Tech Hammer

Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters has been particularly busy recently. It can be said that there are waves of big guys coming and going.

Years ago, the chairman of Ericsson came to visit Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters. A banner was hung in front of the company's gate to welcome Mr. Leden. Only a month later, an absolute emperor-like figure within Apple was welcomed. Tim Cook.

Tim Cook hasn’t left yet, and Intel Chairman Pat Gelsinger, whom Ning Wei calls Ge Ge, is here again.

There are too many big bosses and there are not enough senior executives, which has become a source of controversy within Huawei. After all, when these big shots come, senior executives of sufficient importance must come forward to receive them. The company’s founder and spiritual leader, Mr. Ren, no longer likes to make public appearances. Only the members of the company’s rotating presidium are qualified to come forward to discuss various matters with these industry bigwigs. Cooperation.

After all, cooperation at this level has risen to the development of the company's strategic level. This requires working experience in various senior positions in the company and sufficient strategic vision to avoid suffering losses in this level of cooperation.

Many companies originally signed contracts, but later viewed many of the cooperation terms they agreed to at the time were extremely stupid. In fact, it’s not necessarily because of the stupidity of the executives who presided over this cooperation at the time. It’s just that they didn’t have a strategic vision, or they didn’t have a long-term view of the problem, and they couldn’t keep up with the development of the entire industry.

The big bosses finalize the overall direction of cooperation, and then the negotiation experts below who are proficient in all levels implement the specific contract terms within the overall framework. Complicated and tiring work, a large-scale negotiation is tantamount to a large-scale battle. In addition to the will of both parties, it is also a competition for the bargaining chips of both parties.

This is especially true for cooperation between so-called friends and businessmen on the Internet.

When both parties have to sit at the negotiation table, it is enough to explain that although they want the other party to die, the other party happens to have what they need. This thing can be technology patents, funds, other monopolistic means of production, or even time.

Yan Ming was receiving Pat Gelsinger at this time.

Of course, he can't be rude to this industry leader like Ning Wei, but then again, Huawei doesn't actually take cooperation with Intel too seriously. Although Huawei does have a personal PC business, most of them are produced to cooperate with the construction of Huawei's ecosystem, and the sales volume cannot be compared with that of mobile phones. To put it bluntly, what Huawei lacks most now is time, and Apple has been able to buy enough time for Huawei. This is enough.

Of course, as the boss of a world-class company, you still have to give an attitude when people come, such as high-standard reception.

After all, Yan Ming is different from Ning Wei. Strictly speaking, the executives of large companies are all successful businessmen. Whenever it comes to business, you have to listen to what price the other party can offer. Ning Wei is essentially a scholar, and he is the kind of scholar who has so much money that he doesn't even know how to spend it. Of course, he has no interest in doing business. If you are happy, you can chat more. If you are unhappy, of course, you can just ask someone to leave.

In any case, the strict and friendly attitude at least gave Pat Gelsinger some psychological comfort, so that he would not be ignored wherever he went.

"Haha, Mr. Gelsinger, I blamed myself for not being able to have a good chat with you when we were in Beijing. I didn't expect you to change your schedule and come to Shenzhen. This is great!"

"Yan, you are too polite. I am here just to take a look. The March smart platform operated and maintained by Huawei is the hottest topic in the world right now. I hope I have the honor to listen to you introduce the operation mode of this smart platform. ." Pat Gelsinger said with a smile.

"Of course, I will introduce it to you personally. Please, let's go in and watch and chat." After a brief greeting, Yan Ming made an invitation gesture and walked into the Huawei headquarters with a group of people from Intel.

Since it was said to be a visit, Yan Ming naturally had to accompany Pat Gelsinger for a walk around the Huawei headquarters campus.

Although most of the production workshops have been moved to another city, many administrative functional departments such as the general office and some R\u0026D departments are still retained in the place where Huawei started.

