In fact, human nature is like that.

If you rewind the time to the negotiating table two years ago, the idea of these bigwigs at that time was very simple, as long as they could have their own quantum computer, it would be a victory, so that at that time, Wang Yufei asked for a sky-high price at the banquet, except for Tim Cook who tried to bargain, but after 20 more days of computing power support every year, no one said anything.

Even after that, many people complained about Tim Cook.

During the negotiations, the then secretary general of the alliance, Lov Dracula, received great attention from within the alliance.

The seven billion dollars were put together very simply, and they even made a plan at that time, after the deal was completed, they would find a way to leave enough evidence to threaten Lu Yuxin and tie the prospective boss lady of Yuxin Technology to their chariot.

However, things did not turn out as they expected.

After handing over the entire plot of land to Huaxia Company along with the construction in progress and the follow-up costs according to the requirements given by Lu Yuxin, Lu Yuxin specially invited Dracula to have dinner with him to celebrate the successful completion of this underground business.

What I never expected was that Wang Yufei was also there for dinner that day.

The husband and wife toasted Valent Dracula together, thanking him for his support for the real estate business in Huaxia Beijing, or the support for the Yuxin Technology staff dormitory project.

Really, it is no exaggeration to say that Love Dracula was stunned at that time, and the moment Wang Yu raised his glass to him, he was really scared.

This is a very terrible thing, not to mention anything else, although he has signed a formal contract with Yuxin Technology on behalf of the World Quantum Computing Technology Alliance, the contract has not yet been performed, and they have not yet obtained the technology.

If Wang Yufei terminates the contract on this ground, not only will the $7 billion be wasted, but whether he can leave Huaxia or not is two words.

Trying to obtain the most confidential technical information of other companies through some shady methods, this kind of thing is very likely to find no place to reason.

After such a fuss, Love Dracula did not get a good night's sleep for two months.

Although he booked the ticket the next day and rushed back to the United States, he was still awakened every night, for fear that something would go wrong with the implementation of the contract.

Really during that time, including Dracula, as well as those big companies in the United States and Europe, really felt that as long as the contract could be successfully performed, it was enough for them to have their own quantum computing power.

Even when the technical instructors of Yuxin Technology came to Silicon Valley with complete technical information and began to assist these big factories in the production of quantum computers for half a year, these bigwigs were all suffering from the mentality of gaining and losing.

It wasn't until the successful trial of the quantum computer belonging to their respective companies that the news came out, the stock price skyrocketed, and investors raised their glasses to celebrate, that they were relieved.

Really, everyone was really satisfied at that time.

Even if you have to pay some computing power, it doesn't seem to be a problem in the eyes of these bigwigs.

But now, when everyone has several quantum computers and enjoys the dividends and convenience brought by quantum computing power, no one will think so.

There is no doubt that Yuxin Technology's behavior of forcing everyone to hand over computing power is a quasi-bandit behavior in the eyes of everyone, and those robbed computing power can bring at least 10 billion US dollars of additional income to the company every year, in other words, Yuxin Technology snatches hundreds of billions of US dollars of profits from these technology companies every year, who can bear it?

It can even be said that many of the scientific research achievements of Yuxin Technology over the years have been indirectly created by them, but they cannot profit from them.

When they woke up from their sleep, the various data reports after the launch of "Eighth Continent" were placed on their desks, which completely made the bigwigs of these companies unable to sit still.

That's a real glutton!

The point is that behind these miracles created by this game, it can be said that they are underpinning.

Soon, the boss, who can represent the opinions of several major companies, started a video call.

Yes, alone or without the courage to confront Yuxin Technology, but everyone works together, but there is still a certain certainty.

Since the first quantum computer settled in the company, we have not stopped the research work on the various technical indicators of quantum computers for such a long time, or we have not been able to completely crack the technology of Yuxin Technology, but now we have the confidence after all.

After all, they now have a total of twenty-nine quantum computers, far more than the seventeen of the Huaxia people.

As long as they can unite, they already have the strength to fight.

......

The video conference was attended by a neat audience.

The president or CEO of almost all companies with quantum computers in the Quantum Computing Technology Alliance participates.

The head of the lab was also invited, but they only had to sit in on it, for a rather sad reason.

There is just no money.

The main source of funding for them to own quantum computers is still the large technology companies within the alliance, or the capital represented by these companies, of course, they can't get much say, in addition, their research results on quantum computers have to be shared with those companies.

Of course, at this time, no one thinks that their efforts are not proportional to what they get.

After all, these big companies pay for it.

......

The moderator of the meeting was again Love Dracula.

Speaking from the heart, he really doesn't want to mix with these things that are against Yuxin Technology.

Embarrassingly, when several CEOs of large technology companies approached him and asked him to organize this meeting, the secretary general of the alliance did not dare to say a "no" in his mouth after all.

There is no way, compared to Wang Yufei and Lu Yuxin who are far away in China, it is more difficult to deal with these big guys who are close at hand.

"There is only one topic for convening this meeting, many companies and laboratories in our alliance are deeply dissatisfied with the contract clause in the previous contract that each quantum computer must provide half of the computing power for free every year to be delivered to Yuxin Technology for two hundred days, and think that this is an overlord clause, so we hope to understand everyone's thoughts through this meeting, explore a feasible alternative, and then the alliance will negotiate with the Huaxia side, so now you can talk about your own views." ”

After Loof Dracula threw this question out, he didn't plan to say more until the bigwigs discussed one, two, three.

Although he was ruthlessly put on the spot by Lu Yuxin at the beginning, he still had the danger of introducing quantum computer technology in the name of the alliance, as for what kind of mental change Wang Yufei went through, no one knows, but what he said is also meritorious.

