This director is vindictive.

Chapter 436 Rebooting the Romantic Era with AI
New terms such as "Chen Mo effect," "silent concept stocks," and "silent stock selection" have begun to gain popularity online.

Actually, Chen Mo was quite happy that stock investors could make money from this.

After all, although he is now a wealthy and powerful man in this life, he was actually a victim in his previous life.

I haven't made much money from stock trading. Whatever I buy goes down, and whatever I sell goes up.

Therefore, he doesn't mind if he can help everyone make some money.

However, this wave of activity is really too big, ridiculously big, and exaggeratedly big.

This made him start to be more careful with his words and actions.

Although the current outcome seems good, what if it turns out otherwise?
right?

However, since Chen Mo only announced that the keyword for the 814 Welfare Festival is AI, the specific company to be partnered with has not yet been decided.

The mere announcement triggered a surge in AI concept stocks, even bringing an early bull market, not to mention events like the 814 Welfare Festival, which involve hundreds of millions of people globally.

These companies certainly wouldn't give up such a huge opportunity.

Thus, a frenzied "AI dominance war" erupted in the tech world.

Although several top domestic AI companies have contacted Shengshi Pictures in hopes of reaching a cooperation agreement, Chen Mo has not yet made a decision.

To be honest, Chen Mo had used all those AI software programs, and none of them were very good.

As for DEEPSEEK, which is expected to be released next year, the two key versions have not yet been released.

So Chen Mo was actually in a dilemma. Should he choose a foreign AI?

This is definitely impossible. Although the 814 Welfare Festival is open to the world, and foreign AI technology is indeed much stronger than that in China at present, Chen Mo is, after all, Chinese.

So at most, domestic AI projects will be handled by domestic AI companies, and foreign AI projects by foreign AI companies, thus splitting the workload.

But Chen Mo wasn't in a hurry, but those AI companies were!

After all, they are all pushing AI software. For AI to grow, it also needs massive data support. Although it is unknown how Chen Mo will use AI during the 814 Welfare Festival, the hundreds of millions of users are simply too attractive.

As a result, several top AI companies tacitly decided to personally go and talk to Chen Mo.

They have sincerity.

Chen Mo is currently busy filming "Ocean Wedding" and is just making excuses, saying that they will talk about it later.

But they didn't want to wait!
An interesting scene unfolded in the world.

To show their sincerity, several companies actually sent teams led by senior executives to the Maldives for a "tour" as mentioned earlier!

This includes companies such as Baidu, Ali, Tencent, ByteDance, Loongwei, and Dami Technology.

Such a big commotion could not possibly be kept secret from the media already stationed in the Maldives.

They took the opportunity to ride the wave of popularity and promote themselves.

So we decided to team up and set up a temporary AI exhibition outside the filming location of Chen Mo's ocean wedding in the Maldives!
Baidu set up a temporary booth outside the film set, showcasing the latest achievements from its AI lab, to demonstrate its "AI-generated underwater starry sky" technology. They even jokingly emphasized that it was "more energy-efficient than an LED whale shark!"

Ali's team brought in a truckload of customized "AI Spicy Snack Whale Shark" plush toys and handed them out to everyone they met. The toys were printed with "Aliyun AI, making romance smarter".

The other companies also came up with their own unique strategies.

They also offered Chen Mo very generous terms.

For example, Tencent directly stated: "Just choose Tencent, and you'll get a free week of splash screen ads, plus unlimited traffic across all channels!"

ByteDance directly presented a data report: "Douyin users watch over 1 million videos related to 'Chen Mo' every day. Choose us, and your AI marketing results will double!"

Etc., etc.

After this news spread, it immediately became a trending topic.

#Who will win the AI ​​award for the 814 Welfare Festival? #The trending topic is far ahead of the competition.

Following closely behind is the #MaldivesChinaAIExhibition#
"In the past, celebrities fought for the center position; now, CEOs are fighting for the AI ​​position. Chen Mo's wedding is turning into a tech expo!"

"I suggest Chen Mo just hold an auction, whoever bids the highest becomes the main partner, since in the end the shareholders will foot the bill (doge)."

"This wasn't a wedding; it was a 'battle of the titans' in the AI ​​world! The losing company's stock price plummeted to its daily limit!"

However, the general public doesn't seem to care.

Because everyone knows that whoever becomes a partner of the 814 Welfare Festival will be incredibly wealthy and have a golden opportunity to leave their competitors far behind.

So it's no wonder they're so enthusiastic. One financial blogger commented, "While it's unclear how Chen Mo will use AI in this year's 814 Welfare Festival, one can imagine that once a company becomes a partner of the festival, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the user base could increase by over 814 million, right?"
Moreover, currently, domestic AI companies' software is in the promotion period, which can be described as chaotic and fierce competition, with no one having an advantage. They are currently spending a lot of money, but once they become the official partner of this year's 814 Welfare Festival, their promotional efforts will instantly surpass those of other companies.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to attach great importance to it!

At the same time, this massive amount of data could also lead to a qualitative change for the AI ​​companies that are collaborating, and could even allow them to leave other competitors far behind.

So it's no exaggeration to say that Chen Mo's move could really determine the future market landscape of AI software in China!

