Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 486 Laying Out AI, The Great Tang Entertainment Empire

Inside the CEO's office at Douyin.

The warm golden sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the thick gray carpet.

On the sofa, Chen Xiu, having taken off her coat and rolled up her sleeves, had a broad forehead and bright eyes. She held a pen in her hand and was doodling on a clean A4 sheet of paper while narrating.

The people listening to his story were Su Xiao, the owner of this office, and Su Yu, Douyin's CTO (Chief Technology Officer).

"...I believe that AI is the next direction for the development of the Internet, and it is essentially a tool to improve efficiency."

"really."

Su Yu nodded in agreement, but her brows remained furrowed in confusion.

Chen Xiu's wrist trembled as he wrote down the word "data," followed by "computing power" and "algorithm."

“Every major company in every niche of the internet industry possesses massive amounts of data. Even a home computer's computing power can't handle that much data.”

"So on the infrastructure side, I suggest first purchasing 2000 NVIDIA GPUs to build a supercomputer. The technical department should then develop a chatbot architecture based on this."

"Let's create a simple model first, see how it works, and then iterate and upgrade it later."

At this point in time, Dahua has not yet been sanctioned, and Nvidia's chips can be purchased even with money.

To put it bluntly, Chen Xiu's brief description is about building an AI development team.

Su Yu stared at the doodled A4 paper for a while, and her first comment was a complaint.

"Using primitive methods to depict the future—that's quite poetic! Wow!"

Su Xiao calmly withdrew her hand, her majestic phoenix eyes glancing sideways at her younger brother.

"I called you over to talk about work, so be serious."

"Good, good, you two are really a perfect match..."

Su Yu rubbed her forehead, took Chen Xiu's pen, and wrote two words on the original A4 paper.

He looked up at Chen Xiu and said seriously, "The chatbot architecture you mentioned is based on three key components of the attention mechanism, which allows the model to mimic the way humans allocate attention when processing information."

"Then, we utilize the Transformer architecture and a deep learning model based on the self-attention mechanism..."

"Ahem."

Chen Xiu interrupted Su Yu's output, her expression showing some helplessness.

"Xiaoyu, you're the CTO. You can discuss these technical matters with Lao Hou. I only care about the results."

"Hmm, product managers don't need to understand technology..."

Su Yu was about to give a typical programmer's吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical commentary) when she noticed Su Xiao's death stare and reluctantly changed the subject.

"Well, I'll go back and look into it, and I'll give you a plan this week."

"OK, try to speak like a human being."

Chen Xiu took the pen from Su Yu and watched him leave.

As soon as the door closed, Su Xiao, who had been holding back her many questions, immediately asked, "AI development was originally a strategic development plan set by the company. Why did you suddenly increase your investment in it?"

"After seeing the development of OpenAI, I am even more convinced that AI is the future direction, so we can also accelerate it."

Chen Xiu gave a more convincing reason.

He set an initial investment of 2 million yuan for the AI ​​development team. This amount is not much for Douyin. The so-called acceleration is actually an adjustment of priorities.

A faint doubt flickered in Su Xiao's clear black and white eyes, as if Chen Xiu hadn't fully explained the reason.

Why are you personally taking the lead in AI projects?

"hehe."

Chen Xiu chuckled twice, took Su Xiao's hand, and her eyes, slightly upturned at the corners, were as deep as a secluded valley, from which a hint of amusement flashed.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, do you think I didn't finish what I was saying?"

So you really didn't finish speaking?

"You can think of it as me finding myself a mountain to climb. This reason doesn't count as a work-related reason, so I didn't mention it."

"Hmm~~"

Su Xiao placed her other hand on Chen Xiu's leg, leaned forward, her slender waist tilted down, her neck was as white as snow, her black hair flowed like a waterfall, her phoenix eyes gazed intently, and from right to left, her crimson lips lightly touched Chen Xiu's earlobe.

"Now you've finally said what you wanted to say."

Chen Xiu's nostrils flared as she inhaled the orange blossom scent emanating from the back of Su Xiao's neck. Her gaze lowered, and she caught a glimpse of white light between the buttons of Su Xiao's shirt.

With a thud, Su Xiao turned around and leaned against the sofa, tilting her head back and squinting.

Chen Xiu's nose brushed against her cheekbone, and she lowered her head, her eyes meeting.

Su Xiao's breathing quickened, and she managed to muster a bit of clarity in her eyes: "Aren't you going to Datang Film Studio later?"

"My appointment is for 2 PM, and there are still 2 hours left. I'm fine with that. How about you?"

Chen Xiu looked at Su Xiao, whose cheeks were flushed, with amusement, not thinking at all that this was a formal competition.

However, Su Xiao believes this is overloaded...

"It's okay, you go ahead and go. I want to take a nap later, so don't bother me."

"Now?"

"You can only fall asleep when you're tired!"

……

At 1:30 p.m., Chen Xiu arrived at Datang Film Industry feeling refreshed. As soon as she entered the office, she used the landline to summon Wei Feng.

Five minutes later, Wei Feng knocked and entered. Chen Xiu was sitting on the sofa, quickly turning the hand-cranked coffee machine. Turning to look at Wei Feng, Chen Xiu said, "Come and sit down, I've prepared your portion."

Is anything good happening today?

