Huayu 2021: Isn’t he in the technology field?

Chapter 165 They are communicating; undercurrents are surging.
The following day, Tuesday, at 9:46 AM.

Sunlight penetrates the glass dome of Xiaomi Science and Technology Park, casting diamond-shaped spots of light in the corridor.

As soon as Jiang Qing stepped out of the elevator, he saw Lei Jun leaning against the corner coffee machine, waving at him.

"Did Mr. Jiang stay up all night modifying code again last night?"

Lei Jun stepped forward with a sarcastic expression to shake hands, his gaze sweeping over the faint teeth marks visible below the young man's neck.

"Or is it that Beijing's nightlife is just too vibrant?"

"Mr. Lei is joking."

Jiang Qing didn't mind his teasing and smiled as she took the USB drive from Chen Duo's hand.

"Don't be too surprised by the large voice model that Mr. Lei wants later."

Lei Jun's eyes lit up as he stared at the USB drive in his hand.

"If you dare to ask for 1.8 million, I'd like to see what's going on."

Jiang Qing shook the USB drive in her hand and chuckled.

"I received 300 million from Mr. Liu, but Mr. Lei is giving me a friendly price."

"That logistics and warehousing system?!"

Lei Jun looked surprised, while Lu Weibing and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

It seems JD.com is going all out!
"That's right, it will be officially announced at next week's press conference."

Jiang Qing smiled and nodded in affirmation.

"So it really can save JD.com 3 billion yuan in costs a year?"

"No."

"I knew it……"

"Mr. Lei, what I mean is, to be precise, 50 billion."

Lei Jun's smile froze on his face, and a gasp rippled through the crowd.

"Brother Dong is something else. He even deliberately leaked the news that it was 3 billion. I guessed it wouldn't be that simple, but it's even more impressive than I expected."

Lei Jun breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed his surprise, and jokingly said with a smile.

"In that case, my expectations for our large model have increased even more."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lei, this money is absolutely worth it."

Jiang Qingxu put her hand on his shoulder and patted him twice with a smile.

Just as Lei Jun was about to speak again, a commotion suddenly broke out in the conference room at the end of the corridor, as five or six engineers peeked through the crack in the door.

The bespectacled young man in the plaid shirt was suddenly pushed out of the crowd by his companion and stumbled into Jiang Qing.

"Dr. Jiang!"

The young man, his face flushed, held up his notebook.

"Could I get your autograph? I've read your previous article, 'Attention in Transformer,' seventeen times."

Lei Jun patted Jiang Qing on the shoulder and laughed.

"See that? Our core architect on the voice team is a huge fan of yours. By the way, Xiao Wang, who said last month that our idol wasn't doing his job properly?"

The engineer, who was called Xiao Wang, waved his hands anxiously, which immediately caused a burst of laughter from the audience.

Jiang Qing took the pen and quickly wrote her name on the title page, then suddenly pointed to a spot and looked up.

"A dual-stream attention mechanism would be better here. I'll send you the improved solution later."

"Okay! Thank you, Dr. Jiang."

Xiao Wang nodded repeatedly to express his gratitude.

"Alright, I can't wait any longer, let's go in and get started."

Lei Jun urged him on impatiently from the side.

"Row."

Jiang Qing smiled and readily agreed.

Upon entering the demonstration room prepared by Xiaomi, Jiang Qing immediately focused, unbuttoning his cuffs, rolling up his sleeves, and opening the laptop Chen Duo had handed him.

The curtains closed automatically, and the projection screen lit up with the words "Welcome Mr. Jiang of Wuwen Technology".

Jiang Qing glanced at it, then gave Lei Jun a thumbs up with a big smile.

That's really something.

He inserted the USB drive into the control panel and his fingertips left afterimages on the keyboard.

At the same time, all equipment in the demonstration room was connected synchronously.

