Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 513 Liu Wei, Simulation Industry

Second Life's simulated cultivation game, fueled by its three-system resources and AI hype, quickly became a hot topic, drawing mixed reviews from various sectors.

Opponents argue that "the booming development of electronic devices has led to a more serious problem of internet addiction, which seriously affects the physical and mental health of teenagers. If there is a game that allows people to get something for nothing and solve their daily meals while lying down, it will dampen the enthusiasm of the whole society and generate unprecedented negative emotions."

Some supporters argue: "Upstairs, although development is happening everywhere and labor is needed everywhere, do you know that under the influence of mechanized agriculture and the land contract system, 60% of the rural labor force has been freed up? The massive influx of migrant workers into the city brings not only cheap labor, but also competition, urban unemployment, and urban environmental security issues."

What can I do? After changing jobs four or five times, I'm stuck relying on my parents. I want to try my best, but I have no opportunity. I think this game is good; it can solve my daily meals, and it's sponsored by Chairman Yu, so it must have significant meaning on certain levels. Maybe this really will lead to the game company's name and start a second life!

Opponents argue that "virtual products are not valuable currencies. Using them to exchange for hamburgers, drinks, and medical care is equivalent to issuing a new, uncontrollable currency, which will trigger inflation in the short term, leading to large-scale bankruptcies of restaurants and food companies and affecting social and economic development."

One supporter argued, "Hey, haven't you ever bought QQ coins before?"

Against this backdrop.

West Third Ring Road, Puyang CBD (Central Business District).

The streets are bustling with neon lights, towering buildings, and signs of world-renowned companies everywhere.

SY handheld game console, Orange Technology, Founder Group, Digital China, Haltech, Skyworth Group, TCL, Inspur, Midea, Gree...

Dell (Dongfang), HP (Dongfang), Sega (Dongfang), Link (Dongfang), Apple (Dongfang), Siemens (Dongfang), Sony Ericsson (Dongfang)...
The four major members of the "Great China" group—Julong Communications, ZTE Corporation, Datang Telecom, and Huawei Technologies—along with the four major telecommunications operators in China—China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Netcom, and also including companies like Zhongtian Technology (focused on fiber optic cable technology), Kete Century (focused on software development), and Kaisihaopeng…

Headquarters of chip manufacturing and design companies: Dongxin International, Vimicro Electronics, Loongson team of Oriental Academy of Sciences, Huawei HiSilicon, ZTE Microelectronics, Huahong NEC, Dongfang 878 Factory (Yandong Microelectronics)...
Oriental Packaging and Testing & IDM Manufacturing Enterprise Headquarters - JCET Group, Futong Microelectronics, Shougang NEC, Oriental 774 Factory (Jingcheng Electron Tube), Oriental 878 Factory (Dongguang Optoelectronics Factory), Oriental 700 Factory (North China Microelectronics), Oriental 902 Factory...

The Sanyuan Electronics Enterprise Cluster includes: Sanyuan Communication Network Technology Co., Ltd., Sanyuan Communication Network Equipment Co., Ltd., Sanyuan Lithography Machine Co., Ltd., Sanyuan Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Sanyuan Optical Cable Co., Ltd., Sanyuan Electronics Factory, Sanyuan Visible Light Communication Co., Ltd., and Sanyuan Technology Branch in Xiangjiang...

6 month 25 number.

When college admission notices and admission notices from the Hundred Schools Alliance fly to all directions.

On the edge of the CBD, amidst firecrackers and colorful ribbons, a six-story office building facing the street unveiled its new sign.

Company Name: Second Life
Business scope: software development, game design, internet information services (value-added telecommunications services), digital content and cultural and creative industries, sales and trade, advertising and marketing.

Company mission: To restart your life.

Registered capital: 2 million RMB in cash.

Paid-in capital: 2 million RMB in cash.

Current staff: 18 people...

8am.

Approaching thirty, Liu Wei nervously entered the chairman's office of Second Life Company.

He graduated from Xiamen University of Technology and majored in Communication Engineering (see Chapter 283 for details).

After interviewing with various telecommunications companies and technology providers, I finally came to Sanyuan Agriculture and became a temporary worker.

Liu Wei worked as a temporary worker, performing tasks such as inspecting radio frequency chip production lines and cleaning laboratories for photomask materials, optical proximity correction software, and computer lithography.

I have worked as a cleaner for automated industrial robots, air filtration and purifier equipment, and other similar equipment.

I've worked as an assembly line worker and packaging worker for high-frequency signal base stations.

I worked as a temporary substitute inspector for the high-speed rail communication network.

Even after being promoted to a permanent position, he would still be in a rotating role, having worked on chip architecture, instruction set architecture, AI large-scale models, satellite cameras, and as a planning clerk in the employee activity center...
When he first joined the company, he was the only one left out of more than 300 people in his cohort, along with two roommates.

After being officially hired, he was the only one left out of the more than 1500 people who started at the same time.

