Reborn: Billionaire in College

After a day's meeting, Chen Pingjiang arranged a dinner in a large private room, which was filled with three tables of people.

During the banquet, everyone was toasting each other and the atmosphere was very lively.

Only the core members who are close to each other can appear in this box, and they can get along with each other without any restraint.

"Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year to welcome the God of Wealth, but we don't need to welcome him - Mr. Chen is the God of Wealth!"

"Haha, Gao Songbin, you only know how to frame me." Chen Pingjiang smiled and nodded at him, then turned to wave at Wang Xingxing and Liang Wenfeng, "Don't be so reserved, you are all young people, relax a little."

Wang Xingxing and Liang Wenfeng responded verbally, but still seemed somewhat embarrassed.

Firstly, they were not very familiar with the big guys present. After all, many of them knew each other well, while they were new here. Secondly, they felt that they were still inexperienced and could be regarded as little more than a little Karami in a banquet surrounded by big guys.

What surprised them even more was that the gathering of this group of business elites was even more lively than a gathering of their college classmates - on weekdays, business interactions were usually just to the point, but at this moment, they were full of genuine affection and more like close old friends.

"Everyone, please be quiet!" When the wine was half drunk, the oldest person, Lin Bin, raised his glass and stood up, and everyone's eyes were immediately focused on him.

"I am particularly happy today to see that our team is growing stronger under the leadership of Mr. Chen, and that new blood like Mr. Wang and Mr. Liang have joined us. Mr. Liang and Mr. Meng were unable to attend due to their advanced age, so I, a man in my sixties, am the oldest." He paused, and glanced at several young faces, "But the youngest on our team is less than 30 years old. It is truly a team of three generations working together! Come, let's drink this cup together and toast to a bright future!"

"Dry!"

"Done, Mr. Lin."

Chen Pingjiang burst out laughing. He had to admit that Lin Bin was one of the few science and engineering guys who came from a technical background but also understood the ways of the world.

If he said these words, it would not sound right. But if Li Xi, Gao Songbin and others said them, they would have enough weight, but they were too young. Others would be more likely to steal the show.

Only Lin Bin is just right.

Amid the clinking of glasses, no one noticed the deep meaning in Chen Pingjiang's eyes - the total market value of the companies gathered in this box exceeded 5 trillion yuan, covering the entire Internet industry chain. In time, everyone present will become a leader in the industry. And the business alliance he built with common interests as the bond and himself as the core is neither a Taishan Club-style circle nor a Lakeside University-style school, but a more secretive and tenacious network.

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After a hangover last night, Chen Pingjiang had no idea how he got home. He only remembered being dragged to bed.

"Oh, I must not drink so much next time." When he woke up in the morning, Chen Pingjiang felt his mouth was dry and bitter, and his body smelled sour.

Yan Yan had already gone to work and left a note on the dining table.

He smiled bitterly as he showered and changed his clothes, replaying the scene of last night in his mind. When everyone was excited about the "five or six trillion" valuation, only he knew that this was just the starting point - the advantage of the reborn was that they could see the direction of the wave.

After tidying himself up from head to toe, Chen Pingjiang went to the company. He also had a very important meeting today.

As soon as I arrived at the company, Wang Ming, Li Xi, Lin Bin and Liang Wenfeng were already waiting.

Chen Pingjiang quickly begged for mercy: "I'm really sorry, I was very drunk last night, I'm sorry I kept you waiting for a long time."

"No, we just arrived too."

"Mr. Chen, you drank so much last night, but you still insisted on coming to the meeting. That's amazing!"

"..."

This is one of Chen Pingjiang’s advantages.

The bigger the boss is, the more humble he should be in treating his subordinates. Public matters are public and private matters are private. If he does something wrong, he should criticize himself and apologize.

Some small business owners nowadays may not have a big business, but they have a bad temper. For meetings like this, they think it is natural to be late because they are the boss!

After everyone sat down, Lin Bin smiled and said, "Just now, when you were not here, a few of us exchanged ideas about AI, and everyone was very satisfied. Several companies divide the work and cooperate, each with its own strengths, and when combined together, they can form a complete ecosystem."

Chen Pingjiang nodded, then turned to ask Liang Wenfeng, "What is Huanfang's plan?"

