I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 310 Is it a person? Not a person? (7200)

“14:30接机，15:20抵达酒店，19:00晚宴，明日早9:15，海西各界与特斯拉座谈会，10:30商务会谈，11:30公务午餐……”

A young man in his thirties wearing rimless glasses held an itinerary and concisely reported to Qi Liangcai the itinerary arrangements for the reception of Musk.

Qi Liangcai frowned and said, "Wait, Li Zheng, I remember the previous version of the arrangement was not like this, right? Didn't Tesla propose to conduct a field investigation after landing, and then arrange a meeting with Yuzi Technology?"

Li Zheng adjusted his glasses and smiled stiffly. "After looking at the schedule, Deputy Chief Wang felt that something was wrong. He said it was not a good idea to have a meeting with Youzi Technology alone. He said that Mr. Ma had been traveling for a long time and had not adjusted to the time difference. He should rest first, and then have a welcoming banquet. The next day, we can arrange for everyone to come together..."

"Change it back!" Qi Liangcai lowered his eyelids. "It's true that guests should follow the host's lead, but we should also make them feel at home and respect their wishes. They are here to invest, and we can't let them feel that we are interfering too much."

"However," Qi Liangcai changed the subject, "Deputy Chief Wang's suggestion also makes sense. We can make two arrangements. After Musk arrives, we can first ask him if he wants to go back to the hotel to rest."

"After all, he came from Miami, and with a time difference of more than ten hours, he is indeed a little tired. If he insists on the original schedule, we will still follow the original plan."

Li Zheng nodded as he took notes. "Zhangyi, Youzi Technology responded earlier that their company leader is only available in the afternoon. As for tomorrow, he may not be able to arrange time."

Qi Liangcai waved his hand disapprovingly: "I remember the person in charge of Youzi Technology is called Fang Yu, right? I've met this guy before, and he's quite sensible."

"Call them and tell them that this is a major event in Haixi, and they must have a broad perspective and cooperate unconditionally."

Qi Liangcai worked with Chen Shian for a period of time many years ago, and he visited Chen Shian a few days after coming to Haixi.

After seeing Chen Shian, Qi Liang realized that he was a dozen years younger than the other person, and his energy and spirit might not be as good as Chen Shian's.

"Okay." Li Zheng took the pen and made a few notes on the notebook, then notified his subordinates to reprint the revised schedule and bring it over within five minutes.

"Master, do you have any other instructions?" Li Zheng put the revised schedule in a folder and showed it to Qi Liangcai again.

Qi Liangcai took a quick glance and thought there was nothing wrong. He looked at his watch and said calmly, "It's almost time, let's go to the airport."
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"Hello, Mr. Musk, welcome to Haixi Investment Inspection."

Seeing Musk walking down the gangway, Haixi County Mayor Qi Liangcai took a few steps forward with a smile, held Musk's hands and shook them up and down.

He never thought that Musk would come to Haixi for inspection, and it was Tesla that took the initiative to propose it.

Last year, I heard that Tesla was going to set up a factory in Dazhou. Musk was also invited to visit Haipu, Yuezhou, Wuzhou and other places, but there has been no accurate news since then.

Originally, Haixi also wanted to fight for it, but for various reasons, it did not contact Tesla. However, unexpectedly, Tesla took the initiative to contact Haixi County a few days ago, hoping to arrange an inspection.

I have only been transferred to Haixi for a few days, and this is really a gift from God.

This is Tesla, the global leader in new energy industry!
It is said that the factory to be invested in Da Zhou this time will have an annual output of at least 500,000 vehicles. If each vehicle is sold for an average of 200,000, the annual output value will be over 100 billion.

The automobile industry has numerous upstream and downstream chains, and the output value of an automobile factory is at least three times that of the industry chain.

A parking lot with an output value of 100 billion yuan can at least drive an upstream and downstream industrial chain of 300 billion yuan, which adds up to 400 billion yuan!
Although not all of the 4000 billion yuan will be spent in Haixi, half of it is still billion yuan.

