Reborn: Billionaire in College

When we saw the white car slowly driving out from the middle door, everyone was actually a little confused.

Although Jiuzhou Automobile, a joint venture between Chen Pingjiang and Wang Chuanfu, is not very famous, many people know about it.

I thought this was a new product launched by Jiuzhou Automobile.

However, when its true appearance was revealed, everyone recognized that it was just a BYD Su Rui.

The Su Rui is an interesting car.

There was a lot of news coverage when it went on the market.

Relying on Jiuzhou's intelligent automobile technology, Su Rui is equipped with the world's leading "remote control driving technology". With its advantages in the IT field, it has achieved a breakthrough in technical bottlenecks and become the world's first mass-produced model equipped with this high-end technology. Su Rui equipped with remote control driving technology can operate the vehicle start, forward and backward, left and right steering, control the vehicle to drive at low speed, and can move the vehicle a certain distance within a visible range of 20 meters around the vehicle. The driver uses the remote control key outside the vehicle to operate the vehicle within a visual range of meters. It can truly realize unmanned driving.

This technology was still very advanced in 2012. For example, when the parking space is crowded, the owner can use the remote control key to move the vehicle safely out; in addition, in bad weather conditions such as wind and rain, you can also move the vehicle to your side by remote control to avoid the wind and rain when picking up the car. Su Rui has fully utilized the humanized functions of the vehicle.

These are all achieved with the support of Jiuzhou Automobile's technology.

When the Speed ​​Rui drove completely onto the stage, the audience who could see the cockpit clearly exclaimed in surprise.

No one in the cockpit!
This is driverless!
"Keep calm, don't spam. This technical quick push has been available for a long time. I guess we'll show you something else today."

"Are you going to use the car for surgery?"

“Will other car brands’ hands shake when watching the press conference?”

I don’t know if the CEOs of BMW and Mercedes-Benz were shaking with their hands, but the CEO of Kia, who was just dragged in front of the computer screen, was shaking with his hands.

No matter how awesome the Su Rui is, it is just an A-class car priced below RMB 100,000. Its impact on BBA is extremely limited, but it will have a huge impact on Korean cars like Kia.

After all, their K3 is selling well right now.

Especially at such a globally-watched press conference, being brought out by Chen Pingjiang showed that Chen Pingjiang was going to start playing with cars.

This is absolutely nerve-wracking.

This guy brings something different every time he enters an industry.

The Su Rui is somewhat well-known in China, but few people know it internationally. When foreigners see the car driving out like this, they are still shocked.

"The third item of Pangu AI's strategic conference is to introduce the future trends of automobiles. In my opinion, they are smart cockpits, driverless cars, etc."

What a niche name. At this time in 2013, everyone may have heard of it but never seen it.

Many people think it would be great if this thing could be realized in thirty years.

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "Due to venue constraints, we will now demonstrate the first function of autonomous driving."

As Chen Pingjiang finished speaking, he took out his cell phone and clicked a few times.

Everyone saw that the Su Rui, which had originally stopped steadily, started moving again, and demonstrated parallel parking and reverse parking in a very smooth posture.

This function will almost be a standard feature of new energy vehicles after 20 years, but it was quite impressive in 2013. The technical research and development is not difficult, but it is shocking enough.

"Oh my god, now I finally understand what Chen Pingjiang meant when he said the future has already arrived."

"Is it so useful? Will I not have to take the second test when I take the driver's license test in the future?"

"This is good news for us clumsy people. I can only park if there is a big enough space and there are no cars next to me. I can't park if there is any difficult parking space."

On the stage, Su Rui doesn't stop randomly.

Two white parking spaces have long been displayed on the ground.

The Su Rui turns the steering wheel very quickly, with almost no pause or hesitation during the process.

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said: "We have developed the second generation of our driverless technology. What you see now is the upgraded version, which will make it easier to park your car. No matter how difficult the parking space is, you can park your car in one step and park it smoothly. For this purpose, we have found more than 200 parking space samples for testing, and the success rate is 100%."

Afterwards, Chen Pingjiang walked up to Su Rui and opened the car door. The camera inside the car shone directly on his face and projected the layout of the car onto the big screen.

"Xiaoju, turn on the air conditioner."

"Okay, the air conditioner is on."

"Xiaoju, open the back window."

"Okay, the second row of windows is open."

"Xiaoju, I want to listen to music."

As Chen Pingjiang finished speaking, melodious music began to play.

"HOLYSHIT!" Musk, who was watching the live broadcast, screamed, "What a genius idea! What kind of monster did I see? Is this the final form of new energy vehicles?"

However, at this time, Chen Pingjiang laughed lightly and then gave a bunch of instructions.

"Close the car windows, turn off the air conditioner, navigate to the Dongjiang Yangtze River Bridge, and change the song."

