Hu Yifei greeted various industry elites with a reserved yet polite smile.
Among them are industry leaders who often appear in well-known IT media, as well as digital industry leaders from well-known major companies.
There is a blond European uncle and a respectful East Asian man in a suit.
There are people from all walks of life, some come to find out, some come to become familiar with each other, and some come to discuss possible cooperation...
As the number one ranked player in this qualifying round, it is also a super dark horse with a complete victory record, leading the second place with a big score of 5:0 to reach the finals.
Cretaceous Company’s “Star Formation” has undoubtedly become the most eye-catching presence in this competition!
Countless people want to know how this small company with little reputation can stand out on the Go AI track where big manufacturers gather, and even make several seed players lose completely.
The competition seat where Hu Yifei's team was located became the focus of the audience.
One by one, industry leaders with billions of dollars, who could only look up to them before, handed over their business cards to him with enthusiasm.
Several cameras took close-ups of the Cretaceous team with almost stern faces.
All this made Hu Yifei feel like he was in a dream.
"Yifei, your face is frozen with laughter, please relax."
Her boyfriend's highlight moment was naturally accompanied by big waves, and she asked Hu Yifei to adjust his mood in a funny way.
"It's not like you've never seen a big scene before..."
"Alas! The person who just handed me his business card is Mr. Xie, Vice President of Alibaba Mama's Strategic Investment Department, one of the Eighteen Arhats next to Mr. Ma.
And the former Mr. Wang was the chief technology officer of Baidu...
You don’t know the status of these people in front of you. If you throw a stone casually, the people you hit will probably be the famous figures on the cover of magazines..."
"Ah? Is it so exaggerated?"
Hu Yifei smiled bitterly.
The companies that make Go AI may not be well-known, but they are basically inextricably linked to those IT industry giants.
These days, most of those who have the funds and ambition to take a share of the AI track have strong capabilities and extraordinary backgrounds.
There are not many big capital companies such as BAT, "Lanshan", "Gaoling" and "Soft Win" joining the company, and you are embarrassed to call yourself a high-tech startup company.
In addition to the affiliated companies of the participants, as an important track in the field of AI, this global Go AI competition will also attract the attention of various IT giants, intelligent industries and investors.
Therefore, in addition to the participating teams, there were also many capital representatives from home and abroad who came to sniff out business opportunities.
To be honest, even if he had expectations, Hu Yifei did not expect that what he had exchanged for a mere 25% of the shares... would actually be such a "lonely loser".
Not only did they make it to the finals, but they also left all their opponents behind with an unmatchable gap...
The moment he saw the results of the qualifying round, Hu Yifei was confused.
According to this result, let alone the finals, if nothing unexpected happens, today's championship is likely to be won by "Star Formation".
In a team supported by giants and capital, they actually became the most handsome boys on the street...
Normally, if a start-up company like Cretaceous is so successful, it will be the one running in the finals.
Even so, as long as it shows its face on the list, a lot of venture capital will be willing to spend money to speculate, and doubling the company's valuation will not be a problem.
"Yi Xiaotian" and "Qi Elf" who were also shortlisted this time belong to this kind of lucky ones.
This is still the treatment for accompanying runners. In situations like the Cretaceous, which created a technological generation gap... it’s hard to say how many times it would be doubled...
"Mr. Hu! Hello!"
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses, a suit and leather shoes walked over.
"I am the person in charge of Penguin AI lab and a representative of Jueyi. My surname is Liu."
Director Liu forced out a smile and reached out his hand.
"Uh...Mr. Liu, hello, hello, I have long admired your name!" Hu Yifei quickly stretched out his hand.
Although he was a defeated general, he naturally did not dare to neglect his status.
"Mr. Hu, who is so young, actually led such an excellent team and made such an excellent product as 'Star Array', it is really amazing!"
Director Liu said with emotion.
Although he almost had high blood pressure due to the trash talk, the more he learned about it, the more he found that he lost his temper towards this product...
No matter how they adjust the model and make targeted changes, trash talk is always heard and never absent!
After N attempts, my unique skill is still a disappointing zero win.
Director Liu and his team finally had to admit that the lead of "Star Formation" was not accidental, but a comprehensive technological crush...
In terms of algorithms and models, "Xingzheng" is at least several versions ahead of "Jueyi".
The technical gap between the two parties is at least 3 years.
And even if they are given another five years, they may not be able to develop a Go AI of the same level.
What is embarrassing is that the 5:0 record of both sides in the qualifying matches was quickly posted on the Internet, which added some traffic to the topic of "Star Formation".
The topic of "Exquisite Art" has also become popular, and traffic has also arrived, but the effect is completely opposite to what Director Liu expected.
The reputation of "Star Array" has increased again, and by stepping on the stepping stone of "unique art", it has become a popular player in the Go AI world who is "both good-looking and capable of playing"!
