Genius of the Rules-Style System

The past two months have been a "bleak period" for the Rubik's Cube computer and source code.

After publishing the paper "Effective and Irrelevant Carry Screening" and giving a lecture at Yanhua University, many people have a feeling that there will definitely be many "free versions" of Rubik's Cube calculators on the market. "Effective and Irrelevant Carry Screening" It will also be quickly applied in many fields.

Now, two months later, there is still only an incomplete version of the ‘Rubik’s Cube Calculator’ on the market, and the ‘valid and irrelevant carry filter’ still has no breakthrough applications in other fields.

Many in the industry came to their senses.

‘Effective and irrelevant carry screening’ is indeed a novel and very practical method, but if you want to realize applications in other fields, the most basic thing is to have enough understanding of it.

Just like some mathematical calculations, such as trigonometric functions, you can't even figure out which angle corresponds to which side. If you want to apply the calculation, there will definitely be a lot of problems.

At this time, many people finally understood why Zhao Yi said that the proof of the 'Kakutani Conjecture' was obtained in the process of studying the 'valid and irrelevant carry screening method'. Compared with the 'valid and irrelevant carry screening method', 'Kakutani's conjecture' The process of proving the conjecture is just a bit confusing. Most of it involves the analysis of binary data graphs. For an undergraduate to study it, it only takes time to figure it out.

The 'valid and irrelevant carry screening methods' are completely different.

Liu Hemin is a top computer researcher in the country, focusing on the research of artificial intelligence algorithms. He also guided Zhao Yi in writing a thesis. He also watched Zhao Yi's speech and made a special trip to Zheng Yang to communicate with Zhao Yi face to face. Completely understood.

Others want to read speeches and papers and fully understand them from beginning to end. It takes a long time, and it is not easy to apply them to other fields after understanding them.

It's actually quite normal.

The 'valid and irrelevant carry screening method' solves the Rubik's Cube algorithm problem that has troubled scientists for decades, and it must be quite difficult.

After two months, many teams conducting related research, or teams hoping to use the 'valid and irrelevant carry screening method' to solve some data mining, screening and other problems, have fully understood the methods they thought of. that is--

Buy the source code!

The core algorithm of the Rubik's Cube computer is the 'valid and irrelevant carry screening method'. There must be some other related important algorithms, and the source code must be of great research value.

In addition, the source code itself is also very valuable. If you can solve the calculation problem of the Rubik's Cube, you can further solve the fourth-order Rubik's Cube and develop a variety of functions.

That last bit alone is valuable.

Many companies at home and abroad hope to contact and purchase source code.

Zhang Zhen received quotations one after another. At first they were one million yuan and two hundred thousand US dollars, but later they became five or six million yuan. There was also a foreign laboratory that quoted one million US dollars.

One million dollars!

Zhang Zhen couldn't help but tremble as he listened. He was the manager of Zhouyu Interactive Technology Department, so he was well-informed, but domestic computer development had just started and was incomparable with other industries.

For example, Zhouyu Interactive’s round of financing amounted to only 46 million yuan.

One million US dollars is equivalent to eight million yuan. A transaction of such a large amount is really...

"Zhao Yi, do you want to sell it or not?"

Zhang Zhen's voice on the phone was a little trembling.

Zhao Yi was also very excited. Hearing that it was a foreign research institution, he hesitated and asked, "How have the sales of Rubik's Cube computers been in recent times?"

“It’s stopped abroad, but it’s pretty good at home!”

Zhang Zhen started talking.

The source code of the Rubik's Cube calculator became popular, and the sales of the Rubik's Cube calculator also increased.

This may be related to the rumors that the Rubik's Cube calculator has been discontinued overseas and will soon become "out of print".

‘Out of print’ is always very attractive!

Although the Rubik's Cube calculator has various problems, such as its production is relatively simple and its functions are relatively simple, "out of print" is always different. If it is not installed on the computer, if you download the software in the future, it will be impossible to install it because it is out of print. Represents free.

So many people downloaded, purchased and installed it.

"It's been about 10,000 to 20,000 a day recently. I guess it can last for a while, but I don't know..."

"Then don't sell it yet!"

Zhao Yi still couldn't make up his mind. The main buyer was a foreign laboratory, which sounded a little strange. "I'll think about it."

"Actually, it's better not to sell it."

Zhang Zhen calmed down and suddenly said, "Not to mention foreign countries, the domestic Internet industry is so big. Future development will definitely tilt resources towards large companies. Now many companies want to buy it. Anyone who sells to it will offend other companies, and the follow-up will be very troublesome. Selling There are many agreements to be signed for the source code, which will affect whatever you do in the future.”

"Okay, please, I'll think about it again."

Zhao Yi felt a headache and touched his forehead.

For the past two days, Xu Chao simply stayed at his house while studying the 'dynamic color discrimination' code written by Zhao Yi. He had not yet fully decided to work together, and he also knew the confidentiality of the source code.

Zhao Yi still showed him the 'dynamic color discrimination' code.

This code is also thanks to Xu Chao. The copy of the 'Dynamic Color Resolution' execution program, the input and output information, is equivalent to giving most of the conditions.

Then.

He wrote the new code easily.

Xu Chao was quite moved, but he had no choice. 'Dynamic color discrimination' was something from the laboratory. Most of it was made by him, and it was not entirely his thing.

