"Choose Delamain, leave your troubles outside. Welcome to call Delamain Taxi Services."
"Hey, Lao De, long time no see. Do you still remember me?"
From Ascension Technology, Luoqi dialed Delamain's number.
"L, of course I remember you. Are you calling for a taxi service this time?"
Luoqi had used Delamain's services several times when doing missions before, so as an artificial intelligence, Delamain naturally recognized him.
Although Luoqi hadn't taken on any major jobs or used Delamain's premium services before, his relationship with Lao De was still quite good.
"Not this time. Not long ago in Heywood, your taxi should have collided with quite a few gang members on the road."
"There is indeed such a record."
Hearing Luoqi mention this, Lao De retrieved the data from his database and confirmed the authenticity of the incident.
"A vehicle was caught in the battlefield at that time, and I was in that vehicle."
"Records show that in this self-defense incident, all affected vehicles have undergone legitimate insurance claims, except for one vehicle whose registration information could not be found, thus preventing claims.
If you were caught in it at that time, then I should know which vehicle you are referring to.
Given this, would you like me to apply for a claim service for you?"
All the data from that trip was absorbed, analyzed, and learned by Lao De, and he quickly figured out which vehicle Luoqi was the owner of based on Luoqi's words.
Facing Lao De's proactive compensation, Luoqi didn't pay much attention to it, after all, the delorean hadn't even lost any paint at the time.
"No need for a claim. I actually came to talk to you about business cooperation today."
"Business cooperation, in the name of Ascension Technology? What are the specific details?"
Although Delamain didn't pay much attention to the situations of other companies, he had learned that Luoqi founded Ascension Technology.
"That's right, in the name of Ascension Technology. Lao De, what do you think of that vehicle at the time?"
"You mean your ride? It seems to have remained intact even when caught in intense combat, making it a vehicle with good safety."
"It's more than just safety. The specific performance parameters of the vehicle have already been sent to your network; you can take a look first.
I think this vehicle is quite compatible with your company. If all your company's assigned vehicles were replaced with this one, it should have good results.
Ascension Technology can help you equip vehicle production and repair workshops, fully automated ones."
While Luoqi was speaking, Lao De had already received the delorean vehicle parameters sent by Luoqi.
As an artificial intelligence, Lao De instantly analyzed and absorbed the delorean's parameter information.
The result was the same as Luoqi said; the delorean was indeed suitable for Delamain.
The reinforced delorean not only had high defensive performance but also was equipped with more powerful weapons.
It was completely an enhanced version of Delamain's existing models.
Of course, these were just quantitative changes, not actual qualitative changes; simply being more defensive and aggressive wouldn't attract him.
The real key was the delorean's flight capability and the equipped jet propulsion system.
The former was equivalent to directly allowing Delamain to enter the flying car taxi industry.
Delamain is still some time away from developing a flying car business.
This high-end flying travel service could bring him a large number of orders from so-called high-end individuals, which is a true qualitative change.
And the latter could greatly improve Delamain's ability to escape danger when carrying passengers, which is equivalent to further enhancing passenger safety.
These were all things Delamain wanted.
His service philosophy has always been to prioritize customer safety and comfort.
And the reinforced delorean perfectly met these two points.
"This model is too perfect. L, are you sure you want to cooperate with Delamain?
I have never seen this type of vehicle on the market. Perhaps you should first develop your own vehicle manufacturing plant and introduce this model to the market; this will definitely yield more profits.
After all, given Delamain's scale, using this vehicle first would be a complete waste."
Lao De liked the delorean very much, but he also understood the potential of this vehicle. If it were put on the market, a large number of upper-class individuals would definitely buy it.
Lao De did not conceal this fact out of greed for profit and development but reminded Luoqi.
But Luoqi just smiled lightly.
"But that way, Lao De, you would lose a lot of profit, wouldn't you? After all, monopoly is the most valuable thing."
If Luoqi introduced the delorean to the market first and then cooperated with Lao De, the advantage Lao De could gain would be reduced.
"L, I am very grateful that you are willing to help me. However, I still want to ask why you would make such a choice."
Lao De's tone didn't change much, but his words still showed that he was a bit confused at the moment.
"Don't thank me yet, Lao De, this cooperation hasn't been finalized yet. There are other conditions for this cooperation."
"So that's it, I will listen to your conditions."
Of course, Luoqi wouldn't give up greater profits for no reason.
Instead, he had another cooperation that required Lao De's participation.
"I hope you can participate in another project that our company is about to launch."
As Luoqi finished speaking, several other documents were also sent to Lao De's network.
Lao De received the documents.
[Ascension Technology - Deep Space Network Construction and Deployment Plan]
[Deep Space Network - Artificial Intelligence Registration and Usage Management Regulations (Trial Version)]
These were the documents Luoqi sent to Lao De.
The first document mentioned Ascension Technology's next phase of a brand new project.
Building a brand new network space.
And the other document was the mandatory registration agreement and management regulations for artificial intelligence usage in this new network space.
"L, you mean Ascension Technology will build a brand new city network, and you hope Delamain will be among the first users?"
"That's right," Luoqi affirmed.
Ever since NetWatch showed Luoqi how profitable the so-called protection package was, Luoqi had this idea.
Now Ascension Technology has a new network space, the Deep Space Network.
This contains huge business opportunities.
The network space currently used by humans is basically fragmented, with city networks independent and disconnected from each other.
Cross-city and cross-regional communication networks are monopolized by world satellite communication network companies.
And whether it's city networks or satellite networks, as long as you go online, you have to pay fees by the minute and second.
Even just in Night City, these network fees are already an astronomical figure, not to mention expanding the scope to the entire Earth.
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