As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 230 Trigger

The WeChat mini-games made by Tencent are full of self-deprecating elements.

There are endless self-deprecating jokes about coincidence, graduation, etc.

It was the combination of Tencent's self-deprecation and the most popular truth system that made "I Really Didn't Mean to Lie" quickly popular.

"Science and Technology Biotechnology has a lot of reputation, allowing Tencent to make fun of itself like this"

"Science and Technology Innovation Biotechnology and Tencent have made the market value of Science and Technology Innovation Future at least one trillion yuan. Tencent has picked up such a big bargain, so how can it not give face?"

"The truth system seems to work. At least so far, no one has been found to be able to hide from the truth system."

"Of course it can. There is no doubt that Kechuang Biotechnology has accumulated a lot of technology in the field of brain-computer connection."

"It seems that the truth system used by the media in the end is more accurate than this. It is said that there is a special brain-computer connection device to detect the truth and falsehood."

"I guess Kechuang Biotech has developed a lie detector, and the Truth System is just a civilian version of the lie detector."

Li Miaomiao was somewhat surprised when she received a call from the chairman of Xinhua Truth Technology Co., Ltd.

"Mr. Li, the little game your company and Tencent created called "I Really Didn't Mean to Lie" is very creative. I see all the young people in my circle of friends are posting it."

Because she is an independent director of this technology company jointly established with a certain society, she actually has almost no involvement in the company's operations.

Ke Chuang Biotechnology had no intention of participating too much in the implementation of the truth system. This time, because the target was focused on them, they had no choice but to play a small game to shift the blame.

This time the other party called her, obviously not for chatting.

Li Miaomiao said politely: "Haha, it's just a trick to increase the public's understanding of the truth system."

The other party said: "In fact, our company can be involved in this matter. Our Xinhua Truth development capabilities are not weak.

It’s just a small game, there’s no need to bother Tencent at all.”

Li Miaomiao sneered inwardly and roughly guessed the other party's intention.

If we ask Xinhua Truth to do this, they only need to delay for a month or two to drag the hot spot over, and then go online quietly and silently, and go offline quietly and silently.

In this way, he neither offended Ke Chuang Bio nor achieved his goal.

Li Miaomiao knew the other party's intention, but she remained polite on the surface:
"The main reason is that there has been a lot of heated discussion about the truth system in society recently. Everyone is curious about whether our truth system is as magical as advertised."

"During this period, all major media outlets have been touting the technological strength of our Kechuang Biotechnology Company and the role of the Truth System."

"So we thought we could just make a small game for everyone to experience, and we approached Tencent because we needed their cooperation in promotion."

The other party finally couldn't help but tell the truth: "It's like this, Mr. Li, I personally think that we don't need to mobilize so many troops."

"After all, the truth system will not be open to the public in the future, and its use will only be limited to licensed media and governments at all levels."

“The general public doesn’t need to know this clearly.”

Li Miaomiao smiled and said: "Now is the era of self-media, and the construction of corporate image also needs to keep pace with the times."

"As a company that has only been established for five years, we still hope to be more down-to-earth in our publicity."

"Since so many media outlets have been focusing on touting our technical prowess during this period, we also wanted to let everyone see it through this method."

"It seems that so far, no one has been able to hide the truth from our system, which has played a very good propaganda role."

The underlying meaning of Li Miaomiao's words is that your thinking is still stuck in the past, and as senior media practitioners you are unable to keep up with the times.

In terms of publicity, they are not as up-to-date as us, a technology-based enterprise.

The other party obviously understood what Li Miaomiao meant and laughed:

"Mr. Li, if there are similar things in the future, please let us know. After all, we are the operator of the truth system."

Li Miaomiao agreed: "Okay, no problem."

Li Miaomiao knew that the other party was just the first to come out and test the waters.

Tencent's "I Really Didn't Mean to Lie" has achieved a very good effect. After everyone has experienced it personally, there are currently more than tens of millions of users, and none of them has been able to hide the truth from the system.

In the future, if something happens that is authenticated by the truth system and then disproven by other evidence, the blame cannot be put on the system.

The incident caught everyone off guard. Not long after, a document suddenly came out, requiring registration before WeChat mini-games could be put on the shelves.

Previously, WeChat mini-programs only required internal review and did not need to be registered with relevant departments like mobile games and computer games.

