I asked you to save a bankrupt factory and you became the richest man in the world.

Chapter 393 087-088: Let’s play big this time! (5000 words)
Gao Huaijun met with Andrew Ng in Shanghai, and they finally reached the conclusion that Hillhouse Capital had been in business for too short a time, and many mathematical elites were skeptical about Hillhouse Capital's development.

It feels like the way the elites look at the nouveau riche.

You need to consolidate your strength and form a long-lasting brand effect so that more talents can accept you and choose you.

And not just because you have a lot of money!

More importantly, artificial intelligence and the chip industry, especially artificial intelligence, rely heavily on a solid foundation in mathematics, which is the foundation of the foundation.

This has led to the development of Hillhouse's artificial intelligence to this point, and the Talented Youth Program has been recruiting for so many years, and real mathematical geniuses have come in.

Very few!

Therefore, Gao Huaijun decided to take some action to establish Hillhouse’s brand in the academic community and make it a big brand in the mathematics community!

In fact, the acceptance process of any matter has costs.

This cost is actually the cost of trust.

I don't know you well, so I won't put my future prospects and destiny in your hands.

No matter how much money you offer, I will still think twice.

This is a question of trust.

The math competition that Gao Huaijun came up with originated from the Alibaba math competition project which started in 2018.

The continuous, annual competition is actually a process for Hillhouse to become familiar with the talent pool.

As soon as Hillhouse announced the news of holding the first Hillhouse Mathematics Competition, various media followed up and made corresponding reports.

This mathematics competition will be jointly organized by Hillhouse Group and the China Association for Science and Technology to target future mathematicians at a competition of applied mathematics problems close to real life.

This competition integrates competition, training and exchange, and aims to lead a global technological trend of paying attention to, understanding, appreciating and supporting mathematics.

What attracted more media attention was that this mathematics competition had no restrictions on majors and backgrounds, and was only aimed at young mathematics enthusiasts under the age of 35.

The preliminary round will last for 48 hours, and the final round will last for 8 hours. At the same time, the questions will be answered online.

This year, Hillhouse will set aside approximately 100 million yuan to provide corresponding rewards to all participating students.

The competition will select 40 students with the best ideas.

The top 20 students will be recommended for gold, silver and bronze awards, and the bottom 20 students will receive awards of excellence.

The Steering Committee collectively decides on the final winners of the Gold Award (4 persons), Silver Award (10 persons), and Bronze Award (20 persons), and provides letters of recommendation for winners who are willing to continue their studies.

The winners of the gold, silver, bronze and excellence awards will receive prize money of 40,000, 20,000, 8,000 and 2,000 yuan respectively.

At the same time, these 20 students entered the master class to learn from the master.

Instantly, this topic became popular!

The reason for its popularity is simply that Hillhouse, as a high-tech company, is organizing a very academic and high-end mathematics competition. This contrast has brought a huge shock to people and impacted people's impression that Chinese local technology companies only engage in copying and not research and development.

At the same time, it also sparked heated discussions online.

"Fuck! Hillhouse is getting more and more high-end now. Is this still the Hillhouse that I saw before selling electric fans?"

"Right now, the only company in China that dares to do this and run such a high-end game is probably Gao Ling!"

"I think Hillhouse has a great influence now. Some graduates who have started working don't really study mathematics anymore, but once this competition is held, many people will be motivated to learn it. Even the Excellence Award has a prize of 2,000 yuan, which is enough for many people's monthly salary!"

"Indeed, I heard that the students from the School of Mathematics of Imperial University and Huaqing University are eager to try and see if they can get the prize money. The gold and silver prizes are worth a lot of money."

"That's right. A gold medal of 40,000 yuan is enough for an ordinary poor student to spend for four years. All the contestants who have won the IMO gold medal will come to try."

"Of course, some foreign students will probably give it a try."

Such mathematics competitions have also been recognized by the academic community.

In this era, artificial intelligence has not yet risen as it will in later generations.

