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Chapter 299 Gao Chuning: I won't do it! (6k subscriptions requested)

Before its civilian and commercial use was disclosed, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System was considered a top-secret domestic project, and even in 2008, there was no information about it from the outside world.

Even if word got out, the outside world didn't believe that the University of Tokyo could develop a precise navigation system on its own.

But the authorities are very determined to develop precise navigation.

This top-secret project began as early as the 1980s. By the year 2000, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System had been completed. Since then, satellites have been continuously launched to improve navigation accuracy.

It wasn't until 2018 that it began to enter the civilian market.

This top-secret project, which consumed countless efforts and financial resources, finally began to generate profits. After 2022, the navigation systems in China will basically all use BeiDou navigation, and the high precision of BeiDou navigation is not only reflected in China.

Printers are the most qualified to speak on this matter.

It is now 2016, and the accuracy of BeiDou navigation is already very high. Traffic databases in various regions have also adopted some of the capabilities of BeiDou navigation.

In addition, the addition of systems such as Haiyan and Tianyan makes the navigation system developed by Wang Shan extremely accurate, and some narrow paths and country roads are marked and included in the navigation.

At Lü Yao's request, Wang Shan also added information such as local prohibition signs to the navigation system, and it can also accept road feedback information from drivers.

This feature was not available in 2016, and it wasn't until after 18 that domestic navigation apps began to offer it.

In addition, Lu Yao also requested and added features such as voice guidance, AI voice changing, scenic spot recognition feedback, road optimization feedback, and functional signs for stations along the route.

These user-friendly and exceptionally convenient features are ones that Lü Yao enjoyed during his studies abroad, making navigation maps even more user-friendly and convenient.

Maps are actually a highly expandable tool.

In ancient times, maps, also known as "yutu," were extremely important.

Key elements such as roads, inns, and treacherous terrain will be marked on the map.

In modern times, maps remain an extremely important tool.

Before mobile phone navigation became widespread, a co-driver who could read maps and knew the way could be hired and paid a salary.

In the internet age, tourist attractions, hotels, restaurants, group buying deals, ride-hailing, public transportation, and even hotspot markers can appear on map software, providing considerable economic benefits.

Gaode Maps is a prime example.

During the initial Didi-Didi war, Gaode Maps remained relatively unknown, and at that time, Baidu Maps was still the most widely used map service. Gaode Maps was constantly optimizing its product, launching features such as voice navigation and public transportation route queries, and continuously improving the user experience.

By 2016, Gaode had already gained a considerable number of users in the navigation market, posing a significant challenge to Baidu Maps.

But Baidu, well, those who know, know.

It failed to seize the opportunity of mobile internet and lagged behind Gaode in optimizing mobile usage, which led to Gaode's market share growing larger and larger. At the same time, this year, Gaode will be favored by Alibaba and receive a lot of financial support. At the same time, Gaode will also be injected with more internet genes.

After that, Baidu Navigation gradually faded into obscurity.

Looking at the software report submitted by Wang Shan, Lü Yao couldn't help but chuckle again.

Baidu really does seem to always accurately catch the right trend, only to watch helplessly as the trend it seized slips into someone else's hands.

Later, with the support of the internet, Gaode Maps took away about one-third of Didi's market share, so much so that Didi had to create Huaxiaozhu to cope with the increasingly diversified market competition in lower-tier cities.

Later stage.

Gaode has also expanded into areas such as hotel booking and travel planning.

The impact of equality is affecting internet software such as Qunar, Ctrip, Meituan, and even Ele.me, while Gaode is also quietly making a fortune.

Now, thanks to Wang Shan's personal connections, he has created a more user-friendly and accurate map. Lu Yao is very happy. Although the initial promotion of the software will cost a lot of money, as long as the news of Alibaba's investment in Gaode is released this year, companies that want to invest in their navigation software will come knocking on their door with money.

Not to mention that Wang Shan is behind this, and there's even support from a traffic database.

After reviewing the software report, Lü Yao immediately held a video conference with Wang Shan.

As soon as the call connected, Wang Shan, wearing glasses, leaned in front of the camera and suddenly grinned mischievously, saying, "I heard you disappeared a while ago, and that you were heartbroken. That's not like you."

Wang Shan has high emotional intelligence, but it can't compare to the women around Lü Yao.

Since the two had long since become mentor and friend, Wang Shan was no longer as reserved in his speech as before, and he really spoke whatever came to mind.

Lü Yao actually quite likes the personality of Wang Shan, a researcher.

He laughed into the video call, "How come even you know about this? Doesn't this news spread way too fast?"

