Training

The young women in Future Technology's HR department had been exceptionally busy these past few days. Ever since Li Zhou posted the recruitment notice, the department had received a huge batch of resumes.

Fortunately, once everyone discovered that the Intelligent Assistant could conduct an initial screening of resumes according to requirements, things instantly became much easier. Even so, after being screened three times by the Intelligent Assistant, there were still a thousand resumes left.

These thousand people had basically passed the initial round. After taking the interview test personally prepared by the boss, only five hundred passed the written exam. The following interview stage kept the HR girls incredibly busy. From morning to night, aside from eating and using the restroom, they constantly conducted remote video interviews with applicants who had passed the written test. There were only three interview questions in total, and they had all been provided by the boss.

As for internship slots, Li Zhou slapped his palm down and set the number at fifty. As for how those fifty slots would be allocated among the various schools, he told Xiong Kexuan to handle it as she saw fit.

After all, interns were different from full-time employees. If Li Zhou was dissatisfied with them in the end, he could simply choose not to hire them. With no worries afterward, letting Xiong Kexuan use those fifty slots to build good relationships with major prestigious universities was also a worthwhile investment.

Time quietly reached mid-August. Even deep in the mountains, the heat was unbearable. Fortunately, ever since Future Technology moved into this temporary headquarters, every room had been equipped with air conditioning. The server cluster on the first floor was especially well cooled, naturally making it the coldest place there.

In a large conference room, Li Zhou was teaching one hundred newly hired employees and fifty university students serving as replacement interns. Interestingly, there were more girls studying literature, further worsening Future Technology's imbalance between women and men.

Li Zhou looked at the hundred and fifty heads below the stage and dusted the chalk from his hands.

"Alright, that concludes the current stage of training. Starting tomorrow, I'll have you try programming in Han Language. I'll upload the development tools to the internal network tomorrow, and you can download and install them yourselves."

Li Zhou tapped the table and solemnly warned everyone seated below.

"I'll remind you again: before the company's product launch is held, you are strictly forbidden from revealing any information about Han Language to the outside world. You are even more forbidden from leaking any Han Language materials. If anyone is considering it, go to the main entrance, look up at the sign there, and think again."

That was right. That utterly shameless fellow Li Zhou had moved the stainless-steel plaque from his home to the company and stuck it right at the most conspicuous spot by the main entrance.

The conference room instantly fell so silent that only the noisy hum of the air conditioner's outdoor unit could be heard.

It was not until everyone watched the boss leave that many realized their palms were sweaty. A few were even drenched in sweat, clearly feeling guilty. Apparently, some people had entertained certain thoughts.

But upon thinking of the plaque at the entrance, those people could not help shivering and threw their unrealistic ideas to the back of their minds.

Gradually, the atmosphere in the conference room became lively again.

"Hey, even now, I'm still shocked. Han Language! Who would have thought that Future Technology developed the Intelligent Assistant using Han Language?"

"No, we should feel fortunate. Have you thought about it? As the first group to learn Han Language, as long as everyone here puts in some effort, we can achieve financial freedom. This is our greatest opportunity."

The speaker's voice was loud. Everyone who heard it fell silent. There was no fool sitting in this room. Everyone had considered it from the beginning, but no one had said it aloud. They had all chosen silence.

At that moment, a petite girl with her hair loose over her shoulders, barely one hundred and fifty centimeters tall, stood up.

"Everyone, barring any surprises, most of the people currently sitting in this conference room will rise to the top of the IT industry in the future. Since that is the case, why don't we form an alliance?"

"According to the boss, Han Language will be released to the public. Among the younger generation, those who have studied and understand Chinese literature the most are the elites sitting here. If I'm not mistaken, after Han Language is released, some of us will become teachers specializing in education. So no matter where we end up in the future, we are a natural alliance."

In the office, Li Zhou watched the petite girl through the camera and smiled faintly.

"Old Zhou, I think highly of that intern who hasn't even graduated yet. What do you think?"

Zhou Song looked at the screen and shook his head slightly. "She's too impulsive. Everyone understands that logic, so why did no one say it? Why did it have to be her?"

Li Zhou shrugged and said with a smile, "That's exactly why I think highly of her. Just watch. She'll climb higher and higher."

The next day, they were still in the same conference room. This time, everyone had brought the computers the company had provided for them.

Fortunately, installing the Han Language development tools was idiot-proof. By the time Li Zhou arrived, everyone had already installed them.

Li Zhou quickly wandered around the room and casually glanced at several people's computers.

"I've noticed that the smart ones have already taught themselves to write the simplest Han Language programs, while some people are foolishly waiting for me to teach them."

"What did I say yesterday? The current stage of training is over! So I only came today to watch you learn how to develop your first Han Language program yourselves. Even if you've only written the simplest output statement, that is still progress."

"I've spent the past month teaching you Han Language syntax, functions, and interfaces. Theoretically speaking, if you understand them thoroughly, you can completely develop intelligent software like the Intelligent Assistant on your own."

"I can see the doubtful looks in many of your eyes. Let me tell you, I'm really not exaggerating. Every function within the Intelligent Assistant can be implemented with the Han Language knowledge you currently have."

Seeing the stunned crowd below, Li Zhou smiled faintly.

"How about this? If most of you can develop a small program that satisfies me this week, or you can choose to work together to develop a small system with complete functions, then next Monday, I'll take you rafting in the Grand Canyon to enjoy some summer coolness."

After Li Zhou left, the men in the conference room let out wolfish howls and ghostly shrieks, shouting that they would work hard.

The summer sunlight was unbearably scorching. After several days of continuous self-study and sharing learning experiences with the colleagues beside them, the people crammed into the conference room grew rapidly. Yet the more they understood Han Language Programming, the more their scalps tingled. Could anyone imagine that the exact same piece of Han Language code could mean something entirely different when placed in different modules?

Han Language was exactly like Chinese itself: the deeper one went, the harder it became to understand.

For example, what exactly did "hehe" mean?