Three days later, on the thirteenth day of June in the year 2006.

Duan Tianluo met Chen Ye, who was highly recommended by Long Guohai, but they did not meet in close proximity, but at the honorary professor award ceremony of Fuqing University.

At that time, Chen Ye was sitting on the rostrum, and Duan Tianwolf was accompanying Long Guohai among the many students sitting in the audience.

Because Chen Ye is an internationally renowned computer expert, at the age of 30, he was awarded a tenured professor at MIT, and he is a big figure out of ten.

Therefore, the president of Fuqing University personally went out to organize thousands of students to participate in the honorary professor awarding ceremony, which was a grand scene and a grand courtesy.

In the first ten minutes, the old principal was chattering about Chen Ye, the first five minutes were to praise how outstanding Chen Ye's achievements were, how well-known he was in the world, how he had status, and what great contributions he had, and the last five minutes were to praise Chen Ye for how he became a talent and did not forget the motherland, and praised him for how much work he had done to bring Chen Ye in.

Generally speaking, as long as a person's position reaches a certain level, his main job is to talk nonsense, whether it is Duan Tianwolf or Long Guohai, they are very clear about this, so the two of them have always behaved very politely.

Chen Xiuyuan, who was next to the two of them, couldn't stand it anymore, and in less than five minutes, he yawned for a while, and at eight minutes, he drooped his head and fell asleep.

Duan Tianwolf sat on the stage, looking up at Chen Ye who was sitting on the stage, although Long Guohai said that he was only thirty years old, but he looked much older than his real age, if he introduced himself and said that he was forty years old, I believe no one would be surprised.

Perhaps, he is really overworked.

Chen Ye wore a pair of black-framed eyes, looking straight ahead, his eyes were blazing, his posture was straight, and he was smiling. Indeed, he seems to be a righteous and heroic person.

After the president's introduction, the ceremony for conferring honorary professors begins.

This ceremony is actually very simple, that is, the principal and Chen Ye, one of them holding a corner of the certificate, and then smirked at the crowded camera in the audience.

After giggling for a few minutes and getting enough footage for all the shots, the audience applauded enthusiastically, and then it was over.

Next, it's time for Chen Ye's thank you speech.

"First of all, I would like to thank President Fang for his warm invitation, and I would like to thank the School Committee of Fuqing University for this honor. We Chinese have an old saying that no merit is not punished. I, Chen Ye, have not made any contribution to Fuqing University, but I am really ashamed to receive such courtesy and honor. In order to make up for my debt to you, I have decided to hold at least three lectures at Fuqing University every semester to pass on what I know to everyone, hoping to do my best to repay President Fang and everyone. I hope that I, as an honorary professor, am more than just an honor. ”

When Chen Ye said this, the audience applauded again.

After the applause was over, Chen Ye continued: "However, I want to explain it here in advance. My three lectures per semester are not for show, but I sincerely hope that students who are interested in my knowledge will come and share my learning experience with me. People have the psychology of joining in the fun, and the title of tenured professor of the Morgocan Institute of Technology and internationally renowned computer expert, sometimes like the name of the giant panda and the golden snub-nosed monkey, will make an animal very ornamental. If you just want to hunt for curiosity, please see enough today, if you can't see enough, you can also take a picture and stick it on the wall to see it slowly. But if I give a lecture, I hope that no one will come here with the intention of curiosity. Science is objective and readable, and only those who have the spirit of objective and reading can make great achievements in the field of science. ”

After speaking a few words briefly, Chen Ye put the microphone back.

In this way, it suddenly seemed a little cold, because Chen Ye's thank you speech was originally scheduled to be fifteen minutes, and who knew that he would finish his speech in less than three minutes.

