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Chapter 385 0375 [Cloud Computing Center Chosen in Chengdu]

The so-called cloud technology in 2008 mainly focused on virtualization and distributed computing; true cloud computing was still in the stage of popularizing the concept and initial practice.

"What specific ideas do you have?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Dong Qianqiu said, "We will build our cloud computing center in Chengdu."

Chen Guiliang asked, "Are the policies better there?"

Dong Qianqiu said, "Sugon, in conjunction with the Chengdu Municipal Government, announced a total investment of 3.5 million yuan to build the largest cloud computing center in the country. The first phase of the project is already under construction."

"Chengdu attaches great importance to this technology. As long as we go there to develop cloud computing, there are a whole host of preferential policies from the central to local governments waiting for us. For example, the Western Development Support Policy, the Industrial Park Tax Incentive Policy, the Post-Earthquake Industrial Recovery Support Policy, and the Local Cloud Computing Incentive Policy..."

"Moreover, wages and land costs are lower there, and there's also the opportunity to collaborate with Sichuan University and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China..."

Chen Guiliang said, "You design a detailed plan, and we'll go to Chengdu together to discuss it another day. By the way, have you found a suitable project manager?"

Dong Qianqiu said, "Zhou Ruiping. He's a senior from Peking University, already in his thirties, and joined the University of Science and Technology of China two years ago."

“I know this person; he was poached from Lenovo,” Chen Guiliang nodded.

Dong Qianqiu continued, "Zhou Ruiping has strong business and management skills, but he is still lacking in technical skills. I think Xu Shiwei is very suitable in terms of technical skills."

Chen Guiliang didn't recognize the man: "He's not from our company, is he?"

Dong Qianqiu explained in detail: "Xu Shiwei is the chief architect of WPS. He is also one of the founders of Kingsoft Labs and led the development of Kingsoft's distributed storage technology. I plan to recruit him."

Chen Guiliang laughed and said, "This is a very good opportunity to poach people from Jinshan at this time."

Since Lei Jun resigned, Kingsoft has been declining in the past two years. A large number of talents have been poached by other companies, and many people have resigned to start their own businesses.

Even if Dong Qianqiu doesn't try to poach Xu Shiwei, Xu will be recruited by Shanda next year and become the head of cloud technology R&D at Shanda Innovation Institute.

Chen Guiliang and Dong Qianqiu continued their discussions and learned about the various needs of the cloud computing center. They quickly identified two alternative locations.

He was too lazy to check anymore, so he directly called Bian Jingsong to ask for the contact information of the High-tech Zone Management Committee.

Bian Jinsong had worked on real estate projects in the High-tech Zone, and immediately gave him the mobile phone number of the management committee leader.

"Hello Director Zhang, I am Chen Guiliang."

"Hello, hello. Mr. Chen is a well-known entrepreneur in Sichuan. I didn't expect to receive a call from Mr. Chen. Our High-tech Zone would like to welcome Mr. Chen as a guest."

Director Zhang had a very keen sense of smell, and his attitude instantly became extremely enthusiastic, realizing that Chen Guiliang wanted to invest in the project.

Chen Guiliang said, "That's right, I want to set up a cloud computing center in Chengdu."

Cloud computing center?
That's the most advanced technology among advanced technologies.

Last year, hardly anyone knew about it, but this year, IBM's establishment of a cloud computing center in Beijing immediately attracted attention from relevant people across the country.

Chengdu, in particular, reacted very quickly, and the largest cloud computing project in the country has already been implemented there.

Director Zhang quickly assured him, "As long as Mr. Chen's cloud computing center comes to our High-tech Zone, all procedures will be expedited, and we will provide all the preferential policies we can! If any problems arise during the construction and operation process, Mr. Chen can come directly to me."

Chen Guiliang said, "I have great faith in the leaders of the High-tech Zone, but there isn't much land left there, is there? I have another alternative plan, which is to build the cloud computing center in Shuangliu."

"Shuangliu won't work. What advantages does it have besides easy access to land and cheap land prices?"

Director Zhang, fearing Chen Guiliang might leave, made a few remarks about Shuangliu before going on to describe the advantages of the High-tech Zone: "Our High-tech Zone has many advantages. We have strong policy support, a high degree of industrial agglomeration, and very complete supporting services. In particular, the power grid capacity, stability, and dual-circuit power supply are superior to other areas. It's also a communications hub, easily connecting to high-speed fiber optic networks of multiple operators, providing ample core outbound bandwidth to ensure network quality for cloud computing services. And then there's the talent pool and the innovation environment..."

Director Zhang had recently participated in the cloud computing center project of Sugon, and he was very knowledgeable about it, recounting a great deal about it.

After listening, Chen Guiliang basically decided to choose the High-tech Zone.

An official's familiarity with cloud computing indicates a truly favorable policy environment, making the slightly higher land prices a negligible factor.

Chen Guiliang said, "Regarding the land..."

Director Zhang said, "I'll try my best to coordinate and approve as much as possible. Don't worry about the demolition and relocation, Mr. Chen; the High-tech Zone will handle that!"

“Okay, I’ll bring some people over to investigate in a few days.” Chen Guiliang didn’t agree immediately, but said he needed to investigate first.

Director Zhang said, "We look forward to welcoming General Manager Chen at any time."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Guiliang began to handle company affairs.

He spent a month in the United States and had a backlog of documents that needed his signature.

After finishing his business at Youke, he went upstairs to ByteDance to continue signing documents.