Three years have passed, and some of my former roommates and coworkers have become team leaders, while others have gone overseas to become workshop directors.

Although he enjoyed the benefits of the collective, he wandered from place to place, without a fixed abode.

Liu Wei once asked his roommates and coworkers why he couldn't be like them. They all replied: "The world will eventually sift through the sands of time. Once you succeed, you'll definitely be the best one."

If it weren't for the angry rebukes he received every time he asked the technician, such as "You idiot, how come you can't learn it?", he might have become complacent.

at last.

This morning, Director Liu from the AR General Office at the factory issued a final notice: In view of your learning situation, the headquarters will suspend your salary, leave your job but retain your formal employee benefits, and send you to Second Life Company.

Liu Wei has worked in so many positions, seemingly knowing everything yet also seemingly mastering nothing. He has no idea what he is good at, let alone whether he can find a job outside the factory after being laid off.

So my first thought upon receiving the notification was that I was glad I hadn't lost my job, and I rushed over to report for duty.

To my utter surprise, walking into the office...

"Young...Young Master Yu?"

"Liu Wei?"

"Yes!"

"sit."

Yu Yang looked through the 'game designers' selected by the AI ​​from the 'talent pool'.

First, the other party has completed the accumulation of composite technologies.

For example, the technology covers the entire chip manufacturing process, and the assessment is passed;

For example, it involves three major areas: hardware, software, and systems, and the assessment requires passing.

For example, having practical experience in maintaining industrial automation equipment.

Subsequently, they gained cross-departmental collaboration skills, mastered the key points of each link in the technology chain, and developed the ability to learn and adapt to new fields.

Furthermore, the experience gained from rotating positions fosters technical integration capabilities and endows reserve talents with comprehensive qualities such as resilience and pragmatism.

Suitable positions: Technical Coordinator, Production Line Upgrade Consultant, Cross-departmental Project Manager, Head of a New Emerging Industry, Head of Overseas Technology Export Projects, etc.
Yu Yang shut down his computer, snapped his fingers, and numbers resembling a countdown appeared on the opposite wall pillar.

3, 2, 1...
With a ding-dong sound, a mini elevator door opened on the surface of the wall column.

Immediately afterwards, five square boxes, each half a meter long and half a meter wide, rose along a magnetic levitation track close to the wall to the ceiling, then traveled to the top of the two people's heads, before falling vertically and opening the boxes.

The first box is a cylindrical speaker, 25cm in diameter and 30cm in height. Its surface is crystal clear, and the interior has selectable RGB color tones. It has touch buttons on the top and sound units on the bottom and sides.

"This is Second Life's first 3D masterpiece, a game box simulating cultivation, also known as a matrix speaker. It costs around 400 red banknotes to produce and sells for 988. It can connect to all three systems through the three-element communication network to achieve high-fidelity analog sound output and run the cultivation simulation with the help of a display device."

Liu Wei quickly got into character, "Even a cell phone?"

"The simulation of cultivating immortality supports multiple operation methods such as keyboard and mouse, keyboard joystick, and game controller. On the PC, you can experience all the gameplay. On three-color screen devices with a screen size of 5.6 inches or larger, pixel gameplay is supported for daily idle gameplay, such as running quests, mining, fishing, hunting, swimming, weaving, etc."

"As long as the game is advertised like a hot news story, I have information that it will sell like hotcakes."

"I transferred you here not to sell things."

As Yu Yang spoke, he opened the second box. Inside were four AI displays that could be freely combined and used to display desired content via AI.

For example, displaying four screens independently.

For example, combining four images into one image.

For example, you can arrange the elements in a long, straight line to display an ultra-wide-angle view.

Yu Yang placed the game box on the table, then lined up the four monitors in a row before installing them. He then took out the three-channel audio cable that came with the game box, connected it to the monitors, and plugged in the power.

After powering on, the clean desktop of the three systems only has one icon: the simulation of immortal cultivation.

Start the game, create a character, and enter the game.

Since all vector graphics are stored in the video memory of the graphics card array, when running a game and allocating resources, there is no need to go through the process of CPU→Memory→Storage→Memory→CPU→GPU→Monitor.

Instead, under the coordination of AI, the refrigerator is directly synchronized to load, render, and generate an image.

Therefore, the game's background visuals are quite realistic.

Based on this, game character vector graphics are applied, and then 3Dfx technologies such as 3D acceleration architecture, hardware fogging, dynamic textures, specular highlights, dynamic blur, depth of field effects, texture optimization, and full-scene anti-aliasing are used to almost perfectly embed the game character into the background image.

Compared to previous 'shadow puppetry' or sticker games similar to gourd drawing animation, this one has now achieved complete 'realism'.

While playing the game, Yu Yang said, "We will be launching more than ten similar games in the future, such as simulated martial arts, simulated war, simulated life, simulated business, simulated transportation, simulated rail, simulated city, simulated industry, simulated agriculture, simulated mayor, simulated chain supermarkets, simulated chain hospitals, simulated chain zoos, simulated chain botanical gardens, simulated StarCraft..."

