Chapter 367 What is 70%?

The official awakening of the first-level skill has brought Li Yan’s confidence back to its peak.

The most obvious change comes from his mentality. After having a clear understanding of the setting that he was reborn with a cheat, he set the goal of "reaching the top of humanity" in this life.

However, when the skill is stuck at 60%, this overwhelming confidence is gradually losing its edge.

At one point I even began to comfort myself by saying “I’m already pretty awesome to have achieved what I have today.”

"After all, I'm only fifteen, there's still time."

Once you think like this, you are cowardly.

The infinite possibilities ahead are gradually collapsing.

Finally, it converges onto the human track.

Turning his attention back to himself, he realized how "project-oriented" he had become since the system got stuck and he started the Jiaolong mobile phone project again, and after meeting more and more high-level talents.

Ultimately, it's just a lack of confidence. When he faced Professor Mai's team and couldn't compete head-on with them using his abilities, he could only pick on the opponent's blind spots to show off himself, which was actually a sign of cowardice.

But now everything is different.

As long as I'm awesome enough, nothing is a problem.

Seeing Li Yan's flushed face moving between them, Sun Miao couldn't help but say to Shang Jie:

"What's wrong, boss? What's the good news?"

"Looks very excited." Shang Jie nodded.

"You are very focused. It seems you are under pressure for the results seminar in a week?"

"Does he look stressed?"

“…It’s a kind of relaxation that I want to show off.”

Facts have proved that Li Yan's decision to let Sun Miao be a small leader is very effective.

With his resume, he can still convince people to manage other people except the madman Cao Haibin.

Moreover, everyone is actually a technical type and does not attach much importance to management. Sun Miao just needs to be "seen", and being given an important task makes him a little nervous.

Some people become arrogant when they have power, but he cannot become arrogant at all.

A major characteristic of technical talents is that whoever has the best technical skills has the final say.

So Sun Miao began to respect the achievements of others, and was afraid of making wrong decisions during discussions and being caught by others.

"Aren't you very capable, Mr. Sun? How can you be a leader if you can't even make such a low-level mistake?"

However, in the coming week, not only Sun Miao felt stressed, but Cao Haibin also felt stressed, and the entire Future Technology technical workers felt stressed.

Meng Changge was also under great pressure.

Because Li Yan suddenly entered a state of intensive study, the questions he asked were extremely tricky, and he would often summarize some "rules" on his own and ask them "Is that so?", which forced this group of technical experts to put in their 120,000% effort to respond.

Moreover, Li Yan is more versatile than them, and she can think about many issues from angles that they rarely consider.

It feels like taking the experience and thinking of seven or eight people and asking one person to find fault with them.

It even affected the teachers of several veteran employees. Several professors from the Department of Computer Science at Huazhong University of Science and Technology had to gather together and lament why these specially recruited gold medal players this year had so many difficult problems.

Li Yan’s own way of thinking is now very efficient, and he is integrating this experience with computer learning.

While retaining one's own consciousness of independent thinking - perhaps it can be intuitively understood as a "soul" - possessing the same computing power as a computer is an upgrade in any case.

This, in turn, means that computers will have autonomous thinking consciousness - at least pseudo-consciousness, and a relatively independent way of thinking.

If it is put on a human, it is a cyber brain and superhuman computing power; if it is put on a computer, it is artificial intelligence and intelligent machinery.

The end points of the two modes are somewhat similar.

Li Yan is learning computers in a way that ordinary people cannot understand at all, so his learning efficiency is extremely high, and applying what he has learned to other situations is as easy for him as drinking water.

Optimization work is naturally a piece of cake. In just one week, the amount of work Li Yan completed on kernel optimization was comparable to a month's hard work by Shang Jie's team.

While making Cao Haibin become more gentle and Sun Miao shaking his head in admiration, it also made Shang Jie and the Xin'an Gang stunned and even felt their self-esteem a little hurt.

If we want to play like this, what else do we need them for?

Could it be that Boss Li wanted to bring these people over to serve as sparring partners?

Shang Jie did not have as strong self-esteem as Sun Miao, so he chose to talk directly to Li Yan who was standing next to the workstation with the doubts of his "little brothers".

"Mr. Li, I'm a little curious. How come you've learned so much in just one week?"

Others looked sideways, and the team members led by Shang Jie also watched eagerly.

As mentioned above, technical personnel have always believed that technology is supreme, not to mention that the other party is the boss.

Li Yan seemed to have not expected Shang Jie to ask this question. He looked around, chuckled at first, then patted Shang Jie's shoulder seriously.

This made Shang Jie very nervous and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"Shang Gong, you need to resonate with the computer."

Resonance?
WTF?

Shang Jie didn't understand, and neither did anyone else.

He even looked at Sun Miao for help, but Sun Miao said this was too advanced and he didn't understand.

Cao Haibin laughed and clapped his hands. "Great! You are worthy of being the person I, Cao Haibin, have chosen. You have to have some unusual ideas and use emotion to understand reason. This is amazing!"

If even Cao Haibin confirms that it is bullshit, then it must be bullshit.

