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Zhou Buqi exchanged ideas with Zhang Yiming on the Pinyin input method.

"Under the free Internet model, commercial advertisements have become one of the few monetization channels. In the case of a limited market, if you want to increase advertising revenue, you need to be more accurate and efficient in the advertising process. And to do At this point, user portraits must be given, and the more accurate the user portraits, the greater the advantage of advertising.”

"Xiaonei, Youyou.com, as well as recruitment business, group buying business, Weidian security guard, Weidian antivirus, etc., these products can obtain a large amount of user data and behavior, and then summarize and summarize through big data. Complete the portrait of the user."

"Among them, the input method actually understands users better than any software or platform. As long as an exclusive thesaurus package is set up for each user, it is equivalent to knowing everything about the user. Compared with other application layer services, the input method It is the underlying service of the Internet and the foundation of everything.”

"Even if users use products from other companies such as Baidu, Taobao, QQ, etc., we cannot grasp their behavior. But the input method can, which is the underlying embodiment of all user behaviors. Then through artificial intelligence and machine learning in the future, users can One-to-one 'copy' the corresponding behavior machine, and then complete the simulation of user behavior through the machine."

These words surprised Zhang Yiming.

There is a sense of déjà vu of "The Matrix".

Technology can really treat the common people as ants.

No wonder Boss Zhou, a technical layman, is so interested in big data processing.

Big data is the foundation of future technology!

With big data, users can be profiled;

Only with big data can artificial intelligence be developed;

Only with big data can we rely on artificial intelligence for machine learning...

There is often an argument in the technology circle, that is, what is the end of artificial intelligence?

Are humans controlling machines?

Or are machines controlling humans?

Zhang Yiming has not thought deeply about this grand proposition. However, after hearing what Boss Zhou said just now, he suddenly realized that the future world... all living beings are really controllable.

The smartest technicians have become the gods of this world through artificial intelligence!

Seeing his horrified expression, Zhou Buqi shook his head and said with a smile: "There is no need to worry unnecessarily. Biotechnology has already made a leap forward, and human cloning can be realized. The reason why this cannot be done is because of the consensus of all human beings that we must abide by the ethical laws. It is the bottom line of human beings. The development of artificial intelligence is far from rudimentary, and when it really develops to that day, the corresponding ethical bottom line will appear.”

Zhang Yiming was deeply shocked.

It wasn't because of artificial intelligence...but because he was shocked by Boss Zhou's pattern.

Everything about Penguin revolves around traffic communication, everything about Ali revolves around selling goods through e-commerce, Baidu is relatively better, and invests more in high-tech, but it also uses search advertising as its core positioning...

Boss Zhou is obviously different.

It seems that his positioning is not in the commercial market at all, but in line with Google. It is not a five-year or ten-year business perspective, but a twenty-year or thirty-year technological outlook.

Others are busy wooing users to make money, but what he wants is to woo users and then give them portraits...

Zhang Yiming's heart was beating and trembling, infected and excited by the unpredictable future.

Hard to hold on to.

Joining such an entrepreneurial team is the right way.

Boss Zhou is not ideal anymore.

It's like Elon Musk, the madman who built cars and rockets in the United States, threatened to immigrate to Mars.

I don't know if this is their promotional slogan to attract top talents, or if they really think so.

In any case, this idea successfully stimulated Zhang Yiming's enthusiasm for life, as if he had grasped the meaning of life for a lifetime.

Zhou Buqi waved his hands and said with a smile: "No one can tell what will happen in the future. But right now we are making these products, which are of great practical significance. We will first launch a series of well-received application software, cultivate user habits, and form' Wedian’ brand, and then realize it through browsers and other products that can push advertisements.”

"Micropoint?" Zhang Yiming was startled slightly, his eyes widened, "The input method to be developed is called Micropoint input method?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Of course, Micropoint will be the pillar brand of Ziweixing's software business."

Zhang Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Then go find Dongfang Weidian?"

"No, the operation situation over there is still relatively complicated. In the near future, we still need to focus on Weidian Security Guard and Weidian Antivirus. Moreover, the input method involves more technical problems, including Lenovo input, smart input, fuzzy input, and Interface docking of search engines. The technical team over there may not be able to handle it.”

"The business here is complicated enough."

"I'm sure you can handle it."

Zhou Buqi knew his ability and had great confidence in him.

Zhang Yiming said with a bitter face: "I have read some management books, and I have also communicated with some talented people in the industry. They all say that Internet start-up companies need to focus and work hard."

Zhou Buqi said disapprovingly: "That's because those companies lack a profit model and have limited funds. All the money is not enough to do a good job in one direction. How to expand the border? JD.com has money, so it has to do logistics in person. The Internet company of the future , it must be diverse, super diverse, and expand without borders. You don’t need to worry at all.”

Zhang Yiming sighed, knowing that he couldn't escape, and started to get serious, "Google will open a port for us? Provide search data?"

"Roughly the same."

"I find it difficult, and there is no need to be too entangled."

"ah?"

