Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 452: The third wave of outbreak came a little early

"God Yan, are you serious?"

On the last day of June, Chen Fan sat in Li Yan's office and asked from the bottom of his heart.

"Of course I am serious about participating in the competition. I have already registered my name." Li Yan flipped through the documents in his hand and threw them aside. "...Is it registered?"

"...Yes." Chen Fan covered his face, "Brother, I mean, you..."

"The topic is serious. Is it not too sci-fi to study autonomous driving?"

"I feel it's very sci-fi." Chen Fan nodded. "Although there are some basic research on driverless cars now, it's basically just paper talk. It seems that most of them are about operation, and rarely involve algorithms."

Li Yan looked at Chen Fan in confusion, "Then I see you are quite serious, what else are you asking me?"

"I mean... is it really okay to talk about the science and technology innovation competition in your office?"

"What's the problem? Before you start to worry about it..."

Before Li Yan finished speaking, she saw Chen Fan squatting down and waving his hands frantically.

"Don't say it, please don't say it, brother."

Li Yan was stunned. "What? Are you sorry?"

Chen Fan covered his face. What did he say at the beginning?
"We may not accept what you want to give."

Since then, he did have a period of relief, what is called "self-reconciliation".

I feel like I finally have the opportunity to show my talents and pursue my dreams.

As a result, just attending classes brought him back to his original form.

After following Li Yan to do things for a long time, I really feel that I am also the protagonist of the world.

However, Chen Fan is just an ordinary genius after all, and being able to enter the Excellence Class is an honor in any case - which also means that he is not actually outstanding here.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

The truths since ancient times will always be practiced by every individual at different stages.

I took the cable car for granted the mountaintop scenery and thought about climbing the mountain myself. But when I frequently suffered from lack of oxygen, I realized that being able to ride the cable car is a blessing.

Chen Fan's advantage in computers is not even outstanding even in the excellence class, let alone other abilities.

Before, everyone often learned about Future Technology and Li Yan through Chen Fan. After Chen Fan himself said that he was just a figurehead and took the initiative to distance himself from the topic, he suddenly felt that he had fallen out of favor in the Excellence Class.

Especially during the time when the Jiaolong phone was released, the entire Excellence Class was discussing it crazily, with people occasionally sounding out the idea.

However, Chen Fan really didn't know.

As a result, he even chose to avoid topics related to the Jiaolong phone.

Only he himself knows how it feels.

So when Li Yan invited him to sit in the first row at the press conference, he agreed without any hesitation.

After all, he had used Li Yan as a comparison object before, and always had some thoughts like you are how I am and so on.

I don't know the true face of Lushan, I am only in this mountain.

After leaving Li Yan, he truly saw the gap.

"God Yan, what I mean is that the outside world is talking about how much pressure you are under right now. The takeaway business is under siege, and the research and development of various domestic mobile phones is also progressing at full speed."

Chen Fan paused, and his tone suddenly rose. "So you're talking to me about the competition in the office?"

"I can't help it," Li Yan shook her head. "As you can see, I have been busy lately. Otherwise, I could have gone to school to talk to you."

Chen Fan was going crazy. "That's not what I meant! No, brother, do you really not take the current situation seriously? I'm under a lot of pressure to take up your time."

"How did you occupy it? It was me who took the initiative to find you." Li Yan smiled, "Also, what is the current situation?"

Chen Fan was getting anxious. "The food delivery industry is coming to the fore to start a subsidy war. Various domestic mobile phones with 'self-developed systems' are making their debut. Now even taxi-hailing apps are starting to emerge."

"It seems that Mr. Chen is still very concerned about the development of future technology."

This teasing made Chen Fan sit on the ground again.

"Shen Yan, you are you and I am me, I am really under a lot of pressure..."

It seems that Chen Fan has completely accepted his position as an ordinary person in front of Li Yan.

"Not nervous." Li Yan even looked a little relaxed. "I know people outside think I'm under unprecedented pressure right now, but it's actually the opposite."

pause.

Chen Fan was so anxious that he said, "Hurry up and tell me, I want to hear that kind of words, that kind!"

"I'm relieved. Things are going better than I expected."

Yes, that’s the kind of pretentious talk!

Chen Fan felt comfortable. When Li Yan said this, he felt like he was back to the days when he and Li Yan were roommates.

At least it made him feel that Li Yan was still a living person standing in front of him, and that they still had some bond, rather than a god high above him.

"How to say?"

