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Chapter 779

"...Although the current market economy is somewhat sluggish due to the impact of the epidemic situation, the total net profit of this year is slightly down compared with last year, but our scientific research department has made a major breakthrough this year, and has developed new products following traditional mobile phones, feature phones, and smartphones. After the mobile phone is used as a replacement and a new generation of advanced new products, the wearable 5G smart mobile communication device - AR holographic glasses, its first generation product is planned to be put on the market after the press conference next year, and it is expected that the initial launch will reach tens of billions in sales ..."

On the huge TV screen in the living room, the interface of the video conference is being displayed. At this moment, one of the bigwigs in charge of the communication field is quite proud and eloquently reporting to everyone the achievements he has made under his banner. And product samples are shown below in the form of PPT.

As for the leading business elites on the screen who were listening in, they were either busy looking up some information while listening carefully, or they nodded with serious faces to express their approval of the performance results, but some of them vaguely showed a look of disdain. The subtle expression on his face seemed to them to be nothing compared to what he revealed next.

However, the one who didn't fit in with the serious atmosphere of the meeting was a little loli who was concentrating on the gamepad in front of the laptop that was supposed to be used for work in front of her——

It was Hao Meng.

Through the microphone collection connected to the video conference, in addition to the sounds in the game, the bosses can vaguely hear the background sounds of some little lolita who can't help but mutter and complain due to the anchor's 'occupational disease'.

It was under such a miraculous environment that many bigwigs tacitly chose to ignore it, pretending to continue the video conference as normal.

I don't know how long it took, the big bosses who participated in the meeting reported their achievements one by one. If the usual meeting process was followed, it would be the turn of Hao Meng, who is the chairman of the organization, to express his satisfaction with these achievements. From time to time, they also focused their attention on the central leader position on the screen, but the problem is——

In the picture, the little loli who is the leader in charge is currently indulging in the game...

Out of respect for the higher-ups, no one dared to make a sound to remind and interrupt at this moment. The online video conference that was being held for a while was surprisingly quiet, and a group of billionaires from the world's top 500 were forced to watch a live game broadcast .

Maybe it was too quiet, but the little loli who was addicted to the game finally noticed something unusual, recalled her other identity and responsibility, stared at the game screen and rubbed the handle and said unhurriedly:

"Wait a minute... I won't believe in evil when I finish this round of 'Doudouman'.

The big guys: "..."

Playing games openly during supposedly serious meetings... Seriously?Is this reasonable?Is this reasonable? ?

I'm afraid that only the chairman can be so willful...

Who in a normal person would play games live during a meeting!
Thinking of this, the faces of the bosses were full of helplessness, and they couldn't help but rejoice that little Lolita handed over the management of the company to the butler Sa Yinghao, which was a self-aware and wise choice.

The 'game live broadcast' lasted for four and five minutes, and the little loli said, 'This is definitely a hang! Tucao, and finally threw the handle on the sofa aside to stop playing.

"I'm fine, what did you just say? Tell me a rough summary again, I didn't hear it at all."

Hao Meng raised her head and glanced at the big screen, stretched her waist and said without guilt.

"Ah...this..."

The big guys were dumbfounded again.

Due to the epidemic, the annual conference originally scheduled to be held at the Daocheng International Convention Center can only be held through video conference this year.

In previous years, the content of the meeting is basically to report the performance of each company. If you have difficulties, you can apply for expenses and budgets from the organization, and plan the organization's future development direction and major strategic decisions by the way. It can be said that the meeting is very boring. Hao Meng also felt that being a leader was dispensable at the beginning, and at the same time playing a small card game on the tablet in a dull manner in the conference room, he agreed casually and signed a letter to deal with it.

Originally, the big bosses thought that even if the little loli was so indifferent to the meeting this year, the meeting would end quickly, and the budget application would be passed without even looking at it like in previous years...

But she never expected that this little loli, who is called the chairman but has nothing to do, would be interested in the content of the meeting for the first time this year!
Surprised, Sa Yinghao, the acting chairman and housekeeper, immediately summarized the key points of the previous meeting. This time, Hao Meng listened very seriously, and even gradually showed an interesting expression.

