Qin Zhilu seemed to be busy, and An Yu waited until he got off the bus at the intersection of the bakery before receiving a reply.
-Your bakery costs RMB 90 million, and the expansion to the convenience store next door costs RMB 70 million. The expansion and renovation costs have now cost more than RMB 1 million. is there a problem?
An Yu stopped suddenly in the crowded crowd and immediately replied: "No problem, the screenshot is wrong due to trembling hands. I just wanted to say good morning to you."
-Well, morning.
A notification pops up at the top of the terminal.
[Points transfer] - Lu has just transferred 2,000,000 record points (PS: After the expansion, buy four new ovens and hire two helpers, so don’t exhaust Maddie to death.)
An Yu immediately confirmed receipt, hesitated and sent another message: "Sir, it seems you are not obligated to pay for the bakery's equipment and manpower."
-Last night's reward.
An Yu was surprised for a while.
-Then I'll go tonight, okay?
-No. You sleep so soundly that I can't even sleep.
-I'm very sorry……
The corner bakery opened a new store today, and people were queuing up outside the door, almost filling the entire street.
An Yu finally squeezed himself into the store, only to see a familiar figure taking orders at the counter.
"New candle biscuits and stump bread, five each. Is there a purchase limit? Then three each. Oh, and two corner loaves."
After Guo Xin finished ordering, he turned around and saw An Yu, and said in surprise: "Hey! It's you. I haven't seen you in the store for many days."
The young old man was more decently dressed than when they met before. Judging from An Yu's blindness, although he was still wearing a plaid shirt, the texture of the fabric was much better. He subconsciously turned his head and looked at the virtual idol Mo Li on the electronic screen in the building opposite. He said "Oh" and said dryly: "Aren't you a bread scalper now?"
Guo Xin also looked at the big screen, his eyes sparkling, "No need, my Mo Li has come out."
"So you made her, did you do it alone?" An Yu was a little surprised, "I thought she needed very high technology."
"..." Guo Xin looked at him coldly, "You seem to be scolding me. Mo Li does require high technical skills, and a whole team worked together to implement her code, but I am the core designer, and she is mine. My child, she will be my eyes, seeing the whole world for me through the Internet. She is omnipotent, and I will be everywhere."
An Yu didn't understand and could only nod emotionlessly, "That's awesome. I wish you success."
Guo Xin took the bread bag from Xu Shuangshuang and patted An Yu's arm with a smile, "No matter how good you are, why don't you get up early and line up outside your store every day? Business is booming, boss."
An Yu watched him run all the way into the office building opposite, and then glanced at the beautiful girl who was still sleeping on the screen.
People in line were taking photos with the sleeping Mo Li.
An Yu didn't understand. If he had known that he could earn enough money from the main city by sleeping during live streaming, he should have come to the main city early in the morning.
"The boss is here!" Xu Shuangshuang rushed out from behind the counter enthusiastically, "Just in time, haven't two of the three new products you have chosen been approved? The official title has not yet been officially announced, and the picture of the bread description card has been prepared. La, you can write an official announcement copy."
An Yu nodded and took the phone from her, then frowned at the little girl being chased by a dog on the screen.
"What's this?"
"My virtual daughter." Xu Shuangshuang nodded the little girl's hair, and a bubble box popped up on the screen.
-Stop messing with me, I'm busy! AI concept stocks and consumer stocks led the gains today, and your heavy holdings of energy stocks have dropped to their limit.
An Yu's eyes suddenly became sharp when he looked at Xu Shuangshuang.
"Ahem." Xu Shuangshuang took the phone back awkwardly, "Well, the company next door that developed Moli has released a small program for fools to operate. It can import photos, personality parameters, and some conversation records to automatically generate a new virtual person. Little people, many people are keeping them for fun now. Of course, they are incomparable to Mo Li. Mo Li can interact with dozens of people at the same time without being indifferent. She has developed her own personality and wisdom. "
She sent the mini program to An Yu, "Look, you can also create a son based on your own photo, haha."
The mini program automatically pops up on the screen, and the first step is to upload photos.
An Yu flipped through the photo album for a long time. There was no one in his photo album, so he casually clicked on the officer's profile picture, took a screenshot and uploaded it.
The system scanned for a moment and then the next command popped up.
[Please enter his/her name, your name for him/her, and his/her name for you]
An Yu casually entered: "Little Octopus Qin Zhilu", "Sir", "An Yu".
[Please select species].
Why is this thing similar to the registration process of an orphanage?
An Yu hesitated for a while between humans and octopuses, but chose "octopus".
[Please check the 3 most prominent personality tags]
An Yu chose "serious", "impressive" and "not fond of laughing".
[Please slide the scale below and place the pointer on how far you think the relationship between him and you is. The rightmost represents "intimacy", the left represents "extreme hatred", and the middle represents "no emotion, just acquaintance". 】
An Yu hesitated for a while, then moved the ruler a little from the left to the right, moved a little across the middle, and then stopped.
