What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 603 One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones (6K)

The Internet Conference is a great platform for industry exchange, as it is usually difficult to gather so many senior executives and leaders together.

Things that were difficult to communicate about in the past, such as Liu Chiping's non-compete agreement, were quickly resolved in this setting, and Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu also brought out new features of his own games to try out. Everyone was happy and at least on the surface there was no conflict.

That afternoon, Tencent CEO Pony Ma took the stage. Unlike Ma Chuan, he didn't talk about the entire industry ecosystem; he focused on the future of his own company, which was fairly conventional.

When Li Yanhong from Baidu spoke, her content became quite amusing.

Li Yanhong devoted a significant portion of her presentation to discussing autonomous driving technology, outlining its prospects, mechanisms, and development.

This is Lingang, next door is the Silicon Carbon Group, and sitting in the audience is Yu Xing, who has successfully built cars, while on stage is the head of Baidu talking about autonomous driving. It feels so disconnected. Which of you is actually building cars?
"Mr. Yu, did you two have the same draft?" Liu Chiping, who was sitting next to Yu Xing, muttered to his boss after listening for a while.

Yu Xing shook his head slightly: "Baidu has indeed invested a lot in this area, more than us. However, people are generally pessimistic about the timeline for the realization of autonomous driving."

Previously, there was an exchange in Lingang with Silicon Carbon Group, Linggang Company, Huawei team, DLF Foundation, and Baidu R&D leaders. Although it was not formal, its level and value were top-notch on a global scale. Of course, this is also related to the fact that there is not much research on this topic globally.

There is indeed a certain consensus that the latest breakthroughs in deep learning are expected to help autonomous driving find a path. However, finding a path and implementing a path may be two different things.

The difficulty is quite clear.

This also contrasts sharply with Li Yanhong's optimism on stage.

If one cannot clearly recognize the extent of the difficulties, such optimism may turn into a negative effect when faced with the actual effort required.

As Yu Xing listened to President Li's eloquent speech on stage, he suddenly became somewhat distracted, contemplating the future. But where did the future come from?

He was neither so optimistic nor so pessimistic. He also hoped to see silicon carbon achieve things that were "unseen" before. Once the key technologies were broken through, other derivative products could often evolve rapidly within a few years.

Liu Chiping noticed his boss's distraction and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Yu, what are you thinking about?"

Yu Xing smiled and said, "Thinking about the future, this year has actually been quite peaceful, which is good. I'm really looking forward to the catalyst that silicon carbon will generate after it goes public and raises funds next year."

Liu Chiping asked a question: "Wasn't it said that the subsidies would change next year? Have the orders for silicon carbon increased again at the end of this year? How many are there now?"

Suddenly, applause broke out in the room, and Baidu's speech came to an end.

While clapping, Yu Xing replied briefly, "Many."

The new subsidy policy for next year was released in the middle of the year, but many potential users did not take immediate action and were still observing. As the deadline approached, Silicon Carbon Group saw a significant increase in orders last month, which will lay an excellent foundation for Silicon Carbon Group's sales next year.

After the applause subsided, Yu Xing took to the stage to speak on behalf of silicon carbon about this year's theme, bringing the first day of the conference to a close.

"Hello everyone, I am Yu Xing from Silicon Carbon."

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your insightful remarks. This year's topic is 'Seeking the Future,' and many people have mentioned artificial intelligence today. The autonomous driving or intelligent driving that Mr. Li mentioned is also a key research direction for our silicon carbon industry in the future."

"Speaking of which, let me take this opportunity to advertise: you are welcome to test drive the Kyushu SUV produced by the Silicon Carbon Group."

“Driving methods will certainly change in the future, but this is only a small part of the profound changes that will occur in the next decade.”

"When discussing the future, we must also look to the past. The past decade has been a period of rapid transformation from the internet to the mobile internet. No one has experienced this more deeply than any of you here today. This period has also been a time of evolution and change in information carriers."