Moreover, the electric vehicle industry is about to take off, will production be even higher in the future?

One million?
That’s a total industry chain output value of over 500 billion!

Therefore, the standard of Musk's reception this time was quite high, equivalent to a foreign affairs activity, and people from relevant departments were specially called from Xinhao to participate in the reception.

The translator at the side translated Qi Liangcai's words to Musk. Musk also smiled and shook hands with the leaders of Haixi County one by one and said a few polite words.

"Mr. Musk, you must be traveling all week and you must be jet-lagged. Do you want to go back to the hotel and rest before continuing with your schedule?" Wang Yongzhong, deputy chief clerk of Haixi County, said.

Musk shook his head and said, "Thank you, Deputy Registrar. I'm used to this kind of work. I think we should stick to the original schedule."

"In addition to meeting with you all and understanding the investment environment in Haixi, the most important thing for me this time is the meeting with Youzi Technology. I hope to start a dialogue with Fang as soon as possible."

Wang Yongzhong was stunned for a moment.

In his opinion, Musk must have come to Haixi for its industrial and geographical advantages. After all, Haixi already has an automobile industry, a relatively sound related industrial chain, an ocean port, and cheaper labor costs than Haipu.

But unexpectedly, Musk just got off the plane and without saying a few words, he directly changed the topic to Youzi Technology.

It seems as if Haixi is just a side dish, and the main purpose is for Youzi Technology.

Qi Liangcai laughed and said, "Mr. Musk is as hardworking as the people of our Great Zhou. No wonder he can achieve such success. Let's get in the car first and go to the harbor first and then to the eastern suburbs according to the original plan."

Musk also experienced Coaster.

There were seven or eight people in the car, including Qi Liangcai and Musk, as well as Musk's assistant, Qi Liangcai's assistant, translator, security guards, and reporters.

Don't ever think that foreigners really don't understand business.

In fact, Musk appears to be outspoken and casual to the outside world, but he knows exactly who he can offend and who he cannot offend, and what kind of incense to burn when worshiping which Buddha.

Even if he doesn't understand, his staff will make sure he understands.

The airport is not too far from the Haigang Development Zone, and the drive takes only about 40 minutes. Along the way, Qi Liangcai pointed out the window and explained the development plan of Haixi to Musk. Musk nodded in agreement and was surprised to find that Qi Liangcai spoke English quite fluently and was familiar with the overall plan of Haixi.

When he learned that Qi Liang had only been transferred to Haixi for less than twenty days, he was even more surprised, and he couldn't help but raise his evaluation of Haixi in his heart.

However, compared with Haipu, Haixi still has a big gap, especially in terms of openness at the grassroots level and in finance.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will be more beneficial for Tesla to settle in Haipu.

Musk was thinking.

However, we can also let the negotiation team come and see what conditions Haixi can offer.

After all, we have to put some pressure on Haipu.

Qi Liangcai did not expect Musk to give any feedback on the spot. An investment project of this level basically cannot be completed without a year or half of negotiations. Today, it is nothing more than leaving a good impression in front of investors.

After looking at the two plots of land recommended by the Haixi local government, Musk directly asked Qi Liangcai to go to Youzi Technology for an exchange and discussion.

For him, this is the real purpose of coming to Haixi and what he thinks is the most important thing.

He invested in OpenaiAi because Google's Larry Page disagreed with restricting the development conditions of artificial intelligence, and even disagreed with restricting the power of artificial intelligence.

In fact, he has a very good personal relationship with Larry Page. He doesn't have a house in the Bay Area, so he stays at Larry Page's house every week when he goes to the Bay Area.

Because of this, he is very clear that Google may only be one step away from completely opening the door to true artificial intelligence in the field of AI.

But after Larry Page did not want to limit the power of AI at all and disagreed to the establishment of a so-called AI safety committee, Musk decided to set up his own company to compete with Google in AI.

This will ensure that any artificial intelligence that may reach the "singularity" will have an opponent and will not destroy humanity.

And this company is OpenAi, which is currently adhering to the purpose of a non-profit organization.