Lei Jun and others took their seats, and nearly a hundred people, including Xiaomi's core executives and core engineers from the voice team, instantly filled the entire demonstration room.

Soon, a stream of azure parameters cascaded down like a waterfall, projecting a three-dimensional model onto the screen behind him.

The engineers all pulled out their laptops, and one guy with black-rimmed glasses even shoved his voice recorder in front of the projection screen.

"We're all acquaintances, so let's get straight to the point without further ado."

Jiang Qing smiled and scanned the crowd, the red dot of the laser pointer sweeping across the 3D architecture diagram.

"Now, I will explain the MiLM2 voice model that Wuwen Technology created for Xiaomi. Its core is a three-layer neural network..."

He zoomed in on a module that was flashing blue light.

"The perception layer uses a spiking neural network to process voiceprints, the decision-making layer uses a graph network to analyze device relationships, and the most ingenious part is this execution layer."

Double-tap the keyboard with your fingertips, and the screen suddenly splits into 3D models of a refrigerator, air conditioner, and robot vacuum cleaner.

"It's like equipping every home appliance with a thinking brain."

Lei Jun stared intently at the screen, rubbing the thermos in his hand.

"But how can we ensure that the instructions don't conflict?"

Jiang Qing smiled and pulled up the code.

"When you say turn on the living room air conditioner..."

He typed on the keyboard, and the code flow suddenly transformed into a visual data chain.

"The wristband first confirms your body temperature, the camera determines the number of people in the living room, the temperature and humidity sensor provides a baseline value, and finally the central control panel calculates the optimal temperature."

A chorus of gasps filled the conference room.

The engineer in the plaid shirt in the back row raised his hand in greeting.

"Dr. Jiang, won't this multimodal data processing cause delays?"

"Good question."

Jiang Qing retrieved the test data table.

"We've conducted actual tests in the lab..."

The three curves on the chart rise sharply.

"When ten devices respond simultaneously, MiLM2's scheduling efficiency is 2.7 times faster than traditional solutions."

"how did you do that?"

Someone cried out in surprise.

"The key lies in the parameter matrix."

Jiang Qing amplifies the nodes of the neural network.

"The 0.3B edge model is responsible for collecting data, while the 30B cloud model coordinates decision-making..."

He suddenly drew circles in the air with his finger.

"It's like a thousand troops obeying the orders of a marshal."

Lei Jun suddenly clapped his hands.

"So, a cell phone can talk to an air conditioner?"

"more than."

Jiang Qing smiled and clicked on the demonstration video.

The smart speaker in the video is broadcasting the weather.

"There will be heavy rain today."

As soon as the words were spoken, the robot vacuum cleaner automatically returned to the base station, the curtains slowly closed, and the humidifier's power was automatically reduced.

"These devices are used in shared environments."

The female engineer with her ponytail narrowed her eyes and abruptly covered her mouth.

"Are they communicating?"

Jiang Qing smiled nonchalantly and brought up the device interaction log.

"To be precise, it's the protocol matrix we designed..."

A checkers-like connection diagram suddenly popped up on the screen.

“Every device is both an executor and a sensor; this is the true Internet of Things.”

The chief architect, wearing a dark blue polo shirt, suddenly stood up.

"Dr. Jiang, this dialect adaptation module..."

He pointed tremblingly to a wavy code area.

"During last week's test, Xiao Ai (Xiao Ai's AI assistant) suddenly started understanding what my grandma was saying."

"We extracted seven common phonemes from 300,000 hours of dialect data."

Jiang Qing pressed the play button, and a mechanical female voice sounded in Mandarin mixed with Wu dialect accents.

"Mr. Lei, would you like me to order some mung bean cakes from Wudaokou?"

Amid the laughter, an engineer suddenly held his phone above his head.

"Look! The desk lamp is flashing!"

Everyone turned to look and saw that the smart desk lamp in the demonstration area was alternating between light and dark in rhythm with Jiang Qing's explanation.

