The game was a huge success, money rolled in like a tidal wave, the company made a lot of money, everyone started to have a net worth of hundreds of millions, and they were completely wealthy.

It stands to reason that the next step should be to make games. After all, it has proven itself that whether it is continuing to operate old games or developing new games, it can win the favor of a large number of investors.

But the founders of Faibas did not take the ordinary path. When they had money, the first thing they did was various acquisitions and recruitments, expanding the company's size several times in a short period of time, and then continued to engage in artificial intelligence

intelligent.

Well...

How should I put it? Now it seems that this decision was correct, because later projects did require a large number of coders, but the evaluation at the time was that they were bloated and insane, and they rashly expanded their operations and made themselves bloated.

, rather than step by step.

But it didn’t take long for Faybas to launch a package of network security protection for enterprise users, with the project codename E-90.

From then on, Faibas walked on two legs.

One is a game that makes a lot of money. It has always been in an absolute leading position in this field. In the past few years, it has produced many hit games and has become the "true god" in the gaming industry; the other is network security, intelligent technology, and customization.

Its professional services have won praise from the industry. Although it is a new star, it occupies more than two-fifths of the market share.

In addition to these, in the past few years, Faibasi has entered many fields such as biology, aerospace, energy, materials, etc. through acquisitions, investments, share exchanges, etc., and has achieved good profits, which has also pushed Faibasi's market value to be

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Judging from the development history, the founders of Faibasi are all very talented, thoughtful, and capable people. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are geniuses, and they are also comprehensive.

of.

Not only has he made great achievements in scientific research, but he is also very effective in running businesses. Instead of being a nerd in the popular stereotype, he is a generalist.

It has developed such a large enterprise and is flourishing in many fields. Business is booming, and scientific research is not lagging behind. It has won many awards in the field of artificial intelligence and has become a leader in artificial intelligence.

"It looks... very powerful."

After reading this information, Maya admired the founders of this company even more.

The Internet was not disconnected at home, and it was not her first day online. She naturally knew about this rapidly rising company and held a lot of its stocks. Although she was a small retail investor, it was still higher than when she bought it.

It has increased a hundred times and is the stock with the highest profit in Maya's hands.

I thought this was an absolutely high-quality stock, but looking at Chiba Makoto’s behavior, why did I feel it was better to sell it quickly?

Therefore, Maya quickly asked: "Is there anything wrong with this company?"

This is about whether to sell or not. Although money is not just a bunch of numbers for them, they have indeed achieved financial freedom.

After all, neither of them likes to spend money, and they don't spend money lavishly. They usually have three meals a day, although they are not simple meals, but they are not delicacies every day.

"The problem is that we can't find the problem." Chiba Cheng rubbed his forehead and said helplessly: "These are the information specially collected by the intermediary staff, but they are still very normal."

"It's normal, isn't it bad?"

Maya doesn't understand. You are not the kind of person who wants to acquire this company, and you don't want to pay a high price, so you use all kinds of smears and rumors and even use means to lower the stock price, so as to buy it at a low price. You don't want to fight against the autumn wind and pay tribute. Why?

I have to find some problem.

Is it so difficult to find problems? Why create problems when there are no problems? Is it difficult to find problems?

"That's the problem," Chiba Cheng sat up and looked at the city at the foot of the mountain in the distance. "I hope this is just a normal high-tech company, but it happens to be engaged in artificial intelligence, and its name is Faibasi."

.”

"Uh, what's the problem?"

Maya was confused when she heard what happened to artificial intelligence. Nowadays, every Internet company is claiming that it has developed many good artificial intelligence, and the companies and laboratories engaged in artificial intelligence are all over the world.

More than ten thousand families.

And what’s wrong with the name ‘Faibas’? It’s not taboo, right?

Chiba Makoto!

There is no sound in the name that overlaps with Faibas?

Chiba Cheng simply made it clearer and said: "In the parallel world, there was a mechanical life form, or monster, called Faibasi, which was also transformed by artificial intelligence. It also controlled the TPC's sea base, almost

At one point, use the Atdis to blow up the metropolis to the ground.

But in that world, the timeline when Faibas appeared was eight years ago, and this company also appeared eight years ago, so..."

Maya understood immediately and said suddenly: "So you suspect that this company is that mechanical life form."

"A little doubtful," Qianye Cheng nodded and said, "There is also the super master Kallen who has never been seen on the Internet that Ye Rui mentioned many times. In the parallel world, he is the core consciousness of the mechanical life form.

It’s just an artificial intelligence, but..."

Chiba Cheng's eyebrows were almost knitted together, looking quite entangled and troubled.

Although he had discovered this company called Faibas a long time ago, the reason why he hadn't moved on was that he couldn't figure it out.

