Zhou Shi was dissatisfied with Sean Parker, not just the usual bits and pieces, too many people reacted. And because of this high-level meeting of Time Holdings, they didn't even show up. And Zhou Shi has a core plan related to time music, and he wants to explain it at this meeting. There's no way, if you don't die, you won't die, you can not listen to the boss's call, what scruples do they have in the company?

"Now let me talk about the vision for the future!" Zhou Shi made it to the rostrum this time, it was obvious that he was presiding over this time, and everyone in the audience was sitting in danger.

"I want to use Android and artificial intelligence to create a smart home lifestyle of the future through the Internet. We all know that our artificial intelligence voice assistant Felix can do a lot of things on the mobile phone, so can we transplant Felix to a smart speaker product, we should be able to easily talk to this speaker directly, let it help us play music, check the weather, etc., the same is not to let this speaker help us turn off the lights, open the door, turn on the TV, computer? This may just be a switch, a receiver and an iFi problem. "Zhou Shi

"We have also thought about this problem, with the advancement of technology, theoretically we can control all products through Felix, but this requires a significant transformation of the existing products, we are only an Internet company, it is difficult to do this. "Zhou Jingren

"I didn't think that I would do all this with time, we still have partners, two smart hardware companies such as Guoke and Nut, as well as Spreadtrum Communications, a chip company," Zhou Shi

"But there is still no cooperation from home appliance companies?" Zhou Jingren

"All we have to do is control, with voice and artificial intelligence, if necessary, we'll make some product demos, and leave the rest to someone else, that's not something we should worry about. "Zhou Shi

"Yes, smart home products in the United States started in the last century, many products have matured, and there are enough interested people in this market to participate. "Pichai

"It's not so much that I'm going to do a smart home, it's better to say that smart devices are more suitable, in my vision, each product will be assigned an IP address, which can be connected to the Internet or connected as a whole through infrared, Bluetooth and other devices, and we can control it through mobile phones or voice. Of course, there are also smart wearable devices, and in addition, "Zhou Shi" is said to be qualified

"Networking all the devices?"

"That's right! via wireless iFi connection. "Zhou Shi, as for why it's not iMAX, I'm sorry, Intel has announced the dissolution of their iMAX department, this industry chain is over, and it's not interesting to say anything else.

"What's the point of that?" said Ng

"Who knows? Maybe it's changing our lives, maybe it's making some meaningless attempts, like smartphones, and now some people still say it's not practical and has to be charged almost every day. Controlling everything in my home with my smartphone or voice is what I think about now, and I want to make my dream come true. "Zhou Shi

"Do you want to do it now?" Pichai asked suddenly

"This is just the direction, our cloud computing has not yet developed, artificial intelligence technology is not mature enough, and the Android system has not been widely used, I envision the next step after the success of these three directions. "Zhou Shi

"Our current artificial intelligence, including speech recognition technology, really can't meet Simon's requirements!" Zhou Jingren

"But I thought about it for a long time, and there are several key points in my plan, one is the popularization of iFi, and without enough network environment, these plans are difficult to achieve. The other thing is the voice-controlled device, and I want to use a smart speaker device to play this role. "Zhou Shi

"Install Felix on a smart speaker?"

"That's right, is it technically possible?"

"It's not hard to get technical, but it's hard to do it well. "Zhou Jingren

"I can buy a dedicated audio business for this. "Zhou Shi

"Do we want to produce hardware equipment?"

"If it doesn't work for you, you can work with husks or nuts. "Zhou Shi

"It's okay to make hardware, it's a way to deepen our influence in the tech space, because a lot of our stuff is hard for people to understand, and creating a real product can make consumers know more about us. "Pichai

"If you're interested, we can set up an e-commerce platform called Future Store, design all kinds of future-oriented and interesting products, and then use the crowdfunding model, and when the order for goods reaches a certain number, we will produce it. Products that have received a large number of approvals may be mass-produced, and as for the distribution of revenue, I mean that if there is revenue, it will be based on the interests of developers. "Zhou Shi

"I'm afraid a lot of people will design products. "Zhang Yaqin

"It's not possible in a short period of time, our company's hardware talent pool is not enough," Pichai said

"That's a pity. "Zhang Yaqin

"In addition to crowdfunding, it may be necessary for us to establish a development technology alliance or api interface with smart speakers as the core, so that Felix can connect with other companies' products, services, and devices. For example, tie Felix to Twitter and use it to tweet. As for time music, not to mention, it must be deeply bound. In the future, we can also ask Felix to help us buy things, charge phone bills, pay electricity bills, or control smart devices produced by others. Zhou Shi diverged his thoughts

"It seems that the importance of this voice assistant is huge," said Ng

"Of course, that's the core of that, and I don't just want it to do that, I want her to be a virtual entertainment icon. "Zhou Shi

"Simon's thoughts are always so surprising!"

"I heard that before the iPhone came out, when Baidu acquired Tieba, Simon envisioned a smartphone?"

"You know this?" Zhou Shi was a little surprised, as if he had never said it to the outside world

Robin said this, and he regretted that he didn't support Android development in the first place. "Zhang Yaqin

"Simon, you left Baidu because Robin didn't support you?"

"I don't know about this, staying in Baidu definitely doesn't have the money to develop Android and Guoke mobile phones at the same time. Zhou Shi thought for a while and said

"How did you get there? I still don't understand. "Zhang Yaqin

"You can ask Lei Jun this question later, we won't discuss it here, do you think smart speakers should be done?" Zhou Shi, Galaxy Capital, Sixiang Fund, he didn't want to make everyone know, his experience was released, it was really shocking.

"I think it can be done, it's not too difficult. "Lei Jun

"I'm for it!" Pichai

Zhou Shi was basically relieved when he heard this, and the smart speaker project was decided.