Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 312 [A Storm of Praise and Controversy Ignites the Entire Internet]

After the press conference, Xiao Yu returned to Linzhou City that afternoon.

The product caused a sensation online the day it was released, generating immense buzz and spreading across major social media platforms worldwide overnight, causing a global sensation.

"Flowing Stars" topped the trending searches overnight and dominated the front pages of major media outlets.

The following day, at the headquarters of Lingjing Technology.

When Yun Shu learned that Xiao Yu had arrived at the company, she soon went to the chairman's office.

"The launch event for 'Flowing Star Language' went viral overnight, dominating 33 trending topics across the internet. Related topics garnered over 35 billion views in just one day. This is only within China; globally, related topics have already exceeded 60 billion views. This level of popularity is truly unprecedented."

Yun Shu entered Xiao Yu's office, holding a smart tablet and reporting on public opinion trends to him.

While the product "Flowing Star Language" was released as a sex doll, its most significant achievement is that, as a lifelike humanoid robot, it has reached such an advanced level that it has exceeded the expectations of everyone outside the industry. To this day, many people still find it hard to believe that humanoid robots have developed to this extent.

Yun Shu glanced at the tablet screen in her hand and said, "From the technology sector to academia, from the media to the cultural sector, it has sparked an unprecedented nationwide discussion storm. There is praise, criticism, and controversy. In short, the popularity has exploded."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu smiled and asked, "What do you mean?"

Yun Shu handed him the tablet and said, "I've already organized it. There was too much, so I only organized a part of it."

Xiao Yu took the smart tablet from her and Yun Shu organized it, making everything clear at a glance.

There were reports from both mainland China and overseas, some positive and some negative. Xiao Yu swiped the screen a few times to first look at some of the more positive reports from mainstream media.

From the "three-wheeled motorcycle" to "Flowing Star Language," this represents an advancement in the "technological romanticism" of Eastern industrial manufacturing. Chinese products consistently answer the same question: the warmth of technology lies in its reverence for humanity. When "Flowing Star Language's" data self-destruct program protects privacy, we see not only technological ethics, but also the ultimate respect for the "inviolability of solitude."

Xiao Yu's business acumen lies in transforming "flaws" into selling points. The "resonance of imperfect systems" precisely captures humanity's hidden yearning for "asymmetrical intimacy." This is more radical than Jobs's "extraordinary" concept—he's not selling a product, but rather a license to be "permitted to be vulnerable."

[Liuguang Xingyu's 37-fold cultural customization system is building an "emotional Silk Road" for the digital age. While Silicon Valley is still debating robot ethics, we have already begun exporting a "technology philosophy with warmth."]

After reading three reports from mainstream domestic media, Xiao Yu saw two more news items and said with slight surprise, "Oh? Overseas media are actually giving positive reports too?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Shu immediately replied, "Yes, but not many. Most of them are negative and critical. You'll see in a bit."

Xiao Yu chuckled to himself, then casually clicked on two international media reports.

[The Flowing Star Language is the "Pygmalion myth" of the digital age. When humanity can finally sculpt the perfect lover with code and silicone, we become acutely aware of our own imperfections. Xiao Yu's greatness lies in making technology acknowledge that perfection is not in robots, but in humanity's eternal yearning for perfection.]

[Xiao Yu's press conference was like the Genesis of the 21st century, where God no longer created man from clay, but from carbon fiber and silicone. When the Flowing Star Language opens the door for you and says "Welcome Home," we finally understand: the ultimate salvation of technology is to provide a safe haven for every lonely soul.]

After reading the positive reports from mainstream media at home and abroad, Xiao Yu then turned to look at the reports from some domestic internet news media.

[Cyber-Electronic Lovers? Xiao Yu Reconstructs Human Intimacy with Silicone, Redefining the Boundaries of Human-Machine Empathy!]

[Within 24 hours of the press conference, related concept stocks surged; the 11299 yuan "loneliness business"—AI-powered sex toys—is poised to unlock a trillion-yuan emotional economy!]

