Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 240 The Wedding of the Century
Xu Shenxue's wedding was not hidden or deliberately low-key, but in fact it couldn't be low-key!
When rumors first came out that Xu Shenxue was going to get married, many investors had already sent very formal letters asking whether Xu Shenxue's marriage would affect the operating rights of Zhiyun Technology.

To this end, Xu Shenxue had already issued a statement to all investors and partners through formal channels, saying that he had already put all of his assets, especially those that had received various external investments, into trusts, and that there would be no changes in assets or management rights due to marriage issues.

At the beginning of the month, Xu Shenxue officially announced his marriage and began to invite guests.

For a time, many entrepreneurs who were not so strong were actually concerned about whether they could receive an invitation to Xu Shenxue's wedding.

An invitation, to some extent, is also a symbol of status in the industry.

If you don’t reach a certain level, you won’t be invited!
Of course, most of those who get the invitation are bosses or executives of partner companies or companies in the same industry.

If the bosses of some unrelated companies are not top-tier billionaires in the industry, then don't count on them.

On this day, heavyweight business tycoons arrived in Shenzhen one after another, and then checked into several hotels arranged by Zhiyun.

At the same time, many media outlets that got the news have also begun to report on this wedding that can be called the wedding of the century!

It is not a new thing for wealthy people to hold weddings, but it is very rare for the world's richest man to hold a wedding. It has never happened even in modern history... There have been many richest people in the world, but when they become the world's richest man, most of them already have grandchildren, let alone a wedding.

But there is no other richest man in the world like Xu Shenxue, who became the richest man in the world in his twenties and before he got married.

In modern times, Xu Shenxue is a true super diamond bachelor...even using the word "diamond" to describe him would be an underestimation of Xu Shenxue's wealth.

Not to mention the richest man in the world, even among the richest man in Asia or even the richest man in a country, it is rare to see someone as young as Xu Shenxue who is still unmarried.

Therefore, the wedding of Xu Shenxue, who was in his twenties, became the most special wedding in the past century and attracted much attention.

Investors are paying attention, ordinary people are paying attention too, so this wedding is destined to not be low-key... Even ordinary people who don't know the value of this wedding will be shocked by just one look at the densely packed business jets in the airport that are sending guests to the wedding.

It is worth noting that these business jets were not chartered by Xu Shenxue, the richest man, to pick up guests... Xu Shenxue just sent an invitation, and as for how you come, that is your own business.

In fact, there are quite a few guests who come here by civil aviation, such as a large number of domestic guests!

Unlike overseas guests who basically come here by business jet, domestic guests prefer to take civil aviation, and they can also take high-speed trains or drive themselves.

It’s not that business jets are unaffordable, but they are simply inconvenient.

Because not every company is Zhiyun.

But no matter how they came, apart from special groups such as relatives and friends of the two families, other guests who received formal invitations often had high status.

Some people will also accept some media interviews.

For example, the president of Nooya came specially and when he was interviewed by the media in the reception hotel, he first wished Xu Shenxue well, and then talked a lot about their new smartphone using the Microsoft system.

The people around him couldn't help laughing when they saw him bragging...

In the smartphone market these days, there is no place for Nokia. Apple, Zhiyun, and the three big players, including Samsung, have basically divided up the high-end market.

The rest are a large number of Chinese domestic mobile phone manufacturers and some traditional mobile phone manufacturers fighting in the mid- and low-end markets.

The only thing missing is your presence, Ounoya.

However, Nooya has not completely given up. It has been trying hard to turn the situation around and has been conducting comprehensive strategic cooperation with Microsoft, but the results have not been very satisfactory.

Some other senior executives of large companies or wealthy people will also accept interviews from the media.

The basic tone was similar. First, they congratulated Xu Shenxue on his marriage, and then talked about business, especially their own business!
Everyone used this occasion as a publicity platform.

For example, Musk, the boss of Space Exploration Company and Tesla, is a man who speaks quickly and without any scruples.

