The divorce comeback system arrived right after I was born.

Chen Zhi coughed twice, his gaze drifting to the view outside the French windows. "Haha, the weather's nice today, look how bright the sun is. By the way, what did you have for lunch? Takeout isn't nutritious enough, I'll treat you to a big meal tonight."

Pei Ningxue wasn't buying it at all, and just stared at him quietly.

Chen Zhi felt uncomfortable being stared at, so he simply pulled up a chair and sat opposite her.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, alright? I shouldn't have rushed back to the dorm as soon as I got back; I should have come to the company to pay my respects to you immediately." Chen Zhi raised his hands in surrender. "Alright, what kind of compensation do you want? As long as it's within my power, I won't refuse."

Pei Ningxue said with a hint of resentment, "You have to come back to Wanliu Academy with me these next few days."

Chen Zhi was calculating the time in her mind. If she didn't return to the dormitory for several days in a row, how would she explain it to Lin Wanwan when she checked on her? Li Zhiyi had also promised to visit her every day.

"What's wrong? Having trouble?" Pei Ningxue raised an eyebrow. "Or is it that your two girlfriends can't live without you?"

"That's not true." Chen Zhi denied it outright. "What I meant was that there's been so much going on at the company these past few days, and going back to Wanliu Academy is too far, and commuting back and forth would waste time."

"I'm not doing anything." Pei Ningxue interrupted his excuse directly, her voice softening a bit, "I'll just hold you while we sleep. It's too lonely being alone in that big house."

The word "desolate" struck a nerve with Chen Zhi.

Looking at Pei Ningxue's slightly tired face, Chen Zhi felt a pang of guilt well up inside him again. He opened his arms and pulled Pei Ningxue into his embrace. "I'll stay with you for the rest of my life."

Pei Ningxue leaned against his chest and muttered, "Scumbag."

"Knock knock knock".

There were three knocks on the office door.

Pei Ningxue pushed Chen Zhi aside, quickly straightened her clothes, and cleared her throat. "Come in."

Dai Damai pushed open the door and came in, carrying several reports. He first glanced at the two people standing very close together, keenly sensing that the atmosphere in the office was somewhat subtle. As a top-tier straight man from the School of Information Science and Technology, Dai Damai, though clueless about romance, knew that it was best to play dumb at this moment.

He quickly lowered his head. "President Chen, President Pei."

"What is it?" Pei Ningxue quickly reverted to her CEO demeanor.

Dai Da-mai handed over the report. "This is the budget for next month's hardware upgrade. Recently, the number of API calls has surged, putting too much pressure on the existing server cluster. We urgently need to purchase a batch of storage devices and expand network bandwidth. The finance department needs Mr. Pei's signature."

Pei Ningxue took the report, flipped through it, and frowned slightly as she looked at the numbers. "So many?"

Chen Zhizheng, who was worried about finding an excuse to leave, grabbed another document from Dai Dafang's hand. "Perfect timing, I was just about to talk to you about the next technical direction. Come on, let's go to your office."

After saying that, Chen Zhichong and Pei Ningxue waved their hands and pulled the bewildered Dai Dama out.

"Why are you running? We haven't even finished looking at the budget yet!" Pei Ningxue shouted from behind.

"Work is important! You go ahead and look around. I'll pick you up from get off work tonight!" Chen Zhi slipped out of the office without looking back, closing the door behind him.

Upon arriving at the CTO's office, Chen Zhi casually closed the door and pulled out a chair to sit down.

He explained in detail the strategic direction he had just discussed with Pei Ningxue to Dai Dama.

After listening, Dai Da-mai paced back and forth in front of the whiteboard. "President Chen, it's technically entirely feasible to open up Moss's underlying capabilities for autonomous driving and logistics scheduling. Our multimodal model handles these visual and logical tasks with overwhelming force; existing algorithms are simply no match for us."

"But..." Dai Da-mai stopped, his expression grave. "The driverless taxis, driverless food delivery, and driverless courier services you mentioned involve far too many issues. There are tens of millions of ride-hailing drivers and food delivery riders in China. Once these jobs are largely replaced by AI, it will cause huge social problems. At that time, Deep Space Technology will become the target of public criticism."

