Chapter 288 Investment
The next morning.
Liu Yuanrui and two other coal bosses had been waiting in the reception room of the campus network early, watching the people coming and going outside through the glass door.
The three of them arrived before nine o'clock and were brought here by the front desk. Except for someone bringing some tea and cakes, no one took care of them.
Song Daorong couldn't help himself, stood up and walked around the living room.
The small living room was full of Old Song's fat body swinging around, making people particularly anxious.
But Liu Yuanrui no longer bothered to scold him, because he felt even more uneasy.
Liu Yuanrui has been thinking about it since he received Qin Shaoyan’s text message last night.
What was Qin Shaoyan’s intention in calling him here?
He guessed that it was most likely because of the artificial intelligence project.
He never thought about how much noise this project would cause.
People from IDG have even inquired about Liu Mingzu, and it seems that they have conducted a detailed investigation into his background.
Although it was not a secret in the local area that Liu Mingzu was his illegitimate son, not everyone knew about it.
Besides, Liu Mingzu has been hanging out in the capital since he was in college and has not been back for many years.
The fact that IDG was able to find him in such a short period of time was obviously because he had done detailed background checks before.
However, this is easy to understand. Venture capitalists are also afraid of meeting scammers, so they will naturally check the details of their collaborators.
Otherwise, as soon as the funds arrive, the entrepreneur takes the money and runs away, and the venture capital investor doesn’t even know where the other person’s hometown is. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing?
Liu Yuanrui did the same thing before lending money to others.
But what Liu Yuanrui is puzzled by is that IDG is obviously very interested in artificial intelligence projects and is collecting information everywhere.
It seems that IDG doesn’t know as much about the project as they do, which is very intriguing.
In Liu Yuanrui's view, artificial intelligence projects are bundled benefits for their investment in film and television companies.
And their investment in the film and television company was approved by Xiong Xiaoge. It stands to reason that IDG cannot not know about the artificial intelligence project.
But the current situation is completely different from what he imagined.
In terms of artificial intelligence projects, IDG is obviously excluded.
While Liu Yuanrui was thinking hard, the door of the reception room was pushed open, and Qin Shaoyan's secretary Xiao Chen poked his head in. "Three bosses, Mr. Qin has invited you."
As soon as he entered the president's office, Qin Shaoyan asked directly with a straight face: "Did you find this reporter?"
Liu Yuanrui was stunned and said quickly: "Mr. Qin..."
Qin Shaoyan interrupted After hearing what he said, he picked up the newspaper, shook it, and asked: "Did you ask a reporter to write the article above?!"
"Uh." Liu Yuanrui took the newspaper and took a look at it, and then said honestly He nodded and admitted, "We found it."
"We just wanted to find newspapers to promote artificial intelligence and hype it up."
Qin Shaoyan seemed a little angry. He held it in for a while before sighing, "I'm confused!"
"How can the artificial intelligence project be talked about so easily?!"
The earliest news about artificial intelligence It's not us who released it, we just expanded the publicity, and we can't be labeled as leaking information.
Liu Yuanrui glanced at Qin Shaoyan silently and did not dare to refute.
"I have a detailed plan for the artificial intelligence project. You are just messing around with it." Qin Shaoyan said angrily, "Now it has messed up my plan."
"If the project is messed up, can you take responsibility?!"
"Artificial intelligence projects must apply for national projects!"
Qin Shaoyan waved a stack of red-headed documents in his hand, He kept slamming the table angrily.
Liu Yuanrui glanced at it and vaguely saw the title "863 Project" in large characters, and silently remembered it in his heart.
Just when Qin Shaoyan was furious, there was a knock on the office door.
Qin Shaoyan shouted angrily: "What's the matter? Didn't you see that I was receiving guests?!"
Secretary Chen timidly pushed them away and whispered: "Mr. Qin, Mr. Xiong is here."< br>
“Which Mr. Xiong?!”
“That’s Mr. Xiong Xiaoge.”
Qin Shaoyan took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and glanced at Liu Yuanrui and the other two, “ Please wait for me here for a while, Xiao Chen, and help me entertain the guests.”
After saying that, Qin Shaoyan opened the safe, locked the red-headed document in his hand, and hurried out of the office.
Xiao Chen stood beside him with a smile, "What do the three bosses want to drink? I'll ask someone to prepare it."
"No, just drink tea." Liu Yuanrui picked up the teacup with a smile Taking a sip, "Hey, it's authentic Longjing, good tea, good tea."
As Liu Yuanrui said this, he and Jiang Mingsheng and Song Daorong praised Mr. Qin's tea.
Then he casually took out his mobile phone and quietly sent a text message to his son Liu Mingzu, "What is Project 863? Go check it out."
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When Qin Shaoyan entered the conference room, Xiong Xiaoge was already sitting on the chairs with his assistants, looking expressionlessly at Xing Wenqiang and others who were dismantling the computer.
