Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Second Project
May 28th.
After the online sales of Wow Wow Robot 1.1 were opened, 200,000 units of various configurations were sold out in less than 8 minutes, achieving sales of 1.1 billion.
But it was also on this day that Youying Motor called and gave feedback on a situation.
Zhang Dawei said: "Mr. Chen, this morning our company received a phone call, the Japanese side called, it was the vice president of Yaskawa Electric, he said that Youying Motor Factory infringed on their patented technology, and asked us to immediately stop the infringement and stop selling motor parts...... The other side used very strong language, and even said that they would take legal means to defend their interests. ”
"Because what we do is as good as they do, we are plagiarism, we are patent infringement?"
Chen Jin sneered: "Out of nothing, insanity!" Next time you call and hang up! ”
"But...... What if they really sue us for infringement? I heard that the Japanese are the best at making trouble unreasonably. ”
"Infringement? What rights are violated? The brushless motor was invented more than 20 years ago, and the patent period has long passed, what are they suing? How do they sue? Just as the wail of the defeated dog, the more you take care of him, the more he jumps up and down, what you have to do now is to quickly expand the production capacity of brushless motors, seize more market share, and don't worry about anything else. ”
Chen Jin said, in fact, such as brushless motors, mechanical moving parts such parts, there is no so-called "patent" at all, the technical principle is so generously placed there, whether there is the ability to create is one thing, quality is one thing, the final reflection is actually a country's basic manufacturing capacity.
"Yes, I know Mr. Chen."
……
On the morning of the 29th.
In the robot project team, after the project establishment meeting of "Wow Wow Robot 2.0".
Afternoon.
Chen Jin brought together the company's executive president Ling Jundong, vice president Liang Ying, product manager Hou Xiaofeng, after-sales manager Liang Bin, and marketing manager Li Yuanliang, who recently joined the company, to open a more important meeting in the strategy room.
The next product that the company is about to do was announced.
When he said the name of the product, the performance of everyone in the conference room was not shocked and excited, not stunned and incredulous.
Instead, they shook their heads and frowned, quite unoptimistic.
"Mr. Chen, the project you mentioned, if it is done in 20 years, it will definitely make a lot of money, but now, it can't make a little waves."
"Yes, Mr. Chen, your project, the tuyere has long passed, and it has become a sunset industry, except for some copycat manufacturers doing it, even the leading companies in this field do not pay much attention to it, and the main business has been transferred to mobile phones."
"Mr. Chen, how did you come up with the idea of making a learning machine? I think it's better to do this now, than to make a mobile phone, or make a related learning APP, they are better than making a learning machine. ”
That's right.
The second project that Chen Jin is aiming at, the second product to be made, is nothing else, it is a learning machine!
Of course, it's not the kind of traditional learning machine, but an intelligent learning machine!
The word "smart" should be added in front of it.
Even so.
The company's executives are still complaining.
Product manager Hou Xiaofeng, a well-known product manager who has made two apps with tens of millions of downloads, such as "Car Rental in China" and "Dating in the Same City", said bluntly: "Mr. Chen, your idea is actually very good, but ...... Not ahead of its time enough, slightly lagging slightly. ”
"You may have studied the growth history of the company, this company, is from the learning machine, tutor machine, reading machine and other educational products to start to do, although the company's technology accumulation is average, but some people estimate that in the process of doing educational products for more than 20 years, the company has accumulated at least hundreds of billions of huge cash flow!"
"And they are very good at marketing, many years ago there was a set of mature marketing strategy, its two mobile phone companies, after entering the mobile phone industry, in just two years, the market share has surpassed rice, respectively, occupy the second and third positions, changed the mobile phone market pattern, so that major manufacturers have paid attention to offline."
"The strength of the company should not be underestimated! It is a 25-year-old high-tech enterprise that was established only a few years later than Huayao. ”
"The success of the company is based on the success and deep accumulation of the education market."
"But if we Xinghai Technology, we also want to replicate the success of step by step, and also go through their path, it is absolutely possible to succeed twenty years ago, but whether it can be done now, in fact, look at the company step by step, and gradually turn to the mobile phone business...... They are coming ashore, leaving only the sunset. ”
"And in the education market, the competition is too fierce! There are various APPs and online classes online, and cram classes, intensive classes, and one-on-one tutoring offline...... The effect is not worse than the so-called learning machine, we make learning machines, enter the education market, I am not very optimistic. ”
Hou Xiaofeng's words attracted everyone's approval.
