I'm back in 1990

Chapter 1062: The Entrepreneur's Obsession

The next morning, Tang Ruixuan received a call from a lawyer who identified herself as Ms. Fang, who said that she would be assisting Tang Ruixuan with the relevant legal matters.

In the afternoon, another person claiming to be the vice president of investment sent a text message and sent a very detailed angel investment guide to Tang Ruixuan's mobile email address. It clearly explained everything from how to conduct due diligence to how to design investment terms and the basic framework of post-investment management.

Over the next two days, Tang Ruixuan memorized all the contents of this angel investment guide.

She also tried to create a list of conditions based on Tong Hua's current situation.

After she finished all that, she left the library with her laptop and canvas backpack.

As a result, they bumped into someone head-on.

"Oh, I've finally found you."

The visitor was Dong Chengfang from Class 2, 10, of the same college. He was sent by the college leaders to get the configuration list of the latest generation of high-performance machines from Tang Ruixuan.

Tang Ruixuan took out her phone and saw that there were missed calls and text messages. She smiled apologetically at Dong Chengfang and then turned the phone back to normal.

"The configuration list has been prepared for you, and I will send it to your email in a bit."

"Okay, thank you so much!" Dong Chengfang left, expressing his gratitude profusely.

In 2013, the hardware configuration approach for artificial intelligence research was completely different from what it would be more than a decade later.

The most mainstream approach during this period was to use a massive number of CPUs to form a cluster. However, thanks to the support of her uncle Huang Xiaochuan, Tang Ruixuan was able to stay informed about and obtain the latest computer hardware and related information in real time.

A year ago, inspired by a computer competition abroad, she became the first in China to try replacing the CPU with a GPU. After numerous experiments, the computing device assembled using her configuration suggestions cost far less than the cost of building a server cluster, but the resulting increase in computing power was terrifying.

This alone has significantly lowered the barrier to entry for artificial intelligence research, allowing any college student to participate in research on artificial intelligence technologies that could potentially change the world.

Therefore, she has made outstanding contributions to the field of basic artificial intelligence research.

This also makes her position at Jinan University, especially the School of Intelligence, very exceptional.

This also made many potential suitors feel ashamed and dare not have any improper thoughts.

After seeing Dong Chengfang off, Tang Ruixuan decided to treat Tong Hua to a meal.

"Chen Yue, are you free Saturday night? Can you do me a favor?"

Chen Yue was busy applying a face mask, a habit she learned from Lin Weiwei. She used to be very carefree, but now she's starting to pay attention to her appearance and has grown her hair long. It's just that her personality isn't something she can change overnight.

"You're free? What's up?" Because of the face mask, Chen Yue's voice was a little muffled.

"Come out to dinner with me. Weiwei and Xiaoyu will be there too. I'm planning to treat Senior Tong to dinner."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yue ripped off her face mask and stared at Tang Ruixuan in shock: "Four people with him? Ruixuan, aren't you making a huge fuss?"

Meanwhile, Lin Weiwei, standing to the side, looked every bit the love expert: "I get it! Xuanxuan's trying to put Tong Xuechang through a stress test, to see if he'll lose his composure in front of the four of us beautiful ladies. Am I right?"

Zhou Xiaoyu pushed up her glasses and analyzed seriously, "Psychological research shows that people unconsciously exhibit a stronger desire to perform or a stronger defensiveness in situations with many members of the opposite sex. This can indeed reveal some of the other person's true personality."

Tang Ruixuan was both amused and exasperated: "What are you thinking? It's just having a meal together."

"Alright, we all understand!" Chen Yue gave an OK sign and winked at Tang Ruixuan, meaning that everyone understood without saying a word.

Tang Ruixuan was too lazy to explain to these gossipy women. Let them think what they want!

On Saturday evening, Jixiangju, a restaurant serving home-style dishes outside the west gate of the school, is inexpensive and tastes decent, attracting many students to dine and gather there.

When Tang Ruixuan and her three companions arrived, Tong Hua was already waiting in the private room as agreed.

"Sorry we're late." Tang Ruixuan greeted Tong Hua as soon as she entered.

"No, no, I'm just too early," Tong Hua stood up, looking at the three people following behind Tang Ruixuan with some confusion.

He had originally thought that Tang Ruixuan had invited him to dinner today to help him introduce investors, but he didn't expect it to just be a meal, which made him feel a little disappointed.

He has long since let go of those unrealistic fantasies. He knows that a girl like Tang Ruixuan is not someone he can hope for. She is just as talented as him and has such a high level of beauty. She is truly a woman of both talent and beauty.

"Hello!" Tong Hua quickly greeted the girls.

The group sat down, and Tong Hua handed the menu to Tang Ruixuan: "You guys order, I'm fine with anything."

"It's a deal I made today, you order." Tang Ruixuan handed the menu back to Tong Hua.

Tong Hua panicked a little: "Don't be so polite, I'm not very good at ordering. How about a few home-style dishes, like scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded pork with garlic sauce, and hot and sour potatoes?"

Tong Hua's actions left Chen Yue speechless. After a while, she leaned close to Tang Ruixuan's ear and whispered, "What are all these things?"

After hearing this, Tang Ruixuan calmly took the menu and said, "Never mind, never mind, I'll order!"

She looked at the menu and ordered all of the restaurant's signature dishes.

Since she was treating everyone today, no one objected.

While waiting for the food, Chen Yue asked, "Senior Tong, I heard you're planning to start your own business. Is it particularly difficult?"

Tong Hua nodded honestly: "It's a bit tiring, but quite fulfilling. The main reason is that the direction I'm currently working on requires me to race against time. As far as I know, there are several teams around the world doing similar research. Ultimately, it depends on who produces the results and who will have the advantage."

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyu asked curiously, "So what time do you usually go to bed?"

Tong Hua scratched his head earnestly: "That's not necessarily true. Sometimes when we're debugging a model, we might not sleep all night. But if we have class the next day, we'll still try to master the content as quickly as possible."

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoyu asked, "Senior, is it because there are fewer server users at night that the processing speed is faster?"

"Yes, yes, that's right." Tong Hua was pleasantly surprised to find that this female classmate seemed to know more about the research he was doing.

But then Chen Yue asked a real question: "Senior, you're not going to pursue a master's degree but plan to start your own business. Will your family support you?"

Tong Hua honestly said, "My family's financial situation is average. My parents are just ordinary wage earners. They don't understand anything about the majors I studied, but they told me that no matter what I do, they will support my decision."