While Zhou Shi was busy preparing for the non-profit Big Data Earthquake Research Center, there were more and more reports about melamine in China. Affected babies and young children continue to appear, and Li Changjiang, who has just appeared on CCTV's 2007 Economic Person of the Year, is also busy.

With Yanda's endorsement, the state still attaches great importance to the Sanlu incident, and other companies are widely involved in this security issue, so Yanjing immediately launched an investigation. There is no chance for Ji Province to continue to conceal the facts. Perhaps Zhou Shi's conspiracy theory may have reached the ears of some people through Yan Da, and the central government decided to take thunderous measures to deal with the accident. For example, a certain farmer who produced "protein powder" was quickly identified.

The substandard products of other companies involved were also recalled, and in general, the way to deal with the matter was fast and ruthless, and the impact of the matter was also reduced a lot. At least so far, there has been no boycott of dairy products from mainland China by other countries.

At this time, the news of Zhou Shi's resignation from all positions in YouTube was also announced, and there was a lot of discussion for a while. Could it be that this young genius was driven out of Amazon by the powerful Bezos? The development of YouTube will change a lot? Then the news of Zhou Shi's resignation from Time Holdings also spread to Silicon Valley, and everyone didn't understand Zhou Shi's thoughts. Could it be that Zhou Shi and Lu He had a conflict, and Lu He kicked Zhou Shi out of the time system?

In order to avoid the further spread of rumors, Zhou Shi was interviewed by many media.

"Why did you leave all the businesses?"

"I felt so distracted that I couldn't see the direction of the future, and the sudden wealth also made me feel a lot of pressure. So I decided to take advantage of the company and jump out to take a closer look at the world. Maybe you can find your lost self."

In other words, you leave because of your own internal thoughts, not from outside pressure. "Reporter B

"That's right, mainly because I want to change the way I work and live," Zhou Shi

"What are your plans for the future? "Reporter C

"In the short term, I plan to set up a non-profit research institute to conduct research on earthquake prediction using the big data analysis technology of the Internet. "Zhou Shi

"What is big data?" asked reporter C

"Big data is .......," Zhou Shi introduced, chatting with them about his plans.

A few days later, the news report came out, and all kinds of cynicism appeared on Zhou Shi again, and the unpredictability of the earthquake for a long time was almost taken as the truth. Zhou Shi's whimsy made many people not believe it. But the tech world is different, and Google's two founders are very interested. At a private party, they invited Zhou Shi, including Musk and others. Zhou Shi's idea of using big data to predict earthquakes has attracted a lot of discussion, but fortunately, Zhou Shi has found experts these days and has accumulated some technical knowledge, which roughly confirms this possibility. Then there was the generosity of a number of people, including Larry Page.

During the party, Google Duoxiong really found Zhou Shi to discuss the cooperation of the friend network. Zhou Shi also talked about his entrepreneurial logic and the direction of future development. After the popularity of Facebook's financing, coupled with the acquisition of Friendster, Friendster's strong integration capabilities, and the huge traffic brought by social games. The value and influence of the friend network has reached a point where they cannot ignore it.

Microsoft's cooperation with Facebook has a fixed Microsoft advertising banner on Facebook, and Google naturally wants to follow suit. Zhou Shi is still willing to accept this matter. No matter how inconvenient this advertising partnership may be in the future, it is an essential condition for an alliance with Google. Just like the domestic enterprises in the previous life stood in line with Ali and Tengxun, the current friend network is also facing the side. After standing in line, there are not many twists and turns in things this time, except that the valuation does not reach Facebook's $15 billion, Zhou Shi has no regrets, Zuckerberg is a Jewish-American, and Zhou Shi can't compare to him in this regard.

In addition to the mainland, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and the former Soviet Union, other places have been divided into the territory of the American friend network. Finally, by the end of January 2008, Google invested $250 million, or 2.5 percent, at a valuation of $10 billion. Zhou Shi didn't want to get involved too much, but Google wanted him to ensure his continued influence on Friends.com, and redistributed 10% of the shares of Friends.com, and then Google's $10 billion valuation of Friends.com in the United States. After all, they are not stupid, Facebook was established much earlier than the American friend network, with deep roots and great advantages, although now the friend network has broken out with Zhou Shi's various measures, but if you want to really defeat Facebook, there will be many unknowns. In their opinion, a strategic genius like Zhou Shi can sometimes turn the tide of the battle in a desperate situation.

Back to his big data research center, since it was listed in Silicon Valley, even Steve Jobs has invested some money in it. Zhou Shi also met most of the well-known figures in Silicon Valley after this time. Although there are still a lot of doubts on the Internet and the media, Zhou Shi's idea still has the support of so many people, which he never thought of before he started. So much so that when seeking earthquake data with some scientific research institutions, it has also been greatly facilitated.

It is a pity that Mr. Weng Wenbo, the best earthquake prediction expert in China, has passed away long ago, Mr. Weng Wenbo predicted 60 domestic earthquakes from 1982 to 1992, 52 of which actually occurred, 8 times of misreporting, with an accuracy rate of 86.67%, an average time error of 41.75 days, an average location error of 399.71 kilometers, and an average magnitude error of 0.72 magnitude. From 1986 to 1992, 70 foreign earthquakes were predicted, 58 actually occurred, 12 were misreported, the accuracy rate was 82.82%, the average time error was 692.10 km, and the average magnitude error was 0.61. Computers weren't common at the time, and I couldn't figure out how he made predictions. However, Mr. Weng may be different, he is a scientist, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, proficient in both science and metaphysics, his career and achievements have been unanimously recognized and praised by the scientific community at home and abroad, and he is regarded as a "contemporary master".

In his eyes, only the objects of study are different, and whether it is science or metaphysics, in the end, they will lead to the same goal! Moreover, he also drew a very interesting "periodic table of the rise and fall of countries." As for other drought and flood disasters that are more accurately predicted, I will not describe them all here.

With the support of many bigwigs, Zhou Shi's efficiency in poaching people from various places or universities is much higher, the scale of Time Lab has expanded again, and the research on earthquake prediction algorithms has also begun, and a large number of data processing has been accelerated a lot with the help of the crowdsourcing platform on the friend's network. As a result, the friend network has been loved by many scientific research talents.

Originally, Zhou Shi wanted to set up a similar organization in China to better facilitate his future plans, but unfortunately after consultation, he found that he hoped for Miaomiao. I had to settle for the next best thing, and with the help of Yanda, I collected some of the earthquake research data in China. On the Japanese side, with the assistance of SoftBank, Zhou Shi also obtained a large amount of earthquake data. Of course, the main source of data is IRIS (American Seismological Research Association).

In this way, the Bagua Astronomical Research Institute, a big data natural research institute that shocked the world, was established at the end of 2007. In the years to come, he made a very remarkable contribution to the harmonious coexistence of human beings and nature.

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