Old Ginger is Still Spicier

"He's too young. I'd heard about Yuanguang before and knew he was only 20, so he must be very young.

But when I saw him, I was still surprised again."

Jiang University's graduation ceremony this time was the same as usual. There was no difference during the day. In the morning, the president gave a speech, and then the university leaders performed the tassel-turning ceremony.

After the tassel-turning, there were photos.

The student representative speaker was naturally Chen Yuanguang. He was the perfect ready-made figurehead.

In the afternoon, they specifically invited Lei Jun to hold a Luojia Forum at the Wanlin Art Museum.

Graduates who wanted to attend could sign up with their counsellor. There were a total of five hundred audience spots, first come, first served.

When the university communicated with Lei Jun, he agreed very readily. He was very interested in Chen Yuanguang and was planning to return to Jiang City during that time anyway. Xiaomi's very important R&D headquarters is in Jiang City.

Spending an afternoon chatting with a junior, showing off a bit in his old stomping ground, and then taking a photo together to post on Weibo for some buzz – it was killing several birds with one stone.

Chen Yuanguang also agreed quickly. He couldn't ask for more than to establish a connection with Lei Jun. He had a lot of black technology from the future that needed to be commercialized and was waiting for Lei Jun to invest in him. Why not take advantage of a ready-made rich guy?

"Senior is also very young, the difference between us is just that of a doctoral student and an undergraduate."

As a former online novelist, Chen Yuanguang was best at bragging and chatting in various groups. Flattery rolled off his tongue.

Lei Jun was immediately amused, his eyes narrowing into slits: "Haha, Junior is too good with words, you've made me overjoyed.

I didn't expect Junior to not only be good at scientific research and writing novels, but also a master of flattery!"

This was the benefit of flattering a big shot. At first, Lei Jun called him Yuanguang, but after Chen Yuanguang's flattery, he immediately became "Junior".

Once you acknowledge the senior-junior relationship, if the junior asks for help later, how can you refuse?

The host quickly brought the topic back on track: "The two of you are truly heroes who appreciate each other.

We all know that Yuanguang published two papers in Nature and one in a Nature sub-journal during his senior year."

Among the audience below, undergraduate graduates were the most numerous, but there were also doctoral and master's graduates.

"If I could publish two Nature papers, wouldn't I be able to go to any university in China?"

"If you had two Nature papers, you could easily get into the Young Thousand Talents Plan."

"For someone like Yuanguang, isn't getting into the Young Thousand Talents Plan, becoming a Changjiang Scholar, or a National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars easy? He's also going to MIT for his PhD later. Who knows how many Nature papers he'll have published by the time he graduates with his PhD? He can get any title he wants."

"The gap between people is too big, and I've read the papers he wrote, the content is quite substantial, not the kind of papers that are watered down by relying on Nobel Prize-winning big shots."

Many people who had done research and knew the difficulty began to whisper among themselves.

The host continued: "And President Lei was also a top student in university, completing his four-year undergraduate courses in two years.

Although the audience here are all graduates, as students of Jiang University, we need to maintain the good habit of lifelong learning. Therefore, I would like to ask the two of you if you have any learning tips?"

Talking about this, Chen Yuanguang remembered that there was a technology in the future that could be utilized. He had used the Knowledge Download Technology to quickly master relevant content.

This technology can download learning content into your brain, and your learning is just awakening these memories.

The predecessor of this technology was Learning Acceleration, the general principle of which was also to stimulate relevant areas of the cerebral cortex to accelerate learning efficiency.

Tracing back further, it was Prenatal Education. However, in infancy, stimulating brain areas could be achieved simply by sound, while adults require stronger stimulation.

This technology is crucial for the entire world, especially in China, where academic qualifications are highly valued. It's a money-making machine; parents won't hesitate to pay for it.

Lei Jun answered first, "I don't have any special tricks. It's entirely due to diligence. I was extremely diligent in college. While others spent their time dating and strolling around, I dedicated all my time to studying.

Back then, it was still a computer lab. Our computer science major required using computers for practical work, and computers were scarce at the time. I couldn't afford one, and when it wasn't my turn to use a computer, I would first write down the program I wanted to write on paper. Then, when I got to use the computer, I would just type it in, run it, and debug any bugs. This made the efficiency much higher."

After Lei Jun finished showing off, Chen Yuanguang didn't feel like doing the same. He was still thinking about the prerequisite technologies for the Learning Acceleration Technology and the difficulties he would need to overcome to replicate it in the modern era.

Therefore, he simply replied, "I don't have many learning tricks. I rely more on consuming a large amount of content."

This wasn't wrong; it's just that his so-called "consuming" was directly downloading into his brain. While others walked, he arrived at his destination by plane.

"The learning tricks mentioned by President Lei and Yuanguang both lie in diligence. Indeed, only with sufficient diligence can one achieve results that ordinary people cannot.

President Lei's company recruits quite a few people from Jiang University every year. Have you ever thought about poaching Yuanguang for your company?" the host fanned the flames.

The audience members all perked up their ears.

Lei Jun had clearly done his homework. "The first time I heard Junior Brother's name was at the beginning of the year. I saw it on Jiang University's official Weibo.

At the time, I just thought it was impressive and didn't pay too much attention.

This time, he published in Nature again, so I asked a colleague who studied chemistry. He roughly explained Junior Brother's work to me, and I thought, isn't this all computer science?

It's an excellent application of computer science in the fields of chemistry and biology. Junior Brother is a top-tier computer talent, very strong in the field of algorithms.

I came to participate in the Luojia Forum this time also thinking about whether I could recruit Junior Brother. You could say this is Boss Zhipin.

It's just that I am the one being chosen.

I very much welcome Junior Brother to work at Xiaomi. Regarding the specific salary, I can only say it will not be lower than 2.01 million yuan!"

Lei Jun was extremely shrewd. He knew that the popularity behind Chen Yuanguang was being fueled by Goose Factory, and after this Luojia Forum, there would definitely be various promotions.

So, he wanted to promote one sentence repeatedly. Regarding the Boss Zhipin he mentioned, Shunwei Capital, under Lei Jun, started investing from the A+ round. The A+ round was exclusively invested by Shunwei Capital, investing several million US dollars. In the B round of financing, Shunwei and Today Capital invested again, totaling tens of millions of US dollars.

Shunwei has invested no less than 30 million in Boss Zhipin in total.

The 2.01 million yuan was also very clever. Huawei had just launched the Genius Youth Program not long ago, and the first person they recruited had an annual salary of 2.01 million, which was widely reported by the media.

By saying this, Xiaomi cleverly piggybacked on the popularity of both Huawei's Genius Youth and Chen Yuanguang. Subsequently, Xiaomi could launch a similar Genius Youth Program to improve Xiaomi's image of lacking technology. This was going with the flow, without any deliberate imitation.

Chen Yuanguang on stage didn't realize this. "Thank you, Senior Brother, for thinking highly of me. For now, I still want to continue in academia for a few years. Later, perhaps I will explore the industrial sector. At that time, I will need Senior Brother's guidance."

His answer was steady and aimed at not making mistakes.

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