Hammer of Technology

……

"Uh, um, I do have some questions. Ning, what you said just now, who will pay for the task of renovating all the classrooms in use in Huaxia? Will it be paid by the school?"

Hearing this question, Ning Wei's head shook like a rattle.

"No, no, Mr. Zuckerberg, it is a little unreasonable for you to say that, and it is completely inconsistent with the principle of reciprocity. Although it is really unreasonable to say that he did such a heinous thing in March that year, but we But you didn’t ask you to pay a penny for this, right? So of course we don’t have to spend money to upgrade these classrooms in Huaxia Public School.”

"However, I can also make a promise. As long as the materials are used for the renovation of school classrooms, I will negotiate with the supplier. At least [-]% lower than the market price will be provided to everyone. The recognized labor cost for installation is also based on the region. We will give you a discount to ensure that you can use the lowest price to complete these projects, so as to make an end to the last March education event!"

……

This time, the bosses were silent for a longer period of time.

This condition is really confusing.

This is China, a big country with one-sixth of the world's population, how many schools does it have?

So, someone soon raised this question, and Tim Cook, who was sitting next to Ning Wei, asked, "Ning, how many schools are there in the Huaxia public education system you are talking about?"

"Hmm... Coincidentally, when my assistant came over just now, I specifically asked this question. Brother Liu, you can finally use English after studying for so long. Come and report to everyone." Ning Wei Smiling, he turned around and said something to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei stood up, glanced at Ning Wei, then took out her mobile phone, and called up the data she had just obtained from the education authority.

"The following data comes from last year's "China Education Development Statistical Bulletin". The data can be searched and verified from public channels. At present, China has 16.1681 ordinary primary schools and 51982 public junior high schools, including 88 vocational junior high schools and 13737 ordinary high schools. , since there are 5412 fully secondary schools, this figure can be subtracted from public junior secondary schools, and 2663 tertiary institutions.”

"According to the above data, the total number of schools that need to be remodeled is 22. Because of Professor Ning's repeated explanation, we did not include the 650 kindergartens in the country. Because those children are still too young, it is necessary to renovate the classrooms. Learning is of little significance. According to Professor Ning’s preliminary calculation, the average cost of each school can be controlled at about 26.67 million US dollars.”

……

One can imagine the expressions of the bosses at the scene after Liu Wei reported this series of numbers expressionlessly.

There are nearly 22.5 schools. Based on the average investment of 150 million US dollars per school, that is 3400 billion US dollars.According to the current exchange rate, it is about 2 trillion yuan, which is almost equivalent to all the investment China has made in the compulsory education system for a year...

Of course, for many of these bigwigs, it is not a lot, and there are also some.

For example, not long ago, Microsoft spent $687 billion in cash to acquire Blizzard Activision.

It is said that Apple's overseas cash and securities reserves have officially exceeded 3000 billion U.S. dollars last year, which even made Apple increase its stock repurchase plan by another 200 billion U.S. dollars...

Companies like Facebook and Google are also not short of money. After all, they can earn advertising fees lying down. The former has invested more than 300 billion U.S. dollars in the metaverse field over the years, and the latter’s investment in research and development will not be more stingy than Facebook. .

At this time, there were more than 50 people present, representing more than 50 world-renowned companies and research institutions. On average, each company had to pay about 68 billion U.S. dollars. For some small companies, this amount of money is astronomical, but for For these top [-] companies in the world, they can still get it together by gritting their teeth.

The key is what is the meaning of giving this money out, after all, no one's dollars are blown by strong winds!

……

"Haha, more than 3 million, everyone can spread out casually, and a family with less than 100 billion can eat the big cake of the future metaverse. Really, I think this is quite a bargain. But there is one thing to say, everyone understands, I People don’t pay attention to commercial things, and you still need to discuss with businesses like Huawei and Huaxin about the licensing law.”

