Xu Meng had indeed heard of the name "International Neural Interface and Virtual Reality Summit."
This conference, abbreviated as ISNI-VR, has only been established for two years.
However, it stands on the shoulders of two "giants": the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems and the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces.
Its technical exchanges encompass virtual reality, machine learning, computational neuroscience, brain science, and other fields, and it also connects with large venture capital firms and industry partners from around the world.
With both technology and business, it's indeed a hot topic.
If all external factors are excluded, and Xu Meng is simply asked if he is interested in this conference.
Then Xu Meng must say: he is indeed interested.
The technology provided by the system is very advanced, but it is too isolated after all.
Not to mention, simply making the product and then abandoning the technology is a huge waste.
Only by continuously digging deeper, researching, exchanging ideas, and drawing inferences from other things can the value of these technologies be maximized.
Maybe he can optimize the Dream Weaver again.
— Even the current Dream Weaver is different from the prototype given by the system.
Xu Meng has optimized it many times.
As far as he knows, the Xia Country Academy of Sciences has also optimized the Dream Weaver, but the direction is different from his.
All his optimizations are to stabilize the connection and connect the game world.
But the Academy of Sciences is constantly adjusting the underlying details, hoping to make the dream a scientific research place.
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Unfortunately, external factors cannot be ignored.
So he will not accept this invitation.
He doesn't plan to leave the country in the next few years, let alone go to San Francisco.
Not only himself, but the core employees of Dream Weavers—whether it's the research team or the development team—will not attend this conference.
Because once they go, they may not be able to return.
Xu Meng would never fall for such a foolish trick.
Even if refusing this invitation will cause a series of chain reactions—
First, the White House spokesperson held a press conference, publicly stating that "The Great Firewall" is under construction. Once completed, any entity deemed unfriendly, unsafe, inhumane, or illegal by the federal government will be prohibited from entering the US internet.
Then, this invitation letter was sent to Xu Meng.
This approach is very obvious:
If you come to participate in this exchange meeting, then everything is easy to say, and everything can be discussed.
But if you don't come, then Dream Weavers will definitely be marked as an "unfriendly, unsafe, and illegal" entity, included in the sanctions list, and prohibited from entering the US internet.
It looks like a carrot and stick approach.
A standard condescending politician's trick.
But considering the US president's past record, the carrot and the stick may both be fake.
So Xu Meng directly gave a non-response.
As if he didn't see it.
Let's see what tricks you have.
So, amidst the clamor of the world's media, this day passed.
Neither side took any action.
But the next day, an official in the presidential team said in an interview:
"Dream Weavers Game Company poses a huge threat to the data privacy of the American people. Mr. President intends to add it to the sanctions list and prohibit it from entering the national internet."
Xu Meng still turned a blind eye.
Then, a document waiting for the President to sign was "accidentally" leaked.
It was precisely the sanctions order against Dream Weavers Game Company.
Once the President completes the signing, Dream Weavers will be added to the sanctions list, and its internet business in the United States will be severely affected.
But the ambiguity lies in—this document has not yet been signed.
This layer-by-layer pressure tactic, in Xu Meng's eyes, is like a strong man raising a big stick, and then constantly shouting:
"I'm going to smash you! Come and beg for mercy!"
"Beg for mercy, I'm really going to smash you!"
"I'm really, really going to smash you!!"
After watching this scene too many times, Xu Meng's originally nervous mood became speechless.
But continuing like this is not a good thing.
Xu Meng himself doesn't care.
But the employees are very upset, staring at this matter every day, and their work efficiency has declined.
Players are also affected.
These past two days, a bunch of posts in DreamJinli are analyzing these things, talking about it endlessly.
The worst are the American users.
What is just a stick waving in the air for Xu Meng, feels like hitting them every time.
How strong the excitement brought by the Dream Weaver is, how worried and frustrated they are now.
Overseas social networks are in an uproar.
This made Xu Meng feel that he should give some response.
So he called his little assistant.
"Mengling, help me write a statement."
The little assistant ran over da da da, "What statement?"
"Sanctions statement."
"Ah?" Chen Mengling was a little surprised.
It wasn't surprising that Xu Meng was going to sanction someone—it's too normal for Xu Meng to sanction someone, okay?
What surprised her was: it seems that no friendly company has offended Senior recently, right?
"Who are we sanctioning?" she asked curiously.
Xu Meng calmly said a name that she couldn't have imagined even if she racked her brains:
"The United States Federal Government."
