"...How long has it been since we last contacted Zero?"
The conference room was filled with smoke. Yu Qingdong fanned it with his hands in disgust. He wanted to have the window opened several times, but he resisted.
"97 days."
Afterwards, the conference room fell into silence again, and he smoked cigarettes one by one, as if he was competing with the flickering cigarette butts.
"97 days, you are derelict in your duty, everyone, 97 days!"
"Why is it that North America was the first to release the news about the 7 test this time? We are still waiting for a reply from above."
"It should be because of that city."
"So, what the Americans did pleased Number Zero?"
"They contacted Zero."
"Are you sure?"
"Isn't this the lice on the bald man's head?"
"Then what do we do?"
"What can we do? We can't compete for favors, right? The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Harem?"
"How long has it been and you still have the heart to make a joke?"
"Then what should we do? Build a city of angels?"
"This is impossible. It's too late for the players to avoid the crowding effect. How could it be..."
Listening to their quarrels, Yu Qingdong's mind wandered.
The North American server was the first to break the news about Beta 7. Canaan’s parent company treated it like a joke. Why, we didn’t know the news, so why did you know it first?
In the end, it slapped them in the face.
Originally, the 7th test was supposed to be a good thing, a happy event, a highlight moment for Canaan's parent company to maximize its profits, but the reality gave them a blow in the head.
Maybe they are used to it. Number Zero is like a 'family member' and Canaan is their child. This sudden 'transference' not only makes people confused, but also creates a kind of crisis and 'jealousy' that they have never experienced before.
.
Haha, jealous.
Isn't it the Legend of Zhen Huan in the Harem?
Maybe this is what Zero wants to achieve?
Hearing his colleagues argue without saying a word, Yu Qingdong knew that the people in this office could not change anything. The real decision-makers were at the top, and they were just obedient people.
Jingle bell bell…
The cell phone rang, Yu Qingdong's expression was shocked, he got up and left the conference room, walked into the connecting small room, and answered the phone.
The remaining people stopped making noise and waited quietly for the 'processing results' from above.
"Yes, yes...it's true that we didn't do our job well..."
"No. Zero can't be contacted... I've tried all the methods... Yes, we will never give up and we must find a way."
"The only one we can contact right now is Artemis, the God of Guardianship and Records... Okay... She should be an artificial intelligence AI... I just don't know which supplier supplies it... Yes, we will never take the risk
...There is no backdoor...After that incident, all the 'reserved interfaces' were cleared...But, we didn't think that far ahead."
"Artemis should be the central brain AI of the system...Context? What do you mean?"
"Okay, we will definitely implement it seriously... As for enfeoffment... we currently have concerns in all aspects... But, we will definitely study it carefully and come up with a practical plan as soon as possible, and strive to take care of all aspects."
"I won't disturb your rest. I will report the results to you as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Yu Qingdong breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the non-existent cold sweat on his forehead, and looked up to see the photo frame on his desk, which was a photo frame of him taking a group photo with dignitaries from various countries at the World Metaverse Conference.
With a silent bitter smile, Yu Qingdong came outside and sat down in the center of the conference table.
"Everyone, it's time for us to take a crucial step. Emancipating the mind, reforming and enterprising will always be the main theme of the times, both online and offline."
The others were shocked when they heard this, knowing that the boss had finally made a decision.
"We have major interests in Canaan. I won't talk about its impact on various aspects. You all know that our work has played the role of a locomotive in a sense. This year, the national economy's GDP has returned to two levels.
Digital growth, Canaan is indispensable, an online economy
What is the concept of the economy already surpassing Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen? It has accounted for 30% of our overall economy. 30%, everyone. Taken alone, it is the third largest economy in the world. If all national servers are included, the online economy
It already accounts for more than 50% of the offline economy, half of it!”
“It has also permanently changed the world’s political, economic, and cultural landscape, greatly improved our living environment, and greatly enhanced our voice, especially in terms of soft power, allowing us to achieve leapfrog development.
.”
