Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 376 Artificial Super Scientist Project
After the celebration party for the robot elephant slave, Xu Shenxue found Luo Yinian, who was in charge of human resources affairs.

It is worth noting that unlike Ji Chenghe, Ding Chengjun, Fu Zhengyang and others who all work in Zhiyun Group, Luo Yinian not only serves as senior vice president of Zhiyun Group, but is also responsible for the human resources business of Zhiyun Group.

He is also the deputy general manager and human resources director of Liuhe Investment Co., Ltd. and also serves as the human resources director of Xiannvshan Holdings.

In fact, his position in Xu Shenxue's entire industrial empire is higher than that of Ji Chenghe, Ding Chengjun, Fu Zhengyang, Kong Weiquan and other senior vice presidents of Zhiyun Group.

For Luo Yinian, the position of senior vice president of Zhiyun Group is just a part-time job...

His main job is to provide Xu Shenxue with advice on various senior managers and senior technical talents, not just within Zhiyun Group.

His status in the entire Xu's corporate system is very high.

This is not just about saying that traditional talent is valuable and that personnel work is more important.

This is because Xu Shenxue is in the scientific research system, and all of his companies are high-tech companies. They also basically take a technology-driven route, which further increases the importance of technical personnel.

As for how to find high-tech talents, the human resources team headed by Luo Yinian naturally needs to poach people from everywhere.

Because he has been poaching people everywhere for many years, and his methods of poaching are varied, many of which are quite hateful... This also led to Luo Yinian being the only one among the many senior executives under Xu Shenxue who was banned from entering multiple countries.

First, in South Korea, Luo Yinian was responsible for the job-hopping incident of Professor Liang Song's team. Then the Four Stars were very annoyed and directly banned Luo Yinian from entering South Korea and listed him as an unwelcome person.

Then there was Japan. Under the instruction of Xu Shenxue, Luo Yinian once formed a very large human resources team in Japan in order to provide Fairy Mountain Holdings with sufficient technical personnel and even teams. He poached a large number of core technical personnel in the field of semiconductor equipment and consumables in Japan, and even poached the core technical team of the other party several times... The salary of Japanese technical personnel was too low, and Luo Yinian was extremely generous and helped to solve various worries.

This is how the core photoresist technology team of Xiannvshan Holdings was recruited...

After poaching a large number of core technical personnel from Japan, Luo Yinian was banned from entering the country, and then the human resources company he set up in Japan was also closed down.

Then on the island, Luo Yinian also poached people in various ways, especially the semiconductor talents on the island. Luo Yinian was particularly ruthless in poaching people. Not to mention Luo Yinian himself, several of his capable human resources were banned from entering the island... TSMC hated Luo Yinian and his group.

Next are Europe and the United States, which are all similar. Luo Yinian has been poaching people there very ruthlessly. Of course, although Luo Yinian is not prohibited from entering these places, if he dares to go there, there is a high probability that he will not be able to come back.

Therefore, although Luo Yinian does not have a good reputation in the outside world and the media rarely reports on this core executive in Xu Shenxue's industrial empire, Luo Yinian's name is very big in major high-tech companies and human resources circles.

Some even say, in the fields of semiconductors, consumer electronics, new energy vehicles, etc., how can a technical talent prove his or her technical ability?
You will know if you have received a poaching call from Luo Yinian... If you have received a poaching call from Luo Yinian himself, congratulations... You are already a world-class expert in this field, or at least a top second-rate expert.

If I hadn’t received Luo Yinian’s call...keep working hard!

The fact that he poaches people to such an extent shows Luo Yinian’s special status in the field of human resources!
In the human resources circle, Luo Yinian is a well-deserved tycoon and a role model for countless human resources practitioners!

To achieve this level in human resources is unprecedented, and it is highly likely that there will be no one to surpass him in the future.

With him taking care of these human resources matters, Xu Shenxue will be able to better focus on strategic layout and company management without having to worry about not having enough talent to carry out business layout.

When Luo Yinian arrived at the meeting, Xu Shenxue said, "I am planning to start a few new projects and I need some top technical talents to take the lead!"

"Yeah, that kind of extremely smart genius!"

