Chapter 30 Explanation
Hu Ping's company mainly operates in mining, forestry, and real estate, and of course there are many other industries, almost all of which are profitable.

Only the technology industry has been making losses, despite continuous investments, but with no improvement at all.

Even Wu Qingqing's newly built mecha factory is a little better than the Hu family's.

Mineral resources will eventually be exhausted, and land cannot be developed indefinitely. Forests can regenerate, but it will take more than ten years to harvest them.

Because there is nothing "elegant" in the business run by Mr. Hu, many people in the upper class laugh at him for being vulgar, so he cannot afford to work in the literary industry.

The reason why Mr. Hu is looked down upon is very simple. Mr. Hu is an illegitimate son of the Hu family, and he has an older brother who inherited the industry of the previous generation.

When Grandpa Hu Ping was alive, Mr. Hu did not receive any care.

Life was hard, one day they were full and the next they were hungry, and every few days they were oppressed by their eldest brother's side.

Later, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he dropped out of school and went to work on a remote planet. He met the mine manager's daughter and relied on his wife's family to make a living.

Just ask yourself, how could those upper-class people who claim to have noble blood look down on someone with the background and experience of General Manager Hu?

Fortunately, as fate would have it, the eldest brother who inherited the Hu family's assets fell into poverty and became a third-rate person in the capital star.

But he could no longer laugh at his younger brother, whom he had bullied, and he often had to put on a smug face and curry favor with him just to avoid being abandoned by the circle.

……

At the entrance of the Hu family company, the first person you see is not Mr. Hu, but Wu Zhaoxiang, who is wearing a black suit and glasses. He is well-mannered and has an extraordinary demeanor.

There was a fat middle-aged man next to him. That was Mr. Hu. "Brother, you are dressed up nicely and came here to see me. Do you want to discuss business with me?"

The two men's businesses overlap and they have collaborated many times, so they are considered old acquaintances.

"Haha, we are all old friends. I'll wait for whoever you are waiting for." Wu Zhaoxiang put his hands behind his back and smiled profoundly.

Mr. Hu curled his lips and said, "Are you determined to enter the technology industry? Aren't you afraid of losing your original capital?"

"It's the same for you. I can't make mechas for now, so I'll try other industries. I hope you won't share your wealth with me, brother."

Wu Zhaoxiang admitted his inferiority.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Mr. Hu wanted to fight back and drive the person away several times, but he never found a chance.

While the two were arguing, Hu Ping and his team arrived at the company smoothly.

Mr. Hu attaches great importance to this cooperation, as it is the key to his second attempt at the science and technology industry.

As he walked forward with his fat legs, he noticed that all the people getting off the bus were young people.

I was stunned for a while, secretly wondering who would be the protagonist today.

His eyes swept across Ji Heng and Ji Li, then stopped at Xing Miao and Feng Wansha, trying to figure out which of them was the game developer.

His son only told him that it was a junior schoolmate, but he didn’t know who she was and there was no photo.

Big mistake!
Wu Zhaoxiang took the opportunity to step forward, but he didn't expect to see Su Xiaocai again so soon. He was too arbitrary at the time and thought that Su Xiaocai's confidence was exaggerated.

After his daughter told Su Xiaocai that she had made such a game, Wu Zhaoxiang changed his mind.

He is a real businessman, he can put aside his pride and greet the younger generation. He extended his hand, "Ms. Su, it's an honor to meet you again. Last time you asked me if you wanted to cooperate, I hesitated at that time, I am really sorry. So, I can only shamelessly come over and try to get the chance."

Facing Wu Zhaoxiang's compliments, Su Xiaocai remained calm, shook his hand, and said in a friendly manner: "It just so happens that we need to talk to Uncle Hu about something, and Uncle Wu can give us some advice. How about that?"

"Okay, that's definitely no problem. You call me Uncle Wu, and I'll call you niece. It's my daughter's blessing that a talented girl like you can be her roommate." Wu Zhaoxiang is a professional at getting close to others.

With Su Xiaocai's words, he was no longer afraid that the man named Hu would force him to leave.

It was not the first time that Wu Qingqing saw her father talking about business. She had heard him calling her "niece" one thing and "talented girl" the next.

It was this kind of commercial flattery that made Wu Qingqing resist becoming the heir.

