124: Chapter 124 Tanaka's Visit

Wang Shuo gained quite a lot from this trip to the police station.

First, he solved the problem of upgrading the Eagle Eye System. According to Wang Shuo's estimation, under normal circumstances, even if his system were more advanced, he probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to upgrade the Eagle Eye System. Being able to successfully reach an upgrade agreement this time was likely due to a lot of help from Uncle Chen.

Then, he identified the suspect he most wanted to find. However, thinking of this person, Wang Shuo felt both angry and puzzled. What exactly went wrong in this person's head to make them do such an outrageous thing? And they ran away so fast; in just one day, they had already vanished without a trace.

Finally, there were three contracts with a total value of 40 million. Moreover, Director Jiao had already promised to pay 25 million within three days.

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He was a little closer to his goal of 110 million.

Calculating it this way, he had managed to scrape together nearly 50 million in just two short days.

His earning ability was not bad; Wang Shuo felt very satisfied.

However, what surprised him most this trip was the successful installation of zero egg onto the supercomputer. Although it was only a small supercomputer, it still earned the title of "super," with floating-point operation speeds measured in billions per second, which was countless times more efficient than the crude server on his second floor.

To give a simple example.

Previously, when Wang Shuo had zero run new code to generate language libraries and underlying code, it took a full seventeen hours, but now, it would probably take only a dozen minutes.

That was the difference.

This was also the reason why zero could filter out the key focus group from ten million people in just a few minutes.

This was really… too powerful.

The supercomputer was already this powerful, so what if it were replaced with a superconducting supercomputer?

Wang Shuo was already considering what method to use to define the computer's processing speed when that time came.

"General Manager Wang."

While he was thinking, Liu Yemei's voice came from the side.

Wang Shuo turned his head.

"Is the system you demonstrated at the police station today the same thing as Miss's zero egg?"

Wang Shuo smiled: "I knew I couldn't hide it from you. You've also seen Chen Xin's zero egg; what do you think of it?"

"It's very good." Liu Yemei nodded in approval. To be honest, whether it was zero egg or the scenes she witnessed at the police station today, she found it all somewhat unbelievable. Wang Shuo's performance over the past two days had also made her look at him in a new light; raising 25 million in two days was not something just anyone could accomplish.

Now, he was actually setting his sights on a target several times the size of Frontier Technology Co., Ltd., which was something she hadn't anticipated when she made the suggestion.

Any of her suggestions were always demand-first, supply-second. To put it plainly, it meant looking only at what one wanted, without considering whether it could be secured.

"This is the product we are going to release at the press conference on December 15th—the first-generation Artificial Intelligence, plus its carrier—zero egg."

Speaking of this, Wang Shuo asked: "How is the venue I asked you to rent coming along? If we're going to do this, let's make it big; no need for small-scale tinkering anymore."

This was the "luring the wolf into the house" plan that Wang Shuo had racked his brains to come up with.

The logic of the plan was very simple.

The Black-robed Man was attracted by the "Mark I System," and as far as Wang Shuo was concerned, the "Mark I System" had nothing particularly outstanding about it other than attributes like "advanced" and "leading."

Let's assume that it was because the "Mark I System" was too "advanced" that it provoked the killing intent of The Black-robed Man, which in turn led to a kill order. If an Artificial Intelligence were released under the eyes of the whole world, then… would these vermin hiding in the dark jump in anxiety? Would they… come to kill him again?

Wang Shuo was looking forward to it, and this was why Wang Shuo had to ensure the upgrade of the Sky Eye System. This was his eyes, his shield, and the guarantee of his safety.

This time, no matter what the circumstances, Wang Shuo would not let himself or those around him put themselves in danger.

Consequently, the original arrangements were all disrupted, and the press conference half a month later became the debut for zero.

"It has already been arranged. It's the largest convention center in W City, located in the center of W City, and is large enough to accommodate thousands of people."

Liu Yemei responded skillfully.

"Very good." Wang Shuo nodded and calmed down, preparing to read the text on his laptop. Suddenly, he remembered something, turned his head, and asked: "Is the rent expensive?"

Liu Yemei raised an eyebrow: "Calculated according to market value, it is not expensive."

"Oh."

Wang Shuo was relieved. If Liu Yemei said it wasn't expensive, it must have been price-negotiated. It wasn't that he was stingy; he really had no choice. After all, he still owed tens of millions outside, and there was still a shortfall of over 100 million for acquiring the enterprise, which really made it hard for Wang Shuo to catch his breath.

