Shanghai International Convention and Exhibition Center.
The Phantom virtual reality system product launch was officially held.
For Musk, this wasn't his first time coming to this place.
He was standing in the lobby with an invitation letter. He was about to go to the conference venue when he suddenly noticed an acquaintance.
This person was none other than Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook.
A while ago, Facebook split Oculus' business and laid off a large number of employees, which caused a huge uproar on the Internet.
Elon wasn't surprised at all that Zuckerberg was here.
If nothing unexpected happened, it was highly likely that he would become his competitor in the near future.
"I didn't expect to see you here." Elon had a formal smile on his face as he reached out his hand and said, "Looks like today is my lucky day."
After shaking hands with Musk, Zuckerberg spoke concisely.
"Nice to meet you, I didn't expect this either."
Elon: "Your expression tells me that you're not in a good mood."
Zuckerberg said, "Aren't you the same?"
There were protests in Los Angeles against the introduction of the Phantom system. Even though Zuckerberg wanted to cooperate with Star Sky Technology, he had to put this plan on hold. He planned to wait for a while before making a decision.
However, what he didn't expect was that Star Sky Technology didn't seem to care about the recent uproar on the Internet. Instead, they chose to hold a product launch at this critical juncture.
This maneuver really surprised him.
If they chose to hold a product launch at this time, there was no doubt that they would have to face the turbulent public opinion.
Also, it was almost certain that the reporters wouldn't ask them any friendly questions.
At least not from the Western reporters.
"Haha, I'm not that interested." Elon smiled and said, "Even though I'm interested in virtual reality technology, I'm not addicted to it. It might be important to Facebook, but it doesn't matter to my Tesla and Space-X. "
That was the truth.
Even though Musk coveted the potential benefits of this future technology, it was only a money-making tool for him. He was not as desperate as Zuckerberg to get his hands on it.
Zuckerberg looked at Elon and didn't say anything. He turned around and walked toward the venue.
Elon didn't say anything either. He shrugged and walked toward the venue.
The product launch was about to begin.
He and Zuckerberg had one thing in common. He also wanted to know what Star Sky Technology, which hoped to use a product launch to clear their name, was going to say here …
…
The venue of the press conference was packed with people. As far as the eye could see, it was a dark mass.
Among the people present were CEOs of well-known technology companies, big names from academia, and journalists working in the media.
At the beginning of the conference, the CEO of Star Sky Technology, Ms. Chen Yushan, walked to the front of the stage and announced the beginning of the product launch.
Surprisingly, the CEO didn't seem to care about the recent heated discussions on the internet. Instead, she focused on the future of the Phantom system and placed it at the beginning of the press conference.
Instead, it was about the virtual reality network's content classification system and a new experimental plan.
According to Ms. Chen Yushan, Star Sky Technology would establish a virtual reality network classification system. This system would determine the signal that users could receive from the neural modem based on the user's age.
In short, users under the age of 18 would not be able to receive offensive content. Users over the age of 18 could choose to receive offensive content as long as local laws and regulations permitted it.
On the other hand, in order to improve the Phantom system's algorithmic logic, Star Sky Technology announced the launch of the "Master God" program. They would recruit 5-20 testers from all over the world to participate in this program and help the Phantom system complete the set of algorithmic logic through deep learning.
Chen Yushan didn't disclose the specific experimental content.
After all, this wasn't the focus of the press conference.
After briefly explaining these arrangements, she faced the audience and the cameras in the back row. She cleared her throat and continued to speak.
"… In addition, I learned that there are some false reports and rumors circulating on the Internet, as well as some concerns from the general public.
"From a scientific point of view, virtual reality is absolutely safe. It's like a second eye, a tool that we use to receive external signals. It can't replace our unique thinking.
"Of course, everyone has the right to choose whether or not to evolve. As a technology company, we only serve the future and are only responsible for providing better choices.
"As for what kind of lifestyle they choose, it's not up to us, it's up to the users themselves.
"That's our response to the recent false rumors about virtual reality technology on the Internet. Next is the focus of this product conference …"
Zuckerberg looked at the CEO of Star Sky Technology and couldn't help but frown.
In terms of clarifying the negative news, this wasn't a big deal.
It gave a solution and answered a question.
However, could this alone make the public completely let down their guard against this technology? Could they convince the vested interest groups led by the White House to recognize the reality and accept the status quo?
They were underestimating the power of this technology …
Honestly, Zuckerberg was pessimistic about Star Sky Technology's simple approach.
However, the CEO standing on the stage seemed to have completely ignored this point. He continued to speak unhurriedly.
"According to our company's development strategy.
"We will divide the global business into eight regions and establish supercomputing centers in each region to provide computing services for the virtual reality network. We will use the supercomputing centers in each region as the base to expand the width of the virtual reality network.
"The location of the first supercomputing center has been selected. The location is in Jinling, China, and it will provide the computing power needed for the entire East Asia region.
"As for the other regions, we welcome other high-tech companies to join us and promote the process of globalization of the virtual reality network.
