Into Unscientific

be honest.

Guo Hao is indeed a very courageous person.

After deciding to trust Academician Pan.

He quickly adjusted his mentality, no longer inquired about the inside story, but directly discussed some details with Xu Yun.

For example, how many chip positions are reserved for supercomputing.

What languages ​​does the system support.

What is the logical framework for, etc.

Guo Hao's introduction is very detailed and easy to understand, so the whole process is still very easy.

But soon.

He and Xu Yun had some disagreements on the placement of the equipment.

"What? Dr. Xu, are you going to put the supercomputer in Luzhou?"

Guo Hao looked at Xu Yun in surprise, and the surprise in his tone did not seem to be fake at all:

"Dr. Xu, the electricity price in Luzhou is not low. If the supercomputer is placed in Luzhou, the company may have to spend a lot of money."

"I think you can build a supercomputing center here in Sichuan and Chongqing. This is also the choice of many companies."

"Sichuan and Chongqing have many mountains and rivers, and electricity is cheap. Even if we build a supercomputing center, the cost is still much lower than that in Luzhou."

Prior to this, Guo Hao and Xu Yun had reached most of the customization intentions.

But just when Guo Hao thought everything was going well, Xu Yun made a request:

He wants to place the supercomputer in Luzhou.

This was somewhat beyond Guo Hao's expectation.

To know.

If an SUV is a typical oil tiger, then a supercomputer can undoubtedly be regarded as an electric tiger.

For example, an E-class supercomputer consumes 50 megawatts of electricity per hour.

That is 50,000 to 60,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Working 15 hours a day is 700,000-900,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which costs tens of thousands of Huaxia coins a day.

Although the power consumption of the supercomputer customized by Xu Yun is not that high, it still consumes close to 3,000 kWh per hour.

Therefore, the electricity price of the location where the supercomputer is located is a problem that has to be considered.

well known.

Domestic power distribution is mainly located in the west.

For example, Sichuan-Chongqing, Zhuzhou, Inner Mongolia, etc., so there is the theory of west-to-east power transmission.

Among them, Sichuan and Chongqing have many mountains and rivers, and the cost of hydropower generation is low.

In addition, the environment of the basin can reduce the maintenance cost of equipment, so it is undoubtedly a very high-quality supercomputer resettlement place.

For example, when Bitcoin was the hottest before, 70% of domestic mines were located in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Although Anhui Province, to which Luzhou belongs, is one of the main transfer stations for the West-to-East Power Transmission, its electricity prices are still far behind those in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Of course.

The price mentioned here is not the electricity price for domestic electricity, but the unplanned power supply price that large-scale electrical equipment can get.

Generally speaking.

The power supply price for large-scale equipment in Luzhou is more than 30% higher than that in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Although Luzhou also has large-scale equipment such as the Luzhou Supercomputing Center, it is a scientific research supercomputing, which is different from a commercial supercomputing.

At present, more than 60% of domestic commercial supercomputers are located in Sichuan and Chongqing, because it can indeed save a lot of electricity bills.

So Guo Hao's request to Xu Yun is really a little bit Kennedy scratching his head, confused.

Seeing Guo Hao with a puzzled expression, Xu Yun sighed helplessly.

From a rational point of view, he certainly knew that Guo Hao's words made sense.

Huadun Shengke bought supercomputers not just for mascots, but for a large number of links that really need to use its computing power.

without any exaggeration.

When the supercomputer is officially launched, it will inevitably replace Gu Qunqing and become the second busiest employee in the company.

What?

Who is the first you ask?

You are a fake fan, do you even need to ask?

all in all.

If they are resettled in Luzhou and Sichuan and Chongqing, they may save hundreds of thousands of yuan in electricity bills a year.

But the truth is, the supercomputing template and artificial intelligence Mimi in Xu Yun's hands are also doomed to be placed under Xu Yun's nose.

So this money must be lost.

Think here.

Xu Yun couldn't help but sighed faintly, and said to Guo Hao:

"Mr. Guo, don't try to persuade me, I'm definitely going to be resettled in Luzhou."

"After all, some of our company's research is relatively confidential, and it is easy to deal with various situations around us. It is still a bit unsafe to put it here in Sichuan and Chongqing."