"Mr. Xiong is here." Qin Shaoyan greeted with a smile, "It's not even ten o'clock yet. Mr. Xiong came a little early."
"Why, you're not welcome?" Xiong Xiaoge asked rhetorically.
“That’s not true.” Qin Shaoyan explained, “We are in a mess here and we are not ready yet.”
"It's okay, I can wait." Xiong Xiaoge looked at Xing Wenqiang.
Xing Wenqiang grabbed the power cord of the chassis in embarrassment. He was debugging the system when Xiong Xiaoge came in, and he subconsciously unplugged the power cord.
Qin Shaoyan quickly eased the awkward atmosphere, "Director Xing, don't be stunned, quickly demonstrate it to Mr. Xiong."
Xing Wenqiang immediately reinstalled the power cord with quick hands and feet. , and then open "Artificial Intelligence Image Recognition System".
“What we are seeing now is the 1.0 system of AI intelligent image recognition. It is currently only a demo version.” Qin Shaoyan introduced, “Its own functions are not perfect and it only has basic image recognition and classification capabilities. It is accurate It’s not that high either.”
Xing Wenqiang opened the system interface, then took out a picture and uploaded it.
“Wait a minute.” Xiong Xiaoge interrupted Qin Shaoyan, “What kind of pictures can this system recognize?”
“Ordinary photos are fine.” Qin Shaoyan replied.
Xiong Xiaoge looked at Xing Wenqiang, "Go online and find another picture, and I'll choose it."
Xing Wenqiang looked at Qin Shaoyan hesitantly.
Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "Since it is Mr. Xiong's request, then try your best to satisfy it. You don't need to search online, just search it directly from the campus network."
On the campus network, users upload a large number of photos and pictures every day. The picture resources can be said to be quite abundant.
Xiong Xiaoge personally selected a photo, a group photo taken by ordinary people, with Mount Tai in the background.
There are tourists, pine trees, stones, and thick clouds hanging on the horizon in the picture. The picture contains very rich elements.
The photos were quickly uploaded to the system interface, and then a long progress bar appeared on the system interface.
Less than thirty seconds later, rows of recognition results appeared on the system interface.
Trees, rocks, and clouds can all be matched one by one. The system can even identify how many people are in the photo, as well as men and women.
Looking at the lines of text on the interface, Xiong Xiaoge squinted his eyes to compare them, and suddenly asked: "Can it be recognized manually?" "Yes." Xing Wenqiang replied, "Manual recognition has the highest accuracy and the longest recognition time Short. "
Xiong Xiaoge walked forward, pushed Xing Wenqiang away and sat in front of the computer, holding the mouse and starting to operate.
When the mouse arrow points to any area of the picture, a red circle will appear, and identification information will pop up immediately.
This time the recognition is more detailed. The system can identify tops, hats, watches, backpacks and even colors.
Not only is the recognition accurate, but it is also very fast, usually within two or three seconds.
Of course, this thing is not without its flaws. When Xiong Xiaoge points the mouse at an area in the sky, it can only recognize white and light blue, but not the sky and white clouds.
But Xiong Xiaoge is very satisfied with the performance of this system.
He clearly saw the powerful recognition and analysis capabilities of the image recognition system, and also saw the rigidity and limitations of the AI system, which was just right.
Xiong Xiaoge sat back on his seat and said straight to the point: "Tell me, how much is it."
"This system is not perfect yet, and it cannot provide services to the outside world yet." Qin Shaoyan revealed his face. With an embarrassed look, "We will consider the possibility of charging after we improve."
Xiong Xiaoge laughed and said to Zhou Dao: "Mr. Qin is a master at pretending to be confused."
Qin Shaoyan laughed, "Mr. Xiong, I am so confused."
"Hurry up, I've invested in your project." Xiong Xiaoge said directly, "How much is it, please give me a price."
"This..." Qin Shaoyan looked embarrassed, pondered for a moment, and looked back at Xing Wenqiang , "You guys, please go out first."
Xiong Xiaoge knew that Qin Shaoyan had something to say to him alone, so he motioned for Zhou Dao to go out as well.
Soon, there were only two people left in the conference room.
Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Mr. Xiong, to tell you the truth, I haven't planned to find investment for this artificial intelligence project yet."
"Don't plan to find investment?!" Xiong Xiaoge asked, "What's going on with those coal bosses?"
"Oh, you mean Boss Liu." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Didn't Boss Liu give us movies and TV shows before? The company has invested a lot of money.”
“They also like to invest in high-tech Internet projects. They think these things can make a fortune, and they think it is not profitable to invest in film and television companies, so they begged me hard to do it. We need to bring them with us for a high-tech project.”
“I thought about it, and I thought it would be embarrassing not to bring them with me. After all, they spent a lot of money on the film and television company, right?”
"But I can't help them invest in high-tech projects. There are no good projects now. These are all projects I'm currently working on."
“Every entrepreneur outside boasts that they are very powerful, but no one knows the true level.”
