Hammer of Technology

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On Sunday, August 2028, 8, the weather in Beijing is still fine.

In fact, unlike the south, the north is already dry, especially in summer.There are very few cloudy and rainy days in Beijing in August, and there are occasional thunderstorms, which is just a matter of time.

Therefore, the weather is fine most of the time, especially after vigorously improving the environment in recent years, it is rare to see the smog that once plagued people. The sky is always blue and blue, which makes people feel happy.

At least Ning Wei feels good when he wakes up in the morning.

The weather is fine and the air is fresh. Except for a little dryness, everything else is fine.

Before Ning Ke was born, Huawei specially helped him redesign a smart system for the whole house, and equipped it with various smart devices to keep the temperature and humidity within a comfortable range, ensuring the best sleeping environment for the whole family. .

Today Ning Wei originally planned to put off all his work and stay at home to spend this Sunday with his family.

Accompany classmate Jiang and Xiao Ningke, then call mother-in-law and sister-in-law to have a lively lunch together, watch the popular Olympic events together as a family, and the day is over.

However, what he never expected was that he, a busy man who has been busy for thousands of years, wanted to relax, but his family was very busy.

After waking up early in the morning, classmate Jiang told Ning Wei that she was going to take Ning Ke to participate in the early education course for children. In fact, many children played some educational games together. The key is that Ning Ke still likes it very much. Dear dad can rest today, but she seems to think that she is more happy to play games with the children.

Ning Wei picked up little Ning Ke and asked, "Ning Ke, why do you have to go? Dad can't play with you at home?"

"Well... Dad, can you play with me tomorrow? Today, today I am going to play with many, many, children, they, they all listen to me! If I don't go, they don't know how to play What should I do?"

Saying that, Xiao Ningke spread her hands, with a helpless look on her face.

I'd rather be speechless.

I really want to explain to my dear daughter that everyone in this world is the same after leaving. Even if she doesn't participate in this activity, other children can still have fun, but she swallowed the words.

It's better not to hit the kids anymore, and can only turn around and blame the wife: "We'd rather be so smart, why do we need to enroll in early education classes? This is not yet three years old, it's interesting to roll like this!"

"Actually, it's not an early education. The main thing is to let the children get used to the life of the kindergarten in advance. Most of them are the children of the school teachers. Otherwise, they will go to the kindergarten soon. If you cry every day, don't you feel bad?"

Classmate Jiang's answer was well-founded, making Ning Wei feel that his complaint was unreasonable and just nonsense.

"Then... okay, Keke, you have to have fun."

"Okay, Dad!"

Classmate Jiang wanted to take Ning Ke to the early education class, and because Classmate Jiang was pregnant, Ning's mother and Jiang's mother were worried, so the two old people also wanted to go with her. As for the sister-in-law who went out early in the morning, she said I made an appointment to go to the sports meeting with my classmates.

So after the old and the young went out, only Lao Ning and Ning Wei were left in the lively family.

In the morning, when Lao Ning was exercising, after breakfast, he projected his mobile phone onto the big screen specially prepared for him on the rooftop to play Tai Chi, so Ning Wei found out that he had been ruthlessly abandoned.

I thought he was the core of the family, and the family must be unhappy every day when he is away.But obviously everyone is doing just fine without him.

It's complicated...

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, turned on the TV, and changed the remote control a few times. After feeling that it was not interesting, he went back to the study, turned on the computer, leaned back on the chair, and summoned March.

"Meow……"

"March, is there anyone who wishes to see me today?"

"Meow... hypocritical master, you know that there are people who want to see you these days, but you have been avoiding them all the time, why do you ask this specifically? So this is for the ridiculous spirit of human beings A sense of need?"

This answer made Ning Wei sit upright, staring at the arrogant kitten on the screen with a trace of curiosity, and suddenly realized that the central control of his own smart devices is different from others', all because of this cute cat Kitty controlled...