"If you want to cooperate with a search engine, it is nothing more than to complete the common thesaurus and supplement the popular thesaurus through the user's search results. In fact, it is not necessary, we have better tools."

Zhang Yiming looked at him strangely.

Zhou Buqi blinked and was stunned.

I didn't react for a while.

The reason why he wants to make an input method based on search engines is because the two most powerful input methods in the future are Sogou input method and Baidu input method.

It's all done by search engines.

But in fact, there are still many excellent input methods on the market, which are not based on search engine technology.

Zhang Yiming said: "With the development of artificial intelligence, the effect of association input will become more and more prominent, and the data support provided by search engines will become more and more useless. Even now, we have better choices than search engines. There is Youyou.com! The latest hot words on the Internet are often generated through social platforms, such as Tianya, Maopu, etc., and search engines are only second-hand information capture. We rely on Youyou.com, and we can grasp it immediately The latest hot words are updated in the input method thesaurus package. The workload of user-created words is reduced, and the efficiency will be improved."

Zhou Buqi was stunned, "So you mean we don't make input methods based on search engine technology, but...input methods based on social platforms?"

Zhang Yiming thought for a while and said, "Compared to the former, it's easier to capture vocabulary. But we don't have a search engine now. Even if we cooperate with Google, it's not safe. In case something goes wrong one day, people will What should I do if the port is closed for input method? For such a thing, it is better to be self-reliant.”

"Can it be achieved?"

"I have some ideas. Let's hold a meeting and discuss them. I understand what you mean. It is an input method based on the Internet, which can be updated in real time and has optional thesaurus packages. We are not doing data processing systems now. Well, simple data capture is not a big problem."

"hiss!"

Zhou Buqi took a breath.

I feel that in the face of technology, the vision beyond the times is useless.

Instead, it has become a burden of rigid thinking.

That's right, Ziweixing doesn't have its own search engine at all, so why do you want to make an input method based on a search engine? Is the social input method bad?

There was a flash of inspiration in my mind, and I suddenly thought of something!

After the Sogou input method became popular, QQ followed suit and launched an input method called QQ input method, which is a thesaurus package based on the habitual words used by QQ users when chatting... Once launched, it immediately became popular Dajiang north and south, once surpassed Sogou.

Later, Penguin wanted to develop a search business, so it spent a lot of money on Sogou, and also sent Soso and QQ input methods to it.

Sogou operates Sogou Input Method and QQ Input Method at the same time, and it must be more caring for its own son. Based on the social QQ input method, this has gone downhill.

Even so, QQ input method is still second only to Sogou input method and Baidu input method, and its market share ranks third.

Zhou Buqi couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Yes, there are tens of thousands of Internet technologies, why stick to one?

With foresight, you can't be induced by some successful cases in your previous life, and go to a path that doesn't fit your own business model.

According to the company's positioning and product business, it is necessary to derive a product line that suits it.

The QQ input method can obtain common words and hot words based on the user's QQ chat, and the micro-point input method can naturally rely on Friends Network to obtain common words and hot words.

Zhang Yiming deserves to be a great god, his vision is very vicious!

In fact, Zhou Buqi also has partiality. He prefers to cultivate absolute direct descendants such as Guo Pengfei, Ji Zian, Zhen Yu, Meng Houkun, and Xu Baihui. Only the veterans of the Ten Schools Entrepreneurial Alliance have absolute loyalty.

But Zhang Yiming is worthy of being the big man who created the Internet empire in his previous life, and his ability is really too strong.

Zhou Buqi can let go of the business of Youyou.com, so he doesn't have to worry about it at all.

Next year, Xiaonei.com, Youyou.com, Dongfang Weidian, Membership Shopping and other businesses will all move to Sohu Building to work, and the corporate structure must be improved.

Zhang Yiming is the most suitable candidate for the position of CEO of Ziweixing Group.

"but……"

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Yiming said firmly: "If Dongfang Micropoint wants to monetize through advertisements, it doesn't matter whether it's a browser or a navigation page, you can't get around search. Search technology is the foundation of all high-end technologies, including the collection and screening of big data processing. In fact, they all use search thinking. If we want to go further in the technical field, we must do search business. Whether the search engine can be recognized by the market is secondary, and technical reserves are the core.”

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "There is already a clue."

"Huh?" Zhang Yiming was surprised.

"It's a coincidence that someone else delivered it to the door, haha."

"Delivered to the door?"

"Yes, it's a rogue plug-in, which was killed by Weidian security guards. They have no choice but to sell it to us for only 100,000 yuan."

"Which direction is it?"

"Those who search for files and materials, please call for data search. Go back and modify the code to remove the rogue attribute, and you can call it micro-point search."

Zhang Yiming was speechless.

Also called micro point!

I feel that Boss Zhou is very partial to Dongfang Weidian.

But then again, that's the only way to go.

Playing the brand of Xiaonei.com, called Xiaonei Search? Or hit the brand of Friends.com and call Friends Search?

Neither fit.

Micro search, just right.