Luo Yinian looked puzzled: "Boss Xu, do you know what this genius means? If it is just the genius we usually talk about, then there are actually quite a lot of them in our company. Most of the engineers in many core projects are considered geniuses in the eyes of outsiders. The engineers in many of our projects are from famous universities, and most of them have made many technical achievements."

Xu Shenxue said: "This is not enough, I want a true top-level genius, the kind that can change the landscape of a field on its own!"

Luo Yinian was even more confused: "Boss Xu, I wonder what new project you are planning to start?"

However, Xu Shenxue was not in a position to tell him directly that he did not have any projects at all. He just had an SS-level scientific research quota on hand, and was planning to find a few top talents to start a new project. As for what the new project was, it depended on what fields the top talents were engaged in.

It was hard to say about the scientific research quota, so Xu Shenxue changed his words: "It's like this, our company is technology-oriented, I want to select a few top scientists to lead some scientific research projects that can have a significant impact on the future. I'm not sure what the specific projects are, it mainly depends on the ideas of the technical staff!"

Luo Yinian understood what Xu Shenxue said at this time, and then said: "Can I understand that you should find a few top scientists and increase investment in their projects to support their research and development?"

Xu Shenxue said: "Almost the same, but there is a deviation. That is, I don't want a traditional scientist who leads a project. I want a technician who can really develop new technologies!"

When Luo Yinian heard this, he fell into deep thought... To be honest, this kind of person is really hard to find, and even harder to judge.

There are different types of scientists. Some scientists have achieved many results when they were young, and accumulated project management experience and connections in the process. When they get older, their own scientific research abilities are not so good, but they are still able to lead teams to do projects, and have the reputation and qualifications to obtain scientific research funds.

They often propose a scientific research direction, control the general direction, and carry out technological research and development with a group of scientific research backbones under them.

This is a role similar to that of a chief engineer.

There is another type of scientist who does not manage a team, but has strong scientific research capabilities and can make breakthroughs and innovations to produce important results on his own. In fact, most of these people are middle-aged and young, such as mathematicians. Mathematicians usually produce results before the age of 40, and many of them have even produced world-class results in their twenties or thirties.

And what Xu Shenxue wants is not the role of a management scientist... There are many such people in the companies under Xu Shenxue, although not a lot of them... Such people are naturally very important, and they constitute the framework force for scientific research and development of the companies under Xu Shenxue.

But... Xu Shenxue often doesn't arrange high-level scientific research quotas for people like this. Basically, that's all they get, an A-level scientific research quota, and not even an S-level scientific research quota is prepared for them.

There are very few people like Professor Liang Song who, on the one hand, understands project management and on the other hand, has world-class technical skills and is a comprehensive scientific research talent.

Each of these is a treasure, and even among the many high-tech companies under Xu Shenxue, there are only a few.

The dozens of S-level scientific research quotas that Xu Shenxue had managed to obtain before were often used for core engineers in various projects... These people were often middle-aged and young people who were in their prime, had experience, and had very flexible minds. They were the main workers in the project team.

SS-level scientific research places are even more valuable, so Xu Shenxue plans to give them to core engineers who are in their prime, at the peak of their R&D career, and able to produce a large number of results.

At this time, Luo Yinian, who had been thinking for about a minute, said: "Our company's current technical talents are mainly concentrated in the fields of consumer electronics and semiconductors. In addition, artificial intelligence and new energy are also our strengths, and we have a lot of relevant talents!"

"If we look at this broadly, there are some top talents that are worth paying attention to."

"Professor Lin Andong of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute holds a PhD from Peking University and Tsinghua University. He studied under the top mathematics master in China. After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach. He is even a top mathematics talent of the new generation in China. In his studies and teaching, he has achieved outstanding results in many fields of mathematics."

“Three years ago, I joined Zhiyun AI Research Institute at my invitation and participated in the development of core AI algorithms.”

"He is currently the deputy chief designer and director of the algorithm team in our artificial intelligence research institute. He is responsible for the technical advancement of the underlying core algorithms in our company's artificial intelligence field. Under his leadership, our algorithm team quickly completed eight iterations in three years, greatly improving our artificial intelligence technology progress."

