"I've heard a saying that you intend to redefine the smartphone of the future, and you plan to launch a robotic phone?"

After a brief greeting, in the cold wind of the early winter in the capital, Tim Cook asked casually.

Ge Dongshu turned his head to look at Tim Cook in surprise and asked, "Who said that?" How is this possible? Binding your phone to a robot? This is ridiculous. ”

Tim Cook smiled and said, "It's not just about tying the phone to the robot, it's even about tying the self-driving technology to the robot." It is said that Youwei Group has been discussing the corresponding feasibility with relevant departments, such as the initial Youwei Group to bear the insurance cost for all robot automatic driving systems, increase the pan-personal injury insurance caused by robot automatic driving, if it can be proved that all violations caused by robot technology are handled by Youwei Group, etc., these still can't explain the problem? ”

"You believe it?" Ge Dongshu shrugged his shoulders and asked.

Tim Cook nodded and casually gave his judgment: "I was skeptical when I came, but after watching the show just now, I believed it." You're working on an all-AI solution, and I think maybe you're going to add features like robot butler technology. Of course, in fact, I don't know if you can reach a similar agreement, I don't know the output of the N1 robot, the main application direction at this stage, but over time, once the output catches up, with the relationship between you and Ning Xiao, this is probably inevitable. ”

Ge Dongshu nodded with a smile and said, "Well, you also said that it will take time, in fact, those things you don't know, we don't know either." ”

Tim Cook shrugged his shoulders and said, "But your robotics lab can share some of the base's data, and it's also a supplier of some major components. It may take a certain amount of time to imitate the N1 robot, but if you don't need the motion ability of the N1 robot, you can only do a general civilian robot, which does not require such a complex sensing system and high-precision computing power, and can even replace the N1 machine vision system with other methods. ”

Ge Dongshu looked sideways at Tim Cook slightly and said, "So ......"

"So I probably don't need three years, maybe next year, or the year after that, Youwei Group will launch the first generation of general-purpose robot equipment that can integrate all the functions of smart devices at this stage, including but not limited to smart phones, computers, intelligent hubs, automatic driving and other functions, to provide mobile base stations and wifi services.

In addition, it can also understand general conversations, has screen display, projection capabilities, cloud storage and private storage capabilities, uses embedded automatic search engine technology, and is backed by Youwei cloud platform for big data processing! Perhaps this will be the most successful high-end civilian artificial intelligence device in human history. By the way, have you figured out the naming conventions for this mobile information hub? ”

Tim Cook gave his own judgment as a result of Godonshu's words.

If there are electronic enthusiasts around the two at this time, hearing Tim Cook's evaluation, there is a high probability that they will be full of expectations for the future.

After all, this kind of upgrade is definitely a future that electronics enthusiasts only dare to think about in their dreams, and it is close to the ingredients of science fiction.

But when this kind of words come out of Tim Cook's mouth, they have a lot more credibility.

As we all know, between companies, only friends who are of equal strength know each other best.

As the only two giants in the smartphone market, whether it is Apple or Youwei, they will naturally pay extra attention to each other's products.

For Apple in particular, the rise of faster has made them decisively abandon continuing to keep their own mall ecology and start to embrace a more open faster ecological platform, which makes this concern more direct.

Because the two companies now coexist under the same ecological platform, the current competition has changed from the previous ecological differentiation competition to the user competition under the same ecosystem. Although the installation package of the iOS platform and the HarmonyOS platform is still different. However, the faster intelligent programming mode can easily convert application installation packages between two operating systems, which actually breaks the boundary of the closed system effect.

This also makes the competition between the two sides more pure.

However, instead of responding to Tim Cook's words, Ge Dongshu asked the same question: "I heard that Apple has planned to license several brands of mobile phone manufacturers to use your iOS system, is it true?" ”

Tim Cook shrugged his shoulders and didn't answer.

Ge Dongshu continued to mutter: "Actually, this kind of development seems to be petty, if I were you, I would directly open source iOS, and then start selling A-series CPU architecture by the way, anyway, the faster type of platform has been determined to be the trend of the future, and the overall competitive logic of future products has changed, Mr. Cook." ”

Tim Cook playfully said: "In this case, the value of the system will depend on whether the interface of the faster sharing platform will continue to be opened in the future." Okay, let's not talk about this, Ge, don't you think that if you don't have a reliable partner, even if your research is successful, it will be difficult to promote your robot products in the European and North American markets? Whether it is the regulation in North America or the regulation in Europe, it will not simply define your future robot products as communication products, and may not even get a sales license for a long time. ”

The topic was pulled back by the Apple boss again.

