What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Hearing Xiang Kun mention "Shenxing Technology", Zhang Hongpu raised his hand and touched his eyebrows, nodded and said: "'Shenxing Technology' has indeed made great achievements in some fields."

However, he paused for a moment, changed his voice, and said: "But in my opinion, there are still many domestic technology companies that are doing better than Shenxing Technology."

As he said this, he gave examples of several domestic technology companies that are also very large in scale. They all specialize in a certain field and are also not well known to the public.

Xiang Kun said: "But I think Shenxing Technology is different. They have the courage to be the first in the world and not care about temporary gains and losses. Any technology company that develops to a certain level should have such courage. "

Zhang Hongpu said with a smile: "But the business areas of your company and Shenxing Technology are still very different. What you mainly do are Internet products."

Xiang Kun said: "Actually, Mr. Zhang and I have been chatting in the past two days, and we will probably start to get involved in the hardware field in the future."

"Oh?" Zhang Hongpu looked at his granddaughter.

Zhang Qian replied: "Mr. Xiang may be talking about the VR-related equipment I mentioned to you before, as well as other terminal-related information collection and recording equipment, but it only focuses on direction selection."

Under normal circumstances, when the conversation reaches this point, Xiang Kun should naturally continue to talk about the technology they mentioned, future development, or other topics, leaving aside "Shenxing Technology".

But Xiang Kun had not yet tried to find out the information he wanted on this topic, so naturally he would not give up. He continued seemingly naturally: "As far as I know, VR technology is currently well laid out, except for the United States. , and the domestic Shenxing Technology. Their layout direction is different from that of Oculus, which has to be acquired, but they also have their own core technology, which I am very optimistic about. If we want to save time and cost, we can actually consider it. Cooperate with them.”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Hongpu seemed to step on his back. He sat up slightly and crossed his hands on his chest, seeming to be thinking.

Zhang Qian quickly said: "Mr. Xiang, our VR social idea is still at the level of conceptual research. There is no need to research the implementation of hardware so quickly. Besides, we can focus on specific application development. In terms of hardware and terminals, just adapt it, there is no need to get involved in these thankless areas, and given our size, it is too late now."

Of course Xiang Kun knew that Zhang Qian was deliberately pulling him out of the "pit" and not to touch her grandfather's back, but he was very measured and could clearly grasp Zhang Hongpu's current state and knew how to test it. scale and rhythm,

Not worried.

"It's just that our scale is too small and it's too late to enter now, so we need to find mature companies to cooperate with. We have to die because we are in the social networking industry and are old and American companies. It will definitely not be easy to cooperate with 'Shenxing Technology' Cooperation is almost the best option," Xiang Kun said.

Zhang Hongpu spoke: "Mr. Xiang, what do you think is the most important thing for a technology company?"

"For a technology company, the most important thing is of course technology." Xiang Kun said matter-of-factly.

Next, Zhang Hongpu did not talk about things related to "Shenxing Technology", but told several stories, including those during the Western Industrial Revolution, the early 20th century, the 1970s and 1980s, and even after the 21st century. , both domestic and foreign.

In general, it is to express a point of view. Science and technology itself do not have the attributes of good and evil, but the people who apply it do; even if you are doing research, you must have a bottom line, otherwise, whether it is for yourself or others, It is still irresponsible to the entire human race.

It can be seen that Zhang Hongpu is expressing his ideas and trying to influence Xiang Kun.

But Xiang Kun keenly captured some elements from these contents:

The reason why Zhang Hongpu hates "Shenxing Technology" is most likely because he believes that "Shenxing Technology" has done some research that he considers to be "beyond the bottom line."

Of course, Zhang Hongpu didn't say that. Even when telling those stories, he never mentioned the word "Shenxing Technology" once. After that, the topic did not focus on "Shenxing Technology", and it was impossible for Xiang Kun to directly Ask, and you will definitely get no answer if you ask.

