Rebirth 2010: I'll be a big shot

Chapter 133 Boss, I want it too

Author: This month once Teru Furukawa

Chapter 133 Boss, I want it too...

Before Chen Heyu left Yangcheng, he failed to persuade Wu Maozhe, a talented chip designer, to join Future Technology.

"I wish you success. When you figure it out, please contact me anytime."

He confessed before leaving.

As for whether Wu Maozhe can defeat his "cheap brother", Chen Heyu said he is not optimistic.

The information learned from Wang Yi's mouth revealed that the other party was far superior to him in terms of mind, means, and ability.

We can only hope that his "vigor" will produce miracles. After all, in terms of crazy criticism and persistent spirit, even his elder brother cannot catch up.

Three drafts of the appearance drawings of Moss's second-generation smart speakers were approved. Among them, Chen Heyu chose the most technologically appealing shell design.

After the workers' welfare benefits were increased, the production cost increased accordingly and remained at 170 yuan per unit. He thought again and again and gave the price of 369 yuan.

At 10:00 on February 28, 2014, Moss II speakers were officially sold online for the first time, with an inventory of 500,000 units.

Apart from the fanatical Ai fans, the most excited ones are the scalpers.

In their eyes, the Moss speaker is a magic tool for making money, and the first wave of people will definitely be able to eat meat and drink soup.

There are many people who made a fortune by reselling first-generation Moss speakers.

Zhao Dong was also ready to make a move.

The lesson he learned from the Moss Generation was quite profound. This time, he made a move as soon as the goods arrived and was determined not to earn the last copper.

This is the rule he set for himself!

He glanced at the time and saw that there were only three minutes left. He skillfully activated the plug-in. Zhao Dong had already felt at ease due to his previous rush-buying experience.

He understands that grabbing it does not mean that he can make money, and the moment of cashing out is worth celebrating.

The financial management attributes of Moss speakers have also benefited some college students. They can earn hundreds of dollars by grabbing one. In some backward cities, this amount of money is a month's living expenses for an ordinary student.

Staring at the countdown on the web page, the buyers across from the Moss official website are of all kinds, including mothers, students, migrant workers from far away, and review bloggers.

The group of people who received the bonus from Moss's first-generation speakers took this sale event particularly seriously.

"5!"

"4!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Here I go, the page is so stuck!"

"Silly ×, refresh quickly, what if there is still a chance?"

"It's so curly, it's not that hard for me to grab a rice phone!"

"This is more disappointing than the Spring Festival train tickets!"

There are 20.86 million people who have made reservations to buy on the website, and the inventory is only 500,000. Coupled with the existence of scalpers and technology parties, less than 2% of the people are destined to grab it.

"Is it transferable? The price is 1,000 yuan for recycling. If you want to sell, please add me on WeChat: 189****5690!"

"I want to buy one for my own use. I am a primary school student and don't have much money. Is there any kind-hearted person willing to pay the original price?"

“On sale of Moss II speakers, only one, the one with the highest price will get it!”

A college student in Hong Kong City posts sales information on the second-hand market. Since winning a 200,000 bonus in the Moss AI Competition, he has been paying attention to future technology companies.

He was involved in the first sale of Moss generation speakers.

Since he doesn't know how to write snap-up software, he can only mobilize his classmates to help grab them together, charging an additional 300 yuan for each unit to recycle. Some poor students who are short of money and have no means will choose to join his "scalper group."

After several attempts, he easily made tens of thousands of dollars.

After today's sales event, after statistics, his team grabbed 41 units. Seeing the market price exceed the 1,200 yuan mark, he went crazy with joy and made a lot of money from this one.

On the other side, Zhao Dong is also immersed in happiness. As a veteran driver, he has experienced many battles and grabbed 29 units in total.

"There are too many black technologies in Gori, so I have to continue optimizing the software."

Zhao Dong was keenly aware that there were more and more scalpers competing with him, but he only managed to grab 29 machines by relying on software.

However, the price of the second generation Moss is really good.

After deducting the cost of 369 yuan, he made a profit of 24,000 yuan. He felt that he was doing well again and started to stand firm again.

"Aren't you still grabbing that shit?"

My girlfriend said dissatisfied.

"It's different this time. I'll ship it as soon as I get it, and I won't stockpile it."

Zhao Dong and his girlfriend explained.

"Can't you just work hard? Can you get rich doing this? When will we be able to afford our own house?"

The girlfriend shouted hoarsely.

