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A month has passed, and the internal testing of the three groups of products by the big factory has basically ended.This test also randomly selected 1% of external users and invited them to participate in order to obtain more objective feedback.

The final data came out, and the results look very obvious. The AIBot of the Qinchuan Group is far ahead in various indicators such as daily active users, throughput, and user ratings.

Seeing that the matter was going to be unstoppable, Patrick, the cloud director, finally couldn't sit still. He recruited a group of subordinates and asked them to come up with an idea to get the matter back.

But the data is there, so you can't tell lies with your eyes open.The dog legs discussed and discussed, and felt that the only way to "know it with reason and move it with emotion" was to recruit Qin Chuan, a "green forest hero".

With a few days left before the data results were announced, the cloud director sent Qin Chuan an urgent meeting invitation, asking Qin Chuan to come anyway.

Any sudden emergency meeting would not do any good, but the director's position was one level higher than Qin Chuan's, and the position of a senior official was overwhelming, so Qin Chuan had to go to the meeting.

Patrick has a pair of eight-character eyebrows, a fat head with big ears, a full face, and a hairline that reaches the top of his head.

As a veteran "non-stick pan" who has been in the workplace for decades and a well-known "Master Duan Shui", Patrick's style of doing things has always been to be a monk for a day, and it is best to do nothing, so that no one needs excuse me.His daily schedule is all kinds of meetings. His specialty is how to pretend to understand in a lengthy meeting, and how to output sentences without information for 30 minutes without interruption even if there is no ink in his stomach.From head to toe, every inch of his nails and every hair is perfectly interpreting what is called "redundancy".

In fact, many years ago, Patrick was also a newcomer in the workplace, full of enthusiasm, full of ideals, and eager to make a difference.But decades have passed, and his enthusiasm for work has been worn away bit by bit by his nine-to-five life, which has dimmed the light in his eyes bit by bit.The whole person is like a frog in warm water, his blood has been drained, his dreams and ambitions linger on, struggling until they disappear.

For him now, one thing more is worse than one thing less.Is it not good to mix until retirement?

So when three groups proposed to build a corporate communication app at the same time, his first reaction was to let them fight, let them fight, and whoever wins will be in charge. He is too lazy to care about it, which can also cover up his lack of foresight. and decision-making abilities.

Who knew that this competition would kill Qin Chuan halfway, and kill a few of his bastards.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Patrick is usually ready to go home at this time, but he made an appointment with Qin Chuan today.

Patrick reluctantly sat up straight, and said politely, "I'm sorry for calling you here in such a hurry. That's right, judging from the current data, it is true that your group's products are more innovative. It is far ahead in terms of indicators, and it is also relatively popular in the market.”

Qin Chuan slandered: This string of compliments was nothing more than a criticism of the soap bar before, but he still responded politely: "Thank you for the compliment."

Patrick smiled all over his face: "Mr. Qin, I don't know if you have thought about coming to work for our cloud team? I happen to have a vacancy for a deputy director at the moment. I think you are very suitable for this position, Mr. Qin. Treat us It can be discussed, and I will never treat you badly."

Qin Chuan smiled wryly in his heart, just imagine if he had a boss like Patrick in the future, plus those idiot colleagues who can only copy and have no brains, what would be the future?

He replied in a very official tone: "Thank you for your appreciation. But I have no plans to change groups yet."

Patrick didn't expect Qin Chuan to refuse, and let himself be shut out.He couldn't hold back his face, and he was determined to hit the opponent: "Although your project performed well during the internal test, I still want to give you a preventive shot in advance. If your AIBot is launched on the market, the risk may be very dangerous. Impossible to measure."

Qin Chuan: "Oh? I would like to hear more about it."

Patrick: "AI needs to integrate a large number of user information before it can be used. How do you ensure the security of user information? How do you ensure that AI will not make mistakes? One day if it speaks nonsense, or says something it shouldn't, we will be sued What should I do?"

Qin Chuan: "Then how do you ensure that humans don't leak secrets? How do you ensure that human employees don't make mistakes? How can you be sure that humans won't say things they shouldn't say?"

