Global Monopoly of Technology

Chapter 711 [Whoever masters the entrance to the virtual world will master the future]

"How much do you want?" Luo Sheng asked Gao Hua directly.

"40 billion yuan." Gao Hua replied.

Luo Sheng made a rough calculation in his mind, 40 billion RMB is about 6 billion US dollars, and immediately said: "In the second half of the year, you have to play me again, and I will grant you 100 billion yuan. This year, don't bother me about money matters. , is it enough? Is it enough? Add a little more?"

Gao Hua immediately responded with a big laugh: "Enough is enough, it must be enough, maybe there is a balance left."

Yao Jianhong complained on the spot: "Listen to your tone, isn't it worth the pride? When will you take out the prototype and be proud again?"

Gao Hua: "Uh... ugh... it's really the first grade of the official university that crushes people to death. I want to bring it in front of you even more than you do."

Luo Sheng dared to keep throwing money without hesitation, and he assured the project department because he knew that the money was really used for research and development, and he didn't greedily put it into his personal pockets.

The company has an account book, and Luo Sheng himself has another small book that only he knows about, that is, Xiaona will track the whereabouts of every expense.

It is impossible for Luo Sheng to know all the details of the company. As long as it is a normal and reasonable operation, he basically does not know, unless he takes the initiative to find Xiaona to check the files, because there is no need to know.

But as long as there is an abnormal situation, Xiaona will report to him individually, as long as every one of these things happens, he knows.

Without the existence of Xiaona, the "Night-walking Jinyiwei", Luo Sheng's hand-swinging control would never be as easy and reassuring as it is now.

With such a big plate, all the companies combined have more than 2 million global employees, more than the employees of the Wal-Mart Group. It is impossible for everyone to be clean. This is unrealistic. Over the years, some departments have been more or less. There were those who committed crimes, and there were middle-level management who misappropriated public funds for private greed, and they were all sent in without exception.

The loss is secondary, even insignificant, what he really can't accept is being kept in the dark by the people below.

Luo Sheng looked at Yao Jianhong and said, "Musk is also working on minimally invasive brain-computer interface technology, and another technology giant, Google, is also challenging in this field. Everyone can see that the competition for this type of technology is the competition for the future. We can't stop, we are finally seven or eight years faster than them, and you may be caught up by someone as soon as you stop."

Yao Jianhong said succinctly: "The problem is,

Where is the future? "

Luo Sheng smiled and said: "The answer given at present is that the world's major technology giants are all making efforts in the field of cutting-edge technology, and all point the future of human beings to the virtual world created by computers. Over the years, human beings have been trying to open up this virtual world. A series of technical reserves are carried out at the entrance of the passage.”

Speaking of which, Luo Sheng pulled his fingers and listed them one by one: "The ubiquitous artificial intelligence can provide the virtual world with the functional algorithms needed for normal operation. In this field, I am far ahead and absolutely leading; Secondly, the blockchain technology with a new distributed architecture is a more efficient and secure hardware structure framework; in addition, 5G technology, which is already on the eve of large-scale commercial use, further improves the efficiency of data interaction and transmission, which can meet the needs of larger-scale digital Interactive demand, this piece of Wah has already led the world."

Luo Sheng leaned on the boss's chair and couldn't help laughing: "Before this, we have been waiting for Hua to be this strategic partner. If we let them go ahead and wait for us, I will be uncomfortable and lose face."

It is worth mentioning that the most successful application of blockchain technology at present is various encrypted digital currencies, which have become the prototype of future digital currencies. Once digital currencies mature, it means that a set of them can be established in the virtual world that is comparable to that of digital currencies. realistic economic system.

Luo Sheng withdrew his hand, turned to look at the two of them one after another and added: "As for our company, the biggest problem is that one day the virtual world will take shape, how to get access to this world? The entrance? To put it bluntly, what technical route does the hardware terminal take?"

Tech giants are all looking for this entry. At present, the industry provides two major solutions: one is the brain-computer interface that has emerged in recent years and is still basically in the concept, and the other is virtual reality, which has flourished for a while. These two major solutions All are regarded as the entryway into the virtual world.

It can be said that whoever controls the entrance to the virtual world will control the future.

The brain-computer interface that Musk wants to develop is to take the "immersion" route. The so-called "immersion" simply means punching a hole in a person's head, which is a bit like the Matrix, and the test results also prove this. One route is indeed feasible and technically feasible.

However, Musk's brain-computer interface technology, although it is claimed to be "minimally invasive", has inherent social and ethical disputes, whether craniotomy or not, the resulting terminal will become an indispensable part of the human body. It will affect the physiological attributes of human beings, and even subvert the self-recognition of individuals, which will bring about the question of "who am I", and will bring more difficulties in privacy protection, blurring of legal responsibility, and uncertainty about free will. distortion control, etc.

Although the brain-computer interface technology currently promoted by Musk is mainly used to help the brain-disabled people with inconvenience, no one can guarantee that normal people will not be tempted by the enhancement of physical functions.

This style is the rhythm of the cyberpunk precursor.

Google is betting on virtual reality, which is more human and does not have the ethical dilemma of "who am I", which can avoid a lot of unnecessary social risk disputes.

But the biggest problem with virtual reality is that it cannot achieve a truly immersive experience, which is the biggest reason why Luo Sheng gave up the development of virtual reality technology without hesitation.

The "virtual brain machine" of the Cote d'Azur combines the advantages of the two. The non-invasive technology avoids the ethical dilemma of "who am I". It does not need to make a hole in the human brain, and the product can be smoothly in the future. Launched without much social resistance.

At the same time, it can also bring a truly immersive experience.

