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Chapter 34 Brain-Computer Connectivity Products
Kechuang Biotech is seriously short of manpower. Even today, when the valuation exceeds [-] billion and the number of employees exceeds [-], more than [-]% of the executives still come from Rice.

With the establishment of the company for one year, Zheng Li generally has a new understanding of management. His definition of Kechuangbio is a high-tech company, not a manufacturing company.

The key to brain-computer connection technology is chips and algorithms. Instead of setting up a factory to sell finished products, it is better to learn from Qualcomm and only license patents.

I license the patent to you, how many pieces you sell, you pay by the piece, and I don't need to increase my cost.

Real-world enterprise management is not like in your game, where doubling the number of managers means doubling the management capabilities. The increase in personnel may lead to a decrease in the efficiency of the enterprise.

Zheng Li plans to turn Kechuang Biotech into a purely technology-driven enterprise.

Lei Jun felt cold when he heard Zheng Li's words. If all enterprises were authorized, then Rice would have no advantage, and how could it occupy the high-end market.

But originally, he and Zheng Li only made a verbal promise about the brain-computer connection. Lei Jun, who has been in business for many years, knows that verbal promises are the most unreliable.

"Junior brother, I can fully understand your choice. I stand in your position and consider that there is a high probability that I will make the same choice as you."

"You don't have to feel sorry, but I still want to win a little chance for Rice. Is there any way to gain some time advantage for Rice?"

After thinking for a while, Zheng Li said: "After our patent is registered, I can promise to provide the algorithm and chip to Rice first."

"For other domestic mobile phone brands, from signing contracts to obtaining chips and algorithms, and then completing debugging and integrating them into their operating systems, Rice can launch brain-computer-controlled mobile phones earlier than other domestic mobile phone manufacturers."

In fact, Lei Jun had thought of this method a long time ago, and he waited for Zheng Li to say it himself, which is different from what Zheng Li said and what he said.

"Okay, that's it, thank you very much, we don't need a discount for rice above the amount, and we will pay what other mobile phone manufacturers charge."

"Junior brother, can you give us an approximate time estimate, when can you provide us with the design plan and algorithm of the chip?"

"I'm going to arrange for my subordinates to make a time plan."

Zheng Li: "At the end of the year at the latest."

After Lei Jun finished talking with Zheng Li, the arrangements were made quickly. Rice will restart the mix series, which is expected to be released in spring.

Lei Jun did not disclose the brain-computer connection in detail to his subordinates, but only said that he would recruit excellent R&D and product talents to complete the development of the mix series and do a good job in the spring rush.

Before the end of December, in mid-December, the chip design plan, a batch of sample chips, and the packaging procedure for converting neural signals into electrical signals were given to Rice.

It is impossible to give out the source code. If you want the source code, the price is completely different.

Rice only uses the brain-computer connection algorithm of Kechuangbiology by calling the standardized interface through MIUI.

"Lao Yan, this time you will be fully responsible for the research and development of the spring mix mobile phone. We have a very tight schedule, and we only have three months to complete the research and development to the final version."

Mix is ​​the real high-end series of rice. The rice MIX released in 16 can be called the first full-screen mobile phone. It defined what a full-screen is for the first time. Its full-screen concept has influenced the design of mobile phones in the world for the next five years.

If rice mix was amazing when it was born, it was unsatisfactory when it was born in mix2, and it was pure industrial waste when it was mixed3.

The poor reputation of Mix3 led to the release of a new model of the mix series every year, and no products were born in 19 or 20.

Yan Yongsheng is the vice president of Dami Group. He is mainly responsible for the systematic research and development of smartphones. He has served as the chief structural designer in companies such as Motorola and VTech.

He was very puzzled: "Boss Lei, what do you mean by completing the research and development work in three months? Didn't we make a plan for mix4 in 18? It was supposed to be released in spring next year at the earliest and August at the latest!"

"Complete the research and development to the final version in three months? This will kill me and I can't do it."

"And even if the R&D is completed in three months, it will take time for the factory to produce after the R&D is completed."

Lei Jun explained: "Kechuang Biotech has developed a chip with a brain-computer connection operation accuracy rate as high as 90.00%[-]."

"And the brain-computer connection device can be simplified into a style similar to a bone conduction Bluetooth headset."

If there is a brain-computer connection chip like a helmet, even if it can achieve 100% accuracy, it cannot be applied on mobile phones, because users will not accept wearing a helmet to play with a mobile phone.

Lei Jun continued: "We need to integrate the brain-computer connection function into miui."

"Kechuangbiology provides standardized interface calls. This work should not be difficult, but it is very cumbersome."

"Then the PCB layout inside the mobile phone needs to be readjusted to reserve a place for the brain-computer connection chip."

Yan Yongsheng was pleasantly surprised when he heard it at first. The brain-computer connection with an accurate recognition rate of 90.00% can also be simplified into a bone conduction Bluetooth headset.

But it sounds like he has a big head, the workload is not normal, and he may not be able to complete the task every day.

"Then the brain-computer connection device worn by the user needs to be made in the style of headphones, as simple as possible, and the brain-computer connection chip also needs to be made into it."

"I know you are working hard, but this is a rare opportunity for our mix series phones to come back to life."

"You don't think that Kechuangbio's patents are only open to our family?"

Yan Yongsheng came to his senses: "You mean that other manufacturers will also develop products related to brain-computer connection?"

Lei Jun nodded: "Yes, we can have at most three months longer than others, at least one month."

"This is a battle that cannot be lost, and this is also the best chance for the Mi series of mobile phones to occupy high-end brands."

Yan Yongsheng asked: "Can Kechuang Bio give us half a year? It is best to be half a year ahead of other brands."

Yan Yongsheng's proposal is very stupid, half a year is a very clever time difference.

Mobile phones are updated and iterated once a year on average, and mobile phones with brain-computer connection functions are also mobile phones, which are also iterated every six months.

If Rice comes out half a year earlier than other manufacturers’ brain-computer connected mobile phones, it means that their previous generation product life cycle is similar, and other mobile phone manufacturers will release the previous generation of benchmark products.

Then they will always be one generation ahead of other mobile phone manufacturers in brain-computer connection.

For example, rice goes on sale in January, and by the time the OV goes on sale in June, the ones that should be bought have almost been bought.

When users of the first-generation brain-computer connection products want to change their mobile phones in January next year, they will only consider Rice’s second-generation brain-computer connection products instead of going back to buy OV’s first-generation products.

(End of this chapter)