Liang Wenfeng said: "At present, our company has just started, and the main goal is to use AI to predict A-shares and conduct quantitative trading."

"Well! Actually, the main reason I called you all here for this forum today is to talk to you about what you think AI will look like in ten years. We can chat privately and speak freely, no matter how wild your imagination is."

Li Xi smiled shyly, "This is a very big question. I think AGI will definitely not be realized in 30 to 50 years. Maybe in 10 years, robots will gradually be applied to industry and life, and autonomous driving technology should also advance by leaps and bounds. But in the post-Moore's Law era, there will not be any major changes."

Wang Ming nodded and said, "My idea is basically the same as Mr. Li's. Although AI has begun to make significant progress in image recognition, speech recognition and other fields, such as the popular AlphaGo defeating Lee Sedol a few days ago. However, natural language processing technology is still relatively basic. Most chatbots are based on rules or simple machine learning models. The conversation is not smooth and lacks real understanding ability."

Lin Bin and Liang Wenfeng's answers were similar.

In short, everyone has always agreed that AI will continue to develop and will provide effective assistance to humans at the industrial level in ten years, but that’s all.

Do you want to ask Chen Pingjiang if their idea is wrong?

That's certainly true.

If it weren’t for the emergence of OpenAI, many people would not realize that AI is so close to us.

People know more about AI's industrial and daily life applications, and no one thinks that a general conversation model will emerge.

Because to them this seems very close to AGI.

Chen Pingjiang nodded and said, "Then let me tell you my opinion on the development of AI in ten years. This is just a bold assumption."

Before chatting, Chen Pingjiang first stacked up his buffs to avoid being dissected ten years later.

"The AIs we see in movies and novels are able to think, solve problems independently, and answer human questions. I think they can basically do this except for the lack of self-awareness. It's just a matter of whether the effect is good or bad."

Liang Wenfeng was shocked: "Mr. Chen, this is a bit exaggerated. That's basically infinitely close to AGI."

AI and AGI seem to be only one word apart, but they are worlds apart.

The former mainly simulates certain specific aspects of human intelligence, such as perception, understanding, learning, reasoning and decision-making, and achieves this through massive training. AGI can even be called human to some extent, and its intelligence level exceeds that of AI in all aspects.

"Exaggerated? Maybe." Chen Pingjiang smiled gently: "But in any case, the understanding, learning, reasoning and even decision-making of AI in the future are beyond our imagination at this stage. AlphaGo was able to defeat Lee Sedol because it read all the chess records, conducted a lot of complex training, and finally performed a lot of calculations during the game, plus reasoning and decision-making. Only then could it be achieved."

"Similarly... if AlphaGo can draw better than humans, make PPTs better than humans, write papers better than humans, and write code better than humans after the same training? This is not impossible. Since AI can surpass humans at one level, it is possible to surpass humans at other levels, and eventually surpass humans at all levels."

He continued, “I personally envision that in ten years, AI will be able to help people write code, generate short videos directly according to people’s requirements, write novels and essays, compose songs, translate in real time, solve profound math problems, and even become a qualified family doctor. And all we need to do is ask questions and guide them on the app.”

After Chen Pingjiang finished speaking, the other four people were still frowning and thinking hard. It was not that they did not understand Chen Pingjiang's words, but they found them a little unbelievable.

Everyone here cannot deny the potential and possibilities of AI and its final form.

The only difference is what can be achieved in ten years.

Chen Pingjiang's answer seemed very radical to them...

If this kind of AI can solve the problem of accuracy, wouldn’t it be AGI if it is further improved? If AGI is given a robot body, it will be like a scene from a science fiction movie.

This is not a voice-interaction gadget like Siri or Xiaoju.

Liang Wenfeng asked: "Mr. Chen, so you plan for us to work in this direction?"

"Correct!"

"I'm interested!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Bin, Wang Ming and Li Xi could no longer sit still.

“Our company can do it, too.”

Chen Pingjiang did not comment: "You guys try this direction first, and then we'll make a decision after seeing who can achieve better results."

AI or AGI is the final form of the Internet, and Chen Pingjiang will never allow himself to fall behind. Since he has a second chance to live, he must take the lead and be the most dazzling one.

The emergence of AGI may be one of the most important projects in the next fifty or even a hundred years, and it is something that can go hand in hand with controlled nuclear fusion.

