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Chapter 247 We thought of the same thing!
In Qiao Yu's opinion, Zheng Xiwen is a very capable person and he knows many capable people.

So he came forward to help borrow a supercomputer and demonstrate the new capabilities of quantum simulation computing to everyone, to sound the alarm for the world's cryptocurrency trading market, and to quickly spend money to design a quantum-resistant algorithm. This should be supported, right?
After all, his reasons were legitimate.

From a very young age, Qiao Yu understood that if he wanted to do something that could satisfy his own selfish desires and was morally and legally questionable, he had to first give the thing itself a noble cloak.

Qiao Yu's execution ability is as strong as ever.

As soon as he had the thought, he walked out of the door, put his hands behind his back and strolled to the first floor, to the room where Zheng Xiwen usually stayed.

This is what Qiao Yu likes most about Zheng Xiwen. As long as he doesn't go out, his uncle Zheng will definitely be downstairs.

It doesn't disturb him, and I can ensure that I will be by his side as soon as something happens. It's very dedicated.

Apart from the extra monitors in the room downstairs, there's nothing wrong with it.

When he arrived at the door, before he could knock, it was opened by Zheng Xiwen.

"Are you going to Huaqing?" Zheng Xiwen, who had already put on his coat, asked.

"Why go to Huaqing? My mother is still angry with me. Wouldn't I feel uncomfortable if I went? I come here specially to visit you." Qiao Yu said with a wry smile.

"Oh? Visit me?" Zheng Xiwen looked at Qiao Yu suspiciously. If he remembered correctly, he had just left Qiao Yu's office less than half an hour ago.

Zheng Xiwen felt that since they came to him with something so quickly, it was probably not a good thing.

"Aren't we done talking just now?"

"I have some new ideas, so I want to talk to you about them. It's good news, great news, and you will definitely support me after listening to them."

Qiao Yu said cheerfully.

Zheng Xiwen looked at Qiao Yu warily.

He understood what this guy said from Qiao Yu's tone, and the real meaning was revealed by removing the word "good".

Qiao Yu wanted to cause trouble, something big.

The interactions between people are sometimes so magical. After getting familiar with each other, you can really get some premonitions from the other person's tone and micro-expressions.

And it’s often quite accurate.

"Then let's go inside and talk." After saying that, Zheng Xiwen let Qiao Yu into the house.

There was no way. No matter what Qiao Yu wanted to do, he had to at least listen.

But it doesn’t matter. Even if Qiao Yu really wants to do something big, it’s not his turn to decide.

Even if Qiao Yu wanted to poke a hole in the sky, there was always someone taller to support him. He was just a mouthpiece.

What he feared most was that Qiao Yu wanted to do something small or not, and he happened to have the authority to do so. This was the most annoying thing.

If you go to ask for instructions, you will most likely be criticized. The leader will also have sufficient reasons. He has given you the authority, but you still keep reporting. What's the use of you?
You didn't ask for permission. If you make a decision on your own, you will have to bear the consequences. The reason is very good. Dr. Qiao, you made such an important decision without informing your superiors and just made the decision on your own? What the hell were you thinking at the time?

This actually has nothing to do with whether you are willing to take responsibility or not; it is simply a way of thinking.

Because this kind of problem occurred in Zheng Xiwen's team, although he would do his best to clean up the mess for his teammates, he also used the same routine when training them.

It is one thing to know that your subordinates are in trouble and to argue with them based on reason, or even to stand up and help them take responsibility and solve the problem; but it is another thing to criticize them harshly and deal with them internally.

Over the years, he had not only gotten used to it, but also learned it. But no matter what, he was always being lectured by his superiors, which must have made him feel uncomfortable.

Especially for jobs like security, the best working state is actually to prevent problems before they happen. As we all know, the better you do the work of preventing problems before they happen, the more likely it is to be ignored...

Plus, Zheng Xiwen is indeed quite outstanding, so he is often scolded and rarely praised.

This is the case when his direct supervisor is a professional who can recognize his value. If he is replaced by a supervisor who does not understand the business, it will be even worse.

Qiao Yu didn't hesitate and told Zheng Xiwen all his thoughts as soon as he entered the room, which made Zheng Xiwen completely relieved. This was good. It was indeed a big matter that he had no authority to manage.

“I think I understand what you mean. You want to help cryptocurrency exchanges realize the importance of improving server security in the era of quantum computing.

