Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 174 Inspecting Hailan Automobile
In October, Xu Shenxue came to the newly established Hailan Automobile Co., Ltd. in an industrial park in Anhua.

Although Hailan Automobile Company was just established, it is not simple, because the registered capital of this company has reached 5 billion yuan!
This is a very rare startup!

And his boss is even more eye-catching, the world's richest man Xu Shenxue!
Because Xu Shenxue did not hide the news that he was manufacturing electric cars and even reported it publicly, many people paid attention to this new company.

Many people are actually very confused. Xu Shenxue is engaged in mobile phones. To put it more broadly, he is also engaged in semiconductors and even mobile Internet... If you say that Xu Shenxue invests in the field of smart terminals, and even in the fields of semiconductor design and manufacturing, as well as the Internet, software, etc., people will not find it surprising.

Even if Xu Shenxue wanted to develop some black technology, people would not be surprised... Zhiyun Technology has a lot of black technology research and development projects, even such ridiculous projects as brain-computer interfaces are seriously put forward for research and development, and there are also things like virtual reality.

But making cars...Brother, did you go to the wrong set?
Cars belong to the traditional manufacturing industry and have nothing to do with you!

However, this is just the opinion of some ordinary people. In fact, many people have heard Xu Shenxue bragging about driverless cars, driverless flying cars, and driverless cars!
In particular, many investors invested money after hearing Xu Shenxue's bragging...

Now, when I saw that Xu Shenxue wanted to make cars, I connected it to the unmanned driving R&D project at Zhiyun Technology.

Many people speculate that this automobile company may be the physical project part of the driverless project.

But in fact... this is not the case. Zhiyun Technology's driverless project is truly aimed at black technology. It is truly intelligent driverless driving, and it is using the AI ​​driverless car system.

As for Hailan Automobile, what it actually produces is a traditional electric car...it's just an electric car.

Maybe they will have some high-end in-car configurations, such as a big screen, a refrigerator, a voice assistant, and some assisted driving, but there is still a huge difference between them and Zhiyun Technology's AI driverless car.

In fact, Xu Shenxue himself had no idea whether the AI ​​driverless car could be developed and when it could be developed. In any case, until later generations, no company was able to develop a true AI driverless car.

However, electric cars have developed smoothly, with many electric car companies including Tesla, BYD, etc.

As for the term "new energy"... well, electric cars are not new. They have existed since the end of the 19th century, which means they are earlier than gasoline-powered cars. They come out every ten or twenty years, but the technology was not advanced enough in the past so they failed to develop and were completely suppressed by gasoline-powered cars.

But it’s different now, the technology has improved!
The most important issue is battery life. In the past, aluminum-acid batteries were used in electric vehicles, but they were not good enough for battery life and charging.

However, now we have lithium batteries, which have been newly developed in recent years. The performance of lithium batteries used in consumer electronics, such as mobile phones and laptops, is already quite good.

It is a good energy source for cars.

After Xu Shenxue arrived at Hailan Automobile in a low-key manner, the first person he met was Xu Yuanliang, the general manager who was poached from a domestic automobile company.

But this guy is not engaged in automobile R&D or marketing, he used to be in the automobile supply chain!
When making mobile phones, Xu Shenxue deeply understood the importance of the supply chain... If the supply chain of a small device like a mobile phone is so complicated, then the number of parts of a large industrial product like a car is even greater and more complicated.

Therefore, the first thing Xu Shenxue did was not to look for automotive marketing professionals or R&D personnel, but instead he found Xu Yuanliang, who specialized in the automotive supply chain.

Xu Yuanliang is also very interested in joining Hailan Automobile Company...or rather, he is not very interested in Hailan Automobile Company itself, and even has average confidence in it, but he has confidence in Xu Shenxue, the owner of Hailan Automobile Company.

The world's richest man wants to develop a new car and wants me to be the person in charge of the car project. This kind of good thing may only come once in a lifetime.

Therefore, when he heard from the headhunter that the world's richest man Xu Shenxue was looking for someone to be in charge of the new company's automobile project, he did not hesitate at all and agreed on the spot. He even defeated several potential competitors along the way and finally successfully won the position of general manager of Hailan Automobile.

"Mr. Xu, the company is still in its infancy, but we have already started to form a research and development team according to your instructions. We are also preparing for the early stages of the production base!"
"The R&D team currently has more than 100 people, some of whom are R&D engineers from the traditional automotive industry, and some are talents from the fields of semiconductors and software. We are stepping up our efforts to recruit talents and strive to completely build the R&D team before the end of the year!"

"Our research and development work currently consists of two parts: one is the design and development of traditional areas such as body structure, and the other is key subsystems, mainly battery pack research."

