After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 259 Opening up wasteland

“Talent, uh,” the little girl was still a little nervous in front of Hao Cheng, her little fists clenched tightly: “In my opinion, anyone who is useful is a talent!”

"Haha!" Hao Cheng laughed twice, looking at Zhang Lin:

"What do you think? Isn't the young lady right? Using these two words to define 'talent' is the most appropriate! A whole bunch of people are arguing online, offering this kind of special training and that kind of tutoring, and even asking Xiao Sha how to assess her. They've all gone astray."

"Yeah, I see some people still bringing up overseas study experience, like Harvard or Oxford. Only someone with a screw loose would think that Xiao Sha's assessment would consider that."

Zhang Lin echoed, "A while ago, I was also thinking about what exactly constitutes talent and usefulness. Although it's only two words, it truly captures the essence."

The two of them showered her with compliments, making Wang Rui even more embarrassed, her face flushed red: "From a young age, my teachers and parents have always told us that when we grow up, we should be useful members of society!"

While it might not be accurate to say that Hao Cheng was suddenly enlightened, he had actually been thinking about this issue for a long time, and now, Baiju Technology is addressing this very problem.

In an era of talent shortage, as long as you have knowledge, education, and ability, you can do whatever you can and become a useful member of society.

But what about now? Millions of graduates every year, a dire employment situation, and increasingly fierce competition among job seekers.

Whether I am useful to society depends on whether society wants to use me.

"So, what do we do now?" Hao Cheng smiled.

This question was clearly beyond the little girl's comprehension. Wang Rui scratched her head and chuckled twice.

“The most effective way is, of course, to reclaim the land!” Zhang Lin added, “Isn’t that what Baiju Technology is doing right now? They have thousands of third-level partners alone, and that number will gradually increase to tens of thousands of companies. That solves so many problems.”

"The employment situation this year is actually much better than in previous years. Just look at social media platforms, they're all posting job offers, especially Baiju Technology and its affiliated companies. They're all celebrating like it's Chinese New Year."

Zhang Lin continued, "What Baiju Technology is doing now is pioneering, pioneering uncharted territories and uncharted heights in technology. The essence of the talent surplus is that people are not outstanding enough. Everyone has been at the same level for too long, and then everyone becomes the same, so naturally the competition for high-quality positions becomes extremely fierce."

"However, once you have a level that surpasses others, let alone anything else, just in the area of ​​micro-consciousness chip design, if you have even a little bit of talent, the doors of Baiju Technology will be open to you. Don't you agree, Mr. Hao?"

"Reclamation?" Wang Rui's eyes darted around. "It makes sense. Reclamation requires a lot of people. But the reclaimed areas will mature sooner or later, right? When that time comes, the talent training and system will also be as mature as before, and then there will be a surplus of talent? Wouldn't that be another cycle?"

The little girl's way of counting on her fingers was childlike, but what she said made a lot of sense. Hao Cheng nodded in agreement: "Social development is a spiral upward. It's difficult to keep going upward all the time! However, Baiju Technology will definitely keep pioneering, after all, the technological goals of the century-long plan may not even be achieved in this century. As for the more distant future, we can only leave that for later."

"Yes, descendants will have their own blessings."

"Ha ha!"

Good heavens, they even have offspring! This made Hao Cheng and Zhang Lin burst into laughter.

...Wang Rui was indeed in very good condition. The group chatted for a long time, and Hao Cheng didn't notice anything unusual. Moreover, the young woman was very talkative, and whenever she said something, her ideas were always novel and aligned with Hao Cheng's thinking.

"You just said you wanted to become one of us? To research cutting-edge technologies that can lead the world and benefit the world, right?"

Hao Cheng became somewhat interested, mainly because Wang Rui was quite special to Baiju Technology, being its first "customer" as it transitioned from artificial intelligence to a combination of life sciences and artificial intelligence.

Of course, the most crucial reason was that she herself was outstanding enough to impress Hao Cheng. He asked, "You should be taking the college entrance exam this year, right? Which major are you planning to study?"

"I took a year off from school due to illness, so the college entrance exam will be next year." Wang Rui smiled helplessly: "However, as far as I am concerned, I have no problem taking the exam this year."

"Except for a couple of months when I was feeling particularly down, which caused a slight delay,"

When talking about this, Wang Rui was still a little embarrassed. Thinking back to that time, she not only lost confidence in life, but also got stuck in a rut and couldn't get out, and even had suicidal thoughts.

This is a stark contrast to her current relaxed and cheerful youthful image. Even she herself felt lighter, and she continued, "However, I made up for everything later. I really want to thank Uncle Hao and Uncle Zhang."

Hao Cheng was already numb. "Uncle it is, I'll just say: 'Continue!'"

"Originally, I wanted to study a medical-related major because I wanted to help people like me who were in the same situation as before, as much as I could."

Hao Cheng could understand Wang Rui's thoughts very well. Not to mention her age, even Hao Zhenzhen, who was still in kindergarten, wanted to study medicine because of her grandmother's illness.

Even among ourselves, the reason why artificial intelligence's first foray into medicine was based on similar thinking, but—

"You just said that the original plan, or rather, the current plan, has changed? Tell me your thoughts now," Hao Cheng asked.

"Including medicine, no matter which direction you go, it's all about practical application. I want to work on the most fundamental aspects of this field."

The moment Wang Rui uttered her first sentence, Hao Cheng realized how capable this girl was. She hadn't even gone to university yet, but her thinking was so clear. The key was that she didn't have any professional knowledge, yet she had managed to sort out all the relationships.

"Well, I suggest you try the assessment for the Frontier Technology Exploration Research Institute jointly organized by Linzhou University and Baiju Technology this year." Hao Cheng emphasized, "Just so you know, I'm only suggesting you try, I won't give you any special treatment. But I think you can do it."

"Really? That's great!" Wang Rui's excitement was palpable. "I don't want to waste another year in high school!"

"Okay, let your Uncle Zhang give you a full check-up first, and then compare the various data from the sensors." This was Wang Rui's main purpose for coming today, and also to provide more basis for the various standards of artificial organs in the future.

"Ok!"

"See you later!"

(End of this chapter)