The end of technology.

"Yeah, it's really different. In the lecture, Ning Zi didn't need to solve the problems in their papers for a bunch of postgraduate and doctoral students! Believe it or not, for this 8000 yuan class, our Department of Mathematics of the University of Physical Education allows other departments to Doctoral students from the school come to the class, and it is full every day!"

"you……"

"What's the matter, I'm the deputy director of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Physical Education. The Department of Mathematics has entrusted me with full authority to take charge of this matter. Anyway, it's decided like this. You have to come and consciously go to the finance department to pay. In the future, Yanbei's postgraduate and doctoral students will not be able to enter the classroom." A financial invoice for the current week is required."

"Well, old Lu, I won't argue with you anymore, and let's not say that eight thousand will be in charge of a semester, can it be valid for the current month?"

"Hehe, it's not impossible to consider it. But...you beg me!"

"you……"

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While two old men who combined to be over a hundred years old were arguing lively on the phone, Apple Vice President Ge Linyue had already got off the plane at the Beijing International Airport and was heading directly towards Yanbei Sports University...

Chapter 104 Chen Yonggang's Doubts

During this trip to the capital, Ge Linyue didn't make an appointment with Ning Zi, but she made an appointment with Chen Yonggang.

Yes, Ge Linyue did not go to find Ning Zi when she went to the University this time, but Chen Yonggang.

After all, Greenyue is different from Tim Cook. She was born in China and she understands the way Chinese people do things better.

Especially after she carefully studied Ning Zi's information yesterday, especially after listening to Ning Zi's speech at the welcome ceremony for the freshmen of the University of Physical Education, and Youwei's recent actions, Ge Linyue put some things in front of her .

However, on the way to Tida, Ge Linyue asked the driver to choose a route that could pass at least two Youwei flagship stores in Beijing.It's not that I intend to test the capabilities of the M10 in person. In fact, Apple Huaxia has sent young employees to take charge of this work.

She just wanted to get a general idea of ​​what the market feedback was like today after Youwei's press conference yesterday.

Liao Zhengqiang was at the final stage of the press conference, but he guaranteed that all offline flagship stores of Youwei will receive the M10 series prototypes today for users to test on site.

Sure enough, when the driver told her to pass by the entrance of the first Youwei flagship store, the crowd queuing at the entrance of the store had almost filled the large square in front of the store.

When she opened the window, she heard the staff of Youwei flagship store shouting with a loudspeaker. The number of people in the store is limited, and users who hope to queue up can go to another Youwei flagship store two kilometers away to experience the M10 series products.

The enthusiasm shown by consumers is even higher than when the IPHONE8 offline store officially opened for sale.

We must know that compared with the sales strategy of Youwei Group, Apple currently pays more attention to the offline sales experience.

Of course, whether the temporary popularity can be converted into sales ultimately depends on the experience that technology gives consumers.However, since Youwei Group announced with such fanfare that consumers can go to offline stores to experience it before the official sale, it can already explain a lot of things.

As the person in charge of Apple in the Greater China region, Ge Linyue cannot pin her hopes on competitors making mistakes on their own initiative.Thinking of the worst possible response is her style.

Well, if everything shown at the press conference is true, then the biggest problem is probably the permission issue of the M10 series smartphone assistant.

Or can start from this point?

On the way to the university, Ge Linyue thought carefully in her mind.

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"Damn it, it looks like we have to wait for an hour." Tang Xiaohui couldn't help complaining to his friend Xu Yongmin.

The two have already predicted that it may be difficult to experience the Youwei M10 series mobile phones for the first time.

After all, yesterday's Youwei Group's press conference almost exploded across the Internet, so the two of them arrived at the store at 06:30 in the morning, but what they never expected was that they thought it was early enough, but more People are earlier than two people.

Even when we arrived at the entrance of the nearest Youwei flagship store at 05:30, there were already security guards maintaining order, and color bars and non-fixed parking piles were used to mark out a series of temporary guiding lanes for customers to queue up.

There were already more than 100 people in line at this time.

Only after listening to the chatter of the people next to them did they know that the top ten had already arrived after ten o'clock last night, and they stayed directly at the door all night.You must know that the weather in Beijing in October is already very cold.Staying outside all night is a desperate effort.

But when they heard that the top ten positions were basically sold for thousands of yuan, Tang Xiaohui and Xu Yongmin didn't think there would be anything wrong with waiting too long.