Internet companies, on the other hand, are more inclined to recruit students majoring in computer science rather than mathematics.

The beauty of mathematics lies in the fact that it touches the essence of the laws of the universe, but there are very few people in this world who can master the principles of mathematics.

Even in the School of Mathematics at the Imperial Capital University, the strongest school in China, known as the craziest school at the Imperial Capital University, most of the students can only become cannon fodder on the path of mathematics development and change careers!
Therefore, employment for most other students is a very real problem.

In addition to switching to computer science and working in the Internet industry after completing a master's degree, another option is to work in an investment bank as a quantitative analyst, or in an insurance company as an actuary.

The former basically requires relearning a lot of knowledge.

As for the latter, the number of people who need it, especially in China, is actually not that large.

Therefore, Hillhouse is now recruiting a large number of master's and doctoral students in mathematics, which actually provides students in this field with a very good choice.

Now we have actively extended an olive branch and have been welcomed by the bigwigs of major mathematics colleges in China, as well as foreign colleges such as MIT, CIT, ETH Zurich, Oxford and Cambridge, who have actively participated in the formulation of preliminary and final round questions.

After all, there are not many horizontal projects that mathematics can take on (horizontal projects refer to projects from enterprises, and the people doing the projects and the enterprises have a contractual relationship based on equal consultation, so they are called horizontal projects).

. . . .

In the office, Li Yinxin took a big sip of water and finally recovered. She said to Gao Huaijun, "This math competition really drove me crazy."

"But fortunately, we have already communicated with the leaders of the China Association for Science and Technology. They will let ten professors come up with questions to cooperate with our competition this time."

This kind of competition naturally needs to focus on meeting Hillhouse's needs and is biased towards application-oriented talents.

It can also expand Hillhouse's talent pool, achieving multiple goals at one stroke.

However, since it involves a department like the China Association for Science and Technology, there are naturally many procedures that need to be handled.

Gao Huaijun would not take care of these trivial matters, so they would naturally fall on Li Yinxin's shoulders.

Looking at Li Yinxin's tired face, Gao Huaijun handed her a cup of tea and said, "Don't worry!"

“This matter is actually very simple.”

"The key point is that these big guys can help us organize the first batch of candidates."

“This is the key.”

"At the same time, you can issue an order in the name of the group to have all employees who come to work at the Hillhouse Group post information about the Hillhouse Mathematics Competition in their former alumni QQ groups or WeChat groups. By doing this, you can gradually form a competition mechanism."

"It's the first session, so it's normal to have some flaws."

Gao Huaijun couldn't help but smile when he said this.

Mathematical competitions like this are equivalent to spending money on long-term advertising in the academic world.

What we want is to establish a long-term high-end image in front of the talent pool.

This is a slow and painstaking process, but it has to be done.

After all, Hillhouse Capital was established too recently and is a private local brand.

In the minds of many Chinese people, Chinese brands are original sin.

It is very difficult to change the inherent ideas in their minds.

Therefore, extra efforts are needed to get some top mathematical and scientific talents.

When Li Yinxin heard what Gao Huaijun said, she was stunned.

Can we still play like this?

After she thought about it for a moment, she suddenly realized.

Gao Huaijun is really good at having fun!

Participating in math competitions is definitely a very legitimate reason, and it’s also very noble.

Most of Hillhouse’s employees graduated from 985 and 211 universities, and they naturally have a small circle culture.

It is natural to promote it now.

Moreover, if their juniors in school get good grades, they will also be proud, right?

Now with the support of the master and the help of the employees, completing this task will be an easy thing.

Doesn't that mean you can just get the job done while standing?
Cow batch!

That’s awesome!

In an instant, Li Yinxin had an idea of ​​what to do next.

"Mr. Gao's idea is great. Why didn't I think of mobilizing Hillhouse employees to promote this approach?" Li Yinxin said embarrassedly.

