Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 371: Intercepting AI, protective acquisition!
Although this press conference was held in Xia Country, it caused a sensation around the world.

A number of Western media reported on this.

It's just that these reports, which seemed normal at first, soon became a little weird:

[The Times: Xingyi Technology has released the world's first smart speaker, opening a new era of smart home for all! ]

[BBC: Thanks to Xiao Ai Speaker, Bill Gates' smart home experience has entered the homes of ordinary people. ]

[Report: It’s amazing, a Xiao Ai speaker can make the old air conditioner and TV at home become smart and obedient! ]

[The Guardian: That man, carrying the Xiao Ai AI speaker, once again subverted the world. ]

[Ta Kung Pao: Xiao Ai Speaker, the world's first AI speaker, the first smart home control center speaker, is now available worldwide! Even Bill Gates wants it! ]

……

Wang Yi looked at the news with an interesting expression.

The beginning was fine and everything was normal, but what was that thing at the end?
Carrying Xiao Ai's speakers, subverting the world... Wang Yi couldn't help but think of Boss Qiao...

Even Bill Gates wants it... I guess he really wants it!
But with these reports, Xiao Ai Speaker quickly became popular all over the world.

Especially in the West, when people woke up and saw this report, many people went crazy while squatting on the toilet.

I immediately called my friends and went straight to the nearby Xingyi flagship store, Mayu and Zhenyou physical stores to place my orders and take them home to experience the products.

For a time, overseas sales also began to surge.

"Sure enough, it's because of the night. The hot sales in the West have already begun." Song Sining looked at the surging data in the background and completely faced the reality.

Wang Yi nodded: "Since we defeated Apple in the field of mobile phones, we have become a leader in the Internet industry and have our own traffic. Now we have released the innovative Xiao Ai speaker and laid out the smart home. The Western media also pursues popularity, so it is difficult not to report it extensively. It is natural that it is a global hot seller. What's more, we have Leo as the spokesperson."

As the Olympics approaches, Leo's Xphone 1pro advertisements have appeared around the world.

Similarly, Leo's endorsement of Xiao Ai speakers and smart home advertisements have also appeared around the world.

Including the advertisements and POPs of the xbuds Bluetooth headphones, they are all Leo.

The spokespersons and billboards for Zhenyou and Meiyou are all Taylor Swift.

Having spent so much on endorsements, we must maximize profits.

"But it's okay. Xiao Ai speakers are very easy to produce. Goertek has sufficient production capacity. We can just place an order." Wang Yi said with a smile.

Song Si Ning nodded: "You are very thoughtful. As a reward, I will give you a kiss."

"One kiss is not enough!" Wang Yi said with a smile: "Let's continue our business!"

Having said that, Wang Yi went straight to the bedroom.

Song Si Ning thought about this morning... her face changed drastically:
"Well... take a break. Didn't we already..."

"You had dinner yesterday, so why aren't you going to eat today?" Wang Yi asked seriously.

Song Si Ning was speechless: "..."

'Can this be the same?'

But she is not the kind of person who will admit defeat.

Even launched a counterattack!

……

But Baidu Li Yan was very melancholy.

Tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night.

His wife noticed this and couldn't help but comfort him, "Are you worried that Wang Yi's words at the press conference will cause our stock price to plummet again?"

Li Yan nodded.

His wife hugged him and said, "Don't worry, Wang Yi is not that capable. Don't worry."

Li Yan sighed: "I hope so."

"Go to sleep, it's okay." said the wife gently.

Li Yan then closed his eyes, only opening his mobile phone from time to time to check the stock price.

When I saw the stock price falling, I started to worry.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the stock price had stabilized.

As a result, I didn’t get much sleep the whole night, and the next day I found that the stock price had still fallen by 10%!

This kind of decline made Li Yan feel like he was neither up nor down.

In the morning, Wang Yi also got the first day's sales data.

Xiao Ai Speaker’s domestic sales exceeded 85 units, and overseas sales exceeded 65 units!

In just one day and one night, 150 million units were sold worldwide, and half of the three million units in stock were sold out.

Wang Yi was very convinced.

However, this was just the beginning. The sales on the second day were still hot, and were even not much worse than the first day.

It’s simple, consumers just like to show off.

