Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Lin Ruoxi shouted in a cute but fierce tone, then hugged Xue Rui and turned around, like a child's treasured toy, not letting anyone else see it.

"Huh~"

A chorus of disdain rose from upstairs, but most people's gazes were not of contempt, but rather of envy.

"Eh... eh doesn't matter, he's still mine."

Lin Ruoxi hurriedly led Xue Rui away, glancing back every now and then.

Xue Rui thought to himself, no wonder the little girl didn't want to go back to live there. After they separated, Lin Ruoxi could call out without hesitation: "He is my boyfriend."

This is the benefit of having separate social circles; both girls got what they wanted.

Xue Rui rubbed his numb cheeks, then looked at Lin Ruoxi and gave her a smile that was both gratified and helpless.

Thankfully, Lin Ruoxi is becoming more and more confident, no longer the little girl who blushes easily when teased.

Unfortunately, Lin Ruoxi's possessiveness grew stronger and her skin thickened, to the point that she could even "tease" him in front of a large group of people.

"Hehe~" Lin Ruoxi had a smug smile on her face.

"What are you grinning about?" Xue Rui asked with a smile.

"Hmm..." Lin Ruoxi twisted her hands together shyly, and said with a slightly smug expression, "They all envy me."

"Uh..." Xue Rui turned around and saw that there were still several heads staring at him through the window.

But Xue Rui was certain that they envied him for having a beautiful, gentle, and clingy girlfriend.

As for Lin Ruoxi?
Xue Rui put himself in the shoes of those single people and thought for a moment, then came to an answer—absolutely impossible.

However, Xue Rui did not shatter Lin Ruoxi's fantasy. He shamelessly said, "It's normal to be envied for having such a handsome boyfriend. You'll get used to it."

"Hmm! I need to get used to it more."

Lin Ruoxi nodded emphatically, without the slightest doubt about the truthfulness of Xue Rui's words.

"Haha." Xue Rui laughed until his stomach hurt, then dragged the little girl to a corner of the campus.

Before long, the two arrived at the far corner of the campus, where many workers were busy carrying materials inside.

Xue Rui pointed to a large pile of materials on the ground and asked with a suspicious look, "Xi Xi, what do you think the school plans to build?"

Lin Ruoxi tilted her head and looked around, muttering to herself:
"Fireproof cotton, cables, and PDUs..."

Just a few seconds later, Lin Ruoxi raised her hand: "I know, the server room."

Xue Rui shook his head: "I plan to name it the AI ​​Computing Center."

"AI computing center?" Lin Ruoxi repeated, then turned her attention back to the building materials.

Her company also has several server racks, which are usually used to train models. Judging from the materials on the ground and the scale of the building, Xue Rui's investment is at least in the tens of millions.

“Yes.” Xue Rui grinned.

He had been eyeing this land for a long time. At the beginning of the year, he had even drafted a business plan to establish a school-enterprise cooperation. However, Secretary Li directly leased the land to him, which left Xue Rui feeling empty. The business plan had been a waste of time.

As for becoming an angel investor in Pinduoduo, Xue Rui failed. It was an extremely small circle, and as an outsider, he couldn't squeeze in; he didn't even have the qualifications to invest.

If he waited for a round of financing, who knows when that would be? He had a lot of cash on hand, and with Nvidia recently releasing a new computing card, Xue Rui had a bold idea.

Since it's all about investment, why not invest in your own people?

Lin Ruoxi's existence is the biggest variable in this life, so Xue Rui naturally turned his attention to her.

"I plan to build a 5000-card GPU cluster here, and we are currently laying the circuitry," Xue Rui said truthfully.

Xue Rui wanted to place an order for 5,000 professional computing cards at once, and the cost of the computing cards alone was 30 to 40 million yuan.

The reason for placing it in the school is simple: the land alone can save a lot of money, it is easier to negotiate prices with the power grid in the name of the school, and it can also save on security expenses.

Xue Rui wasn't entirely gambling with his actions, because he remembered very clearly that starting from the second half of 2015, the price of virtual currencies would surge again, ushering in the first large-scale mining boom in history. At that time, computing cards would be much more expensive than they are now.

Now, before prices rise, he can negotiate discounts based on his scale. If Lin Ruoxi's business fails, he can resell it for several times the price.

In short, Xue Rui believed this was a deal that would never lose money.

Moreover, Xue Rui firmly believes that his little girl is no less capable than anyone else.

“Five thousand calories, do you...do you know what that means?” Lin Ruoxi was extremely agitated, and her voice began to tremble.

Including construction and maintenance costs, this data center alone will consume most of Xue Rui's cash reserves.

"What scale?" Xue Rui rubbed his chin, recalling the news he had seen in his previous life.

