Hearing Xiang Kun mention "Shenxing Technology", Zhang Hongpu raised his hand and touched his eyebrows, nodded and said: "'Shenxing Technology' has indeed worked deeply in some fields and is very successful. ”

However, he paused slightly, changed his voice, and said: "But in my opinion, there are still many technology companies in China that are doing better than 'Shenxing Technology'." ”

Speaking of which, he gave examples of several domestic technology companies that are also very large-scale, all of which specialize in a certain field and are also not well known to the public.

Xiang Kun said: "But I think 'Shenxing Technology' is different, they have the courage to be the first in the world and don't care about the gains and losses of temporary interests." Any technology company, to a certain extent, should have such courage. ”

Zhang Hongpu said with a smile: "However, the business field of your company is still very different from that of 'Shenxing Technology', and what you mainly do is Internet products." ”

Xiang Kun said: "In fact, Mr. Zhang and I have been chatting in the past two days, and it is likely that we will start to get involved in the hardware field in the future." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Hongpu looked at his granddaughter.

Zhang Qian replied: "Mr. Xiang may be talking about VR-related equipment that I mentioned to you before, as well as some other equipment for collecting and recording information on the terminal, but it only stays at the direction selection." ”

Under normal circumstances, when talking about this, Xiang Kun should naturally talk about the technology they mentioned, future development, or other topics, and put aside "Shenxing Technology".

But Xiang Kun hasn't tried to find out the information he wants on this topic, so he naturally won't give up, and seems to be a natural answer: "As far as I know, VR technology is currently in perfect layout, in addition to the United States, there is also the domestic 'Shenxing Technology', the direction of their layout is different from the Oculus that is not impossible to acquire, but they also have their own core technology, I am very optimistic." If we want to save time and cost, we can actually consider cooperating with them. ”

As soon as these words came out, he seemed to step on Zhang Hongpu's reverse scales, he sat up slightly straight, crossed his hands on his chest, and seemed to be thinking.

And Zhang Qian hurriedly said: "Mr. Xiang, our idea of VR social networking is still at the level of conceptual research, and there is no need to study the implementation of hardware so quickly." What's more, we can focus on the specific application development level, in the hardware and terminals, just adapt, there is no need to set foot in these thankless fields, and with our size, it is too late now. ”

Of course, Xiang Kun knew that Zhang Qian was deliberately pulling him out of the "pit" and not touching her grandfather's scales, but he was very measured, and he could clearly grasp Zhang Hongpu's current state, and knew what scale and rhythm the temptation should be carried out in, so he was not worried.

"It's just that our size is too small, and it's too late to enter now, so if you want to find a mature company to cooperate, you have to die to do social, and it is a beautiful company, it is definitely not easy to cooperate, and cooperating with the" Shenxing Technology "is almost the best choice." Xiang Kun said.

Zhang Hongpu spoke: "Mr. Xiang, what do you think is the most important thing for a technology company?"

"Technology companies, the most important thing is technology. Xiang Kun said as a matter of course.

Next, Zhang Hongpu did not talk about things related to "Shenxing Technology", but told several stories, including during the Western Industrial Revolution, as well as in the early 20th century, the 70s and 80s, and even after the 21st century, both domestic and foreign.

In general, it is to express a point of view that science and technology itself do not have the attributes of good and evil, but those who apply it have; even if they do research, they must have a bottom line, otherwise they will not be responsible for themselves, others, or mankind as a whole.

It can be seen that this is Zhang Hongpu expressing his ideas, and he is also trying to exert influence on Xiang Kun.

But Xiang Kun is very keen to capture some elements from these contents:

The reason why Zhang Hongpu hates "Shenxing Technology" is most likely that he thinks that "Shenxing Technology" has done some research that he thinks "goes beyond the bottom line".

Of course, Zhang Hongpu didn't say that, and even when he told those stories, he didn't mention the word Shenxing Technology once, and after that, the topic didn't lean on "Shenxing Technology", and Xiang Kun couldn't ask directly, and he definitely couldn't get any answer if he asked.

