My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 402 makes its official debut! Z, which will shock the world!

Chu Zhu wasn't actually worried that Z would be led astray by online information—she might have worried about that before... but Z had gained some of her memories from her future self!

If this were in a fantasy novel, it would be considered half a rebirth...

I've never heard of any reborn thousand-year-old ghost who could return to his youth, be influenced by information recorded in newspapers, or be affected by the discussions of his clan, and thus change his inherent personality!
If it could truly change things, it would only mean that this rebirth over the past thousand years was a terrible waste of time... This is also the key reason why Chu Zhu said he was 'too late'—because the current Z no longer needs his education!

"By the way... where's Lin Xia?" Chu Zhu looked around, somewhat puzzled.

"...Have you forgotten, old man? You just sent him to Shanghai yesterday to deal with a bunch of companies!" Zhao Shao's eyes twitched.

Lin Xia is really going all out for virtual reality... Unfortunately, the production chain for virtual reality headsets isn't complete in Nanjing, the city she lives in—so, Lin Xia not only has to go to Shanghai, but also has a trip to Hangzhou next...

"Oh!" Chu Zhu nodded thoughtfully, thought for a moment, and then directly dialed Lin Xia's number. The other end answered immediately, but did not speak to Chu Zhu... as if she was making empty promises to someone.

"...Ladies and gentlemen, virtual reality is just around the corner! I know that you all have ideals."

“Especially you, Brother Dawei, you used to throw money around to print the Star Train on rockets, and you were going to develop some kind of brain-computer interface, and you were going to build some kind of nuclear fusion... but all of that was a lie to you! But what I'm doing is all real.”

Lin Xia's voice was excited and resonant, filled with an indescribable, powerful confidence: "Now, the future is just around the corner! Follow us, let's journey to the future together..."

"Don't worry, don't worry, our prototype is almost finished! We'll let you experience it then... Okay! If you really experience it and the effect is as strong as I boasted, I'll transfer the money immediately... It's a deal! Double happiness."

"Let's not sign the contract. I trust you! Let's make a gentleman's agreement right here, and everyone can witness it!"

Chu Zhu: "..."

Could it be that……

Lin Xia is actually facing...

A moment later, Lin Xia's surroundings quieted down, indicating that she had clearly hidden in a safe, secluded place.

His excited voice rang out: "Ah Zhu, I've found a sucker... cough cough, an angel investor! Perfectly suited to our requirements..."

"It doesn't involve our core industries, but they're throwing money at us to help us complete our engineering and manufacturing projects..."

"Moreover, the entire engineering and manufacturing process relies on their connections... their money... their HR department, which can poach people and organize according to our requirements..."

Lin Xia, who had outsourced a lot of hard labor, was in a great mood: "In the end, all they did for us was take a 20% stake in these engineering and manufacturing factories that were supposed to be tough jobs!"

"In other words, they spent all the money, they found the people, and in the end they gave us 80%... and this doesn't even involve any rights in the virtual world—all they did was simply make virtual reality headsets... They really won big."

"..." Chu Zhu said expressionlessly, "Then what is the price?"

"Of course, we'll let their games be the first wave after the virtual reality world comes out!" Lin Xia said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter, I didn't promise them any exclusivity! I'll just have three or five of them in the first wave... no problem."

"By the way, I'm planning to target the penguins and pig farms next. I'll use Miha Oil to put them under pressure a bit, and they'll have to obediently give me tons of gold coins, right?"

"..."

"You really are a capitalist...a people's entrepreneur!"

Chu Zhu was amazed. That's incredible! You've only been in Shanghai for less than a day... and you've already accomplished this?

They've even prepared to extend their reach to all the internet giants next...

"Many hands make light work! Our advance team played a significant role..." Lin Xia chuckled. "Also, don't praise me too much... I can be proud too!"

“Indeed,” Chu Zhu nodded in deep agreement, not hesitating to praise him: “You are very capable! I am proud of you… You’re amazing!”

"?" Lin Xia's smile froze. His eyes darted around, his gaze gradually sharpening, cold sweat soaking his clothes. "No, something's definitely not right... Who are you? Get off my good brother!"

Chu Zhu: "?"

“In the past, when you heard me bragging like this… you would have harshly criticized me!” Lin Xia pointed and gestured: “So, you’re either a liar… or…”

They're going to treat him like a nuclear-powered donkey again!

"You really know me too well." Chu Zhu's expression remained unchanged, her voice sincere: "Next... I hope you can add a few more stops to your itinerary... to hand over things with manufacturers like BYD, Huaban, and whole grains..."

"What?! You're going to build cars?" Lin Xia was shocked. Wasn't this progress a bit too fast? No, robots are already here, so building cars doesn't seem so strange... right?

“No.” Chu Zhu raised an eyebrow. “I just want to be their dad… oh no, I mean, I want to use Z to replace their autopilot function…”

"I can guarantee that, under the conditions stipulated by my regulations, our autonomous driving function can completely operate without human intervention... In the event of an accident, we will provide full compensation and assume full responsibility..."

After a brief silence.

"...Z, is it going to be fully launched into the market?" Lin Xia murmured, as if talking to himself, yet also as if asking Chu Zhu. How sharp was his intuition? Then, a sudden idea struck him...

