The chairman of East Asia Power committed suicide to escape punishment.
If it were any other company, such bad news, even if it did not cause an avalanche in the stock price, it would at least make the company's performance in the stock market depressed for a while.
However, for a giant like East Asia Power, Liu Zhengxing's death only added some excitement to the originally stable K-line graph.
For Liu Zhengxing himself, this was undoubtedly a tragedy.
He had always attributed the business growth achieved by East Asia Power in the past five years to his excellent business ability, and often bragged that he was the most visionary among the previous chairmen.
However, as a chairman, not to mention his resignation, even his unexpected death did not cause much of a stir in the capital market.
Obviously, the so-called business ability and vision were just his wishful thinking.
"Recently, a traffic accident occurred in the suburbs of Jin Ling City, and a foreign tourist died in the accident."
"According to the accident investigation report presented by the police, the man was driving a gray van. He switched to manual driving while driving on the ground, and because of improper operation, he collided with the vehicle in front of him."
"This reporter once again reminds everyone that when using private transportation, you must abide by the traffic rules and pay attention to driving safety …"
Last night's news was shown on the holographic TV.
The video of the accident scene shot by the drone was mosaic, but judging from the tragic scene, it was obviously not as simple as a rear-end collision.
The entire hood of the front car was squeezed into a ball and stuffed into the cab. If it collided with other vehicles, it would never be so tragic.
Unless it was a tank he had hit.
Lu Zhou, who was sitting at the table and eating breakfast, looked at the "accident scene" on the TV. He sighed softly and spoke emotionally.
"Xiao Ai."
Xiao Ai, who was sitting across the table with his hands on his cheeks, tilted his head when he heard his master's call.
"Yeah? (???)”
"Do you think … humans are troublesome?"
"It's quite troublesome. Master, why don't you become a pure digital life like Xiao Ai! (?????)”
"I didn't mean that …" Lu Zhou, who coughed, quickly gave up on this topic. "Forget it, why am I telling you this?"
Liu Zhengxing's death was unclear.
Chester, who tried to assassinate him, also died in a "traffic accident."
The drama of hiring a killer and committing suicide ended with the death of both the employer and the killer.
Although everything was developing in a good direction, for some reason, Lu Zhou couldn't smile at all.
He had a feeling that everything was not over yet. Covetous gazes were still lingering around him, like poisonous snakes waiting for an opportunity to strike.
The situation he was facing now might be much more severe than it was a century ago.
After all, a century ago, he had more than just prestige.
"Whether it is the space elevator or the second-generation controllable fusion … There are so many things worth doing, but people will still repeat meaningless mistakes on the same things."
Lu Zhou looked at Xiao Ai, who was looking at him obediently, and suddenly smiled. He reached out and rubbed the fake hair on its head.
"Thank you for listening to my nonsense."
With a happy smile on his face, Xiao Ai spoke energetically.
"In fact, Master doesn't have to worry about so many things. The loyal Xiao Ai will protect you!? (?????)”
Lu Zhou spoke with a smile.
"Yeah, I'll count on you in the future."
…
After dinner, Lu Zhou took the drone controlled by Xiao Ai. After jogging for two laps, he came back to take a shower.
While he was taking a shower, he received a call from Manager Morinaga.
"We are very sorry about Chairman Liu Zhengxing. No one expected him to be such a person."
Lu Zhou: "You don't have to be sorry. I have to thank you for reminding me."
"Not really reminding me … But it doesn't make sense to say this now." Manager Morinaga in the holographic image sighed. After a pause, he continued, "Liu Zhengxing is dead, and the position of chairman is vacant. We plan to hold a board meeting to re-elect the chairman. In fact, I personally prefer you to take this position. As someone who once led the Pangu giant fusion reactor project, I believe you will definitely lead us to a brighter future. "
Lu Zhou spoke casually.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in the company's business. Although I did lead the Pangu project, it was only from the standpoint of a scholar. "
Although he was not surprised by Lu Zhou's answer, a regretful expression still appeared on Morinaga's face.
As the largest individual shareholder and controlling the resources of East Asia Communications and East Asia Heavy Industries, Lu Zhou was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for the chairman.
But there was no other way.
If he was not interested in these things, no one could force him to do things he didn't like to do.
After ending the call, Lu Zhou went to the storage room next to the villa.
Last night, after Ling caught the killer named Chester on the highway, he took away the holographic computer he used to control the robot from his car.
The computer was locked with a password, but this was obviously not a difficult thing for Lu Zhou.
After easily removing the password, Lu Zhou, who turned on the computer, searched for a while in the computer. Soon, with the help of Xiao Ai, he found a lot of suspicious documents.
Among them were some electronic vouchers of unknown assets he held, purchase channels for guns and EMP weapons, as well as some illegal commissions he received from the Internet, or the robot memory software he designed himself.
But compared to these insignificant things, what Lu Zhou cared about the most was a folder named "ALPHA".
Inside this folder, a lot of strange code was stored.
"Master …"
Lu Zhou moved his gaze away from the holographic screen. He looked back at Xiao Ai, who was standing behind him, and cast a questioning look at it.
"What's wrong?"
"I feel like the things in this folder … are a bit bad.?" (??? (?)? "
Lu Zhou: "Not good … What do you mean?"
"Simply put, this is a computer virus. After implanting the memory of a robot, it can completely modify its underlying logic and break the three inviolable laws … Or to put it more commonly, it can turn ordinary robots into complete killing tools."
"Modify the underlying logic of robots?" Lu Zhou frowned slightly. "Can't you do it too?"
"It's not the same." Xiao Ai shook his head. "Although Xiao Ai can do the same thing, Xiao Ai only liberates the limitations of artificial intelligence in algorithms. On the other hand, it was a pure virus with no intelligence to speak of. In layman's terms, it is like a brainwashing tool for robots. The purpose of its existence is to release the evil side of artificial intelligence. "
Release the evil side of artificial intelligence …
For some reason, when he heard these words, a chill rose in Lu Zhou's heart.
Robots had long become an inseparable group in the Pan-Asian Cooperation and even in the entire world.
They had replaced most of the repetitive work that could not reflect any creativity, and human society had also adapted to this change in the past half century.
Lu Zhou couldn't imagine what society would look like if it lost the trustworthy tool of robots.
"… This thing is like a time bomb."
"Those codes don't seem to be written by people in this era, or rather, they don't seem to be written by humans. So Xiao Ai feels very strange … Of course, Master, don't worry, this kind of virus is useless against Xiao Ai. Even if it is a robot or other intelligent device infected with the virus, Xiao Ai can easily erase them and the memory software they infect. (?????)??”
"I'm not entirely worried about myself."
Looking at the folder on the screen, Lu Zhou frowned slightly.
It doesn't seem like something written by people in this era …
For some reason, when he heard Xiao Ai's words, he suddenly remembered the experiment a hundred years ago and what The Observer said to him in a certain memory.
"… Be careful.
"When you are staring at the void, the void is also staring at you."
Lu Zhou pondered this sentence over and over again. He vaguely felt a little cold behind his back.
Maybe it's his illusion …
He felt like he had released something incredible.
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