Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 375 Listen to the Eagle's Cry
On December 29th, the second to last day of the year, a very special video of the Zhiyun robot suddenly appeared on the jumping video of Yihai Technology.

The video is a roadside surveillance video. At the beginning, a mother is playing with her child at the door of her house. At this time, the child's mother has a conversation with the child. The mother asks the child if he wants to drink water. The child answers yes, so the mother returns to the house.

But as soon as the child's mother entered the house, the child, who was playing with toys on the ground, stood up, looked around, looked at the road outside, and then ran out with his short legs.

At this moment, a car was driving towards them at high speed.

The situation suddenly became critical.

At this moment, a Zhiyun robot that was originally standing still in the picture suddenly moved.

The robot rushed towards the child who was running onto the road at an astonishing speed, then picked up the child with both hands and continued to exert force, carrying the child away from the center of the road in an instant.

Just as the robot was carrying the child away from the center of the road, the driver realized that something was wrong. A car that had already braked suddenly drove past from behind. Even though the car had braked suddenly, it still stopped several meters later.

If the Zhiyun robot had not taken the child away in time, based on the car's speed and braking distance, the child would have probably been knocked out.

The second half is another video, which is the screen recorded by the camera of the Zhiyun robot. The screen begins with the Zhiyun robot on standby, with a child playing in the yard. When the child's mother enters the house, the child suddenly stands up and runs to the center of the road. At this time, a rapid beeping sound suddenly rang out.

Then, the Zhiyun robot rushed out without any hesitation... After rushing out at a very fast speed and picking up the child, there was an obvious sprinting action that caused the screen to shake.

The action scenes of the Zhiyun robot in the entire video actually only last for a few seconds. Because the movements were so fast, the video publisher even slowed down the footage so that people could see the robot's movements clearly.

The video also includes a description from the poster, saying that this scene was captured by surveillance footage at the doorstep of his home yesterday.

The publisher just bought this Zhiyun robot a few days ago. Because there are children at home, he subscribed to the advanced care mode.

I didn't expect such a scene to happen yesterday. The person who posted the video, the mother who was taking care of the child, just got up and was about to go back to the house to pour water for the child. But unexpectedly, as soon as she entered, the child in the yard suddenly ran out.

Fortunately, there is Zhiyun robot, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

After such a video was released, it instantly caused a huge sensation!
Although there have been many videos about Zhiyun robots before, they are all regular experience videos. Many people will shoot videos of Zhiyun robots doing housework, chatting or helping with some simple work.

Although these videos attracted a lot of attention at the beginning, they were very interesting to watch.

But after watching it, it's just so-so... It feels very ordinary, nothing special about it, and everything it can do can be done by everyone else, and it's faster.

With this money, it would be great to hire a nanny!
However, after this video was released, it immediately caused a huge sensation.

Can Zhiyun robot actually save people?
Moreover, the Zhiyun robot in the video moves so quickly, and it can be seen that the robot seems to be extremely powerful.

In a very short time, he crossed seven or eight meters and then left the center of the road with the child.

This kind of explosive force is something people have never seen before... People all thought that Zhiyun robots moved slowly.

In fact, the power output of the Zhiyun robot is actually very strong, but it will only burst out at full power under special circumstances. Once it bursts out at full power, it will run much faster than humans.

However, this will significantly reduce the battery life and greatly increase the service life of various components... Therefore, Zhiyun's engineers have exercised certain control over its use and usually only use the conventional power output mode.

Only in special mode, the owner actively unlocks the emergency power mode to increase power output; or the system temporarily unlocks it in special circumstances such as when emergency rescue is needed. Only after unlocking the emergency power mode can you see the Zhiyun robot's full-powered maneuverable form!
Many users who have purchased Zhiyun robots don’t even know that Zhiyun robots have an emergency power output mode.

This video of the Zhiyun robot saving people was quickly reposted by many self-media outlets.

Even many major media outlets have reprinted this video and reported on the incident.