“After much thought, I think it is more reliable to engage in a long-term project. On the one hand, the initial investment is small, On the other hand, long-term projects have high returns and can keep them busy.”
“I chose artificial intelligence. It looks very high-tech and the research and development cycle is quite long.”
< br>Xiong Xiaoge immediately understood what Qin Shaoyan meant. He used the coal boss's funds to set up a film and television company, and then created a long-term project to fool the coal boss into tying up the company to prevent these people from regretting and withdrawing their investment in the future.
Short-term projects are indeed not feasible. Internet websites are built as quickly as they are gone.
If you just set up a website for a year or two, it will basically be useless. If the film and television drama is not finished filming, it will be withdrawn here, which will be bad.
Xiong Xiaoge frowned, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Can I tell you this directly?" Qin Shaoyan said helplessly, "If I had a good project, I would definitely not I will forget Mr. Xiong, but I don’t recommend that you vote for artificial intelligence.”
“What if I have to vote for it?” Xiong Xiaoge asked.
"This..." Qin Shaoyan couldn't laugh or cry, "I just drew a cake, Mr. Xiong, why are you so serious?"
Xiong Xiaoge didn't say anything. Instead, he asked directly: "You can't just do this intelligent image recognition for nothing. You must have application scenarios. What are you going to do with it?"
"This really exists." Qin Shaoyan laughed, "A large number of pictures are uploaded to the campus network every day. Before, it was impossible to review them just by manual review."
"I plan to use this system to assist in review first, and at the same time train AI’s intelligent algorithm is iterated.”
“This process takes a long time, and it will take two or three years to see the effect. No one knows whether it can be iterated in the end.”
Xiong Xiaoge was a little surprised, "I think your system is very mature."
"That's a single photo, large-scale image recognition won't work." Qin Shaoyan said helplessly, "If it really works that well, I'll go directly to Mr. Xiong and ask him to invest."
Xiong Xiaoge pondered for a moment. , suddenly asked: "How much do you charge them for this system?"
"Twenty million per person, 5% equity." Qin Shaoyan replied.
"That is, the valuation is 400 million." Xiong Xiaoge smiled, "Then the valuation of this thing will probably increase several times in two or three years."
"Absolutely. "Qin Shaoyan said casually, "It must be ten times."
"I'll invest two million dollars for you." Xiong Xiaoge said seriously, "Take me one."
Qin Shaoyan's face was full of shock, "No, Mr. Xiong, my project is not serious."
“Don’t lose two million dollars, think about it again.”
“I’ve thought about it.” Xiong Xiaoge looked at Qin Shaoyan and said firmly, “Two million dollars , 5%, okay?"
"This..." Qin Shaoyan looked very confused and painful, and finally sighed, "Mr. Xiong, what should I do if I lose this project?"
"The compensation is mine." Xiong Xiaoge urged, "You decide quickly."
"Then since Mr. Xiong has spoken." Qin Shaoyan gritted his teeth, "That's it."
< br>Xiong Xiaoge said with a smile, "Sign it."
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"Sign it!"
Qin Shaoyan threw the three contracts in front of Liu Yuanrui and others and said expressionlessly.
Liu Yuanrui was shocked and picked up the contract and glanced at it.
This is the investment agreement for the artificial intelligence project, which indicates the amount of investment funds and equity.
"Money and equity distribution are not negotiable, other terms can be negotiated." Qin Shaoyan said firmly.
"This..." Song Daorong hesitated, "Mr. Qin, that's not how business works..."
"Then you teach me how to do business?!" Qin Shaoyan snorted coldly, "If you don't want to do it, just get out."
"If you don't do it, others will do it!"
Liu Yuanrui was startled. , hurriedly stood up to smooth things over, "Mr. Qin, Lao Song didn't mean that, it's just that this agreement is a bit too sudden."
"Suddenly?!" Qin Shaoyan sneered, "Originally, we had time to talk slowly. , money and equity are easy to negotiate.”
“If you hadn’t alerted Xiong Xiaoge, would I have acted like a villain here?”
Liu Yuanrui was stunned for a moment. What does this... have to do with us?
"Sign it." Qin Shaoyan continued, "The money matter can no longer be changed, because it is decided by Xiong Xiaoge."
"Huh?!" Liu Yuanrui was stunned.
“Xiong Xiaoge came just now and said that he was interested in the artificial intelligence project and insisted on buying shares.” Qin Shaoyan sighed, “If I hadn’t told him that you had already signed, It's your turn to invest money, but IDG has already kicked you out!"
Qin Shaoyan said with a sullen face, "Hurry up and decide whether you want to sign or not."
"In addition, what I said to you today must be kept strictly confidential and no one is allowed to reveal it."
"Don't let the people at IDG know that you haven't signed yet."
Liu Yuanrui After flipping through the investment agreement, he found that the date on the contract was a few days ago. He immediately picked up a pen and wrote his name on it.
(End of this chapter)