Despite some twists and turns, Mr. Huang's request was fulfilled.
After all, it was just a rehearsal. Although it involved the entire province, it only required leaving one's home and staying in nearby suitable shelters for a few minutes. It was a mere formality, with no real cost or significant issues, and it was simply a matter of willingness. xxs壹贰
Of course, Mr. Huang stated that although internationally this was presented as a random rehearsal, to showcase the best results to the world's journalists, he hoped to publicize it several weeks in advance to ensure everyone's participation.
As for the specific timing, Mr. Huang mentioned that Hou Tu needed to collect data first to calculate a period with the highest probability, thus framing it as a warning issued by Hou Tu.
In any case, those who understood, understood.
And so, everything proceeded smoothly. By mid-February, personnel from Jiangnan Group began to enter Yi Province in large numbers, with three teams operating simultaneously.
One team went to various tourist attractions for surveys, another went to the deep mountains for data center research, and the third team made the fastest progress. They directly rented an entire office building in the downtown area of Jin City, which then became the headquarters of the Jiangnan Group Artificial Intelligence Research Center. Simultaneously, they began contacting various telecommunications companies to coordinate their mass SMS notification systems.
Meanwhile, other staff members were dispatched to various climate-related research institutions to request data. Jiangnan Group also proactively invited these research institutions to join an organization called the "Hou Tu Intelligent Data Development Committee," hoping they would continuously provide comprehensive data to Hou Tu and that all data within the committee would be fully shared.
Most importantly, joining the committee entitled them to data consultation fees, approximately ten thousand yuan per month for each unit.
While this amount was not substantial, for these often-overlooked meteorological and geological research institutions, it represented a considerable supplementary income that greatly eased their operational burdens.
Consequently, everyone was naturally pleased and did not object to Jiangnan Group's data acquisition requests, cooperating fully. By the end of February, Jiangnan Group announced that the artificial intelligence Hou Tu had successfully established its presence throughout Yi Province and would gradually provide various disaster warning services to the people of Yi Province.
The impact was immediately noticeable, with the citizens of Jin City being the first to experience it. Around the beginning of March, the people of Jin City collectively received a text message with a government prefix, sent from official numbers of their respective carriers.
The content of the message was straightforward: it informed the residents of Jin City that heavy rain was expected within the next hour. Residents planning to go out were advised to stay home if it wasn't essential. If going out was necessary, they were advised to bring umbrellas and preferably use public transportation, avoiding walking alone.
While the first message might have been met with some skepticism, the heavy rain that arrived just forty minutes later served as proof of its accuracy to all residents of Jin City.
This resulted in many people, despite seeing the message, still getting soaked like drowned rats.
Of course, if one had watched the previous day's weather forecast, they would have known about the heavy rain. However, the forecast couldn't pinpoint the exact timing, and most people had lost the habit of watching the weather forecast.
Therefore, almost all residents of Jin City praised the message, finding it genuinely helpful.
Concurrently, television and various local news media provided interpretations and reports on this SMS notification. Residents learned that this was the work of artificial intelligence and that their city was soon to become the world's first AI-centric city. This news was met with enthusiasm and excitement, and people widely welcomed it.
Subsequently, similar scenarios unfolded across Yi Province. By the end of March, the entire province was covered by this system. As it was the rainy season with ample rainfall, most residents in almost all areas received one or two heavy rain alert text messages after March.
It wasn't limited to heavy rain; residents in some mountainous areas also received alert messages for mudslides and flash floods.
Although the number of residents receiving such messages was small, the danger of these disasters was much greater. Later, during reporter interviews, at least forty to fifty people indicated that without these warning messages, they might have perished in natural disasters.
Naturally, some warning messages were later proven to be unfounded. After all, mudslides and flash floods are predictions, but people were understanding.
In summary, the entire province adopted a positive attitude towards this system. When the province announced a province-wide disaster prevention drill, deploying various grassroots units to educate residents on disaster evasion and requesting their cooperation by leaving their homes on the drill day, most residents were highly supportive.
