Chapter 141: Industry Hunting
The office of Tian Jun, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi.
Yang Yu, the head of the technical department, has just demonstrated most of the functions of Xiaoyuan's assistant.
On the big screen in the office, there are also videos of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant on the short video program.
Yang Yu explained: "The protagonist of the video is a takeaway brother, he uses a Xiaomi mobile phone, after installing Xiaoyuan Assistant, Xiaoyuan Assistant can help automatically take orders according to his requirements, and voice inform Xiaoge of the route of picking up and delivering food, which greatly improves his efficiency." ”
The takeaway brother's name is Li Zhi, a native of Shanchuan, who delivers food in Suzhou and Hangzhou City.
In the past, when delivering food, Li Zhi always needed to fix his mobile phone on the battery car with a stand, always staring at the preparation of orders, and staring at the screen to see the delivery route or return the buyer's information after receiving the order.
This is inefficient, not to mention extremely unsafe, Li Zhi said in the video: "I have a fellow countryman, who was in a car accident because of food delivery a few years ago, and is still lying in the hospital, this industry is very hard but also very dangerous, and I won't do it when I make money to build a house in my hometown." ”
Li Zhi said: "I installed Xiaoyuan's voice assistant a few days ago and bought wireless headphones, now I don't have to look at my phone at all, everything can communicate with Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan will take orders according to my requirements, can help me plan the most perfect delivery route, and can also chat with customers under the control of my voice." Not to mention that the efficiency is fast and safe, I already want to promote voice assistants to my peers, which is a great convenience for our work. ”
After the video was played, Yang Yu said: "There are many similar application videos, all of which are the emergence of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, which greatly improves the intelligent performance of the mobile phone, and after matching with wireless headphones, it liberates the user's hands, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Xiaoyuan's voice assistant is the all-round housekeeper of the mobile phone." ”
Yang Yu's team also evaluated the voice assistant itself, he said: "Xiaoyuan voice assistant can maximize the function of the existing mobile phone, we have tested, whether it is equipped with a voice assistant for the mobile phone, is the difference between the pseudo-intelligent era and the semi-intelligent era." ”
Yang Yu was even able to give a conclusion: "The users on the video just now are using small mime mobile phones, in fact, Xiaoyuan voice assistant is used in all brands of Android mobile phones, Warwick, Blue Factory, Green Factory, etc., if Xiaoyuan voice assistant becomes the exclusive voice assistant of a certain brand, this is undoubtedly a violent shock to the mobile phone industry." ”
Tian Jun sat on the sofa and watched the video of the takeaway brother repeatedly.
He also just downloaded Xiaoyuan's voice assistant for a simple test, Tian Jun just said a few simple words, and he thought of where to say, Xiaoyuan's voice assistant actually perfectly planned tomorrow's day's itinerary, and even the precautions were arranged.
Imagine, if you have an assistant in your life to help you keep your life, study and work in order, will your life be much easier, and will you save a lot of time to do what you like?
Tian Jun has been in the Internet industry for decades, and the Xiaomi he created has subverted the mobile phone industry, and he understands too well the selling point and potential of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant.
Tian Jun can even think of the ambition of the R&D team behind the voice assistant.
When most users are accustomed to and rely on voice assistants, the ecological chain of mobile phones will be built around voice assistants.
This is a monopoly on the user's entry and exit port, and what WeChat wants to do but does not do, the voice assistant may want to do.
Tian Jun also knows what the technical department is worried about, if Xiaoyuan's voice assistant becomes the exclusive voice assistant of Huawei or other manufacturers, the blow to Xiaomi will be huge.
Mobile phones have developed to this day, as far as flagship phones are concerned, the smoothness of Android phones is almost the same as Apple's, and even many game enthusiasts or game enthusiasts prefer Android phones.
The mobile phone market is currently a red sea, and the fight is fierce, and if you don't pay attention, you will be eliminated.
How can we get out of a red sea, only a revolutionary breakthrough.
Tian Jun knows very well that the revolutionary breakthrough must not be the mobile phone pixels reaching 100 million yuan or the mobile phone storage space getting bigger and bigger, but its intelligence.
Xiaoyuan's voice assistant brings a direction, integrating all the resources of the mobile phone and bringing more convenience to users.
Tian Jun said: "In our app store, Xiaoyuan's voice assistant is recommended at the top. ”
This step is very high, releasing Xiaomi's kindness to Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, whether to cooperate with the source code company or not, don't say it first, and say that his attitude is the first.
"Your technical department will give a complete evaluation report of Xiaoyuan's voice assistant within two days, and I will strive to bring this topic to the board of directors for discussion the day after tomorrow.
I think it is necessary for us to send someone to talk to the source code company, by the way, let the artificial intelligence department (the department that develops Xiaoai's voice assistant) Manager Zhang take a good look at this topic, voice assistant is not only the responsibility of your big technical department, but also the responsibility of their artificial intelligence department. ”
Xiaomi's senior management attaches no less importance to Xiaoyuan's voice than Warwick.
Three days later, the evaluation report on the voice assistant was sent to the board of directors, and Xiaomi immediately decided to ask Zhang Zhou, the minister of artificial intelligence, to lead a team to contact Origin Technology to see if there was any possibility of cooperation.
