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In the study, Zhou Buqi is working on his work.

Mainly communication via email, as well as documents and messages on WeChat.

This amount is too large.

Fortunately, Sun Wanran and Yan Qiqi were around to help.

In order to solve the big boss's problem of too much information processing, the Weishu team even developed a new function, which is "automatic copying of information."

In other words, all WeChat messages, documents, voices, and videos sent to Zhou Buqi will be automatically forwarded to the associated account.

Zhou Buqi's associated account is also the account of the secretaries.

The annotations on documents, messages, and videos in the associated account will be synchronized in the main account, making it easier for the main account to quickly check all information.

There are currently 7 secretaries who have the privilege of Weishu's associated account, namely Ning Yaxian, Sun Wanran, Ning Lu, Guan Nanqing, Yan Qiqi Zhuowensi and Zhang Zetian.

Among all the secretaries in the Secretariat, Mai Feixue has the worst ability. Rather than saying she is a little secretary, it is better to say she is Xiao Mi Shu. What I'm best at is doing some Xiaomi's work, but I'm not good at being a secretary. Among these secretaries, she was the only one who did not graduate from a prestigious university. She was selected purely based on her appearance.

So much so that Mai Feixue neither has an account associated with Big Boss Weishu nor an email address associated with it. In daily work, it is difficult to come into contact with some actual company business, which mainly involves serving tea and water, printing and copying, delivering documents, welcoming people to and from people, and serving and warming the bed.

She doesn't have any big pursuits herself.

Be content with the status quo and be very satisfied with your current life.

At this time, Boss Zhou and several other secretaries in the study were busy dealing with some work problems, and Mai Feixue was a little bored.

Fortunately, there is still a person who knows nothing to accompany him - Xu Yuting.

This is the Shi family.

It is really strange to Xu Yuting, especially sisters Shi Jingyue and Shi Jingmei. They are the biological sisters of Mr. Zhou's lover. How to face this?

She could only come to the study room, get together with the others, and seek shelter.

Mai Feixue took Xu Yuting and sat on the sofa and whispered, mainly talking about beauty, makeup, health, and shopping.

We really had a great time chatting.

Zhou Buqi saw an email from Changyou co-CEO Don Mattrick and was very interested because it was related to artificial intelligence. Mattrick hoped to establish a new department within Changyou.

The former artificial intelligence research group should be expanded into an artificial intelligence development center and turned into a large scientific research department with 150-200 employees.

The annual budget was expanded from the previous US$20 million to US$200 million.

Changyou also wants to work hard in the field of artificial intelligence!

It was still daytime in the United States, and Mattrick received a call from the big boss. He briefly stated his thoughts: "The Rokid-go made by Ziweixing some time ago is really great. This has given rise to the entire artificial intelligence industry. It brings certainty. AI can beat humans in Go, and I believe AI can also beat humans in e-sports."

"Gaming?"

Zhou Buqi promoted Changyou's decision to launch e-sports competitions. Now the world's largest e-sports competition is planned and produced by Changyou's domestic team.

Mattrick smiled and said: "In the e-sports competition, the champion team will have a play-off match to challenge the AI ​​on behalf of humans. It is a good plan from the perspective of attraction and marketing."

Zhou Buqi didn't quite understand, "Investing so much money in research and development, just to play e-sports? Are you overqualifying your talents?"

Mattrick said: "AI is so important to games, and our car game has fully explained this."

"Yeah?"

"Take-two did not have an artificial intelligence department before. Previous game development was based on traditional concepts and relied on artists and game developers to produce it screen by screen. After Changyou acquired Take-two, I discovered But their development team uses some stupid methods, which are inefficient, slow, take a long time to develop, and the picture effect may not be very good."

“Has Changyou solved the problem?”

Zhou Buqi was very curious about this.

Mattrick smiled and said very flatteringly: "Actually, it has little to do with me. It mainly depends on your leadership."

Zhou Buqi laughed and scolded: "Stop talking nonsense and tell the truth!"

Mattrick said: "The solution is actually the AI ​​R\u0026D team you set up in Changyou. After this team passed, it developed a new AI-based rendering game engine, which solved the biggest problem restricting game efficiency."

Zhou Buqi is not a game enthusiast and doesn’t pay much attention to games, but he attaches great importance to the application of AI in game development. “What do you mean?”

Mattrick said: "One of the important reasons why this game is so popular among game enthusiasts around the world is the real scene design. For example, the replica of Los Angeles, the game must truly restore all the streets, blocks, shops, and buildings in Los Angeles. , even billboards and curbs on the roadside. Players drive cars and run rampant in the real Los Angeles city. Things that cannot happen in reality can be done in the game. "

Zhou Buqi said in surprise: "You want to restore a city?"

Mattrick said: "That's right, to restore it truly, it must be accurate. Many European players have never been to Los Angeles. But when you travel to Los Angeles for the first time, you can feel like a local who has lived in Los Angeles for many years. , knowing every street, every building, and every store. Playing this game is like letting players have a racing trip in the virtual world. It is also because of this game that Los Angeles is virtually The city spread throughout the world."

