821. Chip implantation
Under the planning of Lee Sung-ho, Guardian Group Medical Technology announced that it would choose a child with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, or mental retardation to receive brain chip implantation every day. All the costs would be borne by the Guardian Group.
For a company, this cost was actually very high because Guardian Medical Technology priced each brain chip implantation surgery at 200,000 US dollars.
Voices of doubt were heard almost immediately. The surgery cost as high as 200,000 US dollars stopped most people. Then the problem was, if chip implantation was really so powerful, then did this mean that human beings would be seriously polarized in the future? Humans who had the ability to implant chips could easily leave those who did not have chips implanted behind in all aspects. If chip implantation didn't live up to its name, then the problem would also be huge. This was a blatant lie!
What's more, was a person implanted with a chip a human or a robot? Would you still be yourself? If you just let go of your brain and consciousness and let a stranger play with it, would you really feel at ease?
Contrary to everyone's expectations, even though there were many problems with this invention, it was still a great progress in human history. However, it was opposed by a large number of enterprises and organizations from various countries. Their voices were unified, and the opposition was severe. It was simply unexpected.
However, this was also expected. With the Orderliness Clan secretly playing tricks, it was expected that they would face such a huge wave of opposition. What's more, after the Orderliness Clan discovered that there were some people in their organization who had implanted chips, they became even more nervous.
This was because this matter was a fatal blow to the Orderliness Clan. First of all, they couldn't crack open every member's head to see. After all, the Orderliness Clan was a loose organization that relied on faith to unite. However, it was also impossible to ignore it. According to the judgment of the man in the suit, the leak this time was most likely done by these people who had implanted chips. Their chips were likely to be connected in an unknown way.
Of course, after Remi cut off the network connection of the observer and deleted the corresponding data, the man in the suit and the others only got a useless chip and a cold corpse with its head cracked open.
Most importantly, it was impossible for the Orderliness Clan to openly oppose the implantation of the chip within their own sect. This was because according to their teachings, getting closer to machinery was equivalent to getting closer to the Divine Realm. Therefore, mechanical modifications were considered beautiful. It was just that it was limited by technology and couldn't carry out too many modifications.
Therefore, they could only work very hard to incite and organize behind the scenes, attracting many people to oppose the Guardian Group's chip implantation technology. Of course, the effect was still very obvious. A large number of people were stirred up, and many of the Guardian Group's properties in various countries were smashed and looted. Even some workers in the Guardian Group's factories began to go on strike.
However, the Guardian Group simply ignored the waves of opposition. Tang Yu's response was very simple. Do you want to smash it? Alright, then I'll do as you wish and close the shop. Therefore, all the factories, shops, and research bases of the Guardian Group all over the world stopped working. I don't believe that you can surround my shop for the rest of your lives.
For Tang Yu, funds? He currently had businesses in the worlds of Resident Evil: Curse, Alien vs. Predator, and Pacific Rim. Moreover, these worlds were in similar eras, and even paper money was used. Of course, although the paper money was the same, the numbers were definitely the same, so it couldn't be used in large quantities. However, precious metals and other things didn't matter.
Productivity? Right now, the base of Aurora Island had already been dug more than 200 meters below sea level. With the support of a large number of smuggled minerals, or simply cheap mineral resources brought from other worlds, it produced day and night.
What was he afraid of? It should be the governments of various countries that were afraid! When public opinion began to take precedence over order and law, when tens of billions of tax revenue every year went down the drain, when hundreds of thousands of employees under the Guardian Group faced unemployment … it went without saying what the governments of various countries would choose. Even if the Guardian Group was only a relatively large multinational company, once this company set a precedent of being smashed and looted and closed down, it would be a fatal blow to the vitality of the market and the investment environment.
The police began to move out in large numbers to protect the employees of the Guardian Group, appease the rioting citizens, disperse the protesters, and urge the Guardian Group to resume work as soon as possible. They also needed to give an explanation on the chip implantation problem as soon as possible.
Explanation? Explanation for what? Tang Yu, who had begun to relax a little, only sneered at this. One had to know that he held tens of thousands of orders in his hands, all of them hoping to implant chips. One had to know that those who could send orders to him were all people with a certain degree of influence. However, these people were still more cautious now. Most of the orders were for their professional managers, disabled descendants, or seriously ill elders.
No matter how much the Orderliness Clan objected, no matter how they manipulated the ignorant citizens to smash and loot, they would never let go of this opportunity to make themselves smarter. Therefore, this was a trend that couldn't be stopped.
The Guardian Group still released two statements. The first said, "Computers have become an indispensable tool in human society. Would you refuse to put this tool from the table to the inside of the skull? Moreover, chip implantation is relatively independent. Whether or not to access the Internet is still the user's own choice. At the end of the day, chip implantation is just a tool. A tool can't replace and manipulate the brain. "
The second statement said, "The invention of the Guardian Group is to promote the common progress of all mankind and will not create class divisions. However, the cost of chip implantation is limited by the technology. As the technology matures, the cost will be further reduced so that everyone can enjoy this future technology. "
Of course, such a slightly cold explanation couldn't satisfy everyone, but the Guardian Group obviously didn't intend to further explain. Their attitude was very clear. The thing was here, use it if you wanted, and forget about it if you didn't. One free surgery for children with cerebral palsy and mental retardation every day still didn't stop, and the implantation surgery laboratories established in various countries also didn't stop working.
Tang Yu didn't lie. He didn't want the whole world to become his slave, because if he did so, then he himself would become the limit of all mankind. What a joke, he didn't think he was smarter than seven billion people combined. Social contradictions, divisions, and class divisions were the biggest driving force for the development of a civilization.
If the whole world only had one voice and all needs were met, then what was the point of developing technology? Wouldn't it be better to take things step by step and be content with the status quo? In this case, even if aliens invaded, the result would only be the rapid development of society's technology toward military technology that targeted the characteristics of these aliens. There was no comprehensive development at all.
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