He really had no concept of a 5,000-card GPU cluster, but even a fool could tell that it was at most a small karaomi level.

"Xixi, let's not be too ambitious. Our company is just starting out, five thousand sheets are enough," Xue Rui said patiently.

Lin Ruoxi hurriedly shook her head: "The scale is too large. I just did a simple calculation. A cluster of 5,000 is close to a top-level national supercomputer."

"Hiss~" Xue Rui couldn't help but gasp. He looked at Lin Ruoxi and muttered to himself, "So, if it's really built, we'll be at the forefront of the world?"

“60TB of video memory is absolutely top-of-the-line in the world.” Lin Ruoxi looked at Xue Rui with a determined gaze.

“Well, I probably won’t need that much computing power. You can rent out the extra to other schools,” Lin Ruoxi said softly.

"Xixi, you're the expert, why don't you give it a name?" Xue Rui said, pointing to the empty building.

Since it's such a strategically valuable piece of equipment, it definitely needs a professional and impressive name.

“Hmm, Xiao Rui Incubation Center,” Lin Ruoxi said seriously.

Xue Rui: "..."

"With such computing power, you can definitely incubate a lot of projects. They'll all be projects you've incubated," Lin Ruoxi said proudly.

"Haha~" Xue Rui clutched his stomach. Lin Ruoxi's words were so funny that he almost laughed until tears streamed down his face.
"Xixi, you're making me sound like an old hen."

Lin Ruoxi hugged Xue Rui and gently rubbed her head against him, saying, "I was hatched by you."

Everything Xue Rui did was for her, and she absolutely could not let him down.

"Then say it once and let me hear it?" Xue Rui patted Lin Ruoxi's head.

"Hmm, what do you want to hear?" Lin Ruoxi asked crisply.

"What do you want to shout?" Xue Rui countered.

Lin Ruoxi looked up at Xue Rui, but did not answer immediately.

She and Xue Rui had many terms of address, calling Xue Rui "Master," "Dad," "Master," and so on.

But those weren't what she really wanted to shout.

"Alright, alright, let's go back and eat. I brought you all this to see today mainly to let you know that I might be very busy lately, and I might even have to travel to another city. Just stay home and wait for me."

Xue Rui gently pinched Lin Ruoxi's nose.

"Yes, I'm being very good." Lin Ruoxi nestled in Xue Rui's arms and took a deep breath.

……

By mid-April, Xue Rui had placed an order with Nvidia.

In 2015, the demand for 5,000 computing cards far exceeded Xue Rui's expectations. Xue Rui thought he would have to contact several provincial agents to gather that many cards, but in reality, Nvidia was not yet in a position to make easy money, nor was it so arrogant. Instead, it sent its largest general agent to Chang'an.

As expected, Lin Ruoxi's guess was correct.

As the client, Xue Rui's primary goal was to negotiate a lower price.

As a layman, Xue Rui chose to bring Lin Ruoxi along to avoid appearing too ignorant, hoping to get a better price or some potential benefits.

At the dinner table, across from Xue Rui was a middle-aged man named Zhang Hao, the general agent for the Greater China region, and two young men, one of whom was a foreigner.

As for Xue Rui's side, there was only Xue Rui, Lin Ruoxi, and Yu Minlan who came to make up the numbers.

Zhang Hao picked up his glass and gestured for the two young men around him to stand up as well.

The blond, blue-eyed youth stood there stunned for a long time until Zhang Hao pulled him up.

"Mr. Xue, your generosity is unprecedented. We value this cooperation very much."

After saying this, Zhang Hao drank it all in one gulp, and the two young men followed suit.

This order is extremely rare on a global scale, and Zhang Hao showed Xue Rui the utmost respect.

He had done a background check before coming here. The other party was in the field of AI computing and couldn't do without his company's products, so he had enough confidence.

Xue Rui waved his hand, gesturing for the two young men to sit down: "Drink less alcohol and eat more food."

The subtext of his words was: Stop with the empty talk and give us real benefits.

Zhang Hao chuckled: "What a perfect match, a dragon among men! Your company's structure is also very well-known in the industry."

"Thank you." Lin Ruoxi smiled, raised her juice, and clinked glasses with Zhang Hao.

Xue Rui glanced at Lin Ruoxi and thought to himself that the little girl had only been running her business for half a year and hadn't even produced a single ready-made product yet. At best, she was only "somewhat famous".

Xue Rui tugged at Lin Ruoxi's sleeve, signaling her to keep a low profile.

However, Lin Ruoxi blinked blankly and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Lin Ruoxi quickly realized what was happening, gently tapping her pearly teeth against the glass, her expression extremely conflicted.