She had accumulated enough disappointment. Looking at her boyfriend in front of her, the aura of the past was slowly fading away. For a moment, she just wanted to slam the door and leave.

"Give me another chance, okay?"

Zhao Dong panicked and wiped his girlfriend's tears, feeling a dull pain in his heart. Didn't he want to buy a house?

Is this housing price something I dare to expect?

…

"Mr. Chen, the international version of Moss Intelligent Voice has entered the acceptance testing stage and is expected to be delivered and launched in March."

Zhang Nan called to remind me.

"Wei Gang, this guy is so hardworking? He can actually complete the development plan one month in advance?"

Chen Heyu said in surprise.

"Boss, Director Wei spends the rest of his time at his workstation except for eating and sleeping."

Zhang Nan said with a smile.

"Give Lao Wei a week off and let him have a good rest."

Chen Heyu warned.

The international version of Moss Intelligent Voice is launched, and the second generation of Moss speakers are introduced to the market together. Only by combining software and hardware, future technology can truly set sail.

However, Meiliguo has a profound background in the field of artificial intelligence. It invented the programming language LISP for artificial intelligence research more than fifty years ago, and promoted the development of neural network technology forty years ago.

At the application level, IBME's "Deep Blue" supercomputer defeated the Mao Xiong chess world champion; three years ago, Gugou completed the first driverless car experiment, symbolizing a feasible breakthrough in intelligent transportation.

Chen Heyu is worried that under his stimulation, Niu Niu Congress will speed up the research and development of artificial intelligence. Whether technology can maintain its leading edge in the future is a question worth pondering.

"To speed up the industrial layout, I don't have much time left."

He thought secretly.

Although the institute had just completed the development of a large project, he still asked Zhang Nan to publish the "Moss Image Processing Technology R&D Plan".

This is a new challenge!

Moss went from picture editing, to speech recognition, to image and video understanding, in just over two years. Future technology will have to overcome the technical gap of decades, which is no easy task.

"Mr. Zhang, the recruitment work cannot be stopped. Keep pace with the Human Resources Department and continue to tap cutting-edge talents in face recognition, object detection, semantic segmentation and computer vision. This project is handed over to Wu Chen and let him take the lead."

Chen Heyu ordered.

Most of the floors in Changqin Building across from Jingwei Garden are vacant and are in urgent need of outstanding researchers and engineers.

"Mr. Chen, most of the domestic experts in related fields are in our company, and academicians from those research institutes are really hard to find.

I have been warned by my superiors before that if Mr. Jiang from the Public Relations Department had not come forward, the company would definitely be in trouble."

Zhang Nan couldn't help but expressed his behavior in a subtle way, which was too hateful.

"There should be no one in charge of foreign research institutes, right? Don't worry about money. Time is more precious. If the money is gone, you can make it again."

Chen Heyu replied.

He knew that Opun Ai, which was established a year later, also had a large number of Chinese in the technical team. The reason why these people chose the beautiful country was simply that they could have higher salaries and a more comfortable working environment.

He can provide all of these.

Before Musk takes action, he must first remove the firepower and bring all the corresponding R&D engineers under his command.

Future Technology's expected revenue in 2014 is at least US$3 billion. There is no need to worry about labor expenses. It can afford it.

After ending the conference call, he picked up the documents, left the office, and walked downstairs.

After the beginning of the new year, Shanhai Film and Television’s New Year’s kick-off meeting was held, and as the boss, he had to attend.

"Mr. Chen!"

"boss!"

When I saw him walking into the conference room, two different names came out. The first batch of old employees liked to call him Mr. Chen, and later new employees were accustomed to calling him boss.

Chen Heyu waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down first.

Looking around, there were dozens of people sitting in the crowded room. On the left was Lin Shiwei, the general manager of Shanhai.

On the right is Xiao Yang, Shanhai's top commercial director.

Below Lao Xiao is Zhang Chen from Happy Twist, and the heads of other departments are seated in turn. The people in the middle and back area are directors Li Xue, Ma Qiang, Liu Lichang, Dapeng, Guo Fan and Yan Fei.

"Let's start with the finance department."

Chen Heyu opened his mouth and said that he wanted to know the performance of Shanhai Film and Television last year.

"Boss, the company's main film projects in 2013 include "Manslaughter 2", "When a Man Falls in Love", "Charlotte", TV series include "The Best of Us", "The Year in a Hurry" web series, "Soul"

"Ferry", "Nirvana in Fire", variety shows such as "The Voice of China", the net profit is 2.3 billion..."

