Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 836 - 286: The Schemes of Young People (Part 2)
Although a universal quantum simulation computer may not necessarily achieve commercial success, what if it does succeed?
A mature corporate decision-making team must consider various possibilities. Considering defeat before contemplating victory should be a basic trait.
Though the people living in the White House on the west side may often seem unprofessional, those specifically in charge of capital operations must be professional.
There are always people who say this world is just a giant makeshift troupe. Even the actions and statements of some elites and so-called experts always make many people feel they could do just as well.
Clearly, this is an illusion.
Qiao Yu never underestimates the intelligence and big-picture perspective of anyone who can become part of the leadership of a global corporation.
It’s like overlooking a city from a mountaintop versus observing the same city from within; the view is different.
The higher the perspective, the fewer details, but the overall direction becomes clearer. While people in the mix can see local details clearly, once they step away, they are in the dark.
On top of that, everyone’s position influences their thinking patterns.
For example, the public might only see an expert publicly saying something that those who focus on details consider extremely foolish.
But the public doesn’t see the changes in the expert’s accounts or how he enjoys life in private time.
Qiao Yu is different; he always understands the other side and thinks from the angle of interests. This way of thinking is always successful when applied to the other side.
This time is no different.
When Brad Smith decided to first observe the attitudes of allied tech circles toward this product launch before deciding whether to visit Huaxia himself, it was essentially already certain that he would visit.
Because everyone would definitely come back.
To ensure this grand occasion, Qiao Yu also made a lot of efforts.
For example, making the renowned ASML interested in the chip production and packaging technology of the new computer.
What kind of photolithography machines are needed for the quantum simulation computing architecture and its chips?
Another example is sparking enough curiosity in Intel’s decision-making team about the new generation of quantum simulation computing CPUs, wanting to know how these support the classic X86 architecture, and whether there is any infringement...
In short, there are too many ways to invite people. The core is to make these people know that not coming would be a significant loss for them.
In this regard, Qiao Yu has always held the initiative; any casual leakage of information is enough to make those bigwigs itch with anticipation.
So very soon, news on the Huaxia network started to bustle again.
After the Quantum Simulation Alliance published on its official website the invitation letters sent to numerous Western tech company CEOs, chairmen, and presidents, inviting them to this tech event, many tech bigwigs announced their plans for an upcoming visit to Huaxia within half a month.
Not coming? Impossible, sending an invitation a month in advance is to make these bigwigs quickly handle what needs to be done and decline what needs to be declined.
Of course, the reason for visiting can be casually made up.
For instance, they originally planned to inspect a research center or regional market branch in Huaxia this year, and conveniently attend the launch event.
Of course, none of this matters in Qiao Yu’s view. As long as they come, that’s fine.
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Huaxia, Beijing, Yanbei International Mathematics Research Center.
Recently, Qiao Yu has been living quite leisurely. He hasn’t bothered with new studies or pursued new topics, spending his days reading and occasionally keeping an eye on the laboratory.
Most of his time is wasted on dating Xia Keke.
Of course, no one dares to scold Qiao Yu. Even Tian Yanzhen, who’s always been stringent with Qiao Yu in academics, hasn’t said anything, even wishing Qiao Yu could have more rest time, a bit of romance, and maybe have a child during this period.
The idea being that Qiao Yu has grown up; he’s not as adorable anymore, and if he has a child who turns out to be a genius, maybe they could help out in the future.
The bigwigs still hold out some hope for this, although everyone knows the chances are slim.
Genetic inheritance is quite mysterious; even if both parents belong to highly intelligent groups, it’s not uncommon to have a less intelligent offspring.
For instance, on Doule, a grandfather might be a great scientist, the father speaks five languages, and the mother is an English translator, yet their child behaves rebelliously and performs poorly, leaving people astonished.
Qiao Yu’s demon-level intelligence is generally considered to be a genetic mutation.
So, it would be best if he could have a few more children to overcome the randomness in genetic inheritance, hoping the mutated gene could be preserved.
Yes, having children involves the random inheritance of IQ, but if high IQ couples have enough kids, based on genetics probability, they might indeed have one who inherits Qiao Yu’s intelligence.
Not all of it needs to be inherited; even seventy or eighty percent would be acceptable.
As for Elder Yuan, he believes this is a natural course. Balancing work and rest is essential for doing good scholarly work!
In fact, after Qiao Yu won the Fields Medal, Yuan Zhengxin hasn’t demanded much from him.
Elder Yuan even thought that Qiao Yu should take a good rest period at that time.
After all, Yuan Zhengxin had always thought that seeing Qiao Yu receive the Fields Medal during his lifetime was enough.
However, Qiao Yu returned and came up with the Qiao Yu Modal Space and quantum simulation calculations.
And because he proposed this theory, he was busy for four whole years; from the old man’s perspective, indeed, Qiao Yu has worked hard these past few years, and resting for a while is justified.
Since both grandmaster-level figures of the sect believe Qiao Yu should take a good rest, others couldn’t possibly object.
Qiao Yu is just in his twenties, having achieved so much already, pushing him further seems unreasonable.
You can’t expect Qiao Yu to win the country’s highest science award and receive a medal before he’s thirty, right?
Especially given Qiao Yu’s current achievements, even if he does nothing from now on and simply lives to fifty or sixty, he’s qualified for those honors.
Previously, people could say: since you’ve applied for a project, you must do it well, not get distracted by play.
But now, both projects have exceeded their tasks, so anyone still nagging is truly uncomprehending.
Thus, these days, Qiao Yu is living worry-free. It’s more like undergraduate life than when he was an actual undergraduate.
No classes, no supervision, each day is spent however he wishes. Even if he plays outside all day, it’s fine, though it’ll be hard on Zheng Xiweng.
There’s no choice; each outing now has high demands on Old Zheng, requiring pre-reports on itineraries with plans, and a full report even if nothing happens before and after.
The reason, which Zheng Xiweng knows better than anyone, is that too many people want to see Qiao Yu suddenly disappear given the current situation. Even though Beijing in Huaxia has significant security, and they have high-level intelligence support.
Unexpected events, however, are unpredictable. At crucial moments, there are always individuals who, driven by greed, take desperate risks.
Still, despite being exhausting and stressful, there have been no complaints. After all, Zheng Xiweng has witnessed clearly what Qiao Yu has done over these years.
The fortunate thing is, Qiao Yu is sensible; after a few wild outings, without anyone having to say anything, he lost interest in wandering around and has been staying in school, minimizing risks.
However, this hasn’t eased Zheng Xiweng’s burden much. Because Qiao Yu has thrown more problems at him, starting to treat him as a free secretary.
Just like today, as he just stepped in,
"Uncle Zheng, any news? How many more CEOs are coming to Huaxia today?"
"The business department received a formal letter today from ASML’s CEO, Fu Kai, about his visit to Huaxia," Zheng Xiweng replied concisely.
"Is that all for today?" Qiao Yu asked further.
Zheng Xiweng nodded, resignedly adding, "Who do you want to come the most, is it Microsoft? Just say so; if there’s news, I’ll let people keep an eye out and notify you directly.
Already more than half of the invitations have confirmed they’ll come; aren’t you satisfied yet? Asking me every day like this, I still have to cross departments to inquire for you, it’s exhausting."
"Yeah, it’s just Microsoft... Why haven’t they responded yet? It shouldn’t be!"
Qiao Yu admitted candidly with a nod.
