Past vs. speculation

As soon as Lao Gao heard that there was another person behind him, he felt a chill inexplicably. Lao Gao asked nervously: "How can there be anyone, it could be one of the three who ran away just now." The ghost just shook his head.

"Since it's not anyone's gotten in." Lao Gao asked. The ghost fairy replied, "At that time, the knife was on my neck, and I thought about it a lot. All of this was just speculation and speculation, because the man behind him appeared too suddenly. ”

"Senpai." Lao Gao asked again: "Could it be that this dragon really exists?" The ghost replied confidently, "Of course." The ghost fairy's answer was very affirmative, but Lao Gao had always had difficulty accepting this fact. Holding the short knife in both hands, touching the texture of the blade, imagining the appearance of a dragon. No matter how you think about it, you can't imagine what this dragon looks like, and it's hard for Lao Gao to accept everything he hears now. The ghost fairy didn't bother Lao Gao's train of thought, and asked him to try his best to recall every word the ghost fairy said just now, and carefully distinguish whether these dications were true or false.

After thinking for a long time, Lao Gao asked: "Senior, I want to ask." Seeing that Lao Gao asked very cautiously, the ghost fairy smiled generously and said, "It's okay, just ask!" ”

"Senior, I want to ask." Lao Gao said a little embarrassedly: "I just want to sort out your view of time, how can I feel a little bit of a conflict in time now." Lao Gao glanced at the ghost fairy and saw that there was nothing unusual about him. Lao Gao asked down with confidence: "Don't be surprised, I'm just careful." How many years you've been held here is one of the things I'm most curious about. ”

The ghost fairy smiled at all, and didn't blame Lao Gao for questioning himself, seeing the ghost fairy so relaxed, Lao Gao also relaxed a lot. "You're an old slippery head too." The ghost fairy smiled and said, "You think I cheated on you. ”

The ghost fairy asked, Lao Gao only smiled awkwardly to hide himself, Lao Gao said: "The main thing is that there is no point in time before you tell it, so it is difficult for me to distinguish this time process." ”

"It's the first time I've heard a story and asked the bottom of it." The ghost fairy smiled and said, "All these things can be said to be unforgettable for a lifetime. ”

The ghost fairy continued: "The time when Mu Xun and I entered the dragon's den is 2036, which happens to be the 15 years that I have served him. Of course, these 15 years are counted from the time of having artificial intelligence, and there are many years before that in the era of non-artificial intelligence. ”

Lao Gao asked slightly: "I'm very curious, how did this Professor Mu Xun get such an advanced robot." It stands to reason that at that time, it was not that you could get an artificial intelligence robot if you had money, and in 2021, it was in the trial stage of more than a dozen prototypes. ”

"That's true." "At that time, there were only 17 robots in the world that truly had independent AI systems. These robots all belong to the Deep Ditch Laboratory, and of course I am one of the 17 robots. I said earlier that my internal number is A10007 and my name is Onisen. ”

Lao Gao asked in surprise: "What is the Deep Groove Laboratory, how did I hear that it is the Pluto International Laboratory." "There are also people who know that Pluto International Laboratory is really not easy." The ghost fairy said with a bit of approval: "This name is just an external claim, but in fact, the internal is called the Deep Ditch Laboratory." There are two meanings to call him a deep ditch, first, all national or world-class laboratories are all in a relatively prosperous or very prosperous location, and Pluto, which produced me, is located in a deep valley that is inaccessible to people, and everyone calls this laboratory a deep ditch. Second, it's because everyone is helpless about the study. As you might have guessed, the founder is one of the most common experimenters in this lab, and the lowest level of experimenters. ”

"Isn't it?" Lao Gao was even more surprised, and looked at the ghost fairy with his mouth open. Lao Gao's memory is all messed up now, and he doesn't know how to ask at all.

The ghost fairy said: "Now a lot of information is incomplete, or has been modified. You don't have to think about whether it's real or not, because it doesn't matter. A lot of history is passed down by word of mouth, and it becomes a taste when it is passed on. Luckily, my memory is very accurate, and I don't look like you humans. A lot of things need to be remembered, and I don't. ”

"I want to ask." Lao Gao asked suspiciously: "If it is true that the founder is a small low-level experimenter, how can he finally become the controller of the empire." ”

"It's often the little people who change the world." The ghost fairy replied very blandly.

"Then how did this Professor Mu get you?" Lao Gao didn't dwell on the founder's question anymore, but directly asked Professor Mu about the situation.