But he was already certain that Zhang Hongpu did know some inside information.

According to the documents Xiang Kun has read, neither in the early days when Academician Shen was responsible for the research project alone, nor later after Mr. Liang took over, he did not conduct any excessive or anti-human research, or in other words, during the so-called "mysterious power" "Under the threat of the "Ultimate Predator", they can't do any too complicated experiments.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are some things "beyond the bottom line" in the parts of the documents that Xiang Kun has not yet seen, or in the experiments that have not been recorded in the documents.

However, according to Xiang Kun's speculation, it is more likely that Zhang Hongpu misjudged certain information.

Xiang Kun decided to take a peek at this memory of Lao Xia's "dream within a dream" at night.

Because of the existence of Alice, Xiang Kun does not need to secretly place a super-connected object such as a ball on Zhang Hongpu for positioning as before. After Zhang Hongpu arrives at the place where he wants to rest, Alice can naturally Send him the location, whether it's a mobile phone or a car's GPS, it can help with positioning.

At that time, Xiang Kun only needs to bring a black circle graffiti love object that he has established contact with Lao Xia before, and place it close enough to where Zhang Hongpu sleeps.

At around twelve o'clock in the night, Xiang Kun climbed out of a villa area and did not go back to the hotel directly. Instead, he found a secluded place to sit down, preparing to directly trigger Lao Xia's dream to activate the "dream within a dream"—— He has been informed by Alice that half an hour ago, Lao Xia had arranged the "Bell Apple" combination to wash up and go to bed. Now she has also fallen asleep and is ready.

Xia Libing was already quite familiar with the exploration of people's memory information in "Dreams within Dreams" and the guidance of specific thinking directions. He soon let Zhang Hongpu's dream show why he was interested in "Shenxing Technology". “There’s a reason for so much resentment.

It turned out that many years ago, the son of an old friend of Zhang Hongpu went home with a female companion he had just met. In the middle of the night, he was invaded by a monster with a swollen body, dark brown skin, and dense and strange lines. The female companion was killed and taken away.

The son of Zhang Hongpu's old friend was so frightened that after calling the police, the police were unable to find any DNA tissue left by humans in his home. Apart from his DNA, they could not extract any other useful information from some tattered clothes found at the scene. There are no traces left by the so-called "giant monster".

Moreover, there were no signs of forced entry into his residence. The surveillance in the community happened to be broken, but some nearby cameras did not capture any abnormality.

However, Zhang Hongpu was entrusted by an old friend and used some connections to find out some secrets of this matter. It was not that the son of the old friend was suffering from hysteria, but that an ugly monster that looked like a human but was indeed inhuman entered the old friend in a truck. Where the son lives.

He also found that after leaving, the truck entered a property owned by Luchengan, a company owned by Shenxing Technology.

Just when he wanted to conduct further investigation, someone from the official came to him and told him not to investigate that matter anymore. That matter was an "internal incident" and would be subject to an "internal investigation", and no ordinary citizens were subject to it. Substantial harm, do not expand the impact.

He could only give up the pursuit and investigation, but through some other early news, he had a vague guess that the monster was probably Lucheng Anna's paralyzed son.

So he took it for granted that Lu Chengan, Lu Chengan's son, and even some official institutions were conducting some research and experiments that were "beyond the bottom line". Even those who were killed and taken away by monsters could not find any information. , a woman who seemed to have never existed, had all traces erased in order to protect the sons of monsters who studied and protected Lu Chengan.

Judging from the information displayed in Zhang Hongpu's dream, if the monster that attacked his old friend's son's house at night and killed his female companion was Mr. Liang, then the female companion was most likely another "humanoid mutant creature."

Although Zhang Hongpu was not a direct witness, and the image of Mr. Liang shown in his dream would be very different from reality, but by comparing it with the previous secret documents, it can be inferred that Mr. Liang began to clarify the new direction of mutation. Between the body starting to break through the human form and gaining the ability to become invisible.