In an interview with the media, he said that the reason why SpaceX fell behind in the field of reusable rockets was purely because of the institutional problems of the US aviation industry. There were so many regulations that this was not allowed and that was not allowed...

"Our hands and feet are tied, and our engineers are conducting research and development in shackles. How can we achieve rapid progress under such circumstances..."

One moment they say that there aren’t enough support orders from the United States, the next moment they say that there aren’t enough talented people, and they also say that patents are disgusting things that restrict development that cannot innovate.

In short, all kinds of spray!
After criticizing the aerospace field, they started criticizing the electric vehicle field, saying that the US subsidies for electric vehicles were not enough, electric vehicle policies were not relaxed enough, traditional car manufacturers blocked technological innovation, and various suppressions caused Tesla to lose its first-mover advantage.

Of course, after the rant, Musk said confidently: "Our reusable rocket plan is continuing to advance. We are confident that we can complete this plan next year. We have sufficient technical reserves in the field of reusable rockets. What we lack now is some experience. Next year, at the latest, we will be able to do it. By then, we will be able to reduce the cost of rocket launch by more than half!"

"In the past, the launch cost was 100 million US dollars, but we can reduce it to 50 million US dollars by then. If we persist for a long time, we can even reduce it to 20% or even 10%!"

"There is no doubt that reusable rockets are the future of the aerospace industry!"

Then the reporter mentioned Tesla's new car.

Musk said: "Our Model S has been released and started selling. This is a mid-range mass-produced model with performance and configuration that is not inferior to luxury vehicles. We have received a large number of orders so far."

When the reporter asked when Tesla's self-driving technology would be available, Musk's face darkened a little, but he still said: "Our R&D team is actively developing self-driving technology and has achieved considerable results. Optimistically speaking, maybe next year we will be able to launch our first generation of self-driving technology!"

But the reporter was obviously very clear about the industry, and immediately asked: "It is rumored in the industry that the autonomous driving technology used by Hailan SEC is based on artificial intelligence technology. So has Tesla made technological progress in the field of artificial intelligence?"

Musk was speechless after hearing this... I'm a car maker, and you ask me about artificial intelligence!
You should ask Google ECO next door...they are the ones who are serious about artificial intelligence.

So Musk ignored the reporter and said that autonomous driving technology does not necessarily require artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is just a beautiful expectation for the future and is far from mature now. Tesla already has a research and development plan for a complete set of assisted driving solutions based on visual recognition technology. The progress is very smooth and the test version will probably be available next year.

As Google is believed to be serious about artificial intelligence, its CEO was naturally visited by reporters on this occasion and talked about their research and development progress in the field of artificial intelligence.

Google's CEO didn't even bother to answer the reporter, didn't say a word, and pretended not to hear anything.

Speaking of which, Gugou is also unlucky. In the past few years, they were engaged in artificial intelligence, and neural networks and other things have made a name for themselves. But suddenly, Zhiyun, which makes mobile phones, came up with some artificial intelligence, and their artificial intelligence, in terms of overall performance, far exceeds the artificial intelligence based on traditional neural networks that Gugou is developing.

Then a group of engineers from Google were dumbfounded. How did the people from Zhiyun do it?
This shouldn't happen, it's unreasonable!

Then, they began to invest money to expand the scale of research and development, and also widely recruited various outstanding talents from all over the world. Although there are some signs of progress at present, it is still a long way from actual results.

Gugou's side is actually quite good. After all, they have found some ways and have a strong enough foundation. It won't be a difficult task to figure it out if they are given some time.

But it is difficult for other companies.

Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and many other companies have also invested money to set up corresponding artificial intelligence research and development departments, but they haven't even figured out the clues yet, let alone made any actual progress.

All of the above are high-tech giants with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, and they have both talent and money.

Even among the domestic companies engaged in artificial intelligence, they are the top Internet companies in BTA, especially Baidu.

