Tech Hammer

Ning Wei stood at the door of the Mathematics Research Center and watched Sundar Pichai get into the car.

Liu Wei stood beside him and accompanied him.

Tian Yanzhen was busy with himself except when the Google boss showed up. The boss has the pride of a boss, and he knows very well that Sundar Pichai came to the hospital this time just to have a chat with Ning Wei, so naturally he didn't bother to come over and cause trouble.

If Lao Tian was there, he might have joked with Sundar Pichai that it was rare for Ning Wei to take the initiative to send someone to the door. This probably meant that the two of them had a very good chat.

So it's a good thing that Lao Tian is not here. After all, if Lao Ning has to spend 800 million US dollars just to take two steps, in fact, Sundar Pichai really doesn't mind the face thing. It's fine for him to go out on his own, and he won't feel that Being slighted. The mood is even more anxious. If Larry Page didn't jump out and say that, maybe Google wouldn't have to spend so much money.

I can only think about this idea.

He couldn't control what the founder of Google said. More importantly, at the time, he also agreed that extreme pressure should be put on the so-called March Smart Platform. However, because of his identity, he did not express his position clearly. In fact, what makes Sundar Pichai even more angry is that those who thought they were allies stabbed him in the back.

Sundar Pichai doesn’t hate Ericsson, Cisco, and other companies too much. After all, turbulence algorithm chips are also used in Google’s servers. But Apple's counterattack is really disgusting.

But these are not important now. Sundar Pichai sat in the car and thought more about where to get the $800 million from.

Many people may not be sensitive to numbers, but in fact, $800 million is not a small amount even for a global company like Google. It must be there, and it won't hurt your muscles and bones to take it out, but there must be a reason that at least makes sense. After all, this money was supposed to be used for research and development or to distribute dividends to shareholders. And it must be reflected in the financial report.

Especially this amount of money is different from the old guy Ning Wei said. If Google wants to talk to Huawei about this matter, it needs Ning Wei's support, so he doesn't have much bargaining power, and he can't use physical goods to deduct it. What's disgusting is that even if you pay money, you can't get the corresponding shares for accounting, but when you announce the financial report, you must give a reason.

This is the hardest thing for Sundar Pichai.

After sitting in the car and thinking for a long time with his eyes closed, Sundar spoke to the co-pilot's secretary: "Today at eight o'clock in the evening, a remote meeting will be held. The topic discussed is the possibility of Google restarting the Chinese market."

Yes, this is what Sundar Pichai came up with after thinking about it for a long time.

He wants to convince the board of directors to agree to the decision to return to the Chinese market in the near future. As long as this decision is implemented, the $800 million expenditure will be easy to account for. Re-entering a huge market will definitely require expenses. Whether it is building its own storage center in China or promoting Google's brand, these require a lot of money.

As long as this program starts, even if the US$800 million is invested in marketing expenses in China, there will be a relatively perfect explanation.

After all, it was said just now in March that the Google building in the future city can be designed with a huge LOGO that can be seen by vehicles passing by on the highway, so the money should be well spent.

Of course, if Google can really re-enter the Chinese market, even if it can occupy 10% of the market share, then the investment will be worthwhile. When Google withdrew from the Chinese market in a high-profile manner, it really didn't expect that China's Internet would develop so fast in recent years, and it has almost reached the point of universal access.

Speaking of the huge market of 1.4 billion people, who doesn’t covet it? Maybe you can turn a bad thing into a good thing?

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"Brother Liu, I helped you get about 4 billion in construction funds. Although it has to be transferred in five installments, it should be more than enough for infrastructure construction, right? I'm really a little dizzy now. I feel like the money is like a string of numbers. "Three years ago, let alone 800 million, I can't even think of 8 million." Ning Wei looked at the car driving away and sighed with emotion.

Liu Wei nodded. In fact, he was also dreaming.

It has never been easy to get the capital to willingly spend money. Now Ningwei has managed to get these big guys to willingly spend money to support the construction of a small Chinese county. This is indeed amazing.

So he really didn't mind if Ning Wei used this kind of thing to show off in front of him. He could even pretend a few more times, which would even make him more motivated to do things.

Using other people's money to make your family live a good life was once a basic operation in some countries, but it is very difficult for other countries, especially China. Although what Ning Wei is doing now is probably taking back hundreds of millions of points in interest in advance, this at least represents the beginning of a healthy development.

Under Ning Wei's influence, Liu Wei felt that his thoughts were much deeper now. For example, he could no longer listen to the high-pitched talks of economists on the Internet. Even after Ning Wei swindled $500 million from that old scumbag, Liu Wei once thought about a very deep question, such as economics. In fact, can’t the essence be simplified to the question of where money comes from and where it goes?

Once he thought about it more, Liu Wei found it ridiculous. As a world currency, the other side only needs to print money to buy it all over the world. This money is indeed very profitable. In comparison, Liu Wei felt that Ning Wei was actually too gentle in his approach.