Those who got the Xiao Ai speaker on the 25th started posting on their Moments that day to show off their Xiao Ai speakers.

Show off Xiao Ai's AI and let it play any song you tell it to.

Ask Xiao Ai to turn on the TV, and Xiao Ai will turn on the TV.

Ask Xiao Ai to turn on the air conditioner, and Xiao Ai will turn on the air conditioner!

Ask Xiao Ai to turn on the light, and Xiao Ai will turn on the light!
……

With this operation, he immediately became the most popular guy in the circle of friends.

When other friends saw it, they were also very excited and placed orders one after another.

Due to the user fission, Xiao Ai’s sales became extremely popular the next day.

The public opinion on the Internet exploded:

"Xiao Ai speaker is really amazing, it has AI and smart home function, it's amazing, I have to buy it!"

"It has sound quality at the thousand-yuan level, AI, smart home, and comes with a 180-yuan annual membership. It only costs 1399, which is really affordable. You'll lose out if you don't buy it!"

"Yes, this time President Wang is giving us benefits."

"Come on, forget it. I spent a month's salary to buy two Xiao Ai classmate phones at once!"

"One is enough, why buy two?"

"Infrared has a range. One is in the living room, controlling the cabinet, TV, and living room lights. One is in the bedroom, controlling the wall mounted unit and the small TV in the bedroom."

"I see. I've learned my lesson. I'll also download two machines."

"It's so convenient that the Ele.me rider delivers the product to my door. I placed the order at 9 o'clock and used the Zhenyou lip mud at 10 o'clock. It looks so good. My colleagues also bought it."

"Our department also delivered goods within 24 hours yesterday, and I was scolded by the old lady in charge, who said I was slacking off during work hours and not doing my job properly. As a result, this morning, I saw an Ele.me rider delivering the female supervisor's Zhenyou skirt. Fuck!"

"Hahaha, so funny. Our manager is pretty good. He even worked with us to figure out what color and style to buy so we wouldn't have to wear the same clothes as others."

"I'm so jealous, what a great manager."

"I bought a Xiao Ai speaker, activated a Star God card, and am trying out Honkai Impact 3rd. I have to say, China Unicom G is really fast."

"Yes, it feels several times faster than mobile 3G."

"With the Xingshen card, the Xingyi series has free data, which is great. The phone bills I save in a year can buy a Xiaoai speaker."

"I envy all the young masters and young ladies. They have Xiao Ai speakers, Star God cards, and Zhenyou lip mud, but I just want to deliver food and earn 3500."

"What's the point of being envious? We only make over 2,000 yuan a month carrying bricks, which is not as good as your delivery job!"

"I don't want to take 2000 yuan and be bullied by my manager every day. Damn it! I'm going to be a Gaode driver tomorrow and open a Gaode card. I heard there are subsidies. I can earn yuan a month and still be free!"

"I've also heard that AutoNavi makes more money than taxis."

"That's for sure. AutoNavi doesn't overcharge customers. The charges are clear and transparent, so users can use it with confidence. AutoNavi charges less and drivers earn more. Taxi service is incomparable."

"The Star God Card is really good, more cost-effective than the Black Card. It is perfect for playing Honkai Impact 3rd. I don't have to worry about exceeding the data usage or owing money. It's awesome."

……

Looking at these public opinions, Wang Yi felt relieved: "I thought that Xiao Ai speakers would be hot sellers on the first day, but sales would drop by half on the second day. I didn't expect that the momentum seems to be even stronger today."

Song Sining agrees: "Xiao Ai speakers are hot-selling all over the world right now. They sold 150 million units in one day, 250 million in two days, and they will probably be out of stock in three days."

Wang Yi sighed: "It's almost the same, a happy trouble. Who would have thought that it would sell so well even at a high price of 1399!"

In the past, Amazon launched the world’s first smart speaker in 2014. It had a lower configuration but sold for more than 1200 yuan and also sold very well.

Consumers are curious, they like new things and they want to be the most fashionable.

You know, when Android has realized under-screen cameras and full-screen displays, Apple's launch of the Smart Island has made many users excited.

What’s more, Wang Yi released a smart speaker in 2012, which was equipped with infrared and smart home control center!

It’s hard not to be a hot seller.