The reason why he is deputy chief designer is that the higher position of chief designer is actually a management position. This position is merged with the dean of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. The level is M10, which is the level of vice president of the group, and is held by a senior management scientist.

Xu Shenxue said: "As for him, I know that he is one of the few W15-level technical engineers in Zhiyun. I have heard the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute say that he is an outstanding top talent several times!"

W15 level technical position is the highest level of technical personnel in Zhiyun Group.

Zhiyun Group implements a hierarchical personnel management system. Ordinary employees are at levels N1-N4, and management positions are M5-M12. However, the only person at M12 is Xu Shenxue, the chairman and president. So for employees, the highest level of management position is only M11, which is the senior vice president of the group.

As for technical positions, the model is W4-W15, and there are no three levels of W1-W3. In other words, when technical talents in Zhiyun Group first join the company, they are at the W4 level, and their treatment is similar to that of ordinary non-management employees at the highest level, N4.

Going further up, the levels are determined based on technical capabilities and R&D results. The higher the level, the higher the salary.

When they reach the W13 level or above as senior technical personnel, Zhiyun Group will assign them drivers, life assistants, and security personnel. People at this level are all pillars of the country, and they are real senior technical personnel, not those who are selected by relying on personal connections or factions... If you want to reach the W13 level in Zhiyun Group, you have to lead a team to produce outstanding research and development results, you can't just get away with it.

As for top talents like W15, the security team of Zhiyun Group will assign him an entire security team...for fear of being assassinated.

For Zhiyun Group, and even for China's semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, a W15-level core engineer in Zhiyun Group is more important than ten senior deputy directors!
The death of ten senior deputy directors is not a big problem, Xu Shenxue can always select suitable people from dozens of deputy directors to take over their jobs... But if ten W15-level core engineers die, there will be no backup!
It will even cause the technology research and development of some core businesses of Zhiyun Group to face huge troubles, affecting industries worth hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars.

This is also the reason why Zhiyun Group assigns security forces to high-level core engineers. Even though the country is quite safe, it is better to be safe than sorry!
Professor Lin Anton is a core engineer at the W15 level.

He is responsible for the development of core algorithms in the field of artificial intelligence, which is also very important...

Now the artificial intelligence technology in Zhiyun Group is developing very well, and the commercial development is also good. There are already many projects for various commercial AI technologies, some of which have been applied and have gained considerable commercial value.

Such as intelligent driving, intelligent robots, intelligent drones, and some unique AI technologies that are paired with smart terminals, such as image processing, text generation, human-computer interaction, etc.

Some of these AI technologies can bring new business growth to Zhiyun Group, such as intelligent robots, which is a business with a current scale of one or two billion US dollars, and its core is also AI technology; such as intelligent driving. Although Zhiyun Group does not make cars, it can also earn considerable income by providing intelligent driving kits for Hailan Automobile.

Others are aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of Zhiyun Group's various smart terminals, such as intelligent photo album management on mobile phones, voice assistants and many other application technologies.

In addition, it also provides some artificial intelligence technologies to Yihai Technology, authorizes some data models, and assists Yihai Technology in developing more AI applications.

There are also some areas that are less familiar to the public. For example, Zhiyun Group has provided law enforcement agencies with "face recognition technology" based on image processing technology, which can quickly identify potential criminals through the impact of cameras.

For example, Zhiyun Group also provides other image recognition technologies to special agencies, such as image recognition technologies for various types of equipment and armed personnel, etc.

Not to mention the "Advanced AI Fighter System" or X system, which brings together top AI technology, and the N system, which is specially developed for small and medium-sized drones, such as swarms; the K system for ground unmanned mobile terminals, and the H system, which is a marine unmanned system.

Finally, it also assisted in the development of a large battlefield command system. These artificial intelligence systems are a series of core projects developed by Zhiyun Group, belonging to the very critical software part... followed by a large number of hardware projects of related cooperative enterprises.

These are large-scale applications of artificial intelligence technology, which are very important both for Zhiyun Group and for the entire country.

Lin Andong is the most core engineer in the field of artificial intelligence of Zhiyun Group.

