100,000 yuan to buy a computer to play games, I'm afraid the vast majority of people will not be willing to give up.

But if you buy a "world" for 100,000 yuan, it is not good to say that there are really a bunch of people who will rush to it.

Of course, dreams are beautiful, in fact, there are many problems with the way Lu Zhou calculates costs, because many of the resources he uses are actually free of money.

For example, the chip used in the design of the neural modem was provided by Professor Wu Tianqun.

The entire carbon-based chip project is funded by himself, and naturally no one takes his money for this piece. Another example is some carbon materials consumed in the production of the whole set of equipment, which is ordered from Zhongshan New Materials.

It's just that it's an order, but it's actually no different from giving it away for free. It's not that Lu Zhou wants to take advantage of Boss Liu, it's just that when he wanted to pay for it, he was rejected by Boss Liu with righteous words.

"You have researched these techniques, why am I embarrassed to charge you money? What's more, you are also a shareholder of Zhongshan New Materials, so let's not see it like this for tens of thousands of yuan. ”

Lu Zhou is a person who is afraid of trouble, and when he saw that it was more troublesome to pay than not to pay at all, he gave up on this matter.

In addition to these visible costs, there are also unseen.

For example, supercomputing is actually the computing power provided by Lu Zhou's quantum computer. If this part of the computing power is converted into the service fee of the general supercomputing center, it is also a hidden cost that is saved.

If calculated so strictly, maybe the 100,000 yuan he estimated would have to be at least doubled or triple to be the real cost.

In short, after discussing with his CEO, Lu Zhou finally adopted Chen Yushan's suggestion and did not disclose this technology for the time being.

After all, this thing involves a sensitive brain.

Putting products on the market before passing strict safety tests is not only suspected of using consumers as guinea pigs, but also controversial against ethics and morals.

When the technology is fully mature and then it is opened up, there will undoubtedly be much less resistance to promotion than directly taking out the technology when it is not mature.

What's more, unlike Silicon Valley-born companies such as Neuralink and EyeMynd, Star Technology not only has funds but also supports from the state, which makes it necessary for them to rely on early speculation to attract capital.

Just like Ye Nan, who took the initiative to find Lu Zhou, others have always been staring at his laboratory and drooling, and there has never been a situation where research can't be carried out due to lack of money.

Chen Yushan: "I'll find a way to help you solve the experimenter's affairs, how much do you need?" ”

Lu Zhou: "More than ten, there is no cap, of course the more the better." But if you can't find it, you don't have to be too reluctant, I'll say hello to Kim Dae...... There should still be a way. ”

It's also a good idea to have students volunteer, and I believe that as long as you hear that it is his research project, and the test is a neural access virtual reality technology, a bunch of people will definitely rush to sign up.

As for security, there is no need to worry about it at all.

While it may sound tricky to process image data using the brain as a graphics card, GPU, or the like, the reality is that as long as you keep your eyes open, the working brain itself is doing the same and more complex thing.

In contrast, the interference generated by the neuro-mimetic microcurrent actively output by the neural signal modem has a relatively small increased load on the brain.

At the very least, it's certainly much healthier than staring at your phone screen for hours on end.

If there is a potential safety hazard, Lu Zhou will not let the senior sister just lie down and experience it.

However, as soon as he said this idea, he was rejected by the senior sister without hesitation.

"Don't! You must not do this, if this kind of thing is exposed, what kind of headline do you think those media will use? ”

Lu Zhou frowned, thinking of the unofficial media he had dealt with, his expression suddenly became subtle.

“…… You seem to have a point. ”

"The vast majority of people prefer to believe what they want to believe rather than what is true."

Looking at Lu Zhou with some headaches, Chen Yushan sighed and continued, "...... Anyway, you don't have to worry about the experimenter's business, just leave it to me anyway. ”

With a helpless expression, Lu Zhou nodded.

"Okay then."

It's good to have someone to worry about these inconsequential things for him.

If he can focus on research, he certainly won't waste his energy outside of research.

After sending off the senior sister, Lu Zhou turned around and returned to the underground laboratory, and when he was about to continue thinking about how to improve the system, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly shook.

took it out and looked at it, and there was no accident that it was a message from Xiao Ai.

Xiao Ai: [Master, someone is offering a bounty on the dark web to investigate you!] ∑(Д)】

"Investigate me?" Slightly stunned, Lu Zhou subconsciously said, "Who?" ”

His first reaction was that Dr. Z's vest, and the paper he hung on Arxiv probably caught some people's attention.

It's just that he didn't pay much attention to this matter during the half-month of retreat.

Originally, he was hoping to find a few experienced and like-minded cattle to perfect the system, but he forgot about it as soon as he got busy.

Unexpectedly, it has only been half a month, and his vest has been hung on the dark web again.

Xiao Ai: [I don't know! But I can help you look into it...... Can Xiao Ai be allowed to attack? 】

Lu Zhou: "Yes...... But don't go overboard. ”

Xiao Ai: [Roger!] (///w///)】

According to the instructions set by Lu Zhou, only for defensive purposes, can the means of taking the initiative to attack the source of attack, including but not limited to hacking electronic equipment.

And if it is only suspected that there are clues that harm his personal safety, he must obtain his approval before he can do it.

His own vest was hung on the dark web to offer a bounty, which is actually not a big deal, but it is better to check it out for the sake of insurance.

Just look at this guy's emoji......

Lu Zhou couldn't help but wonder if this guy was protecting himself or playing.

……

It didn't take much time to gather evidence.

After digging out the real IP of the account that posted the bounty content, Xiao Ai quickly locked the target, successfully obtained the administrator privileges of his personal computer, and took over his camera as soon as possible.

The truth soon came out.

Looking at the man with a big belly and a smooth head that appeared on the screen, Lu Zhou suddenly felt a little funny.

Originally, he thought that someone from the FBI or CIA was eyeing him, but he didn't expect that he was just a professor engaged in biological neural network research.

[Master, master, do you want me to teach him a lesson?] Like emptying his hard drive. (*`*)】

Lu Zhou: "...... Just take the bounty he posted away. ”

Xiao Ai: [Huh? Is that okay? “(Д*)】

Lu Zhou: "Well, it's not a dangerous person anyway, so don't embarrass him." ”

Xiao Ai: [That...... All right. qaq】

After taking a sip of coffee and ignoring the "qaq", Lu Zhou thought for a moment and continued: "By the way, to help me retrieve his academic resume from the database, I need a detailed information, including the papers he has submitted in the past ten years, his review experience, the academic conferences he has attended, and so on. ”

While it's naïve to spend a single bitcoin to figure out something that even intelligence agents around the world are interested in, one bit can be exchanged for a lot of money.

Seeing that his life didn't seem to be rich enough to be able to spend tens of thousands of dollars casually without feeling distressed, Lu Zhou was very curious about what made him so eager to contact him.