To do business, one also needs to understand business tactics. Just like Su Xiaocai said just now, she wanted Wu Zhaoxiang's guidance. She didn't embarrass Mr. Hu openly, but she ended up creating a competitor for him.

Wu Qingqing asked herself if she had such thoughts.

Besides, my dad is still in his prime, so he can do this for another 80 years without any problem.

Wu Zhaoxiang, who didn't know that his daughter treated him like a beast of burden, smiled even more. Only a person who is confident can be so calm. Wu Zhaoxiang was even more looking forward to Su Xiaocai's game.

It was their own home court, but Wu Zhaoxiang took the lead. President Hu glared at Hu Ping angrily, blaming his silly son for not introducing the person to him first.

Mr. Hu also greeted Su Xiaocai from behind, "Young classmate is young and promising. Let's not stand here, go in and sit down."

The group was composed entirely of students from the Military Training University. In the eyes of General Hu, people with high talent and learning were the ones with style.

Thinking back to the time, he was also a handsome young man. Why did he fall in love with the child’s mother? One of the reasons was of course that she had a high level of education.

In the interstellar age, one can already learn a lot of social skills in high school, which is similar to the universities in the old times.

Today's college students are equivalent to talents undergoing further studies.

A diploma is more valuable, but it is not necessary. For ordinary people, graduating from high school marks the end of their academic career.

To continue studying, it takes not only money, but also time and energy.

Even though going to university is not necessary, it doesn’t mean that people in society don’t pursue it.

All the mecha divisions in the army are college students. This alone is enough to attract many people to continue studying.

The capital planet is so big, with a total population of 8 billion, but there are only five universities. Of course, there are universities on other planets, but the number is not large.

It is conceivable that those who go to university are either super geniuses, or have some spare money at home, or are people who are really eager to study.

Mr. Hu wanted to study, but he soon found that he couldn't concentrate on reading because he was too old.

So when his son was admitted to the military training, he was happy for a long time.

Mr. Hu led them into the building. The building was formerly owned by the Hu family. Later, Mr. Hu's eldest brother squandered his money very quickly, so Mr. Hu asked someone to buy it.

Used as your company address.

The building covers a large area and it is impossible to use it all as offices. Mr. Hu only uses the second, third, fourth and top three floors as the company's headquarters, and rents out the other floors.

When employees from other companies see Mr. Hu, they all use his affectionate nickname, "Hello, landlord."

Mr. Hu smiled and waved his fat hands, "Okay, okay."

"Landlord, is your son on vacation? Oh, and he brought a group of handsome men and beautiful women with him."

President Hu: "Hahaha, there's nothing I can do. My son is a filial son, and he brought top students who studied mechas from the military training to help me with advice."

Businessmen can brag about anything, to the point of exaggerating anything.

Just listen.

The man didn't care what Mr. Hu said, "Congratulations. I believe Mr. Hu will get what he wants soon."

In the building, all the employees who have officially joined the company know that President Hu is determined to develop the technology industry. Unfortunately, it has been a complete failure, more disappointing than being naked in the universe.

No one could say in front of Mr. Hu that it was a waste for him to hire top students.

Less than ten minutes after Mr. Hu and his group left, word spread throughout the building that Mr. Hu was going to start a new technological project.

Many people quickly refresh information in the message groups on their mobile phones.

"I saw a little girl among my son's classmates. She's so cute. Is she a recent college student?"

"Children nowadays go to college at a younger and younger age. Back then, I was already 25 when I was in high school."

"Twenty-five is still young, okay? I was forty when I graduated from high school. My mom was almost annoyed by me being held back."

"I don't know why Mr. Hu is taking on this new project. With this money, why not reduce the rent for our boss? He was complaining today that the landlord was ruthless and refused to reduce his rent by even a penny."

"It's so funny. It's impossible for the landlord to lower the rent for a building in a central location. Not raising the rent is already considered merciful."

"So stop talking about irrelevant things and start gambling. It's 50 cents a bet. I'll bet the highest amount first, 10 bets. Mr. Du Hu's investment is going to fail again."

"He is just a young man who brought his classmates to play. It is very rude of you to do this. I will also vote for the failure of Mr. Hu's investment in the technology project."

"You vote and I vote, and if we both lose, then who will win?"

"Pah, my young master's friends are very capable. They will definitely succeed this time. I'll put up ten bets and bet that they will win this time."