"? ? ?" The little assistant's eyes widened, and she couldn't speak smoothly, "The U-U-United States? ?"
"Yes." Xu Meng nodded.
Chen Mengling was stunned, like a silly goose, unable to speak for a long time.
The first sentence she said after finally finding her vocal cords was to persuade: "Senior, do we really have to confront them head-on like this? That's the United States! A large part of our revenue comes from the United States market."
"I know." Xu Meng nodded, "So we are not sanctioning the United States, but the Federal Government."
"You have to understand that the Federal Government is only a part of the United States, and it is not equal to the entire United States."
"Is... ...it?" The little assistant was still a little confused.
"Yes." Xu Meng affirmed.
"So go write it."
"Pay attention to the wording, don't be too harsh."
"Just say that because the Federal Government disregards the facts, violates the World Trade Agreement, destroys the business environment... Anyway, find more similar reasons, and add all the useful reasons."
"Finally, state that, for these reasons, Dream Weavers has decided to add the Federal Government to the 'Untrustworthy' entity list, and reject all cooperation and exchange activities initiated by this agency."
Chen Mengling habitually took out paper and pen to record.
But because she was too shocked, her hands trembled and she couldn't write well.
Fortunately, this will not affect her work—
On his shoulder, a cartoon capybara is holding a pen and paper, writing down every word Xu Meng said.
"Then... ...I'll go write it?"
"Go ahead, after writing, we won't stamp it first, and don't use the official account to publish it."
"Ah?" The little assistant, who had just turned around, was confused again, "Then what is it for to write it?"
Xu Meng smiled slightly: "Of course, it's for accidentally leaking it out."
The little assistant left Xu Meng's office in a daze.
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Three hours later.
DreamJinli's well-known internal spy, the uncle party [Little Lip Pearl] who has accurately revealed Dream Weavers' internal intelligence many times, strikes again—
[Breaking! Dream Weavers is about to launch reciprocal sanctions against the United States Federal Government! Open fire on hegemonism!]
This explosive title instantly attracted the attention of a large number of netizens.
Anyone who sees this title can't help but click in to see what's going on.
And the content of the post is also quite explosive—
—
Super big news!
My uncle had work to confirm with Boss Xu today, but found that the boss was not in the office.
Asked, only to find out that the boss had gone to the development team again to add easter eggs to their game.
I don't know what outrageous easter egg he thought of this time, he left very quickly, and the office door was not closed.
When my uncle was closing the door for him, he saw that his desk was very messy.
My uncle is a super admirer of Boss Xu. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but go in to help him clean up the desk.
Then guess what, what did my uncle see?
A sanctions statement waiting for Boss Xu to sign and stamp!
It's this:
[Picture]
《Statement on Listing the United States Federal Government as an Untrustworthy Entity》
My God, when my uncle saw this thing, he was stunned.
But if you ask me, you can't blame him.
Because I'm stunned when I see it too!
In short, give everyone a heads-up first.
Big news may be coming soon!
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Netizens were indeed stunned when they saw the content of this post.
The picture in the post is really a sanctions statement!
And it is indeed aimed at the United States Federal Government.
But what made everyone stunned was not only this, but the post itself also made netizens feel very explosive—
"Isn't it, bro! Your uncle just ran into the boss's office and photographed the unreleased documents? And he fucking sent it to you? And you posted it? ? ?"
"Damn, Boss Xu is as sturdy as ever! But you, my friend, you and your uncle are even sturdier than Xu Meng!"
"Dream Weavers' administrative management has big problems! ! !"
"No signature means it hasn't been decided yet! This may just be one of the response plans, maybe there is a statement of [Thank you for the Federal Government's understanding and support] in the drawer! Now you are issuing this separately, do you want to force Dream Weavers to abandon the North American market?"
"Malicious intentions! Malicious intentions! !"
"@Xu Meng, @Dream Weavers, @DreamJinli Management, quickly delete the post! Seal this internal spy!"
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This shows how high Dream Weavers and Xu Meng are in the hearts of players.
—Although everyone likes to watch the excitement, but when it really involves Dream Weavers' leak incident, a group of people immediately shouted for the management to delete the post, for fear of causing serious losses to Dream Weavers.
But the DreamJinli management team, which used to respond super sensitively and respond 24 hours a day, now seems to be collectively disconnected from the internet and has not responded for a long time.
This sanctions statement, which has not yet been signed and stamped, has therefore quickly left DreamJinli and spread throughout the domestic social network!
And within just a dozen minutes, it spread to overseas social networks.
And no matter where this statement is spread, it is a sensation!
