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The next day, Zhou Buqi met Li Zairong as promised.

Xu Baihui spoke very poorly of this person, but the overall impression she gave Zhou Buqi was very good. Even if this kind of sanctimoniousness was pretended, it was better than not pretending at all.

After many people gain power, they really don't even bother to act. Since others can't do anything to them anyway, they simply tear off their disguise and act shamelessly lawless.

As the crown prince of Samsung and the only son, Lee Jae-yong is inevitable and he has all the power of Samsung. But in this kind of situation, there is really no domineering attitude towards others.

It can be described as gentle and elegant, similar to Ji Zian, a thief with grace.

Zhou Buqi has been to Samsung many times.

The main location of this visit is Samsung Smart TV, which Samsung will launch this year. This is also the direction in which Yahoo and Samsung Electronics will further deepen their cooperation this year. Yahoo's broadcast interactivity platform will be implanted in Samsung Smart TV.

Smart TVs have been a big trend in recent years.

All major manufacturers are following suit.

Zhou Buqi had no interest in this industry at all. Zhou Shaoning originally said that Aisda also intended to launch a smart TV, but he rejected it directly.

Let Zhou Shaoning focus on making mobile phones and stop talking about these things.

However, when he came to his home, Zhou Buqi was still full of praise, praising the excellent quality of Samsung's smart TVs. With the relevant services provided by Yahoo, they will definitely gain market recognition and continue to sell well.

Li Zaiyong was very happy, and then sighed, "The development of the SyncPlus platform for Samsung smart TVs was not satisfactory. Originally, the team members suggested that I postpone the release of the product for 8 months. But I think it is too late. This product The product should be launched quickly.”

Zhou Buqi understood it as soon as he heard it.

This SyncPlus platform for Samsung smart TVs must be developed by them themselves!

This is a mobile system based on smart TV.

The level is definitely not that good.

Fortunately, the user base of Samsung smart TVs is not large at this stage. When the scale is small, it is easier to provide services, and the technology can be barely maintained.

Zhou Buqi nodded, "The technological era is changing too fast. It is right to launch new products in a timely manner. There must be no delay."

Lee Jae-yong said: "Regarding smart TVs, one of our product teams has proposed a brand-new smart solution, which I think is very good. If it is really successful, Samsung's TVs will truly become smart TVs."

"Oh?" Zhou Buqi knew that his words were not in vain, "What can I do?"

Lee Jae-yong said with a smile: "In the first TVs, the buttons were all on the TV. Later, radio developed, and the emergence of remote controls greatly improved the technological sense of TV dramas, and also greatly facilitated users in terms of practicality. . When users need to turn on, turn off, or adjust the channel, they no longer need to get up and go to the TV to operate it, they can just press the buttons on the remote control."

"Rokid?"

Zhou Buqi understood what he meant.

He has previously received relevant reports from Ziweixing, saying that Samsung Electronics intends to deepen cooperation with the Rokid team in order to enhance the smart attributes of Samsung smart TVs.

Li Zaiyong smiled and said: "Yes, it's Rokid. If Rokid can be connected to the SyncPlus platform, then the TV remote control can really become a smart remote control. Users only need to speak to the remote control to complete the corresponding instructions. , which will be very friendly to many older TV viewers."

This is certainly a good idea.

Smart TVs are different from traditional TVs. With the operating system, corresponding apps can be installed on the TV, giving viewers the right to choose.

Just like using a computer, just search for whatever program you want to watch.

However, a TV is not a computer and does not have a keyboard.

It's too laborious to "type" with the remote control.

This is a big obstacle to the popularization of smart TVs at this stage. Many older viewers cannot even type on a computer, let alone use a TV remote control to type.

TV viewers are often middle-aged, elderly and children, who are not very good at "typing".

As a result, even if you buy a smart TV and take it home, many functions cannot be used.

AI assistants are very promising to become a solution.

Or maybe we say that Samsung Electronics is a world-class technology giant. This kind of innovative thinking that keeps pace with the times is really not comparable to those domestic TV manufacturers.

