Rebirth 2010: I'll be a big shot

Chapter 140 Mr. Lei, we shouldn’t be enemies

Author: This month once Teru Furukawa

Chapter 140 Mr. Lei, we shouldn’t be enemies

The next day.

After breakfast, Chen Heyu got in the car and headed to the main press center of the Huaguo Conference Building, which is also the largest exhibition area in Yancheng. Rice and Huayao Mobile will choose this place for every new product launch.

The Maybach drove slowly to the venue.

Zhang Nan was waiting at the door. Seeing him get off the car, he smiled and said: "Boss, all departments are ready. I checked the process again to make sure everything is perfect."

"Go in first, you and Zhou Zi are the protagonists today, you have to perform well."

Chen Heyu nodded and walked inside.

This is the most grand press conference for Future Technology. The whole company attaches great importance to it, and multiple departments work together to perform their respective duties.

The human resources, marketing, and operations departments debug the venue's audio, lighting, and curtain equipment time and time again, confirm that the information in the invitation letter is correct, and also cooperate with the administrative department to build the venue and transport materials, so that everything is in order.

"Boss, Lao Zhou and I are just foils, Moss is the well-deserved protagonist."

Zhang Nan said with a smile.

She was wearing a beige casual suit and light-colored leather shoes. Her posture was relaxed, and Chen Heyu instantly understood that today's host should be Zhou Zi.

As Future Technology's chief financial officer and president of its overseas business unit, Zhou Zi basically flew in the sky every day during the six months since he took office, maintaining a rhythm of meeting with ten partners a day, paving the way for the release of the international version of Moss speakers.

There are also many overseas sales channels invited, all of which are the result of Zhou Zi's efforts.

Online platforms, including Amazon, eBay and Newegg;

Offline channels are mainly Best Buy, the largest electronics supermarket chain in the United States, which operates speakers, home theaters, TVs and smartphone products, as well as two large retailers, Walmart and Target;

Six delegations have already taken their seats at the venue.

In addition, several top venture capital institutions were invited, and they were basically the financial backers behind the channel providers.

Zhou Zi can quickly open sales channels. On the one hand, he relies on his excellent business negotiation and resource organization skills. On the other hand, his work experience in Goldman Sachs and DES is also a bonus.

When he was about to enter the venue, Rebus from Rice happened to come over.

Lei Jun looked at him with a complicated expression. In just one year, Chen Heyu's status has skyrocketed. Relying on the Moss Intelligent System, he firmly controls the Chinese mobile phone market.

"Mr. Chen, it's been a long time since you went to my place for coffee."

Lei Jun cheered up and joked with a smile.

"I would like to go, but I'm afraid Mr. Lei won't welcome me."

Chen Heyu held the other person's hand and exchanged wits.

During this period, rice sales dropped sharply. After tasting the joy of being the leader, it fell out of the top five in the market again, which left Lei Jun with a huge psychological gap.

"Mr. Chen loves to joke. As long as you want to come, Rice's door will always be open for you. I recently bought a few bags of rare coffee beans. You are welcome at any time."

Lei Jun was chatting and laughing, feeling depressed in his heart, but calm on the outside, still looking free and easy.

When Chen Heyu saw this, he couldn't help but admire him. How could a person who has been in the Internet and business world for nearly thirty years be so simple?

While the two were chatting, Park Changcan and his assistant got out of a luxury car. After catching a glimpse of Chen Heyu and Lei Jun, they immediately trotted over.

"Mr. Lei, we shouldn't be enemies, that one is."

Chen Heyu smiled softly and nuzzled his lips in the direction of Park Changcan.

"Then you are still holding rice by the neck and letting other manufacturers attack me?"

Rebus smiled bitterly in his heart and said nothing.

"An Ningha, Mr. Chen, it's our first time meeting you. You are so young and handsome."

Pu Changcan bowed his waist and greeted him with a smile.

"Who are you?"

Chen Heyu asked knowingly.

Lei Jun looked at his bad expression and shook his head for a while, while he was thinking about what Chen Heyu just said.

Sanxing is involved in many fields such as semiconductors, mobile phones, televisions, and home appliances. Its assets exceed one trillion yuan. It is also among the best among the world's top 500 companies. It is a real capital giant.

If you take Sanxing as your opponent, do you think you are young and ignorant, or are you young and energetic?

"Mr. Chen, I am Park Changcan, the person in charge of Sanxing Dahua District. I'm glad to meet you."

Pu Changcan took the initiative to introduce him and held Chen Heyu's hand, but he couldn't bear to let go.

There is no way, the market share of the mobile phone business cannot continue to decline, otherwise his position will be unstable.

