Zhan Fei had already planned out his conversation with the other party in his mind.
Who was this person? Who was he? What did he want to threaten him with?
Was it a cold male voice? A seductive female voice? Or even a distorted voice produced by a voice changer?
Never did he expect that the other party would be speaking in a child's voice.
"Friend, have you heard of Little X?"
Perhaps because Zhan Fei did not answer, the child on the other end asked again.
"I've just heard of this name today."
Zhan Fei decided to play along and observe the other party's intentions before deciding what to say next.
"That's great."
The voice on the other end of the phone seemed delighted. "In that case, are you willing to join us and promote Little X to the world?"
"What do you mean?" Zhan Fei frowned. "Who are you? Why do you want me to join? What's my value? What kind of benefits can I get? "
"Mr. Zhan Fei, you can call me X."
The child on the other end of the phone said seriously, "It's a small organization that focuses on biotechnology. The Little X Translation Assistant we sent you is the first artificial intelligence product under the X organization."
"If organizations that can design such products are all small organizations, doesn't that mean my company is nothing?" Zhan Fei snorted coldly.
"No, no, no! We're called a 'small organization' because we don't have any manpower in our organization, "the child explained." That's why I followed the dark web and found you guys. "
"What are you talking about? I don't understand."
Zhan Fei's expression turned cold. As expected, the other party found him from the dark web.
"Of course, you're not the only one I found. I also found King, SB, CZH, and a few others."
"Impossible!"
Zhan Fei's pupils shrank. He almost crushed the phone in his hand. "You even found King and the others, in real life?"
These English names seemed ordinary, even a little funny. However, only those who were familiar with the hacker world would understand how scary they were.
Every single one of these names was a top-notch figure in the hacker world.
"Of course, to me, your traces are too obvious."
Tong Sheng chuckled. "The reason why I'm looking for you is that you're all successful people in real life. You don't have any complicated backgrounds. That's why we're working together."
Zhan Fei felt a chill run down his back. He reached out to touch it and realized that he was already drenched in cold sweat.
If any hacker had told him that they had found the real identities of King, SB, and the others, Zhan Fei would have scoffed. However, at that moment, he did not think that the other party was bragging …
He had always been careful to remove all traces, and he had even lost to Whine by a little in the battle a year ago.
To be able to find him without him noticing, just who was this X?
At this thought, Zhan Fei took a deep breath. "What do you need us to do then?"
"My request is very simple. I hope you can become a shareholder of Little X Translation Assistant."
The child's voice did not seem to be aware of its image at all and continued to speak in a childish voice, "I hope you can finance a company called 'Blacklight Biotechnology Ltd' so that my company can avoid a lot of trouble."
"But the way I see it, this product doesn't need us."
Zhan Fei frowned. "I believe that with the technology of this software, it can attract a lot of venture capital."
"But if that's the case, the product and even the company won't completely belong to me."
The child's voice sounded a little helpless. "Although this is a good choice, I hope that the company will always be under my control."
"I understand."
Zhan Fei nodded. It was normal for entrepreneurs to have special feelings for their own companies. However, if a company wanted to grow stronger and bigger, it needed investment from all parties, which was why angel investment was a common situation in the industry.
Not all companies or projects could attract investment. Those that could really attract investment were all companies with great potential and were highly regarded by the public.
However, capital was driven by profit after all. There were often cases where after several rounds of financing, the company would take on someone else's name, and even the founder would be kicked out of the company.
If the company did not accept the financing, the other party could imitate the company's technology and establish a new company to compete with you. If you lacked capital, the only outcome would be to be easily defeated by the other party and die a horrible death.
This was the reason why many people had a love-hate relationship with venture capital.
Capital never sleeps. In the eyes of capital, there was no right or wrong, only profit.
However, if the lifeline of the company's shareholders was in one's hands, of course, it would be different. The other party would not be able to interfere with the company's affairs and would not interfere with the founder's privileges.
At this time, this X's meaning seemed to be as such.
"Can I take these words as a threat?" Zhan Fei said coldly.
"If you're happy," X said indifferently.
"Then, one last question. What do I get out of this?"
Zhan Fei asked again. "If all this doesn't benefit me at all, and I'm even going to lose everything I have now, then I'm sorry, I'd rather fight to the death with you!"
"Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person."
X said, "Each of the four of you will invest ten million in my project. I'll give you two percent of the shares, but the condition is that you won't interfere with any internal affairs of the company. That should be reasonable, right?"
Zhan Fei was so angry that he laughed. "Are you sure you're talking about the Little X Translation Assistant project and not the company? Ten million each for two percent of the shares? Why don't you just rob me? "
"Two percent is already a lot!"
X argued. "Perhaps your understanding of the technological capabilities of the Little X Translation Assistant is a little lacking. Let me put it this way. As long as this software hits the market, it'll be able to solve any written communication problems. It's the only one in the world, surpassing the current AI translation technology by more than five years!"
Zhan Fei opened his mouth to refute, but his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Although he had only skimmed it casually before, the level of technology that could perfectly replace all the fonts on foreign web pages without any sense of dissonance was just as he said. It was enough to beat any similar product.
X did not seem to be exaggerating.
If that was the case, then once this software was released, it would definitely be a windfall!
Thinking of this, Zhan Fei's originally angry and conflicted feelings faded a little.
"Moreover, my company won't just have this Little X Translation Assistant project in the future."
X continued. "There's also a 'simultaneous translation machine' under the company that's currently under research. It's expected to hit the market within half a year. You'll understand when that time comes."
"Simultaneous translation machine?" Zhan Fei frowned. "Is it something that allows two people who don't speak the same language to communicate? I've used this before and it's not very useful. "
"But we're different," X explained. "You've probably watched Wandering Earth before. Our simultaneous translation machine is as good as the one in the movie."
Zhan Fei fell silent when he heard this. After a while, he continued. "I need to think about it."
"No problem." X's damned childish voice was still chattering. "If you don't mind, in three hours, please go to the Mickey Cafe in the city center. You'll meet King, SB, and CZH there. We'll discuss it together then."
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