You are a black technology boss, you didn't say it sooner!

Once you understand the purpose of "collecting data", it seems that you can easily clear Lou Qingyan's thinking.

He made his fortune in software, but he didn't expect to make a profit on software from the beginning.Making bug animations, on the one hand, is to teach the R&D team, and on the other hand, it is to collect data to pave the way for special effects plug-ins.The production of special effects plug-ins is just to get a capital to enter the film and television industry.

The film and television industry is the sea that he has long aimed at and planned to cast a net to catch fish.The long process ahead is nothing more than weaving fishing nets.

What makes people think about it is that the pre-software of the bug animation—that is, Lou Dayuan’s Ghost Animal software—was originally made with the intention of revenge on Lou Dayuan.

Could it be that since then, Lou Qingyan has seen all kinds of things today?Already completed today's layout in the air?

"Boss, did you think of today's step when you first started making ghost software?"

Lou Qingyan blinked, "Guess."

People still tend to think it's just a coincidence.

Only Xie Jin can't restrain his divergent thinking. If a casual move at the beginning can make the layout today, then today's ambitious announcement of setting foot in the film and television industry, what is the layout for?There are so many directions to research and develop, but Lou Qingyan insists on starting with special effects software, is it really just for the huge profits of the film and television industry?

After the meeting, Lou Qingyan picked two young people from the R&D team, a guy named Gu Han and a girl named Tang Xiaoyu, to accompany him to the project manager's dinner.

When they got to the place, Cheng Tao was already waiting there.

Regardless of how it was at the beginning, his attitude now can be described as thoughtful and enthusiastic, taking care of the three of them in every possible way.Under such an offensive, no amount of resentment could be resolved.

Businessmen play a trick of friendship, which can be called tricks.

Lou Qingyan is not used to talking about things at the wine table, and he doesn't know how to push a cup to change a cup. After sitting down, after a few simple greetings, he said directly: "Manager Cheng, I am very impressed with the cooperation project mentioned in your email." Interested, why don't we get straight to the point?"

"Talk while eating, talk while eating, haha." Cheng Tao immediately realized that Lou Qingyan's character would not be around the corner, immediately adjusted his communication strategy, and said with a big smile, "Okay, Mr. Lou is so straightforward, I'm not talking nonsense anymore."

Lou Qingyan found that this Cheng Tao's slickness was the pinnacle among the people he had ever met, even a person like Zheng Feng who had been in the mall for a long time, and he was not as good at dealing with others.

"I have observed the design of bug animation software, it is very powerful, and Lou is always a rather unexpected person." He said, "But compared to animation software, what surprised me the most is the product Vocalcords, which can make the software look like a real person. To have a voice, it's amazing."

"Letting the software sing and let the software speak are two completely different concepts, and this is what your company's employees said." Lou Qingyan was noncommittal.

Cheng Tao didn't praise him again this time, and asked instead: "Isn't it, you don't agree with this point of view?"

Lou Qingyan raised his eyebrows and looked at him, but didn't answer.

Cheng Tao had no choice but to continue: "Letting the software sing is just arranging the tone. As long as the sound is natural and not out of tune, it is qualified."

"However, to let the software speak, we must pay attention to the ups and downs of the voice, intonation, semantic expression, and emotional expression."

"The AI ​​must first be taught to understand the meaning of each sentence, so that it knows what it is talking about. Only in this way can the synthetic voice have accurate fluctuations and intonations."

This is another important topic in the field of artificial intelligence - natural language processing.

In this field, Cheng Tao is an expert, and he knows too well where the ceiling is in this field.

The name of the project he pointed out is called "Echo Dubbing", which is already at the pinnacle of technology, but it can only be used for written reading and advertising dubbing. It cannot simulate natural dialogue at all, and the naturalness is far from the standard.

So it is conceivable how shocked he was when he first came into contact with vocalcords and heard the naturalness of the voice.But at that time, he had no idea of ​​cooperating with Lou Qingyan.

Until later, when the bug animation came out, he guessed that Lou Qingyan's team's research on artificial intelligence had reached its pinnacle, much higher than any domestic R&D team.

Therefore, he wants to cooperate with Lou Qingyan to develop natural language processing.

To put it more simply, it is going to outsource part of the development work of Echo Dubbing to Deep Space Technology.

Two people with different thoughts were discussing business at the dinner table, and Gu Han and Tang Xiaoyu, who were chatting awkwardly beside them, were really confused.

Gu Han whispered to Tang Xiaoyu: "What does the boss mean, you really want to accept this outsourcing?"

