After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 24 Even Tencent is more proactive in adapting APP!

"Mr. Hao..." The next morning, Hao Cheng had just gotten up and was brushing his teeth when he received a call from He Gang.

"Mr. Hao, what Mr. Hao?" Hao Cheng said with interest, "You can call me by my name, or you can call me Engineer Hao. Let me introduce myself. I am Hao Cheng, the chief algorithm engineer of Baiju Company."

This is not a joke. If one day in some occasion, he needs to write a sign, Hao Cheng would rather his position be an algorithm engineer than chairman or general manager.

He has been working towards this direction, and the artificial intelligence training algorithm based on the fusion of micro-consciousness bodies will be the focus of his future work.

"Okay, Engineer Hao." After just two or three days of communication, the two gradually became familiar with each other. He Gang also enjoyed this casual joke similar to that between friends: "Then do you know how many downloads of Fingertip Quicksand have been received now?"

"How much?" Hao Cheng was still looking at the data at around nine o'clock last night. Up to now, he really didn't know.

"It's over 1.2 million, and the number of paying users has reached 600,000." He Gang just reported the data calmly without making any explanation.

"How much?" Hao Cheng was shocked, not because of the number, but because the computing server center provided by Huawei two days ago, which can accommodate 200 million and a maximum of 400 million registered users, was no longer enough.

I originally thought that I could hold out until the Mate70 series is launched, but now it seems that I can’t even last this week.

The expansion of servers is also urgent. Even a smaller expansion is not acceptable. We have to prepare directly for 50 million registered users.

"One million and two hundred thousand. The number is not the most important thing. What's more frightening is that our 60 series inventory has been almost cleared out just because of your APP."

He Gang seemed very excited: "Not only that, the upgrade rate of the new system has also been greatly improved. I am not afraid to tell you that even Tencent has been more active in adapting APP.

"They even invited our people to assist on the scene. You know, we had asked them to assist on the scene several times before but they declined."

There is more to make He Gang excited. Although the company was originally full of confidence in native Hongmeng, the reality is that the imperfect application ecosystem is an objective fact.

Android has more than 500 million apps, and IOS has 200 million. As of now, the total number of native apps and cloud services of Hongmeng is less than .

The company has made an assessment and concluded that the native Hongmeng ecosystem can only be considered initially mature if the number of applications reaches at least 10 and will not affect the usage and choices of more than 95% of users.

According to the current situation, the number of applications will not reach 10 until at least the second quarter of next year.

But at this moment, the Fingerprint Quicksand app alone is worth hundreds of thousands of apps!
This is because the usage scenarios of Finger Quicksand have not been fully explored - just go and see the Pollen Club and you will know that new posts appear every once in a while, which means that users have discovered new uses for it.

It felt like a group of people panning for gold in the river sand. Every once in a while someone would shout:
"I dug up a nugget! I dug up one too! Me, me, me, and me!..."

It was such a lively scene. He Gang himself had dark circles under his eyes because he couldn't stop browsing the Pollen Club yesterday. Every time someone shared a new way of using it, he wanted to try it. Before he knew it, he was still trying until two or three in the morning.

Therefore, for Huawei at this moment, a grain of quicksand between fingers is worth a million soldiers.

This is not an exaggeration at all.

As a result, opinions within Huawei have reached an unprecedented consensus - no one is discussing issues like single framework, dual framework, upgradeability or downgradeability anymore.

It turns out that they were worried that if they went all-in on NEXT, the incomplete application ecosystem would affect user experience and, in turn, sales.

If users are given more choices, there is a worry that NEXT may not have enough users, which will affect the manufacturer's adaptation attitude.

Now, there is no need to worry at all.

Judging from the situation of the Mate60 series, even if 4.3 is pre-installed, users are definitely very enthusiastic about upgrading.

In this case, it doesn’t matter what choice is made, just let the users vote with their feet!
So the purpose of He Gang's visit was very simple: to "send" a server to Hao Cheng - if the computing power really cannot be supplied, they will be the ones to suffer!

Before Hao Cheng could speak, He Gang proposed: "We also have a new computing center in Linjiang with 500P computing power. We originally planned to build a comprehensive entrepreneurial computing service center in East China. Do you want it now?"

"How much?" Of course Hao Cheng needed computing power, but the cost of a 500P computing power center alone was estimated to be close to 5 million.

"The total cost is 6 million yuan, and we will give it to you at cost price."

He Gang said: "You don't have to pay. Our licensing fees for the Mate70 series and MateX6 series will be directly deducted in the future. You can just pay the bill directly when the time comes."

After saying this, He Gang himself felt emotional. What a big deal! Originally, it was difficult to buy his own computing power cards even after queuing up, but now they were delivered to people eagerly, and he still had to consider where the money would come from.

