Chapter 337: Is Ma Liyun crazy? The first cut! Xiao Ai is about to go online!
In late autumn, Xuelin Road is covered with withered and yellow sycamore leaves.
A gust of wind blew by, and the leaves swirled all over the sky.
When Chen Yansen drove by, he could still hear the cleaning staff complaining: "We have to sweep the lawn every day. When will all the leaves fall?"
The man waved a broom that was more than one meter long and looked up at the sky. The beautiful sycamore tree in the students' eyes turned out to be a torture instrument that tortured him and made him miserable.
No wonder the sycamore trees in Chunshen were replaced with camphor trees after a few years.
Chen Yansen glanced out the window and thought to himself.
Afterwards, an Aston Martin Rapide slowly drove out of the east gate of Xuyuan and sped towards the Science and Technology Park.
The autumn in the northern part of Hui'an is bleak and the birch trees on both sides of the street are bare, with only a few leaves left on the branches.
After a while, Chen Yansen parked the car, walked straight into Office Building No. 9, took the elevator to the office and sat down.
The humanitarian flame for October has arrived, plus the remaining 49 strands from September, totaling 163,146 strands, which can be combined into 1,631 strands of divine flame.
“Add some more!”
With a thought, a golden mist as thick as a wrist appeared out of thin air and suddenly penetrated into the center of his eyebrows.
Unlike human fire, the Shinto fire does not cause any cold or hot tingling sensation when strengthening the body or spirit, but only extreme comfort.
In just a few breaths, the physical value increased to 47.47!
Although there were no visible changes on the outside, Chen Yansen was very clear that his basic physiological functions, including strength, speed, endurance and physical strength, were rapidly transforming.
His five senses evolved again, and his vision, smell, and hearing had undergone tremendous changes. Standing in front of the window, he could even see the antennae of an ant three kilometers away.
The weight reached 134 kilograms!
But the body size still looks like around 80 kilograms!
The density, toughness and hardness of tendons, bones, blood and flesh are all increasing!
Chen Yansen raised his hand and grabbed a handful of air, and there was a sharp sound of air explosion. His fingers moved so fast that ordinary people could only barely see a shadow.
"With hundreds of thousands of people pouring their spiritual energy into it, the effect is indeed different."
Feeling full of energy and strength, Chen Yansen muttered quietly with satisfaction.
Then, he attached several circles of mental power to his waist, controlled his weight to 87 kilograms, and then slowly returned to his seat.
Turn on the computer, log in to the data backend and email, and handle the company's daily operations as usual.
Half an hour later, he finished the work at hand.
Chen Yansen stood up, pushed the door open and walked out, heading to the floor where the chip design department was located.
at the same time.
Lei Yijun sat in his office in Xiaomi's headquarters building, his face as gloomy as water, and he looked like he didn't want to talk.
The engineering test version of Xiaomi Box was stopped just eight days after it was launched.
Although Xiaomi has not obtained an Internet integrated broadcast control license, it has achieved compliance in disguise through cooperation with Wasu Media.
However, they may still be asked to rectify the situation on the grounds of violating the content source and link uniqueness regulations.
To put it bluntly, Xiaomi boxes are not allowed to link to content from websites such as Sohu, Penguin and Youku to compete for students.
"Fuck! No one said it wasn't possible before Xiaomi did it!"
Lei Yijun was filled with anger and cursed in a low voice.
Only at this moment did he realize that when the bosses needed him, they were polite and courteous to him, but when they didn't need him, they didn't care about Xiaomi's life or death at all.
Xiaomi Box didn't get to eat the crab, but was hit by an iron punch instead, which made him a little dazed.
"Boss, I don't think we need to be too pessimistic. It's just a rectification. The timing is wrong. Everything is wrong. Let's wait a little longer."
Li Wanqiang was sitting opposite, listening to Lei Yijun's scolding, and hurriedly comforted him.
"It's okay. I know what to do. I'll put the Xiaomi Box online plan on hold and concentrate on preparing for the new product launch during the Spring Festival next year."
Lei Yijun waved his hand and said.
After the release of Xiaomi 1S and Xiaomi MI2, the total sales volume reached 5.7 million in five months. However, as Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad launched their own mid- and low-end models, the sales growth rate declined significantly.
For this reason, Lei Yijun had to speed up the research and development of the new machine.
"Okay boss, but are Xiaomi 2A and Xiaomi 2S really going to be equipped with Aurora OS? The MIUI R&D department has a lot of objections."
After listening to this, Li Wanqiang thought for a few seconds and said with a frown.
"Whose opinion matters more? Hong Feng? Let him tell me in person!" Lei Yijun said unhappily with a cold face.
In order to increase sales and meet user needs, Lei Yijun decided to add the Aurora OS version for Xiaomi 2A and Xiaomi 2S based on the MIUI version.
