Super Copy of Great Power Technology

"Now that Jay Chou's performance is over, can we go now?"

"Well, let's go now. If we move quickly, we can get home before dark."

Du Qingqing agreed, took Qiao Ruida's hand, left the stands, and walked out of the Bird's Nest. When the two walked out of the passage, they saw hundreds of men and women standing outside the gate, looking eagerly in the direction of the passage.

"Hey, what are these people doing? Are they employees of our Ruida Group?" Seeing these people, Du Qingqing asked with some confusion.

"You must be here to chase stars. There are too many stars gathered here today. We also held a live broadcast, so the news spread. Some star chasers from nearby rushed here to see their idols. It's not normal." Qiao Ruida protected Du Qingqing and squeezed out of the crowd. Then he went to the parking lot to get a car and planned to leave the Bird's Nest. At this time, another group of people came out of the passage and wanted to leave quietly, but they were stopped by a group of star chasers.

“Could this person wearing sunglasses and a scarf be a celebrity?”

"Looking at his attire, he does look like him, but he's covered so tightly that I can't tell who he is."

"I know the fat lady walking next to me. She's Jay Chou's assistant, Li Fengni!"

"The man walking in the middle must be Jay Chou. Oh, great! I finally get to meet my idol. Jay Chou, I love you!"

"Jay, can you sign an autograph for me?"

"Jay, we are all your fans, can you talk to us?"

Hearing that Jay Chou was among the group of people coming out, Jay Chou's fans in the crowd suddenly became excited, shouting loudly and pushing forward. The people who came out with Jay Chou were his team who had followed him for many years. They had experienced too many chaotic star-chasing scenes and were quite calm in dealing with them. Two bodyguards stood in front of Jay Chou, and other assistants, makeup artists, and agents also stood in front of the crowd. The security team responsible for the security of today's annual meeting also responded quickly and sent a pair of security guards to maintain order.

Seeing that the situation was under control, Jay Chou untied his scarf, stood up, calmed the fans, signed autographs and took photos with everyone, showing his people-friendly side.

Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing, sitting in the car, witnessed the entire process of these star chasers from chaos to restoration of order. Du Qingqing patted his chest and said, "These star chasers are too crazy. Fortunately, the security personnel reacted quickly and no trouble occurred."

"You don't have to worry too much. Those celebrities have experienced situations like this countless times, and their response plans are very mature. Generally, there won't be any trouble." After saying that, Qiao Ruida started the car, left the Bird's Nest, and headed straight for Shijia Hutong.

During the Chinese New Year, many migrant workers returned to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year. The road conditions in Beijing were much better, and there was no traffic jam along the way. Qiao Ruida and the other person only took half an hour to get back to the courtyard.

"Honey, you come pack your luggage. I'll go to the kitchen to make some food. After we have lunch, we'll drive home."

"Okay, we can stay in our hometown for a few more days this year. It won't be too late to return to Beijing after the 15th."

After the annual meeting, Ruida Group began to take annual leave, and Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing and other company executives could also return home for the New Year. The two were eager to go home, and did not prepare too much food for lunch. They just heated up some cooked food and steamed a pot of rice to fill their stomachs. Then they put the suitcase into the trunk of the car, drove out of the courtyard, and embarked on the journey back home.

"This time when we return home, shall we take the national highway or the expressway? It's not the national holiday period yet, so the expressway shouldn't be too congested, right?" Du Qingqing asked while sitting in the passenger seat.

"Xiao Da, help me check the real-time traffic conditions from Beijing to Decheng City. Well, there is indeed no traffic jam on the highway. Let's take the highway. We can go faster." Qiao Ruida used voice control to control the car computer, opened the map software, called up the real-time traffic conditions, studied it, and finally determined the driving route.

After the Ruida MPV drove out of the city and onto the highway, Qiao Ruida turned on the car's automatic driving function. The highway section has simple road conditions and clear signs. The automatic driving system is very easy to deal with and the safety factor is very high, with almost no human intervention. After turning on the automatic driving, Qiao Ruida relaxed and chatted with his girlfriend.