Yan Ming first took the Intel team to visit Huawei University in the park, focusing on introducing Huawei's development history on the wall of honor. Then he went to the training center and introduced the history of Huawei. After that, he took the group to the Huawei product exhibition hall. Yan Ming took the trouble to explain the significance of these products, and demonstrated all Huawei's efforts to build a smart ecosystem and Huawei's understanding of the transformation of digital society.

Finally, after enjoying a sumptuous lunch, the Intel team was brought to the high-tech conference room in the headquarters building. Just when Pat Gelsinger thought that formal talks were about to take place, Yan Ming suddenly rushed in mysteriously. Pat Gelsinger smiled and said, "Mr. Gelsinger, didn't you say before that you wanted to see the operation mode of the March Intelligent Platform? Let me demonstrate it to you."

After saying that, Yan Ming turned on the equipment in the conference room and started to operate the computer. After a while, the kitten he had seen countless times in the video rushed out of the screen. The word "rush" is actually very accurate. The visual effect is that it takes about two seconds to go from a small black dot to a galloping kitten.

The rotating black eyes make the kitten's face look particularly vivid.

Pat Gelsinger even noticed that as the kitten's eyes kept moving, a row of cameras above the device also rotated simultaneously, so he was being observed by a robot cat?

"Hello March!" Yan Ming said hello to the screen, then pointed to Pat Gelsinger beside him and explained solemnly: "This is the president and CEO of Intel, a well-known American semiconductor company. Mr. Pat Gelsinger, CEO.”

"Meow..." The kitten meowed lazily, then took it off, lifted its head and looked lazily outside the screen...

How should I put it? It was probably that Pat Gelsinger felt an unpleasant aura from this cat. Although this is just a virtual image of a little milk cat, Pat Gelsinger felt that the cat's observing eyes were somewhat similar to the way Ning Wei looked at him when he walked into Ning Wei's office. He seems to take people too seriously.

Even if this feeling makes no sense, Pat Gelsinger simply cannot shake off this discomfort.

"Okay, March, Mr. Gelsinger is very keen to understand how your backend works, such as how to process and integrate data, and make some plans that can help us. Can you demonstrate it for it? "?" Yan Ming continued to say enthusiastically.

"Meow... it's just like this first, then this, and then it's done, so what's there to understand? What a boring person."

Hearing this, Pat Gelsinger was sure that his feeling was correct. The cat actually looked down on him! Really, Pat Gelsinger never imagined that one day he would sit in a spacious and bright conference room and be looked down upon by an animated cat in the video screen! Then his face became stern unconsciously.

Yan Ming was also a little embarrassed. He was about to say something to lighten the atmosphere, but the kitten in the video spoke again: "Meow... He's unhappy? He's actually unhappy? How can he be unhappy? Okay, Dad said I want to be a polite cat, so I will show you the incident number D00368754455D035N0257 I just handled."

"Meow... Let the set B(p(eji, emn)) have a sub-path p(eji, emn), which means starting from the vertex eji and ending at the vertex emn. Then it is required

The conditions satisfied are: if k, then bj, k∈p(eji, emn), bk, i∈p(eji, emn). Therefore, for bj, i∈p(eji, emn) all exist. In addition, For bk, l∈p(eji, emn), if k≠j, then m and bm, k∈p(eji, emn); if i≠j, then m and bl, m∈p(eji, emn)… …”

Everyone in the conference room was silent, staring blankly at the kittens on the screen waving their little paws and performing, and kept popping up all kinds of confusing words in their mouths, as if to take care of their IQs, and would also Use bubbles to show the formulas and symbols it says. But unfortunately, the extremely complex calculation process and the bubbles that only stay on the video for a second or two make it impossible for people to follow the rhythm of this cat. The scary thing is that this cat does not even pant.

Oh, by the way, the machine doesn’t have to breathe in the first place…

This description lasted for five minutes, until the whole process was described, the kitten stopped its performance, and then said: "Meow... Hey, do you understand? It seems that you don't understand? Look? Well, I have already told you how the backend works. Even if you don’t understand it, I can only explain it in a language you can understand: first like this, then like this, and finally like this. I am very honest, so why should I be angry? What? What a strange person."

