After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 226: Jobs' Successor

Li Jiahui and Wang Xiaofeng returned to the company one after another.

Lu Liang didn't understand technology, he just explained to Li Jiahui the functions of Ideal's current car computer and asked if it could be optimized or surpassed on the original basis.

Li Jiahui thought for a long time: "Millimeter wave radar and 360-degree imaging cannot be used as a measure of intelligent driving. They are just auxiliary equipment for cars. If you just want a smooth intelligent central control system, it is not difficult to do this."

He also frankly admitted his own shortcomings and those of the current R&D team, and told Lu Liang that there was a team that might be able to be absorbed.

"Whose team?" Lu Liang was puzzled. Nowadays, both the Internet and the Internet of Vehicles are in full swing, so how could there still be a wild team out there?

“SmartisanOS R&D team.”

Li Jiahui has a senior brother who works as an engineer in the team. As the Hammer phone was a flop, their entire team was on the verge of unemployment.

It’s not that Huaqing’s R&D team is not good, it’s just that they tend to be academic and basically don’t consider commercialization.

If he has the help of the Hammer team, he can guarantee that he will hand in an answer that will satisfy Lu Liang before December.

Lu Liang asked: "Without relying on external teams, at the current R&D progress, how long will it take to surpass the ideal car machine?"

Li Jiahui smiled shyly: "Mr. Lu, our current system can surpass the ideal car computer with a little improvement."

According to Lu Liang, the difficulty of executing three instructions at a time is so great that, to put it bluntly, with a five million outsourcing fee, a similar central control system can be built in less than two months.

In contrast, their STOS system, which cost 2000 million US dollars, was aimed at intelligent driving from the beginning. Even if it only takes out the base structure, it is enough to beat the Ideal Central Control. The two are simply not on the same level.

"Student Li, are you so confident?"

"Boss Lu, I can still guarantee this."

Lu Liang thought for a moment, then turned to look at Wen Chao: "Contact Mr. Li's assistant and change the afternoon meeting to tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

He looked at Li Jiahui again: "How long will it take to prepare? I will take you there now and test it directly."

Li Jiahui replied: "One and a half hours, I will go back to school to pack some things and bring a few installation assistants."

"can."

Lu Liang called Li Xiang and informed him of the current situation. Li Xiang expressed his warm welcome without hesitation.

A new car launch conference will be held the day after tomorrow. If the car system can be slightly optimized, he will have more to brag about.

It would be best if it can be put into use, but it doesn’t matter if it can’t, as there is still some time before mass production.

While Li Jiahui was back at school to prepare, Lu Liang also asked Wen Chao to retrieve the information about Smartisan Technology.

His deepest impression of Smartisan Technology was Luo Yonghao, and his deepest impression of Luo Yonghao was the medium cup, large cup, and extra large cup.

It seems that a few months ago, Lu Liang facilitated the merger of Douyin and Xigua, Lao Luo scolded him, and Xiao Wang had a passionate confrontation with him.

“The first generation of internet celebrities?”

When Lu Liang saw Lao Luo’s information, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Like Jack Ma, he was a teacher by training, but by letting himself go and being able to brag, he became the first generation of Internet celebrities.

After resigning from New Oriental in 06, he created an elite blog website, also known as NiuBo, which is almost equivalent to Zhihu today, but it soon became unpopular.

However, this attracted a group of Luo fans, and Lao Luo became synonymous with "sentiment" and "idealism".

six years ago,
The most popular technology trend in the world is the smartphone.

As soon as Luo expressed his intention to enter the mobile phone market, a large number of fans came to support him.

"Lao Luo, just be serious and we will help you win."

Translated, it means you can harvest us leeks at will.

So, Lao Luo naively believed it.

In the year that Steve Jobs passed away, the self-proclaimed only successor to his legacy founded Smartisan, saying he wanted to make the best phone in the Eastern Hemisphere because Apple is in the Western Hemisphere.

He also said that Apple will inevitably decline.

As the only successor of Steve Jobs, his responsibility is to make Hammer a success and prepare to acquire and revive Apple in the future.