[The system recognizes your relationship as "can chat a few words". 】
An Yu continued to move a lot to the right.
[The system identifies your relationship as "talking about everything"]
An Yu hesitated for a while, then moved a little further to the left.
[The system identifies your relationship as "relatively familiar"]
An Yu frowned and tentatively moved to the right.
Moving around, there seemed to be only one label between "Talk about everything" and "Relatively familiar", so he had to hesitate and let the ruler stop within the range of that label.
[It has been confirmed that your relationship is "rapidly developing"]
Soon, a two-headed octopus man with Qin Zhilu's face appeared on the screen. He stared at An Yu seriously. After staring for half a minute, he suddenly smiled unnaturally at him for 0.5 seconds. He quickly returned to seriousness.
An Yu was surprised, it seemed like the effect was okay?
[Please upload conversations for AI to learn. Real screenshots, recordings, and text input are all acceptable! 】
An Yu took screenshots of his daily conversations with his superiors one by one, then called up the mission voices randomly recorded and saved by the terminal, filtered out those with mission content, and uploaded the rest.
Soon, the octopus man who had finished studying sent the first screen message.
-Why do you want to make me an AI? Do you know that this may constitute a leak?
An Yu looked up in shock and said to Xu Shuangshuang, "That's amazing."
"That's right. My daughter can already help me handle a lot of investment decisions. Her brain circuit is exactly the same as mine." Xu Shuangshuang yawned, "Are you comparing yourself to yourself? It's just right. You can let it do it for you. Think of a promotional copy, technology benefits lazy cancer, haha."
An Yu nodded and carefully took pictures of the description cards of the two new breads and uploaded them to the dialog box.
-Sir, this is a new product that I told you before. Can you please help me think of the official announcement copy?
- Leave this to Billy. That's not what the officer does.
"It's so similar..." An Yu was stunned and continued typing.
-Billy, like me, has little education.
-Please.
-...Ling Qiu is right, you are indeed a loser.
"Uh." An Yu said hesitantly to Xu Shuangshuang: "It doesn't seem to be completely consistent."
The commander had never criticized him so bluntly. From what he knew about his superiors, it didn't seem likely that this would happen either.
-never mind. I helped you once and I won’t do it again next time.
An Yu's eyes lit up.
-Thanks!
A few minutes later, the Corner Bakery’s official social media account posted a new announcement.
@cornerbakery: Two new products are available in this issue, "Candle Biscuits That Will Not Go Out" and "Guardian Thorn Stump Bread". For details, please see the bread description card at the end of the post. The boss' AI postscript: "Bread is just something to fill your stomach, just glance at the description card. Don't dwell on other people's past, leave your compassion to the important people, and wait for the future with courage and love."
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[An Yu Bread Diary] 03 New products from the orphanage No. 2
The expanding Corner Bread seems to be firing on all cylinders.
The popularity of candle biscuits had just begun, and a second piece of hand-drawn information about new products appeared on the small blackboard.
"Guardian Thorn Stump Bread."
"The bread shell is hard, mixed with 100% cocoa liquid, and very bitter. But when you break it open, you will find layers of soft bread core. If you taste it carefully, it has a light but unforgettable sweetness."
"The big tree was knocked down by the wind and snow, leaving only a weak stump. It insisted on continuing to shade the surrounding area and tried its best to stretch out the remaining branches, but unexpectedly the thorns on it turned over the dying seeds in the soil and became even more ruined."
"But even if it is not appreciated, it is still a sincere guardian."
"Friendly reminder: Chocolate thorns may puncture your mouth, but if you encounter them, please don't resent them."
Chapter 60 Main City·60
"So don't join the carnival hastily. The frozen river will eventually resume flowing. Its pace will never stop and it will never reverse."
The poet changed into a black silk shirt and trousers, held the candle that was about to burn out, and stepped into the candle circle in the center of the church.
He stepped over the candle tears everywhere and put the small candle tip into the giant wax in the center.
“There is nothing to worry about for the orphans who have passed away.
"Tonight, strangers pray for every immature soul——
“I wish to reunite with my loved ones and no longer be subject to vigilance and scrutiny.
"May the great creation remember their suffering and grant them an inch of peace."
An Yu and Dian stood side by side in the crowd, clasping their hands together and praying quietly.
When he closed his eyes, An Yu's mind did not have the dead Chen Nian and Bai Jing, but the Container No. 019 who he had never met but died because of him.
The poet led everyone to read the last poem to calm their worries, and said with a smile: "Not a single snowflake will melt, just as every care will leave an indelible mark. Good night, main city."
The crowd began to disperse. An Yu took out his terminal and clicked on the little octopus man Qin Zhilu on the screen.
Qin Zhilu, who was working on documents with more than a dozen octopus legs at the desk, raised his head and glanced at him indifferently.
