CHAPTER IX
"As AI technology continues to be integrated into people's lives, people's lifestyles have also changed dramatically...... Since the production of service robots by Choose, the application range of robots in the market has been continuously expanded, and in the continuous upgrading, the service performance of intelligent robots has been improved, making them more humane......"
"At present, the robots we have launched will have more human emotional characteristics, and will have a better sense of communication in receiving instructions, so that they can be integrated into our lives without a sense of distance......"
“……”
Kang Keming turned off the projection in his office, which he had seen a lot of since the company started producing robots.
His fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, recalling his vote against the company when it first started producing its first domestic robots. Yes, he is against anthropomorphizing these robots, let alone emotionalizing them today.
On Kang Keming's desk is a group photo of a family of three, with his son holding a white robot toy in his hand, which is the form he first came into contact with and always thought.
Most of the robots produced by the company are already perfect images, so he is not surprised that those robots will be abused.
People will always be afraid of things that approach them, whether they are real or not.
Kang Keming left his office and wanted to meet Mingyou for a while, until he walked to his door, only to find an empty office, it turned out that he was still forced to take a vacation.
"Hello, Mr. Kang." The secretary stepped forward and greeted with a smile, "Mr. Ming is not here, do you have anything to do?" ”
Kang Keming didn't want to pay attention to her, but when he wanted to enter the office, the secretary came in after him: "Mr. Kang, I'm sorry, Mr. Ming is not here." ”
"I know he's not there, and I'm not without eyes."
"But, Mr. Kang, you can't just go in like this......"
"Why?" Kang Keming stopped and looked at her sharply, "Why are you stopping me?" ”
The secretary paused for the anxious tone just now: "Mr. Kang, I'm sorry, Mr. Ming is not here." ”
"Nope." Concoming looked at her carefully, his eyes as if he had found something in her, "Why did you stop me?" You should serve us, to my rank, you should be completely obedient, how can you appear against my language? ”
The secretary looked at him motionlessly, and replied after a while: "Mr. Kang, I'm sorry, Mr. Ming is not here." ”
Kang Keming looked at her suspiciously, and looked at it carefully, the EL model of the robot is the company's own production, and the secretary-type robot left in the company, it should be said that except for himself, all the people in charge have one, responsible for dealing with all kinds of trivial things.
And Mingyou's one seems to be a little different, but if he really finds anything, he hasn't found anything other than that sentence.
Because she kept repeating the same sentence: "Mr. Kang, I'm sorry, Mr. Ming is not here." ”
Kang Keming's gaze left her and returned to Mingyou's office, the layout of the office was much the same, except that the scenery outside the window was different.
"Why can't I come in while Myewoo is away?" Concomic looked out the window and asked the secretary.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Kang, Mr. Ming has explained that outsiders can't be allowed to come in casually."
"Outsiders?" Kang Keming laughed, "I'm not an outsider, I'm a member of this company, not to mention that we still have a cooperative relationship and are partners." ”
He turned around and looked at her, "Did he set something for you?" ”
The secretary regained his original smile: "No, Mr. Kang, I don't really understand, please repeat it." ”
Kang Keming also laughed: "It's nothing, I'll just ask." ”
Then, he glanced at Mingyou's desk, the computer that was closed, there must have been his plan, but his "secretary" was always keeping an eye on him, and now he couldn't do it, so he had to pick up the small white box.
"This thing is a data transmitter?" He played with it in his hands.
"Yes, Mr. Kang."
"It's said that you can communicate with vegetative people." Kang Keming smiled and said, "Why didn't you continue your research later?" ”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Kang, I don't know this very well." She replied.
"yes, you don't know." Kang Keming continued to look at the small square box in his hand, "Few people know his ideas, these designs and ideas of his are all completed by him alone, such a capable person, no wonder Mr. Han values him." ”
The secretary just stood in the doorway and didn't answer.
"I don't understand why he suddenly wants to study you? It was originally my project, but as a result, his appearance deviated from everything. Kang Keming clenched the small square box, "I really envy you for being just a robot." ”
He turned to the secretary: "You can't understand the complexity of people. ”
Kang Keming stood up, walked towards the door, and when he passed by her, he shook the small square box in front of her eyes: "Borrow it for a few days, and Mr. Ming will definitely return to Zhao before he comes back." ”
The secretary didn't stop her, but sent him away with a smile, even if her smile only lasted for a moment.
……
Mingyou is still in Helong Town, but as usual, he does not see his mother.
The innkeeper was still very polite to him, smiling all the time, and even prepared a few more dishes for him, because she had her own requests.
It would be especially good if her daughter could follow Mingyou to the big city and get an identity. But unfortunately, Ahsan didn't think so, she was free by nature and never saw her.
