Chapter 172: Demanding Justice

Intel has determined that a former employee, Tang Xin, stole the company’s silicon carbide chip technology and has initiated a lawsuit in a local U.S. court.

Moreover, they have used this as a basis to allege that Wisdom Technology’s silicon carbide technology might infringe on Intel’s intellectual property rights and have recommended that the U.S. government prohibit Wisdom Technology products from entering the United States.

The V-soft company also stated that applications developed based on the Windows operating system, if forced to be installed on other operating systems, will inevitably bring unpredictable problems.

Major application software manufacturers will not provide technical support for this and are asking users not to believe the irresponsible propaganda of certain manufacturers.

In the end, V-soft also explicitly reminded Dream Technology that if they indeed have the technology perfectly compatible with the underlying modules of the V-soft operating system, they should release the source code publicly.

Otherwise, V-soft will conclude that Dream Technology is suspected of stealing the underlying code of the V-soft operating system.

Following the declarations of these two companies, an increasing number of U.S. software manufacturers have joined their ranks.

In addition to Oracle, there are also professional application software manufacturers like Adobe and AutoDesk, among others.

Clearly, after these statements were released, users will not easily apply these software under smart glasses.

However, this will not prevent users from buying smart glasses, nor will it prevent computer manufacturers from beginning to develop computers based on Wisdom Technology’s chips and with the pre-installed Tianqing system.

The president of Intel, Siwan, was already aware of this outcome, but he needed this momentum to pressure the U.S. government with other semiconductor companies, like Qualcomm, through the adoption of a new restrictive bill.

While the uproar across the ocean draws considerable attention from the Tang Country’s industry, after all, Dream Technology is currently in a sanctioned state.

If Wisdom Technology were to be sanctioned, the Tang Country industry believes that it would be the United States who loses, given that Wisdom Technology’s chips have been proven to significantly outperform those from Intel and Qualcomm.

The most incomprehensible aspect to the people of the Tang Country is why they have been using chips and operating systems from the United States for decades.

And now that they have taken the lead, the United States is unwilling to use them, deeming this perspective quite narrow-minded.

Anyway, as with 5G technology, if the United States doesn’t adopt it, they’ll just have to fall behind.

And to recklessly accuse us of stealing your technology… if that were the case, Intel should also be able to introduce silicon carbide chips.

However, it’s been several months since Wisdom Technology’s chips were launched, and we haven’t seen any such development from Intel.

This is truly taking advantage of the United States’ hegemony to call a stag a horse!

Because of this, the Tang Country’s public opinion overwhelmingly dismisses the statements of the U.S. IT industry.

Instead, the current public opinion in the Tang Country is discussing why the newly released Xiao Ling assistant robots by Dream Technology are so expensive?

The basic model is priced at 300,000 Yuan, the elite model at 500,000 Yuan, the luxury model at 1,000,000 Yuan, and custom models are subject to discussion.

With such prices, most people are deterred.

Who in their right mind would spend hundreds of thousands on such a robot? It’s definitely a toy for the rich.

Thus, a wave of public opinion has risen online demanding Dream Technology to lower their prices.

Xiaobai household robots are priced at several thousand Yuan, and now the price of Xiao Ling assistant robots has skyrocketed to hundreds of thousands, which is an unreasonable pricing strategy.

Dream Technology’s response to the dirty water thrown by the U.S. IT world was only eight words: “The clean will be clean; love it or leave it!”

In contrast, they responded in detail to the issue of the robot’s price: “Sorry, the research and development cost for the Xiao Ling assistant robot was higher, and the manufacturing cost was also more expensive.

Dream Technology needs sustainable development, and the investment in research and development must be spread into the products. If the product sales increase, there could be room for a price reduction.”

In fact, this pricing strategy was deliberately set by Du Qiu.

There is no fundamental difference between the Xiao Ling robot and the blue-collar robots extensively used by Du Qiu in the base; if there is, it is that she was intentionally made to show some non-human traits.

However, given the current situation of the Xiao Ling robot, Du Qiu is still concerned that people may think she is too human-like, and actually, during application, once any non-human aspects are identified, it may result in an uncanny valley effect.

As such, the integration of intelligent robots into human society will inevitably encounter some resistance.

Of course, there is also a private reason; suddenly releasing robots that look too much like humans into the market will inevitably make people wary of robots.

If someone were to develop a device to detect robots, this would be detrimental to his own use of highly realistic robots.

Nevertheless, the Xiao Ling robot indeed began to reach a level close to that of humans, prompting him to set a high price.

This is not something ordinary consumers can afford; making these robots the luxury cars of the robot world is beneficial for the robot industry.

