Chapter 244: Microsoft Acquires Yahoo
Zhou Shi returned to the United States, and this time he really couldn't make any movement. If you don't have the strength, no one cares where you go. There are so many immigrants overseas in China every year, and I don't see government restrictions, to be honest, I just don't care about these people. China's population base is large, and the number of geniuses will even be greater than the total population of some countries. Zhou Shi's remarks like this will not care if those with a big heart don't care. But if he didn't say it, Zhou Shi was really angry. Why can a random little deflated three threaten him!
When Zhou Shi arrived in the United States, he first went to the gossip celestial phenomena to understand the situation, and Stevenson, who was in charge of technology and big data analysis, appeared in front of him.
"How is our progress now?" Zhou Shi
"Now that the basic data has been entered, the algorithm is still being designed. Stevenson sat casually.
"I have an idea that we will come up with a forecast every month to give everyone a pressure and a motivation. "Zhou Shi
"Isn't that okay? They probably won't agree. "Stevenson
"You convince them to come up with a result at a fixed time every month, and then if there is a temporary prediction that is higher than a certain value, say 80 percent accurate, we can publish the result at any time. And big data analysis, it is our program apes that dominate, not those experts and professors. "Zhou Shi
"We dominate?" Stevenson
"Don't you have that confidence? You know, these experts and professors use their brains to analyze problems, and we use computers to analyze problems. Although the emphasis is different, in terms of pure speed, the computer is far superior to the human brain. "Zhou Shi
"But we can't do without their help, and a lot of expertise needs their guidance. "Stevenson
"I didn't say you don't need them, if you really can't, you can make two predictions in the future, one is for experts, and the other is for our big data analysis. "Zhou Shi
"Okay, I'll do my best!" Stevenson
"I need to get the results on April 1, no later than May 1, and make sure we publish our first prediction. Zhou Shi pressed again
"This ...... Predicting a wrong prediction could damage our credibility," Stevenson
"What are you kidding, do we have credibility now? We keep making predictions, it's just scientific research, the end result is important, but it will definitely take time, and people will understand us. I'm going to see how much time and money we put into it to make a difference, and we're going to go through this process to constantly screen people who really want to make an effort in that direction, not for the sake of money and salary. "Zhou Shi
"Since you say that, well, I'll do it. But do we want the whole world to find a target?" Stevenson
"Of course not, the focus of our projections is China, the United States and Europe, which are three countries with great influence, and to a lesser extent other earthquake-prone areas, such as Japan. The prediction of marine earthquakes is the last, but the statistics of marine earthquakes must be more accurate. "Zhou Shi
Stevenson walked away sullenly, and then it didn't take long for Zhou Shi to be collectively bombarded by many experts: If you don't understand, don't blindly participate, how can scientific research be so unrigorous?
"If there is no pressure, how can we ensure that everyone is motivated enough to devote themselves to real scientific research, and does it completely depend on everyone's morality?" Zhou Shi
"This is the United States, not China, and our moral level is much higher than yours," said a professor named Parson.
"Even so, I believe more in the power of the law and the system. "Zhou Shi
"You're messing around, it's going to seriously affect our research!" Parson
"I believe that people who are really interested will not care about this, they are more concerned about the environment of scientific research, if they can't even bear this pressure, why do scientific research?" Zhou Shi
Stevenson looked at the increasingly tense atmosphere and hurried over to ease the situation.
"Simon, why don't we do this for now?" Stevenson
"Even if this institute is abolished, this plan must be carried out, and if anyone drags its feet, or perfunctory, and makes a random result come out, then it will have to be purged."
Zhou Shi's intransigence made the institute nervous for several days. Several experts and professors chose to resign, but Zhou Shi did not embarrass them. However, for the newly invited experts, scholars and professors, they have more communication. Fortunately, there was no sign of boycotting them, also thanks to the non-disclosure agreement, which did not let the matter ferment in front of the public. The main thing may be that it has the support of several other IT bigwigs.
It was at this time that Zhou Shi focused on a major event in his industry, Microsoft wanted to buy all of Yahoo's shares for $44.6 billion. News Corp. Murdoch then stepped in, saying that he would buy Yahoo for $50 billion, and successfully raised the price.
Deng Wenxuan also approached Zhou Shi to know his opinion and, if possible, wanted him to join Murdoch's bid advisory team.
"I think you've done it many times, he's just raising the price for Yahoo, and he doesn't want Microsoft to buy Yahoo easily, which doesn't make any real sense. Zhou Shi said unceremoniously.
"How do you know Murdoch is helping. What if he really wants to buy Yahoo?"
"A fool would choose News Corp., he and Yahoo have almost no complementary advantages, and the Internet plus media has a bad precedent, shareholders may not easily agree, no matter what, News Corp. is just a spoiler" Even with the acquisition of MySpace, News Corp.'s stock price has not received much of a boost. No one said that MySpace's valuation would exceed $10 billion, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the gap between MySpace and Facebook and Friends is getting bigger and bigger, although the number of users of MySpace now exceeds Facebook, but the development speed is far less than him, and the user growth rate is even worse than that of Friends. Let Murdoch take control of Yahoo, and I don't know how naïve it would take to believe that they can do it well.
"But Murdoch wants you to take over Yahoo, and he believes in your ability to get Yahoo out of trouble. Deng Wenxuan
"You're not kidding, I'm in charge of Yahoo, don't you see that every time I start a business, I have to hire someone to be in charge of management?" If Zhou Shi hadn't seen Deng Wenxuan's serious appearance, he would have thought she was joking.
"So we want you to be the chairman of Yahoo, and you can be held accountable to someone else. If only you were responsible for the general direction and the reshaping of the corporate culture. Yahoo is well-known all over the world, and it will be a great platform!"
"What about Yang Zhiyuan, what should he do, he is the chief of Yahoo!" Zhou Shiyi moved
"If the acquisition is successful, Yang may choose to exit, and he believes that you have the ability to take Yahoo out of the woods!" Deng Wenxuan
(End of chapter)