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Chapter 1440: I'm attracted by Mr. Li's software capabilities

"Ha ha……"

Hearing what Li Shuai said, Zhang Qihang couldn't help but laugh: This Li Shuai is really honest.

Of course, Zhang Qihang just said that. Who dares to say that Li Shuai is honest when he can make Qiandu search one of the "BAT"? He is the top businessman, entrepreneur, and computer expert of this era, and he will be selected as an academician in the future.

After laughing, Zhang Qihang said to Li Shuai, "Thank you, Mr. Li. I know what you said. Fox and I both know that maps don't make much money, but maps are to the Internet like roads and bridges are to a country. They are the infrastructure of the Internet. Let alone not making money, we have to make this project work even if we lose money."

Li Shuai on the other end of the phone had his eyes sparkling at this moment!

Why did Qiandu Search start making maps as early as 05? Wasn't it because Li Shuai realized the value of maps to Internet companies? Although the map business is not profitable now, Li Shuai has already made a judgment that in the future, maps will become the core assets of Internet companies like server clusters. The difference between the two is that servers are visible and tangible, while electronic maps are a pile of data and codes.

Originally, I thought that Mr. Zhang might be more inclined towards industry, even though he had long demonstrated his vision in the Internet field. Li Shuai had always insisted on his opinion of Zhang Qihang, but now it seems that he still underestimated Zhang Qihang.

There was no need to lie. In Li Shuai's opinion, lying to Zhang Qihang was not only disrespectful to him, but also disrespectful to himself. He responded readily, "Mr. Zhang, you are right. I think so too. Since we appreciate each other, why don't we cooperate?"

"We must cooperate," Zhang Qihang said with a smile, "and not just on maps. I think we can cooperate on a wider range."

Li Shuai was stunned when he heard this: "Mr. Zhang, you are talking about..."

Zhang Qihang did not answer immediately, but asked: "Mr. Li, have you ever thought about opening up a new business line at Qiandu Search?"

Li Shuai on the other end of the phone certainly understood what Zhang Qihang meant, but Zhang Qihang's words made Li Shuai not know how to respond for a moment.

In recent years, Qiandu Search has maintained a rapid development momentum, achieving a revenue of 32 billion yuan last year and 18 billion yuan in the first half of this year. It is expected that the total revenue for the whole year will exceed 40 billion yuan. It can be said that it is thriving.

But then again, this amount of revenue is indeed good in the Internet industry, but if compared with Huateng Group, it is nothing, even compared with Huateng Group's worst performing drone business.

Has Li Shuai ever thought about opening up a new business line that is more profitable?

Of course I thought about it, but I just didn’t find the right route. To put it bluntly, making maps is the new business line that Li Shuai planned for Qiandu Search...

wrong!

  Thinking of this, Li Shuai suddenly shuddered: Why did Mr. Zhang tell me all this for no reason?

He didn't believe that Zhang Qihang was making a fuss.

Thinking of a certain possibility, Li Shuai's heart began to beat wildly...

He suppressed his excitement and took a deep breath, saying, "Mr. Zhang, we have indeed considered what you said, but we haven't developed a suitable direction yet. Mr. Zhang, you usually deal with bigwigs in the industry. If you have any good projects, please think of me." Zhang Qihang smiled and said, "There really is a project. We can work together."

  Really?

Li Shuai was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked, "Mr. Zhang, what is the project?"

Although it is not known what project Zhang Qihang intends to cooperate with Qiandu Search on, Qiandu Search will have a good life if it can get on board with Huateng Group.

"Automobile adaptive cruise control, I wonder if Mr. Li has heard of it?"

"Car adaptive cruise control?"

Li Shuai's knowledge is indeed broad. After hearing this, he thought for a moment and then said, "I have some impression. Compared with the current cruise control, the characteristic of adaptive cruise control is that if the speed of the front car decreases, the rear car with adaptive cruise control can automatically slow down. In extreme cases, it seems that the car can be directly braked to a stop."

At this point, thinking of the integrated circuit design and development center under Huateng Group and its achievements in the field of automotive electronics, Li Shuai finally understood what Huateng Group wanted to do. He was shocked and said, "Mr. Zhang, our Huateng Group is going to develop its own adaptive cruise technology?"

It’s no wonder that Li Shuai was so surprised. In this era, adaptive cruise control technology is the most advanced automobile control technology. How advanced is this technology?

Let me put it this way, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series and Audi A8 imported into China still use traditional cruise control and do not have the ability for adaptive cruise control. The only large luxury car with adaptive cruise control that can be found in the domestic market is the hybrid Lexus LS600HL. But even this Lexus LS600HL only has the most basic ability to automatically decelerate and automatically accelerate to the set speed. Features like lane keeping, lane centering, automatic lane changing, automatic braking, traffic sign recognition, etc., which are all available in domestic cars priced at just over 10 yuan more than 10 years later, are now missing from all of them.

So you can imagine how awesome adaptive cruise control technology is.

"Adaptive cruise control is the direction of development of automotive electronic technology. We have to study it," Zhang Qihang sighed and said, "Our group is confident about the hardware, but we have always wanted to find a company with sufficient technical strength to cooperate with in the software."

Li Shuai understood.

But even though he understood, he was still a little puzzled: "Mr. Zhang, why don't you cooperate with Sohu.com? Sohu.com's technology is also very powerful."

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Qihang smiled but said nothing.

  Hearing Zhang Qihang's laughter, Li Shuai felt ashamed in his heart: Why didn't I think clearly about the twists and turns in this? Zhang Qihang and Zhang Huli have a good personal relationship, and Huateng Group is also a shareholder of Sohu.com. These are all facts, but Huateng Group and Sohu.com are still two companies after all. In this project, Huateng Group has its own worries and concerns. Isn't that normal? Besides, Huateng Group and Sohu.com have not cooperated enough?

Thinking of this, Li Shuai no longer hesitated: "I understand what you mean. I am indeed very interested in this project. Mr. Zhang, when is a convenient day for you? I would like to visit you."

Zhang Qihang didn't expect Li Shuai to be so anxious. He smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'm free these few days. Just let me know before you come, Mr. Li."

Upon hearing this, Li Shuai on the other end of the phone clenched his fists excitedly.