When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

The last day of February.

A new product launch conference is being held at the National Convention Center in Beijing.

It was Xiaomi’s 2016 spring new product launch conference.

At this press conference, Xiaomi Mi 4S and Xiaomi Mi 5 will be released.

The reason why this mobile phone has gained such huge popularity is very simple.

That is, the Xiaomi 5, which Xiaomi is about to launch, will be equipped with a smartphone assistant developed in cooperation with Galaxy Technology.

At the same time, it is also a new product that integrates Galaxy Technology's beauty algorithm into the mobile phone system.

The second is the phone’s brand new configuration and better performance.

The press conference was scheduled for 2 p.m.

However, the propaganda started long ago.

So, on this day, with Xiaomi's huge publicity budget, this spring press conference really attracted a lot of people's attention.

In a lounge at the conference center.

Lei Jun is doing the final product alignment with Xiaomi executives.

"This launch event is very important to us. There are not many brands in China that have obtained patent authorization and equipped with artificial intelligence mobile assistants. We are the first to launch, so we must seize this opportunity!"

"Price/performance ratio is only our initial choice, but our ultimate goal is to enter the high-end market and earn the most profit."

"Whether we can break the previous reputation of cost-effective and low-priced products depends on this time."

"If pre-sales are good, then everything will proceed according to the previous plan, increase production, and give suppliers a little more profit if necessary."

"Our goal is to successfully get rid of the previous image of Xiaomi phones through this phone. As long as we can achieve this goal, even if we make less money, it is acceptable."

"Just do it with peace of mind. I will take care of the shareholders' work!"

"Everyone, take a good rest and get ready. The real challenge will come after the press conference begins!"

Lei Jun said a lot in one breath, and his expression showed a rare hint of nervousness.

If it were just a simple new product launch every year, Lei Jun wouldn't be so nervous.

But this year's Xiaomi 5 is different.

Because of the beauty tax collected by Galaxy Technology, coupled with the research and development of an artificial intelligence mobile phone assistant, the cost of Xiaomi's new mobile phone, which has not yet been released, has reached a new high.

Similarly, because of this reason, Lei Jun has the confidence to promote Xiaomi mobile phones to the high-end market.

It is well known that the high-end market is the most profitable.

Just like Apple, its market share is not high, but its profit margin is higher than the sum of other major manufacturers.

Such are the lucrative profits in the high-end market.

It is absolutely impossible to say that Lei Jun is not jealous.

Every domestic manufacturer is envious, but none of them can gain a foothold in the high-end market and can only watch Apple and Samsung make huge profits.

This time, it was because Lei Jun saw the artificial intelligence mobile phone assistant developed by Galaxy Technology, coupled with the powerful intelligent beauty algorithm, that he mustered up the courage to make a sprint.

After pepping up the executives, Lei Jun went to a quiet lounge.

Sitting on the sofa, he thought about it and took out his cell phone to make a call.

"Boss Lei, the press conference is about to start. Why did you think of calling me?"

The voice coming from the phone was exactly Wang Donglai.

Lei Jun smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest with Academician Wang, I am a little nervous. After all, this new product is different from the previous ones. It carries our hope of Xiaomi mobile phones to become high-end models. If we can successfully gain a foothold in the high-end models, then Xiaomi's future will be easier."

"But if we fail, our losses will be huge!"

"I'm under a lot of pressure, so I thought I'd give you a call to relieve the stress."

Wang Donglai, who was on the other end of the phone, heard what Lei Jun said and said in a surprised tone: "This is not like the Lei Jun in my memory. It's just a new product. The press conference hasn't even started yet, and Lei Jun is getting nervous. This is not a good sign!"

Lei Jun had no intention of pretending to be strong in front of Wang Donglai, so he did not hide his worries.

"If they can choose the high-end market, no one will choose the low-end market. Xiaomi's development in the past two years seems good, but the actual profit margin has not increased much. Moreover, because it takes the cost-effective route, there are still many better ways to solve many problems."

"I am really optimistic about Xiaomi 5. It is equipped with a lithium-sulfur battery, which greatly improves the battery life and charging speed. It also has a built-in beauty algorithm and an artificial intelligence mobile assistant, which is absolutely attractive."

