Technological power starts with upgrading lenses.

Chapter 431: Dispersed Model of Technology Dividends

After discussing the space shuttle's engine and fuel route options with Yan Hui for an hour, Zhang Qing rushed to the Pangu base after receiving the call.
The two of them found a corner nearby and sat down.

"How is the finishing work going?" After a moment's silence, Kang Chi took the initiative to ask.

"Almost done, just waiting for you to decide on the candidate."

"Well... I just chatted with Zhuoyue Wen for a while..."

Kang Chi briefly explained Zhuoyuewen’s proposal on issuing corporate bonds and asked, “What do you think about this?”

"Didn't we just collect over 2 trillion yuan in funds? Isn't this enough for you?"

"That's not the case. It will definitely be enough in the short term, but in the long term, it may not be enough. In addition, I think this is indeed a model for ordinary people to participate in technological development and share the dividends of technological development."

Zhang Qing nodded, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "If we need financing in the future, this method is indeed worth a try, but I think we still need to add some prerequisites, such as setting up a limited purchase right for us Chinese people, and each person's subscription must be limited to a real-name quota, and we need to think of some ways to avoid being monopolized by big capital..."

After listening to this, Kang Chi sighed, thinking that Zhang Qing really understood him and the suggestions she made touched his heart.

"In addition, I think the way to share the dividends of science and technology does not necessarily have to be financial policies." Zhang Qing quickly added, "We should use actual products and business models to let everyone feel the dividends of science and technology."

"Actual products?" Kang Chi suddenly became interested. "For example?"

"You should know about the driverless taxis that suddenly became popular last year but are now a bit tepid?"

"Of course I do."

As driverless technology matures, the emergence of driverless taxis is almost inevitable.
Baidu's Pineapple Run, Tesla's Robotaxi plan, and Alphabet's Waymo are among the more representative ones.

After Baidu's Pineapple Run was first put into trial operation in Jiangcheng last year, it immediately caused heated discussions across the country. Many people from other places even went to Jiangcheng specifically to wait for the pilot project to experience this new technology.

Baidu’s stock price also surged in response.

However, no one expected that the Pineapple Run had only been in trial operation for less than ten days before Jiangcheng was forced to stop the pilot project due to public outcry.

Not only Jiangcheng, but many other pilot cities have also pressed the synchronous pause button.

Then, Baidu's stock price plummeted rapidly like a roller coaster.

As for the reason for the suspension, in addition to the immaturity of driverless technology itself, which has aggravated traffic pressure and trouble, the more critical factor is actually the contradiction behind it: "Is technology stealing the jobs of ordinary people?"

China currently has nearly tens of millions of online car-hailing and taxi drivers. If the taxi market is concentrated in the hands of a few companies and becomes a tool for them to make money, what will happen to these tens of millions of drivers who are "squeezed out"?
And everyone is familiar with the pattern of pineapples running fast to cut leeks,

They started by maliciously seizing the market with an ultra-low price of 10 yuan for 4 kilometers, which is exactly the same as the business model of capital monopolizing the market in the fields of online car-hailing, food delivery, power banks, etc.

Now everyone knows how ugly these capitals are. When they seize the market with low prices, there is no need to guess the result.

Therefore, not only the online ride-hailing drivers no longer buy into this trick, but even ordinary consumers no longer take advantage of this "good deal" of capital.

And today they are online ride-hailing drivers, but what about tomorrow? The anxiety and confusion about the future that this incident has brought to everyone is not just as simple as self-driving taxis taking the jobs of online ride-hailing drivers.

"Although driverless taxis have been criticized, I don't think their operation is a bad thing. They are a product that will inevitably emerge with the development of technology. No matter how people try to stop them, this day will eventually come. Even my dad, who used to drive a taxi, knows this."

Zhang Qing looked at Kang Chi seriously.

"It's just like you said, technology should make life better and make people's work easier and more efficient, not steal people's jobs."

"So I think the group can not only reap the benefits of technology by encouraging ordinary people to invest, but also encourage everyone to consume and use practical technology products to change everyone's work and lifestyle. We will not take their jobs away, but help them make their jobs more delicious."

"For example, if our group is working on driverless taxis, I think we can allow drivers to join in and limit each person to only one car, which is equivalent to helping them upgrade their money-making tools instead of concentrating all the money-making tools in the hands of a few people."

"In terms of business model, we make money from selling cars, and the operating platform is a free service for buying a car, or we only charge a small platform operating fee. Drivers can earn money from car operation just by lying at home, handling some special situations, and maintaining their cars. Isn't this a more attractive job?"

"Of course this is just a hypothesis. I know you don't have any plans to develop driverless cars for the time being, but the robots you develop will sooner or later enter the market. As long as these robots that can be used as money-making tools are not concentrated in the hands of a few people, but directly enter thousands of households, everyone will be like buying a 'robot servant' or 'family member', then the resistance to the promotion of technology will definitely be much smaller."

"Although this will inevitably lead to some problems, for example, your robots are all remote-controlled and semi-intelligent. If such a strong robot falls into the hands of bad people, they may use it to do bad things. Although this is just like a criminal buying a kitchen knife to chop people, the crime is not the kitchen knife."

"But because this is a new product, the problems may be infinitely magnified, so we still have to consider and suggest some thresholds. Just like buying a car, you have to get a driver's license first, and then register it after buying it. The owner is responsible for the behavior of the car, and the car helps the owner make money or brings convenience to work and life..."

"In short, although there are many issues to consider, this should be a model that can promote technology relatively quickly and also quickly recover funds. Its core concept is to disperse technology as much as possible, rather than centralize it."

Zhang Qing spoke out in one breath all her thoughts on the group's future business model.

The nagging before leaving has a lot of meaning.

However, this nagging undoubtedly touched Kang Chi's heart again.

Looking at the urban beauty in front of him in a professional suit, his heartbeat began to accelerate.

The last time the two had a misunderstanding, Kang Chi had reasons to escape from his inner restlessness, but at this moment, he faced his own heart squarely and was suddenly convinced.

It would be a lie to say that I don't have any feelings for a woman whose figure and appearance are above my taste, whose ideas are so in line with mine, and with whom I have worked hard until now.

He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but finally held back.

The occasion was not right, and Kang Chi noticed that beneath her confident and strong appearance, there was fatigue in the corners of her eyes. He suddenly felt that he should let her have a good rest for a while. At the same time, he secretly decided that he must let her come back in another identity and way when the time comes.

So the words that came out of his mouth became: "You can have a good chat with Zhuoyuewen about these things before you leave."

"Then are you sure you want Zhuoyuewen to take over?"

Kang Chi nodded, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Where are you...going next?"

"I haven't decided yet. I might find a beautiful place to relax for a while."

(End of this chapter)