After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 351 Trip to Beijing, Investing in VR (Business)
Xu Lin's calligraphy skills are a testament to his extraordinary talent.

But later his state of mind changed; he gained a broader perspective and looked down on the world, so the characters he wrote also changed.

Just like now, it is magnificent and powerful.

In the realm of human creation, such as literature, painting, and calligraphy, the works people create constantly evolve with their own experiences.

Xu Lin's calligraphy is exactly like that.

The old man was also amazed, saying that he had studied calligraphy diligently for most of his life, but he could not write as well as Xu Lin, a twenty-year-old young man. Xu Lin's calligraphy was even more masterful, and he had created his own unique style.

It should be understood that writing well and being able to develop one's own unique style are two completely different concepts.

Throughout history, there have been many people with good handwriting, but very few who developed their own unique style.

The former simply means that your handwriting is good, or very good.

But the latter are different; they can all establish their own schools of thought.

Xu Lin was the latter; if placed in ancient times, when calligraphy was at its peak, his calligraphy would be enough to make him famous throughout history.

But this is modern times, so it doesn't mean much.

Moreover, Xu Lin wasn't interested in calligraphy; he only wrote it occasionally.

In the afternoon, Xu Lin stayed in the pavilion for more than two hours. The two of them wrote calligraphy, studied poetry, and talked about some lofty ideals.

These are ideals that Xu Lin may pursue in the future, and may even reach a point where they influence the course of world development.

That evening, Xu Lin checked into the hotel.

Pei Danqing has already returned to the capital, and Xu Lin has not gone to stay there either.

Spending too much time with women can get boring, and Xu Lin also wanted to be alone to think.

That same evening, his calligraphy work "Remembering Qin'e Loushan Pass," which he had written in the afternoon, was published and released by several major official media outlets at the same time.

The copywriting is all similar.

The pass is as impregnable as iron! So grand and magnificent!
"It is indeed magnificent. Every time I read this poem, I can feel its immense power. It is hard to imagine the state of mind of a great man!"

"What a powerful and optimistic spirit this great man possessed! I always draw strength from his poems!"

"Young Master Xu's calligraphy is also very powerful, worthy of this poem by a great man! It's hard to imagine that he's only twenty years old, yet his calligraphy has already reached a transcendent level!"

"Young Master Xu's regular script is so good. I thought he could only write cursive script."

"Nonsense. To write cursive script well, you need to have a strong foundation. You have to have a basic framework for writing characters so that you can create endless variations."

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This is the second time that Xu Lin's calligraphy has been published above; the first time was for "Nian Nu Jiao Kunlun".

Either of these two calligraphy pieces, if auctioned, would fetch no less than 50 million; the celebrity effect speaks for itself.

Xu Lin is also one of the most famous people in the world today.

However, these were not the points that Xu Lin was concerned about.

Besides, let alone calligraphy, he can also paint, but Xu Lin doesn't have the time to practice it.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Xu Lin left the hotel. Someone picked him up and took him to the Academy of Sciences.

When he arrived at the Academy of Sciences, the president personally led a group of people to greet him.

These are all necessary, of course.

Is it not a joy to have friends coming from afar?
Not to mention that Xu Lin is no ordinary person.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xu Lin asked the dean to lead the way. The dean pointed and said, "Young Master Xu, this way please!"

"it is good."

Xu Lin walked with the other person.

The old dean was very approachable, and even deliberately stepped back a dozen centimeters from Xu Lin, letting Xu Lin walk at the front, treating him like a VIP.

Xu Lin was too lazy to bother with all these intricacies and thought to himself, "Let him do as he pleases."

Xu Lin arrived at the auditorium, where several thousand people had already gathered.

Many of these people, if placed outside, would be top professors, deans, or even presidents of prestigious universities.

But at this moment, they all had to sit there obediently.

When Xu Lin entered, everyone stared intently at him.

A noble young man from the clouds, with jade-like bones and an elegant demeanor.

Many of those present were middle-aged or elderly people. After all, the fact that they were able to sit here speaks volumes about their academic journey. They are all PhDs and post-doctoral fellows, and many of them finished their studies at a rapid pace, starting in their thirties.

So, when people saw Xu Lin for the first time in real life, even though they had seen him countless times online, how could they not be amazed?