"Of course, if you're not interested, we understand.
"After all, the future will never serve everyone. It will only serve the majority or even some of the people. We have never held any hope for true free trade without any prejudices."
When he said this, the crowd burst into an uproar.
What does this mean?
Star Sky Technology doesn't focus on markets outside of East Asia?
Does that mean they don't care?
Weren't they too confident in their skills?!
Especially those Western reporters who were carrying cameras, many of them were completely dumbfounded.
"This is … This is an official response? What are they doing? "
"Are they crazy?"
Like the uproar of the media, the entrepreneurs present were also full of shock.
However, the meaning behind the shock was something completely different.
Musk's pupils shrank as he looked at the stage. His eyes were flashing with excitement.
Just like Zuckerberg, he wasn't optimistic about Star Sky Technology's PR method. However, this was undoubtedly good news for businessmen like him, who had failed in the virtual reality technology industry.
Just like most Silicon Valley CEOs had guessed, Star Sky Technology didn't plan on competing in the downstream of the industry chain. They planned on giving up the customer interface to the market. They would only be in the cloud computing service terminal and the enterprise interface.
This meant that if the virtual reality network entered North America, all of the companies involved in the Phantom ecosystem would be able to benefit from it.
And they would be able to fill their stomachs.
"They're crazy …"
Zuckerberg's eyes sparkled with excitement as he repeated the words and rubbed his fingers together.
He took back his previous opinion.
He finally knew what Star Sky Technology's trump card was.
Even though he didn't want to admit it, this was the truth. The Phantom system had no competitors in the short term. Regardless of whether or not other people wanted to accept this reality, the Phantom system was irreplaceable.
It was easy to reject the technology, they just had to keep it out of the customs.
However, once the virtual reality network matured, North America companies would have to face more than just Star Sky Technology, they would have to face a group of …
Regardless of what other companies thought, Facebook couldn't miss this opportunity to reshuffle the entire Internet industry.
Zuckerberg made up his mind. After the press conference, he would find a chance to talk to Star Sky Technology …
…
Regardless of whether Star Sky Technology was crazy or not, after the product press conference, the visiting high-tech companies went crazy. The western media went crazy as well.
The former was crazy because Star Sky Technology announced that they were looking for partners to develop other markets. The latter was crazy because …
They were completely ignored.
That's right.
They were completely ignored.
Whether it was the well-known psychologists in the CNN studio or the anti-virtual reality technology demonstrations in New York City, Star Sky Technology acted like they didn't see it at all.
After the product launch, CNN reporter Andrew was angry that Star Sky Technology didn't even give them a chance to interview Star Sky Technology. He yelled at the camera in an agitated tone.
"I've never seen such an arrogant company. They don't care about the demands of the people of the world. They only know how to sell their fancy stuff. From today on, I won't buy anything with the Star Sky Technology label! Anything! I hope everyone will unite and boycott this company, boycott this evil technology and the organizations that use it! "
When Andrew said this, his tone could be said to be impassioned, and even he himself was moved.
However, dreams were beautiful, but reality was cruel.
In fact, Star Sky Technology wasn't a manufacturing company. It was an intellectual property company.
Boycotting Star Sky Technology was easy.
All they had to do was reject lithium-sulfur cell phones, new energy vehicles with lithium-air batteries, wireless charging stations, oppose the use of carbon-based chips by US semiconductor companies, or simply reject all electronic devices that used carbon chips, oppose the SG series superconducting materials and special anti-radiation materials that were being built in California, or simply reject the use of clean fusion nuclear energy …
In theory, as long as they did all of this, it would be easy to kick Star Sky Technology out of their lives.
Maybe?
After the product launch, the Western media, led by CNN, published their reports on the product launch in a mocking tone.
However, just as they were prepared to see a joke, what happened next shocked the entire Western media world...
It was beyond everyone's expectations.
On Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms, there was not a huge wave of public opinion as they had imagined.
At least, everything didn't go the way they imagined.
People were indeed protesting.
However, in addition to the protesting voices, the new protests weren't for the purpose of resisting, nor were they against the brainwashing and evil.
Instead, it was because Star Sky Technology didn't announce their plan to "bring the virtual reality network to their doorstep". This made the potential users, who were looking forward to introducing this technology, express their frustration through complaints.
On the other hand, the potential users included in the East Asia region were ecstatic.
The excited and celebratory voices completely overshadowed the "evil" debate.
Even though the Jinling supercomputing center hadn't been completed yet, they could already see the dawn of a virtual reality network.
In addition, many high-tech companies, including Facebook and other social media platforms, seemed to have a more ambiguous attitude toward this matter. They began to take the initiative to cool down the protesting voices.
It was like they had reached some kind of secret agreement with the Chinese.
However, this wasn't the scariest part.
What made the traditional Western media worried and even scared was that the people who really paid attention to this technology didn't seem to buy it.
They were losing their influence.
They were losing their status as the uncrowned king.
The motley crew that was previously manipulated by them didn't care about them at all …
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