"I heard that Xie Fei and Li Xiaoshuang asked for leave in advance and went back to their hometown. Did something happen at home?" Xie Fei and Li Xiaoshuang were their high school classmates. Later, they started a business together. The four of them have always had a good relationship. Originally, the four of them had agreed to drive home together during the Chinese New Year holiday, but they didn't expect Xie Fei and Li Xiaoshuang to ask for leave in advance and run away. Qiao Ruida was very curious about what happened that made these two people rush home in a hurry.

"Hehe, Li Xiaoshuang didn't have her period this month. She suspected she was pregnant, so she bought a pregnancy test stick and guess what, it showed two lines. The couple was terrified after seeing the test result. They took an overnight leave and ran back to their hometown hospital for a check-up." Du Qingqing said with a gloating look on her face.

"No way, these two people even killed someone, don't they usually take safety measures?"

"Who knows? If it's a pregnancy test error, it's fine. But if Xiao Shuang is really pregnant, then these two families will have a lot of trouble."

"They are almost graduating from their senior year. Even if Xiaoshuang is really pregnant, it won't affect their studies. At worst, they can get married with the baby, which means lovers finally get married." "Dating is a matter between two people, but marriage involves two families. It's not as simple as you say. By the way, I haven't talked to Xiaoxue for several days. What is your sister doing recently?"

"She has nothing to do in her hometown recently, so she is accompanying my parents to run Reda Home." At the end of each year, the Reda Home physical store will hold a big year-end promotion, and various popular mobile phones, laptops, and tablets will be sold at discounts. These activities have attracted a large number of customers to go to Reda Home to buy mobile phones, tablets and other electronic products at the end of the year. In the past, at the end of each year, Qiao's father and mother would be busy for a long time. Now that their daughter stays at home to help, it has made the two old people feel much more relaxed.

"What about Ruixue Interactive Entertainment? Just leave it there and don't care about it. What Xiaoxue, the chairman of the company, did was too irresponsible.

"You can't say that. Ruixue Interactive Entertainment Company had its annual holiday half a month ago. Only some staff responsible for operation and maintenance are still working overtime. It is only natural for Xiaoxue, the chairman, to take this opportunity to go home and help her parents with work."

Qiao Ruida accompanied his girlfriend and chatted with her. Their Ruida MPV was driving fast on the highway under the control of the car computer, and the speed never dropped below 100 kilometers per hour. After only two and a half hours, their car arrived in Decheng City.

Qiao Ruida drove the car, left the highway from the ramp, and entered the busy section of Decheng City. Here, the road conditions are much more complicated. Many pedestrians and people riding electric bicycles have little traffic knowledge. They cross the road and run red lights. No matter how advanced the automatic driving function of the car is, it is still somewhat unable to cope with such complex road conditions. It often cannot handle it and requires human intervention. After taking over the driving authority twice in a row, Qiao Ruida simply turned off the automatic driving function and switched to manual driving.

"Honey, look, that blue-painted car in front of the left, is it the driverless test car launched by our group?" Du Qingqing suddenly pointed at a blue-painted car in front of the left side of the road and asked curiously.

"Yes, that's the driverless test car. It's in the initial stage of testing, mainly collecting data. Currently, there are more than a thousand test cars deployed in three cities in China. I didn't expect that we would come across one just after returning to Decheng City. This is really good luck."

The driverless test car had already picked up passengers and was driving the same route as Qiao Ruida and his team. Du Qingqing looked out the window at the test car not far away. Without a driver, it flexibly shuttled through the traffic. Looking at its reaction, it was even more smart than an experienced driver.

"Is the driverless system on this test car more advanced than the one on our MPV? On the same road conditions, we have to intervene manually when we use the automatic driving function here, but the test car can move freely in the traffic, comparable to an experienced driver. The difference is too obvious."

