Chapter 954: “Nag” Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Qiao Liang flipped through the publicity materials of these old gas. Every one of them was filled with childhood mories.
At that ti, he did not have any financial capability. Naturally, he could not afford to buy the original ga. In fact, his mory of these gas had already beco blurry.
Thus, Qiao Liang missed these classic gas when he saw it.
“I’m not going to say anything else. Let’s buy more tickets!”
Qiao Liang did not look through it carefully. Instead, he took out so money to purchase the compilation.
This collection was not cheap. There were a total of eight gas in it. The price of each ga ranged from tens to more than a hundred yuan. This collection was at a 60% discount with a total price of 588 yuan.
Even after the discount, the price would still be quite expensive. After all, these were all old gas from more than ten years ago. The gaplay was completely behind ti, not to ntion the graphics and ga chanisms.
This money was definitely not worth it as a ga.
However, to a veteran gar like Qiao Liang, this sum of money was equivalent to a ‘supplentary ticket’. After all, he did not have the financial capability back then. It was not bad to spend money to buy a wave of sentint now.
Qiao Liang’s life was getting better and better because of gas. It was understandable for him to buy a few gas to support the developnt of dostically-produced gas. What’s more, he could use the material of these gas to make videos (roughly) in the future.
After paying, Qiao Liang looked through the gas.
“The Landlord Ga, I really miss it. It’s a pity that many people have to play it together for it to be fun.”
“‘The Storm of Heroes’ is also considered a masterpiece of a generation.”
“‘Sword Kinesis’ is considered one of the best in this batch of gas. It’s a pity that the sequel beca more and more ordinary.”
“‘Conquer The Three Kingdoms’? This ga is very ordinary, right? There were not many players back then. What’s more, it was an imitation of a foreign ga. It’s acceptable to say that it was acceptable, but it’s not a good ga.”
“...”
“I can tolerate ‘Conquer The Three Kingdoms’, but what is this?”
Qiao Liang flipped through the gas. The first few gas looked normal. The types and quality of these gas were different, so were classic gas, and so were less popular but they were still acceptable overall.
However, he suddenly realized that a strange thing had been mixed in.
“Mission and Choice? Isn’t that the legendary sha of the nation?”
“Why is this rubbish ga mixed in to cheat money? It’s even selling for more than a hundred yuan!”
“Are the officials crazy?”
Qiao Liang almost thought that he had seen wrongly.
He had not played Mission and Choice back then, mainly because he had not been financially capable at that ti. He could not persuade his parents to spend more than a hundred yuan on this ga.
There was no need to buy the ga after its reputation collapsed later on.
Of course, just because Qiao Liang had not played this ga before did not an that he had not heard of the ‘shocking’ legend of this ga.
Thus, seeing it appear in the compilation of this dostically-produced ga was even more unbelievable.
“This lousy thing sells for more than a hundred yuan?”
“Even five yuan is too expensive!”
“Eh, wait a mont. Could this be a ga version that the official platform has already modified?”
Qiao Liang suddenly felt that things were not as simple as he thought.
He imdiately clicked on Mission and Choice, wanting to see if this was the official version that had fixed the bugs and improved the gaplay.
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Ten minutes later, Qiao Liang’s hands left the mouse. He looked at the lake outside the window and began to think about life.
The ga had not been changed at all!
A pile of fragnted images, perfunctory sound effects, and ga bugs everywhere...
Qiao Liang had not been affected by Mission and Choice previously, but he had not managed to dodge it this ti!
As for why he insisted on playing for ten minutes, it was probably curiosity driving him.
He really wanted to see how trashy this ga could be. Was the ga really been released without any changes?
Now that he was clear, this ga was indeed useless. What’s more, the official platform had not updated it at all!
Of course, it was understandable if they wanted to “enrich the official platform’s ga library”, “rember the sha”, and “sound the alarm for all ga companies by faithfully recording trash gas.”
However, why did the official platform mix it with other dostically-produced gas of the sa generation to make a collection and publicize it together?
Was it to reflect how outstanding other gas were?
Qiao Liang was speechless. He cut the screen back to the desktop and looked at it. This ga was sold at a 60% discount when it was purchased together. However, each ga could be refunded individually, and the refund conditions were extrely relaxed.