In other words, if this little March can not only play with Ning Ke's children, but also monitor all the conversations in the room at any time, it happens that it can also understand natural language to a certain extent...

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441 The End and Rise of the Era

To be needed in order to have a sense of happiness and satisfaction?Ning Wei felt that he was poked by a kitten...

I feel that I can't stay at home any longer. I already talked with Lao Ning yesterday. The in-depth communication between father and son should not be too frequent, otherwise they will not get used to it.There is nothing to chat with this kitten on the computer who has no emotional intelligence at all.

Maybe there are people in this world who like poisonous cats, but Ning Wei is obviously not among them.

So it only took 1 minute for Ning Wei to feel that he should go to work in the office of the Mathematics Research Center. As the kitten said, there are still many people in this world who really want to meet him.

In addition, what Lao Ning said yesterday also made his heart itch.

So I told Liu Wei on WeChat, I changed my mind, decided to go to the office for a stroll, and met Liu Wei when I walked out the door.

As soon as we met, Liu Wei asked puzzledly: "Didn't you say yesterday that you would cheer for the Olympic athletes at home, and you asked me not to disturb you and your family to spend a warm day?"

This belongs to which pot is not opened and which pot is not lifted, and it is intentional.

Ning Wei couldn't believe that this guy didn't pay attention to his mother, mother-in-law and wife taking his little baby out early in the morning...

Fortunately, Ning Wei has already thought of how to deal with it early, and said plausibly: "It's not because the world needs me. Brother Liu, when you will be needed by countless people one day, you know that even a moment of rest will be in your heart." Review whether this is a crime against all mankind, and feel guilty."

Liu Wei was silent, and after a while, she replied calmly: "You are right, and I hope you can remember today's sentence, and always maintain this lofty sense of morality that makes me feel ashamed."

Ning Wei thought for a while and replied: "Well, but sometimes I can't be so selfish. Once I get busy, there are many people who have to work with me. Although I don't need to rest, I can't let everyone stay with me. Rest. Like, I have to take care of your mood once in a while, right?"

In fact, Ning Wei likes bickering with Liu Wei like this, because Liu Wei is actually quite logical, and both parties can enjoy the fun of equal communication under the framework of logic.

But at this time, the phone suddenly vibrated crazily in his pocket,

How should I put it, generally speaking, those who can get through to his mobile phone number are good people, so they should be picked up.Not to mention that this is not only a good person, but also a useful person.

That's right, the call was from Wu Yufei.

This CERN scientist of Chinese origin is still very famous at least at the current stage. He is currently the most suitable candidate for Ningwei to directly connect with CERN.Although it is not impossible to do without him, but if you connect with CERN through other channels, you will inevitably have to pay some price.

Too much interest entanglement is a very troublesome thing. Ning Wei feels that he is a tender-faced person. If he really owes favors, he will inevitably feel a little guilty when he blacklists these people in the future.

This is probably why Ning Wei feels that he is not good at mixing shopping malls.Soft-hearted, shameless, moral standards are not lower than the average, and you can't do things that turn back on you and repay your kindness with revenge. The ancients said that it is reasonable to be kind and not to control soldiers, and it happens that shopping malls are like battlefields.

Scholars like Wu Yufei are easier to deal with. They are not as greedy as capitalists. A little enlightenment on a key issue is a great favor.Ningwei is just good at this.

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After connecting the phone, Ning Wei greeted happily: "Hello, Professor Wu, is there any good news?"

"Hello, Academician Ning, it should be considered good news. I communicated with Mr. George last night. He is interested in your suggestion and hopes to communicate with you further. I also got his permission to send his Personal contact information for you. I believe you can understand that although I do have George’s contact information, Westerners pay more attention to privacy, and it is really inconvenient to give you the number without permission.”

"Of course, I can understand that."

"Do you want me to send you the number by text message or email?"

"Don't be so troublesome, Professor Wu, just read it to me. To tell you the truth, my memory is pretty good, especially when it comes to numbers."

"Oh, well, George's number with area code is 0041-7819262826."