"The billions of dollars spent on upgrading Huaxia classrooms, how should I put it, is purely because of a precondition I thought of to apologize to everyone. As you know, although I have never participated in business negotiations, I can't promote your cooperation. Yes, but in some respects what I said is quite useful, for example, I can’t tell who to cooperate with after a phone call, and all the cooperative manufacturers will definitely give me this face.”

……

As soon as this is said, everyone understands it in seconds...

This amount of money is probably the purchase of a barrier to entry...

Sure enough, once some people are shameless, they are really shameless!

……

"But……"

"It's nothing serious! Really, everyone, I said it right after the meeting, I repay kindness with kindness, and repay grievances with straightness. Now I only talked about the mistakes I made in the early days of March, and I haven't had time to tell everyone. The fact that 28 spies were planted in the Ningsi laboratory. If this matter is really counted, it would be interesting. I am a person with clear grievances, and this incident caused me to not sleep well for three days, but I don't think it caused too much loss anyway, and I'm just a little tired, so I didn't plan to care about it.

"But if you want to care about these things, then I will too. Think about it, let a world-class scientist who can create miracles every day without a good sleep for three nights, maybe just miss a world-class invention. How much compensation can I make up for my loss? People, be content!"

------------

398 You really shouldn't be too careless

The logic of scientists is very rigorous and can be said to be impeccable.

For Ning Wei, he also expressed his meaning very clearly. He will not intervene in specific areas such as business cooperation and authorization.

But in fact, there are examples to follow.

It can probably be understood as the set of joining, the only problem is probably that, after paying the money, it seems that there is no guarantee that an acceptable contract can be obtained.

Because the real technology licensing contract has to be negotiated with another person.

For many bigwigs on the scene, being cheated is nothing, as long as they can enter the arena, they can always earn back in the future.

A breakthrough in technology means that the entire line of products will be updated, and it will also mean that consumers can be easily stimulated to spend more happily. God knows how much overtime was worked last night, and the calculation of the market size that the new technology may bring, even if it is not so optimistic. Well, at least in the first three years, the market for [-]D holographic display is measured in trillions of dollars. After all, these technology combinations can involve all aspects of people's entertainment and life. .

It is nothing more than a question of how much market we can occupy.

For any brand-new track, there will be a group of demons dancing wildly in the early stage. After a few years, the dust will clear up, and the one who can survive will be the king.

So when a group of bigwigs were still hesitating, Ning Wei spoke again: "I forgot to tell everyone that this education reform plan still needs to be piloted first, and we need to know whether it can really achieve the same level as the previous three months of persuading students." It will only be implemented on a large scale after the effect is achieved, so not all schools will be enrolled directly in the early stage. So at present, our first batch of reformed schools should be controlled at about [-]."

"So not all of you will have the opportunity to participate in this grand reform. I would suggest that all companies that have participated in the investment select ten partners in the first batch around the world to jointly promote [-]D display technology , so if you want to grab the lane, you have to do it as soon as possible. Of course, I am the most fair person, and I will never let people waste money.”

"In order to have a basis of mutual trust, the operation mode is roughly like this. Later, we will set up a March education special fund. Whoever is interested in cooperating with our laboratory only needs to raise a deposit of 80 billion US dollars to enter the fund. Once you have an account, you can negotiate. Before paying the deposit, we will sign the contract. If the cooperation project is negotiated, the money will not be refunded. It will be used for the classroom renovation of Huaxia School in the future. If the negotiation fails, the money will not be refunded. The security deposit will be fully refunded according to the original channel within [-] working days after the written application is submitted."

"Of course, you should think carefully before making the payment, because the foundation will not bear all the transaction costs of raising the money, as well as any interest incurred during the payment process after negotiation and application. To express our apologies, last time Google, Facebook and Twitter, which are the most affected, will get a qualification unconditionally. Unless the three clearly say they will give up."

"Probably this is the case, and you don't need to worry. Whether it is Ningxin or our [-]D display technology, they are still in the trial mass production stage. If everything goes well, it will take about three months to start mass production. After fully predicting the future market and our own cash flow, we can decide whether to join the market that the two parties cooperate with."