"From a purely practical point of view, I think it's not much worse than Apple."

Originally, Wang Donglai was not going to say anything, but when he heard what Lei Jun said, he couldn't help himself.

"Mr. Lei, I don't agree with what you said. I'm not trying to criticize Mr. Lei, but the current configuration is indeed not as good as Apple's. The gap is huge."

"In terms of appearance design, Apple is ahead of China. I have to say that Apple's aesthetics have always been online. I don't need to mention your company's mobile phone design."

"In addition, there is Apple's iOS system. Anyone who has experienced it should be able to feel the difference with Android. The most important thing is that Apple phones do not protect personal privacy like Android phones, which are completely open."

"Mr. Lei, you are also an insider, and you know the tone of our domestic Internet companies. A software requires various permissions and wants to dig out all the user's privacy. Apple is not so excessive."

"Finally, there is the gap in chips. Domestic mobile phones will never be able to use the most advanced chips. I think Mr. Lei will not object to this."

"After all, it is our poor semiconductor technology that makes us lag behind others, so it is reasonable for such a situation to occur."

Wang Donglai didn't bother to be polite with Lei Jun and started to comment immediately.

After hearing Wang Donglai's series of disrespectful comments, Lei Jun's face darkened.

However, Lei Jun was not angry because of Wang Donglai's words. Instead, he quickly adjusted his mood and asked: "There is a gap between us and Apple, but I still firmly believe that with the passage of time and the development of technology, the gap between us and Apple will only get smaller and smaller."

"Mr. Lei, we are all acquaintances now. Why deceive yourself? The gap between us and Apple lies in advanced chips, independent operating systems, and good business rules to limit the wanton development of Internet software."

"The second thing is design and branding."

"When China can produce advanced chips that are in line with international standards, when core components can be localized, and when we develop an operating system that everyone is willing to use, then we can say that we can compete with Apple."

"It's really difficult to challenge Apple's high-end status without doing these things!"

For some reason, Wang Donglai's words did not hold much mercy at all, but Lei Jun did not get angry about it. Instead, he became interested.

The nervousness in my heart that had originally arisen from the press conference also calmed down.

"Academician Wang, after hearing what you said, I suddenly feel that the gap between us and Apple is not that big."

"Chips, operating systems, core components, these things may seem complicated and difficult, but as long as the country pays attention to them, they should be solvable."

Lei Bush said in a rather confident tone.

"Boss Lei, that's not necessarily true. Many breakthroughs in technology and fields cannot be achieved just by wanting to make them."

“It takes time and the right timing.”

There was a hint of thought in Lei Bushi's eyes as he was thinking about what Wang Donglai meant by this sentence.

There was a knock on the lounge door, waking up Reeves.

When I looked at the time, I found out that the press conference was about to begin.

"Academician Wang, the press conference is about to begin. I have to get busy first!"

After saying something to Wang Dong on the phone, Lei Jun hung up, got up and left the lounge.

With a faint smile on his face, he exuded an approachable and elegant temperament, without any sense of nervousness about the upcoming press conference.

……

Tangdu. Inside the research institute.

Putting down his phone, Wang Donglai shook his head and prepared to continue with his own work.

However, after thinking about it, he still instructed the phone: "Wa, pay attention to the release and pre-sale of Xiaomi 5, and give me a report after it is completed."

The phone on the table suddenly lit up, and a large cartoon character appeared on the screen, saying in a mature voice: "Okay!"

This is exactly the artificial intelligence Wa that Wang Donglai obtained from the system.

After spending a small amount of time, Wang Donglai finally managed to settle Wa down.

The huge computing power has liberated some of Wa's abilities.

Therefore, only a tiny portion of Wa’s computing power is stored on Wang Donglai’s mobile phone.

If there is a little more, the mobile phone will not be able to be driven, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Originally, Wang Donglai thought that after having Wa, he would let Wa learn human knowledge freely so that she could help him in technological research and development.

However, due to the current development of computer hardware, Wa's abilities are greatly limited.

It requires a super huge database and computing center to provide it with data and computing power.

It can be said that there is no limit to Wa's ability as long as the computing power and data requirements can be met.