The attached chart shows the average stock price increase of brands that Chen Mo has partnered with in past welfare festivals in the left column, and the recent changes in the market value of AI companies in the right column. The two columns are connected by a trajectory resembling a starburst over the Pacific Ocean, labeled "The Most Violent Wealth Transfer Route of 2024."

Everyone understands the principle, but netizens always focus on something incredibly unique.

The industry is watching closely to see who the ultimate winner will be.

When asked who would be the official AI partner for the 814 Welfare Festival, netizens didn't care at all; after all, it didn't matter who they used.

They're all pretty much the same (bad)!
So, netizens started playing with something else.

It wasn't until "Chen Mo AI Model" became a trending topic that Chen Mo realized what netizens had been playing with lately.

It turns out that a programmer used his "scumbag quotes" to train an AI model, and surprisingly, it even received a lot of likes from netizens.

They even produced a satirical paper titled "Undersea Economics: From Seven Wives to Seven Times the Return."

Chen Mo now had to start thinking about how to make the most of this year's 814 Welfare Festival.

Although he had a plan before, it seems that the plan is not keeping up with the changes.

As for which one to choose?
Chen Mo was also conflicted. To be honest, the AI ​​needed for the 814 Welfare Festival didn't need to be technologically advanced or cutting-edge, since it was designed specifically for the event.

To be honest, the AI ​​software currently available in China is still somewhat lacking.

Chen Mo sat in his office, staring at the constantly changing stock market data and the frenzied discussions among netizens on his computer screen, and rubbed his temples.

He originally just wanted to give a heads-up about the AI ​​theme of the 814 Welfare Festival, but he didn't expect it to ignite the entire financial market. Now, the anticipation across the internet is at its peak, and CEOs of major AI companies are bombarding his phone, all wanting to be on the 814 Welfare Festival's cooperation list.

He figured that this year's AI-driven approach must continue the core logic of the 814 Welfare Festival—making users happy, merchants profitable, and the whole internet go wild.

It can also carry a positive meaning.

The earliest family portrait, last year's "Do a Good Deed Every Day", so what about this year?
"What are you thinking about?" Zhang Yuqi pushed open the office door and walked in with a cup of coffee. Seeing Chen Mo frowning and deep in thought, she couldn't help but ask.

"I'm thinking about what theme to come up with for this year's Welfare Festival," Chen Mo said, taking a sip of his coffee.

Zhang Yuqi, unusually well-behaved, reached out to massage Chen Mo's temples, giving him a head massage.

While laughing, she said, "That's easy! We've already done the family and charity themes before. Now everyone is starting to be afraid of marriage and doesn't believe in love for various reasons. So why don't we just make love the theme this year? It'll fit our wedding promotional video perfectly."

"Love?" Chen Mo was taken aback; he hadn't really thought about this before.

The main problem is that people are becoming more and more realistic in this era, and love has long become a luxury.

In today's society, the prevailing sentiment is, "Even dogs wouldn't date!"

However, what you lack will come to you, so the theme of love might not be out of the question.

"But how do we integrate it with AI?" Chen Mo asked.

“Look, the pinyin for ‘love’ is ‘ai’, right? As for how to link them together, let me think… Hmm, isn’t there a poem that goes something like this: ‘In the past, carriages, horses, and mail were too slow; a lifetime was only enough to love one person.’ And people don’t write love letters anymore. What do you think about us creating an AI love letter?” Zhang Yuqi asked.

Chen Mo touched his nose: "AI love letter?"

“Yeah, what do you think about having everyone use AI to write love letters and confess their feelings?” Zhang Yuqi said, suddenly having a bright idea.

"AI love letter?" Chen Mo's eyes suddenly lit up.

Seeing that he was interested, Zhang Yuqi immediately pressed her advantage: "That's right! Don't young people always say 'wise men don't fall in love'? Let's use AI to create a cyber love river for them! Let the AI ​​learn your popular cheesy pick-up lines, and combine them with the texture of old-fashioned letter paper to create an 'AI helps you write three-line love letters' event."

She became more and more excited as she spoke, and suddenly turned around and pulled a stack of yellowed letter paper from her bag: "Look, these are love letters my grandmother received back then. Who writes these nowadays? But if we use AI to generate the content, and then pair it with this kind of retro letter paper printing service..."

Chen Mo took the letter, which bore the marks of time. The penmanship on it had blurred, but the four characters "seeing this letter is like meeting you in person" still stood out vividly.

A trending topic he had seen in his previous life suddenly flashed through his mind—data from a second-hand platform in 2024 showed that the transaction volume of love letters from the last century had surged by 300%, which young people called "electronic heartbreak cure".

Combining cutting-edge AI technology with the most retro "short paper, long affection" love letters is indeed a great gimmick.

And it sounds quite interesting.

He strode to the whiteboard, picked up a marker, and wrote down the core formula: [AI emotional computing + nostalgic medium = new era emotional value] He emphasized the word "value" with a heavy stroke of ink.

It can even collaborate with merchants. In the past, gifts were sent directly to netizens. This time, let's do a "help you send gifts" campaign!
(End of this chapter)