But he can already be sure that Zhang Hongpu does know some inside information.

According to the documents that Xiang Kun had read, whether it was when Academician Shen was in charge of the research plan alone in the early days, or after Mr. Liang took over, he did not conduct any excessive and anti-human research, or in other words, under the threat of the so-called "mysterious power" and "ultimate predator", they could not do any too complicated experiments.

Of course, it is not excluded that in the part of the document that Xiang Kun has not yet seen, or the experiment that has not been recorded in the document, there are some things that "go beyond the bottom line".

However, according to Xiang Kun's speculation, it is more likely that Zhang Hongpu misjudged some information.

Xiang Kun decided to spy on Lao Xia's "dream within a dream" at night to spy on his memory.

Because of the existence of Alice, Xiang Kun does not need to secretly put a super-conjugated object such as a ball bead on Zhang Hongpu for positioning as before, and when he arrives at the place where Zhang Hongpu is going to rest, Alice can naturally send him the location, whether it is a mobile phone or the GPS of a car, it can help with positioning.

At that time, Xiang Kun only needs to take a black circle graffiti love object that he has established contact with Lao Xia before, and put it close enough to the place where Zhang Hongpu is sleeping.

At about twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Xiang Kun, who climbed over the wall from a villa area, did not go back to the hotel directly, but found a secluded place to sit down, preparing to directly trigger Lao Xia's dream to launch the "dream within a dream" - he had been notified by Alice, half an hour ago, Lao Xia had arranged for the "Bell Apple" combination to wash and sleep, and now she had fallen asleep and was ready.

In the exploration of people's memory information in "Dream within a Dream", as well as the guidance of specific thinking directions, Xia Libing is already quite familiar with it, and soon Zhang Hongpu's dream shows why he is so disgusted with "Shenxing Technology".

It turned out that many years ago, the son of an old friend of Zhang Hongpu came home with a female companion he had just met, but in the middle of the night, he was invaded by a monster with a swollen body, dark brown epidermis, and dense and strange lines, killed the female companion and took it away.

Zhang Hongpu's old friend's son was frightened enough, and after calling the police, the police were unable to find any DNA tissue left by humans in his home, and some of the torn clothes found at the scene could not extract any useful information except his DNA, let alone the traces left by the so-called "giant monster".

Moreover, there is no trace of forced entry into his residence, the surveillance of the community is just broken, and some cameras nearby have not captured any unusual situation.

But Zhang Hongpu was entrusted by his old friend and used some connections, but he found out some secrets of this matter, not that the son of the old friend had hysteria, but that there was indeed an ugly monster who looked like a human and an inhuman person and entered the place where the son of the old friend lived in a truck.

He also found out that after the truck left, it entered a property owned by Lu Cheng'an, a "Shenxing Technology".

Just when he wanted to do further investigation, an official person approached him and asked him not to investigate the matter again, that incident was an "internal incident", and that there would be an "internal investigation", and that no ordinary citizens themselves had been substantially harmed, and that the impact should not be expanded.

He could only give up the investigation and investigation, but through some news from other aspects in the early years, he had a faint guess that the monster was likely to be Lu Chengan's paralyzed son.

So he took it for granted that Lu Cheng'an, Lu Cheng'an's son, and even some official institutions were conducting some research and experiments that "went beyond the bottom line", and even the woman who was killed and taken away by the monster, couldn't find any information, and seemed to have never existed, was erased all traces in order to protect those monster sons who studied and protected Lu Cheng'an.

Judging from the information shown in Zhang Hongpu's dream, if the monster who attacked his old friend's son's mansion that night and killed his female companion was Mr. Liang, it was likely that the female companion would be another "humanoid mutant creature".

