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Chapter 1554 An Unrealistic Voyage

Utility model patents exist on the basis of invention patents.

For example, there are invention patent A and utility model patent B.

If a merchant wants to use the B patent once, he must pay him a patent fee.The money cannot all go to Patent B. Patent B exists on the basis of patent A. Every time patent B is used, it is actually the process of B calling A. After B receives the patent fee, he needs to pay A another sum of money.

A is from 0 to 1 and B is from 1 to 100.

B can be applied on a large scale in the market and can make a lot of money, but it is A who really holds the bottom core lifeline.

Just like Amazon cloud, Microsoft cloud and Google cloud.

As we all know, Google Cloud's technology is the best, and it also has the most patents for various inventions.Microsoft is next and Amazon is the worst.However, the level of technology is not directly related to market feedback.

Amazon Cloud's technology is the worst, but it has the highest market share and the best commercialization.

Because the strength of Amazon Cloud is not as good as that of Microsoft Cloud and Google Cloud, so that Amazon Cloud "finds another way" and does not concentrate on researching invention patents, but separates a part of the team to research relatively simple gain-type utility model patents.

Invention patents are too low-level, and ordinary people can't touch them at all.Ordinary people can get close contact with utility model patents. Whoever has good utility model patents will get closer to users and be more recognized for their products.

Just like the development and evolution of wooden bridges, stone arch bridges, and iron bridges.

The wooden bridge is the lowest level.

What can have more modern application value is the load-bearing bridge built with reinforced concrete.

Zhou Buqi actually understood this deeply.

The domestic science and technology industry is best at researching some utility model patents, doing things from 1 to 100, and oriented to commercial applications.

For example, in later generations, the best social software in the world is WeChat, and the best financial product in the world is Alipay, which has almost brought commercial applications to the extreme, and each has developed a lot of patents to ensure the technology of their own products. results.

But these technical achievements are all utility model patents, basically based on the improvement of the invention patents in the United States.Fortunately, this is a C-end Internet product, and a large part of the invention patents without any technical content are open source and can be used for free.

But cloud computing is different.

This is B-side business.

The B-side is aimed at enterprise-level users, and user experience is not as important as user loyalty.How to maintain user loyalty?A very simple method is patent trolls.

For example, Microsoft Cloud obtained an invention patent and developed a new product based on it.Microsoft Cloud can refuse to authorize or authorize at sky-high prices, causing other cloud computing platforms to have no similar products.

In this way, cloud computing users can only choose to stay on the Microsoft cloud platform in order to use this product.

B-side products have different product logic from C-side products.As far as Internet C-end products are concerned, invention patents are not so important.But for B-side products, invention patents are very important.

This is the underlying technical reason for the clear differences in the business development of the domestic Internet industry between the C-end and the B-end.

Domestic C-end Internet products can create the best products in the world, as long as the development of utility model patents is done well, whether it is WeChat, Alipay, Douyin, Douyu, or even JD.com has a better experience than Amazon .

However, the B-end products are really far behind the foreign giants in terms of dimensions. The big reason is the lack of invention patents in this field.

In the previous life, Alibaba Cloud was trying to change this situation, and became a world-class B-end product that really went abroad.

Ziweiyun, led by Zhou Buqi in this world, must do better than Aliyun!

Shen Xiangyang said: "Most of Ziweiyun's patents are utility model patents, and there are too few invention patents. Kurian is very dissatisfied with this. He asked Dr. Wang Jian's team to focus on the development of invention patents starting next year. , Lay the foundation of Ziweiyun firmly. It’s not that the foundation is not stable, and the building is started to be fancy. This is the main contradiction between the two parties.”

"Wang Jian doesn't agree?" Zhou Buqi felt that this was a little strange, "Is there any problem with what he said?"

"Well..." Shen Xiangyang paused and sighed, "It's not that he doesn't agree, he can't agree, he can't agree. The domestic team can't do it at all. Kurian doesn't understand the current situation in the country, he is just blind command."

Zhou Buqi frowned, "I know that the domestic technology industry lacks the ability to go from 0 to 1, but Ziweixing's technical team... especially Ziweiyun's team has gathered a group of the best scientists in China. Can't they do it? Not as skilled as an Indian?"

Shen Xiangyang waved his hand, "It's not a matter of technical ability. In my opinion, Wang Jian's understanding and judgment of cloud computing technology is far better than Kurian. Kurian became a monk halfway to do cloud computing. The understanding of the underlying technology is not deep enough.”

"That is how the matter?"

"Yes... um... I don't know if I'm accurate, but I have worked in the United States for many years and returned to China for many years, so I have some insights into the environment of the technology industry in China and the United States. Not even the technology industry, but It’s the overall environment. The country lacks those who are deviant, inexplicable, and out of tune with the world, including Kurian’s absurd cognition that India’s New Delhi and Yanjing are similar big cities.”