"Hmm......" Ge Dongshu shrugged his shoulders, glanced at the Apple elder beside him, and asked, "You mean that if Apple becomes a partner of Youwei Group, it will be able to clear customs smoothly?" ”

"Of course, we have our own lobbying channels, at least to make it easier to get the corresponding product to market. And the European antitrust commissions are not so easy to deal with. Of course, I don't need to remind you of this, I just want to tell you that whether it is the Youwei Group or this base, it needs a reliable ally.

It just so happens that Apple has already played some role in the global industrial chain layout of the base, and we can also play the same role in future products. To put it simply, with Apple's assurance, it's easier to gain trust. ”

Tim Cook's words were sincere, and of course they were true.

In this regard, the promising group is in a natural disadvantage. Although Apple is often targeted by various regulatory authorities in Europe, most of the time it is nothing more than a show, painless fine, but it is different for Youwei Group, which is really under the knife at every turn.

However, no matter how sincere Tim Cook said, Ge Dongshu knew very well in his heart that this was not something that he or even the group could decide.

And Ge Dongshu actually doesn't care too much about this.

To put it simply, times have changed.

The economic laws of this world are closely related to the leap in productivity.

In the era of stagnation of scientific and technological development, the stagnation of basic scientific research, the biggest impact is the stagnation of the development of productive forces, at this time often face the exhaustion of dividends, all businesses have begun to carry out stock games, this stage is often the most cruel.

Because there is no longer an increment, they can only compete with each other for customers from the former stock market, and properly play a zero-sum or even negative-sum game.

However, when all kinds of basic technologies are booming and productivity is jumping, for the company, as long as it finds the right outlet, it can fly.

Especially at this time, even if you temporarily give up the overseas market and deeply cultivate the Chinese market, it is enough to make Youwei Group live very well. After all, the relevant artificial intelligence plus humanoid robot market is now a blank and can be written arbitrarily.

So for Ge Dongshu, Tim Cook may be telling the truth, but Youwei Group now has far more choices than Apple, and naturally has the initiative.

This is actually thanks to Ning Xiao.

After all, Youwei Group was at the suggestion of Ning Xiao, set up a robot laboratory, and incorporated the development of robots into the group's development strategy, and more importantly, Youwei Group can share the global supply chain and the local supply chain in China with the base, which also makes it possible for Youwei Group to design simplified civilian robot technology.

Most importantly, the starting point of this scientific and technological revolution represented by artificial intelligence and anti-gravity matter discovery is in China.

According to the law of historical development, where the scientific and technological revolution begins, it means that the region will begin to develop by leaps and bounds. In the era of science and technology, relying on the products of dimensionality reduction and attack, we can quickly complete the accumulation of capital and enter the fast lane of development. It is also possible to keep more profits through high value-added products.

Especially under the current conditions, China is a big industrial country, and the strong manufacturing industry is matched with the era of soaring productivity, and under the mutual catalysis, even the most pessimistic people will express optimism about the future economic development of China.

All this became the confidence of Ge Dongshu at this time.

After thinking for a while, Ge Dongshu sighed with emotion: "Mr. Cook, about two years ago, when we met at the Sports University, Academician Ning said to me that I was standing at the center of science and technology in the future world at that time, in fact, I still had doubts about his self-confidence at that time, but now I think even you will no longer doubt this." So come to think of it, what even his closest partners at the time suspected turned out to be a fact that everyone agreed, and I don't need to say more about who is mainly responsible for this.

So I'm actually feeling pretty embarrassed right now. I often wonder if we had been more radical and more supportive of related technological developments, what would we be like now? Maybe you can directly get the agency of faster? Well, let's not talk about that. In short, your idea may be right, but this level of cooperation, you should know better than me who can call the shots, so there is really no need to test our ideas, regarding the promotion of robots, the group has several sets of plans, and has not yet made a final decision. ”

Ge Dongshu's emotion did not move Tim Cook, after all, these are things that everyone knows by heart, and they can also be said to be nonsense. He just replied very firmly: "Of course I understand, Ge, I have made an appointment with Ning, and we will talk directly after lunch." I just hope that if you ask for the opinion of your partners, I hope you will consider what I just said, that's all. ”

"Oh, I'll consider it and suggest it to the board." Ge Dongshu replied casually.

Standardized answers, to their position, for this kind of question involving the group's strategy, it is impossible to give a positive answer in this situation. So Tim Cook is actually quite satisfied.

Moreover, the two elders controlled the time just right, and after discussing the topic, they just arrived at the door of the No. 1 canteen.

……

Ning Xiao did not attend the noon dinner.

Of course, this is not surprising, in fact, there is no one who can let Ning Xiao go to a certain dinner party now, which can be regarded as a kind of freedom. Just like Ning Xiao said today, his time is precious.

The luncheon was sumptuous, but Tim Cook was patient and stayed at the table for an hour.

After the luncheon, Zhuo Mingqian, who had already been hailed, personally took Tim Cook to Ning Xiao's office at the base.