“Fortunately, I didn’t sell it at a low price, otherwise I would have suffered a huge loss.” Wang Yi was filled with emotion.

Initially, I was worried that if I made a thousand-yuan AI speaker and sold it at 1399, it would not sell well.

Wang Yi originally planned to follow Xiaomi's route and make a low-end speaker, add an H1 chip, add AI, and sell it for 799.

Later I thought, the Xingyi brand cannot be low-end, and since it is the world's first AI speaker, I might as well go straight to high-quality speakers.

Configuration and performance directly at the thousand-yuan level, plus AI, smart home, and a one-year membership, sold for 1399!

In this way, even if the sales volume is average, a Xiao Ai speaker without infrared can still be released for 999.

Then release a low-end Xiao Ai speaker for 799 yuan.

The borderless Xiao Ai speaker will be released next year for 599 yuan.

You can attack or defend.

But unexpectedly, plans are not as good as changes.

The 1399 series sold out immediately, and the remaining low-end series can be slowly introduced depending on the market situation. Song Si Ning was a little worried: "The sales volume is too high, and there are also happy troubles. Our -hour delivery has just been released and is very popular with users. But within three days, it is out of stock and can't be delivered within minutes, which will also be a joke!"

Wang Yi frowned slightly: "You are right to worry. At present, Xiaoshida's main products are Xiaoai speakers, Xingshen cards, and Xiaoshen cards. Especially Xiaoai speakers, they are the biggest sellers. If they are out of stock, it will be really troublesome."

"No, we have to let Goertek place more orders!" Wang Yi called Goertek again:

"Director Jiang, Xiao Ai speakers are also selling like hot cakes overseas. At the moment, they're expected to run out of stock in three days."

"So crazy?" Director Jiang was also shocked: "Director Wang, you decide how to arrange it. Goertek fully supports it."

Wang Yi said decisively: "Since it's selling well, we will have a large quantity. You should concentrate your production capacity and produce frantically. First, produce one million per day for ten days. After ten days, see the market situation and reduce the order again. I estimate that sales will drop after ten days."

"Ten days? One million units a day!" Director Jiang took a deep breath and said, "Okay, Director Wang, I will postpone the orders from other customers to a week later. In the next ten days, we will produce one million units a day, and Xiao Ai Speakers will be given priority!"

"grateful!"

"It's our responsibility. Xiao Ai speakers are selling well, so other brands of speakers will be impacted and unsalable. They will cut their orders without us saying anything."

Mr. Jiang is very familiar with this: "This was the case with Bluetooth headsets before. After Xbuds became popular, sales of other brands dropped sharply and orders were cut collectively."

"Okay, let's arrange it this way!"

Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. With a daily output of one million in ten days, a total of 10 million Xiao Ai speakers, plus the current 3 million, the total is more than 13 million!
It can not only solve the problem of supply and demand, but also store some spot goods.

Wait ten days later, and then reduce the order based on market sales.

Song Si Ning was a little worried: "Chairman, if we produce so frantically and our competitors follow suit and lower the price, will we be caught off guard?"

Wang Yi waved his hand and said earnestly: "Xiao Ai speakers are a hit product, so there will definitely be other competitors who will follow suit. We can only monopolize the market and sell at a discount to seize the market before other competitors do."

“It will take at least a year for competitors to launch their own AI speakers. By then, Xiao Ai Speaker will have sold tens of millions of units, and competitors will just be left staring blankly.”

"One year later?" Song Si Ning was puzzled: "Why are they so slow to follow suit?"

Wang Yi nodded: "It's not that I look down on them, but they really can't make AI speakers these days!"

"Why?" Song Si Ning was a little confused.

"Simple." Wang Yi said with a smile: "Speakers are easy to make, but AI speakers are difficult. First, they have to solve the problem of smart home chips. We have H1, and if they want to copy it, they have to find a chip to replace H1."

Wang Yi agreed to open H1 to friendly companies, which was cooperation, but he did not allow them to use Wang Yi's chips, copy Wang Yi's products, or grab Wang Yi's market.

"Secondly, even if they buy the chips for smart speakers, they still have to build a smart home ecosystem and technical solutions. This will take at least half a year."

“Finally, even if the above two items are completed, they still lack the most critical AI algorithm!”

