While humanity's upper echelons frantically pursued scientific research, the common people at the bottom fell into hedonism, indulging themselves in extravagance and debauchery.
People stopped saving money and stopped working hard. A large number of lower-class individuals began living with the mentality of "enjoying each day as it comes."
Xiao, a second-generation rich kid born with a silver spoon, had a father who was a film mogul, owning several film and television companies and hundreds of cinemas, with massive liquid capital flowing through his hands every day.
And he himself, relying on memories from his previous life, casually recreated many classic works, and every single one became a massive hit.
With the arrival of the new era, he truly stood at the forefront, transforming from a minor film director into a world-renowned tycoon.
As the controller of an entertainment empire, Xiao possessed enormous capital.
Therefore, when he ordered the launch of the Super Dream project, it took less than a month to successfully acquire all the necessary equipment.
Over the next three months, Xiao "went all out," leading his team in the research and development of Super Dream devices.
Ultimately, they successfully developed a complete set of Super Dream equipment, including recording devices, editing devices, neural connection devices, and viewing devices.
After the Super Dream equipment was developed, Xiao quickly launched his company's first Super Dream film—"A Day in the Life of a Top World Billionaire," a Super Dream personally performed and recorded by Xiao.
The emergence of Super Dream itself was a revolutionary technology, and for people immersed in pleasure, this complete experience of a top billionaire's life was undoubtedly an irresistible temptation.
For those at the bottom of society, their entertainment options were quite limited, usually consisting only of the three-piece set of dancing, clubbing, and drug use.
In addition, there was cheap alcohol, scavenging through garbage, and occasionally finding a streetwalker.
However, if one wanted to experience truly top-tier enjoyment, one still had to look at the lives of rich people. The brand-new luxury series, the most expensive series, with two hundred years of family heritage—born extraordinary and capable of subverting one's perceptions.
Under this slogan, the Super Dream film quickly became popular throughout the country, and Super Dream headsets rapidly dominated the middle and upper-class markets.
As for why they did not spread to the lower-class market, the reason was simple: the poor at the bottom could not even afford the most basic Super Dream headset.
For this reason, Xiao had no choice but to add Super Dream services to his cinemas, allowing people to experience Super Dream using the headsets provided by the theaters.
At the same time, major film and television companies also discovered the business opportunities, waving money around as they rushed to purchase equipment for filming Super Dreams.
They clearly understood that the emergence of Super Dream represented a revolutionary transformation for the entire film industry. If they fell behind, they might be swallowed by the tide of the new era.
Therefore, they spared no expense, even investing all their assets to obtain the legal rights to use Super Dream.
Because no matter how much they spent now, Super Dream would bring them dozens of times the profit.
Regarding this, Xiao did not hoard the technology. Instead, he publicly stated that the future of Super Dream required the collective efforts of countless kind-hearted people.
Therefore, he decided to open the licensing rights of Super Dream to the public and openly sell Super Dream equipment without restrictions, with each user only needing to pay a certain franchise fee.
Anyone could freely use Super Dream equipment to create Super Dream films and sell them as they pleased, without paying any additional fees.
This move immediately earned praise and admiration from people around the world.
However, most of these people only praised him on the surface while secretly mocking Xiao for foolishly giving up such a massive fortune.
But in reality, how much money could producing Super Dreams actually make?
Not only was it time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it also consumed people.
The most popular and profitable Super Dreams were never the legitimate ones.
Black Super Dreams were the most lucrative industry. All kinds of things prohibited by law—the thrills countless people wanted to experience but dared not attempt—could all be experienced through Black Super Dreams. How could they not be popular?
And producing such Super Dreams often required using a person as expendable material.
Therefore, producing Black Super Dreams came with extremely high costs, costs Xiao was unwilling to pay.
Compared to that, producing Black Super Dreams was far inferior to selling Super Dream hard drives, because only Cosmos Group possessed the capability to manufacture Super Dream storage media worldwide.
As long as he controlled this top-tier technological component, everyone selling Super Dreams would ultimately be working for him.
Even if someone stole this technology, any other industry attempting to manufacture Super Dream hard drives would slowly be eroded by the omnipresent Cyber Aura.
Xiao had locked down the core technology of the discs. No one could steal this business away.
With the immense popularity of Super Dream, some sharp-eyed individuals quickly sensed the opportunities presented by Black Super Dreams.
Combined with the fact that Super Dream technology had only just appeared and the market lacked relevant laws and regulations, Black Super Dreams immediately sprang up like mushrooms after the rain.
The bottom line of these Black Super Dreams became lower and lower, rapidly reaching a level where even Slaanesh, the Chaos God, would wonder whether they had gone too far.
The price paid was that countless homeless people and "piglets" died in secret.
This situation immediately attracted the attention of the United Nations, which swiftly took action.
TPAA began classifying and reviewing all Super Dreams on the market, strictly prohibiting the release of any films that might affect the physical and mental health of minors.
As a result, those businessmen whose R18 productions could not pass review had no choice but to seek other channels, choosing to distribute them underground as loose products.
Meanwhile, Walter Simmons, the president of Apex Company, also put on a Super Dream headset at home, wanting to experience an exciting Black Super Dream to relieve his tense nerves.
Under Xiao's deliberate guidance, the moment Walter put on the Super Dream headset, he was surprised to discover that Super Dream technology shared many similarities with the Mechagodzilla control system developed by his company.
More importantly, Super Dream technology was simply too advanced. Not only did it surpass their current neural control technology, but it could also enhance brain computing power through external machinery.
With only slight modifications, Apex Company might be able to apply it to controlling Mechagodzilla.
This astonishing discovery instantly filled Walter with excitement.
Because he knew very well that once he acquired this technology, he would return to his peak and kick those directors in the ass.
However, Super Dream technology was the core industry of Cosmos Group.
Cosmos Group had successfully entered the ranks of the world's top five hundred companies precisely because of Super Dream technology.
Even if Apex Company exerted all its pressure, it would be impossible to legally obtain this technology.
They could only resort to cheating and stealing.
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