Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

On Tuesday morning, Catherine was idly browsing Yelp at the front desk, looking at reviews of highly-rated restaurants.

Her job is actually quite relaxed, especially now that the whole company is in a rush, making her workload seem even less than usual. She can only try to find ways to make things easier, such as keeping an eye on restaurant ratings and reviews every day to order better takeout for everyone.

Just then, the phone rang. Catherine was even a little excited; this lousy company had only received five calls since it started. She felt that if things continued like this, she wouldn't be far from losing her job.

"FlowEDA, how can I help you?"

"Hello, I am Dong Jianlong, Science and Technology Counselor at the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco. Is Mr. Chen Yiran here?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen is not in the office right now. Would you mind leaving your information?"

"Please tell Mr. Chen that the Science and Technology Counselor's Office of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco would like to speak with him. I'll leave my phone number here; could you have him call me back?"

"Okay, I'll pass it on to him."

After hanging up the phone, Catherine stuck a sticky note with her phone number on the table.

Catherine didn't really believe the person on the other end was actually from the consulate; she thought it was most likely a scam. These days, there are plenty of scammers. They'll tell you they have an inheritance to inherit and need to pay lawyer fees first, or that your passport has a problem and needs renewal.

However, she still decided to call Chen Yiran, just in case something really happened.

After receiving the information, Chen Yiran also suspected it was a scam. In her previous life, she had received all sorts of emails and phone calls from American scammers, with all sorts of strange stories.

But he was clever enough to tell the difference between real and fake, and he wouldn't be foolish enough to call the number that person left.

He promptly found the consulate's phone number on the government's official website, called to inquire, and discovered that the phone number and name he had were indeed genuine.

Although I had some reservations, since they were indeed government officials, I decided to contact them as soon as possible.

I dialed the number Dong Jianlong had left, and it was answered after only a few rings.

"Is this Chen Yiran? This is Dong Jianlong. Haha, one of our staff members just came over and told me that someone called to confirm their contact information, and I knew it was you."

"Please excuse my rudeness. It's not that I'm afraid of being scammed or anything like that. Is there something you need from me?"

"There are some things I'd like to discuss. If it's convenient, could we meet somewhere? You don't need to come to the consulate; the traffic in San Francisco is awful. I happen to have some business to attend to at Stanford this afternoon. Your company is in Menlo Park, so you probably live nearby, right? Just name a place close to you."

"Okay, let's find a Starbucks then, around 2 PM today?"

"Okay, leave me your phone number, and I'll send you the address later."

At 2 p.m., Chen Yiran arrived at a Starbucks near his home on time. As soon as he entered, a middle-aged man waved to him.

"You must be Chen Yiran?"

"It's me, sorry to keep you waiting."

"It's nothing, it's nothing."

After exchanging a few polite words and ordering coffee, they began to discuss business.

Dong Jianlong got straight to the point and began to tell Chen Yiran their ideas.

"Mr. Chen, my job is to keep track of the development of technology, and we have been following your situation. Previous compilers, while impressive, were not quite at that level."

However, DeepFlow has been validated by Andrew Ng's lab, and its future prospects are clearly very promising.

"Counselor Dong must have contacted me for more than just to praise me, right? Does he have some other motive?"

"Okay, have you considered connecting your current business with domestic operations, or even better, relocating your work directly back to China? We would support that."

"Tell me first what you mean by 'connection'."

"Let's divide it into several levels."

First, from an academic perspective. Tsinghua University and the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, are both using GPUmat, and the performance is severely hampered. If you could give a technical presentation on DeepFlow in China, it wouldn't just help them solve practical problems, but it would also pave the way for your own future. With students at Chinese universities using your framework, you'd have a readily available talent pool when recruiting.

At the industry level, you're currently working in EDA, an industry with huge domestic demand. We spend more on imported chips every year than we import oil. If we could save that money and shift to domestic design and manufacturing, it would be very beneficial for overall development.

Chen Yiran didn't speak; he wasn't a hot-blooded youth. Even if he were, he wouldn't be so easily persuaded to return to China with just a few words; that would require a lot of enthusiasm.

"Haha, let's not talk about that now. You can go back and check on the development situation in China. In September, the Chinese American Semiconductor Association is sending a delegation back to China for inspection. They'll go to Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen to visit industrial parks, meet with local governments, and connect with domestic chip companies. I've confirmed with the Chinese American side that you're also participating, or was it Liu Zhihong who introduced you?"

"This supervisor is fine. I was originally considering going back to check him out."

"That makes things simple. If you're willing to participate, I can help you with some official arrangements. We're very sincere. Let me tell you something else: we've also been actively contacting Professor Andrew Ng, who's using your DeepFlow service, and helping him connect with domestic internet companies."

