Two options

  Wang Zhengyu and Huo Guangbo finished dinner under the enthusiastic hospitality of Xu Yinan, and were sent back to the hotel by Qihoo's special car at around 10 pm.

  The city of Beijing in the night sky under the flashing neon lights appears exceptionally prosperous.

  Wang Zhengyu didn't have the mood to pay attention to the vibrant scene outside the window, and just taking care of the obviously drunk Huo Guangbo was already exhausting him.

  In fact, for He Guangbo, who usually has a half jin of wine capacity, what he drank today is not considered much. However, perhaps due to the lack of rest in recent days, his state was clearly not good, and after drinking two liang of Wuliangye, his face was already flushed red, unable to hold his liquor.

  Fortunately, Wang Zhengyu had just suffered from drinking and making mistakes, so he didn't drink a drop of wine this time and managed to escape unscathed.

  Huo Guangbo was thrown onto his bed in his room, Wang Zhengyu returned to his own room, took out his mobile phone and began to summon the Heavenly Book.

  In fact, Wang Jianyu was very interested in Xu Yihao's proposal to develop a self-owned intellectual property operating system.

  Last century, Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with others and made a fortune with the WINDOWS operating system series alone, holding the title of world's richest man for 13 years. Along with his title as the richest man came the sale of the WINDOWS operating system to every corner of the world, countless application service providers developed applications and served customers based on the programming standards and interfaces provided by Windows.

  More than 20 years have passed, and computers have become an essential part of people's lives. Windows remains as popular as ever. Every time Microsoft updates Windows, it affects the entire global IT industry. Even if a new version is bad or provides a poor user experience, people still can't help but continue using the operating system provided by Microsoft, while complaining about it at the same time.

  Because for most computer users, Windows is their only choice.

  Just like although last year the Prism door event exploded, letting everyone clearly know that Microsoft left a backdoor for eavesdropping in the system, but also had no choice but to continue using it.

  It's like in a country of dwarfs, suddenly a giant appeared, and this giant is a hooligan. He was caught red-handed by the dwarfs, but he still shouted loudly: "I am a hooligan, what can you do to me?"

  If Wang Zhengyu were that giant, with his introverted SAO personality, he would definitely feel great, but unfortunately, he is also a member of the dwarves. So he's not happy, very unhappy.

  If it were in the past, he would have endured even if he was unhappy, but now with Tian Shu backing him up, he didn't want to continue being a pushover. So when Xu Yanhong brought up this topic, he became interested. After all, if one had to choose between bullying others and being bullied, normal people would choose the former.

  After getting in touch with Tian Shu in the quilt, Wang Zhengyu recited the contents of his communication with Xu Yanzhong today in his mind, and then asked hopefully: "That President Xu said that the technical reserves behind the APP application you gave me can absolutely support an operating system. You won't tell me you can't do it, will you?"

  "Impossible? Who says it's impossible? Even if I'm just a ray of light, I still have dignity, how can it be impossible?"

  Perhaps it's the two thousand plus years of hibernation that made this product sleep for too long, or perhaps it's being immersed in the internet every day and being assimilated by various short jokes online, Wang Zhengyu feels that this self-proclaimed heavenly book is becoming more and more like a nagging talker, not at all like an intelligent product.

  "Then hurry up and give it to me!" Wang Zhengyu's eyes immediately lit up with excitement as soon as he heard that. This was an operating system developed from alien technology that was who-knows-how-many years ahead of Earth's, just thinking about it made Wang Zhengyu feel very impressed.

  "You think it's just a mobile app? Say give and I'll give?"

  Wang Zhengyu didn't know if it was an illusion, but he somehow sensed a hint of disdain from the tone of the Heavenly Book.

  "Rubbish! You're still pretending? Believe it or not, I'll let you continue sleeping for another two thousand years!" Wang Zhengyu said angrily.

  "Alright, actually I just wanted to tell you that according to your requirements and based on my understanding of the current level of computer development in this world, there are two options that are most suitable. Of course, which one to choose is still up to you, Master!" Wang Zhengyu's firmness immediately softened Tian Shu.

  Wang Zhengyu was taken aback and hastily asked: "Which two options? Tell me!"

  "The first is to develop a bottom-layer encrypted operating system, and the second is to develop a three-dimensional operating system!"

  The heavenly book gave two nouns, unfortunately Wang Zhengyu did not understand either of them.

  "I don't understand!" Wang Zhengyu said straightforwardly and confidently.