"In the PC era, Sohu, NetEase, and Sina were mainly portal websites that presented information to users. However, with the rise of search engines such as Baidu, users have changed from passively receiving information to actively searching for it. This change in information carriers has undoubtedly broken the habits of the past few decades, allowing information dissemination to break through the geographical and timeliness limitations of traditional reporting and television."

"People often ask me why carbon silicon data has been successful. In my opinion, it's because the development of carbon silicon data is in line with the direction of information carrier evolution."

"From PCs to mobile, from 2G to 4G, in the past users passively received and actively sought information, but now information seeks out users."

"Taobao is creating personalized experiences for each user, while Carbon Silicon Data is distributing content. Essentially, both use algorithms to analyze users and proactively push information that they are more likely to be interested in to them."

Yu Xing summarized the past and present, and said to the guests who were obviously more focused in the audience: "Information carriers are evolving and upgrading. The essence of this change is the reconstruction of the logic of human-information interaction, and this reconstruction undoubtedly has a profound impact on the rules of information dissemination, the pattern of business models, and everyone's lifestyle."

"Over the past ten or fifteen years, the fate of countless internet companies has risen and fallen with the changes in information carriers."

The expressions on the faces of the guests in the front row changed with this concise summary.

The words "rise and fall" are simple, but they represent the rise and fall of companies like Sohu, NetEase, Sina, Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan, and Didi. They represent the journey of companies from zero to listing, from listing to delisting, from the center to the periphery, and the careers and lives of everyone over the years.

Baidu remains a giant, but has fallen to the bottom. Tencent is still suffering from the WeChat crisis. Sina, NetEase, and Sohu have all become second-tier companies. 360 has struggled to delist from Nasdaq, and its past glory has faded to some extent.

Even though Alibaba is currently enjoying great success, Ma Chuan's expression was not smiling at this moment.

And, of those present, some survived, while many more succumbed to the changes.

"So, what will the future look like, both the one we can foresee and the one we cannot?"

Yu Xing uttered this statement and continued, "Looking at the changes in information carriers, the interaction between people and information will inevitably break through the single limitation of smartphones, and information will spread to multiple terminals such as cars, robots, and smart glasses."

"In the past, it was vision and hearing, but in the future it may expand to multi-sensory interaction such as smell and touch."

"Currently, information is pushed through algorithms. The future logic may be based on proactive understanding across multiple terminals and senses, thereby providing more targeted services."

At this point, Yu Xing offered a straightforward perspective: "In the past, people sought information; now, information seeks people; in the future, information will understand people."

"The core of this change is actually about improving the efficiency of human-information interaction and meeting human needs."

Yu Xing reiterated: "Looking at the past and present, every evolution and iteration of information carriers is an upgrade in the efficiency of human-information interaction, and the future will naturally be no exception."

"Our business ecosystem, and the global business ecosystem, will undergo another profound transformation in the future."

"When things are at their worst, they must change; change leads to progress; progress leads to longevity."

"Only by keeping pace with the times and innovating can we foresee the future."

"thank you all."

Yu Xing concluded his speech, receiving the loudest applause of the day.

What is the industry most afraid of?
What I fear most is not the effort required, but the wrong direction. If the direction is wrong, all the effort will be wasted.

As for whether Mr. Yu's statement was correct...

Look at the development of Silicon Carbon Data, the development of Silicon Carbon Group, his investment in Linggang Company, and the DLF Foundation he established. At the very least, he is putting this understanding into practice.

Given this situation, if we follow Mr. Yu's considerations, many new opportunities will emerge in the ecosystem surrounding the transformation of information carriers.

The first day of the Internet conference concluded amidst applause and discussion.

Ma Chuan made a special trip to meet with you and praised you, saying, "Next time, we must hold it in Lingang. Only when we come here can you truly share your valuable insights."

Yu Xingzhi laughed.

He exchanged a few polite words and dealt with some scattered conversations with those around him.

"Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu, thank you, thank you so much." He Xiaopeng from Alibaba stepped forward to express his gratitude in person.

Yu Xing asked, "Is Mr. Ma willing to release the person?"

He Xiaopeng nodded and said, "I talked with Mr. Ma at noon and in the afternoon, and he supports me in doing what I am more interested in."

