Reborn: Billionaire in College

It didn't take long for everyone to arrive at the Orange Exploration Laboratory.

Lin Bin introduced enthusiastically: "This is Nong Yanzhang, the head of the laboratory, who previously worked at Google."

Nong Yanzhang was dressed like a typical science and engineering man, in his early forties, and in good spirits.

When he saw Chen Pingjiang, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

Although there are not many people in the Exploration Laboratory, each of them is a great talent.

The worst here are also 985 master's and doctoral graduates.

It includes technical experts in related professions such as mathematicians, statisticians, AI algorithm engineers, visual communication, product design and even new media.

As a key project of Orange Technology, the Exploration Laboratory receives much more funding each year than other research departments.

Nong Yanzhang brought everyone to a room of about 60 to 70 square meters and introduced it, "This room is a one-bedroom and one-living room that we built on a one-to-one basis. All the electrical appliances inside are equipped with gateways."

Nong Yanzhang pointed to the Xiaoju speaker on the coffee table, and then said: "The control principle of Xiaoju smart home is realized through voice recognition and intelligent voice interaction technology. When you say "Xiaoju, turn on the TV", Xiaoai can collect sound signals, convert the voice into text through voice recognition technology, and then understand the voice to control the TV."

"In fact, it is all about analyzing the user's words to achieve domain classification, intent classification and entity extraction. At present, there is no competitor on the market, and our Xiaoju classmate is the only one."

Chen Pingjiang nodded with satisfaction.

I gave a few commands to the Xiaoju speaker, and unexpectedly the recognition rate and execution rate were very good.

From his layman's perspective, they have basically reached 70% of the level of Xiaoai and Xiaoyi.

This is already amazing.

After all, it’s only 2013!
With a few more years of development, Xiaoju Voice will definitely become the leader in the AI ​​voice industry.

Chen Pingjiang had some idea about this thing and had seen it before, so he wasn't surprised.

But Wang Tao, a tech geek, couldn't walk anymore.

After curiously exploring it for a while, he continued to communicate the principles behind it with Nong Yanzhang.

Even after leaving the Exploration Laboratory, Wang Tao's mind was still full of AI.

Seeing this, Chen Pingjiang laughed and said, "DJI should not only make good drones, but also find a way to enter the field of intelligent driving."

Wang Tao nodded confidently: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, we have already started research and development with Jiuzhou Automobile."

When it comes to AI, no matter how much importance Chen Pingjiang places on it, it is not excessive.

In the following days, Chen Pingjiang made a lot of moves.

He directly called together the heads of several of his companies.

The only purpose is to integrate a subsidiary that specializes in AI.

"Now Orange Technology has people in charge of AI, Renren is also developing big data, Jiuzhou Auto will use autonomous driving and smart cockpits in the future, and DJI will also use them in various aspects. I think that instead of everyone fighting alone, it is better to gather advantages and integrate them together, jointly develop, and cooperate with each other."

The future AI ecosystem will benefit all aspects if every company only does its own thing and fights on its own.

Not to mention the waste of resources, it is also impossible to integrate effectively.

Moreover, after all, each company has a different entity, and information exchange can sometimes be troublesome.

However, if all companies jointly invest and provide manpower to build a company dedicated to the research and development of various AI application technologies, the results will definitely be much better.

"Smart home, AI voice, AI search, AI big model, autonomous driving, smart cockpit, industrial AI are all projects we will develop in the future. I think the name of the new company should be Pangu, which means the creation of the world and the world's first."

What opinions do the executives here have?
The entire industry belongs to Chen Pingjiang, and they are just high-level employees. Moreover, the entire resource is indeed a good move.

The establishment of the subsidiary Pangu AI is not as low-key as that of its older brothers and sisters.

Chen Pingjiang specially designated an area in Qingshan Lake for Pangu AI to use.

Let these people focus on research and development here.

If you plant seeds now, they will surely sprout in 10 years.

“Mr. Chen, the area of ​​Qingshan Lake is a little insufficient now.” Lin Bin spread his hands and complained: “Originally, the area of ​​the park was very large, but we built factories and allocated a lot of area to miHoYo, DJI and even Pangu AI. It will definitely not be enough for further expansion.”

Chen Pingjiang laughed: "How can this be called a big deal? I'll go to the district and the city to beg for alms."

That afternoon, Chen Pingjiang drove to the Wujiang District Government.

Wujiang District gave Chen Pingjiang a grand reception.

This person is the God of Wealth of Wujiang District, so we cannot be careless with him.

