Hammer of Technology

So Ning Wei recorded this Google in his notebook early on.

Tian Yanzhen continued: "It's better to be polite to others, Google is willing to donate a sum of money to us to improve the research environment."

"How many billion?" Ning Wei asked.

"1000 million? [-] million...US dollars." Tian Yanzhen gave Ning Wei a glare.

"Isn't that a bit stingy? That's not how the protection fee is paid, so I don't feel sincere. The scholarship I personally prepared for Ning Ban has almost this amount." Ning Wei curled his lips.

"Hehe..." Tian Yanzhen smiled and didn't answer, but there was some encouragement in his laughter.

How should I put it, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Besides, a donation of 1000 million US dollars is not too small to improve the scientific research environment.After all, it only cost more than 3 million yuan to build this research center. Of course, it would be good to have more money, for example, the scholarship of Ningban will be more abundant in the future.

……

The interview continued on the second day, and the order of the interview was arranged according to the score of the written test. The effect was still obvious. The source of students interviewed on the second day gave Ning Wei a feeling that there was still a gap from yesterday. Of course, the gap was not particularly obvious. But there are also six students who have left a deep impression on Ning Wei.So there are six more √ marks that passed directly.

On Ningwei's list, 28 people have been directly approved, and 39 people are pending.The next step is everyone’s discussion. Originally, there were 60 places in the first screening, but Tian Yanzhen directly applied for 13 places with a swipe of a pen. Soon the school passed, so Ning Wei was on the list. The undecided ones have basically been stabilized, and there are still [-] places left for everyone to discuss, and Ning Wei does not need to participate.

He has many things to do, for example, he also needs to participate in the reception of the current boss of Google, he is very busy!

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324 How Can This Be Like This?

Ning Wei is in a good mood these days, because Ning Ban's interview gave him the first real contact with future good seedlings.

The change in mindset from a mere researcher to a professor is gradual.

At first, Tian Yanzhen told Ning Wei that he wanted to build Ning Ban, and when Ning Ban started to study around his theories, Ning Wei didn't really feel much.

It's just that there is more work and more content, and I even feel a little repulsive in my heart.Because he is responsible for teaching himself, it means reducing his time for thinking and research.

However, as the preparatory work of the Ningban progressed step by step until yesterday's interview, it felt different again.Especially after seeing those extremely talented children, Ning Wei really wanted to pass on all the things in his mind to these students who had just graduated from high school.

There is no consideration of any interests, it is simply an impulse that pops up naturally after seeing a good seedling.

Although he hasn't formally attended class with Ning Class, Ning Wei has already begun to face up to his identity as a teacher, and even sent a message in Tian Yanzhenla's Ning Class teacher group: "After the interview, I found that the quality of students in Ning Class is excellent. I hope everyone can teach seriously, give up some research time, and spend more time on lesson preparation. Personally, I will recommend future salary and professional title evaluation, mainly based on the teaching results of Ningban, supplemented by research results, including me."

When the news was sent out, a group of people exploded soon...

In fact, it is quite appropriate for Ning Wei to say this. After all, if we only talk about the research results of the past two years, no one in the Mathematics Research Center can compare with Ning Wei.As a world-recognized prolific mathematician, even if he only talks about the achievements in mathematics, he is enough to beat everyone, even if he adds a group of academicians.

Soon these words blasted Tian Yanzhen out.

"Professor Ning, don't just focus on Ning's class. Teaching at the Yanbei Academy of Mathematical Sciences is also extremely important. The students selected for this year's top-notch program are also excellent. The unnamed bachelors who participated in the selection of the top-notch base have achieved gratifying results, and the results of the Qiu competition are far ahead , I hope everyone can make persistent efforts. Next, we will consider the proportion of teaching achievements in salary and professional title evaluation.”

Well, the teacher and the student sang together, but it wasn't over yet, Ning Wei sent another message soon.