"Haha! Sansang's family is big and powerful, so naturally they don't need too many marketing methods."

"Hillhouse grew up under my leadership, so naturally I need to put in more effort."

Gao Huaijun said slowly.

As for marketing, Gao Huaijun had worked in a large Internet company, so he naturally knew some tricks. He was also very good at national marketing.

"I wonder if Chinese consumers will go crazy when they find out that Hillhouse's new product is a more advanced A-class car." Li Yinxin sighed.

"I wonder what consumers will come up with? A new car model that will revolutionize China's auto industry? 'Terminal' technology?"

When she saw the design of this car, she thought Gao Huaijun was really crazy.

Hillhouse Qin has already ranked among the top ten in its market segment, and is naturally even more powerful now.

Gao Huaijun showed a barely perceptible smile on his face, "So what do you think linear agglomeration cars should do?"

Li Yinxin's expression couldn't help but freeze.

To be honest, she felt deep down that Sansang Electronics was barely keeping up with Hillhouse Technology's development pace, but its linear-generation automobile business was not doing well.

The actual development of this matter seems absurd, but in fact, people who have witnessed Hillhouse's development find it easy to accept it.

Because Hillhouse’s development in this period of time is indeed too rapid!
"Linear algebra is very difficult!"

"Nowadays, the men of Han Country still think that the things of Han Country are the best in the world!"

Li Yinxin smiled bitterly.

Although Xiandai Automobile has set up a new energy division in China, its senior management are all from Han country, and most of them are middle-aged and elderly people over 50 years old, who are completely unable to keep up with the pace of development.

"You can't say that. Han Country has the inertia of early development. Although sales in China are declining now, sales abroad still guarantee the basic market." Gao Huaijun answered objectively and in real time.

"Then why can't linear algebra learn from Hillhouse and improve its research and development capabilities?" Li Yinxin asked curiously.

"How can research and development be that easy? If it were that easy, there would be no such thing as genius."

"Moreover, the nature of the linear generation industry has determined that the internal competition is very fierce. The Chinese market is not as important as they say, right?" At this point, Gao Huaijun smiled slightly.

In fact, the two fields in the Sun Country also have these problems.

In fact, these two countries have a very fatal problem, which is their serious upward orientation.

What they think in their heads is a bunch of bullshit, but it also makes you feel the incredible old PUA-style thinking: you must know how to reject customers, and customers without faith are not worthy of buying XX.

The leader kept repeating a lot of things.

Then the people below are submissive, fawning, and endlessly obsequious. They don't look like employees of modern enterprises at all, but more like eunuchs of ancient feudal dynasties.

The business has been turned into a religion, and product making has been turned into a "belief". The dealers and executives, who are just small groups of people, simply dare not tell the truth in front of the big boss.

I dare not tell him: If you don’t improve the quality of your product, it will be ruined soon!
In fact, many companies will encounter this problem.

For example, Li Xiang's MEGA in later generations, everyone below knew that this thing was designed to look like a coffin. Even with a slight adjustment, it would become very beautiful and would be a best-selling product. However, no one ever dared to tell Li Xiang.

Until the product finally collapsed.

Why?

There are too many employees who are submissive, fawning and obsequious.

The rapid development of Hillhouse is partly due to institutional reasons, but the most crucial reason is that under the influence of the golden finger of Hillhouse's helmsman Gao Huaijun, the current R&D cost-effectiveness is even twice or even three times that of ordinary large companies.

This is also the core reason why Hillhouse has always attached great importance to research and development.

With such a high input-output ratio, it is natural that measures will be used at all costs to diversify Hillhouse's product matrix as soon as possible.

The core of an enterprise is still its own strength.

Why did China try its best in later generations, dispatching diplomatic departments and allowing Pengcheng to acquire Honor? Isn't it because China has the power to change the world pattern?

Hillhouse now owns two big names in electronic technology and new energy vehicles, and its approach is much more flexible than that of Zhongwei, which is extremely dependent on chips.

