Tech Hammer

Most people can be very good at giving things as long as they have the resources and are generous enough. Ning Wei feels that Mr. Chen really has all three. Not only is he capable, but he is also very generous. Of course, from Chen Mingcai's perspective, he probably doesn't like the title of money-spreading boy, mainly because he is no longer young.

"Dr. Ning, no joke, I'm calling you today mainly to inform you that the research center in front of you has licensed the three-dimensional silicon silicon tube chip manufacturing technology to China Precision and China Second Microelectronics Manufacturing Factory for industrial production. The two companies At present, the first production line has been built and has passed the acceptance inspection by our expert group. Currently, the technical departments of the two companies are actively negotiating with some downstream manufacturers on some radio frequency technical standard issues and will soon go into mass production. and put it into use.”

"However, the investment amount of the two companies in the early stage is still relatively large, including the purchase of equipment to build a production line. As you know, the construction of this production line is relatively expensive, and some subsequent investment in research and development may be needed to increase the yield rate and save costs. So there may not be much profit that can be used for dividends in the short term. But don’t worry, when the two companies start to make profits, the dividends that should be attributed to you will not be less.”

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"Oh, I actually don't mind this. It doesn't matter when the dividends are paid. If the money can really be used for research and development to improve product quality and production efficiency, it doesn't matter even if no dividends are paid. So if Mr. Chen thinks it's not excessive, as long as It would be nice if these two companies send me a separate financial report every year. I would be more interested if the dividend rights could be exchanged for supervision rights." After patiently listening to Chen Mingcai's report, Ning Wei replied.

He actually has no interest in those messy financial data.

Huawei will send him a financial report every financial quarter, which probably counts how many devices using turbulence algorithm chips have been sold, how much licensing fees should be paid to him that quarter, and how much tax has been reported for him. He has always He didn't care about it. Basically, these financial reports were quietly lying in the mailbox. When he remembered them, he set them as read in batches.

In addition to trust in Huawei, the most important thing is laziness. Even though settling accounts is not difficult for him, searching for various information from complicated financial reports is a waste of time in Ning Wei's opinion.

However, for companies that have not yet established trust and care, Ning Wei thinks it would be good to have supervisory power. And he plans to leave this matter to Jiang in the future. Xiao Jiang majored in economics, and analyzing financial reports can be regarded as applying what he learned. At least it gave him an opportunity to practice, and it also allowed Ning Wei to know how much investment in research and development was authorized by these two companies.

If it is really used for research and development, of course there is nothing to say. Although he doesn't care much about money, it would make him feel uncomfortable if someone puts money that belongs to him into his pocket. If it really makes him unhappy, you can take a small notebook and write it down, and stab him with a sword if anything happens.

Mr. Chen on the opposite side also answered very simply: "Supervision rights are what we should have. I will communicate with you later and try to write this matter into the company's articles of association. Professor Ning, don't worry, we have shares in both companies, and there will be one every year It’s an audit report. A copy will be sent to you when the time comes.”

After discussing the matter, Ning Wei asked a very important question: "Okay, but Mr. Chen, can you ask how the construction of our R\u0026D center is going? How come after one chip laboratory is completed, other Is the progress of the laboratory so slow? I made a special trip there last time and saw that many places were shut down?"

"Oh, this thing! Oops, I forgot to tell you. The situation is like this. We think that location is actually quite good as the previous science and technology park. It is located in a busy city, with people coming and going, no It’s so convenient. So after discussion, we decided to move the laboratory dozens of kilometers westward and find a new location to build our cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology center.”

"This is also from a safety point of view. Think about it, some security work in downtown areas still cannot be fully relaxed, and let me tell you, and the land in that place is expensive, it is not easy to build a laboratory. You can't dig too deep into the ground, it's too restrictive. Let me tell you the current location is a geomantic treasure. And many laboratories are underground, which is safe and solid, and various technical parameters It’s easier to meet the standard, and it’s definitely not stuffy. The ventilation system is great! More importantly, there are no cars going around, so it’s very quiet.”

