"...Although the market economy is somewhat sluggish due to the current epidemic situation, and this year's total net profit is slightly downward compared to last year's, our scientific research department has made a major breakthrough this year, and has developed a new product that replaces traditional mobile phones, feature phones, and smartphones as a replacement and a new generation of advanced new products. Its first-generation products are planned to be put into the market after the press conference next year. It is expected that the initial launch will reach a marketing amount of tens of billions..."

The video conferencing interface is displayed on the huge TV screen in the living room. At this moment, one of the big guys in charge of the communication field is proud and endlessly reporting to everyone the results of his own. Data diagrams and product samples are displayed below in the form of PPT.

As for the elite business leaders who were attending the screen, they either listen carefully while busy looking up information, or they nodded in a serious face and expressed their recognition of the performance results. However, some people also vaguely showed a subtle expression of disdain, as if in their opinion, the revelations from their next ones were nothing.

However, what is incompatible with this serious meeting atmosphere is a little loli who is focused and rubs the game controller in front of the laptop that should have been used for work in front of her--

It's Hao Meng.

Through the microphone collection connected to the video conference, in addition to the sounds in the game, the big guys could vaguely hear some background sounds of the little loli who couldn't help but whisper and complain about the anchor's "occupational disease".

It was in such a magical environment that many bigwigs tacitly chose to ignore it and pretended to continue the video conference like normal.

I don’t know how long it took, but the big guys who attended the meeting reported their performance one by one. If it was the turn of Hao Meng, who is the chairman of the organization, came forward to express his attitude of being satisfied with these achievements, and everyone then focused their attention on the leadership position in the center on the screen, but the problem is-

In the picture, the little loli, who is the leader in question, is currently addicted to the game...

Out of respect for the superiors, no one dared to remind and disturb him at this moment. The online video conference being held was surprisingly quiet. A group of top 500 people with a net worth of billions were forced to watch a live game broadcast.

Perhaps it was too quiet, the little loli who was addicted to the game finally discovered a trace of abnormality, recalled her other identity and responsibility, stared at the game screen and rubbed the handle slowly:

"Wait a minute... I'll finish this game of 'Dou Man'... I haven't even played it well yet, so I don't believe in evil..."

The bosses: "…"

Is it serious to play games openly during a meeting that should be serious and serious…serious? Is it reasonable? Is it reasonable?

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

Who would play games live during meetings?

Thinking of this, the big guys' faces were filled with helplessness. They couldn't help but be glad that the little loli handed over the company's affairs to Sa Yinghao, who is the housekeeper, to be responsible for management. This was both self-knowledge and wise choice.

The game was played for four or five minutes, and accompanied by the little loli’s complaint, “This is definitely a hang!”, and finally he threw the handle on the sofa next to him and stopped playing.

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

Hao Meng looked up and glanced at the big screen, stretched out her little waist without any guilt.

"Ah...this..."

The big guys were stunned again.

Due to the epidemic, the annual meeting originally stipulated that it will be held at the Island City International Convention Center can only be held through video conferences this year.

The content of previous meetings was basically to report performance. If you have difficulties, you can apply for expenses and budgets from the organization, and plan the future development direction of the organization and major strategic decisions. It can be said that the meeting was boring. Hao Meng also felt that as a leader, he was dispensable. He was playing the card game on the tablet in the conference room, and at the same time, he agreed casually and signed the letter to deal with it.

Originally, the big guys thought that even if the little loli was so worried about the meeting this year, the meeting would end soon, and the budget application would be all passed just like in previous years...

But I never expected that this little loli, who was the chairman but did nothing, would be interested in the content of the meeting for the first time this year!

Even though he was surprised, Sa Yinghao, as the acting chairman and housekeeper, immediately reported the focus 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 when he was addicted to games at the meeting just now, the wind in his ears accidentally got into a word called "game".

It is precisely this reason that makes her patiently listen to it again.

First of all, the first one is an AI project under its subsidiary. 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' was developed. In addition to basic chatting with humans, translating and answering questions, it can also write novels and code codes. Judging from the previous GPT-3 "A Letter to All Humans", the writing style of the novel is still to be discussed, but from the published API interface test, it should be no big problem to replace some underlying programmers.

Hao Meng is not interested in this. Although the "artificial intelligence" thing makes people think of the existence of intelligent machines that always want to destroy humans, based on the current technological level, artificial intelligence is more like artificial intelligence and is still very safe. Even if there is a trend of competing for jobs with humans, at most, it will starve some underlying authors and underlying programmers to death.

The subsequent progress of another project in the field of robot research gave Hao Meng a little interest. In addition to the relatively mature four-legged robots on the market, they also successfully made the humanoid robots walking upright on both feet smoothly to make a series of complex actions that only humans can do. Commercial products are just around the corner. The current bottleneck lies in energy endurance and manufacturing costs.

However, the by-products produced in its research field - mechanical exoskeletons used to carry heavy objects and mechanical bionic prosthetics used in the medical field have occupied a lot of market share. Some takeaways even wear mechanical exoskeletons, which is simply a real-life version of "Death Stranding".

In addition, there is a brain-computer interface technology closely related to it. Following the typing of "Idea" and "Idea" controls mechanical exoskeletons and uses a computer to control the walking path of a mouse. For the first time, the camera is connected to the human brain through the device. After the brain is converted, the brain directly captures the images captured by the camera. The next goal is to miniaturize it to achieve the existence of artificial prosthetic eyes in "Cyberpunk 2077".

When Hao Meng heard this, she was surprised by this, and she couldn't help but feel excited and her mind was full of thoughts-

Brain-computer interface technology plus mechanical exoskeleton... After the technology matures, isn't it just a mecha Gundam in various science fiction novels and anime dramas?!