"It seems they're listening to the lesson too."

Jiang Qing smiled and snapped his fingers, and all the demonstration equipment started working simultaneously. The room fell silent.

Lei Jun stared at the scene with shining eyes, his face full of excitement.

Dozens of engineers simultaneously bent their heads and frantically took notes, the swishing sound echoing in the room.

The boy in the gray hoodie suddenly raised his hand.

How can the edge model run smoothly with 0.3B parameters?

"That depends on this..."

Jiang Qing brought up the code block that was gleaming with golden light.

"Our lightweight engine can retain core functions while..."

He suddenly grabbed the smartwatch on the table.

"It's like putting the water of West Lake into this clock face."

"What are the actual application scenarios?"

Someone in the back row shouted.

Jiang Qing tapped her fingers on the keyboard, dividing the screen into three sections.

"When you say I want to watch a movie..."

Synchronized screen demonstration: The living room lights gradually dim, the TV automatically turns on, and the air conditioner switches to cinema mode.

"And what if we said the same thing to smart glasses?"

The screen switches to a private cinema effect projected by AR glasses.

Suddenly, all devices emitted warning sounds simultaneously, and a red alert appeared on the electronic screen.

Jiang Qing revealed a calm smile.

"This is a stress test I planned..."

He spoke to the air.

"Activate the emergency plan."

In an instant, the fresh air system turned on to its maximum, the security camera rotated automatically, and the Xiaomi TV in the demonstration area displayed an escape route map.

"That reaction speed..."

The chief architect loosened his tie.

"It's more than five times faster than our existing system!"

"That's the key point."

Jiang Qing typed on the keyboard, and the screen projected the waveform of the recording.

"Everyone, please take a look at the spectrum."

The waveform suddenly split into colored stripes.

"Just now, when I spoke, the voiceprint recognition system simultaneously sent different command frequencies to seventeen devices!"

The meeting room fell into an eerie silence, followed by thunderous applause.

An engineer clapped his hands and shouted, his face full of disbelief.

"Is this speech coding that humans can accomplish?"

Jiang Qing smiled and tapped her temples.

"Therefore, we need AI to help."

He looked at Lei Jun.

"Mr. Lei, do you still remember saying last year that you wanted to create home appliances that can think?"

Lei Jun touched the Mickey Mouse pattern on his thermos and suddenly burst out laughing as he looked at the young man not far away.

"Now I should be worried that they're too smart."

He got up, walked over, and pressed down on Jiang Qing's shoulder.

"Let's go to the demo area and try out the real device interaction, that multi-device collaboration you mentioned earlier."

As the crowd surged toward the smart home showroom, a girl secretly snapped a picture of Jiang Qing's profile.

In the photo, a young man's shirt sleeves are rolled up to his elbows, and behind him, a backdrop flows a stream of data like a galaxy.

At 12:16 PM, Jiang Qing was bending over to adjust the parameters of a smart speaker in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the 12th floor of Building B in Xiaomi Science and Technology Park.

He was unaware that the plaza downstairs was already packed with Xiaomi employees holding up their phones, and he didn't even notice that an engineer behind him had secretly started a live stream on Douyin.

"Family members, who understands! Dr. Jiang is even more handsome when he's working than on variety shows!"

"Aaaaaah! Jiang Shen is going to kill me!"

"What new collaboration is this with Xiaomi?"

When the live stream camera panned to a close-up of Jiang Qing's face, the chat exploded instantly.

At this moment, the trending topic "Jiang Qing appears at Xiaomi Technology Park" on Weibo is climbing at a rate of 20,000 per minute.

A tech blogger posted a clip from a live stream on Weibo.

"Jiang Qing of Wuwen Technology appeared at Xiaomi today, seemingly to discuss new collaborations related to smart homes!"

The comment section quickly flooded with various opinions.

"Just yesterday, we saved JD.com 30 billion yuan. This time, it might just change the landscape of the smart home market!"

