The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 476 The Universal Key

"Jiang, is there anything you want to buy?" Hillman asked curiously.

The exhibition area has a lot of items, including raw material display boards made into mosaics, as well as large pieces of raw materials that are very impressive. There are also many products derived from these raw materials, covering various industries.

Although Hillman Group mainly deals in raw materials for jewelry, it also has a small number of finished product lines. The exhibit area generally features second-tier products and finished products expanded from raw material processing. The group does not promote these products, but it will do so as needed.

They actually have a good product line, mostly high-end exclusive products, but the group doesn't mainly sell these; their purpose is to promote their raw materials.

Moreover, all their finished products are made using raw materials mined and refined by their own group. Many businesses like to examine Hillman's finished products and then order large quantities of their raw materials according to their needs, which can be considered a sales strategy.

However, perhaps for show, their products are heavily crafted, with costs reaching an unbelievably high level, naturally resulting in high prices. Therefore, few ordinary people are willing to buy them in physical stores. After all, there are many good and affordable products in such a vast industry; there's no need to buy such expensive items that are the best inside and out. It's likely only elite members or those with specific needs who would choose to purchase them.

Of course, if price is disregarded, the functionality and quality of these items are quite remarkable.

Clarence, being a nouveau riche, immediately spotted several items and bought them. These were all newly released products, and although they had been announced, they were still being rolled out in batches, with the vast majority not yet available in physical stores. Normally, one would have to pre-order, and if Hillman, the young master, hadn't brought them around, they might not have been able to get them so quickly.

Hillman, needless to say, gets all the good stuff and new products delivered to his home almost every season so he can choose which ones to use, so he naturally doesn't have much interest in these products.

Jiang Hui and Huan Xian were quite interested in watching. Jiang Hui, in particular, was so focused that his eyes were practically overflowing with attention.

However, in the end she didn't buy anything, which naturally caught Hillman's attention.

He assumed Jiang Hui was hesitant to buy it because it was too expensive, and reminded her that there was a beta testing area where she could apply for a trial if she liked something. Although as a member of the 60% discount card, she was only allowed one such application per month, it was perfect if she found something she liked right now, and she wouldn't have to spend the money. After hanging out with his friends, Xi had picked up some thrifty habits, although he didn't realize that he was actually teaching his friends how to take advantage of his own company.

Jiang Hui shook her head: "They're all quite interesting, but I don't really want them. It would be a waste to buy them and not use them."

Something unnecessary...?

Huan Xian glanced at Jiang Hui but remained silent.

Hillman didn't have so many concerns: "You are so frugal. It would be so boring if you only bought things you needed... My grandfather always said that in life, you can only have a few things and you can only have a few happy moments. You should try as many things as you can when you have the chance."

It's true that different social classes lead to different ways of thinking. Jiang Hui would love to be like Hillman, who doesn't have to be picky or consider anything and can try many things, but that requires capital. Although it's cruel, even with Jiang Hui's seemingly good conditions, there's not much room for extravagance.

After wandering around for a while, the group gradually grew tired, as the area was simply too vast. Although everything was interesting, they felt that wandering aimlessly would take forever. They had discussed where to go and what to do before setting out, so they couldn't afford to linger any longer.

Clarence had also made his selection. The other party had come specifically for the new product, and now that they had chosen and purchased it, there was no need to linger. After a brief discussion, the group decided to leave the company building from one end and head directly to the recycling center on the other side of the street.

The central exhibition area has a very complex structure, and it takes quite a bit of effort to find your way out.

Huan Xian was more reliable; he led the group, who had wandered around in circles and eventually returned to their starting point, in a certain direction. Just as they were about to reach the exit, Jiang Hui suddenly stopped when she saw something.

"This one……"

Hillman and the others noticed Jiang Hui's pause and followed her gaze. What came into view was an unfamiliar exhibit, placed in a corner, ignored by everyone. They hadn't seen any similar products before.

"what is this?"

Jiang Hui had already gone up to take a look, and the others followed.

“This is a universal… multi-key? I think I heard about this concept many years ago, but it has never been widely adopted.” Clarence clearly knew about this product and immediately pointed out its origins.

Hillman shook his head and said, "This can no longer be called a concept; it's a mature technology. It's just that its application may be different from what people imagine."

Many years ago, a smart technology giant proposed the concept of creating intelligently matched multi-key locks, so that everyone could own their own unique smart lock. This universal multi-key lock is one product of this broader multi-key lock concept.

However, whether due to technical limitations or excessive development difficulties, the final product was not as "miraculous" as everyone had imagined, but rather fragmented into several independent sub-concepts.

The multi-chain locks used by Jiang Hui, and intelligent recognition terminals, all originated from there. However, the original multi-chain lock mentioned in the concept has never been successfully commercialized.

The universal key, however, came out first. But it was a concept product; different manufacturers had different research focuses, resulting in different functions for the universal key. Moreover, at this stage, it's generally only used as a product accessory, and its use is rather cumbersome and limited, making it a rather impractical product.

"Jiang, are you interested in this? This is an unpopular item that we didn't have time to clear out last semester. It should be removed after today. There should be plenty left in stock. I can have them take one for you to study for your graduate school entrance exam. It's actually quite interesting." It's just not very useful...

Jiang Hui shook her head. She just felt a strange sense of déjà vu about this thing… like she'd seen a similar item somewhere before. After thinking for a while, she finally remembered—

This thing looks somewhat similar to that strange object that she had fished out of the trash can several times and almost threw in the bin, even the end-transmission structure is a bit similar.

That wouldn't be something like a master key, would it?
(End of this chapter)