Xu Shenxue thought that he could include this person in the rotation candidates for SS-level scientific research quotas in the future, which would accelerate research and development in the field of artificial intelligence and produce better core algorithms.

In the field of artificial intelligence, core algorithms are the foundation of everything... An excellent core algorithm can not only save costs, but also raise the upper limit of the entire artificial intelligence technology.

Without excellent core algorithms, with the performance of Zhiyun Group’s AI training chips...how can they come up with all the epoch-making data models we have today? Even if they do, they can’t run on chips with limited computing power.

After all, the current AI chip technology of Zhiyun Group, regardless of its chip design capabilities, has only a 12-nanometer manufacturing process... It is not easy for an AI chip manufactured with a 12-nanometer process to support the training and operation of a large-scale AI such as the X system.

In the original time and space, the chip technology has reached the level of five nanometers and three nanometers, and the computing power is even stronger, but it still cannot produce artificial intelligence technology of the level of Zhiyun Group.

This shows the importance of core algorithms in the field of artificial intelligence.

Lin Anton is the first person in Zhiyun Group to develop core algorithms for artificial intelligence.

As for why a mathematician is working on the core algorithms of AI... because the most cutting-edge AI algorithms are themselves matters of mathematics.

All excellent algorithms are based on mathematical theories.

Mathematics can provide theoretical support for algorithms. Only with breakthroughs in mathematical theory can there be progress in algorithms.

Mathematics is the cornerstone of algorithms!

This is why a mathematician is the project leader of Zhiyun Group's artificial intelligence project and is responsible for the most core research and development work. This is also why there are a large number of senior talents in the field of mathematics in the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute.

Without mathematical theory as a support, algorithms cannot improve, and without algorithms... artificial intelligence can only grope in the dark.

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At this time, Xu Shenxue said: "Then let's include Professor Lin in the list of candidates. What about other talents?"

Luo Yinian said: "It's still in the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. The other mathematicians and algorithm engineers are all very good, and they are all W14-level talents!"

Xu Shenxue didn't care. There was only one SS-level scientific research quota, and it had to be used in turns. It would be enough to have one rotator for the artificial intelligence project, and the rest of the usage time had to be allocated to other projects.

Luo Yinian saw Xu Shenxue's expression and didn't say much about artificial intelligence. Instead, he said, "Professor Wang Binyao, the chief scientist of the Materials Research Institute of Fairy Mountain Holdings, graduated from the Junior Class. He received his Ph.D. from MIT at the age of 21, and stayed in MIT to teach for two years. Four years ago, he was invited to return to China to join the Materials Research Institute of Fairy Mountain Holdings as the chief scientist."

"After joining the Institute of Materials, he led the team to develop a variety of important materials. Among them, the lens material used in the EUV lithography machine was developed by Professor Wang!"

"He has also developed many other materials, many of which have been successfully applied in multiple fields and achieved commercial success. He is currently the only W15-level materials expert among our many companies!"

"And he's only twenty-seven!"

When Xu Shenxue heard the man's resume, he immediately felt that he looked familiar... After a brief recollection, he roughly knew what he was thinking.

After all, among the many companies under his control, there are not many scientists at the W15 level, and he has read some relevant resumes or even met them.

This guy is quite aggressive. He obtained his doctorate degree at the age of 21. After teaching for two years, he was recruited back to China by Luo Yinian. After working for four years, he produced a lot of scientific research results and even solved the lens material problem of EUV lithography machines.

This is a typical young, strong, smart and hard-working scientist.

This kind of person must be given an SS-level scientific research quota rotation. Who knows when he may come up with a super material, such as room-temperature superconductivity.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue said: "Then count this person in as well!"

Afterwards, Luo Yinian introduced several other scientists, all of whom were high-level scientists working in Xu Shenxue’s companies, scientists at the W14 or W15 level.

However, Xu Shenxue was not very satisfied with the many people introduced later. It was not that they were not good. On the contrary, those who could get W14 or even W15 level technical positions were the top scientists at the moment. However, the fields they were engaged in were too concentrated in semiconductor manufacturing, chip design, and research and development of other applied technologies.

