Cyber Heroes

Superman Enterprise started preparing for a grand sports meeting more than a year ago.

Its name is, "The No. 1 Martial Arts Conference in the World."

Yes, that is indeed the name. Just for this title, Superman Corporation took away the rights to use terms related to "Dragon Ball" from "Weekly Shonen Jump".

The first World No. 1 Martial Arts Conference will be held in Connecticut, United States.

And the content of the first World's No. 1 Martial Arts Conference was also very...very different.

For the first World's Best Martial Arts Conference, the organizer, Transhumanism International Corporation, will select a "champion" to defend the competition.

Warriors from all over the world can challenge him after a preliminary screening.

Moreover, the rules of the arena are set by the challenger.

For example, a boxer can specify the rules of boxing. Kickboxing players may specify kickboxing rules. Wrestlers can use any of the wrestling rules, freestyle, Greco-Roman, or even Central Plains style.

Moreover, the challenger can also choose between "point system" or "fight until one party surrenders".

Moreover, this "setting of rules" does not restrict the use of equipment.

In addition, unless the challenger actively specifies the "unlimited level" rule, otherwise, the strength of the opponent's body will be set to 90% of the challenger's highest record by default.

This means that this "champion" may... no, must defeat the best in all fields with less outstanding strength.

He wants to defeat the world boxing champion within the rules of boxing, he wants to know swordsmanship better than a swordsman, and he wants to defeat the warrior who is best at wrestling...

And the prize money for this competition is crazy.

Superman Enterprises will cover the cost of the contestants arriving in Connecticut, United States. And as long as you pass the audition stage, you will receive tens of thousands of dollars in rewards. And as long as you beat the champion in one game, you can get a total of 10 million US dollars.

The challenger's rewards are based on his performance. If the challenger can guarantee a complete victory, he will receive a reward of 200 million US dollars and shares of Superman Enterprises. Each time you fail, this reward will be reduced proportionally.

And anyone who can win twenty games under the challenger's conditions can get the challenger's reward.

In addition, Superman Enterprise also has a series of supporting rewards.

It's up to him to promote the winner's genre, let the winner enter the film and television industry, etc.

This is enough to attract all the ambitious martial arts practitioners in the world.

Whether you're hungry for money, hungry for fame, or simply want to prove yourself, it doesn't matter.

Lu Xuanyu originally thought that it would never be his turn for such a thing.

But now, he is only one step away from becoming the "master who has fought all over the world".

This promotional video will appear in front of the whole world...

"Announce...I'm here..." Lu Xuanyu breathed out softly: "It's really amazing..."

"And your entrance song will also be this one." Xiang Shan winked: "Not bad, right?"

Lu Xuanyu nodded and said, "I think he has the charm of... a great master."

Next to the conference room, the old man named Bernard Dubois smiled and said in Chinese: "You are indeed very insightful, Lu. This piece of music has a deep connection with a piece of music called "The Grandmaster". relation."

"Thirty years ago, there was a kung fu movie called "Ip Man". I think you should know?"

Lu Xuanyu nodded in awe. Wing Chun Ip Man was Bruce Lee’s master and one of the ancestors of his branch. He has also seen that movie.

Lao Di continued: "The most famous soundtrack for the movie is called "The Grandmaster", and the composer is named Kenji Kawai..."

"Ah? Japanese?" Lu Xuanyu was a little surprised.

"Yes." Lao Di nodded.

Lu Xuanyu said: "Did you invite Mr. Ka... Kawai to come and do this piece of music?"

Lao Di shook his head: "No, Mr. Kawai is almost ninety years old this year and doesn't have that much energy anymore. The boss bought all of Mr. Kawai's songs..."

--ah?

Lu Xuanyu felt that his boss's efforts seemed to be in a wrong direction.

"...Then, throw it to - is it called a neural network? Do deep learning. And let the computer disassemble the... style of "The Grandmaster" based on its own understanding? Or something else? Then based on Mr. Kawai's music The wind is constantly arranging.”

——Ah... I heard Mr. Kawai is almost ninety? Will this make this old man angry?

Lu Xuanyu was stunned.

"Of course, most of the songs cannot be listened to. The boss hired an additional hundred music critics to constantly screen out the music that cannot be heard and feed the results back to the program. In short, it took a long time... "

Xiangshan nodded: "Mr. Kawai is good at using human voices to create a solemn feeling for music. In order to reflect our company's corporate culture, I also specially added the sound of mechanical operation and the background noise of electronic equipment into the 'instrument library' .……

Zhu Xinyu closed her notebook and waved her hand behind him: "No, no, no, it's just that you like white noise."

"In addition, there is a little bit of electronic music style." Xiangshan said: "Infinitely close to Mr. Kawai's own style, but it is created by AI. It is a brand-new music form, and even has parts that transcend human music theory - it is very suitable for our company. What a corporate culture!”

Lu Xuanyu said: "As a publicity...it's quite a gimmick. But is it too expensive?"

Ask a hundred music critics to do heavy physical labor, and then use the company's supercomputer...

Even if Lu Xuanyu doesn't understand scientific research, he can still estimate the cost of this approach after having been exposed to it for a year.

On the other side of Xiangshan, David Klein, who was already slightly stout, shook his head: "No, no, no, this is a normal scientific research activity. Do you know how many top journals Xiangshan's researchers have been exposed to because of this? How many graduate students here can successfully After graduation, how much value can the resulting patents generate?”

"Oh, by the way, the company has also invested a lot of money in the cultural field because of cognitive science research." Zhu Xinyu added: "This topic of the interaction between the brain and popular culture is also a key direction of the company. And Japan It happens to be one of the areas with the most developed pop culture. Spending money to build a network of contacts in Japan is a profitable business for the company."

Lao Di showed a helpless smile.

David concluded: "Lu, remember, don't believe capitalists who say, 'I have invested so much for you.' For such capitalists, spending money is not 'consumption' at all, but 'reproduction'" ' part of it."

Xiang Shan nodded: "You can make money, but I will never lose money."