All round car designer

Chapter 524 Baixun's Ambition

Baixun?

As long as you are a Chinese netizen, you never say you don’t know Baixun, an Internet giant. As the earliest Internet company in China, Baixun’s business scope is too wide. It has almost reached a monopoly position, and Baixun Search is one of the must-have websites for almost everyone surfing the Internet.

However, the strength of Baixun is not only in the aspect of search engine. Relying on the accumulated capital and powerful technology in the early stage, Baixun entered the field of instant messaging as early as ten years ago. The instant messaging software launched by the company WeiQ has become an indispensable application for domestic home office. In the domestic instant messaging market, Baixun occupies at least 90.00% of the market share!
In addition, Baixun has also vigorously deployed the cultural and sports industry in recent years, such as music, movies, animation, and even live sports. Every business is closely related to people's entertainment life.

The status of Baixun in the domestic Internet industry is equivalent to that of Mercedes-Benz in the domestic automobile industry. Both are benchmarks in the industry. Cars can be sold all over the world, but Baixun's services are not common in the West.

"Is this Baixun what Mr. Zhou said?" Ma Huafu asked while pointing to the WeChat app on his phone.

"Is there a second Baixun in China?" Zhou Fei asked with a smile.

"It's really this company!" Ma Huafu was very surprised, "The giants of the automobile industry and the giants of the Internet have joined forces. The rhythm of outer space!"

"However, does Baixun have any willingness to cooperate with us?" Ma Huafu immediately asked with some concern.

From the Internet to the automobile, the field is a bit far apart. In addition, artificial intelligence is the core technology of the Internet industry. These two factors hinder the cooperation between the two.

"I had a phone call with Mr. Xu from Baixun last night, and he expressed his interest in making cars." Zhou Fei replied, but his tone did not sound relaxed.

The reason why Zhou Fei chose to cooperate with Baixun is mainly because of Baixun's two points. One is that Baixun established the first enterprise-level AI research institute in China the year before last. Even if the technical level of artificial intelligence is placed in the international , is also at the forefront.

On the other hand, it is because Baixun has an application service called "Baixun Map".To achieve unmanned driving, the vehicle must identify various scenes under each road condition. At this time, the map software will show its powerful usefulness.

As one of the three major map software in China, Baixun Map is widely used and accurate, which is what Zhou Fei attaches great importance to.

Combining these two factors, Baixun became Zhou Fei's preferred partner.

"Since President Xu of Baixun is willing to build a car, why doesn't President Zhou seem very happy?" Ma Huafu saw the worry on Zhou Fei's face and asked inexplicably.

If the husband is affectionate and the concubine is interested, isn't this a match made in heaven? Is it possible that there are still people who want to win love?

"You should read these reports first." Zhou Fei did not answer directly, but handed the phone to Ma Huafu.

Ma Huafu took the phone and looked at it curiously, "Baixun wants to build its own car... With the hot sales of Tesla in China, many people have seen the broad prospects of the electric car market, and a lot of capital is eager to try it. Just recently, the domestic Internet giant Baixun was revealed to have the willingness to build its own cars, and it may become the first capital to enter the electric car market..."

"Isn't this very good, Baixun is willing to build a car, which is good news for Mercedes-Benz." Ma Huafu said very puzzled.

"Let's read the next report." Zhou Fei still didn't say why.

"...Recently, Mr. Xu Yingteng, chairman of Baixun's board of directors, said in an exclusive interview with this newspaper that Baixun has always had a strong interest in unmanned driving, and the company is also actively operating in this area. Mr. Xu said that cross-border car manufacturing It is a very big challenge, but Baixun's technology accumulation in AI is also a major advantage of Baixun... Mr. Xu also revealed that Baixun is actively preparing for the work related to car manufacturing and will soon apply to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Automobile production license..."

"This Baixun wants to build cars entirely by himself?" Seeing this, Ma Huafu understood why Zhou Fei's expression was not relaxed.

If the contents of this report are all true, then the next negotiation between Zhou Fei and Baixun will be very difficult, and it can even be said that the possibility of successful negotiation will be very small.

If, as the news said, Baixun wants to build its own cars, then in the future, Tesla will be one of Baixun's biggest competitors in the field of car manufacturing. How can Baixun cooperate with Feichi? ?
"This time I took the initiative to propose cooperation with Baixun, but I have already lost in the negotiation. If Baixun's determination to build a car is firmer, the possibility of cooperation between the two parties will be very small, even if Baixun's real reason is with us. Cooperation, the conditions proposed are probably very harsh." Zhou Fei replied.

"Even if Baixun wants to build cars independently, it must have technology. They are indeed very advanced in artificial intelligence, but if there is no technical support in car design, what do they use to build cars? This is not a game development , It can be realized by code alone. Even if electric cars are very different from traditional cars, the overall framework is the same. We need Baixun's AI technology, so Baixun also needs our automotive technology! "

Ma Huafu seemed to grasp the point at once, and said excitedly, but he ignored one point. Since he could think of this point, didn't Zhou Fei think of it? ?
"You think I haven't thought about this, let's read the news again." Zhou Fei fiddled with the phone, and then handed it to Ma Huafu.

"...The news that Baixun wants to build its own car has been circulating in recent days. The reporter interviewed several internal employees of Baixun. It is said that Baixun has already contacted Shenqi, and the two parties will start technical cooperation. In-depth exchanges... If the cooperation is successful, Baixun will take a substantial step in the field of independent manufacturing..."

"This Baixun is still on two boats. It has already heard news of cooperation with Shenqi, and even agreed to negotiate with Mr. Zhou. It's really a good idea." Ma Huafu couldn't help complaining.

"So, the choice of Baixun is not only our Feichi company, Mr. Xu, this is only ready to be sold. Baixun's ambitions may far exceed your imagination."

Zhou Fei exhaled and said meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)