Of course, there were also those who disagreed. After all, there are all sorts of people in a large population, and some individuals genuinely couldn't leave their work posts.
However, on the other hand, Yi Province understood that it was impossible to expect everyone to cooperate. Creating a situation where the majority cooperated with the drill was sufficient.
Therefore, they did not forcibly require anyone to participate in the drill. If you didn't cooperate, so be it; as long as the majority did, it was enough.
Furthermore, relevant notifications were sent to all units, both public and private, requesting their cooperation in bringing their employees to nearby streets or disaster shelters for safety during the drill.
These units were even more cooperative with the government's requests. As a result, in the eyes of some bosses, even a half-hour delay in work felt like a loss of hundreds of millions, as if the company was about to collapse.
But at this time, everyone was very cooperative, and everything proceeded perfectly.
The only issue was that although a drill was announced, the specific time and location seemed to remain undecided.
This delay stretched into late April. With half a month of promotion, the specific timing was still not set, causing some relevant authorities to become anxious. They dispatched personnel to the Jiangnan Artificial Intelligence Center to inquire about when the drill was planned.
"This leader, the situation is a bit unusual!" At this moment, the person in charge of the Artificial Intelligence Center was an expert with a scholarly demeanor and strong professional skills, wearing a white coat, appearing to be an artificial intelligence expert.
However, this expert had a hesitant and even worried expression.
"What has happened?" the representative asked curiously.
"Alas, Hou Tu, could you please brief this representative on your prediction? The one concerning Dz!" the expert said after a moment of hesitation.
The next second, Hou Tu's voice filled the room: "Certainly. Based on the calculations from all the data I've collected, the probability of a disaster occurring in Yi Province within the next 15 days shows that on May 1st, the probability is 0.021%... On May x, it's 3.3%."
"Is there a problem with that?" the representative asked, slightly taken aback.
"Well, the issue is with the 3.3% probability; it's too high!" the Jiangnan Group expert stated.
"A 3.3% probability doesn't sound very high!" the representative replied with a smile.
"Yes, it doesn't sound high, but when applied to Dz, it's exceptionally high!" the expert said with a serious expression. "Under normal circumstances, this probability should be less than one in ten million. However, the probability data for May is tens of thousands of times higher than the normal data, which means there is a very high probability of such a disaster occurring in May!"
"I see..." the representative was momentarily stunned. "Can you be certain about this?"
"Who can be certain about such things? After all, artificial intelligence only provides probabilities!" the expert replied with a wry smile.
"So, what do you suggest we do?" the representative asked helplessly.
"Well, we are planning a rehearsal, aren't we? We hope to continue collecting data for a few more days. After all, if such a disaster is truly going to erupt, the data anomalies in the coming days will become more pronounced, which will allow us to further improve the accuracy of our calculations. If the probability exceeds 10%, then I would recommend choosing the time with the highest probability for the rehearsal!"
"Alright, I will report this," the representative promptly reported upwards. Upon hearing this result, the higher-ups were surprised and decided to grant Jiangnan Group a few more days, but no later than mid-May, to avoid the promotional campaign losing momentum.
Fortunately, a few days later, with the arrival of May, Jiangnan Artificial Intelligence indicated that the probability for the xth day was continuously increasing. Therefore, they suggested holding the rehearsal on the xth day between 2 PM and 2:30 PM, and thus, the time was finalized.
Despite this, few people genuinely paid much attention, as it was merely a calculation by artificial intelligence, and who knew how accurate it would be.
Some even suspected that this was part of Jiangnan Group's showmanship, creating a crisis and then resolving it to further enhance their value.
Meanwhile, good news also came from the Jiangnan Group delegation that had completed their inspections of the mountainous scenic spots in Ba City. It was confirmed that the construction scope for a total of 88 scenic spots had been determined, and all residents within these areas would need to relocate.
As everyone knew, relocation would undoubtedly involve relocation fees, which would naturally be borne by Jiangnan Group. At this juncture, the most crucial task was to determine the total number of people to be relocated.