Haven’t you seen the automobile industry, thriving from cheap tens of thousands of Yuan low-end cars to multi-million Yuan luxury cars?

In a villa in Magic City, Liang Weimin was contentedly smoking after a contented affair.

The woman in his arms huffed, “Didn’t you quit smoking?”

As she spoke, she had already left Liang Weimin’s embrace, stood up, and casually turned on the air purifier in the bedroom, then walked into the bathroom.

Listening to the sound of running water from the bathroom, Liang Weimin smiled and said in a slightly louder voice, “I’ve quit mostly, but this post-coital cigarette is better than being a living immortal; no way to quit.”

Soon after, a woman emerged from the bathroom, draped in a towel, looking like a fresh lotus out of water.

Her face seemed to have a resemblance to Ning Shuangshuang, but it was more enchanting and seductive; this face, if seen by entertainment reporters, would undoubtedly cause a sensation.

Yan Liusu, who had risen to fame in the Tang Country more than a year ago as the queen of on-screen popularity, made an impressive box office debut with two big director films.

What’s crucial is that she is a social butterfly and has already cultivated many good ties within the upper echelons of the Tang Country.

It is rumored that some famous tycoons are already among her admirers.

Yan Liusu laid down in Liang Weimin’s arms like a little bird leaning on a man.

“I’ve spoken to those public intellectuals and ‘Big Vs’, and they’ll publish their articles tomorrow. After fermenting for a few days, will this help with next week’s shareholders’ meeting?”

Liang Weimin gently patted Yan Liusu’s rounded shoulders, saying, “It’s been hard on you. Originally, I was only seventy percent sure of winning the confrontation at this shareholders’ meeting, but now that Dream Technology is acting so recklessly, I am absolutely confident.”

“Are you being too optimistic?” Yan Liusu expressed her surprise, “Dream Technology’s smart glasses are selling like hotcakes and have now become the most profitable company in the world. Your odds should be lower, right?”

Liang Weimin shook his head and said, “You don’t understand business. Business is indeed a battlefield, and the way of business is not about winner takes all.

Anyone who wants to monopolize will be attacked by everyone; just look at the United States, Rockefeller was split up, V-soft had its monopoly case.

Now look at our country’s history; what was the outcome for those big business people who reached their peak alone?”

Yan Liusu’s eyes sparkled as she said, “Are you suggesting Dream Technology has offended the entire IT industry by monopolizing, and that’s why you let those public intellectuals and experts write such articles?”

“Cutting off someone’s means of livelihood is akin to killing their parents. In this past week, how many people’s livelihoods has Dream Technology stolen? How many IT company’s stock prices have plummeted? I’m just accelerating the momentum.”

“But the non-public offering proposal you initiated this time doesn’t seem to help you take control of Xingguang Precision.”

Liang Weimin smiled and said, “You’re really curious. I’ll explain it to you.

If a non-public offering project has good prospects, most shareholders will be enthusiastic about it, which means they will vote in favor at the shareholders’ meeting.

I’ve already won the first round at the previous board meeting, and now the proposal needs to be approved by more than two-thirds of the shares of the shareholders’ meeting.

Dream Technology and the alliance I formed were originally evenly matched. Where these retail investors stand, victory will follow.

That’s why I said I was only seventy percent confident, but now that Dream Technology has become the most profitable company, will those shareholders still worry about the fundraising project failing?”

Yan Liusu said, “I understand now. The shareholders will definitely regard this as a good thing and vote in favor naturally. But how does the non-public offering project help you take control of Xingguang Precision?”

“It’s about the strategic investors who participate in the non-public offering. If they’re on my side and the new shares are issued, resulting in a re-election of the board of directors, then I call the shots in the company, don’t I?”

“You’re really smart. People are liking you more and more,” Yan Liusu said as her hands began to wander over Liang Weimin’s body restlessly.

“Ha, this is your doing. I must ‘strictly punish’ you…”

While the two were entangled, suddenly there came a rush of shouts.

“Madam, Madam, President Liang is not here…”

“Big Head, take control of this woman!”

……

Before Liang Weimin could react, he heard a “bang” as the bedroom door was kicked open!

A group of people rushed in, led by a woman with a face cold as frost.

Following her, a flurry of camera shutters clicked non-stop.

“Ah”—Yan Liusu screamed and buried her head and body under the covers, not daring to show her face for capture at this moment.

Liang Weimin, however, got over his initial panic and glared at the woman, bellowing, “Sun Xiaofei, have you gone mad? We’re already divorced; what is this fuss about?”

“I’m here to demand justice! You tricked me into divorce all for this vixen; you must compensate me!”