Chen Zhi tapped the table with his finger. "Da Mao, you're a pure technician. You think too idealistically."

Dai Da-mai pushed up his glasses, his face full of confusion. "Isn't that the reality? Technological progress inevitably comes with growing pains, but we can't just throw away the livelihoods of tens of millions of people."

"Of course I understand the stakes involved," Chen Zhi said, placing his fingers interlaced on the table. "Therefore, our project can only be piloted on a small scale in specific areas of a few economically developed first-tier cities."

"A small-scale trial run?" Dai Da-mai was stunned. "Then how do we achieve your goal of seizing a market worth tens of billions?"

"Our main goal is to hype up the concept of AI empowering traditional industries. We have no intention of replacing the jobs of tens of millions of people," Chen Zhi patiently explained. "Do you think those investors really care about whether they can immediately replace all the delivery drivers with robots? What they want is a story, expectations, and the pie of a future where they can potentially monopolize the entire dispatch system."

This is why Baidu's "Radish Express" service, after so many years, has only been limited to a few cities. Meituan's drone delivery service is also limited to a few business districts in Shenzhen. It's because while the technology is there, the social tolerance for error and the existing infrastructure don't allow for widespread deployment.

Chen Zhi stood up, patted Dai Dama on the shoulder, and said, "What we need to do is to bring out the top-of-the-line AI kit and set an example for those traditional car companies and logistics giants."

Let them see that systems that don't utilize deep space technology will lose their competitiveness in the future and be crushed by rivals. Then, just selling licenses and taking a cut will be enough to make us incredibly wealthy.

Dai Da-mai suddenly realized, his hand trembling as he pushed up his glasses. "Boss, you're a genius! You're using technology to force the entire capital market to hand over their money to us!"

"What do you mean by forcing? This is called promoting industrial upgrading," Chen Zhi corrected. "Alright, get the technical stuff done quickly. First, assemble a small team to build the visual logic framework for autonomous driving. If you need more people, poach them. Get the budget approved by President Pei."

"No problem, leave it to me." Dai Da-mai was full of enthusiasm and had already started drawing the architecture diagram on the whiteboard.

"I have something to do, I'll be going now." Chen Zhi glanced at his watch; it was getting late, and he had to hurry to the National People's Congress to register.

Chen Zhi left the IAPM Center and hailed a taxi by the roadside.

"Driver, to Renmin University." Chen Zhi opened the car door and sat in the back seat.

The taxis merged into the traffic flow on the East Third Ring Road.

Many people are curious why Chen Zhi, whose Deep Space Technology is now valued at nearly 15 billion US dollars and is a super-rich man, still takes taxis every day and doesn't even buy his own car.

Chen Zhi himself had given this question a lot of thought.

Is it easy to buy a car? It's incredibly easy. You can buy not only one car, but also a whole fleet to take turns driving.

But the question is, how many girlfriends has he had now?

Three!

If they bought their own car, Lin Wanwan would sit in the passenger seat today, Li Zhiyi would sit in it tomorrow, and Pei Ningxue would sit in it the day after.

Girls are extremely sensitive to smells. The combination of Lin Wanwan's perfume, Li Zhiyi's natural scent, and Pei Ningxue's high-end custom fragrance in the car would definitely cause a disaster.

Not to mention, if someone drops a long hair on their seat, or if Lin Wanwan suddenly decides to hang a plush toy on the rearview mirror, Li Zhiyi might stuff a pack of wet wipes into the storage compartment.

If he makes even the slightest mistake, his mastery of impartiality will be exposed on the spot, and he will face a brutal trial before all three parties.

Therefore, I absolutely must not buy a car.

Taking a taxi is so convenient; every time it's a different car, a different smell, and no one can figure out what's going on.

If there's a business occasion where you need to make a good impression, you can just hitch a ride in Pei Ningxue's Rolls-Royce, since her driver is on call 24/7.

……

I'm taking a day off today. To maintain my update streak, I'll only be posting one chapter of 2,000 words.