"This little girl, no one can be found again, she always runs outside." The proprietress muttered.
"She must love it here." Mingyou replied, "Living here is like a fish in water, and you may not like the constraints of the city." ”
The proprietress smiled awkwardly: "This is not a matter of restraint or inhibition, but that I can't live here anymore." ”
"Why do you say that?" Mingyou didn't understand.
"Everybody wants to live in the city, there's everything." The proprietress voiced her concerns, "I look at the world in the news every day that is completely different from ours, and I wonder why we can't do this here. Later I figured it out. ”
"What is it?"
"It's because it's not a good place to develop."
"Why?"
"That prison is the source of everything." The proprietress sighed, "Put such a dangerous first place at the door, it is destined that no one will want to develop us here." ”
"This is just your idea, isn't it?"
"Then tell me, why did you leave here?" The proprietress looked at him seriously, "You are a native of our Helong, and you don't choose to come back, why?" It's not because there are more and better options in the city, and here, there is only one prison and one mental hospital, what can you do? ”
After the proprietress finished speaking, she laughed haha, and the laughter was a little sad.
"I was also surprised to have such an opportunity." Mingyou replied, "But I also lost a lot. ”
The proprietress smiled bitterly: "Who didn't sacrifice today for tomorrow, we don't know what will happen in the future, what I can do is just hope that Ah Sang can have another way to go." ”
Mingyou took a deep breath and looked at the empty inn, the silence around him that made it impossible for him to calm down.
"Does Ahsan want to go?"
"She?" The proprietress sighed, "She doesn't understand anything, and I don't know what she's doing every day, I can't find her anyway, and I can't talk to her." ”
Mingyou lowered his head, the relationship between himself and his mother, isn't it like this?
"Okay, I won't force you, otherwise you won't come to me when you come back in the future." The proprietress changed the subject, "How is your mother?" ”
Mingyou raised his head: "She's still the same." ”
"Oh, why do you think she's like this?"
"This?" Mingyou also doesn't understand, when did his mother start ignoring him because he left her?
"Hey, don't think about it, I'll just ask." The proprietress laughed again, "I just guess if I push Ahsan into the city, will she do the same to me?" ”
Mingyou was stunned for a moment, and then smiled far-fetchedly: "No, no, she will know that you are also good for her." ”
"I hope so." The proprietress smiled meaningfully, and then her eyes drifted to the door, "Your car is very advanced, can you show me?" ”
Mingyou turned his head to look at the car parked outside the door and said, "Oh! Yes. ”
So he took the proprietress to the door and introduced his car: "This is a smart car developed by our company." ”
"Oh~~" The proprietress touched the frame of the car, "Solar, right?" ”
"Yes." Myeongwoo smiled in response.
"Can you drive autonomously?" The proprietress looked inside the window.
"Yes, there is an automatic mode and a GPS system."
"You can open it without using your brain."
"Almost."
"Look, the people in the city are advanced." The proprietress walked around the car, "This car doesn't look big, what is the space inside?" ”
"It's okay, it's all about comfort."
"Let me see!" The proprietress looked at him and said.
"Okay." Mingyou was also very enthusiastic and opened the car door.
The proprietress went in and sat down, and soon came out, and kept praising it: "It's good, it's good, but I don't know if I can load things." ”
"It's okay, I basically don't pretend to be anything." Mingyou replied.
"Show me the trunk space."
"Okay." Mingyou pressed the button, and it turned on automatically.
"Not bad, not bad." The proprietress smiled and said, "You can't see anything from the outside, but it's nice to see it this way." Is this car expensive? ”
Mingyou replied: "Well, there is a point, but it will be fully promoted soon, and the price will be lowered." ”
"Uh-oh." The proprietress touched the car and looked very satisfied.
"Do you want that too?"
"No, no." The proprietress waved her hand, "Look, this car is good-looking, and you don't need to spend money on gasoline, so it's not suitable for us." Then, with a crisp laugh, she pointed to the gray sky, "There aren't many sunny days here." ”
Mingyou locked the car and returned to the house with the proprietress .
"Mingyou, when are you leaving?"
"I, the day after tomorrow."
"Oh......" The proprietress replied and went into the room, "Mingyou, stay by yourself, I'll go and get busy for a while." ”
"Okay."
Mingyou just wanted to go back to the sofa and sit down, maybe he could watch TV for a while, but suddenly felt something strange behind him. He looked back and saw a man hiding behind a tree behind the car watching him.
"Ahsan?" Mingyou took a closer look, it was her.
But she suddenly smiled at Mingyou, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Mingyou felt a chill on his back, this mysterious girl seemed to have been watching their every move in the dark, but they never noticed it......