Yu Xing asked again, "Will there be bleeding?"

"It's inevitable." He Xiaopeng had this expectation in mind. "It's worth the blood loss."

He joked, "If XPeng Motors doesn't do well, I'll come to Silicon Carbon Group."

He Xiaopeng knew the starting point of the previous exchange between President Yu and President Ma.

Yu Xing smiled and expressed his hope that the new energy vehicle market could offer more products to car owners.

He took out his phone, just about to check the messages, when he saw Li Xiang from Autohome walking towards him.

"President Yu, what you said on stage was truly excellent." Li Xiang immediately expressed his thoughts, "The efficiency of information exchange must be improved, and efficiency will always defeat inefficiency. This logic is definitely correct!"

Yu Xing shook hands with him: "I do think so."

Li Xiang said with slight excitement, "President Yu, what do you think the prospects are if I start a robotics project now?"

Yu Xing was stunned: "Mr. Li, aren't you going to make performance cars?"

“I had considered this direction before, but Mr. Yu, what you said on stage convinced me!” Li Xiang said seriously, without any joke. “If we can see an explosion of deep learning in the next ten years, cars will be one of the carriers, but robots will be more adaptable. It may take longer, but that also means it will take longer to prepare.”

Yu Xing smiled and said, "Mr. Li, this change of yours is quite sudden, but... if you can make a name for yourself in the field of robotics, remember to come to Lin Hong Kong to seek investment."

Li Xiang felt encouraged, and his inclination became stronger.

Yu Xingzhen never expected that his speech would have such a positive impact.

He walked and talked, and after briefly mentioning the changes in information carriers to another group of people, he finally had time to check on the situation of Huishan Dairy.

Well, it barely halved in value. Huishan Dairy provided further evidence in the afternoon, and there was still capital inflow, which somewhat halted the downward trend.

Today is Friday, and the market will be closed for the next two days. There will obviously be a clash of opinions between bulls and bears.

There was a banquet in the evening, and the atmosphere was quite good. There isn't much entertainment in Lingang, but it was nice to sing along with everyone.

Yu Xing called Xiao Ying at 11 p.m. to briefly discuss Huishan Dairy's response. Currently, its main task is to obtain local certifications, but the content of those certifications does not match the cross-verifications by multiple institutions.

What is true cannot be made false, and what is false cannot be made true; things are not that difficult to prove.

The Internet Conference continued the following day, and a dialogue salon was held with the guests, which took place in a rather heated atmosphere.

Tencent reiterated its claim to WeChat's lead, with President Ren Yuxi even stating that even if Alibaba had acquired WeChat from Yu Xing, it has now been proven that Alibaba's opportunity was ultimately useless. Alibaba, on the one hand, questioned WeChat's supposed lead, and on the other hand, mentioned the opportunities Tencent missed due to its involvement in the instant messaging competition.

In any case, both of them are trying to stab each other in the heart.

Yu Xing found it quite interesting that they could spark a connection.

On the second night of the Internet Conference, CCTV broadcast an interview with Yu Xing and Zeng Yuqun, showcasing their views on the future market and their visions for the future of automobiles going overseas.

China's domestic automobile industry has always been weak, but this year, with the emergence of the Silicon Carbon Group integrating upstream and downstream technologies, it is now regarded as a sign of a milestone in the development of the industry.

Yu Xing remained calm about the broadcast of the interview, but since it coincided with an industry conference, he naturally received a lot of praise.

On Sunday, November 19th, the closing day of the Internet Conference, following yesterday's dispute between Tencent and Alibaba, the short video market became the topic of competition, and Carbon Silicon Data naturally got involved.

The industry conference was debating short videos, and coincidentally, a new minor hot topic emerged on short video platforms that morning.

Sohu launched a new game that allows users to customize their characters' faces via voice commands three days ago. Some users have shared the effects of their customized faces on platforms such as Weibo, Douyin, and Weishi, but it hasn't caused much of a stir. However, this morning, with the addition of more players who have adopted an abstract approach, the game's popularity, as recommended by Douyin's algorithm, began to rise.

