Chapter 205 Speech Synthesis Software
These words immediately opened Chen Shimei's mind, broadened the direction of the development of Little Bird, and then thought of Jiang Li's amazing achievements in classical music and pop music at the same time, how did he not regard the other party as a god, and how could he not admire him?
"Chairman, your idea is absolutely feasible, I can't wait to implement it, hehe, listen to your words, it's better than ten years of study, I'm really convinced of you!" Chen Shimei sighed sincerely.
Jiang Li smiled, after all, he had more knowledge in his life, and he was just ahead of his time in this regard, and the other party couldn't accept it, after all, it was verified by the market in his previous life, he didn't stay too long on this topic, but said: "I can only point out a general direction for you, and it is up to you to do specific things, I hope you won't let me down." β
"Definitely!" Chen Shimei was confident and heroic.
Jiang Li originally wanted to provide some successful examples of micro-movies in the original world, but he couldn't think of anything for a while, so he gave up, and waited for the next time, he said: "Now let's talk about the second weakness you said, I have decided to move all the videos back to Little Bird's server, and from then on we will be self-reliant and no longer rely on others!"
Chen Shimei was shocked, this does not have any technical content, the main thing is that it needs money, Jiang Li has finally decided to invest in Little Bird again? Although it is good news, Little Bird must have a lot of money to develop, but when he thought that Little Little Bird has not brought much income to Jiang Li, he has repeatedly accepted the other party's investment, and he, as the general manager, can't help but feel slightly embarrassed, I don't know how much Jiang Li is going to invest this time? Ten million or more?
Jiang Li guessed what Chen Shimei was thinking, raised five fingers in the other party's expectant gaze, and said calmly: "Fifty million." β
Chen Shimei's heart suddenly beat wildly, this investment is almost twice the total assets of Little Bird! It seems that Jiang Li is determined to revitalize Little Bird, and he must redouble his efforts. He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Chairman, now it seems that compared with your contribution to Little Bird Company, my contribution and Dai Tao's contribution is simply negligible, and it is useless." So you'd better get all of our shares back. β
"Uh......" Jiang Li was slightly stunned, thought for a while, and saw that Chen Shimei's expression was sincere, so he said, "Okay, but not all of them will be taken back, you and Dai Tao will jointly own 1% of the shares, and this proportion will never change in the future, no matter how little bird's assets are 100 million in the future." Or a billion ......"
Chen Shimei's heart warmed, and nodded solemnly, although the 1% shares are very few, but it is also Jiang Li's heart for him and Dai Tao, and he believes that Little Bird Company will go further under the leadership of Jiang Li, and when the time comes, this 1% of the shares may also be worth tens of millions, hundreds of millions...... Think of it. He was full of gratitude to Jiang Li and more convinced.
Such. Jiang Li has already controlled 99% of the shares of Little Bird, almost completely controlling it, and the total assets of Little Little Bird Company will also skyrocket to more than 70 million, and the strength will be greatly increased, and these funds can be used for server and bandwidth costs, supporting more than 100,000 people online at the same time. It can also be used for the subsequent development of small birds.
"By the way, chairman, I also asked Dai Tao to develop a new player, named 'Little Bird', I think it can be used as a special video player for Little Bird website in the future. Would you like to give it a try? It's still in beta. β
"Well, okay. β
Jiang Li experienced it personally, light and small, simple and fast, just like the name "Little Bird", the buffer is faster than the average player, very good, I believe it will make Little Bird's users like it.
Speaking of developing software, Jiang Li thought of one more thing, he was going to wait for a while, but now he can talk about it in advance, so he said: "I haven't seen Dai Tao for a long time, let him come and see me, I have something to tell him." β
"Okay. Chen Shimei immediately called Dai Tao, and as soon as he heard that Jiang Li was there, Dai Tao arrived in a hurry.
"Xiaomei, boss, hello. As soon as Dai Tao's fat body sat on the sofa, the sofa was suddenly overwhelmed and fell into a big pit, he gasped slightly and grinned.
Jiang Li personally poured a glass of water for Dai Tao and handed it over, saying, "I have something I want to discuss with you." β
"Don't do that, boss, torture me, where did you make it. Dai Tao hurriedly stood up, took the water glass, and almost didn't spill it.
"Don't exaggerate, we're not just bosses and employees, we're friends at the same time. Jiang Li smiled gently.
Dai Tao scratched his head, smiled, drank all the water in the cup in one gulp, and said, "Boss, you say, just as I am told, as long as I can do it, I will ensure that the task is successfully completed." β
"That's right, I want you to develop a speech synthesis software. Jiang Lidao.
"Speech synthesis software, what does this do?" Chen Shimei said in confusion.
