Tortuous choice

  The last sentence of the heavenly book made Wang Zhengyu's eyes shine, and he immediately made a decision.

  It's clear that a 3D operating system is good, but the financial pressure is too great. At this time, he absolutely cannot afford to support research costs of tens of billions. More importantly, even if this system is successfully developed, it will still need time for major application service providers to develop application support, and short-term benefits are impossible to see.

  The underlying encrypted operating system, although relatively low in technical content, is highly practical and, more importantly, does not require him to spend a single penny on research and development. This ultra-high cost-effectiveness is just right for his starting stage at this time.

  He can rely on this underlying system to cooperate with Qihoo and make a name for himself, and also get the first pot of gold to support the development of the 3D operating system.

  The only thing that made Wang Zhengyu feel uncomfortable was that after communicating with the Heavenly Book, the excitement of having just obtained 200 million yuan disappeared. Compared to his ideal at this moment, 200 million yuan is like what Huo Guangbo said, not even a fart!

  So he immediately conveyed his final decision to Tian Shu.

  "Give me both systems, I'll make money with the underlying operating system first, and then develop the hardware for the 3D operating system, hurry up!"

  However, Tian Shu's response was beyond Wang Zhengyu's expectations: "Hmm, the idea is pretty good! However, you can only choose one for now!"

  "Why? Don't you have software for both systems?" Wang Zhengyu asked in surprise.

  The Heaven Book opened its mouth to explain with a depressed tone: "I do have both, but my energy is not enough to simultaneously instill two systems in you! Especially since I also need to fully package the technical principles used in the operating system, which requires a lot of energy! Didn't I say that only when I continuously upgrade can I give you more good things? Unless you want me to hibernate for another 2,000 years."

  After Tian Shu's detailed explanation, Wang Zhengyu finally understood that the light wave, this intelligent product, whether it absorbs knowledge from other civilizations or transmits and replicates knowledge to other intelligent life forms, requires a huge amount of energy. When its accumulated energy is insufficient, it will automatically transform into a dormant state. This is also the fundamental reason why it fell asleep for two thousand years after imparting seven skills to Guigu Zizi.

  Ordinary communication may consume less energy and can be ignored.

  However, copying what is stored in the optical system in a way that can be recognized by other different technologies requires massive computation and transmission, which all require massive energy support.

  Once the energy is insufficient to sustain its own operation, it will directly enter a dormant state. This is also one of the reasons why Tiān Shū rarely initiates communication with Wáng Zhèng Yǔ when there is no need.

  There are only two ways for this wave of light to continue gaining energy: hibernation and constant upgrading.

  The speed of energy recovery from hibernation can be imagined. The two-thousand-year-old Heavenly Book has only recovered thirty percent of its energy in its heyday.

  And each time it is upgraded, the Tian Shu immediately gains a large amount of energy, enough to support its separation from part of the information contained in its body and give it to its owner.

  After instilling the traditional Chinese medicine system into Wang Zhengyu, leaving behind the installation package of the intelligent APP, and integrating existing technologies on the global network, the energy accumulated by Tian Shu over two thousand years of hibernation was almost depleted. At this point, there was only enough energy to replicate one operating system. Moreover, even if it only replicated this one operating system, it didn't have enough energy to continue roaming around the network, and could only temporarily fall into a dormant state, waiting for Wang Zhengyu to obtain sufficient energy to upgrade it and reactivate it.

  "What can make you upgrade as soon as possible?" Wang Zhengyu asked hurriedly.

  "Electricity is the most suitable form of energy for my upgrade among the existing forms of energy on your earth!" The Heavenly Book gave out the answer after analysis.

  "Is it just a matter of charging? You should have said so earlier! How long will it take to fully charge?" Wang Zhengyu let out a sigh, as there were no other options available, electricity was at least readily available everywhere.

  "It depends on how many volts you provide, doesn't it? According to your units of measurement, without accounting for loss, about 10 billion degrees of electricity would be enough for me to level up!" Tian Shu said.

  "Oh! Ten billion...... wait, what did you say? You need ten billion degrees of electricity to upgrade one level? Are you sure it's not eleven degrees of electricity?" Wang Zhengyu's nerves, which had just relaxed, tensed up again. Ten billion degrees of electricity to upgrade one level? It turns out that compared to developing a 3D operating system, this Tian Shu thing is a waste of money!

  "It's ten billion, not eleven!" Tian Shu affirmed once again.

  Wang Zhengyu casually calculated it, even if he used the cheapest household electricity rate, 10 billion degrees would cost more than 500 million RMB to achieve, not to mention that tiered pricing is currently in effect. Moreover, which household uses electricity in units of billions? And obviously, he can't use household appliance voltage to charge this thing, it takes several hours just to charge a phone, and to charge 10 billion degrees, it would take until the monkey year (a Chinese idiom for "never") to upgrade it.