"Its role in scientific and technological productivity is also undoubted, because the new technology, new processes, and new applications brought by new materials have greatly changed our lives. The 'wind' blowing from the 'door',
In all walks of life, relying on Canaan, relying on infinite matter, and relying on the virtual reality economy of the Metaverse, we have not only achieved the greatest degree of employment, but also achieved the greatest degree of prosperity... These are all hard-won achievements."
"But can we be satisfied with the status quo, not make progress, and just rest on our laurels and get by?"
"No, even if we are satisfied, our competitors will not be satisfied. They will try their best to achieve overtaking in corners, even if this method is harmful to them."
When the people attending the meeting heard this, their expressions changed.
The Great Migration of the Century that took place in North America is known to the whole world. What a city of angels, what a future city composed entirely of players and tourists. It’s just that other national servers don’t know the truth. Wouldn’t the Chinese national server know?
The clustering effect of players will inevitably bring about a series of unpredictable results, and there will be a certain degree of overlap between online and offline. This is a truth that the Chinese national server has long discovered.
Under normal circumstances, it would be too late to evacuate, so why build a city of angels?
Americans do this for only one purpose, and that is to please the online community and Number Zero.
Does Zero hope to overlap online and offline, to invade reality mysteriously, and bring great instability and hidden dangers?
Based on the analysis of previous observations, it seems that he has no intention in this regard, but the fact is that the Americans succeeded, successfully bypassed the Canaan parent company, and hooked up with Zero.
This is dangerous.
"We want to reform and emancipate our minds. The first point is to integrate into the context of Canaan."
"What context?"
"In the City Lord's Mansion, the Sheriff is an office, but the Tax Bureau is not. Master, your Excellency is a comrade, but Lao Tie is not... Everyone go down and come up with a plan as soon as possible. All online institutions in the national server must be renamed. Online
All staff are named after NPCs. Offline words are never allowed to appear online, and offline matters are not allowed to be brought online... From now on, every online staff must go through strict
Training, only after passing the assessment are you allowed to go online..."
That's it, that's it?
Many people are thinking in their hearts.
"There are also issues of enfeoffment and the general agent of the national server online."
Coming, coming!
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became solemn, and the participants stared expressionlessly at the things in front of them, as if they could see a flower.
"It is a general trend to change the national uniform to a noble fiefdom under the Duke of Normandy. If we don't change it, our competitors have no such scruples and will not wait for us to be ready before changing it."
"This general agent will be the symbol of the authority of the national server online. This selection will naturally involve all aspects. It cannot be denied that placing such a huge responsibility and power on a certain person will not only make our superiors uneasy, but also us.
Even 1.4 billion citizens will not feel relieved."
"But this person must have it, what should I do?"
"Let's discuss it."
After such a long discussion, this sensitive issue was finally brought up. No one said anything for a while. The senior officials of Canaan Company looked at each other, as if they didn't care much about this issue.
"Lao Liao, you are in charge of online operations, tell me what you think."
Seeing this, Yu Qingdong had no choice but to give up.
Lao Liao is a balding middle-aged man who has just joined Canaan's parent company. Judging from the fact that he has been entrusted with important tasks since he joined, some people speculate that he came with the "Sword of Shang Fang", so they are very...
polite.
"Then let me tell you?"
"Speak boldly!" Yu Qingdong encouraged.
"At the sensitive juncture of the 7th test, this issue needs to be particularly cautious. I think this selection has nothing more than two aspects, one is appointment by superiors and follows the offline situation, and the other is online screening and follows the mass line."
"The first one is easy to understand, but the second one...what's the route?" asked the vice president in charge of human resources in the corner.
"It's such a child's play. How can you choose among players? How to choose? Level, combat power, contribution? Or assets, reputation, money?"
"I think it's the first one."
"The first one doesn't fit the context of Canaan, right? The superiors have always emphasized this context, and the system has repeatedly requested it. Artemis, the central intelligence brain, has said it many times, openly and secretly, right?"
"What should we do?"
"Don't talk!" Yu Qingdong knocked on the table, "Old Liao, keep talking."
"The second option is not to choose from players, it can also be an NPC."
"ah?"
Everyone was surprised. This was a blind spot that most people had not thought of for the time being.
But if you think about it carefully, NPC is good. NPC can not only adapt to the context of Canaan, just set the program, but also avoid the sensitive point of "power falls to private individuals". Besides, NPC is the lord.