"I'll go!" Zhou Buqi was amused, "He said that New Delhi and Yanjing are at the same level, so is this an advantage?"

Shen Xiangyang is a top scientist. Many of the underlying invention patents in the field of artificial intelligence were created when he was studying for a Ph. The boss had the right to speak, and said slowly: "He said that New Delhi and Yanjing are cities of the same level, which is of course wrong. Is it important to be right or wrong? What if you are wrong? But you don't think he is so absurd Is the deviant argument very creative? In the domestic elite, how many people dare to confidently say that cities like Nancang and Harbin are at the same level as New York and London? This is not a question of right or wrong, but a way of thinking The problem."

"Uh……"

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth, not knowing how to comment.

Shen Xiangyang said with a smile: "I remember a scene in "Tian Long Ba Bu", which is to crack the Zhenlong chess game. It is said that the best Go players in the country have all gone, and experts have gathered. After decades of research, they can't crack it. Xu Zhu doesn't know how to play Go, in the past he pointed out a few moves casually, and then he broke the game."

This example is too vivid, Zhou Buqi nodded, "That's right, Xu Zhu made a wrong move in the eyes of experts, he was scolded and almost beaten up by others. It's cyber violence. Fortunately, a person who has the right to speak later discovered the clue and became Xu Zhu's Bole. Following Xu Zhu's thinking, the chess game was broken."

Shen Xiangyang nodded, "From a technical point of view, I don't think the domestic cloud computing team is poor. It may not be as good as Google and Microsoft, but it is not necessarily worse than Amazon. Dr. Wang Jian even knows more about technology than Kurian. However, The thinking of our team of experts has been solidified, and they cannot solve the Zhenlong chess game. And Xu Zhu's absurd way of thinking, which deviates from the orthodoxy, has no room for survival in China."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "Yeah, this is not a problem of the technology industry. We have too many standard answers that cannot be discussed."

Shen Xiangyang said: "It's like doing a task. There are three roads from the left, middle and right to the end. One person succeeded in taking the left road. The domestic social mechanism guides everyone to take the left road. Even some places will introduce Laws and regulations require that everyone can only take the left road, which is the safest road and can best protect the real interests of the people. Of course, this is a kind of concern and love for the people, but it also kills some adventurers, brave Or look for opportunities for a different way of life. But in the United States, it is different. No one guides you to take the right path. You can walk as you like. If you go wrong, you may end up playing for the rest of your life, or give up on yourself. , or retaliate against society furiously. But once it is found that the middle or the right way is right and a better choice, it will be an achievement that attracts worldwide attention. It is Einstein, Hawking, Bill Gates, and Jobs."

Zhou Buqi said with emotion: "Well, innovation is a game for the brave."

"Yes, just like Kurian. After graduating from university, he left India, where he had lived for decades, and resolutely went to a completely strange foreign country. This is a brave man. He has an adventurous spirit from 0 to 1, which is It’s not surprising. Why is the United States far ahead of the world in the field of 0 to 1? Because the founders of the United States are a group of brave men who went to the United States from Europe to find the new world. Until today, the United States is still the largest immigrant country, attracting people from all over the world. The brave of the world take risks."

"You were also a brave man back then."

"I'm still far behind." Shen Xiangyang waved his hand, "Braveness is only the most basic condition, and more is the connivance of rebellion, absurdity, and deviant. The hippie movement created today's Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Innovation has a price." Yes. Take the road on the left. You don’t want to innovate, but you can win in safety and stability. You can choose the road in the middle or the right. The road ahead is unknown, and you may die in an accident on the way, or it may be that you have discovered a new world in the great voyage. "

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, in the era of great voyages, the Ming and Qing dynasties closed the country. In today's Internet world, we have built a wall to block ourselves, and it is still impossible to go on a great voyage."

Shen Xiangyang said: "Columbus is a bastard, talkative, ridiculous to the point of unbelievable, he said that the shape of the earth is like a woman's breast, God lives in...well, that position. If he was in China, he would not be arrested , will be squeezed out by the whole society and reduced to the bottom. But Columbus got the support of the Spanish royal family back then, and the royal family gave him money to let him find God. Then, it turned out to be true.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Yeah, just like Jobs, Ellison and Musk."

Shen Xiangyang concluded: "Dr. Wang Jian has disagreements with Kurian, but he does not oppose for the sake of opposition. No one understands the capabilities of his team better than him. This is just a team with strong technical strength but lack of innovative thinking. .It is unrealistic to rely on his team to go on a big voyage.”

(End of this chapter)