The financial director turns on the screencast, pulls out a set of data, and displays it to everyone.

"hiss!"

Knowledgeable people took a breath of air-conditioning. The 2.3 billion figure frightened them. Huayi holds the title of the largest private film company, and its net profit last year was only 670 million, which was less than 1/3 of Shanhai.

Haha, Huayi’s name has long been inconsistent.

"Not bad, what other projects are going to be launched this year?"

Chen Heyu asked with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, Director Xiao's "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is expected to be released in the first half of the year, and Guo Fan's "The Wandering Star" is in early preparation..."

The boss of the production department replied that several directors basically have their own new projects.

Ma Qiang is filming "The Lonely and Brilliant God".

Da Peng submitted a new script "Sewing Machine Band" and planned to avenge his past humiliation.

Yan Fei and Peng Mo teamed up for the second time and launched the filming plan of "The Shameful Iron Fist", with Ma Li and Allen as the protagonists, and Shen Teng as the supporting actor. The box office performance of this movie in the previous life was quite good.

Liu Lichang is responsible for the popular IP adaptation "A Smile Is Alluring".

Lin Shiwei serves as the chief producer of the second season of "The Voice of China". This gold-making masterpiece is even more popular in the second season.

Even before the launch ceremony was held, advertisers and sponsors were already visiting.

At present, only Li Xue is in the idle stage. Two consecutive costume dramas have exhausted her. She is either climbing snow peaks or going to the grassland.

"Director Li, which book do you like this year? Ask the IP Operations Department to help you buy it."

Chen Heyu said to her.

"The Legend of Mi Yue. After I read the script, it gave me new creative passion. The copyright is in the hands of the company, so there is no need to trouble Director Yao."

Li Xue said with a faint smile.

Joining Shanhai Film and Television has become the wisest decision she has made in her career. She has sufficient funds, room for development, a strong team of screenwriters, and an IP department that spends a lot of money. She spends all her time staring at popular male videos and female channel novels. If she has the potential, she will do it all.

Buy it.

When other directors worry about making their next work, she only needs to select a satisfactory one from the huge script library.

Chen Heyu nodded and looked at Yao Yuan from the IP department. After listening to him report his work, he frowned. In the past year, 400 million yuan was burned in version fees alone. It was a waste of money.

"Let's discuss it with Lao Zhou tomorrow and test whether Brother Qiao is willing to sell it."

He thought about it and made up his mind.

A meeting lasted for three hours before it reluctantly came to an end. Chen Heyu called Lao Xiao, Guo Fan and Lao Hu to go out for dinner together.

It was rare that he didn't take advantage of Lao Hu, so he chose a Cantonese restaurant and offered to treat him.

"Director Guo, how are you preparing for "Wandering Earth"?"

Chen Heyu asked with concern, without any urging in his tone. The previous production of this science fiction masterpiece took nearly four years, and Guo Fan couldn't make big progress in a few months.

"Mr. Chen, these are concept drawings that will appear in the movie, including appearance design drawings of some props."

Guo Fan dug out a thick stack of drafts from his bag, which was thicker than three dictionaries put together.

"Lao Guo, aren't you exaggerating?"

Xiao Yang was surprised and said that most directors can draw storyboards, and he is no exception. After all, he graduated from the art department.

A storyboard that perfectly presents movie scenes, plots and character actions can improve shooting efficiency and save costs.

But these concept drawings by Guo Fan are really exaggerated.

"Brother Xiao, these are just some of them, more are on the computer."

Guo Fan smiled bitterly.

"Wandering Earth" is really a big project. It took him and the art team three months to complete the initial concept design.

It was only with the help of Moss Ai2.0 that we were able to achieve such a fast production speed, and everyone signed a confidentiality agreement.

Except for the R&D personnel of Future Technology, they are the only ones in the country who know that Moss has evolved to version 2.0.

Chen Heyu took the manuscript and opened it one by one. They were basically colored concept maps, making it easier for people to understand intuitively.

Engineering exoskeleton: a robotic arm device that can provide extra power to people, used in engineering construction, earthquake rescue, etc.;

The cool appearance was full of technology. After reading it, he put it aside. Xiao Yang immediately took it and studied it with Lao Hu.

Door frame robot: integrates defense and combat, loaded with machine gun weapon modules and cameras, somewhat like a variant of a security inspection device;

Astronaut mobility equipment: including space suits, helmets, tool boxes, etc.;

Predator UAV: ​​There are spiral wings on both sides, and the overall shape is like a fighter jet, which can realize reconnaissance and combat functions;

Atmospheric diving suit: equipped with ADS normal pressure diving system, the oxygen tank on the back can continuously supply for 50 hours, and the air bag ejection device can be used to escape in an emergency;

Space elevator concept map!

