Chapter 489 I Want to Make a Game (5371)
06:37 Xinhao, Wucai City, Qinghe Middle Street.
From an office on the 15th floor, a light and even snoring sound could be heard.
“%￥#@%&”
Lei Jun, who was lying in bed with his clothes on an inflatable mattress, had a frown on his face and was mumbling something in his sleep that was unclear. It was obvious that he was not in a deep sleep.
Before the new product launch, Dami had several teams that had to conduct closed-door development. In order to show that he shared the same hardships with his brothers, he slept in the company today and did not go home.
There is less than half a month left until the rice launch conference on the 25th. Before every new product launch conference, rice employees will work overtime like crazy.
The employees have no complaints. After all, most of them have options, and as long as the company successfully goes public, a small number of them will become financially independent.
Of course, even if the company goes public, for a large number of grassroots employees, even if the pitiful options they hold are cashed out, it would only be equivalent to an extra year-end bonus.
But as long as you give it, it is better than not giving it.
At least it can make employees feel that "I am fighting for my own future."
Moreover, Lei Jun also sets an example by being the first to come and the last to leave. Although everyone knows that this is the boss's own business, the feeling it gives to employees is different after all.
Lei Jun has been extremely anxious these past two days. In an internal meeting, he described the launch of this new product as a "battle for the survival of rice," and he attached much more importance to it than ever before.
There is no way, we cannot ignore it. This is a crucial battle for Rice to fight back. If it fails again, Rice may really become others.
The failure of Mi 5 at the beginning of the year and the suspension of AMOLED supply of Xiaomi caused Xiaomi to fall rapidly from its rapid development period, with revenue, sales volume and market share declining rapidly.
Not only did it give up the top spot in market share in Da Zhou, it even fell out of the top five.
The prospectus had been completed and the company was ready to go public within a year or two, but it was forced to suspend the listing process.
In fact, Lei Jun himself is at least half responsible for this.
He transferred a female executive who was originally in charge of government relations and network access licenses to manage the supply chain, causing great losses.
Because of his background, this guy is extremely arrogant and domineering, and has a very bad attitude towards suppliers, offending all rice suppliers.
At the supplier conference, just because several supplier bosses did not wear rice uniforms, she directly kicked them out when taking photos, and scolded them like she was a grandson, saying that they did not know the rules.
Some companies that have no shortage of rice as a customer simply stopped cooperating with her.
But this guy didn't care at all. He thought that I was the party who paid the money. If I didn't do it, there were plenty of people like Palu who were willing to do it.
You said Lei Jun didn't know that this woman was the cause of everything? How is that possible?
This woman is in charge of the supply chain. Rice is all about the supply chain. How could Lei Jun not know who this woman is?
It's just that he feels that compared to the value of this woman, Da Mi can handle the little trouble she brings.
But this woman proved with her strength that Lei Jun still underestimated her. As long as she was given a chance, she would be able to make it big.
The senior management of Sansang came to visit Dami. This woman was not a Westernized person. She was as arrogant to Sansang as other suppliers and insulted them to the utmost.
The boss of Sansang Dazhou District was almost upset. He submitted a report after returning and after obtaining permission from Sansang headquarters, he completely terminated the cooperation with Dami.
This time, Da Mi was almost killed.
You should know that Samsung's advantage in the AMOLED field is now monopolistic. Almost all high-end mobile phone manufacturers are using Samsung's screens. Only Samsung has sufficient supply capacity, and its display effect and yield rate are also the highest.
Apart from this, there is hardly any supplier that can meet the rice requirements.
Although Lei Jun immediately removed the executives involved and personally took over the supply chain, and flew to Korea three times from the end of last year to the middle of this year, and three of them drank five bottles of foreign wine at one meal, and coordinated the resupply, he still returned empty-handed.
Lei Jun had originally been prepared to visit all the thatched cottages and even go to Goryeo to beg for help, even at the cost of his reputation. If it was really irreparable, he would switch to LCD, but LCD could not meet the design requirements of Mix.
Just when he was hesitating, two months ago, Zhouxing Optoelectronics, a subsidiary of TGL, told Da Mi that they had solved the problems of yield rate and lifespan of domestic AMOLED and achieved small-scale mass production.
