Return to the exciting era of 1999

Chapter 2344 I am familiar with this person and this project
As long as Ji Donglai doesn't cause trouble for these people, they will be thankful. Ji Donglai said this today just to give face to these people.

"Fuck, Mr. Ji is straightforward, young people are to be feared!"

To be able to sit at this table, no one needs to be taught the ways of the world.

Give people face in front of others, and then people will give you the inside story behind their backs. This is the rule.

The built-in meeting really starts in the evening. High-tech project teams from all over the country, especially private entrepreneurial teams in need of angel investment, will gather here.

That was the later stage of "Win in China", the program was stopped, but this model did not stop.

The higher-ups no longer organized it, but the public began to organize the promotion of such unicorn projects. At that time, most of the projects were domestic alternatives. Sometimes the higher-ups would send people to fund certain projects, but Ji Donglai did not look at the project list.

Today is the first time that Ji Donglai comes. In addition, Ji Donglai's strength is already there, so a group of old seniors discussed and temporarily replaced the guest. Unlike the three judges on TV, today there are five judges including Ji Donglai, two of whom are female.

Ji Donglai sat in the C position, and after a brief exchange of politeness, several people began to take their seats.

There were more than one hundred and twenty people sitting in the entire venue. In addition to the audience, the guest seats were all arranged according to their strength. Ji Donglai simply greeted the people around him and took a seat. Only then did someone bring the project list.

"Yo...these are all high-tech projects, let's get started!"

After taking a look at the surrounding video equipment and seeing that they were all ready, Ji Donglai nodded towards both sides.

According to the project list, the top projects are almost all high-tech projects, including large models, chips and semiconductors, and some energy projects.

The first person who came up surprised Ji Donglai a little. He was someone he knew, but not familiar with. He was a senior technology executive who had resigned from Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing R&D Center a few years ago.

It was said that the other party organized a team to start a business. Ji Donglai did not expect that the two would meet here.

The project leader, Rossen, participated in the project work of the large model of Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing that year and can be said to have been trained by Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing.

The other party was also very guilty when he saw Ji Donglai. According to the original list, Ji Donglai was not on it, so the other party dared to come. Suddenly Ji Donglai appeared at the venue, and he was in the C position, which meant something self-evident.

Now that he was invited to the stage, Rosen was very nervous, and the other party had no choice but to come up.

Ji Donglai started to introduce the project with his team. He listened carefully. The framework was almost the same as the big model of Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing. The difference was that the other party did a good job in detailing.

The most important thing is that the hardware model used by the other party was relatively low, it could even be said that they were playing "Warcraft" on a black and white TV, but they still succeeded.

"Is there this device he mentioned on site? Demonstrate it!"

Ji Donglai did not show that he knew Rossen, and turned his eyes to the host.

This project conference was very well prepared. The host asked people to open half of the big screen, revealing a large host computer behind it.

Rossen wiped his sweat off his forehead and immediately connected the pile of data brought by the project team. He debugged the large model software and started running it right away.

It turned out that Rossen was a very thoughtful person. Faced with 200,000 pictures, his software quickly completed the recognition and then demonstrated the functions.

Ji Donglai and another big shot came on stage and carefully checked the hardware host. Especially Ji Donglai, who was born in this field. He could not be said to understand hardware, but he was proficient in it.

Overall, the hardware of these consoles is two generations behind Ji Donglai's design center and one and a half generations behind foreign countries. Ji Donglai stretched out his hand to test the temperature of the hardware, and a pile of dust fell on his hand. The assistant handed him toilet paper and Ji Donglai wiped it.

"Mr. Luo, I'm curious about how much your software costs. The total cost of OpenAI in Silicon Valley is over 10 billion US dollars. Your software is just a framework. How much more money do you need for the core content? You need to give us an accurate number."

In order, the female judge on the far left began to ask questions.

The other party has a master's degree in economics and works in Silicon Valley.

This time it just hit the other party's hand, and Rossen's project happened to fit the current trend, so the other party was very interested.

"You are right, Mr. Judge. They are talking about the total cost of OpenAI from scratch. Our project is standing on the shoulders of giants, so it does not cost that much. We use the open source technology framework and build an architecture derivative on it."

"The reason why we have achieved the current results is actually that our parent company in China has made a lot of achievements, so this time we need to raise at least 300 million yuan to wake up the next step of improvement."