"I decided to personally take out 5000 million as a special reward fund for teachers in the Nanjing class. Every semester, one special outstanding teacher in the Ningbo class and two outstanding teachers in the semester will be selected. All teachers, including professors, assistant professors, and lecturers, can participate in the evaluation. The specific teaching results shall prevail. The prize for the winner of the title of super excellent teacher is 50 after tax, and the semester bonus for the outstanding teacher is 25 after tax. I do not participate in the selection, but only participate in the review. The fairness of the award evaluation is determined by March Check, the evaluation criteria will be disclosed to all Ningban teachers and students after the official start of the class."

Any verbal encouragement is probably not as useful as direct money.The reward of 50 yuan per semester is already very attractive compared to the salaries of professors.Yanbei University is a top university in China, and the average salary of professors is about 30 to [-] a year.Although there are other incomes, such as going out to give lectures, holding some positions, and using projects for scientific research.

But after all, not all professors can have high extra income, let alone get projects smoothly, especially many professors who like to delve into how to teach, and feel headaches when they need papers and research projects for title evaluation.So Ning Wei suddenly said such a sentence, it is indeed very motivating.Not to mention that the bonus is after tax, which is enough to show Ningwei's sincerity.

The group became lively instantly, Ning Wei's phone rang immediately, it was Tian Yanzhen calling.

"Heh... Ning Wei, if you don't mention giving bonuses to everyone, I almost forgot that you are still a billionaire."

"Haha, Director Tian, ​​look at what you said, what kind of billionaire am I? I just have some spare money."

"Okay, I won't tell you this, Ning Wei, you came up with this reward plan for the teachers in Ning's class, what do you make other teachers and professors in the Mathematical Academy think? Want to squeeze into Ningban?"

"Well, Director Tian, ​​what you said makes sense. The teachers in our Ning class should also maintain the vitality of competition. How about this? There are rewards and punishments? There are reward regulations for outstanding professors. If the teaching quality or teaching results are not up to standard, Just eliminate them from the Ning class, and then replace them with new teachers to teach the children in the Ning class? After all, some professors are still partial to scientific research, and they probably don’t care too much about teaching.”

"I mean the Shuyuan side..."

"Don't, don't, Director Tian, ​​I'm only in charge of Ning's class, and I'll just follow this. I'll tell everyone that if professors who are more interested in research can plan their own routes as soon as possible, that's the deal. Director Tian."

After finishing speaking, Ning Wei hung up the phone and sent another message in the group.

"Director Tian called me just now. He meant that in order to ensure the vitality of the Ning class, in addition to rewarding outstanding teachers, teachers whose comprehensive scores are low for two consecutive semesters in each school year will no longer teach Ning class courses. Re-select teachers who study teaching quality from several colleges to join the teaching posts of Ningban, so the teaching positions of Ningban will be mobile in the future. I hope everyone can work hard to prepare lessons and improve the teaching level. If you are not interested in teaching, you still hope to do more For scientific research, you can also chat with me or Director Tian privately as soon as possible, and we will change positions as appropriate."

What is rich and willful?That's it, there's no need to beg for alms, and paying bonuses to the outstanding teachers of the Ning class out of their own pockets is enough to make a group of people speechless.Of course, the point is that Ning Wei can afford the money, not to mention that the money is like a drop in the bucket to him, at least he won't feel distressed, after all, March seems to have made money again.

When Ning Wei opened a U.S. stock account for March, he had already taken back the 20 billion principal that he had lost to March to play in the stock market. It was mainly due to his personality. Letting March try to operate the stock market and futures was nothing more than to verify some Theory, after the theory is verified, there is no need to continue to put money in it for fun. Anyway, I would rather not make a fortune by speculating in stocks.

But even if the principal is withdrawn, March still controls more than 6 million stocks and futures on hand. Ning Wei doesn't know who earned the money, but for him, March in these financial markets The self-constructed mathematical model in the event is definitely more meaningful than the money.

In addition to these windfall income, with the upgrading of global communication equipment technology, the patent licensing fee of the turbulence algorithm that is distributed every quarter is also soaring.Most of the soaring part is the patent licensing fees received from communication companies such as Cisco, Ericsson, Samsung, etc., which will be charged to his card after unified settlement by Huawei.