Not to mention the mechanical prosthetic eye that can be replaced and transformed and strengthened at will. Humans who were originally flesh and blood can strengthen themselves in technology. It’s really just around the corner!

Although the subsequent wearable AR glasses project is not as sci-fi as the previous two, it is more closely related to daily life.

In the end, it is a bit far away. A project in the aerospace field, thanks to the commercialization of launch vehicles, has successfully used its own developed launch vehicles to send multiple commercial satellites to orbit in recent years. Recently, it even sent a commercial satellite from Bet Station. With the dual support of experience and funds, the next step is to challenge the commercial manned space field, and even plan to build its own space station in space to meet the long-term space living needs of tourists.

...

Shocking...

At this time, Hao Meng could only use this word to describe it in his heart.

When I think of the scientific researchers busy working overtime to conduct research, the world is changing rapidly, and I actually turn a deaf ear to it and still play games, I feel ashamed...

The only way to contribute to the development of science and technology in this world is probably only money, but also money.

Judging from the report, my investment seems to have not been wasted. At least this "big cake" painting is quite big and round, making people unable to help but have longing for the future.

However, the word that Hao Meng is most interested in is not mentioned in Sa Yinghao's report.

"Wait...If I heard it right, did you mention any game before?"

The little loli questioned.

"this……"

Sa Yinghao hesitated for a little, then he explained with a little hesitation:

"There is indeed a big project about games, but it is still under secret research and development. Although it has reached the final stage, it has not achieved any results... I don't know much about the specific research and development content, I only know that the current hardware basic equipment cannot run this game... This project has also applied for a budget this year. In short, Miss, just sign and agree!"

"oh?"

Looking at the butler Sa who was really pretending to be confused or pretending to be confused on the screen, Hao Meng suddenly felt energetic.

"What kind of game is it? Show me! If it is really a good game... I will naturally give as much as the budget!"

Perhaps it was because of the words that could not be explained clearly. Under the little loli's eager anticipation gaze, Sa Yinghao directly sent an electronic document to the computer in front of Hao Meng without saying a word.

The moment he received the document, Hao Meng couldn't wait to click on it, and then he realized that this was an electronic contract that approved the project allocation.

The few transactions on the contract only roughly indicate the project name and classification, and the amount of fund required for the final signature made the little loli unable to help but burst out on the spot.

"Ha?! What is this called "Another World" online game project dares to apply for 50 billion US dollars from me! I really think I'm so cheated! The R&D funds of this money are enough to log in to the moon! The most expensive 3A masterpiece "Wild Big Cousin 2" has only been 800 million in eight years of development, and what kind of game R&D costs 50 billion?! That's outrageous!"

Thinking of Sa Yinghao stammeringly and hinting that he directly signed and agreed, for a moment, Hao Meng couldn't help but guess whether the other party had done an empty project to cheat funds and run away.

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

The little loli questioned seriously.

However, what was received was the other party shaking his head...

"No profit? Not a dime? Okay! I just asked a question... Considering that you said you are still in development, at the price of 50 billion, can you tell me which gods and artists, original artists, illustrators have been invited to make game characters, which famous director has been invited to write game scripts, and which famous composer has been invited to write BGM..."

In naive mind, the names of great gods such as "Hansjimo" and "Nolan" were thought of. Before the little loli could finish his words, the other party shook his head again.

"As a game, at least it should be promoting CG or something? The worst thing is, there should be a character picture?"

The little loli, who was poured with cold water, asked without giving up hope.

"Miss..."

Just at this moment when he almost cheated money and ran away, the butler finally spoke:

"I don't know if you said anything. I only know that this is a project left by the master before he left that was almost completed but not completed. I specifically told me that no matter how much money this project requires, even if it is bankrupt, it will be sufficient. For more than ten years, a large expenditure budget has been invested almost every year, and the total cumulative investment of more than one trillion US dollars of research and development funds..."

Hao Meng was completely stunned when he heard this.

Whether it is the timeline that started more than ten years ago, the father's attitude of paying attention to it, or the trillion-dollar budget expenditure he spent in, every one of them shocked every nerve of the little loli.

Is this... really doing online games?

"By the way, I remember more than ten years ago, the master collected a group of top scientific research talents from the world as the core team. In addition, he collected new scientific research talents every year, especially those involved in quantum and communication technology. Rather than talking about games... I think it's more like doing scientific research, otherwise I wouldn't spend a huge amount of money on building a particle acceleration collider for this project..."

When the housekeeper broke the news, Hao Meng, who suddenly thought of something, hurriedly checked the huge expense records of more than ten years ago on the computer. Sure enough, one by one, the expenses of the project in units of billions were recorded on the record.

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

"I know this is outrageous. I was very curious at the beginning, but as a servant, I didn't have a good time to ask... Of course, now the right to make the funding for this project lies in you. If you don't want to pay this budget, you can cancel this project... It's just that the progress of this project has reached the end stage, and it's only the final funding and production equipment."

Sa Yinghao shrugged without any worries.

Not simple...it's definitely not simple!

It's absolutely impossible to be a game, there must be something else to do!

Cancel the project?

No no no no...

How is that possible!

Not to mention that on the one hand, I am very curious and want to see what kind of "game" my father secretly spent trillions of dollars to tinker with; on the other hand, if I cancel the project because I can't bear to give up this investment, then wouldn't the huge investment I had invested before be wasted!

So, are you still choosing now?

I smelled a trace of unusual little loli and vaguely felt that I had been plotted by my father again and fell into a new pit...

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Chapter completed!