Liu Zhenyun's purpose in getting a supercomputer was to restart a project he had abandoned before.
It can’t be said to be giving up.
The purpose of R&D Listening is to obtain enough funds to start the project.
The field of AI seems to be developing very well at present, but in fact it is still in its infancy.
Artificial intelligence can currently be divided into three levels.
Weak artificial intelligence, strong artificial intelligence, super strong artificial intelligence.
Weak artificial intelligence refers to artificial intelligence that focuses on and can only solve problems in a single specific field.
Strong artificial intelligence refers to artificial intelligence that can perform all human tasks.
Super artificial intelligence refers to artificial intelligence that is smarter than the strongest human brain in every aspect, including scientific creativity, intelligence, and social abilities.
The current artificial intelligence in the world is in the category of weak artificial intelligence, and there is still a slight gap between it and the real weak artificial intelligence.
Liu Zhenyun paused here.
Lu Yiming immediately asked: "So which field of weak artificial intelligence do you plan to do?"
Hear this.
Liu Zhenyun shook his head and said: "No! I want to do strong artificial intelligence! Mr. Lu! Why don't you come to the company! I will just tell you the specific ideas of my project! There are some things on the phone that I may not be able to explain clearly. !”
I have to say that the artificial intelligence project really piqued Lu Yiming's interest.
He only has less than ten years of knowledge of what the future will look like.
At least based on the world he knew before his rebirth.
It should still only be in the weak artificial intelligence stage.
Since Liu Zhenyun wants to develop strong artificial intelligence, Lu Yiming will definitely support him no matter what.
After the Detection Eye is upgraded to LV1.
Lu Yiming used it on all the company's management. Liu Zhenyun's loyalty was as high as full. Among them, there was a small manager whose loyalty was lower than 70. Lu Yiming fired him without hesitation.
reason?
Does it count to enter the company with the left foot?
But even if he had this magical skill, he didn't want to use it against Xiaoli.
There was no need in his mind.
The relationship between the two does not need to be proven in this way.
soon.
Lu Yiming rushed to the company.
I chatted with Liu Zhenyun alone for almost two hours.
Although most of them couldn't understand it, Lu Yiming could tell that Liu Zhenyun was not very confident about this project.
He looked worried that he would lose money.
Lu Yiming smiled and said: "Don't worry! Don't worry about losing money or not! I, Lu Yiming, have invested in this project! You can just research and develop it! I can't say how much funding is needed, but I will definitely try my best not to let this project suffer due to funding issues." Resulting in failure or termination!"
Lu Yiming's assets are in the tens of billions.
But the cash flow is actually only more than 200 million.
This is after receiving dividends from Modu Volkswagen before.
After tax, I got 80 million.
However, Lu Yiming is not worried about being short of money. If it is not possible, he can just use the shares to get a loan. If there is too much, just go to the bank with ByteDance shares. I dare not say that 10 billion can be loaned out, but 5 billion is definitely It's easy.
This is why Lu Yiming dares to say that he fully supports it.
Liu Zhenyun was quite excited when he heard this.
This project can be said to be a bottomless pit. If you save a little bit of 100 million, it will only take a year to survive. It was Lu Yiming who suddenly asked him to spend 100 million.
Otherwise, he would not even think about starting this project.
At this time, Liu Zhenyun said excitedly: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your trust! I will never let your investment go to waste! Although I can't promise when the results will be produced, I dare to say that I will bet my life on it." This strong artificial intelligence, which only exists in concept, will also appear in front of you, Mr. Lu!"
Hear this.
Lu Yiming used Detection Eye LV1 on Liu Zhenyun again.
Name: Liu Zhenyun
Relationship: Employment relationship (Loyalty: 100 Rating: I can give you my heart!)
Current mood: Excited (seems to have made some determination.)
Physical condition: Sub-health (needs adequate sleep and proper rest.)
Favorability: ∞ (Ask him to borrow money! You can borrow as much as you want! There won’t even be enough loans to help you get it together!)
After getting feedback.
Lu Yiming immediately looked at him and said, "There's no need to be too hasty. There's still a long time ahead. Now let's talk about your rest first. I heard from Secretary Cao that you basically never asked for leave. At the same time, it's the best time to get off work at night." Late, what? The salary I paid is not enough? Do you need to make more money through overtime pay?"
Hear this.
Liu Zhenyun quickly waved his hand and said: "No! Mr. Lu, you haven't spent all the money you gave me."
Hearing the sound, the corners of Lu Yiming's mouth rose.
