Chapter 263 The much-anticipated brain-computer terminal launch conference (two-in-one)
The news that the two cargo ships lost contact made headlines, taking away more than half of the heat from the Metaverse Intelligent Control new product launch conference.
Several other ships were also frightened at this moment and quickly requested Dongfang's 052D escort in the Yadong Bay area. In response to this request, Dongfang also decisively accepted the invitation to provide escort support.
Because the above immediately saw the pros and cons, the remaining few ships combined and 10,500 armed robots could not cause any accidents.
If they are all destroyed during transportation, no one may really dare to buy armed robots. Maybe these veterans in the Middle East will sit down and talk, or else everyone will stop buying them.
But as long as the remaining half is delivered to your home smoothly, then the UAE, Qatar and other countries will have to spend money to buy a new batch.
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Three days later, the two missing cargo ships were found, but they had become pieces.
The search and rescue team found relevant fragments of the cargo ship near the lost sea area, and some oil stains were also found on the sea surface. It was confirmed that both ships had sunk, but the specific sunken location has not yet been confirmed, and it cannot be determined in two or three days.
This result is unacceptable to the UAE, Qatar, and Aji.
Emirates and Kata'er are relatively better off. After all, they are both rich, but they just feel a little sore.
Aiji was definitely the most uncomfortable, it was as if the sky had fallen.
The purchase of 3,000 armed robots cost 7.35 billion U.S. dollars. This amount of money is simply an astronomical figure for Aji. It is not an exaggeration to say that the money was made by selling iron and steel. How much cotton must be grown to earn so much money.
You must know that Aji’s military expenditure budget this year is only about 4.5 billion US dollars.
It is equivalent to one and a half years of military expenditure, just gone.
Emirates and Qatar can still spend money to buy again, but I am afraid it will be difficult for Eji to spend so much money to buy again. If we insist on continuing to buy, it is likely to crush the country's economy and even cause civil strife.
The ability of small countries to resist risks is so fragile. In this case, Aji may have no choice but to find the Sat tycoons who are also Sunni sects to visit the dock.
However, Aiji did not give up at this time. On the day after it was confirmed that the missing cargo ship transporting armed robots had sunk, he urgently contacted the East, including Metaverse Intelligent Control, for help.
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October 2nd.
Hence, Meng Qiuyan answered a phone call at home, and then came to Lu An and said: "As for Yu Changle's report just now, he has already communicated with Aiji, and the other party wants to make up some supplies."
h When Lu An heard this, he said no without hesitation: "When something like this happens, Metaverse Intelligent Control can only express sympathy, but this is not our problem, let alone our responsibility. Replenishment is impossible, not even one, and we cannot pay for it for no reason."
After a moment's pause, Lu An added: "But it's okay to provide some help. See if we can find the location of the sunken ship. If we find it in time, see if we can salvage it and recover some losses. How much can be recovered."
The cargo ship has sunk, but it should not be completely scrapped.
If we can find the location of the sunken ship and salvage it in time, we can still recover some losses.
Lu An thought for a while and then said: "We can help Eji pay for the salvage fee, but it cannot be said that it is provided for free. It is to help advance the payment and pay it back later. Of course we don't expect him to pay it back. If he doesn't pay it back, we won't say anything."
With Aiji’s economic conditions in the short term, there is a high probability that Aiji will not be able to spend money to purchase 3,000 more robots. However, Lu An currently hopes that Aiji will have a foreign trade version of the armed robot.
The more countries that own this military product, the better it will be for Yuanjie Intelligent Control's future military trade business. We need to take a long-term view.
Meng Qiuyan nodded and immediately called Yu Changle again to inform him of Lu An's decision and ask him to contact Aiji again.
That afternoon, after people from both sides talked again, Aiji could only accept the reality. After all, this was indeed not the responsibility of Yuanjie Intelligent Control.
I regret it now. If I had known earlier, I would have paid more to have Metaverse Intelligent Control provide one-stop service and be responsible for delivering the goods to your home. In this way, if something like this happens on the way, you can ask Metaverse Intelligent Control for compensation.
Perhaps we should apply for warship escort from the East. The matter is now over, and there is no point in regretting it.
The top priority is to quickly find the location of the sunken ship and then carry out salvage operations to recover as much as possible.
