Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 436: The Women of Zhihai Garden

In November, the temperature in many northern regions has begun to drop significantly, people have put on thick clothes, and urban areas have started heating.

Even in some parts of the far north, the temperature has dropped below zero and snow has fallen on a large scale.

But in Shenzhen, a city on the southern coast, the sun is still shining brightly in November, with temperatures still reaching 25 or 26 degrees during the day, and even at night they can still be as high as 17 or 18 degrees.

The overall temperature is relatively pleasant throughout the year.

In Zhihai Garden, Xu Shenxue, Gu Zhiming, Ji Chenghe, Professor Lin Andong and others were sitting on a bench in the children's playground in the community. On the grass not far away, Lin Yaxian, Gu Zhiming's newly married third wife, Ji Chenghe's wife, Professor Lin Andong's wife and other female family members were gathered together talking.

In the middle of the playground, there were a dozen children playing. Some were chasing each other on the grass, some were riding on the carousel nearby, and some were playing on the slide. It was very lively. There were also a few little ones sitting in strollers or walkers.

In a slightly taller villa far away from the amusement park, Secretary Li, Secretary Jin, Secretary Song and several other women were also gathered on the second-floor balcony.

While they were chatting, they would consciously or unconsciously glance towards the amusement park in the distance.

Because their children are also in the playground now...but as the mothers of these children, they are not in the playground and can only watch from afar.

If Xu Shenxue was playing with the children at ordinary times, even if Lin Yaxian was there, the few of them would shamelessly come forward, call them Madam or Sister a few more times, be a little sweeter, be more humble, and do things more tactfully, and Lin Yaxian would generally not show any displeasure.

After all, this is how their family is... This is the reality, and Lin Yaxian has to accept it!

In fact, except for the first three secretaries including Secretary Li, all the subsequent secretaries were arranged by Lin Yaxian. Xu Shenxue had never found any woman outside.

With Xu Shenxue's status and position, there were a lot of young and beautiful women who wanted to sleep with him, and Xu Shenxue was not a chaste man, so he could not defend himself.

Since he couldn't prevent it, he might as well do it himself. After all, he could still control the woman he found, Lin Yaxian... She was also born in a wealthy family and was not a weak woman. She knew all the methods that a wealthy person should have!

In order to avoid a ruthless woman from outside who might stage some disgusting palace-seizing drama...Lin Yaxian chose to control the risk herself.

It is better to believe in your own means than to believe in men’s rationality in this regard!

For this purpose, Lin Yaxian even brought in her cousin Secretary Song. Lin Yaxian has always been active and proactive in such matters, firmly grasping the initiative!

So when Xu Shenxue first said he wanted to move to Zhihaiyuan, Lin Yaxian took the initiative to propose to bring those secretaries and their children over as well, saying that they were a family after all, and the children were brothers and sisters, and it would also save Xu Shenxue from running back and forth.

In fact, she was worried about leaving these women outside... She wanted to keep them by her side and keep an eye on them personally!

Seeing how generous Lin Yaxian was, Xu Shenxue felt somewhat guilty. In recent months, without Lin Yaxian's hint, he had taken the initiative to spend most of his spare time accompanying Lin Yaxian.

After Secretary Li and others moved to Zhihai Garden with their children, although the girls were a little afraid and even worried about Lin Yaxian at first, they felt more at ease after getting to know her more.

I feel that although Lin Yaxian, the wife, can be scary at times and has resorted to threats and inducements, she is generally tolerant and can tolerate them.

Therefore, although everyone does not live together in recent days, but each lives in a villa, the whole family will still get together during holidays and the like. At least on the surface, everything is still pretty good.

The main reason was that Xu Shenxue wanted the children to stay together. To these women, these children were their own children and were different from each other.

But for Xu Shenxue, these are all his own children, and there is no difference between them, so Xu Shenxue still hopes that his children can grow up together and have a harmonious relationship when they grow up... Of course, reason also tells him that this is unlikely, but people always have some fantasies, right? At least if they grow up together when they are young, have more contact, become familiar with each other, and have basic brotherly and sisterly feelings, they will not become strangers when they grow up.

In recent years, Xu Shenxue has had quite a few children. After all, he is a functional adult man, and when he is with the women around him, except for the contraception he used with other women before Lin Yaxian became pregnant in the early years, he did not deliberately use contraception after Lin Yaxian gave birth to her first son.

