Section 178 Mad Scientist 1
A few minutes later, Lu Wu walked into this house, or rather this building.
If the building feels like an "illegal building" from the outside, then the inside feels just as cluttered. It feels like a mixture of a laboratory, a factory, and a living room – of course, the lab and the factory take up the vast majority of the area, and the living room has only one corner. There was a bed, a table, a chair, a washbasin, and a very small bathroom. It is important to note that even such simple furniture is full of all kinds of things at this time. Some of them are dishes that have not been washed, and some of them are metal parts or circuit boards.
Lu Wu can only sit on the bed now.
Wang Haofen is a man in his thirties and forties, with a slightly strong body. But this is an illusion formed by the "appearance" of sturdy clothes (as mentioned earlier, labor clothes, although this kind of clothing is never good-looking, but it has a unique effect on covering the stomach). Because if you look closely, you will see that he is not strong. In fact, his figure makes people subconsciously understand that this is an otaku who is not very athletic.
In other aspects, Wang Haofen is also relatively ordinary, with a round face, ordinary facial features, only slightly longer hair, but because he is not taken care of, it looks messy. If there is something special about him, Lu Wu feels that a ...... flashes in this person's eyes from time to time I can't say if it's crazy or not, but it's a very disturbing light.
"So you're not a debt collector. Although Wang Haofen saw Lu Wu at first glance, he judged this from the backpack behind him. But after Lu Wu admitted it himself, he still made him very happy.
"What, you owe money now?" To be honest, this news is good news for Lu Wu. Because in this way, he is more certain.
"I borrowed a little money. Wang Hao tried his best to make his expression look calmer, but his eyes betrayed him. "I really regret it, I didn't expect them to be stubborn, I said it all...... Ah, don't talk about this, but your name is Lu Wu, right? What are you looking for me for? How do you know I'm here?"
"I went to the dogtail company. Lu Wu told the truth. Although there are still doubts in my heart, I can feel that this Wang Haofen is not that dangerous character. At least, the place doesn't look dangerous. "They told me you were here. ”
"That...... It's the first time we've met, right?"
"Yes. Lu Wu admitted. Wang Haofen...... Designer," he said, adding a nice-sounding title. "I heard from people in the company...... You used to be their chief designer. ”
"Got it...... Company ......" Wang Haofen shook his hand. "Indeed, it used to be. He grinned a little self-deprecatingly. "I gave them a lot of great ideas, but ...... It was just an accident. I'll admit that I was in a hurry and didn't do enough experimentation and analysis, but they just swept me away...... It's just too much. Ah, by the way, you came to me, you didn't hear about my reputation as a genius, did you?" he made a gesture of refusal. "Then again, if it's designing something dangerous, like nuclear weapons, or artificial intelligence, I'm not going to agree with that. Don't look down on me now...... But there is still a bottom line. Even if you take out a whole stack of bills now, I won't agree......"
Lu Wuyi untied the backpack behind him without saying a word. It's true that the backpack is filled with water and food, but such a backpack must have some room to hold other things. Lu Wu opened the compartment of his backpack and took out a whole piece of something like a soap cube from it.
It was a whole stack of hundred-dollar bills.
Although in this era, electronic payment has become mainstream because of its simplicity and convenience. However, cash still has an irreplaceable advantage. After all, whether it is bank funds or electronic payment transactions in these years, they can be traced. It's hard to track down only cash or something.
Of course, from another point of view, seeing such an Arabic numeral through a mobile phone or passbook is far less impactful than seeing a thick stack of RMB.
This stack of money, idiots can see that it is at least tens of thousands. Lu Wu put the money on a corner of the table without saying a word. Then he looked at Wang Haofen. This money is a lot of money for ordinary people, even according to the per capita income of S City, it is enough for most of the year's income.
There was a dead silence in the room.
“…… That ......" Wang Hao swallowed hard. He tried his best not to look at the stack of money on the corner of the table, but his eyes were disobedient, and even if he turned his head away, his disobedient eyes were still using the corner of his eye to estimate the amount of money. "Actually......" He seemed to want to say something, but the words just couldn't get out.
"It's just an advance payment. Lu Wu added.
