The leisurely life of rebirth

Li Hong stayed in the office alone and thought for a long time.

For him personally,

The wealth now is enough.

For the company,

Development never ends.

Li Hong is actually a relatively Buddhist person and does not have too many expectations for the future.

Returning to China to start a company was actually an accident.
Life is always made up of many surprises.

I used to consider technology more, but later I found that social skills are actually very important, but they are not suitable for me.

In fact, he had been thinking about what Zhou You had said to him.

He didn’t think too much about the future of smart driving, and there is no particularly advanced technology abroad.

Following the footsteps of foreign countries, the company has developed to where it is today.

Once there is no path dependence, the company will fall into a period of confusion.

The investment in food delivery failed, and the investment in mobile phone assistant also failed.

There are so many successful investment cases, oh, it’s hard to count them.

The three giants in the industry have shown a trend of decline after reaching their peak, and it can be said that their listing was their peak.

There are also some bad signs in the main search business.

I had a brief chat with Zhou You last time and gained a lot.

Knowing that Zhou You was in Shanghai, I took the opportunity of a business trip to come and see him and discuss some things.

"Teacher Zhou hasn't bought a villa yet?" After meeting each other, Li Hong didn't expect Zhou You to ask him about the villa first.

Zhao Yun asked around but couldn't find one that satisfied Zhou You.

Either it is far away, someone else has lived there, or the area is too small.

We can only wait a little longer.

Who knew that the big boss would come to your door.

At least for now, Li Hong's network of contacts is not comparable to Zhou You's.

I was originally planning to wait for a while before traveling. If I don’t find anything I like, there won’t be much point in changing it later.

Zhou You smiled and said, "No, I thought I couldn't stay here for long and it would be troublesome to buy a villa. But when I really wanted to buy one, I found out that it's not easy to find the right one."

"That's true. It's troublesome to buy one if you don't need it. Let me ask if there is a suitable one. Many people buy one but don't live in it. The places you mentioned have probably been sold long ago." Li Hong also knew it well. Sometimes these things just require choosing the right time.

"Okay, I've also asked some people and am waiting for news." Zhou You told the truth.

Later I asked Sister Caixia, and she was still looking for it.

Xiaobai wanted to say no several times, but it didn't work.

Zhou You has learned his lesson from this loss, because he just didn't have experience before.

"By the way, what is Brother Li doing here this time?"

I originally thought that even if we had dealings in the future, we wouldn’t have that much dealings. It’s an old company and there wouldn’t be that much new business.

Li Hong's hairstyle is split 3:7, his nose is straight and his mouth is square, his facial features are clear, and he looks elegant with a hint of firmness.

Zhou You sometimes feels jealous, because these people are the protagonists in novels.

Damn, he is handsome, talented and rich!
"I came here specifically to see you." Li Hong did not hide the purpose of his visit.

He has been a big boss for all these years. If Zhou You was just a simple entrepreneur, he would not take him so seriously.

Indeed, the investment cases are amazing.

To put it bluntly, if he were willing to stand up now, his reputation might soar instantly.

Zhou You was a little confused: "Looking for me?"

"Yes, some of the things you said last time made me feel more and more that something was not right the more I thought about it, so I had no choice but to ask you in person." Li Hong said with a smile.

Zhou You looked at the others and sat farther away from them.

"I was just saying it casually. Brother Li even came all the way here. Just tell me and I'll go over. I go to the capital city often, too."

"I know that you have many industries and are very busy. Our company's development has reached a bottleneck. I have more time than you." Li Hong thought he was giving face to the other party by saying this.

But Zhou You felt embarrassed after hearing it.

This is a slap in the face.

What are you busy with? You don't have any work at all.

"That's what you mentioned last time about smart driving. Do you think it's feasible?" Li Hong said directly without beating around the bush.

Zhou You nodded firmly: "This is one of the future trends."

"However, finding the right direction and surviving are two different concepts. You will encounter many difficulties in the process. Your biggest difficulty is that you don't have a physical car and you are still doing things with an Internet mindset."

Zhou You spoke frankly this time. Since the other party came here specially, he must want to hear some truth.