But if he were to give up such a good acquisition opportunity, Wang Shuo wouldn't be reconciled. The enterprise Liu Yemei chose this time really struck a chord with him. Whether it was the location, land, factory buildings, or employees, everything was ready-made and could be used immediately. It wasn't the kind of shell company he had imagined. Such enterprises were rare; he had to secure it.

He was afraid of being poor; he had to tighten his belt to get by. Saving a million was a million. He had to scrape this money together bit by bit.

Whether he could turn the tables and sing a song of triumph depended entirely on this enterprise.

"There are a few more things to report to you."

Liu Yemei took out a folder and said: "The statement from the Chen Group has already caused quite an impact. Many media outlets and self-media have turned their attention toward us. For the past few days, reporters have been lingering outside the company. General Manager Wang, how do you intend to handle this matter?"

This was a problem. Uncle Chen had helped so much this time; he shouldn't cheat him too severely. He only needed to achieve his goal.

"How about this: you go and release a message saying that our company has no intention of terminating the authorization for the Chen Group for the time being, but in order to express our dissatisfaction, we will classify the authorization. The Chen Group will be downgraded from the high level to the medium level."

Liu Yemei frowned: "This level…"

"The level corresponds to system permissions." Wang Shuo rested his chin on his hand and thought: "Just say that in the past few days, we have performed a comprehensive upgrade on the original Mark I System. Different permissions unlock different functions; the highest permission is the highest level, the low permission is the lowest level, and in between are the intermediate permission and high permission categories."

"I understand." Liu Yemei nodded.

"In addition, do not go into detail about the official signing time and the specific classification of levels; save that for the press conference."

Liu Yemei looked at Wang Shuo in surprise, as if she hadn't expected Wang Shuo to come up with such a way to attract traffic. She immediately nodded to indicate she understood; she was very skilled at such things.

"The second matter." Liu Yemei flipped through the folder and continued to report: "The equipment manufacturers that have already arrived in W City are collectively requesting to see you. What do you think?"

"It's time to see them."

Thinking that he was still very short of money, Wang Shuo felt full of energy all over: "Sister Liu, please help me prepare the information on these companies. I will take a look before seeing them."

Liu Yemei frowned, feeling a bit unaccustomed to Wang Shuo's new form of address, but she still nodded.

"The third matter. Tanaka Hidekazu, the group consultant and chief engineer of Japan's W Company, arrived at the company yesterday and insists on seeing you."

"Tanaka Hidekazu?" Wang Shuo was taken aback. If he remembered correctly, this Tanaka Hidekazu should have returned to Japan long ago.

"He is at our company now? And he wants to see me?"

Liu Yemei nodded: "His attitude is very firm."

What kind of trouble is this?

Wang Shuo frowned and made a decision.

"Then let's see him."

…

Tanaka Hidekazu sat quietly in the reception room on the second floor of Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. Standing beside him was an interpreter, also a Japanese person.

"Tanaka-san."

Inoue, who was forty-five years old this year, looked at Tanaka Hidekazu, who was quietly sipping tea, his tone extremely dissatisfied: "These Chinese people are too rude! They actually made Tanaka-san wait here for two days, and they couldn't even provide good tea to you."

"Do not be angry, Inoue-san." Tanaka Hidekazu said calmly: "China has an idiom called 'be patient and don't be rash.' You and I are asking for favors now, so minor comforts are not worth mentioning."

"However, what I did not expect was… Inoue-san, an advanced industrial system capable of shocking the world and changing the entire world's industrial landscape was actually born in such a small company. This makes me feel afraid."

"Why afraid, Tanaka-san?" Inoue looked disdainful: "For a company like this, I think it is completely unnecessary for you to come and talk in person. As long as enough money is given, Chinese people can sell anything, including their wives."

Tanaka shook his head. After all, Inoue was just an interpreter, and his insight was far from sufficient.

He had spent so much effort, running back and forth between Japan and China for just over ten days, and applying to the company for a huge acquisition budget; it wasn't for the sake of "being unnecessary."

Those high-and-mighty executives in the company had had their eyes covered by Japan's lead for many years and could not see the scenery below.

This would ruin the entire company.

Tanaka did not know if his efforts would be effective, but he had to try his best.