"Yes, President Hu will win. Young Master will lead us to create brilliance."

A series of ellipsis marks expressed their speechless feelings.

Everyone: People from Mr. Hu’s secretariat are here to flatter him again.

When people from the secretariat came, everyone joined the gambling. How much wealth could such a young student bring?
If there was someone a little older in that group, there might still be hope.

As soon as the game of betting a few cents was set up, a huge number of people responded immediately.

No one cares about this kind of small gambling, and there is special software to support public participation, which can be regarded as adding some entertainment.

Not only people in the building participated in the fun gambling, but people outside the building also bet 50 cents, just for fun. Even if they could only collect a few cents in the end, they still had a good time.

The total amount of money lost by those who lost the bet was as high as 3,000 yuan, while the total amount of money lost by those who won the bet was only 50 yuan. What a tragic contrast.

This person was an employee of the Capital Secretariat. He couldn't bear to see others look down on Mr. Hu and Hu Ping, so he dragged a few more people over before he filled the bank with 50 yuan.

……

President Hu brought his people into the conference room and was about to use his "huge" body to block Wu Zhaoxiang from entering.

Wu Zhaoxiang was one step faster, dodged flexibly, and followed his daughter into the meeting room.

Mr. Hu was so angry that he almost beat his chest.

Secretary Bai, who was much older than Mr. Hu, stood next to him.

"Mr. Hu, calm down and calm down." Secretary Bai spoke slowly, with a soothing power.

Secretary Bai is the most capable person in the secretariat, one of the founders of the new Hu Enterprise, and has many shares in the Hu family.

Although he could have given up, he was content to be Mr. Hu's subordinate and had a very stable temperament.

If we use a creature to describe Secretary White, "Capybara" would be a good fit.

He has a non-confrontational temperament and excellent ability to control the situation.

"Wu Zhaoxiang is a man who will not do anything without profit in the business world. Since he wants to get involved, it proves that this investment has a great chance of success. And with Wu Zhaoxiang sharing the financial pressure, the rollout will be much faster." Games are inherently time-sensitive, and once the popularity period is over, sales will be greatly reduced.

Secretary Bai pointed out the pros and cons in one sentence.

Mr. Hu, who was furious, calmed down instantly and started to look at Wu Zhaoxiang with favor.

Hu Ping gave a thumbs up to Secretary Bai, who deserves to be hailed as the strongest assistant. Secretary Bai is the eternal god of the Hu family.

Secretary Bai smiled modestly at Hu Ping, then walked into the meeting room and took a seat.

Except for the two brothers from the Ji family, all of Wu Qingqing's group are monkeys.

They couldn't sit still, so they walked around the conference room first, curious about the equipment in the conference room, and then tried to open the window and lean over to look at the entire building.

With those young faces, it’s hard to imagine that they are here to discuss cooperation.

In order to ensure the smooth conduct of the subsequent conversation, a simulation cabin was installed in the conference room.

Words are too pale, only by experiencing it can you know whether it is worth investing.

Su Xiaocai was installing the program in the simulation cabin, while other students took the snacks on the conference table and ate them.

The atmosphere was relaxed, and the topic of conversation gradually shifted from scholarships to games.

"I finally played a map, although it was just a friendly novice mode." Hu Ping boasted. To be honest, this kind of realistic game is really hard to play for ordinary people.

But when you succeed, the incomparable sense of accomplishment will be great.

"Cai Cai, can't the difficulty be lowered a bit?" Hu Ping said, "The difficulty we are playing now is hard for ordinary people to digest."

"I had no intention of releasing the game to the general public. It's just that you said it was fun and could be promoted, so I thought about making some money." Money is tight recently, and Su Xiaocai doesn't want to be unable to pay the installment payments for the patent.

"The difficulty can be lowered, and it can be adjusted now." Su Xiaocai did not order Wisdom 02 to work in public. She turned on the computer, connected to Wisdom 02, and ordered it to modify the data.

Incidentally, the game mode has also been renamed.

Real mode changes to extraordinary mode, gray status.

Then Novice mode is Nightmare, Friendly Novice becomes Hard, and then Normal and Easy modes.

Each mode has 10,000, 1,000, 100, 10, or 5-player team options. Finally, there are options for commanders, teammates, and tourists.

