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Chapter 209 Everyone has to take the exam!

After talking with Qiao Xi, Qiao Yu spent the next week thinking carefully about all sorts of things including the meaning of life and ideals.

Qiao Yu has clearly felt that since he won the Fields Medal, the adults around him suddenly seemed to hope that he could quickly become mature and sensible.

This once again proves that this world is unfair.

If a recognized loser accomplishes one thing, he will get a lot of praise. But for an outstanding person like him, it is not enough even if he is at the top of the world at a young age.

Because everyone thinks he can become even better! Whether in academics or in thought.

But thinking about it the other way around, Qiao Yu felt that he could understand it. After all, an outstanding person like him would have a greater impact than an ordinary person, whether it was construction or destruction.

On the other hand, this is also a compliment. Most importantly, he actually gets much more than ordinary people.

Qiao Yu is not one of those people on the Internet who is ignorant of the hardships of life. He has really worked hard on his own and naturally knows that money is not easy to earn.

Helping with homework, taking exams, signing... He almost took away all the pocket money of the students around him, and it was still not enough to cover the daily expenses of him and Qiao Xi, let alone making any money.

After entering junior high school, I started to provide emotional value to the older brothers, and on average I could earn nearly 20,000 yuan per month.

In fact, this income level is much higher than the median salary in Star City, and it is difficult to save any money.

For him at that time, a deposit of 10 million was an unattainable number. A lottery ticket of 5 million would have to win three times in a row...

But now their family assets, all added up, have reached 25 million.

Although having a cash flow of 25 million is still considered poor in China's well-developed Internet, Qiao Yu is well aware of how difficult it is for ordinary Chinese people to possess such a fortune.

No, looking around the world, even if you include the mighty University of Western Australia, it is a fantasy for ordinary people to have a deposit of more than 3 million US dollars.

Not to mention that he has almost nothing to spend money on now.

The student cards issued by Yanbei and Huaqing allow you to spend as much money as you want on different occasions every day, and there are special cars to pick you up wherever you go.

Even if he wants to travel far, he doesn't need to rush to buy tickets, as someone will always arrange everything for him. He usually has business class seats on high-speed trains, first class seats on airplanes, and has even experienced luxurious private jets.

It seemed like it was time to pursue something more advanced. Otherwise, everything he wanted was within his reach, which seemed meaningless.

Of course, thinking about these things did not take up much of Qiao Yu's time, because he was actually very busy during this period.

He had to take care of the affairs of Xiyu Technology Service Company. On the one hand, during the time he attended the International Mathematics Conference, he had indeed accumulated too many problems that needed to be solved.

On the other hand, after the adjustment period, the computing needs of the moon landing team became increasingly huge, forcing the hard-working computing team at the Institute of Computing Technology to keep asking for help.

This also made Qiao Yu feel that old guys like Yu Yanjiang were indeed very cunning.

I found that talking to him was not very effective, so I decided to just go and force those poor scientific researchers at the Institute of Computing Technology.

Under heavy pressure, these scientific research workers could only turn to him for help. He received phone calls and WeChat messages one after another, begging him with soft words and all kinds of nice words, which made him feel embarrassed.

I can only help these people adjust parameters, analyze data, solve problems, and upgrade the platform.

In addition, Qiao Yu also has to make time to think about his new topic, which is a simple thing to create a complete space from scratch to describe the quantum system.

The communication with mathematicians at the International Congress of Mathematicians and his subsequent thinking only gave him a rough outline of his thinking. If he really wanted to prove the whole system, he still needed to think about many details.

This is what mathematics is like. Everything is built on a seamless mathematical and logical system.

Although you can paint on it at will, every step of the proof process cannot have any flaws. One counterexample can make all the previous work go to waste.

In this respect, physicists are actually happier, because for them, existence is reasonable.

Especially at the level of quantum mechanics, everything is probability. We only need to rely on experimental results and statistical laws to reveal the essence of nature, without having to always pursue absolute logical perfection.

In this way, he continued to solve problems, deduce his metaphorical space, and think about life every day until the end of August.

……

August 31, 2026.

Qiao Yu didn't open his eyes until 8:10. He casually opened WeChat on his phone and messages from Qu Junhao from the Institute of Computing Technology popped up. There were seven or eight messages in a row, all sent at around seven o'clock.

Okay, I'm used to it.

These guys barely need any sleep lately.

At twelve o'clock last night, I was still discussing some technical issues related to computing with him on video.

The main problem currently facing the platform is still how to find an efficient solution path in high-dimensional modal space.

Qiao Yu also discovered that this was a very troublesome problem. If the task could not be completely solved, it would pile up.

This is also different from doing calculations for one or two laboratories. Before, whether it was Senior Brother Liu Hao or Professor Ma, Qiao Yu did it personally.

The reason why it seems so easy is that what he can easily understand may not be easily understood by others.

Sometimes Qiao Yu felt that there was a mental isolation between him and the people selected by the Institute of Computing.

It's a problem that can be solved by doing this and then that, but these people just can't get around to it.

Qiao Yu originally thought that Academician Liu Zhaoyuan from the Institute of Computing Technology was not happy with him and was playing tricks behind his back by finding a bunch of misfits to be in charge of this project.

