Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2349 AI TV Department

The next day, Zhou Buqi met Li Zairong as scheduled.

Xu Baihui spoke badly about this person, but Zhou Buqi's overall impression was very good. Even if this kind of sanctimoniousness was pretended, it was better than not pretending.

After many people have power, they really don't even bother to act. Anyway, others have nothing to do with them, so they simply tear off their disguise, and shamelessly go on lawless.

As the prince of Samsung and the only son, Li Zairong is inevitable. He has all the power of Samsung.But in this kind of scene, there is really no domineering arrogance in the attitude of dealing with people in the world.

It can be described as gentle and elegant, similar to Ji Zi'an, with a demeanor.

Zhou Buqi has been to Samsung many times.

The main site of this visit is the Samsung smart TV that Samsung will focus on launching this year, and it is also the direction that Yahoo and Samsung Electronics will further deepen cooperation this year. Yahoo's interactive broadcasting platform will be embedded in the Samsung smart TV.

Smart TV is a big trend in recent years.

All major manufacturers are following suit.

Zhou Buqi has no interest in this industry at all. Zhou Shaoning originally said that Asda also intends to launch a smart TV, but he directly rejected it.

Let Zhou Shaoning focus on making mobile phones, and stop talking about these things.

However, when he came to his home, Zhou Buqi was still full of praise, praising the excellent quality of Samsung's smart TVs. With the relevant services provided by Yahoo, they will definitely gain market recognition and continue to sell well.

Li Zaiyong was very happy, and then sighed, "The development of the SyncPlus platform for Samsung smart TVs was not satisfactory. Originally, the team members suggested that I postpone the release of the product for 8 months. But I think it is too late. This product Products should be released quickly."

Zhou Buqi understood immediately.

The SyncPlus platform of Samsung Smart TV must be developed by them themselves!
This is a mobile terminal system based on smart TV.

The level is definitely not that good.

Fortunately, at this stage, the user scale of Samsung Smart TV is not large. If the scale is small, it will be easier to serve, and the technology can barely be maintained.

Zhou Buqi nodded, "The technological era is changing too fast, it is right to launch new products in time, and there must be no delay."

Lee Jae-yong said: "Regarding smart TVs, one of our product teams has proposed a new smart solution, which I think is very good. If it is really made, Samsung's TV will really become a smart TV."

"Oh?" Zhou Buqi knew that his words were not for nothing, "What can I do?"

Li Zairong said with a smile: "In the beginning, the buttons were all on the TV. Later, with the development of radio, the appearance of the remote control greatly improved the sense of technology of the TV series, and also greatly facilitated the users in terms of practicality. .When users need to turn on, turn off, or tune channels, they don’t need to get up and go to the TV to operate, just press the buttons on the remote control.”

"Rokid?"

Zhou Buqi understood what he meant.

Previously, he had received relevant reports from Ziwei Star, saying that Samsung Electronics intends to deepen cooperation with the Rokid team in order to strengthen the smart attributes of Samsung smart TVs.

Li Zairong smiled and said: "Yes, it is Rokid. If Rokid can be connected to the SyncPlus platform, then the TV remote control can really become a smart remote control. Users only need to speak to the remote control to complete the corresponding instructions , which will be very friendly to a lot of older TV viewers."

This is of course a good idea.

Smart TVs are different from traditional TVs. With an operating system, the corresponding App can be installed on the TV, and viewers have the right to choose.

Just like using a computer, just search for a program you want to watch.

However, a TV is not a computer and has no keyboard.

It's too much effort to "type" with the remote control.

This is a big obstacle to the popularization of smart TVs at this stage. Many older viewers can't even type on a computer, let alone use a TV remote control to type.

It's just that TV viewers are usually middle-aged and elderly people and children, and they are not very good at "typing".

Even if you buy a smart TV home, many functions cannot be used.

AI assistants are very promising to become a solution.

Or say that Samsung Electronics is a world-class technology giant. This kind of innovative thinking that keeps pace with the times is really not comparable to those domestic TV manufacturers.