If he can really help humans solve various "difficult and complicated problems", it will undoubtedly raise the technological level of mankind to another level.

These are also some huge social topics that will lead to various social problems.

Imagine going out to take a taxi without a driver, running around the city...

Lawyers, programmers, painters, writers, and workers are completely replaced, and a large number of people are unemployed. Isn't the world in chaos?
Of course, the premise here is the realization of AGI.

How terrifying it would be if it could design the most powerful chips, manufacture the most powerful weapons, and completely solve diseases such as cancer and AIDS, thereby promoting rapid progress in science and technology.

At today's meeting, Chen Pingjiang only planted the seeds for the people present, and slightly guided them to think towards the level of general artificial intelligence, at least to do the preparatory work first.

After Lin Bin, Wang Ming, Li Xi and Liang Wenfeng came out of the Twin Towers, the expressions on their faces fully reflected their inner struggles.

"What do you think of Mr. Chen's vision of AI? Is it really possible to achieve it in ten years? To be honest, I am more inclined to believe that it will be achieved in twenty years, and eventually gradually approach AGI in thirty to forty years." Among the group, Wang Ming, as the CEO of Pangu AI, has the most say.

Lin Bin shook his head: "It's hard to say, but this is something you young people should consider. I will retire in two years."

Li Xi tilted his head and looked at Liang Wenfeng: "What do you think, Mr. Liang? I studied liberal arts, and you and Mr. Wang are the only ones studying computer science here."

Liang Wenfeng thought for a moment and replied, "It's very likely! Mr. Chen's intention is to try in this direction and make arrangements in advance. This will definitely be no problem. Since AlphaGo can beat the world champion, it seems that if we develop an AI in a vertical field, it seems that we can also do it. For example, writing code? Programmers are paid quite high salaries now."

"Haha, you, who are a programmer by profession, actually want to develop AI to replace programmers." Someone laughed.

Lin Bin said: "Although I don't understand technology, I understand Mr. Chen. Although Mr. Chen doesn't understand technology either, his vision has always stood the test of time, and he has never missed a strategic level. Everyone, there is nothing to think about, just run towards this track."

Everyone thought so too. It seemed that Mr. Chen had never failed in the areas that he cared about.

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At the end of February, multiple official platforms of MiHoYo announced simultaneously that the mobile game "Genshin Impact" will be launched globally on May 5.

It was this official tweet that quickly led to a round of inhumane and cruel publicity and promotion before the launch of "Genshin Impact".

In the domestic market, Genshin Impact has placed a large number of outdoor advertisements in multiple offline cities, including but not limited to elevator advertisements, outdoor large screens, subways, buses, etc. Online, Genshin Impact uses short videos and live broadcasts to invite well-known game anchors and experts to try out the game and promote it, increasing the game's exposure.

Overseas, Genshin Impact has put up a large number of outdoor and tram advertisements in Tokyo, Japan, and even arranged promotional vehicles on the streets of Akihabara. In addition, it has also put up multiple TV ads covering many major cities in Japan.

This is not difficult to understand, because Xiao Rizi is quite fond of the two-dimensional world, and Japan is also a market that miHoYo values ​​very much. In Europe and the United States, it chose to set up billboards in landmark locations such as Moscow, Russia, Toronto, Canada, and Times Square in the United States to cover as many target groups as possible.

Whether it is the Tokyo Game Show (TGS), South Korea's G-Star, or Germany's Cologne Games Show (GC), "Genshin Impact" has participated in all of them in a high-profile manner.

This publicity campaign made other competing manufacturers feel jealous and exclaim “rich”.

This also proves that miHoYo is quite confident in the quality of its own game "Genshin Impact".

If it was a bad game, they would never make such a big fuss, because they are afraid that they will not be able to recover their investment. Moreover, such overwhelming publicity can also be a double-edged sword.

This series of online and offline marketing methods not only successfully established strong brand awareness on a global scale, but also laid a solid foundation for its subsequent success.

The popularity of the topic continues to soar as the launch date gets closer, especially on Bilibili, where there are a large number of actual gameplay animations about "Genshin Impact".

MiHoYo officials also set up a reservation interface.

In just one month, the "Genshin Impact" pre-order event has received support from more than 600 million people around the world. (End of this chapter)