In reality, he had only been gone for a little over a week.

It's one thing for the companies in Shangnan to spread the word, but how did it even reach Luoma Lake? That's a bit outrageous.

Wang Shan said meaningfully, "There are quite a few people watching you now. As a key national project, the AI ​​Data Center receives a lot of funding every year, and the data support it gets is also quite substantial."

"With such huge profits at stake, do you know how many people are eyeing this project? If it weren't for Miss Rong supporting you, and if it weren't for my teacher keeping things under control, your disappearance for three days would have caused a major upheaval in this AI data center."

These words made Lü Yao's expression turn stern.

But Wang Shan hadn't finished speaking: "Especially since our data center recently took on an AI-enabled industrialization project, which involves production process testing for dozens of important state-owned enterprises in China, hoping to bring the intelligence of AI to industrial production lines."

Lu Yao raised an eyebrow.

The industrial AI at Southeast University has indeed developed very rapidly. Unlike the AI ​​models abroad that pursue intelligence and humanization, the earliest AI in China was applied to industrial production lines.

Some super factories have adopted highly automated production processes, and factories that use these processes produce products that are more standardized, of better quality, and at lower costs.

Therefore, the weapons exhibition at the University of Tokyo gradually became an exhibition highly favored by the world's largest arms dealers.

Especially for those rich dogs who like to wear white robes and headscarves, every weapons expo at Dongda University is no less important to them than the peak of Taobao's Singles' Day.

The funds and even the connections involved in this project are considerable.

This project even paved the way for Huanxie Technology to later enter the military supplies market.

Lu Yao's expression grew increasingly grim. It seemed that his disappearance for a period of time had had a greater impact than imagined, to the point that even researchers like Wang Shan, who were at the forefront of scientific research, had begun to remind Lu Yao.

Lü Yao immediately stated, "This is the last time. No matter what happens in the future, I will never do such a thing again."

Wang Shan smiled and said, "It's no use making promises to me; after all, this is your own business."

He's right.

As the main researcher of this project, Wang Shan is absolutely the core. No matter who owns the AI ​​data center in the future, Wang Shan's position will be difficult to shake.

Even if Wang Shan really feels that he is very close to Lü Yao in the future and says that he will quit this project because it is not Lü Yao's responsibility, at most he will be transferred from this project to another project. In fact, it is much easier for newcomers to continue to study this mature project.

The breakthrough from 0 to 1 is always more difficult than the breakthrough from 1 to 10.

Lu Yao nodded seriously with a stern face.

Seeing this, Wang Shan smiled and said, "Of course, I can be a witness and remind you when necessary, but you need to keep your communication channels open."

Lu Yao smiled and said, "Okay, let's get back to business. I think our navigation software is excellent. If you don't have any problems, I can start preparing to open another company, recruit staff, and also start preparing to promote the navigation software."

Wang Shan smiled and said, "There are basically no problems now, and the final adjustments won't take long."

Lu Yao nodded and said, "Alright, I'll start preparing for the release of your software."

Wang Shan suddenly stopped Lü Yao: "Wait, our navigation software still doesn't have a name. Right now, the internal project codename is 'Navigation Project.' Why don't you come up with a name for it?"

Choosing a name is a complex subject.

It should be catchy and easy to remember, and ideally, it should be related to the subject matter itself.

Just like the "Alibaba Group," which has now become a major force in the internet industry, if "Taobao" hadn't been called "Taohuo" but "Taohuo.com," do you think this website would have become as popular as it is today?

Other examples of names like "Baidu" and "Douyin" are also included.

Although no one knew at the time that these software programs would become wildly popular, their "names" were also very important behind their explosive success.

Among them, "Gaode" was a relatively unsuccessful one...

If it weren't for his extreme optimization and later investment from Alibaba, who would know what this software does?

So after thinking for a while, Lü Yao said, "How about we call it 'High-Definition Map'?"

Wang Shan stared at the camera in silence for a while.

The name sounds somewhat frivolous or even hasty, but upon closer examination, it is indeed very suitable for navigation software.

Wang Shan, who had little experience or ideas in this area, readily agreed to the name. After chatting for a while, Wang Shan went back to work on her project.

After discussing the navigation software, Lü Yao then checked the products submitted by Huanxie Technology.

After being empowered by Rong Nianqing's design team, the design capabilities of Huanxie Technology have skyrocketed. The originally square and angular product has been transformed into a drone with rounded edges and a tech-white exterior, exuding a cool, cute, and technological feel.

This aligns perfectly with future design aesthetics.