"Well, don't worry, Ningwei, our project quality will be the best. Especially now that there is no shortage of money, the construction including the three links will be completed in accordance with the highest quality requirements. The future science and technology city will definitely not let you down. Yes." Liu Wei replied.

"Hehe, I'm sure Mr. Chen can handle things with ease. Speaking of which, Sundar is not bad. He is actually different from the Indians mentioned on the Internet. He is very reasonable." Ning Wei commented.

"Well...he is the president of Google, and he is already one of the few people who stand at the top of the world pyramid. You can't compare this elite among Indians with ordinary people, right?" Liu Wei shook his head and said.

"Speaking of elites... Well, let me see what time it is. Is it 11:30? It's almost time for dinner. Why don't I ask our Ning class students who I like and how many of them are still in school? Let me treat them to a meal. While eating, I will observe them again."

As he spoke, Ning Wei took out his phone and opened WeChat.

As the youngest professor at Yanbei University, Ning Wei has never had any airs. During the interview process, he invited the students who satisfied him the most on WeChat and even created a group for them. There are now 13 people in this group, all of whom are the best in overall quality after this interview.

In other words, they are all students who were unanimously approved by the interviewer.

" @Everyone, who is still at Yanbei University and has not left? I will treat everyone to a big dinner today."

Soon the group became lively.

"Professor Ning, I'm still here, right here at Boyata."

"I'm here too, I'm here too, but I'm visiting the vocational school opposite. I can be back in ten minutes."

"Ah, Professor Ning, you didn't tell me earlier. I'm on my way to Beijing West Station. The train will leave in ninety minutes. If I had known that Professor Ning would invite me to dinner, I wouldn't have left today..."

"I cried in bed and fainted. I didn't get home until three o'clock in the morning last night and I haven't gotten up yet. Professor Ning won't take you like this. Please eat without notifying me in advance."

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"Haha, let me count. Yes, there are seven more people here. We will go to the hotel next to the business school for dinner later. I will send you an address and let you know when the private room is reserved."

…

Professor Ning invited me to dinner. The children in Ning’s class are quite positive in the future.

When Ning Wei returned to the office, packed her things, informed Jiang that she would not be delivering meals today, and followed Liu Weiwei for a walk to the hotel, all the children in the box were already there.

What makes Ningwei very happy is that the students who are still in school are some of his favorite classmates, such as Chen Diancheng, who can show his love for mathematics when playing games; Lu Yongjia, who has started to study linear algebra by himself in high school; Shang Peijun, Li Ruochen and Jiang Wenhan, who represented the national team in the World Mathematical Olympiad last year and received perfect scores; Wang Xiwen, who participated in MCM/ICM as a high school student and played an important role in the team; and Yuzhou Province's science college entrance examination this year The number one scholar, Qiu Ruimao.

Of course, these are just the results these children have achieved before. In other words, the resume looks very good, but in fact the resumes of Yanbei and Huaqing University students are very good every year.

Especially for Ningban, these resumes are just a stepping stone, so that the well-informed Hirota Yanzhen will not feel that the quality of this year's students is particularly good, and even actively request to increase the number of preliminary screening places for Ningban.

What Ning Wei and Director Tian liked was the understanding of mathematics shown by these children during the interview. Although some of his ideas may be naive, his talent can be felt, and his personality is also good.

This is what Tian Yanzhen has repeatedly explained to Ning Wei before. Ning Ban still needs to consider the students' personality and ability to withstand stress when selecting students, which Ning Wei deeply agrees with.

Therefore, the first batch of personalities that were unanimously approved were those that were more cheerful and lively.

In fact, there was an audit that Ning Wei didn't know about. This aspect was handled by Mr. Chen, quietly and behind the scenes.

Probably for this reason, when Ning Wei walked into the box, several half-year-old children were chatting lively and energetically.

After Ning Wei arrived, the half-year-old children seemed a little cautious, but most of them were still excited.

They are all students who are competed by China's top universities. In the end, they chose to apply for Ning Ban because they admired Ning Wei a little bit.

Not to mention that Ning Wei is still a professor now, and will be a teacher in Ning's class in the future. There is a high probability that he will be their graduate tutor in the future. This is a natural suppression due to status.

"Hello, Professor Ning." It was not a neat greeting, but all the children stood up spontaneously.

"Sit down, sit down, I don't want to stand up during college classes, let alone eating." Ning Wei said with a smile on his face.

I am indeed in a good mood today. I have helped raise more than 4 billion for Luopu County's future city project, and I am one step closer to this huge experimental city.

Especially seeing these young and energetic faces made Ning Wei feel that he had regained some of the youthful feelings he had when he was in college, and his mood became more cheerful.

"Actually, I'm not much older than you, so there shouldn't be any generation gap between us, and there's no need to be formal between us. Treating everyone to dinner today is a way to get to know each other in advance."

"So everyone, please relax. Let's chat casually. Just order whatever you like to eat. No need to be polite to me. After ordering, we will talk about something more serious."

Ning Wei said grandly, of course, the main reason was the confidence brought by the bank card balance. Fortunately, everyone knew this confidence, so the ordering time became more lively. Soon everyone finished ordering happily, and then all eyes focused on Ning Wei again.

