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The intelligent upgrade of Siri this time has finally allowed Apple to get rid of the short board of voice operation.This is the second company to complete voice control after Army Ant Company.

In addition to the newly upgraded Siri, the Apple S3 also has a full screen, a high-strength glass body, and a new generation of bionic smart chip A15.

After the pre-sale was launched, the number of pre-sales also continued to soar.

Apple's stock continues to rise, and it is the first time to break through the market value of 9000 billion US dollars, maintaining the position of the listed company with the highest market value in the world.

"Apple's artificial intelligence technology breakthrough! "--New York Times.

"Apple's market value has reached a new high, with a trillion-dollar market value, no problem! -- Wall Street Journal.

"Apple Breaks the Suppression of Army Ants! "--Financial Times.

The domestic media in the United States cheered.

After Marching Ant Company announced that it could not provide the smart assistant of the Apple system, the market value of Apple has been falling all the way. The last launch of the flagship machine was made in a low-key way when the Marching Ant was frustrated. It felt a bit disheartened.

Now that Apple has finally broken the suppression of the army ants, all the American media feel proud.

In previous years, Apple's autumn conference has always been hailed as the Spring Festival Gala in the technology industry. This year, Siri's smart upgrade is exciting again.

At present, the mobile phones and computers of Army Ant Company have not appeared in the international market. For them, this is good news.

"I don't understand. The smart assistant is a leftover from Marching Ant Company. Why are you making such a fuss? Can't your mobile phone be operated by voice? I bought a smart assistant for my 2000 yuan rice machine, and I have a super cool technological experience. , why buy more than 8000 Apple mobile phones?"

"The upgrade of Siri means that Apple has made a breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology. After Marching Ant Company, this is the second company to master this kind of intelligent assistant. The products of Marching Ant Company rely on voice operation to improve office efficiency and safety. operating system has become one of the most popular office products, which shows the potential value of this voice-operated technology.”

"Artificial intelligence is the trend of future technology, and Apple will go first. It is ridiculous that Marching Ants always thinks that it is suppressing Apple."

"Some people have been kneeling for a long time and don't know how it feels to stand up."

"It's ridiculous that the army ants company has produced intelligent robots, and Apple is still playing with mobile phone assistants. There is no way to compare the two. A seismometer is enough to make army ants the greatest company. There is no one. This is Apple. It's never going to catch up."

Apple's news has also become a hot topic of discussion on domestic online forums and major media.It's just that this kind of discussion has gradually turned into a comparison and debate between Apple and Army Ants.

However, this kind of debate still hasn't cooled people's preference for Apple mobile phones.

After Marching Ant Company announced that the smart assistant could not be used on Apple mobile phones, Apple mobile phones were hit hard in the domestic market, and the market share continued to decline.

After Siri's smart upgrade and the news of Apple's artificial intelligence breakthrough, there are signs of a revival of Apple mobile phones in China, and the pre-sales of Apple S3 are also constantly increasing.

Lanhai Building.

Chen Mo came to a top-notch private club last time when he held a reception of the chamber of commerce.

After the car entered the clubhouse and parked, Chen Mo, Zhao Min, and Xiao Yu got out of the car together, and walked in under the guidance of the service staff.

As for the fact that the multilingual smart assistant is willing to authorize externally, Zhao Min has asked someone to release the news privately, and only notified the leaders of several mobile phone companies.

As soon as the news was released, people from several major companies immediately contacted them to discuss cooperation.

This time, people from a different company did not come here. Knowing that Marching Ant Company intends to authorize multilingual smart assistants, they all wanted to reach a cooperation quickly, so someone contacted Zhao Min in the afternoon of the news sent yesterday.

They all wanted to meet quickly, so Zhao Min simply invited them all together.Originally, only Zhao Min came over, but those bosses all said they wanted to see Chen Mo, so Zhao Min asked Xiao Yu to pull him over from the laboratory.

"Here, how much does it cost once?"

The last time he came, it was just for a reception, and someone booked it out, and he didn't know how much it cost, so he asked out of curiosity this time.

"Looking at the spending power, generally only members can come in. Not to mention the rest, the minimum consumption of the private room is 10,000, and the menu does not have dishes with prices below three digits, let alone drinks. If you open a more expensive wine, you will have a meal. , It’s not uncommon to spend [-]+ or ​​even hundreds of thousands.”

"It's quite expensive." Chen Mo was slightly surprised.

To Chen Mo's surprise, Zhao Min didn't take it seriously: "It's so expensive, few people are so extravagant, ordinary consumption, tens of thousands of yuan is enough, and the environment here is better, or you can find a place?"

"Do I still remember the food stall next to the school I mentioned last time? The skewers there are good!"

"Then you're awesome."

Zhao Min burst out laughing, Chen Mo's words made her imagine the picture.