Wei Feng muttered something, quickly walked to the sofa on the side and sat down. Then, with perfect understanding, he squeezed the coffee filter paper for Chen Xiu and placed it on the filter pot.

After feeling the resistance of the hand-cranked coffee machine decrease suddenly, Chen Xiu placed it on the coffee table and took the aluminum kettle to the water dispenser to fill it with hot water.

"Don't just sit there, tell me about your work."

"OK."

Wei Feng turned to look at Chen Xiu, and after a brief moment of preparation, reported on the recent events that had occurred at Datang Film Industry.

"First of all, the pre-production of 'Detective Chinatown 1900' has already begun. Most of the filming will be done in China, with a few scenes to be shot on location in the United States."

"Regarding the actors, apart from Peng Yuchang and Wang Baoqiang, everyone else will have to start auditions again..."

Wei Feng stopped reporting and looked at Chen Xiu, who was returning with the pot.

Chen Xiu wet the filter paper and then turned on the coffee maker's powder container.

Seeing this, Wei Feng continued, "Many celebrities have expressed interest in the role, and some are even willing to lower their fees to take it on."

"Speaking of pay, Peng Peng and Wang Baoqiang must be quite expensive now, right?"

As Chen Xiu watched the coffee dripping down her face, she suddenly became concerned about the salaries of the two leads in Detective Chinatown.

Wei Feng shook his head: "Actually, it's not too bad. This time, Bao Qiang's salary is 5000 million, Peng Peng's is 3000 million, and Chen Sicheng's is 3000 million as director's salary plus 5% of the film's investment share."

“Why is it so cheap?”

Chen Xiu looked up in confusion, and poured herself and Wei Feng some freshly made coffee.

He doesn't usually pay much attention to actors' salaries, but with the first two films in the "Detective Chinatown" series grossing so much, the salaries of Wang Baoqiang and Peng Yuchang for the third film should be over 100 million yuan.

The result was 8000 million, which, combined, is less than the salary of the female lead in the drama "Da Ru Zhuan".

Wei Feng took a sip of coffee: "Peng Peng's price is internal; his current asking price for a movie role is 4000 million. Bao Qiang's price is because of that incident... The coffee is very good."

"He already took a pay cut once for 'Detective Chinatown 2,' why would he take another one?"

"Actually, it hasn't dropped by much. Actors' salaries have been decreasing this year, so Baoqiang is just going with the market."

"Hmm, go talk to Wang Baoqiang privately and see what he thinks. If it's just about that incident back then, tell him that it's over and we shouldn't mention it again. Then see if you can decide whether to let him participate in the investment of the next Detective Chinatown film."

Chen Xiu has always been very comprehensive in her considerations regarding interpersonal relationships.

He was well aware of Wang Baoqiang's importance in the "Detective Chinatown" series, and for such collaborating artists, relinquishing some of the profits was a perfectly normal practice.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Wei Feng's pursed lips began to look strange.

"Boss, I've already done all of what you've said."

"Ok?"

Chen Xiu paused for a moment, then looked at Wei Feng with surprise and approval: "What did Wang Baoqiang say?"

"He repeatedly emphasized how grateful he was for your help. I told him that I didn't like this approach, and he toned it down a bit. He's also quite interested in investing in the next Detective Chinatown film."

"everything is normal?"

"It's normal!"

Seeing Wei Feng's expectant face, Chen Xiu reached out her coffee cup and touched it to his.

"Congratulations, you're becoming more and more adept at handling things."

"Boss, you taught me well."

Wei Feng picked up his coffee with satisfaction and took a small sip.

Chen Xiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Has there been any reply from Guangming?"

"Well, Wang Changtian was a little confused as to why we asked for copyright sharing of 'Ne Zha'. I told him that Light Chaser Animation Studios was preparing 'Black Myth: The Chosen One' and wanted to collaborate with 'Ne Zha' to create a mythological universe. He considered it for a few days and then agreed."

"result?"

“We were responsible for the distribution of ‘Ne Zha’, and then we took the corresponding copyright on top of our original 30% investment share. Enlight Media also took the investment share and copyright of ‘Black Myth’, in the same proportion as ‘Ne Zha’.”

Wei Feng meticulously recounted the steps, feeling quite satisfied.

Chen Xiu also acknowledged his abilities: "Well done! At this year's annual meeting, your position will be changed. You will directly manage the company as CEO, and let Da Xiong be in charge of the content business."

Upon hearing this arrangement, Wei Feng was initially delighted, but then quickly thought of another person.

"Boss, what's the arrangement for Sister Cube?"

"Promoted to president, continuing to be responsible for the company's day-to-day management."

Chen Xiu said, as if she had prepared.

Datang Pictures originally didn't need too many high-level positions, and its personnel structure was simple and sufficient.

With its rapid development over the past two years, the successive establishment of subsidiaries such as Datang Film & Television, Datang Distribution, and the MCN company Taiyang Chuanhe, as well as the acquisition of Light Chaser Animation, Datang has become a group-style company, and it is not an exaggeration to call it an entertainment empire.

It's not too late for Chen Xiu to improve the company's structure now, and Wei Feng has certainly earned the qualifications after so many years of experience.

Seeing Wei Feng's overjoyed expression, Chen Xiu glanced down at the time.

【13: 55】

"Xiao Feng, it's almost 14 PM. Go out and see if Cheng Long has arrived yet."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)