Meng Fanqi received this request from Li Yanhong, but he didn't know much about Baidu's recent cooperation with the government. Therefore, at lunch, Meng Fanqi asked Wang Kai about it.

Although Wang Kai was just a small soldier and didn't know much, he had played a role in the application of Baidu's detection algorithm in the Changping District case, so he had some information.

"I heard that this time, President Li wants to connect to the 'Sky Net' project," Wang Kai lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

The name "Sky Net" sounded extraordinary and mysterious.

To be honest, it's actually a super-large surveillance system.

The total investment is in the billions, and cameras are installed all over the country.

Foreign media like to promote the system as all-pervasive, monitoring the people, while domestic media like to boast about the system's power and speed, claiming that it can locate criminal suspects in just a few seconds.

For different purposes, both sides have given the system overly high evaluations.

In fact, due to the large population and vast land of China, even with billions of investment, the cameras cannot cover as much as the media boasts.

When the police are investigating a case, they still need to ask nearby vendors for surveillance footage.

The system mainly covers traffic roads and places with heavy foot traffic.

If you only look at larger cities, the system's power is indeed remarkable.

As long as the police are willing to invest manpower to review the footage, they can solve cases.

The overall construction of the Sky Net system has been ongoing since 2011.

Given the massive scale, how to intelligently and quickly analyze these surveillance videos is a major challenge.

"Yan Jing is a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers abound. The last Changping District case probably attracted the attention of a big shot in the public security system," Wang Kai said as he ate, unable to be completely sure due to his level.

However, after that incident, the communication with the government became much smoother, most likely due to support from above.

"To make the Sky Net system work well, AI technology is definitely indispensable. Whether it's facial recognition, license plate analysis, or intelligent detection of violations, with these things, such a massive system can truly be meaningful."

In fact, subsequent systems of a similar nature are also being developed in this way.

Given the national scale, AI intelligence can save a lot of manpower.

Now that he has provided available real-time detection technology two years in advance, Sky Net naturally wants to incorporate this AI intelligence as soon as possible, to avoid inconvenience in future upgrades.

It seems that this road detection project is part of the overall Sky Net system.

If this project on highways and important roads can be done well, Baidu will have a good chance in future projects related to Sky Net in cities, towns, and streets across the country.

For no other reason, other companies don't have the technical strength of Meng Fanqi, so they are no match for Baidu in front of the government.

"No wonder President Li is in such a hurry. I've roughly outlined the plan, and he'd rather give me a share of the profits than have Baidu develop it themselves," Meng Fanqi thought that Li Yanhong was not so impatient, but he couldn't wait to see the results.

"The earlier we get involved, the earlier we can pilot it, and the more cake Baidu can eat in the end," Wang Kai said, having had more frequent communication with the government after the Changping case, and having some information about the price, "If this project can be implemented, I won't say much, but how much do you think the revenue will be?"

"At least over a hundred billion," Wang Kai blurted out the answer without waiting for Meng Fanqi to guess.

"In two or three years, at least over a trillion in revenue. Baidu's highest historical revenue last year was only a hundred billion. Just this Sky Net project alone could double Baidu's revenue."

"Not to mention the countless other million-dollar projects that don't require much effort."

Of course, over a hundred billion won't all go to Baidu, as there are many other costs involved, and what Baidu receives is not pure profit.

But with a conservative estimate, at this rate, doubling Baidu's profits in 2014 probably won't be difficult.

It's no wonder Li Yanhong is a bit impatient.

Many things in the past ultimately needed to be gradually pushed forward, and Li Yanhong could also handle many things.

Now it's just a matter of whether there's the technical capability to do it.

If it can be done, it can be done; if not, it can't.

As soon as Meng Fanqi said it was simple and easy, Li Yanhong didn't even think about handing these things over to the researchers with furrowed brows.

It's just money! You have to spend to make a profit.

Moreover, Li Yanhong believed that Meng Fanqi's potential and value were far more than this.

With his residual thinking opening the door to "depth" in the true sense, Li Yanhong firmly believed that there was endless potential ahead.

Since he couldn't get such talent, he had to be willing to make concessions.It has to be said that Li Yanhong's thinking is quite correct. He has grasped Meng Fanqi's current entrepreneurial fear of trouble very well.

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Developing for a few days can divide the project into several parts, and you don't have to worry about it. For Meng Fanqi, who doesn't need to use his brain much to solve these technical needs and problems, it's as easy as picking up money.

The only tiring part might be the need to hand over the code to the other party.

Documents, formats, and explaining principles. Sometimes the other party just can't understand and I have to explain it line by line.

The follow-up service takes longer than the development time.

In the afternoon, Meng Fanqi completed all the development work.

"I won't write comments and documents either. I'll explain it to you, and you can write it yourself." Meng Fanqi came up with a way to combine these two things: "A good memory is better than a bad pen. You write it yourself, and you'll understand when you're done."

"Okay, bro," Wang Kai said, letting himself be driven.

"The previous YOLO detection is actually a subset of multi-target tracking, a sub-module, a target positioning detection module. Multi-target tracking is nothing more than adding a tracker.

The detector only shows the position of the object. Look at the code here, the tracker adds a unique ID for each target and continues until it disappears.

Here, you need to make sure that the speed of the tracker is faster than the detector."

Meng Fanqi pointed to the introduction of each module in the code, while Wang Kai frantically typed and recorded on the side.

Many employees of Baidu, including Shang Hai, recognized the young man who appeared in the Baidu press conference with their company's CEO early on.

But seeing him busy all day, they didn't dare to disturb him.