"Resonance is...how does it work?"

“Try to think like a computer.”

Well, let me ask an even more confusing question.

Shang Jie could only nod his head pretending to have gained something.

Don’t understand?

It’s right that you don’t understand. He also said this to teacher Meng Changge at school who lamented his “rapid progress”. Meng Changge’s reaction was to frown.

Most people who work in computers are firm materialists and are born into a science background.

Who would talk to you about such idealistic things and resonate with you...

But Li Yan has a system and is still the protagonist.

So he can.

My computer skills had already surpassed the 60% mark, so with the help of “cognitive breakthrough”, my score suddenly reached 35 points.

Compared to the hard-earned points up to this stage, a week of focused study can improve 10%, which is no exaggeration to say that it is a surge.

Or it should be said that Li Yan's knowledge accumulation had already reached this level, but he just couldn't put it into practice.

70%... This was the progress that he had been dreaming of catching up with, and he finally achieved it in one go.

Resonance, this is no joke.

Li Yan turned around and told Cao Haibin about the actual machine testing of the first draft of the system. As a partner, Chuangzu will provide considerable support, but the hardware configuration will require the results of Cao's work in recent days.

"Ah?" Even the madman was a little surprised. The kernel hasn't even been finished yet, so why are we already considering testing the system's first draft?

"What's surprising?"

"Boss Li, isn't it too early to tell now?"

"Not early. We have to be fast in this job." Li Yan said with full energy. "Professor Mai has laid the foundation for the kernel. Our main job is to improve it and pave the way for the subsequent development of system functions. In terms of system implementation, we have done a lot of preliminary work. After the kernel is completed, the system development will be very fast. Testing and development are parallel. The faster the testing, the earlier the problems can be discovered."

"Then...it shouldn't be planned to start recently?"

"Lao Cao, you didn't understand." Li Yan frowned. "Now many people are watching us, and major manufacturers are secretly working hard, all wanting to have a piece of this big cake. The path we have chosen is the most difficult, and we are even preparing to develop the kernel ourselves. The outside world is changing rapidly. Shouldn't we maintain a sense of urgency and be ahead of time, and wait for others to produce some garbage to divide the market first?"

Of course, these words were not just meant for Cao Haibin.

However, no one could understand that Li Yan's confidence in saying this came from the new upgrade of the system.

"You have arrangements on your side, so naturally I have no problem with that."

"Don't let me down, Lao Cao."

Cao Haibin patted his chest directly, but right after that he made a request, "But Mr. Li, Huang Zhan and I don't get along very well. I can actually handle the hardware configuration. There is no need for the cooperation of Chuangzu. I will pull a few people over and do it directly on our side." What no one expected was that Li Yan actually put on an extremely rare aggressive expression.

"It's my business whether I deal with someone or not. You can't just pull someone over if you want to."

Cao Haibin was stunned. The atmosphere at the scene, which had been cheerful just now, suddenly turned cold.

"I understand." The madman pursed his lips and uttered.

"Chuangzu is my partner. If you can provide the same testing intensity, the same hardware options, and the same testing software library as them, then you can come to me with your plan. I might even give you a lot more money."

Cao Haibin nodded, and everyone thought the matter was over, but Li Yan walked straight up to Cao Haibin and asked:

"Have it?"

"No."

"Then I have the final say on this matter."

"You have the final say on future technology."

"I welcome all meaningful opinions, but please don't mention anything emotional."

"I understand, Mr. Li."

"I have had in-depth discussions with Mr. Huang, and I know what kind of person you are. As long as you show your true ability at work, there will be nothing to worry about."

"Mainly before Huang Zhan..."

"I don't want to repeat what I said."

"Ok."

"Mr. Cao, I have given you enough freedom in your work."

"I will prove my worth."

After Li Yan left, Cao Haibin felt beads of sweat on his temples.

She is obviously a minor, so why is the pressure so strong?

Damn, which underage guy is 185cm tall with broad shoulders and muscular body?
Sun Miao is now on good terms with Shang Jie, and he even came over and gossiped quietly, "Why is the madman so obedient?"

Shang Jie was still in a state of shock from Li Yan's words, and just shook his head blankly.

Of course a madman has to be obedient. Cao Haibin’s previous madness was, on the one hand, because he firmly believed that his original circumstances did not match his abilities, and on the other hand, he knew that the initiative to leave or not was in his own hands.

In the final analysis, it means that he has proven his worth and that others need him.

The more this happened, the crazier he became.

Being crazy requires confidence. No one who can do this is a fool. Brainless craziness is just dog barking.

But now in Future Technology, Cao Haibin has not proven his worth, and secondly, he feels that Li Yan doesn’t seem to need him particularly…

Because as a boss, Li Yan's technical level is really high.

The reason why Huang Zhan had unpleasant experiences with Cao Haibin in the beginning was that Huang himself was knowledgeable about technology and felt that Cao Haibin, a resource-integrated "talent", was essentially just a tool to save trouble, so he directly refused when someone introduced him to Cao Haibin.

