Cultivation Shura Field

Without waiting for others to open the door, Teacher Zou stood up, ran over and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was Mr. Yu, a senior executive of Qiandu Company. He was not dressed in a suit like many senior executives of large companies, but in a simple T-shirt and jeans. If it weren't for his old face, he would look no different from the Jiaotong University students outside.

Mr. Yu walked in and said bluntly, "I won't beat around the bush with you. The price just now is the bottom line that Mr. Li gave me. If it's any higher, I can't bear the responsibility."

Zou Tianyan asked subconsciously: "So you mean that in the next round... there will be no bids?"

Mr. Yu shook his head and said, "I don't want to give up, and I believe Mr. Li doesn't want to give up either. So I want to ask, can you guys pause for a while? I'm applying to Mr. Li and see what he decides."

At this time, Xu Zhe came over and asked, "Qiandu wants to apply for a suspension?"

Mr. Yu looked at the overly immature boy, then looked at Teacher Zou and asked, "Is this your student?"

Zou Tianyan shook his head: "No, he is our investor, the major shareholder of Eureka Company, and the first person to inspire us."

"what?"

Mr. Yu was stunned. He had been immersed in the field of AI in China for a long time, so how come he had never heard of such a genius?

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345. Chapter 342 341 Which dimension's child labor

345.

Yao Hao sat in front of the large surveillance screen, looking back and forth among the classrooms.

The people sitting on both sides of him were the same, looking at the representatives of those giant companies with curiosity and expectation. Sitting on Yao Hao's left was a leader of the Jiaotong University Administrative Center, and on his right was the representative of Chongkai Technology, Song Huaifeng.

A few days ago, Xu Zhe called Uncle Song over and asked him to follow Yao Hao and get familiar with the operation of the investment company. After all, this stall will handle a lot of money in the future, and without someone watching over it, it is really hard to rest assured.

Song Huaifeng looked down at his phone and suddenly said, "Softmicro has also withdrawn from the competition. Only Gu Gou has made a bid of 2500 million yuan."

The school leaders couldn't help but sigh: "Is this the end of the auction? My God, 20 to 30 million mi yuan, you have only been here for a few months, and you have created a company worth more than 100 million..."

Yao Hao shook his head. "It's not over yet. President Xu said it's not over yet. The auction will be suspended for a while. Qiandu is sending people over from the Imperial Capital headquarters. When the people arrive, the auction will continue. Now it's just a halftime break."

School leader: "Send someone from the imperial capital?"

Yao Hao: "Yes, because the senior executive of Qiandu here is not high enough, so we need to send someone at the vice president level."

The school leader who thought he was well-informed had only just realized what it meant to be eye-opening today. He widened his eyes and asked, "Qiandu actually attaches so much importance to this?"

Yao Hao smiled and said nothing.

After all, the facts are here and there is nothing more to say.

When Song Huaifeng looked at the large surveillance screen, he felt as if he was in a grand and long dream.

Now, the cameras in those classrooms were faithfully transmitting the images to the big screen, so they could see how anxious and worried the representatives of giant companies like GUGUO and QIANDU were. The reason why they had such a reaction was all because of Xu Zhe's work.

Song Huaifeng couldn't help but recall the small town that year, and the moment when he was pulled up by Xu Zhe on the bank of the Xijiao Reservoir.

At that time, he was in debt and felt hopeless. But now, he is sitting next to the leaders of a prestigious university, witnessing with his own eyes how a startup company was auctioned off for 100 million or 200 million yuan... and the final result may be more than that.

The school leader suddenly asked, "Why don't Gu Gou and Qiandu communicate privately and lower your price? Besides, they can also buy half of the shares, why do they have to buy all of them?"

Yao Hao answered confidently: "Boss Xu and I have discussed this a long time ago. The most important thing for Eureka is the algorithm, the patents behind the paper, and experts like Associate Professor Zou. If everyone has them, it will be meaningless. Neither Gugou nor Qiandu will be willing to share them with their competitors."

The school leaders nodded.

The big screen showed that representatives from Softmicro and Deep-Mind had packed up and were ready to leave.

Song Huaifeng suddenly said, "President Xu informed us that the auction will continue in three hours."

Yao Hao: "The vice president of Qiandu is really quick."