Although Zhang Hongpu is not a direct witness, the image of Mr. Liang he showed in his dream will be very different from the reality, but by comparing it with the previous secret documents, it can probably be inferred that it was between Mr. Liang began to clarify the new direction of mutation, his body began to break through the human form, and he obtained the ability to become invisible.

If Mr. Liang were to hunt down a "humanoid mutant creature" now, there would be no movement at all, and there would be no witnesses - because it would not be visible at all.

However, according to Xiang Kun's interpretation of those secret documents, whether it is Academician Shen or Mr. Liang, they will not use such a direct, violent, and even reckless way to deal with the newly discovered "mutant creatures", which is not conventional.

It seems that Mr. Liang is more like a little out of control and emotional.

He had some vague speculations about this matter, and he might be able to verify it in retrospect.

Suddenly, the dream collapsed, and Lao Xia got out of the "dream within a dream" and seemed to wake up directly.

Xiang Kun, who opened his eyes in a dark corner outside the villa area, was a little stunned for a while, although he had already figured out the reason why he was disgusted with "Shenxing Technology" through Zhang Hongpu's dream, but their purpose this time was to explore the news, so usually Lao Xia would have an operation to erase the memory of the dream, but this time it was directly omitted?

Surprised, Xiang Kun suddenly realized what had happened through the feedback of the "Super Sensory Item System" - something had happened in Chongyun Village.

......

Copperstone.

Earlier, when Xiang Kun, Tang Baona and others were eating and chatting with Zhang Hongpu, Xia Tianhuo and Chu Xiuwen were drinking tea in a tea shop that had just opened on a pedestrian street.

The two of them ate with Chu Xiaoting and Zicheng at the "Youlong Hotel" for dinner, and after eating, the little couple went to other places to play, Xia Tianhuo was naturally embarrassed to go with him to make a light bulb, so he and Chu Xiuwen went to the side to drink tea.

"Mr. Xia, how long are you going to live in Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village?" Chu Xiuwen poured tea into the cup in front of Xia Tianhuo and asked with a smile.

"It's really comfortable to live here, the rabbit meat of 'Youlong Hotel', I feel that I can't do without it, and Chongyun Village, I don't know if it's the climate, environment, oxygen content or magnetic field or something, I feel very comfortable and relieved to live there." Alas, I think I might do something in Tongshi Town or Chongyun Village when I go back, and I won't have to be taken care of by Brother Chu when the time comes!" Xia Tianhuo said with a smile.

What he said was sincere, in the past few days since he came back from Burma, he slept most comfortably in Chongyun Village for the past few days.

However, when Professor Li Yang was still there, he usually chatted with Professor Li, and after Professor Li left, he would not be bored with Xiang Kun and Yang Zhen'er. But now Xiang Kun, Yang Zhen'er, and Tang Baona are all gone, and in the building they live in Chongyun Village, apart from him, there are only two children, Lao Xia with Little Bell and Little Apple, oh, plus a cat and a bird.

Although he is Lao Xia's cousin, to be honest, in front of Lao Xia, he always feels that he is the younger generation. So with the little bell and the little apple, when facing Lao Xia, he always had the feeling that he had become a child and was carried by Lao Xia, which was awkward......

And he also found that when he was present, Little Bell and Little Apple would often come to the side and whisper, and he actually had a feeling of "being excluded", which was even more awkward......

So in the past few days that Xiang Kun and Tang Baona left, he basically played with Zicheng in Tongshi Town during the day, sometimes he went back to sleep at night, and sometimes he opened a room in the town to sleep directly if it was too late.

To be honest, he sometimes thinks it's quite strange, obviously he is related to Lao Xia and Yang Zhen'er, but inexplicably feels that Lao Xia, Yang Zhen'er, Xiang Kun, Little Bell, and Little Apple look more like a family, as if they are particularly familiar with each other, and there is a tacit understanding and trust that is difficult to describe, and it is difficult for others to insert into it.