Besides, I am now qualified to tell the truth.

Li Hong's expression was very serious. He knew this too. Just like the takeaway, he would not be the one who survived.

"What are the difficulties? Can they be solved?"

Zhou You shook his head and spread his hands: "I don't know, I haven't experienced it either."

“You know the trolley problem, right?”

"You know, will the out-of-control train choose the side with fewer people or the side with more people?" Li Hong was a little confused. What does this have to do with smart driving?

Zhou You smiled bitterly: "Suppose two children are chasing each other and suddenly rush in front of a self-driving car."

"What do you think should be done with cars?"

Li Hong said without hesitation: "We must brake."

"But the algorithm concluded that it was too late to brake and the only way to avoid hitting the two children was to turn into the oncoming lane."

"However, this could result in a collision with an oncoming truck. According to the algorithm, the passengers in the self-driving car will most likely die!"

Zhou You calmly stated the problem, which was also a problem that everyone often encountered later.

In the past, philosophical issues were just philosophical issues and rarely involved reality.

It’s different now, philosophical issues and reality are combined together.

After listening to this, Li Hong remained silent for a long time.

A problem that has not been solved for thousands of years cannot be solved by oneself.

In the past, people were in control, and when faced with urgent problems, all philosophy was thrown out the window, and everything was handled by emotions and intuition.

The way of handling it is different.

However, autonomous driving is different. It is a practical engineering problem.

Once the algorithm is determined, it will operate according to this model.

If you were a car owner, which one would you buy?
If this problem is not solved, big problems will probably arise sooner or later.

Zhou You saw that Li Hong's face was full of confusion and knew that he had made him too cruel.

"Senior, don't be discouraged. You can't eat a fat man in one bite. Don't take too big a step. That is the final form. It will take at least ten years."

"If you are tired of driving, you can use some auxiliary functions, such as the cruise control we usually use."

"In the future, we can add technologies such as automatic parking, lane keeping, and automatic following. These are what you are best at, and the technologies will be released gradually."

Li Hong also reacted. He was so obsessed with it that he almost couldn't come out.

This is just like search technology, which is gradually improving.

However, according to this approach, we do need to build cars. If we don’t have cars ourselves, many functions cannot be put into practical use.

Open platforms also need to be divided into different targets. Mobile phones and cars are completely different things.

Li Hong looked at Zhou You,

His eyes were staring at it, as if he was looking at a rare treasure.

"Mr. Zhou, are you interested in cooperating?"

Zhou You felt a little frightened by the look in his eyes.

"Cooperation, how to cooperate?" "How about we work together on this smart driving?" Li Yanhong extended his hand to invite.

Zhou You was a little confused.

In the past, I invested in others, but now I am investing in myself?

"No, Mr. Li, I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you want to invest in me, or do you want me to invest in you?" Zhou You said directly.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

Li Hong also reacted and realized that this was not an ordinary person and his previous tricks were useless here.

They also started out as investors.

The hand that was stretched out was inadvertently retracted.

"Also, Brother Li, can you make the decision on this matter?" Zhou You said again in a cold tone.

I didn't pay attention to it at first, but later I found out that Li Hong's wife is actually from Luzhou. He is really low-key.

The rest is even less identifiable.

However, Zhou You still knows a little bit that Lao Li may not be able to manage many businesses.

This is because the company has become large, factions are intertwined, and efficiency is extremely low.

The embarrassment Li Hong encountered today was more than what he had encountered in the past few years. Facing Zhou You's young face, he really had an illusion.

"This is a huge investment and a major decision for the company. We have already started to make it internally, but we may have thought it was too simple."

Zhou You smiled and said, it’s not too simple, it’s quite simple.

The Internet is not omnipotent.

Without entities, the Internet is nothing.

There is an advantage at the beginning, but once everyone adapts and reaches a dynamic balance, there is no advantage anymore.

In the end, it’s still the entity that matters.

How long can you keep playing with concepts and empty things?

Zhou You did not take up this topic, at least not now.

He likes to help people when they are in need, he doesn't like to add icing on the cake, and he even less likes to be a savior.

