Collection of Gods

Chapter 653 The War of the Century
At the state banquet, the lines were clear.

All the invited guests sat at their own tables in a neat manner. It was completely different from an ordinary banquet. No one toasted or visited the table.

The first course and the second course are 15 minutes apart, and the second course and the third course are also 15 minutes apart.

Based on this, it can be deduced that it took exactly one hour for all five dishes to be served.

Right now, it’s the fourth dish of the state banquet—braised beef ribs with sauce.

Tang Yuan looked at the beautifully arranged dishes in front of him. He turned to Penguin Ma and said, "Mr. Ma, there shouldn't be much difference between the braised beef ribs in soy sauce and the braised beef short ribs in soy sauce. Try it and see if it's the same." That taste you miss?”

"Mr. Tang, there is no habit of repeating dishes at state banquets. The names of the two dishes may be similar, but the cooking methods are completely different."

Penguin Ma said so, but after the dish was served, he immediately picked up a piece of beef ribs covered in sauce and put it into his mouth. After tasting it carefully, he still felt Shaking his head: "Sure enough, the taste is completely different."

When Tang Yuan heard this, he raised his hand and picked up a piece of beef ribs with sauce.

Cooked by the state banquet chef, this sauce-braised beef ribs not only maintains the delicious taste of the beef itself, but also skillfully blends the sauce into the beef itself. It also perfectly reflects the unique texture of the beef ribs. It still amazed Tang Yuan's taste buds just like the first three dishes.

The fourth dish was just a small episode for Tang Yuan and Penguin Ma, and soon they returned to their original communication mode.

After the chat, Tang Yuan found an opportunity in time and asked Penguin Ma: "Mr. Ma, in recent years, major domestic Internet companies have been increasing investment and research in the field of artificial intelligence. I don't know what Mr. Ma thinks about artificial intelligence." Do you have any opinions and insights in the field?”

As Tang Yuan finished speaking, Tang Yuan clearly felt that Zhang Yiming, who was sitting on his right hand side, stiffened slightly, then quickly returned to his natural state and continued to eat calmly.

"how?"

"Mr. Tang is interested in the field of artificial intelligence?"

Penguin Ma picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth, raised his eyes and asked with a smile.

"very interested."

The answer given by Tang Yuan surprised Penguin Ma a little, because he didn't expect Tang Yuan to be so straightforward, without any attempt to hide it.

After Penguin Ma was stunned for a moment, he smiled slightly and said, "Since Mr. Tang is interested, let's talk about this topic."

"You just asked me what I think about artificial intelligence, right?"

"My opinion is actually very simple. Artificial intelligence is the general trend. If the fourth industrial revolution is coming, then it will definitely be brought about by artificial intelligence."

Penguin Ma looked very determined when he finished speaking, and then he spoke again: "Mr. Tang, you should know what changes the first three industrial revolutions brought to the world, right?"

"Of course I know, this is all knowledge in junior high school history textbooks." Tang Yuan responded with a smile: "The first industrial revolution was the steam age. People invented steam engines, steamships and trains. The second industrial revolution was the electrical age. , people invented the internal combustion engine, airplanes and automobiles. The third industrial revolution was the information age, and people invented computers, atomic energy, and aerospace.”

"It seems that Mr. Tang must have been an excellent student during his school days."

“But in the final analysis, if we make an overview of these three industrial revolutions, the industrial revolution is actually a process in which science and technology are the driving force and machines replace human labor. And I think the fourth industrial revolution will be the replacement of mental labor by artificial intelligence. process."

“By using machines to replace simple mental work, more mental resources will be directed toward more creative and artistic work, thus making social productivity once again make leaps and bounds.”

Penguin Ma first smiled and praised Tang Yuan, and then gave his own opinion.

"In fact, artificial intelligence has already entered our society, and it has long been closely related and inseparable from our lives, but many people are not aware of it yet."

"I believe that online ride-hailing and shared bicycles, Mr. Tang must have heard of it, right?" At this point, Penguin Ma rarely raised his eyes and glanced at Ali Ma, but his gaze was fleeting and he soon looked back. Moved elsewhere.

"Of course I've heard of it."

Naturally, Penguin Ma's little moves couldn't escape Tang Yuan's eyes.

If there was ever a time when Penguin and Alibaba really brought their competition to the fore and fought with real swords and guns, it must be the ride-hailing war that attracted global attention.

That year, Penguin supported Didi and Alibaba supported Kuaidi.

The two giants are fiercely fighting each other. According to rumors, when the battle between the two sides was at its most intense, both sides could burn through a listed company's annual profits in just one day.

That year was a year of travel carnival for the whole nation. All kinds of vouchers and discount coupons were distributed crazily. Even at the most outrageous time, taking a taxi was cheaper than taking the subway.

In the end, this online ride-hailing war came to an end with Penguin slightly winning, and Didi acquiring Kuaishou.

Originally, everyone thought that after the online ride-hailing capital war ended, the two giants might rest for a few years. However, just two years after the peak war ended, the two giants coincidentally reunited in the field of shared bicycles.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

With almost no warm-up, the war started instantly.

Penguin supports Mobai, and Alibaba supports ofo.

The crazy spending of billions of dollars has caused shared bicycles to spread all over the country like weeds in an instant. Overcapacity has led to frequent chaos, seriously affecting the appearance of the city, and ultimately attracting the iron fist of the state, causing both sides to lose. , chicken feathers everywhere.

Since then, the competition between Penguins and Ali has never been covered up.

In the same field, as long as Penguin enters the market, Ali will definitely be there.

How could Tang Yuan not know about such a world war that was a turning point in history.

It can be seen from this that the look Penguin Ma just looked at Arima was really full of connotations. If Arima knew that the other party was looking at him in this context, his face would definitely not look good.

After all, in the two capital matches, the Penguins at least won one, but Ali did not win any, and the result of the battle was somewhat embarrassing.

"Mr. Tang, do you know what the daily order volume of Didi is now?"

Penguin Ma asked Tang Yuan again.

"do not know."

Tang Yuan shook his head and responded truthfully.

"Currently, Didi users have exceeded 3000 million, with more than 2000 cities operating, and an average daily order volume of million. Take Pengcheng, where our company is located, as an example. During the morning rush hour on weekdays, there are More than people requested a ride at the same time.”

"With such a huge amount of data, if we rely solely on manpower, just dispatching and receiving orders would be enough to cause Didi to collapse. But to this day, Didi has not only not collapsed, but is running more and more smoothly, relying on It is the intelligent transportation brain of Didi’s independently developed artificial intelligence platform.”

Speaking of this, Penguin Ma smiled: "Mr. Tang, you see this is the charm of artificial intelligence. Just one person can defeat thousands of troops. He is the future..."

(End of this chapter)