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"In addition to the digital and home appliance fields, we can also try to develop in other fields, such as the automotive field."

Zhu Yuanxin looked at everyone: "In terms of cost acceptance, cars are also qualified, and may even be the first to enjoy the convenience brought by technology."

"For example, can we design new in-vehicle equipment that eliminates the current cassette and CD players? And by adding a GPS positioning chip, can it become an image player that can navigate and play videos?"

“I don’t know if you have heard of German Bosch. They launched the TravelPilot RGS05 navigation system last year. I went to Berlin to participate in the IFA exhibition in the first half of this year and experienced it. To be honest, I am not a good programmer. It’s not difficult to figure out what it is, the only difficulty lies in the map data.”

"We can't get data abroad, so we can cooperate and purchase it. As for China, no one is doing this yet."

Su Yuanshan couldn't help being a little surprised at this time and asked: "Not yet?"

"No." Zhu Yuanxin shook his head firmly.

Chen Jing also thought for a while and shook her head: "Although navigation has a long history abroad, it has been restricted by hardware conditions and has developed very slowly. The Bosch that Lao Zhu mentioned is an old automotive technology provider, and there are many European cars. The technology is all theirs.”

"Of course, I'm not suggesting that we should enter the automotive field...I just said that these are the directions in which we can break through." At this time, Zhu Yuanxin concluded: "In the old technology field, we can easily get stuck. . But in new fields, especially the fields we have created, who can control them?"

Su Yuanshan nodded again: "What then?"

Zhu Yuanxin flipped through the small notebook again...

Seeing his actions, Su Yuanshan was really shocked. This guy thinks more broadly than himself?

"Originally, I was thinking of helping Lao Gao and the others with a trick, but then I thought about it carefully and found that this trick doesn't work..."

Gao Xiaodi immediately turned around to face him: "Don't worry about it for now, what are you talking about?"

Su Yuanshan also smiled and nodded: "Let's talk about it."

Zhu Yuanxin smiled sheepishly and said: "What I think is, counting the CPU and Meijie's motherboard, since we have two of the three major components in the PC field, we don't need to hang ourselves in Chengdian High-Tech. One tree can support several small brand machine companies..."

"Later, I asked a few friends in Zhongguancun, and after a deeper understanding, I realized that although the current domestic PC market seems to be in a mess like the Warring States Period, the market size is still not enough. Brand-name machines are now focusing on service and after-sales, and they are aggressively Expanding stores requires a lot of funds and channels, and under such circumstances, small players have no way to enter."

Hearing this, Su Yuanshan nodded again in approval.

"Is it gone now?" he asked with a smile.

"No more." Zhu Yuanxin said honestly: "These are just a few imperfect considerations on my part. I hope they can inspire others."

"very good."

Su Yuanshan drew two heavy strokes on his notebook.

He has never liked to directly intervene in technologies or products that will appear in the future - because in many cases, these products require great interest from their real creators to truly make the product "alive" and fill the product cycle. Creativity and vitality.

Of course, MP3 is an exception - Yuanxin must come up with digital products that lead the times and digest the development of flash memory particles.

But if someone brings it up, he will naturally support it.

…

When the meeting came to an end, Xi Xiaoding finally coughed lightly.

Then, everyone looked at him at the same time.

As the chief scientist of Yuanxin and the boss in charge of all scientific and technological departments of Yuanxin, Mr. Xi has assumed all the pressure of Yuanxin after the signing of the WA agreement.

"Mr. Chen just said that we need to conduct a thorough investigation of all Yuanxin's technologies." Xi Xiaoding looked at everyone, smiled helplessly, picked up his notebook and patted it on the table: "Actually, these days, I have touched It’s passed, but the report has not yet been formed – I will distribute it to everyone after it is sorted out.”

"First of all, I want to say sorry to everyone."

Su Yuanshan was a little surprised at once: "Senior brother, how can you apologize?"

"In the past few years, as the chief scientist, my main focus has been on teaching and YXLAB. Even Pandora Laboratory, since its establishment, has not produced results that make Yuanxin proud."

Seeing that Xi Xiaoding began to self-examine, everyone started to laugh, saying that Mr. Xi was too humble. If nothing else, YXLAB alone has gradually gained the confidence to challenge Matlab and has become an indispensable tool for domestic universities. . Not to mention the achievements in the field of AI - those are achievements that can look down upon IBM.

"No, everyone listen to me." Mr. Xi just smiled and waved his hand: "That's it, I agree with Xiaoshan's philosophy. At the same time, as Brother Yuanxin said before, Yuanxin should be a person who is interested in and A company where inspiration pays the bills.”

"But that also comes with a premise - if Yuanxin's life is easy, there will be no problem. If Yuanxin faces severe challenges, Pandora cannot stay out of it."

The nature of Pandora's laboratory is somewhat similar to that of a teaching and research group. When other departments of FarCore cannot handle certain technologies, they are often sent to Pandora Labs, where a group of big guys will work together to study and come up with solutions. On weekdays, what these big guys usually do is a bit "irrelevant".

For example, the AI ​​team is a typical example. In addition, there are big names working in areas such as network security, data encryption, data analysis, databases, encrypted communications, distributed computing, etc...

Speaking of which, I have obtained a lot of patents, but the benefits are indeed very small - to put it bluntly, it cannot be industrialized.

YXLAB, the only company for commercial use, has not made much money because its targets are mostly stingy universities.

"No, senior brother." Su Yuanshan interrupted Xi Xiaoding and said sternly: "There is no evidence that we will not be able to use these technologies from Pandora Labs in the future - as long as it is technology, there will always be a day when it can be used. "

"Take CDMA, for example. It was born during World War II. It was shelved for decades after its invention, but it finally came to light and became the basis of the current third-generation wireless communication technology."

"Yuanxin wants to become a great enterprise. This goal cannot be achieved by focusing only on immediate interests."

At this time, Tian Yaoming interrupted at the right time and said with a smile: "I think so too, so Mr. Xi, please relax."

Xi Xiaoding smiled helplessly, and after a few seconds of silence, he sighed softly: "I won't say much else. I will have someone send the information to everyone tomorrow."

Su Yuanshan nodded. Seeing that everyone had no intention of continuing to speak, he closed his notebook, looked around and began to summarize.

"Today, we mainly discuss what we should do in the worst case scenario and which direction we should take."

Su Yuanshan looked at the crowd: "Actually, Senior Brother Zhu just pointed out the key points we need to think about - how to break through, how to expand, and which way to go."

"At the same time, we also need to think about which products and which fields should be given priority to be based in China and grow together with the domestic market; which products should be specialized in foreign countries to seize the opportunity."

"And, personally, I very much agree with the two examples that Brother Zhu just gave. A web camera, a car navigation system - we can even call it a car computer. These two fields are our complete You can try...oh, it’s not an attempt, it’s an area where you can establish projects and take action.”

When hearing Su Yuanshan's summary, he did not forget to praise himself, and Zhu Yuanxin clenched his fist again.

"So, there is only one resolution in today's meeting."

Su Yuanshan paused as he spoke and looked at Zhou Xiaohui, who had been taking notes.

Zhou Xiaohui also raised her head at the right time and flicked her wrist.

"Self-reliance and accelerated expansion."

"We must throw away the illusions that the West has given us for a long time and remain vigilant at all times. In this way, we will not be strangled by the neck and begging for mercy on our knees in the future."

"The content of today's meeting is top secret, and the minutes will be sealed - twenty years later, we will open it again to see if I am right!"

"The meeting is over!"