And now the computing power of these companies must be divided into a part, and it has little to do with him.

Of course, Love Dracula also hopes that these companies can compete for some energy, completely crack the quantum computer technology and even integrate it into their own technology, so that they can no longer look at Yuxin Technology's face, and even tear up the previous agreement can make the Chinese young man have no choice.

But apparently those reverse cracks haven't made much progress so far.

After all, this is designed to crack the core quantum chip, and under the current scientific and technological conditions, under the condition of extremely small units, various circuits calculated in billions are designed, and it is extremely difficult to fully master all the technologies.

Therefore, Love Dracula, who has always been extremely jealous of Wang Yufei and Lu Yuxin, is really not optimistic that these people can make Wang Yufei give in if they join forces.

If the other party does not license their technology, of course, the existing quantum computer cannot be dismantled, but the core chip supply is cut off, which will make it impossible for them to continue to add quantum computers until the quantum chip is completely cracked.

Of course, this is still a small matter, after all, the alliance now controls 29 quantum computers, and in terms of computing power, it will be advantageous for at least the next three to five years. Give the top scientists in these companies another three or five years, and if there is a finished product, they can almost completely solve the technical problems that plague them.

But what Love Dracula is afraid of is that the Chinese couple still has countermeasures.

Yes, although he has been in contact with the scientists who are working on quantum computers for two years, and so far there is no evidence that the quantum computer technology provided to them by Yuxin Technology is sandwiched in a backdoor program, which can remotely control their equipment, and even need the cooperation of engineers here when borrowing computing power, but Love Dracula just feels that things are not so simple.

The reason is simple, this unsuspecting practice of handing over technology to them without reservation is not quite in line with the woman's character.

Even if there is no evidence for such a long time to prove that there is a problem with the twenty-nine quantum computers they control, he just feels that before he fully grasps the initiative, there may still be problems with Yuxin Technology.

However, now he doesn't have much use talking, so he can only choose to keep his mouth shut.

"Okay, why don't I talk about my opinion first. Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook, was the first to speak.

Although Facebook is not the first to join the alliance, with Facebook's influence and financial strength, the company has also owned two quantum computers after paying a large amount of membership dues, and has become the backbone of the alliance.

Of course, it may also be because Facebook really doesn't have much business in China, and Zuckerberg hasn't dealt with Yuxin Technology, so it's more aggressive in this regard.

"Obviously, this practice of using our computing power for free is unreasonable. I don't want to comment on the consideration of the alliance when the contract was signed to sign such obviously unfair terms, but this agreement has had a serious impact on Facebook's operations. What is this? After we invest real money, we not only have to pay a maintenance fee every year to get the product, but also nearly half of the right to use it belongs to others, which is not fair!"

"I have asked the in-house counsel to re-examine the contracts we signed before, and I believe you all know that the jurisdiction agreement of the previous contract is a standard contract, and both of us can file a lawsuit in our respective countries. So no matter what you think, Facebook will be filing a lawsuit against this clause of the contract in the near future. I believe that Facebook will win this lawsuit and repeal this unjust provision. ”

Zuckerberg made his thoughts very clear and clear.

Obviously, the Facebook boss really can't bear this agreement, and has already thought about how to break the contract reasonably and elegantly.

"I think Matt is right. ”

Tim Cook spread his hands and said with a smile: "At that time, the Chinese were very tough in the negotiations, so we had to make some concessions on some principled terms. But now the situation is clearly different. If Facebook is willing to file a lawsuit, we can help. ”

"Isn't Apple choosing to file a lawsuit with Facebook?" Zuckerberg asked.

Tim Cook smiled and said, "We still have some concerns, after all, now we still need to get the authorization of the Xin system, and we also need to get the brain-computer chip." Of course, we've been working on alternative systems for the past two years, but so far we've been able to do it. But Facebook doesn't have those concerns. But as I said earlier, if Facebook needs help, Apple will do its best to do it within its means. ”

"Okay!" Zuckerberg shrugged his shoulders and asked again, "So who else wants to file a lawsuit with Facebook?" I believe Mr. Cook has his considerations, and he can be more tolerant of the Chinese people, who contribute a lot of revenue to Apple. Although now the sales of Apple mobile phones are declining year by year. So who else? Mr. Stephen, what do you think of my proposal?"

Although he was stabbed by Zuckerberg, Tim Cook was not annoyed.

Now Apple is in an awkward position.

Without the addition of IOS, Apple's hardware naturally can't be too high, which has directly led to the market share of Apple's mobile phones has indeed declined a lot over the years. However, in the past two years, brain-computer chips have brought a replacement boom to Europe and the United States, coupled with the newly expanded business of quantum computing power, but Apple can still maintain its profits.

But now Apple has become the most dependent high-tech company in China among several companies, which is really embarrassing.

"Of course, Matt, Intel will be happy to follow up after you file a lawsuit. But I need to be empowered, damn it, and trust me, I'm going to raise this issue with the board in the near future. Stephen said.

The implication is probably that Facebook can set an example for everyone in front of it.

Yes, this kind of thing is naturally best if someone can rush to the front.

Although scientists really don't think there is any backdoor to quantum computers so far, wouldn't it be better for someone to test the reaction of that young Chinese man for everyone first?

It's just a matter of waiting a few more days and not getting in the way.

Zuckerberg understood that although everyone was dissatisfied with the clause at today's meeting, they all seemed to have the intention of letting him come out first. This made the young and vigorous young man very disdainful.

"Well, it seems that only Facebook has no business relationship with him, and I don't think there is any need for this meeting to continue. Because you don't have the enterprising spirit you once had. I'm sorry, but I have another important meeting, goodbye. ”

After saying that, Zuckerberg unilaterally turned off the video.