"No, you're doing everything you can to increase its market share... Why? It's for..."

"Yes, you actually figured that out...it's for computing power!" Chu Zhu's eyes showed approval. As expected of his good buddy, he understood immediately. As for the 100% autonomous driving capability...strictly speaking, that was a capability that Chu Zhu implanted in Z, a capability of some future AI.

However, since Z has already integrated into the system, Z naturally possesses this capability.

In the future, we could even create a clone of this AI! Just like we did with the police station before... give them a data entity that isn't part of the core Z, and implant it into those trams!

"...I understand!" After figuring out the situation, Lin Xia pondered for a moment: "Since that's the case, let's simply combine the autonomous driving function and our super battery...and sell them as a package... Don't question it, I know that the production for the next six months will be given to the official company! I'm referring to what we discussed before, giving the slightly inferior batteries to BYD and CATL for processing..."

Lin Xia paused for a moment, then said slowly and deliberately, "If it's just a battery, they might want to kick us aside after they've figured out the formula... But if we add the autonomous driving function, then the situation will be completely different."

Ultimately, the most important customers of these major battery companies are... various electric vehicle companies!
By bundling autonomous driving capabilities with these electric vehicles, it's tantamount to subtly bringing them into their own camp! In this situation…

“With the moat we’ve built, we can more effectively pressure, cough cough, make these manufacturers… cooperate with us more obediently… and not just battery manufacturers!” Lin Xia shook his head.

For example, Huaban is also working on autonomous driving—even if Huaban's own autonomous driving is far inferior to their Z, Huaban may not necessarily accept it.

With battery-related transactions being suppressed, negotiations in this area can proceed more smoothly.

Suddenly remembering something, Lin Xia frowned and asked, "By the way, what about Tesla?"

"We can contact him! But if he's unwilling... then forget it. After all, he's on the other side of the sea right now... and quite busy!" Chu Zhu's expression became slightly subtle as she recalled the recent news. That Mr. Ma has been quite prominent lately!

"That's true!" Lin Xia nodded in agreement, then took a deep breath and said, "That's settled then, I'm going back to work!"

No resentment, no anger, no complaints!
Lin Xia possessed only boundless passion and seemingly inexhaustible energy.

"...I really envy Lin Xia!" Zhao Shao rested his chin on his hand, looking at Chu Zhu, who had just hung up the phone and was staring blankly at her phone. For a moment, he didn't know what kind of expression to make.

Although she always says she's not a genius, her inexhaustible drive is something that ordinary people can't achieve—meaning that Lin Xia now possesses extraordinary willpower and self-control.

“…After all, it’s Lin Xia.” Chu Zhu raised his head, a complex look flashing in his eyes. Or rather, this was the only thing Lin Xia felt he could do… Compared to Chu Zhu and talented individuals like Zhao Shao… Lin Xia felt that the only thing he could offer was to work twice as hard and be more diligent.

"So," Zhao Shao recalled what Chu Zhu had said before, and asked somewhat uncertainly, "...Will the updated Z still be free for the public to use?"

"Mm!" Chu Zhu nodded. They're already trying to exploit the surplus computing power of the public... if they're charging for it, they're simply inhuman...

"Alright..." Zhao Shao shrugged, pinched his brow, looked Chu Zhu up and down, and suddenly had an idea. A mischievous look appeared on his face.

"Such a big star...could you please take on an endorsement deal?"

Zhao Shao's tone was strange: "After all, you've been...very popular lately! Hehehe, it's better to let me have it than to let those outsiders have it. I'm not so bad myself..."

Chu Zhu: "..."

What you said really scared him... You're not even from Sichuan province...

Ten minutes later.

Z officially began background updates on the numerous phones that had her installed!

Twenty minutes later.

Z has been officially updated.

Half an hour later.

Chu Zhu launched an online press conference. There wasn't time to urgently set up a physical event... but that didn't matter; he could just use AI to fake it! All he needed to do was stand in Zhao Shao's office and give a passionate speech...

An hour later.

The news that Chu Zhu had accepted her first endorsement deal with China began to spread.

At the same time, a large number of clips were also disseminated... Among these clips, some contained Chu Zhu's unreserved praise: Z is a groundbreaking AI, the undisputed number one AI in the world today, leading the AI ​​currently popular across the sea by at least ten years...

In other cases, Chu Zhu interacts with Z, revealing Z's unimaginable humanity.

Meanwhile, after Chu Zhu had Z manage his phone, he smoothly added ten girls as friends through various channels within ten minutes! He also demonstrated his unexpectedly impressive flirting skills…

Furthermore, Chu Zhu casually mentioned a few words, and Z successfully created the screen of a small game program—of course, this consumed quite a lot of computing power, and Chu Zhu was just demonstrating it. As for ordinary people downloading it and finding that it doesn't have the same effect, well, once you're hooked, you'll naturally be left with all sorts of other features by Z, so it doesn't really matter.

There's so much to say about this press conference! And the fact that the presenter is Chu Zhu, who's currently a global sensation, creates a chain reaction...

Two hours later, news about Z spread throughout China.

The fourth hour.

This news decimated the popularity rankings of apps both domestically and internationally, and countless waking people received related messages...

At this moment, the world was shaken!

(End of this chapter)