Chapter 376: Poaching
Magic City, Digital Convention and Exhibition Center.
"Mr. Hu, hello, hello!"
"Long time admired!"
"Nicetomeetyou!"
"You are so lucky!"
"An Ningha Sai!"
Hu Yifei greeted the elites from all walks of life with a reserved and polite smile.
Among them are industry leaders who often appear in well-known IT media, as well as digital industry leaders from well-known large companies.
There is a blond European uncle and a respectful East Asian man in a suit.
There are people from all walks of life, some come to find out, some come to be familiar with each other, and some come to discuss possible cooperation...
As the number one player in this qualifier, and with a complete victory record, a big score of 5:0 A super dark horse who reached the finals ahead of the second place.
Cretaceous Company’s “Star Formation” has undoubtedly become the most eye-catching presence in this competition!
Countless people want to know how this small and unknown company can stand out on the Go AI track where big companies gather, and even make several seed players lose completely.
The competition seat where Hu Yifei’s team was located became the focus of the audience.
The industry bosses, who were worth hundreds of millions and could only look up to in the past, handed over their business cards to him with enthusiasm.
Several cameras took close-ups of the Cretaceous team with almost stern faces.
All this made Hu Yifei feel like he was in a dream.
"Yifei, your face is frozen with laughter, relax."
Her boyfriend's highlight moments are naturally accompanied by big waves. She asked Hu Yifei to adjust his mood a little funny. .
"It's not like you've never seen a big scene before..."
"Oh! The person who just handed me his business card is Mr. Xie, Vice President of Alibaba Mama's Strategic Investment Department, one of the Eighteen Arhats next to Mr. Ma.
And Mr. Wang from before was Baidu Chief Technology Officer...
You don’t know the status of these people in front of you. If you throw a stone casually, the people you hit will probably be the famous people on the cover of magazines..."
"Ah ? So exaggerated? ”
Hu Yifei smiled bitterly.
The companies that make Go AI may not be well-known, but they are basically inextricably linked with those IT industry giants.
These days, most of those who have the funds and ambition to take a share of the AI track have strong capabilities and extraordinary backgrounds.
Without a few big capital companies such as BAT, “Lanshan”, “Gaoling” and “Soft Win”, you would be embarrassed to call yourself a high-tech startup company.
In addition to the affiliated companies of the participants, as an important track in the field of AI, this global Go AI competition will also attract the attention of various IT giants, intelligent industries and investors. .
Therefore, in addition to the participating teams, there were also many capital representatives from home and abroad who came to sniff out business opportunities.
To be honest, even if he had expectations, Hu Yifei had no idea that he would be such a "lonely loser" in exchange for a mere 25% of his shares.
Not only did he make it to the finals, but he also left all his opponents behind with an unmatchable gap...
The moment he saw the results of the qualifying round, Hu Yifei They are all confused.
According to this result, let alone the finals, if nothing unexpected happens, today’s championship is likely to be won by the "Star Formation".
In a team supported by giants and capital, they actually became the most handsome boys on the street...
Normally speaking, for a start-up company like Cretaceous, if it is the best, it will be the finals. Run in circles.
Even so, as long as it appears on the list, a lot of venture capital will be willing to spend money to speculate, and doubling the company's valuation will not be a problem.
"Yi Xiaotian" and "Qi Elf" who were also shortlisted this time belong to this kind of lucky ones.
This is still the treatment of accompanying runners. In situations like the Cretaceous, which caused a technological generation gap...it would be hard to say how many times it would be doubled...
"Mr. Hu! Hello!"
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses and a suit and leather shoes came over.
"I am the person in charge of Penguin AIlab and a representative of Fine Arts. My surname is Liu."
Director Liu forced a smile and reached out his hand.
"Uh...Mr. Liu, hello, hello, I have long admired your name!" Hu Yifei quickly stretched out his hand.
Although he was a defeated general, he naturally did not dare to neglect his status.
“Mr. Hu, who is so young, actually led such an excellent team and made such an excellent product as ‘Star Array’, it is really amazing!”
Director Liu couldn’t help but Wu sighed.
Although he almost had high blood pressure due to the trash talk, the more he learned about it, the more he found that he lost his temper with this product...
No matter how they adjusted the model, Make targeted changes, and the trash talk is always heard and never absent!
After N attempts, his unique skill is still a disappointing zero win.
Director Liu and his team finally had to admit that the lead of "Star Array" was not accidental, but a comprehensive technological crush...
In terms of algorithms and models, "Star Array" "At least several versions ahead of "Exquisite Art".
The technical gap between the two parties is at least 3 years.
And even if they are given another five years, they may not be able to develop the same level of Go AI.
What is embarrassing is that the 5:0 record of both sides in the qualifying matches was quickly posted on the Internet, which added some traffic to the topic of "Star Formation".
"Excellent Art" has become a topic, and traffic has also arrived, but the effect is completely opposite to what Director Liu expected.
