Break out of the courtyard

Next to the entrance of a small hall in the Great Hall of the People, Zhang Bei held a thin rope, ready to disconnect the regenerated brain from the brain-computer interface in the nutrient pool at any time.

Zhang Yi was at the door, using his mental power to manipulate a tissue to absorb water from the nutrient pool, then bringing it out to the researchers behind to test the nutrient ratio.

Zhang Feng, Zhang Long, and the others were inside the Great Hall of the People, observing the technical exchange meeting.

Based on the virtual learning dream experience that was opened to the public a few days ago, and by observing the stability of this large-scale regenerative brain server, Zhang Heping initially determined that its risk was very low, which put his mind at ease and allowed his eldest son, Zhang Bei, to guard it next door.

Even so, Zhang Heping still kept a close eye on the situation to prevent any accidents from happening.

After the technical exchange meeting, Zhang Heping took a beautiful young woman to the small hall next door, which made Xu Ning and Li Tong, brain-computer interface researchers, suddenly nervous.

Seeing Zhang Bei and the pretty young woman walk to the nutrient pool and whisper to each other, Xu Ning and Li Tong immediately approached Luo Yi and asked him in a low voice.

Luo Yi met Zhang Yi after graduation, so he didn't know who the woman next to Zhang Bei was.

The key point is that Zhang Heping, the third uncle, obviously knew the woman, otherwise he wouldn't have brought her here to visit the regenerating brain.

Although Roy didn't know, she could ask her man, Zhang Yi.

So, Luo Yi, Xu Ning, and Li Tong quickly gathered around Zhang Yi.

“Jiang Xiaomeng, Xiao Bei’s college classmate,” Zhang Yi casually replied to his wife, Luo Yi.

Looking through the door frame at the slender Jiang, who was only half a head shorter than Zhang Bei, Luo Yi felt a word inexplicably rise in his mind: intellectual beauty!

Xu Ning, with her delicate features, was also observing Jiang, the student beside the nutrient pool, and asked in a complicated tone, "Do they usually keep in touch?"

"I don't know!" Zhang Yi glanced at the situation in the small hall and didn't say much. Jiang Xiaomeng had consulted his third uncle, Zhang Heping, because of her mother's mental illness.

Women's intuition is always sharp!
When Luo Yi, Xu Ning, and Li Tong looked Jiang Xiaomeng up and down, Jiang Xiaomeng immediately noticed the strange look in their eyes.

"Is your wife over there?" Jiang Xiaomeng looked towards the door and asked Zhang Bei casually.

Zhang Bei followed the other person's gaze and calmly replied, "I'm not married yet!"

Jiang Xiaomeng looked away and smiled, saying, "Is that your boyfriend?"

"We haven't talked about it yet!" Zhang Bei frowned and looked at Jiang Xiaomeng. "Why are you suddenly asking these questions?"

"They just seemed a bit nervous about me talking to you!" Jiang Xiaomeng explained with a smile.

Just then, Zhang Heping invited everyone to the restaurant for a meal. Zhang Bei and Jiang Xiaomeng stopped talking and followed him to the restaurant on the second floor.

After Zhang Heping entered the restaurant, he was invited away by people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, leaving Zhang Bei, Zhang Yi, and the others to find their own seats.

Roy wanted to find out about the relationship between Zhang Bei and Jiang Xiaomeng, so he pulled Zhang Yi to join Zhang Bei's table.

Xu Ning and Li Tong were unwilling to give up so easily, so they joined in, and together with Zhang Feng and Zhang Long, they filled a table.

"Where is Jiang working now?" Zhang Yi, after being persistently pestered by Luo Yi, reluctantly asked on Jiang's behalf.

"I'm currently at a computer research institute in Shanghai," Jiang Xiaomeng said with a smile. "I heard that Brother Yi is in charge of a brain-computer interface research institute in Shenzhen. I wonder if I could have a visit sometime?"

Zhang Yi said in a deep voice, "It's hard to say right now."

The Shenzhen Brain-Computer Interaction Research Institute is a classified unit and cannot be visited by just anyone.

If Zhang Heping had taken Jiang Xiaomeng to the Brain-Computer Interaction Research Institute, that would have been a different story.

Just now, Zhang Heping took Jiang Xiaomeng to the nutrient pool to see the regenerating brain, and the guards and bodyguards around them did not stop them in the slightest.

However, if Zhang Yi and Luo Yi bring their men over, they will inevitably be subjected to questioning and body searches.

"If Jiang wants to visit, it will be easier if Zhang Bei takes you!" Roy joined the conversation, following the topic.