"This is not normal. That test car is a special vehicle developed specifically for autonomous driving. The various sensors and computing units it carries are much more advanced than our Ruida MPV. When using the same intelligent algorithm, the hardware is powerful and the autonomous driving capability is naturally higher. Also, the so-called unmanned test car is not completely without human intervention. When the vehicle encounters complex road conditions and the intelligent program cannot handle it, there will be staff who will remotely take over the driving authority and control the car to overcome the difficulties."

"So that's how it is. I was saying that the route this test car took was too coquettish and extreme. It's not the style of an intelligent system at all. It's very likely that it was operated remotely by humans. I saw online that many people are against the introduction of driverless taxis, saying that it would take away the jobs of millions of drivers across the country. Honey, what do you think about this?"

"The introduction of driverless taxis will indeed affect the income of some taxi drivers and online car-hailing drivers. However, this is an inevitable result of the development of artificial intelligence technology. Even if Ruida Automobile does not do it, other companies will promote it. Occupations such as translators and drivers will definitely be the first to be replaced by artificial intelligence AI. Under the rolling tide of history, everyone can only try to adapt to this change and find other ways out, rather than trying to stop the tide and go against the times. What's more, the emergence of self-driving taxis, while eliminating some occupations, is also creating some new positions, such as remote drivers, car maintenance, system maintenance, etc., which all require a lot of manpower."

The driverless test car accompanied Qiao Ruida and his team all the way until they reached the gate of the villa area, where they parted ways. Ruida MPV had just entered the villa area and turned onto the road where Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing's villas were located. From a distance, they saw their parents and sister Qiao Ruixue standing on the roadside, waiting eagerly.

"Dad, Mom, we're back!" Qiao Ruida drove the car to the door of his villa, parked the car, pushed open the door, and shouted impatiently.

"Xiaoda, Qingqing, welcome home. You've worked hard along the way!" Yao Miaozhi said, holding Qiao Ruida with one hand and Du Qingqing with the other.

"Auntie, good afternoon. I'm just a passenger, so it's not hard for me. But it's Ruida who drove for two hours, which was really tiring." Du Qingqing said as she greeted Yao Miaozhi with a smile.

At this time, Du Feng and Tang Xiaoman also came over and said, "Girl is right. The one who has worked really hard is Xiaoda. The distance he has driven all the way here is not short."

"Uncle and aunt, hello. I'm not too tired after driving all the way back. In fact, I turned on the automatic driving function most of the time, so I had a lot of free time. By the way, I brought back some New Year's gifts for you two. Shall I deliver them to you now?"

"Oh, you came all the way here and brought us something, Xiaoda, you are so thoughtful. Just give the things to us. You are tired after the journey, go home and have a rest and drink some hot water."

"That's fine. There are a lot of stuff, so you two elders will have to make two more trips. In these boxes, there are clothes, jewelry, and Beijing's specialty snacks. I'll let Qingqing introduce them to you. I won't say more." Qiao Ruida opened the trunk of the car, took out a bunch of beautifully packaged boxes, and handed them to Du Feng and Tang Xiaoman. Because there were so many things, even if everyone worked together, it took two trips to move them all.

"Dad, Mom, these things left in the trunk and on the back seat are all New Year's goods that Qingqing and I bought for our family. There are a lot of things, so we have to move them several times." Qiao Ruida was certainly not stingy with his own parents, and the New Year's gifts he brought back were much more than those for his future father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Hey, brother, why did you bring so many things? Even the back seat of the car is full. How long will it take to move it?" Qiao Ruixue opened the back door of the MPV and complained when she saw the full stuff inside. You know, this Ruida MPV has a seven-seat layout and a very large back seat. It takes a lot of stuff to fill up such a large space.

"Haha, you are born lazy. With so many of us working together, we can move in in two or three times. You won't be tired." Yao Miaozhi was a little unhappy when she saw Qiao Ruida gave so many gifts to the neighbors. Now that she saw her son left more things for her family, she was naturally happy and no longer cared so much. (End of this chapter)