“In this wave of price war, if only a few giants fight for monopoly when they have sufficient funds and are determined to fight against me, I am a little scared.

"If they keep their cool, manage the fruits of their victory in the Thousand Groups War first, and then fight a price war with their strong merchant base, then I'll be a little scared.

“If their takeaway food has its own highlights and combines their group buying advantages to come up with a different business model, I will also have a headache.

"If they are really willing to make concessions, and merchants can earn more from them, and they pay as much attention to quality as we do, in other words, they burn money more thoroughly, then it will be difficult for me to bear it."

Having said that, Li Yan looked at Chen Fan and couldn't help but smile.

"But...then what?" Chen Fan didn't understand.

"As a result, they just finished the war of thousands of group purchases and launched a price war. Their own group purchase groups are not stable yet, and the pressure of monopoly to make a profit is very high. At the same time, everyone wants to get a piece of the pie. The more chaos there is, the better it is for us, because our users are highly tied to Jiaolong mobile phones, and food delivery is not a mainstream lifestyle that people adapt to nowadays. It is not easy for them to snatch my customers, and other markets will not be swallowed up."

Chen Fan nodded blankly.

"The most interesting thing is that they were in a hurry. They were so anxious that they copied my plan, failed to develop a decent order dispatching algorithm, failed to build their own delivery team, and frantically lowered the threshold for joining. They completely ignored quality and only pursued quality.

"What does this mean? They are completely serving as negative examples. All kinds of evil merchants can move in. What's the point of spending a few dollars on a bad meal? If they have vomiting and diarrhea, we don't need to deliberately stir up negative public opinion.

"The same is true for the so-called online car-hailing and the 'self-developed' domestic mobile phones. They skipped the professional taxi drivers and went straight into the personal driver business. This path is not wrong, but they must not rush. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine. But if something goes wrong, it will be a burden they cannot bear.

"Not to mention the self-developed system. If this thing can be developed just by saying it, why should the entire technology circle in Beijing take a slap in the face from me?"

Chen Fan thought to himself, Brother, didn’t you just do it if you said so?

Li Yan read Chen Fan's eyes, so she paused for a moment and gave him a look that said "How can they be the same?"

"These fake self-developed products will definitely be researched by enthusiasts. Regardless of whether they are useful or not, people who support domestic products will buy the fake self-developed products, which will backfire on them and boost our reputation." Chen Fan roughly understood, "So they are considered to have made many stupid moves?"

"This isn't the dumbest move." Li Yan smiled and crossed her legs. "These major food delivery platforms actually regard the merchants I work with as competitors. This is an incredibly stupid decision. They are all high-quality merchants, but they actually drew a line between the two. Isn't this making the comparison even more tragic? If you want to be guaranteed food delivery, go to Ele.me, right?"

Li Yan spoke too fast and Chen Fan tried hard to understand.

"Of course, everything has its root - making money. Even if they are burning money like crazy, they can't give up making money. On the one hand, they heavily subsidize to attract users, on the other hand, the percentage of commission they take from merchants is higher than that of Ele.ba, and the commissions given to deliverymen without a system are lower than those of Ele.ba... The cost of low-end merchants is low, and the operating cost of delivery without a system is also low, but they still have to suppress it. If they really monopolize it in the future, I'm afraid that the third-party commission platform will make the most money, and they will not be affected by any problems.

"I think this is quite strange. Spending money is for the future. The band itself is the winner of the war of thousands of bands. It should be well aware of this. How can it make money and spend money? It seems that the pressure from capital is really great, or even the spending of money has to be "calculated carefully".

"In short, the sales of Jiaolong mobile phones are relatively stable, and my user base is gradually expanding. The current super life circle is equivalent to providing affordable high-quality boutique services, and it is expanding slowly. The number of loyal fan groups continues to rise. Don't underestimate the role of user 'tap water'. And the so-called opponents who bring me unprecedented pressure... are like this, so..."

It’s coming, it’s time to show off again!

"Can we discuss the topic of the competition now?"

Huh? No, buddy, you're explaining so much, just to advance the competition?
Chen Fan had no choice but to stay in Li Yan's office and discuss research directions with him.

"You mean, we need to study the algorithm for driverless cars?"

“Isn’t it easier than actually making a car?”

"Easy... bullshit, brother, why did you choose this question?"

“Because it’s simple.”

Even though he had made sufficient preparations, Chen Fan still did not expect Li Yan to reveal her true identity at this time.