At the press conference, it didn’t say that the flagship store will be available in stock today, but it’s just that thousands of dollars are spent for early access. The world of the rich is really hard to understand.

So the wait was more than two hours.

Although this flagship store probably anticipated today’s situation and even opened an hour earlier at 30:[-] am, after the first batch of more than [-] people were put in, they still haven’t come out yet. People feel anxious and irritable.

"Wait! But don't blame me for not reminding you, I think you should not have too much expectations for the smart assistant function of M10." Xu Yongmin said casually.

"What do you mean? Old Xu, don't you feel uncomfortable if you don't pour some cold water on me? Don't think that you are also a professional in artificial intelligence." Tang Xiaohui glanced at Xu Yongmin and said dissatisfied.

Xu Yongmin glared at Huyou and said, "I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Everyone in our work group doesn't think that the things demonstrated at the press conference can really be realized. Have you ever been exposed to artificial intelligence training? Do you know semantic recognition? Is it too hard to adjust parameters? Let me tell you, it’s just a precise semantic recognition. The level of other companies, including Google and Apple, is actually similar. An analogy is that humans are still playing very well on the earth. But Youwei suddenly upgraded the technology to be able to take everyone to Mars to settle down, do you think it is possible?"

But obviously these words were not enough to convince the friends around him, Tang Xiaohui immediately retorted: "So you have been a migrant worker in your life! Didn't you listen to the last introduction? This software was developed by Ning Zi with the help of Youwei Group Don’t you know who Ning Zi is? It’s been said on the Internet that mathematics is the ceiling that determines the upper limit of a programmer! He is a mathematical genius! Isn’t it a matter of minutes to get an artificial intelligence program?”

Well, if the two hadn't grown up together since childhood, and their relationship had always been very good, Xu Yongmin wouldn't bother with this guy anymore.

Not only are these words against his will, but more importantly, what he is doing now is worthless.

Xu Yongmin didn't bother to care about this stuff anymore.

This is the case for laymen, who can't understand how difficult it is, so they know that they are brainless.

So what if it's Ning Zi?

Google X Lab is also doing the same thing. There are more mathematicians there, and Google has not seen much breakthrough in the direction of precise semantic recognition.Not to mention the scene recognition function...

Google's AlphaGo almost represents the pinnacle of modern AI discovery.

Although Xu Yongmin didn't bother to talk to this guy anymore, his best friend didn't let him go, and said provocatively: "Besides, you don't think it's true, why are you queuing up so early in the morning? Don't say I dragged you here Ah, we hit it off."

Xu Yongmin rolled his eyes and said, "I just wanted to expose the lies at the press conference on the spot. I just gave you a vaccination in advance, lest you will be disappointed later."

Tang Xiaohui immediately retorted: "Bah, I think you are furious because you saw that the products of others are too powerful, which highlights your incompetence."

However, just when the two were arguing vigorously, the team in front finally started to move again.

The first batch of consumers who entered the store were already walking out in twos and threes, but Xu Yongmin obviously noticed that many people were standing at the door still unable to move, and the store staff were still there patiently doing the work of persuading them to leave. Those people who just walked out of the store all looked extremely excited...

Seeing these details, Xu Yongmin suddenly became a little uncertain.

Can't you?

Can the offline experience really reproduce the scene at the press conference?

However, before he could think any more, the annoying guy next to him became excited: "Look, look, do you think those people who have experienced it seem very disappointed?"

"Maybe it's all childcare?" Xu Yongmin argued casually.

"Childcare? Xiao Xu, do you have any misunderstandings about the profession of childcare? Which childcare queues up in the middle of the night, and spend thousands of dollars to buy a seat?"

"I'm too lazy to argue with you, anyway, I'll find out later."

Xu Yongmin decided to end this boring dispute.Indeed, after the second batch of queuing users were invited into the store, they were able to enter soon.At that time, the truth will naturally come to light.

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While Tang Xiaohui and Xu Yongmin were still queuing in front of the Youwei Group store, Ge Linyue had already arrived at the campus of Yanbei Sports University.

Although it was the weekend, Ge Linyue had already contacted Chen Yonggang yesterday, so the principal of the University of Physical Education chose to work overtime on the weekend.He felt that what Lu Zhengyue said was right. Instead of worrying about gains and losses and fearing that Ning Zi would leave Yanbei Sports University early, it is better to do the best work that should be implemented while Ning Zi is still in school.

