After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 194 Returning Home - New Territory
January 2025, 27, is the th day of the twelfth lunar month of the Year of the Dragon in the Jiachen lunar calendar. In the blink of an eye, it is already the day before New Year’s Eve.

Hao Cheng remembers that when he was a child, as soon as the twelfth lunar month came, the adults who worked away from home would return home one after another. Then they would start preparing for the New Year, which would take a full half month.

And now, it’s his generation - everyone has to hold on until now before going back.

Her mother called yesterday and also said that as long as you don’t delay the dumplings for lunch tomorrow it’s fine.

Times have changed a lot.

At this moment, Ning Hui was driving, and Hao Cheng and his family were on their way back to their hometown.

Starting from Linzhou and heading east, it only takes two or three hours to reach Hao Cheng’s hometown.

"Dad, Dad, how long will it take?"

The scenery outside the window was receding rapidly. Hao Cheng scratched the nose of his daughter who was sitting in the child seat next to him: "What? Are you missing grandma?"

"Yeah!" When talking about grandma, little Zhenzhen nodded heavily, but her originally happy expression dimmed in an instant.

Although little Zhenzhen is small, she knows everything. She even clenched her fists and said, "When I grow up, I want to be a doctor, a very, very good doctor, and then I can cure grandma!
"I asked Hao Shasha, and it told me that I can definitely do it!"

"Yeah!" Hao Cheng nodded heavily, turned his head to look out the window on his side, grinning, laughing with tears streaming down his face.

The greatest luck in his life did not come from Xiaosha, but from his wife who was driving in front of him and his daughter who was sitting next to him.

It is said that one feels homesick when one is close to home. Hao Cheng has been in Linzhou for many years, which is not far from home. It takes 40 to 50 minutes by high-speed rail or 2 to 3 hours by car. He often goes home and has never felt any homesickness.

But this time, it was different from any time before. At this moment, he felt his heart beating violently - "bang bang bang bang" as if it was about to jump out.

Nothing else - just because I saw new hope.

"Girl, do you like being a doctor?" Hao Cheng turned around and asked with a smile.

"I want to cure grandma!" Xiao Zhenzhen rolled her eyes and said so.

"What happens after it's cured?" Hao Cheng stroked Xiao Zhenzhen's hair.

"I want to fly and be an astronaut!"

Xiao Zhenzhen had an excited look on her face, as if she was fascinated. If you didn't know her, you would think that she had thought carefully about this career. In fact, she only saw the word "astronaut" yesterday when she was reading a book.

"Then go be an astronaut!" Hao Cheng would not discourage him, but encouraged him instead.

"Then who will treat grandma?" Little Zhenzhen counted on her fingers, seeming to be very conflicted.

"Leave it to Dad. You know, Dad is omnipotent!" Hao Cheng said this to Xiao Zhenzhen as well as to himself.

"Yeah, dad can do anything!"

Children are like this, they become cheerful again after a while.

Hao Cheng then thought of Zhang Lin's research project application for fine-tuning the model - "A method for material regulation of artificial gastric organs using sensor-AI decision-making instead of neuro-hormone regulation."

"The data is detailed and the speculation is reasonable. Xiaosha is rated as a Class A project."

The grading of the subject is assessed based on multiple aspects. If it is just the regulation of artificial stomach organs, it will definitely not be rated as the second-class A, but the concept of [sensing-AI decision-making instead of neuro-hormonal regulation] can be extended very widely.

Even Hao Cheng's ambition to replace the immune system with a fully artificial AI system, which he wrote at the top of the technology mountain, can be placed on this extended line. You know, this thing was originally just a fantasy in Hao Cheng's heart, but now, it seems that there is a way forward.

Of course, Hao Cheng is not a doctor or a medical professional, so he is not particularly clear about how wide this road is, whether it is possible to walk on it, and how to walk on it.

However, in the step of [sensing-AI decision-making], he must push it to the limit.

As early as when he first received Xiaosha's notification and saw this application, Hao Chenggong listed this project and subsequent similar projects as the first priority.

Model fine-tuning and professional capability enhancement using energy points will be carried out simultaneously on this subject in the future.

However, even with more energy, medical topics are still different from other things - like legal services and software development, you can even obtain information from public channels on the Internet.

However, medical data will not be available on the public Internet.

Therefore, Hao Cheng plans to take advantage of this opportunity to directly form a "big group" - to gather all interested doctors, professors, medical institutions, scientific research institutions, etc., to implement this topic from paper to clinic as soon as possible, and quickly achieve his ultimate goal.

And this time cannot exceed two years.

"The pressure is huge." Hao Cheng looked a little worried. He had never felt time was so tight before. Moreover, this matter really couldn't be delayed.

What's more troublesome is that this is not something that he or his company can handle alone.

When there are many people, there are likely to be many ideas, thoughts will tend to be complex, and directions will tend to be inconsistent.

"The key lies on my side." Hao Cheng gradually sorted out his thoughts - clinical things are almost certain, it depends on how much of a leap this new super tool, AI, can bring to this industry.

"Hubby, I believe you." Although Ning Hui was driving, she seemed to sense his thoughts with the back of her head:

“You don’t need to put too much pressure on yourself. The problems that need to be solved may be very complicated, and you don’t have to solve them within two years or one year.

"Think about it. Even if the problem is not completely solved, if part of it is solved, won't Mom's illness be able to improve? Last time in the hospital, didn't the doctor say that the most dangerous situation is problems with the lungs and heart?"

Hao Cheng was a little too obsessed with something just now, which put a lot of pressure on himself. But Ning Hui was very sharp and pointed out the key point of the problem.

"Yeah!" Hao Cheng nodded heavily. It might be too difficult to replace the whole body's immune system with a fully artificial AI system. However, if we tackle the problem step by step, there shouldn't be any big problems in one or two years.

After returning home after the Chinese New Year, the first task was to recruit relevant experts, collaborate with relevant medical teams, and start new work in AI-enabled medical care and medical devices.

……

"Mom, mom, turn left ahead!"

The car has entered the village. From here we can even see the two-story building of Hao Cheng's family. Even Xiao Zhenzhen can remember the way.

Hao Cheng's parents were even sitting on a tree trunk at the corner of the intersection, waiting for them.

"Grandma, grandma!" Ning Hui stopped the car, Hao Cheng got out of the car holding little Zhenzhen, and ran to grandma.

"Mom, it's so cold, don't stay outside." Even before she fell ill, Hao Cheng's mother had frozen hands and feet every winter. Even though the winters are not so cold in recent years, her condition has not improved at all.

"I just slipped out," Hao Cheng's mother smiled and pulled Xiao Zhenzhen. Her body trembled a little because she could no longer hold her granddaughter. Then she replied to Hao Cheng: "I'll go back now, go back!"

(End of this chapter)