After seeing Yu Ping’an off, Chang You gathered all the information and began to further optimize the details of the artificial intelligence voice assistant AEEIS.
A very important aspect of this was AEEIS’s voice.
Previously, Chang You had not been able to completely finalize the voice details of AEEIS.
Although Mr. Pei had already made clear requirements for AEEIS’s voice, specifying an emotionless, neutral mechanical voice.
But even with mechanical voices, there were many different types, and different types of mechanical voices gave people vastly different impressions.
From purely mechanical voices to natural human voices, there were many levels in between.
A purely mechanical voice was like the robot voices in some old movies, sounding somewhat muffled and stuffy, completely without any intonation, with obvious breaks between words.
Meanwhile, most intelligent voice assistants today are striving to approximate pure human voices, making conversations more natural through large amounts of voice input.
Chang You had previously only been able to roughly determine that AEEIS’s voice should be somewhere between these two types, but he hadn’t truly finalized to what extent it should be.
While a purely mechanical voice could well highlight AEEIS’s artificial intelligence attributes, users might find it somewhat inconvenient to use. After all, pure mechanical voices were somewhat tiring to listen to and easily misunderstood, which didn’t quite align with AEEIS’s “easy-to-use” and “efficient” characteristics.
So, the focus of AEEIS’s voice this time was how to make it as efficient and user-friendly as possible without affecting user experience, while still highlighting its personality traits.
If they also considered AEEIS’s slightly sharp-tongued attribute, they could add more features, such as increasing speech speed when being sarcastic, which could highlight its “quick-thinking” attribute.
Of course, what specific timbre to adopt would require the staff to slowly adjust, potentially producing many options, with Chang You making the final determination.
Meanwhile, Chang You provided all these requirements to the staff, directing them to continuously work toward this goal.
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October 27, Thursday.
Dreamfulfill Venture Capital.
As Pei Qian and Ma Yang had just walked in, He Desheng immediately stood up to welcome them.
“Mr. Pei, Mr. Ma, the person has arrived and is in the meeting room.”
“Chen Yufeng has four years of testing experience in a laboratory in the capital, and worked at Xiaohu Evaluation for a while, but left because he was dissatisfied with Xiaohu Evaluation taking money to do jobs.”
“His professional quality is completely without issue, and he also has connections with some specialized laboratories or evaluation agencies. Having him cooperate with Mr. Ma should not be a problem.”
Pei Qian nodded: “Good, let’s meet him then.”
Previously, Pei Qian had agreed to prepare a professional team for Old Ma, so he arranged for He Desheng to find suitable candidates.
Picking out flaws was a technical job, and this time, the content was not just limited to the field of digital product evaluation, so professional knowledge was quite important.
After selecting the leader of the professional team, specialists in various fields could then be recruited.
Arriving at the meeting room door, He Desheng knocked gently before pushing the door open.
Chen Yufeng, in the meeting room, hurriedly stood up.
He appeared to be in his early thirties, wore glasses, had short hair, and gave people a very efficient impression.
After He Desheng made a simple introduction, he guided everyone to sit down.
Chen Yufeng was still a bit nervous.
Before He Desheng had approached him, he was just a nobody in the evaluation circle, without much achievement. The only thing he could claim was that he had been responsible for a few articles during his time at Xiaohu Evaluation, but even that was viewed by many as a black mark.
Although Xiaohu Evaluation had a decent influence in the country, its reputation was also quite bad. Many viewers knew that these evaluations were jobs done for money. Every time a new video was released, it would get criticized, and they could only frantically control the comments.
Although Chen Yufeng’s professional abilities were good, in this industry, professional ability alone was useless.
The evaluation industry, at its core, relied on trust in influence. If not enough people paid attention, then no matter how good your professional ability was, it would be difficult to be seen.
According to He Desheng, the project leaders this time were Tenda’s Mr. Pei and Mr. Ma. Attention, money, and various other aspects wouldn’t be lacking, making it a very good platform.
The key was whether Mr. Pei and Mr. Ma would be satisfied with him.
Of course, Chen Yufeng wasn’t saying he would join, because He Desheng had only told him it was an evaluation project, but hadn’t specifically explained what kind of project it was.
If it were like Xiaohu Evaluation, a project that took money to do jobs, then he would have to reconsider, as it was a bit disgusting.
Chen Yufeng had already prepared his resume and stood up to hand it to Mr. Pei with both hands.
“Mr. Pei, this is my resume, please take a look first.”
At the same time, Chen Yufeng’s gaze swept over Mr. Pei and Mr. Ma.
Mr. Ma was quite young, with a very long face…
Mr. Pei looked the same as in the videos, so young.
Wait, that’s not right, wasn’t it said that this person was Mr. Pei’s actor?
Chen Yufeng didn’t quite understand for a moment. He had been looking forward to seeing what Mr. Pei looked like, but instead met Mr. Pei’s actor.
It felt like there might be some misunderstandings here.
But he didn’t ask further, and though he was stunned for a moment, he quickly understood what was going on.
Pei Qian took the resume and flipped through it briefly: “Hmm, I’ve already looked at your resume before, and it’s all quite satisfactory.”
“Since He Desheng recommended you, there shouldn’t be major issues with your abilities.”