"7819262826, ok, I'll take it down, thank you very much, Professor Wu."

"You're welcome, I hope you can have a pleasant communication, and speaking from my personal point of view, I very much hope that you can talk successfully. I personally yearn for the capabilities of the March Smart Platform."

"Haha, Professor Wu, so I always hope that CERN can have more visionary scientists like you. Only when we all unite and trust each other can we promote the rapid progress of science all over the world and benefit all mankind."

Ning Wei, who finally received the good news today, turned on the compliment mode very politely.

However, the professor on the opposite side didn't seem to appreciate it, and replied in a very tangled manner: "Well, academician Ning, to be honest, it seems that you don't trust us very much now. For example, you don't even want to disclose your research results to us after editing. .”

"Professor Wu, look at what you said... I can't say that I don't trust you, I can only say that I don't trust CERN very much. The reason is of course that the current director of CERN is not a scholar like you. Really, if you are a member of CERN this year If you are in charge, please believe that I will have a better reason to facilitate this cooperation."

"For example, you will take the normal route to apply for this program?"

"Haha, Professor Wu, you really know how to joke. In fact, there is another reason why you don't want to apply normally. You know, in fact, in terms of the research direction of quantum and high-energy physics, I can only be regarded as a high school student at most. For my own In fact, I am not very confident in the research results. I am afraid that I will not be able to compete with those real experts when I apply through the normal way. It happens that I am relatively rich, so I hope to find another way. You can understand that I don’t want to lose my face.”

"Academician Ning, do you believe this?"

"Don't worry about these details, Professor Wu, we should not live in other people's ideas, but believe in ourselves."

"You're right, Professor Ning, I won't waste your time, and once again I wish you a good result. By the way, Mr. Edwin George is still in Switzerland."

"I know, thank you again, Professor Wu, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Wei was in no hurry to call the supervisor Edwin George.

It's nine o'clock in the morning, China time, and Wu Yufei just reminded Ning Wei to calculate the time difference. It's three o'clock in the morning in Switzerland, which is obviously not a good time to talk about business.

But this does not delay showing off with people around you.

"Professor Wu just gave me the private phone number of the director of CERN, brother Liu, this is probably what the book said about getting help, right?"

"Of course, but even with the most optimistic estimate, you have to wait at least three months before you want to go abroad."

"Three months? Isn't it winter soon? I heard that winter in Switzerland is very beautiful..."

"Do you want to travel?"

"That's why I often say why can't large-scale scientific research equipment like the Hadron Collider be placed in a scenic area, so that when doing scientific research, you can still enjoy the beautiful scenery... By the way, is the person I invited still in the capital? of? I have time today."

"..."

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Although Ning Wei doesn't mind meeting the bigwigs he invited in his spare time.But it is obvious that those big shots can't come and go when they are called.

Most of them left after finding out that Ningwei could not be contacted at all. Some went to Shencheng to continue to discuss the possibility of win-win cooperation, and some chose to use this opportunity to inspect Huaxia's production base.

Almost no one stayed in the capital to cheer for athletes from all over the world.Of course, this is also determined by the characteristics of the work.

After all, if these important people are really on non-vacation time, they will take a casual rest for nearly a month to watch the sports meeting. There is a high probability that they will be criticized by shareholders...

If something happens to the company’s official documents, it’s impossible to deal with it immediately. If something happens, it’s hard to avoid; if you take a one-month vacation and nothing happens, and it has no impact on the current business, it seems that the position of chairman or CEO is like a mascot. , The company's ability to do well probably depends on its assistants.

Either way it's embarrassing.

Fortunately, many softwares in this era have the function of remote conference video. If Ning Wei wants to chat with someone, it is really not a big problem.

In fact, there are indeed many people who like to chat with Ning Wei today.

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"Tim, really, why did you leave? I was really busy a while ago, and I also raced against time to finish what I was doing, so I thought I could spare time to have a long talk with you. I finally had time today, It is a pity that you left in the end."