If Mr. Liang were to hunt down a "humanoid mutated creature" now, it would not cause such a big noise at all, and there would be no witnesses - because it could not be seen at all.

However, according to Xiang Kun's interpretation of those secret documents, neither Academician Shen nor Mr. Liang would use such a direct, violent, or even reckless way to deal with newly discovered "mutated creatures". This method of handling is unconventional.

It seemed that Mr. Liang was a little out of control and emotional.

He had some vague guesses about this matter, and he might be able to conduct some verification later.

Suddenly, the dream collapsed, and Lao Xia broke away from the "dream within a dream" and seemed to wake up directly.

Xiang Kun opened his eyes in a dark corner outside the villa area and was stunned for a moment. Although they had figured out the reason why he disliked "Shenxing Technology" through Zhang Hongpu's dream, their purpose this time was to find out the news, so generally Lao Xia will also perform an operation to erase dream memories, but this time he simply omitted it?

In surprise, Xiang Kun suddenly realized what had happened through the feedback from the "supersensory object system" - something happened in Chongyun Village.

…

Copperstone Town.

Earlier, while Xiang Kun, Tang Baona and others were eating and chatting with Zhang Hongpu, Xia Tianhuo and Chu Xiuwen were drinking tea in a newly opened tea shop on the pedestrian street.

The two of them had dinner at the "Youlong Hotel" with Chu Xiaoting and Zicheng. After eating, the young couple ran to play elsewhere. Naturally, Xia Tianhuo was too embarrassed to follow him to make light bulbs, so he and Chu Xiuwen went there. Drink tea nearby.

"Mr. Xia, how long do you plan to stay in Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village?" Chu Xiuwen filled the cup in front of Xia Tianhuo with tea and asked with a smile.

"It's really comfortable to live here. I feel like I can't live without the rabbit meat at Youlong Hotel. And in Chongyun Village, I don't know if it's due to the climate, environment, oxygen content, or magnetic field. I feel very comfortable and at ease living there. Alas, I think I might end up doing something in Tongshi Town or Chongyun Village Zhilengyitan, and then I might have to take care of Brother Chu! Xia Tianhuo said with a smile.

He really meant what he said. During the days after returning from Myanmar, he had the most peaceful sleep during the few days he lived in Chongyun Village.

However, when Professor Li Yang was still there, he usually chatted with Professor Li. After Professor Li left, he would not be bored if Xiang Kun and Yang Zhener were around. But now Xiang Kun, Yang Zhener, and Tang Baona are gone. Apart from him, in the building where they live in Chongyun Village, there are only two children, Lao Xia and Little Ling Dang, Little Apple, and oh, plus a cat. a bird.

Although he is Lao Xia's cousin, to be honest, in front of Lao Xia, he always feels that he is the younger one. So together with Little Bell and Little Apple, when facing Lao Xia, he always felt like he had become a child and was being led by Lao Xia. It was weird...

Moreover, he also found that when he was present, Little Bell and Little Apple would often come to one side and whisper, and he actually felt like being "ostracized", which made him feel even more awkward...

So in the past few days when Xiang Kun and Tang Baona left, he basically spent the day playing with Zicheng in Tongshi Town. Sometimes he went back to sleep at night, and sometimes if it was too late, he just opened a room in the town to sleep.

To be honest, he sometimes found it quite strange. He was obviously related to Lao Xia and Yang Zhen'er by blood, but inexplicably, he felt that Lao Xia, Yang Zhen'er, Xiang Kun, Little Lingdang, and Little Apple were looking at each other. They seem more like a family, as if they are particularly familiar with each other, and there is a kind of tacit understanding and trust that is difficult to describe, and it is difficult for others to get involved.