As for ordinary companies in other industries, after the wave of artificial intelligence came, they didn’t even dare to take a look...this thing is not something they can hope for.

This is the most cutting-edge technological field where both money and brains are required!

Therefore, although the term artificial intelligence has appeared widely in media around the world since last year, the ones that have actually invested money in research and development are still the top ten or so high-tech giants, while other large companies are still somewhat confused or powerless.

It’s not that no one is doing it. For example, the retail giant Walmart, although it is just a supermarket, has actually followed the trend and started research in the field of artificial intelligence because they have keenly discovered the huge role of artificial intelligence in the field of logistics and supply chain.

Artificial intelligence can be used to optimize routes to a limited extent, reduce the working mileage of tools such as packaging trailers, and thus improve technology. Their internal personnel have evaluated that if artificial intelligence technology is used to optimize the entire driving process, it is expected to save tens of millions of unnecessary miles.

It will be a huge saving in shipping costs.

Walmart's attitude towards the application of artificial intelligence is also the reason why major companies are so keen on artificial intelligence today.

Artificial intelligence is not just a simple voice assistant. It can truly improve production efficiency and reduce production costs.

Once Walmart can pull off the artificial intelligence initiatives it hopes to achieve, its advantage in the retail sector will be even greater.

There are also online shopping platforms and express delivery platforms that want to use drones for delivery!

Xiaojiang Technology has already developed drones, but how can drones deliver goods on their own? This is a question that many express delivery and online shopping platform companies are concerned about.

Artificial intelligence that can sense, identify, and judge autonomously is the only way to provide the ultimate solution, at least that is the way we can see at present.

Imagine that a drone, supported by smart devices, picks up goods from a logistics center, then flies several kilometers or even further to the user's yard, balcony or other place where the drone package is received. The drone then drops the package and flies away.

What a huge improvement in logistics and transportation efficiency this will bring!

Not to mention the old-fashioned driverless cars. If driverless taxis were running on the streets, they would be able to work continuously and efficiently 24 hours a day except for charging and maintenance, and they would absolutely abide by traffic regulations. How huge would the market prospects be?

These are all possibilities brought by artificial intelligence.

It’s a pity that at present, artificial intelligence technology is still unique to Zhiyun.

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The day before the wedding, business tycoons from home and abroad arrived one after another with their female companions and families.

On the second day, they took buses to a resort in the suburbs to attend the wedding.

Because there were many people attending the wedding and the venue was of high standard, ordinary hotels were not suitable, so Xu Shenxue specially asked someone to find a resort in the suburbs and booked the entire place as the wedding venue.

As the guests arrived one after another, the wedding officially began.

But at this time, reporters couldn't enter.

But it can’t stop the reporters’ flexible thinking!
Just because people can’t get in doesn’t mean drones can’t get in!
I don't know how smart he was, but he actually got a Xinjiang Technology drone and launched it into the air to shoot the scene. However, he was discovered by security personnel not long after he entered the room, and then shot down with a jammer.

However, this aerial photography drone from Xiaojiang Technology still captured and transmitted back extremely valuable wedding images.

Just a few minutes later, the reporter sold a short high-definition video clip of the wedding for a very high price. After many major media outlets in the world obtained this clip, they officially reported this wedding of the century to the public.

In one of the scenes, many guests were seated in an open-air venue, with high-definition cameras recording a large number of heavyweight business figures among them.

A video website added a narration to this scene: "This is the most influential wedding in history. If all the guests who attended this wedding disappeared, global technology might stagnate for more than ten years... We might even usher in an unprecedented economic tsunami."

After looking at the list of companies and wealthy people attending the wedding, a foreign netizen made a comment that received countless likes: "Compared with this wedding, the United Nations conference is just a game. This is the technology summit that will determine the future of mankind."

Although these words are a bit exaggerated, they are enough to prove the value of this wedding!
(End of this chapter)