"Media outlets including Sina Finance and 21st Century Business Herald hope to conduct an exclusive interview with Mr. Chen to get his views on the economic crisis," Secretary Hu said as Chen Guiliang signed the documents.

Chen Guiliang asked, "Why are they interviewing me?"

Hu Yuexia said, "Your paper with Professor Lin that predicted the economic crisis has already been discussed by people in the industry. You are the second author of the paper, and Professor Lin even specifically pointed out at the end of the paper that you provided the inspiration. They can't interview Professor Lin now, so they're all coming to find you."

Chen Guiliang glanced at the list of interview invitations: "I'll only accept an interview with the *Daily Economic News*, and turn down all the others. I'm going to Chengdu for an inspection soon, so I'll tell them not to come to Beijing for interviews, and we can do it when I get there." Too many media outlets had invited him; he couldn't possibly accept them all, but he couldn't refuse those he had a good relationship with.

For example, the Daily Economic News is a sister publication of the Xihua City Daily. The publications of this newspaper group never say anything bad about Chen Guiliang; on the contrary, they often praise him to the skies.

As for 21st Century Business Herald, a publication under the Southern Media Group, their invitation for an exclusive interview was quite unexpected.

The Olympics are over, and the Southern Media Group has suddenly become much more normal.

Instead of writing those kinds of articles frequently, they focused on exposing wrongdoings and trying to restore their previous media image.

Numerous survey results have been released, including those from Renren and HaiNei, demonstrating that the online buzz surrounding these websites has remained consistently high.

Professor Yang used CCTV DVDs and books to refute public opinion's doubts and to persuade more parents to send their children there.

There is also Professor Tao, who is hailed as "China's No. 1 anti-internet addiction expert".

He was also criticizing Professor Yang, which served to boost his own profile. He opposes violent methods of internet addiction treatment and advocates for holistic education, focusing on education and persuasion to teach students how to be good people, how to do things, and how to pursue knowledge in order to overcome internet addiction.

The idea is commendable, but Professor Tao has a bad reputation because he has been demonizing online games and has repeatedly confronted game players directly.

Professor Tao also has a famous saying that is widely circulated: Female gamers are not qualified to be mothers!

But what's most interesting is that Professor Tao later became a spokesperson for a game and even served as its chief reviewer...

There's nothing we can do; the game company is paying too much.

But Professor Tao also has a point. The game he endorses is called "Bright Sword 2". He said he had reviewed and played the game, which is about the War of Resistance against Japan, has very wholesome content, and is free to play, which perfectly matches his definition of a healthy game.

For Chen Guiliang, what he really wanted to know was who did the marketing for that lousy game. They were marketing geniuses; they actually hired a so-called "internet addiction expert" who demonized online games to be their spokesperson.

After dealing with the pressing matters from the two companies, Chen Guiliang went to Peking University for a visit in the afternoon.

Although he continued to his fifth year, he had already earned enough credits and only needed to write a thesis to graduate.

"Dean Zhu, this is a small gift I brought back for you from the United States." Chen Guiliang took out a beautifully packaged fountain pen.

Dean Zhu said, "Don't try to corrupt me!"

Chen Guiliang smiled and said, "I'm not asking you for anything. This is just a matter of friendship between teacher and student."

"Then I'll have to ask you for a favor," Dean Zhu said. "You don't even attend the opening ceremony. When will you have time to come back and give a speech to the juniors at Yuanpei College?"

Chen Guiliang said, "Okay, let's pick a time."

Dean Zhu said, "Then I'll make the arrangements."

Peking University is increasingly fond of using celebrity alumni to create hype.

This year, Li Yanhong was invited to the school's anniversary celebration, and Yu Minhong was invited to the opening ceremony.

After leaving Dean Zhu, Chen Guiliang went to visit his two thesis advisors, presenting each of them with a small gift.

Next, I went to the library to look up research papers.

The sooner I finish my graduation thesis, the sooner I'll be done with it.

When I got home for dinner, it was Bianguanyue ordering takeout again.

Bian, a beautiful young woman, has been busy preparing for her postgraduate entrance exam and often forgets to cook. However, she doesn't want to hire a housekeeper, so she only hires a part-time cleaner to clean the big house every week.

After dinner, the two cuddled together and watched TV for a while before Bian Guanyue went back to studying.

In her words, she had already visited her supervisor, and it would be too embarrassing to fail the written exam.

After organizing the research papers he had collected that day for a while, Chen Guiliang logged into his social media account to browse around. As a result, a large number of fans asked him to comment on the incident in which Professor Yan was slapped.

There was a Qing Dynasty history expert surnamed Yan who talked a lot about the Qing emperors on the "Lecture Room" program. He was slapped in the face in public while signing books.

Seeing that his comment section was too lively, Chen Guiliang replied, "I don't know much about the history of the Qing Dynasty. I can't comment on it."

He is now very cautious in his speech, partly because as a website operator he cannot speak out, and partly because he does not want to be used as a pawn by others anymore.

Do you really think that the person who slapped Professor Yan did so out of righteous indignation?
They sell Hanfu, specifically Hanfu that's been haphazardly modified for the style of movies and TV shows.

Being detained for a few days didn't matter; fame came instantly, and sales of Hanfu (traditional Han clothing) increased rapidly.

After browsing through the messages for a while, Chen Guiliang asked Bian Guanyue, "Aren't you going to sleep yet?"

Bian Guanyue said, "It'll be soon, you should go to sleep."

Chen Guiliang didn't urge him any further and returned to his bedroom to stay alone in the empty room.

(End of this chapter)