A group of heads of giant companies in suits and leather shoes are sitting around a food stall, talking about business worth hundreds of millions, and next to them are shirtless men drinking and drinking. The picture is so beautiful that I can't even imagine it.

It would be even more beautiful if someone took a photo and posted it on the Internet.

"Then should I inform them to gather at the food stall? We have authorized multilingual smart assistants, even if we invite them to eat at the food stall, they will all run over." Zhao Min laughed.

"It's all here, let's forget it, let's talk about it next time."

Just kidding, he couldn't invite a group of bigwigs from the technology industry to go to a food stall to drink beer.After being photographed and released, this news can go to heaven.

"Mr. Chen Mo?"

A joyful voice came, and a woman's figure immediately appeared in Chen Mo's mind.As soon as he turned his head, he saw a somewhat familiar face.

Xu Yanxin, the daughter of real estate tycoon Xu Jialin, last time Chen Mo was here at Lanhailou and saved her once.

"I didn't expect it to be you, Mr. Zhao, hello." Xu Yanxin shook Zhao Min's hand politely.

"Miss Xu, what a coincidence." Chen Mo smiled politely.

"It's really a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here." Xu Yanxin was wearing a long red dress with a smile on her face, looking noble and generous: "Are you here this time to discuss business?"

"Yes." Chen Mo nodded.

"Which box are you in? Let me take you there, I am familiar with this place."

"Miss, Mr. Zhao is booked in Box No. 9." A staff member looked at Xu Yanxin's appearance, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said.

Xu Yanxin nodded and led the three of them in.

"This clubhouse is owned by my father's company. I come here occasionally to have fun. Next time you come, please let me know."

Xu Yanxin walked beside Chen Mo, Xiao Yu had no choice but to step aside and walk to Zhao Min.

"What entertainment?"

"There are golf, swimming, shooting, bowling, cafes and artificial massage, sauna and so on."

"That's pretty good." Chen Mo said with a smile.

Under the leadership of Xu Yanxin, the three of them quickly entered the No. 9 box.

The decoration of the box is in a classical style, with a restrained atmosphere, which belongs to the low-key luxury type.There is a faint fragrance in the air, which makes people very comfortable.No wonder the minimum consumption is [-]. This kind of decoration costs a lot of money.

After Chen Mo sat down on the sofa, Zhao Min sat down on the right side of him, and Xiao Yu went to stand behind him on the left, his movements were very natural and nothing unusual.

Xu Yanxin sat opposite Chen Mo and started chatting with him. Not long after, the first guest officially arrived.

Chapter 245 Everyone understands

Yu Chengnan and an assistant walked in under the leadership of the waiter.At this time, Yu Chengnan had a crew cut, a gray suit with a wine red tie, and looked very majestic.After seeing Chen Mo and Zhao Min, he immediately smiled.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhao, long time no see."

"Long time no see." Chen Mo and Yu Chengnan shook hands.

"Assistant Xiaoyu, you are getting more and more beautiful." Yu Chengnan looked at Xiaoyu and said.

Xiao Yu smiled slightly: "Thank you, Mr. Yu."

"This is?" After exchanging pleasantries, Yu Chengnan looked at Xu Yanxin, and then at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo glanced at Xu Yanxin: "Xu Jialin's daughter, Xu Yanxin."

"If you can delete the first half of your introduction to me, it will be perfect." Xu Yanxin stretched out her hand, and smiled politely at Yu Chengnan: "Mr. Yu, hello, I have long admired my name, my name is Xu Yanxin."

"Hello." Yu Chengnan looked at Xu Yanxin: "I heard that Xu Jialin has a good daughter. I saw her today. She is indeed a lady."

"Thank you for your compliment." Xu Yan smiled heartily.

Just as Yu Chengnan sat down on the sofa, Lei Jun also entered the private room under the leadership of the waiter.Beside Lei Jun, there are two men standing, namely Chen Mingyong, the president of Opal, and Fan Wei, the head of Vivo,

The three tech giants came hand in hand, making the private room lively.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Yu."

After Lei Jun saw the people in the house, he also strode over, followed by Chen Mingyong and Fan Wei, greeting Chen Mo.

Several people sat down on the sofa and started chatting.

Only the heads of the four major mobile phone giants came to meet this time, and everyone is here now.

Most of the domestic mobile phone industry is gathered here.

Seeing this situation, Xu Yanxin tactfully exited the private room.These bigwigs got together and talked about business, which was not something she, an outsider, could listen to.

After the scene quieted down, Lei Jun spoke first: "I don't know how Mr. Chen wants to cooperate this time?"

"Ask Zhao Min, she is in charge of the company's operations." Chen Mo cast his eyes on Zhao Min, and the others also looked at Zhao Min.

Zhao Min took several documents from Xiao Yu and handed them to Yu Chengnan, Lei Jun and others.

"The document in your hands is the terms of the contract we are going to cooperate with, everyone is the same." Zhao Min said bluntly.