But the "virtual brain machine" also has its own pain points, that is, this thing is too difficult to do, the technology is too difficult to do, the Cote d'Azur laboratory has been working hard for ten years, consuming sky-high R\u0026D funds, and the budget expenditure exceeds and exceeds again. .

But once it is made, the competitiveness of the virtual brain machine must be invincible. It is really possible to hang up Musk and Page, and the previous efforts will inevitably bring unimaginable rich returns.

Once the virtual brain computer is commercialized and popularized, it is not an exaggeration to build an economic system that is comparable to reality. In fact, its full-featured simulation system can achieve a highly realistic human-computer interaction level that no terminal device can achieve. It is widely used in game entertainment, education, design, military simulation training, aerospace and so on.

"Virtual brains can do too many things, and they are also extremely valuable for military purposes, but they cannot be labeled with military products. This is not conducive to the promotion of products. This is a problem we must try our best to avoid." Luo Sheng Looking at the two of them, they said in an orderly manner: "So, what should we position it as on the label as much as possible? The answer is to move closer to the game entertainment, so we have to define it as a next-generation game console."

Yao Jianhong and Gao Hua nodded in agreement. The advantage of doing this is to avoid some unnecessary disputes. As for some domestic and foreign military institutions to buy in bulk for simulation training, that's my business.

Nowadays, the military uses game consoles as terminals to control drones and unmanned underwater vehicles. Some domestic consoles are used by the military for military purposes, and old and American foreign countries also use Microsoft's Xbox game consoles for military purposes.

Because the game console is really easy to use, firstly, I don’t need additional funding from the military for R\u0026D. These game technology companies have invested hundreds of millions of billions of dollars in R\u0026D to improve performance. Second, the new generation of soldiers will be few before enlisting. If you don't play games, it's easy to get started.

These two advantages can quickly form combat effectiveness and reduce military spending.

Luo Sheng muttered to himself: "I have to say hello to Lao Zhang later, and let him urge R Star and other game production companies to quickly set up a project for the new game to land on the virtual brain machine. The development cycle will not be short, and it must be done in advance. , the hardware is in place and the products at the application level have to follow up.”

This is necessary. Otherwise, when all your virtual brain machines come out, there is nothing in it, and there is no rich virtual content ecology. What is the use of advanced iron cans?

If you don't plan ahead now, you will have to wait for those developers to complete the content, which is a huge waste of time and cost.

Luo Sheng has already established in his mind that several major game works will be released simultaneously with the virtual brain machine in the future. The earlier layout is now starting to play a role. The top international third-party game developers under the Bluestar Technology Group have already occupied half of the country.

This avoids getting stuck in the content ecological section.

The first is the CDPR company known as the "Polish Stupid Donkey". The company is currently developing "Cyberpunk 2077", which is one of the masterpieces that Luo Sheng is destined to land on the virtual brain machine.

Secondly, Rockstar also has two masterpieces: "GTA6" and "Red Dead Redemption 2".

It is worth mentioning that "GTA5" was released in 2015, and it is still on the Steam bestseller list, and even hit some new works that have just been released. It has been sold for three years and it is a bit outrageous. Let the developers of Rockstar lose their motivation to develop "GTA6". Why should this fan develop Constellation for a while? With this sales force, it seems that the sales of "GTA5" can continue for another three years.

In addition, Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed" series also has to urge them to establish a new work of virtual brain-computer port, including the controlling Blizzard Entertainment's "World of Warcraft" to develop a virtual brain-computer port work for the whole and relocate it. A new wave of nostalgic series in the new world.

Although the phenomenon-level online game "World of Warcraft" is no longer the grand occasion it used to be, the fans accumulated over the past ten years and more are extremely huge, and the revolutionary new technology and feelings can definitely "deceive" many players and users. car.

Naturally, the "Resident Evil" series is also indispensable for landing on the virtual brain-computer platform.

After Yao Jianhong listened to his request to the major game developers of Bluestar Technology, he said: "These developers may not respond positively to a brand new platform, and they are also afraid of overturning. The development of the virtual brain-computer port must be made at 3A level. For high-quality products, the development cost will soar exponentially, and they may not dare to take this risk.”

Luo Sheng said calmly: "The risk issue is nothing more than a money issue, isn't it just the fear of losing money and not recovering the cost? This is easy to handle, I will subsidize it, whether it is a subsidiary of Bluestar Technology or an external third-party developer. Merchant, when I get on my train, I will subsidize everything on the Riviera. The cash reserve of 350 billion US dollars is put in the small vault to eat ashes? The works I named above directly give him the bottom line on the development cost and ensure that they make 100% of the money. If you don't lose money, you won't believe they refuse."

Yao Jianhong spread his hands: "Okay, the ability to solve the problem of indecision, such a simple and unpretentious move, I am speechless..."

Luo Sheng laughed, even if 100% of the losses for all the above works were covered by the Côte d'Azur, it would be a loss of tens of billions of dollars. For the current Côte d'Azur, this amount of money is really a ticklish, even scratching. Itching doesn't count.

Third-party game developers: do you believe it? In fact, I refused at first, but Luo Sheng is really...

All in all, Luo Sheng's purpose is very simple. Using these famous game masterpieces that have accumulated a lot of fans for a long time as an attraction, he will try his best to "cheat" all users in, and quickly build a virtual world ecosystem. Keeping the entire virtual community active keeps it active.

Not to mention tens of billions of dollars, even if it is 50 billion dollars or more, it has to be invested at any cost. The virtual world is the ultimate evolution of the Internet.

After completing the ecological establishment of the virtual community, the company can really count the money to the top of the world's top 500 companies in the future.

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