Qiao Liang could not help but feel enlightened. “Oh, I understand.”
“The official compilation actually has the effect of ‘reminiscing about the bitter and sweet’.”
“This collection did not choose the best ga of that era. Instead, it chose the most popular, representative, and even controversial ga of that era!
“There are excellent classic gas here, such as ‘The Landlord Gas’, ‘The Storm of Swordsn’, and so on. There are also relatively niche gas such as ‘Conquer The Three Kingdoms’, which had poor sales but special genres. There is also a lousy negative example, ‘Mission and Choice’.”
“The official platform set up this option to refund the ga individually because they knew that gars would definitely not accept so of the gas.”
“Therefore, gars can choose gas that they are not interested in to refund. They would not suffer financial losses.
“I see, that explains it.”
Qiao Liang quickly thought of a reasonable explanation.
That was exactly what ng Chang wanted to achieve.
ng Chang had foresaw that Mission and Choice would definitely look out of place in this “dostically-produced gaming compilation”.
If the other gas were classic works that were worth keeping, wouldn’t Mission and Choice be too obvious in this collection?
Thus, in order to reduce gars’ suspicions, the eight gas selected in this episode might be classic gas from more than ten years ago, but not every one of them was worth the price. For example, ‘Conquer The Three Kingdoms’ was a relatively niche ga with poor sales, good reputation, but unique enough.
He could then create a special refund option for a ga to minimize the chances of being discovered.
ng Chang had also considered if he should set this compilation into other gas and sell it. Only Mission and Choice needed to be bought elsewhere. That way, he could minimize the chances of “accidentally injuring”.
However, on further thought, this was equivalent to excluding Mission and Choice. That was too strange. It would easily cause players to make strange associations.
Thus, he chose this thod of muddling along in the end.
Reality proved that this thod was quite effective. Qiao Liang was deceived.
Of course, the prerequisite for all of this was that Tengda had done a good job of keeping it a secret.
The outside world did not know that Tengda was developing a remake of the ga ‘Mission and Choice’. Most people would not think in that direction. Qiao Liang was no exception.
He opened his fan group and found that there were a few sporadic ssages discussing this compilation.
However, it did not cause much of a stir. After all, most players did not have much interest in such old-fashioned gas. People like Qiao Liang were rare.
A few brothers complained about the ga ‘Mission and Choice’. Then, they were overwheld by the overwhelming ssages in the group. Soon, they disappeared.
Qiao Liang did not take it to heart. He had so many gas. Most gas would not even be opened. Today’s compilation was no exception.
He would only not be able to wait to open the ga and clear it in one shot if it was a huge production.
However, after closing the compilation, Qiao Liang fell into confusion again.
What should he do?
He did not have much inspiration recently. He had been cooped up for so ti.
All of a sudden, Qiao Liang’s eyes lit up.
“Let’s create another episode of ‘Trash Gas Diss’! Isn’t ‘Mission and Choice’ the perfect material?”
Qiao Liang suddenly thought of a good way to make a video.
Even though Mission and Choice had been repeatedly flogged as a disgrace to the local gaming industry, there were almost no UP Masters who flogged it in recent years. After all, this ga was so old that many players did not know about it. Its popularity had long passed.
Qiao Liang felt that it might not be a bad thing to make a video to criticize and bring the audience to reminisce about the rubbish ga that was so terrible back then!
At that thought, Qiao Liang made up his mind. He would make this video for the next episode!
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At the sa ti, Pei Qian sat in the car and yawned.
The sunlight outside was not bad, making him feel warm.
He should be taking a good nap at this ti, but he could not because there was sothing he had to deal with.
In the morning, the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Jiang Yuan, called. He said that the preparations for the artificial intelligence laboratory were almost done. He hoped that Boss Pei would co to inspect and guide them.
This ti, he had bought over a company that researched artificial intelligence with full capital. He had also poached a few technical core mbers from other companies such as Xunke Technologies.
This company had so achievents to begin with, but it could not compare to a leading company like Xunke Technologies. In order for both sides to communicate and cooperate better, dozens of employees of this company had already moved to Jingzhou. Otto Technologies would arrange accommodation and office for them.