Nobles represent A1 authority, and everyone can rest assured, because strictly speaking, it is just a tool.
In the end, we still changed the soup but not the medicine, and we were still under the control of the offline.
"NPC is good, can we develop an AI specifically for this?"
“Can AI enter Canaan?”
"You can mention it to the system, I think it should be fine."
"If possible, it would be a good solution."
"Mr. Yu, what do you think?"
Yu Qingdong was noncommittal, "Do you all agree with this plan?"
Most people nodded.
"Well, let's decide like this. The next issue is enfeoffment!"
The conference room fell silent again. There was only one lord, symbolizing the A1 authority of the national server. He received attention both online and offline, and no one dared to have any delusions about it.
This enfeoffment is different.
"Ahem, what is the current status of the national server points? How many people have met the conditions for enfeoffment?" Yu Qingdong still asked Lao Liao, who was in charge of online operations.
Old Liao was well prepared and took out a thick notebook. "Those who have reached the minimum knight title and military rank are basically veteran players. The number is 14,800. This excludes those who have stayed in the public server and refused to transfer."
The numbers after those who came back.”
"So much!?", one executive exclaimed.
"When the national server was opened, the accumulation of points created the hidden danger of spam. Later, it was expanded again and again. The expansion of the national server area step by step was achieved by the players bit by bit. The task reward points have always been a big part.
, causing a large amount of points to be dispersed into the hands of players. Since merit and points can be bought and sold, a large amount of points are concentrated in the hands of a small group of people..."
"Can't points be exchanged for props, so no one will spend them?"
"Compared to the huge inventory, consumption only accounts for a small part. The reason is that there is a problem with the refresh mechanism of the points store, so..."
When it comes to this, several senior executives feel embarrassed.
It was out of cost-saving considerations that they insisted on adjusting the refresh mechanism of the points store to the 'slowest' level. The advantage of this is that even if players have points, they will not be able to redeem many things. Within a period of time,
, which greatly saves costs and makes the financial statements extremely beautiful.
But the price is that the consumption of points is greatly suppressed, resulting in the repeated devaluation of national service points.
On the one hand, it is spam, and on the other hand, it restricts consumption channels, but doesn’t it lead to a huge amount of existence?
There was no problem in the past. Even if the value depreciated again, the missions in the national server should still be done, and the points should still be collected. But it is different now. If you want to see the real seal, the national server points are real military ranks and titles.
Land!
Just like the gang station, once it is enfeoffed, according to the system rules, it is basically difficult to take back the national server. A country within a country is really intolerable.
But reality forces us to do this.
what to do?
"Such a large amount of land is absolutely not feasible!" said a senior executive. "The land has been divided, what should we do with the national server? How to explain it online and offline? No, no."
"Then find a way to make a sudden wave of consumption?" Another executive suggested: "The national server will allocate part of its resources and let players redeem it?"
Yu Qingdong was still noncommittal, holding a small notebook and just focusing on recording.
"How many resources will be allocated?"
"Yeah yeah"
“The only option is to raise the price.”
"I'm just afraid that players won't buy it."
"Strict confidentiality should be fine."
"It's difficult, there are other national costumes."
“There’s no problem with points inventory in the international server, right?”
"I'm afraid they will cause trouble for us."
"What about taking some compulsory measures? For example, if you accept tasks and trade taxes, you must use points to settle them?"
"Then it's Ming's robbery."
"Players will definitely be dissatisfied."
"This won't work, that won't work either, what do you think we should do?"
"Mr. Yu?"
Only then did Yu Qingdong say, "Do you have any objections to opening the point store and guiding and encouraging players to redeem it?"
Several senior executives who had objections looked around and had no choice but to hold their noses and admit it.
"Okay, let the financial department calculate how many resources it needs to prepare to cope with a possible run... As for the forced settlement with points..." At this point, he paused, "It should not only be used as an emergency measure, but also
Let’s fix it. We can’t just ignore the points after they are issued. We must maintain the credibility of the points and not let them become a piece of paper to wipe your ass. Don’t you all here not even know the most basic laws of economics?”