Throughout history, there have been many outstanding figures who achieved remarkable talent at a very young age. They made extraordinary achievements in their twenties or even teens, such as Huo Qubing, who, in his early twenties, drank from the vast sea and sealed the wolf's lair.

But history is just history, and that's too far back in time.

But Xu Lin is real.

He's only twenty years old, such a wonderful age!

People whispered and talked amongst themselves.

The foreigners present were also discussing how they were wearing real-time translators to avoid not understanding Xu Lin's Chinese, and also advanced AI glasses that could translate text in real time, also to avoid not understanding later.

At the same time, on the podium, Xu Lin glanced at the crowd below.

Because they weren't the same age, Xu Lin felt there was a significant generation gap between him and them.

Many of these people are from the same generation as your parents or grandparents, so it's no wonder there's a generation gap.

Therefore, Xu Lin didn't talk about anything unrelated to the topic or make jokes.

Instead, they started right away.

He snapped his fingers, and the moon goddess appeared on the screen.

Everyone present was astonished.

Someone asked a question immediately, but not like the previous students, such as: "Young Master Xu, is this the Moon Goddess?"
Instead, he asked: "Young Master Xu, could you tell me about your Moon Goddess training methods?"
Xu Lin: "Okay, take your time."

Xu Lin's visit this time is essentially to give an academic report, or, for example, to some economic forums where a group of experts go up and speak.

Xu Lin is similar.

However, what he's going to talk about this time will be very profound, and if he were to teach it to students at a university, they would probably not be able to understand it.

Along the way, people would constantly ask him various questions, and some even wanted Xu Lin to see the artificial intelligence he was leading the team to develop.

Nowadays, it's not uncommon for individuals to develop artificial intelligence, just like programmers develop software.

However, artificial intelligence developed by individuals or teams will not be very powerful.

The world's basic technology is not yet advanced enough to allow individuals to manually create super artificial intelligence.

Putting aside the technical difficulties, Xu Lin's Moon Goddess project alone cost tens of billions of dollars. No individual or team could possibly have such resources, nor could they attract that much investment. Only large companies or national entities have the capital to do so.

Moreover, without Xu Lin's training methods, the sunk costs would increase more than tenfold.

This lecture at the Academy of Sciences lasted for eight hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and was naturally packed with people.

Even as they were leaving, many people were still eager to ask Xu Lin questions.

Xu Lin only picked a few to answer, and as a result, it took him another half hour.

"Finally out!"

Xu Lin finally managed to leave the auditorium, where his driver from the morning was waiting for him outside.

This driver holds a high position; he drives specifically for Xu Lin. The car is a Hongqi.

"Young Master Xu!"

Upon seeing Xu Lin appear, the driver hurried over to greet him.

"Young Master Xu, are you going to have a meal?"

"Yes, just drive me to this restaurant, then you can go back."

More than half an hour later, the driver took Xu Lin to his destination and then Xu Lin sent him away.

When he arrived at his destination, Pei Danqing was already waiting for him.

"Would you like to stay at my place tonight?"

"Go ahead, why aren't you going?"

"I thought you were about to leave again!"

Although we were together just a few days ago, it's really not easy to meet Xu Lin, who's so busy.

The restaurant is designed in an ancient style and is quite expensive, costing over a thousand yuan per person.

Xu Lin: "I'm planning to invest in a VR lab. I checked last night and there happen to be one in Beijing."

"VR? VR glasses?"

"VR technology, glasses are just one of the carriers of VR technology, not the whole thing."

Xu Lin said, "My game is more suitable for VR applications, and it is also a scientific future, virtual reality. But what I mean is, true virtual reality, where people's consciousness can log into the virtual world."

Xu Lin explained to Pei Danqing.

VR is called virtual reality, but currently VR obviously cannot achieve the level of virtual reality seen in science fiction movies.

Xu Lin remembers watching a movie called "Ready Player One" the year he graduated from elementary school. It showed how humans log into a virtual world through virtual devices and play games in it.

But this pertains to games.

As a scientist, Xu Lin envisions even more applications for the technology.

Is the virtual world necessarily a game?

It's not just for games; it can have many other applications.

For example, current forms of communication are making phone calls or going online. But if the virtual world follows suit, human communication systems will undergo a major revolution. People can sit down and chat face-to-face in the virtual world, while in reality, they may be in different places.

Xu Lin believes that these are the future directions for VR development.