So, you know, we can discuss anything you ask for. Whether it's terms with the government, local or supportive policies, or connections with domestic companies, we can provide assistance.

Chen Yiran was a little unsure how to answer. He hadn't expected that people in China would come to him directly and start urging him to return home so early.

"Counselor Dong, to be honest, my company is just starting out, and I haven't even thought about the issue of returning to China that you mentioned in detail yet."

"You can still think about it now. Even if you don't go back now, you can still have more exchanges. The domestic chip industry needs various exchanges to inject fresh blood. Or rather, it needs people like you to guide it. Don't feel pressured. We're not forcing you to go back to China. We're just telling you that if you want to go back, we will definitely give you very good policies."

The two chatted for another ten minutes or so, during which Dong Jianlong painted a lot of rosy pictures and explained a series of policies to Chen Yiran.

Finally, he added, "This is only at the central level. Local governments have various support policies for high-tech industries, so the actual policies implemented will be even better than what I've described."

"Let me think about it first, Counselor Dong. My company has only been established for a little over a month. I really am not mentally prepared to consider a major relocation now."

"It's okay, it's okay, just think about it. Anyway, go back to China in September to take a look, right? You're only eighteen years old, and you've never been in contact with the domestic circle before. Don't look down on our domestic industries just because they're relatively weak. Our policies, reserves, talent, and technology are actually not that bad."

Given the current situation, we will strive to catch up, and of course, catching up will require the help of geniuses like you. By the way, you're from Shougang Group, right? It would be great if your company could be located in the Shijingshan Park of Zhongguancun Science Park. Shougang has faced considerable difficulties since its transformation. You can also help some of your father's colleagues' children; that area is currently undergoing industrial transformation.

"Okay, okay, I'll think about it."

Chen Yiran returned home in silence. He had to admit that he was somewhat tempted.

After all, he's from the embassy, ​​a diplomat, and his tongue is too sharp. Although he's the soul of China-Denmark, his inner chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) is still ignited.

In reality, Chen Yiran's concept of the nation wasn't as profound as one might imagine. The concept of serving the country and its people was too grand for him.

But Dong Jianlong was too cunning; he seemed to have discovered the problem after only a short conversation.

Then the topic shifted to Shougang, which somewhat impressed Chen Yiran.

His family moved to Lugou in Shijingshan District when he was in high school. Before that, they lived on Jinding Street, which is part of the Shougang area.

So for him, Shougang is not just a name; Shougang is the foundation of his family.

From childhood to adulthood, he was surrounded by children of Shougang Group employees. His classmates and teachers at school were all family members of Shougang employees.

However, things became difficult after Shougang's main plant ceased production and relocated. First, not everyone was willing to move; leaving their hometowns was a significant blow, and their children's schooling would also become a problem. Second, the eight square kilometers of industrial land were left vacant, and despite being labeled as Zhongguancun and put up for investment, it was extremely unsuccessful, with no one showing any interest.

Shougang Park has been trying to turn itself into a chip city for seven or eight years without success. For several years, Shijingshan's economic growth rate has been among the lowest, and the streets are full of retired employees and their families who have stayed behind.

It wasn't until the Winter Olympics that Shougang Park was finally saved.

With the backing of national policies, AI companies, autonomous driving, and AR/VR startups have all moved in.

A ski jump was built next to the cooling tower, and the blast furnace was converted into a press conference venue. The steel park has become an industrial punk technology park, and coffee shops and incubators are now scattered all over the old blast furnace.

But that would take ten years, and those ten years were quite painful.

If he could have done something ahead of time, perhaps he could have made Shougang Park a better place sooner.

Chen Yiran felt that although she wasn't using jasmine, her mind was already a little hot.

He became conflicted. He knew perfectly well that returning to China now wasn't a good option, but he kept fantasizing about going back and dominating the game, or even leading Shougang to great success. (PS: Stop scolding me, I won't be going back so soon.)

Returning home in glory is an impulse everyone has, and he began to complain about Jasmine.

"If you were a little stronger, you might be back in China right now and dominating the country."

I operate based on your brain.

"Ugh, all you ever say to me is that. Can't you develop some new abilities yourself? You know that TV show, Chuck & Co.? Can't you learn from that system in it? The protagonist can suddenly learn kung fu and use it without getting carried away."

[Of course I know Chuck! It's definitely in the top ten of your TV shows, but it got cancelled. Anyway, do you need any advice about going back to China?]

"How could you possibly give me effective advice on something like this? It's not a technical issue."

[Our suggestion is to discuss this with your parents.]

"...Great idea!"