Tim Cook: "…"

"Fortunately, we live in a good era. The omnipotent 5G allows us to communicate face to face. In the near future, our [-]D display technology will be more mature, and it will be more convenient to support the [-]D restoration of instant messaging. Holographic projection will Let us chat more smoothly, instead of just facing the computer screen like now."

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Ning Wei leaned on the chair in the office, playing on his own.

This can probably be understood as Ningwei reminding the Apple helm who is about to abdicate that the next century will be the era of three-dimensional display.

In fact, Ning Wei has always had a good impression of the old man in the video. It doesn't mean that Tim Cook is so approachable, or he maintains goodwill towards Huaxia. The fundamental reason is that Ning Wei thinks this old man is really very lucky.

Because he is very sure that the CEO who has controlled Apple for more than 20 years will surely become the best helm in Apple's history, not one of them.After he abdicates, people's evaluation of him will most likely exceed that of Jobs, who has always been remembered.

The reason is also very simple, because this boss has already confirmed that he will officially leave next year.Even Tim Cook has already chosen his successor, Job Bauzakert, the current chief operating officer of Apple.

This person joined Apple in 2016 and was mainly responsible for the formation and preparation of the Apple Car. Later, he entered the Apple Design Institute and was responsible for the design of the Apple Car, and made his mark. After the resignation of Apple's chief design officer Jonathan Ive in 2019, Job Bowzankert was promoted to the director of the design institute. After the successful release of Apple one, he served as Apple's chief operating officer.

It's not that Ningwei looked down on Job Bauzankett's ability.In fact, although Apple's first-generation car used the design plan given in March, when the real mass-produced Apple car was produced, many of the design institute's own designs were added.

After all, according to March's design, it is similar to the style of the global limited edition of no more than [-] units, which obviously does not match Apple's positioning.

Although Apple products have always focused on high-end features, as consumer electronics products, they are still high-end to the point of benchmarking top luxury goods.

So this Job Bowzankert must still have the ability.

But ability does not mean that you can catch up with the general trend.

After all, Apple has been able to live better than Microsoft, Intel, and Google in recent years. The main reason is that Tim Cook really dared to make a decision. When everyone was still waiting and watching, he chose unreserved cooperation, and even supplied A batch of chips.

It is conceivable how much pressure Tim Cook undertook at that time. Of course, this is not only because Tim Cook dared to bear this kind of pressure, but also because his prestige and influence in Apple can suppress all opposing voices.And these prestige and influence are based on the premise that after he took the helm of Apple, he has ensured that Apple's sales and services have earned unimaginable huge profits for all shareholders for more than ten consecutive years.

It was a miracle in those days.

Every year after the Apple press conference, a bunch of people will jump out and criticize that Apple in the Tim Cook era has lost its motivation for innovation, and its products can no longer surprise everyone. However, when Apple’s financial report is released every year, it always can Slapped these people's faces, and then the stock price rose again...

Especially in China...

How should I put it, this powerful old man may not be as paranoid as Jobs, but his business philosophy and grasp of the global supply chain are indeed unique.This is also the reason why he was able to get a huge amount of equity to motivate shareholders without complaint when he was there.

You must know that Tim Cook’s special plane is required by the general meeting of shareholders to equip him, and the company bears all the expenses of the special plane, so that he can serve Apple without distraction.

But the problem now is that the age of technology is once again facing transformation.

And this time the transformation is more radical. At this time, it is especially important to have a leader with enough prestige to suppress all cluttered voices.

If Tim Cook can work for another five years, it may be possible for Apple to adapt to the next great changes, but it is a pity that this boss has already decided to retire next year, and his age does not allow him to continue working. down.The newly appointed Job Bauzakert is destined not to reach the prestige of Tim Cook in a short time, let alone suppress those messy voices.

So Ning Wei is really not optimistic about Apple's future. He is even sure that in the near future, Apple's shareholders will miss this man who has devoted almost his whole life to Apple.

An era is about to end...