Time has come to May in a blink of an eye.

On this day, as soon as Zhang Shuo walked into the office building, he felt something different.

First of all, the card machine that enters and exits has been changed to facial recognition. The sound coming out of the machine is the Xingling sound that was collected from Lin Weiwei's voice and then edited.

From the lobby on the first floor to entering the office, Zhang Shuo had a smooth journey.

Wherever you go, the door opens automatically.

It can be seen that the face recognition laboratory under the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has basically matured in the development and application of face recognition technology.

This is also the reason why Maili X4 was the first to launch face recognition.

"Chairman, good morning!"

When Zhang Shuo sat down in the office, the desktop computer was controlled by Xingling to automatically turn on, and according to Zhang Shuo's habits, the news website he usually used was opened.

If necessary, Xingling can even help Zhang Shuo with news screening.

As for the compilation of work briefings, documents that need to be reviewed and approved, etc., with the powerful computing power of Xingling, it is no problem and all can be completed.

"Boss, am I going to lose my job?"

Administrative Secretary Tang Lili brought a cup of freshly brewed tea and asked half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"That's not the case."

Zhang Shuo smiled and shook his head, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "At least Xing Ling doesn't know how to make tea."

"..."

Tang Lili did not feel comforted.

"You don't know how to make tea, do you?"

Zhang Shuo put down his teacup and looked at Tan Yunsong, who had been guarding his office early in the morning.

"Not absolutely."

Tan Yunsong answered seriously, "If we can equip Xingling with a robot body and perform some deep learning, theoretically, Xingling can also make tea."

"Then you can contact WALLI Intelligent Manufacturing to build a prototype machine."

Zhang Shuo became interested immediately.

A big reason for the previous decision to acquire Walli Intelligent Manufacturing was to use the research and development results of Fertile Land Research Institute in the field of artificial intelligence to better apply it in the field of robotics.

"..."

Tang Lili on the side was even more speechless and quietly exited the office. She had never thought that one day it would be artificial intelligence that would squeeze her out, not her colleagues in the CEO's office.

What is this thing called?

After Tang Lili left, Zhang Shuo looked at Tan Yunsong and asked, "Is there something wrong with blocking my door so early in the morning?"

"Yes." Tan Yunsong did not go around in circles and said directly: "Chairman, Xingling's virtual image has been generated and is currently being tested and applied internally in the Germination Industrial Park."

After all, this is the first time that we are using artificial intelligence to participate in business management, so we must be cautious.

In the early stage, the Germination Industrial Park will still be used as the test base.

"As Xingling comes to the stage, more and more data will need to be processed in the future. Therefore, it is necessary to tailor a real body for Xingling - that is, a data center."

The robot body just mentioned is more like a spare part for Xing Ling.

"How large a data center is needed?" Zhang Shuo asked.

"That depends, Chairman, how high are your expectations for the future of Star Zero? If the whole sprout is to realize semi-automatic management of artificial intelligence in the next ten years, the scale cannot be smaller than the data center built by Qingyun Data in Houhai

.And at best, it will not be a pure data center, but also have supercomputing functions."

Because Xingling does not only simple data storage, but also data analysis and calculation.

"Super computing..."

Zhang Shuo thought thoughtfully, "Can't the supercomputing center we invested in and built in Houhai be used together?"

As early as three years ago, Tan Yunsong suggested to Zhang Shuo that in order to meet the computing needs of artificial intelligence research and development, it was necessary to invest in the construction of a supercomputing center in Houhai.

The supercomputing center was completed last year and provides supercomputing services to enterprises throughout the Houhai area.

"For safety reasons, it is best to meet alone."

It can be seen that as the developer of Star Zero, Tan Yunsong is very concerned about the security of Star Zero. "My suggestion is to change part of the design plan of the smart island and build an underground data center on the smart island."

"If you think it's feasible, I have no objection."

Zhang Shuo also has high expectations for Xing Ling.

………

At the same time, Tenda Building.

"You said before that you would wait until the end of the year, but now it's the second year, and Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is still unstoppable. How do you say that?" In the office, the second master looked at Renyu.

Just last month, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment launched its new game "Yi Nian Xiao Yao".

Pushing ahead one month, "Black Myth", a game owned by Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, has set off a "Journey to the West" craze in the global gaming circle since it started its closed beta.

The industry generally predicts that "Black Myth" is even expected to break the sales record of 3A masterpieces.

There are various signs that the departure of Cao Yanhua and others has almost no impact on the development of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, and it is still so unstoppable.

"Well…"

Renyu also had a tight scalp and said with a wry smile: "Qingniao's mutual entertainment is indeed very evil. I was wrong."

In fact, it's not just him.

What I regret most now is Marumi who recruited Cao Yanhua and his team.

"In the past year, under the leadership of Cao Yanhua, Marumi's game business has hardly improved. As far as I know, Marumi is already considering cutting Cao Yanhua's salary and equity incentives." Rengyu added.

"Are you still thinking of laughing at Marumi now?"

The second master frowned, wasn't Tengda's own game business also in decline?

Not only the game business, Tenda has been shrinking in almost every business line in the past year, including the entertainment business, which has the most high hopes.

Until now, Tenda Video’s road to spin-off and listing has been full of difficulties.

By contrast.

What was once a budding competitor is now thriving and making big moves.

It’s really enviable!

………

Two days later, Zhang Shuo attended the regular meeting on Monday.

"Chairman, Bayer has recently announced the launch of the acquisition process for Monsanto, with a price quote of US$63 billion." Senior Vice President Lin Zhengdong reported.

Compared with Xianzhengda, which is worth US$43.5 billion, Mengsanto’s “worth” is nearly US$20 billion higher.

Definitely a super giant!

Of course, Bayer, as the acquirer, is a real giant and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Its medicines sell well all over the world.

The most famous one is the analgesic aspirin, in addition to Mirena, Darcy that neutralizes gastric acid, Claritan, Kangwang, Baijiahei, etc. are all its products.

Even cockroach poison is produced by Bayer.

"How was the due diligence investigation on Bayer and Monsanto completed?" Zhang Shuo asked.

Although he prefers to let Xianzhengda acquire Mengsandu, this is after all a super merger worth more than 60 billion, and due diligence must be conducted no matter what.

It’s better not to step into a trap.

"One piece of good news, one piece of bad news."

Similarly, Lin Zhengdong led the due diligence investigations on Bayer and Monsanto.

"The good news is that Bayer, as the acquirer, has very average financial strength. The current market value is only US$80 billion, but it has to spend more than US$60 billion to acquire Monsanto."

"Even if it can't be said that it's a snake swallowing an elephant, it's basically blocking everything."

"More importantly, Bayer itself has a serious debt problem. The current debt has reached 17 billion. If it acquires Monsanto, the debt scale will inevitably approach 40 billion."

It can be seen from this that driving Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto is likely to be the capital hidden behind the scenes.

Bayer is just a trader.

"So, what's the bad news?" Zhang Shuo asked.

Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto in the original time and space spanned two years and may also be related to funds.

But anyway.

Without Xian Zhengda's intervention, Bayer should still be able to successfully acquire the company in this life.

"The bad news is that Monsanto, the target of the acquisition, has great potential litigation risks. According to our investigation, Monsanto will face hundreds of thousands of lawsuits just because herbicides cause cancer."
To be continued...