My Age of Investment

   Chapter 976

  Dongshanshu home.

  Xia Jingxing and two middle-aged men in their 40s sat in a pavilion in their backyard, sipping tea and chatting, chatting happily, and burst into hearty laughter from time to time.

  Looking at the wild ducks playing in the lake behind him and the woods in the distance, Wang Jian smiled and said, “Mr. Xia, the scenery of your residence is really good! Lakes, valleys, forest parks are all included.”

  Xia Jingxing smiled, "If Dr. Wang likes the quiet environment here, when you join the Fuxing Industry Group, the company will give you a set."

  Wang Jian hurriedly waved his hand, "I can't use it!"

   Soon he reacted, with a wry smile, "Mr. Xia, let me consider it again."

  "What are you still thinking about! MSN is going downhill now, and Gates goes to this small island every day for vacation, and he doesn't care about the business in China at all.

Now it's Ballmer's turn for Microsoft to take power. The old man is not like Gates, who is a caregiver. Microsoft Research Asia also wants to continue the loose R&D environment of the past, but it is difficult, maybe even the existing ones. R&D projects and funding must be cut. "

  Looking at commenting on Gates for a while, and commenting on Ballmer's Xia Jingxing for a while, Wang Jian and Shen Xiangyang beside him could only smile.

  The two of them, one is the dean of Microsoft Research Asia, the other is the executive vice dean.

   In front of these two subordinates, Xia Jingxing casually commented on the big boss and the second boss of the company, telling them how to answer the conversation.

  "Have you not noticed it? Microsoft is getting old, and the twilight on your body is getting heavier."

Xia Jingxing sighed, and said in a rather regretful tone: "Gates no longer asks about Microsoft’s specific work and retreats to the second line. He puts most of his energy on the Gates Melinda Foundation and the family office waterfall investment. Body.

  Over the years, Gates has continued to reduce his holdings of Microsoft stock, investing money in foundations and waterfall investments.

  I said this, and I did not mean to belittle Gates, but that he is now older and has been the world's richest man for many years. No one can shake the position, as if all work is not challenging for him.

  He has been in the mall for 30 years, and it is time to rest, enjoy life, and consider how the family wealth can be passed down in an orderly manner. "

  Seeing that the two technical men have been silent, Xia Jingxing immediately changed his strategy and stopped talking about Gates. He changed the subject: "Let me talk about the cloud computing and artificial intelligence projects that Fuxing Industry Group is about to launch!

  In fact, I started to pay attention to cloud computing as early as a few years ago. If it were not because of the lack of financial resources, I might have started the research and development of cloud computing projects a few years ago. "

   When it comes to cloud computing, Wang Jian, who is less-spoken, has an immediate enthusiasm. He asks: “Mr. Xia, now the outside world is questioning whether cloud computing can really be done. You are so confident?”

  Looking at Wang Jian’s curiosity, Xia Jingxing said lightly: “The budding of cloud computing theory-public computing services, was first proposed by Professor John McCarthy, the winner of the Turing Award and the father of artificial intelligence, in 1961.

  He said at the time: If the computer I envisioned to support the simultaneous use of multiple people can come true, then computing may one day be organized into a public service like a telephone...it will be the basis of a new and important industry.

  This theory draws on the traditional power plant model.

  Simply put, it is to treat computing resources as an energy resource like electricity. Users can use computing resources anytime and anywhere as if plugging a light bulb into a socket, and pay according to the usage.

  Forty years have passed, and his theory has actually been verified. "

   Seeing the dubious eyes of the two, Xia Jingxing did not explain, but asked: "I wonder if you have heard of Salesforce?"

  Shen Xiangyang immediately nodded, “I’ve heard that the founder jumped from Oracle to start a business. The company only went public on the New York Stock Exchange a few years ago. It has a strong momentum of development and a very innovative business model.”

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "Yes, Salesforce translated it as the Software Marketing Force, or Soft Camp for short, and is also known as the software terminator in the industry.

  Interestingly, they do not sell software services in the traditional way, but integrate the software with the Internet perfectly to provide customized software services on demand.

Users only need to pay fees similar to rent each month to freely use various services on the website. These services involve all aspects of customer relationship management, from ordinary contact management to product catalog, order management, opportunity management, Sales management and so on are all covered.

  Now they have more than 1 million subscribers, and even large companies such as Japan Post and Cisco have become their customers. The technology behind this support is a SaaS platform.