Xiaomi's idea at this time is to see if she can introduce the technology of Origin Technology at a high price and improve Xiaoai's voice.
Before leaving, the relevant information of Origin Technology was also sent to Tian Jun.
In the column of shareholder structure, it is clearly written that the shareholder of the source code company is only Zhou Xiao.
Among Zhou Xiao's affiliates, there are also Anne and Origin Technology.
Why Gao Miao became the spokesperson of An Yang's image and endorsed Xiaoyuan's voice assistant at the same time, everything is clear.
Tian Jun noticed that Zhou Xiao had hardly appeared in the media, and the achievements of this mysterious man were really unexpected.
Zhang Zhou officially led a team of ten people to Jiangcheng, where they will contact the source code company.
Shenzhen City, Warwick Headquarters.
Minister Ren just spoke to Ma Xin.
Ren Fei never thought that Ma Xin would actually work in the source code company and become the CEO.
After the matter was reported to Yu Zhendong, Yu Zhendong asked Ren Fei and the relevant person in charge of Huawei's artificial intelligence department to go to Jiangcheng together.
This time, Ren Fei made a military order, and he must reach a cooperation agreement with the source code company, and on the premise of ensuring that Huawei can use Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, see if Xiaoyuan's voice assistant technology can be included in the bag, and Xiaoe, the voice assistant optimized for Warwick.
Jiangcheng, the office of the source code company.
Zhou Xiao just listened to Ma Xin's report on the upgrade of voice assistant functions.
After more than a month of research, Xiaoyuan has added English functions and supported mutual translation between Chinese and English.
A small technological update has allowed Xiaoyuan's voice assistant market to expand from Xia to all English-speaking countries in the world.
The source code company has been very busy recently, dealing with various advertising agencies that want to cooperate, reporters to interview, etc., and Chen Ye has also been called in to help deal with administrative affairs.
Chen Ye walked into the conference room and said, "Warwick sent someone to make an appointment to visit our company tomorrow, and Xiao Mi is also the same day." ”
Ma Xin looked at Zhou Xiao and reported: "My former boss Ren Fei also came over this time, and he may want to discuss the cooperation of Xiaoai's voice assistant." ”
Ma Xin still wants to ask Zhou Xiao's opinion.
At present, the number of downloads of Xiaoai's voice assistant has exceeded 3 million, and as a third-party voice company, it is unprecedented to be able to have the current results.
However, this kind of download volume is still not enough for Zhou Xiao to complete the monopoly task, and the source code company has invested a lot in the early stage, and there is no sign of recovering the cost so far.
If you want to make a qualitative leap in the installed capacity of voice assistants, it is best to let mobile phone manufacturers directly upgrade and push the system.
At first, Zhou Xiao didn't talk to Warwick and Xiaomi because the source code was too small and easy to be eaten.
Now there is a certain amount of influence and room for negotiation.
"Mr. Ma talked to them, talking about Xiao Mi in the morning and Warwick in the afternoon."
Zhou Xiao's decision surprised Ma Xin very much, talking to Xiao Mi in the morning and talking to Huawei in the afternoon, which was obviously not very polite to the two companies.
Zhou Xiao said: "Both are the best companies in Xia Guo, and I also use Huawei mobile phones in my hand, so let them talk on the same day is not to disrespect them, but to tell them that Xiaoyuan's voice assistant must have been recognized by the market, no matter whether Xiaomi or Huawei is satisfied with the conditions, consumers have recognized Xiaoyuan." ”
Ma Xin was a little nervous, he was fully involved in the growth of the source code company, and tomorrow he negotiated with the Big Mac Xiaomi and Warwick, which can be regarded as a coming-of-age ceremony for the source code company.
The next morning, Xiaomi's Zhang Zhou team met with Ma Xin.
Zhang Zhou could never have imagined that the powerful Xiaoyuan voice was actually developed in such a small company, and it was made up by a middle-aged programmer with a group of young people.
The first contact between the two sides definitely can't talk about the actual content, but they have a preliminary understanding of the source code company, and Zhang Zhou also understands Ma Xin's ideas, so that Xiaoyuan can walk into every mobile phone and serve everyone.
When Zhang Zhou knew that Warwick's team would also come in the afternoon, he chose to stay in Jiangcheng to see what Warwick and the source code company were talking about.
In the afternoon, Ren Fei and others met Ma Xin in the conference room of the source code company.
Warwick has always been in a strong position in the industry, and when it comes to discussing business, other companies usually come to visit, and few Warwick takes the initiative.
And this time it was led by He Bin, the vice president of consumer BQ, and the specifications were unprecedentedly high.
After He Bin saw Ma Xin, he still put on a high posture: "Our Huawei can still export talents!" Mr. Ma, I didn't expect you to achieve so much after leaving Warwick! We have seen Xiaoyuan's voice assistant, not only recognized by users, but also recognized by us, and the application market has been pushing Xiaoyuan's voice on the homepage for several weeks. This time, I want to communicate with your company about the future positioning of voice assistants and the cooperation with Warwick. ”
Ma Xin didn't answer He Bin immediately, but looked at Ren Fei and said, "Minister Ren, do you know how our voice assistant is made?" ”