Because of this incident, even his friendship with Larry Page of more than ten years was completely broken.

Last year, he even sought out Obama and had a one-on-one conversation with him for nearly an hour, asking Obama to introduce a bill to restrict AI.

But what no one expected was that when Musk focused all his attention on Google and Facebook, the one that actually kicked open the door to AI was actually a big startup company!

Moreover, he had never even heard of the names of the founders and key technical personnel before.

Musk was already worried about the birth of true artificial intelligence, and he was even more worried because this company was actually from the Zhou Dynasty.

Musk is a bit paranoid and likes to think about problems that may seem unfounded to others. Otherwise, he would not have started SpaceX.

Therefore, he had to see with his own eyes what the company was doing in order to dispel his anxiety, or make him even more anxious.

"Of course, no problem. We have already communicated with the companies. You are all high-tech companies, so you must have a lot of common topics."

"We are looking forward to more companies like Youzi Technology settling in Haixi. We also hope to learn more about the needs of more companies through this on-site communication so that we can provide you with better services."

Qi Liangcai chuckled but was a little surprised in his heart. He didn't expect that Musk actually attached so much importance to Yuzi Technology.

"Well... Master, I would prefer to communicate with Fang alone." Musk blinked his eyes, his tone was humble but his attitude was firm.

Are you kidding me? If you guys are following me, what real situation can I see? What can I talk about?
Will AI destroy humanity?
Qi Liangcai's face changed slightly. He never expected Musk to make this request.

"Sure!" Qi Liangcai thought about it for a moment, but he seemed to hesitate only for a moment. "I believe that after Mr. Musk communicates with the person in charge of Youzi Technology, he will have a clearer understanding of our investment environment in Haixi."

"After you inspected Yuzi Technology, we arranged a working dinner. It's not a dinner party, just some local specialties. Li Zheng, you will accompany Mr. Musk to Yuzi Technology in a while, and then take Mr. Musk to dinner."

When Li Zheng heard Qi Liangcai mention his name, he immediately nodded and picked up the notebook to take notes.

As soon as Qi Liangcai said this, Wang Yongzhong was obviously a little impatient, but after being glanced at by Qi Liangcai, Wang Yongzhong's eyes flashed, he endured it, and still didn't say anything.

Musk has dealt with countless similar bosses in the past two years, and now he can speak fluently, no longer the immature and reserved he was a few years ago.

"Your professionalism and dedication today have refreshed my understanding of Haixi."

"To be honest, I didn't know much about Haixi before. But I didn't expect that in addition to Xinhao and Haipu, there is also a city like Haixi in the Great Zhou. I believe that under your leadership, this city will definitely get better and better. I will let my negotiation team connect with you as soon as possible."

As soon as Musk got in the car and left, Wang Yongzhong said with a cold face: "Qi Zhangyi, how could you agree to let him go to Youzi Technology by himself? What if something goes wrong? This is an investment project with an output value of hundreds of billions! Who will bear the responsibility?"

"Also, why was the welcoming dinner originally scheduled at the Guest House cancelled? What kind of working dinner was it turned into? This is an important foreign affairs event. When Musk went to Haipu at the beginning of the year, the entire Haipu team hosted a banquet for him!"

Qi Liangcai looked calm and said with a smile: "Deputy Chief Wang, please have more confidence in Haixi and its enterprises."

"You said Haipu hosted a banquet, but has Tesla settled in Haipu now? Musk is an entrepreneur. When deciding where to settle down, he only considers whether the area is suitable for the development of his business, how much convenience and support it can bring to him, and whether it will hinder his operations."

"Pragmatic, efficient, safe and fair, these are what these companies need. Times have changed. Colleagues, we all need to change our fixed mindset."

After saying that, Qi Liangcai put on his hat, flicked his sleeves, and got into an H7 that had been following him.
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"Mr. Musk, we're already here. This is the building."

The Coaster slowly stopped at the entrance of the National Innovation Base of Yuzu Technology. Li Zheng couldn't help but frowned before he got out of the car.