"So you don't have to wait any longer in the capital. Just do the market research and let the financial actuarial figure out what kind of contract you want to ensure that you don't lose money. That's the right way. To be honest, I'm leaving the capital tomorrow. As you all know, it is not easy for me to be a tutor, and I have to take a group of students to the future city to experience and take a vacation. Today’s meal is my thank you for coming to this ceremony to thank everyone for saving face Yes. Thank you again for your face."

……

According to Ning Wei's thinking, after the noon meeting, the impact of the March Awards Ceremony will come to an end, or he will have nothing to do.

Regarding education reform, as he said at the meeting, it is an extremely long-term long-term plan, and it is impossible to achieve it in one stroke.First get a small-scale pilot, try to see if it is feasible, find out possible problems by the way, and then slowly modify the rules, wait until the results come out and the effect is good, then expand the scope of the pilot, until everyone thinks it is good, it is possible to really promote it.

There is also a need to coordinate various relationships. After all, education involves too many interests, and many things are very troublesome. It really needs to be promoted nationwide, and it can be completed in five years. That is the speed of the universe.If something goes wrong, it's normal to delay it for ten or eight years.

For Ning Wei, his role is to make a suggestion and raise the money by the way, that's enough.

But this is obviously very idealistic, and some more personal relationships have to be considered. For example, Tim Cook, who is about to retire, expressed his invitation to invite him to dinner in person, which is not easy to refuse.

After all, everyone had a pleasant conversation before, and Ning Wei didn't intend to be an enemy of the whole world, so he could only happily agree to the invitation.

It's just that after bidding farewell to a group of bigwigs, out of the hotel, Director Tian, ​​who ignored him all morning, called again.

Ning Wei hesitated for ten seconds, but honestly clicked on the connection...

"Are you sober now?"

The four-word question was concise and to the point, but fortunately, the tone didn't seem very angry, and there was even a hint of ridicule...

"Wake up..." Ning Wei replied with a little embarrassment, and his tone became natural. Since the matter has already happened, he can only accept it, and the experience of giving advice to the tutor on the phone is also a rare experience: " Director Tian, ​​in fact, last night was an accident..."

"No, no, it's not an accident. Young people, it's right to do big things. I think what you said was right last night, so please come to my office. I'll introduce you to someone. You can do it together. Get big projects."

"Huh? That...Director Tian, ​​who is it? How big is the project?"

"You will know when you come! Hurry up, don't make people wait too long!"

"Oh, I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Wei glanced at Liu Wei and asked, "Director Tian said he wanted to introduce someone to me and help me with a big project, do you know what's going on?"

Liu Wei gave Ning Wei a white look: "I am not a god, how could I know that I have been with you today?"

"You are well-informed, please help me ask."

"You'll know if you go there? Director Tian won't harm you..."

"I still want to be mentally prepared first. Director Tian doesn't play cards according to the routine now, which is not good!"

"Ha ha……"

In this way, the two chatted one after another, and soon returned to the International Mathematical Research Center. Ning Wei didn't make much trouble, and went directly to the small building where Tian Yanzhen's office was located, and went up to the second floor. Standing outside the door, I heard hearty laughter inside, obviously the two were having a good chat.

Seeing that someone was there, Ning knocked on the door politely.

"Come in... Yo, our big star is pretty fast." Tian Yanzhen joked as soon as he entered the door.

"Director Tian, ​​don't embarrass me." Ning Wei smiled, and quickly turned his eyes around the person next to Tian Yanzhen. It was strange, and he felt a little familiar, but he was sure he didn't know him.

"Okay, come on, let me introduce you, this is director Chen Yanwen..."

"Oh, hello Director Chen." Ning Wei was stunned.

After hearing the name, he remembered it. The media had previously reported that after it was confirmed that this year's Summer Olympics would be held in China, the Kun director was subsequently selected as the chief director of the opening ceremony of this year's Olympics.