“Let me briefly explain your work tasks. If you think there’s no problem, then He Desheng will help you build an evaluation team, and you can start the project.”
Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment.
Huh? This casual?
Logically, he and Mr. Pei had never met before and weren’t familiar with each other. What could be seen from just looking at a resume?
Generally, when companies interview job seekers, they would at least ask detailed questions about past work experiences and discuss specific business issues to deepen understanding, right?
Moreover, most companies would have a probation period after the interview. If they weren’t satisfied during the probation period, they could part ways, and the company wouldn’t suffer much loss.
But Mr. Pei directly skipped this stage?
Wasn’t Tenda famous for being difficult to enter?
Wasn’t it said there would be written tests, interviews, and Tenda spirit tests?
Chen Yufeng felt a bit surreal, as if the entire internal operating rules of the Tenda Group were very mysterious. Sometimes it was very difficult to join, sometimes it was very simple, completely unpredictable.
But Chen Yufeng definitely wouldn’t ask more. Being able to join directly was certainly good, and to be a department head at that—where else could you find such a good opportunity?
He silently waited for Mr. Pei to assign the work tasks.
Pei Qian coughed lightly twice: “Your task is very simple, just randomly select various products from the market, whether they’re digital products or daily necessities, as long as they can be evaluated.”
“When evaluating, seriously look for the shortcomings and problems of these products, write them up, and submit them to Mr. Ma.”
Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment: “…Only write about shortcomings?”
Pei Qian nodded: “Yes.”
Chen Yufeng: “Randomly select products? Won’t there be… whitelisted products? Surely we can’t test Tenda’s products?”
Pei Qian chuckled: “Why not?”
“Tenda’s products can’t be an exception. They must be tested, and even more strictly than other products!”
“And we can’t take money from any organization, regardless of whether they want us to praise, criticize, or remain silent about them—don’t bother with any of that.”
Chen Yufeng’s mouth opened slightly, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
Is this Tenda?
It’s too unyielding!
When he heard this task, Chen Yufeng’s first reaction wasn’t that it was ridiculous, but that it was incredibly tough and had a powerful backing!
If an ordinary evaluation agency dared to do this kind of thing, they would probably be immediately overwhelmed by a flood of negative articles and would quickly lose their reputation and disappear into the river of history.
Because this kind of behavior was no different from smashing various manufacturers’ rice bowls.
It might be fine to expose some manufacturers without proper qualifications, since those manufacturers didn’t have as many fans or as much influence.
But what about some big manufacturers? Almost all of them had internet armies, and even without mentioning these armies, they also had large numbers of fans. Daring to point out flaws would immediately face enormous public opinion pressure.
Moreover, the other side would try to dig up dirt, leading to mutual attacks.
Even if the evaluation agency didn’t take black money, it would be hard to guarantee they would never make mistakes. Once a mistake was made, the other side would seize upon it and pursue it relentlessly, blackening the reputation at all costs. Once the public opinion machine got going, the situation would become completely uncontrollable.
So no one would do this kind of thing, because it was thankless work. Let alone making money, even surviving would be difficult.
Chen Yufeng felt immense pressure and swallowed: “Mr. Pei, this job is too challenging for me.”
Evaluations are hard to guarantee absolute objectivity. The same flaw might be considered insignificant by some and unacceptable by others, so there will be some subjectivity.”
“If mistakes occur, or even just inappropriate wording where someone catches language loopholes, we might get blackened across the entire network.”
“If my work failures bring public opinion pressure or negative impact to the Tenda Group, that’s a consequence I would find hard to bear…”
Pei Qian inwardly chuckled.
Enormous public opinion pressure?
That’s great!
I’m just worried no one is criticizing me!
Pei Qian smiled slightly: “Making mistakes, well, that’s unavoidable. Once such errors occur, the company will bear the responsibility.”
“First of all, we need to proofread more thoroughly. Some potentially controversial, more subjective issues should be avoided as much as possible. It’s not about fearing criticism, but mainly about not misleading our audience.”
“We should still focus on concrete flaws and problems.”
“If some errors do occur, we’ll just stand up, take the criticism, and apologize. It’s not a big deal—apologize when apologies are due, clarify when clarification is needed, compensate when compensation is required.”
“As for public opinion across the network, there’s even less to worry about. If the sky falls, Mr. Ma will hold it up. Any public opinion pressure can be directed at his Weibo.”
Pei Qian had never doubted Old Ma’s ability to handle pressure.
This person didn’t have many strong points, but he had a good mentality. He wouldn’t get inflated with great achievements, nor would he collapse under great pressure. This might be an advantage brought by his deficiency in intelligence.
Chen Yufeng looked at Mr. Ma with skepticism.
Ma Yang patted his chest: “Right, I can handle any pressure, these are all small problems!”
His expression was completely serious.
Chen Yufeng hesitated for a moment, then said: “Alright, I’ll give it a try. However… if I really can’t handle this job, I hope I can exit at any time.”
Pei Qian nodded: “Of course, no problem!”
He wasn’t worried at all about Chen Yufeng leaving midway.
If that situation occurred, it would mean the goal of losing money had been achieved. Pei Qian would be overjoyed and would raise his salary to keep him.
As long as you add money, no problem can’t be solved!