It can take over all electronic devices in the world, as long as the devices are connected to the Internet, and even in some places, as long as they are powered, it can be controlled.

You can imagine how powerful Nuwa is.

However, Wa is far from being able to do this at present.

A small goal of investing 100 million yuan is to build a small computing center for Wa.

If Wang Donglai really wants Wa to play a greater role, then he needs to build a larger data center and computing power center.

Wang Donglai had already instructed Galaxy Technology to do this.

At the same time, he also included the development of graphics cards in his plan.

After assigning the task to Wa, Wang Donglai continued to busy himself with his own affairs.

Two hours passed.

Xiaomi’s press conference is over.

The entire internet is full of news about Xiaomi’s new product, Xiaomi 5.

"Xiaomi 5 is launched with great success, featuring ten breakthroughs and high technology!"

《The first smartphone in China equipped with an artificial intelligence mobile assistant, opening up human-computer interaction! 》

《Smartphones equipped with intelligent AI are truly smart phones!》

"Smartphones are redefined today by Xiaomi 5!"

"Witness the black technology, the intelligent AI-equipped Xiaomi 5 is coming!"

One after another, attractive headlines appear on major platforms.

Just from the title, it is very eye-catching.

And such means are undoubtedly effective.

Online pre-orders for Xiaomi 5 also soared from million units before the launch conference to million units.

Moreover, the growth rate has not stopped at all and is still continuing to rise.

Seeing such results, other people in the industry suddenly became uneasy.

Based on this momentum, everyone can be sure of one thing, that is, Xiaomi 5 will become a hit.

Although many people had such speculation before the press conference.

After all, this new phone is loaded with so many good things.

Fingerprint unlock!

40W fast charging and 3850mAh lithium-sulfur battery.

Built-in intelligent beautification algorithm.

Load Xiao Ai, the artificial intelligence mobile assistant.

Microcrystalline zirconium nano 3D ceramic body.

During the press conference, Lei Jun also emphasized these advantages.

Fast charging technology and large-capacity batteries can reduce users' anxiety about battery life and solve their pain points.

The built-in intelligent beauty algorithm allows Xiaomi 5 to take photos directly without any retouching.

What is most surprising is the performance of Xiao Ai, the artificial intelligence mobile assistant.

Lei Jun did not use some simple questions to express his ideas, but took this opportunity to integrate the smart home that Xiaomi has been promoting.

Control other smart home devices through your smartphone assistant.

And also released a promotional video.

The promotional video shows Xiaomi’s vision of smart home linkage.

The core is this smartphone assistant, which is used to control it.

When this promotional video was released, it immediately set the entire Internet on fire.

Science fiction, future, beauty, happiness!
This is the only thought I had after watching this promotional video.

Among them, Xiao Ai has become the object of pursuit among netizens.

Everyone in the industry, whether they had cooperated with Galaxy Technology or not, became anxious at this moment.

The mall is like a battlefield!
The hot sales of Xiaomi 5 will inevitably lead to the slow sales of other mobile phone products.

As a result, the market share gap will widen.

The strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak.

Once the gap has widened, the price to pay for catching up will only be greater.

Therefore, after anticipating that Xiaomi 5 would sell well, many people began to take action.

For example, Warwick has held an emergency meeting and decided to move forward the new product launch originally scheduled for May to March.

For example, the LeTu mobile phone also urgently decided to start pre-sales and bundle it with the Xiaomi 5 to compete.

For a time, the domestic Internet industry was extremely bustling.

And at this moment, news suddenly came from overseas.

The final match between Google's artificial intelligence AlphaGo and Go world champion Lee Jae-seok has come to an end. The artificial intelligence won and world champion Lee Jae-seok admitted defeat.

As soon as this news came out and spread back to the country, everyone's attention was immediately focused on Galaxy Technology.

Both are artificial intelligence, but AlphaGo, the artificial intelligence developed by Google, defeated the world Go champion, while Galaxy Technology’s artificial intelligence did not achieve such results.

No one knew how the news came out, but suddenly a large number of articles and videos criticizing Galaxy Technology appeared online.

"Galaxy Technology is actually a fraudulent company!" As soon as this article was published, it went viral on the Internet and became a hot topic. (End of this chapter)