"Zhiyun Robot works hard to save people!"

"Shocked, Zhiyun Robot can actually do this!"

"Zhiyun Robot is more competent than parents!"

Many netizens have been discussing this issue loudly. Some blame the child's parents for not taking good care of the child, some scold the driver of the car driving at high speed in the community... In any matter, people can always find something to blame from different angles.

But there is one thing that people highly agree on, that is, Zhiyun robots are really awesome...

"Although it looks silly on weekdays, it can save people!"

"Normally, my robot cleans the kitchen, but it's always slow and often makes stupid mistakes... But it can save people!"

"I suspect I bought a fake Zhiyun robot. Why is my robot so stupid, while the Zhiyun robot in the video is so agile?"

“Does Zhiyun Robot have an advanced model? The robot in the video seems to be different from the released one!”

"Upstairs, if you have a Zhiyun robot, then you will know that this is the emergency power mode!"

"I used to be skeptical about Zhiyun robots, but today, I changed my mind!"

The relevant video was initially circulated only in China, but it spread overseas through the Internet in less than a day.

In India, a TV news program reported the news: "We found a message from the Chinese Internet that a YunRobot 1B robot saved a child."

"We can see in the video that after the child's mother returned to the house, the child suddenly ran to the middle of the road, and a car was speeding towards him."

"Just at this moment, the Zhiyun robot suddenly started up and saved the child!"

"The video caused a huge sensation on the Chinese Internet, and people were discussing Zhiyun Robot widely."

"However, we have noticed safety risks in Huaxia's residential communities, with people abandoning their children on the roadside and vehicles driving fast in the communities."

Many local Indian netizens also discussed the issue online: "Yes, China is too unsafe. Their communities are very dangerous and vehicles never slow down!"

"I have a gossipy relative who works in China. Last month, he was hit by a Chinese driver and his leg was broken."

"Are the Chinese so rich? This community doesn't look that good. How can the people living here afford a Zhiyun robot? That costs six million rupees?"

"This is China's urban slum. I saw their urban slum when I was on a business trip to Guangcheng. Although the houses in their slums are very dirty and messy, they are very expensive. It is normal that the owners of the houses can afford Zhiyun robots!"

Of course, some people have more normal thinking circuits and pay attention to the Zhiyun robot itself: "Can someone tell me how the Zhiyun robot managed to save this child? Isn't it said that the Zhiyun robot is very stupid and can't even do housework?"

"There are too many fools in this world. Someone actually spent five or six million rupees to buy a Zhiyun robot!"

"Although Chinese robots are very strong, our Indian robots are not bad either. Give us some time, and we in India will be able to make better robots."

Putting aside the comments of many local Indian netizens in the news reports, the news host connected with some Indian industry insiders to interpret some of the arguments, which were similar.

The basic meaning is: Zhiyun's robot is just barely okay. Saving people is just an exception. In fact, Zhiyun robots are stupid when doing most of the work.

There is no need to worry or be anxious. Our robots in India are developing rapidly and we will be able to produce better robots in no time.

There is an inexplicable self-confidence!

The same news also attracted discussions from netizens in ASEAN and West Asia, with many local netizens discussing it in the local jumping videos.

"The Zhiyun robot is so cool, I really want to buy one!"

"I want to buy one too, but it's too expensive. Our Zhiyun robot was just launched yesterday, and the bipedal model costs 2.6 million baht, which is more expensive than a Hailan SLMC."

This is indeed true. The domestic price of Zhiyun Robot's bipedal model is 400,000 yuan, while the domestic price of HaiLan Automobile's mid-size sedan, namely HaiLan SLMC, is now only about 350,000 yuan.

Zhiyun's bipedal robot is more expensive than the standard version of Hailan SLMC.

As for the prices in different places overseas, they are slightly different, but due to the influence of various additional costs such as freight, local tariffs, operating costs, etc., they are basically more expensive than domestic prices.