Simply put, when users purchase Xiaomi 2S or Xiaomi 2A mobile phones, they can choose between Aurora OS system and MIUI system.
Due to the built-in different mobile phone operating systems, some electronic components have also been fine-tuned. The configurations are similar, but each has its own characteristics, mainly to improve the compatibility of software and hardware.
However, the sales of Xiaomi 1S equipped with MIUI system have always been lower than those of Aurora OS version, which is undoubtedly an insult to the R&D department of MIUI system.
"Uh, I understand." Li Wanqiang nodded helplessly.
As Lei Yijun's right-hand man, no one knows better than him the changes in his boss's mentality over the past six months.
Not only can it not beat Orange phones, but the cumulative shipments of Xiaomi phones are actually lower than the sales of 360 phones. Even products like NetEase phones have sold more than 2 million units.
Lei Yijun originally wanted to be China's Steve Jobs, but now, let alone Steve Jobs, he can't even catch up with Chen Yansen.
"How is the development of Xiao Ai going? Can it catch up with the spring launch conference?" Lei Yijun asked again.
"We are still doing the final debugging work, but in terms of performance and user experience, it is not as good as the Moss voice interaction engine. It may be that the other party uses a more advanced algorithm model."
Li Wanqiang replied immediately.
"It doesn't matter. Compared with Orange C3, the price of Xiaomi 2S or Xiaomi 2A is not high. The functions are just a little worse, but it is not unusable."
Lei Yijun said indifferently.
At this moment, the mobile phone on the desk suddenly rang. He leaned forward, and after seeing the caller ID, he immediately pressed the answer button.
"Mr. Lei, has Xiao Ai's research and development work been completed?" Chen Yansen skipped the greetings and asked directly.
"It's coming soon. I plan to launch it on the market at the spring new product launch."
Lei Yijun did not hide it. After all, the birth of Xiao Ai was all thanks to the language analysis development platform.
"Does Xiaomi have any plans for smart speakers?" Chen Yansen continued to ask.
Hearing this, Lei Yijun was slightly stunned and didn't know how to answer.
In fact, the industrial and hardware design teams for the Xiao Ai smart speaker are already in preparation, but the technology was provided by Chen Yansen, and he was too embarrassed to tell the other party that Xiaomi wanted to compete with Orange Technology for the smart speaker market.
So, Lei Yijun denied it without blushing or beating his heart, "No."
"That's a pity. Orange Technology is developing a dedicated AI chip that can reduce hardware costs by 20%. I wanted to ask Mr. Lei if he is interested in cooperation."
Chen Yansen leaned back on the sofa and said lightly.
As for Lei Yijun's words, he didn't even believe the punctuation marks.
"AI chip? Mr. Chen set up a chip design department?" Lei Yijun widened his eyes and asked in disbelief.
You have to know that in the mobile phone industry in 2012, only Huawei, a communications giant, had the ability to develop chips.
Although the HiSilicon K3V1 three years ago and the HiSilicon K3V2 this year failed to gain sufficient market performance, they at least set a precedent for self-developed chips for domestic mobile phones.
How long has Orange Technology been in the industry? About a year and a half at most!
"The procurement cost of TI OMAP 3630 is too high. General-purpose chips waste too much performance and cannot unleash the full power of the Moss intelligent interaction engine. Creating a dedicated chip that integrates CPU, NPU, DSP, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communications, and audio codecs can save costs and enhance performance. Mr. Lei does not make smart speaker products, so he may not understand the difference."
Chen Yansen joked with a smile.
I know it too well! Lei Yijun almost blurted out, but luckily he held back in time.
In fact, he has done research on smart speaker products. The material cost alone is no less than 350 yuan. Taking into account the production, manufacturing, transportation, sales and operating costs, the price will not exceed 600 yuan, and there is not much profit margin.
In other words, Orange Technology's dedicated AI chip can reduce the cost by about 70 yuan, which naturally attracted Lei Yijun.
"Mr. Chen, I've just thought about it and think that Xiaomi can also make smart speakers. You don't mind, right?" Lei Yijun couldn't pretend anymore and asked tentatively.
"Of course not." Chen Yansen replied immediately.
Is it not too much to sell a Tiangong T100 chip to Xiaomi for 40 US dollars?
In addition, Xiaomi does not have a OEM factory, and the Orange mobile phone factory can still earn another OEM fee.
Winning twice means no loss at all!
What's more, if he doesn't provide Xiaomi with the speech analysis development platform and AI chip, will Lei Yijun stop making speakers?
It is better to have more friends than more opponents.
Alexa smart speakers are becoming extremely popular in Europe and the United States. Can't Qualcomm, Intel, Broadcom and Nvidia see this?
Orange Technology’s real competitors are in Europe and the United States, not in the country.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your support for Xiaomi. I will definitely visit you someday." Lei Yijun felt warm in his heart and suddenly felt that Chen Yansen's character was much better than Zhou Hongyi's.