So he stood there in a daze.

"Of course, it also depends on the occasion." Li Yan said, "If it's not a competition, but an official project, we really don't have any advantage."

"But." Chen Fan said.

Li Yan motioned for him to continue.

Chen Fan shook his head, "I'm just helping you say this word."

"If it was just a competition, our advantages would be much greater. Jiaolong Mobile has cooperated with Wei De Maps, and we have studied the dispatching algorithm, as well as various data from the Che Lai La platform."

"So you want to win?" Chen Fan showed a very surprised expression.

"Is there anything surprising about this?"

"You now actually have a desire to win a game of this level?"

Li Yan smiled and stretched. "It's better not to participate. If you participate, you will definitely have the desire to win. But taking this opportunity to study the unmanned vehicle algorithm can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone."

"That's it!" Chen Fan became excited. "I said you wouldn't study this just for the sake of winning or 'making it easier'. Come on, tell me, what are you going to do next?"

“The city of the future.”

He held back Chen Fan's words, "After making mobile phones, is the next step to making cars?"

"So building a car is only part of your idea?"

"Let's talk about it later. Even a tall building has to be built from the ground up." Li Yan said with a smile.

The air conditioner in the office was clearly turned on high, but Chen Fan was inexplicably sweating on his forehead.

This former roommate in front of him always says some fantastic words, which would be called naive or arrogant if it came from someone else, but no matter how exaggerated the words were, they had a unique magic when spoken by Li Yan.

"You activated the magic card again."

"What?" This time Li Yan didn't understand.

"Be careful of getting hit in the face."

...childishness.

“In fact, the city of the future is just a concept.”

Chen Fan nodded. This concept was too big. It could and would only be an idea. It was rare for Comrade Li Yan to express some practical ideas.

“Just part of what I want to do.”

Chen Fan covered his ears and said, "Let's talk about how to solve the competition questions."

Then he saw the astonishing number of folders on Li Yan's computer. "These are the materials I sorted out recently and some preliminary research I did. I'll give you a hard drive later. Copy them and have a look. We can't talk about anything today."

"...Why do you want me to join?..." Chen Fan glanced at Li Yan's speechless expression and shut up.

The two had only chatted for a few words when there was a sudden knock on the office door.

Chen Fan was a little nervous for a moment.

"It's okay. You are the most senior employee of Future Technology. Not many people have shares."

The person who pushed the door open was Liu Liwei, and his excitement could be seen from his expression.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Chen..."

He reacted quickly, but Chen Fan was already stiff all over.

"Is there something good?"

"Last night, a group suddenly appeared on the Knowledge Planet. It's called the 'Jiaolong Mobile Phone Objective Research Center'. They should be a group of fans of our mobile phones, or electronic product enthusiasts."

"I know this. At first I thought it was a hostile force. The word 'objective' is really..." Li Yan nodded.

"Hahaha, actually they are all fans, researching and analyzing how the Hetu system and Jiaolong mobile phone are better than other products."

"Then what?" Li Yan didn't quite understand what this was good news.

"This organization is growing very fast. This morning, it has become famous on all online platforms. It is said that their analysis is very objective and resonates with many people. Now the number of posts on it has skyrocketed. They are basically sharing our user experience, some are daily life and some are hardcore. Most of them are positive comments."

Li Yan raised an eyebrow.

"What's outrageous is," Liu Liwei couldn't help laughing, "there are still many people who haven't bought Jiaolong phones sharing their bad experiences with other phones... I specifically asked the publicity team, and Jiang said it wasn't their work. We didn't spend a penny, but other brands thought we were waging a propaganda war!"

Chen Fan opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Yan.

"Oh," Li Yan glanced at the real-time updated data on mobile phone sales and usage on the desktop, "I was doing something else just now and didn't really pay attention to it. Sales have increased a lot, and the platform activity has also increased a lot."

"Yes! That's what I wanted to tell you. I'm so happy!" Liu Liwei looked very excited. If he wasn't in Li Yan's office, he would probably dance with joy.

"Very good, this is the third wave of outbreak I predicted, and it has already started." Li Yan seemed very calm, as if he had expected it. "Isn't it a little early... Is the power of tap water so strong? Or is it really as I said, our competitors have given us a big boost..."

After Liu Liwei took the data analysis task and left, Chen Fan looked at Li Yan with a shocked expression.

Li Yan just smiled and said, "I activated the magic card - people's recognition."

(End of this chapter)