After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 14 He Gang and Xiao Sha's tit-for-tat
"This place is simple, please forgive me."

Hao Cheng doesn't even have an office right now, but since others are coming over, he has to show some hospitality. He can't just invite them to his one-bedroom home where there's not even room to stand, right?

So we made an appointment to meet in a business meeting room at a nearby teahouse called Pingxin.

"Keep calm and composed, very good!" He Gang's "very good" almost made Hao Cheng lose his temper. He really wanted to ask, you don't have any other words, right?

"I don't know much about tea. This place was recommended by Xiaosha." Hao Cheng naturally turned the topic to Xiaosha.

"Xiaosha?" He Gang was stunned.

"Yes," Hao Cheng smiled, "Mr. He, do you mind if I bring an assistant with me today?"

Looking at the phone in Hao Cheng's raised hand, he instantly understood who the assistant was that Hao Cheng was talking about, and his interest instantly came up:
"Of course you can. I came here just for it. This is a good opportunity to see it for myself."

"Xiaosha, Xiaosha, let me introduce you. This is Mr. He Gang, CEO of Huawei's Terminal Business Group." Hao Cheng placed his phone on the other side of the tea table, which was about the same height as the two of them, and then woke up Xiaosha.

"Hello, Mr. He, I am Mr. Hao Cheng's special assistant. My name is Hao Shasha, you can call me Xiaosha!" Xiaosha responded immediately.

"Okay!" This opening was extraordinary, and He Gang's attention was instantly attracted to it. Apart from anything else, just this one sentence in response to the introduction showed his great skills, surpassing most of the large models.

He Gang even took out his mobile phone and did a test on the spot: "Xiaoyi, Xiaoyi, this is the developer of Zhifeng Quicksand, Mr. Hao Cheng."

Xiaoyi: "I guess you want to find Mr. Hao Cheng. I have found 4 reference materials for you. 1. Hao Cheng: Legal representative and major shareholder of Yiqianjin Culture Media Co., Ltd..."

He Gang was immediately embarrassed, and quickly poked the screen to stop Xiaoyi's long speech, and said with a wry smile: "The gap is indeed quite large."

If this was considered a small confrontation before the formal negotiations, then He Gang was completely defeated.

It was also the first time that he witnessed the power of Xiaosha head-on. The feeling was completely different from watching a few videos or asking it a few questions when testing it himself.

At this moment, he always felt that he was inferior to Hao Cheng - look, others have an assistant, so cool, but what is this Xiaoyi that I have!

"Well, let's talk here. Can Xiaosha understand everything?" He Gang quickly adjusted his mentality. What's wrong with you being strong? If you weren't strong, I would have come here in vain. This proves that you really have something new.

As we all know, AI is trained using algorithms and models using massive amounts of data.

Sometimes it seems that it speaks human language, but it is not the case at all - the essence of AI is nothing but probability and imitation, and the model does not understand the real meaning of what it says.

But in front of Hao Cheng... He Gang showed a curious look.

"Mr. He, you are wrong. Xiaosha is my assistant today and also serves as the negotiating representative."

Since we are cooperating, we must show our strongest strength. Hao Cheng is ready to remain invisible to the end and let Xiaosha make a thorough demonstration: "I have told it my bottom line. Whether you can get it depends on you."

"Is this possible?" He Gang found it even more unbelievable. He questioned and glanced at Hao Cheng's propped-up phone several times, as if he was looking at a demon.

“In terms of professionalism, it is certainly not that professional. The only direction in which it is enhancing its professional capabilities is legal services.

"In other aspects, it is at best just an ordinary person who is well-read, but with a vast amount of Internet knowledge and data support, it can know everything.

"However, it is definitely far from a professional negotiation expert, as it does not have the relevant professional capabilities enhanced." Hao Cheng smiled: "But you and I are both technical personnel, and we are not negotiation experts, right?" He Gang's head was buzzing, and he felt as if he and Hao Cheng were completely out of the same channel at this moment.

Suppressing his inner doubts and curiosity, He Gang began to do something he had never done before in his life - talking to a robot. He was so nervous that he almost forgot all the prepared remarks.

At first, I was thinking of trying to invite Hao Cheng to join the company, but now it seems that there is no need to try.

Huawei poached people, especially the top talents, and then let them go without any care. They were very free. But they were required to show results. If they didn't show anything in half a year or a year, they would be fired.

But Hao Cheng's problem now is that they have so many things in their hands that they can't count them all. Can they just dig them out by paying a little money? There is no possibility at all. It's better not to mention it. It won't hurt feelings!

Then there is only one way left, which is cooperation.

Thinking of this, He Gang glanced at Hao Cheng, but Hao Cheng was now smiling and silent, even acting as if it had nothing to do with him, and actually handed the negotiation over to Xiaosha.

This situation immediately aroused the energy in He Gang's heart. I still don't believe that I can't handle a robot. I want to test Xiaosha's level, so I said:
"Speaking of cooperation, Huawei has never been a company that eats alone, and we never reject cooperation with anyone or any company. A few years ago, we even firmly believed in international division of labor, which led to a big loss. As a result, we had to personally participate in many things later.

"But our purpose has never changed, that is win-win cooperation. For example, our current language model, AI voice restoration, etc. are jointly developed with iFlytek. As long as we continue to make progress and do not hold us back, the foundation for cooperation will always be there."

This is actually not a very appropriate thing to say, but He Gang said it intentionally. He just wanted to see how Xiaosha, a robot, would respond to this kind of conversation.

Xiaosha spoke slowly, "We are not opposed to cooperating with any powerful enterprise. The reason is very simple: we are not the sun, and we cannot spread our light all over the earth in an instant. Our good things need to be spread by more people. Of course, they have to be able to keep up with our progress."

Tit for tat!

Xiaosha said frankly, "We have good things in our hands, but if we do it ourselves, the results will be too slow. In order to let people enjoy the convenience of technological progress more quickly, we need partners, and not everyone wants them."

This is in direct conflict with He Gang's statement, "As long as you don't hold us back, we can continue to cooperate."

"I am convinced!" He Gang was completely convinced, and he never dared to underestimate this robot again from the bottom of his heart - note, this underestimation does not mean that he thinks Xiaosha is incapable. Before coming here, he had already confirmed that Xiaosha was very strong.

But now, he is even more certain: Hao Cheng must have a completely new AI training method, and this method is no longer the same product as the traditional AI.

"More human-like?" He Gang remembered these three words Yu Dong often mentioned. These are how many companies describe so-called end-to-end intelligent driving. He originally thought it made sense, but looking at it again at this time, he could only complain in his heart: That's what you call human-like?
And today, we have to admit that, at least in terms of the logic of dialogue, it is almost the same as that of humans.

I will go back and teach Yu Dong a lesson and tell him what a real human being is, He Gang thought to himself.

So, two people, no... a person and a robot started negotiating their intention to cooperate.

Huawei’s appeal: to directly integrate the AI capabilities of Zhifeng Liusha into the system-level Xiaoyi, and wants a one-year exclusive period.

Xiaosha’s reply: Integration can be discussed, but exclusivity is impossible.

The two of them had rounds of verbal battles over this matter. He Gang was surprisingly interested and he was consciously testing the boundaries of Xiaosha's language and abilities.

This happened several times, making Hao Chengdu laugh.

(End of this chapter)