I asked you to save a bankrupt factory and you became the richest man in the world.

Chapter 527: 359-360: New BU of Gaoling! (4000 words)
Ever since Hillhouse was established as Hillhouse Wenjie, Hillhouse Group's status in China has been changing unconsciously.

In the A-share market, the concept of Hillhouse stocks has begun to appear frequently.

Basically, as long as there is a supplier, especially if this supplier is a listed company, there will be a certain degree of increase!

Now basically all of Hillhouse’s first-tier suppliers regard Hillhouse as a belief.

Hillhouse paid promptly, predicted that if the goods were not delivered, the other party would compensate, and the price was very attractive, which is quite rare in China.

At the same time, they also regard Hillhouse's orders as S-level, and cannot attach too much importance to them.

Hillhouse sent a specialist to inspect the factory. If a piece of equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars did not arrive on time, the vice president of the supplier group would most likely be directly blamed.

It can be said that Hillhouse can now be regarded as the industry god in the supply chain system!
In the IC industry, Hillhouse's orders are much stronger than those of other electronic technology manufacturers. Other electronic technology manufacturers will require a certain amount of reduction each year compared to the previous year, that is, an annual reduction, squeezing oil out of a stone.

In order to allow suppliers to keep up with their R&D capabilities, Hillhouse now generally purchases based on volume. Once the price is agreed upon, it rarely changes, and the company will give you suggestions on the new generation of products.

Once the quality meets the standards and is assessed and included in the supply chain, the purchase price will be determined.

For some mature products, the supply fluctuation is not too big. Every year, we will talk to you about the technical requirements for the next generation of products and track the delivery date of your next generation of products, but we will not talk about the price.

At the same time, if the shipment target is achieved and the shipped products are qualified, the supplier will be given a quarterly bonus. Frontline employees will receive several hundred yuan, and Party A will give bonuses to Party B's employees.

This is actually a new requirement proposed by Gao Huaijun at the supplier system meeting in 2017.

Through the supplier complementary system, a large number of economic partners with high-end capabilities will be cultivated, ultimately achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.

The big brother who can take his younger brothers to eat meat is the real big brother, he was like that in the past and he is still like that now.

Hillhouse has already achieved this level. Gao Huaijun now believes that when doing business, one cannot ruin other people's business, and the money cannot be earned all by one person.

The fact that Hillhouse Wenjie's car could be launched ahead of schedule also relies on the creation of the current complete supplier system.

This is a slow and steady process.

It seems like doing charity, and suppliers can also serve other friendly companies.

But in fact, people are made of flesh and blood, and they will take everything you do into account.

Such high-end customers have high quality and demand for both price and quantity. Even if you are a little strict during acceptance, they will cooperate very actively.

Otherwise, losing Hillhouse would basically mean losing more than half of the company's profits.

Who can bear this?
After eating to your heart’s content, no one will vomit!

This is actually a relatively high-level supplier management method.

You will naturally elevate the supply of my products to the highest level of attitude.

"Xiaochen, please notify all vice presidents and above of Hillhouse Technology, Hillhouse Vehicles, Hillhouse Chip, and Hillhouse Artificial Intelligence, and we will hold a brief meeting." On this day, Gao Huaijun rarely appeared in the Hillhouse headquarters building in the morning.

Gao Huaijun now generally goes to the office only twice a week to deal with some practical problems that need to be solved by him personally.

Then I will travel around the world on business trips.

On the one hand, it is to understand the working situation of different offices around the world so as to make timely corrections to local situations.

On the other hand, Hillhouse is now in a period of rapid expansion and needs to set up locations in different places.

If we don't do it now, it will be difficult to do it when various factions within Hillhouse become intertwined.

Gao Huaijun usually doesn't take the initiative to hold meetings now, but when he does, they are basically big decision-making meetings that affect the direction of the company, so Feng Xiaochen was also surprised when he heard Gao Huaijun say this, "Okay, I'll notify them right away."

As she said that, she walked out, helped Gao Huaijun close the door, and then immediately notified the key persons in charge.

Hillhouse’s internal business is still quite complicated now, and it will take some time to gather enough people.

After about two hours, the talents arrived one after another.

Gao Huaijun looked at everyone's contract expiration date and said with a smile, "Today, I will introduce a new partner to you. He will join our company!"