What is going on?
There were no banners and no one came out to greet you. Do you even understand the rules?
Just as I was about to call and reprimand the contact person, I saw the automatic glass door of this small eight-story office building open, and a beautiful girl in an ivory dress came out.

He had been to Youzi Technology before and knew him. He knew that this was the human resources manager of Youzi Technology. It sounds intimidating, but in fact he was also a student of National University.

"Where is Mr. Fang?" Li Zheng suppressed his unhappiness and said lightly.

"Li Neishi, I'm sorry, Mr. Fang is in a very important meeting and asked me to come down and pick up Mr. Musk."

Shen Shuyao smiled apologetically at Li Zheng, then turned to Musk with a bright smile and said in English:
"Hello Mr. Musk, I am Shen Shuyao from Youzi Technology. I am very happy to meet you. I am your idol. Oh, no, you are my idol. Sorry, I am a little nervous to see you."

Shen Shuyao stuck out her tongue, and Musk's eyes lit up instantly.

Smart, cute and beautiful, his heart, which was torn apart by that woman Amber, seemed to be beginning to heal.

"It's an honor to meet you, Ms. Shen." Musk smiled shyly.

Half of it is true, and half of it is fake.

The first of Musk’s three tricks for picking up girls is cute contrast.

Although Shen Shuyao is insightful and has a high level, she has never encountered a big shot of Musk's level who played this trick before. Although she didn't think about it in terms of gender, her liking for Musk did increase a lot.

"Mr. Musk, Li Neishi, please come this way. I will show Mr. Musk around Yuzi Technology first."

Shen Shuyao led Musk and Li Zheng into the elevator and went to the third floor first.

Li Zheng followed with displeasure. When he reached the third floor, he was shocked. Is it developing so fast? In just a few days, there are so many more people?

He had just accompanied Qi Liangcai to Youzi Technology half a month ago. At that time, the third floor was still empty, with only fifty or sixty people. Now it seems that there are more than twice as many people.

As soon as Musk walked in, the entire open office area on the third floor was shocked.

There are many people in Da Zhoui, but those in Youzi Technology are all young people, with an average age of less than 25. It is time for them to make a breakthrough. Musk’s current reputation is almost unique in the technology circle. Which young person would not be excited to see the legendary Iron Man at this time?

Howard, who had been to space, was almost speechless.

Musk extended his hand and greeted the group of young people, and the scene became even more excited. The brave ones directly asked Elon if they could take a photo with them, while the timid ones also took out their phones to secretly take pictures.

"Yuzu Technology is a startup company with only 280 employees at present. Nearly 200 of them have been employed for less than a month. Excuse me."

Shen Shuyao smiled at Musk embarrassedly.

"There should be only about a hundred people here, right?" Musk smiled and waved to the young people again.

Shen Shuyao nodded: "Yes, currently all the technicians who make large models in Youzi Technology are on the third floor. Fang Yu believes that this can speed up communication efficiency. This is our core department."

Core department?

Musk was shocked.

Did they just bring themselves in so confidently? This company had no sense of confidentiality. No wonder the model was leaked in the first place.

However, it also shows that they trust me. Maybe Fang Yu is also my fan? It seems that this time it will go smoothly.

"This side is the pre-training group and the long-distance associative processing group, and that side is the vision group, the reinforcement learning group, and the enterprise API application group. Oh, by the way, the one who just stood on the table and shouted "Elon, I love you" is Yang Zilong, the leader of our reinforcement learning group."

"The area over there is the evaluation and analysis group and the alignment group. Mr. Hua Zecheng, one of the initial contributors to the Orange Big Model, is currently in charge of the alignment work."

"Most of the employees at Youzi Technology are in multi-functional positions and need to work across groups. Moreover, we require every employee to work in the alignment group for one month after working in their position for three months."

Shen Shuyao looked extremely calm and told everyone everything.

She didn't know why Fang Yu told her that these things didn't need to be kept secret, but since Fang Yu said so, she naturally introduced them openly.

