Genius of the Rules-Style System

Noon, Capital International Airport.

Zhao Yi's flight arrived on time. He got off the plane and followed the flow of people out of the airport. He saw a sign that read 'Welcome, Zhao Yi'.

The person who came to pick him up was a young man wearing glasses, his name was Xu Chao. He looked to be less than thirty years old, and he was polite and scholarly. When he was introduced, he learned that he was still a doctoral student.

"I just came from Xiamen and work in the school's intelligence and automation laboratory."

"I have a day off today. Professor Qian asked me to pick you up."

"Classmate Zhao Yi, your 'screening method' is really good. I studied the paper carefully and I can't understand some parts at all. Are you really a high school student?"

Xu Chao closed the car door and said with a wry smile, "After reading your paper, I feel like I have read all the books in vain."

Zhao Yi smiled.

Along the way, Xu Chao was talking about the screening method and asked several related questions.

Zhao Yi gave a general explanation, fearing that Xu Chao would think too deeply and cause traffic safety problems, so he quickly changed the topic to Xu Chao's work.

Xu Chao talked about the intelligent and automated laboratory.

Yanhua University's Intelligence and Automation Laboratory is a merger of the school's Machine Perception Laboratory and Xiamen's Internet of Things Engineering Laboratory. Because it is a merger of two key laboratories, it has also attracted attention from the school and the region.

The Intelligence and Automation Laboratory mainly studies machine perception, intelligent motion picture recognition and other fields.

"Our latest research is on computer feature recognition and color recognition. This project is also very high-end in China." Xu Chao was worried that Zhao Yi would not understand, and explained it very clearly.

Zhao Yi listened with interest.

Computer feature recognition and color recognition may not sound like a big deal, but they are actually very difficult.

For example, color recognition.

Not talking about the dynamic images illuminated by the camera, just identifying the color of the fixed image is also very complicated.

This is completely different from computer ‘drawing’.

The computer 'draws' by following the instructions, calling the relevant color codes internally, and reflecting them on the screen. To identify the color, you first need to input it.

The complexity of the color of a captured image as an input is more difficult than recognizing text in an image.

This involves computer graphics.

Graphics is a major branch of computers and is very important to the development of computers. Robot intelligence requires ‘dynamic image input’, and graphics is an important field that cannot be avoided.

Just like human eyes, eyes can distinguish what they see. Losing eyes and relying only on touch, hearing, etc. will definitely have a huge impact on life.

The two talked all the way.

Xu Chao took Zhao Yi to a hotel near Yanhua University. After checking in, he left a phone number for Zhao Yi and asked him to call him if he had any questions.

Zhao Yi took a taxi to his first destination: Zhouyu Interactive Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhouyu Interactive Technology is located in the science and technology park in the north of the capital, about ten kilometers away from Yanhua University. The distance is not too far and not too close. Fortunately, the traffic in the capital is not like it was more than ten years ago, and it is still smooth all the way during non-commuting hours.

Zhao Yi called Zhang Zhen in advance. When he arrived at the company downstairs, he didn't see Zhang Zhen, so he simply walked to the front desk.

The girl at the front desk was very cute. She noticed that Zhao Yi was very young, so she smiled and asked, "Hello, this is Zhouyu Interactive Technology...are you here to apply?" She said and looked at the form in her hand. , "The interview with the technical department is scheduled for tomorrow."

"It's okay." Zhao Yi looked at the girl at the front desk, walked closer and asked with a smile, "I would like to ask if your company is hiring for other positions?"

"What position?"

Zhao Yi asked seriously, "Are you an admirer of the beauty at the front desk? Are you hiring?"

"You!"

The girl at the front desk blushed and laughed, and looked Zhao Yi up and down carefully.

[Flirting with girls, target: Wang Qian, learning coin +1. 】

"Zhao Yi!"

There was a shout from the side.

A middle-aged man with a beard walked over quickly from a distance, shook hands with Zhao Yi enthusiastically, and said, "Welcome! Welcome! What a welcome! I'm sorry, I'm a little late, I have something to deal with just now."

It was Zhang Zhen.

Wang Qian asked doubtfully, "Manager Zhang, who is he?"

"Distinguished guest! This is an honored guest! The designer of the Rubik's Cube calculator, a genius high school student! His thesis..." Zhang Zhen gave Zhao Yi a bunch of titles in succession, and then enthusiastically pulled Zhao Yi inside.

Zhao Yi turned around while walking and raised his eyebrows at Wang Qian.

Wang Qian covered her face with laughter.

[Flirting with girls, target: Wang Qian, learning coins +2. 】

"Is this okay?"

"It was one learning coin just now, and now it's two... It seems that status is also helpful in flirting with girls."

Zhao Yi summarized it and followed Zhang Zhen into the reception room.

He sat there for a while.

Zhang Zhen kept busy and couldn't seem to stop at all. He heard a few angry curses in the distance. Later, he simply changed to a technician and made Zhao Yi a cup of coffee.