“It’s no use asking my brother!” Zhang Feng had met Jiang Xiaomeng a few times before and had some impression of her, but they didn’t have much interaction. “His laboratory has a higher level of access than Brother Yi’s research institute.”

"Given that you're from a computer research institute and have little to do with brain-computer interfaces, it's difficult to get access."

"I was just joking!" Jiang Xiaomeng said with a smile. "I just asked Teacher Zhang to show me the Regenerative Brain Server. For an outsider like me, just one look is enough to broaden my horizons."

Seeing that Xu Ning and Li Tong opened their mouths several times as if to ask something but couldn't bring themselves to do so, Luo Yi spoke up again, "Jiang, you must be an award winner to be here today!"

Jiang Xiaomeng smiled and said, "Our institute won a third prize for a data compression technology. I just came along as a team member to learn more."

"What kind of technology?" Zhang Bei immediately became interested.

The main reason is that there are very few computer technologies that his father would approve of, and that would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Zhang Yi and Luo Yi, a married couple who also studied computer science, immediately found common ground and began discussing the technical papers published by Jiang Xiaomeng's team.

Because a technical exchange meeting was scheduled for the next day, the dinner did not last long.

Zhang Heping took one last look at the large regenerated brain in the nutrient pool in the small hall, then prepared to go home with his children, nephews, and others.

This large regenerative brain, without contact with the gold micro-brain machine or receiving and transforming mental energy, actually has low nutritional requirements.

This is similar to how the brain doesn't require much nutrition when a person is sleeping and dreaming.

"Peace!" Elder Hua stopped Zhang Heping at the gate, then pulled him aside and whispered, "The Japanese are still protesting. Do you think we could let a few of them attend tomorrow's meeting?"

Zhang Heping said indifferently, "Unless the attacks and thefts of last year are clearly explained and the masterminds behind them are brought to justice, there's no point in discussing anything else!"

"Alright, I'll go and refuse them!" Old Hua knew Zhang Heping's personality and didn't try to persuade him further, lest Zhang Heping go to Hong Kong Island to hold award ceremonies in the future.

After seeing Zhang Heping and his group off to their car, Hua Lao took out his phone to reply to the Jue Ri Island people about their participation in the meeting.

The person on the other end of the phone wanted to persuade Mr. Hua to consider the relationship between the two sides, but Mr. Hua didn't waste any time arguing with them. He said sternly, "Take them to Harbin and Nanjing to experience the virtual dream world there first, and then make them give us an explanation!"

In the past, cooperating with the Japanese, exchanging market access for their technology, and canceling war reparations to accept their loans were all out of necessity. Under the technological blockade imposed by Europe and the US, the country urgently needed to understand and learn advanced foreign technologies, forcing it to temporarily set aside national grievances and choose to look forward.

With Zhang Heping acting as a catalyst to drive technological progress in all aspects of the country, what need is there for the Japanese people!
It should be noted that the technology and equipment obtained from the Japanese in the past, although more advanced than domestic technology, were technologies that they had discarded more than a decade ago and were far behind the world's advanced technology!

The key point is that even though we bought outdated Japanese equipment from Japan at a high price, the Japanese people did not share their technology with us. They also charged high prices for subsequent equipment maintenance and refused to allow Chinese engineers to observe their repairs.

How could Mr. Hua forget all of this?

The reason for asking Zhang Heping this question was mainly for the sake of the overall situation; even if it was just for show, it was necessary to ask.

Sometimes, Zhang Heping's refusal is more effective than Hua Lao's refusal.

After all, he was a great scientist who dared to stop producing the Lifespan 120 potion at the slightest disagreement. Even if we didn't treat him like a precious gem, we had to maintain a polite facade.

If we anger Zhang Heping again, I really don't know if he will abandon the research projects related to the World Advanced Technology Research Institute.

You can say he's straightforward to his face, but behind his back you can say he's immature. In the end, you have to put up with it because he has so many advanced technologies at his disposal!
The following day, July 7th, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates' technical exchange meeting continued at the Great Hall of the People in the capital.

At the start of today's meeting, the Omega award winners, as if they had planned it in advance, began asking if they could share this or that technology with them.

Zhang Heping initially ignored these kinds of questions, and it was the leaders of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who smoothed things over.

It wasn't until an American mentioned that brain-computer interface technology belongs to all of humanity and should be shared selflessly that Zhang Heping turned on his microphone and coldly replied, "On the World Internet Forum, you Americans post the fewest technical posts. Where do you get the confidence to ask us to share our technology?"

"You keep talking about sharing technology and making it free and open, then what's the point of patent law?"