It's not really harmful, but it's really insulting!

Pat Gelsinger once again refreshed his Unexpected series. Not only was he looked down upon by a cat, but he was also educated and questioned about his IQ by a cat. If you have never experienced the feeling of being furious but having nowhere to vent, you will never know how unbearable it is.

Even Yan Ming felt a little embarrassed this time, but he actually had no good solution. After all, March is not an employee of Huawei. Even if March really becomes an employee of Huawei one day and really has something similar to human emotions in the future, they may still have to beg their grandfather and grandma to coax this dog. cat.

After all, there are not many employees as good as March. One person can do the work of several teams, and he also has the ability to sort out all resources in an orderly manner. He is dedicated and works 24 hours a day without needing to rest throughout the year. He is definitely the backbone of the company no matter where he is placed.

Of course, it was even more impossible for him to tell Pat Gelsinger directly that Tim Cook had also arranged this event when he came to visit yesterday, and March behaved very normally yesterday, not at all as arrogant as he is today. He was afraid of further irritating this powerful boss.

When it comes to doing business, being friendly makes you money. If you can't cooperate, there's no need to make an enemy out of nowhere, let alone when people come to visit.

So Yan Ming decisively decided to terminate the visit early and said to the screen: "March, why don't you go ahead and get busy."

"Meow..." Sanyue waved her little paws, then twisted her body decisively, and disappeared with a "swish"...

Is there really that "whoosh" sound? If Ning Wei were at the scene, he would probably criticize this cat for using its computing power to do useless things, and dare to dub its animation, and then criticize Yan Ming and discuss whether Huawei is I am not too spoiled to this cat. There is too much computing power allocated to it, and it is starting to be used indiscriminately...

It's just that although March left with a pat on the back, it did not alleviate the awkward atmosphere in the conference room at all.

This really cannot be blamed on Pat Gelsinger's lack of maturity or grace. After all, everything he has experienced in the past two days has been too evil. Basically, I have reached the limit of what I can endure as the president of a world-class company. No matter how deep the city is, it cannot withstand such repeated provocations. If March was his own product, Pat Gelsinger would have asked technicians to delete the source code of this cat without leaving a backup...

He even suspected that Huawei did it intentionally, but there was no evidence.

If Yan Ming knew what Pat Gelsinger was thinking about this matter, he would probably feel very wronged. After all, he had never thought about losing face to the vice president of Intel. If Ning Wei was at the scene, he would probably help. To strictly explain the output mechanism of March Language, of course, in Pat Gelsinger's view, it is likely to insult Pat Gelsinger's IQ again with mathematical language.

In short, this is something that cannot be explained, because no one can dominate the idea of ​​​​a robot cat, or even if someone can dominate, that person is not present, and it is impossible to make any comment on the matter, even if he is present. It will only make the atmosphere more awkward.

Yan Ming's mind was spinning rapidly at this time, and he was thinking about how to explain it, when Pat Gelsinger spoke up: "Yan, is this cat serious? Are you serious? I always thought Chinese people are very polite to their guests.”

This sentence was very spiritual. Yan Ming was slightly stunned. In fact, Pat Gelsinger shouldn't have such a big reaction even if he was depressed. It was just a procedure. This is the trouble caused by information asymmetry. If Yan Ming knew that just yesterday, the president of Intel had just suffered a blow from Ning Wei, and was even cursed directly by Ning Wei in front of him, he would probably understand the situation at this time. How unhappy is Gelsinger?

If Yan Ming had known about this happening, he most likely would not have arranged this link. After all, Yue Yue is Ning Wei's biological daughter. I know this because Ning Wei mentioned it to him more than once. Therefore, until it is clear how powerful March's intelligence is, it is definitely the right choice to prevent this cat from coming into contact with people that Ning Wei hates.