Zhou Buqi felt the charm of this game and took a deep breath, "Los Angeles is just a scene in the game, right?"

Mattrick said: "Yes, there will be many cities, New York, Washington, Boston... It is a huge project to restore each city realistically. Therefore, the development of this game has always been very It’s so slow, even if it’s just to develop a copy of a new city, the time it takes is enough to develop another new game.”

Zhou Buqi recognized the complexity behind the development of this game, "So, it was AI that solved this most difficult engineering dilemma."

Mattrick said with a smile: "Yes, it's AI. After our artificial intelligence research and development team joined the "Grand Theft Auto" team, they immediately started improving their game engine. Cities like Los Angeles and New York have It’s ready-made, and we don’t even need to collect it on site. Google Maps has all the real images of every street. Google has digitized all the real world. This is so convenient. We only need to collect the real scenes, Through AI-automated simulation, the game scene can be directly adopted through simple adjustments and repairs by artists and developers. AI helped this team solve the most arduous project."

Zhou Buqi said: "If this is the case, wouldn't it be easy to develop more copies?"

Mattrick said: "Yes, with AI, we can launch copies of more new cities faster in the future. New York, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Copenhagen... My idea is to make all well-known cities around the world Cities are involved. Our game can even receive a city promotion grant from the local area because of its tourism promotion."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, as long as AI develops, it will have a disruptive effect on all walks of life. In the short term, the application scope of artificial intelligence is still very narrow, but this kind of virtualization of real cities Work is purely repetitive work, and it should be done with artificial intelligence."

Mattrick said: "Yes, the AI ​​in the game can analyze and understand players' behavior patterns, allowing us to design games that are more popular with players. There are also plug-in analysis and advertising placement, which will be very meaningful." This human-machine battle of Rokid-go created by Ziweixing will be sensational to the global artificial intelligence industry, will change the understanding of the industry, and will be a milestone event."

Zhou Buqi said: "Then let's do it... Well, the first thing to do is to adjust the computing power tool from CPU to GPU. There should be some debates in the industry, but don't doubt it. Follow the Ziweixing artificial intelligence team No matter how important the scientists are, don’t pay attention to the different directions they put forward. Just stick to our own!"

Mattrick said without hesitation: "Of course, I'm already doing it. In fact, our computing power is provided by Ziweiyun. As long as Ziweiyun provides the interface for GPU calling, Changyou will be here soon." You can adjust the computing power calling method of the entire series of products.”

"good!"

Zhou Buqi was very satisfied.

Being satisfied with Mattrick is even more satisfying with myself.

Artificial intelligence is a long-term plan that is far away. Unexpectedly, Changyou has already achieved amazing results at this stage. It's really a way to cheer up Boss Zhou.

After ending the call, Zhou Buqi stretched.

very good mood.

Feeling a little dry, I glanced at Xu Yuting.

I saw her sitting on the sofa, muttering quietly to Mai Feixue. The two of them were talking very congenially and beaming, saying that they wanted to exchange contact information and keep in touch for a long time in the future.

But when exchanging methods, some episodes occurred.

The communication tool used by Mai Feixue is, of course, WeChat.

Xu Yuting was not a WeChat user, so she felt a little embarrassed, "I...I use QQ."

"Ah?" Mai Feixue opened her beautiful eyes wide and looked incredulous, "Don't we all use WeChat now? How could we not?"

Xu Yuting quickly explained, "I used to use Qxin, but Qxin didn't know why, so I stopped doing it, and the product was merged into QQ Mobile. I have been using QQ now, and I don't feel there is much difference."

Mai Feixue couldn't laugh or cry, "The next one is WeChat! WeChat is our own company's product, so we can't support outsiders? Come on, let me register a WeChat account for you!"

Zhou Buqi felt helpless after listening to the conversation between the two.

It was further confirmed that Sister Yuting did come from a small place, and even products of the WeChat level have not yet been fully popularized.

However, he still discovered a very crucial point from the conversation between the two.

WeChat’s main domestic competitor, QChat, was abandoned… and the product was merged into QQ Mobile.

In other words, WeChat has completely defeated QChat.

Zhou Buqi immediately realized the importance of this matter, and regardless of being thirsty, he immediately took out his personal mobile phone and dialed Guo Pengfei's number.

"Boss Zhou?" Guo Pengfei seemed a little hoarse, "What a coincidence of you. I just finished the meeting and was getting ready to get off work."

Zhou Buqi checked the time, it was past ten o'clock in the evening, and asked, "I heard that Q Xin was disbanded?"

"Q letter?" Guo Pengfei smiled, "It was finished a long time ago. It stopped working last year. It persisted for several months this year, and its activity became less and less. It has become a burden to Penguin Company. The statement was issued in May , saying that Qxin will be closed before July 31, and user relationships will be merged into QQ. Now Qxin has completely gone cold and has ceased operations."

Zhou Buqi was very concerned about this, "What about Q Xin's team?"