Patrick hit a wall and was stunned speechless. He was unhappy and his face sank: "Yes, your idea is indeed innovative, but I still think stability and safety are the most important things. Although the cloud three groups Its products are not so innovative, but it is stable and the whole system is relatively mature. To be honest, they are more in line with my expectations. If we finally decide to choose three groups of products, please don’t be surprised.”

Qin Chuan smiled helplessly: "Of course I know that it is stable and steady, because their products are made by our team. When the three teams used them, I am afraid they didn't even change a single blank."

Patrick's face was full of surprise: "Is what you said true?"

Qin Chuan: "If you need, I can provide a complete chain of evidence."

Walking out of Patrick's office, Qin Chuan deeply felt that today's big factories are in decline, arrogant and lonely can't see the future clearly, and self-willed can't adapt to the trend.

It used to be the spokesperson of innovation and breakthrough, but now, every pore of the big factory reveals decay, staleness and regression.Although the entire company still appears to be prosperous on the surface, and its stock price is rising steadily, it is regarded as a benchmark in the industry and is highly sought after.But deep down, it began to stagnate and was deeply involved in political struggles. It had already deviated from its original goals and beliefs.

If you just rely on the accumulation of the past and stand still, no matter what kind of company you have, no matter how glorious the past is, you will sooner or later come to nothing.

Freezing three feet does not happen in a day.Before the building collapsed and capsized, insects and ants had already eaten away its backbone.

Thinking of this, a wave of fear hit Qin Chuan's heart. Could Patrick's old-fashioned and conservative appearance be himself in 20 years?

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Having dinner at home at night, Qin Chuan was a little absent-minded.

No matter what Lin Nan said, Qin Chuan's reply was always perfunctory:

"Oh."

"is it?"

"Is that so?"

Lin Nan put down his chopsticks and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you so out of your mind, what are you thinking?"

Qin Chuan thought for a while and asked, "Say, how about I quit my current job and start a business with a little pumpkin bot?"

Lin Nan's first reaction was that Qin Chuan was crazy: "Ah?! You quit your high-paying and stable job to start a business?"

The second reaction was to persuade him to turn around and get on with it: "Is it because the current project is not going well? Wouldn't it be enough to change it?"

Qin Chuan: "That's right, the project can be changed, but if you change it, you're still working part-time?"

Lin Nan couldn't refute it, but he still felt that starting a business was a bit too aggressive. He tentatively asked, "Is it because of being angry at the cloud? Well, who hasn't been angry at work?"

Qin Chuan: "Actually, to a certain extent, I can understand Patrick. More than 80% of the revenue of major manufacturers comes from the main pillar. No matter how good we do, communication software will always be a branch line. For the branch line, a 60 points A product that has just passed the standard is enough, and a major manufacturer does not need a branch product with a score of 100. After all, a product with a score of 60 will not shake the position of the main revenue channel in the entire company, and the resistance it will face when it is launched will be much smaller. .”

"Taking a step back, even if they choose us, they won't pay enough attention in the later stage. We will always be inferior, and we will definitely spend most of our energy on dealing with internal friction and competing for resources. Moreover, what I want to do is not to improve , not tinkering, but a revolutionary product, a product that is ten or twenty times better than previous products. And AI is a bit overkill at the level of communication software. This bot is very malleable, theoretically It can be packaged independently into a multi-dimensional product and launched to the market. Anyway, we are all in Silicon Valley, why don’t we set up a company and seek external resources to cultivate our products?”

Lin Nan: "Have you considered the risks involved? 95% of start-ups will fail. How can you guarantee that you are not one of them?"

Qin Chuan pushed his glasses and said with a playful smile: "If it really fails...don't you still have me?"

Lin Nan gave him a blank look: "When will I..." But he thought about it, forget it, I'm afraid Qin Chuan can only believe 20% of what he said, there is no need to be serious with him, he asked instead, "I understand the truth, But where does the money to start a business come from?"

Qin Chuan: "Silicon Valley is never short of money, but good ideas. I have a college classmate who is working as a venture capitalist, and I plan to make an appointment with him tomorrow."

Lin Nan: "I heard that venture capital is difficult to deal with. Are you really ready? What strategy do you have?"

Qin Chuan: "Draw a big cake. I'm going to make this cake big and delicious."

The author says:

It is impossible to work part-time, and it is impossible to work part-time in this life. :