For the first three days, it was all normal user sharing. On Sunday morning, someone recorded the sounds of their cat or dog barking into the game, but the result was a human face. This contrast immediately attracted likes and comments from everyone.

As its popularity grows, voices from movies and TV shows, foreigners, and celebrities are being added to the face-shaping feature.

The voice-image function of Silicon Carbon Data is not accurate, and it has only been used to optimize the faces of a very small number of people. People like Zhang Chaoyang, Ma Chuan, and Zhong Zhiling have been tested and recorded. The effect is not 100% accurate, but it is about 60-70% similar. Of course, this also includes their own boss.

The mixed results of this guessing and guessing function were captured by the mechanism of short videos on Sunday, resulting in a small surge in popularity.

Amidst the trending topics that day, Pang Ze's short video, previously labeled "Portrait of the King of Short Sellers," was also triggered by the algorithm, resulting in some likes and people asking what the video's caption meant.

Pang Ze replied in the comments section: "This is supposedly a recording from a former employee of the Mountain Peak, which circulated online back then. I found it on my old phone a couple of days ago, haha, it's quite interesting, it's just a pity the function is inaccurate."

That was a long time ago, more than six years ago.

By evening, the short video had only 200 likes, but suddenly a new comment appeared.

—This character's face looks quite like Yu Xing from Silicon Carbon.

Pang Ze noticed this comment and finally understood why he felt a strange sense of familiarity before. Looking at the result, he did indeed resemble Yu Xing of Lingang Carbon Silicon.

He replied to the comment: "Wow, it really is. The king of short selling is Mr. Yu. He's really amazing. He can build cars, create Douyin, and short sell. He's practically a master of all trades."

Pang Ze, a loyal player of ancient-style games, found his statement interesting and re-edited a short video with the caption: "The King of Short Sellers has been found! He created the voice and face of President Yu. The car network is empty, and President Yu can transform into the Three Pure Ones in one breath!"

The new videos received significantly more likes and were further promoted by Douyin's algorithm.

Someone on the Baixiaosheng Forum saw this video, found it interesting, and reposted it with the caption: "Dr. Yu is the king of short selling! He even managed to create a character's face!"

Douyin (TikTok) is very entertainment-oriented, while Baixiaosheng Forum is more serious, with some people actually researching the causes and consequences, but also analyzing things with a sense of disbelief that even they themselves find hard to believe.

If Dr. Yu is indeed a mountain climber, it's no wonder that the exhaust emissions of automakers like Volkswagen can be detected. He manufactures cars, so he must have the relevant equipment to conduct the tests.

If Dr. Yu is like a mountain peak, it's no wonder that in the early stages, the main targets were Chinese concept stocks. He didn't have a foundation in the early days, so it must have been easier for him to study domestic companies.

If Dr. Yu is indeed a mountain peak, it's no wonder that Alibaba's control over Alipay was exposed; he has all sorts of knowledgeable people to collect all kinds of information.

if……

At first, only one person made assumptions based on the answer, but soon more people were enthusiastically fabricating clues late at night. Some were seriously researching, while others were making far-fetched connections.

However, at 7 a.m. on Monday, someone also dug up the old recording and asked, "I compared Mr. Yu's voice in public, does this recording sound like he's speaking in a low voice?"

Thus, the research on whether Yu Xing was Guo Shanfeng has once again broken out of its circle, spreading from Baixiaosheng to Zhihu and becoming a new question.

This question wasn't particularly popular, but one user's answer propelled it to the top of the trending list.

—I used Phonexia software to run the recordings that were suspected to be of Guo Shanfeng from back then, and Yu's voice. Uh, this is software developed by a Czech company, specifically for voiceprint comparison. Uh, the match rate is quite high...

He directly posted a comparison chart of the software.

Two voices can be identified through voiceprint authentication. With the emergence of Phonexia, the identification results of multiple software such as Tiancong Voiceprint Authentication and Lingyun Intelligent Voiceprint Recognition appeared under this question.

Cross-analysis results from multiple Chinese and foreign software programs all point to the same conclusion: Yu Xing, the founder of Silicon Carbon Group and Silicon Carbon Data Company, is suspected to be a member of Guoshanfeng.

