"Only when the content of the algorithm is adopted by Baidu, I will get benefits. At other times, I don't need you to pay a penny, Mr. Li."
Meng Fanqi's purpose is that if you don't like my things, you don't have to use them, and I won't charge you a penny. But if you are going to use my technology, don’t think about buying me out in one go.
"If Mr. Li is interested in this result, of course we can try to cooperate on this technology first. But the reward I want is based on the scale of use of the algorithm, the number of users or the total revenue as the core of the algorithm. I don’t know if Mr. Li can accept the proportional commission.”
Li Yanhong didn't understand where Meng Fanqi's confidence came from. There were actually many short-lived geniuses, but only one or two outstanding masterpieces.
Then he faded away from everyone, becoming mediocre and making no further achievements.
"Why does he have such strong self-confidence?"
Li Yanhong nodded and agreed to this condition with strong confusion and curiosity.
But after hesitating, he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid that we will make adjustments and improvements based on your algorithm, and then gradually dilute the proportion of your technology to avoid paying most of the amount that should be paid to you? "
"Haha, of course I believe in Mr. Li's wisdom and will not do this kind of thing. With this way of drawing commissions, the more I draw, the greater the value I provide. I think Mr. Li is happy. It’s too late, you don’t have to break up with me, a junior, just because of this little money, right?”
Meng Fanqi says this, but in fact his greatest confidence comes from his precise knife skills with algorithm technology.
Special Cutting looks very strong from the current perspective and is a revolutionary breakthrough, but in Meng Fanqi's opinion, there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Nvidia squeezes toothpaste out of graphics cards every year, and when Meng Fanqi comes back this time, he will squeeze out toothpaste for you with algorithms bit by bit.
If he really turns his back, Meng Fanqi can overspend two or three years of technical time in one direction and teach Baidu a lesson.
If there is any grudge, it is not really impossible to seize the other party's core AI algorithm technology to overtake + directly open source it.
After listening to Meng Fanqi's words, Li Yanhong laughed heartily and joked with him, but he still thought about it in his heart and seriously considered the feasibility of this matter.
However, this decision should not be made in a hurry. You can review the situation later.
Although this trip did not recruit people as planned, Robin Li was still very pleased with this huge breakthrough in the image detection algorithm.
As the head of Baidu, he is very busy on weekdays. It is rare that he has time for face-to-face talks today. Naturally, Robin Li does not want to leave empty-handed.
The two then had a detailed discussion and game on how to calculate the benefits brought by the algorithm.
Meng Fanqi first advocated several points:
First, it is the benefit brought by reducing operating costs. Even without considering the accuracy of the detection algorithm, the more than one hundred times increase in running speed can greatly save the time cost of whiteness and the running loss of the algorithm.
Friends who have a little knowledge of mining know that running a specific algorithm on a large scale consumes a lot of electricity. Not to mention the associated equipment and venue expenses.
In the first year when this series of algorithms is first applied, Meng Fanqi will take a commission of 20% of the savings, and 10% in the following year.
In the future, it will be renegotiated depending on the replacement of the algorithm.
Second, it is the popularity and user growth brought about by strong performance improvements. Powerful performance breakthroughs can attract the public, and netizens are now paying a lot of attention to this new thing.
The more breakthroughs you make that stand out from the crowd, the more you make breakthroughs that outshine the rest of the pack, the more obvious this advertising-like effect will be.
Because the promoter can use more radical publicity strategies to ridicule the competitor, and the other party has nothing to do.
This strength is very attractive to people who eat melons.
The income in this area is calculated by the number of relevant media reports, attention, views and comments and other indicators.
Of course, the most valuable indicator is the number of users and the number of users of the related technologies and applications launched by Baidu.
Third, it is the first-mover advantage at the technical level and savings in R&D time and capital investment. After Meng Fanqi provided the algorithm, the research time and investment in this area can be saved for at least more than a year.
Not to mention that Meng Fanqi will provide source code and technical details, instead of just providing a packaged interface or function.
The value of this part is the most difficult to quantify and assess.
Whiteness can completely take advantage of subsequent technical research based on these things.
Meng Fanqi was very generous on this issue.
Not only did they not fuss over the specific amounts, proportions and calculation methods, but they kicked the ball back completely to Robin Li.
While Li Yanhong was going back and forth in negotiations, he also had a clear mind.
The kid in front of me is taking steps back to make progress. Whether he is willing to bleed or not is nothing more than a testimonial.
Although the contact has not been long, Robin Li has many years of workplace experience, not to mention countless people he has met, and he has met a lot.
He had a strong feeling that these things were far from the trump cards and limits of the young man in front of him.
This made him somewhat passive. He was afraid of missing out on something related to the third point.
After giving too much, I felt that this time I was completely controlled by a young man who was more than 20 years younger than me.
In a dilemma, Li Yanhong pursed his lips tightly, feeling mixed emotions in his mind.
After a long time, the two finally agreed on several important aspects and proportions.
No one else was present during this meeting, so the content of the negotiation was only a preliminary verbal agreement.
"In a few days, I will have someone send the drafted formal cooperation agreement to your email." Li Yanhong stood up first. Although what he did today was not what he wanted to do at all, technically speaking, he still achieved success. A big gain that he didn't expect.
"Some of the indicators and sharing may not be so rigid in the contract by then. After all, the measurement methods in this area often change. In addition, there are some things that are difficult to evaluate. I hope you understand."
"As I said before, I trust Mr. Li's vision and structure." Meng Fanqi replied with a smile. At this time, Robin Li should be the most willing to spend money on this among domestic manufacturers.
He is not too worried about this matter. This kind of cooperative relationship is like the relationship between men and women. It cannot be restrained by strict restrictions. Only by continuously improving your attractiveness and capabilities and making it difficult to be replaced can you truly gain the right to speak.
If the cooperation becomes unhappy in the future, it will be easy for him to switch to another big manufacturer.
"Technology is the core productivity." Meng Fanqi sighed secretly in his heart.
