"Now that we're only 80 percent complete, I'm not in favor of publicizing our project, it's not the right time."

"I agree with Mr. Zheng! Wisdom this project, I personally think that the potential in the future is very large, if the product is not really completed, we start to hype it to the outside world, those technology giants will definitely target us, when the time comes, do we have the ability to fight against them? ”

"Everybody knows how the big companies usually play with our start-up projects that haven't established themselves yet. Either acquire, or simply copy and crush you...... Zhiyu is our brainchild, I don't want to watch it end up on this path, I think the safest way is to keep a low profile. ”

"But the premise is that we have to survive, the more difficult the later the development, we have now encountered a bottleneck in technology, if we want to complete the development of Zhiyu 1.0 within the time limit specified by Mr. Lu, we must introduce a higher technical core force, these all cost money, and everything is in vain if the funds can't keep up."

"Then let's go to financing, let's stop burying our heads in our own toss, there is no doubt that this is a money-burning project, and it is very dangerous if the funds cannot be renewed. Now it is obvious that it is no longer possible to only play personal investment, and Mr. Lu's pockets are about to be emptied by the company, I think it is time for us to introduce real capital play. ”

"Indeed, don't be afraid of exposure, don't be afraid of competition, we have completed 80% of the development of this project, afraid of a bird, even if the giants want to copy us, they will need time to keep up, as long as we can get a good financing, we will be able to stay ahead."

"It's okay to raise money, take the project plan and talk to the venture capital, but there's no need to use the media to publicize our project, right? Entrepreneurship, idea is very important, if other entrepreneurs see the direction of the wind, they will flock to compete with us, and now public publicity will only attract more competitors to us. ”

"I don't think there's a need to worry too much, AI projects are not something that anyone can quickly build, the technical threshold is here, and it's not a general money-burning, to be honest, if it weren't for Mr. Lu who has been spending his money to feed us this project over the years, we wouldn't have been able to hold it up. Aside from the tech giants who are lethal to us, I don't think we need to worry about them outoutperforming us for the time being. ”

"In fact, it's not completely impossible to do without external financing, right? To tell the truth, Mr. Lu gave us a development deadline that was too rushed, and technological breakthroughs were already time-consuming and labor-intensive, and if we wanted to produce results in the short term, we would definitely burn more money, if we could give us a little more time, we would not necessarily be able to complete the development of the project if we maintained the existing team, but only slowly. If needed, I can personally take the lead in taking a pay cut and reducing the company's expenses. ”

"Here's the problem, Mr. Lu refuses to give us a grace period of one or two more years, he's anxious to see the results."

"It's not wrong that Mr. Lu is in a hurry, technology is such a thing, running slower than others is going to suffer a big loss, and the problems that can be solved through money should not be made up for with time."

"Truly, unless we really can't raise money."

"Mr. Lu, you are the first person to propose to use the media to publicly promote our Zhiyu project, can you tell us what you think?"

At half past eight in the morning, although it is not yet the official working time, the conference room of Zhiliang Technology has gathered senior managers from major departments, including core departments such as technology center, product design center, operation center, and planning.

These people had an active discussion on the plan for promoting the Zhiyu project proposed by Lu Zhou.

Zhiyu is a large-scale artificial intelligence language model developed by Zhiliang Technology, which aims to provide information for humans to solve problems.

They believe that as long as the project is successfully developed, it will cause a lot of changes in scientific research, business, education and other social fields.

They are very confident in the future potential of this project, but the huge potential also means that it is extremely difficult. Whether it's on the technical side or the money level, they're having a hard time.

At present, the employees in the conference room are mainly divided into two groups, one group is against the premature promotion of the product, and the other group is in favor of promoting the promotion to attract funds.

Lu Zhou sat in the main seat of the conference room, listening to their opinions one by one, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart.

Obviously, some people here have put in too much hard work day and night, and they already have a deep affection for the Zhiyu project.

