Chapter 226 The Successor of Steve Jobs
Li Jiahui and Wang Xiaofeng returned to the company one after another.
Lu Liang didn’t understand technology, so he just explained to Li Jiahui the functions of the ideal car and machine he was currently using, and asked if they could be optimized or surpassed based on the original ones.
Li Jiahui thought for a long time: "Millimeter wave radar and 360 images cannot be used as a measure of intelligent driving. They are only auxiliary equipment for the car. If you just want a smooth intelligent central control system, it is not enough to achieve this. Difficult.”
He also frankly admitted his own shortcomings and that of the current R&D team, and told Lu Liang that there was a team that might be able to recruit him.
"Whose team?" Lu Liang wondered. Today, both the Internet and the Internet of Vehicles are in full swing, so why are there still wild teams out there?
“The R&D team of SmartisanOS.”
Li Jiahui has a senior brother who works as an engineer in the team. Smartisan’s mobile phone is cool and their entire team is on the verge of unemployment.
It’s not that Huaqing’s R&D team is not good, it’s just that they all tend to be academic and don’t think much about commercialization.
With the help of Hammer's team, he can guarantee that he will hand over an answer sheet that satisfies Lu Liang before December.
Lu Liang asked: "Without relying on external teams, with the current research and development progress, how long will it take to surpass the ideal car and machine?"
Li Jiahui smiled shyly: "Mr. Lu, our current system can surpass the ideal with slight improvements." "
According to Lu Liang, the difficulty of executing three instructions at one time is, to put it bluntly, five million outsourced, and a similar one can be built in less than two months. control system.
Looking back at their STOS system, which invested 20 million US dollars, it was originally aimed at intelligent driving. Even just a base structure is enough to defeat the ideal central control. The two are no longer on the same latitude. .
“Classmate Li, are you so confident?”
"Mr. Lu, I can still guarantee this."
Lu Liang thought for a moment and turned to look at Wen Chao: "Contact Mr. Li's assistant and change the meeting in the afternoon to the day after tomorrow."
< br>He looked at Li Jiahui again: "How long will it take?" I have time to prepare. I will take you over now to check it directly."
Li Jiahui replied: "In an hour and a half, I will go back to school to pack some things and bring a few installation assistants."
"Okay."
Lu Liang called Li Xiang to inform him of the current situation. Li Xiang expressed his warm welcome without hesitation.
There will be a new car launch conference the day after tomorrow. If the car system can be slightly optimized, he can also boast more.
It would be best if it can be put into use, but it doesn’t matter if it cannot be put into use. Anyway, there is still some time before mass production.
While Li Jiahui returned to school to prepare, Lu Liang also asked Wen Chao to retrieve information about Smartisan Technology.
The one who impressed him most about Smartisan Technology was Luo Yonghao, and the one who impressed him most about Luo Yonghao was the medium cup, large cup and extra large cup.
It seems that a few months ago, Lu Liang promoted the merger of Douyin and Xigua, Lao Luo scolded him, and Xiao Wang had a passionate confrontation with him.
“The first generation Internet celebrity?”
Lu Liang couldn’t help but be happy when he saw Lao Luo’s information.
Like Jack Ma, he was born as a teacher, but he became the first generation Internet celebrity by letting himself go and being good at bragging.
After resigning from New Oriental in 2006, he built an elite blog website, also known as Niubo.com, which is almost equivalent to the current Zhihu, but it quickly went cold.
However, this attracted a group of Luo fans, and Lao Luo became synonymous with "feelings" and "idealism".
Six years ago,
the most popular technology outlet in the world was smartphones.
As soon as Lao Luo revealed his intention to enter the mobile phone industry, a large number of fans supported him.
"Lao Luo, just be serious, we will help you win."
Translated, we can cut our leeks for you.
So, Lao Luo believed it naively.
In the year when Steve Jobs passed away, he claimed to be the only successor to Steve Jobs and established Smartisan Mobile, saying that it would be the best mobile phone in the Eastern Hemisphere because Apple is in the Western Hemisphere.
It was also said that Apple will inevitably decline.
As the only successor of Lao Qiao, his responsibility is to make the hammer ready and be prepared to acquire Apple and revive Apple in the future.