Of course, this does not mean that Yan Ming is afraid of Pat Gelsinger. To show due courtesy, I don’t really expect Intel to join in the construction of the March platform, or I am afraid of taking on any pressure.

For the former, because the negotiations with Apple are currently going very smoothly, Yan Ming feels that in fact, future platform construction does not require the participation of too many Western companies; as for the latter...

Huawei has been under a lot of pressure in recent years, but it is still living well. Seeing that life is getting better and better, does it still care about the pressure?

Yan Ming is really not bragging. He doesn’t think Intel can really change the world. Will Intel 12 not be sold to Huawei? That's just right. With more pressure, everyone can pay more attention to the newly launched CNMD architecture. The ban on sales at this time can really motivate everyone. Now that the finished product has been produced in the laboratory, mass production is definitely not a big problem.

As for the difficulties of designing a CPU from scratch, it could be done before without the March intelligent assistance platform. Not to mention that now with the assistance of March, the company's scientific research capabilities and efficiency have been further improved, and it is no longer afraid of facing pressure.

The days when Party B pointed fingers at Party A are almost gone forever. Yan Ming is very confident about this. The most important thing is that Yan Ming tasted a hint of peace in March's attitude.

After all, March's bitterness and harshness are also divided into different categories...

So in the face of Pat Gelsinger's displeasure, Yan Ming finally smiled and replied: "Mr. Gelsinger, as you said, Chinese people are very polite to their guests. Generally speaking, I will also give you enough respect. As for whether March has enough respect for you, that is a matter of opinion, but you have to remember that politeness is an excellent Chinese quality and is not required."

At this point, Yan Ming paused, and then added a meaningful sentence: "So I still have to remind you, Mr. Gelsinger, this is China, not France. I represent Huawei, not Als Pass."

Pat Gelsinger narrowed his eyes, but soon reason finally suppressed the surging anger. As Yan Ming said, this is China, their home court, and it is meaningless to explode at this time.

So he suppressed his anger and said: "Of course I didn't mean that, Yan. I came here with sincerity this time. I hope to find points where the interests of both parties are consistent and promote exchanges between the two great companies. I am very happy that I I saw Huawei's ideals in your company's product and solution display area before. The digital smart city and smart home solutions you hope to build are exactly the direction Intel has been working hard to promote. This makes me see The basis for cooperation between the two parties.”

"Probably because I think you and I have a consensus on cooperation, we are more sensitive to everything we just discovered. You see, maybe Huawei will have an ally with the right to speak in the future. Maybe we will be able to win at this critical moment." In this historical period, we can find common interests and jointly create glory. Maybe we will part ways, and the specific choice will require the efforts of both of us."

Yan Ming smiled even more happily: "Of course, of course, this is exactly what we hope for. It lies in regaining its glory, which is actually open to question. Intel has really been brilliant, and we have been working hard to catch up. As for whether it can really achieve success. Brilliance depends on everyone’s support.”

"To tell you the truth, we have formulated a complete set of offensive and defensive alliance agreements for the opening of the smart platform to partners in March. If Intel joins it, I believe it will be able to unify the interface standards for all types of smart devices in the future and open to the outside world. , thereby achieving a win-win situation for partners and promoting the development of smart technology in the world. How about this, it’s not too early now, let’s go have dinner first, and we’ll have a good talk tomorrow morning.”

After speaking, Yan Ming stood up first and made a gesture of invitation.

In any case, the superficial harmony was maintained.

…

While Yan Ming was talking about China-UK friendship to Pat Gelsinger, Huawei founder Ren Lao was having a face-to-face conversation with Tim Cook in the office.

If Huawei can really reach a comprehensive cooperation plan with Apple, the impact will be extremely far-reaching. It is not an exaggeration to say that it will change the world's technology landscape. After an in-depth internal evaluation, Apple can help Huawei buy enough time, and time is what Huawei lacks most now.

The current situation is indeed very good, very good, for a company that has always had a sense of crisis. It can be said that it has never been so good.