Moon base concept map!

Planetary engine concept drawing!

Lunar nuclear fusion concept map!

Xiao Yang was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Is this a movie that China can make?

"Director Guo, you won't be able to finish filming so many scenes. If you don't mind, I'll go to the set and be your assistant director."

Lao Xiao's eyes rolled around, and a strange idea came to his mind.

What happened to the assistant director?

Being able to have a name in the directing team of this movie will be an amazing resume in the future.

"Brother Xiao, please stop entertaining me. It's still unknown when the filming of this movie will start."

Guo Fan said with a "hehe" smile.

"Lao Xiao, don't make trouble, I have arrangements for your next movie."

Chen Heyu interrupted him.

"Mr. Chen, if you don't want me to join the directing team, then you can just let me play a small supporting role."

Lao Xiao struggled.

"He Yu, Director Guo, do you think I have a chance?"

Hu Ge picked up the tea, toasted the two of them, and said flatteringly with a smile.

“Have you seen the concept drawings with Hnsa’s experts?”

Chen Heyu ignored Lao Hu and continued to ask Guo Fan. Hnsa is the abbreviation of the Chinese Space Administration. In order to ensure the rigor of the film's plot, he specially asked someone to help him find connections and invited three big guys in the aerospace engineering field.

Help fix bugs and optimize prop concept drawings.

"This version has been modified."

Guo Fan replied.

What is HNS?

This was the inner thought of Lao Xiao and Hu Ge. They secretly took out their mobile phones and started searching. The moment they learned the answer, they felt numb.

It's just a movie, why is it necessary to be so big?

"Mr. Chen, for the prop design, I contacted a Pengcheng family, a partner named Yang Xu Studio, for digital life cards, nuclear weapon detonators, quantum computers 550A and 550C, as well as drone interference guns, door frame robots and exoskeleton controls.

The design and production of the equipment were all handed over to the other party.”

Guo Fan continues to report.

In the past few months, he traveled all over the country and selected the most satisfactory partner among more than 30 companies and studios.

"Keep this call. Next time, help me ask the other party if they are willing to accept an acquisition or raise financing. If the other party is willing, let Zhou Xiaoyu step forward to promote it."

Chen Heyu took out a business card of Lao Zhou from his wallet.

"General Manager of Shanhai Capital, Zhou Xiaoyu."

Guo Fan quickly realized that this should also be a company owned by Mr. Chen, and was responsible for investment and mergers and acquisitions.

"Okay, I will find a chance to find out."

Guo Fan agreed.

Chen Heyu remembered that the peripheral props of "Wandering Planet" in the previous life were also an important source of profit. How could he let them go?

"Just make preliminary preparations as planned. In the future, technology will also conduct AI research on images and videos simultaneously. I hope it can help and shorten the production cycle."

Chen Heyu encouraged.

This is the first step in a long road.

A large number of storyboards, complex sci-fi main scenes, expensive studios and scenery workshops all required Guo Fan's personal coordination.

The staff of "Wandering Earth" quickly expanded from one person to two hundred people within a few months.

This includes a dozen small departments such as the professional consulting group, director group, art photography group, props group, etc., running all over the country, working hard for China's first science fiction blockbuster.

"Don't worry boss, I will do my best."

Guo Fan nodded. Based on his trust in Moss AI, he also had high expectations for Moss video processing technology.

First, it can increase the speed of post-processing;

Second, solve large scenes that cannot be handled in live shooting.

In science fiction movies, each frame of special effects shots requires a lot of rendering time and huge amounts of money.

It's all a difficult problem for the crew.

"Lao Guo, you must leave a place for me, I don't care."

When Lao Xiao saw the two of them finishing their conversation, he acted like a rogue.

"Boss, I want it too..."

Hu Ge came over again.

…

The preparations for "Wandering Earth" are proceeding in an orderly manner.

On the other side, in March, Kupai and HOC successively announced the release of the latest version of the Moss co-branded mobile phone.

The configuration has not changed significantly from before. The biggest difference is that it is equipped with Moss intelligent voice system. Rice phones are no longer the only choice for users.

As the news was announced, sales of Mi 2S dropped. Before Sanxing could be happy, it discovered that it was about to face more competitors.

Gentlemen, please count your votes~

(End of chapter)