It has a design language somewhat reminiscent of Eve, the female robot protagonist in "WALL-E". However, Wang Yushu's research team did not give up their romanticism as engineering and science men. After being stripped of all say in the exterior design, they turned their energy to the research and development of cutting-edge technologies.

In the end, they actually came up with some really amazing cutting-edge technology.

That is, they separated the drone's shooting optical system from the drone itself.

The camera on the drone can be detached and turned into a lightweight, portable handheld action camera. The action camera itself has a power supply system, but the power supply is relatively small, and the usage time is only half an hour.

With the addition of a battery to the drone, the usage time is extended to three hours.

This detachable camera uses small spring contacts for power and employs their internally developed technology for data transmission at speeds up to 5Gbps.

of course.

In addition to the high-tech version they developed, they also made a regular version that cannot be disassembled.

The main reason was that Lü Yao's previous beating had left a deep impression on them, and they were afraid that Lü Yao would think they were fooling around, so they specially developed two versions.

Lu Yao was very satisfied with the performance of the Magic Mechanics Technology team this time.

He immediately started a conference call, asking Wang Yushu to gather everyone in the engineering design department together, and expressed his high praise for their innovation and dedication.

The moment Lü Yao uttered his praise, the other end of the video chat erupted in cheers.

In fact, the people who can be with Wang Yushu have some of the romance and persistence of science and engineering men. Ever since Wang Yushu found Lü Yao to invest under the guidance of Wang Shan, their company's entire strategic direction, and even product design, have been led by Lü Yao.

This made them feel somewhat ashamed.

Are these highly skilled people really inferior to Lu Yao, an amateur? Does that mean they've become just high-level employees, doing whatever the boss tells them to do? What about their initial dreams and perseverance then?

Are they being arrogant?

Therefore, in addition to Lü Yao's plans, they are also actively seeking breakthroughs to prove their worth.

Lu Yao's affirmation was a tremendous encouragement to them.

After the cheers subsided on the other end of the video call, Lü Yao said into the video, "By the way, how's the transmission technology you developed? Is it easy to use?"

This made Wang Yushu and his colleagues feel somewhat ashamed.

Wang Yushu said, "Currently, the magnetic camera lens assembly can only guarantee stable high-speed transmission of 1K image quality at most. It cannot go any higher. It cannot be disassembled to achieve full-fledged 2K image quality."

After listening, Lü Yao thought about it.

That's enough.

Although in ten years many wealthy and tech-savvy individuals will have 4K ultra-high definition and 8K true definition digital devices, in reality, even if such photos existed, most people's devices wouldn't be able to display them. Even if their devices could, most online video sources wouldn't be able to support that resolution.

Even if you have the image quality and the equipment... how will you store it?

Storing high-definition videos is incredibly expensive.

Ten years later.

A wealthy second-generation heir who plays with video equipment became a five-million-follower internet celebrity through short videos, revealing a truth: those videos that were once presented in high definition to the public were compressed and blurred beyond recognition in just a few years.

Take, for example, the video of Daigula that first went viral... It used to be so clear, but in the end it was all pixelated.

and so.

The pursuit of high-definition picture quality is like the pursuit of high-quality headphone and speaker sound quality—there is almost no limit to it.

So even if Lü Yao uses pixel resolution as a marketing point, he doesn't really care about this aspect. What matters most is the application scenario of the device.

Besides, 1K resolution was actually sufficient for most people in 2016.

After pondering for a moment, Lü Yao said, "Since there are some functional defects, we can just change the pricing. I'll arrange the product pricing and promotion later."

He's a professional in this area.

Wang Yushu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "I thought you were going to say that this thing we made is useless again, Mr. Lü. Now we can finally rest assured."

Lü Yao understood their concerns; they were afraid that as an investor, he would think they were wasting money. So Lü Yao smiled and said, "I fully support this kind of innovation and technological development from the user's perspective. It's worth investing more resources for it."

"Only by always standing with customers can a company gain user support and go far in the long run."

Wang Yushu, a science and engineering student, nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand, I will definitely think about this more deeply."

After talking with Wang Yushu, Lü Yao found that he suddenly had a lot more work to do. The establishment of the navigation software company and the subsequent product promotion alone were enough to keep him busy.

Not to mention that ByteDance's Douyin is about to launch, and Lü Yao also needs to look for candidates to develop the tourism-assisted agriculture business.

Lu Yao hoped to entrust this part of the business to Gao Chuning, Li Qiuwen, and Cheng Xinyu.