The reason why Hao Meng was so concerned this time was because just now when he was addicted to games, a word called "game" accidentally slipped into his ears.

It was also for this reason that she was able to listen to it again patiently.

First of all, the first one is a certain AI project under its umbrella. Thanks to the expenditure budget provided last year, based on the previous generation of deep learning 'GPT-3', a new artificial intelligence called 'GPT-4' has been developed. In addition to chatting, translating, and answering questions, human beings can also write novels and code codes. Judging from the "Letter to All Human Beings" written by GPT-3 before, the writing style of the novels written is still to be discussed, but from According to the released API interface test, it should be no big problem to replace some low-level programmers.

Hao Meng is not interested in this. Although the term "artificial intelligence" makes people think of the existence of omnics in sci-fi movies that always want to destroy human beings, but judging by the current level of technology, artificial intelligence is more like artificial mental retardation. , is still very safe, even if there is a tendency to compete with humans for jobs, at most some low-level authors and low-level programmers will be starved to death.

Later, the progress of another project in the field of robot research aroused Hao Meng's interest. In addition to the relatively mature quadruped robot being sold on the market, he also successfully made the humanoid robot with bipedal upright walking smoothly make things that only humans can do. A series of complex actions have been produced, and commercial products are just around the corner. The current bottleneck lies in energy endurance and manufacturing costs.

Instead, the by-products of its research field—the mechanical exoskeleton used to carry heavy objects, and the mechanical bionic prosthetics used in the medical field have occupied a lot of market share, and even some food delivery people wear mechanical exoskeletons, which is simply A real version of Death Stranding.

In addition, there is a breakthrough development in brain-computer interface technology that is closely related to it. Following the "thought" typing, "thought" control of mechanical exoskeletons, and the use of computers to control the walking paths of mice, for the first time, cameras are connected to the human brain through equipment. After converting the brain to directly capture the images captured by the camera, the next step is to miniaturize it to realize the existence of artificial eyes in "Cyberpunk 2077".

Hao Meng was surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help but feel excited and have his imagination wide open——

Brain-computer interface technology plus mechanical exoskeleton... Isn't it the Mecha Gundam in various science fiction novels and anime dramas when the technology matures? !

Not to mention that mechanical prosthetic limbs and prosthetic eyes can be replaced and strengthened at will. Human beings who are originally flesh and blood can strengthen themselves with technology. Cyberpunk is really just around the corner!

Although the subsequent wearable AR glasses project is not as exciting as the previous two, it is closer to daily life.

In the end, the opposite is a bit far away—a project in the aerospace field, benefiting from the commercialization of launch vehicles, has successfully used self-developed launch vehicles to put multiple commercial satellites into orbit in recent years, and recently even set up a beep station. A commercial satellite has been sent up. With the dual support of experience and funds, the next step is to challenge the field of commercial manned spaceflight, and even plan to set up its own space station in space to meet the needs of tourists for long-term space living. .

……

shocking...

At this moment, Hao Meng could only use this word to describe her heart.

When I think of those scientific researchers who are busy working overtime and doing research, making the world change with each passing day, but I ignore it and are still busy playing games, I feel ashamed for a while...

And the only thing I can contribute to promote the development of science and technology in this world is money, and it can only be money.

Judging from the report, it seems that my investment has not been in vain. At least this "big cake" painting is quite big and round, which makes people full of longing for the future.

However, Sa Yinghao didn't mention the word Hao Meng was most interested in in his report.

"Wait a minute...if I heard correctly, did you mention some game earlier?"

Little Lolita questioned.

"This……"

Sa Yinghao hesitated for a moment, then he hesitated to explain:
"There is indeed a big game project, but it is still under secret research and development. Although it has reached the final stage, it has not produced any results... I don't know the specific research and development content very well. I only know that it is based on the current hardware foundation. The device can't run this game at all... This project has also applied for a budget this year, anyway, Miss, you just need to sign and agree!"

