Chapter 1452 - Overseas Mergers and Acquisitions (5)

After the reorganization of the board of directors, the plan to reorganize TOMTOM was in full swing, and the navigation software team, brand and channel were partially spun off and sold to Sirius Ltd., a new company established in Ireland by the holding company China SAL for $200 million, and TOMTOM's low-end product line was transferred to China, while the European factory was responsible for the production of products and high-end products for the European and American markets.

This dazzling series of actions successfully hollowed out TOMTOM, and after using the TOMTOM R&D team to further improve the electrical performance indicators of the navigation developed by SAL, making it more in line with the requirements of European and American car manufacturers. Sirius has unveiled its first product, the SiriusOne, which is fully intelligent and voice-controlled.

At the new product launch event held in Paris, with the help of Diabi's connections, the coefficient of mainstream European car manufacturers appeared.

Diaby walked onto the stage with a smile on his face, holding a brand new Sirius 1 navigator in his hand, and stood in the center of the huge stage with a graceful gesture that didn't make it feel like a product launch in the slightest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming," said Diabi's face full of pride, "Today, I am very honored to introduce to you an epoch-making navigation product. He had experienced first-hand how Sirius One excelled on the road, and there was no doubt that Sirius One's voice control function was unmatched by today's products in terms of human-machine interface.

"SiriusOne completely revolutionizes the traditional way navigators operate. Now it's time to witness the miracle, check out our field test footage. Behind Diaby's backdrop, the popular star Pete starts his car under a huge windmill in the Netherlands.

"Open the navigation, I'm going to Notre Dame Cathedral!" Pete just told his destination in English.

"Yes, sir, the navigation is ready, the optimal route of the system has been generated, we will pass through Mons, Cambrai and Perona, Compiègne, the whole journey is about 320 kilometers, according to the speed limit of the lane, it will take about 3 hours and 30 minutes. Do you follow the recommended routes? Sirius One immediately responded. A close-up of Sirius 1 appears on the big screen, marking the system's recommended route with a red line.

"No, I'm going to stop by Lens to buy a bottle of wine from Château de Count Aulanming." Pete interrupted.

"Okay, sir, the route is regenerated, we will pass through Art, Tournai, Lens, Perona, Compiègne, the whole journey is about 360 kilometers, according to the speed limit of the lane, it will take about 4 hours." Sirius One re-gave a new course.

The car is speeding on the highway, and about a minute before the fork in the road, the system starts to change lanes, and it is not verbose in the middle. Pitt set out from Brussels without delay, passing through the Château de Count Olanming, buying a bottle of an 85-year-old dry red, and then navigating to Notre-Dame Cathedral.

In the middle of the process, Pete didn't look at the navigator the whole time.

Representatives from major car manufacturers were in an uproar. "Mr. Diaby, it's just an advertisement, is it?" One of the delegates couldn't help but ask in a loud voice.

"Please be quiet, thank you!" Diabi was very pleased with everyone's shock, and he pointed to the representative of the car manufacturer who had just asked the question. "We invited Mr. Plana from Volkswagen to the stage to personally demonstrate the power of Sirius One."

Plana stepped onto the big stage and opened Sirius One. "Sirius One navigation ready, please say your destination, thank you!" The navigator soon sounded a chime.

"I'm going to Canterbury." Plana said.

"The optimal route of the system has been generated, and we will pass through Powey, Ames, Abwehr and Sangat, through the Channel Tunnel, Dover to Canterbury, a total of about 363 kilometres, and it will take about 4 hours and 26 minutes according to the speed limit of the lanes."

"No, I'm not going through the undersea tunnel, I'm going to ferry from Samell." Prana was deliberately embarrassed. He can be sure that every navigator on the market today will not be able to meet his requirements.

"Please wait," Sirius One apparently understood Plana's request. "The new route will be regenerated, and we will pass through Powey, Ames, Abwehr and Samell, from Samel to Dover and Canterbury by ferry, the total distance is about 334 km, the ferry time is unknown, and the road mileage is about 3 hours and 20 minutes according to the speed limit of the lane." Sirius One responded.

Obviously, in its database, there is information on the ferry port, but there is no information on the ferry duration.

However, even so, the audience was still shocked by Sirius One's performance, knowing that this request was a temporary request from Plana, and Sirius had absolutely no chance of building this route information into the navigator. This fact shows that Sirius One's intelligent voice recognition is indeed able to understand the driver's intentions.

Everyone's suspicion of the advertising footage just now has disappeared under the astonishing results of this actual measurement.

With such a strong performance, everyone believes that Sirius-1 will undoubtedly open a new era of intelligent voice in navigators.

The new product launch conference was a great success.

However, the representatives of the car manufacturers did not leave in a hurry this time, because, after reporting to their bosses for the first time, the bosses asked to contact Sirius immediately to further understand the details of Sirius One, including OEM shipments, OEM prices and retail prices, and the company's purchasing director will rush over as soon as possible to negotiate the OEM procurement framework contract with Sirius.

Obviously, as soon as this product is released, car manufacturers are a little unable to sit still, if everyone does not adopt this product, it doesn't matter, but considering that in case someone takes the lead, it will be troublesome, and there is no need to worry about exclusive supply, European law is very strict on monopoly regulations.

However, under the premise of a certain amount of shipments, the question of who supplies first and who supplies later is very fatal.

Everyone now understands very well that there is no problem with whether to purchase this navigator, what price, how much to purchase, and the monthly supply is the problem.

For the enthusiasm of the representatives of automobile manufacturers, ordinary information, Diabi is enthusiastic to provide, but for the core information, Diabi is tight-lipped about the bottle. Although the company has a preliminary plan in this regard, this plan can be adjusted if necessary for different demand conditions.

Everything needs to be considered in the medium and long-term interests of Sirius.