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

The change of mentality from a pure researcher to a professor is gradual.

Initially, Tian Yanzhen told Ning Wei that he wanted to build Ning Ban. When Ning Ban began to study around his theory, Ning Wei actually felt nothing.

It’s just that there’s more work and more content, and I even feel a little bit repelled in my heart. Because being responsible for teaching personally means reducing his time for thinking and research.

But as the preparations for the establishment of Ningban progressed step by step, until the interview yesterday, the feeling was different. Especially after seeing those extremely talented children, Ning Wei really wanted to teach all the things in his mind to these students who had just graduated from high school.

There is no profit consideration, it is simply a natural impulse after seeing a good idea.

Although he has not officially taken classes with Ning Ban, Ning Wei has begun to take his identity as a teacher seriously, and even posted an unprecedented message in Tian Yanzhenla's Ning Ban teacher group: "After the interview, I found that the quality of the students in Ning Ban is excellent. I hope everyone can teach seriously, give up some research time, and spend more time on lesson preparation. I personally would recommend to others that future salary and professional title evaluations should be based on Ningban’s teaching results and research results as a supplement, including me.”

As soon as the news was sent out, a large number of people came out...

In fact, what Ning Wei said is quite appropriate. After all, if we only focus on 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, his mathematical achievements are enough to overwhelm many people, even including a group of academicians.

Soon these words shocked Tian Yanzhen.

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

Well, the teacher and the student sang in harmony, but before it was over, Ning Wei quickly sent another message.

"I decided to personally use 50 million as a special reward fund for Ningban teachers. Every semester, one Ningban semester-level outstanding teacher and two semester-long outstanding teachers will be selected. All teachers, including professors, assistant professors, and lecturers, can participate in the evaluation. , based on specific teaching results. The bonus for those who are selected as special outstanding teachers is RMB 500,000 after tax, and the semester bonus for being selected as outstanding teachers is RMB 250,000 after tax. I do not participate in the selection myself, only in the review. The evaluation of the awards is fair. The performance will be checked in March, and the evaluation standards will be made public to all Ningban teachers and students after the official start of classes."

Any verbal encouragement may not be as effective as direct money. The reward of 500,000 yuan per semester is actually very attractive compared to the salary of professors. As the top university in China, the average salary of professors at Yanbei University is only about 20,000 to 300,000 yuan a year. Although there are other incomes, such as going out to give lectures, holding some positions, and doing scientific research on projects.

But after all, not all professors can have high extra income, and not everyone can successfully get projects. Especially many professors who like to study how to teach will have a headache because of the need for papers and research projects to evaluate their professional titles. So Ning Wei suddenly said such a sentence, which is indeed very inspiring. Not to mention that the bonus is after tax, which is enough to show Ning Wei's sincerity.

The group immediately became lively, and Ning Wei's phone immediately started ringing. Tian Yanzhen called.

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

"Haha, Director Tian, ​​look at what you said, I am not a billionaire. I just have some spare money."

"Yes, yes, I won't tell you this. Ning Wei, if you come up with this reward plan for the teachers in the Ningban teaching position, what do you want the other teachers and professors in the School of Mathematics to think? Many people will have to think about this in the future. Squeeze to Ningban?"

"Well, Director Tian, ​​what you said makes sense. Our Ning class teachers 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 Ningban class and then replace them with new teachers to teach the children in the Ningban class? After all, some professors are still partial to scientific research, and they probably don’t care much about teaching."

"I mean from the Shuyuan side..."

"No, no, no, no, Director Tian. I only care about Ning Ban, and this is what I will do. I will tell everyone that professors who are more interested in research can plan their own routes as soon as possible. That's it, it's settled. Director Tian.”

After saying that, Ning Wei hung up the phone and sent another message to the group.

"Director Tian just called me. What he meant was that in order to ensure the vitality of Ningban, in addition to rewarding outstanding teachers, teachers whose comprehensive ratings are at the bottom for two consecutive semesters in each school year will no longer teach Ningban courses. Teachers who have studied teaching quality will be re-selected from the School of Mathematics to join Ningban teaching positions. Therefore, Ningban teaching positions will be mobile in the future. I hope everyone can work hard to prepare lessons and improve teaching standards. If you are not interested in teaching, you still hope to do more For scientific research, you can also chat privately with me or Director Tian as early as possible, and we will change positions as appropriate."

