Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 355 Drone Show

Zhiyun Group released its first-half financial report in early August, which stimulated the company's market value to reach the 800 billion US dollar mark, which attracted widespread discussion around the world.

The United States is mainly reflecting and exploring why many of its own high-tech companies cannot compete with Zhiyun Group in the new round of technological competition.

As for Europe, most people are confused about the future. After losing the Internet and semiconductors, and after losing Nouya, the entire European region cannot produce a reliable high-tech company. After the arrival of the AI ​​era, they can only watch Chinese and American companies rush towards AI, and they can only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

Similarly, in Japan, a new round of reflections has also been set off: Why can China's Zhiyun Group succeed? But our major conglomerates cannot? In the new era of technological competition, what are our major conglomerates doing?
South Korea, on the other hand, is relatively calm because they have the Four Star Group. Although the Four Star Group cannot compare with the Zhiyun Group in many aspects, it is still relatively strong in the two core industries of consumer electronics and semiconductors. It has lagged behind a lot in the field of AI, but is also striving to catch up.

As for other countries...they can only be listed as others and are not worth discussing.

While many people abroad were discussing Zhiyun Group's market value of US$800 billion, many domestic netizens and experts were also discussing Zhiyun Group.

"There is no doubt that Zhiyun Group has become the world's top high-tech enterprise, and China has become the top soil for high-tech entrepreneurship!"

"We have Gulf Technology for semiconductor equipment."

"In semiconductor manufacturing, we have Zhiyun Microelectronics, SMIC, Beiwei, Huahong, and Huali Microelectronics!"

"In the field of semiconductor design, we have Zhiyun Semiconductor, Zhiyun Storage, HiSilicon, Weir Electronics, Hygon, Tsinghua Unigroup, Goodix Technology and hundreds of other medium and large semiconductor design companies!"

"In the field of smart terminals, we have more than ten medium and large-scale smart terminal manufacturers, including Zhiyun Group, Weiku Electronics, Dami, Huawei, OV, etc."

"In the field of screens, we have Huaxing Technology, BOE, and other domestic second-tier screen manufacturers!"

"In the battery field, we have BYD, Desay, Ningdai Battery and many other battery manufacturers!"

"In the Internet field, we have BTA and Yihai Technology, as well as countless Internet companies of all kinds!"

"There is also the emerging new energy vehicle sector, where we have Hailan Automobile, the rapidly rising BYD and many other traditional automakers or new forces!"

"In the past decade, we have achieved tremendous success in a large number of emerging technology industries, which is enough to prove that Huaxia is the most dynamic technological innovation region in the world!"

Of course, some concerns have been raised, especially by some self-proclaimed experts.

"Many people know that in Korea, a person cannot escape the Four Stars from birth to death. The output value of a Four Star Group accounts for 11% of the entire GDP of Korea!"

"Although our Zhiyun Group does not involve all fields like the Sixing Group, it also occupies a large proportion in the fields of electronic consumption and semiconductors, and directly affects the entire economic system!"

"Last year, our national GDP was only 7 trillion yuan, but Zhiyun Group's revenue alone reached more than 2 trillion yuan. This 2 trillion yuan of revenue was extended to the entire industrial chain of Zhiyun Group through various means such as R&D investment, OEM, and spare parts procurement, affecting the output value and revenue of at least thousands of related companies. The GDP affected will be even higher."

"I'm not saying that Zhiyun Group is bad. In fact, it has been proven that a leading enterprise with international competitiveness has a huge role in boosting the economy, but we also need to be wary of becoming dependent on Zhiyun."

"If Zhiyun Group's business is not doing well, such as the sales of its flagship S series mobile phones being halved, resulting in a sharp drop in the group's revenue or even huge losses, how can we avoid the impact of this economic tsunami?"

“Yes, I am not talking about economic impact, I am talking about economic tsunami!”

Then a group of netizens replied: "According to experts, if we want to avoid this kind of impact, we need a second Zhiyun. Can you create one?"

"Avoid the impact? Zhiyun is really going to be finished. Others don't know, but I will definitely jump off the building. Why worry about it!"

"I'm in the semiconductor consumables business. Expert, can you help me get our products into TSMC, Four Star, or Intel's wafer fabs? That way, if Zhiyun Microelectronics goes bankrupt, we can still survive!"

"Our company makes screens and is trying to get fruit orders, but they don't want our products. Even if our products are more cost-effective, we can only hope that Zhiyun will survive!"

Everyone knows that Zhiyun Group has a huge influence, and it is even deliberately promoted... Without all-round support, Zhiyun Group would not have been able to develop so rapidly.

This kind of support has also brought good results to the current technology industry.