"Mr. Chen, Sanxing is very sincere in licensing the Moss IQ voice system. Can you consider it? Price is not an issue. I can give you 20% more."

Park Changcan requested.

In the past, he would have been too lazy to pay attention to small software company bosses like Chen Heyu, but now he can only grovel.

"Mr. Park, this is easy to talk about. We will talk after the meeting."

Chen Heyu said vaguely, neither refusing nor agreeing.

Lei Jun was a little confused. You didn't just say that you wanted Sanxing to be your enemy. Within two minutes of turning around, you were already fighting fiercely with the opponent.

The three of them walked into the venue together, and the staff led them to the first row.

"Mr. Chen, I am Cai Zhen from Kupai Mobile. Mosai is truly the light of China..."

"Boss Chen, I am the business manager of HOC's mobile phone business line..."

"Mr. Chen, I am Yu Dong from Huayao Mobile. Just call me Lao Yu..."

After Chen Heyu approached, a group of big guys stood up and signaled him with great enthusiasm, inviting him to drink tea, play golf, play football, etc.

"There is a chance, definitely."

Chen Heyu skillfully greeted everyone one by one before sitting down.

The first excludes the presidents and vice presidents of major mobile phone brands, as well as district leaders, general managers of venture capital institutions, and heads of overseas distribution channels.

In the last few rows are experts and scholars in the field of artificial intelligence, journalists, media and fans.

The press conference hadn't even started yet, but people below started whispering.

"Future technology, is it a bit too big today?"

"Isn't it normal for a software company with a valuation of hundreds of billions to have such a pomp? It's rare and strange."

"There are so many foreigners in the row in front, who are they?"

"The Purchasing Manager of Best Buy and Walmart, I just took a photo of him."

"It looks like the Moss International Edition is going to be an instant hit. Look next to it. There are reporters from Bloomberg and CNET. There is no shortage of financial and technology media."

"..."

Until 10 o'clock, suddenly an electronic voice sounded: "Dear guests and friends, welcome to the Future Technology New Product Launch. (Dear guests and friends, welcome to the Future Technology New Product Launch.)"

"This is Moss!"

People familiar with future technology products were discussing in low voices.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhou Zi, the head of the Overseas Business Department of Future Technology. I will host the press conference today."

Zhou Zi, who was wearing a suit and leather shoes and had an extraordinary momentum, walked straight onto the stage and spoke eloquently in front of everyone.

“First of all, I would like to thank everyone for your continued support and attention to our company. Today, a total of two products are launched.

In the past year, through continuous efforts and research, the Moss Research Institute has finally completed the development of the international version of Moss Intelligent Voice, which currently supports three languages: English, Gallic Chicken and Woolly Bear.

Moss, Tell me what you can do? (Moss, tell me what you can do?)"

In the last sentence, Zhou Zi used English.

“Hello everyone, I am Mos AI voice system. (Hello everyone, I am Mos AI voice system).

It mainly has six functional modules:

First, natural language understanding: parse your speech fragments and respond accurately. You can use a lot of speech training to make me more familiar with your dialect and thinking mode;

Second, voice commands: respond to your voice commands, such as making calls for you, sending text messages, etc.

Third, role simulator: In addition to the basic functions, I can also play 88 professional roles to share study, work affairs, and even emotional and psychological counseling for you;

Fourth, smart housekeeper: link to other smart homes on the APP side and use voice wake-up;

fifth,……"

Moss's answer, which came out from the sixteen speakers in the venue, was logical and orderly.

"88 roles?"

"Why are there only 16 domestic versions?"

"Is this considered differential treatment? I didn't expect that future technology would do such disgusting things!"

Listening to the discussion in the audience, Zhou Zi didn't panic at all, it was all expected.

He continued to talk to himself, introducing the functional details of the Moss intelligent voice system and demonstrating them one by one.

"Everyone must be curious about the price of the international version? How much does it cost for such a formidable product?"

Zhou Zi smiled and gave up.

The price of the domestic version of Moss Smart Voice is not clearly marked. If you want to experience the corresponding services, there are two channels. One is to choose Moss speakers, and the other is to buy a mobile phone equipped with a groping system.

The additional costs are more than 100 yuan.

"The download price of Moss Intelligent Voice APP is US$30, and the annual membership fee for each character ranges from US$20 to US$100."

After Zhou Zi paused for a moment, he directly quoted the overseas price.

high!

expensive!

pit!

Chen Heyu sat in the audience and smiled softly, going to a beautiful country to make money, there is no need to save money for the other party.

Is this price expensive?

The pretty aunt who sweeps the streets in China only earns a morning's salary.