"Looking around the world, the only AI algorithms that are currently good are Xiao Ai and Apple's Siri. The others, BAT, JD.com, and 360, are all useless."

A few years later, BAT's AI also did well, but in 2012, it was not working.

You know, even Microsoft's MSN and Tencent's QQ use the small i robot.

These days, no one has anything of their own.

Wang Yi remembers that the first domestic AI speaker in the past was JD.com’s Ding Dong Ding Dong.

But unfortunately, it is not JD’s technology, it is useless to kill them, but it is iFlytek’s technology!
In its previous life, in 2014, Amazon launched the world’s first AI speaker.

Da Qiangzi had an idea, but he didn’t have the technology, so he went to iFlytek, which had the technology but no platform!
The two parties hit it off and established a joint venture company, Linglong Technology Co., Ltd.

In the second half of 2015, Linglong Technology Co., Ltd. launched the first domestically produced AI speaker, Ding Dong Ding Dong, priced at 699!

In the following years, a number of AI speakers, such as Xiaomi Xiaoai, Tmall Genie, Baidu Xiaodu, Tencent Tingting, etc., were launched one after another like mushrooms after rain.

Similarly, this time, the one who could develop Xiao Ai’s algorithm the fastest was not BAT, but iFLYTEK!

Even if iFLYTEK’s current strength is not as strong as it will be in a few years, it will still have the strength to accomplish it within a year.

By then, giants such as BAT will use iFlytek's AI algorithms to make AI speakers popular. At the same time, smart ecosystems of various brands will also be popular.

Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, Midea, Haier, Gree...

Naturally, the fewer smart home ecosystems there are, the better.

It would be best if all brands used the same system, so that users would not have to worry about it. They would not need Gree smart home for air conditioners, Hisense for TVs, Mijia for sweeping robots, or Ali for curtains...

That's really annoying.

It is still a system that is best for everything.

And that kind of system is Xingyi Zhijia!
To achieve this, we must cut off the development of friendly competitors.

If we can’t stop it at the hardware level, then we can stop it at the software level, at the algorithm level.

Thinking of this, Wang Yi looked at Song Si Ning: "Si Ning, I will give you an important task next!"

"What's the mission? Is it to lobby various major home appliance brands and invite them to join our Xingyi Smart Home?"

Wang Yi waved his hand: "Xingyi Zhijia needs an invitation, but there is no rush. The most important thing right now is for you to go to iFlytek to discuss cooperation and acquire shares. We can take 20% of the shares for 30 billion!"

"That's... OK!" Although Song Si Ning didn't quite understand, she still did as she was told: "Then I'll book a flight to Fei City right away."

"In order to avoid any further trouble, I'll have someone take you to the airport!" Wang Yi said.

With the release of Xiao Ai Speaker, everyone can see the infinite future of smart home and AI voice interaction.

There is no guarantee that no company will target iFLYTEK.

If Wang Yi arrived too late and someone else got there first, he would have no place to cry.

Wang Yi remembered that in its previous life, China Mobile acquired a stake in iFLYTEK in the second half of 2012.

What Wang Yi has to do now is naturally to take the lead.

Even though Wang Yi already has the Xiaoi robot, considering the strategic barriers, he still has to bring iFlytek, this sharp knife, under his command.

Otherwise, once iFlytek's sharp knife falls into the hands of friendly competitors, it will only become a sword that will cut down Xingyi Technology!
This can also be considered a protective acquisition.

This was the case with Goertek before and is now the case with iFlytek.

If Wang Yi had not invested in Goertek and became the second largest shareholder, Goertek would have already come out to copy Xbuds and Xiao Ai speakers.

Similarly, iFLYTEK also needs to be taken down.

What’s more, Wang Yi is vigorously developing AI. The small i robot alone is not enough. If iFlytek is added, it will undoubtedly be even stronger and go a step further!
Once the technical algorithms of iFlytek and Xiaoi Robot are integrated, Siri will no longer be comparable to Xiao Ai.

More importantly, without iFlytek, it would take more than a year for competitors to follow the trend of AI speakers. It might take two or even three years.

Three years is enough time for Xiao Ai Audio to dominate Xia Country!
By then, what competitors will lose is not only the AI ​​speakers, but also the smart home system behind them.