Da Mi immediately tested the screen sent by Zhou Xingguang and found that although the display effect was still a little different from Sansang's AMOLED,
Lei Jun and the boss of TGL were originally good friends. After confirming that Zhou Xingguang's screen was usable, he was so happy that he almost sang "Are You OK?"
After a cheerful phone call with Mr. Li from TGL, Lei Jun learned that Zhouxing Optoelectronics was able to resolve technical difficulties so quickly because Youzi Technology had developed an AI industry empowerment platform called "Youzi Workshop", which is currently open to companies within Sanseido for trial use.
It's equivalent to internal testing.
This AI industry empowerment platform uses large models + process knowledge base to conduct feasibility simulation, parameter sensitivity analysis and process optimization path recommendations for technical improvement plans submitted by enterprises, and is charged on a per-time basis.
The cost of a single verification is only 1/300 of the traditional verification process.
The fee is secondary; the most important thing is that it’s fast.
Originally, every improvement plan for product production process, if it was to be actually verified, might take several days or even weeks.
Now, companies can use this AI industry empowerment platform to run hundreds of sets of optimization simulation results in parallel within 24 hours!
In this way, the process transformation and production line upgrade that may have taken two or three years to complete can now be completed in two or three months, combined with the feedback data from the materials laboratory, and the results may be even better.
Because AI will not ignore things that humans subconsciously ignore, in certain path optimizations, AI can even propose extreme boundary combinations that human engineers are not easily aware of.
After hearing the news, Lei Jun smoked several Yingtai Caiba cigarettes in a row.
He anticipated that AI would bring about great changes to social productivity, but he never expected it to happen so quickly.
Dami is also developing its own large-scale model based on Orange 1.99DEC, and is also deeply integrating AI with research and development. No results have been seen so far, but it can only improve some efficiency in local links.
As far as he knows, other companies are making similar progress.
Most other companies in the industry that have entered the large model field are still at the text assistant, assisted search, and code generation stages. There is almost no such company that can enter the industrial process system.
He and his friends in the industry believe that it may take at least three to five years for AI to become truly practical in the industrial sector.
But now, Youzi Technology’s AI industry empowerment platform has actually started trial operation!
And it also helped Zhouxing Optoelectronics solve the difficulties in mass production of AMOLED?
Lei Jun decided that after this press conference, he would have to convene a meeting of management to specifically discuss the impact of this incident on rice and how rice should respond.
Of course, the top priority now is the autumn new product launch conference. If the issue of the screen supplier can be resolved, it will also be considered as solving the biggest problem at present.
Zhou Xingguang's initial output was not high, but it was enough to meet the mass production needs of a conceptual product.
By the time Xiaomi's real flagship phone, the Mi 6, is released next year, Zhouxing Optoelectronics' AMOLED production capacity will have caught up.
Coupled with the support of Youzi Technology for MIUI's underlying AI, Lei Jun is confident that with Mix, he can make a beautiful comeback for MIUI!
The more anticipation there is, the more nervous I become.
It is conceivable how much Lei Jun attaches importance to the launch of this new product.
He kept a close eye on every node of more than a dozen departments, and there was cross-coordination between nodes. He worked until after three in the morning today and held more than a dozen meetings before he had time to rest.
He simply didn't go back and slept in the office.
The later you go to bed, the worse the quality of your sleep.
"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom, boom boom boom boom~"
The cell phone next to him suddenly rang, and Lei Jun turned over drowsily.
Who is this?
What time is it?
Lei Jun opened his eyes, his eyebrows, eyes and nose were all wrinkled in annoyance. Although he usually looked elegant, he was still in a bad mood when he woke up.
Especially when I saw the sky outside was just beginning to turn pale, it was obvious that the sun had just risen.
Are you sick for calling so early?
But when he saw who was calling, he suppressed his annoyance and answered the phone.
"Hey, Xiao Fang, why are you here so early? I didn't go to bed until four o'clock. If there's nothing else, I'll sleep a little longer and call you when I wake up."
Lei Jun closed his eyes and frowned, speaking in a daze.
"Oh, sorry, Mr. Lei, I didn't notice the time, but I do have something to talk to you about."
Fang Yu on the other end of the phone said with a smile, saying sorry, but there was no embarrassment in his tone at all.
It’s almost seven o’clock in Da Zhou, and the sky is already bright. Who can you blame for sleeping late?
When you call your employees at four in the morning, why don’t you think about whether they are asleep?