Later, after learning more about it, he found out that they were really looking for the best and brightest in the institute. They were all young researchers who performed very well and were very motivated, so Qiao Yu couldn't say anything more.

Others have worked hard enough, and most of them are as old as his uncles. He can't just point his finger at them and yell, "Why are you so stupid?"

This is too rude, Qiao Yu really can't do it.

This also made him understand why the products produced by many companies, whether TO B or TO C, require many fool-proof designs that would amaze many normal people.

There is no way, the differences between brains are too great.

There are two ways to solve this problem. The first one is the simplest and is to directly increase the computing power of the platform.

More parallel computing power and more GPU acceleration can significantly improve the speed of modal path optimization.

But obviously, this will require a large investment. Now adding a cabinet is about 10 million yuan. If you add more, you will have to upgrade the network and heat dissipation of the computer room, or even move to another location.

The second is to allow the machine to learn and correct automatically, so that the platform can dynamically adjust the modal mapping function and reduce human intervention.

This requires an efficient machine learning model, and then a certain amount of time to tune the model.

The advantage of this option is that it does not cost much, and now there are all kinds of open source reinforcement learning models everywhere in the forum, covering almost all mainstream algorithms and application fields.

He only needs to make slight modifications before he can use it.

But the disadvantage is that it requires him to invest enough time and energy.

However, Qiao Yu chose the latter.

It’s not that I’m too sensitive about money, or that I was moved by Lao Yu and wanted to help save more money for the moon landing project.

The main reason was that his starting point at the time was to enable the platform to run efficiently while saving the most computing power.

He may not make money from the hard-working laboratory, but he cannot operate it at a loss.

In addition to the initial investment, increasing computing power also means continued investment in the future. Equipment depreciation and increased maintenance costs are minor matters. The key is that electricity bills will also increase significantly.

From the very beginning, Xiyu Technology has positioned itself as a light-asset operation company. It cannot become a heavy-asset operation company.

Of course, this does not mean that Qiao Yu will put all his energy into this matter, so he simply contacted Qu Junhao, the person in charge of this project at the Institute of Computing Technology.

Even so, the other side is too diligent. How can you bear to sleep only six hours a day?
"Lao Qu, you really don't need to sleep? Or do many people share your WeChat? Why do you get up at 7 o'clock?"

"Ah? How can WeChat be shared? It's just me, but Academician Liu said that I have to OnCall, and I can't do anything about it. Hey, it's not just you who needs to connect with you, I will also handle any problems here as soon as possible."

I see……

Qiao Yu felt a little pity for this guy.

"Okay, I saw the question you sent. It should be about debugging the modular computing task scheduling system. Didn't we talk about this before?

When multiple tasks call the modal path optimization algorithm at the same time, the platform does not correctly allocate computing resources, which may lead to task conflicts, especially when multiple nodes access the same modal path in parallel. "Qu Junhao sent a bitter face expression.

"Dr. Qiao, we have been very careful, and I have discussed this with everyone in a meeting, but we cannot be completely sure which tasks will lead to resource grabbing.

If we do simulation first, it will be very time-consuming. In addition, the task is very real-time and the other party is pushing us too hard to do a comprehensive dependency analysis."

Qiao Yu sent an ellipsis...

This is a case of communication failure. The scheduling system and algorithm he designed must be fine. When the computing tasks are assigned, a casual analysis will tell which tasks need to call the same modal path.

Otherwise, why is it that every time he uses it, it works fine and runs very fast! But the person who is in charge of the execution on the other side just can't analyze it in a short time.

However, if a fool-proof design is added to this part, it will affect the operating efficiency of the system itself.

Although it is not a big deal, after experiencing it, I understand why people always say that talented people are hard to come by.

"Okay, wait for me for ten minutes!"

Without even having time to wash up, Qiao Yu got up from the bed and turned on the computer to log into the backend. He checked several function groups and reorganized the tasks uploaded last night based on the error code. When he saw that the backend had returned to normal, he sent an OK gesture to Qu Junhao on WeChat.

"Thank you, Dr. Qiao, thank you again! I was wondering if we should design an auxiliary script to help us mark the possible conflicting quest lines? Or should we just report an error when uploading?"

Qiao Yu thought about it after seeing the message and replied, "Forget it, it's too troublesome. The platform needs to be promoted externally in the future, and this problem will eventually have to be solved.

When I’m done with this, I’ll overturn part of the existing architecture, add a machine learning module, and then simply do fully automatic and intelligent resource allocation to make it a fool-proof scientific research assistance platform.”

The other party responded with an awkward smile on WeChat.

Qiao Yu could understand that kind of dilemma. After all, if it was really a complete fool's errand, the team at the Institute of Computing Technology could be disbanded on the spot.

After thinking about it, Qiao Yu felt that he still needed to calm the morale of the people on the other side, so he comforted them: "Don't worry, after the platform is upgraded, we will upgrade the descriptions of all the libraries in the platform to professional terms.