So you have to use a large supercomputer to attack someone else's server? And you have to do this without being invited to do so. Am I right?"

In the small room, Zheng Xiwen summarized Qiao Yu's long speech into two sentences.

But Qiao Yu was obviously not satisfied with this statement, and immediately retorted: "No, Uncle Zheng, although that is indeed what I meant, I feel that your summary is a bit wrong. It seems like I am looking for trouble.

This has nothing to do with the exchange. I am responsible for the wallets of countless cryptocurrency investors around the world! I cannot let their lifelong assets go to waste because of the advent of the quantum computing era!"

Zheng Xiwen asked back: "Then you should know that cryptocurrency is illegal in China? China has never recognized the legal status of cryptocurrency."

Qiao Yu nodded and replied, "I know. But I don't think this is the point of the problem. The point is that I think the current security measures of cryptocurrency exchanges, especially the signature mechanism and transaction mechanism, are not safe in the era of quantum computing.

In particular, Microsoft is about to release a new generation of quantum chips. I just did a rough study of Microsoft's technology, and there is no doubt that this will be an epoch-making technology! It means that mankind is about to enter the era of quantum supremacy.

In this situation, as a researcher who is also studying quantum computing, I feel it is necessary to step forward and take the initiative to alert the world to the risks.

I know this may offend some people. But at this time, if everyone takes a nonchalant attitude, who will be the whistleblower?

Not to mention that I can do this under your protection. Who else would have such conditions? So I feel that it is my duty. "

Qiao Yu's passionate tone and high-spirited attitude almost moved Zheng Xiwen.

The only difference is that they have known each other for a long time, and Zheng Xiwen has studied Qiao Yu's files and information carefully, so he knows very well what kind of person the little guy in front of him is.

To be honest, Qiao Yu really has nothing to say about his own people.

But for a guy who, apart from being good to his own people, has always believed in not doing anything without benefits and is vindictive, taking the risk of being a whistleblower for people in the world who have nothing to do with him sounds like a serious joke, which makes people just want to laugh and cannot be moved.

But Zheng Xiwen couldn't really laugh, he could only look at Qiao Yu seriously and nodded solemnly.

"So the supercomputing centers of Yanbei and Huaqing can't meet your requirements, right?"

"Yes, it cannot be achieved. This involves a very professional technical issue. At present, electronic computers need to simulate quantum computing, which is very dependent on..."

"Stop! You don't need to tell me about technical issues. I don't understand them even if you tell me. Just tell me what kind of supercomputing resources you need, and then I will help you report it.

As for whether this thing can be done and when I can arrange it for you, I can only give you feedback. It will be useless for you to tell me more technical details. "

After hearing this, Qiao Yu immediately stood up and prepared to leave.

"I understand. Then hurry up and report. I'll also talk to Director Tian and Mr. Yuan. The instructors can also help me coordinate the computing resources."

This attitude made Zheng Xiwen stunned. He subconsciously asked: "So anxious? Are you planning to do this in the next two days?" "In the next two days? You have to take action tomorrow at the latest, Uncle Zheng! You have been with me for so long, don't you know that time waits for no one when it comes to scientific research? Microsoft is going to hold a press conference at 10 o'clock tonight, China time.

What's the point of waiting two days to do this? People will think I am deliberately trying to be mad at Microsoft and can't deliver something right away! Then won't my efforts for others be misunderstood?"

Qiao Yu retorted seriously.

Zheng Xiwen resisted the urge to roll his eyes and nodded, agreeing with what Qiao Yu said.

"Okay, I'll ask for you later. I'll tell you your attitude truthfully, and if nothing unexpected happens, we'll have a result tonight."

"Thank you so much, Uncle Zheng. I knew that if I asked you for something, I would get a result. I won't say more. Just ask me next time if you have anything to say."

Qiao Yu said generously.

Zheng Xiwen nodded seriously. He quite liked this promise. Qiao Yu's words could at least save him some trouble.

"Okay, I've got that in mind. Today is September 2026, 9. You told me to come to you if I have anything to ask in the future."

Qiao Yu looked at Zheng Xiwen in surprise and said, "Really? Uncle Zheng, I was just being polite, are you serious? What can you ask me for help with?"

"That's hard to say. And to tell you the truth, I've never been so serious."

Qiao Yu: “…”

……

1 Microsoft Avenue, Redmond, Washington, USA, is home to the headquarters of Microsoft, one of the most successful technology companies of the last century and this century.