The only thing missing is asking him whether he can afford the electricity bill and whether he needs Huawei to pay for it first.

"Okay, I won't beat around the bush. It's for you to use anyway." Hao Cheng agreed after a little thought. 200 yuan per machine, 300 million is the licensing fee for million machines.

"Then you should quickly prepare all the company's formalities," He Gang was also worried:
"We will officially do the handover now. Also, don't forget to register the algorithm. If you need anything, please contact me directly. Huawei can send someone to assist you."

"Don't worry, I won't forget it. I'm already doing it. ...

“There are so many things to do!”

After hanging up the phone with He Gang, Hao Cheng sighed inwardly. He was more accustomed to doing technical work:
"My dream used to be to be a chief algorithm engineer!"

……

His daughter had been sent to kindergarten by his wife. Hao Cheng had a simple meal and then came to the office area located in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Park. Cao Song had already contacted him, and Han Zijie and Zhang Ning would both come for an interview today.

Although it was called an interview, there was actually nothing much to ask for. Zhang Ning was originally a member of the same group as Hao Cheng, and they were very familiar with each other.

As for Han Zijie, although they were not in the same department in the original company, Han Zijie was in the data center.

However, the projects that Hao Cheng was in charge of frequently connected with the data center, and the two often worked together, so Hao Cheng had some understanding of him.

He is meticulous and good at finding subtle problems. He doesn't like to talk much, but once he opens his mouth, he gets straight to the point, and often this point is the key to solving the problem. He is a rare talent.

This was Hao Cheng’s evaluation of him. However, such a person was optimized out of the first batch because of his academic qualifications—the general academic qualification in the data center is a master’s degree, while he only has a bachelor’s degree.

"What do you think?" After talking to the two people, Hao Cheng didn't waste time and directly asked about their intentions: "We are all acquaintances, just speak directly."

"I'll do it and start working today!" Zhang Ning was extremely excited. It was hard to find a job. In the past few days, he only had two interviews, and they were both for KPI purposes. He had no chance at all.

"It's no problem on my end, but it will take a little time to leave. I haven't finished my internship there yet, it will only take a week at most, and I can start working next week."

Han Zijie also nodded. Cao Song had been working for him non-stop from last night to this morning.

In fact, he also agrees with Cao Song's estimate that the company will become a unicorn enterprise in at most half a year.

Even if the company fails to achieve anything from now on, the quicksand between fingers alone can fully support a unicorn enterprise!

At first I thought this thing was made by Huawei, and I never expected that it was made by my former colleague. Now I actually have the opportunity to participate in it. I am really lucky.

"Okay then." Hao Cheng nodded. "Zhang Ning, go get familiar with the job first. Han Zijie, don't worry. Take a rest after you leave. I see that you have dark circles under your eyes. Do you work overtime every day?"

Hao Cheng also heard from Cao Song that Han Zijie did not get off work until 11 o'clock in the evening. Judging from his condition, he guessed that it might be like this every day.

"I have to work a little more overtime, but it doesn't matter. I will be handing over my work from today, so I won't have to work overtime. I will adjust for a few days and after the weekend, I should be able to recover fully. I will come to work next Monday."

Although Han Zijie was very familiar with Hao Cheng, that was Hao Cheng who was his colleague before, so he was cautious in what he said now.

"Okay, come over next Monday." Hao Cheng didn't say much about this. He would wait for him to come and stay for a long time, and then he would know what his style is.

……

After seeing Han Zijie off, Hao Cheng stretched and rubbed his eyes. He slept too late last night and felt a little tired.

But he only took a short break as he immediately called Li Ling and Cao Song. There were so many things to do that he couldn't stop for a moment.

"Li Ling, immediately, hire a professional human resources manager. The company will definitely need to recruit a large number of people in the future. We can't wait any longer. You can also contact a headhunter."

"Okay, I have already registered a company account on the recruitment platform." Li Ling responded.

"Okay, you go and do your work first."

Hao Cheng: "As for Cao Song, what is the current progress of the career system?"

As legal services are a product of enhanced professional capabilities, Hao Cheng originally planned to create an AI legal services APP.

But later on, considering that there would be a lot of enhancements to this type of professional capabilities, it would be better to integrate them all into Fingers Quicksand and create a professional capability and career system that can be selected independently.

"The interface has been connected, and the APP has also passed batch automated testing by Xiaosha, and can be updated and launched at any time."

The workload of APP development is not large, and most of it is on the algorithm side. Cao Song does not need to worry about this aspect, and he is making rapid progress.

"First, transfer the developer certification to the company's name," Hao Cheng said, "Then Grayscale OTA will update the online career system. Keep an eye on it at all times and handle any problems in a timely manner."

(End of this chapter)