Chapter 1069: Being Targeted Again?

Buying a computer with 100,000 yuan to play games, I am afraid that most people will not be willing to part with it.

But if you buy a "world" for 100,000 yuan, maybe a lot of people will flock to it.

Of course, dreams are beautiful. In fact, there are many problems in the way Lu Zhou calculates the cost, because many of the resources he uses are actually free.

For example, the chips used in the design of neural modems were provided by Professor Wu Tianqun.

The entire carbon-based chip project is funded by himself, so no one will take his money for this one. Another example is some carbon materials consumed in the production of a complete set of equipment. This part is ordered from Zhongshan New Materials.

It's just that it's an order, but it's actually no different from free gift. It's not that Lu Zhou wanted to take advantage of Boss Liu, but when he wanted to pay, Boss Liu justly refused.

"These technologies are all developed by you. How can I be ashamed to accept your money? Besides, you are also a shareholder of Zhongshan New Materials. Let's not be so unreasonable about trivial matters of tens of thousands of dollars."

Lu Zhou is a person who is afraid of trouble. Seeing that paying for money is more troublesome than not paying for it, he just let it go.

In addition to these visible costs, there are also invisible ones.

For example, supercomputing—in fact, it is the computing power support provided by Lu Zhou’s quantum computer. If this part of the computing power is converted into the service fee of a general supercomputing center, it is also a hidden cost that is saved.

If such a strict calculation is made, maybe the one hundred thousand yuan he estimated must be doubled or tripled at least to be the real cost.

In short, after discussing with his CEO, Lu Zhou finally adopted Chen Yushan's suggestion, and will not disclose this technology for the time being.

After all, this stuff involves sensitive brains.

Putting products on the market before undergoing strict safety testing is not only suspected of using consumers as guinea pigs, but also violates ethics and morals.

Wait until the technology is fully mature and then open it up. The resistance to promotion will undoubtedly be much smaller than directly taking out the technology when it is immature.

What's more, Xingkong Technology is different from Silicon Valley-born companies such as Neuralink and EyeMynd. Whether it is funding or support from the state, it makes them unnecessary to rely on early speculation to attract capital.

Just like Ye Nan who took the initiative to find Lu Zhou, others have always been staring at his laboratory and drooling, and there has never been a situation where research cannot continue due to lack of money.

Chen Yushan: "I will find a way to help you solve the experimenter's matter. How much do you need?"

Lu Zhou: "More than ten, there is no upper limit. Of course, the more the better. But if you can't find it, you don't have to be too reluctant. I will say hello to Jin Da... There should be a way."

It is also a good way to ask students to be volunteers. I believe that as long as they hear that it is his research project, and the test is a neural access virtual reality technology, a bunch of people will rush to sign up for it.

As for the security issue, there is no need to worry about it at all.

Although it may sound intrusive to treat the brain as a graphics card, GPU, etc. to process image data, in fact, as long as people keep their eyes open, the working brain itself is doing the same and more complicated things.

In contrast, the interference generated by the neuromimetic microcurrent actively output by the neural signal modem has a relatively small increase in the load on the brain.

At least it's definitely healthier than staring at a phone screen for hours on end.

If there are potential safety hazards, Lu Zhou will never let the senior sister just lie on it and experience it.

However, as soon as he said this idea, the senior sister rejected it without hesitation.

"Don't! Don't do it like this. If this kind of thing is exposed, what title do you think the media will use?"

Lu Zhou frowned, thinking of the unofficial media he had dealt with, his expression suddenly became subtle.

"...You seem to have a point in saying that."

"Compared with the facts, most people are more willing to believe what they want to believe."

Looking at Lu Zhou with some headaches, Chen Yushan sighed and continued, "...In short, you don't have to worry about the experimenter's affairs, just leave it to me anyway."

Making a helpless expression, Lu Zhou nodded.

"That's fine."

It's good for someone to worry about these unimportant things for him.

If he could focus on research, he certainly wouldn't waste his energy on things other than research.

After sending off his senior sister, Lu Zhou turned around and went back to the underground laboratory. Just as he was about to continue thinking about how to improve this system, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

I took it out and saw that there was no surprise that it was a message from Xiao Ai.

Xiao Ai: [Master, someone is offering a reward on the dark web to investigate you! ∑(Д)]

"Investigate me?" Wei Wei was stunned for a moment, then Lu Zhou subconsciously asked, "Who?"

His first reaction was Dr. Z's vest, and the paper he posted on Arxiv probably attracted some people's attention.

It's just that he didn't pay much attention to this matter during the half month of retreat.

Originally, he expected to find a few experienced and like-minded talents to perfect the system, but he forgot about it when he got busy.

Unexpectedly, only half a month later, his vest was put on the dark web for a reward again.

Xiao Ai: [I don’t know! But I can help you investigate... Can Xiao Ai be allowed to attack? ()]

Lu Zhou: "Sure...but don't go too far."

Xiao Ai: 【Received! (///ω///)]

According to the instructions set by Lu Zhou, only for defensive purposes can he take the initiative to attack the source of the attack by means including but not limited to hacking electronic equipment.

And if it is only suspected that there are clues to damage his personal safety, he must obtain his approval before doing anything.

His vest was listed as a reward on the dark web. This is actually not a big deal, but it's better to check it out just to be on the safe side.

Just look at this guy's facial expressions...

Lu Zhou couldn't help but doubt whether this guy was protecting himself or just playing.

...

Gathering evidence did not take long.

After digging out the real IP of the account that posted the reward content, Xiao Ai quickly locked on the target, successfully obtained the administrator privileges of his personal computer, and immediately took over his camera.

The truth soon came to light.

Looking at the man with a big belly and a smooth forehead that appeared on the screen, Lu Zhou suddenly felt a little funny.

Originally, he thought that someone from the FBI or CIA was after him, but he didn't expect that he was just a professor engaged in biological neural network research.

【Master, master, do you want me to teach him a lesson? Like clearing his hard drive. (*`*)]

Lu Zhou: "...just remove the bounty he posted."

Xiao Ai: [Huh? Is this all right? "(Д*)】

Lu Zhou: "Well, he's not a dangerous person anyway, so don't embarrass him."

Xiao Ai: [Then... alright. QAQ]

After taking a sip of coffee, Lu Zhou who ignored the "QAQ" thought for a moment, and continued: "By the way, help me retrieve his academic resume from the database. I need a detailed document, including The papers he has submitted, review experience, academic conferences he has attended, etc. "

Although it is naive to spend one bitcoin to figure out something that even intelligence personnel from all over the world are interested in, one bitcoin can be exchanged for a lot of money anyway.

Seeing that his life doesn't seem to be rich enough to spend tens of thousands of dollars casually without feeling distressed, Lu Zhou was very curious as to what made him want to contact him so urgently.