Chapter 143: Mr. Zhou's ambition
Zhou Xiao swiped Weibo in the office to check the topic of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, mainly to check some feedback and suggestions from users.
In general, Xiaoyuan's voice assistant with wireless headphones has become the standard configuration for many users' work and life.
What makes Zhou Xiao speechless the most is that because of the surge in downloads of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, it has actually ignited the wireless headset market.
This kind of fire is directly reflected in the stock price of A-shares, similar to the shares of fast-pacers and singers, which are wireless earphone companies, have been on the board for several consecutive days.
Zhou Xiao stared at the crazy stock price and felt that he was a little lost.
The launch of products by your own company is actually good for the stock price of other companies, and there is no one else!
Zhou Xiao is also short of funds here, and other companies over there are making a lot of money.
When the time is ripe, Zhou Xiao is also ready to let Anyang go public, as a financial tool, it is the best way to let the subsidiary go public.
Ma Xin got the cooperation agreement of Xiaomi Zhang Zhou.
Xiaomi's artificial intelligence department hopes to learn from Xiaoyuan's voice assistant technology on Xiaoai's voice assistant.
Xiaomi did not directly acquire Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, but invested in the source code company.
The first round of investment is no less than 500 million meters, and the source code company jointly established an artificial intelligence laboratory, each of which accounts for half of the shares, and the content of the experiment is to optimize and experiment with voice assistants and artificial intelligence.
The platform for testing is Xiaomi's mobile phone.
Xiaomi's approach is much smarter than Warwick, and she hopes to set up a new laboratory with Origin Technology to develop more advanced voice assistants.
With a more advanced reason assistant, Xiaoyuan's voice assistant will definitely have to stand aside.
The establishment of a new laboratory will definitely be a potential company, and if the artificial intelligence based on the voice platform is successful in the future, Xiaomi's 500 million meters of knife may double or even triple.
Whether it is Huawei or Xiaomi, Ma Xin's heart beats wildly.
A few months ago, the company was still worried about tens of millions, and two companies sent money over a few months later.
500 million meters is not a small number.
If Zhou Xiao had no ambition, he could have sold the source code company, took the money and left, and he wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of his life.
So the choice is still here with Zhou Xiao.
Zhou Xiao put down her phone and asked Ma Xin: "Brother Xin, what is your opinion?" ”
Ma Xin pondered for a moment and analyzed: "The number of downloads of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant is still breaking through new highs, and it is a matter of time before it becomes the standard configuration of Android mobile phones, which depends on the positioning of the source code company, I personally think that voice assistants can become part of the future mobile phone ecological chain." ”
Zhou Xiao fully agrees with Ma Xin's view.
"The mobile phone is just a tool, a medium, and users can get what they want and achieve their own goals through the mobile phone."
Although Zhou Xiao is a layman in programming, he is a qualified user.
From the user's point of view, you can see a lot of problems that developers can't see.
Zhou Xiao said: "In addition to monopolistic applications such as games and social networking, other applications are actually replaceable. For example, whether we use a whiteness map or a JCDecaux map, we want to reach the destination. Whether we use Meituan or Ele.me, the goal is to be able to order food at reasonable prices.
In the past, consumers chose what kind of application we used to achieve their goals through the accumulation of time and experience and word of mouth, but now it can be completely handed over to Xiaoyuan's assistant. My vision is that in the future, we can weaken the user's choice of various APPs and let the APP provide services for mobile phone users, but this service is integrated in the intelligent scene with the voice assistant as the platform, rather than a separate APP, and I hope to be able to use the voice assistant as the basis to open up the boundaries between various APPs. ”
This is Zhou Xiao's ambition, and it really shocked Ma Xin.
Only by realizing Zhou Xiao's purpose can smartphones be truly intelligent.
Zhou Xiao also added: "I also think that neither Android nor Apple's IOS is enough to support us to complete such a grand plan, and we may need to develop our own mobile phone system." ”
Theoretically, Android or IOS can support Zhou Xiao's idea, but the interests do not allow it.
The base camp is in the United States and Android and IOS, the purpose is to monopolize the mobile phone ecological chain, they are absolutely impossible and unwilling to put the entrance and exit of the ecological chain in the hands of the Xia people.
Zhou Xiao said: "The cooperation agreement provided to us by Huawei and Xiaomi, both agreements are very good, and I was able to get a large amount of cash flow in a short period of time. But Warwick is killing chickens and taking eggs and wants to eat us in one go, and Xiaomi wants to raise us as laying hens, so that we can continue to lay eggs for Xiaomi and not for other users. Either way, both companies are treating us like chickens. ”
Ma Xin was amused by Zhou Xiao's analogy, but what Zhou Xiao said was true, when Huawei and Xiaomi gave the agreement, they did not put the source code company in an equal position, but took a condescending attitude.
Both companies now seem to be saying to the source code company, "Hey! Boy, I've taken a fancy to you, and now I'm giving you a chance to mix with me and have something to eat with me! ”
This feeling made Zhou Xiao feel very uncomfortable.