Rokid is an artificial intelligence product developed mainly by a domestic team. It has been launched for five or six years. At first, it was only a text version, and in the past two years, a voice version has been launched.

But no traditional TV manufacturer in China has ever thought of cooperating with Rokid to develop a smart product.

This is destined to make it difficult for traditional TV brands in China to be competitive abroad, and it is impossible to develop high-end TV sets. The mobile phone industry, which is closer to the Internet, has been able to develop many smartphones that are popular abroad.

Zhou Buqi said: "The AI ​​assistant you need on your smart TV doesn't need to be too powerful, right? You must cooperate with Rokid?"

Li Zaiyong said firmly: "To do it, we must make the best product. The profit margin of TV dramas is very low. In the past few years, we even had the idea of ​​abandoning the TV production line internally. However, the emergence of smart TVs has made us change idea."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him and said, "Making high-end TV?"

Li Zaiyong nodded, "At least the price won't be too low. Samsung's product philosophy has always been to provide great value for money and to use the best configuration to satisfy users."

Zhou Buqi has long been immune to such nonsense and said calmly, "If you really need to cooperate with Rokid, of course you can. If Samsung needs it, the Rokid team can set up an AI TV department."

There is money to be made, why not?

This is not small money!

As Lee Jae-yong said, there was a time in the past few years when Samsung’s TVs no longer worked. Later, Samsung joined hands with several domestic chaebols, and also joined hands with domestic and Taiwan manufacturers to use the route selection of plasma TVs and LCD TVs to play a dirty trick of "price alliance".

The price alliance is a monopoly, and Samsung was later sued and fined severely.

How much can be fined?

Japan's television industry has been defeated by the cooperation of China and South Korea.

After fully entering the era of smart TVs, Samsung dominated the world and became the largest color TV manufacturer in the world, with annual sales reaching an astonishing 20 million units.

Each machine is equipped with a Rokid smart assistant, and each machine charges US$1.50-2USD... For the Rokid product business, this is an annual revenue of US$30 million to US$40 million!

That's not all.

As an artificial intelligence product, Rokid requires continuous training. The more users who use Rokid and the more they train, the stronger it will be.

After establishing the Rokid product team and establishing the AI ​​TV department, we can slowly accumulate experience and polish technology, and provide similar services to more TV manufacturers in the future.

Samsung is a super brand.

In the field of televisions, Samsung TVs are similar to the iPhone in the field of mobile phones. Other TV manufacturers are basically imitating the design of Samsung TVs.

Even Samsung TVs are using Rokid voice assistant, so the probability of other TV manufacturers choosing Rokid is greatly increased.

Li Zaiyong was very happy, "Then it's settled!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Asian technology companies want to gain a foothold in the world, but they encounter huge challenges. Europe and the United States are the same. Many people today do not believe in products from Asia."

Speaking of this, Li Zaiyong was so emotional, "Indeed, MSI and Samsung should really establish a cooperative relationship in all aspects. On the international stage, only if we work together can we compete with the technology giants in the United States." "

Zhou Buqi said sincerely: "Yes, we must cooperate more! We must establish more extensive cooperative relationships!"

Having said that, if you believe Samsung, it will be a disaster.

Samsung was originally a loser in the Japanese technology industry, doing odd jobs and gaining trust. When Samsung grows up, the first thing it will do is stab in the back, which is to overthrow Japan's technology giants.

By defeating the Japanese technology industry, Samsung Electronics has a springboard to compete with European and American technology giants.

However, there are some things that are good to know.

Zhou Buqi didn't believe Li Zairong, and it was impossible for Li Zairong to believe him.

On the scene, hello, me, hello everyone.

Then we can go straight to the topic, Zhou Buqi said: "The cooperation between Samsung and Yahoo has been going on for many years, right?"

Li Zaiyong recalled, "Yes, it has been more than ten years ago. I remember it was 2000, and Yahoo was the most influential Internet company in South Korea. I saw the potential of the Internet at that time and wanted to promote Samsung and Yahoo Full cooperation. However, many people within Samsung are opposed, believing that the Internet bubble is serious and big things will happen in the future..."