Looking back to those days, Wujiang District was very poor and was much worse than those Qinhuai districts.

But with the establishment of various companies under Chen Pingjiang in Wujiang District, the economic strength of Wujiang District has skyrocketed, and it collects more than 200 billion yuan in various taxes every year.

Taxes are only one aspect.

What’s even more impressive is the housing prices in Wujiang District, which saw the largest increase in this round of increases.

Developers are flocking to Wujiang District to acquire land!

Why?

Because no matter which company it is, they are all rich people with high incomes and can afford it.

With the arrival of high-end hospitals, well-known primary and secondary schools, and large supermarkets, Wujiang District has now become the leader of Dongjiang City.

The lowest unemployment rate, the largest number of introduced population, the highest fiscal revenue...

All of this was because of hugging Chen Pingjiang's thighs tightly.

However, Wujiang District is also very generous, mainly because the brothers in the surrounding counties, cities and districts are jealous.

Wujiang District also introduced a number of Orange Technology's supporting enterprises to other counties, cities and districts to reassure people.

The communication between the two sides was pleasant and effective.

Wujiang District added another piece of land to Qingshan Lake without much thought, at the lowest price.

This piece of land was specially reserved a long time ago.

Many developers coveted this piece of land, but the Wujiang District Government stuck to its bottom line and refused to sell it.

This is the day I've been waiting for.

…………

It is the end of February.

All major financial and technology media have focused their attention on Orange Technology's annual new product launch conference.

In order to gain sufficient exposure, Orange Technology also released some information through other channels.

For example, the world's first integrated consumer drone.

For example, smart home system
For example, the appearance picture of Orange S4 and so on.

The true and false news have whetted the appetite of the general public and made other domestic technology companies smell the trend.

Companies on the Internet have all made a fortune by copying Chen Pingjiang.

Why don’t we who run the physical business copy others?
Xiaomi, OPPO, VIVO and others are all eyeing Orange Technology's new product launch conference.

This makes consumers even more excited. In previous years, Orange Technology's new product launch conferences only released a mobile phone and a PAD, and at most added some Bluetooth headsets.

But I didn’t expect that there would be a big one this year!
"I am more interested in smart home. I saw the promotional video and it seems so cool that you can control home appliances with voice."

"I'm not interested in smart homes, but DJI is a well-known company in our flight control industry. I've heard that it was taken over by Chen Pingjiang. I've waited so long and finally got a new product."

"As someone who has paid close attention to DJI's consumer drones, I have a feeling that an era is about to come."

"..."

See the overwhelming publicity activities.

The old horse is so sour.

The two companies were competing fiercely in the payment field, but unexpectedly, Chen Pingjiang turned around and stopped paying attention, and started playing with technology.

It feels like not considering Ali as an opponent.

This feeling of being looked down upon is not pleasant.

However, what Chen Pingjiang didn’t expect the most was that Wang Tao and Lin Bin found him together and told him the same news!
Lei Jun wants to visit DJI and Orange Technology.

As if he was afraid that Chen Pingjiang would refuse, Lei Jun did not send the letter through a private phone call, but instead sent it in a very formal manner.

"This guy is really haunting us." Chen Pingjiang shook his head helplessly.

Lei Jun also set his sights on me, wanting to follow behind and copy my homework, doing whatever I did.

"Why does he care so much about domestic affairs when he is just staying in India?"

Lin Bin smiled and said, "I've thought about it, so I'll just reject this."

As a good friend and old rival, Lin Bin is very familiar with Lei Jun's tactics.

After all, back then, Lei Jun almost tricked Lin Bin into joining Meizu, and later he took advantage of Meizu's main artery.

He didn't dare let Lei Bushi come over.

Chen Pingjiang really wanted to tell Lin Bin about Ji Li’s matter, but after thinking about it, he kept silent.

Lei Jun is a guy who poaches people too aggressively, we have to be on guard.

Chen Pingjiang doesn't want to be a scapegoat.

Moreover, this man is very evil and has many tricks. Chen Pingjiang even wants to physically isolate himself from Xiaomi.

Chen Pingjiang thinks he has mastered the Internet, but compared with Lei Jun, he is still a little Karami.

Even her fart can become a hot topic.

At the most exaggerated time, 20 out of 18 hot searches were about Xiaomi.

As a result, the internet was caught by the internet trolls by Uncle Hat and restricted from trending searches.

Orange Technology is Chen Pingjiang's private company. Chen Pingjiang can act arbitrarily, but he obviously cannot do the same to DJI.