And judging from their resumes, none of them are young anymore, basically in their thirties or forties. After using the S-level scientific research quota at this age, they have not demonstrated any outstanding abilities or R&D results... It’s not that they don’t have any results, but that the results are far from Xu Shenxue’s standards!

Unlike Lin Anton and Wang Binyao, their talents are visible to the naked eye, and people can tell at a glance that they are super geniuses. After using the S-level scientific research quota, they also achieved great scientific research results.

This kind of talent is overflowing from the screen. You can tell how awesome they are just by looking at their resumes!
But what Xu Shenxue wants is not those conventional scientists... Although they are also very powerful, they are still not what Xu Shenxue wants.

He wanted a top talent who could break the existing technological landscape and bring about huge changes to the company, the country, and even human civilization...

Even if they themselves cannot reach this level, as long as they have this foundation, Xu Shenxue will give them an SS-level scientific research quota and create a super scientist!

That’s right, for the sake of black technology, Xu Shenxue is preparing to create an artificial super scientist!
As for these ordinary scientists, it is sufficient to give them an S-level scientific research quota, and there is no need to waste the precious rotation time of the SS-level scientific research quota.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue said: "Professor Lin and Professor Wang, I will arrange auxiliary personnel and special funds to support them and start special projects."

"But two people are not enough. Since there are no suitable candidates among the company's high-level scientific team, we should expand the selection scope and select from the young core technical backbones!"

"It doesn't matter if there are no major achievements for the time being. As long as they show enough potential, we can submit the names of them and give them some support to see what they are capable of!"

"In addition to selecting talents within the company, expand the scope and continue to select from outside. But remember, I only want the real top talents, the kind of top talents who have the potential to change the scientific and technological landscape. Don't give me those ordinary scientists who are caught in large numbers!"

Things like SS-level scientific research quotas are destined not to be used by conventional scientists.

Only those true super geniuses are worthy of using part of the time of such an expensive scientific research quota.

After hearing this, Luo Yinian seemed a little embarrassed!
Because the standard for top genius is actually very difficult to quantify...If it can be evaluated by scientific research results, then it would be the most appropriate.

However, Xu Shenxue made it clear that even if there are no results for the time being, as long as there is potential, it counts.

The problem is... potential is really ugly.

However, Luo Yinian still said: "I understand. Later, I will investigate and select the young technical backbones of Zhiyun Group, Liuhe Investment, and Xiannvshan Holdings, and come up with a list of candidates as soon as possible!"

"As for the outside world, I will order a large-scale investigation to find top talents!"

"But Mr. Xu, does this research scope prioritize meeting the company's business needs, or is any type OK?"

Xu Shenxue said: "Any type is fine!"

As long as they are top talents, Xu Shenxue is ready to give a helping hand and see what kind of black technology can be developed.

As for what this black technology is specifically...it's impossible to figure it out. If only one or two could come up with it, we'd be happy.

After Luo Yinian left Xu Shenxue's office, he went to the office downstairs and summoned a large number of senior human resources experts under him.

Then they began to discuss how to find the real top talents from among the many companies under Xu Shenxue, a large number of messy technology research and development project teams, and a large number of young generation of scientific researchers.

We also need to discuss how to find young top talents from outside!

But this is not easy... Before a young scientist realizes his talent and makes great achievements, who dares to say that he is a top genius?

But if you don’t try, how do you know that others can’t do it?
After all, it goes without saying that those who can serve as candidates have basically been known as geniuses since childhood, and this cannot be seen just by looking at their resumes. The best test is to provide project funding support and then let the results speak for themselves.

Anyone who can produce results is a top genius.

If you can't produce results, then what's the point of saying it... Genius can't be expressed with words.

However, such project testing is very expensive!
It is impossible for Luo Yinian and his team to find a large group of people, give each of them a large amount of research and development funds, and let them do whatever they want. Even if Xu Shenxue's companies have a lot of money, they cannot afford such a thing.

Therefore, Luo Yinian and his colleagues must come up with a scientific and complete mechanism for selecting top talents, and then select a group of candidates who appear to be more reliable in order to control the cost of talent selection!

Although this is not easy, Luo Yinian and his subordinates are not useless. On the contrary, they are all top experts in the field of human resources...

They don't understand science, but they understand talent!

(End of this chapter)