  "In that case, I'll first transmit the principles of these two operating systems to you, and then you can make your choice!" Tian Shu said, not caring whether Wang Zhengyu was ready or not, and once again directly transmitted the contents over.

  It was another excruciating process, like when he was studying the traditional Chinese medicine system. Wang Zhengyu suddenly felt a little sorry for his ancestor, Guiguzi, who had been tormented by the heavenly book for seven consecutive days, every night, and that was quite tragic.

  But this time was brief, and Wang Zhengyu quickly understood the meaning of these two terms.

  So-called underlying encryption operating system, purely for security and stability development of an operating system.

  The peculiarity of this operating system lies in the fact that it does not directly support any applications, but on this basic platform, other operating systems can be supported. And when other systems run on this underlying operating system platform, all data generated by the system are isolated from each other by this underlying operating system.

  Here is the translation:

  To make a simple analogy, this is like putting a computer in a safe. If you want to steal data through the computer, you first need to pry open the safe's door. And when this computer goes online and needs to transmit data outward, this data must first pass through this underlying operating system. In this process, this underlying operating system will directly generate a small encrypted package that wraps all the data inside it, which is automatically decrypted after reaching its destination.

  It can be said that this is a fully developed operating system for the security of personal privacy. It's like a special firewall, but because all protocols are based on the lowest-level protocol of computer hardware, its function is hundreds of times stronger than a firewall. Plus its unique data encryption method, it completely eliminates the possibility of leakage from the root.

  A 3D operating system is a completely new operating system that abandons the existing graphical user interface and introduces three-dimensional concepts, which is also one of the main development directions of future operating systems.

  Its principle is to generate a three-dimensional image through a transparent light-emitting diode, and through high-definition cameras, gesture recognition systems, and advanced voice control engines, track the operator's eye movements, recognize the operator's gestures and voices, allowing the operator to directly control computer operations with gestures and voices. Applications, movies, and games developed based on this operating system will bring an immersive experience to the operator.

  Of course, both operating systems have their own advantages and disadvantages.

  Installing the underlying operating system has the advantage of being relatively simple, with convenient operation, high security, strong compatibility and stability, and users do not need to replace their existing computer equipment, they can easily raise the security level of their computer by several times. After installing this system, even if the user uses a WINDOWS system that has not been patched at all, there is absolutely no risk of being poisoned or attacked.

  But apparently this operating system is still dependent on other operating systems because it only has isolation and encryption functions, and does not support any applications.

  While the 3D operating system is a revolutionary operating system, it is much more complex and also requires higher-level hardware support. Users need to add new devices, replace or partially replace existing devices in order to support the operation of this operating system.

  Most importantly, if Wang Zhengyu really wants to develop a 3D operating system, he still needs to first develop hardware support that matches this operating system with the help of Tiangong. Compared to the underlying operating system, this is absolutely a huge project, and the funds required are not a small amount.

  However, if this system is truly developed successfully with the assistance of Tian Shu and put into the market, it may completely replace Microsoft's position and make Wang Zhengyu the father of the new century's operating system, which would be a great achievement.

  "How much funding would it take to develop this 3D operating system?" Wang Zhengyu, who was itching with excitement at the prospect of a 3D operating system, silently asked himself.

  "The software part is ready-made, mainly the trial and development of the hardware part. Including the investment in development equipment and laboratories, based on the quotations of materials and equipment online, I estimate that 4 to 5 billion would be enough to achieve the best effect!" Tian Shu said lightly.

  "Whoa! 40-50 billion is enough, right?"

  Wang Zhengyu was almost knocked out by the calm tone of the Heavenly Book. Does this guy have any concept of money at all? Ten billion?! It's enough to kill someone, but his tone is as if he's talking about ten bucks.

  "What's four or five billion? This system alone is worth tens of billions! You have to know, if this 3D system is really developed, it can completely replace the existing graphical operating systems within three years at most. More importantly, I can guarantee that this system will be absolutely impossible to pirate within ten years!" Tian Shu said proudly.

  "Alright! I'll consider this, and how much investment is roughly needed for that underlying operating system?"

  Wang Zhengyu retreated and asked for the second best, after all, selling now would not get him 4 or 5 billion. Of course, he could look for VC investment, Xu Yihong would be a good choice, but Wang Zhengyu was not that short-sighted, he did not want to hand over a large part of his future huge gains to others.

  "An underlying operating system? That's just a piece of junk software, it's free and available whenever you want!" Tian Shu said disdainfully.