Why do you have money and be willful? That's it, there's no need to go begging for alms, paying out of your own pocket to give bonuses to outstanding teachers in Ningban is enough to make a bunch of people speechless. Of course, the point is that he would rather be able to afford the money. Not to mention that the money is just a drop in the bucket for him. At least he won't feel distressed. After all, he seems to have made money again in March.

When Ning Wei opened a U.S. stock account for March, he had already taken back the 2 billion principal he had left to March to play with from the stock market. Mainly because of his personality, letting March try to operate the stock market and futures was nothing more than verification. Some theories, after the theory is verified, there is no need to continue to put money in it. Anyway, I would rather not make a fortune by stock trading.

However, even if the principal is withdrawn, March still controls more than 600 million in stocks and futures. Ning Wei doesn't know who made this money, but for him, March in these financial The mathematical model constructed by oneself during the activity is definitely more meaningful than the money.

In addition to these unexpected incomes, with the upgrading of global communication equipment technology, the turbulence algorithm patent licensing fees paid out every financial quarter are also soaring. Most of the soaring portion comes from patent licensing fees received from communications companies such as Cisco, Ericsson, Samsung, etc., which are settled by Huawei and then credited to his card.

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 US$8 to sell a device with a turbulence algorithm chip, while Huawei’s fee is US$8. RMB, including the exchange rate, is 6 times the profit. If the price is too high, Ningwei's patent income will naturally increase.

Of course, this surge will probably last only this year, and will gradually stabilize later. But for Ning Wei, the money in his bank card now, if he lives his current way, he will probably not be able to use it up in a hundred lifetimes, and he is no longer afraid. The value of money has depreciated, because even now the number on the bank card has reached the point where I would rather spend less than one-tenth of the current demand interest rate every month.

Yes, it is very accurate to say that money is just a number when it is large enough. The principal is more than 8 billion, not counting the fixed part. Calculated based on the current annual interest rate of 0.3%, the interest in one year is more than 24 million. , an average of more than 2 million yuan is spent every month to achieve balance of payments. I have never calculated how much I spend every month, but it probably never exceeds 30,000 yuan.

This is probably why people around him always ignore Ning Wei, intentionally or unintentionally, because he is not flashy in his clothes, eats in the canteen every day like everyone else, and lives better than most people, but everyone We know that the villa is a gift of residence, and no one can say that this is wrong.

That is to say, when the group allocates 50 million as a special bonus, everyone will feel that this guy is actually very powerful, and he likes to beat up society whenever he has nothing to do.

…

Even if the bonus is thrown out, the wind and waves will definitely roll up a bit.

Ning Wei didn't pay much attention to how specific bonuses were managed and how policies were formulated. He had already reached a consensus with Director Tian, ​​and someone would naturally handle these matters. He only had to be responsible for paying for them. As for the personnel replacement of Ning Ban, Ning Wei will not interfere too much. In the end, it all depends on the results.

Generally speaking, the courses arranged in the first year of Peking University’s School of Mathematics are similar, and Ning’s class is no exception. The main thing is to lay a good foundation. After one year of study, both the teacher and the professor will know the basics, and everyone will know the basics. , students have a clear understanding of whether they have talent in mathematics. At this time, it is another round of adjustments. Some students will continue to go in the direction of mathematics research, and some students will adjust to the probability of leaning towards computers. Statistics or study financial mathematics.

Ning Wei knows that other professors are actually 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. In the future, as many professors who like to delve into teaching will serve as Ning's class. Instructor, the bonus policy at this stage is only a trial. If it works, Ning Wei would not mind spending some money in two years to do more incentive pilots in Ningban.

In short, if money can really improve Ning Ban's teaching quality to a higher level, he wouldn't mind throwing one billion or two billion into it, just as fertilizer.

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

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

This made the visit somewhat awkward, especially as it was not suitable for outdoor activities, so after just a brief walk around the research center, at the request of Sundar Pichai, Ning Wei, the head of Google, Invited into his office.