Huawei is not too polite to these companies. The patent licensing fee is about three to seven times that of Huawei. For example, Cisco needs to pay a patent licensing fee of 8 US dollars to sell a device with a turbulence algorithm chip, while Huawei is 8 yuan. Renminbi, including the exchange rate, is 6 times the profit in the middle. If the price is more expensive, Ningwei's patent income will naturally increase.

Of course, this surge will only take about a year, and it will gradually stabilize in the future, but for Ning Wei, the money in the bank card now, if he lives according to his current way, probably will not be used up in a hundred lifetimes, and he is not afraid of it. The value of money has depreciated, because even if the number of bank cards has rolled to the point where Ningwei's monthly consumption cannot reach one-tenth of the current current interest rate.

Yes, it is accurate to say that the amount of money is a number to a certain extent. The principal is more than 80 billion, not counting the part that exists in the fixed term. The annual interest rate of the current account is only calculated at 0.3%, and the interest in one year is more than 2400 million. On average, it takes more than 200 million yuan per month to achieve a balance of payments. I would rather not calculate how much I spend per month, but it probably never exceeds [-] yuan.

This is probably why people around me always ignore that Ning Wei is still a billionaire intentionally or unintentionally. Knowing that the villa is a free residence right, and no one can say that this is wrong.

That is to say, when 5000 million is given out as a special bonus in the group, everyone will feel that this guy is actually very powerful, and he likes to beat the society when he has nothing to do.

……

After the bonus was thrown out, there must be some wind and waves.

Ning Wei didn't pay much attention to how the bonuses were managed and how the policies were formulated. He had already reached a consensus with Director Tian.As for the personnel replacement in Ning's class, Ning Wei would not interfere too much. In the end, it all depends on the result.

Generally speaking, the courses arranged by Peking University School of Mathematical Sciences in the first year are similar, and the Ning class is no exception. , the students have a clear understanding of whether they are talented at the level of mathematics. At this time, it is another round of adjustments. Some students continue to move towards the direction of mathematical research, and some students will adjust to the probability of computer bias. Statistics or to study financial mathematics.

Ning Wei knows that other professors are more experienced than him in these aspects. All he has to do is to separate professors who like to do research from professors who like to teach students. Mentor, the bonus policy at this stage is only a trial implementation. If it is feasible, I would rather not mind spending some money in two years to do more rewarding trials in Ningban.

In short, if money is really a thing that can improve the teaching quality of Ning Ban, he still doesn't mind taking out one billion or two billion and throwing it in, and it will be fertilized.

So before meeting with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Ning Wei was in a good mood.

At least I was in a better mood than when I met Intel. From this point of view, Sundar is actually very lucky, but the weather is not so beautiful. When Sundar came to visit, the capital was cloudy, and it was still early in the morning. It rained heavily.

This made the interview process a bit embarrassing, especially not suitable for outdoor activities, so after a general tour of the research center, at the initiative of Sundar Pichai, Ning Wei put the helm of Google Invited into his office.

Probably because they were in a better mood, or the two entered the door together, Ning Wei didn't pay too much attention to the office line that Sundar stepped into first this time.

The big brother's followers were politely left outside by Liu Wei. Everyone can enjoy the rain outside together, so that the two can discuss things quietly.

He picked up the hot tea and met his eyes, but he didn't make a sound.

It's time to say hello, when I was just wandering outside, I had already chatted almost, it was nothing more than accepting some rainbow words, singing a few words about how beautiful the world is, and showing enough kindness through non-nutritive routine dialogue Politeness is already commonplace for Ning Wei. Anyway, he doesn't need to use his brain, and he can even find time to think about the propositions of his recent research.

Of course, at this time, it probably won't work. Sundar Pichai's dry trip is definitely not just to compliment him.However, he was not in a hurry to talk to Sundar. He just quietly drank the hot tea. If he didn’t ask for anything, he naturally didn’t have the responsibility to find a topic. That's it.