Zhiyun Group, a high-tech leader, is forcing a large number of high-tech industrial chains behind it to undergo industrial upgrading and become internationally competitive.

This brings jobs and tax revenue!
At the same time, the rapid development of Zhiyun Group, especially in the semiconductor field and AI technology, has also brought huge positive effects in other core areas.

Zhiyun Group is responsible for the research and development of a series of core projects in the field of artificial intelligence...

For example, the core enterprise that develops the "large-scale intelligent battlefield system"... This battlefield system is used to cover the entire battlefield, connect a large number of intelligent terminals, and is used for the perception, analysis, and auxiliary decision-making of the entire battlefield.

There is also the 'Advanced Intelligent Drone Combat System' that Xu Shenxue went to see some time ago... This is an AI unmanned fighter.

'Advanced small drone combat system' - that is, autonomous swarm combat system or small drone reconnaissance and strike combat system...

'Advanced Unmanned Ground Vehicle Combat System' - ground intelligent terminals such as robot dogs, unmanned tanks, and artillery.

'Advanced Unmanned Combat System' - unmanned boats or unmanned ships.

All of the above-mentioned core projects based on artificial intelligence are basically undertaken by Zhiyun Group, which is responsible for algorithm development, design and manufacturing of AI training graphics cards, and design and manufacturing of airborne high-computing power chips.

To put it simply, Zhiyun Group is the "brain" for the development of these equipment.

As for the body, it will naturally be developed by other partners.

Zhiyun Group’s involvement in many core projects is deeper than outsiders imagine.

This is the strategic value of Zhiyun Group. Many people even look forward to the fact that once their own AI fighter jets are developed, they will be able to soar into the sky and directly form a technological gap with foreign fighter jets.

It’s not that they like to fantasize, but the strong technical capabilities demonstrated by Zhiyun Group really made them see the feasibility of the project!
In the first half of the year, a secret test conducted in a modified aircraft has proven the feasibility of this technical route... Even though it is still some distance away from maturity, at least there is hope for the project's success.

Once these AI projects are successful, they will pose a huge challenge to the existing combat system...not a challenge to certain existing equipment, but a challenge to the existing combat system.

That will open up a whole new era of combat mode... The existing combat systems and theories will all become obsolete, and many existing technical equipment will become scrap metal overnight.

A simple example is that with current technical means, it is almost impossible to counter the attack of a drone swarm composed of "advanced small drone combat systems"... Existing air defense means cannot defeat it, electronic countermeasures are useless, and existing equipment cannot withstand it.

And this swarm of drones is just the most basic, even the lowest level application of AI technology...it is only a small part of the entire system.

It can be said that the strong rise of Zhiyun Group has always brought more than just a mobile phone. The Zhiyun S series mobile phones are just the appearance that ordinary people can see.

Of course...Zhiyun S series mobile phones do represent the most advanced technological achievements of Zhiyun Group.

This can be seen from the mobile phone chip S703 used above.

It represents the most advanced process technology and top-level chip design.

As many true and false news about the new generation of Zhiyun S series mobile phones were announced, some information about the new generation of S703 chips was also revealed.

When Zhiyun Group's marketing department was preheating the S16 series of mobile phones, it focused on the S703 chip, and touted how advanced and awesome the -nanometer process used in the chip was.

It is said that Apple's A10 chip this year still uses TSMC's 820-nanometer process, while Qualcomm's chip only uses TSMC's -nanometer process.

But our Zhiyun's S703 chip uses a more advanced -nanometer process.

The 703-nanometer process, -nanometer process, and -nanometer process make it clear which is advanced and which is backward. The S chip produced with the best process is the most advanced and top-level chip at present.

The S703 series of mobile phones using the S16 chip must be the most powerful mobile phones currently available, no doubt about it!

What four-star Galaxy, fruit phones are nothing compared to the Zhiyun S series!

While touting the S703 chip, some other bits of information were also released, such as the design and appearance of the phone.

Amidst all the hype, the launch of Zhiyun's flagship phone is getting closer and closer, and even ordinary people have begun to notice that Zhiyun is going to release a new generation of flagship phone.

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On Saturday evening, August 13, Zhiyun Group’s autumn press conference was officially held at Qianshan International Conference Center.

However, before the press conference was officially held, at about 7:30 in the evening, a large number of light spots appeared in the sky above the International Conference Center.

This is a drone light show organized by the technical team of Zhiyun Group!

Although drone shows are not new, they were mostly experimental and small-scale before this, and the general public is not very familiar with them.

But today, the technical team of Zhiyun Group took out a thousand drones for the performance at once.

With technical support provided by Xiaojiang Technology, the specially designed and manufactured small drone has a lighting module and a control module that can be controlled by programming.