At this time, the vice president, who was the moderator on the side, hurriedly said: "Professor Chen's first lecture will not be officially launched until the next semester. If you have any questions that you are interested in, please ask them now. ”

After the vice president finished speaking, a student from Fuqing University raised his hand and asked, "Professor Chen, what do you think is the future development direction of computers?" ”

"Artificial Intelligence." Chen Ye didn't think about it, so he said, "The most perfect computer in the world must be combined with the human brain." The creation of nature is ten million times more subtle than the creation of human beings. The direction of computer development is bound to go in the direction of combining with nature, and only then will it have a great future. ”

However, this is easier said than done, and if the computer wants to integrate with the human brain, accurate reading of consciousness is the first unavoidable challenge. The rapid electrochemical impulses in our brains are transformed into syntactic rules of cognition, memory, emotion, and decision-making, ten thousand times more sophisticated than any software in the world. We call this syntactic rule of the brain neural code. It is no exaggeration to say that neural code is a question as complex as the origin of the universe and the origin of life, and if anyone can answer this question, his contribution to mankind will be enough to win three hundred Nobel Prizes. ”

After Chen Ye finished speaking, another college student asked, "Professor Chen, listening to what you said, do you think that human beings will never be able to solve this riddle?" ”

"Nope." Chen Ye smiled and shook his head, "It's just the opposite, I believe that sooner or later the human race will definitely be able to solve this problem." At present, there are two related models known in the world, one is the model of energy metabolism in prokaryotic cells established by the book in 1997, and the other is the model of calcium transport in eukaryotic cells established by the American book in 1999. In addition, the National Institutes of Health and the Ministry of Energy seem to be studying related topics. However, just for the time being, it is unlikely that there will be results in this century, and there should be no drama in the next century, and in the 23rd century, it is difficult to say, and it will be up to us to see if a genius like Einstein can be born again. ”

At this time, another college student asked, "Professor Chen, if this field is so difficult, then Professor Chen, will you choose to study this field?" ”

Hearing this question, Chen Ye smiled and replied, "Although I think it's unlikely that there will be any progress, my current main direction of attack is this. I mainly do some hardware research work, after all, software innovation depends to a large extent on the computing power of hardware. If there can be a leap in hardware conditions, I believe that the research of the whole system will be of great help. As far as I'm concerned, I don't expect to achieve anything great, I just hope that my work can serve as a reference for future generations. ”

Hearing this, Duan Tianwolf's upper body straightened up suddenly, he turned his face, and just happened to see Long Guohai's smiling expression, "You finally know why I'm so confident now, right?" Chen Ye, this kid, has been pushing me to invest in his research career, but it's not a day or two, and when I was in the United States, he kept pulling me around. His half-baked research, God knows if it will generate profits within 300 years after my death, so I won't do it. Now as long as I say that I am willing to spend a lot of money to support him, I still need to persuade him? I kicked him so hard with my foot that he wouldn't go. ”

"I see." Duan Tianluo patted his thigh happily, "God really help me." ”

Long Guohai saw that Duan Tianwolf was so happy, so he hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Is it finalized? If it's finalized, then when the venue is over, I'll take him to dinner. That's right, but then again, although I don't know about technology, I've seen a lot in the United States, and research like this is not your average money-burner. Every dime I burn, you'll have to find a way to help me earn it back. ”

"Don't worry, I won't let you lose your money." Duan Tianluo looked at Long Guohai, "I will help you set up a security company again, and all the research funds will be deducted from the profits of that security company." If you make up for the insufficient part, you won't lose too much. ”

"That's for the best, I'm ...... It's easy to say that it's hard for me to lose money in a daze. Long Guohai smiled and said, "Now listen to what you mean, are you settled?" ”

"It must be settled." Duan Tianluo thought for a while, and then said, "However, this matter is very important, since there is no need to convince him, then, I think at the beginning, it is better not to let him know everything, it is better to observe a period and reveal it slowly." ”

Duan Tianwolf said this, looking at Long Guohai, "Brother Dahai, it's not that I don't trust your judgment, it's just ...... Accidents can happen in everything, and I don't dare to be overconfident now, and I hope you don't be surprised. ”

"I understand." Long Guohai patted Duan Tianlu's shoulder and said with a smile.

Long Guohai knew very well in his heart that the reason why Duan Tianwolf was so cautious today was entirely because of the profound lesson brought to him by the pain of losing his friend at this time. Today's Duan Tian Wolf is more cautious than the previous Duan Tian Wolf, and it is almost to the point of not leaking.

"If only you understood." Duan Tianluo nodded, and then asked, "How are you going to tell him later?" ”

"I don't have to tell him, I just hook him up and tell me. You can watch the show when the time comes. Long Guohai smiled confidently.

(To be continued)