Seeing Xu Yun's resolute attitude, Guo Hao hesitated for a moment, and gave up the idea of ​​persuading Xu Yun to stay in Sichuan and Chongqing.

In fact, in terms of confidentiality, there is no such thing as a safer way to keep supercomputers by your side.

But just like many new drivers who just bought a car like to treat the car as their wife, it is normal for Xu Yun to have such concerns at his age.

Anyway, Guo Hao does not need to bear the freight, so go to Luzhou if you go to Luzhou.

After the stuck link of the resettlement site is unblocked, the rest is very simple.

Twenty minutes later.

Guo Hao then printed out a letter of intent - his operation required a period of hospitalization, so he brought a lot of necessary equipment long before he was admitted to the hospital.

Among them is a portable printer such as the Epson wf-110.

In addition, Guo Hao's business notebook also has a lot of templates for the letter of intent, so there is no need to go out to find a printing shop, and the letter of intent can be easily released.

The letter of intent is not a formal customized contract. After all, the contract of this kind of business is quite complicated and must be reviewed by the legal department. It is not something that can be done by just a few people.

But because of the official seal and my signature, this letter of intent also has legal effect.

The two parties agreed in the letter of intent.

Huadun Biotechnology will customize a 1.3P computing power supercomputer at a price of 69.99 million Huaxia coins, of which the CPU and GPU are self-purchased.

Letter of intent signed within 48 hours.

Huadun Biotech headquarters will send a legal team to formally sign a production contract with Oakwood Technology.

after the contract becomes effective.

Within 72 hours, Huadun Biotech will pay a deposit of 15 million Huaxia coins to Oakwood Technology's corporate account.

The follow-up amount will be based on the completion progress, and three phase payments of 15 million yuan and a balance of 9.99 million yuan will be paid successively.

As the producer of the contract, that is, Party B.

Oakwood Technology must strictly follow the schedule for equipment production and assembly, and the finished machine will be delivered no later than December 31, 2023.

It is now early February, and there are still ten months before the agreed time.

This time is relatively tight for complete supercomputing production, but in the case of self-purchase of CPU and GPU, ten months is very ample.

In addition, Oakwood Technology will also give away one year of equipment maintenance, and after one year, Huadun Biotechnology will need to pay for it at its own expense-this is also one of the profit points of the supercomputing industry.

Just like the equipment sold to us by the neon people in the 1970s and 1980s.

The price of Neon people is 20% or even 30% lower than that of Germans, but the maintenance cost is ridiculously high. It is not uncommon for a bearing to have a premium of dozens of times.

After that, Xu Yun simply read the content of the letter of intent, and signed it neatly.

so far.

The first supercomputer of Huadun Biotechnology finally has a place.

Then Academician Pan chatted with Guo Hao for a while, and then hurriedly took Xu Yun to leave.

From the beginning to the end, Academician Pan did not disclose any information related to solitary point particles, but only told Guo Hao to wait.

After leaving West China Hospital.

Academician Pan glanced at the warm sunny sky, rubbed his hands together and let out a sigh:

"Xiao Xu, it's almost lunch time, let's find a restaurant to have lunch."

Xu Yun nodded:

"I listen to you."

The most indispensable thing around the hospital is all kinds of restaurants, and the prices are generally moderate. Generally, they are small restaurants with better decoration. It is rare to see particularly luxurious restaurants.

So Academician Pan took Xu Yun for a random stroll, and finally found an old mother Tihua.

When it comes to Rongcheng, besides being scattered all over the place, most people may have three main impressions:

Hot pot, mahjong, raking ears.

Occasionally a toilet skewer is added.

In addition to hot pot and skewers, there are also some lesser-known snacks in Rongcheng, but the taste is absolutely amazing.

For example, mother's hoof flower.

Unlike most braised, braised or salt-and-pepper pork trotters, Laoma’s trotters are stewed.

The finished mother's hoof flower soup is thick and white, soft and fragrant, and it is a comfort when paired with a bowl of dipping water with chili soy sauce shrimp skin

After entering the restaurant.

Academician Pan ordered two bowls of hoof flower soup for himself and Xu Yun, plus two bowls of rice and a few snacks, found a random seat and sat down.

"Xiao Xu."