In this way, even uploading data is a technical job, and ordinary people cannot understand it, so they still have to entrust you. I know that your Institute of Computing Technology has also spent money on this platform. I guarantee that you can make a profit. "

……

In the dormitory of the Institute of Computing Technology, Qu Junhao, who had not yet washed up, saw this sentence and his face turned red. He subconsciously typed a sentence on WeChat.

"Dr. Qiao, that's not necessary. We can still handle the professional calculations."

But as soon as he put his hand on sending, he hesitated again.

Just as Qiao Yu said, their Institute of Computing Technology also invested money in this platform.

What if he speaks too quickly and the Institute of Computing Technology loses even its position as a bridge in the middle? How will he answer when Academician Liu asks him about it?

In the end, reason prevailed over emotion. After quickly deleting that sentence, I quickly edited it and said, "Thank you, Dr. Qiao."

"We're all mathematicians, so you're welcome. I'm going to go brush my teeth first. Contact me if you have any questions. By the way, if Chief Engineer Yu asks, remember to say that I've been spending almost all my time maintaining the normal operation of the platform for the moon landing project."

"OK!" Qu Junhao quickly replied with this word and threw the phone aside.

Actually, working with Qiao Yu was good in every way, except that it hurt his self-esteem. Even though he knew that the other party was still a minor, and most of the time the advice he gave was actually well-intentioned.

The method of reconciling with oneself is actually very simple. Just like what he is doing now, he starts to recite silently in his heart:
"Damn, this guy is not a normal person. Isn't this kind of thinking very normal? Yes, is there any normal person in this world who can win the Fields Medal at the age of seventeen?"

Really, just thinking this way can instantly relieve you.

……

As for Qiao Yu who was still staying at Yanbei University, he really had no idea that Qu Junhao across from him was under so much pressure. He was already on the verge of depression after just chatting with her for a few minutes early in the morning.

If I knew...it seems there's nothing I can do.

He couldn’t just say on WeChat: “There’s nothing I can do. Maybe this is life.”

For a child who is in a confused period of life and is trying hard to improve his moral standards, he cannot say such inhumane words.

So he just brushed his teeth, washed his face, took his meal card, rushed out of the room and went to have breakfast.

I got up a little after eight o'clock, chatted with Qu Junhao for a while, and dealt with the problems on the Xiyu computing platform. I was already feeling hungry.

I had a delicious bowl of beef noodles in the cafeteria and just as I walked out of the door, Director Tian called me.

"where is it?"

"I just finished my meal and was about to go back to the research center."

"Oh, then don't come in for a while, wait at the door, and we'll go to the Academy of Sciences together."

"What is Director Tian doing at the Academy of Sciences?"

"They called to discuss your project. You don't know that the National Natural Science Foundation is jointly managed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology, do you?"

"Oh, I'll be there in about five minutes."

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Yu couldn't quicken his pace.

After all, I just finished my meal.

When he arrived at the entrance of the research center, the car was already waiting there.

Obediently getting in the car and sitting next to Tian Yanzhen, Qiao Yu asked, "Director Tian, ​​why do they always notify me through you? Why don't they contact me directly?"

Tian Yanzhen casually replied: "I can't get through to you on the phone, and I don't have your WeChat."

This is the truth. Qiao Yu's phone has always been on the whitelist, and no numbers can call in except those that have been added to the address book.

“Isn’t there a mailbox?”

"Stop talking nonsense. Do you want to go there alone?"

Qiao Yu stopped talking immediately.

Actually, it is a blessing to have a mentor to accompany you when you go out for negotiations...

There was no conversation along the way, and after about an hour the car stopped in front of a building.

Qiao Yu got out of the car and looked around. It was an ordinary office building that protruded forward. On the left side of the facade hung a sign of the Academic Department Presidium, and on the right side hung a sign of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

There are two square flower beds on both sides of the door, which look simple and elegant.

By the way, this is Qiao Yu’s first time here.

But Tian Yanzhen obviously didn't think that the solemn building would make his students nervous, so he specifically instructed them, "Be sweet-mouthed later, and don't talk nonsense."

Qiao Yu asked in surprise: "No, Director Tian, ​​aren't we here to negotiate?"

"Negotiation? What negotiation? What negotiation? Who are you negotiating with?" Tian Yanzhen glared at Qiao Yu.

Fortunately, he gave me some instructions in advance.

"Well... the project doesn't need to be negotiated? For example, highlight the importance, and then how to implement the project funds. Wasn't it the same as before with Chief Engineer Yu?"

"Huh... what a mess? Chief Engineer Yu entrusted you to do this, which is a horizontal project. What you are applying for now is a vertical project, and there are rules for how to handle it!"

Qiao Yu pursed his lips and did not argue with his mentor.

Having said that, when he looked at other people’s projects, he didn’t even say that the team members couldn’t be responsible for deciding the project themselves!

This must be discussed!

Otherwise, what would he do if his team was full of pseudo-elites from the Institute of Computing Technology? He couldn't do everything by himself, could he? !

But he has already thought of a solution to this problem.

No matter who he recommends to join his team, even if he is an academician, he has to take an exam first!

He won’t even want to be an academician if you fail the exam!

(End of this chapter)