The Exchange of Interests

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Yuan Jingsong looked at Li Zhou, who was smiling at him, with a complicated expression.

"The matters of artificial intelligence and photonic computers are too significant. I need to report to my superior."

After speaking, Yuan Jingsong glanced at Weixi, who was standing beside him.

Yuan Jingsong's intention was clear: he wanted to speak with his superior away from Future Technology's headquarters surveillance range.

Li Zhou shrugged indifferently, "Be my guest, I'll wait for you here."

Yuan Jingsong nodded and walked directly to the elevator.

After Weixi controlled the elevator to take Yuan Jingsong up, it turned around and smiled at its boss, Li Zhou, revealing its small canine teeth.

"Boss, do you want Weixi to sync the call audio?"

Li Zhou glared at Weixi. Some things, even if technically feasible without anyone knowing, were completely unnecessary.

Li Zhou had some guesses about Yuan Jingsong's superior, but he wasn't entirely sure who it was.

Sometimes, respect was still necessary.

"No eavesdropping!"

Three kilometers away from Future Technology's headquarters, in a patch of woods, Yuan Jingsong dialed a special phone number.

To avoid being monitored by Weixi, Yuan Jingsong had borrowed a Future Technology business car to get to these woods.

Unfortunately, Yuan Jingsong didn't realize that an artificial intelligence could monitor every move through a mobile phone. It was just that Weixi had refrained from doing so without Li Zhou's permission.

"Yes! Yes, that's right, I just came out of Future Technology headquarters."

"Okay! Okay! I won't let Li Zhou suffer any losses."

After hanging up the phone, Yuan Jingsong was already sweating profusely from his superior's words.

Indeed, artificial intelligence was like a god on the internet, and his mobile phone was connected to the network.

Fortunately, his superior's words reassured Yuan Jingsong quite a bit.

"The young man won't eavesdrop."

Yuan Jingsong looked at his phone with a complex expression. For some reason, he felt a little afraid of the arrival of the AI era.

When Yuan Jingsong returned to the basement, Weixi woke up Li Zhou, who was sleeping in a leather chair.

"Ah~ha!"

Li Zhou yawned widely, rubbing his eyes that were still difficult to open.

"Old Yuan, you're back?"

Yuan Jingsong's expression was grave, and without any preamble, he got straight to the point.

"The country needs an artificial intelligence and a photonic supercomputer like the one in front of us. Whether the country pays or provides other resources, as long as it's within reasonable limits, the country will accept it."

Li Zhou's eyes lit up, and he immediately became energetic.

"Old Yuan, if you put it that way, I won't be polite."

"First, I hope you won't publicly disclose that Weixi is a special artificial intelligence.

Second, I hope you can get Weixi an ID card, recognize Weixi as a legal citizen of our country, and enjoy the same protection as our citizens."

Weixi, standing nearby, heard that it was going to get an ID card and its little eyes blinked happily.

Li Zhou made a "three" gesture.

"Third, the above are the conditions I'm offering for your artificial intelligence. As for the photonic supercomputer, it must be purchased. After all, I spent a huge amount on research and development for the photonic supercomputer. As a friendly price, one supercomputer is 2.5 billion."

Li Zhou was a little worried that Yuan Jingsong wouldn't agree, so he continued, "Don't rush to refuse. My supercomputer at 2.5 billion is definitely a good deal. It incorporates a lot of black technology. For one thing, ordinary supercomputers have very large storage footprints, but look at mine, you can't feel it at all because of the new storage technology. This is just one of the technologies, what do you think?"

Yuan Jingsong listened to Li Zhou finish speaking with a calm expression. Upon hearing Li Zhou's conditions, Yuan Jingsong was internally ecstatic.

The bottom line from his superiors was 5 billion, and now he was getting it for half the price. How could Yuan Jingsong not be happy?

However, he absolutely couldn't show it to Li Zhou.

As for the first two conditions, they were minor matters, easily done.

Li Zhou looked at Yuan Jingsong's expressionless face and felt a little uneasy, doubting himself. Had he asked for too much?

After all, in reality, building a photonic supercomputer cost at most one million.

"Alright, but when can I pick up the photonic supercomputer?"

At this moment, both of them were home. Their expressions were calm, but in reality, both felt light and buoyant with happiness.

Li Zhou tried his best to maintain his facial expression. He coughed lightly.

"Cough cough~"

"Well, now that we have the experience of building the first photonic supercomputer, if we work overtime on the second one, you can come pick it up in a week."

"Okay, I'll come pick it up in a week then."

"No problem. Are you planning to take the Artificial Intelligence with you now, or wait until pickup to take it together? I personally suggest taking it together then. Without hardware support, even the strongest software can't perform."

Yuan Jingsong considered it and decided to follow Li Zhou's advice. After all, Li Zhou was the most professional.

After seeing Yuan Jingsong off, Li Zhou looked at his watch and realized it was already five o'clock. No wonder the sky was starting to lighten.

He yawned, feeling completely drained and without a shred of energy.

"Weixi, I'm going back to sleep. Tomorrow morning at nine-thirty, after CEO Xiong Kexuan starts work, you'll report to her. Tell her that from now on, you will monitor and review all of the company's commercial information. Especially the company's finances, you must keep a close eye on them. If there's anything unusual, don't alert anyone. Report it directly to me. I don't want outsiders to find fault with the company because of some minor 'oversight' by people in the finance department."

Weixi pondered the boss's words, "Is this what humans are like? Their hearts are truly complex."

"I'm off!"

Li Zhou waved his hand and took the elevator to leave the laboratory.

Li Zhou decided that he wouldn't get up no matter who called him until the afternoon.

If he didn't get enough sleep and went bald, who would he complain to? How would he find a beautiful young lady to marry?

Although Li Zhou's bed was broken, there were still plenty of guest rooms. Back home, Li Zhou went up to the third floor, randomly picked a guest room, and collapsed into sleep.

Before long, snoring could be heard from the guest room.

Li Zhou had been truly exhausted these past two days. It was worth noting that normally, Li Zhou never snored when he slept.

As Li Zhou's personal bodyguard, Zhou Song also felt Li Zhou's fatigue.

After Li Zhou fell asleep, Zhou Song called over more than a dozen of his men and surrounded the villa to prevent anyone from disturbing their boss's rest.

In a villa a hundred meters away from Li Zhou's house, Xiong Kexuan, who had just woken up, saw more than a dozen security guards surrounding Li Zhou's house and wondered what they were doing.