Ai Ji quickly reached a consensus with Yuanjie Intelligent Control, found the location of the sunken ship, salvaged the goods, and transported them directly back to Jianing City to reassess the damage.
What can be repaired should be repaired, and what cannot be repaired can only be scrapped.
Once the repairs are completed, Yuanjie Intelligent Control will be responsible for delivering the goods to your door as much as possible.
In addition, the United Arab Emirates and Katana are also looking for the location of the sunken ship. Although these two countries are rich and wealthy, they have tens of billions of dollars in military supplies. It is impossible to say that they should not let it sink.
They also urgently hired a maritime search and rescue team and contacted a salvage company to prepare to start salvage as soon as they found the sunken ship.
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At almost the same time, Little Squid was not idle either. After sinking the two cargo ships and escaping, he immediately blamed Yilang for the incident.
Now the news from the external network has begun to spread wildly in various intelligence circles, media and among the people. This matter was done by Yilang.
There are also reports from unknown sources that there is so-called highly credible evidence that Iran is responsible for the attack, which was intended to retaliate against the Arab coalition's pressure on its ally Hussein.
Langzi was sitting nearby eating melon, looking like he was watching the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal.
Hello guys, Langzi was dumbfounded while eating the melon.
What do you mean when people eat melons, disaster comes from the sky? The melons taste so delicious, but the whole world goes crazy and say that they did it themselves!
Now Langzi also lives in Bengbu.
Hurry up and deny Sanlian, and quickly issue a solemn statement saying that I was not responsible for this matter. Please stop spreading nonsense and spreading rumors. Someone is framing me.
Langzi also knew that it would be a big deal if this shit basin was tied to him.
The key point is that it was really not him who did it, so the reaction was very exciting.
In fact, these veterans in the Middle East are not all fools. They sank two cargo ships at the same time at two locations more than 1,300 nautical miles apart at such a long distance.
Although he can still remain unnoticed, Alang does not have this strength now.
The veterans in the Middle East are actually secretly suspecting Amrika and Little Squid, because these two are the most suspicious and have sufficient motives.
In a sense, the motivations of these two are even greater than Yilang.
It's just that these young guys are very secretive about this. No one dares to mention it, they only dare to doubt it in their hearts.
Because they are afraid of amrilika and small squid, not to mention that there is no solid evidence yet.
It is not even an exaggeration to say that even if they find evidence, they may take the initiative to destroy the evidence, and are unwilling or afraid to point the finger at Amlica and Little Squid.
There is no way, Ah Mei now has a huge deterrent force in the Middle East, and these little guys in the Middle East dare not offend Ah Mei.
Relatively speaking, Langzi is much tougher than them. At least he has been confronting Amélica for nearly half a century, and the whole world knows this.
If you really find evidence, bring it to the forefront.
So what? Can you still handle Ah Mei? Maybe he will only suffer greater disaster and be beheaded.
So they would rather choose to become confused.
But the problem is, there must be an explanation and explanation internally, right?
Henceforth, these young men tacitly followed the viral public opinion and pointed the finger at Yilang. They did not dare to offend Amélica and Little Squid, but they still had the courage to offend Langzi.
In this way, he began to lash out at Langzi and hold him responsible for this incident.
Whether you should say it or not, the person who wronged you sometimes knows better than you how wronged you are, but this is the reality.
Langzi was also numb.
For a time, a new storm of suspicion, accusations and potential conflicts arose in the Middle East.
The incident also triggered a chain reaction. International oil prices began to soar sharply due to this incident, and now América also came to a standstill.
Because oil prices have risen too sharply, Ah Magnesium cannot bear it. Oil prices are too high or too low for Ah Magnesium. Maintaining a price of 65 to 70 US dollars per barrel is the most comfortable.
Lu An no longer pays attention to these things that are happening internationally. He focuses on the upcoming new product launch conference.
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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, on October 5, Metaverse Intelligent Control’s new product launch conference came as scheduled.
On this day, the technology circle is paying close attention, and the capital circle is also paying close attention.
· People from all walks of life in the outside world are looking forward to whether this grand new product launch of Metaverse Intelligent Control can shock the world like the last time Xiaoyuan Robot came out.
The sinking of two cargo ships is still a hot topic internationally. Previously, it also stole a lot of attention from Metaverse Intelligent Control's new product launch conference in the mainland.
But now, the heat in China has cooled down, and everyone’s attention has been focused on Metaverse Intelligent Control’s new product launch conference today.
