Machine Slave Appears on the Street

Everyone in the conference room looked at Chen Zhao, waiting for him to explain.

"Manufacture a batch of Machine Slaves and deploy them in public places," Chen Zhao said.

The people in the conference room waited for a long time, staring at one another.

That was it?

Just that?

Something so simple?

Deng Zixin was the first to voice an objection. "How the hell is that supposed to have any decisive effect?"

The entire room erupted. The coworkers were all fired up and wanted to give Deng Zixin a round of applause. Publicly defying the boss, and with such explosive wording—what a warrior!

Chen Zhao smiled. "It may sound simple, but it really will have a decisive effect."

"Oh? Let's hear it." Deng Zixin met him head-on.

Everyone else nodded as well. They all wanted to know the deeper reason behind Chen Zhao's approach. How could simply making some Machine Slaves and putting them in public places have a decisive effect?

As though he were about to launch into a lengthy speech, Chen Zhao solemnly poured himself a huge glass of water, gulped it down, and immediately began speaking at a rapid pace:

"There's a term called virtual ownership. It has many meanings. One refers to the items and character skins you buy in games—you have virtual ownership over those items and skins. That isn't what we're discussing. Another meaning is when you imagine that something already belongs to you."

"Everyone has seen car commercials on TV. Their tone is more or less the same: cinematic visuals, scenes of cars driving down the road, and owners taking their families on trips."

"When viewers who want to buy a car watch those ads, they can't help putting themselves into the scene and imagining that, if they bought that car, the images