"What I want is not to make a lot of money, but to promote the Sanxi products and the Sanxi brand through games, drive the upgrade of Sanxi Electronics, and then integrate existing resources to create an industrial ecosystem."

"Just like simulating cultivation, besides the hamburgers and drinks mentioned in trending news, we can also improve people's understanding of cultivation through the export of fantasy culture, and thus make them like fantasy elements."

"For example, we can produce modified ancient costumes, necklaces and earrings, jade pendants and bracelets, and pendants."

"For example, we can also produce divination tortoise shells, Fuxi Bagua plates, talisman coins, and products made from the bones of evil cultivators."

"Switching to a traffic simulation game to enhance people's understanding of the 3 Series can boost car sales."

"By switching to simulated warfare and viewing the in-game battle scenes, people can enhance their understanding of the three weapon systems..."

"By switching to a simulated hospital and participating in medical programs, people can enhance their understanding of the three medical technologies..."

"So even if these games result in significant losses, we can still make a huge profit."

"The premise was to make the game popular, hence the most basic hamburger and drink."

"So, how to attract more players to the game next requires you to combine our existing industry and launch corresponding gameplay."

Liu Wei understood, "and even launched analog circuits, analog electronics, analog chips, and analog graphics cards, incorporating teaching elements, and promoting unsold hardware to the education system."

Alternatively, they could launch simulated recruits, simulated driving, simulated flight, and simulated ships, along with unsold armored vehicles, aircraft, and ships, and promote them to the military.
Alternatively, they could launch simulated management, simulated administration, simulated disaster relief, and simulated construction, along with promoting unsold electronic equipment to higher authorities.

"His ability to draw inferences from one instance is good, but he's still lacking something."

Liu Wei's eyes lit up. "For innovation, we can incorporate VR and AR technologies, and popularize virtual projection, goggle helmets, and nutrient chambers. Even if these three things are of no use to the simulation industry and have no connection to it, we can still promote them as useful, and then in subsequent research and development, make these three things really useful to the simulation industry."

"Congratulations on becoming the chief planner of Second Life. If the cultivation simulation runs well, I will promote you to CEO of Second Life after we launch the next simulation game."

"Thank you for Chairman Xie Yu's cultivation and trust."

"Your office is across from mine. Do a good job. We're starting the beta test today."

"Yes!"

As the voice spoke, a tracked bipedal robot walked in, gesturing for Liu Wei to follow.

Yu Yang sat at his desk, played the game for a while, then launched the backend system, adjusted the data, and instantly his game character's vision was fully revealed. The map, treasures, and magical encounters were all displayed, and all world bosses could be instantly killed with a single strike…

Half an hour later.

I'm tired of it.

I decided to check out the forums that Second Life Company has set up on the World Internet and Sanyuan Communication Network.

10 o'clock in the morning.

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All players who successfully purchased the device will receive beta testing access. Once local delivery is complete, the device will be activated by connecting to the Sanyuan Communication Network. After binding an external identity card, or registering an external identity card on-site, players can log in to the game.

Almost simultaneously, the Trade Hall's global announcements and the Far East Trading Company's live stream all featured advertisements...
Five minutes later, all the equipment priced under 5 yuan was sold out.

Ten minutes later, all the equipment priced over 10 yuan was sold out.

15 minute later.

Far East Trading Company's more than 2000 live streaming rooms are broadcasting simulated cultivation from different angles.

There are sweet, girly girls, cool, tech-savvy older women, and ordinary, innocent college students...

The live stream was a huge hit, and the game's closed beta test was also a huge success.

11 o'clock in the morning.

Second Life announced that it will inject 10 AI characters into its virtual cultivation simulation game.

They could be beggars, robbers, bandits, scholars, prostitutes, wealthy men, nobles, soldiers, generals, heretical cultivators, immortals...

Their movements will change unpredictably depending on the player's influence on the simulated cultivation world, thus forming a random game world. Unless a major bug occurs, neither the GM, the planner, nor the game company will intervene in it.

The news shocked the entire gaming industry.

Although since 03, many large game companies have also been researching 'dummy systems' based on AI, hoping to achieve game reform and gameplay enhancement.

However, after deploying the dummy, the algorithm and hardware will limit its development, causing it to stop growing after running for a period of time due to increasing resource consumption, eventually leading to bugs.

Currently, the resources for simulating cultivation are as high as 100GB, involving 10 AI characters...
At least the Western technology alliance can't do it, because doing so would burn out the CPU.

12 o'clock noon.

A player from Meihekou discovered the first AI character during their exploration.

Unlike NPCs, the other party has their own routine, dreams, and principles.

Most importantly, everything the other person did was positive and uplifting.

Meihekou player: "Holy crap, I'm such a noob, and I'm even worse than the AI!"

(End of this chapter)