"Of course, because we have changed the location, we have to make three connections before we can officially start the construction, so the speed will inevitably be a little slower, but you can rest assured about the quality. Our Jitu engineering team is not only efficient, but also has excellent quality. Of course, the most important thing is Yes, building a new R\u0026D base in this way can save the cost of future relocation. You know this better than I do. We have evaluated that relocating a lot of precision equipment after it is installed is a huge expense. If we can save it, we should save it first. Come down, right?”

…

Chen Mingcai was talking nonchalantly over there, but Ning Wei found that he couldn't get a word in.

Of course, he still understood the key point. The area still needed to be leveled and connected, which meant that the city had not yet been developed to that extent. This was the capital, how many suburbs could such an effect be achieved? But then again, the future laboratory is really built. Not to mention the inconvenience in the downtown area, electricity consumption alone is a big problem. Some equipment consumes a lot of power after it is turned on.

And if he follows his most profitable and most efficient plan, there should be a large supercomputing center nearby, which consumes even more power. Of course, the area required is also very large. Ning Wei understands the truth. This is probably because after he took out the three-dimensional silicon through-tube chip, everyone paid more attention to his plan, so they simply gritted their teeth and built the entire R\u0026D according to his most expensive plan. Centered.

This is very embarrassing.

Because the most expensive plan Ning Wei handed over was actually prepared to be killed. This was a little trick played on Director Tian Ruoyouruowu's hint, and Ning Wei thought it made sense and did it.

To put it bluntly, it is to take advantage of people's psychological gap. Party A first takes a look at the expensive plan and asks me to take advantage of it. Is it such a big investment? Then I looked at the second plan, which was obviously reduced by a large margin. Although it was also very expensive, seeing that the cost had been reduced by a large margin, the probability of approval was much higher. Even if you still feel that the investment is too much, there is still a third plan with less investment to support it.

In fact, Ning Wei feels that it is enough for him to have the large laboratory in the third plan now...

Of course, it was not convenient for Ning Wei to say these words directly to Chen Mingcai on the phone. After Chen Mingcai came to an end, he could only follow the topic and said: "I think this will work, just go slow, quality is the most important thing. "

But after saying that, Ning Wei felt something was wrong, so he added: "Of course, efficiency is also very important."

"Haha, don't worry, Mr. Ning, we are also very scientifically divided into six phases of the project. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed in about eight or nine months. Don't worry, by then you will come here to bring graduate students, Ph.D. Even a student can catch up."

"Then...okay."

"Well, I won't disturb Professor Ning's research. I will hang up now."

"Goodbye, Mr. Chen."

"goodbye."

…

After hanging up the phone, I would rather close my eyes for a moment and think about the future.

This arrangement is actually quite good. He has just become a glorious university professor. He should really focus more on teaching and educating people recently. As an undergraduate, when you are still laying the foundation, you don’t need to go to a high-end place like a laboratory to gain experience, at least not in your freshman year.

This time can also be used to do some basic research to give him a deeper understanding of March, so that he can feel more confident when making targeted experimental plans for March in the future.

All in all, it's all good.

…

Yanbei University in April is actually equally stunningly beautiful, but it just lacks the eyes to discover beauty.

Ning Wei admired Lucy Ron very much in this regard, because this woman took more photos with the Yanbei University campus as the background in one week than he did in a year of staying here. Of course, he didn't know that Lucy Rowan chose Harvard and gave up the invitation from MIT simply because Harvard's campus was more beautiful than MIT's. If you knew this, you probably wouldn't think this woman is boring.

Of course, Ning Wei knew that this was not because he would be bored enough to spy on Lucy's phone, but that this woman not only liked taking photos, but also liked sharing them.

Ning Wei cannot see the content on Facebook and Twitter, but there is still a circle of friends.

Yes, the week Lucy Ron lived at Yanbei University was the week with the most content in Ningwei’s circle of friends. Probably due to his status, Ning Wei doesn’t have many friends in WeChat, and everyone doesn’t seem to like using Moments to share their life with friends around them, so there is often no content here.

Now this Western beauty changes everything.