She called Xie "Madam" across the street. Was Xue Rui unhappy about that?
"Alright, let's get down to business. I think the price is still too high," Xue Rui continued.

"It's more than 20% lower than the retail price. This is the bottom line from headquarters, so please don't make things difficult for us lower-level staff." Zhang Hao looked pained, as if he had made a huge concession.

Xue Rui rubbed his chin, remaining silent.

If you buy a bunch of oranges, you should get two bananas for free. You can't have no free gifts at all, right?
Zhang Hao naturally knew what Xue Rui was waiting for, and he also had his own trump card.

At Nvidia headquarters, when they heard that someone wanted to build a GPU cluster, their attitude was very positive. They even took the initiative to contact Xue Rui to build a joint laboratory, but he temporarily suppressed the news.

This was one of his bargaining chips; the higher the price he negotiated, the more kickback he would receive.

"With your size, you must need a lot of technical support. I'll talk to headquarters about it and try to get a joint lab for us. As you know, our CUDA has a great advantage in parallel computing."

Zhang Hao didn't make any definitive statements. He first made a promise to Xue Rui, and then subtly implied that if Xue Rui insisted on building the computing center, he really had no other choice.

If they don't sell, Xue Rui has no way to obtain such a large computing card from other channels.

Supply and demand are reciprocal; they need Xue Rui's money, and Xue Rui has no other choice.

Xue Rui smiled faintly. This was his goal: establishing a joint laboratory would make it easier to access key personnel, which would greatly benefit Lin Ruoxi's entrepreneurial endeavors...

Lin Ruoxi bit her lip tightly, her chest heaving.

Her Xue Rui was bullied again.

“We don’t necessarily have to use your CUDA. We’ve only just started, and we can completely bypass CUDA from the architectural perspective and create a general computing model,” Lin Ruoxi suddenly said.

The atmosphere at the dinner table froze for a moment, and Xue Rui put down the cup he had just picked up.

He wanted to hear what Lin Ruoxi had to say.

Zhang Hao's eyes widened in surprise. They were about to reach an agreement, so what nonsense was this girl spouting?

Although he doesn't know much about technology, NVIDIA's CUDA strategy has been around for so many years, you can't just bypass it if you want to.

He smiled with relief: "Competition is a good thing, but right now we are the best."

Xue Rui took a deep breath; what the other party said was absolutely right.

Not to mention now, even in the next ten years, Nvidia will undoubtedly be the industry leader, constantly holding others back.

The reason we can chat and laugh at the dinner table now is simply because the AI ​​era has not yet arrived, and the supply and demand relationship is still mutual.

When supply falls short of demand in the future, he will be the one asking for help.

Building good relationships now is definitely the right thing to do; it will give you priority access to computing cards in the future.

No one can stay on the mountaintop forever.

Lin Ruoxi spoke calmly, yet with a surprising composure, as if she were talking about something that would inevitably happen in the future.

Xue Rui glanced sideways in surprise; he could vaguely sense that the little girl seemed to be angry.

But he didn't know why.

“President Lin, we are partners, so of course we’ll stand together at the summit in the future,” Zhang Hao said with a smile, then looked at Xue Rui.

Xue Rui nodded, raised his glass and lightly clinked it against his, "It's a pleasure working with you."

Half an hour later, the banquet ended.

After seeing the person off, Xue Rui returned to the private room.

Lin Ruoxi waved her hand, gesturing for Xue Rui to sit down quickly.

Xue Rui looked down and saw that the little girl had collected quite a few shrimp for him while they were chatting.

"Why were you angry just now?" Xue Rui asked with a smile.

The little girl's anger wasn't expressed through shouting and yelling, but rather with the calm indifference of a stranger.

“Because…” Lin Ruoxi drew out her words: “Because they are right, we have no alternatives to choose from.”

"I will try my best." Lin Ruoxi, wearing gloves for peeling shrimp, nudged Xue Rui to sit down with her elbow, picked up a shrimp, and handed it to him.

"Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard work. I've spent all my money now, and I'll have to rely on President Lin to support me in the future," Xue Rui said shamelessly.

"From now on... I won't let you suffer anymore," Lin Ruoxi said softly.

"What wrong have I suffered?" Xue Rui was completely confused.

“They…they’re threatening us, saying we have no choice,” Lin Ruoxi said, pouting.

"Sigh, it's just a way of holding us back. It's not like it's just our family. We'll get used to it." Xue Rui shook his head, not taking it seriously at all.

"I can block anyone else, but... I just can't block you."

Lin Ruoxi made up her mind to completely bypass Nvidia's restrictions in the future. Once she made money, she would make chips and contribute to Xue Rui's computing center. (End of Chapter)