The reputation of "Star Array" has increased again, and by stepping on the stepping stone of "Exquisite Art", it has become a popular player in the Go AI world who is "both good-looking and capable of playing"!
After understanding the gap between the two sides, they have basically lost confidence in winning the championship today.
However, Director Liu thinks he is not as good as others, so he can afford to lose...
After the two sides exchanged a few polite words and exchanged business cards, he finally explained his intention.
"Mr. Hu, I wonder if the technical person in charge of 'Star Array' is here? Can you introduce me to him?"
I can't beat you, but I can poach you. !
As the saying goes, water flows to higher places. How can such talents be left to gather dust in such a little-known small company?
"Uh..." Hu Yifei twitched the corner of his mouth.
He is not stupid, how could he not see what the other person is thinking.
However, he immediately pulled over the confused "technical person in charge" beside him.
"This is Mr. Wang, our chief CTO! He is the most technical person in the company!"
" Mr. Wang, I am disrespectful! We are both technicians, I think the two parties can exchange technical experiences with each other.
I wonder how you use the Alpha-beta pruning algorithm to greatly reduce the computational complexity..."
Seeing Director Liu approaching with enthusiasm and enthusiasm, Hu Yifei felt like hesitating in his heart.
Still want to poach someone?
Can I say that the corner you want to poach is anywhere in the world?
I also want to know where the corner of my house is...
A few people were chatting when a few middle-aged people in casual clothes came over.
"Mr. Hu?"
"Hello, may I ask who are..."
"We are from the Huaguo Chess Club. My name is Kong Jie." One of the middle-aged men smiled. and stretched out his hand.
“Oh~ I remembered, you are Kong Jiuduan!”
Hu Yifei immediately recognized the person in the previous video. Sure enough, it was the middle-aged man in front of him, and he immediately became enthusiastic Three points.
"I would also like to thank Teacher Kong for his affirmation of our Star Array Go."
Hearing Kong Jie's name, Director Liu, who was wielding a hoe at the side, couldn't help but look over.
“Haha! The products developed by your team are indeed excellent. To be honest, I did not expect that such an excellent product would be developed by our own domestic company.
It’s true. It’s so gratifying.” Kong Jie smiled.
“Teacher Kong gave me the award.”
"Haha!" Kong Jie looked Hu Yifei up and down, smiled and nodded.
"He really looks like Lao Hu when he was young. He really has a tiger father and no dog son."
"Uh... do you know my father?" Hu Yifei was stunned for a moment.
"Well! When we went to the countryside, your father and I were chess friends. Speaking of which, I hugged you when you were born." Kong Jie said with a smile.
"So that's it...Hello, Uncle Kong!" Hu Yifei immediately showed his junior attitude.
No wonder they are willing to help with publicity. It turns out there is such a connection...
In this matter...could it be that his father was helping behind the scenes?
This person is too honest to speak, but he still cares about his career...
Director Liu over there also heard the conversation between the two, and felt MMP in his heart.
I said, this is indeed a fifty-cent party!
Kong Jie seemed to notice something strange in Hu Yifei's expression, and immediately smiled and waved his hand.
“Hey! Don’t get me wrong, I’m not as fussy as that guy Lao Hu. When I say this software is good, that means I really think it’s good!
I came here specially today, and I also went through After internal negotiations within the chess club, I was sent as a representative to discuss cooperation with you."
"Cooperation?" Hu Yifei was a little confused.
“Well! After trials by many chess players and senior executives of our chess club, I feel that your company’s products are generally better than similar products on the market in terms of guidance and training design.
So I wanted to see if I could introduce it to our chess club to enhance the training effect of our chess players. "
"Uh..." Hu Yifei was a little confused when his brain was hit by a pie.
Director Liu's face was a little dark.
Kong Jie was obviously not there yet. Found that one of the "similar products on the market" he called was right next to him
And he was also their official collaborator...
"Well... doesn't the Huaguo Chess Club already have training software?"
Hu Yifei glanced at Director Liu and winked at Kong Jie.
However, this look was obviously in vain. Kong Jie, an upright boy addicted to Go, was completely indifferent to this hint.
"You are just pretending to be confused because you understand. Compared with your products.
Other training software... haha..."
Hu Yifei: "..."
Director Liu: "..."
Haha, it's a very special word.
When it is simple, it can be a mere modal particle without any meaning.
But sometimes, it can express the complex linguistic connotation of "three thousand words are omitted here"...
Director Liu's heart at this time was severely damaged by these two simple overlapping words.
I wanted to poach someone else's corner, but my own corner turned to the enemy first...
That feeling...
"Ahem! Uncle Kong, look...about cooperation Why don’t we talk about it some time after the game?"
Hu Yifei said quickly.
It’s a surprise to be smashed into pieces. It’s the official training software of the National Chess Club... This is almost the ceiling of similar products in China!
But it’s better not to offend the director of the big factory next to you to death... After all, the previous partners should give up."
Hu Yifei: "..."
Director Liu: Orz... (End of this chapter)
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