Chu Xiuwen said with a smile: "Mr. Xia is willing to invest in Tongshi Town, then as a native of Tongshi Town, we must welcome it with both hands." However, Mr. Xia's family used to do bulk raw material trade, and in this regard, Tongshi Town is estimated to have no market. ”

"It's definitely not my family's business to do in Tongshi Town, I was thinking about whether to get a farm in Chongyun Village, there are so many new restaurants in the town, I estimate that the demand for fresh ingredients will be quite high. However, after looking at the farms under construction and learning about some of the situation, I guess it is not very suitable, so I thought about opening a franchised chain restaurant in the town to see. It can be regarded as doing something, so that it will not be purely idle, and then it will be carried back by the family. Xia Tianhuo said half-jokingly.

"That's also very good, if you have ideas, you can talk to me, not to mention the rest, where is the right place to open a store in this Tongshi Town, where is the lease about to expire, where the shop is more cost-effective, these are more understanding. Chu Xiuwen said with a smile.

The two chatted, and the topic naturally came to Qi Haoguo, who had dinner together two days ago.

"I heard that Mr. Qi ...... Caught?" Xia Tianhuo asked with some confusion.

Chu Xiuwen nodded: "To be exact, he turned himself in, alas, his affairs are more complicated, and he will not be able to explain it for a while, or ...... I don't know much about it. But now it seems that many of the things he confessed to the police may not be as serious as he thought in terms of the crime. In addition, so many years have passed, and he voluntarily surrendered, so it is estimated that the sentence will not be too severe. Alas, I don't really understand what he thinks, but it's safe to say that he's quite comfortable with it. ”

Xia Tianhuo also nodded: "I think so too, Mr. Qi gives me a ...... How to say, I feel like I understand it. ”

The two chatted until more than ten o'clock in the refreshment, and then went to have supper together, and Chu Xiuwen took Xia Tianhuo back to Chongyun Village.

As soon as he got into the car, he received a phone call from a "reporter" who had interviewed him in Myanmar before, and wanted to talk to him about his abduction in Myanmar and ask him if it was inconvenient.

Xia Tianhuo originally wanted to refuse, but the "reporter" mentioned some information about Montamira's illusion that they had recently investigated, which immediately aroused his curiosity, so he reported the location of the "Youlong Hotel" in Tongshi Town and asked them to come to him.

In fact, he originally came to Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village to find answers from Lao Xia, to see if Lao Xia knew the truth about his rescue, and what some of the existences he vaguely perceived.

But after coming here, he found that he couldn't get an answer from Lao Xia at all, but he couldn't be completely sure that Lao Xia had nothing to do with it, so he was stuck here.

Fortunately, he lived quite comfortably here, and before he knew it, he had almost forgotten why he was here.

"Is there a reporter who wants to cover Myanmar?" Seeing Xia Tianhuo hang up the phone, Chu Xiuwen, who was driving, asked casually.

"Yes, they interviewed me once in Myanmar, but I always felt that those two were not serious reporters. Xia Tianhuo shook his head and said.

"Mr. Xia still has a good mentality, if I encounter that incident, I guess there will be a psychological shadow when I talk about it now. Chu Xiuwen sighed.

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated, and it didn't take long in total, and it was over before I had time to get scared. Xia Tianhuo joked.

As they were talking, when the car they were riding in drove onto the newly built village road, the power suddenly went out, and even the newly installed street lights on the side of the road were all extinguished, and the whole village was plunged into darkness.

Xia Tianhuo observed the sky through the windshield in surprise: "What's the matter? Why is it that even the moonlight is covered? When we had supper just now, the sky was quite good, and you could still see the stars and the moon, only for a while, why did it look like it was going to rain?"

In the darkness, the light formed by the convergence of the two high beams in front of their car seemed to take them abruptly into another world, which was quite weird.

The wind also became stronger, the headlights shone on the road ahead, fallen leaves and other garbage were blown through, and in the distance, there seemed to be a strange cry in the mountains.