Chapter 026: Targeted by Giants
After spending some time in the R&D department, most of the people had already gotten off work after coming out, but when they passed through the office area, they found that the vice president was still busy, he thought about it, and walked over and knocked on the door that was knocking, Chen Mengmei looked up from the document: "Mr. An?" What's the matter? ”
"It's fine." An Yang shook his head, "You haven't gotten off work so late?" ”
"Catch up with a plan." Seeing that An Yang didn't leave, she said, "I just wanted to ask you what you think about outside investment and product promotion." ”
"You're going to make the outside world misunderstand the boss's abuse. Treat employees. An Yang didn't want to work after work, so he turned his head to show surprise: "You didn't eat dinner, right?" The boss is in for a treat! ”
She glanced at the time and realized that she was hungry: "Wait a minute. ”
Chen Mengmei is a resolute character, packing up her things and packing her bags in three or two, stepping her handbag over her shoulder, and quickly following An Yang. The two of them took the elevator downstairs together, she didn't drive, and An Yang found that he knew very little about her: "Didn't you live in Linhai before?" ”
"I was still in Beijing two months ago." She nodded.
"I've been there a few times on a business trip, and it's very congested, and although it will be congested here, the air is better." An Yang walked over to the passenger side of the SUV and pulled the car door.
"Thank you." Chen Mengmei nodded and got into the car, the atmosphere was a little stuffy, it seemed that she had very few topics outside of work, and she wanted to talk a few times.
"Funding for R&D and late-stage development has been resolved." An Yang didn't need to look to know what she wanted to ask, "I'll get an investment of $200 million." ”
"Where's the business?" She asked.
"Foreign companies, investment procedures are being processed." An Yang said, "So don't accept external investment first, but don't say die, it may be used in the future." ”
"I'll coordinate it." She doesn't need to boast too much, her strength will be proven.
Concise and concise, doing things simply, is An Yang's deepest impression of her, and she always wears ordinary clothes in the company, professional clothes, flat shoes, and almost doesn't like to dress up.
In Chen Mengmei's eyes, An Yang is even more amazing, a genius, with super intelligence and understanding, and the company's epoch-making products are out of his hands.
The two of them thought about things separately and didn't speak, and when An Yang turned his head, he just met the eyes she looked at, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, if you want to talk about work, please feel free." ”
She smiled too: "I'm not very good at talking about other things. ”
"It's better to say more than to do well." An Yang looked at the restaurant in front of him, "Dinner time is at your disposal, you can talk about whatever you want." ”
The two walked into the dining room, and after taking their seats, she said, "I want to know what you expect from a translator." ”
"That's all, thank you." An Yang handed back the menu to the waiter, and then took out his mobile phone: "Apple can sell more than 6,000, how much do you think it is worth to translate in dozens of languages?" ”
Chen Mengmei looked at his mobile phone and thought, "At least tens of thousands." ”
"That's right!" An Yang agreed with her, "The portable and convenient intelligent translation, as the saying goes, is 'forced to qualify', it should be aimed at high-end groups, and the price cannot be low." ”
Chen Mengmei understood quickly: "According to the definition of high-end, other aspects should also be taken care of, right?" Such as a metal integrated body, a sapphire screen, or other gimmicks? ”
"Artificial Intelligence." An Yang reminded.
Chen Mengmei was awakened: "The only translation machine and smart phone that is used on personal devices is unique in the world, and the most cutting-edge technology." ”
An Yang was satisfied: "You have almost understood what I mean. ”
She is sure that she is very sure: "I am very much looking forward to the crystallization of our company's technology." ”
"You'll be amazed." Anyan is confident.
Although Chen Mengmei didn't talk much, she was still driven by An Yang to open the conversation box and talk about the goal. As a boss, he also has a certainty - everything has a purpose, and as a general under him, the boss naturally has to deepen his understanding and enhance communication.
For now, she has the ability to carry the load.
It was enough for An Yang to be aware of this, and he didn't care about the rest.
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A few days later, An's Technology received investment from an overseas company called "AY-Group", and the first round of financing was 200 million US dollars! That's right, it is the offshore company handled by Anyang last time, the procedures are simple but the confidentiality is high, and it is a typical foreign capital.
This 200 million US dollars, equivalent to RMB 1.3 billion at the current exchange rate, is definitely a timely rain for a company in the development stage, whether it is product research and development or staff expansion, it will be solved.
Once the problem is solved, the company will develop rapidly.
In just one week, its excellent experience has set off a craze on the Internet, and in the eyes of venture capital companies, it is absolutely delicious.
An Yang doesn't often go to the company, but An's technology gate is patronized by investors every day.
The outside world's valuation of the company has risen all the way, from the initial billion and three billion, to the current five billion, Chen Mengmei's reply is "temporarily not considering financing".
He knows that the company is very valuable, and any acceptance of financing at this stage is a loser.
He needed to hang everyone's appetite and watch the fat drool.
In the current situation of hopeless investment, there are also some companies that are still interested, investment is not good, and there is cooperation. For example, the search translation provided to Google, which is definitely a big piece of cake; Another example is the translation of content provided to social networking sites, which has great potential.
Although most countries are globally connected, the Internet giants are mainly English-based, and not everyone can read English well, and the language difference reduces the level of communication. Not to mention the user's other languages, it also restricts the communication of netizens around the world.
If the language problem can be solved, it will definitely reach new heights.
Google is the first giant company to target An's Technology.
As the world's No. 1 search engine, it dominates almost all markets except China, but it is still not perfect, such as the usage habits of different countries, such as language problems, which are the reasons that hinder the time and number of active users.
There is also Google's YouTube, as the world's No. 1 video website with more than one billion monthly active users, is also facing pressure from Netflix, Vine and other sites. If you want to find a breakthrough, it is important to understand the accessibility of video content.
Intelligent translator is the golden key to open the door to new markets.
Google's engineering staff have tested the software, and its core is based on artificial intelligence - very advanced artificial intelligence, so it translates into various languages very well, and its recognition of voices is extremely accurate, compared to Google's own artificial intelligence, it is simply mentally retarded.
In this case, Google has to act.
The company held a meeting overnight, and even the founders were alarmed.
They discussed a lot of results.
The first priority is to fight for access to algorithms for artificial intelligence, which will be the existence of disrupting the world;
The second priority is to strive for investment and even control of An's Technology Company, and if you can't get the algorithm, you can take the shares of their company to gain a firm foothold in the future;
The third priority is to secure exclusive collaborations for Google searches, social apps for Google+, and video subtitle translations for YouTube when neither of the first two works.
CEO Larry Page (who has not stepped down since 2014) also emphasized: "The company must hurry and get ahead of all its competitors!" ”
So the Google empire got into action.
Despite the withdrawal from the Chinese market, there are still people in neighboring countries, and there will be high-level contacts from Google's headquarters, including Larry Page himself, if necessary.
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Google moves very fast, and neither are others'.
For some international Internet giants and media giants, the existence of intelligent translation will be a kind of innovation -- innovation means reshuffling.
Social media giants in the United States, such as Facebook, and media giants such as News Corp., all learned about the news and made a quick decision to reach out.
For a time, the giants who have nothing to do with the Chinese market are all rushing in.
Because the Chinese market can be left unwanted for the time being, but the world market cannot be lost!
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