In particular, the president of Apple's Greater China region visited in person. If the talks go well, they might be able to draw another donation for the school.

Even if there is no donation, the Apple special scholarship is also good.

Schools with more scholarships will naturally attract more students to apply for the exam.

The most important thing in running a college is word of mouth among students.With higher scholarships to motivate students to study more seriously and make more achievements, the reputation and status of the school will naturally increase.

As for the price to be paid, that is a question that Ning Zi needs to consider.

Anyway, Chen Yonggang is very clear that Apple will definitely not have any unreasonable thoughts about him, the principal of the University of Physical Education...

However, what he never expected was that when he met Ge Linyue, after the woman exchanged a few polite greetings, the first sentence hit him on the seven inches when he talked about the topic.

"Principal Chen, I saw on the news that Youwei Group has organized a computer college for your school and donated a supercomputing center. Also, the University of Physical Education is cooperating with Yanbei University and the Institute of Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences to organize a physics major. But I took a rough look, and if the University wants to develop into a research-oriented university, it still lacks in majors. Therefore, Apple is also very happy to make some contributions to the future development of Yanbei University of Sports.”

"If your school needs it, we can help your school build relevant chemistry and materials science majors, as well as assist some related laboratory equipment. Based on this, we will deepen the cooperation between Apple and the University of Physical Education. Of course, in the future, Apple We will also consider launching targeted publicity and recruitment work in your school. On behalf of Apple Huaxia, we welcome outstanding graduates from your school to work at Apple."

Really, when Chen Yonggang heard Ge Linyue's words, he was completely dumbfounded.

Listen, what kind of tiger-wolf word is this?

Two more colleges and departments, the body is really not too crowded...

It is no exaggeration to say that when Ge Linyue said these words, Chen Yonggang subconsciously wanted to say: "It's better to discount it!"

Fortunately, I held back, after all, it didn't match the identity of the principal.

The most important thing is that they obviously didn't come here for the big sign.

At the same time, Chen Yonggang also had to admire the accuracy of the judgment of the woman in front of him.Now in the whole body university, Ning Zi is probably the only one who cares most about the crazy opening of new majors in the body university.

Indeed, even though Chen Yonggang is the principal, he still feels that the construction of new majors at Tida University is too fast.It has completely deviated from the normal development and construction speed of a university, and some things, after all, haste makes waste.

Even with hardware facilities, it is difficult to find suitable excellent professors and lecturers.

However, what Ge Linyue said made Chen Yonggang fall into the entanglement of happiness again.

"At the same time, we also hope to truly reach a strategic partnership with the University of Physical Education. Apple is willing to cooperate with Yanbei University of Physical Education on some of its own research projects, and invest part of the research and development funds in the laboratories of the new departments of the University of Physical Education. It can even help the University of Physical Education Introduce some relevant scientists to come to work. For example, some of Apple's new material investment, and algorithm projects related to various products, etc. "

"In short, President Chen, I am here with Apple's sincerity. I hope we can carry out some more in-depth cooperation to achieve a win-win result. If your school is also interested, we can contact you on some details. Discuss with me?"

Really, the addition of a good student who is too strong and hardworking in the school has almost become Principal Chen's troubles.

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Finally, after half an hour, Xu Yongmin and Tang Xiaohui finally walked into the offline flagship store of Youwei Peace Plaza.

Just now, the excited look of the second batch of die-hard electronics fans who walked out of the flagship store once again made Xu Yongmin feel that his scientific belief had been hit.

No, no one feels disappointed?

Didn't anyone think the scenes shown at the press conference were too unusual?

Fortunately, it was his turn at last, and the answer to the mystery was about to be revealed.

Following the crowd in front of the experience store, Xu Yongmin saw two rows of mobile phone display stands filled with the entire series of M10 products. There was a staff member in front of each product, but they hadn't waited until they were in the two rows. The user in front of them went to test their mobile phones, and a staff member standing in front of the cashier in the store, already holding a microphone, said: "Xiao Yi, send hello to all our users who have just entered the store. "

"Welcome, dear masters, Xiaoyi loves you!"

Really, on another occasion, hearing this voice, Xu Yongmin, who has always been serious, would probably choose to run away.