Of course, there are also some countries with low tax rates, so the prices can be kept on par with domestic prices.

Because goods sold domestically actually have to pay taxes, and the various taxes and fees are not low.

If the goods are exported, the importing country will collect tariffs and other taxes. In this case, in order to avoid double taxation of goods both domestically and abroad, the country will implement tax refund measures on export goods.

The tax refund measure is to ensure that goods are not taxed twice, causing them to lose their competitiveness in the international market. This is actually a common international practice, but different countries have different practices.

But many people accuse Zhiyun or other export companies of receiving unfair export subsidies and engaging in trade dumping...as if their export products will be subject to double taxation.

These are actually products produced by local manufacturers, which cannot compete with those of Chinese manufacturers. They can only get entangled in areas such as subsidies, and then find an excuse to increase tariffs or simply impose fines to protect their home regions.

This is a typical feature of trade protectionism!
From modern times to the present, although various methods and means have changed, the essence has never changed!

People can't just sit and watch their own companies die, and then a large number of people's industries and the economy go to pieces...so they will try every means to implement trade protection.

From our point of view, you are wrong. You cannot shout about free trade when you are dumping products on us, and then shout about trade protection when it is our turn to dump products on you.

International trade is special and different from ordinary business. Many times, a product cannot enter the local market just because it has some advantages.

Zhiyun's S series phones are good enough, recognized as the best phones in the world, but they still can't enter the US market...

Of course, for Zhiyun Group, except for the special market of the United States, which makes it impossible for smart terminals to enter the local market, the markets of other countries can basically be entered. The only difference is the level of local tariffs.

But whether it is higher or lower, the impact is not that big.

Anyway, almost all mobile phones in the world are manufactured in China, and the only countries with mainstream mobile phone brands are the United States, China and South Korea.

For other countries, they have to import mobile phones anyway, so it doesn’t matter whose they buy from!
Relying on the absolute supply chain advantages of the consumer electronics industry, whether it is Zhiyun, Weiku Electronics, or even other domestic mobile phone manufacturers, their mobile phone export business is basically doing well, it’s just a matter of how much profit they can make.

When it comes to the new product category of artificial intelligence robots, Zhiyun robots are absolutely unique!
There is no second competitor at all. If you want to buy an artificial intelligence robot, you can only buy a robot from Zhiyun.

This is not only limited to general-purpose robots, such as Yunrobot, but is also reflected in artificial intelligence industrial robots and service robots.

Zhiyun Group is the only manufacturer of this kind of product in the world. If customers want to buy artificial intelligence robots, they can only find Zhiyun. There is no alternative.

Therefore, no matter how much the tariffs of each country are or how much other taxes are levied, Zhiyun only makes money from the offshore wholesale price, and then adds various taxes and other costs of the local country before selling it.

This also leads to different selling prices of Zhiyun robots in overseas countries. If priced in Chinese yuan, it costs RMB 400,000 in China, more than RMB 400,000 in some countries, which is on par with the domestic price, but in some countries it costs more than RMB 500,000 or even more than RMB 600,000.

The subscription fees are adjusted based on each country’s economic situation, people’s income, and operating costs.

For example, for a certain advanced model, the domestic price is 199 yuan per month, but in Europe it may become or yuan per month, and in other countries it may be more than yuan.

It is worth noting that Zhiyun Robot has many types of paid subscription premium models. Currently, there are more than ten types of monthly subscription premium models available, with prices ranging from a cheap one or two hundred to thousands... and these paid subscription premium models can be subscribed at the same time.

The marketing department of Zhiyun Group calls it the 'feature payment model'... The idea is to sell hardware at a relatively low price, and then make a profit through the feature payment model.

If it is sold all at once with all functions included, the selling price will be very expensive in order to recover the cost, possibly reaching millions per unit.

On the other hand, if it is sold out all at once, Zhiyun Group will lack the motivation to continue training and improve various functions... Even if it is improved, it will be difficult to recover the cost.