Chu Xiuwen smiled and said: "Mr. Xia is willing to invest in Tongshi Town. As people of Tongshi Town, we will definitely welcome him with both hands. But Mr. Xia's family seems to have been doing bulk raw material trade before? In this regard, Tongshi There probably isn’t much of a market in the town.”

"What I do in Tongshi Town is definitely not my family's business. I was originally thinking about setting up a breeding farm in Chongyun Village. With so many new restaurants opening in the town, I guess the demand for fresh ingredients will increase. It's quite high. But then I looked at the several breeding farms under construction and learned about the situation. I guess it's not suitable for me, so I thought about opening a franchise restaurant chain in the town. It can be regarded as something done. Do something so that you won't just idle around and be taken back by your family." Xia Tianhuo said half-jokingly.

"That's good. If you have any ideas, you can talk to me. If nothing else, where is the right place to open a store in Tongshi Town? Where are the shops whose leases are about to expire? Where are the shops with better value for money? I know all of these relatively well," Chu Xiuwen said with a smile.

As the two chatted, the topic naturally turned to Qi Haoguo, who they had dinner with two days ago.

"I heard that Mr. Qi... was arrested?" Xia Tianhuo asked with some confusion.

Chu Xiuwen nodded: "To be precise, he surrendered. Alas, his matter is more complicated and I won't be able to explain it for a while, or... I actually don't understand it very well. But now it seems that what he told the police Many things, in terms of charges, may not be as serious as he thought. In addition, so many years have passed and he voluntarily surrendered, so the sentence may not be too harsh. Alas, I really don't understand his thoughts, but What is certain is that he himself is quite calm about it.”

Xia Tianhuo also nodded: "I think so too. Mr. Qi gave me a feeling...how should I put it, that I understand everything."

The two chatted over tea until past ten o'clock, and then went to have supper together before Chu Xiuwen took Xia Tianhuo back to Chongyun Village.

As soon as he got in the car, he received a call from a "journalist" who had interviewed him before in Myanmar. He wanted to talk to him about his kidnapping in Myanmar and asked him if it was convenient.

Xia Tianhuo originally wanted to refuse, but the "reporter" mentioned some information about Menta Mira's vision that they had recently investigated, which suddenly aroused his curiosity, so he reported the "tourist" in Tongshi Town. Long Hotel" location and asked them to come find him.

In fact, he originally came to Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village just to find answers from Lao Xia, to see if Lao Xia knew the truth about his rescue, and what some of the existences he vaguely perceived were.

But after arriving here, he found that he couldn't get an answer from Lao Xia at all, but he couldn't be completely sure that Lao Xia had nothing to do with this matter, so he was stuck here.

Fortunately, it was quite comfortable to live here. Before he knew it, he had almost forgotten why he came here.

"Is there a reporter who wants to cover Myanmar?" Chu Xiuwen, who was driving, asked casually when he saw Xia Tianhuo hang up the phone.

"Yes, I was interviewed once in Myanmar, but I always felt that those two people didn't look like serious reporters." Xia Tianhuo shook his head and said.

"Mr. Xia still has a good attitude. If that happened to me, I would probably have a psychological shadow when talking about it now." Chu Xiuwen sighed.

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated. It didn't last long in total. It was over before I even had time to get scared." Xia Tianhuo joked.

Just as they were talking, when the car they were riding in drove onto the newly built village road, there was a sudden power outage. Even the newly installed street lights on the roadside were all extinguished, and the whole village fell into darkness.

Xia Tianhuo looked at the sky through the windshield in surprise: "What's going on? Why is even the moonlight blocked? When we had supper just now, the sky was pretty good, and we could still see the stars and the moon. Why does it seem like it’s going to rain heavily after a while?”

In the darkness, the light from the two high-beam lights in front of their car seemed to suddenly lead them into another world, which was quite strange.

The wind became stronger and stronger, and the car lights illuminated the road ahead. Fallen leaves and other garbage were blown by, and there seemed to be strange screams in the mountains in the distance.

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