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Yuncheng Technology, CEO's office.

Lü Feng sat behind his desk, his brow furrowing as he listened to Zhong Youwei, the marketing director.

"How could things escalate so quickly?"

Lü Feng looked at the newly promoted marketing director in front of him, questioning.

Lü Feng was aware of the negative news about the New Moon phone circulating online a few days ago.

However, Yuncheng Technology, including Lü Feng, didn't take it too seriously, because these kinds of internet trolls would just keep popping up no matter how many you deleted—it was useless!

They couldn't possibly have Yunmeng do nothing but monitor the internet all day long, just to delete posts and censor comments.

Besides, Lü Feng had read the negative news online, and it was all based on speculation with no real evidence.

"President Lü," Zhong Youwei said quickly, "this time, a video has surfaced online."

"Video?"

Zhong Youwei nodded. "It's a video of someone using the New Moon phone for two hours and then passing out."

Hearing this, Lü Feng frowned deeply.

Wasn't this nonsense? What if it was staged, or the person was already unwell and passed out?

What did that prove?

"President Lü! We found the person in the video and the New Moon phone, and we had the entire video analyzed. According to our analysis, it seems to be genuine!"

"What?" Lü Feng jumped up in alarm. "That's impossible. We've put the New Moon phone through rigorous testing. It's impossible for it to cause unconsciousness."

Zhong Youwei nodded. "It is indeed impossible, but we found the phone and discovered that it had been modified."

"Modified?" Lü Feng seemed to remember something. "Are you saying the energy converter inside the phone was removed?"

Zhong Youwei nodded.

Lü Feng and other high-level executives knew about the energy converter inside the New Moon phone, but they had always thought it was a special device that converted electrical energy into biological energy.

If this device was removed, it would cause the user to consume their own consciousness to control the New Moon phone, leading to unconsciousness.

In that case, whoever had the ability to analyze the internal components and functions of the New Moon phone must not be a small company.

Perhaps they were at a loss as to how to replicate the consciousness transmitter, but they were not completely ignorant about the New Moon phone after so much time. This time, removing the energy conversion device to smear the New Moon phone was a very good method.

Thinking of this, Lü Feng's lips curled into a smile. So you want to play this game with me?

"Manager Zhong!" Lü Feng raised his head and called out.

"President Lü!"

"Immediately contact all major media outlets and release an announcement on the company's official website and on Intelligent Elf."

Zhong Youwei leaned forward, listening attentively.

"The announcement should include: First, we will hold the creators of this fake video accountable! Second, issue a reward!"

"A reward?" Zhong Youwei was a little surprised.

"A reward," Lü Feng nodded. "Anyone who experiences unconsciousness or any other adverse symptoms while using the New Moon phone, bring their New Moon phone to Yuncheng Technology. As long as it is verified, Yuncheng Technology will compensate them with 100 million US dollars and recall all phones on the market!"

"President Lü, this..." Zhong Youwei was completely shocked. He didn't expect Lü Feng to be so generous.

Putting aside the 100 million US dollars, which wasn't much to Yuncheng Technology, a full recall of all released phones would be a devastating blow to the New Moon phone. If it came to that, it would be like mud falling into your pants—impossible to explain.

"Do you lack confidence in the New Moon phone?" Lü Feng looked at Zhong Youwei, "Or do you lack confidence in Yuncheng Technology?"

Hearing this, Zhong Youwei's expression changed, and he immediately understood.

"President Lü, I'll go take care of it right away!"

"Go," Lü Feng nodded.

...

July 10th.

An announcement from Intelligent Elf made the already hot summer even more sweltering.

"100 million US dollars! So much money!"

"Yuncheng Technology is so rich! Any nouveau riche is instantly overshadowed in front of it!"

"Comparing personal wealth to Yuncheng Technology is a novel idea."

"Speaking of which, does anyone know who the shareholders behind Yuncheng Technology are? They seem so mysterious!"

"Isn't the boss of Yuncheng Technology Lü Feng?"

"Upstairs newbie, Lü Feng is just the CEO of Yuncheng Technology, a professional manager! The shareholders are someone else."

"Don't scold me, I'm just asking, is Lü Feng's position in Yuncheng Technology the same as Ma Huateng's in Penguin? I feel like they both manage the company!"

"It's not the same. Lü Feng doesn't have any shares in Yuncheng Technology. He's just a highly paid employee!"

"Being an employee and still doing so well, what am I, a bricklayer, supposed to do!"

"Aren't we getting off topic, everyone!"

"..."

Instantly, the news of Yuncheng Technology's 100 million US dollar reward exploded across the entire internet, even creating a bigger stir than the launch of the New Moon phone itself.

As for whether Yuncheng Technology could afford 100 million US dollars?

Don't be ridiculous, Yuncheng Technology can't afford 100 million US dollars? Someone calculated it for them. In China alone, the monthly fee for Intelligent Elf brings in tens of billions of yuan each month, which translates to over a billion US dollars.

And that's just the fee for Intelligent Elf in China. In fact, the fees for Intelligent Elf internationally are Yuncheng Technology's real source of income.

No one can say how rich Yuncheng Technology is. After all, it's not a listed company, and its finances are not publicly disclosed, but no one would object to calling it the most profitable company in the world.

Because it monopolizes a nascent industry, how could it not make money?

The Chinese internet, and even the global internet, has recently been dominated by Yuncheng Technology and the New Moon phone. The news about this company is everywhere.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Yuncheng Technology has also been launching the New Moon phone worldwide.

Originally, it was thought that the New Moon phone's launch would be met with difficulties from local governments, but this time, there was a rare absence of any government obstacles.

Actually, thinking about it, it's normal. Governments can only welcome a newly invented product, not push it away. Trading market access for technology is something that not only the Chinese government understands; anyone who isn't stupid can understand it.

The military significance of the consciousness transmitter technology in the New Moon phone is clear to everyone.

At this time, instead of opening the market to Yuncheng Technology, they are pushing it away. When will they be able to master this technology? Falling behind is not scary; what's scary is being unenterprising, then it's really over.

This is also the reason why the New Moon phone's launch did not encounter obstacles from various governments.

This is even somewhat different from Intelligent Elf, because although Intelligent Elf is advanced, countries around the world have research in this area. Even the United States has been at the forefront of artificial intelligence technology. Yuncheng Technology's level of Intelligent Elf is only about ten or twenty years ahead of their most advanced artificial intelligence.

The United States blocked Intelligent Elf from entering at the time because they believed they could do it themselves, but what about the consciousness transmitter?

Not to mention doing it, they don't even have the most basic theory in this area. Not to mention letting the New Moon phone enter, even at a huge cost, the US government would have to import the New Moon phone. As for the impact on the existing mobile phone market, there will definitely be one, but it is believed that with the domestic cracking of consciousness transmitter technology, new mobile phone brands will be born.

This is the pain of development, and also the inevitability of development, but no one would have thought that even if they cracked the consciousness transmitter technology, they would not be able to create it, because there is no such material as demonized metal on Earth.