After understanding the gap between the two sides, they have basically lost confidence in winning the championship today.
However, Director Liu thinks he is not as good as others, so he can afford to lose...
After the two sides exchanged a few polite words and exchanged business cards, he finally explained his purpose of visit.
"Mr. Hu, I wonder if the technical person in charge of the 'Star Array' is here? Can you introduce me to him?"
I can't beat you, but I can poach you!
As the saying goes, water flows to higher places, how can such talents be left to gather dust in such a little-known small company?
"Uh..." Hu Yifei twitched the corner of his mouth.
He is not stupid, how could he not see what the other person is thinking.
However, he immediately pulled over the confused "technical person in charge" beside him.
"This is Chief Engineer Wang, our chief CTO! He is the most technically advanced person in the company!"
“I’m sorry, Mr. Wang! We are both technicians, so I think we can exchange technical experiences with each other.
Please tell me, I don’t know how you use the Alpha-beta pruning algorithm to greatly reduce the amount of calculations..."
Looking at Director Liu who was approaching the person in front of him with an enthusiastic face, Hu Yifei felt like hesitating in his heart.
Still want to poach someone?
Can I say that the corner you want to dig is at the end of the world?
I also want to know where the corner of my house is...
While a few people were chatting, a few middle-aged people in casual clothes came over.
"Mr. Hu?"
"Hello, may I ask who are..."
"We are from the Hua Guo Chess Club. My name is Kong Jie." One of the middle-aged men smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Oh~ I remembered, you are Kong Jiudan!"
Hu Yifei immediately recognized the person in the previous video. Sure enough, it was the middle-aged man in front of him, and he immediately became very enthusiastic.
"I would also like to thank Teacher Kong for his previous affirmation of our Star Array Go game."
Hearing Kong Jie's name, Director Liu, who was wielding a hoe at the side, couldn't help but look over.
"Haha! The products developed by your team are indeed excellent. To be honest, I didn't expect such an excellent product to be developed by our own domestic company.
It’s really gratifying.” Kong Jie smiled.
"Teacher Kong gave me the award."
"Haha!" Kong Jie looked Hu Yifei up and down, smiled and nodded.
"He really looks like Lao Hu when he was young. He really has a tiger father and no dog son."
"Uh... you know my father?" Hu Yifei was stunned for a moment.
"Well! When we went to the countryside, your father and I were chess friends. Speaking of which, I hugged you when you were born." Kong Jie said with a smile.
"So that's it...Hello, Uncle Kong!" Hu Yifei immediately showed his junior attitude.
No wonder they are willing to help with publicity. It turns out there is such a connection...
In this matter...could it be that his father was helping behind the scenes?
This person is so upright that he doesn’t say anything, but he still cares about his own career...
Director Liu over there also heard the conversation between the two, and felt MMP in his heart.
I said, this is indeed a fifty-cent party!
Kong Jie seemed to notice something strange in Hu Yifei's expression, and immediately smiled and waved his hand.
"Hey! Don't get me wrong, I'm not as fussy as that guy Lao Hu. When I say this software is good, that means I really think it's good!
I came here specially today, and after internal negotiations within the chess club, I was sent here as a representative to discuss cooperation matters with you."
"Cooperation?" Hu Yifei was a little confused.
"Well! After being tried by many chess players and senior executives of our chess club, I feel that your company's products are generally better than similar products on the market in terms of guidance and training design.
So I wanted to see if I could introduce it to our chess club to enhance the training effect of our chess players."
"Uh..." Hu Yifei was a little confused when his brain was hit by a pie.
Director Liu's face was a little dark.
Kong Jie obviously hadn't noticed yet that one of the "similar products on the market" he called was right next to him.
And he is also their official collaborator...
"Well... doesn't the Huaguo Chess Club already have training software?"
Hu Yifei glanced at Director Liu and winked at Kong Jie.
However, this look was obviously in vain. Kong Jie, an upright boy who was addicted to Go, was completely indifferent to this hint.
"You are just pretending to be confused because you understand, aren't you? Compared with your products.
Other training software...haha..."
Hu Yifei: "..."
Director Liu: "..."
Haha, it’s a very special word.
When it is simple, it can be a mere modal particle without any meaning.
But sometimes, it can express the complex linguistic connotation of "three thousand words are omitted here"...
At this time, Director Liu's heart was severely damaged by these two simple overlapping words.
I wanted to poach someone else's corner, but my own corner fell in first...
That feeling...
"Ahem! Uncle Kong, look... about cooperation, why don't we wait until after the game and find a time to talk about it?"
Hu Yifei said quickly.
It’s a surprise to be smashed into pieces. It’s the official training software of the National Chess Society... This is almost the ceiling of similar products in China!
However, if you smash it, please don't offend the director of the big factory next to you to death...
"Yeah! That's fine. Once you win the championship and you deserve it, your previous collaborators will give up."
