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

"40 billion yuan." Gao Hua replied.

Luo Sheng roughly calculated in his heart that 40 billion yuan was about 6 billion US dollars, and then said: "Then you have to play me again in the second half of the year, I will give you 100 billion yuan, don't bother me about money this year, is it enough?" Not enough for more? ”

Gao Hua immediately laughed and hurriedly responded: "Enough is enough, this must be enough, maybe there is still a balance." ”

Yao Jianhong complained on the spot: "Listen to your tone, this is worth the pride, right?" When to take out the prototype and be proud again. ”

Gao Hua: "Uh...... Alas... It's really an official who crushes people to death, I want to be in front of you more than you, and I don't even want to bring it to you right now. ”

Luo Sheng dared to keep throwing money without hesitation, and he was relieved to allocate funds to this project department, because he knew that the money was indeed used in research and development, and he did not greed ink into his private pocket.

The company has an account book, and Luo Sheng himself has another small book that only he knows, that is, Xiao Nahui tracks the whereabouts of every fund.

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 doesn't know, unless he takes the initiative to go to Xiao Na to check the files, because he doesn't need to know it.

But whenever something is out of the ordinary, Cortana reports it to him individually, and he knows about everything that happens.

Without the existence of Xiao Na, the "nocturnal brocade guard", Luo Sheng's hands-off control would never be as easy and reassuring as it is now.

The plate is so big, all the companies have more than 2 million employees in the world, 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 more or less committed crimes, there are middle-level management embezzlement of public funds and private embezzlement of public property, without exception have been sent in.

On the contrary, the loss is secondary, even insignificant, and what he really can't accept is to be kept in the dark by the people below.

Luo Sheng looked at Yao Jianhong and said: "Musk is also engaged in 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 kind of technology is competing for the future, and 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 your fingers." ”

Yao Jianhong said succinctly: "The question is, where is the future? ”

Luo Sheng said with a smile: "The answer given so far is that the world's major technology giants are all working in the field of cutting-edge technology, and they all point to the future of mankind in the virtual world created by computers." Over the years, mankind has been making a series of technical reserves to open the entrance to this virtual world. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Sheng pulled his fingers and enumerated them one by one: "Nowadays, the ubiquitous artificial intelligence can provide the functional algorithms needed for the normal operation of the virtual world, and I am far ahead and absolutely leading in this field; 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 commercialization, has further improved the efficiency of data interaction and transmission, and can meet the needs of larger-scale digital interaction, which has led the world. ”

Luo Sheng leaned on the boss's chair and couldn't help laughing: "Before this, we had been waiting for Hua to be this strategic partner, if they were to wait for us in front, I would not be adaptable, very shameless." ”

It is worth mentioning that the most successful application of blockchain technology is a variety of encrypted digital currencies, which have become the prototype of future digital currencies, and once digital currencies mature, it means that they can establish a set of economic systems comparable to reality in the virtual world.

Luo Sheng withdrew his hand, turned to look at the two of them and added: "As far as my company is concerned, the biggest problem is that one day the virtual world will form a scale, how to get the entrance to this world?" To put it bluntly, what technical route does the hardware terminal take? ”

Tech giants are looking for this entry, and the industry currently offers two major solutions: one is the brain-computer interface that has emerged in recent years, which is still basically a concept, and the other is virtual reality, which is all the rage, both of which are seen as the gateway to the virtual world.

It can be said that whoever masters the entrance to the virtual world will master the future.

The brain-computer interface that Musk wants to engage in is to take the "immersion" route, the so-called "immersion" is simply to make a hole in the human head, a bit of the Matrix flavor, and the test results also prove that this route is indeed feasible and technically valid.

However, Musk's brain-computer interface technology, although it is claimed to be "minimally invasive", there are congenital social and ethical controversies, regardless of whether the craniotomy is or not, so the resulting terminal will become an indispensable part of the human body, which will affect the physiological attributes of human beings, and even subvert the self-perception of individuals, which will bring the question of "who am I", and will bring more difficulties in privacy protection, the ambiguity of legal responsibility and the distorted manipulation of free will.

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

This style of painting is properly cyberpunk precursor to the rhythm.

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

However, the biggest problem with virtual reality is that it cannot achieve a truly immersive experience, which is the biggest reason why Luo Sheng did not hesitate to give up the development of virtual reality technology.

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

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

But the "virtual brain computer" 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 dead for ten years, consuming sky-high research and development funds, and the budget expenditure has been exceeded again and again.

