Brainoid

Ms. Lin Ying and Mr. Li Tingyao were surprised at first, but then they thought it was natural - otherwise, who would be willing to raise an unrelated young man as a son for nothing? However, thinking about it this way, the gap between his son and Qi Min has widened again. They are married anyway, and the one in their family is not worried about playing with the brain at home all day long.

Ms. Lin Ying couldn't help but start thinking about how to find a partner for her son. After thinking for a while, he asked first: "Did Lele meet this kid abroad?"

"Yes..." The old couple always felt that it was most embarrassing for Chinese girls to find foreign boyfriends. At this time, Mr. Qi Zhiguang had to explain again, "But our 'son' is also Chinese, but... over there Got it."

Who would believe this? After all, Anton looks like a mixed race. Fortunately, Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong was very smart and added: "Do you think he doesn't look like a pure Han? He has Russian ancestry - do the Russians know that? A minority."

"Is there any extra points for the college entrance examination?" Ms. Lin Ying asked casually.

"It might have existed before." Mr. Qi Zhiguang replied, and then added, "It's probably gone now."

Qi Min is the boyfriend she found herself, which is indeed not easy to learn from. Ms. Lin Ying said half-jokingly: "The young man is so good-looking. I don't know if he has any relatives or friends. Please introduce one to us Gao Gao."

"Hey, you are still worrying about this. Maybe Gao Gao is annoyed." Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong patted her, "Now the concept is different. Young people don't have to get married."

Ms. Lin Ying felt that this was a bit uncomfortable to talk about while standing. After all, her daughter was already married, so it always seemed a bit strange to tell others that marriage was not important.

However, Mr. Li Tingyao said tolerantly: "That's right. Nowadays, young people have many ways to communicate. The people they know on the brain-like body are not necessarily less than the people we know in reality."

"But what's the point of soaking in brainoids all day long?" Ms. Lin Ying couldn't help complaining.

In fact, the main conflict is still over the obsession with brain-like bodies. Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong and Mr. Qi Zhiguang looked at each other. As the inventor of brain-like bodies, their daughter also spends all day in brain-like bodies, and they also often play in brain-like bodies. But no one has ever said that Qi Min is not doing her real job - there is no doubt that brain-like bodies are her "right job".

"Gao Gao likes brainoids so much, why don't he find a related job?" Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong suggested.

"Huh? Then we don't have to soak in the brain-like body all day long?" Ms. Lin Ying felt that was not possible.

"Oh, you don't understand. A brain-like body is a virtual world. What is the essential difference from the real world? Working in a brain-like body is also a serious job, just like going to work." Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong said, "We are Lele Just work in the brain-like body, plug in the interface and you can go to work, and you don’t have to run back and forth in the morning and evening.”

Ms. Lin Ying thought about it carefully and suddenly felt that this was quite good. Doesn't her son like to play with brainoids? Find a job in a brain-like body and let him take the job this time. And if you can spend more time at your workplace, it might help you find a partner.

"Hey, what qualifications do you need to find a job in a brain-like body?" Ms. Lin Ying asked.

"Different positions are different..." Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong really didn't know the details.

Instead, Mr. Qi Zhiguang said, "Let's ask Lele again later when she comes out."

After a while, Qi Min finally tidied up and walked downstairs with Anton. Just as he was about to go out, he was stopped by Ms. Zhu Shaoqiong and mentioned about finding a job.

"This... is easy to handle." Qi Min said quickly, "The R\u0026D position may require more professional knowledge, but being an administrator is definitely fine."

Although the administrators have just gone on strike, it does not affect recruitment. Brainoids are expanding all the time, and the team of administrators is also expanding. Brainoid companies don't want to hire idle people, but it doesn't mean they can't raise one or two employees with CTO connections.

"Administrator...what do you do?" Mr. Li Tingyao was a little hesitant.

Mr. Qi Zhiguang then said: "It's just to ensure that nothing happens to the brain-like body area responsible for it."

"What's wrong, is Lele doing this now?" Ms. Lin Ying asked, "Why isn't she in school?"

"No... I'm doing research and development." Qi Min smiled a little sheepishly, "The company makes more money after all."

Even if the matter is settled like this. Qi Min agreed to "introduce" Li Yanjing to the brain-like body company and asked the old neighbor and his wife to go back and discuss it with their son first. Although it was said to be a slap-on-the-head decision, Ms. Lin Ying and Mr. Li Tingyao also sought medical treatment in a hurry. People of their generation always think that young people should work hard and not just mess around even if they have time to do so.

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After figuring out what happened to the old couple, Qi Min was dragged out by Anton to go through the car buying procedures. Because I wanted to buy a car, I simply didn’t drive there. Fortunately, there were a lot of empty seats on the subway at this time.

Anton couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw Qi Min's depressed expression even though he looked normal on the surface. But he also knew clearly that Qi Min's depression was not due to overtime work. If work is to create a better world, then she can do it like a chicken. But if the overtime work is just to fix the bugs of a system that was forced to be released early, and the premature birth of this system is to cover up the real problems - it will make people feel that their efforts are not worth it.

But the administrator's affairs are obviously not frozen in a day. The problems of Brainoid Company are neither unique nor accidental, but structural defects inevitably caused by unbalanced development. More qualitatively speaking, this is the so-called fundamental contradiction between the social nature and private nature of capital. Although Professors Qi Min, Yelena and Zhou Xiaoshan do not seek personal gain from this, the brain-like body company is still fundamentally inseparable from the capitalist operating model.

In this mode, even the creators of brain-like bodies cannot escape the fate of self-alienation and becoming tool humans.

"I want to know... have you ever thought about what to do in the future?" Anton suddenly asked softly.

This question seems to have no beginning or end, but Qi Min can naturally understand it. He is referring to the current problems of the brain-like body company and how to solve them in the future. If it can't be solved, what should she do when she wants to retire in the future.

In this regard, Qi Min just said: "In the future... there really doesn't have to be a future."

"Why?" Anton was a little surprised, "You have to use your limited life to fight against infinite contradictions."

"It's too early to think about it in the future, and we will probably never retire." Qi Min said lightly, "If I die one day, I will continue to work as a dead soul. Everyone says that social development is slow and the opportunity is not good. Maturity...it doesn't matter, I can wait."

She took a deep breath and said in a deep tone that was somewhat inconsistent with the current atmosphere: "I will not give up the brainoid body."