You should know that among the many costs of artificial intelligence robots, the training costs of core models and various functions account for the bulk.

Therefore, a one-time buyout payment is not suitable in all aspects.

Therefore, the marketing department of Zhiyun Group has specially developed this one-time hardware purchase payment and additional monthly payment model for advanced mode functions. After the new model is trained and the new function is available, the performance of the robot can be improved through system push updates... instead of having to wait for the release of a new generation of robots to use them.

The dual charging model for hardware and software can better balance costs and control losses.

As for making money, the current Zhiyun Group has never expected the robotics business to make money.

Now it is still in the stage of market cultivation and technology research and development. If you want to reap big profits, you have to wait a few more years, such as reducing the hardware cost by about 100,000 yuan, or even having cheaper and more affordable functional robots.

Then the various research and development costs of artificial intelligence will also be reduced, and at the same time, the performance will be more mature and complete, and can be applied to more usage scenarios.

That’s when we’ll have a big harvest, sell millions of units a year, and then start charging for advanced features…

By then, artificial intelligence robots will become a large-scale industrial and civilian consumer product comparable to cars and mobile phones, and it is possible to create a trillion-dollar market.

As for now, it’s still early... We are still in the stage of burning money on technology research and development and market cultivation. Less loss is a victory!
This is also the main reason why Zhiyun robots are expensive.

Early high-tech products were all very expensive!

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Currently, Zhiyun robots are sold in ASEAN countries in a purely imported model, and the prices are still relatively expensive. The income levels of local consumers are also average in other regions except for Singapore, a relatively special port city!

The sales of HaiLan Automobile in the ASEAN region are just average, and naturally not many people can afford the equally expensive Zhiyun robot.

So many people can only watch it online to satisfy their visual desire.

On the contrary, after seeing the Zhiyun robot's rescue video, many netizens in high-income regions such as Japan, South Korea, and Europe were really moved.

Many of them are from the middle- and high-income groups. Although the RMB 400,000 Zhiyun robot is very expensive, it is still affordable for the middle- and high-income groups in these developed areas.

As for ordinary low-income groups...don't count on them.

Zhiyun’s products have always been very friendly to the poor: they never cheat the poor, no matter which country you are from!
At the same time, labor costs in high-income areas are often very expensive, and nannies and caregivers are very expensive.

For an ordinary middle-class family, they may be able to afford a Zhiyun robot to do housework and take care of children... but they really cannot afford a full-time nanny.

At the same time, in these countries, it is often the case that after children get married, couples live alone and raise their children, and rarely live with the elderly. This means that a large proportion of young parents do not have elderly people to help them raise their children, and have to do it themselves.

In the past, the options were to hire a nanny, or send the child to a daycare center early, or one of the parents would simply quit his or her job to take care of the child.

Nowadays, these young parents have found a new option, which is to buy a Zhiyun robot to help directly reduce housework, take care of children and other tasks.

Although it is impossible to rely entirely on robots, and parents still need to look after their children, it can still greatly reduce the workload of young parents. For example, if the child wants to drink milk in the middle of the night, and you are busy all day and don’t want to move, it would be great to let the robot make milk for him.

For example, taking care of children is tiring, but the house is a mess and dirty, so it would be nice to let a robot clean it.

Also…I don’t want to cook, hang out clothes to dry, etc.

Having a robot helper can reduce a lot of workload for young parents.

This is the unique advantage of Zhiyun Robot in these high-income areas... It can take on some simple jobs such as babysitting, caregiving, and helping. The cost may seem high, but compared with the high local salary levels, it is much lower.

Compared to this, it feels like a good deal.

At the same time, for high-priced commodities such as robots, Zhiyun Group has also contacted some local banks to launch services similar to car loans based on the different situations in different countries, which can alleviate the pressure through installment payments over several years.

It is very difficult to pay 400,000 yuan at one time to buy a robot. However, if you can make a down payment of hundreds of thousands and then take out a loan of more than 200,000 yuan and pay it off in three or five years, the pressure will be much less.