"It's actually quite simple." "As long as you can go and apply for a trial robot," the ghost explains. "It's that simple?" Lao Gao asked in disbelief. "It's as simple as that." The ghost fairy replied: "It's just that there are a few shameless people like Mu Xun, and his old man almost every day sends an application letter to the Shengou Laboratory in the form of registered mail. ”

"No, I want to know." Lao Gao asked more deeply again: "Such a valuable thing, even today, you will not get such a test qualification for a hundred years of writing, how can he get it?" ”

"It's a coincidence." The ghost fairy replied: "The whole process can only be explained by 'there is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of those who have a heart'." In fact, the artificial intelligence project team of Shengou Lab is a hidden institution that has never been announced to the public, and I don't know how this Mu Xun knows now. Since the establishment of the artificial intelligence team, this Mouxun has been writing application letters non-stop. Later, it may have been that he also felt that there was no hope for writing like this, but he didn't expect him to come directly to the deep ditch laboratory in person. ”

"How did he find the lab?" Lao Gao asked. "Just look up the map." The ghost fairy said simply: "He was full of confidence, and when he came to the laboratory, he began to lobby for a while, but he thought it was beautiful, and he didn't even enter the door." Mu Xun could only sleep at the gate for half a month, grinding hard at the door every day. ”

The ghost fairy smiled happily at this time, "Mu Xun has this kind of character, no one can do anything about him." I think in this world, the only one who can deal with him is Village Chief Cao. The ghost fairy said: "He has been paid off for his efforts in the past half a month, and finally someone finally let him enter the reception area." Someone finally came to receive him, and the two sides faded for less than ten minutes. Mu Xun asked people to be invited out of the laboratory, but a small agreement was reached between them. ”

"Agreements? An agreement between them? Lao Gao asked strangely: "A dignified world-class laboratory will reach an agreement with an ordinary person." It's a bit too incredible, this won't be what Mu Xun said when he bragged to you. ”

"There is nothing surprising except to say that Muxun has encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The reason why I know these things is not because Mu Xun told me. The ghost fairy said: "These things are stored in my own knowledge base, not who gave me the later storage." The reason why I say this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is because the laboratory has just been established and there is no special funding at all. So this agreement is, you need to pay for it. If you don't pay for it, you won't be given a trial product. Mu Xun was also very arrogant at that time, he wanted to take advantage of a small advantage, how could he still pay. The two sides argued on the basis of reason, but the first negotiation was not successful at all. ”

As soon as Mu Xun heard that he had to pay money, he left the scene angrily and drove straight home. But his brain reacted again, and he also felt that it was a very good deal. He drove the car back to the laboratory, and when Mu Xun came back, he found that the people in the laboratory had not left.

These people are all waiting for him to come back, and Mu Xun is also very thick-skinned, so he doesn't care about these at all, but apologizes to these people with a smile on his face. When we came back, we started to discuss the funds, and everything was actually very simple. The first batch of funds requires about $10 million, and the funds need to arrive within seven days. The second tranche requires $55 million and will need to arrive in three months. In addition, it is necessary to provide a complete robot with redundancy and free movement. Of course, there is a follow-up of funds, and the third batch needs nearly 200 million US dollars to trial produce 1 prototype. The fourth batch of funds requires $400 million and requires trial production of two prototypes. There are more details of the funding, which are also included.

Seeing that these people in the laboratory were still prepared, Mu Xun was not ambiguous. Direct Mouxun also put forward its own requirements, first, the trial production type must have the right of first refusal. Second, the flexibility and intelligence level of the robot are better than all similar models. Third, the price must be one-tenth cheaper than the most advanced model. Fourth, the progress of the project must be transmitted to him from time to time, and he must share first-hand scientific research information.

At that time, the top intelligent robots were about $200 million, and these robots were not aimed at civilian users. Muxun urgently needed a very good intelligent robot to assist him in his work, and none of the robots he could use were ideal. He never asked anyone to be his assistant, for fear that they would betray him or give him secrets.

In fact, there were many second-hand robots at that time, but these top second-hand robots were also very popular. As soon as they retired, they were bought by more people and used as bodyguard secretaries. The price of these second-hand robots is very cheap, and the price of a robot that has been used for three to five years has dropped from the original 200 million to less than 20 million. Don't look at the cheap price, the later maintenance is simply a nightmare.

Mousse also thought of this, so he thought of investing in a R&D team. Let them develop their own robots, so that they can share their research results to their own service.

Seeing that these fools didn't raise any objections to themselves, Mu Xun took out the agreement contract that he had prepared a long time ago. These agreements are more than 50 pages long, and the benefits he can obtain are indicated here, mainly in the later proportional arrangement. Moreover, the design of the robot is strictly explained, mainly some targeted modifications. Robots must be built according to his design, and modern robot designs are never allowed.