After thousands of drones took off, they began to perform various changes according to the program. In the middle, a scene of a giant dragon soaring in the sky appeared, which stunned many viewers.

So much so that the press conference has not officially started yet, but the information about this drone show has instantly topped major hot search lists.

On many live broadcast platforms, it also attracted a large number of comments from onlookers.

At the end of the drone light show, the Baiyun logo of Zhiyun Group and the word S16 appeared in the sky.

This announces the official start of Zhiyun Group’s S16 mobile phone launch conference!
After the press conference began, Xu Shenxue, who came to the venue, said to the microphone: "Thanks to our 'Feitian' drone performance team. They are a group of great guys who have overcome technical difficulties one after another and finally brought us this light show composed of more than a thousand drones!"

“This is also our philosophy at Zhiyun, to constantly challenge the limits and make the impossible possible!”

"Use our technology and products to change the world and make it a better place!"

“Today, the first product I want to introduce is a product that will change the world and make it a better place.”

"Yun Hand is a very special control device. It will become the hand of people with partial limb disability and be used to operate various smart devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers, etc."

Xu Shenxue pointed to a strange-looking device on the podium that looked a bit like braces.

"In this world, some unfortunate people have lost their hands, making it difficult for them to use various electronic devices, connect to the Internet through electronic devices, and join this new world!"

"But in this era of continuous advancement towards intelligence, no one should be left behind!"

"So before this, we developed a visual impairment mode and a hearing impairment mode on our mobile phones, so that some people with visual impairments and hearing impairments can also use our mobile phones."

"Now, we are taking this a step further and trying to develop a new operating device for people with limb disabilities to solve their problem of being unable to operate electronic devices."

"This is Yun Hand. It can be easily connected to a mobile phone or computer using Bluetooth and has touchpad control and click functions."

"It's also very easy to use. You just put it on like you would put on braces, and use your tongue to slide the touchpad on the roof of your mouth to move the cursor. The left and right bites can be used as clicks and returns depending on the situation!"

“It’s very convenient and can be used easily without any professional training!”

As Xu Shenxue was speaking, a simulation of the operation was displayed on the large screen behind him.

Afterwards, some staff members came on stage to demonstrate the use of this device.

The device can flexibly control the mobile phone, open and close various apps, play music, input text, and even draw pictures and other basic operations.

"We hope that this device can bring the beauty of the world to those in need, so the price of this device is only 199 yuan."

The Yun Hand, priced at 199 yuan, is definitely the most unprofitable deal Zhiyun Group has ever made... At this price, it can't even recover the research and development funds.

This project was a charity project from the beginning. Be it the development team, the management, or even Xu Shenxue, no one expected to make money or even break even with this project.

If it wasn't for the sake of avoiding trouble, Zhiyun Group would even have planned to give it away for free... Unfortunately, many things can't be given away just because you want to, so they simply set a low price.

Xu Shenxue's move made many people silent, and then there was warm applause from the audience.

Many people originally thought that the first product unveiled at the press conference was some kind of black technology that would make a lot of money...but what they saw was a charity project.

Spending so much money to develop a product that not many people use and can't be sold at a high price, isn't this charity?
The leaders of other companies at the scene would not even dare to think about such a thing... let alone do it.

However, this does not prevent them from applauding Zhiyun Group and Xu Shenxue's sentiments.

Even as a bad guy, I hope there are more good people in this world!
People who do not do good deeds also hope that others will do good deeds and applaud those who do good deeds.

After Xu Shenxue launched this charitable product on stage, he also launched several other smart ecological products.

Including the new generation of smart TVs, the maximum size reaches 85 inches, and the main promoted sizes are 65 inches and 55 inches.

The price is naturally as expensive as ever, with the starting price being more than 15,000!

The reason why it is expensive is that Zhiyun's smart TVs have always used the most advanced screens at the moment, with ultra-high resolutions that can even reach 4K, and the display colors are also top-notch.

There is also Zhiyun Group’s traditional advantages, namely operating systems, chips and other intelligent parts.

Of course, the most valuable thing is artificial intelligence, such as voice assistant, connection to home host and other functions.

All these factors add up to make Zhiyun Group's smart TVs extremely expensive. This year's new generation of products has a starting price of more than 15,000 yuan, while the mainstream model costs more than 20,000 yuan and the high-end model costs more than 30,000 yuan.

This price has left many traditional TV manufacturers silent.

For the same television, their price is still in the range of several thousand yuan, but Zhiyun sells it for twenty or thirty thousand yuan.

Even so, it sells quite well.

Just thinking about it makes me angry.

However, some of Zhiyun Group's partner manufacturers are smiling. For example, LTC, which provides TV hardware panels, is very happy now and hopes that more and more Zhiyun TVs will be sold so that they can earn more.

(End of this chapter)