Ling Jundong said: "Mr. Chen, educational products, content is more important than hardware products, we just need to find someone to develop a learning APP, not necessarily to make a learning machine, the cost is better controlled, and the risk is a little smaller." ”
Liang Ying nodded in agreement: "Boss, I think what Mr. Ling said has a little truth." ”
Hou Xiaofeng reminded: "Mr. Chen, you may not be very happy to hear what I said, I think the company's development momentum is good, just do a good job of the robot, in the strategic direction, you must not make mistakes." ”
Yeah~
Everyone nodded.
Take the first seat and scan the crowd.
Chen Jin's expression did not change, he shook his head and said: "You may not understand what I just meant, let me repeat, what I want to do is an intelligent learning machine, focusing on the word 'intelligence', not the traditional learning machine as you understand." ”
Speaking of intelligent learning machines, how intelligent is it?
Chen Jin gave three criteria:
First, all basic knowledge points are included, from primary school to university, all basic knowledge points are included, mathematics, physics and chemistry, astronomy and geography, daily encyclopedias...... Everything!
Second, all the knowledge points are presented in the form of the teacher's lecture with text, illustrations, and related videos, which requires the teacher's teaching style to be easy to understand, humorous, and even related to the knowledge points to help students fully grasp it.
Third, within 10 seconds, answer all questions, that is, no matter what questions students ask, as long as they are related to learning, the intelligent learning machine will give an accurate answer in 10 seconds, which will be presented in the form of video.
Chen Jinxiang said:
"Suppose there is such a learning machine, which contains all the knowledge points in the book, and you can master all the knowledge learned in school only after using the learning machine...... Will you buy it? ”
"Suppose there is such a learning machine, the teacher in it is interesting and vivid, knowledgeable, good to speak, easy to understand the knowledge points, and even according to the different qualifications of students, customize different teaching plans to ensure that each student can understand thoroughly, so that smart students can speed up their success; Stupid students can make up for their clumsiness...... Do you buy such a learning machine? ”
"Suppose there is such a learning machine, you can come up with any content related to learning, and it can answer for you in 10 seconds, combined with text materials, pictures, and related videos, and can solve any problem that you can't do...... Do students want to buy such a learning machine? ”
Rumble~
When he said these three assumptions.
Everyone was stunned, and then shook their heads desperately!
Hou Xiaofeng said: "Impossible, it is impossible to make such a highly intelligent learning machine, which can simply subvert the entire education pattern!" ”
Chen Jin glared at him: "You haven't started to do it yet, how do you know you can't?" ”
Zhou Kun, who attended the meeting, said: "Even if you can, to develop such a powerful intelligence, you have to invest at least 10 billion yuan, or even far from it." ”
"Then I will invest 10 billion in it, and if it is not enough, I will invest 100 billion! If you don't believe it, you can't do it! ”
Chen Jin clenched his fists and pounded the table.
He must make the project of learning machine, no matter how much money is invested! Because behind this project, he has a series of more ambitious plans, but he must make the learning machine first, and then it can be operated.
Besides, with the artificial intelligence Alice as his assistant, if he is not afraid of suspicion from others, he can even come up with a product in three months...... The technology on the planet of Haierfa realizes the "intelligent learning machine" in Chen Jin's mind, which is simply not difficult.
Even the virtual helmet of Planet Helfa, after students wear it, they can attend classes in the virtual school, which is three times more efficient than the real classroom, and there are countless virtual teaching scenarios...... It is several times more exaggerated than a smart learning machine.
Hou Xiaofeng didn't dare to say that Chen Jin's idea was a little "lagging behind", but too far ahead! At least more than ten years ahead of the past, he hurriedly persuaded: "Mr. Chen, the technology span is too large, and the R&D cost is too high!" Think about it carefully. ”
But Chen Jin has made up his mind, and immediately announced: invest 1 billion, recruit 1,000 software and hardware engineers and knowledge collectors, and set up the project team first!
All right.
Everyone was helpless.