Memory inheritor

Chapter 12 Consequences

Meeting Ji Yongsheng's gaze, Wei Hongsi nodded and said in a loud voice, "Based on my analysis of Plan B, combined with the client's actual test data, the percentage of subjects who experienced emotional shifts was approximately 35%, with an average tolerance threshold of 47 times..."

He paused as he spoke, noticing Yu Sheng tapping the table in front of him twice with his hand.

Then Yu Sheng said, "President Ding, let me explain the meaning of these two figures to you. 35% of those who looked at Plan B will have a negative reaction, but this won't happen at the beginning; it will happen after they've looked at it about 47 times."

Ding Yafan glared at Yu Sheng, gritting her teeth as she said, "I don't need your explanation."

Yu Sheng smiled and raised his hand, signaling Wei Hongsi to continue.

Wei Hongsi thought to himself, "Is President Yu trying to make me the target of hatred?"

He continued, "Based on the target consumer group of the client's product and the media the client plans to advertise, viewers' refusal to buy behavior will appear two weeks after the ad starts on Google Ads, and will theoretically peak in the third week."

"In other words, in the first two weeks after Plan B is launched, its Google Ads effect is normal, or even an excellent Google Ads, which should have a good conversion rate. However, after two weeks, a strong negative effect will appear."

"Viewers' refusal to buy is not only reflected in their personal choices of consumer goods, but also spreads this idea to those around them. This negative word-of-mouth spreads extremely quickly online and is extremely difficult to eliminate."

Wei Hongsi stopped there, nodding to Ji Yongsheng in acknowledgment.

Ji Yongsheng said, "Everyone should be aware of this matter. If Engineer Wei's first report had adopted the conclusions of the standard model, what consequences would have occurred? Everyone can share their opinions."

Miao Rui, the director of Department 8, said, "In that case, Plan B will be rolled out in full force. The new product of Paradise Beverages should go smoothly in the early stages of its launch, but its reputation will suddenly reverse after half a month. I estimate that they will not be able to find the reason in a short period of time, and therefore will not be able to solve the problem. The promotion plan for the new product will end in a disastrous failure."

Lu Jiaqi was his subordinate. He knew that Ji Cheng and others had come to the company yesterday afternoon, and Lu Jiaqi had reported the situation to him afterwards. He knew at the time that the matter was quite serious. This morning, Lu Jiaqi reported the request to him, and he immediately communicated with Yu Sheng, so Wei Hongsi quickly received the work assignment.

However, he did not expect that the severity of the situation would far exceed his expectations, including at this moment.

"It doesn't stop there," Yu Sheng said, patting Miao Rui's arm. "Old Miao, you underestimate people's resistance. It's not just the new products at the amusement park that will be affected; it will spread to aversion towards the entire amusement park brand. Even that minor celebrity who chose option B will be affected."

Lin Fangzhe, General Manager of the Finance Center, said, "If I remember correctly, the market value of Leyuan Beverage should exceed 3000 billion yuan. If that situation really happens, it would be nothing short of a disaster for them. Even worse, if Leyuan Beverage is targeted by short-selling institutions, it could suffer losses of tens of billions of yuan. The subsequent company turmoil and brand rebuilding would require even greater investments."

Chien Chia-yu said, "Do you all think that those capable of orchestrating these things wouldn't target Zhiwei? If Plan B fails, how much better off will we be than the beverage company at the amusement park? You haven't forgotten about 'Dome Technology,' have you?"

Ten years ago, Dome Technology was a behemoth in the industry, far surpassing Zhiwei in both scale and influence. However, seven years ago, it collapsed almost overnight. Although the reasons were complex, the trigger was something that touched the boundaries of cognitive science ethics.

The essence of Option B is the manipulation of the human subconscious by AI. Even at the experimental level, its creation would plunge Zhiwei Technology into a moral crisis. If it were to be rolled out across the media, the number of people affected would be in the tens of millions, which is even more serious than what Dome Technology faced back then.

After listening to everyone's analysis, Ji Yongsheng looked at Meng Haolin and asked, "President Meng, do you now realize how serious the problem is?"

Meng Haolin's face was deathly pale, his eyes staring blankly at the screen in front of him. After a moment, he sighed deeply and said dejectedly, "President Ji, please refill my tea."

Ji Yongsheng nodded slowly and waved towards the door.

The meeting room door opened, and two service staff members came in carrying trays, replacing everyone's teacups from top to bottom according to the order of the meeting room.

After a few drinks had been changed, Meng Haolin suddenly reached out and grabbed the wrist of the waiter next to him: "Li Yunxiang, wait a moment."

Caught off guard, the waiter immediately knocked over the tray in his hand, and the teacups flew out and shattered on the ground.

Gu Shiming, who was sitting to Meng Haolin's right, quickly got up to dodge, but still got quite a bit of tea splashed on him. Fortunately, the tea wasn't very hot, so he wasn't injured, but he looked quite disheveled.

This sudden scene stunned everyone present.

Because Li Yunxiang often provides support services at management meetings, many people recognize her. She is also the rather unconventional service staff member in Wei Hongsi's eyes.

Ji Yongsheng said to another waiter, "You can go out now." The man nodded and left with the tray.

"Mr. Meng, what are you doing?" Li Yunxiang was both anxious and angry, shaking her arm vigorously. Meng Haolin, however, held on very tightly, and she couldn't shake him off at all.

After the meeting room door closed, Meng Haolin questioned in a voice laced with suppressed extreme anger: "Li Yunxiang, wasn't it you who handed over the standard eye-tracking analysis model to CMS for analysis?"

"I don't understand what you're saying, let go!" Li Yunxiang frantically tried to pry the hand that was gripping her wrist.

Meng Haolin abruptly stood up, forcefully pulling Li Yunxiang onto the back seat: "Stop pretending. I've thrown away all my pride just to get you to explain this clearly."

Li Yunxiang looked bewildered and aggrieved: "President Meng, what do you want me to say?"

Meng Haolin said, "You were able to enter my office and know how to gain console access. I only told you about the backdoor instruction set for the CMS log storage block. If you weren't the one who did the standard model thing, who else could it be?"

Li Yunxiang lowered her head and sobbed, saying, "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just a cleaner; I don't understand any of what you're saying."

Hearing their conversation, everyone understood what had happened, but found it hard to believe.

Li Yunxiang's official job title is Environmental Maintenance Officer, and her job duties mainly involve cleaning and providing support for meetings. Because her work area includes special locations such as laboratories and server rooms, the requirements for personnel are higher.

However, to say that she can use the console and invoke CMS commands is a bit far-fetched, let alone perform high-difficulty operations such as having CMS perform deep learning of standard models or using CMS to parse and render GG content.

If Li Yunxiang had the technical skills, she would at least be at the Z3 level, so why would she have stayed in the environmental maintenance worker position for three or four years?

But since Meng Haolin said those things, it was clearly not without reason.

Could it really be Li Yunxiang who did it?