Tang Xiaoyu: "Look at it, not only can you pick it up, but also let the two of us lead the project team."

Gu Han: "But...but we can do it ourselves, why should we make it cheaper for others?"

This is beyond what Tang Xiaoyu can guess.

Although Gu Han's tone was very arrogant, he was right, if they accepted this outsourcing, it would indeed feel a little "cheap to others".

Almost all the difficulties in natural language processing can be solved in "Weak AI Programming Principles". The technology that is difficult for others is nothing to them.

Speech synthesis has a wide range of applications. Let’s not talk about intelligent assistants and chat robots. Just imagine how disruptive it will be to the dubbing industry if AI can speak like a real person.

For games, film and television, commercials, radio stations and even TV stations, artificial dubbing will become the exclusive VIP service for large projects, while those small projects with insufficient funds will all choose machine dubbing.

The value of top dubbing actors will be greatly increased, because human dubbing will become a luxury resource; mid-level dubbing actors may earn a living by registering sound patents; as for bottom dubbing actors, this group will no longer exist.

The subversion of the industry will continue to spread to universities, and the major of dubbing will disappear directly, and may even affect the source of students majoring in broadcasting and hosting.

There is a huge profit margin here.

But that's not even the big profits.

If this kind of immersive speech synthesis appears prematurely, the bulk of its profits must lie in the sale of patents.

Let me ask, which of the current Internet giants does not make smart assistants? Apple's siri, Google's googlenow, Baidu's Duxiaomi, Microsoft's cortana... As long as one of them is replaced with new technology, can the others resist buying it?

All in all, natural language processing occupies too much weight in the field of artificial intelligence. Once a breakthrough is made, it will inevitably cause a large-scale chain reaction.

If Gu Han and Tang Xiaoyu were to choose, they would definitely hold this technology firmly in their hands.

However, while they were whispering and exchanging opinions here, on the other side, Lou Qingyan and Cheng Tao had already started discussing the contract.

Lou Qingyan didn't expect Cheng Tao to bring the contract with him when he came to dinner.Of course, he would definitely not agree to this contract, so the two sides began to bargain.

Lou Qingyan's last condition made Cheng Tao, Gu Han and Tang Xiaoyu feel extremely unbelievable.

"Deep Space Technology will build a platform website in the future. I hope Xunfei dubbing can authorize the use of the website for 50 years, and your company will reach a series of cooperation with us to provide a series of assistance to our website. Generally speaking ..."

"Of course, the premise of these conditions is that we can complete your company's software development needs. That is to say, the software that is finally handed over to you can really do fake human voice dubbing."

After listening to him, Cheng Tao gasped.

Not to mention whether the last sentence was too arrogant.Considering the anti-sky function of bug animation, let's believe it is true.

So, Lou Qingyan gave up such a large profit to Echo, but the purpose was only to build a platform website, in order for Echo to help him build the platform?

What kind of platform is he going to build?Do it with gold?Is it worth selling such a big profit?In this day and age, can a self-made person who is heavily in debt really start a business from a platform?Isn't that a game only big capital has the right to play?

It is said that talking about business is asking for a lot of money, why is it that Lou Qingyan acted like he was giving away money?

This guy doesn't know anything about business, does he, a technical genius and an idiot in life?

Of course, Cheng Tao would not miss this opportunity.

"I'm just a project manager, and I still need to go back and have a meeting with the leader to discuss. However, I estimate that I can start drafting the contract tonight."

He stood up and stretched out his hand to Lou Qingyan, "I wish us a happy cooperation in advance."

"It will definitely be quite pleasant." Lou Qingyan said lightly.

After the dinner was over, the three returned by car, with Gu Han driving in front and Tang Xiaoyu sitting in the co-pilot.

Lou Qingyan said from behind: "I've counted it, the two of you are in charge of this project. After a while, another batch of developers will be recruited, and construction will start immediately."

Tang Xiaoyu couldn't help asking: "Boss, but why?"

She did not believe that Lou Qingyan could not see the development potential of speech synthesis technology.

Lou Qingyan only said: "Once there is a breakthrough in synthetic speech technology, will we now have the ability to hold it in our hands?"

Tang Xiaoyu said: "This is not a problem! We can put it aside and do it later, or, or... I don't believe you can't solve it, Boss."

Lou Qingyan leaned back on the back of the chair, turned her head and stared at the beautiful city outside the car window.

His complexion was much better than when he first wore it, and he was no longer as thin and listless as a bamboo pole under the scorching sun.The good fitness habits he developed in Interstellar shaped his body into a lean and powerful body.