Tencent was also confused because WeChat mini-games sounded like a very small and light business.

But in fact this market is not small at all.

There are currently more than 4,000 WeChat mini-games on the market, and about 3,000 of them are still in operation.

The platform’s advertising revenue exceeded 50 million per day.

In other words, the annual turnover of the WeChat mini-game platform is close to 20 billion RMB.

This market is already very mature.

In the past, relevant changes would be announced first, then discussed in meetings, and then implemented.

This time it is a draft for soliciting opinions, and it will be implemented after the draft is completed.

Of the three thousand WeChat mini-games, if they also need to register and obtain a publishing license, less than one in ten can successfully obtain it.

What’s more important is that the companies that originally developed WeChat mini-games value low investment and rapid iteration, and will develop the next one once the daily active users are not as expected.

The difference between WeChat mini games and mobile games is a bit similar to the relationship between Feilu and Qidian. If the author data of Feilu is slightly lower than expected, it will be cut.

Now we need a game version number, and it’s hard to be easy when it comes to this.

A certain evening news program did a special report on the frequent chaos in WeChat mini-games.

One of the experts said:

“We can see that the problem of inconsistent game content is particularly evident in the entire WeChat mini-game market.

Some game manufacturers lure players into the game by placing false advertisements in various apps, but in reality the games are nothing like what is advertised.

In addition, there are more than four thousand WeChat mini games, most of which are poorly made.

The low threshold for mini-games has brought about too much restlessness, and the problems of mini-game skinning and infringement are rampant.

I think that the game version number method can effectively avoid the above chaos. "

Are there any problems as the experts mentioned? Obviously, there are.

These phenomena are indeed very common.

But the problem is that the game is poorly made and the products advertised do not match the actual products, so naturally some players vote with their feet.

The WeChat mini-games that have survived have a group of favorite players who support their survival with real money or their own time.

The masses love to hear and see ****.

Obviously Tencent cannot stop all this. Even if it argues on the draft for comments, it cannot prevent the change that WeChat mini-games need to have a version number.

Although the above guarantees that the requirements for WeChat mini games will not be as strict as those for mobile games and computer games, there is no limit to the expansion of power, and even looser regulations will bring huge changes to the ecosystem.

Li Miaomiao felt so embarrassed later on, because anyone with a little logic could tell who this incident was directed at.

"Mr. Ren, I'm really sorry for causing such a big impact on you."

WeChat mini-games have a revenue of 20 billion yuan, so Tencent will naturally get a big piece of the pie.

The market for WeChat mini-games is now shrinking drastically, which is also a serious blow to Tencent's interests.

Ren Yu comforted him in return: "Mr. Li, you are too polite."

"It's nothing, actually. 'I Really Didn't Lie' was just a trigger. What's going to happen will happen sooner or later."

"The debate over whether WeChat mini-programs should have game licenses began as early as 2019, when Jibit proposed that WeChat mini-games should also have licenses."

Jibit is a domestic mobile game giant and the leading game company in the A-share market. Tencent and NetEase are not listed in the A-share market, and neither are miHoYo, Lilith, and Hypergryph.

The top spot in the A-share gaming sector has always been held by Jibit.

As a major mobile game company, they naturally do not want WeChat mini-games to compete with them for the time of game users.

Ren Yu continued: "Earlier, Tencent had been blocking these requests or voices."

"This time it's just the accumulation of previous events that can't be stopped."

Li Miaomiao apologized again: "To put it bluntly, our trouble with your company's small game based on the truth system was the direct fuse."

"I've caused you quite a bit of trouble."

Ren Yu comforted him again: "It really has nothing to do with you, it just accelerated the arrival of this day."

"But the sword of Damocles is hanging over there, and it will fall sooner or later."

"And the truth system is very meaningful. The stronger the counterattack, the more meaningful the truth system you have created is."

"Whether it is to rectify the chaos in public opinion or to remove the shackles of public power at the grassroots level, it is very meaningful."

"As for Tencent's losses, they are completely insignificant."

A good environment is beneficial to all creatures in the ecosystem. Especially top predators like Tencent need a good environment even more.

Ren Yu's perspective is at the top level, and he can clearly judge what is of long-term benefit to Tencent.

The rectification of WeChat mini-games only affects short-term interests. The ecological optimization caused by the truth system is a long-term benefit for Tencent.