He is a part-time worker in a laboratory.

At this time Xu Chao turned around and asked, "What did you just say, eight million?"

Zhao Yi explained casually, "Just now, an organization wanted to buy the source code of the Rubik's Cube and offered eight million. I refused."

"You want to buy my source code for this little money?"

"Thinking too much!"

He shook his head and walked to the bathroom, leaving Xu Chao with his mouth wide open in shock, constantly muttering in his mind, "Eight million, eight million, eight million..."

the next day.

Zhao Yi also started to receive messages.

Some people found his phone number, Penguin account, and email address, some still wanted to buy the source code, and some had other requirements.

For example, some university professors called and asked if they could provide detailed annotations for the content of the paper. On the one hand, it was to facilitate understanding, and on the other hand, they also wanted to use the content of the paper to explain advanced algorithms to students.

Three more publishers contacted him to see if they were interested in writing a related book.

Zhao Yi was moved.

A publisher contacted him before to discuss publishing a book, but he refused outright.

This time, that time.

At that time, Zhao Yi had to study hard, so how could he have time to spend on writing books? Now he has to study hard, but he has a labor force--

Xu Chao!

"So, Brother Chao, are you interested in writing a book for me? It will focus on the 'Effective and Irrelevant Carry Screening Method'. Yes, the title of the book is 'Zhao's Screening Method'."

"Using the core code of the Rubik's Cube calculator to annotate the steps, I think it has great potential!"

"A publishing house said that as long as the book is written, two universities and a training institution will order it as a textbook, and it will definitely sell well abroad!"

On the way to send Xu Chao away, Zhao Yi asked sincerely.

Xu Chao was stunned for a long time, "You asked me to start a business together, just to ask me to help you write a book?"

“This is also starting a business!”

Zhao Yi explained, "Think about it, I have the initiative, how can I sign ten points? A book earns five or ten yuan, and if it sells 100,000 copies, it will be half a million or one million."

“If you can sell it at home, you can also sell it abroad!”

"We will publish it in both Chinese and English. It doesn't matter if it is simpler in English. The copyright must be retained anyway."

This is what Zhao Yi thought of.

Selling the source code directly is a bit tricky, and you have to sign a lot of agreements. If you develop something later, using the source code may also be troublesome.

It's better not to sell.

'Effective and irrelevant carry screening', no matter how complicated it is, is just a method. It is only a matter of time before others fully understand it. Just like a fruit company, they believe that there are a lot of talents. As long as the research direction is correct, sooner or later Everyone will understand it completely, and the source code just helps them understand it faster.

In the explosive period of the Internet era, time is money is not just a saying.

This is the reason why many companies buy source code.

Zhao Yi simply made the code public.

Anyway, I have already written the paper and delivered the speech, so I simply won’t sell the source code. I’ll find someone to help me write a book and sell it, and maybe I can make some more money.

Selling code is just a transaction, but the income from selling books is a steady stream!

For example, if a few universities have ordered his books as textbooks, won’t they order them every year? It’s impossible for a university to buy pirated copies!

Zhao Yi continued, "Writing a book is starting a business, with a steady stream of income! The purpose of starting a business is not to make money. We will do research and write books at the same time, and we will give you a commission..."

He extended a slap.

"Fifty percent?" Xu Chao opened his mouth.

Zhao Yi took a deep breath and simply stopped, pointing to the taxi on the roadside, "Goodbye, walk slowly, no farewell!"

Xu Chao smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll think about it and give you an answer tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"

…

Five points is a lot.

On the way to the train, Xu Chao calculated his accounts carefully. Professional books were not selling well, but algorithm books involving "monopoly technology" would definitely be snapped up by the industry in the early days.

Plus, there are definitely some colleges ordering it.

The largest buyers of such books are originally universities and institutions. If universities and institutions do not offer relevant courses or study the content of the books carefully, they will definitely buy some and put them in their libraries.

at the same time.

Professional technical books are not afraid of piracy, because the buying group is fixed, and pirated books used to be bought to ordinary people, and there was no sales at all.

The sales volume of 100,000 copies mentioned by Zhao Yi can be said to be the most basic. If the domestic and foreign markets are put together, the sales volume will definitely not be small.

Then a commission of five points will not be less, and may be higher than his current salary for a year.

Xu Chao was moved.

What interests him is not only "writing and selling books", but also the real entrepreneurial things.

The treatment Zhao Yi gave him was a basic salary of 10,000 yuan and five points of technical equity. When the company is actually started, the technical equity will be converted into actual equity.

Technology equity is the direct benefit brought by technology.

At present, they only have technology. When the company is opened and expanded, it will be different. Because it involves a certain amount of investment, it will also bring other investments and benefits. Expanding operations cannot be done by just one person, and the shares will have to be negotiated. .

Five points of technology equity does not sound like much, but Zhao Yi has almost researched the core content. He is just "working hard" to perfect it, which is similar to the work done in the laboratory.

"A dignified doctor works hard for a high school student..."

Xu Chao felt very miserable when he thought about it, but he had already made up his mind before the train arrived in the capital.

Resign!

Compared with working hard in the laboratory, working hard for a long time, waiting for a professional title, and not making much money, I still have success in doing research with Zhao Yi.

That was a job he loved.

The essential……

There is still money to be made!