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Chapter 999 - 545: Special Medal of Righteousness (Seeking Subscriptions)_2

Chapter 999: Chapter 545: Special Medal of Righteousness (Seeking Subscriptions)_2

Moreover, Ding Yue didn’t really have much desire to commercialize the artificial intelligence robot by his side; having it to himself was enough.

Another reason was that the current society just couldn’t support the commercialization of artificial intelligence robots.

"Big White is, after all, the culmination of the combined efforts of the Mechanics and Computer Science departments at Mist City Arts and Science University. Its high cost is understandable, and Big White is truly impressive. It even managed to save a bus. What it has done can’t be measured by value alone," summarized Director Xiao Wenxing.

"Director Xiao is right," Principal Fu added, echoing Director Xiao Wenxing’s words.

A moment later, Principal Fu continued, "Principal Ding, considering such capabilities of Big White, has your university and company thought about when to start production? After seeing it, I find myself wanting one too."

"Ah, that..."

Ding Yue couldn’t help but give an embarrassed smile and said, "I’m afraid that’s quite far off."

"I can understand, I can understand."

Principal Fu was just asking casually. The difficulty of mass-producing such advanced artificial intelligence robots and bringing them to market was not something an ordinary company could solve.

And with such high production costs, commercialization was basically very difficult to achieve.

However.

Hadn’t Mist City Arts and Science University and its backing entity, Feiyue Group, managed to mass-produce the medical healthcare robot Big White before?

It seemed that the artificial intelligence chip used in this one must be far behind the level of what was used in the medical healthcare robot Big White.

Principal Fu could imagine that the reason why Ding Yue’s private Big White robot wasn’t able to be mass-produced at this stage was mostly due to that smart chip.

While Ding Yue was showing Director Xiao Wenxing, Principal Fu, and others the damaged Big White.

Over at the Mist City Government building.

After finishing a meeting, Governor Li learned about the bus incident on the bridge right away.

"Such incidents again... We must investigate and punish the persons involved strictly!"

Governor Li was very angry upon learning about the bus incident on the bridge.

There had been similar cases around the country before, where passengers interfered with the bus driver’s operation, leading to the uncontrollable movement of the bus and eventually resulting in irrevocable tragedies.

Today’s incident on the bridge was just like that.

If this had turned into a tragedy, it’s feared that the two to three dozen people on that entire bus would have fallen victim.

And if such a significant safety accident had happened in his jurisdiction, could he, as the leader of Mist City, really avoid any responsibility?

Luckily, the bridge bus incident did not lead to a tragedy.

"Xiao Chang, you just said that the bus incident on the bridge didn’t turn into a tragedy due to Mist City Arts and Science University’s involvement? How so?"

Out of curiosity, Governor Li suddenly asked.

"Governor Li, this is the detailed report of the bus incident on the bridge."

Secretary Xiao Chang handed the report to Governor Li.

As Governor Li read through it, Secretary Xiao Chang explained, "It was like this: just as the bus was about to lose control and plunge into the river, a robot appeared."

"A robot?"

Governor Li became even more confused.

What does this crisis of a bus plunging into a river have to do with a robot? And where did this robot come from?

But Governor Li quickly saw the main information in the report.

Turns out the robot belonged to Principal Ding of Mist City Arts and Science University, and Principal Ding Yue was at the scene at the time.

"It was Principal Ding who had his robot try to stop the bus from falling into the river, and to everyone’s astonishment, it succeeded!" Secretary Xiao Chang said excitedly: "This is truly unheard of."

A robot preventing a public safety incident was indeed unheard of before in Xia Country.

"There’s something like that?"

Even Governor Li was somewhat surprised.

How could he have imagined that the reason the bridge bus incident didn’t turn into a tragedy was because a robot had prevented it?

What kind of robot could actually stop a bus from plunging into the river?

And it belonged to Mist City Arts and Science University!

He was well acquainted with this private institution of higher learning in Mist City.

In the past two years, the entity that had stood out the most was this very university, and a significant plan Governor Li had been devising for a grand strategy related to the battle of Mist City was closely linked to it.

It involved the construction of a high-tech industrial park in Mist City; a plan that was virtually set in stone at the Mist City Government building. The future of Mist City would definitely include the creation of a high-tech development zone.

However, the question remained: What high-tech industries could be used as the underlying support?

Principal Ding of Mist City Arts and Science University had previously mentioned to Governor Li the graphene industry, which he was looking forward to. But whether or not it would come to fruition depended on the performance of the university and Feiyue Group.

And it was due to this matter that Governor Li retained a very strong impression of the young Principal Ding Yue of Mist City Arts and Science University to this very day.

"Yes, Governor, this incident has a broad social impact. Many citizens of Mist City, along with netizens, have praised the university’s robot, Big White, even making it trending," said Secretary Xiao Chang, nodding.

"So it seems that Principal Ding’s robot from Mist City Arts and Science University has indeed averted a tragedy. Such an act can be considered an act of righteousness. Our City Government must reward it accordingly," remarked Governor Li, after giving it some thought. Today, the bridge bus incident seemed to be still drawing a lot of attention.

Especially the fact that Big White, the robot from Mist City Arts and Science University, had saved a bus; Secretary Xiao Chang had just mentioned that it had made the trending list.

If the Mist City Government did not reward such a heroic act at this juncture, it would certainly be an oversight.

Only, there was a catch.

Governor Li couldn’t help but chuckle ruefully; this act of righteousness was a bit "odd," as all previous incidents had involved humans performing the valorous acts.

But this time was different; it was a robot that had acted heroically.

Naturally, Governor Li had considered that the robot’s owner was Ding Yue, so the accolade could be bestowed upon him.

Mist City’s regulations for acts of righteousness stated that for those with significant impact, the Mist City Government building would award not just a certificate, but also the Medal of Righteousness, and the rewards would be much more substantial.

For acts of such caliber, the reward was less important than the Medal of Righteousness itself.

This was the highest symbol of honor for the citizens of Mist City who performed acts of valor!

"Governor, given the scale and significance of Big White’s rescue, our City Government should award the Medal of Righteousness," Secretary Xiao Chang suggested.

"Good, let’s award the Medal of Righteousness," Governor Li said, nodding. "If I remember correctly, it was either last year or the year before that Mist City Arts and Science University received the Medal of Righteousness, right?"

"Yes, yes, that was the driver of a campus bus at the university," Secretary Xiao Chang, recalling the incident, added hastily: "But Governor, this Medal of Righteousness – to whom are we awarding it?"

Seeing that Secretary Xiao Chang had left his sentence unfinished, Governor Li knew what he was implying.

"Indeed, that’s a problem. It was the robot, Big White, that saved the bus, but are we to give the Medal of Righteousness to a robot?"

Governor Li furrowed his brows and murmured, "There’s no precedent for that."

Throughout the nation, in every city, every region, the Medal of Righteousness is a cherished honor, but up to now, no place has ever awarded it to a machine.

This was to be a special Medal of Righteousness that the Mist City Government was about to award!

This posed quite a dilemma for those at the Mist City Government building.

"Call Principal Ding Yue of Mist City Arts and Science University, and inquire about his opinion," Governor Li decided after some thought, instructing.

"Certainly, Governor!"

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