Artificial intelligence is actually a bunch of data. Even if there is so much code that it needs a computer room as big as a football field to fit it, it will not weigh even one gram in the real world.

Because it is virtual, it can only exist in the online world.

But in the 'original work', in addition to Kallen's entity, even the magnificent and large-scale computer game city was turned into ashes after Faibas was destroyed, turning the place into a

An empty space.

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It's incredible.

Because there is no hardware support, no matter how awesome the software is, it is useless.

Just like a racing driver, even if he is a world champion and can drive hundreds of kilometers per hour, without a racing car, you will never be able to catch up with an old man who is having fun.

Therefore, even if the computer city is a virtual image, such a realistic and large-scale computer city still exists all year round. It requires no shortage of instruments and equipment, and the virtual one is always fake. It's okay from a distance.

You will be able to spot it at a glance at a close distance.

But the original work is no different from the real thing. You can see it, not just talk about it, but you can also touch it.

It has gone beyond virtual imaging and become something as magical as magic.

I just can't figure it out.

Chiba Makoto has also paid attention to this company, because after their rise, they became super rich. They built a computer game city in the place where the mechanical dinosaurs were dug up, and it became a major feature of the local area, attracting people every year.

A large number of tourists come here, and a large number of people come in and out every day to experience the latest games and conceptual equipment.

What kind of virtual reality can receive hundreds of millions of people every year?

There was also the construction process, which not only hired a large number of workers, but also purchased a large amount of building materials, including decoration, layout, accessories, and various instruments and equipment inside. Suppliers came from all over the world, and delivery records, transportation records, and inspection records

Everything is available, and in order to provide so many materials and equipment, these suppliers also have procurement and production. The factories, warehouses, and merchants that supply them also have procurement, production, and transportation records, as well as the flow of money.

Let's put it this way, the cost of building that computer city is tens of billions, but the GDP it stimulates has reached 500 to 600 billion, and more than one million people are involved. If these are all fake, then what else is real?

People will not appear out of thin air, and materials will not disappear out of thin air.

Unless all the materials brought in are buried, used to build houses, decorate or even play games, and the people who experience it are controlled and brainwashed, and false memories are implanted, otherwise this computer city is really built, not a virtual one.

of.

Not just reading the information, Chiba Makoto also went to see and touch it in person. The floor was hard, the pillars were real, the lights were gorgeous, and the game equipment was really fun. It didn’t look virtual at all, and his head wasn’t controlled.

, it is indeed a real game city, not a virtual one.

After that, due to busy work, Chiba Makoto paid less attention to this computer game field. When he saw it again, this company had developed so much and entered many fields, including TPC.

supply chain.

Although TPC has a large number of personnel and a gathering of elites, it does not do everything by itself. It has to do everything by itself. Except for some core tasks, which are internally responsible, others as small as clothes and socks, as large as instruments and equipment, are all part of the global supply chain, including weapons and equipment.

, as long as mass production is carried out, it is global procurement.

Take the Victory Condor as an example. Even for the new Max engine, which is the absolute core, parts are purchased from all over the world, and TPC only assembles and debugs them at the final end.

The reason is very simple. You cannot build a factory with dozens or hundreds of people just because of a screw or a wire.

The Victory Condor has millions of parts, produced by tens of thousands of suppliers, involving millions of workers, and the parts of the Mobile Fortress are in the tens of millions, with fifty or sixty thousand suppliers.

There is also the artificial sun that has just been put into use. The parts cost over 100 million. More than 100,000 factories around the world meet its needs. There are also major space stations, interstellar bases, armed satellites...

It is no exaggeration to say that there are millions of manufacturers that have supply relationships with TPC. The large ones cover an area of ​​hundreds or thousands of acres, while the small ones are just family workshops.

Should all these be included in the management of TPC and included in the establishment of TPC?

This is simply impossible.

The cost alone can bring down TPC and ruin it.

Because of this, even for such a large and important project as the Universe Network, TPC cooperates with the private enterprise PWI, let alone other aspects.

Faibas's bid this time is for network security, which TPC has always attached great importance to. Although it is not an important place such as the headquarters base or space station, it also provides Internet security protection for some laboratories in the branch.

The reason why Chiba Makoto paid more attention to it and even asked Megumi to conduct an investigation was because the branch's laboratory also had a port that accessed the TPC internal network.

Although the TPC intranet also has layers of protection, and the more confidential the area, the higher the level of protection, but it is still a hidden danger. What if the cooperation deepens?

Chiba Makoto conducted a detailed investigation on Faibas with an unfounded and worrying attitude.

The result is that the more we look at it, the more normal it becomes. Whether it is Faibasi's rise, the flow of funds, or the computer city where Faibasi is the headquarters, there are no problems.
To be continued...