  The concept of cloud computing is very broad. SaaS is also a model for selling public computing service resources. Soft Camp is at the forefront of the world in the exploration of cloud computing. "

  Wang Jian nodded lightly, showing deep thought, “This is also a kind of cloud computing, but they don’t involve development platforms, virtual machines, or storage resources. The exploration and application of cloud computing is still very simple.”

   "Yes, there is no clear framework for cloud computing. In my opinion, it can actually be divided into three layers, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS..."

  Xia Jingxing briefly introduced his division of the three-layer cloud computing architecture, and then said: “The cloud computing we are going to do naturally encompass three layers to create a one-stop cloud service platform.

  LaaS is undoubtedly the most difficult and most invested layer.

  But once it is completed, domestic websites, large and small, no longer need to purchase foreign servers, and all of our cloud services are leased.

  This can not only lower the threshold for entrepreneurship, but also help domestic counterparts.

For example, Ari, I heard that servers are almost unaffordable. If they rent our cloud services, they can save a little money to enter overseas markets, enter the United States, the headquarters of Amazon and eBay, and sell domestic products to the United States. , To promote the development of domestic small and medium-sized enterprises, it can be called infinite merit. "

  Wang Jian said with a smile: “That’s the truth. I heard that there are more and more e-commerce users of Ari, and the pressure on server expenditures is great. Every year, he buys a lot of Oracle and IBM servers.”

  Xia Jingxing smiled and nodded, and continued: “IaaS needs to purchase a large amount of hardware equipment to build a data center, which can be classified as an asset-heavy operation model.

  Whether a cloud computing company can make a profit and how far it can go in the future depends on how prosperous the PaaS and SaaS layer ecosystems above the laaS layer are.

  For example, if Microsoft wants to do cloud computing, the initial stage may not be very good, but in the later stage, with its huge customer base, by grafting its own Windows, Office, SQL Server and other software with cloud services, the potential will be completely released. "

  Shen Xiangyang pondered for a moment, then nodded, “That’s true, cloud computing is essentially the leasing of server resources, selling computing power and selling storage.

  The leasing model has a typical scale effect, that is, the more customers, the lower the marginal cost. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "So, this is also a winner-takes-all track. Small players can't play laas, they can only play PaaS and SaaS.

  Our cloud computing service platform, since the establishment of the project, has been rushing to the global market. Although Microsoft is strong, we don’t have to worry about it. No matter how powerful the company is, we can do it step by step.

  As long as we are determined, there must be a place for us Chinese in the cloud computing arena. "

   Seeing Xia Jingxing’s ambitions, Wang Jian was also deeply infected, and he was suddenly proud.

  However, he did not rush to agree to Xia Jingxing. He also wanted to see Xia Jingxing’s layout of the other two cloud computing levels, so he asked very directly: “Mr. Xia, I want to hear about Fuxing Cloud’s PaaS and SaaS layout?”

  "LaaS provides the hardware, and PaaS provides the development platform. In the PaaS plan of Fuxing Cloud, the domestic holding group will participate and launch the game cloud platform together with Fuxing Cloud to simplify the game development process and make game entrepreneurship easier.

  In addition, Fuxing Cloud, backed by the group's own resources, will launch an industrial cloud platform, build a set of industrial big data systems, and provide development tools for industrial application developers.

At the same time, equipment, production lines, employees, factories, warehouses, suppliers, products, and customers will be closely connected to share various element resources of the entire industrial production process to make it digital, networked, automated, and intelligent, thereby Realize efficiency improvement and cost reduction.

  Fuxing mobile phone put forward the demand for the industrial Internet platform very early, but the current technology is far from being able to complete this arduous research and development task.

  I dare to conclude that there must be only two companies that can provide such a powerful platform in the future, or companies with strong industrial manufacturing capabilities, such as Siemens and GE;

  Either companies with strong information technology capabilities, such as Google and Microsoft.

  If we can combine the strengths of industry and information technology, then our industrial cloud platform and industrial Internet platform must be very competitive. "

  Wang Jian nodded repeatedly, and then he asked: "Industrial Internet, this concept is very interesting, it seems that no one in the world has proposed it yet?"

  Xia Jingxing smiled, "Yes, it was pioneered by Fuxing Industrial Group, because we are currently developing IoT technology and have some insights.

  Only when the Internet of Things technology acts as the glue, can the two major industries be truly organically combined. "

  Shen Xiangyang reacted very keenly. He immediately noticed the power of the integration of the two major industries. He said: "This direction is extraordinary, and it may be equivalent to an industrial revolution."

  Xia Jingxing said calmly: “Industry 1.0 is the steam age; Industry 2.0 is the electrical age; Industry 3.0 is the electronic information age.