The waiter in the private room took the ordered menu and went to notify the kitchen. The eyes of a group of students focused on Ning Wei again.

"We are all young people, and I don't hide and say vague words to you. You students who were directly brought into the group by me are all the best students in the first Ning class. Of course, these But it doesn’t mean that you can be proud in advance. Today’s meal is mainly to talk about mathematics with you, so that you can understand in advance some things that you will need to be exposed to in the future.”

"First of all, I want to ask you a question: Why do our headphone cables get tangled so easily when placed in our pockets? Is there any mathematical reason for this? Has anyone thought about this problem?"

Ning Wei asked with a smile, and then his eyes swept over the seven people's faces.

The children began to think, mainly because this question was a bit sudden. No one expected that the boss would have to test everyone before eating.

"Xiao Chen, what do you think? Speak up, it's okay." Ning Wei looked at Chen Diancheng and felt that the child wanted to speak, so he encouraged him.

At this moment, Ning Wei felt a little like being a teacher.

"Professor Ning, I think this may be because of the structure of the headphone cable?"

Ning Wei nodded with a smile and said: "Classmate Chen is right. This involves some problems after the Y-shaped topological structure is stressed. If we really want to solve this problem mathematically, it will require a very complicated solution process. These Let’s not mention it today.”

"The point of raising this question is that I hope everyone knows that when you start the Ningban study meeting, you will find that the mathematics content studied in college will be very different from that in high school. The content we need to study and research is different from what you were exposed to in high school. Mathematics is actually different, it can even be said to be completely different things, such as structures.”

"It's not just topological structural problems, but also various algebraic structural problems. It also extends from the structure to various mathematically defined spaces, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence. The abstracted digital concept must be consistent with reality. One-to-one correspondence requires your thinking to be broader and wider, and to dare to imagine. Let go of your thinking to find a one-to-one correspondence between mathematics and reality to give the machine the ability to think. You must be mentally prepared .”

Ning Wei said very sincerely.

"Professor Ning, don't worry. On behalf of myself, I would like to promise that after entering Ning's class, I will study hard and live up to your high expectations." Student Chen said first.

"Yes, Professor Ning, I'm starting to look forward to the courses that Ban Ning will take."

"Professor Ning, we are really looking forward to it, and we also know that mathematics is definitely not as simple as what we learned in high school, especially after being exposed to differential thinking, we will definitely work hard."

…

The children rushed to express their opinions, which was what Ning Wei wanted to see the most.

The atmosphere also started to warm up, just as the food started to be served in the private room. Although I didn’t order any wine, the sweet and sour juices were enough.

After the happy meal, several children began to search everywhere for the mathematical characteristics of the Y-shaped topology...

Probably a few years later, when these first batch of students in Ningban grow up, this will become a story that future children will hear from their teachers. Just like the story that Edison used countless materials to test the filament of a light bulb, it became evidence that mathematics can also explain life.

Of course, it's just a possibility.

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The happy summer vacation passed by in a flash.

In a blink of an eye, the first day of school has arrived again. Student Jiang has officially entered her senior year. She has less homework and has to start thinking about the topic for her graduation thesis. Similarly, Jiang Chenlu came to the capital again. This time she is a freshman at the School of Computer Science at Yanbei University. Entering Yanbei University as a freshman, yes, the Jiang family finally listened to Ning Wei's opinion on the issue of choosing a department.

Ning Wei's name was also quietly mentioned as the postgraduate tutor of the School of Mathematics at Yanbei University. There was not much nonsense in the introduction to Ning Wei, but he emphasized that there were only five places, and only students with master's and doctoral degrees were recruited. .

Yanbei University did not make much publicity for these five places, but the day after Ning Wei was appointed as the tutor, he still became popular.

Students majoring in mathematics who are preparing to take the postgraduate entrance examination directly asked questions on Zhihu: "Professor Xuanning, the official official website of the Graduate School of Mathematics at Yanbei University, will recruit five master's and doctoral students this year. I suddenly want to know who will become the youngest doctoral supervisor in history." What is the experience of the student union? But I am afraid that Professor Ning’s students will not be able to pass the exam, so I want to listen to everyone’s opinions.”

The Graduate and Admissions Office of Yanbei University swears that this question is definitely not their masterpiece. In fact, if it were not for the requirement that the instructor's name be listed, the school would have planned to internally digest these five qualifications directly with the opposite university.

Really, these five master's and doctoral qualifications are still very popular, just like the answer analysis on Zhihu...

"Do you even need to ask? A mentor like Ning Wei is definitely rare. Let's not mention Ning Wei's academic achievements and connections. It's boring to talk about these. Let me just say one thing: the mentor is a billionaire. You are already destined to be a graduate student for Director Ning. You only need to think about studying hard and making progress every day. You don’t have to worry about being asked to do a bunch of trivial tasks. Moreover, Director Ning probably doesn’t even bother to take a second look at the results you have done and the money you earned. This is already better than a bunch of tutors in China... So, do you think it will be easy to take the exam?"