Cheng Xinyu is now not only the head of the live entertainment business segment of the MCN company, but also one of the company's senior executives. Her management skills are also very good, so Lü Yao wants to entrust her with the overall management of this part of the business.

Then there were Li Qiuwen and Gao Chuning.

Gao Chuning is lively, cute, and full of energy. She could actually transition into an outdoor livestreamer and then go deeper into local tourism to help with livestreaming e-commerce.

The overall transformation of her persona was incredibly smooth.

There is even a ready example of Lü Yao's future studying abroad—that is, Doraemon.

Blue Fatty started as a League of Legends champion, initially streaming on Fish Farm, then on Panda TV, and later became a sensation when he switched to PUBG. When PUBG cooled down, he started a global outdoor live stream, and his fan base grew rapidly on Douyin.

Up to 17 million!
Gao Chuning is now an entertainment streamer in an MCN (Multi-Channel Network). With her lively and fun streaming style, she has gained a good fan base on various streaming platforms.

Since Lü Yao recruited Xiao Tuantuan, the two have become video game entertainment streamers, and their daily live streams have been incredibly entertaining.

Once Douyin is launched, Lü Yao will first use live stream clips to upload their live stream content to Douyin to accumulate fans, and then start live streaming to make money while continuing to accumulate fans.

Once Douyin is running stably and has enough popularity, and the hype surrounding the game "PUBG" has died down, then we can arrange for Gao Chuning to transition to a different career path.

Our motherland boasts magnificent mountains and rivers, offering countless opportunities for creative expression.

Once they arrive at a remote but stunningly beautiful area, they can stage a script to transform Gao Chuning into a kind-hearted young lady who helps farmers, instantly gaining both fame and fortune.

Ok.

This route is very well planned.

As for Li Qiuwen's career path... she has a good image, a high level of education, and good talent, so Lü Yao's plan for her is to first take the "book sharing" route, attract fans through the "talented woman persona," and wait until the generation of live-streaming hosts like Li Jiaqi and Viya become aesthetically fatigued and eventually fade away, then Li Qiuwen can start selling goods as an "artistic sales" host.

Then it embarked on the path of helping and benefiting farmers.

After sketching and writing down Gao Chuning and Li Qiuwen's future on a piece of paper, Lü Yao threw down his pen and leaned back in his chair: "It's all long-term planning..."

Cheng Xinyu and Gao Chuning are both fine; they have a good relationship and were among the first to work with Lü Yao, so they know the power and methods behind Lü Yao. But Li Qiuwen is different.

She came later.

She may have heard of Lü Yao's methods, but she certainly lacked respect for him.

In particular, Lu Yao planned a development path for Li Qiuwen: a year of preparation, a year of creating an account, and then a year of preparing and selecting live streaming rooms.

Over this three-year period, the resources provided by Lü Yao's MCN company and Lü Yao's role as a shareholder of "Douyin" were enough to help Li Qiuwen grow into a major internet celebrity with millions of followers.

What will her mindset be then?

To prevent this from happening in the first place, Lü Yao had to teach her a harsh lesson before she fully developed her reputation, so that she would develop a sense of awe and regard Lü Yao as a god.

So Lü Yao called Cheng Xinyu into his office.

As soon as Cheng Xinyu entered, she said sweetly, "Boss~ did you call me here for a task?"

Lü Yao laughed and said, "Yes, it's a very big task."

In addition to putting Cheng Xinyu in charge of the Douyin section's business, Lü Yao also told her to prepare to teach Li Qiuwen a "lesson" in the future, the most important part of which was to make her "arrogant".

After hearing Lü Yao's task, Cheng Xinyu smiled and said, "Yes, sir!"

Next, Lü Yao called Gao Chuning and Li Qiuwen in and told them about his long-term plan for them. Lü Yao not only made grand promises to them, but also gave them tangible benefits. In addition to the basic salary, the revenue sharing from the online platform was also very generous.

Although Li Qiuwen is a newcomer to the workplace, she has many ideas and knows that the future that Lü Yao has planned for her is very promising.

As for whether it can be done...

Based on Mr. Lü's past achievements, Li Qiuwen had a lot of confidence in Lü Yao.

Unexpectedly, the problem later turned out to be with Gao Chuning.

Gao Chuning stiffened her neck and said defiantly, "Why should I do it! Find someone else!"

Lu Yao was puzzled. "I've planned out your future for you, and you're still not happy?"
Gao Chuning: "I feel great now, very relaxed. Just listening to what you're saying makes me tired! I won't do it!"

Anyway, she already has enough money to be financially independent!
(End of this chapter)