For Tim Cook, the meeting was clearly important.

Ning Xiao once promised Tim Cook that in the future space age, Apple phones can have signals in space, but this promise now seems obviously insufficient. Because Tim Cook is not sure that in the future space age, people will be more accustomed to what kind of smartphones they will use.

Not being able to see the future, or not having enough confidence in the future, is the most fatal thing for the CEO of a large technology company.

……

"Welcome, President Cook." Ning Xiao, who was busy at the desk, took the initiative to stand up and greeted the door when he saw Tim Cook walk into the office.

This face is really big.

Ning's enthusiasm also made Tim Cook feel a lot more comfortable.

Although he knows a little bit about Ning Xiao, talking to Ning Xiao who is still willing to perform enthusiastically is definitely more worth looking forward to. At the same time, it also made Tim Cook vigilant, and in his opinion, the enthusiasm of the young man in front of him is never lost.

"Why don't you eat together at noon? We're all looking forward to talking to you. ”

"Recently, the taste has been cultivated by a top chef, and he is not used to eating the dishes made by other chefs, and it just so happens that he is also tired these days, and he doesn't want to make a banquet very much, so he simply eats his fried side dishes." Ning Xiao explained with a smile.

The reason for this is nice. So Tim Cook didn't know how to answer.

But then again, this was the Ning Xiao he was familiar with. The communication is simple and pure, and although the reason seems to be very unhospitable, it is most likely to be true.

"If I have the chance, I'd like to try it too."

"Haha, there's definitely a chance. Okay, let's not talk about that, Tim, let's get down to business. We don't have much time to waste talking about that, do you say it first or do I talk about it first? Ning Xiao got straight to the point.

Tim Cook felt that the young man in front of him was becoming more and more familiar, and it still tasted like that, which was good, so he replied with a smile: "You can say it first." ”

"Well, then you're welcome. To put it simply, in the future, the base will consider outsourcing some related technologies and products, but we have a requirement that all technology authorizations must be settled in Huaxia's legal tender. Correspondingly, in the future, transactions in the international market, all transactions involving the external licensing of the base's technology must also be settled in Huaxia's legal tender. Of course, it also includes the authorization of Apple's products, faster and turbulence algorithm-related devices, and so on.

If we refuse, we will revoke all authorizations. For example, the artificial intelligence technology used by Apple's Siri, the business of turbulence algorithms around the world, etc., you should know that we have the ability or technical means to stop the service at any time.

I know this request is a bit sudden, but I've decided to do it unilaterally, probably next year, because I have to give the world some time to prepare. It's you, it's us. I know you have a good relationship with a lot of people, so I hope you can let them know. The best way is of course for everyone to sit down and negotiate peacefully to come up with a charter to make a proper transition and avoid the losses caused by chaos, after all, we live in a civilized and gentlemanly world, and I think it is better not to resort to force if we can negotiate.

Like I told you before, the future is the space age, and our anti-gravity spacecraft is coming online. Even some small anti-gravity intra-atmosphere vehicles have begun to make final preparations for launch. Just within the solar system, there are abundant resources everywhere, so everyone should look further ahead. The Moon, Mars, Enceladus, and even Jupiter's metallic hydrogen, with so much wealth piled up there, that collaborative development should be our theme, don't you think? ”

Tim Cook looked at Ning Xiao in amazement, no matter how good his cultivation was, he couldn't maintain his previous composure at this time. As for the little honor before, it has been wiped out by Ning Xiao's words at this time.

Ning Xiao would suddenly make such a request at this time, obviously he didn't expect it.

Ha, using Huaxia fiat currency to settle all business, Tim Cook's first thought was Apple's huge currency reserves. He can imagine what kind of impact this news will have on this world finance once it is announced, it will be a tsunami, a tsunami that will make the global market start to shake and countless people go crazy.

Faster, turbulence algorithms, and Siri aside, the popularity of the first two basic technologies alone is enough to destabilize the world's Internet infrastructure. After all, the productivity breakthroughs in this era, at least for now, are supported by artificial intelligence.

Crazy, the young man in front of him is probably crazy.

Soon, though, Tim Cook suddenly understood why he was seeing the N1 robot doing those walkthrough projects today.

Thinking of the anti-gravity technology that couldn't find any news at all, he suddenly felt that Ning Xiao's sudden request at this moment seemed to be expected.

It's just that......

"Ning, it doesn't seem to be the same in the contract we talked about before......

"Oh, all contracts have reservation clauses, and the contracts drawn up by our artificial intelligence, I know very well which loopholes can be used, which is nothing more than a matter of liability for breach of contract. Not to mention, as we all know, it's never been a matter of contract. Contracts have always bound those who are powerless and unqualified to break the contract, and the amount is ...... I would venture to ask, do you think I and my base don't have that ability? ”