So he gave the choice to Wang Tao and reminded him: "The decision is yours, but it's best not to let the other party visit the company, otherwise your key personnel may report to Xiaomi next month."

Chen Pingjiang had said so much, and Wang Tao was not stupid, so he immediately rejected Lei Jun's request.

In fact, many people don’t know that Xiaomi once made drones and had a relationship with DJI.

Lei Jun wanted to make drones at that time, but did not want to be too proactive, so he invited Wang Tao to Beijing to discuss it.

Wang Tao went to see Lei Jun to sell the flight control system, but Lei Jun wanted DJI to manufacture affordable drones for him.

DJI refused to buy the deal, so Xiaomi went to Guangzhou to set up a drone company. However, as a layman, Xiaomi obviously underestimated the threshold of drone technology. Whether it was gimbal flight control or image transmission, these core technologies are far from being achieved overnight. Xiaomi invested in it at the end of 2013, but was unable to produce any products.

In 2014, Xiaomi approached Wang Tao again to discuss the possibility of investment, and said that if Xiaomi was willing, Xiaomi could give Feimi to DJI and let DJI help Xiaomi make drones, which was equivalent to OEM.

Once again, the collaboration was unsuccessful.

So Lei Jun devoted himself to doing it himself, and it was very popular on the Internet at that time, with all kinds of negative information about DJI being dug up.

However, at the much-anticipated live launch conference, the Feimi drone, which people hoped would overthrow DJI's monopoly, suddenly crashed.

Xiaomi explained that the live broadcast explosion was caused by a lack of power.
最终小米无人机1080P版本一直拖到2016年双11才开卖。说好的2016年7月开启公测的4K版则一直跳票，然而上市后飞行过程中摄像机脱落等售后问题频出，非人为因素的坠机更是接连不断，让小米无人机成了名副其实的轰炸机。

In the end, the Xiaomi drone came to an end in failure.

It’s so low-key that no one knows that Xiaomi actually makes drones.

After receiving the rejection letters from Lin Bin and Wang Tao at the same time, Lei Jun's face turned black and he almost slammed the table in the meeting.

"I dare say that this was decided by Chen Pingjiang. Lin Bin and I have such a good relationship, there is no reason for him to reject my request. The same goes for DJI."

Li Wanqiang shook his head: "In this case, should we still insist on making AI speakers and drones?"

Lei Jun waved his hand and said: "Let's do it. As Xiaomi grows bigger and bigger, we must walk on multiple legs and develop in a diversified way. We can't just put our hopes on mobile phones."

Xiaomi has set its sights on wearable devices very early on.

Apple and Orange are doing it, so Xiaomi naturally wants to do it too.

Although their mobile phones are selling well, their PADs and headphones are really not selling well.

During this period, the news about Orange Technology's new product launch conference was widely discussed, and Lei Jun's mind became active.

What Chen Pingjiang did, why can't I, Lei Jun, do?

I want to do it too!

However, Chen Pingjiang protected Orange Technology and DJI too well, so Lei Jun could only go there in the name of a visit if he wanted to find out the truth. He did not expect to be ruthlessly rejected.

He wanted to know how far DJI's integrated drone had come.

He wanted to know what kind of effects the AI ​​speaker could achieve.

"See if you can ask Chen Pingjiang to get me some tickets for the new product launch. Even if I can't visit the company, I can at least go to the launch, right?"

With this idea in mind, Lei Jun once again arranged for someone to send a letter of request to Chen Pingjiang.

Unexpectedly, Chen Pingjiang was also very decisive and directly replied, "It's sold out. I suggest you watch it online!"

This made Lei Bushi angry again.

"Too much, too much! Orange Technology is your company, so I won't say anything. You, Chen Pingjiang, are just the second largest shareholder of DJI. Why do you refuse? Do you still want to control DJI?"

"I will definitely make drones. Isn't Tang Yanglin a ready-made talent?"

Tang Yanglin, whom Lei Jun mentioned, is a marketing employee of Xiaomi and is obsessed with things like drones and model airplanes.

Tang Yanglin knew that Lei Jun wanted to make drones, and he also acted as a middleman.

Faced with Chen Pingjiang's toughness, Lei Jun was helpless.

In this regard, Chen Pingjiang could only spread his hands.

We can only blame Mr. Lei’s reputation. He is really afraid that in the end, whatever he does, Lei Jun will do the same.

Even if the other party really wants to do it, let him take a detour.

Otherwise, if Orange and DJI just developed some technology, Xiaomi would come up with it soon after. Who could tolerate this?
As for whether he offended anyone or not, Chen Pingjiang no longer cared. (End of this chapter)