I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 405: Staying Up All Night (4405)

"What Mr. Ma just said about Momen is a long-term plan, but the downtime of Qianxun is imminent. My view is very simple, find the fault and solve it."

After saying that, Fang Yu nodded and sat down.

Everyone at the scene was silent, and the expressions on many of the big guys' faces were somewhat interesting, especially those who liked to talk about things from a high vantage point and make things vague.

In the Internet of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the lower and middle levels like to talk about "grasps", "empowerment", and "granularity", while the big guys like to talk about "philosophy", "evolution", and "technical power".

From top to bottom, basically no one speaks human language.

When people reach a certain level, they always think that their success is because they understand the nature and development laws of things better than others, and that their thoughts are deeper than others.

They like to package some of the seemingly plausible laws they have found into so-called "essence", "laws", "philosophy", "core", "time and space", "thinking and behavior", "destiny and future" and other nonsense that sounds reasonable.

As a delivery man, you are always talking about the reallocation of time and space. If you listen carefully, you will find that it is all about how to improve the efficiency of deliverymen in taking orders so that they can take more orders per unit time.

Why don't you just talk about optimizing the order-taking and routing algorithms? Why do you have to bring up time and space? It sounds high-sounding, but every time you bring it up you just lower the price by a few cents, and it gets worse day by day. In the end, you might even have to lose money.

It is conceivable how harsh Fang Yu's words sound to some people.

That’s right, when it comes to group buying, I’m talking about you.

After hearing Fang Yu's words, Wang Xing looked unhappy but did not react.

In the world of martial arts, strength is king.

If it was Youzi Technology three months ago, even if it had already made a large model of the orange, it would not be good enough in front of these big guys. Maybe the identity of Chen Shian’s grandson would not be as useful.

But now...

Anyone who runs slowly might die at the hands of this loser!

This loser has no respect for his age, he carries his RPG and shoots randomly!
A month or two ago, the views of Internet giants and technology enthusiasts on Youzi Technology were completely different. Not to mention polarization, the differences were huge.

At that time, technology enthusiasts had only two words to describe Youzi Technology: Blow it up!

The leader of the times, the most important invention in human history, the light of Da Zhou technology, the company that truly changed the world, the destroyer of human civilization, the Skynet company that must be killed in advance, Shinra...

As for the Internet giants, they are more likely to wait and see.

In their view, although Youzi Technology has led the development of the field of artificial intelligence, the company's own business logic is very unclear.

In terms of commercial value alone, it may be far inferior to Toutiao and Maituan, which focus on business model innovation.

It’s not that they underestimate artificial intelligence, but that their existing successful experiences have made them subconsciously more accepting of innovation in business models.

Dazhou Internet has always focused on business model innovation, and for technological innovation, it has been more adhering to the "latecomer" concept. After foreign giants have blazed a trail, Dazhou's Internet companies have followed suit and dominated this track.

From the early Web 2.0 to cloud computing, and then to big data and mobile Internet, from blockchain to edge computing... almost all technological innovations, Da Zhou Internet companies are all latecomers, and none of them were developed by these big companies themselves.

Among the early Internet entrepreneurs of the Zhou Dynasty, except Robert Lee, there were basically no researchers. They could only be considered to have some professional connections. They always believed that technology was to serve applications, and those who engaged in technology were inherently not as well-positioned as those who engaged in management and business.

Even Robert Lee, a big shot who comes from a research background, has said that "technology that cannot serve applications is not good technology."

But the problem is that there are many technologies that have had a profound impact on the world, but initially had no prospects for commercialization, let alone any use.

For example, sixty years ago, Frank Rosenblatt proposed the earliest basic neural network architecture "perceptron", and Geoffrey Hinton developed the back-propagation algorithm thirty years ago. Both were useless at first, but today, decades later, they have become one of the most basic core algorithms of artificial intelligence.

Only investing in technologies that can currently be seen as practical, not engaging in technological innovation, and only engaging in model innovation is a common problem among major Internet companies.

Many people believe that this is because the cost of technological innovation is high and the cost of model innovation is low, and Dazhou Enterprises are not as rich as Maiguo Enterprises, so they cannot do it for the time being.

Is this really the case?

The cost of technological innovation may not be very high, and the cost of model innovation may not be very low.

When the earliest portal websites became popular, everyone started to build portal websites. Then when social networks became popular, everyone started to build social networks. When online shopping became popular, everyone started to build online shopping. When group buying became popular, everyone started to build group buying. When small stores became popular, everyone started to build small stores…

Every big company has lost a lot of money on the so-called model innovation, and the losses may even be tens of billions.