In view of the remarkable success of the opening ceremony of the China Olympic Games, everyone still hopes that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be led by Zhang. Energy, coupled with the hasty schedule this year, the body really couldn't bear it, and finally handed over this burden to the director in front of him.

In the previous Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, Chen Yuwen was also on the director team and was responsible for a lot of work. He has no problems in all aspects of experience, and Director Zhang is also very supportive, so he was successfully promoted.

But then again, it is indeed a headache to plan this year's Olympic Games from the perspective of the director of the opening ceremony.

There is no way, the opening ceremonies of the previous two sessions were too successful, and it is really difficult to think of innovations.

Not to mention that with the rapid development of China's artificial intelligence technology in recent years, the March Award has become more and more famous, and the self-confidence of netizens has reached an extremely high level. Naturally, the requirements for the opening ceremony of large-scale events are higher.

This is a typical scene where countless netizens can praise people to the sky if it is done well; not to mention poorly done, even if it is just too mediocre, the complaints on the Internet will probably make the director depressed. It can be said that he was ordered in danger.

However, Ning Wei only knew so much about Chen Yanwen. After all, Ning Wei didn't really care about things like the Olympics, and it wasn't his forte.

"Academician Ning, hello, hello, I knew you were young a long time ago, but in real life, you seem to be several years younger than on TV, which is enviable!" Chen Yanwen stood up and said politely.

This is the truth, not a compliment.

When you need to go on TV, such as the awards ceremony last night, Jiang will always prepare dark formal clothes for Ning Wei. As for Ning Wei's usual habit, it is a light-colored or gray sweater that young people like to wear. The last down jacket or sweatshirt really looked more in line with his age at this time.

After all, Ning Wei is not yet 30 years old, and at the age of 28, he has not yet reached the peak of his mind and body.

"Okay, let's all sit down. Old Chen, you don't know. Young people nowadays have a lot of ideas. I called this kid last night, and he was still criticizing me for not being aggressive in doing things, and for not smashing rules and regulations. The attitude of making new achievements, and also said that he will start a big project. So, you can ask him for this matter." Tian Yanzhen directly set the tone from the side.

These words made Ning Wei want to slap himself hard again.

Alcohol is really not a good thing.

Director Chen immediately followed Tian Yanzhen's words and said: "Haha, Director Tian, ​​I feel relieved when you say that. Academician Ning, I really want to ask you for something this time, and I sincerely want to invite you here What do you think of some technical guidance and suggestions for our Olympic opening ceremony this time?"

"Me? Do technical guidance for the Olympic opening ceremony?" Ning Wei pointed to himself, and then suddenly asked, "Director Chen, do you want to use the [-]D display used in the March Award ceremony yesterday at the Olympic opening ceremony?" technology?"

Chen Yanwen nodded, and replied without hesitation: "It does mean that. To be honest, I also got some inspiration from watching the online replay video of the awards ceremony on the recommendation of my colleagues yesterday. If I can use this Technology, I think there should be many things that are difficult or even impossible to present in reality, and they should be able to be displayed, isn't that right?"

Seeing that Ning Wei did not answer immediately, but frowned, Chen Yanwen immediately added: "Academician Ning, using this technology will definitely not make your students suffer, and our budget this time is still relatively sufficient. "

Hearing this, Ning Wei smiled, shook his head and explained: "Director Chen, it's really not a matter of budget. The main reason is that the Olympic opening ceremony is different from our awards ceremony last night. First of all, in an open place, The equipment is inconvenient to set up. In the venue, we can use the structure of the venue to hide the entire set of display equipment well, which is why we have this effect."

"In addition, the outdoor environment is not very controllable, and the sports field is too big. If it is just a small stage, it will be no problem, but if it is held in a large square like the previous Olympic opening ceremony, and it has been three times now. It’s been a month, and there is only four months to prepare, even if we think of a way to design the venue, the manufacturer probably won’t be able to produce such a huge display frame in such a short time.”

Chen Yanwen was obviously disappointed, but he still asked unwillingly: "Academician Ning, I don't know much about technology. If you don't need the display frame you mentioned, can't we realize the stage set like last night?"

