Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 385 [Supporters Become the Majority]

These news items are undoubtedly a major boon to Likang Technology. After hitting the 30cm daily limit yesterday, the company's stock price hit the daily limit again today, successfully achieving a two-day winning streak. This is the first time the company has achieved two consecutive daily limits since the beginning of the year, and also the first time it has achieved two consecutive daily limits since the sharp drop following the meeting with eight departments last year.

Likang Technology's stock closed at 3589.14 yuan, and the company's total market value climbed to 16689.5 billion yuan.

In the following two trading days, Likang Technology's stock price continued to rise, closing up 3.67% and 9.33% respectively. After the market closed, the stock price was 4068.05 yuan, and the market value climbed to 1.89 trillion yuan.

Clearly, most market participants believe that Likang Technology has turned its fortunes around and that the biggest negative factor has disappeared.

The stock price also surged, with a cumulative annual increase of +117.01%. Compared to the price of 1414.08 yuan last year after the "explosion," the cumulative increase over the period reached +187.68%, nearly doubling.

The holdings of the social security fund and other national team institutions have all more than doubled, and their average cost price for holding Likang Technology is below 2000 yuan.

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Tuesday, February 11, Lingjing Technology Headquarters.

"This is a report on the Flowing Star Language simulation robot compiled by the head of the public opinion department." Yun Shu came to Xiao Yu's office, handed him a document she had brought, and continued, "Judging from the public opinion feedback, the situation has changed a lot compared to last year, with the voices of supporters now being the majority."

As Xiao Yu browsed through the report, he couldn't help but chuckle, "This shows that the 'good cop, bad cop' charade we orchestrated was remarkably effective..."

It has to be said that in China, if you want to accomplish something without creating obstacles or difficulties for yourself, you really have to take a roundabout approach.

Pushing things too hard directly will either result in great resistance and make it impossible to accomplish anything, or it will come at a great cost and leave hidden dangers.

However, things become much easier when you take a roundabout approach. That's why there's some truth to the saying that the Tai Chi symbol originated in Chinese civilization.

With the groundwork laid, the government offered a compromise solution, which everyone found much better than the previous situation. Moreover, the government's solution was well-organized, standardized, and systematic.

Especially those who had previously experienced severe unemployment panic and anxiety, were pleasantly surprised to find that their jobs and careers were unaffected after reading a series of documents recently released by the government. The government has explicitly prohibited the use of highly realistic humanoid robots, and the strong policy guarantees have given them a great sense of relief.

Then, these people changed their attitude from strong opposition last year to expressing their firm support for and endorsement of the country's decision.

Not only has their attitude undergone an epic 180-degree reversal, but they are now taking the initiative to stand up and shout: We cannot adopt a one-size-fits-all approach, we cannot reject technological and productivity progress, and rejection is an act of civilizational regression; backwardness invites aggression.

It's so real; once you're sure the knife won't cut you, you scream with incredible force.

It can be said that by playing the "good cop, bad cop" card and then offering a compromise, the vast majority of people were successfully united, and the resistance to the implementation of relevant policies was greatly reduced.

...In a second-tier city, at Zhao Mingjie's home.

“As the saying goes, ‘Listen to advice and you’ll eat your fill.’ You’re right to listen to your brother, aren’t you? Look how much of a turnaround this is!” Zhao Mingjie glanced at his good friend Lin Shen, who was greatly excited and nodded repeatedly, saying, “It really has turned around, and I didn’t expect it to turn around so quickly. Luckily, I listened to you and waited and saw.”

At that moment, the two of them printed out all the documents issued by various departments and read them carefully.

For example, the "Guiding Opinions on the Innovative Development of Humanoid Robots" emphasizes product generations, mission phases, and demonstration applications in special, manufacturing, and public service scenarios. For instance, it sets different entry standards or prohibitions in fields such as healthcare, elderly care, and entertainment.

For example, the "New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Principles" mentions principles such as harmony and friendliness, safety and controllability, and shared responsibility, emphasizing the importance of ethics and safety, clarifying the hard threshold for functional safety and the responsible parties, and making clear provisions for the safety standards and accident liability of humanoid robots.

"The scope of franchising in the document just happens to include industries such as entertainment and film, so you can continue operating your cyber-adult entertainment center. Moreover, this time there are clear regulatory and standard requirements, which is great," Zhao Mingjie said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shenshi nodded repeatedly and said, "It would be best to have clear standards and norms. In fact, I am more afraid of the absence of standards and norms, and the blank documents. In that case, people will have the right to interpret whatever they want. Now that we have clear standards and norms, as long as we strictly follow the standards, we will not be afraid of being harassed. Even if we are bad, we will not be at the mercy of others."

In the days that followed, Lin Shenshi resumed construction on his cyber-themed erotic experience center, no longer having any worries.

Similarly, the CEO of the company that went all in to transform into cosmetics featuring lifelike robots, saw the recent news and was completely dispelled from his gloom. After a three-month shutdown, the company has started recruiting or recalling employees again to continue pushing forward with the project.

Following the release of this multi-department document, there are now systematic and explicit regulations for the humanoid robot industry chain, which has reassured countless practitioners, including investors.

According to the information disclosed in the document, the personal version of the consumer-grade Flowing Star Language simulation robot will continue to be sold and delivered as usual, with no major changes. The only change is that the Flowing Star Language robots that have already been sold and delivered to consumers need to be registered with an identity code. In layman's terms, it is like giving the robot a replacement ID card. However, this is only done for the robot, otherwise it may not be able to be used normally in the future.

However, there is no need to recall all the Flowing Star Language lifelike robots that have already been delivered to consumers. Consumers can simply register and reissue them online through the APP.

Consumers who have received and completed the delivery of the Liuguang Xingyu simulation robot have been informed that they need to complete the identity code re-registration within the next calendar month. Failure to complete the identity code re-registration within the specified period will affect normal use.

As of February this year, only about 830,000 Liuguang Xingyu lifelike robots have been delivered to consumers, less than a million, while the current order volume has soared to more than 45 million.

This achievement was made just a few months ago when rumors circulated that eight departments had summoned him for talks and that he was about to face a blanket ban.

The delivery rate cannot keep up with the new order volume. However, as time goes on, new production lines are put into operation and capacity is expanded, the number of deliveries per unit time will continue to increase rapidly.

For the Liuguang Xingyu simulation robot products that have been ordered but not yet delivered, users don't need to do anything; they just need to wait to receive the goods. Likang Technology will register an identification code for each Liuguang Xingyu robot that leaves the factory.

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(End of this chapter)