A new companion?
Will you join our company?
Everyone was shocked when they heard this!
So far, Hillhouse has basically formed a very complete framework.

With two major BGs as flagships and five major BUs as auxiliary, the architecture is already very complete for a huge technology empire.

What exactly does this new companion do?

Everyone couldn't help but look at Ning Yuan standing aside. Ning Yuan just smiled calmly and didn't say anything.

In terms of grand strategy, he obeyed everything Gao Huaijun said.

Now that Gao Huaijun brought it up at the meeting, naturally he would only respond to Ning Yuan.

However, the heads of all major branches are now on site, so it should not be an airborne replacement of leadership.

Oh no!

Hillhouse Chip is gone!
Could it be. . .

Gao Huaijun saw everyone's expressions and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't want them to waste their energy, so he said directly, "I'm going to set up a new BU, the Gaoling Intelligent Innovation BU. This BU will be responsible for the research and development of intelligent robots and product promotion!"

Hillhouse Capital Intelligence BU?

Research and development and products of intelligent robots?
When these words were spoken, they exploded in the minds of the executives.

Now, they all felt dazed.

Although they know that products like robots will eventually come.

But what I didn’t expect was that it came so quickly!

Although they know that in addition to a product like Wenjie, Hillhouse will take a further step towards mechanical intelligence.

However. . .

Gao Huaijun ignored the executives' thoughts and continued, "Everyone, please welcome the head of our Hillhouse Capital BU, Wang Xingxing, President Wang!"

As Wang Xingxing walked into the venue, everyone stood up and applauded.

Some sharp-eyed people have already discovered it.

Mr. Wang is the founder of a small company, Yushu Technology.

It can be seen that Gao Huaijun directly acquired this small company to use it as the framework for Hillhouse Capital BU.

"Mr. Wang started making bipedal humanoid robots during college, and completed his first quadrupedal robot project in 2011: ml-search [XDog]. This robot won the second prize in the Shanghai Robot Design Competition. I have seen the work, it is very creative!" "Mr. Wang's robot dogs Go2 and B2 of Yushu Technology have made some progress now."

"However, due to funding constraints and deficiencies in artificial intelligence, research and development has now stagnated."

“So after they are incorporated into our company, we will re-customize and develop the two products, Go2 and B2, to make a suitable product.”

Gao Huaijun said lightly.

Everyone present understood as soon as they heard it.

Yushu Technology has actually been making robot dogs for several years.

But it has never been mass-produced.

The core reason is that there is still no soul!
Even if it wants to sell its soul, no one wants it!
In China, Hillhouse Capital is the only company that has made achievements in the field of artificial intelligence.

Other companies that have something, such as Baidu, don't want to make these flashy robots.

But Hillhouse is different.

It has an L3 level autonomous driving system.

Within 2-3 years, you can reach L4 level.

In the field of high artificial intelligence, we have a complete R&D system.

So there is a wonderful chemical reaction between him and Wang Xingxing.

Wang Xingxing, the founder of Yushu Technology, is a technology tycoon who focuses on technology and disdains marketing.

So after achieving the two small goals this time and merging them into Hillhouse, Gao Huaijun promised that he could also invest in technology and own Hillhouse Intelligence BU, with 30% of the dry shares.

So he came in happily.

Hillhouse Capital BU is different from other branches. It is a subsidiary wholly owned by Gao Huaijun himself and is wholly owned by the parent company Hillhouse Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd. which is directly controlled by Gao Huaijun. He can afford this small amount of money, so giving him 30% of the shares is not a big deal.

In fact, his position in Hillhouse is similar to that of Wang Xiaolong in Tengxun.

Hillhouse Capital BU will remain in its original location, Hangzhou, as its headquarters.

It’s just a technical exchange once or several times a week, and being able to come to Xicheng is enough.

"For the early products of Hillhouse Intelligence BU, Hillhouse Intelligence will be the leader, with Hillhouse Artificial Intelligence BU and Hillhouse Technology BG providing corresponding assistance. As for the production, I do not plan to outsource it. Hillhouse Vehicle will find a piece of land next to Hillhouse Xicheng's first factory to carry out the corresponding production work."

"This is my request. Do you understand?"

Gao Huaijun looked around and spoke directly.