"This is not ordinary speech synthesis software, but speech synthesis software that can automatically sing!" Jiang Li's eyes lit up, "Specifically, it is to let the software automatically generate the lyrics through the way the user enters the lyrics and melody, and then cooperates with the loading of the accompaniment number jΓΉ to complete the production of the whole music, and only needs to use the pre-recorded number of sound source libraries jΓΉ in the whole process of making the song, without adding any singing voice or information!"
Jiang Li's voice suddenly became high, and he said, "I hope that those who don't have musical talent can also use this software to make a song even if it's not successful, and enjoy the joy of music to the fullest!"
Chen Shimei and Dai Tao's eyes lit up at the same time, Chen Shimei is interested in the market, Dai Tao has more personal ideas, he is just a technical nerd who looks a little disgusting from the perspective of ordinary people, or a fat man, and almost nothing to do with light things like music, but he actually yearns for music, is there really such an opportunity?
"Yes, there is! It will definitely come true!" Jiang Li seemed to see through Dai Tao's thoughts, and he was sure of it.
Dai Tao's spirit suddenly perked up, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and gritted his teeth and said: "I will definitely research it, simple speech synthesis software is now available, this time I will develop it more deeply, use my technology, realize your dreams, and realize my dreams!"
"Not only that, maybe, your technology will change the whole world!" Jiang Li added another fire, which stimulated Dai Tao's enthusiasm even more.
Seeing Dai Tao, who was excited and eager to study immediately, Jiang Li smiled slightly, what he said was that the speech synthesis software that can sing is nothing else, it is the singing synthesizer technology developed by the original world by the research team led by Kenji Hideki at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain, and then released by the Yamaha Group and the application based on this technology - Vocaloid!
If you want to create a new song, you only need to plan the lyrics and pitch, and edit the lyrics and pitch on a single interface, you can change each note and make various fine-tunes to the generated "lyrics", including breathing strength, mouth opening and closing, and even vibrato.
The birth and dissemination of the Vocaloid series of software can be said to have subverted the cognition of musicians and the pattern of the music software industry, and its representative product is the emergence of virtual idols! Since then, idols have broken through from the real field to the virtual field, and the two-dimensional idol has descended into the three-dimensional, and in the case of people's general disappointment with the scandal in the entertainment industry, the almost perfect virtual idol is undoubtedly a life-saving straw, and has become an important place for people in the impetuous society where materialism is rampant.
Science and technology are becoming more and more developed, providing strong enough technical support for the virtual world, people live in such an unprecedented explosive era, the material level is increasingly rich, but find that the spirit is so empty, they will naturally look at the virtual world, looking for sustenance, chatting to masturbate, virtual networks, virtual communities, virtual stories, virtual games, virtual animations, and, virtual idols, which is the inevitable trend and result of the development of science and technology society.
Human fantasies fly like birds and build airplanes, human fantasies swim like fish and build ships, human fantasies run like horses and build cars, all from nothing, from fantasy to realization.
From the real world to the virtual world, from flat to three-dimensional, and then to 4D immersive, human beings yearn for a deeper transformation, and the emergence of virtual idols and the worship of virtual idols is undoubtedly a harbinger.
Jiang Li believes that in the near future, maybe decades, maybe hundreds of years, maybe the status of the virtual world in people's hearts will surpass the real world, and at that time, the influence of virtual idols will inevitably be equal to or even exceed the idols of the real world.
So, with "your technology will also change the whole world" This sentence is not an exaggeration, who would have thought that the appearance of the stupid guy ENIAC (electronic digital integration computer) that cost as much as 480,000 US dollars and weighed 28 tons would change the whole world, this is the world's first computer in the real sense, in fact, no one could have imagined that it was expensive but not cost-effective and practical, if it were not for the war to prompt the US military to make this decision, perhaps the era of electronic computers and the Internet would be postponed for decades or more.
Jiang Li's decision to develop this speech synthesis software and promote its use is also based on this lofty ideal, perhaps a higher level of digital age will come to this world in advance, of course, look closer, from a utilitarian point of view, once this technology is successfully developed and released, in this music world will inevitably be like a fish in water, to achieve greater influence and benefits than the original world, and the little bird may also take off once and again!
Jiang Li painted a beautiful and dreamy picture of the future for Chen Shimei and Dai Tao, the two were dumbfounded, the light in their eyes almost condensed into substance, if someone else said this to them, maybe they would think that the other party was an unrealistic madman, but these words came out of Jiang Li's mouth, it was too weighty.
Dai Tao was full of energy, swallowed his saliva fiercely, and said: "Boss, I believe you, fight, I can even break through the Pentagon's firewall, I don't believe that I can't develop this software!" (To be continued......)