"From now on, anyone who mentions nonsense like sharing or opening up technology for free, or engages in anything unrelated to technical exchange, will be expelled and disqualified from winning any awards!"

After Zhang Heping said this, the whole room fell silent for a long while!
He funded the Nobel Peace Prize, selected the winning projects, and, combined with his technical expertise gained through cheating, convinced everyone present of his boastful claims.

After the meeting discipline was restored, there were no more problems at the technical exchange meeting that day. Everyone raised some problems they had encountered or existing technical difficulties, hoping that others could provide some good ideas to promote their research progress.

At 5 p.m., the technical exchange meeting ended, leaving the award winners with two hours for lunch.

It was also the time for the more than 7000 attendees to enter.

Because there were too many attendees, including many foreigners, Zhang Heping did not leave his children in the Great Hall of the People. Instead, he had them access the virtual dream system of the regenerative brain server in a small hall next door.

In addition, CCTV was in charge of hosting the awards ceremony. Zhang Heping only needed to ensure that the 10,000 attendees could successfully enter the virtual dream and perform the award-winning projects in the virtual dream. He did not need to show his face at all.

The reason for this arrangement is that many foreign media outlets have come in, and even Hua and Li cannot guarantee that the security will be foolproof.

It was 7 p.m., but the sky outside was still bright.

As the male and female hosts sent by CCTV took the stage to speak, the people in the venue gradually quieted down.

Before long, under the guidance of the host, the participants put on game helmets one after another, entered the virtual learning dream, and met Zhang Heping.

This virtual learning dream is similar to the one in Shenzhen, with a library, warehouse area, factory area, and laboratory, except that the dream library has a small collection of books.

Furthermore, those who enter this virtual learning dream for the first time are no longer in scarecrow form, but rather as white, ghostly phantoms, devoid of human appearance.

"You now have one hour to visit any of the buildings here," Zhang Heping said, his voice booming as he hovered in mid-air. "In addition, you can freely transform your bodies, as long as you concentrate on thinking about what you want to become!"

"The key point is that when you're fantasizing, you should also think about the clothes!"

"Yesterday, someone was having impure thoughts and forgot to put on some clothes, so he was seen naked!"

Hearing this, everyone found it very interesting and dispersed to find mirrors and reflective objects to try it out.

But Zhang Heping's voice rang out again, "If you want to fly, then focus on the fact that you can fly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Heping's figure disappeared, exiting the virtual learning dream.

He's given the virtual learning dream a 10x perception acceleration, so we need to keep an eye on the nutrient consumption rate of the regenerative brain server.

Another point is that he doesn't want to spend an hour in the virtual dream world; he can just wait outside for 6 minutes.

Zhang Heping watched Zhang Yi and the others test the nutrient solution in the pool. After waiting for 5 minutes, he saw them add concentrated nutrient solution to the pool and then stopped worrying about the consumption of nutrient solution, distracted by his virtual learning dream.

As Zhang Heping reappeared, he waved to bring everyone in the virtual learning dream to his side, and then began the highlight of the evening: the introduction and demonstration of each award-winning project, allowing the attendees to understand why these projects had won awards.

However, as the gaming helmets slowly rose, pulling the participants out of the virtual learning dream, they, who had already been too busy to remember much of the award-winning projects, forgot even faster now that they were out of the dream.

However, as the host began to present the awards and read out the winning projects one by one, the attendees were able to vaguely recall some of the things that had just happened.

To the disappointment of the foreigners, Zhang Heping, the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize, did not appear on stage during the entire awards ceremony.

……

After the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, Zhang Heping put aside everything and spent a few days traveling with his wife and children to various tourist attractions in the capital.

Zhang Yi and Luo Yi's brain-computer interface research team, however, did not have it as easy; they were all focused on the large regenerative brain server.

In fact, when Hua and Li suggested holding the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in the capital, Zhang Heping understood their idea and wanted to get some more brain-computer interface devices for Zhang Yi's brain-computer interface research team.

The 7000 sets of brain-computer interface devices that were previously given to Zhang Yi were mostly distributed to Harbin, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and other places. This was a kind of indirect compensation, so Zhang Heping readily agreed.

He's staying in the capital for two reasons: first, to wait for Zhang Yi and his team's research; and second, to wait for the results of the technology-for-market exchange program.

In addition, the Americans proposed a research collaboration on the Hammer project at Area 51, hoping to develop other areas of cooperation with the mainland.

Zhang Heping was interested in the hammer, but not yet at the point where he would personally go and study it.

Therefore, Zhang Heping's reply to Hua Lao was that the Americans could send people to Zhang Yi's brain-computer interface research team to learn together... (End of this chapter)