Rokid is an artificial intelligence product mainly developed by a domestic team. It has been launched for five or six years. It was only a text version at the beginning, and a voice version has been launched in the past two years.

But no traditional TV manufacturer in China has ever thought of cooperating with Rokid to develop a smart product.

This is destined to make it difficult for traditional TV brands in China to be competitive abroad, and it is impossible to develop high-end TV sets.The mobile phone industry, which is closer to the Internet, has been able to develop many smartphones that are popular abroad.

Zhou Buqi said: "The AI ​​assistant you need on your smart TV doesn't need to be too powerful, right? You must cooperate with Rokid?"

Li Zairong said firmly: "To do it, we must make the best product. The profit margin of TV dramas is very low. In the past few years, we even had the idea of ​​​​giving up the TV production line. However, the emergence of smart TVs changed us. idea."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "Making high-end TV?"

Li Zairong nodded, "At least the price will not be too low. Samsung's product philosophy has always been value for money, and the best configuration should be used to satisfy users."

Zhou Buqi has long been immune to such nonsense, and kept calm, "If you really need to cooperate with Rokid, of course you can. If Samsung needs it, the Rokid team can set up an AI TV department."

There is money to be made, why not?

This is no small change!

As Lee Jae-yong said, for a period of time a few years ago, Samsung’s TVs didn’t work.Later, Samsung united with several domestic chaebols, and joined hands with domestic and Taiwan manufacturers to use the route selection of plasma TVs and LCD TVs to play a little "price alliance".

The price alliance is a monopoly, and Samsung was later sued and fined severely.

How much can be fined?

Japan's television industry has been defeated by the cooperation of China and South Korea.

After fully entering the smart TV era, Samsung will dominate the world and become the color TV manufacturer with the largest shipments in the world, with annual sales reaching an astonishing 2000 million units.

Each machine is equipped with a Rokid smart assistant, and each machine charges US$1.5-2... For Rokid's product business, it is worth US$3000-4000 million per year!

This is not counting.

As an artificial intelligence product, Rokid needs continuous training.The more users who use Rokid and the more they train, the stronger it will be.

After establishing the Rokid product team and establishing the AI ​​TV department, we can slowly accumulate experience and polish technology, and provide similar services to more TV manufacturers in the future.

Samsung is a super brand.

In the TV field, Samsung TV is similar to the iPhone in the mobile phone field, and other TV manufacturers are basically imitating the design of Samsung TV.

Even Samsung TVs are using the Rokid voice assistant, so the probability of other TV manufacturers choosing Rokid is greatly increased.

Li Zairong was very happy, "Then it's settled!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Asian technology companies want to gain a foothold in the world, and the challenges they encounter are very big. Europe and the United States are the same. Many people today do not believe in products from Asia."

Speaking of this, Li Zairong was very emotional, "Indeed, Ziwei and Samsung should really establish a cooperative relationship in all aspects. On the international stage, only when we both work together can we compete with those technology giants in the United States. "

Zhou Buqi said with full sincerity: "Yes, we must cooperate more! We must establish more extensive cooperative relations!"

Having said that, if you believe Samsung, it will be a disaster.

Samsung was originally a loser in the Japanese technology industry, doing odd jobs and gaining trust.When Samsung grows up, the first thing it will do is stab in the back, which is to overthrow Japan's technology giants.

By defeating the Japanese technology industry, Samsung Electronics has a springboard to compete with European and American technology giants.

However, some things are good to know.

Zhou Buqi didn't believe in Li Zairong, and it was impossible for Li Zairong to believe him.

On the scene, hello, me, hello everyone.

Then we can go straight to the topic, Zhou Buqi said: "The cooperation between Samsung and Yahoo has been going on for many years, right?"

Lee Jae-yong recalled, "Yes, it has been more than ten years. I remember that it was 2000, and Yahoo was the most influential Internet company in South Korea. I saw the potential of the Internet at that time, and I wanted to promote Samsung and Yahoo. However, there are many people in Samsung who oppose it, thinking that the Internet bubble is serious, and big things will happen in the future..."

(End of this chapter)