They are taboo about bringing in the capital of giants, fearing losing the main control over the project......

"Now that the project has entered a critical period, I believe you are well aware of the difficulties we are facing, and now it is urgent to introduce more high-end talents, and sufficient financial supply is needed to complete the development of this project in a short period of time."

"Some high-end talents and core technologies are not necessarily available if you have money, not to mention, I have done my best to support the fund."

"Guys, it's time for us to raise money from outside."

Lu Zhou spoke up.

Everyone in the room fell silent and looked at him.

In this project team, Lu Zhou is just an investor who provided entrepreneurial ideas at the beginning, he doesn't understand technology, and even, except for the core team at the beginning, he spent a lot of money to dig up, and he didn't pay much attention to the core personnel who came in later.

He doesn't understand technology, and his specialty has nothing to do with the Zhiyu project.

It can be said that in this conference room, Lu Zhou is the most amateur.

But he is the one who has been really paying for the project.

In order to work on this project, he almost threw in all the money he made through other channels.

Based on this alone, despite being a layman, Lu Zhou is also the most powerful person in this conference room.

"Since we plan to raise funds externally, let's just play bigger and take the opportunity to speculate at a good price. I advocate that the media should be asked to publicize the future influence of Zhiyu in advance. ”

Lu Zhou looked around at the people in the conference room and said.

His tone was firm and seemed non-negotiable.

Obviously, he was informing them, not letting them sit here and discuss something else.

The atmosphere in the conference room was silent for quite some time.

"Mr. Lu, I have a question that I don't know whether to ask or not."

After a long time, Mr. Zheng, the technical director, broke the silence in front of everyone.

Lu Zhou: "You say." ”

"If a giant takes a fancy to the project and plans to acquire it directly, what will you do then?"

This issue is also a concern for everyone.

Lu Zhou felt their fiery gaze and sighed softly in his heart.

"If the terms offered by the other party can satisfy us, then accepting the acquisition is not necessarily a bad thing."

He told the truth.

In fact, there is a cruel truth that Lu Zhou did not tell them. That is: he didn't intend to keep the project in his own hands from the beginning, it was just a stepping stone for him to build.

After listening to Lu Zhou's reply, some people here finally realized a fact: Lu Zhou is just a businessman, and he has no similar feelings to Zhiyu as them, whether this project is controlled by their start-up team, Lu Zhou doesn't care so much, he just wants to make a lot of money through this project......

After enlightenment, some people are lost, and some people are suddenly relieved.

"Technology giants have higher technology, more professional and perfect teams, and more adequate funds and resources, and it will actually be easier for Zhiyu to succeed if it relies on such a large platform."

"But please rest assured, no matter what happens to Zhiyu in the future, I will do my best to protect your basic rights and interests as the initial team."

Lu Zhou looked at them and said sincerely.

With his words, everyone finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

May he keep his word!

The controversy did not continue, and everyone came to their senses.

Lu Zhou: "Ning Yuan, let's get ready to contact the technology media." ”

"Okay."

Lu Zhou: "Zhuang Xuan, your planning department needs to prepare a competitive financing plan and send it to me before the 6th. ”

"Number six?" Zhuang Xuan, the planning director, glanced at the date on his phone, frowned, and said, "Mr. Lu, this is too rushed, right?" Preparing the materials is very time-consuming......"

Lu Zhou: "Overtime will come out with a version first, and I will take it to meet a customer on the 6th." What information needs to be used, please give priority to all departments to cooperate, this plan is related to the future life and death of the wisdom of the project, please be sure to take it seriously. ”

"Okay!" Everyone spoke in unison.

The meeting was disbanded, everyone returned to their posts to be busy, and Lu Zhou left Zhiliang Technology and continued to work in his entertainment industry to make money.

Before the sixth date mentioned by Lu Zhou came, the media momentum of the project had been slowly promoted in the technology circle.

Lu Zhou is about to take Zhiyu's financing plan to meet a key person.

(End of chapter)