431 The Mutants Flood (1/2)
Chapter 431: The Mutants Flood
Translator: _Min_Editor: Caron_
Xia Shiyu gave Jiang Chen an update of the industry.
For example, Tencent acquired 51% of Wanghai Lexiang shares at a premium from the hands of Xunlei and Kaiying Web for 60 million USD to become the majority shareholder. They also indicated on the day when the deal closed that QQ would officially enter the virtual reality field, then they displayed a mysterious looking CG animation, indicating that virtual reality MMORPG development was in progress.
Baidu instead went international and established a strategic partnership with Sony which signaled their battle horn to the virtual reality market.
Microsoft, Google…
When Jiang Chen heard this information, he wasn't worried at all.
His situation now was like a tank charging forward while his opponents were still busy shining the tips of their arrows.
A battle between the indigenous and civilized - although it was in the same ring, it was not on the same level.
After two months, internal testing would end and the world's media would finally receive some information. The helmets would go on sale a month later and the official launch of the game was set for the upcoming month. The world would be shocked by Future Technology's virtual reality technology.
Future Technology would lead the first intimate contact between consciousness and circuit boards.
”Also, I received several emails from Hua's Arms Industrial Company, Britain's Plextek Company, UA's Thunder God Company and other three arms industrial companies interested in our technology. They said if we provided a technical description of our technology, they were willing to cooperate with us in the military training field,” Xia Shiyu continued her report.
Military arms companies interested in a partnership with a tech company? It was a rare occurrence.
But from the way the emails were worded, they seemed to be cautious of the partnership since it would involve a lot of technical parameters of confident military tech. In principle, military tech companies should not cooperate with foreign companies. Even if a partnership were to exist, it would mostly be under the table.
At least for now, the server parameters of virtual reality, computation ability, and maximum user threshold were all unknown to the external world. But with the introduction of virtual reality to the world next year, his nuclear silo would be built already.
He would use nuclear weapons to deter the five thugs and connect the world with the ”virtual web.” When the world could no longer leave the second world built by Future Technology, no one would be foolish enough to go against Future Technology.
The game was only the tip of the iceberg for virtual reality.
By that time, it would be time to reach space.
Jiang Chen's thoughts drifted far away as he fantasized about the blueprint he had in his mind.
”Jiang Chen?” Seeing as he didn't respond, Xia Shiyu tried to rouse him from his dazed state.
He recollected his thoughts and only deliberated for two seconds before he made a decision.
”Reject the offers.”
”Okay… Also, the Bureau of Patents is making frequent visits.” Xia Shiyu scoffed.
”Let them come. When we have the absolute technological advantage, we don't need any patents to protect us. If we made our technology public for other people's reference, we would be kicked out of the competition.”
Any country would be reluctant for new technology to leave their borders. As long as Future Technology was irreplaceable, even if the Wang family wanted to eat him, they couldn't do anything to him. When they forced Jiang Chen to become an ”international company,” the Wang family received a lot of criticism and pressure from the higher-ups.
At the same time, he wouldn't register for any patents in any country because it was unnecessary for him; he didn't plan to permit other people to use his technology. To crack his Future 1.0, people needed a textbook on D++ first.
After he hung up the phone, Jiang Chen stretched sluggishly and sat up on the sofa.
He finally had the time for leisure activities lately, but with his mansion completely empty, it did feel boring. He occasionally visited his family, accompanied his father on fishing trips, and chatted with his mother. Being with his family was always a great and relaxing time.
He just missed Ayesha and wondered about her training progress on the island.
He didn't need to focus on the virtual reality internal testing anymore - Barkary sent out 20 security personnel and 30 employees to oversee the internal testing process. All the game data would be sent to the fourth-dimensional messenger chip Lin Lin created on her computer before she sent the information off to the game development department at Fishbone base.
It was August 7th already. Jiang Chen was planning to delay his return to the 15th, but a message from Lin Lin changed his mind.
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When Sun Jiao saw Jiang Chen, her eyes lit up as she stood to greet him. Han Junhua only glared at him emotionlessly before she focused on the hologram command map on the table.
Jiang Chen kissed Sun Jiao before he walked up to the command map.
”What happened?”
”We confirmed that a flood of mutants erupted in Wanghai,” Sun Jiao said sternly, a rare occasion when she wasn't acting naughty.