"Is Yezi going to get a new endorsement deal with Xiaomi? Is Jiang Shen trying to turn all the major companies into his own backyard?"

"Mr. Lei is smiling so happily! It looks like something good is about to happen!"

……

Related terms appeared in the top three of Douyin's trending topics list.

A tech account with a million followers added subtitles to the live stream footage.

"Look closely! All the smart devices are responding synchronously when Jiang Qing is adjusting the speakers!"

This video garnered over 200,000 likes in ten minutes.

During the live stream, Jiang Qing suddenly turned to Lei Jun and said something, and Lei Jun laughed and patted him on the back.

This action was captured as a GIF and went viral in various fan groups.

"I think I've found a real couple!"

A netizen captioned the GIF, which garnered 30,000 likes.

The Zhihu real-time hot topic list is updated.

How should we evaluate the suspected collaboration between Jiang Qing and Xiaomi?

The highly-rated answer was concise and powerful.

"Get ready to switch to smart home technology."

Just as the number of viewers in the Douyin live stream exceeded 500,000, Jiang Qing straightened up.

Sunlight streamed through the glass curtain wall, casting a golden rim on his shoulders. This image was screenshotted and posted on a social media platform with the caption, "The god of technology is shining online!"

"Dr. Jiang, could you demonstrate a voice command?"

The engineer holding the live-streaming phone suddenly shouted at Jiang Qing.

The entire live stream was instantly flooded with requests for a demonstration.

Jiang Qing turned to look at Lei Jun, and only after seeing him nod did she smile and approach the camera.

He casually picked up the smart desk lamp on the table.

"Turn off the lights."

With a "snap," the entire exhibition hall plunged into darkness, with only the indicator lights of the thirty-six smart devices flashing like stars.

The live stream chat paused for half a second, then started scrolling wildly.

"Holy crap, is this voice-controlled?!"

"Mom asked me why I was kneeling and looking at my phone!"

"Who just said a desk lamp can't be used as the main power switch? Come out and get a beating!"

"Is Jiang Shen performing magic?"

……

Lei Jun's voice rang out in the darkness.

"Xiao Ai, Starry Sky Mode."

All the devices lit up with a soft blue light, flashing continuously and alternately, and the water mist sprayed from the humidifier formed a nebula in the beam of light.

Jiang Qing picked up the desk lamp and shook it gently, and the light and shadow on the wall immediately turned into a flowing galaxy.

"Holy crap!" instantly filled the entire live stream chat.

The moment the number of viewers in the live stream exceeded one million, Weibo's servers suddenly crashed.

It turns out that some netizens dug up an interview video of Lei Jun from last year, in which he said that "the team I most want to cooperate with is one that can make artificial intelligence truly think," and today, a representative of that team is breaking through conventional wisdom in front of the camera.

At 12:55, Lei Jun posted a photo of himself with Jiang Qing on Weibo, with the caption, "Working with President Jiang is always full of surprises."

Netizens flocked to the comments section to make fun of the situation.

"Lei's smile is harder to suppress than an AK!"

"CEO Lei: With Jiang Qing by my side, who am I afraid of?"

"Does Jiang Shen standing with Lei Jun mean that the number one and number two most handsome men in the tech industry are in the same frame?"

"Hmm, although Mr. Lei is good, Jiang Shen is the one I truly love!"

……

Companies involved in smart homes, led by Huawei Orvibo, were alarmed and held emergency meetings to discuss countermeasures.

Meanwhile, the remaining mobile phone manufacturers such as OPPO and Vivo were also inexplicably uneasy. They knew that Jiang Qing still held the title of chief consultant of Xiaomi's voice team, and perhaps the new cooperation they were about to launch was actually focused on intelligent voice.

Amidst the undercurrents, JD.com is not to be outdone.

Of course we have to ride this wave of popularity!

(End of this chapter)