"Then, I would like to introduce to you the second new product of Future Technology, the second-generation smart speaker equipped with the international version system. Its main functions include controlling smart homes, setting alarm clocks and calculators, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and listening to music...

Perfectly compatible with 88 roles, serving as the user's life and work assistant.

Each unit is priced at $129..."

Zhou Zi took out an orange second-generation speaker and introduced it while talking to Moss to demonstrate its core functions.

Domestic media reporters took a breath. Compared with the domestic version, the pricing of Future Technology was doubled.

"Sorry, please allow me to interrupt you. As far as I know, the price of the second-generation Moss smart speaker in China is 369 yuan, which is 60 US dollars after conversion. Why is the price in beautiful countries 129 US dollars?"

The reporter from "Fortune" magazine stood up suddenly and looked at Zhou Zidao menacingly.

"This is a great question. There are many factors that affect pricing, including market demand, supply, cost, profit and competition.

The research and development work of the Moss International version is a severe test for thousands of researchers. From this point of view, the development cost is much higher than the expenditure of the domestic version.

In addition, the hardware cost cannot be ignored. In order to process and train huge data sets and models, large-capacity high-speed memory is required;

In order to accelerate deep learning calculations, high-performance and energy-efficient chips are also indispensable;

I won’t go into details about GPU and CPU. I just want to tell you that future technology investment in the field of artificial intelligence is not set to go online. Only labor costs alone cost us more than 100 million U.S. dollars every year!

Sir, do you still think it’s expensive?”

Zhou Zi was so reasonable and well-founded that the other party was speechless. He always felt that something was wrong but couldn't figure it out.

It is true that the research and development cost of future technology is high, but it all depends on Zhou Zi’s mouth, and no one can tell the truth from the false.

"Mr. Zhou, I would like to ask, the rapid development of AI will obviously have an impact on some repetitive and standardized work. Who will bear the consequences?"

A reporter from a domestic media seized the opportunity and asked.

"This, I need to acknowledge, is a possibility.

But AI will also create new careers and industries, such as the research, development, maintenance and application of AI technology.

As a tool and technical means, AI does not just destroy old things, it can also create new opportunities."

Zhou Zi thought for a while and said ambiguously.

"Mr. Zhou, I am a reporter from Electronic World. I would like to know about your company's next research and development direction..."

"Mr. Zhou, can you talk about the Moss AI Painting Alliance? Is this behavior of future technology a monopoly..."

"..."

During the reporter's Q&A session, there were various tricky and demanding questions, but they were all resolved one by one by Zhou Zi.

Zhou Zi's performance was noticed by the bosses of major companies, and they showed admiration. Many people even thought of poaching.

After Zhou Zi came down, Zhang Nan took his place on the stage and shared the development history of future technology, attitude towards the development of AI intelligence, the company's outlook for the new year, etc.

Then, there is the podium of leaders in the region, where some industry leaders share their experiences.

By this time, the press conference has also come to an end.

"I'll leave the rest to you, I'll leave first."

Chen Heyu said to Zhang Nan.

"Boss, do you still need to see Park Changcan from Sanxing?"

Zhang Nan reminded in a low voice.

"You go and deal with it. I have no intention of cooperating with the other party at the moment. I was just fooling him at the door."

Chen Heyu said with a bad smile.

"It's easy to understand, don't worry."

Zhang Nan nodded and agreed.

Park Changcan had been staring at Chen Heyu. When he saw him getting up to leave, he quickly got up and chased after him.

"Mr. Pu, Mr. Chen is tired today and won't see any guests for the time being."

Zhang Nan stopped him with a smile.

"I made an appointment with Mr. Chen."

Park Changcan was anxious.

"Sorry, there is no such item on Mr. Chen's schedule."

Zhang Nan still smiled and remained unmoved.

outside the door.

As soon as Chen Heyu left the venue, Rebus chased him out.

"Mr. Chen, do you have time? Let's have tea together."

Lei Jun grinned.

The look on the other side reminded Chen Heyu of the scene when the two of them drank tea and chatted together by the lakeside in Hangzhou when they attended the Internet Conference.

"Mr. Lei invited me, but I have to squeeze in even if I don't have time."

Chen Heyu smiled and waved to Lao Mo, gesturing for him to drive over.

"How about going to my house?"

Chen Heyu suggested that his small courtyard has a good environment and high privacy.

"Mr. Chen bought a house in Yancheng? Then I have to help you with your eyesight?"

Rebus said in surprise.

The two of them had their own secrets. After getting in the car, they drove towards Chen Heyu's courtyard house.

(End of chapter)