He immediately nodded and said: "Okay! It's not just because you don't have enough money! Then from today on, you must maintain more than eight hours of continuous sleep every day, and you must take four days of rest every month. I will ask Secretary Cao to find someone to supervise you. , missing one minute of sleep every day will force you to take a day off, and missing one day of sleep will force you to take a week's rest."
Hear this.
Liu Zhenyun opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
But Lu Yiming didn't give him this chance. He waved his hand to say nothing, and then walked out of the office, leaving Liu Zhenyun stunned in his seat.
at this time.
Lu Yiming went directly to Cao Siyun's office.
She was very surprised by Lu Yiming's arrival.
He quickly stood up and shouted: "Mr. Lu! You are here!"
Hearing this, Lu Yiming nodded.
Then he walked straight to her desk and sat down.
Then he said: "Help me find a bank and ask how much cash I can loan out if I use ByteDance's shares as collateral."
Lu Yiming never fights an unprepared battle.
He needs to have a clear enough understanding of the funds he has available.
Although Liu Zhenyun said that 100 million can be used for one year, Lu Yiming knew that this should be a more conservative plan. Lu Yiming had already learned this lesson several times about paying extra money to improve efficiency.
Hear this.
Cao Siyun was very surprised.
But I didn’t ask any more questions.
All she had to do was execute whatever Lu Yiming wanted to do.
Equity is chattel.
Therefore, it is a pledge but not a mortgage. Compared with mortgage loans, the interest on pledges is often higher.
But there are exceptions to everything.
Cao Siyun contacted several banks for consultation that day.
It was learned that Lu Yiming intended to pledge shares of ByteDance.
That's two o'clock in the afternoon that day.
Several commercial vehicles were parked downstairs of Lu Yiming's company.
These cars represent Cao Siyun's contact with the top people in charge of these banks in Star City.
"Secretary Cao! Our Hua Xia Bank is willing to loan 7.5 billion at an annual interest rate of 4.75%! The requirement is to sign a three- to five-year contract!"
"Five billion? Secretary Cao! Our Shanghai Bank's annual interest rate is only 4.59! We can lend you 10 billion! The requirement is to sign a three- to five-year contract!"
"Our annual interest rate for investment is only 4.5! The minimum is 10 billion! The maximum is 15 billion! The funds will be available within 24 hours! The requirement is to sign a three- to five-year contract!"
"Our rural credit cooperatives only need 3.9! They can lend 3.5 billion this month and raise 3.5 billion a year ago! The requirement is to sign a five- to seven-year contract!"
The most frequent visitors are the vice presidents.
Shares are also divided into pros and cons.
ByteDance is a company that looks like a unicorn.
It’s worth them coming in person.
Moreover, the current economic environment is not good. The money can be lent out and it is such a high-quality pledge. It can be said that they even hope that Lu Yiming cannot repay it.
This scene was expected by Cao Siyun.
But I didn't expect them to come so soon.
Finished talking with the four presidents or vice presidents who came to visit unexpectedly.
Contact Lu Yiming immediately to inform him of the situation.
One thing to say.
Lu Yiming didn't expect to borrow so much. He originally thought it would be worth two to three billion. After all, ByteDance's valuation a few months ago was only $75 billion.
Shares worth $750 million.
Calculated based on the ratio of mortgage loans to 40% to 70%.
Three billion would be good.
These four banks are the most ruthless in attracting investment.
Directly 10 billion to 15 billion.
This is both for interest and for this part of the stock.
This type of mortgage loan.
Basically it means that the money lent can be recovered by the collateral.
That is to say.
China Merchants Bank believes that Lu Yiming’s 1% stake in ByteDance could be worth up to 15 billion.
And most importantly.
None of the four banks said anything about usage restrictions.
This means that the money borrowed by Lu Yiming can be used for consumption or investment.
At this time, Lu Yiming was thinking about which one to borrow.
Or maybe you’re calculating how much money you need.
The more money you borrow, the better.
At the moment, he needs several billions of funds, which is enough.
Didn’t Liu Zhenyun want supercomputing?
Then get him a good one, one that can be done in one step.
Think of this.
Lu Yiming said: "Go and ask Mr. Liu to come over!"
Five minutes later.
Liu Zhenyun came to Cao Siyun's office.
At Cao Siyun's signal, she picked up the landline microphone on the table.
Fu Er said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lu!"
"I want to get you a supercomputing center! Is the budget three billion enough?"
The tone of the words.
It's like asking how much a piece of pork belly in the supermarket costs.