It’s just like buying a vehicle of the same price, the burden is about the same.

This service, which is similar to a car loan, is also the main reason that stimulates Zhiyun Robotics' relatively large sales both at home and abroad... Without this loan, sales would be reduced by at least half.

While a group of people are eager to place an order, there are also many people who are thinking, reflecting, or simply conducting various detailed analyses of the Zhiyun robot in order to gain traffic.

The technical content of Zhiyun robot is demonstrated, while some regions such as the United States, South Korea, Japan, and Europe are discussing when their country's high-tech companies will be able to produce similar artificial intelligence robots.

On the US version of a certain website, there is a very popular question: What do you think of Zhiyun robots? When will we be able to make similar artificial intelligence robots?
There are many highly praised answers, some of which are quite interesting.

The first reply is of the type of "listen to the eagle's cry". The anonymous answerer wrote tens of thousands of words and attached various pictures and a lot of data. At first glance, it seems very professional.

According to the answerer, he is engaged in the development of artificial intelligence robot projects in a top-notch high-tech company in the industry and is an insider.

At the beginning, he highly praised the technology of Zhiyun Robot, and gave a detailed discussion on Zhiyun Robot from the motion model to the human-computer interaction model, and then to the computing power chip, various sensors, and even various motors and batteries.

The various technologies of Zhiyun Robotics have definitely reached the most advanced level at present, and they have many unique leading technologies, such as computing chips, advanced sensors, and of course, the indispensable artificial intelligence big data models.

But after boasting about these, he compared these technologies one by one to prove the credibility of other high-tech companies in manufacturing artificial intelligence robots.

"In the field of battery energy, Japan's Panasonic and South Korea's LG can both provide high-quality polymer lithium batteries, and can even be better in some areas. So we can solve the problem in the field of batteries. All robot manufacturers have to do is to propose customized solutions to battery manufacturers according to their own needs!"

"In the motor field, many Japanese and European companies can supply this kind of high-quality and excellent motors. Whether it is a high-horsepower main motor that drives the robot to walk, or a small motor that drives the joints of fingers, we can find a suitable supplier!"

"In the field of sensors, we have no problem with many conventional sensors. We can even find suppliers for micro laser radars. The only problem is the hand pressure sensor array, which is a sensor developed by Zhiyun Group and is not available for sale at present."

"But the pressure sensor is not a new technology. Many sensor manufacturers have pressure sensor products. Although the performance may be worse, it is not a big problem through proper system integration!"

"Of course, the core of an AI robot is its core algorithm model. As far as I know, Google's AI team has made significant technological breakthroughs in this regard."

“Although some areas are still about two to three years behind Zhiyun Group, from another perspective, in about two years, Google’s artificial intelligence team will be able to solve these problems and launch excellent core algorithms to support the training of various big data models!”

"To sum up, although our robot research and development is temporarily behind Zhiyun, the progress is not far behind. If everything goes well, maybe we can see Google's artificial intelligence robot in two years!"

"And considering the development of technology, in two years, Google's artificial intelligence robots will be able to use better components, such as chips. Currently, Zhiyun robots can only use computing chips based on 14-nanometer and 12-nanometer processes."

"But in two years, we will be able to use computing chips based on the seven-nanometer process, which will not only accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, but also make the robots we develop better in performance!"

"Therefore, we still have the advantage of being a latecomer, and the future will definitely belong to us!"

This argument basically means that Zhiyun's robots are awesome, but we are awesome too. Just be patient, you will be able to see our artificial intelligence robots in two years.

As for the many people who asked him where he worked and whether he knew more inside information of the industry, he simply said that he had a vested interest in the industry and refused to answer anonymously.

In short, it all comes down to one thing: listen to the eagle cry!

Others' answers were purely emotional, with some saying it was all over, the Chinese were going to rule the earth, and Zhiyun was going to set up a robot army!

