You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 542

"Officer Yang, this way please."

The receptionist of Sentinel Technology stood up enthusiastically, stretched out his right hand in a guiding gesture, and walked ahead to lead the way.

Yang Dong said thank you and followed silently behind.

Sentinel Technology hasn't changed much since the last time I came here, but the overall atmosphere feels more lively.

Every employee passing by had a happy smile on their face and was full of high spirits.

Olympic-related slogans and posters were hung everywhere in the company, and in the most conspicuous place there was a long banner that read, "Carry forward the spirit of struggle and work hard to ensure the Olympic Games!"

Various mascot-related souvenirs from the 08 Olympic Games were also piled on the table, with a wide variety of styles.

Yang Dong took a few steps and looked up to see a large calligraphy hanging above the door of the president's office.

"The right path in life is vicissitudes."

The brush strokes are vigorous and the momentum is extraordinary. Although Yang Dong doesn't know much about calligraphy, he can tell that this piece of calligraphy is not simple.

After taking a closer look at the signature, Yang Dong was shocked, his eyes widened, and he stood there in a daze.

He had heard a lot of rumors about Qin Shaoyan before, especially the rumor that Qin Shaoyan had a mysterious background.

He was a little skeptical at first, but after seeing the words, he began to believe it a little more.

Regardless of Qin Shaoyan's background, or whether he has any background or not, the fact that he could get a senior leader to write an inscription for him is enough to show that this person is quite capable.

"Officer Yang." The receptionist walked a few steps and saw that Yang Dong had not followed him, so he called him, "Please come in."

Yang Dong came to his senses and continued to follow.

After entering the office, Qin Shaoyan was still very enthusiastic.

"Captain Yang, long time no see." Qin Shaoyan greeted with a smile, "Please sit down. Xiao Chen will serve tea."

Yang Dongqian gave way and sat on the sofa.

"I haven't had time to thank Captain Yang for what happened last time." Qin Shaoyan said sincerely, "If you hadn't caught the cheating gang, our company would have lost a lot of money."

"Mr. Qin, you are too polite. It is our responsibility and obligation to fight crime and protect people's lives and property." Yang Dong said modestly, "Sentinel Technology is also a model unit for police-civilian cooperation in the Municipal Bureau. We should help if there are any difficulties."

"I came here mainly to thank Mr. Qin. The clues you provided last time were very crucial."

Qin Shaoyan was startled and asked tentatively: "Has the person been caught?"

"We caught him." Yang Dong nodded seriously, "We have confirmed through DNA testing that this is the person."

Qin Shaoyan let out a long sigh, "It's not easy."

"It's really not easy." Yang Dong also said with emotion, "The police have spent so many years and consumed countless manpower and material resources but still haven't caught the murderer."

"If it weren't for the clues you provided, there's no telling how long this criminal would have remained at large."

Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "No need to thank me, this clue was provided by netizens, I just passed it on to you. If it weren't for your unremitting efforts to track it down, it's hard to say how much effect this clue would have played."

"Thank you too." Yang Dong said solemnly.

"Has the murderer been sentenced?" Qin Shaoyan asked after a moment of silence.

"Not yet, but it will be soon." Yang Dong then added, "Because the case is serious, the time span is long, and there are many victims, every piece of evidence collected must be confirmed repeatedly to ensure that nothing is missed."

"At present, this case has not been officially announced to the public. There will be news reports in a while." "Mr. Qin, I came to you this time to ask for your help in something else." Yang Dong said solemnly.

"Please speak." Qin Shaoyan said happily, "As long as we can do it, we will fully cooperate."

"It's like this. We encountered a case and checked for suspicious persons at the crime scene. However, the crime happened at night and the images captured by nearby cameras were very dark, making it difficult to identify facial features." Yang Dong hesitated. "Our image detection department technicians tried several times but to no avail. They found that the photo beautification tool you developed might be helpful."

“After I used the beauty tool on the video screenshots, there was some effect, but it was not enough.”

"I don't know much about this technology. I want to ask if you have a more powerful internal version of this photo-beautifying tool."

Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment, "Are you asking if this software can further optimize the image, such as image enhancement?"

"Yes, that's what I mean." Yang Dong nodded.

Qin Shaoyan hesitated for a moment and said, "We do have an internal version that has not yet been released. It has more complete functions and is more powerful. The algorithm has also been optimized a lot."

"But I have to be frank with you. No matter how powerful the software is or how good the algorithm is, it still needs to rely on the hardware foundation."

"If the device itself does not have high pixel count and the image quality is blurry, our photo beautification tool will be powerless to fix it."

"Let's try it first." Yang Dong didn't care. "We should give it a try."

"Well, let your technicians come over first, and then we'll go to the R&D base." Qin Shaoyan stood up and called his secretary, "Xiao Chen, ask the driver to prepare the car."

Yang Dong was a little surprised, "Isn't your R&D department for this beauty tool at the headquarters?"

"Strictly speaking, Meitu Shenqi is not a subsidiary of Sentinel Technology. It has its office in another place." Qin Shaoyan said briefly, "Of course, this is also for confidentiality. After all, Meitu Shenqi is one of our trump cards. We have to beware of commercial espionage."

After listening to the introduction, Yang Dong expressed his understanding, and then he immediately called the technical staff of the image detection department to come over.

Half an hour later, several technical personnel from the Municipal Bureau rushed over. After Yang Dong made an introduction, Qin Shaoyan took them on a minibus to the R&D department of Meitu Artifact.

Going west along Houchang Village, the group stopped at a small building that looked ordinary in appearance.

There is only one company, Meitu Shenqi, in the entire building, and there are only a dozen people in the company, including the front desk, security, and logistics, making it look empty.

"This is a new company, so we're a little more casual." Qin Shaoyan laughed and led everyone inside. "There's a local area network here that's used for development and testing. The computers used for development don't connect to the external network. You have to use the internal network machines for testing."

Yang Dong nodded, "That's good, it's safe."

Qin Shaoyan asked the employees of Meitu Shenqi to find a few intranet computers and give them to the image detection technicians for use.

The city bureau's image detection technicians copied the videos and pictures into the computer, then activated the internal version of the photo beautification tool and began the operation under the guidance of Qin Shaoyan.

After repeated tests to increase brightness and reduce noise, the faces in the video screenshots gradually became clear enough to be recognized.

Yang Dong looked at the processed pictures on the computer screen and couldn't help but get excited, "Great, this is amazing."

The technicians at Image Detection also found it amazing and praised it repeatedly, saying, "This photo beautification tool is so useful. How did you do it?"

"Well, the algorithm, we have improved it." Qin Shaoyan said modestly, "But this is still thanks to the high resolution of the video screenshots you provided, otherwise our algorithm would not be able to process it no matter how advanced it is."

A young image detection technician hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Boss Qin, can you develop a software specifically for our internal use? This will also improve our work efficiency."

Yang Dong glared at him, thinking that this request was really presumptuous.

"That's no problem." Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds, "I think it's better to do this. We can set up a research and development team. You put forward the requirements, and our R&D personnel can try to improve the research and development according to the requirements."

Yang Dong clapped his hands and said happily: "This is a good suggestion. I will report it to the leader and apply for it."

(End of this chapter)