"I understand!" the executives shouted back.

Gao Huaijun nodded with satisfaction.

Gao Huaijun’s only concern about Hillhouse now is not profitability.

Rather, it is because its intelligent driving ecological niche, with increasing iterative investment, is too strong, which will suppress the development of Hillhouse Vehicles and Hillhouse Technology from another perspective.

To put it bluntly, with or without the empowerment of Hillhouse's artificial intelligence, the bargaining power of Hillhouse Technology and Hillhouse Vehicles will be completely different.

Hillhouse is too dependent on Hillhouse's artificial intelligence team!
And another level.

Baidu has now become the second company in China to push the national map, and the Coarse Grain Factory is unexpectedly catching up with the first group of artificial intelligence.

Jili completely abandoned MobileEye, which had achieved some results in the past two years, and delegated power to Vice President Ji Ke to lead the integration of Jili Research Institute and Lotus Technologies, hoping to keep up with the pace in intelligent driving.

And BYD is also already forming its own intelligent driving team.

These companies are basically the only players left at the L3 and L4 table, except for third-party suppliers.

At this time when internal concentration is too high, other BGs can no longer provide enough support and help, and even need strong empowerment from the AI ​​sector. When there are pursuers from outside, Hillhouse Artificial Intelligence is one step ahead, but the pressure it faces is also very strong.

So what to do next?
Invest money and continue to focus on the field of intelligent driving?

Gao Huaijun’s answer is to use the AI ​​big model to derive the technology tree for robots, especially future humanoid robots, to further enhance the capabilities of intelligent driving!
Accelerate the emergence of strong artificial intelligence with stronger technological barriers!

The time node he traveled through was 2023. He actually no longer understood how future developments would be like, or how the era of strong artificial intelligence would arrive.

However, he had heard of the reputation of Yushu Technology.

Moreover, it is not expensive to open up such a new track, so he wants to give it a try to see if he can catalyze the emergence of strong artificial intelligence in this way!

His intuition suggests that the application scenario of strong artificial intelligence should not be unmanned driving, but rather the reproduction of life scenes.

Therefore, as for the robot track, even if this track is not profitable, he still wants to try it out to see if it works!

"Well, let me tell you now. This robot dog we are going to make can be widely used in many fields, including scientific research and education, entertainment and cool play, petrochemical industry, security inspection, exploration and rescue, and industrial applications."

According to Wang Xingxing, this product can be actually operated in many scenarios.

One is the transportation of scenic spots. This kind of robot dog is responsible for carrying garbage in scenic spots where cable cars cannot reach, effectively reducing the labor burden and improving work efficiency. This application scenario can demonstrate the adaptability and load capacity of robot dogs in complex terrain.

The second is security inspection, which can be used in substations, tunnels, parks, factories and other places using far-infrared detection and laser radar for inspection pilot applications. These robot dogs can replace humans in dangerous or repetitive inspection tasks, improve safety and reduce operating costs.

The third is home companionship. The home series robot dogs can have excellent athletic ability and perception ability and can be used as family companions. They can accompany children to play, assist with home security, and even carry small items, adding convenience and fun to daily life.

The fourth is industrial inspection. The robot dog can achieve extremely high agility and is the fastest industrial-grade quadruped robot. It can adapt to all terrains and is suitable for various complex industrial environments, such as factories, mines, oil fields, etc., for inspection and data collection tasks. In some areas with extremely difficult terrain, it can serve as a substitute for humans.

The fifth is military application. This robot dog can also be used in the military field, such as performing reconnaissance, patrol, material transportation and other tasks. These robot dogs can work efficiently in complex and dangerous environments, improving the safety and efficiency of military operations.

The last one is entertainment and competition. The robot dog's athletic ability and flexibility make it an ideal choice for entertainment and competitive activities. For example, it can show its high-difficulty movements in robot competitions to attract the interest of the audience.

Wang Xingxing used a PPT to roughly explain the concept of the robot dog developed by Yushu Technology, a company he founded previously.

Now due to lack of funds, many details cannot be worked out in time.

So, now that Hillhouse can take over this stall and handle this matter, he is also very happy now.

However, he still underestimated the impact this would have on these executives.

Now, even after he finished speaking, the executives below were still looking at him in silence.

(End of this chapter)