After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 247 This time, you won't be able to hide it from my eyes!
Noise has become the recurring theme in every recent event related to Baiju Technology.

Enemies, die-hards, domestic and foreign—no one was exempt; all the allure was drawn to the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Meanwhile, having completed all the scheduled tasks, Hao Cheng had returned to his home in Linzhou.

"Huh? Why are you back?" Ning Hui was still a little confused. "Weren't you the main speaker at today's press conference?"

"And who says I can't give a lecture at home?" Hao Cheng smiled. "What do you mean by 'immersive experience'? That's the charm of technology—it makes you feel like you're right there, even when you're thousands of miles away."

“I see there is still a lot of controversy online, especially today. Some professor and the South Vietnam Times have been doing a live broadcast, which has stirred up quite a bit of controversy.”

"Can you manage to lead it?" Hao Cheng shook his head. Baiju Technology is no longer an ordinary company. Although it is not advisable to be a so-called "fan" of a company, one's heartfelt affection should not be taken away.

Xiao Sha's fans are incredibly powerful, especially since they have done a comprehensive study on how to use Xiao Sha, making them several levels stronger than others.

Some things don't even require Hao Cheng, Baiju Technology, or even Xiao Sha to step in; these fans can provide accurate explanations and debunk these messy and misleading statements in the shortest amount of time.

"However, there are still some concerns that need to be addressed." Hao Cheng knew that a large number of people actually had questions in their hearts, whether technical, ethical, or other aspects.

After all, a change of belief cannot happen in an instant.

For example, when cameras were first introduced to China, the rulers of the feudal dynasties believed that they would steal people's souls.

Furthermore, in some time-travel dramas, if a modern person travels to ancient times and actually uses a mobile phone to make a video call, it would definitely scare a lot of people to death.

“Actually,” Hao Cheng brewed a cup of tea, sat down, and talked to Ning Hui about his thoughts over the past period of time, “the term ‘emergence’ is a relative concept.”

"Think about it, when that first video call connected, imagine the scene—it's never happened before in history. And now, it's the first time. The two people on the phone, let's say it's the two of us, what's your first reaction?"
"Imagine we haven't seen each other for a very long time, one of us is in the frontier, and the other is in the central plains. Then suddenly a video call comes up. How would you feel when you see me on your phone screen?"

"Huh?" Ning Hui was still a little confused. What kind of assumption was this?
Since they started dating during college, before they got married, the two of them never spent more than 48 hours apart except during the Chinese New Year when they went back to their respective homes.

This has been even more true since we got married. Originally, the longest trip was supposed to be to Shenzhen, which was planned to last a month.

Ning Hui had already prepared to take her daughter to catch up with Hao Cheng over the weekend, but Hao Cheng went to Beijing for two days and then came back directly, which was the longest time he had ever spent there.

What would it be like if one of them lived on the frontier and the other in the Central Plains, and they hadn't seen each other for half a year? I can't even imagine it!

And at that moment, she suddenly saw her husband in the phone's camera lens?

Ning Hui recalled the earliest QQ video chats, the blurry image quality, the choppy playback, but if she could see it—

Hao Cheng continued, "They would still feel, 'Ah, my husband,' and then burst into tears, right? They would still say, 'My husband is right in front of us.' At that moment, it wouldn't be a problem to say they were in the midst of a crisis."
"But now, if it were still the same picture quality as QQ chat 20 years ago, let alone immersive, even a dog wouldn't watch it. Every era has its own immersive experience. The important thing is to break through and improve."

Hao Cheng summarized what he had just said into a systematic viewpoint through Xiao Sha and posted it in the popular science section of Baiju Technology's official website. He concluded by writing: "Scientific fantasies will one day be realized, and at the moment of realization, they will no longer be fantasies, but products."

"Back in the 1970s and 80s, when the village had a television, we were all amazed."

"That's very well said. Every era has its own challenges. The moment a scientific fantasy is realized, it becomes a product. Just think about it: in history, the first phone call was made, and you were on the other end, hearing the voices of your family and friends."