As for those women, they are even less likely to do that. They are all very active in preparing for pregnancy, and they all want to have a son or a daughter.

Following a man like Xu Shenxue, entertaining people with sex in the early stage is not a long-term solution after all... There are still a few new people coming into the secretariat occasionally.

This was Lin Yaxian's deliberate act... There were so many women in the secretariat, how many of the secretaries' names could Xu Shenxue still remember? Xu Shenxue was busy with various tasks every day, so he had little free time and even less time to spend with the secretaries. Under such circumstances, he could still remember the names of several secretaries and have some preferences.

But there were dozens of them... He couldn't even recognize them all.

On the other hand, Xu Shenxue is a person who gets bored easily.

For these secretaries, if they don't seize the opportunity to have children during these years of youth and beauty, and their looks are no longer the same in a few years, don't expect Xu Shenxue to look at them any more.

By then, although he still had no worries about food and drink, and Xu Shenxue had enough money to support a woman, he still lacked a sense of security.

Therefore, the biggest wish of the secretaries in the secretariat is to have a child. Whether it is a son or a daughter, at least they want to have a child so that they can have a support for the second half of their lives.

The saying that a mother's status is determined by her son's is still a reality today.

Therefore, this also led to the fact that Xu Shenxue actually had quite a few children...

He and Lin Yaxian had a son and a daughter. Recently, Lin Yaxian wanted a third child and was conditioning her body to prepare for pregnancy.

As for the secretaries, Secretary Li gave birth to a daughter and a son, Secretary Jin gave birth to a daughter, and Secretary Qian gave birth to a son.

Secretary Song also gave birth to a son.

Several other secretaries also gave birth to sons or daughters.

However, most of these secretaries only had one child...Xu Shenxue was not just saying that he liked the new and disliked the old, he really did it.

Only Secretary Li was special. She gave birth to a son and a daughter... This woman followed Xu Shenxue around every day in the early years. She was considered a serious secretary and had more contact with Xu Shenxue. Xu Shenxue had some feelings for her, so he went to her more often.

The other secretaries are more average.

Xu Shenxue's special big family is actually not a secret in the wealthy circle, and everyone who should know it knows it.

Of course, this is not a special case... It is normal for wealthy people to have a group of mistresses around them, and many of them live with them openly, but very few people know about it.

However, there are not many mistresses of ordinary wealthy men who have status and wealth outside.

Xu Shenxue is not short of money, so he is quite generous financially to the women around him and basically gives them some good assets.

If you give birth to a child, you will get even more, not to mention villas and luxury cars, which are basically standard.

Xu Shenxue would also give them a business or invest money to help them set up a business.

If they want to run their own business, they can do so. If they don't want to run it, they can just take dividends from shares.

As they are all mistresses, the secretaries around Xu Shenxue have quite a bit of private money, especially the women who have given birth to children. Their personal assets basically start from a few hundred million, and some even have tens of billions... Secretary Li owns a chain of milk tea companies and a chain of internet celebrity bookstores. These two companies are doing quite well and are quite large in scale.

But most of the women around other rich men are not so lucky!
There is a difference between one concubine and another.

Of course, although everything is fine, sometimes it still makes women like Secretary Li and Secretary Song feel uncomfortable... This reminds them that they are just mistresses.

For example, in today's occasion, Xu Shenxue took the children out to the children's playground in Zhihai Park on a whim, and also invited Gu Zhiming, Ji Chenghe and other group executives as well as Lin Andong and other core scientists to take the children out for a walk together.

Of course, this group of men, all of whom are busy with their careers or scientific research outside every day, are definitely not reliable in taking care of children... Among the seven or eight men present, one by one, none of them has actually taken care of a child.

So everyone brought their wives and nannies, and it ended up becoming a family gathering-like occasion.

In this kind of family gathering of the top executives of the group, the only woman who could accompany Xu Shenxue was his wife Lin Yaxian. No other woman was qualified. Not only today, but in fact, in all public occasions, Xu Shenxue would only bring Lin Yaxian with him.

In the past period of time, Xu Shenxue held several receptions in Zhihai Garden to entertain business partners of Sergei's level. Lin Yaxian was the one who accompanied Xu Shenxue to attend the banquets, and Secretary Li and the others had nothing to do with it.