This cost is much higher than technological innovation.

However, due to the influence of the capital market, entrepreneurs in Da Zhou basically assume that the business model is the most important strategic direction for the enterprise. This iron rule has been successfully applied in the Internet industry for more than ten years and has long been deeply rooted in the bones of Da Zhou Internet entrepreneurs.

Especially for the older generation of entrepreneurs, when they started their businesses, the Great Zhou was not only impoverished, but also in a state of disrepair.

At that time, everyone had never seen money. When they saw the investment banking elites dressed in suits, they felt inferior to them and their hearts were filled with longing and awe.

Most of the first batch of Internet entrepreneurs in Da Zhou did not have technological dreams, but only pure dreams of making money.

If the free email business fails, then do search; if search fails, then do e-commerce platform; if e-commerce platform fails, then do social network; if social network fails again, then do O2O; if O2O fails, then make cars...

When you ask them what kind of career they want to pursue, they say they want to change the world, but what they actually want is endless wealth.

Many people think that they are worshipping foreigners, but in fact, they are not worshipping foreigners, but worshipping money. It’s just that when they started their business, it just so happened that all the rich people were foreigners.

In their opinion, Youzi Technology has not yet found its own monetization model, and it is also difficult to find one.

It is impossible for Youzi Technology to become a giant by operating only through subscription and B2B business models, and it will most likely become the next Linux in the end.

As for big models, anyone can make them. Since this path has been explored, big companies like us will eventually overtake others in the field of AI by virtue of our capital and scale advantages.

It is possible that before long, Youzi Technology will be acquired by some large company at a price of 1.5 to 20 billion US dollars.

But the rapid rise of Ysou shocked almost all the bigwigs, including Wang Xing.

This is a completely one-sided crushing.

Relying on its generation-leading technology, Youzi Technology is crushing the entire search industry!

Only then did they realize that Youzi Technology did not need to look for any newer or more unique business model.

Just follow the path they have explored, use AI to empower their products, catch up quickly, then run over their bodies and continue to rush forward.

It’s just like the tomb robbers in the movie who accidentally triggered a giant stone mechanism. They were running in front and a stone ball weighing dozens of tons was rolling behind them. If they ran slower, they would be crushed to death!
If they were wearing all white, maybe they could print a straight white arrow on the ground.

If they turned around, they might have turned left.

Fortunately, Youzi Technology chose the search track.

Almost every industry leader is grateful in their hearts, and has increased their R&D budgets for the year, focusing on developing their own big models to avoid becoming the next Qianxun. Although they believe that Youzi Technology has limited resources and cannot split up its forces, it is good enough to take over the search track completely, but who knows which other startups in the industry will innovatively use AI to subvert their market?

Investment in AI must be increased!

They themselves did not realize that, psychologically, they had already regarded Yuzu Technology as an opponent who was on the same level as them.

Therefore, even if Wang Xing and Ma Yun found Fang Yu's words offensive, they could only pretend not to hear them.

"Youzi Technology's opinions are very pertinent. We have already noted them down. Mr. Fang, do you have anything else to add?"

Wang Fujun smiled and nodded to Fang Yu. His smile was like a spring breeze, like a spring breeze, like a gentle rain, like a silent moistening of the earth, and like a guest at home.

Fang Yu shook his head and sat back in his seat.

Qiu Hongyi felt very uncomfortable.

I just said that 720 has the ability to quickly resolve Qianxun’s safety issues, why didn’t I see you smiling so brightly?
Wait, hasn’t he already been chosen?
The more Qiu Hongyi thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

He was all too familiar with this kind of differential treatment.

He had been treated like a guest many times before.

But are you too confident?
Whoever can quickly solve the Qianxun fault problem will win the bid?
Just because you created an AI, you think you are the best in the world?
Do you really think I don’t understand big models? Big models and network security and code inspection are two completely different fields, right?
This is like a student who won the first prize in the New Concept Writing Competition, and then went to participate in the Physics Olympiad without any training, thinking that he could also win the first prize.

It’s simply arrogant!
It's not just Qiu Hongyi who holds this view, other bigwigs also feel this way to a greater or lesser extent.

Even without looking at other people's expressions, Fang Yu could guess what they were thinking.

Arrogance? Physics Olympiad?
Haha, I am the one who set the questions! Are you stupid?
Seeing that no one else had any other suggestions, a few old men whispered a few words to each other, announced the contact persons and contact information of each department, and then declared the meeting over.