Zhou Xiao's first document to Ma Xin said: "Let Chen Ye spread the news." ”
Ma Xin looked at the contents of the document and was surprised!
"This ...... Is this true or not! ”
The content of the document can be said to have forced Xiao Mi and Warwick to a dead end.
The document is a cooperation agreement given by another Xiaguo mobile phone company, called Transfilm Holdings Co. Ltd.
Transfilm also makes mobile phones, but the mobile phone market is not on the mainland but in Africa.
This company, which many people have not heard of, is the number one in terms of mobile phone sales and number of users in Africa, beating Apple and Samsung and Warwick as a veritable king of Africa.
The reason why Transfilm mobile phone gave up the Xia country market is also because the mobile phone market in Xia country has long become a red sea, if you don't have excellent technology and enough creativity, there is only a dead end.
High-end mobile phones have Apple, Warwick, mid-range Xiaomi, blue-green factory, etc., and now coming to Xia is the fate of being encircled and suppressed.
Ma Xin looked at the text on the agreement, and he was not calm!
According to the agreement, Transfilm intends to set up a mainland company in Xia and enter the mainland market of Xia Kingdom, and the mainland company is a joint venture between Transfilm and the source code company, with a share ratio of four to six, and the source code company accounts for forty percent.
Among them, Transfilm is responsible for the manufacture of mobile phones, and the source code company is responsible for using the native Android system to integrate Xiaoyuan's voice assistant to develop a new mobile phone system!
It's an invincible match!
Most of the current mobile phone manufacturing enterprises are assembly enterprises, and Transying originally has its own mobile phone production and manufacturing chain, he can purchase chips from Qualcomm and Liankefa, purchase memory from Samsung and SK hynix, purchase screens from BOE, Samsung and other companies, purchase batteries from Bidi, etc., and then find a few foundry companies to make molds, and the mobile phone will be produced.
The current Xiaomi, Blue Factory, Green Factory, OnePlus and the previous hammer are all doing this.
It doesn't matter if the phone doesn't have its own system, learning OnePlus, it's better to sell it with the native Android system.
If the native Android system has a built-in voice assistant, the future sales can be imagined.
Of course, Ma Xin knew about Transfilm, and he said: "The reason why Transying did not enter the mainland market is because it knows that its competitiveness is not enough. If you cooperate with us, Xiaoyuan voice assistant is built-in, and other mobile phone manufacturers can't use Xiaoyuan's voice assistant...... Terrible competitiveness"
Ma Xin licked his lips, as long as consumers are not fools, they will have a great chance of buying Chuanying's mobile phone.
Chuanying's high-end mobile phone can be used on Qualcomm's flagship chip, and almost on Liankefa's flagship new product, the camera can also use Sony's.
Assembled in this way, how much difference is there between the performance of the TransShadow mobile phone and Xiaomi and Huawei?
If the appearance is a little more clever, coupled with Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, the intelligence will explode all mobile phones!
The capital and strength of the source code company are limited, and it is not playing in the mobile phone industry at present, but Transfilm has made money in Africa for more than ten years, and has enough capital and channels, and he cooperates with the source code company, and the source code company will also leap from a small APP technology company to a mobile phone manufacturer and seller.
"Yes!" Zhou Xiao said: "Win-win! And it is possible to imagine that the market is very good! This matter is also a gesture for Chuanying mobile phone. Because they already have a complete supply chain and foundry of mobile phone parts, they only need to design a mobile phone for the domestic market to sell in China, and even how much it costs. If the mobile phone can be sold, they will have a part of the profits, and they will grab the market of Xiaomi, Warwick and Apple. Mobile phones can't be sold, just take these goods to Africa for sale, and the basic market in Africa is still in their hands. ”
Ma Xin couldn't help but scold: "Slot! That's what smart people are! What a thief! When Warwick and Xiao Mi and Apple were inextricably fighting, who knew that there was a cold arrow behind him. ”
Zhou Xiao smiled and pointed to the contract and said: "This share can still be negotiated with Chuanying again, I think it is possible to talk about 55." ”
The domestic market is originally 0 market share, and in the future, it will be profitable to cooperate with Origin Technology, and it will be profitable to sell a mobile phone, and the other party will definitely be willing to share it fifty-fifty.
If Zhou Xiao plays this card, the reaction of Huawei and Xiao Mi will definitely look good.
Zhou Xiao also wanted to tell Huawei and Xiaomi that the source code company was not a layer or a broiler, but a chicken farm like them.
Ma Xin said energetically: "I am going to let Chen Ye send the news immediately." ”
Zhou Xiao thought for a while and said: "In this way, don't post the news for the time being, wait for the opportunity, and don't reply to Huawei and Xiaomi's side for the time being, I think there will be a more appropriate opportunity." ”
Warwick and Xiaomi have been waiting for a reply from the source code company, but the source code company has not heard back.
The two companies, which are in a bit of a hurry, are ready to put some pressure on the source code companies from the side.