“…… I'm good at electronics, I'm not very familiar with the military, and I don't have any equipment. Wang Haofen said. "If you really want ......"
"No, I'm not interested in anything else. Lu Wu said. "What I want is very simple, first of all, I only need you to answer a few questions. ”
"What's the problem?"
"Do you know Holoera?" Lu Wu asked. "The people at the Dogtail Company said you designed it. ”
"Of course, that's what I designed. Wang Haofen puffed out his chest proudly, but then withered. "It's a pity that it failed. Eventually, Holoera was eliminated as a failed product...... None of them were able to be publicly released. It's my fault, I'm too impatient. I should have done more experiments......"
"I got a holoera by accident. Lu Wu said.
"Oh, this is possible. Although Holoera failed, after all, a lot of samples were made in the first place, and there were probably dozens of them in total, maybe hundreds, and it was not surprising that they were leaked out for various reasons. In fact, Holoera was just one step away from being officially launched...... Even the packaging box and instructions have been designed!"
"What does Holoera do?"
"In the beginning, it was artificial intelligence. Wang Haofen replied. "But later, it was used for food preservation. ”
"What?" Even though Lu Wu had been prepared, he was still shocked by this ridiculous answer. It's not that he can't understand the words of artificial intelligence. After all, Holoera looks like an electronic product. But what the hell is food preservation? "Food preservation?"
"Yes, it's much easier to use than our usual household refrigerators and freezers. ”
"Can you tell me more about it?"
"Here's the thing, in the beginning, I was going to design a console. Wang Hao said carefully. "Later, I found that if it was really made into a game console, the cost performance was too low. The main thing is that even if a small company like ours makes a game console with excellent performance, it is difficult to attract many game manufacturers to continue to develop games for game consoles. You know, without a steady stream of game support, there's no difference between a console and a brick. So I changed my mind and wanted to make a game console like no other, and I thought that maybe it could be made into something that could communicate and talk to people...... This kind of thing is no longer a game console, and it can barely be regarded as artificial intelligence. ”
"But then I found out that Holoera's performance was very poor. It's very rigid, mechanical, and has no spirituality, and talking to it is completely like playing the piano to a cow, and there is no fun at all. And if you want to improve performance, the cost will be unacceptable. In fact, at that point, I pretty much gave up on Holoera. I made a prototype, but I guess I can only make a prototype. Until one day, by accident, I put the prototype of Holoera in the ...... ...... above the pantry"
“…… I was surprised to find that the food in the jewelry cabinet lasted for a long time without spoiling!"
“…… I was very surprised by this amazing discovery. So, of course, I conducted a series of experiments. This effect was found to be real and reliable. I didn't understand the principle at all, but I had already spent a lot of time on Holoera at that time. In that case, even if Holoera's incredible phenomenon could win me the Nobel Prize, I would have to let it go for a while...... Since it works, I'll use it first. The principle or something, you can go back and study it slowly. ”
"But what I never dreamed of was that when everything was ready, Holoera was about to be launched, and even the first batch of Holoera that was going to be sent out for user input was ready, and it was only time for the outer packaging of the box...... Holoera suddenly had a problem. Its mysterious power is gone......"
Wang Haofen was very frustrated. "I don't know how, but I swear that my previous experiments were neither fake nor dreaming. In fact, I have invited people from the company to participate in my previous experiments, and everyone saw the results of the experiment! But when there was a problem, they all agreed that I was deliberately concealing the deception, designing the deception, and deceiving everyone, just for a prank...... How could I possibly do such a prank?"
"Alright," he said, spreading his hands. "That's all I know about Holoera. ”
Lu Wu was also surprised. Although when he saw Wang Haofen himself, especially when he noticed that he was not only not a dangerous person as Lu Wu imagined, but even in the downtrooping period of his life, he knew that things were definitely not as the master had predicted. But Rao still found it incredible.
"You wait for me for a moment. Lu Wu left and walked towards the car. Just in case, he didn't have the broken holoera with him.
"Master, if he wasn't lying...... What's going on?holoeraThis thing was originally used to keep it fresh?" Lu Wu couldn't figure it out, so he could only ask for help. "How can it be kept fresh?"
"Partner, this is a natural thing. Or rather, as it should be. The master replied.