In this life, Wang Yi is going to sweep the entire smart home market from the start. He will never be like in his previous life, where he used one brand and one system to conquer all consumers.

Xiaomi has one set, Midea has another, Gree has another, Hisense has another... Isn't that stupid? How can consumers choose?
Then, Wang Yi thought about Amazon again:
"By the way, Si Ning, we have also arranged people to keep an eye on Amazon and other overseas giants. Once Amazon and other giants start to follow suit and develop AI speakers, we will immediately mass-produce our low-end Xiao Ai speakers. Once they start mass-producing, we will immediately launch our low-end products at a low price to cut in on them!"

"Okay!" Song Si Ning responded.

Understand Wang Yi's style. Before competitors follow suit, promote high-end products, grab customers and seize the market.

After competitors followed suit, they immediately launched low-end products, started a price war, and crushed competitors!

Only in this way can we avoid being crushed by our competitors.

After packing their luggage, Song Si Ning and Wang Yi kissed goodbye: "Let's go, take care of yourself and don't get tired."

"You too, dear." Wang Yi hugged Song Sining tightly.

After a long time, the two separated.

Wu Shuang drove Song Si Ning, her secretary and bodyguard straight to the airport.

After watching the group leave, Wang Yi received a call from Fang Zhou, a person in charge of Shandong Province:

"Director Wang, it's a hit! Our Star God Cards and Little God Cards are both a hit."

Duan Fangzhou was full of excitement: "Director Wang, after one day online, the number of Star God Card activations exceeded one million. The number of Minor God Card activations also exceeded 800,000!"

“It’s very popular. It’s very popular!”

"So many?" Wang Yi was a little surprised.

But if you think about it, it makes sense.

Regular packages these days are too expensive, and black cards are unstable, which makes people feel uneasy.

This is why the Star God Cards and Minor God Cards are so cost-effective and are so popular.

After all, the Star God Card, Little God Card, and Xingyi series have free traffic and are cheap, which is simply invincible.

The package prices of 36 and 66 are even more affordable.

As for why they didn't just switch to the Xingyi package with the China Unicom number? Instead, they had to open a new card?
Naturally, there are few China Unicom users at present, and most of them are mobile users, so changing the package can only satisfy a small number of people.

Secondly, once China Mobile learns the trick of changing the package, it will rely on its user scale and work with BAT to launch customized cards and directly change the package, which will be a fatal blow to the Star God Card and the Little God Card.

Therefore, changing the package, which kills 500 enemies but hurts 2,000 of your own, is not suitable for China Unicom, but is suitable for China Mobile!

After all, China Unicom’s users are less than half of China Mobile’s!
More importantly, many users currently use black cards, how to change the package?
Real-name authentication is required to change the package!

Wang Yi said with a smile: "Mr. Duan, this is just the beginning. Before China Mobile and China Telecom follow up, we can add a lot of users. But after China Mobile and China Telecom follow up, it's hard to say."

Duan Fangzhou understood what Wang Yi meant: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I will go to the capital tomorrow and personally go to the headquarters to discuss again. I must get a higher discount package. Once China Telecom and China Mobile follow up, we will increase the price immediately!"

"Beautiful! I admire your decisiveness." Wang Yi said with a smile.

If such a good advantage is crushed by China Mobile and China Telecom, then China Unicom will be doomed.

Duan Fangzhou said with a smile: "Little God Card, Star God Card, they are all God Cards. Mr. Wang, I promise you that our packages will always be the most favorable. As long as China Mobile and China Telecom dare to show their swords, no matter how favorable they are, we will follow!"

"Very good! I didn't misjudge the person." Wang Yi felt relieved.

The operators are just competing with each other, and they deserve it.

Finally, the three parties shook hands and reached a consensus.

Looking at the skyrocketing data in the background, Wang Yi slept soundly until the next morning, when he was woken up by the phone call.

"Director Wang, help! Honkai Impact 150rd has been online for two days and the download volume has exceeded million. The server can't handle it! Help!"

On the other end of the phone, Mr. Cai said pitifully.

Wang Yi smiled: "I expected it a long time ago. It's okay. The server is ready. Contact Jian Ziyan and she will arrange someone to help you."

"Are you ready?" Mr. Cai was stunned. "Thank you, Mr. Wang. Thank you! Thank you so much."

(End of this chapter)