On Sunday, while others were still immersed in the joy of the holiday, Li Rui had already taken a bus to the temporary office of Blockbuster Dashaguo Branch in Jinshan District.

Under the bridge in Jinshan District, Blockbuster's building is still under construction, and on the third floor of a nearby three-story building, all Blockbuster's current team is filled with.

Nineteen people, some of these people are former members of Zhang Ming's team, some are fresh graduates who just graduated from college this year, and some are technical backbones who have just been poached from other companies. When Li Rui first saw them, he thought he had seen them.

A group of rock youths.

Everyone has long hair and dark eye sockets. Some wear blue and white vests that cannot be washed out of their original color, while others are simply shirtless. The office air conditioner has been turned on to the maximum, but it still makes people feel a physiological feeling.

The heat and anxiety on it.

There were dozens of computers in the office, and the screens were lit up so much that it was frighteningly bright. Each screen was flashing with characters that Li Rui couldn't understand. After all, he was a liberal arts student and could be said to have no idea about programs.

So when Zhang Ming led him to see the various logic and displays of the algorithm, he said nothing except a respectful smile.

As soon as he opens his mouth, he will show his timidity. Li Rui will never do such a thing as a programmer who is deeply trapped in his long hair and floating eyes!

After finally finishing the display, Li Rui came to Zhang Ming's office, took a sip of water before breathing a sigh of relief: "Old Zhang, to be honest, I didn't understand at all."

Zhang Ming widened his eyes: "This is all your request to me!"

"So your current algorithm can meet the requirements I made, right?" Li Rui was concerned about the result, not how the process was implemented.

Zhang Ming scratched his head: "This is the case, I'll show you."

He turned on the computer on his desk and entered Blockbuster's video library, explaining while operating.

"This algorithm, I named the movie guide system, means that the algorithm can act as a guide, helping users discover movies they like rather than just like, in an overjoyed way, which can ensure that they stay like a travel treasure hunt

The pleasures of discovering preferences they have not yet realized, and obtaining unexpected surprises from them."

"I have tried Netflix's cinematch algorithm, which is indeed very powerful, but my algorithm is more than ten times more accurate than Netflix's. I can even use algorithms to predict and control inventory requirements, so that a video is still shooting.

, you can analyze the user's demand for it."

"Of course, this function is still being enriched and developed. Given that Blockbuster's film library mostly contains old movies, the algorithm currently focuses on guiding users to choose more efficient old movies. I have added some gamification methods to it.

For example, the achievement system and the points system make the entire process of finding a gamified appeal to users."

Zhang Ming said that, clicked the mouse a few times, and a prompt suddenly popped up on the screen.

"Congratulations on getting the [100 Searches a Day] Achievements. You have obtained 10 Achievement Points. You can use the points to redeem benefits in the mall!"

Li Rui smiled and said, "This is good!"

User experience gamification is a method that many websites and apps have been using in a few years to increase user retention rates, and the effect is quite good.

Zhang Ming was able to think of this idea so early, which shows that he is not a simple engineering man, and he is very clear about what users like and rely on.

In this regard, Zhang Ming has already had the understanding of a top product manager, and is no less than Zhang Dalong!

Zhang Ming continued to explain to Li Rui: "The main basis of the movie guide algorithm is the content labels made by backstage content editing for each movie, and then create a series of cross-over theme lists based on the ratings given by users. The more users score, the more users score.

The more accurate the content crawling and analysis of movies, the more accurate it will be, the more accurate it will be to push new users. The ultimate goal of this algorithm is to give different presentations based on the movie categories that each user may like, which means

Every time every user logs into the website, the content they see is different from others!”

Li Rui almost jumped up excitedly. Isn’t this the future information flow push of Huawen hot topics and Douyin Tomatoes?

Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, if I don’t force you, you may have to take out this killer weapon in two years!

Zhang Ming said with emotion: "Actually, I have always had similar ideas in my mind. I want to use the huge data system to capture various disordered factors and find out the hidden internal rules. But I have been busy managing Jiujiufang before.

, I put this matter behind my mind. Since I came to Blockbuster and devoted myself to the research of algorithms, I realized how great the work being carried out is!”

Li Rui nodded repeatedly and said, "It's indeed great!"

Li Rui will never be stingy about Zhang Ming's achievements, because he knows that in the future, a terrible information empire worth hundreds of billions or even trillions will grow based on this algorithm. That will be Facebook,

Google, let Qiandu, Penguin, and Ali scary opponent!

Zhang Ming scratched his head again and said, "But there are still some problems now."

"you say."

"We lack manpower. We need more excellent talents, on the one hand, we are machine language experts, algorithm engineers, programmers, and a large number of content editing. Algorithms cannot produce results out of thin air, but they need the support of huge data content.

On the one hand, it can only be done manually. On the other hand, we need higher-end hardware equipment and cloud computing servers..." Zhang Ming said, "According to such requirements, I'm afraid that the 200 million magnesium startup capital you will not be enough.

.”

"I'll give you another 200 million magnesium." Li Rui said immediately.

Zhang Ming was shocked.

Li Rui said: "Why, it's not enough?"

"Enough, enough!" Zhang Ming said hurriedly. He suspected that if he said it was not enough, Li Rui would immediately increase by 200 million!

It’s really sad that I don’t have enough money, but if I have too much money, I’m afraid of burning my hands!

Li Rui said again: "It is really difficult to find talents. I can only ask the headhunting company to help you watch. If there is a suitable candidate, it will be brought to you no matter how much the price. In addition, I suggest you turn your attention to the campus.

To explore some talents who are still on campus, we can’t find big bulls, we will start to cultivate them slowly from the students!”

Zhang Ming nodded and said, "I understand."

Li Rui thought about it and said, "I have another idea, you can see if it works."

When Li Rui finished speaking, Zhang Ming was shocked.

"You're serious?"

"Do you think I'm joking?"

Zhang Ming said excitedly: "If you really do this, we will definitely attract a large number of talents! The only question is, are you really willing to give up?"
Chapter completed!