His fair and clean face was reflected in the blackout film of the car window.The black and golden city of Beijing outside the window was reflected in his bottomless eyes.

Fire's Weibo has been updated again.

This time, he released a series of job advertisements, taking advantage of the popularity of this event to spread among fans.

The positions recruited this time include everything, from finance to administration to development, it's like recruiting an entire company.Netizens were confused.

"Is deep space technology an empty shell? Why is everything missing?"

"So the god of fire is really the mysterious blue man behind the deep space technology!"

"Java and AI engineers can understand, but why are so many front-end developers recruited? They won't plan to build a website next, right?"

The volatility caused by job ads didn't last long.

Because, soon, the whole Internet was swamped by another incident.

"Gu Changxi re-opened his voice after ten years, and his aura has seriously declined! The former song god has already become an ordinary person?"

A recording of Gu Changxi's singing that I don't know where to dig out was suddenly exposed on the Internet, and then rushed to the top of the topic list with a momentum of all the way.

If it wasn't for seeing such a big movement with their own eyes, netizens would really not believe that a singer who has disappeared for 10 years can cause such a large amount of traffic.

In the recording, Gu Changxi's sexy and magnetic voice is singing his famous song,

In all fairness, there is no out-of-tune, no breath, and the sound is stable, and the intonation is various online, which is quite pleasant to hear at first glance.However……

"It's so peaceful, there is no ups and downs in the whole process, 555, is this really my male god?"

"It's a bit spicy. The old man in the subway looks at his phone.jpg"

"Gu Changxi won't really become such a passer-by! It's hard to bear, he is my childhood!"

"I was still crying when he quit the circle, but I didn't expect it to be ten years..."

"Hey, even if it's a shining star, there will be a day when it won't shine."

The last one got the most likes.

This incident seems quite strange, the strange point is not that the ten-year singing god has disappeared from everyone, but that this so-called video of Gu Changxi's singing that came out out of nowhere is exactly the demo they recorded when they tested Gu Changxi's voice bank that day.

Lou Qingyan frowned as soon as she saw the title, then immediately contacted Gu Changxi and asked him to come out for a meeting.

The meeting place is still at Miaofeng Mountain. Two weeks have passed, and it is just necessary to test the results of the mind training during this period.

It is still the winding road in front of Miaofengshan Sanatorium, which seems to lead directly to the sky.

It was early in the morning, and it was rare that the halfway up the mountain was not shrouded in haze.The sky is low and the ground is wide, the sky is in all directions, the clouds are surging above the head, and they are scattered in all directions for a while, and the beautiful light suddenly leaks from the gaps and sprinkles all over the earth, mountains and rivers.

Gu Changxi who appeared at the end of the road was like a ray of light emerging from the clouds.

He had a faint smile on his face and looked surprisingly good.A man who is nearly forty years old, ups and downs in ten years of frustration, his heart seems to still maintain the gentleness and simplicity of the past.The years have not left a trace of weather on his face, even if there are fine lines at the corners of his eyes when he smiles, those fine lines are full of youthful innocence.

He didn't seem to care about the outflow of the sound bank.

"It's very simple, just clarify and spread a rumor. If the manager didn't allow it, I would like to make the voice library public so that everyone can use it." He was still typing on his phone.

Lou Qingyan felt that the matter was not simple.

This matter is very easy to clarify, or it is too easy to clarify. Even if the official does not come out to speak out, sharp-eyed netizens can find their own blind spots and reveal the truth of the matter by themselves.

The current situation of ridicule on the whole network is particularly strange.

"Maybe this matter is not for you at all." Lou Qingyan said suddenly.

Gu Changxi: "?"

"It's nothing." Lou Qingyan said again, "Come on, let's take another EEG."

This time he directly brought the newly written EEG compiler program, that is, it can convert EEG into idea intervals.The EEG is drawn in real time, and the computer is running, outputting one map after another of the distribution of thoughts in real time.

Lou Qingyan was a little shocked by the strong idea shown in the picture.

"Seriously, don't be a singer anymore, go play e-sports. With this level of thought, you can win the district championship." He subconsciously said.

Gu Changxi: "???"

Lou Qingyan finally realized, "It's nothing, why don't you come over and have a look?"

The e-sports industry in the interstellar society is particularly developed, but people there use their brains to play games, so interstellar e-sports does not rely on hand speed, but on brain speed, or the level of thought.

This is getting far, he continued: "These pictures record your expression of a song, and the largest interval is your biggest thought."