  Then Industry 4.0 must be "hard + soft", that is, manufacturing + Internet.

The volume of our country’s manufacturing industry accounts for an increasing proportion of the global manufacturing industry. However, it is a pity that the manufacturing industry is large in scale and complete in categories, but the level is uneven. Some have just completed mechanization, and some are undergoing automation and Informatization.

  On the other hand, due to the large consumer base in my country, the level of development of the consumer Internet is second only to the United States.

  So, I think this is an opportunity for the rise of our country. Can we turn the backward industries that Americans look down upon into advanced industries and high-end manufacturing? The password lies in Made in China 202..."

  Xia Jingxing almost leaked his secret secret, and hurriedly changed his words: "It lies in whether the industrial upgrade can be completed in the next ten to twenty years.

  Renaissance Industry Group, as a domestic technology leader and an internationally competitive enterprise, our corporate mission is to rejuvenate China’s industry as our mission, and to integrate family and country feelings into our unremitting efforts for personal careers.

The country has been calling for companies to go out. Fuxing Industry Group has the basic conditions to go out. We also hope to embark on a successful path of "powering industry with science and technology and changing the face of China's backward manufacturing", so as to serve domestic colleagues who have ideals and dare to go abroad. Come out a way. "

Shen Xiangyang felt very excited, because the grand blueprint drawn by Xia Jingxing, especially the industrial Internet, gave him an impulse to join it immediately. He quickly asked: "The direction of artificial intelligence that I study is also very important to the industrial Internet platform, right? ?"

   "This is for sure. The extraction, processing, and specific solutions of a large amount of industrial data require the participation of artificial intelligence."

  Shen Xiangyang nodded, "Okay, I understand."

  Stayed in the United States for so many years and got a high salary, but Shen Xiangyang has never joined the American citizenship. He still has a lot of family and country feelings in his bones.

  There is an unwritten rule in Silicon Valley that a Chinese person will be the top vice president of a large company. The senior vice president and above must be American. In order to promote Shen Xiangyang, Microsoft specifically broke an example for him.

  Of course, the artificial intelligence developed by Shen Xiangyang-Microsoft Xiaoice has also put a flag for Microsoft in the field of cutting-edge technology and is worthy of the love of Microsoft.

  Xia Jingxing looked at Wang Jian and continued to introduce: “SaaS is a software service for enterprises and individuals. We will only try to open a few sets of office software, and leave the rest to ecological partners to develop.

  After all, a company has limited manpower, and it is impossible to build a prosperous SaaS application ecosystem on its own. "

  Wang Jian smiled and said: "This is right, open and win-win! Do it like Penguin, the whole country and the whole industry are its enemies."

  Xia Jingxing smiled. By the time of the cloud computing era, Penguin has got rid of its bad habit of plagiarism and has completely opened up.

However, the other party has tried to use SaaS application shirtlessly. The purpose is not to make money, but the acceptance of SaaS software by domestic small and medium-sized enterprises is not high, which is far less than the coverage rate of foreign countries. This deadlock needs to be broken, and cloud computing can only Usher in greater development opportunities.

  Ariyun is far behind by Microsoft Cloud, which started almost at the same time, mainly because domestic companies are not very effective and guard a DingTalk that hundreds of millions of people are using, but the payment rate and value-added service income are not going up.

  On the contrary, Microsoft's cloud-based software has made a lot of money. With the help of cloud services, Microsoft, which is already aging, will soon usher in the second spring of its career.

  Shen Xiangyang suddenly said: "Lu Qi said you want to build a voice assistant?"

   "Yes, he told you that, right? We want to develop the voice assistant as soon as possible and put it on the Fuxing mobile phone, and start the training of artificial intelligence as soon as possible. This thing does not have data feeding, and it will not grow up."

  Xia Jingxing looked at Shen Xiangyang with a smile on his face. The latter and Lu Qi are brothers in the same school, and both are PhDs in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

  Previous life Lu Qi left Yahoo to join Microsoft, which was introduced by Shen Xiangyang.

  In this life, it was completely reversed, and Lu Qi helped Xia Jingxing dig Shen Xiangyang.

  Now he has some strength, so Xia Jingxing feels that these top Chinese talents can no longer be left out, and he must gather them under his own as soon as possible to speed up the development of Fuxing Industry, domestic holdings and other industrial sectors.

  Of course, to recruit these top talents, you have to provide them with R&D funds, cutting-edge projects, R&D environment, and so on.

