I'm back in 1990

Chapter 1060: Dilemma

In March 2013, the plane trees on the campus of Jinling University had not yet sprouted, and there was still a slight chill in the air.

As evening fell, Tong Hua hurriedly returned from outside the school clutching a stack of A4 papers. This was the seventh edition of his newly printed financing plan.

"Why are you only just getting back? The food I brought back for you is all cold," complained Dong Fuzhong, Tong Hua's roommate, upon seeing her.

Tong Hua placed the project proposal on her bed, picked up her lunchbox, and wolfed down her food, not caring at all whether it was cold or not.

"What's up with you? How far have we gotten?" Dong Fuzhong asked, lighting a cigarette for himself as he did so.

Tong Hua swallowed the last bite of food with difficulty, took a sip of water to smooth his mouth, and then pointed to the stack of A4 papers on the bed. "I'll do my best! I met with three investors today. Two said it was too early, and one said he didn't understand it. He told me to publish more papers to build up my reputation, and he would come back to see me when I have the data."

"I've seen the preprt you posted, and I think it's pretty good. Your concept of continuous speech recognition is very novel. It's just that you don't have the money now, but if you could really make it work..." As a student majoring in this field, Dong Fuzhong certainly knows how much convenience this technology will bring to people in the future when it is maturely applied to real life.

Tong Hua didn't say anything, took another sip of water, and frowned.

Money! Where can I find money? Servers cost money, data labeling costs money, everything costs money, there are so many places where money is needed.

He is just an undergraduate student, and he can't count on the school's research funding because he doesn't even have a mentor yet. So, like many entrepreneurs, he can only seek investment from investment institutions.

Unfortunately, most people are still unaware of this technology, or believe that the research is far from being put into practical use, so the vast majority of investment institutions or investors lack interest in it.

Dong Fuzhong suddenly thought of someone: "Tang Ruixuan seems to have connections. Why don't you ask her for help and ask her to recommend a few investors for you?"

When Tong Hua heard her roommate mention that Tang Ruixuan might have connections, her eyes lit up.

Tang Ruixuan, a 2010 graduate of the School of Artificial Intelligence, is a household name at the university. Not only is she beautiful, but she has also made great achievements in certain aspects of artificial intelligence, which has impressed many professors and scholars.

Therefore, Tang Ruixuan is a truly exceptional woman who possesses both beauty and talent.

Her neuromorphic computing invention has greatly benefited many researchers studying artificial intelligence. She also ingeniously used the most common home computer components on the market to assemble a basic device that can run models.

The equipment Tong Hua is currently using was assembled using the list provided by Tang Ruixuan. It is precisely because of this that Tong Hua has been able to make a lot of progress in speech recognition and publish several papers during his undergraduate studies.

Therefore, he qualified for postgraduate admission without examination, and many professors in the college took the initiative to extend an olive branch to him, wanting to take him under their wing.

But after careful consideration, he rejected them all and gave up his eligibility for postgraduate studies because he wanted to start his own business.

My roommate mentioned that Tang Ruixuan has connections, and that's absolutely true. You have to know that researching artificial intelligence is an extremely expensive scientific endeavor, and many people give up on this research because of a lack of funding.

But Tang Ruixuan never seemed to have this problem, which made many people wonder why. Tong Hua was one of them.

Tong Hua's approach to things is to act sooner rather than later. He immediately ran out of the dormitory, but soon returned, took a financing plan from his bed, and headed towards Meiyuan Dormitory 9.

A few minutes later, he ran breathlessly to the door of the dormitory supervisor's office in Dormitory 9.

"Aunt"

"Don't rush, classmate. Take a breath first, we can talk about it later." The dormitory supervisor mistakenly thought that Tong Hua had broken up with a girl in Dormitory 9 and had come to apologize. This wasn't the first time she had encountered this kind of thing, so she was experienced.

At this moment, Tong Hua caught her breath and said, "Auntie, could you help me find Tang Ruixuan in room 301?"

The dormitory supervisor then realized that she seemed to have misunderstood.

The dormitory supervisor had just started speaking when she saw Tang Ruixuan, Lin Weiwei, and others returning from the bathroom, looking like they had just taken a shower.

"Xuanxuan, someone is looking for you!" The dormitory supervisor was very enthusiastic.

"Senior Tong?" After thanking the dormitory supervisor, Tang Ruixuan was taken aback when she saw that the person who came was Tong Hua.

Tong Hua asked directly, "Tang Ruixuan, is it convenient for me to say a few words to you here?"

Seeing that Tong Hua looked anxious, Tang Ruixuan nodded and said, "What's wrong? Tell me!"

Tong Hua quickly explained his purpose: "I've met with several investors these past few days, but without much success. You know, once things stop, someone else might catch up quickly, so I took the liberty of coming to you to see if you know any investors you could introduce me to."

"Investors?" Tang Ruixuan immediately thought of her uncle Huang Xiaochuan, but then she dismissed the idea, guessing that her uncle might not be interested in such a small investment.

After thinking for a moment, she asked, "How much money do you need?" She thought that if the amount wasn't too large, she would lend some to Tong Hua and he could pay her back later after he found an investor.

Tong Hua handed the business plan to Tang Ruixuan: "I've listed it out quite clearly here, take a look first."

Tang Ruixuan handed the toiletries to Lin Weiwei, who was standing to the side, and then took the financing plan from Tong Hua and read it carefully.

In addition to the technological development and application, the prices of the necessary equipment and facilities are also listed in detail above.

"Five million?" This amount wasn't too surprising for Tang Ruixuan, but she didn't have that much money at the moment. She originally thought that lending Tong Hua 200,000 would be enough, but she didn't expect him to need so much.

Tong Hua nodded: "This is already my minimum requirement after streamlining. You know, the hardware required for deep learning is not cheap."

Tang Ruixuan nodded; she knew this.

But she couldn't give Tong Hua a clear answer yet. "Senior, I'll take another look at this proposal. I'll contact you as soon as I have any progress."

Tong Hua knew, of course, that it was impossible to get a clear answer from Tang Ruixuan right now.

"Then I'll trouble you. My phone is on 24/7, so you can call me anytime."

"Okay, then I won't see you off." Tang Ruixuan waved to Tong Hua.