  So to maintain the sustainable development of Tiānshū, he must also have a large power plant, preferably a nuclear power plant. This investment... Wang Zhèngyǔ almost cried out loud and suddenly felt like he had been cheated.

  If Wang Zhengyu didn't know about the epoch-making technology hidden in the Heavenly Book, that would be fine. But with the app given by the Heavenly Book, he had already made a fortune and was satisfied for this lifetime.

  Now he knows that the heavenly book can casually give him a copy of an operating system, which may make him stand at the pinnacle of the world like Bill Gates. How can he still tolerate what the heavenly book brings to him?

  It's just like a stunning beauty, stripped down to just three points posing, constantly teasing a vigorous young man, with her mouth still saying: "Come on, handsome guy, it's free!"

  When this young man was provoked and his blood surged, he rushed up to find that the remaining three points were all welded with gold and even had electronic locks. This kind of depressing feeling is enough to make people collapse.

  Wang Zhengyu felt that way at this time, he suddenly felt that he was going crazy, compared to the money he needed, the 20 million he got from selling that APP was nothing.

  "Indeed, it's always difficult at the beginning!" Wang Zhengyu sighed and looked up at the sky.

  He believes that with the help of Tianshu, when his career is on track, tens or even hundreds of billions of funds will not be a problem. However, at this initial stage, he has to face a dilemma and make a choice between two operating systems.

  After a long time of hesitation, Wang Zhengyu finally decided to choose the underlying operating system. This is the choice made by Wang Zhengyu after careful consideration, and the reason is simple: things must be done step by step, and meals must be eaten mouthful by mouthful.

  According to Yu Yanhong, the most important problem facing domestic operating systems now is not a revolutionary new type of operating system, but rather information security issues. On this premise, a bottom-layer encryption system that requires no investment at all obviously has a much higher cost-effectiveness than developing a 3D operating system.

  What's most important is that Wang Zhengyu can still make the most of this system and related technology to rake in gold, and once he has enough capital, he can upgrade Tian Shu, get some good stuff from it, and then continue making money to develop the 3D system.

  Having made up his mind, Wang Zhengyu directly informed Tian Shu, who was waiting for him to make a decision.

  "Are you ready?" Tian Shu asked in a very human-like manner.

  Wang Zhengyu nodded generously, and had to say that although this method of acquiring knowledge was quick, each time he received the heavenly book's knowledge infusion was a near-death experience.

  "Transmission begins!" The voice of the Heavenly Book fell, and in the pitch-black room, a golden light flashed by, directly entering Wang Zhengyu's brow.

  Another wave of brain-splitting pain later, all sorts of computer principles and lines of code were once again etched into Wang Zhengyu's mind.

  "It's done, I need to rest for a while again. The equipment needed for my upgrade has also been transmitted to you, so make sure you're well-prepared before summoning me!" With that, the Heavenly Book disappeared from Wang Zhengyu's mind.

  After the Tian Shu disappeared, Wang Zhengyu suddenly felt a dizziness. Everything that happened in just two days made Wang Zhengyu feel like he was dreaming.

  If it weren't for the solidly imprinted systematic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in his mind, along with countless programming techniques, and the sound of He Guangbo's snores from next door, Wang Zhengyu would have suspected that he was just having a beautiful dream.

  "Everything is different!" Wang Zhengyu thought to himself, secretly making up his mind. With such an extraordinary encounter, how could he not achieve something great?

  The deepest thought, let Wang Zhengyu's whole body and mind go through a huge transformation, bid farewell to the past mediocrity, bid farewell to the petty bourgeois mentality of being content with small gains, become a great person beyond the level of Bill Gates, this is the goal set by Wang Zhengyu for himself at this time.

  Just thinking of his own empty wallet, Wang Zhengyu, who had just been bursting with confidence, began to toss and turn again, "Ah, only 20 million, damn it's so poor!"

  Tonight, destined to be sleepless.

  ……

  Mo XiaoYao lay in bed, equally sleepless.

  Wang Zhengyu's shadow occasionally flashed in her mind.

  The first confession's wildness, the calmness on the Chinese medicine fighting stage, the daze of their first contact today, and the garrulousness when meeting her grandfather - which one is the real him? Unconsciously, Mo Xiaoyao found herself becoming more and more curious about this classmate who was still quite unfamiliar to her just yesterday.

  She, who had no experience in romance, didn't know that when a woman starts to be curious about a man, she is already not far from being conquered by him. Especially now that she even started losing sleep because of the image of this young man in her mind, this was absolutely a very dangerous signal.

  It's better that Wang Zhengyu doesn't know the girl he likes is having a hard time because of him, or else his reasons for wanting money would have another addition - love costs money these days!