Lei Jun felt dizzy. "Okay, what's the rush? Where are you? Why is it so noisy around here? It seems like all the voices are from foreigners."
Not only was Fang Yu's voice heard in the receiver, but also music and various slogans, which sounded very lively.
"Oh, nothing, I'm watching TV." Fang Yu picked his ears, glanced at the noisy crowd in the Phoenix Convention Center, snapped his fingers, and the surroundings instantly returned to silence.
"Boss Lei, has the PowerPoint presentation for the press conference on the 25th been finalized?"
Lei Jun wasn't sleepy, he was uncomfortable. He unscrewed the bottle of water and gulped down two mouthfuls. "I'm still working on it. Does Xiao Fang have any advice?"
Fang Yu said politely, "I don't deserve your advice, but Mr. Lei, could you give me some time? About 15 minutes."
Lei Jun perked up, instantly waking up from all sleepiness. "Sure, time isn't a problem. Do you want to go on stage and talk about embedded AI yourself?"
AI is the highlight of this Rice press conference. If the founder of Youzi Technology, who has never appeared in public, comes on stage to speak personally, this press conference will definitely be even more exciting!
"No, I'm not going on stage." Fang Yu said casually, "It's like this. I'm developing a mobile game, which is expected to be released in two months. However, a preview version should be available before the press conference. You can try the trial version in a few days. I think it fits the theme of your press conference quite well."
????? ?????
What is this requirement?
My press conference, help you release the game?
Just for this, you called me so early to harass me?
However, considering this kid's current perspective and vision, is there any other explanation for this game?
Lei Jun's intuition is not that simple.
"Would you mind telling me what kind of game it is?" Lei Jun didn't refuse immediately. He climbed up from the inflatable mattress, lit a cigarette, and took a puff.
"An AI-powered open-world game."
Fang Yu looked at the passionate host on the stage and said casually.
An AI-based open world game?
What exactly does it do? Is it a Zelda emulation or a Minecraft emulation?
It’s not that Lei Jun doesn’t understand games. In fact, he is one of the first game developers in the Great Zhou Dynasty and has personally planned and developed games.
He is still the chairman of Yinshan Software, and Xishanju, a subsidiary of Yinshan, was once the best gaming company in the mainland of Da Zhou.
Moreover, many people think that Xishanju, which has been established for more than 20 years, is old, but in fact, until now, Xishanju is still the largest source of profit for Yinshan Software, accounting for one-third of its revenue and more than 80% of its profits.
At that time, Lei Jun even went to Internet cafes in person to promote the game and taught Internet cafe players how to play Jianwang.
So, when Fang Yu mentioned open world, he immediately thought of Minecraft and Zelda.
"Isn't it a parody of Minecraft or Zelda? It's a bit of everything, but I can't really explain it in a few words."
Fang Yu laughed.
Lei Jun's eyes moved slightly. If this game can truly reflect the characteristics of AI and the powerful performance of Mix, it is not impossible.
After all, the purpose of buying a new phone is to play games without lag.
"Xiao Fang, I can't give you a definite answer now. How about this: after your preview is finished in a few days and we see the actual product, we can discuss it again?"
Lei Jun said tactfully.
"Okay, that's what I mean. Fine then, Mr. Lei, go back to sleep."
Fang Yu chuckled and hung up the phone.
Lei Jun held the phone in a daze for two seconds, cursing.
I forgot to ask him what the "Youzhi Workshop" was all about.
I sleep? It's almost seven o'clock, and I have to go to work again soon, why should I sleep?
Phoenix, Arizona.
A huge red, white and blue American flag was hung on the outer wall of the Phoenix Convention Center. Thousands of supporters waved "K-Ton 3062" posters in the sun, and the music of "God Bless the Kingdom of Miami" resounded deafeningly in the convention center.
On the stage, dozens of supporters stood in a stepped pattern, holding various campaign slogans of Tom Cotton to warm up the audience.
“Maiguo First, Maiguo Only.”
"Our people, our borders, our country."
"Globalization? NO! Miami? YES!"
…
Although there were many slogans, the atmosphere in the venue was not actually very warm, and many supporters looked listless.
There is no way. It is true that Thomas Cotton is a rising star, but after all, he does not have such high fame and influence in the faction.
The worst thing is that he had too little time to campaign, and many voters didn't even know him before.