Ning Wei thought for a while and said: "Well, it's very troublesome. First, the light source and sensor cannot be fixed without the frame; second, the signal transmission and decoding also need the support of the chip in the frame, especially for such a large-scale party. , It is necessary to accurately calculate the position of each light source and sensor, and it also requires a high degree of cooperation from the manufacturer. To tell you the truth, as far as our stage layout was concerned last night, almost all my students came back to help, plus Ningshe and the manufacturer’s engineers. Years later, I was busy until two days before the awards ceremony before all the problems were resolved."

Hearing Ning Wei's constant emphasis on difficulties, Tian Yanzhen next to him interjected: "Ning Wei, you told me on the phone yesterday that you need to be bolder in academics and have the courage to break all rules and regulations. Are you starting to emphasize the difficulties? Let’s put it this way, Lao Chen is also a good friend of mine, and this time I’m asking you, you have to help Lao Chen find a way.”

"That's what I think. The artificial intelligence you are developing is definitely the most advanced technology on this planet. This time, Lao Chen just wanted to make this opening ceremony have the sense of technology that young people like most. Even this holographic project No, you can think of other ways. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be followed by the whole world, but there are more people who care about your award ceremony in March. Come up with something different and show China's technological strength to the world. It is also very helpful for you to realize your previous ideas, and it is a matter of mutual benefit, what do you think?"

Ning Wei took a look at Tian Yanzhen, thought about it carefully, and felt that Director Tian was right, so he simply said: "Okay, since Director Tian has said so, I will definitely think of a way, but if you really want to Let me come up with a set of plans now, even if I am a god. Otherwise, Director Chen, please leave me a call or add a WeChat, and I will think about it carefully when I go back, and then I will give you a good enough plan Alternatives, how?"

"No problem! That's it. But Academician Ning, you have to hurry up. As you said just now, it takes four months to prepare for this event. The time is really too fast. Coordination is an extremely troublesome thing, we must hurry up!"

Ning Wei nodded and said, "Don't worry, Director Chen, I will definitely give you a reply in just these two days."

After hearing Ning Wei's affirmative answer, Chen Yanwen also showed a smile on his face, then took out a USB flash drive from his pocket, and said, "Thank you so much, Academician Ning, by the way, this USB flash drive It is our tentative plan now, you can take it and see, if your plan can be integrated into this set of plans, it is the best, even if it is not possible, as long as Academician Ning's plan is feasible, I will give priority to you. What you want to show, come to modify this set of plans. By the way, this must not be leaked before the opening ceremony."

Ning Wei was still hesitating whether to accept this hot USB flash drive, Tian Yanzhen laughed and said, "Haha, don't worry, Lao Chen, it's up to you to keep things secret? Our Academician Ning's brain is the most important thing in Huaxia. It’s a secret. Compared with what’s in his mind, your U disk is not enough to see.”

After hearing this, Ning Wei sighed from the bottom of his heart, without being hypocritical, he naturally took the USB flash drive from Chen Wenwen and said, "Don't worry, Director Chen, Director Tian is right, I will keep everything secret. After signing the agreement, the hands are soft, and the mouth is tight."

"I'm just reminding you casually, haha, if you don't believe in Academician Ning, I won't copy the USB disk when I come. That's fine, Lao Tian, ​​thank you so much, I won't keep it, there is still There are a lot of things waiting for me to make a decision. Academician Ning, I am waiting for your good news."

"Okay, I won't keep you if you're busy now, I'll send you out."

"No, no, the car is waiting outside the yard. When the Olympics is over, I'll buy you a drink!"

"Then I will remember it!"

Ning Wei silently watched the two old men stand politely in front of the door, and suddenly felt that the chat process just now was a bit weird. Is this... singing a double reed? !

Well, it's too late to say anything now, I lowered my head and looked at the USB flash drive in my hand, um, I feel a headache...

Sure enough, you can't be too carefree!

------------