On Monday morning, at 8:30, the topic quickly became a trending search on multiple domestic platforms.

—Yu Xing is suspected of having crossed a mountain peak!

—The chairman of Silicon Carbon is suspected to be the king of short sellers!

Even with voiceprint identification available, as of this point, it is still considered "suspected".

First, it's a folk appraisal; second,... this answer is too bizarre!

who? who is it?

Over the mountain peak? The king of short sellers?

Is he the leading figure in China's new energy sector? A pioneer in the mobile internet industry?
How bizarre!

This is impossible!

This... is almost impossible!

This... is almost impossible!!!

At 8:35, Secretary Zhang Yangxu noticed several trending topics. He initially browsed the information with amusement, but after seeing more and more arguments and voiceprint comparisons on Baixiaosheng and Zhihu, he hurriedly pushed open the door to the president's office.

"President Yu, President Yu!" Zhang Yangxu couldn't believe the so-called suspicion, but he didn't notice that his voice was trembling slightly. "President Yu, the public opinion, the public opinion, that..."

Yu Xing came to the office early this morning to handle some documents. Seeing his secretary's flustered appearance, he casually flipped over a page of the document and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Did Pony call? Tell me slowly."

The Internet Conference concluded successfully yesterday, with Pony Ma, Ma Chuan, and others leaving Lingang either in the evening or the morning.

Zhang Yangxu's voice trembled even more: "President Yu, someone, someone said you are... they said you are... the King of Short Sellers..."

As he said this, he noticed that the boss seemed taken aback, as if surprised, or perhaps... as if...

Zhang Yangxu wasn't sure what he felt.

Yu Xing frowned, picked up his phone, and scrolled through the headlines that had quickly gone viral.

Just then, Zhong Zhiling, president of Carbon Silicon Data, rushed into the president's office.

Zhong Zhiling held his phone, looking shocked and bewildered, and uttered only half a sentence: "Brother Xing, the news, Guo Shanfeng is... suspected to be..."

There were only three people in the president's office.

Yu Xing saw the voiceprint analysis and the source of the facial contouring, and let out a soft sigh of relief.

It turned out to be the case.

Technology truly empowers, and it has indeed empowered.

Finding clues to the correct answer is usually an easy task.

Guoshanfeng has had many such cases, such as Fenzhong Media back then, Huishan Dairy today, and Yu Xing of Guoshanfeng.

A perfect story that lasts for a moment is always prone to revealing its flaws over time.

Yu Xing had considered exposing the mountain peak, thinking it would happen sometime ten or twenty years later, or even in his memoirs published after his death. He certainly didn't expect it to be exposed in this way under the circumstances today.

This is troublesome, quite troublesome.

A thought flashed through Yu Xing's mind, and under the watchful eyes of Zhong Zhiling and Zhang Yangxu, he said softly, "Huishan Dairy has committed financial fraud."

The office was extremely quiet, but in that instant it was like a thunderclap.

It's not a denial, not a denial of the peaks, not a denial of the king of short sellers!
It has been said that the target of the short selling of the mountain peak is indeed fabricated!

This is... this is...

Zhang Yangxu felt a chill run down his spine!
Zhong Zhiling felt a buzzing sound in his ears, and he was so shocked that he became numb: "It, it's fake, Xing, Senior Brother, then, what should we do?"

Yu Xing did not answer immediately; his voice remained very soft even after a moment.

"In August 2009, Fenzhong Media was exposed for fabricating data."

"On August 18 of the same year, Sino-Forest was exposed for falsifying data."

"China Mobile, NetQin, Mitsubishi, Vania..."

Yu Xing uttered a single word: "Fake."

He repeated three more words: "Fake, fake, fake."

Zhong Zhiling's heart trembled. Hearing his senior brother's voice, it was as if he didn't recognize him at all. But rationally, he knew that the matter was of great importance, and subconsciously repeated, "Then, what should we do?"

Yu Xing lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and slowly said, "When the curtain falls, you should stand in the center of the stage."

(End of this chapter)