Of course, a portion of employees in the original company had resigned because they did not want to leave their original city. However, that was only a minority. The premium for poaching was very high after all. Everyone knew how good Tengda’s treatnt was.
Although the team that he had spent a lot of money to poach had so research results and could operate smoothly even if they did not bother, Jiang Yuan still felt that he had to let Boss Pei guide him and determine the direction of the research.
Artificial intelligence was related to many of Tengda’s businesses after all. This technology had many branches. The direction it developed might affect Boss Pei’s overall plan for Tengda’s businesses. He could not afford to be careless.
To Pei Qian, he really needed to change the direction of the artificial intelligence laboratory’s research. He had to try his best not to let it have too much of a positive impact on his current industry. He had to ensure that there would not be many useful results after spending tens of millions of yuan. That way, he could continue to throw money in without any worries in the future.
Soon, Otto Technologies arrived.
Jiang Yuan was already waiting downstairs. He led Pei Qian directly to the office of the artificial intelligence laboratory.
“Boss Pei, this is the person-in-charge of the artificial intelligence laboratory, Shen Renjie.”
Shen Renjie looked to be in his forties. He was dressed casually and had the characteristics of a programr. He looked like a more pragmatic person.
After getting to know each other, Shen Renjie said, “Boss Pei, do you want to introduce the core mbers of the laboratory to you, and then explain the research results of our laboratory?”
Pei Qian raised his hand. “There’s no need. I don’t have to worry about your work. Let’s get straight to the point.”
Jiang Yuan nodded. “Alright, let’s talk in the conference room.”
The three of them arrived at the conference room and took their seats.
In fact, Pei Qian did not care about the personnel structure and research results of this laboratory. He only cared if this laboratory could continue to burn money for him safely.
Thus, he had to co up with a good na and find a good on.
Pei Qian sipped his tea and asked, “Do you have a na for the laboratory?”
Shen Renjie answered, “Yes. Previously, our laboratory’s na was ‘Unicorn’ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory’ because Unicorn is an auspicious beast in ancient China. It has outstanding talent and wisdom. What’s more, it has the aning of auspiciousness. It fits the the of Artificial Intelligence.”
Pei Qian imdiately frowned and shook his head. “That’s not appropriate.”
Jiang Yuan said, “Then we might as well just call it AEEIS artificial intelligence laboratory. After all, AEEIS is our main artificial intelligence product at the mont. This na sounds nice and easy to rember.”
Pei Qian shook his head again. “It’s still not appropriate.”
Good lord, how could it be called Unicorn?
The na was so domineering that Pei Qian felt a strong sense of danger.
It was not appropriate to call it AEEIS artificial intelligence laboratory because AEEIS was already popular. Pei Qian did not want this artificial intelligence laboratory to beco popular.
Jiang Yuan and Shen Renjie looked at Boss Pei, implying for Boss Pei to give them a suitable na since all the nas were not appropriate?
After so consideration, Pei Qian said, “I think we should call it the ‘Nag’ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory!”
If calling it unicorn was not appropriate, he would do the opposite!
A nag referred to a horse, especially one that is old or in poor health and not outstanding. They were also called shoddy horses. In layman’s terms, they were stupid and slow-witted inferior horses.
Pei Qian vaguely rembered reading an ancient saying in a certain place: “There are three things the quality of a horse.If it takes one day, it would be a military horse; two days it would be a field horse; three days and it would be a nag.”
The general aning was: There were three types of horses. So were warhorses used to fight on the battlefield, so were field horses used to farm, and so were useless ordinary nags.
He nad this artificial intelligence laboratory ‘Nag’ because he hoped that the artificial intelligence research would be stupid and slow. In the end, it would be useless.
Jiang Yuan and Shen Renjie were stunned.
‘Nag’ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory?
This na did not sound good!
Didn’t ‘unicorn’ have a nice ring to it? Good lord, it was lowered by several levels.
Pei Qian had an unfathomable expression on his face. In any case, as long as he did not feel guilty, others would definitely feel guilty.
“We’ll use this na then!”
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