But when these sounds came from two rows of mobile phones, it only made him feel extremely weird.

This reminded him of a time when he was on a business trip to Guangzhou, when he passed by a residential area in broad daylight, he heard the phrase "Little handsome guy, come and play!"

When I heard it from a distance, I was dumbfounded, but when I got closer, I found that it was the sound of a rocking car at the entrance of the supermarket.

In the same words, different things are sent out, giving people a completely different perception experience.

Well, these phones are definitely tuned.

Looking at Tang Xiaohui, who was already so excited that he was about to jump up, Xu Yongmin strengthened his faith in his heart.

At this time, the staff in front of the cashier spoke again.

"Dear users, let me delay you for a minute, and let me tell you the precautions. First of all, all the M1 series products in this store are trial models. There is no source for sale at the moment, but full payment reservations are accepted, but the delivery time It may take a month. So please choose carefully. After the experience, users who want to make a reservation can come to the front desk to pay and make a reservation, or they can make a reservation on their own through third-party channels that have other official suggestions from the official website of the group. .”

"At the same time, because there are too many users who want to experience the M10 series mobile phone products today, each person can only experience one model of M10 for 5 minutes at a time. Please queue up in order to experience it. Our staff will remind you when the 5 minutes are up. Then please follow our arrow and leave the store directly. At the same time, because the experience of the automatic dialing function of the intelligent voice assistant requires special user authorization. Therefore, the products in the experience area cannot test this function. You can only experience it with our smart phone. The function of real-time conversations with voice assistants."

"However, there is a special model at our service desk, which is exclusively for users to experience the automatic call function of our intelligent voice assistant. It can be to make a call or automatically send WeChat voice. But users who want to experience this function need to register with us. Enter an address book number you want to call on the test model, or log in to WeChat. But please rest assured that our engineers will restore the data on the mobile phone system after your test. Your privacy will not be revealed. Every time there are two lucky people who can experience this function, I hope everyone will sign up enthusiastically.”

"At the same time, I need to remind everyone that because this is a public test, although we can guarantee that the specific number will not be leaked, the call between our smart voice assistant and the other party is presented in the form of an external broadcast, which means that everyone in the store All of them can be heard. Therefore, users who want to experience please choose the number carefully, and carefully make specific requirements for our intelligent voice assistant. For example, the first wave of users who just visited asked our voice assistant to help him confess. I haven’t had time yet. Responding to dissuade, the call was made, and then failed..."

Before the words were finished, the group of people who had just entered started to roar with laughter, and the happy atmosphere filled the entire store, and even many staff members in the store laughed out loud.Obviously, the scene just now was probably true.

But it's really tricky...

In front of dozens of people, let the artificial intelligence of the mobile phone help him confess... A god who can come up with such a brain hole, probably has been cut off from love in this life, right?

Finally, the joyful laughter stopped, and the staff at the front desk took the microphone and continued: "Although the user received a small gift from us to express his comfort, I still hope that everyone will not follow suit. Our artificial intelligence The assistant is not a panacea, but a more practical and interesting tool. Please don’t make fun of your own happiness. Well, now everyone can queue up to experience the product in an orderly manner. Users who want to experience the call function of the assistant raise their hands, Our staff will pick two people to experience it here!"

The moment the staff's voice fell, almost everyone near the door raised their hands, except for those who were at the front and could experience the latest model immediately.

Tang Xiaohui and Xu Wenmin raised their hands immediately.

Of course, the two may have different ideas.

For example, Tang Xiaohui simply wanted to have more time to experience this model, while Xu Wenmin wanted to prove his judgment.

But as soon as Xu Wenmin raised his hand, he heard the voice of the bad friend: "Choose us, my friend is an artificial intelligence, and he doesn't believe in the intelligent voice assistant that is as smart as the press conference. Let's get to know each other."

Out of the corner of Xu Wenmin's eye, he could still see the bad friend beside him with one hand raised high and the other pointing wildly at him.

Really at this moment, I want to strangle this bad friend to death.

But it was clear that the exaggerated shouts really had an effect. After the staff in charge of picking the lucky one obviously hesitated for a while, they really chose the two directly.

"Then invite the two of you to come to the service desk. Other users, please continue to line up. There are a total of ten M10 models available for experience in our experience area, and it will be everyone's turn soon!"

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