No one believed he could win, including himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our local conservative hero, a brave fighter, a warrior in our hearts, and the greatest former governor - Fife Symington!"
The host waved his arms enthusiastically, and a white-haired old man in his seventies ran onto the stage with his hands raised high, and hugged the host and Thomas Cotton next to him.
There was sparse applause and even a few boos.
“… I’m from here, and I know what we need.
“We don’t need more federal intervention.
“We need border security.
“We need to protect business owners from being crushed by red tape.
"We need a leader who truly understands the meaning of sacrifice and service.
“Thomas Cotton, Army veteran and Harvard Law Doctor, is the calm sword and steadfast shield of our time.
"I fully agree with all his propositions, including XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"So, today, we stand up for a warrior who will defend our values..."
The old man is Thomas Cotton's campaign guest at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona today. He is indeed a former governor, but he is by no means the greatest former governor.
He once ran a real estate company and during his campaign, he promised voters that he would run Arizona like a business.
As a result, his company went bankrupt the year after he was elected.
This is not the most outrageous thing. The most outrageous thing is that after he served as governor for one term, he was successfully elected for the second term, but he did not serve two full terms. Instead, he served as governor for one and a half terms.
The reason why it was only one and a half terms was that he was arrested for fraud and extortion halfway through his second term.
Yes, he was not impeached, but arrested.
The governor is committing fraud, isn't that awesome?
The tall and thin Thomas Cotton looked at the audience's reactions with a tense expression.
He didn't want to ask Fife Symington to help him campaign in Arizona, but there was no way, this was the most influential person he could find.
Others who were qualified to campaign were either unable to come out due to the impact of the Alcatraz incident, or felt that he was not qualified and did not want to come out.
“So, let’s shout out this name – Thomas Cotton!!!”
"Kton! Kton! Kton!"
Fife Symington was trying really hard to deceive people.
Thomas Cotton walked onto the stage with a stern face, politely thanked Fife Symington, and stood in front of the microphone with a bright red tie tied around his chest.
Thomas Cotton took a deep breath and was about to speak when he felt someone pulling his hair.
It hurts so much.
Thomas Cotton turned around and found nothing behind him.
Cotton immediately realized that this was a campaign rally, quickly controlled his expression, and following the advice of his speech instructor, slowly looked around at the audience.
As he looked around, the noisy place gradually quieted down.
"I know everyone's been asking the same question before you get here... 'Who is this guy?' Well, when I'm done, you'll remember it..."
——
"I'm her boyfriend. I won't interfere with your audition. My mom is Paramount..."
At the door of audition room 201-B in MBS Media Park, Mayne tried his best to explain to a bearded man wearing a black round-neck T-shirt.
"Only auditionees are allowed in." The bearded man just glanced at Mayne, looking too lazy to explain further.
Sydney bit her lip and looked at Mayne: "Let me go in by myself, or you can go back first? I don't know how long I have to wait."
Mayne took a desperate look at the white paper stuck on the soundproof door of 201B. The letters "CASSANDRA" were written on the white paper.
Cassandra?
Is it the name of the character or the movie?
Or is it just a code name for a big project?
If it were a code name for a major project...
Myne's eyes rolled around, and suddenly he saw the bearded man wearing a golden A-shaped badge on his chest, with a small Roman numeral III below it.
This is……
Avengers Badge!?
This bearded guy participated in the production of "Avengers 3"! ?
After each Marvel movie is completed, some souvenirs will be given to the staff involved in the production. The one given in Avengers 3 is this metal badge with the Avengers logo.
No, no, no, it's impossible. How could Sid be invited to audition by Marvel? This must be a replica.
"Sid, this guy is obviously a liar, don't go there."
Myne pulled Sydney with his eyes flashing.
Sydney was stunned, thinking that Mayne seemed a little abnormal, but she didn't have time to think about it. She just thought that Mayne was worried and confused. She smiled at Mayne and then knocked on the door of the audition room.
Pushing open the door, Sydney took a deep breath and saw three people sitting behind the long table in the room. There was a white woman in the middle, a middle-aged man who looked like Gallic on the left, and a strong and muscular man of Asian descent on the right.
"Hello, are you Sarah? I'm Sydney Sweeney, and I'm here for the audition at the agreed time."
Sydney handed the resume she had just printed to the woman in the middle with both hands.
(End of this chapter)
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