"What do the remaining employees do?" Musk couldn't help asking, "There are only more than a hundred people here, what about the other half?"

"Oh, there are 64 employees who are our service partners. They mainly provide a full range of services to these talented scientists, whether it is some administrative support in the company or solving problems in life, such as hiring housekeepers and paying rent. These are all handled by our service partners to ensure that these geniuses are not bothered by these trivial matters and can devote all their energy to innovation."

"There are about fifty employees from our various project teams. They are on the other two floors. Fang Yu is having a meeting with one of the project teams today."

After that, Shen Shuyao took Li Zheng and Musk to the elevator hall again, took the elevator to the eighth floor, led the two to the reception room to get two bottles of bottled water, went to the meeting room next door to take a look, came back and said with an apologetic smile: "Sorry, the meeting is not over yet, please wait a moment."

Li Zheng couldn't hold back his dissatisfaction, and slammed the bottle of water in his hand onto the coffee table in the reception room. "Ms. Shen, you should inform Mr. Fang to come down as soon as possible. Mr. Musk is a distinguished guest of Haixi, how can you be so negligent?"

Shen Shuyao looked apologetic: "Li Nei Shi, I'm really sorry. This is indeed a very important meeting. You see, the original appointment time is 4:30, and there are still five minutes left. Fang Yu has always been very punctual, and he will definitely end the meeting before 4:30."

Li Zheng got even angrier when he heard this.

It’s just a small company and it hasn’t even gone public yet. What’s so great about it?

"Where is Mr. Fang holding the meeting? The conference room next door?" Li Zheng's mouth twitched and he sneered, "Bringing in Tesla is a big deal for Haixi. Can you take responsibility if it goes wrong?"

After saying that, Li Zheng stood up and, ignoring Shen Shuyao's attempts to stop him, walked towards the meeting room where Shen Shuyao had just been.

With a "bang", Li Zheng unceremoniously opened the door of the conference room, and saw a young man in his thirties wearing glasses holding a laser pen and giving a lecture with various charts projected on the screen.

Fang Yu, who was wearing a sleeveless Nike shirt, was half lying on a chair at the end, with his hands on his pillow and his legs crossed, listening to the report.

"Mr. Fang..." Li Zheng sneered and was about to speak when he saw Fang Yu frowning.

"Who let you in? Get out!"

Li Zheng almost didn't react.

What did he just say?
"Mr. Fang, I'm Li Zheng, Qi..."

Fang Yu glanced at Li Zheng.

"Li Zheng? I don't know him. Get out! Can't you see we are in a meeting?"

Don't know me? You just saw me half a month ago, and now you say you don't know me?

Li Zheng's nose was almost crooked from anger.

"I'm asking you to get out. Did you hear me? This is our company's trade secret. What do you want to do?"

All of a sudden, Li Zheng felt a terrifying aura coming from Fang Yu, which made it almost impossible for him to breathe. He could not help but take two steps back and just retreated to the door of the meeting room.

"Chen Xiaoying, close the door."

Before Li Zheng could recover from the shock, he saw a girl near the door slam the door of the conference room in front of her shut.

After more than ten seconds, Li Zheng finally caught his breath.

What just happened?

Li Zheng glanced at the conference room angrily, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

Well, you dare to do this to me, let me see how I will deal with you.

Li Zheng stared at Shen Shuyao fiercely, but found that Shen Shuyao's face was blushing.

I returned to the reception room in embarrassment, and less than three minutes later, I heard the door of the conference room next door reopened. More than 20 young people passed by the reception room door while chatting. They looked inside curiously and found Musk inside. There was immediately another commotion.

Fang Yu walked into the reception room with a friendly smile on her face and her long legs swinging.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I just had a meeting. Li Nei Shi, you're such a jerk. You didn't even tell me you were here. I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

"Hello, Mr. Musk, I'm Fang Yu."

When Li Zheng heard this, his eyes turned red.

Is this what you are saying?

But Musk was right next to him, and he couldn't show any abnormality. He looked at Musk with a red face.

But I saw Musk's face was full of horror.