The entire modification process was exposed to everyone and was completed in half an hour.

"Okay, ordinary people won't die so easily when they play the simple mode." Death will still happen, but the randomness is reduced to the minimum, and the difficulty is greatly reduced.

Those who were not aware of how awesome Su Xiaocai was were already full of admiration for her.

It's incredible that a model can be changed so quickly.

"Xiaocai, what algorithm do you use for this game?"

"Algorithm?" Su Xiaocai pondered. The concept of artificial intelligence has always been proposed by some people, but what has been produced so far are only semi-finished products.

Su Xiaocai's Wisdom 02 is, in principle, a semi-finished product. It has no autonomous consciousness, and its personality, interaction, and game operation all rely on underlying computing support.

The only one who truly has independent consciousness is Chibi Maruko-chan.

"Let's call it Su's Algorithm." Su Xiaocai was too lazy to think of a name.

Everyone: "..."

Homemade?

Mr. Hu and Wu Zhaoxiang looked at each other in confusion.

There was a faint sense of disbelief in my heart.

But it is undeniable that they are full of expectations for Su Xiaocai's game.

The two of them took turns going in to try.

They are just ordinary players and they just need to play the simple mode.

After playing, they realized that even the easy mode was much more difficult than ordinary games and was not suitable for everyone.

However, the film's merits outweigh its flaws. The scenery is realistic and the war scenes are extremely shocking.

There was no lag, and more importantly, it could actually calculate a war involving tens of thousands of people.

Each of these ten thousand people has his or her own personality, just like real people playing among them.

Mr. Hu tried the 10,000-person mode as a tourist. The scene was so shocking that he could appreciate the difficulties of the frontline much better than watching a movie.

This game is definitely worth watching.

After Mr. Hu finished playing, it was Wu Zhaoxiang's turn. He exited the game almost as soon as he entered.

What was very embarrassing was that he chose the commander, took the wrong path, and his entire army was wiped out. He was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so he could only smile foolishly and say that the gaming experience was good.

Cooperation must be discussed, but the cooperation model is the key.

"Miss Su, can you please introduce the game in more detail? And also tell me what kind of cooperation you want."

As long as the cooperation method is not excessive, they will discuss it.

After playing a game, Mr. Hu began to regard Su Xiaocai as an equal partner.

Su Xiaocai was not stage-shy and demonstrated the advantages of the game with ease.

If you only play the difficult and lower modes, you can play it in the normal game cabin. The game not only has a single-player mode, but also supports multiple people online at the same time.

She emphasized one point in particular: "The game does not need backend maintenance personnel, it has a system for correcting calculations."

There is no need to worry about core items being stolen. Wisdom 02 has excellent anti-theft functions, and commands can only be issued through the main system, which is the metal block in Su Xiaocai's hand.

Once there is an external attack, Wisdom 02 will activate the anti-theft function and then connect to Wisdom 03 to deal with the intruder.

If the invader cannot be dealt with, it will abandon the split body and choose to destroy it, then cut off the network and the host to protect itself.

Su Xiaocai did not reveal this point. Only those who have a trump card have the right to speak.

What she wants to show is just what can lead to cooperation.

"The new algorithm will save manpower, provide training programs for the military, and have multiple modes of play. Equipment data will be synchronized, and there will also be rankings and live broadcasts of battles... This game will become a mainstream leader."

Listening to Su Xiaocai's speech, the people in the audience were so excited that they got goose bumps.

I really want to implement it quickly to give people a brand new experience.

Su Xiaocai finished her introduction and everyone applauded.

Games of this level often require a large team to do background updates and maintenance.

And Su Xiaocai solved this problem.

Even better, each mode has more than 3,000 map options, and more will be added later. Coupled with the randomness caused by the sharp increase in difficulty, players' demand for updates is almost zero.

Then you can save the labor costs in the background. You only need to rent a site to build a server, and then add guards, operations and after-sales service personnel.

This is a very explosive innovation in the gaming industry.

If the people maintaining the game knew about this, they would probably come and give us a beating overnight.

Wu Zhaoxiang, Mr. Hu and Secretary Bai put their heads together and whispered to each other.

Su Xiaocai fully demonstrated the potential value of the game. Even if she didn't say how to cooperate, they still had to consider what plan they could use to obtain the game sales rights.

(End of this chapter)