However, it was taken too seriously and R&D progress was extremely slow. For example, Xiaomi's update iteration releases a new version every week. On the other hand, Smartisan's press conference has been delayed for a year and a half, which has worn out the patience of users.
Three years ago, Smartisan’s first mobile phone, the T1, was released to the public. At that time, you had to pay the full price to reserve the phone, but this still couldn’t stop Smartisan fans from buying it.
It was just a temporary pleasure to order, but while waiting for the goods, the crematorium has been unable to keep up with its production capacity. Even the truest fans have lost their patience.
As a result, the order evasion rate soared from 2% to 90%.
Users unsubscribe, more and more goods accumulate in the warehouse, and the money on the account is spent less and less, so the price can only be reduced by a thousand yuan for promotion.
The key thing is that he also said that he would be like Apple and would never lower prices. However, he went back on his promise and was severely beaten by the media and fans. The company's reputation plummeted.
Also last year, all mobile phone manufacturers on the network upgraded to 4G, but he was still working on 3G, thinking that 4G mobile phones were meaningless and just a gimmick by the manufacturers.
Lao Luo almost never fell into the pitfalls that start-up companies should not step into. He lost 580 million yuan in three years and had no money left.
This year alone, Hammer has been rumored to have closed down 6 times, been acquired 5 times, and had its capital chain broken 3 times.
Some time ago, I boasted too much at a press conference and was sued by users for "commercial fraud" and was involved in a lawsuit.
“This is talent.”
Lu Liang smiled and squinted his eyes. Lao Luo should not start a business. He should become a success master, that way he would have more money.
Although the defeat of Smartisan mobile phones is doomed, it does not mean that Smartisan OS is a failed system.
On the contrary, Smartisan OS is known as one of the most unique mobile phone systems in history with its distinctive features.
Because Lao Luo claims to be the only successor of Lao Qiao, Smartisan's mission is to acquire Apple, so the operating system concept of mobile phones is also in line with Apple.
The interface is simple and efficient, and it also has many iconic functions, such as flash capsules, voice interaction, intelligent voice assistant, etc.
Recommended by Li Jiahui, he also values Smartisan OS’s intelligent voice assistant, which can almost be moved to the car.
They have done an excellent job in this regard, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the first echelon in the field of voice interaction.
"Hammer owes so much money, has lost so much money, and still doesn't run away. It doesn't seem to be that easy to handle."
Lu Liang whispered to himself that he was interested in the research and development technical team of Smartisan OS, but Lao Luo didn't seem to be able to handle it that easily.
If Lao Luo was put in Dai Wei's position, he would laugh in his dreams. He has never had such a wonderful start.
On the contrary, if you put Dai Wei in Lao Luo's position, he should have run away long ago. This mess is far more serious than ofo.
Lao Luo is still resisting, which shows that he is not an easy person. He will not give up unless he has to.
After much thought, Lu Liang decided to start with the investors and creditors of Hammer. Jinshajiang led the investment in the Series C round of Hammer, and Ali was the creditor of Hammer.
Because there must be signing and betting in financing.
Jinshajiang has the right to force Hammer to repay the money. Ahli’s acquisition of the equity pledged by Lao Luo is nothing more than a transfer at a premium. Presumably, they will all give Lu Liang this face.
Capital and creditors are external worries,
then internal troubles are handled by Lu Liang himself.
During this period, he can also let headhunters poach people, wait until Hammer is under pressure, sell assets, and then pocket the patents of Hammer OS.
An hour later, Li Jiahui came back from school. Before going to his ideal, Lu Liang found Wang Xiaofeng.
Inform the idea and assign tasks, hollow out the R&D members of the hammer, and prepare to take over the R&D team that develops the hammer.
Expenses don’t matter, as long as they are reasonable, give him great financial authority.
Last year, Hammer’s valuation was still 2.6 billion yuan. It was still very difficult to do so at that time. But this year, it’s almost gone. The company’s valuation is less than 1 billion yuan, and its wages are still in arrears for several months.
"Okay Mr. Lu, I will find out later."
Wang Xiaofeng nodded and silently felt sorry for Lao Luo for a second. Being targeted by Lu Liang, Hammer would have to die even if he didn't.
Domestic and foreign troubles, a two-pronged approach.
What’s more, the Hammer Technology is already on the verge of collapse. Not even Lao Luo, not even Da Luo Jinxian can save it.
(End of this chapter)