Of course, Ning Wei felt that this could actually be forgiven. After all, coming from the west, he had never seen much of the world. It was normal to find beauty when seeing the former royal gardens. The important thing is that this woman can post to Moments without restraint without blocking him because she has completed all the tasks assigned to her.

Putting aside the prejudices and looking at this woman, she still has some abilities...

Ning Wei knew that Director Tian had also added this woman's WeChat account, but she didn't know if Director Tian would look at photos of women making fun of her everywhere every day.

…

Tian Yanzhen doesn't actually read WeChat very much. Even if he does, it's probably just a simple glance.

Originally, with his current status, he could not even stay in the research center for too long every year. Basically, there were too many meetings to attend every year. However, after having Ning Wei as a student, he stayed in the school office. The time was longer.

How to put it, in fact, students are too good, which is also a kind of pressure for tutors.

Of course, this was actually a very high requirement. Tian Yanzhen thought that no one could achieve it, but the troublesome thing was that Ning Wei was such an outstanding student. This made Tian Yan really feel the pressure.

It seems that this week he was invited to attend a mathematical union meeting in Melbourne, but he declined and stayed in his office reading some papers. Ning Wei's success made him feel that if he worked harder, he might be able to further his achievements. He set his sights on studying infinite-dimensional manifolds.

This is probably due to Ning Wei's influence. In fact, studying infinite dimensional epidemics is a very meaningful thing. If a mathematician sets his sights on infinite dimensions, he will find that there are wonderful mathematical structures that cannot be seen in finite dimensions.

Moreover, the infinite-dimensional function space coincides with Tian Yanzhen’s previous research. In fact, the motivation for many mathematicians to study infinite-dimensional function spaces comes from partial differential equations. Because the existence and uniqueness of the solution requires the use of various prior estimates, and the norms used for estimation naturally exist on function spaces such as Sobolev space or Ningwei space.

The research results can also be combined with quantum field theory, which can lead to a very classic question: Is there a mathematical structure that is invisible in finite dimensions and only lives in infinite dimensions?

A very mysterious question, many people are always shocked by the imagination of mathematicians.

Little do we know that the research results obtained following these brain-opening questions can often inspire many scientists who study applications, so they can design some targeted experiments to verify these theories and promote the development of science.

For example, the famous double-slit interference experiment in history was originally conducted by scientists just for the sake of a dispute in the physics theoretical community over whether light is a wave or a particle. However, it resulted in the introduction of two of the most important concepts in quantum physics: superposition and measurement. of collapse.

Tian Yanzhen also has a dream in choosing this topic. He wants to prove that there is a unique mathematical structure in infinite dimensions. Perhaps in the near future, this theory will be able to establish a new set of models in statistical physics.

Of course, I have this confidence because I have such a good student as Ning Wei. Now that Ning Wei has graduated, after he finds the direction first, he can invite Ning Wei to join the research on this topic. If it succeeds, it doesn't matter even if he is the main contributor. In other words, when naming the new configuration, You can put Ning Wei's name first. Well, the Ningtian configuration sounds good too.

There was a cup of steaming tea on his desk at the moment, but he was fully focused on his paper and had no time to pay attention to the caffeine drink that would make him more energetic.

At his age and status, it is already rare to be able to devote all his body and mind to learning, and he cannot ask for more.

However, the cell phone on the table rang unexpectedly, interrupting his thoughts.

It's annoying, but Tian Yanzhen is not Ning Wei after all. Many official identities prevent him from being like Ning Wei who dares to mute his cell phone at any time. There are gains and losses.

Giving up the status of a pure scholar means that you must sacrifice some research time to deal with some administrative matters. From this point of view, Ning Wei is very smart. For example, he always pushes aside any positions and things that are not related to research, and makes full use of all available people and resources around him to save himself time.

However, what made Tian Yanzhen quite annoyed was that the call that interrupted his thoughts was not for him.

"Tian, ​​long time no see, how have you been lately?"

"Ha, long time no see. I'm doing well. Michelle, what's the matter?" Tian Yanzhen asked casually.