He felt that Musk's expression was much more frightened than he had just been.

"It's you!!!??? Fangis!?"

"Fangis?" Fang Yu looked confused. "Who is that?"

Fang Yu was not worried at all that others would find out his relationship with Fangis through Chunriyou. He had already turned Chunriyou into an offshore company with a multi-layered equity structure.

And Youzi had already modified the original registration information.

Musk was shocked and angry: "Are you still playing dumb? We met at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the night of the 1st! We even attended the Met Gala together on the 2nd!"

Li Zheng was both surprised and happy. He was surprised that these two people actually knew each other, and he was happy because it seemed that Musk hated Fang Yu very much. You offended me and you offended Musk, let me see how you die!

Fang Yu had a puzzled look on his face: "No. 1? No. 2? Brooklyn, New York? The problem is that I didn't go to New York. I went to the amusement park with my girlfriend on the afternoon of the 2nd. If you don't believe me, ask her."

After that, Fang Yu put his arm around Shen Shuyao's waist, and Shen Shuyao nodded with a red face: "Yes, Mr. Musk, we just went to Happy Valley on the morning of the 2nd."

"Mr. Musk, did you recognize the wrong person?"

Musk was in a trance for a moment, rubbed his eyes, and looked carefully.

It seemed like they were indeed not the same person. Fangis seemed to have more profound features and a bit of mixed-race ancestry.

And if you look more closely, the two people's temperaments seem to be completely different, and their hair lengths are also different.

I haven't slept for more than 20 hours, so I really feel dizzy.

Are they all surnamed Fang?

It's a coincidence, is it?
"Mr. Musk, are you okay?" Fang Yu asked with concern.

"Sorry, I got the wrong person. Maybe I am indeed a little tired." Musk took a breath and smiled bitterly. "Aging is indeed a matter of a moment. Even a few months ago, not sleeping for 20 hours was not a problem for me."

It turns out I recognized the wrong person.

Li Zheng couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard this.

After Musk reluctantly explained, he glanced inconspicuously at Fang Yu's arm around Shen Shuyao's waist.

What a pity, this girl turned out to be his girlfriend.

Musk looked away and glanced around, just in time to see the Boundless Messenger hanging on Fang Yu's chest.

This is!

Musk immediately recalled the scene when he first met Fang Yu at the Oriental Columbia Building.

That's right! That Fangis also has this thing!

He didn't even take it off when he jumped into the water!
How is this going! ?
"Mr. Musk?"

Musk startled and looked up, just in time to meet Fang Yu's gaze.

There was a familiar hint of... teasing in his eyes?
Is it a person? Is it not a person? Is it a person? Is it not a person?

"Excuse me, Li Neishi, Ms. Shen, I want to talk to Mr. Fang alone." Musk took a deep breath.

When evaluating a person, don’t look at his butt, but look at what he does.

Personally, I believe that Musk’s public concerns about AI are genuine.

First, Musk is the only one among all the early sponsors of OpenAI who put in real money, and it was 50 million US dollars. All other early pledged sponsors did not take a penny. Moreover, this is a sponsorship, not an investment, and Musk did not make any equity demands for OpenAI.

Second, Musk required OpenAI to be a non-profit company and to be open source, which was not confirmed by all early OpenAI employees.

Third, Sam Altman criticized Musk for asking OpenAI to merge with Tesla in early 2018. But at that time, OpenAI was struggling with LSTM and had not made much progress. If other sponsors paid, but others did not pay, what would OpenAI do? Would they just rely on Musk as a victim?

Fourth, after the OpenAI coup, a large number of people resigned. Most of these employees were engaged in startups in the fields of AI alignment and security, and many of them received investment or even sponsorship from Musk.

Fifth, Musk is one of the few Internet giants who, together with researchers such as Jeffrey Hinton, called for a six-month suspension of AI training.

Sixth, Musk is one of the few bigwigs who supports California’s AI management bill and believes that the bill is too lenient.

Based on the above, I believe that Musk’s concerns about AI are real.

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(End of this chapter)