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

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

"There are too many things that virtual brain machines can do, and they are also very valuable for military use, but we can't let people label them with military products, which is not conducive to the promotion of products, which is a problem that we must try to avoid." Luo Sheng looked at the two of them and said in an orderly manner: "So, what do we want to position it on the label as much as possible?" The answer is to move closer to game entertainment, so we want to define it as the next generation ACC game console. ”

Yao Jianhong and Gao Hua both nodded in agreement, the advantage of this is to avoid some unnecessary controversies, as for some military institutions at home and abroad to buy in bulk to do simulation training, then it doesn't matter to me.

Now there are military game consoles used as terminal control drones, unmanned underwater vehicles, domestic ACC hosts are used by the military for military purposes, and foreign countries also use Microsoft's Xbox game console for military purposes.

Because the game console is really easy to use, firstly, I don't need additional funding from the military for research and development, these game technology companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in huge R&D to improve performance, and secondly, there are few new generation of soldiers who don't play games before they join the army, and it's easy to get started.

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

Luo Sheng muttered to himself: "I have to say hello to Lao Zhang later, and ask him to urge game production companies such as R Star to hurry up and set up a project for the new work to land on the virtual brain computer, the development cycle will not be short, it must be done in advance, and the products at the application level must be followed up when the hardware is in place." ”

This is a must, otherwise when your virtual brain computer comes out, there is nothing in it, there is no rich virtual content ecology, so what's the use of advanced tin cans?

Now is the time to prepare for a rainy day, and then we have to wait for those developers to do a good job of the content, which is a huge waste of time.

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

In this way, you avoid being stuck in the content ecology section.

The first is CDPR, known as the "Polish stupid donkey", which is currently working on Cyberpunk 2077, which is one of the masterpieces that Luo Shengne is destined to land on the virtual brain computer.

The second is that R Star also has two masterpieces: "GTA6" and "Red Dead Redemption 2".

It is worth mentioning that "GTA5" was released in 2015, and it is still hanging on the Steam best-selling list, and even some new works that have just been listed, which have been sold for three years and can still be so just a bit outrageous, and it also makes the developers of R stars lose the motivation to develop "GTA6", why should they develop constellations for a while, just this best-selling strength, it seems that the sales of "GTA5" can continue to play for another three years.

In addition, Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed" series also has to urge them to set up a new work of virtual brain-computer port, including Blizzard Entertainment's "World of Warcraft", which is also a controlling company, has also developed a virtual brain-computer port work as a whole and relocated it, which can make a wave of nostalgic series in the new world.

Although the phenomenal online game "World of Warcraft" is no longer the grand occasion of the past, the fans accumulated over the past ten years are huge, and the transformative new technology and feelings will definitely be able to "deceive" many players and users to get on the bus.

Naturally, the "Resident Evil" series landed on the virtual brain-computer platform.

After listening to his requirements for the major game developers under Bluestar Technology, Yao Jianhong said: "For a new platform, these developers may not respond positively, they are also afraid of overturning, the development of virtual brain-computer ports to produce 3A-level boutiques, the development cost will soar exponentially, they may not dare to take this risk." ”

Luo Sheng said calmly: "To put it bluntly, the risk problem is nothing more than a matter of money, isn't it just that I am afraid that I will not be able to recover the cost from blood loss?" This is easy to do, I will give subsidies, whether it is a subsidiary of Bluestar Technology, or an external third-party developer, I will give subsidies to the Cote d'Azur on my trip, and the 350 billion US dollars in cash reserves will be put in a small treasury to eat ashes? The works I named above directly covered his development costs and ensured that they made 100% money without losing money, so I don't believe that they refused. ”

Yao Jianhong spread his hands: "Okay, if you don't decide how to solve it, such a simple and unpretentious move, I am speechless......"

Luo Sheng smiled, even if 100% of the losses of all the above works are covered by the Cote d'Azur, it will be a loss of 10 billion US dollars, and this money is really a tickle for the current Cote d'Azur, not even a tickle.

Third-Party Game Developers: Can You Believe It? In fact, I refused at first, but Luo Sheng really ......

All in all, Luo Sheng's purpose is very simple, through these long-established game masterpieces that have accumulated a lot of fans as an attraction, try his best to "trick" users in, and quickly establish the ecosystem of the virtual world, so that the entire virtual community can remain active when it is opened.

Not to mention tens of billions of dollars, even if it is five billion dollars or more, you have to invest at any cost, the virtual world, this is the ultimate evolution of the Internet.

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

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