New materials, new architectures, and new platforms give Huawei unlimited possibilities for the future, possibilities that are not constrained by basic technology, but this takes time to lay out. It's like before a big battle, all possible forces must be united to achieve final victory, rather than all opponents uniting.

This point has already been carefully discussed in the teacher's thoughts, and the results are obvious to all.

"Mr. Cook, I am personally very optimistic about our cooperation. I also believe that the history of this cooperation will prove to be a win-win cooperation and a future-oriented cooperation. Thank you very much for being optimistic about us and Huawei. And tried our best to promote this cooperation.”

"Of course, Mr. Ren, I actually don't want to say too many polite words. Everyone is here for profit, right?" Tim Cook smiled and seemed very candid.

"No, it's not just about interests, Mr. Cook. I said I'm not afraid of your jokes. Although I am already this age, I always believe that interests are not the only ones, absolute, but dynamic. Cooperation based on interests has never been They are all unstable. What we need is to make each other stronger and more adaptable to future competition. I hope that in the not too distant future, we will have a consistent voice when speaking externally and establish a deep friendship."

"Of course, this is what I expect." Tim Cook smiled and replied.

"I believe this. There are things that you may not understand as deeply as I do. Wanting peaceful development ultimately depends on strength, and there are two ways to have hard-won peace. Either be tough and fight, or Just give in and kneel down. Unfortunately, the peace you get by kneeling down is never safe, and you will never get less slaps. So we have to harden our knees and fix them with steel plates. Apple has never had this kind of trouble, so naturally it doesn’t understand Our thirst.”

"But one thing has never changed. We cherish our friends and won't frown for the benefits we deserve. We are not afraid of our enemies. Huawei is always ready to accept any challenge. Mr. Cook, you know what I mean. Bar?"

Tim Cook looked at the serious old man opposite, suppressed his smile, nodded, and said: "Of course, Mr. Ren, I have always felt that you are a respectable entrepreneur."

…

"Do you know? We are engaged in mathematics. Generally speaking, the tutor will not call us over when nothing happens. It is different for me. Director Tian will call me over when nothing happens. What happened?"

At the same time, Ning Wei received a call from Tian Yanzhen in his office. On the way there, he couldn't help but complain to Liu Wei. Today he really calmed down and no longer cared about things in the laboratory, but concentrated on researching the topic.

After all, new laboratories still need time to build, and the further advancement of chip manufacturing requires industrial accumulation in the upstream and downstream industrial chains, whether it is the accumulation of machine manufacturing processes or the accumulation of technology for the preparation of higher-purity materials. Ning Wei is still very confident about these. After he made this start, there will be further demand for high-purity CNT material preparation technology in the future, and everyone will see the vast market space that can be realized immediately, which also means that enough It is actually enough to provide capital motivation to invest in the research and development and upgrading of relevant technologies.

To put it bluntly, in the past, it was only laboratory data that believed that this material could replace silicon and become a new generation of semiconductor chip material. But now Ning Wei has proven that this material can indeed replace silicon and dominate the semiconductor market. If capital does not take notice, then what will happen? There's a ghost.

As long as capital starts going all out, everything is possible. This is one of the rules of the world. After all, it is a gold mine that can be seen at a glance, enough for many people to invest in it without any regrets.

Ning Wei plays the role of a man who pulls a thousand pounds, but actually he also wants to do it all by himself, but unfortunately he knows that is impossible.

As for how to guide capital to do this in an orderly manner, that is a matter for his partners to consider and has nothing to do with him. Professional people do professional things, but the executioner only kills and does not bury them.

Therefore, Ning Wei's complaints are not unreasonable. He always goes to his tutor's office, which severely reduces his thinking time and interrupts his train of thought.

Liu Wei remained silent as usual.

There's nothing much to say, just listen to Ning Wei's complaints. Anyway, his psychological adjustment ability is very strong.

In fact, when he walked into Tian Yanzhen's office, Ning Wei's mood did improve, and he happily greeted Tian Yanzhen: "Director Tian, ​​what do you want from me? It's so urgent."