What Xiao Yu created wasn't a humanoid robot, but a modern-day Holy Grail; the silicone container held humanity's ultimate fantasy of "unconditional love"!

[A lifelike sex robot with a gel-like body temperature of 37.2℃, understanding "fever" better than a girlfriend during ovulation!]

[The Year of Silicon-Based Soul: The Launch of "Starry Night" Marks Humanity's Official Entry into the Era of "Computable Intimacy"!]

[Xiao Yu creates a new species of technology; the release of "Flowing Star Language" sends Likang Technology investors into a frenzy!]

[The emergence of cyber-girlfriends may impact the matchmaking and dowry markets.] After reading some domestic news reports, the content wasn't too biased, relatively neutral and objective, and mostly positive. However, the headlines designed to attract traffic made Xiao Yu a little uncomfortable: "What kind of headlines are these media outlets using? And could you please not include my name?"

Yun Shu couldn't help but smile and cover her mouth, then said, "Who says that bringing your name along will attract more traffic..."

Xiao Yu shook his head helplessly, then swiped his tablet to read international media reports.

[For less than $2800 USD, you can buy a "lover who will never betray you"—a new species in the singles economy is emerging in this major Eastern country!]

[Starry Night Whispers: An Eastern engineer tells you how to teach robots to blush and orgasm!]

[A Cyborg Lover from the East: Xiao Yu's Emotional Colonialism?]

[Starry Night Whispers: A Race for "Closer Intimacy Between Cloned Humans" Unfolds in the East!]

[The Philosophy of a Body Temperature of 37.2℃: The Ultimate Decoding of Loneliness by an Eastern Engineer?]

[The language of light and shadow is reshaping the GDP of human intimacy!]

After reading a few overseas news articles, Xiao Yu couldn't help but say with a half-smile, "These overseas media outlets, especially those from Europe and America, seem to report objectively and conventionally, but in reality, they are very contradictory. There is a sense of shock between the lines, but more so, a sour tone, and they are trying to lead readers to understand this product in a negative direction."

Yun Shu, who was standing next to her, said, "These few pages that I've compiled are considered good. The vast majority of them are negative. The positive foreign media reports at the beginning were ones that I searched for a long time, and their exposure was not high. They were obviously being throttled, while the negative reports had very high traffic and exposure."

Xiao Yu calmly replied, "That's normal, it's standard procedure for OMG Media."

If this product had been created in North America or Silicon Valley, the media outlets of Omega, especially those of Omega, would have absolutely raved about it online.

"What about the negative controversies?" Xiao Yu asked. Upon hearing this, Yun Shu immediately stepped forward and clicked on the tablet page: "Here, all the negative controversies from both domestic and international sources are compiled into this page."

Xiao Yu immediately swiped the page to browse.

When robots learn to "fake" feelings, human love enters an "era of counterfeits," and I can't help but ask: is this really what we need?

Sex robots costing less than $3000 are not scary; robot soldiers costing less than $3000 are what's scary!

[37 culturally customized electronic couples: Are they a way to liberate loneliness or create emotional slaves?]

[Feminist Protest! 37 Cultures = 37 Patriarchal Aesthetic Databases; Liuguang Xingyu should be implanted with a "misogynistic program," automatically shutting down upon detecting excessive testosterone!]

[Neural impulse frequency = new genetic privacy; legislation recommended; robots reading users' sexual data is equivalent to "digital sexual assault"]

The "emotional file" system in *Liuguang Xingyu* is more cruel than that in *To Live*. At least Fugui can forget his pain, but the robot will remember every low point in your life forever.

[Feminist protest! Liuguang Xingyu's pelvic rhythm is "the Nth Room of silicone plates"]

When "being loved" can be quantified (37.2℃ body temperature/1024 levels of tactile sensation), the existential crisis escalates to—do we love the program, or the self defined by the program?

[The Pope is furious! Eastern robots "steal God's right to create human rights"—this is blasphemy against God!]

When AI understands the subconscious better than psychologists, are humans losing their "right to be misunderstood"?

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(End of this chapter)