Considering that it is not convenient to talk about sensitive content in public places, Academician Pan casually raised a topic that has nothing to do with solitary point particles:

"Are you ready for the defense in a few months?"

Xu Yun nodded, took out two pairs of chopsticks from the chopsticks tube, aligned them neatly, and handed one pair to Academician Pan:

"Well, it's almost ready."

Xu Yun will graduate with two majors in physics and biology this year, one with a doctorate and the other with a master's degree.

Students who have studied for a Ph.D. at HKUST should know this.

The defense time for doctoral students at HKUST is usually in May, and for master’s students is usually at the end of May and early June.

In other words, in another three or four months, Xu Yun will face two rounds of defense in succession.

However, Xu Yun started to prepare the defense materials very early, and the summary in it even copied the first chapter of his last book.

Academician Pan took the chopsticks and asked again:

"Have the committee members for the Ph.D. defense been selected?"

Xu Yun scratched his head when he heard the words, his expression was a bit puzzled:

"Director Tian said before that the candidates have been booked, but a few days ago he informed me that the members of the committee might change, so now I really don't know what's going on."

"Changed?"

Academician Pan was slightly taken aback, looking a little surprised.

The committee he and Xu Yun mentioned refers to the dissertation defense committee, which is organized by the degree-granting unit and is mainly responsible for reviewing the dissertation, organizing the defense, and then deciding whether to award a degree.

Of course.

Undergraduates, that is, bachelor's degrees, will not have the participation of the defense committee. The defense committee is aimed at the two degrees of master's degree and doctoral degree.

Generally, the number of defense committees for master's degree is four or five, and for doctor's degree is six or seven.

There are many specific rules for subdivision, but the core is that the supervisor cannot be the leader of the committee, and several doctors need to be experts from other units, etc.

Academician Pan has already prepared matters related to the master's defense committee for Xu Yun, and he also vaguely knows about Tian Liangwei's situation.

What he learned before was that Tian Liangwei hired a senior researcher from Luzhou University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and a research institute in Luzhou as experts from other units, and the rest were teachers from the University of Science and Technology.

The result was unexpected.

Tian Liangwei actually changed this configuration?

Academician Pan keenly sensed something was wrong.

Then he silently kept this matter in his heart, ready to ask Tian Liangwei when he had time.

If it's what he thinks it will be interesting

Then he raised his eyelids to look at Xu Yun, and asked again:

"Xiao Xu, I don't know what's going on with Academician Tian, ​​but there must be no problem with your master's defense. After you get your master's degree, are you still going to study for a doctoral degree?"

"Of course I will."

Xu Yun gave the answer without hesitation, and said to Academician Pan with a smile:

"Teacher, do you still accept my offer?"

Academician Pan's expression didn't change much when he heard this, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth still revealed the joy in his heart:

"Okay, then I will reserve a place for you in this year's group."

Although he had already guessed Academician Pan's answer.

But when he got the correct answer, Xu Yun couldn't help but feel relieved.

Although he is no longer just a student, he owns the company Huadun Biotechnology under his name, and the employees are about to develop into a few hundred.

But with the help of Gu Qunqing, Zheng Zu and others, Xu Yun didn't need to put too much thought into administration.

MBA courses must be taken, but the apparent degree is not so urgent.

Therefore, he has a lot of time to spend on scientific research, and the time for Ph.D. will obviously not conflict with the company's operations.

At the same time, because of the elective direction in his previous life, Xu Yun's contact with Academician Pan during his doctoral period was not as close as that during his master's period. This has always been his great regret.

Now that he has the opportunity to make up for this regret in his previous life, he is naturally very happy.

Think here.

Xu Yun's cooking speed was a bit faster.

half an hour later.

Academician Pan and Xu Yun, who were full of food and drink, left the restaurant refreshed.

Then the two took a taxi and went straight to the train station. After changing trains, they returned to Jinping's underground laboratory at night.

Two days later.

The legal team from Huadun Biotech formally met with Oakwood Technology, and the two signed a complete custom contract on the basis of the letter of intent.

That afternoon.

A deposit of 15 million yuan borrowed from the New Venture Fund was remitted to Oakwood Technology's account on time.

that's all.

In the passing of a minute and a second.

Three days passed in one turn.

The time has finally come.

The day when two overseas agencies released their respective reports.