Mr. Li now is even better than Mr. Huang!
Could it be that Li Yan asked him to come just to save trouble?
Cao Haibin took another look at the stimulated Shang Jie, and suddenly felt relieved.

"the same as you."

The next day, Mai Wen personally brought his R&D team to visit Future Technology. He raised his eyebrows when he saw Li Yan for the first time.

"Li Yan, are you feeling good lately?"

"Is it that obvious?" Li Yan replied with a smile.

"They look quite high-spirited." Mai Wen said with a smile.

“Maybe I’ve become more optimistic about the future.”

“That’s very meaningful to both of us.”

No matter what, the serious research and development has only been going on for more than a month, so it is unlikely to produce any amazing results.

The workload is there.

Is it difficult to build a kernel from scratch?

Look at the stage and the goal.

It's just a matter of creating a simple version of the operating kernel. A skilled expert can do it after working on it for a while.

A toy-grade operating kernel is completely different from a production-grade operating kernel.

A production-level kernel requires a core module that is extremely abstract. How to achieve this abstraction and achieve the same simple and elegant beauty as when the x kernel was first released is the core difficulty of kernel development.

The unimaginable amount of driver code is where the complexity of kernel development lies. This work is complex, but not difficult - or it is not on the same dimension as the difficulty of developing core modules.

In short, the former requires genius, while the latter requires a lot of manpower.

Especially for someone like Li Yan, who has abandoned the existing simplified mobile phone production routine and wants to develop a kernel that meets his own system requirements from scratch, and the operating system is deeply bound to the software and hardware, the difficulty is comparable to climbing to the sky.

But now I am not afraid anymore, the first-level skill has been activated, we can deal with it whenever there is a threat!

What the two sides are currently working on is the research and development of kernel core modules based on subsequent system requirements.

In fact, if we put these tasks on for a few years, the difficulty will be so high that it will be daunting.

Both software and hardware are developing very fast, and the amount of kernel driver code updates is terrifying, which is totally beyond the reach of a small team.

Robert's open source nature allows it to be optimized and maintained by developers from almost all over the world. Although Pineapple is relatively stable due to its closed environment, it also requires huge investments and hundreds of engineers to manpower.

Moreover, by that time, since the software ecosystem has basically been established, building a system, especially a system with a self-made kernel, is completely a thankless task.

If no manufacturer is willing to cooperate with you in building a software ecosystem, forcibly breaking away from the mature chain and venturing out on your own is almost tantamount to suicide.

After all, businesses are in the business of making money. If they have mature and stable ways to reduce costs to make money, they naturally lose the motivation to innovate.

Either there is an opportunity to actively seize the market, or there is a bottleneck.

Now that Li Yan has been reborn, it is a stage of walking in the dark. There is no real winner in the mobile phone system. Nokia is still struggling with its Raspberry, and Win company is still trying to find a solution.

If you want to pick an opportunity to make your own mobile phone system, now is the best time.

Everything is still in its early stages, and software and hardware have not yet reached the stage of rapid development. The difficulty of building a system now and building one a few years later is not at the same level at all.

Moreover, future technology is allowed to make mistakes at this time, as long as the results they present are good enough for the public to pay for.

Many mobile phone manufacturers who developed their own brand systems have gone bankrupt, and it is always blamed on the fact that the systems are too difficult to make and the costs of maintaining them are too high, so no one maintains or uses them and they go bankrupt.

Cause and effect are reversed.

When this mobile phone came out, it couldn't grab the market and sales volume wasn't high at all. Who would be willing to invest in it if it didn't make money?

Li Yan has made a good enough start, and he has a very specific idea of ​​the finished product in mind. With this goal, a lot of redundant and unnecessary work can be saved.

As long as the core modules of the kernel are well done and there is enough room for expansion, it is not a problem to spend money to build up manpower by cooperating with Chuangzu.

Maybe... after a while, Li Yan's ability to write driver code will be enough to defeat a hundred people alone?

Mai Wen was very surprised by one thing: he didn't see any fear in Li Yan's eyes at all.

They themselves are considered one of the top teams, and they were inevitably confused during the research and development process due to lack of reference and goals, but this underage "boss" is so confident.

After the two sides had communicated for more than five hours on the results of the current core modules, seeing that the topic of discussion had gradually shifted to how to make individual minor repairs and modifications, Li Yan raised his hand to indicate that he had something to say.

Mai Wen signaled his team to shut up and looked at Li Yan with some expectation.

Then I saw Li Yan turned the computer screen around, and on it was the core module code that everyone had just discussed.

The amount of code was directly reduced by one third.

"After listening to everyone's discussion, I felt that it was not abstract enough and not clean enough, so I improved the operating efficiency a bit."

This is so uncomfortable to hear, and you say it so lightly?

Mai Wen narrowed his eyes. For the past five hours, Li Yan had been participating in the discussion, although he had also been facing the computer.

What the hell, the results of a month of two teams were optimized so many times, and he spent five hours to cut down one third of it?

Everyone spent an hour going through it, constantly exclaiming “Wow,” “Yeah,” and “So that’s it.” Finally, Mai Wen came to the conclusion:

"grace."

(End of this chapter)