"Mr. Zhang, your point of view is still relatively new, but it is indeed very reasonable. ”

Lu Qi replied after thinking for a while, glanced at Yuan Zheng again, and said: "Yuan Zheng and I are only because we have the opportunity to go abroad, it doesn't mean that we are really smarter than domestic talents!"

Zhang Yida felt that Lu Qi had misunderstood his words, and quickly explained: "Dr. Lu, Mr. Yuan, don't misunderstand, I don't mean to belittle the Chinese in Silicon Valley.

I mean, in terms of the proportion of brain drain, India is much more serious than our country.

Chinese in Silicon Valley are very good, because of ideology and even discrimination, it is much more difficult for Chinese people to get jobs in Silicon Valley technology companies than whites, and even more difficult than blacks and Indians.

It's just that in terms of China's huge talent base, the proportion of Chinese in Silicon Valley is only a small part. ”

Lu Qi nodded and sighed: "That's true! I went to college in the eighties, and the college students of our era, especially the most elite handful, all yearn for life abroad and feel that the air abroad is sweet. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Qi burst out laughing, looked at Zhang Yida, and asked, "Does it sound stupid, plus disgusting and unpatriotic." ”

Zhang Yida shook his head, "The background of the times is different, and it cannot be compared.

Zhou Zhengyi took the first pot of gold earned by carrying a corpse in Japan to found Nongkai; Wang Zhongjun returned to China with the $50,000 he earned from washing dishes in New York to found Huayi Brothers; Zhang Lan used the $20,000 he had saved from washing dishes and washing dishes in Canada to found South Beauty ......

Therefore, in the eighties and nineties, the level of wages abroad was indeed higher than that at home.

These people who returned to China to start a business with the money they had saved from working abroad for several years have all caught up with a wave of golden opportunities. ”

Yuan Zheng also interjected: "This is also the truth! At that time, I chose to come abroad, in addition to pursuing a higher level of academic education.

More people are also playing the idea of "making a fortune". Thinking that I made money in the United States, I would return home!"

"Similar to "going to the South Seas", I have been in contact with the Chinese chaebols in Southeast Asia a lot in the past two years, and their parents and grandparents have almost the same idea.

After making a fortune in Nanyang, he returned to his hometown. Always think of themselves as Chinese, Southeast Asian countries are just where they do business. ”

Lu Qi smiled and shook his head, "It's a little different, the people who went to Nanyang were forced to live because of the turmoil in the country at that time, they couldn't eat enough, and they had to live."

And we had a choice back then, all of us graduated from prestigious schools, and we had a big choice.

After graduation, you will either go to party and government organs, or state-owned enterprises and central enterprises, and you can eat a full stomach no matter what.

To put it bluntly, there is still a certain amount of vanity. ”

Zhang Yida discovered another trait in Lu Qi, that is, he is very honest. He helped him speak, but as a result, he exposed himself as "ugly" and had to make people look at him twice.

"Another thing about the Chinese is that they are not keen on politics and have never been able to integrate into the local society.

Whether it is Southeast Asia or the United States, they all have economic status but no political status. ”

Lu Qi's comment hit the nail on the head, the fact is that there is money to support a fart, for example, if there is any war or turmoil, the first 100% of the people to suffer are Chinese.

"After entering the new century, the motherland's economy has taken off, and the situation has changed greatly. ”

Lu Qi said with a smile: "The group of people who chose to stay in China or return to China from overseas, Robin Lee, Charles Zhang...... They all seized this wave of opportunities and became the trendsetters of the times.

In contrast, the Chinese professional managers who remain in Silicon Valley may never reach that position. ”

Lu Qi looked at Yuan Zheng again and said with a smile: "Yuan Zheng, you still have a good chance to become the next Wang An and Yang Zhiyuan." ”

"Haha!" Yuan Zheng hugged his fists and said, "I'll borrow your auspicious words! Anyway, do your best!"

"The pyramid of Silicon Valley is Chinese engineers at the bottom, Indian management in the middle, and white people in power at the top.

Except for a very rare case like Yuan Zheng, most people's situation is like this. ”

After speaking, Lu Qi looked at Zhang Yida again and asked, "What does Mr. Zhang think?"

"As far as I know, that's pretty much it. However, Green and these two companies are still more inclined to Chinese.

Capable Chinese, I will never let them be subordinated to the position of white, black, and Indian. ”

Lu Qi nodded, "Then I have thanked Mr. Zhang here for the Chinese in the United States, this kind of fairness is often beyond the reach of the Chinese in the United States."

In the past ten or twenty years, the country can treat returnees as a treasure. But in recent years, the dividends of domestic engineers have been too rich, and returnees are just one of the many people. ”

"Yes, there are too many talents, and naturally there is more competition. However, those who study and work hard overseas will have a place no matter where they are. ”

Lu Qi smiled and nodded: "In recent years, there have been many wealthy families in China, and they have all sent their children to study abroad.

They are all children who have not suffered much, and the spirit of hard work is indeed much worse than that of the group of people in the eighties and nineties. ”

Lu Qi looked at Zhang Yida and said, "Mr. Zhang, you may not know that many Chinese students in the United States regard you as an entrepreneurial idol and worship you very much. ”

"Really?"

