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Chapter 596 - 187: A Foray into the Open World!

Chapter 596: Chapter 187: A Foray into the Open World!

"Transform the entire amusement park into a theme park based on holographic game projections?" Zhou Weiyi nearly spat out his tea upon hearing what the young man sitting across from him had proposed.

You little brat! How do you always manage to shock me with your crazy ideas every time we meet?

...

Three days had passed since Ke Jin’s relaxing trip to Disney.

Back at work, Ke Jin had no time to dwell on his romantic entanglements.

The development of Number One Player now faced unprecedented difficulties and obstacles.

Domestically, with strong support from the Jianglin City Government and the China Broadcasting Bureau, Number One Player could hardly be more blessed – all manner of licenses and preferential policies were a breeze.

After all, if anything,

The Jianglin Government should be thanking Number One Player for bringing a host of new job opportunities to the city.

It has been one year since Jianglin announced its intention to become a gaming/esports city.

The focus of many major and minor events indeed began to shift from Shanghai towards Jianglin.

In Shanghai, these industries were not considered important; it was only because Shanghai was prosperous and had wealthy residents that game developers hosted various offline events there.

But in Jianglin, if policy support meant more money could be made, why not go there?

Number One Player became a fresh new banner for the gaming industry in Huaxia Nation, representing the vanguard of the industry.

It was only a matter of time before it would stand on equal footing with giants like Tengjing and Netcom.

However, overseas,

East Asia was somewhat manageable,

But if you wanted to penetrate Europe and America, to win the hearts of gamers there, some real heavy hitters were needed.

Otherwise, relying solely on those three games showcased at the game design conference would only lead to lukewarm audience reception.

This was why, as soon as his vacation ended, Ke Jin flew directly to the East Intelligence Group headquarters located in Yancheng.

The red tide of influence sweeping into the capitalist heartland of Europe and America, liberating gamers worldwide, was urgent!

East Intelligence Technology, a company renowned as one of Huaxia Nation’s top 20 technology giants, truly had an extraordinary presence.

A modern high-rise building soared skyward, shooting up into the clouds.

Standing roughly 300 meters tall, the building exuded a sense of technology through and through, somewhat reminiscent of Wild Hill Tower that Ke Jin had once gazed upon from a distance in 2077.

Upon entering, a well-dressed beautiful receptionist approached with a warm inquiry about Ke Jin’s needs.

Learning he had an appointment, she said with a gentle smile, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Ke, Zhizi is currently contacting D9 executive—Zhou Weiyi for you."

Ke Jin was slightly taken aback.

You’re Zhizi?

Also, why does this receptionist have a funny smell on her...

What kind of big company would have their front desk refer to themselves as ’Xzi’ or ’Xchan’?...

While Ke Jin was still puzzled,

Something astonishing happened.

The receptionist, self-identified as ’Zhizi’, launched some sort of facial panel loading right in front of him...

Though her face didn’t change, the entire face transformed into a transparent information processing screen.

After a quick series of visual data changes, it returned to a human face mode.

She then spoke to Ke Jin with an expression and voice ’indistinguishable from a human’s’, saying:

"Mr. Ke, your contact is arranged; please wait for a moment, D9 executive—Zhou Weiyi, is on his way."

"If you find Zhizi’s service helpful, please give Zhizi a 5-star rating, thank you!"

Ke Jin: "..."

What the hell? This receptionist, she’s actually a robot?

Wow!

Has East Intelligence Technology’s AI and robotic tech integration advanced this far?

A bionic robot was standing right before him and he hadn’t even realized it at first.

Scared the beans out of me!

However, after a quick look around, Ke Jin noticed.

The employees coming and going, entering and exiting around him had long been indifferent, passing by without a second glance or any interest in Zhizi.

Moreover, aside from Zhizi, there were no other receptionists in the hall.

Presumably, even a company as powerful as East Intelligence could only afford to produce a singularly advanced model like Zhizi to show off in their lobby, but they had not yet achieved mass production.

Otherwise, the era of household bionic personnel depicted in "Detroit: Become Human" would likely have already begun.

"Brother Tong Zi, who do you think is cooler, you or her?" Ke Jin pondered for a moment, then sneakily asked.

The system did not speak.

"Alright, Brother Tong Zi, it is."

[Preliminary search indicates that performance does not exceed one ten-thousandth of this system’s]

You see, if you spoil it by calling it ’Brother Tong Zi’, it responds immediately.

And it’s sassy about it, too.

Even with its ’I’m ten thousand times better~~’

Okay, okay, our Brother Tong Zi is the coolest, happy now?

While waiting for Zhou Weiyi, Ke Jin had nothing to do so,

On a whim, he decided to test just how intelligent East Intelligence’s AI bionic person was.

So he decided to interrogate her.

"Zhizi, I’m gonna quiz you, meow."

"Hello, Mr. Ke, go ahead."

"If Blue Star has 70% water and 30% land, where did the remaining 30% water and the remaining 70% land go?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhizi’s human skin switch to a stream of data gibberish.

After a burst of rapid data collection.

It then switched back to a human face and answered with a smile.

"Mr. Ke, Blue Star has 70% water and 30% land, the remaining 30% of water is filled by land, and the remaining 70% of land is covered by water. Zhizi hopes her answer satisfies you, please remember to give Zhizi a five-star rating."