Ning Wei felt that his time was quite valuable. The person in front of him only paid 1000 million US dollars. After drinking this cup of tea, he probably spent an hour with him. Google is not losing money.

"Well, in fact, I came to China mainly to discuss with Huawei the possibility of integrating Google's architecture into the Hongmeng system in countries and regions outside of China." Finally, Sundar Pichai spoke first.

Probably because he saw that Ning Wei was different from the Chinese people he had dealt with in the past, and would not take the initiative to break this embarrassing silence.

"Oh, then I wish you success." Ning Wei nodded and responded.

It can't be said to be coping, because it really has nothing to do with Ning Wei, at most it just confirms his judgment. The main purpose of Sundar Pichai's visit to China this time is indeed to do business with Huawei.

After all, he didn't develop the Hongmeng system. Whether it can join Google's architecture is something that Huawei is qualified to decide.Ning Wei is very clear about this point, so he won't point fingers at other people's affairs.

"We have had contact with Huawei before. In fact, both parties have the intention to cooperate. Joining the Google framework has profound significance for the promotion of Hongmeng OS in other countries and regions in the world. However, the two parties have some differences on the direction of cooperation on smart platforms. I hope that Professor Ning can help us resolve these differences." Sundar Pichai put forward his request sincerely and directly.

Well, this time it really has something to do with him. Ning Wei put down his teacup, looked at the helm of Google, and asked, "Well, Mr. Pichai, what do you mean by that? You want to join our March Smart The platform cooperation plan, or..."

"Well, in fact, I don't reject joining the March Smart Platform Cooperation Plan, but I think this Smart Platform Cooperation Plan seems to have too high requirements for data cooperation. If some requirements can be lowered, Google is willing to join, and Make some due contributions to the intelligent platform in the next three months. For example, at the vr and ar system level..."

"and many more……"

Ning Wei raised a hand, interrupted Sundar Pichai's continued performance, and said: "Well, Mr. Pichai, you may not have figured out the situation, our March smart platform business cooperation plan is now basically The Internet no longer accepts new members, or you can no longer apply to join. I don’t know what Huawei told you, but there must be some problem with the communication channel between you?”

"Let's put it this way, if you want to join our business cooperation intelligent platform, you must first apply, and you have to go through the review and voting of the committee to determine whether you are eligible to join. In addition, there are still three years after joining the platform or reaching a certain contribution During the observation period, the newly joined members in the past three years have no right to speak, you need to contribute to the platform, and when the contribution is enough, you can have the right to speak on the platform, so you haven't figured out the situation?"

"You came to visit me first, I thought you guys wanted to join the smart platform, I hope I don't veto it. I didn't expect it to be for this... Hey, let's put it this way, in fact, I think if you don't want to share data with alliance members, you should not force it Join. In fact, our computing power has reached a bottleneck, and we may not be able to provide perfect services to every member.”

Sundar Pichai frowned and looked at Ning Wei. The eyes of the two intersected again, and neither of them moved away. The CEO of Google had some doubts on his face, as if he really didn't know about this change.

Of course, he may not really know the situation well.Because this is a decision that Ningwei made only recently, probably after Huawei's new product launch conference. Seeing that Apple and Huawei's new products have completely divided the entire market into two, Ningwei made this decision.The era of free is over, and the era of charging is coming.

The argument has been thought of early on. The platform alliance was established for free before, so that the March Smart Platform can collect enough data to complete the construction of some mathematical models, so the current fee is to better serve the members of the alliance.

Of course, in fact, the core idea of ​​charging is that you used to ignore me, but now you may not be able to afford it.

Therefore, the platform not only has to charge fees, but also has to meet many conditions to join. In addition to the vote of the alliance, one has to rather not use the veto power in hand.

After thinking for a long time, Sundar Pichai asked carefully: "Including Google?"

There was a hint of incredulity in the tone.