Li Miaomiao thought that the other party would just downplay the matter. After all, the two parties are currently good partners.

But she didn't expect that the other party also had such a high opinion of the truth system.

"We are just a technology provider. We cannot interfere with how it will be implemented."

Ren Yu smiled and said, "Aren't you interfering now?"

"Technology providers can also do a lot of things. It's not about transferring technology to them, it's just about licensing technology."

"And what you need to do is very simple. You just need to monitor whether the truth system is abused, such as whether the actual judgment score is consistent with the announced score."

"If this happens, report it. The higher-ups definitely don't want a good system to be messed up by people below them."

"Then you issue the announcement again, and both the top and the bottom are satisfied, and you just pretend you didn't hear the buzzing of some flies in the middle."

Li Miaomiao secretly thought that the other party was a rare and wonderful person, "Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Ren. I will discuss a solution with the team later."

Ren Yu: "I just said it casually. You must know more details than me."

Li Miaomiao thought that since we were already talking, she might as well talk about another thing:
"Mr. Ren, there is one more thing I need to discuss with you. Regarding brain-computer connection technology, the team led by Mr. Zheng has achieved a new technological breakthrough."

"The new generation of brain-computer connection technology can recognize most human body movements. With the help of gloves, the hands and brain can basically simulate most movements."

“This includes a series of movements that were previously unrecognizable, such as jumping, squatting, falling, climbing, etc.”

Ren Yu was both excited and shocked on the other end of the phone.

In just five years, brain-computer connection technology has undergone three technological upgrades.

And each technological upgrade is no small upgrade.

Compared with Zheng Li's progress, Musk's Neuralink has not even achieved a 99% recognition accuracy rate for the first generation of brain-computer connected mobile phones.

In fact, Neuralink cannot bypass the patent barriers set by Ke Chuang Biotechnology and still have a 99% recognition accuracy rate.

No matter what, we have to use Ke Chuang Bio's patented technology, otherwise we can only achieve 95% at best.

The last 4% cannot be avoided in any way. The patent barriers of Ke Chuang Biotechnology are like a mountain, which puts too much pressure.

Ren Yu also felt helpless at the same time. At this level, virtual reality technology basically had no sensory feedback.

However, their Black Shark Technology Company has not made any major breakthroughs in olfactory sensors.

Ke Chuang Biotechnology has made a technological breakthrough and they can’t keep up.

Li Miaomiao continued, "So according to what Director Zheng meant, regarding the change in the share ratio of Ke Chuang Future, we need to redistribute the share ratio."

"I think you should be very clear about how valuable this iteration of brain-computer connection technology is."

When Li Miaomiao finished explaining the details of the technical update, Ren Yu knew what the other party was going to say.

He was upset that Black Shark Technology had no outstanding research and development results and that they had no bargaining chips to offer in negotiations:
"Okay, I respect Mr. Zheng's opinion. The next time the board makes a decision, the three of us will sit down and talk it over."

If you don't have enough strength, you have to compromise.

In the face of absolute technical strength, Tencent is the weaker party.

The prospects in the field of brain-computer VR are so broad that Ren Yu knows that Tencent must not give up on this track.

Ren Yu believes that it is worthwhile to transfer part of the shares to Kechuang Biotechnology in order to maintain its monopoly position in this field.

Just like ByteDance previously spent a huge amount of money to acquire Pico, and has its own VR brand, they also want to develop a brain-computer connection VR app.

To enter the futureverse market.

Just looking at Douyin VR live streaming, the spending power of brain-computer connected VR's customer group is much higher than that of other VR brands.

When it comes to promoting high-end consumer goods, brain-computer connected VR apps perform much better.

Therefore, Douyin, Bilibili, Youku, etc. are all competing for the VR live broadcast market.

There is another question. When you use a brain-computer interface to connect VR to watch live broadcasts, you can control yourself to stand up, walk around, or even walk closer to watch.

As for ordinary VR, you need to stand up and turn around in real life.

After listening to this, Ren Yu quickly set a bottom line in his mind for the upcoming negotiations, which was the maximum number of shares they could sell.

The business content ends here, and the content related to the research combining technology and magic will begin later.

I mainly write about business and I know it so well that I can’t stop once I start writing. It’s definitely not for the sake of water.

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