It is almost visible to the naked eye that the Su Rui's internal driving operation is fast and accurate. The most important thing is that there is not even a wake-up word this time.

"If the car is the body, then the smart voice is the soul of the car?" Musk stared at the screen. The Su Rui in front of him was actually quite broken and could not be compared with his Tesla models at all.

But these attractive, interesting and practical functions are not available in the Model 3. Musk's first thought was to catch up, but Tesla had no experience in this area, so he immediately thought of Apple and was considering whether to cooperate with SIri.

After all, Tesla's voice interaction system sucks.

The CEO of Kia in China was surprisingly relieved and said with a bit of ease: "If it's just voice interaction, it's fine. If it's manual, if there's a recognition error or it's not easy to use, we'll be criticized."

Toyota's CEO also tweeted his opinion: "Computers are far less reliable than people, and where is the fun of driving?"

Different people have different attitudes towards new technologies.

Musk is making electric cars, so they are a little more acceptable.

But it’s different for old brands like Fengtai and Kia.

Either avoiding, slandering or disdainful, living in your own world.

Take Toyota for example. The van it launched in 2024 still has hand-cranked windows and no central control computer. It only has a radio, but it is sold at a super high price. It is a pure scam.

For example, Kia disappeared from the domestic market after several years.

However, the audience watching the car had a collective climax.

Especially young audiences.

They can't afford luxury cars, but if a car has such a function, it is very cool and convenient.

"It's Chen Pingjiang after all. His genius idea is to put the smart home system directly into the car."

"This is great news for girls. It will be much easier to drink water while driving in the future."

"..."

Chen Pingjiang's voice continued: "This is another application of AI. In the future, both smart cockpits and driverless cars will become mainstream."

The audience burst into warm applause. Although it was still immature, the press conference did give people a glimpse of the future.

Lei Jun, Lao Ma and a group of people are very jealous.

It doesn't matter if Chen Pingjiang steals the show, but the biggest headache is to accumulate a little bit of your own wealth.

Robin Li keenly sensed the business opportunity and said to his subordinates with a smile: "We also want to do driverless driving. We have our own ride-hailing platform. In the future, driverless driving and ride-hailing platforms will be combined, and users can hail a driverless electric car. Isn't that a big market?"

The subordinate, who was very suitable to play the supporting role, nodded repeatedly: "What a genius idea. The driverless electric vehicle can accept orders 24 hours a day and greatly reduces the operating costs. It must be very popular in the market."

Wang Chuanfu, who was at the scene, smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on his face.

Although this was an AI strategy conference, Chen Pingjiang was very considerate and helped BYD's Su Rui to advertise, which not only made him more confident in cooperating with Chen Pingjiang.

With the development of AI technology, cars are indeed becoming more and more intelligent, just as Chen Pingjiang and he described.

It now seems like an extremely wise decision to work with Chen Pingjiang to set up a new company.

In just one year, we have achieved tremendous results.

What would happen if there were a few more years?
At this moment, Chen Pingjiang coughed lightly and said, "Due to venue constraints, everyone will watch the big screen to learn about our breakthrough in driverless driving."

Everyone was startled.

I thought that was the end of it? I didn’t expect there was more useful information!

Unmanned parking is not enough, there is actually unmanned driving?
On the screen, the white Su Rui is somewhat different from the ordinary Su Rui. The biggest difference is that there is an extra rectangular bulge on the forehead. Sharp-eyed people also noticed that the Su Rui in the video has several extra cameras all over its body.

But these cameras and lidars are not a rough stitching, but a real combination.

Some places are not noticed or even invisible.

There is a line of white text in the upper left corner of the video: "Closed road test."

Following an order, the unmanned Su Rui suddenly started up, then jumped out, following a branch line with a stable posture.

From the perspective inside the car, what was strange was that the driver's seat was empty, and the steering wheel rolled back and forth as if by magic, keeping the lane from deviating.

Contrary to what everyone imagines, the driving speed of the Su Rui is not slow, reaching 60 kilometers per hour.

Until the end, slow down, turn, and do it in one go, just like an experienced driver.

"It must be fake. Damn it. No one really drives it."

"I don't believe it. Is there someone controlling it remotely in the background?"

"How is that possible? 3G transmission cannot reach such a speed."

"This car is awesome, I want to buy one."

"..."

As if he was watching a barrage of comments, Chen Pingjiang introduced: "Our second-generation Jiuzhou driverless technology uses laser radar and 16 sensors on the vehicle's entire body plus high-definition cameras to collect road information in real time, and then AI performs calculations to make the most reasonable driving decisions. It also has the function of autonomous learning and can become better and better."

"When there are pedestrians on the road, red lights, or vehicles ahead, we will stop or slow down." (End of this chapter)