Others directly become dogs to bootlickers of Xu Shenxue and Zhiyun Group. Xu Shenxue is the light of mankind, the Iron Man in reality. Whether mankind can move towards a sci-fi society and break out into the stars depends on Xu Shenxue.

If we don’t count on Xu Shenxue, can we still count on those Silicon Valley elites and Wall Street elites who only know how to make money?

You can’t be so shameless!
Others say that Zhiyun Group is the greatest high-tech company at present, and this artificial intelligence robot is the most obvious evidence. I wouldn’t be surprised if Xu Shenxue said one day that he had landed directly on Mars.

Others are on high alert: beware of Xu Shenxue and his Zhiyun Group. It would be best to find a way to kill him directly. Otherwise, Xu Shenxue will sooner or later become a thorn in the side of our great America.

To be honest, although this is just an emotional outburst, it is one of the few more reliable answers to this question!

Because Xu Shenxue was really digging out the roots of the Americans... He was swinging the hoe so fast that no afterimage could be seen.

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In Japan, after the video of the Zhiyun robot saving people came out, the Zhiyun robot was originally launched and sold in the Japanese market. It has been very popular recently. Now with this video, the popularity of the Zhiyun robot in the local market has been further stimulated.

Of course, Tokyo TV would not give up on this popularity, so it took the opportunity to do an interview program.

Experts from several high-tech industries in Japan and even in the field of robotics were invited to be interviewed.

The content of the conversation was the same old story: What is the current state of Zhiyun's robot technology? Why can't we in Japan produce advanced products like Zhiyun's robots?

Where are we lagging behind? What needs to be addressed?

This kind of question... is more embarrassing than asking why Japan couldn't produce S9/S10 phones back then... Japan was actually able to produce smartphones back then, but they didn't take the right approach at the beginning. Soon they realized it, and companies such as Sony and Toshiba developed Android smartphones.

The mobile phones they made were just not that good, but they were not impossible to make... Until now, several Japanese mobile phone manufacturers still have mobile phone products, but their production and sales volumes are very low, and they are basically limited to sales in the Japanese domestic market.

But even so, Japan is actually the fourth country that can design and produce mobile phones after China, the United States, and South Korea.

However, in the field of artificial intelligence robots, we are really at a loss.

The experts participating in the program were all hesitant and hesitant in the face of the host's sharp questions.

"There is no need to say much about the level of Zhiyun Robot. After all, there is only one AI robot in the world, and there is a lack of comparison, so it is difficult to objectively talk about how good their AI robot is!"

"But it's like when we first saw the Apple phone in 07, it was a shock!"

"And how big is the gap between us and Zhiyun in the field of artificial intelligence robots?"

"In fact, the gap between us in the hardware field is not that big. We can also gather these hardware through the supply chain...Here, I must mention that some of the components of Zhiyun Robotics are provided by our Japanese companies, and the proportion is not small."

"Similarly, if necessary, our Japanese companies can also use part of Zhiyun Robotics' Chinese supply chain to obtain the corresponding parts."

"Even for the most core hardware, namely the computing power chip, we can also obtain Zhiyun's PX computing power platform. This PX computing power platform is quite good and is not much worse than Zhiyun's own EYQ platform."

“Although the pressure sensor array is difficult, many of our companies have always had advantages in the sensor field. Although it is difficult to make, the overall problem is not big!”

"The real problem lies in the artificial intelligence algorithm. According to the information disclosed by Zhiyun, their artificial intelligence robot is equipped with two models at the same time, namely the motion model and the human-computer interaction model!"

"The core of the model is the most advanced and cutting-edge field of artificial intelligence!"

"In this regard, Japan's accumulation is still relatively weak. At present, many domestic high-tech companies have invested in the research and development of artificial intelligence, but the results are relatively few."

"Of course, it's not that we don't work hard, but the core algorithm of artificial intelligence is too difficult. Even a strong company like Gugou can't compete with Zhiyun in this field. It's understandable that we are a little behind!"