Zhang Yida said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, I'm just lucky, plus I caught the last train of the mobile Internet."

If I were to start a business now, I wouldn't even have the confidence to start a listed company. ”

"Don't be so modest!"

Lu Qi waved his hand and said: "There are many campus entrepreneurs in the United States, and those who have become famous include Bill Gates, Zuckerberg and so on.

China has not given birth to a similar figure until you appear.

In particular, the two major products of Green are popular all over the United States, but they are very popular, and the entire Chinese community is honored.

They're all looking forward to, five years, ten years from now, will you become the world's top tech giant?"

After speaking, Lu Qi looked at Zhang Yida with blazing eyes, waiting for his reply.

Zhang Yida knew that he was testing himself and wanted to be a global vice president of Microsoft

"Whether it's Ruixiang, Huimin Travel, or Shake Vision, from the very beginning, our goal is to target the world, not just China.

I do have that ambition to become a global tech giant, and I've been putting it into action. ”

Lu Qi and Yuan Zheng nodded while listening, and Green had a firm foothold in the United States, and they were operating very well, and they heard that the business had expanded to Europe.

This is definitely a rare existence among Chinese overseas enterprises.

In addition, they also heard that Ruixiang is also doing very well in Southeast Asia, and it is about to become its own backyard.

"Due to ideological issues, Ruixiang's business has not been able to enter the United States for a long time.

We can only start from Southeast Asia and India, and expand outward little by little.

The European and American markets are the last ones I put because these are the two hardest bones to gnaw.

Green's case, the ceiling is obvious, I can't surpass Uber, and if I can make a profit as soon as possible, I will be considered a success.

The short video field is a sector that I attach great importance to.

Because it may be faster and more successful than the pace of internationalization. ”

Lu Qi helped his glasses, he didn't expect Zhang Yida to attach so much importance to it, and the hope he placed on him was even greater than that placed on Ruixiang.

So Lu Qi asked, "Mr. Zhang, I haven't used it, but I've heard a lot of people tell me."

It's a very interesting app, do you want it to be Netflix or Youtubo?"

"No!"

Zhang Yida said: "None of us learn, short video is a new field.

Its biggest advantage is that it is fun and can attract users for a long time.

So its advertising value is very large, in addition, it can also divert traffic to my other businesses. ”

Lu Qi said with a smile: "If it can reach 1 billion or even 2 billion users, it must be a company with a market value of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars." ”

Yuan Zheng listened to it from the sidelines, and also felt that it was a little taken for granted, how could it be so easy to achieve one billion or two billion users?

Zhang Yida said: "But this is all innovation at the application level, and in terms of underlying technology, my companies are still a little behind." ”

"I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks of AI?" Lu Qi asked.

"Needless to say, this is a technological revolution, and in the simplest terms, AI is more efficient than the Internet.

The improvement of efficiency will bring about industrial change.

From the age of handicrafts to the age of steam engines, to the age of electricity and the age of the Internet, this is not the case. ”

Lu Qi asked again: "Do you know Microsoft Xiaoice?"

"I know that it was Dr. Lu who led the AI project at Microsoft.

I've used it, and it's very good, but it's still a little bit less interesting, and the technical limitations can't reach an absolute high degree of anthropomorphism. ”

Lu Qi smiled: "The seeds have been sown, and sooner or later she will grow into a towering tree." ”

"Ruixiang's Smart Finance Research Institute has been conducting research on cutting-edge technologies such as AI, blockchain, big data, and cloud computing.

With our annual investment of billions of yuan in R&D, some R&D results have been achieved and commercialized.

But the AI that I have hoped for the most is always almost meaningless, and can only be used as an auxiliary tool in the anti-fraud risk control system at present.

For example, from the risk control review call, identify the borrower's speech speed, tone and intonation, classify the borrower's personality, and identify anti-fraud.

If we want to achieve more advanced applications, the current scientific research results are not enough to support it. ”

Lu Qi is listening carefully, and the annual R&D investment of billions of yuan is definitely a big deal for an average company.

But when you compare it to Silicon Valley technology companies led by Microsoft, it would be shabby.

Microsoft's R&D investment in the year before last was $10.4 billion, and last year it was $100 million, which is one or two times that of Ruixiang.

AI R&D, that's quite a lot of money! Generally, companies can only do a little bit of R&D.

In addition, he listened to Zhang Yida's AI application, which is indeed still very low-level, in a very initial stage, and it can't even be interacted with.

Microsoft Xiaoice is powerful, and its product form has covered social conversation robots, intelligent voice assistants, artificial intelligence content creation and production platforms, and so on.

"Mr. Zhang, in your vision, what level do you want Ruixiang Group's AI application to reach?"

Lu Qi asked this question, or did he really want to see how ambitious Zhang Yida was?

At his level, money alone is no longer the most attractive to him. He is fifty-five years old, and he has chosen to join a company, which may be the last career of his life.

He wants to find a company that best suits him, apply what he has learned all his life, and see if he can leave a strong mark in the scientific and technological world!