Then, Ning Wei smiled, and replied without a trace of fireworks: "Well, any company, including Google. If you think this decision is unreasonable, I suggest you secrete some carboxamide solution containing impurities as soon as possible, and pass the Take a close look at the logistics projection of the soft buffer on the outside of your CPU."

Coupled with high-level professional vocabulary, Ning Wei's words are very suitable for this kind of communication with foreign friends. If this sentence is translated into a Chinese saying, it is "Dear, please hurry up and take a pee and take care of yourself .”

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325 Honest Man Sundar

Ning Wei's office fell into silence again.

Two cups of hot tea were slowly steaming white until they drifted away in front of their eyes. Sundar Pichai's eyes fell on the white mist, probably thinking about how to speak.

There is no Chinese cultural background, and a bunch of proper nouns are used. It is not easy to understand the meaning of Ning Wei's sentence, but IQ is a good thing, and Sundar Pichai can judge it very quickly. , this sentence is probably not a good word.

In fact, Sundar Pichai came here this time to do some psychological construction. Before he came, he had a general understanding of Ningwei's character from many sources-this guy is not the kind of person who is easy to deal with.

It's troublesome, but this meeting is necessary.Because Sundar Pichai needs to know Ning Wei's attitude, because of the cooperation with Huawei, the attitude of this young scholar in front of him is very important, and can even play a decisive role.

With expectations in mind, you can often be able to bear your temper, at least you don't get up and leave directly after being bullied.

There is no way, they are all forced.

Google needs an operating system to keep the Google architecture alive, which is the basis for Google's future layout.What is Google Structure?Regardless of those technical aspects, for ordinary users, as long as they have a Google account, they can automatically log in to almost all social applications and games with one click.Full coverage of Facebook, YouTube, IG, Twitter, etc.

This alone shows the importance of Google's architecture to Google's future development.Even Google can tolerate that Android cannot bring benefits to itself, and mailboxes, earth, browsers, Gtalk, etc. will not bring benefits, but if Google wants to ensure its importance, it needs the support of mobile operating systems.

This is why Google is even preparing to abandon Android and has been considering developing a new mobile and computer operating system.Even Google Labs has established a project to develop VR systems early on. It doesn’t matter whether these things make money now, but if you take a long-term view, these investments in research and development now will become a wide moat and a thick city wall in the future. Guarantee that Google will always be proud of the world in the distant future.

As we all know, Google's most stable and largest source of income is the advertising network it leads. Even now, Google is still the most reputable advertising platform on the Internet.As long as the business logic remains unchanged, advertising will never disappear, but the form will certainly change, but the fundamentals remain the same. As long as you grasp the entrance of advertising, you will be able to make a lot of money.

The problem facing Google now is that its own moat and city walls have not been fully built, but the Hongmeng system has seriously threatened the construction of Google's ecosystem. This is a strategic failure.As we all know, once a strategic problem arises, it is often not resolved by one or two small tactical victories.

This is why Sundar Pichai had to come to China this time and chose to swallow his anger.

He had to deal with the young man in front of him and buy time for Google's layout.

In this way, both of them were silent for a long time. When Ning Wei was about to speak to end today's unnutritious meeting, Sundar Pichai spoke: "Can we let go of our prejudices, or we can always Find a way to develop harmoniously. Chinese people like to say on diplomatic occasions that they seek common ground while reserving differences, and I now firmly believe in this saying. Maybe we can find a way to develop harmoniously with each other."

"I know that the founders of Google have said some things that hurt our mutual friendship. But those people are already in the past tense. It is also some strategic considerations that Google did not join the March intelligent system in the first place. We actually I hope that the March Smart Platform can change the world in a more open and benevolent way. I don’t think this is a fundamental disagreement. Our goals are the same after all, and we all want to develop technology to make the world a better place .”

Sundar Pichai's tone was very frank, which also made Ningwei feel a little bit surprised. He really didn't expect that the Google president and CEO's attitude could be so low. The attitude of the president is different, so the president and the president are also different.

Especially the phrase "Those people are already in the past tense" hit Ning Wei's heart even more. It takes courage to say this sentence, after all, the three co-founders of Google are not dead yet.

