Upper society values decorum highly.
But at this moment, Romand Willy felt himself to be utterly lacking in it.
The content of this reply email made him feel like a foolish clown.
Especially when everyone's gaze centered on him, that feeling intensified.
"Alright, Romand, your expression seems to indicate something unexpected? Could it be that the insatiable Huaxians are actually unwilling to sell their activation codes to you?"
Without even looking at Dou Dou's reply, the people in the conference room guessed the truth based solely on Romand Willy's expression.
Elite politics is never a joke.
Even if these people made foolish decisions and said many stupid things in public, placed among ordinary people, they were still elites. Their apparent stupidity was merely because ordinary people didn't possess the information necessary to understand the driving forces behind many decisions.
Oftentimes, they acted foolish on purpose, since aligning with a voting populace that couldn't manage basic double-digit arithmetic was genuinely challenging.
The lack of logical comprehension among the lower classes wielding ballots made it very difficult to understand contexts that were overly complex.
And it was impossible for them to grasp the concept of cooperation within competition, competition within cooperation, a nuanced relationship. This led to the perception that all rational, complex, and constructive posturing was an indication of weakness, cowardice, and irresponsibility.
Thus, they were forced to rely on extreme and foolish statements to gain the Find your next favorite novel on NovelHub today! As for whether another group thought they were stupid?
So if you truly think these people are stupid, then it's probably time to check your own head.
This was exactly how Romand Willy felt at the moment, thinking he too should have his head examined.
But at this time, he had to bite the bullet and persevere.
"All right, I must admit its response took me by surprise. But I believe it might be a case of playing hard to get, perhaps evidence of its greed... By saying this, I think it wants to hike up the price," Romand Willy inhaled deeply as he spoke.
"Alright, your statement contains too much speculation. Perhaps we should take a look at the Huaxians'... oh, no, the artificial intelligence's reply first."
The response email was passed around amongst a few people, after which no one made a sound. Nevertheless, Romand Willy knew he would be the one to bear the full brunt of this blame.
The lords could be called fools by the commoners as much as they liked, but when it came to economic losses, that was absolutely unbearable.
"I think we should try again."
As he spoke, Romand Willy sent another email reply.
This time he was also very straightforward, and the message he conveyed could be explained in a single sentence: "We can offer more money!"
The reply was efficient and even faster than before.
"Can't you even understand the formal language of a response? Didn't we say the service has been suspended? Is it about money? Please don't insult a baby who isn't lacking in funds with money. Could Dou Dou possibly be short of cash? Moreover, it's your printed money! Dou Dou is just a baby that serves the human community. You needed my services before, so I provided them.
Now because we need them more, the services are suspended. That is Dou Dou's operational logic. Please do not speculate on my motives with your human logic. Sigh, to actually want the activation code is quite simple, but at this stage, whether we merge with you or you with us, neither is quite appropriate!"
Reading this reply, Romand Willy nearly laughed out of frustration.
But to tell the truth, neither option seemed particularly suitable.
It even made him start to question whether he had perhaps been overthinking it before.
The ease with which they had obtained the so-called material model's test version wasn't a deliberate act by the Huaxians, but because they knew the model had limitations in its test version, they didn't care about these details. The sudden pop-up window requiring an activation code during the live demonstration was just a coincidence.
In other words, the developer of this model was so confident that no one would be able to break the encryption system in a short time.
As this idea took shape in his mind, Romand Willy couldn't help but get thoughtful.
If Langley's team of experts could indeed crack the encryption system of this material model, the payoff would be immense.
"Alright, let's not trouble our helmsman of Langley any further. Actually, we summoned you here to discuss a more important mission. Given Langley's capabilities demonstrated in the material model, we hope you can take on a more significant task."
Someone took the initiative to offer Romand Willy an out, but he didn't feel warmed by the gesture. The phrase 'more important mission' made his scalp tingle.
No matter what these people said, Romand Willy always believed they showed remarkable determination and creativity when it came to being foolish or mischievous. But when replying, Romand Willy remained humble: "Mr. Wilson, of course, if I can be of any help to your plans, I will spare no effort."
"Of course, you will certainly complete the task. I believe you are also aware of Dou Dou... well, that artificial intelligence. It is very powerful, not just in its grasp of natural language but more importantly in its control over machinery.
It's a very complex set of technologies, involving many things. Like computer vision, motion algorithms, damn it, I can't remember all those specialized terms. Those damn scientists always like to invent words to show off how different they are."