"When the first video call connected, you saw your relatives and friends. At that time, it was a moment that could be very moving and bring tears to your eyes."

One netizen commented: "I suddenly had a thought. If you say that what you experienced yesterday was all fake, all instilled in you by Baiju Technology, then aren't the images you see on the monitor and on the phone screen also fake? Aren't they also instilled in you by the phone manufacturers?"

"I guess that Baiju Technology released this popular science article to tell you that the 3D immersive experience center is just a more advanced display and sound device, nothing more."

"Oh, right, maybe in a few years, just like voice calls and video chats, you'll find this kind of immersive experience completely meaningless. Because you'll have gotten used to it, and even have developed higher demands. Like, right..."

"Right? Explain yourself."

……

At this moment, Huang Renxun's plane is still over the Pacific Ocean. Fortunately, modern planes have Wi-Fi connected to satellite networks, and he is keeping a close eye on all the information from the outside world, especially information related to Nvidia's business.

When he saw this popular science article on Baiju Technology's official website, his mind went blank for a moment: "What is this? Three-dimensional spatial computing and immersive reality display technology?"

Needless to say, the most crucial element of this technology is the graphics card.

"Have we accumulated any relevant experience?" Huang Renxun couldn't help but turn his head and ask his assistant next door.

The assistant shook his head firmly. He had seen the news earlier than Huang Renxun and had also reviewed the company's current research. He had never even considered such a thing, let alone accumulated any knowledge.

Of course, there are related ideas about graphics cards for three-dimensional spatial projection calculations, but these seem to be completely unrelated to what Baiju Technology has revealed so far.

"Yeah, his five senses are just too overpowered!" Huang Renxun put down his tablet, scratched his head, and seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, he said again, "There are two more hours until the press conference, right? Will we be able to land by then?"

"We will land at Incheon Airport at 5:50 local time, which is 4:50 Beijing time. The press conference will begin at 5:00."

The assistant, who was already prepared, said, "We have also arranged a lounge hotel at the airport where you can watch the press conference live."

"Hmm!" Huang Renxun nodded, waved his hand, and squinted his eyes.

...Huawei.

It was He Gang and Yu Dong again. Instead of going to the exhibition, they stayed in their office in the park, also preparing to watch the live broadcast.

"I'm genuinely curious. We've roughly figured out what the product is, but what exactly is the technology involved?" Yu Dong's curiosity was completely piqued.

"Wait a minute, you'll find out everything soon enough." He Gang smiled. "However, tonight's press conference is for consumers, so we'll have to wait for the technical details."

“Then let’s wait! It won’t make a difference!” Yu Dong shook his head: “However, we should be able to guess some things, right? After all, there’s been some basic work being done on the five-sense network, hasn’t there?”

Yu Dong initially led Huawei's wireless product line. Although he had worked in the terminal industry for a long time, he was still very professional in his original field, especially in communications, where he was an expert and had even won the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

The five senses require communication methods, which involve transmitting data over the internet. The technology involved…

“It’s decoupled!” He Gang shook his head. Yu Dong was extremely busy, especially recently, as he had been working on integrating Xiao Sha’s thinking ability into ADS. He was focusing more on the car aspect and was no longer responsible for many things, so he didn’t pay much attention to them.

However, He Gang continued to follow up on various matters, saying, "The 3D data we obtained during the transmission process was already encoded. The encoding and decoding equipment is a separate project."

In the Class B cooperation project with Baiju Technology, the generation of the five senses, encoding and decoding, and transmission processes were divided into several different projects to be tackled simultaneously.

The encoding and decoding work is being conducted by a group of several companies and Baiju Technology itself.

"However, many of the logics and theories shared by the companies in this entire process chain are actually shared, and we have indeed gained a lot of information," He Gang said. "Hao Cheng is completely unconcerned about these things; he said this:"

“I’m constantly generating new inspiration and technology here. As long as it doesn’t involve external forces, things like patents, output value, and anything you want to do are all negotiable.”

