Chapter 78 Power of Meri (1/2)
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”What?” Hao Ning's eyes widened. The man in front of him was even more daring than him to mention that everything had a spirit. ”Did you say everything has a spirit?”
”It's also called the pantheism. Human in earlier times believed that all the things in the world had souls,” Zhang Dalong seemed to be recounting it carefully, ”There are records in many books. It can be considered an early form of philosophy.”
”And do you believe in it?” Liu Shuai glanced at Zhou Yuan and asked.
Jienan also looked at Zhang Dalong, and he did not speak.
”Me?” Zhang Dalong looked at the few young men in front of him and laughed, ”What I said today was also said by Zhang Dalong, not by Zhang Xiaolong.”
”Err …” This time, it was Hao Ning who was stunned, ”Got it, please speak.”
”About that everything has a spirit,” Zhang Dalong laughed, ”I don't know if everything has a spirit or not, but I am sure that the products I make have souls.”
”Again.” Jienan laughed bitterly, ”You always say that in new employee training. It would be all right if it were just a metaphor, or to make everyone take responsibility for their work…”
”You misunderstand,” Zhang Dalong said as he waved his hand, but he was not angry at all. ”I am not making a metaphor. I feel it, and this feeling gets more and more intense recently.”
Zhang Dalong was about to continue speaking when he suddenly felt that he had talked too much, so he looked towards Hao Ning, only to realize that they were also listening to him. Then he laughed, ”That's too much. We should let the guests speak.”
”It's fine,” Hao Ning hurriedly said, ”Please continue.”
”Since I developed the first mailbox-type software,” Zhang Dalong recalled, ”For a while, I felt that this mailbox seemed to have a life. When people send their mail through this product, I felt the pulse and heartbeat of it. Later, when my business failed, and I had no way out, someone suggested me to put ads in my software to get some income. I knew I could live with them, but I felt that the life was resisting it, so I insisted on not inserting ads. ”
Hao Ning knew the story well since he was familiar with the internet industry. Back in the day, many people were using this man's software, but it could not bring profits, so he had to sell it in the end. However, this was the first time Hao Ning heard about his thought at that moment.
”Take the WeChat that you're all using now as an example,” Zhang Dalong looked at Hao Ning and the others, whom all nodded their heads. After all, this app had already become a national-level product. ”As more and more people start using it, I can slowly feel that this product also seems to have a spirit and life. ”
”But what does this have to do with them?” Hearing Zhang Dalong's words, Jienan smiled slightly but did not express his opinion, while he still shot a question.
”You're asking the essential part,” Zhang Dalong nodded his head approvingly and looked at Hao Ning and the others, ”For all these years, I've felt more and more that I can talk to this WeChat spirit. I mean, it can talk, so can I.”
”Does it worsen your sleep and spirit?” Liu Shuai suddenly asked, ”You can't sleep and work according to the normal schedule, and even if you manage to adjust it forcefully, it will return after some time, right?”
”How do you know that?” Jienan said in shock, then realized that he should not speak, so he immediately gestured for Zhang Dalong to continue.