At about 14:00 in the afternoon, the multimedia hall of Metaverse Intelligent Control’s new headquarters.
There were more than 5,500 people in the audience. They came from global technology media, senior practitioners in the technology circle, investors in the capital circle, and ordinary consumers and fans.
There are countless public netizens who are watching here through live broadcast cameras.
Media people who came to the scene found that many well-known domestic Internet giants have sent senior executives, and many big names have come from the capital market, including Zheng Hongyi, the head of Junyi Venture Capital.
The press conference, the configuration, and the attention all prove that Metaverse Intelligent Control is now a world-class technology giant.
After a few minutes, under the gaze of countless eyes, Lu An walked onto the press conference stage. He was not wearing formal clothes, but was wearing dark gray high-tech casual clothes.
Stepping forward calmly and calmly, with a calm and confident look on his face.
Lu An stood in the middle of the stage and glanced at the dark crowd in the audience. The reporters were holding long guns and short cannons, and kept clicking the cameras in their hands.
After a few seconds of silence, his voice rang out.
ˆ "Good afternoon, everyone."
ˆ The sound was clearly transmitted throughout the audience through the wireless microphone. It was not a high-pitched sound, but it was also very penetrating.
"Tens of thousands of years ago, human beings sat around campfires and learned to weave stories with language. That was the dawn of narrative. For the first time, we turned our inner thoughts into flames that could be shared."
“Thousands of years ago, humans carved symbols on pottery, oracle bones, and clay tablets. This was the birth of writing. Ideas were able to transcend time and space, and civilization began to be passed on at an accelerated pace.”
h “A few decades ago, humans created the Internet, connecting computers around the world Together, it was an explosion of information, and the way we obtain knowledge and share our lives was completely subverted.”
Some fans who came to the scene heard Lu An’s opening and felt that although their idols were young, their status was far superior to that of senior figures in the technology industry.
At this moment, Lu An paused, his tone slightly raised.
“But, has our communication method really reached the end of its evolution?”
“We still need to use finger tapping to compress the thoughts rushing in the brain into cold characters; we still need to use eye recognition to translate the pixels on the screen into meanings we can understand.”
"There is always a transparent wall between us and information, with others, and even with ourselves, and there is always an interactive gap."
"Our senses are bound in flesh and blood, and our thoughts are limited in the skull. We have created a great Internet world, but we can only peek into it through a small keyhole. "
At this moment, whether at the scene or watching the live broadcast, some people have gradually gained a vague insight into Lu An's step-by-step words.
"Could it really be... no way...?"
The eyes of these people began to become suspicious, and they were both shocked and doubtful about the speculation in their hearts. If it was really the situation they imagined, it would be too subversive at the moment.
Lu An on the stage opened his hands, and the huge screen behind him played a visual picture of the neural network's images accelerating and shining brightly.
"Today, we are here not to launch a faster mobile phone, not to launch a thinner computer, nor to launch a so-called VR head-mounted display device that has been speculated for a long time."
"Today, we are here to open a brand new door."
At this moment, Lu An is not in a hurry to show off brain-computer terminal equipment. He knows very well that the concept must come before the product.
"In the past century, we humans have been working hard to make machines understand us better. But today, we may need to change our approach, to understand and integrate into the digital world in a more natural way."
The sound fell here, Lu An was silent for a moment, and then his voice spread throughout the audience again.
"I am honored to introduce to the world, the first truly immersive brain-computer terminal product in human history, created by Metaverse Intelligent Control."
"This product allows you to no longer stare at the screen, but to It takes you into the digital world of the screen, which is the embodiment of the next generation of the Internet, and even a habitable digital network space, the second world of mankind." Lu An's voice fell again, and the scene fell into a brief quiet atmosphere.
Except for a handful of people present who had already learned about it, 99% of the people were stunned at this moment. The quiet atmosphere at the press conference lasted for a few seconds and then ended.
Wow——!
The whole place was instantly in an uproar and became extremely restless. There were more noisy whispers and crazy clicking sounds of the cameras in the hands of the reporters present.
Thousands of public netizens who watched the live broadcast of the conference were stunned in front of the screen, a little unable to believe what their ears had just heard.
At that time, the barrage in the live broadcast room had been flooded with countless "???" question mark barrages, and netizens used this to express their shock and amazement.
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(End of this chapter)