School leader: "In that case, it's time for dinner, do you want to invite President Xu and Professor Zou to have some?"

Song Huaifeng immediately sent a text message to Xu Zhe.

Soon, he received a reply, and he gave Xu Zhe's answer: "Mr. Xu said that it's not necessary, they don't have the mood to eat now. We can just order takeout. He also said..."

Yao Hao: "What else?"

Song Huaifeng smiled and said, "Mr. Xu also said that there should be someone at Jiaotong University who is running an Internet food delivery company. If your school can help to connect them, he might be willing to invest."

Yao Hao shrugged. "What did you think of investing in just by talking about it? Mr. Xu has a very flexible mind."

The school leader quickly said, "Okay, that's great. There are actually students in our school who are starting businesses in this area!"

Song Huaifeng asked again: "Is there a company called 'Ele.me'?"

The school leader laughed immediately: "Mr. Xu is really well-informed. It was founded by a master's degree student from Jiaotong University. Ele.me has been in business for several years and has received tens of millions of yuan in investment! Now when students from Jiaotong University ask for takeout, they all use Ele.me to order food."

Yao Hao joked, "Everyone is ordering takeout. Is your school cafeteria still busy?"

The leader shook his head and said, "Student entrepreneurship is more important. What's the point of a cafeteria? Since Mr. Xu is optimistic about it, I will help to bring them together. There will definitely be no problem."

Yao Hao agreed with a smile and exchanged glances with Song Huaifeng.

This was the first time that Song Huaifeng had such an intuitive understanding of how important "connections" were. Of course, in his opinion, investment vision was more important.

Everyone present understood that the most important thing was Xu Zhe's vision.

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As the night deepened, Qiandu's vice president finally arrived.

The auction was reopened, and only Gugou and Qiandu were left to compete. The following developments were completely beyond everyone's expectations, except Xu Zhe.

In the fourth round of bidding, Qiandu and Gugou both bid 2700 million yuan.

In the fifth round of bidding, Qiandu bid 2900 million and Gugou bid 3000 million.

In the sixth round, Qiandu got 3200 million and Gugou got 3100 million.

In the seventh round, Gu Gou offered 3440 million, and Qiandu simply raised the price to 4000 million!

"Shall we start round eight?"

Zou Tianyan asked while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Xu Zhe looked at him and suddenly laughed: "Teacher Zou, is the air conditioning not enough?"

Zou Tianyan shook his head: "No, the air conditioning is enough, but I just feel... unreal. Like a dream."

Xu Zhe closed his mouth and stared at the screen expressionlessly. He was reading the bid emails from Gugou and Qiandu.

After watching for a while, he said, "Go ahead. These tycoons are so good at making money. Let me see how generous they are in spending money."

"Okay..." Zou Tianyan sent an email announcing the start of the eighth round of bidding.

Not long after, there was another knock on the classroom door.

A doctoral student ran over to open the door.

The two white people and a Chinese translator came this time. One of them wore glasses and a plaid shirt, and his sparse and shiny hair perfectly matched the stereotype of Silicon Valley geeks. The other one wore a suit and tie, and his hairstyle was also meticulous, which made him look like a Wall Street elite.

As soon as he came in, the geek said in a slightly unclear English: "I want to confirm one thing. If we acquire Eureka, can you come to work at the GoGo headquarters in the United States?"

Everyone present could understand without the need for translation.

Zou Tianyan looked at Xu Zhe.

Xu Zhe spread his hands and said, "You should ask the teacher. Don't look at me."

The Chinese translator was about to speak, but Zou Tianyan waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary.

Then he said in slightly halting English, "I just got promoted here... to full professor, so I don't want to leave, at the moment."

Boss Gu Gou asked bluntly: "Have you reached an agreement with Qiandu?"

Zou Tianyan shook his head: "There is no agreement yet, it has been completed. We are waiting for your bid."

Boss Gu Gou was silent for a while, then said, "We don't need to wait too long," and turned and walked out.

Less than ten minutes later, a new quote came in.

Zou Tianyan looked at the content of the email and murmured blankly: "Are they crazy? 4800 million Miyuan..."

Although Xu Zhe's palms were sweaty, he still maintained a calm expression and said, "Qiandu's bid for this round is 4300 million. Very good, let's start the next round."