Probably because he was in a better mood, or maybe the two of them entered the door together, Ning Wei didn't pay much attention to which foot Sundar stepped into the office line first this time.

The boss's followers were politely left outside by Liu Wei, so that they could enjoy the rain together so that the two of them could discuss some things quietly.

Holding the hot tea, their eyes met, but neither of them said a word.

It's time to chat, when we were just wandering around outside, we had already talked about it. It was nothing more than accepting some rainbow words, singing a few words about how beautiful the world is, and showing enough goodwill through unnutritious routine conversations. Being polite is already commonplace for Ning Wei. Anyway, he doesn't need to think too hard, and he can even take the time to think about the proposition he recently studied.

Of course, it's probably not possible at this time. Sundar Pichai definitely didn't come over just to compliment him. However, he was not in a hurry to talk to Sundar. He just held the hot tea and drank it quietly. He didn't ask anyone for help and naturally had no responsibility to find a topic. If the other party had nothing to say, then after drinking this cup of hot tea, this visit That's it.

Ning Wei felt that his time was relatively valuable. The person in front of him only paid 10 million US dollars. After drinking this cup of tea, he probably spent an hour with this person, so Google didn't lose money.

"Well, actually I came to China mainly to discuss with Huawei the possibility of integrating Google architecture into the Hongmeng system in countries and regions outside of China." Finally, it was Sundar Pichai who 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 a response, 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, the Hongmeng system was not developed by him. Whether it can join Google's architecture is something that only Huawei is qualified to decide. Ningwei clearly distinguishes this point, and he will not 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 architecture will have profound significance for the promotion of Hongmeng system in other countries and regions around the world. However, the two parties have some differences on the direction of cooperation on smart platforms. I hope Professor Ning can help us resolve these differences." Sundar Pichai made his request sincerely and directly.

Well, this time it really has something to do with him. Ning Wei put down his tea cup, looked at the head of Google, and asked: "Well, Mr. Pichai, what do you mean by this? Do you want to join our March Intelligence?" Platform cooperation plan, or..."

"Well, in fact, I don't object to joining the March Intelligent Platform Cooperation Plan, but I think this Intelligent Platform Cooperation Plan seems to have too high requirements for data cooperation. If some requirements can be lowered, Google is willing to join, and In the future, the smart platform will make some due contributions in March. For example, at the VR and AR system level..."

"etc……"

Ning Wei raised a hand, interrupted Sundar Pichai's continued performance, and said: "Well, Mr. Pichai, you may not understand the situation yet. Our March smart platform merchant cooperation plan is now basically It no longer accepts new members, or you can no longer join by applying. I don’t know what Huawei told you, but there must be some problem with the communication channels between you?"

"Let's put it this way, if you want to join our merchant cooperation intelligent platform, you must first apply, and you must go through the review and voting of the committee to determine whether you are qualified to join. In addition, after joining the platform, you still have three years or until you reach a certain contribution. During the observation period, new members who have joined in the past three years have no say. You need to contribute to the platform. Only when your contribution is sufficient can you have a say on the platform, so are you not clear about the situation?"

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

Sundar Pichai frowned and looked at Ning Wei. Their eyes met again, and neither of them moved away. The CEO of Google had some confusion on his face, and it seemed that he really didn't know about this change.

Of course, he may not really know the situation. Because this is a decision that Ning Wei made recently, probably after Huawei's new product launch conference. Ning Wei made this decision when he saw that Apple and Huawei's new products had completely divided the entire market into two. The free era has passed, and the paid era is coming.

The explanation has been thought out long ago. The purpose of setting up the platform alliance for free before was to allow the March Intelligent Platform to 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 charges fees, but also has to meet many conditions if you want to join. In addition to voting from the alliance, you have to rather not have the veto power at hand.

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

There was a hint of disbelief in his tone.

Then, Ning Wei smiled and replied without any fuss: "Well, any company, including Google. If you think this decision is unreasonable, I suggest you secrete some carbonamide solution containing impurities as soon as possible, and pass it through Solution level Carefully observe the flow projection of the soft buffer on the outside of your CPU."

Paired 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 Chinese proverb, it would be "Dear, please go pee and take good care of yourself." .”