However, due to excessive seriousness, the development progress is extremely slow. For example, Xiaomi releases a new version every week, while Hammer keeps postponing its releases, dragging them out for a year or so, wearing out the patience of users.

Three years ago, Hammer's first mobile phone, the T1, was finally released after much anticipation. At that time, you had to pay the full amount to pre-order the phone, but that still couldn't stop Hammer fans from buying it.

It’s just a temporary pleasure to place an order, but the waiting time for the goods is a long one. The production capacity cannot keep up, and even the most loyal fans will lose their patience.

As a result, the rate of running away from order soared from 2% to 90%.

As users canceled their orders, more and more goods piled up in the warehouse, but the money in the account became less and less, so the only option was to reduce the price by thousands of yuan for promotion.

The key point is that this company once said that it would be like Apple and would never lower prices. However, it went back on its word and was severely criticized by the media and fans, and its corporate reputation plummeted.

Last year, all mobile phone manufacturers on the Internet upgraded to 4G, but he was still making 3G phones. He thought that 4G phones were meaningless and were just a gimmick of the manufacturers.

Luo Yonghao almost encountered all the traps that startups should avoid. He lost 5.8 million yuan in three years and was left with nothing.

This year alone, Hammer has been rumored to have gone bankrupt six times, been acquired five times, and had its capital chain broken three times.

Some time ago, he 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 said that Lao Luo should not start a business, but should become a success guru, which would be more promising.

Although the failure of the Hammer phone is inevitable, it does not mean that the Hammer OS is a failed system.

On the contrary, Hammer OS is hailed as one of the most unique mobile phone systems in history due to its distinctive features.

Because Luo claims to be the only successor of Steve Jobs, and Hammer's mission is to acquire Apple, the concept of the mobile phone's operating system is also aligned with Apple's.

The interface is simple and efficient, and it has many iconic features, such as flash capsules, voice interaction, intelligent voice assistant, etc.

Li Jiahui recommended it and also valued the intelligent voice assistant of Hammer OS, which can almost be transferred to the car computer.

They have done an excellent job in this regard, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are in the first echelon in the field of voice interaction.

"Hammer owes so much money and has lost so much money, but it still refuses to run away. It seems that it is not that easy to deal with it."

Lu Liang muttered to himself, he was impressed by the R&D technical team of Hammer OS, but it seemed that Lao Luo was not that easy to deal with.

If Lao Luo were in Dai Wei's position, he would laugh in his dreams. He has never had such a wonderful start.

On the contrary, if Dai Wei were in Luo Yonghao's position, he would have run away long ago. This mess is far more serious than ofo.

Lao Luo is still holding on, which shows that he is not an easy person to deal with. He will not give up unless it is absolutely necessary.

After much deliberation, Lu Liang decided to start with the investors and creditors of Hammer. Jinshajiang led the C round of investment in Hammer, and Ali was Hammer's creditor.

Because financing must involve the signing of a bet.

Jinshajiang has the right to force Hammer to pay back the money. Ali's acquisition of the shares pledged by Luo Yonghao is nothing more than a transfer at a premium. I think they should all give Lu Liang this face.

Investors and creditors are external concerns.
Then Lu Liang would personally handle the internal problems.

During this period, he can also ask headhunters to poach people, and wait until Hammer is forced to sell its assets under pressure, and then take over the patents of Hammer OS.

An hour later, Li Jiahui came back from school, and before leaving for Ideal, Lu Liang found Wang Xiaofeng.

Inform the idea, assign tasks, hollow out the R&D members of the hammer, and prepare to take over the R&D team of the hammer.

It doesn't matter what the expenses are, as long as they are reasonable, and he is given great financial authority.

Last year, Smartisan's valuation was 26 billion yuan, and it was very difficult to do so at that time. But this year, it is almost dead, the company's valuation is less than 10 billion yuan, and it has also owed several months of salary.

"Okay, Mr. Lu, I'll find out later."

Wang Xiaofeng nodded and felt sorry for Lao Luo for a second. Hammer would die if he was targeted by Lu Liang.

Internal and external troubles, two-pronged approach.

What’s more, the already shaky Hammer Technology cannot be saved by Luo Yonghao, let alone the Golden Immortal.

(End of this chapter)