This was the agreement Xu Shenxue and Lin Yaxian made back then!

The only one who would accompany him in public would be Lin Yaxian!
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In the children's playground, Xu Shenxue and a few others were chatting and talking about some family matters. The atmosphere was quite relaxed.

The main reason is that they are all core senior executives in the various corporate systems under Xu Shenxue. They have worked with each other for many years, and most of them have followed Xu Shenxue since he started his business.

So the relationship between them is pretty good, and they talk quite casually... Of course, it's hard to say how many of them are just pretending to be casual.

Professor Lin Anton is an exception, he is really casual!

As the chief scientist of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, his name is also listed on the list... because he is not only a core scientist in Zhiyun Group, but also one of the top mathematicians in China today.

He is also a mathematician who focuses on the underlying basic theories in the field of artificial intelligence. He accounts for at least half of the credit for the current level of artificial intelligence technology of Huaxia, or Zhiyun Group... The remaining half goes to Xu Shenxue, or Xu Shenxue's scientific research system.

This person's strategic role is extremely important, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a pillar of the country.

As a top scientist of his level, his strategic value is even higher than that of Zhiyun Group executives such as Gu Zhiming and Ji Chenghe, and he is also one of the main assassination targets of enemy forces.

The daily security of Gu Zhiming, Ji Chenghe, Luo Yinian and others is only taken care of by the group security...but Lin Anton's security work is taken care of by the internal security of Zhiyun Group, and there is also a group of people from the secret agency outside.

Its security level is the same as Xu Shenxue's!
It’s just that Lin Andong’s reputation is small, and the public is not aware of him. He is not the type who likes to show up in public. He usually stays at home and rarely appears in public... He also knows that there is a group of people outside who want to kill him, and he is afraid of death!

Therefore, Professor Lin Andong’s security work is relatively easy.

Unlike Xu Shenxue, who often travels around for company management needs, the outside world is more familiar with him. Xu Shenxue's exaggerated security convoy can often be seen, and the security pressure is also very high.

However, in reality, if Lin Andong travels, the scale of security is not much smaller than Xu Shenxue's...

Last year, when he went back to his hometown to visit his relatives and sweep the graves of his grandparents, he was accompanied by dozens of security personnel and an emergency medical team. The entire itinerary was kept highly confidential.

Lin Andong is also very clear about his status and strategic value. In addition, his personality is relatively simple. He only focuses on scientific research and does not care much about other trivial matters. Therefore, he is relatively casual when interacting with his boss Xu Shenxue.

Unlike company executives such as Gu Zhiming and Ji Chenghe, although they also talked and laughed with Xu Shenxue, people with keen observation would find that their words and even actions were actually somewhat deliberate.

After all, no matter what, Xu Shenxue is their boss.

When you are with your boss, even if he treats you as a brother, as a subordinate you still have to know when to advance and when to retreat.

People who don’t know how to advance or retreat can’t even reach this level!
During the chat, Ji Chenghe talked about the robotics business, saying that some domestic companies have recently launched some robotics products, and some of them are doing quite well.

"The current technological development is very fast, and there are many talents. In addition, we have open-sourced a variety of artificial intelligence algorithms and provided a variety of computing chips, so the domestic robotics industry has developed rapidly in recent years!"

"At a high-tech exhibition in Shanghai some time ago, I saw a startup company that made robot dogs. The new algorithm they developed is very good, and the robot dogs they made are quite realistic. Although they are not as good as our technology, they are among the top three in China and even in the world."

Ji Chenghe: "Since this year, there have been more and more hardware products born around artificial intelligence. If this continues, it will probably take only a few years for a wave of artificial intelligence applications to affect a large number of industrial systems!"

At this time, Gu Zhiming also said: "Yes, I also attended a technology forum in Shenzhen last month and saw several good AR glasses. The technical content of their hardware is already quite good, and it has generally reached the technical level we had three years ago. However, they have not yet integrated artificial intelligence into it. It is just a simple VR display and lacks an application ecosystem!"

“But we plan to release AI glasses in January next year. Once our AI glasses are released, they will definitely follow suit. They don’t have to do anything else. They just need to connect our Yun AI interface directly to their existing AR glasses, and then they can be transformed into AI glasses!”