Thinking of this, Gao Huaijun couldn't help but laugh.

So far, everything is within range!
"Who doesn't want to have a foothold in China? Those who say they don't want to are lying, especially the two countries of Han and Dao." After Li Yinxin said this, her expression was a little complicated.

Gao Huaijun walked in his spacious office until he came to the large floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the beautiful pink sunset over the lake in front of him.

The scenery is still the same, but the weather changes and the mood changes.

When a person is in a good mood, his body and mind will feel relaxed.

He smiled and asked, "Do you regret coming to China two years ago?"

Li Yinxin was stunned, then shook her head firmly.

Although she is very busy in China, she feels very free!
Yes, that sense of freedom that comes from one’s own heart.

In Han Country, the culture of predecessors is very serious.

The epitome of these is the family relationships within the aristocratic families.

Although she seemed to be well-off on the surface, she was always polite and used "high-level honorifics" when speaking to any elders, as well as her sister and brother!
I end every day with long sentences (honorific expressions, and polite expressions are in the subject-object-verb format). Although I'm used to it, it's really tiring.

This is not a family at all, it's like living in a 24-hour company!

But Gao Huaijun didn't put on so much airs towards her.

You know, Gao Huaijun is now in the same position as Li Jae-hee!

And it’s the company’s first generation!
"Given your personality and family background, you are only suitable for walking on flat ground."

“Mountain climbing, even if you are given thirty years, or even more time, after reaching the top, you will still have nowhere to go, and you may regret it even more at that time.”

"Yin Xin, you have always cared about things that the world doesn't care about since you were a child. But in my opinion, this is not called being sober, this is called stupidity!"

Gao Huaijun said tactfully.

Li Yinxin knew her situation, and also knew that Shang Yayan was pregnant.

Under such complicated circumstances, it would be very difficult for you to ask him to marry Li Yinxin.

Shang Yayan is pregnant, which is the simplest situation.

More importantly, Hillhouse Group is no longer the small electric fan factory it used to be.

If you are a small electric fan factory, the government cannot and does not want to control where you marry your wife.

But you are now a high-tech company that combines China's core electronic technology and automobile manufacturing.

There are also chip manufacturers, battery manufacturers, chip research and development institutions, and artificial intelligence collective intelligence groups.

So many sensitive industries.

These are all industries that are considered important to a great country.

You want to marry a woman from Han country?

She is also the youngest daughter of the chief of the Sansang clan of the Han Kingdom.

If you were the person above, would you agree?

Even if you agree, the people will not agree.

However, Li Yinxin stood aside and said nothing.

The scene was weird at this time, the boss was talking on one side while the other side was silent.

Gao Huaijun's office is decorated in a very minimalist style. He highly admires Song Dynasty aesthetics, an aesthetic system deeply rooted in Chinese culture.

In the office, simple yet elegant pure rosewood tables and chairs appear very frequently.

Gao Huaijun said, pointing forward, "I remember when I was young, I was very obsessed with Song Huizong's calligraphy, and I always liked to find one or two of them to copy. But after becoming a boss, I have a few rare and unique works of Song Huizong, but I lack the obsession I had when I was young."

“Sometimes, it’s not that things are too good, but that you yourself beautify beautiful things.”

He actually admired this girl very much.

But even though he admired her, he didn't treat her as a plaything.

Li Yinxin finally spoke at this time, "Mr. Gao, you stand high and see far, and you have a strong strategic vision!"

"But looking down on everything lacks a touch of humanity."

"Can you take a closer look at the joys and sorrows of the world?"

Gao Huaijun was speechless for a while. After a while, he slowly said, "You can't see far without climbing high. Don't meddle in other people's affairs if you are not in their position."

“This is true in business, and it is true in life.”

"But you don't need to know this. You are still standing too low now. For some things, as long as you don't regret it, it's fine."

Li Yinxin looked up at Gao Huaijun, then nodded firmly.

(End of this chapter)