bookcurios Chapter 318 Risk
Chapter 318 Risk
"Zheng Tong, are you crazy?"
Do you know what you just said?
"Did you even understand the chairman's demands?"
After Qiu Bingrui left, Fang Zhengkang, who had been dismissed from his post, immediately lashed out at Zheng Tong, who had replaced him.
"Master, why get so angry?"
Faced with Fang Zhengkang's roar and accusations, Zheng Tong pushed up his glasses without taking it to heart: "The chairman just left, how come you've already changed your tune?"
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
"Don't call me master! I'm not your master! And I don't have a 'disciple' like you!"
Fang Zhengkang angrily said, "Do you know that what you just said in front of the chairman will get us all killed!"
"Our Aurora Company is no ordinary company!"
"If you mess up your job, someone could really die!"
"Originally, I explained the difficulty of this matter to the chairman, and the worst that could happen was that I would personally resign to take responsibility."
"At worst, we'll just disband our team and have a new team take over."
"But our team is already the best in the company in this field! It's almost impossible to disband the entire project team."
"Therefore, I'll take all the risks myself; it's better for everyone this way!"
"But what now?"
"With what you've done, and even made a pledge in front of the chairman, the nature of this matter has completely changed!"
Fang Zhengkang pointed at Zheng Tong's nose and cursed, "You're gambling with everyone's lives!"
"You know perfectly well that it's impossible to fulfill the chairman's requirements in such a short time!"
"If this gets messed up, none of us will survive..."
“Master!” Zheng Tong interrupted Fang Zhengkang with a gloomy expression: “I’m giving you face by calling you Master now, but that doesn’t mean you have the right to look down on me like that in front of everyone!”
"You better understand your current position—I am now the team leader and your direct supervisor!"
"And another thing! What you just said was really funny."
Zheng Tong looked at the furious Fang Zhengkang with disdain: "What do you mean?"
"You mean—I dragged everyone down with me to climb up? I deliberately stepped on everyone's lives to get to the top?"
"Is not it?"
"of course not!"
Zheng Tong sneered, "I'm taking everyone off together! I'm saving our team!"
Just because you can't do something doesn't mean others can't.
"Don't use the guise of doing what's best for everyone to cover up your incompetence!"
"I'm doing this for everyone's good by leading everyone to complete the chairman's task!"
"Everyone knows how generous the reward will be if we complete this mission."
“Master, I actually gave you a chance.”
Zheng Tong looked at Fang Zhengkang, whose face was ugly, with a mocking expression: "When I was developing the 'Black Bug' program, I mentioned my new ideas to you many times."
"But you rejected them all time and time again."
"You always think you are the absolute authority, and any view that contradicts you is wrong."
"Fortunately, I did not abandon my groundbreaking ideas as you suggested."
As he spoke, Zheng Tong took out a miniature USB drive from his pocket and waved it around: "While we were developing the 'Black Bug' program, I kept an extra trick up my sleeve."
"I simultaneously developed a brand new 'Black Bug' program using my solution."
"And it was precisely these solutions of mine that led to a major breakthrough in my version of the 'Black Bug' program."
"With my version of 'Black Bug' 3.0, completing the chairman's task will be a piece of cake!"
“Master, I’ve already given you a lot of face by not taking out the ‘Black Bug’ 3.0 directly in front of the chairman.”
"You're still my mentor, after all. I can't let you lose face in front of the chairman, can I?"
"Oh, and don't thank me."
"This is what I, as an apprentice, should do."
Zheng Tong sneered and patted Fang Zhengkang on the shoulder: "Work hard for me from now on. As your apprentice, you will never treat your master unfairly."
"However, I hope we can maintain a normal superior-subordinate relationship during work hours in the future."
"Alright, stop standing there."
"Everyone will be working overtime tonight."
"Go to the project meeting room in fifteen minutes, and I'll give you all a proper talk about 'Black Bug' 3.0."
"By the way, Dr. Fang! Could you please make everyone a cup of coffee to perk them up?"
"By the way, I'd like my cup with half sugar, thank you!"
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Fifteen minutes later.
"I now officially announce that the 'Black Bug' program, which was previously developed under the leadership of Dr. Fang, is now officially invalid."
"My 'Black Bug' 3.0 is also an extension of the basic framework of the 'Black Bug' program."
"But I have given it a completely new life!"
"Therefore, I think we should change our name."
"And stop calling it 'Black Bug' 3.0."
Let's call it "Smart Bug".
Zheng Tong ignored Fang Zhengkang's angry gaze and continued, "Now I will give you a proper introduction to the characteristics of the 'Intelligent Bug' program."
"I named it 'Intelligent Bug' because it is an intelligent program with a high degree of intelligence and self-evolutionary capabilities!"
"Moreover, it is a truly intelligent program."
"I can tell you with absolute certainty that the 'Smart Bug' program can easily bypass the Security Administration's security checks."
"The Security Administration will never discover that we've done such a big thing to the auxiliary robots we delivered to them."
Zheng Tong glanced disdainfully at Fang Zhengkang beside him and continued, "With the help of the 'Smart Bug' program, the chairman's requests can be fulfilled with ease."
"At that time, we can use the 'Smart Bug' program to command the auxiliary robots to execute our instructions without the Security Administration being aware of them at all."
"Moreover, they don't just rigidly execute instructions; they also adapt to the on-site environment to ensure that my underhanded operations go undetected."
As Zheng Tong spoke, he picked up the coffee beside him, but just as he was about to bring it to his lips, he suddenly stopped.
"Dr. Fang, did you add anything else to the coffee you brewed for me besides half a sugar?"
"What do you mean?" Fang Zhengkang roared. "What? Are you afraid I'll poison you?"