As soon as these words came out, several people were slightly surprised, and hurriedly read the documents in their hands carefully.Obviously, Army Ant really has the idea to authorize multilingual smart assistants to them.

They have all thought about obtaining the multilingual authorization of Marching Ant's smart assistant.However, Army Ant Company only uses it on Butterfly Eye mobile phones and does not authorize it externally.

This time they are going to authorize, and they will naturally not let it go, especially in this period when Apple's Siri is smart.

"I don't need to introduce the functions of the smart assistant. This time, the multilingual smart assistant is authorized for you. I believe you all understand it. Let me briefly talk about the main conditions." Zhao Min said.

Everyone on the field pricked up their ears, waiting for Zhao Min's words.

"For this authorization, our fee is 5.2% of the price of each mobile phone, and it is settled on a quarterly basis."

"5.2% is a bit high." Yu Chengnan said: "Mr. Zhao should know that the profit of each of our mobile phones is not very high."

"I think this price is very reasonable. Could it be that after you have the new technology, the price of the mobile phone will still be the original price? Impossible?" Zhao Min said calmly.

"We don't make money, and most of it is made by the distributors." Chen Mingyong said.

"Indeed, that's the total profit of our mobile phone." Fan Wei nodded.

"A smart assistant, more than 2000 to [-] mobile phones, the experience directly catches up with Apple. The price increase is inevitable. Your mobile phone price rises by [-]% and you sell it. You are the one who earns. My fee is already very low." Zhao Min said .

Several people on the field fell silent.

Among the companies on their field, except for Huawei, which has a high-end market, and Rice, which has a mid-to-high-end market, the other brands are all in the mid-end or mid-to-low-end market.A mobile phone generally costs more than 2000 yuan, and you need to pay more than 100 yuan to the army ants. The [-]% increase in their price is not much, and they can indeed earn a little more.

"Multilingual smart assistants, South Asian, Southeast Asian and European markets, you take the initiative. The mid-range market enters the mid-to-high-end or even high-end market. It is not impossible to squeeze the share of Samsung and Apple's high-end market. I don't need to tell you the benefits. you."

Several other people looked at each other in blank dismay, did not speak, seemed to be thinking.

What Zhao Min said is indeed correct.In Southeast Asia, South Asia and Europe, English is not used in many places, and multilingual smart assistants can obviously overcome this problem and give them an advantage in market competition.

If it hadn't been for the hindrance of Marching Ant's stepping into the international market, it is very likely that Marching Ant has surpassed them in the mobile phone industry.

No one dared to refuse to cooperate.

They all know the consequences of refusing to cooperate, and the most serious consequence is being squeezed out by the other companies on the field.

The intelligent assistant of Army Ant Company is not the half-assed mobile assistant of the past, but a real artificial intelligence.When they first came out, they knew that this was the beginning of another revolution in the mobile phone market.

It is not handled well, just like when Samsung and Apple squeezed out Nokia and Sony after the emergence of smartphones.

They don't want to be the next Nokia.

"How about the technical fee of 150 yuan for each mobile phone?" Lei Jun asked.

As soon as his proposal came out, Yu Chengnan and others' eyes lit up, and they also looked at Zhao Min: "Mr. Zhao, I think Mr. Lei's proposal is good."

"No." Zhao Min shook his head without thinking.

"Too low? Take an extra 10 yuan, 160 yuan. According to the average price of several of our mobile phones, 160 yuan is close to 6% of the average price. It's a good deal for you." Fan Wei said.

"No. You don't need to negotiate the price. Authorizing the multilingual smart assistant is already a big concession for us, and it is impossible to make concessions in terms of price." Zhao Min smiled, and she knew their calculations.

As a veteran in shopping malls, it is impossible to casually suffer losses, whether it is her or other people on the field.

Due to exchange rate fluctuations, rising material costs, the difference between the incremental market and the stock market, as well as the enhancement of mobile phone competitiveness and user reasons, these factors have caused the average price of mobile phones to continue to rise.

She has the data in hand. Last year, the price of mobile phones generally rose by 30%. With the rise of prices and the increase of various expenses, the price of mobile phones will only increase.

The authorization fee for each mobile phone is 160 yuan, and within a year, it seems that they are losing money.However, after the price of mobile phones continues to rise, the authorization fee is still 160 yuan.Even if they enter the mid-to-high-end market, the licensing fee is still 160 yuan per unit, and they suffer a lot.

"I don't want your 6%. We only need 5.2%. Needless to say, everyone understands the price."

Zhao Min pointed to the file.

"Cooperation is what you want. We have shown our sincerity. The next step is up to you. Take the terms of the contract back. After careful reading, you think there is no problem. You can contact us at any time to discuss cooperation. Terms If you have any questions, you can also contact me. Of course, if you sign now, I will not have any objections."

"Okay, let's come here first today. Work is more important than eating." Chen Mo stopped the topic on the field.