In short, it’s not that we don’t work hard, but Zhiyun is too awesome…

As for when Japan will develop its own artificial intelligence robot?

Well, it is definitely not possible to give a direct answer to this question. To be honest, it will take ten or even twenty years... As for the artificial intelligence that Japan's high-tech companies are playing with, from investment to technology, they are far inferior to domestic BTA, let alone being compared with Zhiyun.

Although domestic BTA has little presence in the high-tech field, their technical acumen is still very strong, and they are really investing money in it.

At the same time, domestic companies do not have to worry about being stuck with AI training cards, as Zhiyun’s APO graphics cards are open for supply and they can get as many as they want.

Therefore, a number of domestic Internet companies led by BTA have actually invested heavily in the field of AI in recent years, and have indeed achieved many results.

The technological gap between Zhiyun and domestic BTA is still separated by a layer of Google.

Google and other large American high-tech companies such as Microsoft are really crazy about AI. Unwilling to be surpassed by Zhiyun, they are all investing heavily in AI. Among them, Google is the craziest and has indeed made a lot of technological progress. In the current field of artificial intelligence technology, Google is actually doing quite well. Although not as good as Zhiyun, it is also far ahead of other companies.

In the current field of artificial intelligence technology, the strength ranking is as follows: Zhiyun is in the first tier, leading by a huge margin; then Google ranks second. They are actually also far ahead of other companies and occupy the second tier alone.

Then come a large number of American high-tech companies such as Microsoft and Apple, and domestic high-tech companies such as BTA. Some of these are advanced, while others are backward, but they can basically be considered the third tier. They have something, but not much.

Next is Four Star... Yes, Four Star is also playing with artificial intelligence. Not only Four Star, but these days any large high-tech company basically has some artificial intelligence projects, the only difference is the amount of investment and the application areas. So there are many high-tech companies like Four Star playing with AI in Europe and Japan, but the scale of investment is relatively small.

You see, Japan can only be ranked in the fourth tier at best.

Strictly speaking, they may all be in the fifth gear...

In this situation, how could their domestic industry insiders possibly tell the truth on a public program? That would just be asking for criticism.

Just like in India, there was a program asking some experts how many years we are behind China in the field of fighter jets, why they have developed the sixth-generation aircraft, while our Tejas fighter is still half-baked?
All the Indian elites who were asked this question were hesitant. Some tried to change the subject, while others just criticized directly, but none of them told the truth... and they were even unwilling to give an accurate time difference.

Because the truth is too hurtful... even the hungry untouchables would feel uncomfortable after hearing it... it's impossible to stop it even after fifty years, what's the point of comparing?

They don't even have an engine, so what are they competing for? They've been working on a Caveri aircraft engine for 35 years, and success is still a long way off... Even so, they have received technical assistance from France and some core components can be imported, but they still can't figure it out.

But which Indian elites can say this publicly?
No!
If you say it, you will be criticized!

The same problem also exists in the field of artificial intelligence in Japan.

How big is the technology gap?

There is probably a gap as big as "an artificial intelligence technology"... because Japan currently does not have artificial intelligence technology.

But you definitely can't say that.

So these experts just changed the subject and directly found various reasons for reflection, but they just refused to give a direct answer.

A video of a Zhiyun robot saving a child was deliberately promoted by the marketing department of Zhiyun Group. In addition, Zhiyun itself was a news hotspot, so a large number of media, especially self-media, were paying attention to it. They liked to report on even the smallest things, let alone such a big thing.

So this news spread all over the world in an instant, further stimulating the popularity and sales of Zhiyun robots around the world.

This situation makes the robot project team within Zhiyun Group very excited because of feedback from the marketing department based on the popularity and consumer evaluation.

The final sales volume of their artificial intelligence robot in the first full year may even exceed 300,000 units, and may even reach 400,000 units.