“Although the AI ​​glasses made in this way are still a little lacking in hardware, it can be basically confirmed that they will definitely work!”

"After all, if we use optical display, although the display effect is a little worse, it can still be displayed, and the weight can be kept at around 50 grams, which is not a big problem."

"I have a feeling that next year will be the year when new smart terminals such as AI glasses will explode. Within three months after we launch AI glasses, there will be corresponding manufacturers producing competing products!"

"Of course, they are still far away from us in terms of hardware technology. It is unlikely that they can produce AI glasses of our level in a short period of time. But if they take the cost-effective route, there is still hope."

"After all, our AI glasses are designed for the high-end market, and they still have great potential in the mid- and low-end markets!"

At this time, Ji Chenghe said: "This is also good. With the participation of these mid- and low-end manufacturers, we can drive the whole market wave together. This is also a good thing for us!"

Xu Shenxue asked at this time: "Old Ji, how is your marketing department's research going? Have you worked out the marketing plan and pricing for these AI glasses?"

Ji Chenghe said: "The basic marketing framework has been finalized. We will need to carry out targeted processing for different markets in different countries in the future."

“But overall, there is no big problem. Although AI glasses are a new product, we have existing channels around the world. At the same time, we have a full understanding of the markets of various countries, so there is no big difficulty in the market!”

"In terms of pricing, we have comprehensively considered R&D costs, hardware costs, and subsequent R&D investment, and have initially decided to price the standard model at 4999 yuan, and the portable micro-console at an additional 1999 yuan. This price will allow our core consumer groups in major markets around the world to afford it and help expand sales. With greater production and sales, the various costs can be better spread out!"

"At the same time, we can still maintain considerable profits. According to our estimates, if the annual sales volume reaches one million units, the gross profit of our AI glasses project should be able to maintain around 40%."

"If the sales volume is higher, the gross profit can be increased further!"

Xu Shenxue nodded slightly after hearing this: "Five thousand yuan, not too expensive nor too cheap, just right!"

The AI ​​glasses currently developed by Zhiyun Group are still quite expensive, mainly because they use a lot of new materials and new technologies. Their cost is basically the same as the standard version of S17.

Based on the cost and considering the price affordability of consumers, five thousand yuan is about right. At the same time, Zhiyun mobile phone users who purchase this pair of AI glasses can also directly connect to the Zhiyun mobile phone without having to purchase a portable host separately!

If customers of other mobile phone brands want long battery life and high computing power, they can choose to buy a portable host, or simply switch to a Zhiyun phone... This will also play a certain role in boosting the sales of Zhiyun phones.

After all, a portable micro host costs two thousand yuan, so it’s better to just buy a Zhiyun mobile phone to use with it.

Of course, this sales boost is only a negligible one for Zhiyun mobile phones, whose annual sales exceed 300 million. However, the ecosystem is just a little bit, accumulated from many aspects.

AI glasses drive some, smart watches drive some, Bluetooth headsets drive some, business notebooks drive some, and smart homes drive some. The combined impact on Zhiyun phones is not a small number.

At the same time, Zhiyun mobile phones drive the sales of these ecological products, ultimately forming a mutual driving effect of the entire smart product ecosystem!

This is how the ecosystem is built!

As for the specific price, the AI ​​glasses are sold too cheaply, and Zhiyun Group feels it is losing money. The gross profit is insufficient, and it also does not conform to Zhiyun Group’s consistent high-end strategy... Zhiyun Group’s products are all expensive, regardless of their performance. This is the consensus of the outside world and the value of the Zhiyun brand.

Zhiyun products are expensive!
But if the price is too high, not many products will be sold. This lack of sales will lead to a series of negative reactions and ultimately the commercial failure of the entire project.

Just like the previous VR glasses project, the technology is so awesome but of little use, the price is so high, and there is a lack of ecological applications, and it eventually became the current half-dead state.

As for the AI ​​glasses project, Zhiyun Group has also learned from the failure of the VR glasses project... The first thing to solve is the application ecology problem, and secondly, the price cannot be too low, which will lead to lack of profit and lower brand value, but the price must not be too high!
Goods that cannot be sold are worthless!

Zhiyun Group is also hoping to use the AI ​​glasses project to create a new project with revenue of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars, so it will not act rashly.

(End of this chapter)