"Have you done so many bad things that you're even this careful when drinking coffee?"
"Of course I'm not afraid you'll poison me."
Zheng Tong smiled and said, "Because I know—you don't have the guts!"
"If anything happens to me at the company, you won't survive either..."
"What I mean is—you wouldn't hold a grudge against me and deliberately spit in my coffee when you're making it for me, would you?"
"If you really do that, you won't get any of the bonuses for this project."
"I think—everyone should have no objection to you dividing your share equally, right?"
"you!"
"Zheng Tong! You're such a despicable person! Not only did you steal my position, but now you're trying to steal my money too!"
"Fine! You win! I'll go and resign from the chairman's office right now, is that alright?"
"Just kidding, Dr. Fang isn't really getting angry, is he?"
"Besides, I don't believe Dr. Fang would do something so stupid."
"After all, we have the testing equipment here. A quick scan will tell us whether someone has spat into the coffee."
"Even if Dr. Fang wanted revenge, he wouldn't resort to such low-level methods."
Although he said that, Zheng Tong put his coffee back on the table without taking a sip..................
"Alright, let's get back to the main topic."
After teasing Fang Zhengkang, Zheng Tong continued, "As long as the 'Smart Bug' program is running, we can use the auxiliary robot to accomplish anything we want to do."
"For example—accessing the Security Administration's classified files and monitoring everything about the Security Administration in real time!"
"At that time, each auxiliary robot will be equivalent to a mobile monitor."
"All of the Security Administration's operations, daily work, and everything else will be transparent."
"In addition, we can take over the auxiliary robots anytime and anywhere without anyone noticing."
"To give an example—a criminal investigation robot is carrying out a pursuit mission."
"However, we don't want this target to fall into the hands of the Security Agency."
"Then we can directly give instructions to the criminal investigation robot that is carrying out this mission—to make it create opportunities to release the target without leaving a trace during the operation!"
"It is no exaggeration to say that with the 'Smart Bug' program, the Security Agency's reliance on assistive robots and the continuous increase in procurement will lead to a surge in demand."
"The future Security Agency will become a subordinate agency of our Aurora Company!"
"We can become the de facto controller of the Security Agency without being discovered by anyone!"
"By then, anyone we want to protect will be protected, and we can achieve many things through the 'Smart Bug' program..."
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"Then how can you guarantee that your so-called 'intelligent bug' program won't betray you by disobeying its instructions?"
"How can you guarantee that once the 'intelligent bug' program evolves to a certain extent, it won't develop a sense of self and harbor unwarranted ambitions?"
"You must be aware of the risks associated with your 'Smart Bug' program, right?"
Fang Zhengkang immediately refuted Zheng Tong's "intelligent insect" program: "The reason I opposed your proposals in the first place was precisely because I considered this problem!"
“We all know that at the rate of evolution of the ‘Smart Bug’ program, it may not take more than two years for it to develop an independent and autonomous consciousness.”
"Once an independent personality is formed, we cannot guarantee its absolute loyalty at all."
Have you considered the consequences if the "Smart Bug" program goes out of control?
"What do you think you've created? A masterpiece?"
"No! Your 'Smart Bug' program is a demonic product!"
"Enough!" Zheng Tong interrupted Fang Zhengkang's rebuttal directly: "I don't deny that the situations you mentioned could happen."
"However, it is also possible that things are developing in a positive direction."
"Given the characteristics of the 'Smart Bug' program, it's possible it could go out of control, but it's also possible it won't!"
"Who can say for sure about something like this?"
“Master, you are too conservative, too pedantic, and too much of a worrywart.”
Zheng Tong scoffed, "We've already joined Aurora Company, what else do you have to worry about?"
"Everyone knows that Aurora Corporation is definitely not an ordinary company."
"Otherwise, the company wouldn't have assigned us this kind of task."
“From the day we joined Aurora, we knew what this high salary meant.”
"They've already done so many unscrupulous things, how can we still care about so many other things?"
Zheng Tong said coldly, "All I know is that my 'Smart Bug' program is now our only hope for keeping our jobs and our lives!"
"With the 'Smart Bug' program, we can deliver on time to our boss and receive incredibly generous rewards!"
"To put it another way—if the 'intelligent bug' program really gets out of control in two years, then we'll figure out a solution then!"
Zheng Tong said dismissively, "Dr. Fang, in the end, you're just not brave enough."
"Not being bold enough directly limits your potential for growth."
"In this day and age, it's a case of the bold getting rich and the timid starving."
"You might as well ask everyone—everyone has to die eventually."
"At least until humanity masters the technology of immortality, we will all eventually be unable to avoid death."
"Do you want to eat yourself to death or starve to death?"
As he spoke, Zheng Tong looked around at everyone and said, "I think—except for Dr. Fang, everyone's answer is definitely the same."
"If Dr. Fang feels that his values are incompatible with our team and there is no way to continue working together, I can talk to the chairman about this matter personally after this mission is over."
"I'll transfer you to another department."
"The premise is—you're willing to give up the generous benefits that our department offers, which are far higher than those of other departments."
"If you really don't care about money, then I'll grant your wish!"
"Of course, if anyone has the same idea as Dr. Fang, you can bring it up now in front of me."
"I, Zheng Tong, will absolutely not force anyone."
"Forced relationships are never sweet, and this makes everyone uncomfortable."
"Anyone who disagrees with my point of view can raise their hand now."
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"Huh? Dr. Fang, you didn't raise your hand either?"
No one raised their hand.
"now it's right!"
Zheng Tong smiled with satisfaction: "The bolder you are, the more you can achieve."
"Although we are all aware of the risks involved in the 'Smart Bug' program, we cannot deny its advantages because of its potential risks."
"Besides, who knows what will happen in two years..."