocks, education stocks, sports stocks, and cosmetics stocks led the decline, followed by daily chemical stocks, electrical appliance stocks, automobile stocks, and real estate stocks. .

Except for military industry stocks and a few companies involved in biochips and space exploration, the stocks of companies in other industries were bright red.

In fact, it is not just the North American stock market that is plummeting, but the stock markets of major economies around the world are plummeting. During the economic crisis two years ago, the continuous plummeting seems to have returned again.

And this time, even another plastic crisis will not be able to stimulate a rapid recovery of the global economy.

Town of Omaha.

The headquarters of Berkshire Hathaway.

Buffett was in his chairman's office, listening to the reports of five analysts, with a trace of exhaustion and unwillingness on his face.

Desaro, who is responsible for Berkshire's insurance business on one side, reported with a solemn face: "Mr. Chairman, our company's insurance business may be greatly impacted."

In fact, there is no need for Desaro to say that Buffett also knows the current situation clearly.

However, Buffett didn't pay much attention to this. Even though his wealth has dropped a lot in the past two years due to high taxes and the economic crisis, his worth is still more than $42.7 billion.

What he cares about most now is not how much money he can make, but how to survive.

Buffett, who was born in 1930, is now 94 years old, and he suffered from prostate cancer. Although he spent money to cure it, it must have damaged some body functions.

In the past few years, he has felt more and more powerless, his body is getting worse day by day, and the feeling that it may be extinguished at any time makes him very uncomfortable.

At yesterday's celebration of the establishment of Homo Sapiens Company, Buffett was very eager for the technology that Li Qingye mentioned to extend life span by 42%.

However, he desperately found that what ordinary employees of Homo Sapiens Company had at their fingertips was difficult for him to obtain.

Unless he is willing to give up Berkshire and his $42.7 billion fortune, and then join Homo sapiens, he, one of the top three richest men in the world, will not be able to buy the kind of life-extending symbiotic microorganisms.

In life, one cannot escape the four words of fame, wealth, power and sex.

For Buffett, he has enjoyed these things for most of his life. Now if he is asked to give up everything and become a retired employee of the Homo sapiens company, he cannot do it.

He looked at Vice President Robert: "Robert, what's the status of the investigation into the genetic biology company I asked you to investigate?"

"Mr. President, I have learned something. Three genetic biology companies are indeed developing drugs that can rejuvenate people." Robert took out an investigation report from his briefcase.

Buffett took it and looked through it carefully.

The three biotech companies are California-based Aurora Genetics, Florida-based Diga Biotech, and Britain-based Windsor Pharmaceuticals.

"Windsor?" Buffett took a look at the company's equity structure and immediately understood whose industry this was.

In fact, Aurora Genetics and Diga Biotech are also behind large pharmaceutical groups such as Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.

After all, life-extending drugs or technologies are definitely powerful tools for harvesting wealthy people. How could major pharmaceutical companies give up on this field?

Buffett looked at the product development situation above, but there was a trace of disappointment on his face.

These three companies have researched life-extending drugs or technologies in several directions, but none of them have high value.

Either the life-extending effect is not obvious, the side effects are severe and may even directly backfire on the human body, or the cost is extremely high but the efficacy is shockingly low.

He thought for a while, picked up the phone and dialed the chairman of Johnson & Johnson.

Toot…

"Hello, Mr. Buffett, it's a great honor to speak with you."

Buffett did not exchange pleasantries, but got straight to the point: "Anthony! Is that Tiga Biotech controlled by your company?"

"Tiga Biotech?..." The other person on the phone seemed to be confirming something, and after a while: "Mr. Buffett is also interested in life extension technology?"

"Who's not interested?"

"Tell the truth to Mr. Buffett, the research results of Tiga Biology are very mediocre and cannot reach the 42% life extension effect of Homo sapiens Company." Anthony explained helplessly.

If it were other investors, Anthony would definitely deceive them, but Buffett is different. His network of connections is too strong, and Anthony doesn't want to offend such an old fox.

After hearing about the life extension technology of Homo sapiens, Buffett asked: "Anthony, do you know how that symbiotic microorganism extends life?"

"According to our researchers' guess, it is most likely some kind of artificial microorganism that can combine with cell organelles. As for what it is, no one knows now because we have not obtained any samples."

"I think your company should be doing relevant research, right?" Buffett, who has become more mature, asked with certainty.

"... He is truly worthy of being a stock god. Our company actually received a lot of special funding today, all of which asked us to research life extension technology."

"Is 5 billion investment enough?"

Anthony on the other side of the phone was also very shocked by Buffett's generosity: "Mr. Buffett, I can't guarantee that results will be produced within 10 years."

The implication is that if you die before the life extension technology is successful, Johnson & Johnson will not be responsible.

"Don't worry, I know."

"OK, then I wish us a happy cooperation."

“A pleasure to work with.”

Buffett hung up the phone. Although he did not join the City on the Hill council, he still knew Thomas Morgan.

He knew that the major families on the council would definitely not be willing to give in, and would definitely increase their investment in research on biochips and life extension technology.

As for surrendering to the Homo sapiens company, this is not the first choice of these rich people, unless they are forced to do so in the end.

Ordinary people can go to work in Homo sapiens companies, but these wealthy and big families obviously will not give up everything easily.

It would be more painful to be unable to treat the dragons than to kill them.

Although Wall Street financial groups are pained by the plummeting global stock market, it is not enough to break their bones.

After all, in financial games such as stocks and futures, no matter how you play, the banker will always make a profit without losing any money, but it will become more and more difficult for ordinary people to cut their leeks in the future.

Nowadays, global pharmaceutical stocks are basically polarized.

Some pharmaceutical companies that produce common drugs and medical equipment are basically falling.

However, a small number of pharmaceutical companies related to life extension technology have bucked the market trend and risen.

At this time, after a night of discussion, the Council of the City on the Hill finally came up with a complete set of plans to deal with the Homo sapiens company.

This includes completely prohibiting Homo sapiens companies from entering the free association market, establishing an internal market exclusively for the free association, and cutting off most private external optical cables.

In other words, from now on, the civilian Internet within the Free Association will not be connected to other places.

Obviously the Council of the City on the Hill made a forced choice.

In order to avoid being poached by the Homo sapiens company, they finally came up with their special skill - unplugging the network cable.

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