"Okay, let's do this first. Once the Tiangong T100 chip is designed and produced, we will discuss the follow-up cooperation matters."
Chen Yansen took the initiative to end the topic.
"No problem, let's talk later." Lei Yijun showed a happy expression and hung up the phone with a smile.
The negative impact of the sanctions on Xiaomi Box was instantly wiped out.
"Ali, speed up the preparations for the Xiaoai speaker. It would be best if it could be launched at the spring press conference."
Lei Yijun gave instructions to Li Wanqiang.
"Boss, would Chen Yansen be so kind?" Li Wanqiang always felt something was wrong.
"He just wants to sell chips and earn OEM fees. As long as the price is reasonable, there is no problem for Xiaomi to cooperate with Orange Technology."
Lei Yijun waved his hand and said.
We can't always let outsiders take advantage of us, right?
Now, relying on Orange Technology's supply chain, Xiaomi has changed its screen supplier to Dongfang, also supporting domestic products.
Previously, Zhou Hongyi had been dwelling on the issue of Xiaomi purchasing screens from Sharp on Weibo, scolding Xiaomi for making money from Chinese people but refusing to use domestic suppliers.
In this way, Master Zhou lost his reason to attack Xiaomi.
The other side.
Just as Chen Yansen put down his phone, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" said Chen Yansen.
Huang Zheng hurried in, grinning and saying, "Ma Liyun is crazy!"
Chen Yansen leaned back and waited for the other party's explanation.
He would never think that Lao Ma had a sudden illness and was sent to a mental hospital.
"This is the latest announcement from Ali's mom. The bosses of Mogujie, Meilishuo and What's Worth Buying are all furious."
After saying that, Huang Zheng handed over a document containing the new rules released by the Taobao Alliance at noon.
Starting from January 1, 2013, the alliance will cancel the Taobao customer model of cash rebates for shopping on Taobao stations (including Yaomao Mall), and only allow non-cash rebate methods such as points, physical goods, coupons and shopping vouchers.
In other words, directly returning cash to users has become a violation of regulations, and Ali Mama has the right to deduct points and freeze the platform's rebate account.
Perhaps not wanting to affect the 2012 Double Eleven promotion, Ma Liyun set the effective date as New Year's Day 2013.
Lao Ma's move officially announced the end of the honeymoon period between Ali and the shopping guide e-commerce platform.
Chen Yansen took a quick look and was not surprised.
He knew that Ma Liyun and Liu Qiangdong had the same attitude towards shopping guide e-commerce: they looked down on it, but were reluctant to give up the traffic and orders from third-party external channels.
In essence, Taobao, Pinbei and Yidong are all middlemen of Internet traffic.
Buy traffic at low cost, package it into marketing tools, and sell it to merchants.
"This is just the beginning. Shopping guide e-commerce will only be in trouble for a while. If Ma removes the sales weight of shopping guide e-commerce, it will be the end of Mogujie, Meilishuo and What's Worth Buying."
Chen Yansen put down the documents and said with a chuckle.
"That shouldn't be the case, right?" Huang Zheng didn't quite believe it.
"We will strengthen cooperation with online shopping guide e-commerce companies. Whatever market share Ali loses, Pinbei Alliance will take it all."
Chen Yansen looked at Huang Zheng and gave him instructions.
The relationship between shopping guide e-commerce and comprehensive e-commerce is very delicate, involving both cooperation and competition.
The reason why Ma Liyun suppressed shopping guide websites is very simple.
First, the traffic strategy was adjusted. The Taobaoke promotion model in the PC era did not match Ali's wireless traffic strategy. Ma Liyun wanted to focus the business on the wireless end. Second, to protect the interests of Yaomao Mall and Taobao, Mogujie, Meilishuo and What's Worth Buying took away part of the merchants' advertising fees when they brought traffic to Ali, thus reducing the investment in advertising products such as Direct Express, Diamond Exhibition and Juhuasuan.
It’s fine to make money for Lao Ma, but do you want to steal money from him?
No way!
Third, build an industry closed loop, replace the cash rebate model with Zhifubao's points product, namely Jifenbao, to constrain users' consumption behavior within Ali's e-commerce system and form a closed transaction loop;
Fourth, to support its own shopping guide products, HuliTao spent tens of billions of funds on Lao Ma. If it didn't leave the benefits to its own son, would it support an outside "godson"? After Huang Zheng confirmed Chen Yansen's position, he still adopted the cash rebate model, which led to a rapid increase in the external traffic of Pinbei.
From November 1 to November 3, Taobao's shopping guide business plummeted, while Pinbei's shopping guide business output soared. During the pre-sale period of the Double Eleven promotion, it maintained sales of 1.2 to 1.4 billion yuan per day, far ahead of JD.com.
(End of this chapter)
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