Crossover: 2014

Chapter 101 No hero in front of capital

马萨诸塞州（麻省）20号上午10点30分（对应BJ时间20号晚上11:30分），此时伊芙·卡莉依据之前的研究内容已然做出了《LIN HUI生成式文本摘要算法的可行性报告》，虽然报告的名字是“可行性报告”，但其实伊芙·卡莉几乎整个报告通篇都在说短时间内跟进LINHUI算法的不可行。

Although it is a bit timid to retreat before the corresponding technical follow-up is formally carried out, Eve Carly firmly believes that "admission" is the wisest choice now.

However, when she took the report into the office of Ewald Cherry, head of the MIT Natural Language Processing Research Project Affairs Department, and submitted the report.

Ewald Cherry just flipped through it briefly, and then put the report on the left side of the desk.

Eve Carly has submitted a lot of messy reports. She understands Ewald Cherry's habits and knows that putting the report on the left basically means that this matter has to be put on hold for the time being.

Why should such a beneficial and harmless plan be shelved?
Eve Carly was a little puzzled.

Ewald Cherry is the Director of the Affairs Department of the Natural Language Processing Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

But in fact, Ewald Cherry is only responsible for the handover of things between the MIT Natural Language Processing Center and Google/Google.

Eve Carly and Ewald Cherry have no clear affiliation.

Therefore, Eve Carly had nothing to shy away from, and asked bluntly:
"Excuse me, do you think my report is unreasonable? Why did you put this plan on hold?

You must know that my suggestion to Google/Google to carry out the acquisition of this algorithm in a timely manner is after serious consideration.

Even if Google/Google will spend some money to buy this algorithm, it will definitely be worth the money.

Considering the expensive research and development expenses in the United States and various miscellaneous expenses.

Even if we know the technical route.

When it is actually implemented, it is likely to cost more than directly purchasing the technology of the Chinese team.

The most important thing is that it will take a lot of time for us to follow up the technology.
But now Chinese developers have come ahead of us.

If we can't grasp the patent as soon as possible, even if we can finally break through the technical barriers, we will face market barriers from our competitors.

You have to know that market barriers are sometimes even more desperate than technical barriers. "

Ewald Cherry: "Dear Ms. Eve Carly, I understand your eagerness. I would like to ask, do you really confirm that the technology proposed by LINHUI is so excellent?"

Eve Carly: "Of course I can be sure, are you questioning my professional ability?

Even if you can question my own ability, you can't question our group.

You must know that the report I submitted to you is the crystallization of the wisdom of our entire text summarization algorithm team.

Although we lost to Chinese developers in the past algorithm competition.

However, we understand the value of generative text summarization algorithms better than anyone in this world except LINHUI.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this algorithm is epoch-making for text summarization..."

Ewald Cherry: "Ms. Eve Carly, please don't get excited. Of course, I believe in the ability of you and your team to work. I am also a researcher in natural language processing. I am also eager to understand the generative Summary Algorithm This incomparably miraculous algorithm has a glimpse of the whole picture as soon as possible.

But we don't have to rely on buying, buying, and buying to acquire technology. Let your astute mind think about it, in fact, we have better ideas! "

Eve Carly: "Oh my God, it's all civilization now.

You're not going to go back to the early Silicon Valley method of stealing and looting, are you?
It’s fine if I didn’t know about it, and I absolutely can’t tolerate it happening.

You must not trample on other people's intellectual property rights in such an open and reckless manner. "

Ewald Cherry: "Damn, where are you thinking.

And you have to know that this Chinese LINHUI is more cunning than you imagined. The patent he applied for has never involved any technical processing methods used in the extractive summarization algorithm. It is a completely different way, even if I want to start with intellectual property rights , is also difficult to do.

The most important thing is that this LINHUI from China seems to have been prepared for a long time.

It is easy for foreign patent applicants to leave fatal legal loopholes in the United States.

However, LINHUI's algorithm patent has not stepped on any pitfalls at all in terms of legal affairs.

I estimate that LINHUI's business consulting part involving patents is likely to be done by a team of senior lawyers in the United States.

In short, our competitor is more thoughtful than you might imagine, and not just a technology nerd. "

Eve Carly: "Are you ready to trample on intellectual property rights? Why do you know so much about it?"

Ewald Cherry: "These are just normal market research."

Eve Carly: "I hope, although I shouldn't ask too many details, but I hope that your Ministry of Affairs can do things in a humanitarian way, otherwise I will issue a letter to you at the Pan American Technology Alliance Organization. Most solemn protest."

Ewald Cherry: "Of course, do you think our affairs department is a jackal in a suit? We do things in a very organized manner. This matter is actually not as complicated as you think. It only needs an invitation letter enough."

Eve Carly was puzzled: "Invitation letter? What kind of invitation letter can be exchanged for wealth worth 5000 million U.S. dollars! And you just said that LINHUI is thoughtful, are you sure that an invitation letter can get him to sell his core interests? "

Ewald Cherry: "There is no invitation letter that can grab wealth worth more than 5000 million US dollars, but we don't want to own the algorithm patent of generative summarization, as long as we can get the patent technology sharing of LINHUI. "

Eve Carly: "Since you also have the same idea, why bother to submit my report directly, and ask Google/Google to spend money to buy it!"

Ewald Cherry: "Oh God, save your naive child! What makes you think Google/Google will trust us? And will continue to pay for the results of our backward technology Woolen cloth?"

Eve Carly: "Why not? Isn't Google/Google asking us to measure the viability of generative summarization algorithms?"

Ewald Cherry: "Don't be naive, according to the information I got inside Google/Google, Google/Google actually secretly let the technical team in the direction of natural language processing within the enterprise carry out technical follow-up of generative algorithms. Enter! As for assigning us an insignificant task now, it may be just a smoke bomb to distract attention from the other side of the ocean."

Eve Carly: "How could they do this? These despicable capitalists, just because the last time we were surpassed by the algorithm made by LIN HUI in the algorithm field, did they abandon us? You must know the ebb and flow of technology It's a normalized thing.

And this setback has nothing to do with our incompetence.People from the other side of the ocean are taking the lead. This is simply because of a problem of direction. The problem of direction is the fault of the entire industry, not just our team.

Even if Google/Google finds other teams, they will still hit a wall in generating text summarization. Google/Google's current practice is wasting resources in vain, and it is estimated that they will only seek patent acquisition in the end. "

Ewald Cherry: "But so what? Even if Google/Google finds that the technical generative summarization algorithm is difficult to overcome and really buys patents from the other side of the ocean, it may not necessarily share the technology with us.

To be precise, Google/Google will hardly share technology with us anymore.

In fact, Google/Google has been very dissatisfied with our previous unintentional diffusion of technology to Yahoo. "

Eve Carly: "That's all because of the stupid thing that bastard Nick did earlier, he can't stand the temptation of Yahoo, what does it have to do with us?
In any case, the algorithm we developed previously also brought a lot of value to Google/Google, they can't be so ruthless! "

Ewald Cherry: "But what can you do if they are ruthless?

There is no hero in front of capital, and Silicon Valley does not believe in tears. "

(End of this chapter)