"We also referred to other electric vehicles on the market, including Tesla in the United States and BYD in Shenzhen."

"Through our analysis, we have found that the current technical foundations in various aspects are sufficient to support long-range electric vehicles. What is lacking now is how to integrate these existing technologies!"

“Although the supply chain in the electric vehicle field is still immature, there is not much lack. There is no technical barrier that cannot be overcome for core batteries and motors. If we work hard, we can eventually make it!”

Xu Shenxue also said at this time: "I am still very optimistic about the electric vehicle field, otherwise I would not invest money to make this thing!"

"But when doing it, don't just limit yourself to electric vehicles, but also try to move closer to the field of intelligence!" "For example, more advanced and more intelligent car systems."

“There are also some assisted driving functions that are very important.”

"We cannot be satisfied with just making an electric car equipped with batteries and electric motors, and then driving the wheels to run, but we must make an electric car that is highly intelligent and has certain assisted driving functions that can better represent the future!"

“Therefore, R&D work and coordination with supply chain manufacturers are very important!”

"Don't feel too much pressure, just do it first, and if you encounter any problems, solve them in a targeted manner!"

Xu Yuanliang said: "I understand Mr. Xu's opinion. We are also recruiting a large number of software engineers to develop assisted driving technology and make a more intelligent cockpit!"

Xu Shenxue said: "Well, you can also talk to the driverless team at Zhiyun Technology and make some contact. Their team has a lot of things and ideas!"

Zhiyun Technology's driverless team has ambitious goals, so their research and development direction is not traditional assisted driving, but they are directly focusing on big data algorithms and smart AI... What they are doing is actually not just driverless driving, but more accurately "artificial intelligence driving."

To take a usage scenario as an example, an AI-driven vehicle is thrown directly into a completely unfamiliar environment with no detailed data inside the vehicle, only a rough map.

Relying solely on the vehicle's own sensors to collect various data, the on-board AI analyzes, locates, plans, and drives the vehicle back home!
There is not even a rough map. It just relies on data from various sensors on the car, and then analyzes the positioning plan, and finally the onboard AI drives the car home!
It's about black technology, artificial intelligence driving with a sci-fi feel.

But some things, even if they are just by-products in the research and development process, are valuable and can be used by Hailan Automobile.

At the same time, Zhiyun Technology's driverless team actually needs a large amount of data to train their algorithm models, and HaiLian Automobile can also provide a large amount of data in this regard.

The two can still cooperate to a certain extent.

After hearing this, Xu Yuanliang was naturally very happy!
He doesn't know how strong Zhiyun Technology's driverless team is, but he knows how awesome Zhiyun Technology is. With certain technical support from Zhiyun Technology, it will be easier to develop its own assisted driving and car-machine systems.

Because HaiLian Automobile currently has no prototypes, no factories, and even no important subsystems, such as battery packs.

Even the R&D team had not been formed yet, so there was not much to see. Xu Shenxue just stayed for more than an hour, had a brief chat with the management and technical team of Hailan Automobile, and then left.

However, he did not return directly to Zhiyun Technology or go home, but went to Xiaojiang Technology not far away.

Xiaojiang Technology initially engaged in helicopter flight control. After being strategically controlled by Zhiyun Technology, it began to transform into UAV flight control.

But in order to avoid subsequent troubles... mainly because drones are too sensitive. Even if they are just civilian items, they will be brought directly to the battlefield by people from all sides.

A drone with the Zhiyun logo appeared on the battlefield and dropped bombs on people... This would pose a huge reputation crisis to Zhiyun Technology, and it might even be boycotted by many foreign countries.

In order to prevent Zhiyun Technology from being labeled as an arms dealer, which would in turn affect Zhiyun Technology's global market, Xu Shenxue simply used his personal funds to buy Xiaojiang Technology from Zhiyun Technology.

Then just do it. Anyway, the founding team of Xiaojiang Technology has strong technical capabilities. Even without Xu Shenxue's help, they can develop consumer-grade drones on their own.

The arrival of Xu Shenxue simply accelerated this process with a large amount of investment!

Based on this, Xu Shenxue actually only holds a controlling stake in Xiaojiang Technology, leaving a considerable number of shares to the founding team...

For Xu Shenxue, he already has a certain amount of money. If he wants to invest in some companies or develop some industries, he doesn't care much about whether he has more or less money.

As for these companies that are already doing very well, Xu Shenxue will not rely on his wealth and future experience to snatch the future wealth of the founding team... There is no need for that.

Just act as a strategic investor and maintain control over the company to ensure it does not lose control.

First post two chapters, then post another chapter in the afternoon

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