Top Student at Their Peak

After answering, Chen Zhuoyang became a bit troubled. He wanted to chat about something else, but didn't quite dare...

"Oh, I guess that's the only way. Qiao Yu usually seems to chat with you a lot? Sigh, every time I want to ask him something, I'm afraid of wasting his time," Zhang Xiao casually remarked.

"No problem. If you're ever too shy to ask Qiao Yu, just ask me directly. If I don't understand either, I'll help you ask him,"

said Chen Zhuoyang grandly.

Actually, every time he sent a message to Qiao Yu, it took him half a day to build up the courage...

But there was nothing he could do, so he just had to say, spring has arrived.

"Then I'll thank you in advance, Senior Brother Chen," Zhang Xiao smiled and said.

As they walked and talked, Chen Zhuoyang several times wanted to ask Zhang Xiao what he thought of him, but hesitated and didn't speak up.

And so, he escorted him all the way back to the dormitory.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Chen, I'll head up now."

"No thanks needed, it's my duty, goodbye."

"Goodbye!"

Watching Zhang Xiao turn and walk into the dorm, Chen Zhuoyang stomped his foot, feeling like a failure.

In the end, he could only leave with a sense of loss...

...

At this time, Qiao Yu was already sitting properly in Elder Yuan's reception room at Qiuzhai.

Xia Keke didn't come.

Although Yu Yanjiang had also invited her, the girl knew these bigwigs were definitely going to talk business with Qiao Yu, so she volunteered to return with Qiao Xi.

In response to Chief Engineer Yu's request, the tea had already been served. However, there were none of the complex steps like rinsing the tea or cups, just a big steaming mug, which seemed very earnest compared to those small cups.

"Qiao Yu's method is very useful. How should we sign the agreement we discussed earlier?" After everyone sat down, Yu Yangguang asked directly.

He was asking Qiao Yu, but Tian Yanzhen frowned slightly and said, "Isn't this matter not urgent? We also said back then, to talk about it after some time. Qiao Yu is still young, what's the rush?"

"How can this matter wait? NASA is also planning another moon landing; we can't fall behind again, can we? Besides, the project has massive amounts of data to process every day."

Yu Yanjiang glared at Tian Yanzhen as he spoke.

Elder Yuan, sitting at the head, watched his student argue with the others but did not express an opinion.

He could understand Tian Yanzhen's concerns, but on the other hand, he also felt that if Qiao Yu could do this, he shouldn't be stopped.

The old man felt conflicted, subconsciously looking at Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu smiled at Elder Yuan and said proactively, "Actually, I have an idea."

"Oh, go ahead," Yu Yanjiang immediately said.

Tian Yanzhen also turned his gaze to Qiao Yu.

"Actually, during this period, Senior Brother Chen and Zhang Xiao have been working with me on a project, which is to create a general model composed of different libraries. Specifically, it's a correctable universal modal feature mapping platform.

My initial plan is to design different libraries, each corresponding to different environments and data processing methods. As long as I can set up this platform, it will be possible to perform different computing and analysis tasks based on different databases.

This way, as long as you keep filling in data, efficiency should continuously improve. If successful, I actually don't need to access sensitive data; just providing tools would be enough.

Recently, I've also been reading articles on automated learning mechanisms and data-model co-evolution. My idea is that we only focus on building and maintaining this data-driven platform, allowing all research groups to operate and compute on it.

The platform will use standardized interfaces and modular components. You just need to call the tools to complete the computation, so data doesn't need third-party handling and security is higher. Chief Engineer Yu, what do you think of my suggestion?"

Yu Yanjiang's eyes brightened. He had to admit that if Qiao Yu could really create this platform, it would undoubtedly be the best.

This would solve many problems, and he wouldn't need to spar with Tian Yanzhen.

If it were someone else, he could use his influence, but with Old Tian, he truly had no way.

No way, Old Tian didn't need anything from him.

Of course, if he really wanted, there were ways, but it would get ugly and be quite troublesome.

Yu Yanjiang immediately asked, "Qiao Yu, how long do you think setting up such a platform will take?"

Qiao Yu blinked and said, "Chief Engineer Yu, don't you think you should first ask how much I expect to budget for designing this platform?"

Yu Yanjiang felt a bit choked. It was all Tian Yanzhen's fault. The first day the kid met him, he even called him Grandpa Yu.

Old Tian was unkind, always exposing his shortcomings in front of the child, so now he's always called Chief Engineer and talks about money all the time...

"Alright then, Qiao Yu, approximately how much will this platform cost?" Yu Yanjiang asked.

"I estimate that with thirty million, it can definitely be designed and launched for use within half a year,"

Qiao Yu answered seriously, having calculated the number very precisely.

He planned to use this fund to set up a fully self-owned small storage center and establish the system there, convenient for unit calls. The thirty million was enough to purchase equipment.

This small storage center would include a high-performance computing cluster, a PB-level storage device, and a high-speed internal network.

Based on Qiao Yu's recent online research, this equipment would cost over twenty million, but some funds need to be reserved for routine maintenance.

Of course, for such a small investment, the platform doesn't provide supercomputing services. Users need to utilize their own supercomputing resources after calling the program, meaning it only provides models and algorithms.