Yu Dong smacked his lips. He understood this behavior because they had done it themselves for a long time.

The motivation is simple: all technological innovations require a foundation, and doing so can quickly solidify the surrounding foundation and facilitate the large-scale training of industry talent.

This will also help and benefit me in my pursuit of higher levels of technology.

Finally, Yu Dong sighed and said, "From now on, the entire technology industry will have to follow in the footsteps of Baiju Technology!"

……

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Hao Cheng held a unique press conference at his home with Zhang Jian, who was present at the scene.

At the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center, part of the huge Hall 18 has been cordoned off.

Zhang Jian was indeed present. He casually picked up the microphone and said, "Today, everyone here is in for a treat. In addition to the immersive experience room we just saw, this entire exhibition hall has already been transformed into an immersive experience center."

"Just so you all know, Mr. Hao will be here in a little while. Oh, and there's something else I want to share. Right now, I reckon Mr. Hao is probably still in Linzhou with his wife."

"Pfft!" Almost everyone in the room laughed. Hao Cheng and his wife's affair was now common knowledge. Some even believed that without this "earth-shattering" love, there might not have been a Xiao Sha.

Zhang Jian's words were also quite interesting—

It's already five o'clock, the press conference has started, and I'll be back soon. These seemingly contradictory statements—that I'm still at home with my wife—have become the core demonstration of the technology's application at this moment.

"So, in a little while, I'll introduce the graphics card. After that, Mr. Hao will tell you what Baiju Technology has been up to in the past few months and what products it can bring to you."

"Let's talk about the graphics card first," Zhang Jian said directly. "It outperforms the NVIDIA 5090 and is compatible with current NVIDIA motherboard slots. The Magic Cube K5 is priced at 4999 yuan!"
"A lower-end option is the Cube K3, with performance comparable to the 5080, priced at 2999 yuan. It's a basic graphics card, with performance roughly equivalent to the 4070, priced at 1299 yuan."

"Huh?" Many people were stunned. They hadn't done anything yet, and the first thing they did was announce the price? Was this how a press conference was held? And this price…

This price almost made Huang Renxun choke and die instantly!

At that moment, Huang Renxun had just gotten off the plane and was the first to rush out of business class, heading straight to the airport lounge hotel. He turned on his live stream, and the first thing he saw on the screen was this price.

"Fuck you!" Huang Renxun cursed out loud. "You can announce the price if you want, but why do you have to mention performance comparisons? And what's with all this talk about 'only stronger, not weaker'!"
And with this price, why are you flipping the table right off the bat?
Compared to Nvidia, graphics cards with similar performance are practically being sold at a bargain price. The most powerful K5 is even under 5,000 yuan! Keep in mind, the 5090 costs almost 20,000 yuan!

Nvidia, which had originally thought it could maintain a certain sales volume in the regular graphics card market even if it lowered prices, was now completely dumbfounded.

According to Moore's Threads' pricing standard, the most suitable price for the 5090 is 4!
This thing doesn't even cover its cost!
"What's wrong with Zhang Jian? Does he not want to make money?" Huang Renxun couldn't understand why Moore Threads had such a pricing strategy. If you have it, I don't. Nvidia is so expensive. Even if the K5 is priced at eight or ten thousand, it will still be extremely competitive. Compared to the price of the 5090, it will be considered very reasonable.

But with absolutely no competitors, what exactly are you trying to do by setting the price at 4999? Are you trying to kill me?

Whether they know it or not, death is certain!
"Old Huang is finished!" This became the consensus of everyone. The game cards were replaced by Moore, not to mention the AI ​​side, which was Xiao Sha's main battlefield.

"Alright, that concludes the price announcement. Next, let's welcome Mr. Hao Cheng, the founder and chief algorithm engineer of Baiju Technology!" Zhang Jian was quite straightforward; he finished the whole thing in less than a minute on stage.

The crowd stared wide-eyed in shock, eager to see how Hao Cheng would make his entrance.

"This time, you won't be able to fool my eyes!"

(End of this chapter)