  Xia Jingxing believes that these conditions can still be provided, and he is now regarded as one of the leading figures in the Chinese science and technology circle. He cheered his arms and he still has some appeal to Chinese science and technology talents.

  Shen Xiangyang nodded, "Apart from voice assistants, are there other directions for exploring artificial intelligence?"

  "Tesla plans to start autonomous driving research and development projects, Fuxing Mobile wants to open face recognition and fingerprint recognition projects, Fuxing Internet of Things wants to open smart home projects, and Tubing wants to open smart video recognition..."

  Shen Xiangyang laughed, "These projects are indeed the exploration direction of artificial intelligence, but each project requires a huge amount of funds, Dai Lun, are you mentally prepared?"

  Xia Jingxing felt that Shen Xiangyang was underestimating himself, and smiled and replied: “Vision Capital has made a small amount of money in the United States in the past two years, and it is not stressful to invest billions of dollars in the field of artificial intelligence.

  Hainai Holding Group and Renaissance Industry Group can open financing at any time. Sun Zhengyi and Yuri Milner of DST called me every three to five, reminding me not to forget to notify them when I open financing.

  And Ari will be on the market next month, and Facebook is coming soon.

  In short, you don’t need to worry about R&D funds. I will take care of it. You only need to focus on technology R&D. "

  Shen Xiangyang smiled, "Dalun, I don’t mean that, I mean, maybe I won’t see any return in the short term."

   "I understand, long-termism, even I dare to place heavy bets on the semiconductor industry, not to mention that I am a veteran of Internet IT."

  Seeing Xia Jingxing so confident, Shen Xiangyang completely discarded the last trace of hesitation in his heart.

   "Okay, Darren, since you invited me so kindly, then I won't be hypocritical."

  Shen Xiangyang handed out his hand: "I hope we can do something for the rise of China's science and technology together."

  Xia Jingxing shook hands with Shen Xiangyang and said with a smile: "To be more precise, it is to open a new chapter in the era of Chinese science and technology together!"

  Wang Jian on the side was taken aback, Shen Xiangyang agreed to join so quickly?

  What he didn’t know was that Lu Qi had already done a lot of pre-communication work. Today’s meeting was just a stoppage for Xia Jingxing.

  "Dr. Wang, how about you? China needs its own cloud computing platform very much! And everyone starts at the same time. This is one of the few technology fields where we can catch up with the United States."

Hearing this, Wang Jian did not hesitate anymore, and handed it out: "Mr. Xia, since you trust me so much, it won't be enough for me to linger. With this cloud computing, don't worry, I just spared this one. Lao Ming, it must be done too."

  Xia Jingxing shook hands with Wang Jian with a smile, and then glanced at Shen Xiangyang next to him, very satisfied.

  With the joining of this pair of wolong and phoenix chicks, the scientific and technological strength of Fuxing Industry can be raised to a higher level, and many R&D projects can be officially launched.

  Next, Xia Jingxing chatted with the two about the official entry time.

  Because they are corporate executives, it is impossible to recruit as casually as ordinary employees, especially when the two have signed an agreement with Microsoft.

  The good news is that their contracts are about to expire. After submitting their resignations, they will be able to join Fuxing Industry at the beginning of next year at the latest after handing over the work at hand.

   "Can you bring some people over? Now Fuxing Industry Group is short of senior engineers. I heard that Microsoft Research Asia is full of talents. Bringing more people over can also speed up our research and development progress."

  Shen Xiangyang and Wang Jian looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed.

   It’s fine to dig the two deans, and Mr. Xia still wants to give Microsoft Research Asia a pot.

  I heard that President Xia and Gates are still good friends, are they so cruel to their friends?

Xia Jingxing saw the hesitation in the eyes of the two, and did not embarrass them, and said: "You can bring as many people as you can, don't force it. When I send someone to Silicon Valley next year to recruit and raise the salary, some people should still be willing to return to China. of."

  The two smiled, as long as they don’t ask them to change the name of Microsoft Research Asia to Fuxing Asia Research Institute, otherwise, Microsoft will certainly not give up, and it is easy to increase variables.

  Actually, Xia Jingxing really had this dangerous idea of ​​a pot end.

  He’s inquired, Microsoft Asia Research Institute has a full 1,700 people, gathered domestic elite talents, if they get all of them, he would really not be too much and can afford it.

   But after all, we are good friends with Gates. If you want to talk about martial arts, things can’t be done so absolutely, otherwise the US industry will be greatly affected.

   By the way, you can put your idea on Google Research!

  Xia Jingxing's eyes lit up, and soon he had a new goal.

  (End of this chapter)