Hearing this, Liu Zhenyun began to do mental calculations.
The investment in 1P computing power is almost more than 200,000.
Three billion words.
You can build a supercomputer with more than 2,000 P computing power (the chip computing power is not one plus one equal to one).
The peak computing power of a single A800 chip is only about 0.6P.
It has been increased from dozens of P to two thousand P.
This level of supercomputing.
It starts with at least hundreds of millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity at full load a year.
That’s it.
Liu Zhenyun took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Lu! Is this too much of an investment?"
Hear this.
Lu Yiming smiled.
Then he said: "This is not a problem you have to deal with. Just say I will build you a supercomputing center with a scale of 3 billion. How much confidence do you have in the project?"
Hear this.
Liu Zhenyun thought for a moment.
Then he said: "It was 30% before! Now it is 80%!"
The speed of AI research is linked to computing power.
If he can allocate more than 20,000 P of computing power at will.
He was full of confidence in the project.
Hear this.
Lu Yiming snapped his fingers.
Ask Liu Zhenyun to hand over the electricity to Cao Siyun.
"I need to borrow 3 billion to 3.5 billion. Which one do you think is more suitable?"
Hear this.
Cao Siyun was stunned for a moment.
Then he asked carefully: "Mr. Lu? Are you sure you only need this much?"
Just this much?
Lu Yiming was very puzzled by Cao Siyun's words.
At this time, Cao Siyun continued: "That's it, Mr. Lu! If you only need more than 3 billion, you don't actually need to pledge the shares of ByteDance."
Finished saying this.
She picked up the tablet on the table.
After opening a stock software, he brought up the backend and placed it in front of Lu Yiming.
"Mr. Lu! These are the stocks you arranged to buy before! A total of 60 million capital reserves were injected, and you personally invested 15 million in batches, excluding the 5 million stocks known to be purchased. It fell seven levels, but everything else rose! For example, this stock! It was purchased for 30 million at the time, and by October it was already worth 100 million. In October, it experienced 17 daily limits in 26 days. This is not the highest rise. Fierce."
Although Liu Zhenyun does not trade in stocks.
But when I heard that the stock price had reached the daily limit of 17 times in 26 days, I couldn't help but look shocked.
I was doing a little calculation in my mind.
Calculate it based on 100 million.
The seventeen daily limit is more than 500 million.
This last sentence is not the biggest increase.
Liu Zhenyun couldn't help but look at Lu Yiming with admiration.
There is a saying in the stock industry.
As long as you don't play, you are more than 90% of investors.
at this time.
Cao Siyun calculated the value of the stocks owned by Lu Yiming.
Soon, the tens of millions of shares purchased by Lu Yiming were now worth 3.2 billion.
One thing to say.
Lu Yiming has almost forgotten that he owns this part of the stock.
The last time Cao Siyun reported.
That was a few months ago.
It was also after that report that Lu Yiming told her not to report to him in the future.
I plan to open a blind box at the end of the year.
Unexpectedly, the value of the stock only rose to several hundred million at that time.
It is now worth more than three billion.
It is naturally best not to take out a loan.
Then let these bank presidents make the trip in vain.
But it's not a waste of money. If he is short of money in the future, he will at least know how much money he can borrow from these shares.
at this time.
Lu Yiming said calmly: "Since this part is enough, then sell all these stocks first!"
These stocks are the monster stocks in his memory for 19 years.
No matter what, he won't hold it until next year.
certainly.
There are still 20 years of monster stocks waiting for him to buy in his memory.
Even if there is room for value-added, he won't care about it.
Hearing this, Cao Siyun nodded.
It is estimated that the money will take about half a month to arrive, and the supercomputing center also needs time to prepare. Lu Yiming looked at Liu Zhenyun and said: "You should buy a set of supercomputers with a budget of more than 10 million! In the supercomputing center Use it before you finish it, and then you can donate it to a local university if you don’t need it anymore.”
Hearing this, Liu Zhenyun nodded.
He is not very good at expressing gratitude.
He plans to use his own actions to repay Lu Yiming.
But thinking about Lu Yiming's previous request to him, he felt as if his actions were going to speed up.
At least during the thirteen hours you work each day.
You have to achieve the results of the previous fifteen hours of work.
Lu Yiming didn't know yet at this time.
Liu Zhenyun plans to approach this project in an overclocked state.
Looking at him who is already eager to try.
Lu Yiming smiled and said: "Come on! Just try to let me see that the project can reach the application level within three to five years!"
(End of chapter)