"Also, we have seen the entire core of OpenAI, and it is not the most advanced. There are a lot of algorithms in it that are not good, and you may not be particularly proficient in the software field. There is a lot of work to be done, and then a framework is needed to integrate it." "When making this software, we need to divide all the functions into blocks, and when all these blocks are written by engineers, they will integrate them. This integration is very important, and our team is the best in this regard. We can be the best in China!"

"Thank you, judges. I wonder if the judges are satisfied!"

Facing the female judge, Rosen spoke freely, his eyes always on Ji Donglai, who was looking at the tablet at this time, operating quickly with both hands.

What Rossen was most worried about was Ji Donglai getting angry. After all, the framework integration part here was derived by Rossen based on Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing's open source technology and some core non-public data.

If Ji Donglai slammed the table and said: You plagiarized.

Rossen will never have the chance to be a boss in his life, and no one in the country dares to invest in Rossen.

Three more judges then commented on Rosen, and finally it was the fourth judge's turn.

"Mr. Luo, I don't know if you are in poor health or for some other reason. During the 30 minutes we were talking, you kept wiping your sweat. This is the most taboo thing in a startup team. Do you communicate with your employees in the same way? I also started a business before, and I was about the same age as you when I invested."

"But my body has helped you a lot. Your performance is technically OK, but I am worried about your physical condition. If we give you money and then you fall ill, won't our money be wasted? I also feel that you are not confident, which is not acceptable. I hope you can answer my questions positively..."

The fourth judge's comments were very spicy. He looked at Rosen, and Rosen's vest was wet.

Rossen wiped the sweat from his forehead again and subconsciously glanced at Ji Donglai, who also raised his head at this time.

"Don't be afraid, just answer honestly. People who come here are not petty. Also, don't worry, I guarantee that he is in good health. Rossen came from my company. When he was in my company, he worked overtime for seven days and seven nights on a project without drinking Red Bull. The young man is very thoughtful, just answer honestly. What are you afraid of when I'm here?"

Just now, Ji Donglai was analyzing Rossen's performance when he was in the company, especially his diligence in working on the project.

Over the years, there are at least 8,000 people who have left Ji Donglai's company. It is normal for someone to bring something out, as long as it does not harm the parent company. Ji Donglai has this idea in mind.

As for the other party's software, Ji Donglai likes it very much. Now Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing's large models have reached a bottleneck period, so Ji Donglai hopes that the other party can succeed.

The other four people subconsciously glanced at Ji Donglai, and seeing that Ji Donglai looked very relaxed, they did not pursue the matter further.

"Thank you, Mr. Ji. I am fine. I just felt a little excited when I saw the leaders of my old company. The open source model I mentioned is the open source part of the large model of Yiyuan Zhizao. Thank you, Mr. Ji, for your understanding!"

Rossen wiped his face vigorously, his voice trembling a little.

After one year in Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing, Rossen became well-known in the industry. However, because his achievements were withheld by the company, he went to court with the original company and was almost banned.

Later, at Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing, he had a fierce conflict with his supervisor over direction issues, and the other party eventually resigned.

During this entrepreneurial venture, facing Ji Donglai, the other party was very worried that Ji Donglai would take revenge on them.

"Look, I told you not to be nervous, but you're nervous again! Ladies and Gentlemen, Rossen is one of the core design engineers of large models in our Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing Design Center. He has made great achievements in large models. But he is a low-key person. He has not used the reputation of Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing to cheat people outside in recent years. This is very good. Now there are a lot of people in the market who say they are the president of Microsoft or the CEO of Google. Rossen didn't do that after he came out, which is very good."

"Speaking of this large model, I don't know how many of you understand it. But I can say without hesitation that the Rossen team has done better than our Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing Design Center. I will curse my mother when I go home this time. Lightweight and not expensive hardware, which is the most important thing for the current market."

"Well, I think we should stop torturing the entrepreneurs and let's vote. I'll invest in this project, what about you?"

Seeing Rossen's excitement, Ji Donglai was the first to express his opinion.

He is a person from my company, so I must give him all-round support. Besides, Rossen’s large model is really well made.

As for why such a person was kicked out of the company, Ji Dong came back and forth to the company to settle the accounts, but he could not deny such a task because of this, that was absolutely not acceptable.

The other four people were actually very optimistic about this project, but they had to compromise for the sake of Ji Donglai's face. Now that Ji Donglai has expressed his opinion, the others did not hesitate to do so.

All five people voted unanimously in favor, and Rossen received his own 300 million RMB in funding according to the project plan.

What the other party didn't expect was that as soon as he stepped down, Ji Donglai's assistant Xiaohong came.

(End of this chapter)