Before the meeting, the bosses of the dozen or so leading companies in Dazhou Internet were all chatting and laughing, regardless of whether they knew each other or not.

After the meeting, the people were still the same, and they no longer joked with each other. At most, two or three familiar people gathered together to discuss in a low voice. Those who did not socialize much in normal times just said hello to the few acquaintances and then turned and left.

Everyone is analyzing who has the best chance of taking down Qianxun in the end, and what kind of changes taking down Qianxun will bring to the Internet industry in Da Zhou.

The bosses who wanted to sign up immediately sent the above requirements back to the company, and the confidants of each company took the lead in preparing this prequalification document worth at least tens of billions of dollars.

One can imagine how many cattle and horses have to stay up all night tonight.

Fang Yu also had to stay up all night, a real all nighter.

Kevin Stone's experiment finally received approval from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, and today he can finally use ETPD to conduct the fourth experiment.

Thanks to his genius-like IQ crushing performance last time, Fang Yu finally got the opportunity to actually operate the ETPD in this experiment, instead of staring motionlessly at the computer monitor outside the shielded room.

"Hey! Gis, you're finally here. You're the only one missing. We will definitely succeed this time!"

"Eh? Why are you carrying a crystal ball?"

The red-haired Kevin Stone and Zhou Yima Wei were sorting out various complicated equipment and circuits that they couldn't name, looking at the door of the laboratory eagerly. Finally at 9:30 in the morning, they saw Fang Yu yawning and walking into the door with a cup of coffee in one hand and a crystal ball in the other.

"Do you want to tell your fortune whether this experiment will be successful?" Fang Yu put the pomelo on the instrument table next to the wall of ETPD.

A divination tool? Kevin Stone blinked, quite tempted.

He has done this experiment three times and failed all three times.

The closest they came to success was the last time, but turbulence problems caused uneven plasma density, which led to failure again.

Although we added a turbulence suppressor this time according to Gis's suggestion, whether it will be successful still depends on God's will.

"You can also tell fortunes? How do you tell fortunes?" Kevin Stone put down the Langmuir probe in his hand and stood up. He was a little tempted and a little worried.

What if the divination shows a bad result?
Fang Yu said seriously: "Just stare at the ball, stare closely, and then silently ask your questions in your mind, and it will give you the answers."

Is it so magical?
Kevin Stone licked his lips, picked up a small stool with trepidation, sat on it, and stared closely at the crystal ball on the instrument table.

This crystal ball is so clean. Did Giss hold it with his hands just now? There are no fingerprints at all. Are all divination props coated with anti-fingerprint coating now?

"You have to concentrate, otherwise the divination results will be inaccurate."

Just as he was daydreaming, Kevin Stone heard Fang Yu's reminder and hurriedly said "Oh", widened his eyes, stared at the crystal ball motionlessly, and silently said in his heart, "Will this experiment succeed? Will this experiment succeed? Will this experiment succeed?"

"Okay, let's begin. Recite the divination silently in your mind and don't blink... Illumis videntia arcana, reveale veritas occultam, duc me per obscura fata!"

A complex and incomprehensible spell came out of Fang Yu's mouth. With every word Fang Yu said, Kevin Stone felt that the atmosphere in the laboratory became more solemn.

What's going on? Why is this crystal ball starting to glow?

Kevin Stone discovered that there were actually some starlight in the crystal ball, and these starlight were getting brighter and brighter. He couldn't help but widen his eyes even more, becoming more and more nervous, and kept repeating his questions in his mind.

Just when he was most focused.

"Here's Johnny!"

"what!!!"

Kevin Stone was so scared that he sat down on the ground. On the crystal ball, there clearly appeared a man with his head stuck into the crack of the door, a hideous smile on his face, and a fire axe in his hand.

"Dry!"

"Damn it, Gis! Where did you get this broken ball? It scared me to death! Is this a player? Where does the sound come from?"

"Hahahahaha."

Fang Yu, Ma Wei and another white boy in Kevin Stone's group, Caleb Monroe, all laughed so hard that they fell over.

"Ouch, who hit me?"

Kevin Stone, who was sitting on the ground, had no time to stand up when he felt someone slap him in the face, and it was quite painful.

Obviously no one did it, so who did it?
Kevin Stone touched his face and suddenly felt a little creepy.

The image on Yuzu's body went out and turned back into an ordinary crystal ball.

You are the player! Your whole family is the player!
For insulting the great Professor Jorz, I just gave you a slap in the face, which is a light punishment!
(End of this chapter)