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It's definitely not possible in a short time; the level depicted in "Ready Player One" is a bit exaggerated.

But doing science means daring to imagine things. They might come true in a few years, but the specific applications might be different from what was initially envisioned.

VR and AI were originally intertwined; now that AI is working properly, it's VR's turn.

Xu Lin mentioned this to the old man yesterday when he was writing, as he is preparing to enter this field.

Pei Danqing replied, "I don't really understand either, but I'll support whatever you want to do. If you need my help, just tell me."

"Whenever you're busy in the future, these will be my business."

After finishing their meal, the two went straight home without lingering outside.

A tender night.

The next day, Xu Lin found the VR lab, accompanied by Pei Danqing.

Because the laboratory is in Beijing, and Xu Lin is not often in Beijing, she will be responsible for some things later on.

This is a private laboratory.

But what Xu Lin wanted was a civilian laboratory.

The head of the lab is an entrepreneur in the VR field named Zheng Xincheng.

The two contacted the other party under the pretext of buying the laboratory.

Zheng Xincheng was shocked to learn that someone wanted to buy his laboratory at a high price.

After all, he himself knew that his laboratory was not very good, lacking outstanding technological innovation and not comparable to the leading laboratories in the field.

But now someone wants to spend 100 million to buy his laboratory.

Is his lab really worth that much?

Zheng Xincheng thought he had misheard, so he confirmed with the other party three times on the phone before he realized it was true.

The person on the phone was a woman with a very pleasant voice.

Zheng Xincheng completely lost his composure after seeing the person.

"Young Master Xu?"

Zheng Xincheng was previously a senior technical executive at a VR company, but the company was not a large one, so someone like him didn't have much contact with important figures.

But who is this young master Xu?

For example, imagine Zheng Xincheng is an ordinary researcher, and one day, someone of Newton's or Einstein's stature comes to him, and now he's sitting right in front of you.

"Please sit down, Mr. Zheng."

Xu Lin smiled. He seemed to be a kind and approachable person, harmless and easy to get along with.

At least in Zheng Xincheng's mind, he felt that Young Master Xu was that kind of person.

He's really approachable!

Xu Lin laughed and said, "You seem a little nervous. Just treat me like an ordinary person. I'm not some high and mighty big shot."

"Ahem, Young Master Xu, I'm really a little nervous. This is the first time I've met someone as important as you, I thought I was seeing things..."

Zheng Xincheng was filled with anxiety, but Xu Lin's words made him relax a little.

"Don't be nervous, just call me 'you'."

Xu Lin got straight to the point: "This time I plan to buy your laboratory, but I will need you to continue to manage it. I will provide technical guidance, and you can have your staff continue the research. Mr. Zheng, what do you think?"

"Young Master Xu, are you interested in entering the VR field?"

"Yes, but to be precise, I am more interested in the technology of human consciousness logging into the virtual world, and I will focus my attention on this technology for some time to come."

"Human consciousness logging into the virtual world?"

Zheng Xincheng was shocked. The current VR is certainly not virtual reality yet. It's hard enough to play a very useless game, and it also puts a strain on the eyes. Otherwise, why would we need mobile phones and computers?
If one day in the future, mobile phones and computers are replaced, VR will most likely be the replacement.

In some science fiction movies, virtual frames have been projected, and people can use their fingers to tap the screen and do various things. If this thing really appeared in the real world, would there still be a need for mobile phones and computers?
Moreover, anyone who has used VR glasses or knows a little about them knows that current VR glasses are simply glasses you put on and use your eyes to see. If you are nearsighted, you also need to wear the corresponding prescription lenses, otherwise you can't see the picture clearly. In addition, the functions inside are also very limited, and it's just something new to try.

But what Young Master Xu said was that human consciousness logs into the virtual world!

This is completely different from seeing with your eyes.

"Young Master Xu, is this... is this even possible?"

"The future is bright, but the road is tortuous. To make a breakthrough in this field, we will naturally face many problems."

Xu Lin smiled: "But we can try to take on the challenge."

Zheng Xincheng had many doubts and even felt that what Xu Jin said was a bit far-fetched.

In this era, in 2027, how is it possible for human consciousness to log into the virtual world through a device?
But then he thought again, Young Master Xu has even created intelligent life forms.

Is there anything he can't do?
(End of this chapter)