Compared with technology companies like Apple and Google, Microsoft missed the dividends of mobile Internet development due to a series of wrong decisions.

But Microsoft once really achieved that wherever there is a network, there is a Microsoft operating system. The founder Bill Gates once became the world's richest man with Windows.

So Microsoft has an element of pride in its genes, especially in the 1990s.

When Bill Gates was still at the helm of Microsoft, he even forced Intel, also the world's most successful technology company, to abandon the nsp platform technology standard that could better adapt to its own high-end Pentium series CPUs and instead support the USB standard.

This shows how proud and powerful Microsoft was in the last century. Although Microsoft is no longer the giant that had the final say, its influence is still undeniable.

After all, on the personal PC side, Windows is still the computer desktop system with the highest share in the world.

Having learned the lesson of missing an era, Microsoft has been quite generous in its investment in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other fields.

For example, Microsoft's Azure cloud platform is already the world's second largest cloud service platform.

And of course their Majorana.

This is the result of 20 years of research by Microsoft. It combines the design of traditional semiconductors and superconductors to enable more stable quantum computing.

If Qiao Yu hadn't suddenly come up with quantum simulation computing, Microsoft would have planned to release this product within the year.

More importantly, the layout of super-large companies in cutting-edge technology research and development has a certain inertia. The reason is naturally the huge sunk costs that cannot be ignored.

Twenty years of investment easily translates to billions of dollars, not to mention the time cost which is even more expensive than money. We can't fall behind before it's even released.

And Microsoft is essentially a private company.

If public money is lost, it is lost. Naturally, Commissioner Smith will settle the account and no one needs to take responsibility. However, if capital money is lost, someone must stand up and take the responsibility.

So even when negotiating with Qiao Yu, there were always internal debates.

It is questionable to what extent it is possible to simulate quantum computing using classical electronic computers. In theory, the best way to achieve quantum computing is through hardware.

In addition, Qiao Yu's strong attitude during the negotiations made the voices of opposition even louder.

And from the perspective of the company's CEO Satya Nadella, he actually expects Microsoft to make breakthroughs in quantum computing hardware.

After all, Microsoft is also the largest gaming company in the world, controlling the three major platforms of PC, PlayStation and Xbox.

As a technology-driven CEO, Nadella believes that if Microsoft can master the leading technology in the quantum era, it will be an all-round improvement for Microsoft.

By deploying quantum computing AI and accelerating the development of game AI, we can also achieve quantum supremacy.

In this way, the operating system, AI services, cloud computing, and games will work together to directly form an ecological closed loop. If successful, the post-Microsoft era will be great for at least a hundred years.

In this situation, after Google was the first to give in and try to compromise, Nadella finally decided to launch Majorana according to the wishes of his own research institute.

After all, although there is a word "soft" in the Chinese translation of Microsoft, it is a literal translation. Micro means tiny and soft means software. So the "soft" here refers to software, not the "soft" of bones.

On the contrary, Nadella, who was deeply influenced by Bill Gates, felt that he had to let a Chinese teenager know how tough Microsoft was, even if the teenager had just won the Fields Medal without any controversy.

Most great leaders are strong.

So he decided in the early hours of the morning to hold a press conference for the launch of this epoch-making product, and even decided to host it himself!
Of course, with Microsoft's strength, even if it is held temporarily, the scale is still not small.

Media in the tech world is just a phone call away.

In addition, this is an era of self-media, and the dissemination of information is no longer limited to the number of people on the scene.

As for goals…

To be honest, no matter how proud Nadella was, he knew that he could not make Qiao Yu surrender.

This has to do with strength, but not with whether Microsoft is strong or Qiao Yu is weak. It only has to do with the strength of the support behind them.

Unfortunately, the forces behind both sides that can provide support are very strong.

If Qiao Yu was not Chinese, but was from any other country in the world, this matter would be much easier to handle.

But no matter what, Nadella still feels that at least both parties should negotiate on an equal footing, rather than unilateral "bullying."

He hopes that this press conference will allow young people to understand the foundation of a world-class technology company that has survived for decades and has generated hundreds of billions of dollars.

Yes, he and Qiao Yu thought the same thing.

Both sides feel that from the perspective of strength, the other side should give them the most basic respect.

This is indeed such a coincidence.

(End of this chapter)