This is quite difficult for a brand new category of consumer product that has just been launched and is expensive.

Even if we calculate based on the wheeled robot's selling price of 300,000, then 400,000 units would mean a sales amount of 120 billion. In reality, the number would be even higher, because many consumers actually buy the bipedal robot model priced at 400,000, accounting for about 60% of the total.

Therefore, robot sales in the first full year are likely to reach more than 140 billion, equivalent to about 21 billion US dollars.

Even though the robotics business is still in a loss-making state due to the large amount of R&D expenditure, the hardware sales alone are enough to make the robotics business instantly become one of the important businesses in Zhiyun Group.

Although it is not as good as smart terminals such as mobile phones, it is still a very important business...not to mention the robot business, which also has a large amount of paid functional revenue. This may seem less, but in fact it is expected to generate more than 1 billion in revenue a year.

The group of people who are willing to spend three or four hundred thousand to buy a Zhiyun robot are also willing to spend a few hundred yuan every month to subscribe to the advanced mode... After all, except for the advanced mode that comes with the housework module, other modes require paid subscriptions to enable the advanced mode, and there is still a big gap between the advanced mode and the intermediate mode.

This software revenue is long-term and stable. Based on a ten-year usage cycle, 400,000 Zhiyun robots can provide Zhiyun Group with at least 15 billion in subscription revenue.

And this... is just the revenue brought by sales of 400,000 units in the first year!

In the future, as the sales of Zhiyun robots gradually increase, software revenue will also gradually increase... and the costs of R&D, training, production line construction, etc. are fixed. The greater the subsequent sales volume, the lower the average cost, the higher the gross profit margin, and the higher the net profit.

In fact, the revenue loss line that Zhiyun Group initially set was an annual sales volume of 200,000 units. If it can really achieve an annual sales volume of 400,000 units, it can even make a considerable gross profit on hardware!

The higher the output, the lower the average cost, and the higher the gross profit margin will naturally be.

However, people in the marketing department gave other suggestions. They suggested that they should enter the price reduction mode next year and further expand the market capacity through price reduction… The price of three or four hundred thousand is still too expensive, and too few people can afford it.

At the same time, the marketing department also proposed to develop a simplified version of the robot to reduce the hardware cost and lower the price directly to around 200,000 yuan, in order to enter the mid-range market.

So next year, we don’t need to worry about gross profit margin. The best thing to do is to lower prices, expand sales, and form a virtuous circle.

This is a strategic project that could become the core business of Zhiyun Group in the future. We cannot just focus on the immediate benefits and be complacent.

What they want is a market of hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars in the future, not just a market of tens of billions of dollars!
The robot project was a huge success, and Xu Shenxue personally hosted a celebration party, entertaining the core management and technical personnel of the robot project, as well as the marketing staff responsible for marketing, to express his recognition and gratitude for the efforts of the project team.

Of course, more practical rewards are generous bonuses and even options.

The success of the Zhiyun robot project, coupled with the success of many other projects this year, as well as the success of many other projects of Zhiyun Group and even its subsidiaries such as HaiLian Automobile and Yihai Technology, has brought in huge revenue and profits, while further enhancing Xu Shenxue's reputation.

Xu Shenxue's achievement points this year are also very large. Looking at the millions of achievement points accumulated on hand, Xu Shenxue can't help but want to get an SS-level scientific research quota and then find a top genius scientist to give it to him.

After all, although they are all top scientists, the gap between an SS-level super genius and a group of S-level geniuses may be greater than that between humans and dogs!

This is also the reason why Xu Shenxue has not spent much of his achievement points in the past year and saved most of them. He wanted to exchange them for an SS-level scientific research quota and then see if he could come up with some real black technology.

Now that one million achievement points have been collected, the problem is that we have to find a super genius who is worthy of this SS-level scientific research quota... It would be best to find several and then rotate this quota.

The problem is, such super geniuses are hard to find, and there are not many of them!
(End of this chapter)