novelraw Chapter 848 210: Pei Danqing’s Gratitude
Chapter 848 210: Pei Danqing’s Gratitude
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After finishing his chat with Long Xinyu, Xu Lin sent a message to Pei Danqing.
At this time of night, Pei Danqing was still reading.
Pei Danqing: "What's up?"
"Help me sign a contract tomorrow, it's in Capital City."
"What contract?"
Xu Lin then elaborated on the details.
"You're not coming to Capital City?"
"It's just a contract, no need to go to Capital City. You can sign it for me."
Xu Lin: "By the way, sign your name. Put 30% of the shares under your name, otherwise they'll trace my name, Xu, and know it's me."
"What? Under my name? That's 30% of the shares. According to your post on Weibo, if this company becomes a billion-dollar enterprise, 30% means I have three billion in my hands. Aren't you afraid something might go wrong?"
"You're a high-caliber woman, not one of those low-level, inferior women. I trust you."
A sip of sake reddens the face, wealth moves the heart.
In this world, there are good people and bad people; some are blinded by greed, and others become enemies over interests.
As the saying goes, even close brothers settle scores; when faced with huge fortunes, even the person next to you might turn on you at night.
Of course, there are also those who aren't interested in money.
Xu Lin trusts Pei Danqing.
This kind of aristocratic lady genuinely isn't interested in money.
Of course, here when we say aristocratic lady, it's the real kind, not just those whose family has a little money.
The Pei Family has been an aristocratic family since the Hongwu Era of the Ming Dynasty.
"Money is like dirt, don't mind these details. Besides, what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours."
"Oh!"
Pei Danqing was momentarily at a loss for words, but she felt deeply moved inside, amazed that Xu Lin trusted her so much.
At this moment, Pei Danqing felt like a general whom the Emperor entrusted with a mission in times of crisis.
Historically, to be entrusted in such a way signifies immense trust.
Therefore, Pei Danqing's sense of duty was unmatched at that moment.
"Then I'll sign my name tomorrow and cover for you."
"Thanks."
"What's there to thank between you and me?"
"When are you coming to Capital City?"
"Probably next month, been quite busy lately, as you know."
"Alright."
"I'll get back to work now, chat later. Oh, say hi to your great-grandfather for me."
"Okay, I'll tell him tomorrow."
Xu Lin didn't respond further.
He had other things to do tonight.
Now, all his work is aimed at making money, and the ultimate goal of making money is to develop artificial intelligence.
Because Xu Lin doesn't want to collaborate with others, otherwise his progress could be much faster.
As it stands, just one word from him, and many would eagerly offer him money.
But the downside is, Xu Lin would have to share interests with a bunch of scoundrels.
He needs to start a company, go public, and make money because capitalists need profit-sharing.
It's no wonder Xu Lin calls them scoundrels; in this world, those who make it big are rarely decent people. Otherwise, why call it a dog-eat-dog society?
That's why Xu Lin does it himself.
Moreover, my creations can't be meddled with, unless I want to share a bit, like by releasing formulas.
But the core stuff, Xu Lin won't release.
This time he invested in Flypeng Tech, releasing three formulas, yet the intelligence of their robots can't match the level in his game; it falls short.
Basically, you could say the characters in his game have the thinking ability of adults, while those made with the three released formulas are like ten-year-olds, and the formula released abroad results in four or five-year-olds.
Four or five-year-olds may know how to wander around, and ten-year-olds already start feeling spring fever.
Currently, on Young Master Xu's account, there are three income streams.
The first is accepting orders, but orders are too few and Xu Lin is more relaxed about them.
The second is software development, which is quite good, provides sustainable income, and is substantial.
The third is investing in companies, though investment requires cycles, and currently it can be almost ignored, as he won't see any money for at least half a year.
Therefore, software development brings fast income.
On the software front, Xu Lin has three lucrative software applications: "Man's Guide to Reversing Fortune," download engines, and academic browsers.
The most profitable is naturally "Man's Guide to Reversing Fortune."
Xu Lin checked the number of paying users, and it's now at 16,638,765.
Multiply by 29.9, and what's the total?
Over 497 million!
And if you add the in-game item payments, it actually exceeds 600 million.
Moreover, currently there is only one type of in-game item in the store, and Xu Lin hasn't launched others yet.
Xu Lin plans to develop a fourth software application.
Fortunately, he already has the idea.
This software will focus on AI image and video generation functions, and it's going to generate real people.
Presently, there are AI systems that generate real people, but they still give off an obviously AI unreal feeling.
Xu Lin's will be absolutely realistic.
Generally speaking, video generation requires support from large models. This way, the video quality is higher, more coherent, and the character images are consistent, not changing suddenly, just like filming a movie.
But there's a compromise, using smaller models or specific algorithms to achieve this.
Xu Lin opted for this compromise, lacking large models for support.
However, Xu Lin's abilities can compensate for these shortcomings.
Video images can be realized through generative adversarial networks and the like, which is similar to the network model Xu Lin uses.
This is his latest developed model.
He tentatively calls this model the "Universal Generation Model," on par with the Self-Thinking Model and Gradient Life Model.