Dean Fu briefly chatted for a few words, told some things, then said goodbye and left. Looking at Dean Fu's back, Meng Fanqi felt a little unexplainable in his heart.
Looking around the campus where he had spent seven years as a bachelor's and master's student in his previous life, Meng Fanqi didn't know what feelings he had for this place now.
When packing this time, Meng Fanqi had already sent all his belongings home and completed all school-related procedures.
Setting off to Australia to attend the conference is also a farewell to Yanjing Electric Power University.
After returning to China this time, he will never come to this campus again.
In terms of time, after Australia participates in the conference, it is almost mid-December.
Meng Fanqi was planning to go home for a while, and it happened to be just in time for the Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival of 2013 was at the end of January.
At the end of this year, I first sold out my short-term Baidu stock, set aside some of the money, and went home in January to settle my parents' life and all related things.
Give the second elder’s life a big upgrade.
By the end of the year, in mid-February, it will be almost time to head to Silicon Valley in the United States and join Google.
After settling in, it will take some time to become familiar with Google's team and environment. Soon it will be time for university to start in March and April.
After returning home, settling in with my two parents, and arriving in the United States for the first time in the new year, there are still a lot of things that need to be done. The time is quite tight, and there is no reason to stay near Yenching Electric Power University.
In fact, Meng Fanqi should have left Yanjing Electric Power University a long time ago, but there has been no place to go. He has been busy developing technology and writing papers, and has no income, so he has never considered leaving and has been delayed again and again.
Now that the cooperation with Baidu has been settled, ordinary people can hardly spend all the advance payment. Meng Fanqi used going abroad to attend the conference as an opportunity to leave.
Yanjing Electric Power University is very remote. On weekdays, only black taxis are available, so everyone is used to it.
Meng Fanqi didn't think too much about it at first, but since Robin Li revealed the news last time, he has now begun to pay more attention to some industries that are not yet developed.
For example, taxi-hailing software has subverted the traditional taxi industry.
In 2013, Yanjing has launched a number of ride-hailing apps, including Didi, which later became famous.
"It's just that these taxi-hailing apps all have the prefix 96106 in front of them. What kind of mysterious number is this?" Meng Fanqi searched the app and found 96106 Yida Taxi and 96106 Mobile Taxi. They looked quite unfamiliar.
"96106 is Yanjing's e-hailing platform, right? These software should be affiliated with the unified platform." Han Ci had a slight impression of this organization.
"Input the starting point, destination point and tip, and then the driver chooses whether to come or not. Isn't this a disguised price increase?" Maimang was very dissatisfied. "Take a taxi and bid on it."
"Bidding for taxis is already a decision made by imagination." Meng Fanqi thinks this is a method that normal people can easily think of. Baidu next door launched bidding ranking in 2001, and search results also require bidding.
Launched in September 2001, revenue reached nearly 6 million in 2002.
As of 2013, the bidding revenue in a single quarter was in the billions.
This money-only bidding ranking model has caused many avoidable tragedies, and Meng Fanqi has always scorned this.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Baidu was catching up with Google's search technology in all aspects and was almost evenly matched in the Chinese field.
Then, Baidu became obsessed with the high profits of bidding ranking. By 2023, the search quality was already far worse than Google.
Especially for information and papers in the field of AI, using Baidu to search can literally raise your blood pressure.
At the same time, Microsoft, which owns Miss Bing (GPT-4), has begun a counterattack against Google. It can be predicted that Baidu's competitiveness will only become smaller and smaller.
But that’s all for another day, and these are also Baidu’s own problems, which have destroyed many good cards.
These things have nothing to do with Meng Fanqi, and his cooperation with Baidu and technology is only short-term for 2-3 years at most.
After arriving at the airport, there was already a long queue at the baggage check-in counter.
With nothing to do, Tang Juan introduced Meng Fanqi to the book "Rules" written by several people in private. He didn't understand it at first, and Meng Fanqi was confused.
"The "Rules" are formulated to jointly create a harmonious and equal tourism environment, avoid unnecessary disputes and unhappiness, promote friendship among fellow travelers while also constraining each other, and provide corresponding methods to meet personal needs. Hobbies." Don Juan took out a book and began to read.
"First of all, because you generously paid for our group's air tickets and hotel expenses, you are our well-deserved big boss. The big boss has the distinguished privilege and can decide what we eat, what dishes we order, when we set off, and even Arrange rooms, beds, etc. for everyone." Mai Mang shook his head and said, holding such a booklet in his hand.
"Then the question is, can I arrange for you two to sleep in the same bed?" Meng Fanqi rolled his eyes wildly as he watched the two people singing and playing tricks. "Didn't you say that we can arrange beds for everyone?"
"That won't work. Although the boss is a boss, he is not a gangster." Don Juan replied seriously, "The boss's privileges must not violate public order and good customs."
"Except for the big boss, everyone else can only make suggestions, not make decisions without authorization, and follow orders in all actions!" Maimang became more and more enthusiastic as he read. "Unless the big boss makes it clear that everyone is free to choose, if there is a small boss at this time, he will act according to the wishes of the small boss."
"Let me see, what is it, return it to the big boss and the little boss." Meng Fanqi frowned and took a book. He saw the word "Rules" written on it. The regulations in it were quite detailed and complicated. At first glance, they were just those boring treasures. Dry.
"1. Food. Rule 1-1: When traveling together, the big boss can choose the restaurant he wants to eat at. Others must dine with the big boss.
Rule 1-2: The big boss is not allowed to order anything he doesn’t like. If he doesn’t confirm it in advance, he will be punished by treating him once if there are consequences. "
And the person who always breaks the rules and treats guests to dinner or buys the most tickets is the so-called little boss.
Seeing this, Meng Fanqi probably understood that these guys felt embarrassed that they had paid too much, so they messed around and made such a book of so-called rules.
As for these so-called rules, they are just an excuse to play around with each other and pay for a treat.
For example, here is one, "Rule 1-7: If the big boss asks what he wants to eat when he has no opinion, the one with the fastest answer will prevail; if it is impossible to tell who answered the fastest, the one with the loudest voice will prevail. If you still can’t tell the difference, the decision will be made by guessing.”
No matter how you look at it, it's very childish.
But even so, close to ten pages is too much, right?
“We must give the boss the most noble experience!”