"Oh?"

Looking at the big butler Sa on the screen who didn't know whether he was really pretending to be confused or pretending to be confused, Hao Meng immediately regained his spirits.

"What kind of game is it? Show me it! If it's really a good game... Then I'll give you as much as I want!"

Maybe it's just a few words that can't explain clearly, under the scorching expectant eyes of little lolita, Sa Yinghao directly sent an electronic document to the computer in front of Hao Meng without saying a word.

The moment Hao Meng received the document, she couldn't wait to open it, only to find that it was an electronic contract approving project funding.

There were only a few items on the contract that only roughly indicated the project name and classification, and the amount of appropriation funds required for the final payment made the little Lolita furious on the spot——

"Huh?! What is this "Alien" online game project that dares to apply for 500 billion U.S. dollars from me! I really think I'm a liar! The research and development funds for this money are enough to land on the moon! The most expensive 3A masterpiece "Wilderness" "Big Cousin 2" only spent 500 million in eight years of development, so what kind of game requires [-] billion in research and development?! This is outrageous!"

Reminiscent of Sa Yinghao's faltering and hesitating hints that he directly signed and agreed, for a moment Hao Meng couldn't help wondering if the other party had created an empty project to defraud funds and run away.

"I would like to ask how much profit this project has brought me so far?"

The little loli asked some serious questions.

However, in return, the other party shook his head...

"No income? Not a dime? Okay! I just asked a question... Considering that you said that it is still under development, at a price of 500 billion, can you tell me which gods have been hired for this game? Artists, original artists, and illustrators to make game characters, which famous director was hired to write the game script, and which famous composer was hired to write the BGM..."

The naive mind was thinking of the names of great gods such as 'Hans Zimmer' and 'Nolan'. Before the little Loli finished speaking, the other party shook her head again.

"Then as a game, there should at least be some promotional CG or something? Worst of all, there should be some human graphics, right?"

Little Lolita, who had been doused in cold water, asked without giving up hope.

"Miss..."

At this moment when it was almost a real hammer to cheat the funds and run away, the big housekeeper finally spoke:

"I don't know if there are any of the things you said. I only know that this is an almost completed but unfinished project left before the master left. He specifically asked me that no matter how much money this project needs, even if it is bankrupt To provide enough, a large amount of expenditure budget has been invested almost every year for more than ten years, and the total investment in research and development has exceeded trillions of dollars..."

Hao Meng was completely dumbfounded when he heard this sentence.

Whether it's the timeline that started more than ten years ago, or his father's attitude towards it, or the trillions of budget expenditures that were invested in it, every one of them shocked little Lolita's every nerve.

This... is really an online game?
"By the way, I remember that more than ten years ago, the master recruited a group of top scientific research talents from all over the world as the core team. In addition, new scientific research talents are recruited every year, especially when it comes to quantum and communication technologies. It’s not a game… I think it’s more like doing scientific research, otherwise I wouldn’t spend a huge amount of money to build a particle accelerator for this project…”

When the butler broke the news, Hao Meng, who suddenly thought of something, hurriedly looked up the huge expenditure records of more than ten years ago on the computer.

Now Hao Meng is completely convinced that what Sa Yinghao said is true.

"I know this is outrageous, and I was curious at the beginning, but as a servant, I can't ask... Of course, the choice of funding for this project is up to you, and you can cancel this project if you don't want to pay the budget ...It's just that the progress of this project has reached the final stage, and the only thing left is the final funds to produce equipment."

Sa Yinghao shrugged indifferently.

It's not easy...it's definitely not easy!
It definitely can’t be some kind of game, there must be something else!
Cancel project?

no no no...

How can it be!

Not to mention that on the one hand, I am very curious and want to see what kind of "game" my father mysteriously threw trillions into it; Isn't it all wasted!

So do you have any choice right now?

Smelling an unusual little loli, she had a vague premonition that she seemed to be tricked by her father again, and fell into a new big pit...

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