Based on this sentence, Ning Wei thought that maybe he could become a wine and meat friend with Sundar Pichai, an Indian beauty, and it would be more interesting to listen to him bragging when he drank too much.

"If you want to put it this way, Google joined the March Intelligence Alliance so that we can really talk about it. In this way, Google will open up the results and data of the Google X laboratory and connect them to our platform. The alliance will make the world's technological plate bigger, if The system judges that Google's contribution is sufficient, and Google can naturally obtain the corresponding authorization. These are the contents of the platform regulations. I believe that Huawei has sent you all the regulations of the alliance, right?"

The other party really wanted to talk, so Ning Wei naturally slowed down his tone and gave his suggestion with a smile.

"Fully open the laboratory? As far as I know, even Apple has not fully opened its own laboratory?" Sundar Pichai said with a wry smile: "And this is not something I can decide alone. I have to represent the board of directors. Accountable to shareholders."

"Apple did not fully open the laboratory, but Apple made concessions in other areas. Huawei is one of the leaders of the alliance. Apple provided 5000 million A-series CPUs when Huawei was in the most difficult time, so it is normal that the treatment is different. Yes. It’s hard to say that Google can occupy a place in the alliance without doing anything, right?” Ning Wei put down his teacup and asked rhetorically.

Sundar Pichai immediately replied: "I have also thought about this, we can fully disclose the data of research and development departments such as Google Glass, Project Wing, LiftLabs, MakaniPower, Project Ara, Project Tango, DeepMind, and autonomous driving to the March Smart Platform. .”

Ning Wei looked at the negotiating opponent opposite, and still admired him very much.

How should I say, is Google sincere?The two most important laboratories of Google's cutting-edge research and development department, GoogleX Laboratory and Google's Advanced Technology and Planning Department, are unwilling to share with the Intelligent Alliance.

But to say that Google is not sincere, the laboratories reported by Sundar Pichai almost include all the research projects of Google in these years.For example, DeepMind represents the AlphaGo team. Project Ara is Google’s once famous modular mobile phone development project. Needless to say, Google Glass would have been an epoch-making product ten years ago. Project Tango was also a black technology when it first came out. It is said that The technical indicators can reach 1500 million 3D measurements per second, and the 3D modeling of the surrounding environment can be completed with a mobile phone...

The only problem is that these projects have disappeared. Project Ara was hyped very hot at the time, but it has not yet occupied a place in the mobile phone market; Project Tango’s idea is to make mobile devices have similar human perception of space and motion. The goal is to be able to navigate for the blind, so that people can use the environment at home to play realistic 3D games, etc. This initially amazing project probably has too many problems that cannot be solved, and there is not much news now...

Of course, it is not pertinent to say that they are all old industries. For example, Google Calico is a newly established research team on life and health. Of course, there is no breakthrough yet.

To sum up, Google has packaged a bunch of projects that have invested heavily but are not very successful so far to the platform to share. If they are really successful, according to the rules of the platform, they can use them for free without spending money because of the early payment. For these technologies, other members of the alliance need to determine how much they will spend to use these internal patents according to their contribution to the project.

And to have a contribution degree, after all, you have to invest money in research and development. This is definitely a strategy formulated after careful study of the corresponding rules of the March Intelligent Technology Alliance. Naturally, Ning Wei is quite emotional, so no matter how perfect the rules are , as long as you want to exploit loopholes, there is a way after all.

But then again, in fact, there are not many companies in the world that can take advantage of this loophole.There is probably only one company in the world that can be as rich and powerful as Google, and can use less than 90.00% of the money earned by employees to support various temporarily unprofitable technical projects that the other [-]% of employees are responsible for.

And it cannot be said that these previously proposed ideas are worthless.

Take the ProjectTango project as an example. Even if you don’t make a mobile phone, if you have a device that can quickly model the surrounding environment in 3D, it will naturally have a great role in promoting the development of the metaverse in the future. I don't know which technical problem Google's team is stuck on.