"Hey, I think you must have a good life. If I can have a student like Xiang Ning, I will be in a cheerful mood every day. There is indeed something for you. First of all, I want to congratulate you and your student Ning. This Turing class The winner of the award has been determined, which one of your students, Ning. The news will be announced on the official website in about half an hour, but you know, out of respect for the winners, the organizing committee will usually follow up a little in advance. Winners share.”

"But now I have a problem. The Turing Award Organizing Committee has Ning's contact information. But they sent an email to Ning and there was no response. And the phone number must be correct, but they can't get through. You know Yes, Mitch is my friend, so he hopes to give you a call so that you can help the committee inform your students of the good news. Of course, it would be perfect if Ning could return the call and have some communication with the committee. I The contact number there has been sent to your email, I’ll leave it to you!”

The words on the other side made Tian Yan really absent-minded for a moment, and he subconsciously touched his chin.

Although it was expected that Ningwei would win the Turing Award, it still felt novel to him to suddenly learn the news in this way.

He naturally knew the reason why the other party's call could not be reached. Ning Wei had set up a communication whitelist on his mobile phone very early, so phone numbers that were not in Ning Wei's address book could not be reached. Not to mention that this guy might set his phone to do not disturb mode if he has something to do.

As for the email...

Obviously Ning Wei has not developed the good habit of checking his mailbox every day, even if it is his work mailbox. In the past, he would often send emails to Ning Wei, but now he has basically eliminated this communication mode that is common in foreign countries. He mainly uses WeChat and phone calls.

"Okay, I understand, Michelle, I will inform him of the good news right now. Thank you." Tian Gang sighed in his heart, but still said his thanks in an enthusiastic tone.

Turing Award... The jury was a little frustrated because they couldn't contact Ning Wei when it was time to contact him, so they went around and asked someone else to contact him.

I was a little excited when I thought that someone called me the year before last to say that they could recommend Ning Wei to win the Turing Award. But he didn't expect that Ningwei rejected those requests and delayed getting the award for a year, which made Tian Yanzhen even feel a little unmotivated.

This award seems not as valuable as I thought before.

"Okay, thank you then, Tian."

"You're welcome, you should."

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After hanging up the phone, Tian Yanzhen glanced at the paper on the table, pushed it aside, picked up the phone, and turned to Ning Wei's name. He thought about it for a while, but did not dial it out. Instead, he continued to flip through the phone book. I searched and found Mr. Yao. When I pressed the call button this time, it was very fast and powerful.

"Hello……"

"Old Yao, good news. Someone just called me to inform Ning Wei that he is sure to win this year's Turing Award. It will probably be announced on the official website in a while! The good news is celebrated by everyone! "

"Hmm... Got it... Wait, shouldn't I be notified in advance for this kind of thing? Why did I find you?"

"Hey, they can't contact the kid Ning Wei. He doesn't reply to the email, so he probably didn't read it at all, and he can't get through the phone. You know, the kid Ning Wei has completely stopped calling from strangers. No, the news It’s about to be announced, and the organizing committee still can’t contact Ning Wei, so they have to ask me. As a mentor, I’m really exhausted both physically and mentally.”

"Oh..." The person on the other end of the phone responded calmly, and then said calmly: "Is the performance over? If not, continue quickly. If it's over, I'll hang up."

"Haha, that's it. I'm not the kind of person who likes to be hated. I'm going to treat you all to dinner today. Are you free?"

"No, bye!"

"Dududu..."

"Haha...look at all of them, they are all stingy."

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"Ning Wei, where are you?"

"It's just in the office. Is there anything wrong? Director Tian?"

"Something really happened. Should you come over or should I?"

"Then wait for me for ten minutes and I'll go over."

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the office."

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"Ning Wei, ah, let me tell you some good news. You are the winner of this year's Turing Award! How do you feel? Doesn't it feel great?"

"Um? How did you know?"

"What do you think? The organizing committee can't contact you, and all the congratulatory calls have been called to me!"

"Well...Mr. Tian, ​​they must feel honored, right?"

"Um……"