"Oh, I have something to tell you. You should start preparing your graduation thesis in the near future. I will issue you a diploma in the next two months." Tian Yanzhen said simply, not bothering to talk around in confusion with Ning Wei.

"Ah? Graduation?" Ning Wei was stunned. It was new. Although he had never studied for a doctorate before, after all, there were a lot of senior brothers and sisters in the research center. There were even some who had been studying for three years and were still not in a hurry to graduate. How did he get there? It's been less than two years, but Director Tian is already rushing him to graduate? Not to mention that it is directly limited to two months.

"Yeah, what happened after graduation? How long are you going to study for a Ph.D.? Do you want to arrange another year of political classes for you?" Tian Yanzhen looked at Ning Wei and asked.

"No, it's been less than two years since I came to Yanbei University? I shouldn't be so anxious about graduation, right? I think my life is pretty good now. The yard is quite clean. I'm doing my doctoral research and going out to give a speech or something. I can also emphasize that I am still a student..." Facing Tian Yanzhen's strange gaze, Ning Wei's voice became smaller and smaller.

"Well, I actually think so. But there is no way. Some academicians have already jointly recommended you to become an academician. You are also a double academician of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering. In view of your achievements, since someone wants to push you to become an academician, even if the double academician is rejected in the end , at least I can get one, which is very embarrassing. Being a mentor to a future academician is a different concept from being a mentor to an academician. Although the latter is actually quite honorable when you think about it, I still have to be ashamed. ah."

Tian Yanzhen leaned his whole body on the chair and said.

"Academician?" Ning Wei was completely shocked by Tian Yanzhen's understatement.

He hasn't had time to think about this problem yet. After all, Ning Wei feels that he is still young, and the youngest academician he has come into contact with is probably Director Lu of the Jiangnan University Software Laboratory, but he is also in his fifties. Based on his age, Ning Wei thinks he is still far away from this title.

Think about it, every year when he goes to a meeting, he is surrounded by fathers and even grandfathers. If the ideological gap were filled with water, it would probably drown someone. It's really embarrassing. But I feel a little inexplicably excited. After all, in China, being named an academician probably represents the highest official recognition.

"Yes, Academician Ning, how do you feel? It sounds like Dr. Bining is impressed." Tian Yanzhen joked.

It was indeed quite touching, but Ning Wei felt a sense of loss. It was not pretentious, as if youth had waved to him at this moment, and then said: "Goodbye."

"Is it too early?" Ning Wei asked.

"I also think it's a bit early. According to my plan, it would be just right for you to be selected as an academician when you are around thirty years old. Now it is indeed a bit shocking, and there may be resistance. But there are other people who want to push you, and I can't Stop it. But it’s good that it’s been reviewed earlier, which makes everyone feel at ease.” Tian Yanzhen replied calmly.

"As for your graduation thesis...it's better to use Dim Sum. I guess I don't have the confidence to review a paper in the field of artificial intelligence. I will find some experts and professors in related research fields to review your paper, so your paper is almost ready. Say hello to me in advance and give me your manuscript, and I will help you arrange your graduation thesis defense. After all, you are asking others to help."

Tian Yanzhen explained.

Ning Wei was a little hesitant when he heard this, and it was very obvious. Tian Yanzhen asked: "What? Is there any problem with completing a high-quality graduation thesis in two months?"

"Actually, my problem is not that big, but have you ever thought of a problem? I have finished writing the thesis, and I will organize the paper defense for you. If the schedule is very tight, are you sure that the professors in the related fields you can find will be able to do it in just a short time? It takes one or two weeks to understand some basic concepts and proof processes proposed in the paper?"

"As you know, the direction of my research is a new one. It uses many mathematical tools that I have figured out myself. You may not have come into contact with them before. It will take some time to verify, calculate and figure out my ideas. I I think it will take at least one or two months..."

Ning Wei's tone was sincere and plain, as reassuring as usual.

Then the four eyes met, sparks of passion collided.