More than an hour later, Zhao Yi saw Zhang Zhen again.

There was also a young man with short hair who was traveling with him. The young man with short hair was very young. He looked like he was in his early twenties and had just graduated from college.

Zhang Zhen apologized several times before introducing, "This is Yuan Zhongchen, the most outstanding young man in the technical department."

Zhao Yi immediately took a high look.

To be rated as "the best in the technical department" by Zhang Zhen at such a young age, his personal technical ability must be very outstanding.

The two shook hands.

Zhang Zhen sat down panting and talked about what had just happened, "I'm so sorry, something big happened to the company in the past two days, and the management decided to cancel the robot operating system project."

"Why?"

"funding problem."

Zhang Zhen spoke carefully.

At the beginning, the company planned to invest funds to develop a complete robot operating system, but once it reached the formal research and development stage, it found that it was a 'bottomless pit' with no visible results.

The operating system is not that easy to design. It is just a simple operating system for robots. The research and development time will last for several years. Just to enrich the algorithm library, it will cost millions of dollars and a large number of technical personnel.

This investment may not necessarily pay off.

Even if the robot operating system is successfully developed, the next step is still to design related smart products.

This is the contradiction.

You can also develop corresponding products by skipping the robot operating system, but the coding and maintenance are a little more complicated, but it is much easier than developing an operating system. Directly developing products is also rewarding, and it is easy to attract customers once you have the product. to invest.

etc.

Considering a series of factors, a high-level meeting made a decision to terminate the research and development of the robot operating system.

This makes some people dissatisfied.

Zhang Zhen supported the development of the robot operating system. He was also the manager of the technical department. Yuan Zhongchen was also one of the supporters. There were also some people in the technical department who supported the decision. They were very dissatisfied with the decision and even threatened to 'resign'.

After two days of debate, the company decided to let them go out independently.

Zhao Yi listened for a long time and concluded, "In other words, you are no longer in Zhouyu now?"

"I am still here."

Zhang Zhen said, "I am a manager and I cannot resign casually. Some people in the company also support the research and development system. After all, so much has been invested. The final decision is to form an independent team and have a cooperative relationship with the company. They can use the company's internal information. R\u0026D results, but we must attract investment ourselves.”

He pointed at Yuan Zhongchen and said, "Zhongchen is the leader of the Yutu Robot Team."

"Yutu Robot?"

Zhao Yi frowned upon hearing this.

Yuan Zhongchen smiled a little sheepishly, "The fact that I got the name, universe, and grand plan means that we will definitely succeed!"

Zhao Yi was not thinking about this, but connected 'Yu Tu' and 'Yuan Zhongchen', and the memories suddenly came out in his mind.

Yutu Robot!

Yuan Zhongchen!

Isn’t this the team and founder who sell the robot operating system to the whole country and the world?

Star team!

Celebrities!

Zhao Yi suppressed his surprise and followed Zhang Zhen to the small room on the far left.

That became the office of the Yutu Robotics team.

The decision-makers of Zhouyu Interactive are not fools. They cannot completely expel the robot team. The team members are very capable. The decision-makers just decided not to increase investment, but the robot team can still use the company's resources, and Zhouyu Interactive also occupies A certain share of the team.

This is a pure partnership.

Now the Yutu Robotics team has just been formed, with only five members, including the person in charge Yuan Zhongchen. Zhang Zhen continues to be in Zhouyu's technical department, and can only be regarded as half a member at most.

Zhao Yi entered the small room.

Zhang Zhen took the initiative to talk about the problem of the robot operating system.

"Do you think developing a robot operating system will pay off?" As soon as Zhang Zhen opened his mouth, everyone else looked over.

They were also at a loss.

If the company invests in R\u0026D, it doesn't matter whether there is any return, they just get paid to work.

It's different now.

They made up their mind to become independent and set up a studio that cooperated with the company. If they could not attract investment, they would not even get a salary. There would be no returns in the future, and everything would be in vain.

Everyone in the office, including Yuan Zhongchen, is in a state of uncertainty.

"Of course there are rewards."

Zhao Yi said with certainty, "The underlying operating system is the most important. Just like Microsoft, which develops operating systems, the future return model is mainly operating system sales and providing technical support!"

"The future will be an era of intelligence, including education, medical care, social networking, services, etc., and there will be a demand for intelligence. Think about it, what would it be like if the intelligent systems in every field used the operating system you developed? Prospects?"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Zhang Zhen immediately clapped vigorously and said, "That's great." Others also clapped quickly.

The applause stopped.

Zhang Zhen came over and asked with a smile, "Zhao Yi, you are so optimistic about the robot operating system, are you interested in...investing in it? Don't worry, you won't suffer a loss. As long as you invest two million, we will give it to you..."

He looked at Yuan Zhongchen, who gritted his teeth and said, "Two percent of the shares!"

Zhao Yi opened his mouth wide when he heard this. He was really shocked.

And... such a good thing?