At least Qiandu couldn't save this one.

The business is too single and its development is greatly restricted.

"Brother Li, who do you think is your company's competitor?" Zhou You asked suddenly.

Li Hong was confused by the question. This little brother's thinking span is quite large.

“Do you mean intelligent driving, or our company?”

Since Google left China, Qiandu has entered a stage of monopoly, which also led to the loss of their enterprising spirit.

"Your main business is search," Zhou You called out.

Li Hong smiled. He was too young to ask such a naive question.

"I think we have no rivals at the moment. The gap between other companies' search engines and ours is too big, and it is impossible for them to catch up in a short period of time."

I am confident about this.

The search engines that come with other browsers are not used much at all. Even forcing them doesn’t work. If you can’t find anything after using them several times, who would still use them?

Zhou You also smiled. That was how the older generation fell.

"Brother Li, you should know that the decline in instant noodle sales is due to the impact of takeout."

"The same is true for search. The future competitors will not be the search engines. Do you feel that the search frequency is declining? You still have too many advertisements."

Zhou You couldn't help but complain.

How can a company whose main business and main income is advertising not be criticized?

Of course, most Internet companies are similar.

Penguin claims to be a high-tech company, and its main business is also games.

It’s just that other game companies, such as miHoYo, openly say that they are game companies.

An advertising company is an advertising company, and I just advertise.

These are all normal market behaviors.

The most annoying thing is that people are so arrogant and yet they still put up a memorial archway for themselves.

"You can never guess where your next competitor will be. Don't just focus on your own little piece of land."

Zhou You, what you said is a bit serious, but it is the fact.

Loyalty is offensive.

Li Hong was very angry at first, but in the blink of an eye he remembered what he said last time, that you should come and chat with him more often, because other people didn't dare to talk to him at all.

"Yeah, you're the only one who dares to tell me. No one else dares to tell me. Even if they do, I probably won't take it seriously."

"Just what model do you think will be the next breakthrough in search engines?"

Zhou You was a little surprised that Li Hong was not angry.

I still remember that one time someone poured water on my head, but I was able to react in time.
Not bad!

"There's a forum in there, you know?"

"You said that if your forum continues to grow, the relevant questions they search for will still be in your forum, or directly in your search box?"

“It should have appeared abroad.”

"There are also signs of this on the Internet now, that is, self-media, and ByteDance is like this."

"There will be more forums like this in the future. Even if Tianya disappears, there will be more because this is human nature."

“When they want to search for questions or learn about something in the future, they will look for it in this community.”

Li Hong listened very carefully and nodded from time to time.

I heard Zhou You say again: "Will your search engine show such answers? If they appear too many times, it will divert traffic to others. Are you willing to do it?"

Li Hong shook his head.

He nodded again.

This is an open conspiracy, a very unsolvable one.

Searching for others is promotion.

If you don’t allow others to search your website, your credibility will decline over time.

There were a lot of people standing around the two of them. Even when a big shot was traveling, there would always be a lot of people following him.

We are not stupid. We must have something to discuss if we come here specially.

Zhao Yun also followed. He really didn't expect that buying a villa this time would be so difficult.

According to Zhou You's requirements, a single-family house in Shanghai must start at at least 500 square meters.

And the requirement for traveling around is preferably over 800 square meters, and there are so many other requirements.

According to this standard, those who own such villas are basically wealthy people, and they most likely do not want to sell them.

So even if they find someone who meets the requirements, the other party will not choose to make a move.

This is the most difficult part!

It is already difficult to accomplish this by relying on your own circle, let alone traveling around, which seems like a simple condition.

I was just a little curious about what Zhou You was saying that made Li Hong's face so expressive.

I have to say that Zhou You’s progress is indeed too fast, so fast that I can’t keep up with him. What should I do in the future?
The more Li Hong listened, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back.

Apart from anything else, these few words are worth a ton of money.

This is not impossible, and is most likely based on Zhou You's description, as this is how his own forum operates.

Until the end, the expression on his face was visibly tense: "Is there any solution?"

Zhou You smiled and didn't say anything else.

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