Shen Lan suddenly asked, "They can't possibly drive hundreds of millions of dollars, right?"

Xu Zhe: "That's impossible. They have almost reached their bottom line."

Teacher Zou tremblingly hit the Enter key for a new round.

Less than a minute later, the classroom door was knocked again.

The vice president who flew over from the capital was shocked and asked directly, "Did Gu Gou really offer that price? You didn't lie to me?"

Xu Zhe laughed. He wanted to say that the price offered by others was more realistic than the Baidu Encyclopedia entry. But when the words came to his lips, he just said two simple words: "Yes."

Vice President Qiandu was silent for a few seconds and shook his head: "They are awesome. We are withdrawing."

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "It's a wise choice. In fact, Eureka is not necessarily worth such a high price. I believe that Qiandu's continued investment and accumulation in the field of artificial intelligence will usher in a brighter future."

The vice president of Qiandu stared at him and asked again: "You are the founder of Lanzhe Technology, right? I have seen your interview. Are you interested in working for Qiandu?"

Xu Zhe asked back: "I'm still in high school, are you sure you want to hire child labor?"

These words immediately choked the powerful vice president.

Whose child laborer could pull off something so big that it could even provoke a frenzied bidding war between Baidu and Gugou?

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346. Chapter 343 342 Don Quixote-like Girl

346.

The secret auction of Eureka Company has ended, the dust has settled, and Gu Gou has become the winner in the end.

Of course, considering the price they offered, it would be hard to really laugh... But in any case, everyone from Eureka Company and Chongkai Investment Company can spend an extremely pleasant night.

As the night deepened, they were too excited to go back to sleep, including Professor Zou Tianyan, who should have been the most mature and steady.

So everyone came to a barbecue restaurant outside the gate of Jiaotong University.

The shop owner brought over a large plate of grilled skewers and a whole box of beer. But not everyone drank.

Xu Zhe and Shen Lan refused to drink. Xu Zhe used the excuses of being a minor and being allergic to alcohol, while Shen Lan said she had to drive, so they became exceptions, watching the other men at the scene drinking more and more happily.

"Congratulations to Professor Zou on his promotion to full professor," the self-acquainted Yao Hao raised his glass again, "You are less than 30 years old and already a full professor at Jiaotong University. Your resume is amazing!"

Everyone laughed and raised their glasses.

Zou Tianyan smiled widely, clinked glasses with everyone, then looked at Xu Zhe and said seriously, "How can my resume be as impressive as Mr. Xu's? I originally wanted to bring you into my project team and help you pave a path for scientific research and academics. In the end, before I could even get you started, you've already sent me to heaven."

"Send it to the sky..." Such ambiguous words made Xu Zhe couldn't help laughing.

Song Huaifeng put down his glass and walked out. A few minutes later, when he came back, he found that everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Zou Tianyan smiled with a bright face and asked, "Where is Mr. Song going? Are you going to arrange the second half?"

Song Huaifeng waved his hand quickly: "I just called my wife and children to announce the good news. There is no second half."

Yao Hao suddenly asked, "Does Professor Zou want to arrange any other activities?"

Zou Tianyan was slightly tempted, but after looking at the youthful faces of Xu Zhe and Shen Lan, he shook his head and said, "No, eating and drinking is enough tonight. I haven't been this tipsy for a long time. Tsk, it feels good."

The doctoral student next to him advised: "Teacher Zou, why don't we stop here tonight? I see you are a little unsteady on your seat."

Zou Tianyan patted the table: "No way, I'm very sober!"

Then the next moment, he suddenly lowered his head and almost vomited.

Yao Hao hurriedly called out, "Hurry, help Professor Zou to the toilet, he's going to vomit!"

The two doctoral students hurriedly helped their teacher to the bathroom.

Xu Zhe took a look. The skewers on the table had been almost eaten, with only some grilled vegetables left, and a few bottles of beer still left.

He said, "We are almost there now. We will tell them later that it is time to withdraw."

Yao Hao: "Okay, Mr. Xu, do you have any plans for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"

Xu Zhe was about to speak when he felt the phone in his pocket ring. He took out his phone, took a look, waved his hand to signal everyone to wait, and walked out of the barbecue restaurant alone to answer the call.